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When driving his car, Mark Alcazar regularly talks on his cellphone.

Starting in 2014, however, the 36-year-old Woodstock resident will have to rely on his Bluetooth headset even more.

Beginning Wednesday, a statewide ban on handheld cellphone use while driving goes into effect. Drivers still will be able to use hands-free devices such as Bluetooth headsets, earpieces or speakerphones.

Communities such as Chicago, Evanston, Highland Park and Waukegan already have bans on people using handheld cellphones while driving. Similar bans are in place in California, Connecticut, Delaware and New York, among other states.

For Alcazar, he said he wished the law wasn’t changing, as people driving and speaking on cellphones is so common. It will probably take a few years for all drivers to get accustomed to the ban, he added.

“Everybody will be used to it eventually,” Alcazar said.

Gretchen Bullock, 47, of Crystal Lake, said she doesn’t think people should be able to talk on the phone at all while driving, whether it’s with a handheld or hands-free device.

“There are too many people who drive over or under the speed limit, who aren’t paying attention, because it is a distraction,” Bullock said. “You should pull over and stop.”

Reducing distracted driving is a key motivation of the new law.

Up to 30 percent of crashes involve a distracted driver, according to Illinois Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jae Miller.

“A recent IDOT observational survey shows that, at any given daylight moment, as many as one in eight drivers in Illinois ... can be observed using a handheld phone or texting device,” Miller said.

Miller added that a recent IDOT motorist survey showed more than half of Illinois drivers had used a handheld device while driving at least once in the last 30 days.

Monique Bond, spokeswoman for the Illinois State Police, said the new law allows people to have a headset, earpiece or voice-activated command system while using a cellphone, as long as people are not holding the phone.

Bond said hands must be on the wheel and the cellphone has to be in a secured area where it’s not distracting the driver.

Fines for being cited for using a handheld cellphone while driving a vehicle range from $75 to $150. People can lose their driver’s license if they have multiple offenses, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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MARENGO – A mysterious Christmas night fire that destroyed a Marengo divorce lawyer’s office has the attorney searching for answers and safety as she suspects a possible arson.

It has been nearly a week since Paula Rieghns was called to her office at 10:30 p.m. Christmas night to see a fire had destroyed everything in her suite at 821 E. Grant St. Fire and police officials have yet to make a determination on the cause of the fire.

Rieghns, who has been staying with a friend because of safety concerns, believes her office might have been firebombed by someone unhappy over divorce proceedings. Both Rieghns and her attorney Bob Wagner, a former Crystal Lake mayor, said they overheard discussions of a gas can being recovered at the scene.

Out of the six units connected in the strip mall, Rieghns’ office was the only

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“People get very angry about their divorces. I’ve been threatened in the past,” Rieghns said. “My employees are scared, my clients are scared and I’m scared. I want this person caught. I want them brought to justice.”

Rieghns said she has been frustrated with the lack of progress in the investigation.

She said the Marengo Police

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“People get very angry about their divorces. I’ve been threatened in the past. My employees are scared, my clients are scared and I’m scared.

I want this person caught. I want them brought to justice.”

CHICAGO – Illinois State Police next week will begin taking applications from residents who want to carry concealed weapons, and as many as 400,000 are expected to be submitted in the first year, officials said Monday.

Citizens may apply through the ISP website beginning Sunday, six months after Illinois became the last state in the nation to approve a law allowing the public possession of a concealed firearm. A federal judge ordered the state to enact the law, and state police had 180 days to begin accepting applications.

Col. Marc Maton, who has overseen the process of building the system “from the ground up,” said he’s confident it will be ready to go on Monday but expects the agency will find ways to improve it.

State police have been testing the website by allowing

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While still awaiting the effects of a new property maintenance ordinance, the Woodstock City Council will hold a discussion at a to-be-determined, early-2014 meeting about how to deal with distressed housing. Options include limiting the number of multifamily dwellings through a moratorium or a process known as “downzoning.” For more, see page B1.

New Year’s Eve is a historically dangerous and deadly time for Illinois drivers. Federal funding obtained from the Illinois Department of Transportation will allow police departments to enact roadside safety checks, belt enforcement zones and more patrols during New Year’s Eve through the first weekend in January. For more, see page B3.

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Four notes away from Simon and Garfunkel It all started when I heard it for the first time. It was mingled with an acoustic guitar and blended with syncopated harmonies; a vision softly creeping that left its seeds while I was sleeping. The Sound of Silence.

It was the winter of 1966 and I had just purchased Simon and Garfunkel’s debut album, “Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.” As a fledgling left-handed folk guitarist, I remember sitting next to my Silvertone portable record player and listening to that song over and over and over again, my amazement with the depth of its beauty and meaning intensifying with every spin of the record.

When I mustered up enough courage to actually think about trying to play it on my guitar, I just sat there bewildered, feeling a bit unworthy to replicate its melody. But when I finally got up the nerve, I knew exactly where to start: the magical opening measures of the guitar lead-in.

It consisted of four simple notes: Da-da-da-da ... repeated three times before the vocals started. I knew those notes were somewhere on my

JUST HUMOR ME Michael Penkava guitar’s fretboard, just waiting for me to find them. It would be up to track six of side one of the record to point me the way.

So I listened. And I listened. And I searched for the notes. Found one.

Found another. Then the last two suddenly fell into place. Da-da-dada. I played that sequence a million times that night until it sounded just like the record. Da-da-da-da. Da-dada-da. I didn’t know what chord I was forming or the names of the notes.

All I knew was that my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light, that split the night, and I was touching the sound of silence.

Sure, it seems a bit melodramatic.

Four notes. But somehow finding those four notes opened up the floodgates to the discovery of infinitely more notes and chords and fingerpicking patterns. Yep, from that

small start I was homeward bound and feelin’ groovy, and not even Mrs. Robinson could stop me.

Later my high school friend, Paul, and I began to sing together. He could astonishingly duplicate Art Garfunkel’s harmonies, and before we knew it we were performing at local coffee houses.

Not long after that we added Jack, our upright string bass player, and Jan, our second harmony female vocalist, as we bopped around the Chicago area doing gigs and actually getting paid. And all the while, I would be playing those four notes at every performance, somehow reminding me of where it had all started.

But, as it can happen, life got in the way of our path to fame and fortune. Our group split up as we moved on to college and careers and marriage and babies. But the music we had made together laid a foundation for lives that would be ever enhanced by lyric and song.

Jan went on to become a singer with Harry Belafonte. Jack contin-

ued as a talented musician performing for many years. Paul eventually built his own home studio and to this day writes and produces his music.

As for me, through the years I have continued to write, record and perform. I still have my trusty old 1968 Martin guitar, the one that so many years ago traveled with me in the back of my VW Bug into the city to do some sets on the North Side.

And now, whenever I pick up that old instrument, somehow my fingers always seem to gravitate to those four notes. Like old friends reminiscing as they sit like bookends on a park bench. So, hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk with you again. Da-da-da-da.

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• Michael Penkava is a retired teacher who taught for 35 years at West Elementary School in Crystal Lake. He will be performing Sunday evenings during January at the Village Squire in Crystal Lake. Stop in and you’ll probably hear those four notes. He can be reached at mikepenkava@comcast.net.

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For preschoolers, the new study found that on average, the melatonin surge occurred around 7:40 p.m. The children tended to be tucked in around 8:10 p.m., and most were asleep 30 minutes later, LeBourgeois reported in the journal Mind, Brain and Education.

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By DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press WASHINGTON – In a competitive district east of Denver, Democrat Andrew Romanoff is counting on voter anger at a divided and ineffectual Congress to help him unseat three-term Republican Rep. Mike Coffman.

“I must have blinked and missed it,” the challenger said of the House’s work this past year.

“It’s become a punch line to call this the least productive Congress in history or to joke ‘how do you tell when Congress is in session or on vacation, it’s hard to tell the difference.’”

Ten months to next year’s midterm elections, Democrats are determined to make Congress’ slim production of fewer than 60 laws and plenty of incompletes – on immigration, gun control, tax reform and basic spending bills – a defining issue, heaping much of the blame on the GOP-led House for obstructing President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda.

Republicans dismiss criticism about a sparse record and insist that the driving issue in 2014 will be the impact of Obama’s health care law, with a raft of canceled insurance policies, higher premiums and an endless cycle of problems.

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Distracted driving Medicaid growth creates gap of 5M without coverage penalties put in place

By MARC LEVY The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. – About 5 million people will be without health care next year that they would have gotten simply if they lived somewhere else in America.

They make up a coverage gap in President Barack Obama’s signature health care law created by the domino effects of last year’s Supreme Court ruling and states’ subsequent policy decisions.

The court effectively left it up to states to decide whether to open Medicaid, the federal-state program for the poor and disabled, to more people, primarily poor working

adults without children.

Twenty-five states declined. That leaves 4.8 million people in those states without the health care coverage that their peers elsewhere are getting through the expansion of Medicaid, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation estimate. More than one-fifth of them live in Texas alone, Kaiser’s analysis found.

Among those in the gap is Cheryl Jones, a 61-year-old part-time home-care worker from Erie, Pa., who makes do without health insurance by splitting in half pills for high blood pressure, which she gets from a friend, not a pharmacist. She’d also like to visit a dentist to fix her broken partial dentures. A new pair

of glasses might be nice, too.

“There are a lot of us who need medical help now,” she said. “I need new glasses, I need to go to a dentist, I need my medicine. ... Think about us working poor. We pay our taxes.”

The Medicaid expansion was supposed to work handin-hand with tax credits subsidizing private insurance for people with slightly higher incomes, two keys to the law’s broader aim of extending health insurance to 30 million more people.

Without the expansion, the law is unable to help people who are below the income threshold where tax credits start kicking in, about $11,500 for working adults.

Digital ID required for registration • FIREARMS Continued from page A1 900 applications so far from among the 2,100 instructors.

On Thursday, citizens who have completed the required 16-hour training and have submitted electronic fingerprints will be permitted to begin applying to help test the website’s capacity, Maton said.

The application process will require some preparation. Applicants must obtain a digital “identification,” a unique password of sorts that

will allow them to digitally sign their application. They also will be asked for a valid driver’s license or state identification number, a firearm owner’s identification card, a digital photo, addresses of every place they’ve lived for 10 years and proof they’ve undergone firearms training with a licensed instructor.

They also must answer criminal history questions and undergo a background check that will include records relating to crimes and mental health. Fingerprints may be submitted electronically to expedite the process,

though they’re not required.

Officials said that 10,000 people have already obtained digital IDs. Maton said state police expected to process 300,000 to 400,000 applications next year, based on the almost 330,000 applications the agency has received for firearm owner’s identification cards.

Local law enforcement officials have been gearing up, too, with some offering electronic fingerprinting or technical help with the application process. They also will be able to object to individual applications.

• #HANDSOFF Continued from page A1 There also are penalties when distracted driving leads to crashes, Bond said.

If a person is distracted and causes a crash, he can be charged with a Class A misdemeanor, which carries a fine of up to $2,500 and less than a year in jail.

If the driver is involved in a fatal accident, the driver can be charged with a Class 4 felony and face a fine of $25,000 and up to three years in prison, Bond said.

“The bottom line is we’re trying to save lives by promoting safe driving,” Bond said. “Meaning hands should be on the wheel when behind the wheel and on the interstate.”

The National Safety Council in a statement said it doesn’t think the law goes far enough.

It said the only sure way to reduce distracted driving crashes is for people to be completely focused on driving and not talking on a cellphone at all.

“By only restricting handheld phone use, the law fails to address the root of the problem – the cognitive distraction that results from having a phone conversation and driving at the same time,” the council said.

“The only way to decrease crash risk is to refrain from using a cellphone for any reason while driving.”

Local law enforcement

“[Driving and talking on the phone] creates a hazardous situation and creates accidents.”

Russ Laine Algonquin police chief personnel are happy the law is going into effect.

Lake in the Hills has been working to warn residents the law is going into place by sending out mailings and news releases, said Director of Police and Public Safety James Wales.

Wales said driving while talking on a cellphone potentially can be as dangerous as driving drunk.

“We’re trying to get the word out beforehand,” Wales said. “We want voluntary compliance, but we will write tickets.”

Algonquin police may initially give people warnings for the first two weeks of the year to allow people to become acclimated to the new law unless someone is involved in an accident while talking on a cellphone, said Police Chief Russ Laine.

Laine added that having the ban in place helps address a safety issue.

“When people are driving and talking on the phone, it becomes a distraction and they don’t pay attention,” Laine said. “It creates a hazardous situation and creates accidents.”

8BRIEFS Russia bombings kill 31, raise concern on Olympics MOSCOW – Two suicide bombings in as many days have killed 31 people and raised concerns that Islamic militants have begun a terrorist campaign in Russia that could stretch into the Sochi Olympics in February. Russian and international Olympic officials insisted the site of the games, protected by layers of security, is completely safe.

The attacks in Volgograd, about 400 miles from Sochi, reflected the Kremlin’s inability to uproot Islamist insurgents in the Caucasus who have vowed to derail the games, the pet project of President Vladimir Putin.

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After departing on buses from Israeli jails overnight, the prisoners received hero’s welcomes upon their return to the West Bank and Gaza with officials and jubilant relatives lining up to greet them. At his headquarters in Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waited to meet the men in the middle of the night. Speaking before thousands, he pledged to continue pressing for the release of long-serving and ill prisoners.

“We will not sign a final peace deal with Israel before all the prisoners are released,” he said.

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MOVING PICTURES T hey portray the full range of human emotion.

The photographers of the Northwest Herald set out to compile some of the top photos that appeared in print and online in 2013. We came up with a mix of images notable for their technical composition or their relation to the year's biggest stories – or how just plain fun they are.

Although they only scratch the surface of our photo staff's talent, these photographs help put faces on the high points and low points of this past year.

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Firefighters watch as a home burns May 1 at 3217 Carrington Drive in Crystal Lake. The fire originated sometime after 3:30 p.m. and quickly spread to three other homes.

Savannah Kleiner (center) of Lake in the Hills tries to avoid getting wet as rain falls July 31 during the 2013 Miss McHenry County Pageant at the McHenry County Fair in Woodstock. Kleiner was declared the 2013 Miss McHenry County.

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A U.S. Marshal shines his flashlight into the door of a home on Hoy Avenue Sept.

26 in Woodstock.

At least 35 officers from Woodstock, Lake in the Hills, the McHenry Sheriffs Office and the U.S. Marshal’s Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force went to 20 locations around McHenry County to arrest suspects with drug-related felony warrants.

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Keaton Asbach, 10, of Crystal Lake, has his head shaved on March 15 while participating in St. Baldrick’s Shave-A-Thon hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Crystal Lake at McHenry County College. This was the fourth year the Kiwanis Club raised money for Childhood Cancer Research by hosting the event.

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Cary-Grove fans throw powder into the air at the start of the high school football game Oct. 18 against Crystal Lake South. Cary-Grove won the game, 21-14.

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Prairie Ridge’s Rachael Underwood completes her final tumbling pass in the floor exercise to the delight of her teammates Feb. 15 at the IHSA State Gymnastics preliminaires at Palatine High School. Underwood scored 9.675 for her routine.

Gauri Divgi, 2, of Algonquin, watches Brian “Hey Buddy” Johnson of the Tebala Shrine Klowns as he eats a hot dog Aug. 24 while at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union.

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Continued from page A1 Department did not return her calls on the Friday after the fire, and the first time she was contacted by the police since the incident was Monday. She said they said they were still without answers.

Wagner also criticized how the fire has been handled, lambasting local authorities for not bringing in the state fire marshal or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to assist in the investigation. He also criticized the decision to allow the landlord to clear the scene Saturday while the investigation is open.

“I don’t even know what they are doing. They turned the scene over to the landlord Saturday so now the crime scene has been corrupted,” Wagner said. “There was a crime committed and apparently Marengo doesn’t see any urgency in solving that crime.

I have a client that is terrified from this terrorist act.”

Bill Weiss, battalion chief for the Marengo Fire Protection District, confirmed the state fire marshal and ATF were not involved. He said the department is working with an arson investigator at the Marengo Police Department.

Weiss said the investigation was ongoing and no investigation into suspects could begin until authorities determine if a crime was committed. No one at the Marengo Police Department was available for comment Monday.

Police Chief Joseph Hallman is expected back in the office on Thursday.

In the meantime, Rieghns said she was going to try and piece together her business as

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“They turned the scene over to the landlord Saturday so now the crime scene has been corrupted. There was a crime committed and apparently Marengo doesn’t see any urgency in solving that crime. I have a client that is terrified from this terrorist act.”

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Opinion

John Rung President and Publisher

Dan McCaleb Group Editor

Jason Schaumburg Editor

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 • Page A7 • Northwest Herald • NWHerald.com 8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

New laws for you to know Whether you’re spending New Year’s Eve with a quiet evening at home or going out and partying to ring in 2014, when you wake up Wednesday morning, a number of new laws will be in effect in Illinois.

Perhaps the biggest is that speaking on your cellphone will be illegal unless you are using a hands-free device. Fines for being cited for using a hand-held cellphone while For the record driving a vehicle range from $75 to When you wake up Wednes$150. day morning, a number of new You probably laws will be in effect in Illinois. are aware of some of the other new laws that received a lot of exposure when they were passed, including the legalization of medical marijuana. Patients suffering from certain diseases can now use marijuana as treatment with a doctor’s permission.

Other new laws that go into effect Wednesday: • Cigarette butts will be considered litter and disposing of them by flicking them aside could get you a $50 fine.

• Taking parenting away from parents, it now will be illegal for anyone under 18 to use indoor tanning equipment.

• The new pet lemon law will mandate a refund, replacement or reimbursement for veterinary costs from the seller if you buy a pet with an undisclosed illness.

• You still can’t speed through construction zones, but if you do and workers aren’t present, your fine will not be as high.

• Speaking of speed, some interstate speed limits will be increasing to 70 mph.

• 17-year-olds will be allowed to vote in a primary election if they will turn 18 before the general election.

• School buses will be allowed to have video cameras on board to record motorists who pass buses illegally. Those videos can be shared with police.

• It will be illegal to wantonly waste or destroy usable meat from game animals.

• Schools will not be allowed to ask for or demand a student’s social networking password without cause.

• Public school sex-education courses offered to sixth- through 12th-graders must cover abstinence and contraception.

A complete list can be found online at http://shawurl.com/xfm.

8ANOTHER VIEW

Obama scores points On Feb. 7, the Winter Olympics will open in Russia, which in the past year has stepped up its anti-LGBT position as a matter of national policy.

President Obama is signaling his disdain for recent events in Russia through diplomatic means – namely the composition of the official U.S. delegation to Sochi.

The president won’t attend the games. The first lady won’t go. No ex-president has been asked to represent us. Neither will Vice President Joe Biden. In fact, the president is not sending any senior government officials.

However, he is sending two well-known LGBT athletes, tennis legend Billie Jean King and figure skater Brian Boitano, to represent our country at the opening ceremonies. Hockey player Caitlin Cahow, who is openly gay, will also attend competitions.

President Obama scored early points with his Sochi roster.

(Dubuque) Telegraph Herald

2013 was year to remember, for at least a week “I liked it. All in all, a solid year.” - Vladimir Putin “Hated it. Terrible. Zero stars.” - Barack Obama “Someone told me that if I wanted my year I could keep my year, but now I’m being forced to switch to 2014. OBAMA’S AMERICA!” - Health insurance subscriber “2013 was good until I realized it wasn’t 1863.” - Paula Deen From the same team that brought you 2012 (the year, not the movie), 2013 was a year filled with excitement. It had everything we’ve come to expect in a year, plus Miley Cyrus. The special effects were breathtaking – remember that meteor?

If the amount of coverage is anything to go on, the most important event of 2013 happened in November 1963.

A few other news stories managed to penetrate the thick fog of JFK-anniversary headlines.

2013 picked up right where 2012 left off, with the inauguration of President Obama to a second term. Beyoncé made news by not singing, which surprised people even though Britney Spears has built an entire musical career on not singing.

Dennis Rodman ran out of friends to play basketball with, so he went to North Korea and became pals with a terrifying dictator instead of joining a MeetUp group like the rest of us.

For a few awkward weeks, we all pretended we’d been paying attention to Syria for years. For-

VIEWS Alexandra Petri tunately we all stopped because some celebrity had a baby or something and babies are news, whereas there will always be plenty of humanitarian catastrophes to go around.

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., used the nuclear option, transforming the Senate into a frozen wasteland full of radioactive spiders.

This was a notable improvement on the way the Senate usually operates, and members were actually able to pass some stuff afterward. Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is trying to find out if there are any nuclear options he can use on the House.

In 2013, we learned that Edward Snowden likes airports so much that he was willing to leak top-secret information about the National Security Agency (NSA) to several newspapers in order to be able to spend more quality time in a terminal in Moscow.

It turns out the NSA has been snooping in my emails and phone records to find out what I am doing all the time, which makes me sad because it means the NSA must not be following me on Twitter.

Gay people got married in more states than before. A meteor hit Russia. These two events were unrelated, no matter what the “Duck Dynasty” guy says.

The federal government shut

down but then started back up with a new operating system that didn’t work, either.

Wendy Davis, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz all talked for a long time. Davis in a filibuster to protect the reproductive choice of Texas women, Paul to keep his name in contention for the 2016 GOP presidential race, and Cruz to support the cause of Hearing Ted Cruz Talk.

Drones droned on and on.

Anthony Weiner somehow performed the incredible feat of ruining the Weiner family name.

Everyone you didn’t want to get a pixie cut got one.

Chris Christie won the 2013 GOP primary that is imaginary and run by pundits. Unfortunately, the actual primary is not until 2016, and it is run by real, live Republican voters.

Our national nightmare of prestige television neared an end. “Breaking Bad” broke good, at least according to all the people who have been saying that “Breaking Bad” is like having God touch you with his hand and making you superior to everyone around you, and it’s like “The Aeneid” but, you know, more erudite. Netflix released some original series, one of which starred Kevin Spacey as a Machiavellian figure laboring under the mistaken impression that Congress is supposed to accomplish things. You could tell that the show was deeply accurate because it included a newspaper reporter being discouraged from tweeting and

blogging.

George W. Bush’s paintings revealed that he should not have quit his day job. (Actually, at the time of writing, the paintings had gotten us into zero wars, so, never mind.)

There were some hairy moments. We all remember that point in August after the MTV Video Music Awards, when we worried that national reserves of indignation had been depleted through careless overuse of adverbs. Or how the year’s early efforts to explore themes of race in a thoughtful way had disintegrated, by October, into Julianne Hough’s Halloween costume.

But all in all, I would recommend this year, with some reservations. For instance, the news relied too heavily on anniversaries. Also, isn’t it a bit early to start the Hillary 2016 speculation? Did we really need so many babies? And there seemed to be some redundancy with the theme of government dysfunction, which was explored sufficiently from 420 B.C. to A.D. 1992 and from 2000 to present, with pauses for the Clinton era and Visigoth invasions. This has been played out, and for 2014 it would be great to see more exploration of such themes as peace, prosperity and functionality, all historically underrepresented.

Still, a solid year. Three stars.

• Petri writes the ComPost blog at washingtonpost.com/ blogs/compost.

Five lessons of 2013 that are guaranteed to be forgotten It’s that time of year when journalists let their creativity run rampant to produce 10-best and 10-worst lists, revisit the year’s biggest whoppers (look no further than the Oval Office), and offer prognostications for the coming year.

With that in mind, I’ve gleaned the five most important lessons from 2013, which are all but guaranteed to be forgotten next year.

No. 1. Beware political pronouncements posing as economic forecasts.

Before, during and after the federal government shutdown in October, President Barack Obama warned us about all the terrible things we should expect. The Earth would go dark, the oceans would recede and droughts would devastate the nation’s farmland. OK, not that bad, but he did imply we could get food poisoning from eating tainted beef (no food inspectors) and risk getting killed in a plane crash (no

air-traffic controllers). As it turned out, essential workers weren’t furloughed.

No. 2. Take that multiplier and shove it.

The Obama administration and its acolytes were equally pessimistic about the impact of sequestration, or the automatic cuts of $85 billion to discretionary spending. It was the second consecutive annual decline in discretionary outlays and the first back-to-back reductions in at least 50 years.

Economists rely on something called the multiplier to determine the effect of every dollar increase, or decrease, in government spending on GDP. The multiplier can be anything you want it to be. Start with the desired result, and work backward.

Almost everyone – from the Federal Reserve to the Congressional Budget Office to the International Monetary Fund – predicted the

Editorial Board: John Rung, Don Bricker, Dan McCaleb, Jason Schaumburg, Kevin Lyons, Jon Styf, Kate Schott, Stacia Hahn

VIEWS Caroline Baum budget cuts would reduce growth.

And who can tell? In economics, there is no way to determine what would have been. What’s more, this “model” assumes there are no offsets elsewhere, that the private sector doesn’t use the dollar the government doesn’t spend – and use it more efficiently. I suspect the 2013 spending cuts had about the same effect as the 2009 fiscal stimulus.

No. 3. The law of the land is subject to executive action.

House Republicans spent the better part of the last two years trying to repeal, defund or dismantle “Obamacare;” 46 votes in all. Obama showed them who wears the pants in the family. The president has

8THE FIRST AMENDMENT

made nine changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, eight of them in the past five weeks.

The U.S. Constitution vests all legislative powers in Congress, but the president is demonstrating he can achieve by diktat what Congress couldn’t with a show of hands.

No. 4. “Unsustainable” is meaningless without an end date.

A grand bargain on taxes and spending wasn’t even on the table this year. Congress aimed low and did the bare minimum to be able to claim victory on passing a budget.

The federal deficit fell to $680 billion in fiscal 2013, the first sub-$1 trillion deficit since 2008. The deficit as a share of GDP fell from 6.8 percent in 2012 to 4.1 percent. Obama continues to take credit for the biggest decline in the deficit in 60 years. What he doesn’t say is that the 2009-2012 deficits were the biggest as a share of GDP since the end of World War II.

Any honest budget expert will tell you that the U.S.’s fiscal position is unsustainable. Two lines – outlays and revenues – growing further apart in perpetuity. Economist Herb Stein famously said that if something can’t go on forever, it will stop.

He didn’t say when.

No. 5. When in doubt, cue uncertainty.

Uncertainty has become a catchall to explain why businesses aren’t investing, why consumers aren’t spending and why the economy is limping. Policy makers have latched onto it as well. There’s more uncertainty in a given set of Fed minutes than in an entire Las Vegas casino.

When was the last time you heard uncertainty mentioned during a riproaring bull market or asset bubble?

Uncertainty, it seems, only cuts one way. Here’s wishing all of you much positive uncertainty in 2014.

• Baum is a Bloomberg View columnist.

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8COMMUNITY NEWS

PEDESTRIAN KILLED

BY METRA TRAIN WOODSTOCK – A pedestrian was fatally struck by a train Monday night at the railroad crossing at Short and Railroad streets in Woodstock.

Theodis R. Williams, 34, of Woodstock was identified as the victim, said Woodstock Police Sgt. Dennis Leard. The railroad’s crossing gates and signals were working at the time of the incident, Leard said.

Woodstock Fire Capt. Scott Nieman said firefighters and police responded to the scene at 6:47 p.m. Monday to find Williams dead on arrival.

Metra was delayed for two hours after the incident. An investigation is ongoing. Visit www.nwherald.com for more updates as they become available.

Zinke rejects debate request Sheriff candidate says sponsor’s board members back Prim

By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – A sheriff candidate is lashing out at his opponent for declining an invitation to participate in a political debate.

Bill Prim issued a press release Monday calling out McHenry County Undersheriff Andrew Zinke, saying Zinke is avoiding a faceoff.

Prim, a retired Des Plaines

police officer, and Zinke are squaring off in the March 18 Republican primary election for McHenry County sheriff.

“Mr. Zinke has now deprived the voters of an Andrew excellent op- Zinke portunity not only to learn our positions on the issues but to get a sense

of the people behind the positions, and how we conduct ourselves in a high-stakes, high-pressure environment,” Prim said in a written statement.

Zinke said Bill he rejected the Prim invitation because the debate’s sponsor, Woodstock-based Patriots

United, has board members who openly support Prim.

Two of Patriots United’s seven board members – Gary Rabine and Brian Kelly – have donated more than $10,000 combined to Prim’s campaign, according to financial statements filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections.

“What makes you think that I want to go be in a debate for your group when it’s

clearly going to be one-sided?” Zinke said.

“I’ve got no problem debating [Prim]. He has no clue about the sheriff’s office and how it’s run.”

Patriots United does not endorse candidates. The group’s president Joe Edwards says they are a nonpartisan group of “unapologetically principled conservatives.”

See DEBATE, page B2

Preparing to celebrate the New Year

– Northwest Herald

DROP-OFF POINTS OPEN FOR TREES WOODSTOCK – As the holiday decorations come down, the McHenry County Conservation District is providing three recycling drop-off locations for Christmas trees.

They are off the Harts Road parking lot at Glacial Park, Route 31 and Harts Road, Ringwood; at the Twin Oaks parking lot west of the pond at the Rush Creek Conservation Area, 20501 McGuire Road, Harvard; and the Algonquin Township office, 3702 Route 14, Crystal Lake.

Tinsel and decorations must be removed, and if the tree is transported in a bag, the bag also must be removed. No commercial drop-offs will be accepted.

The trees will be processed into mulch, which will be available for free at a later date.

– Emily K. Coleman

8LOCAL BEST BET

WOMEN’S PROGRAM PROMOTES HEALTH Senior Services Associates will present Living Well for Women from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays, Jan. 9 through March 13, at the McHenry Township Senior Center, 3519 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg.

The free program, designed for women ages 50 and older, covers topics such as cardiovascular health, nutrition, physical activity, stress management, prescription medication, aging and consumer health.

For information and to register, call Julie McFarlin at 815-3443555.

8LOCAL DEATHS Dorothy J. Alejandro 69, Woodstock Karen J. Altendorf 78, Cary Patricia A. Barnas 81, Crystal Lake Patricia L. Falconer 88 Kenneth E. Gnech 84, Cary Anna Hose 85, McHenry Tom A. Joorfetz 59, Woodstock Diana Lee 82, Huntley Dorothy H. Past 93, Cary Richard Walters 57, Lake Geneva, Wis. OBITUARIES on page B4

Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com

Dave Albright of Crystal Lake (left) shops on Monday with his son, Drew, for champagne to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Cardinal Wines & Liquors in Crystal Lake.

Champagne’s bubbly nature and exclusivity has made it the drink of choice for many popular occasions, including New Year’s Eve.

Council to talk distressed housing Search Woodstock will look at options early in 2014

“The concerns that I was hearing were, how can we try to maintain a level of quality residences which make quality neighborhoods? And what can the city do to try to guide that?”

By SHAWN SHINNEMAN

Woodstock councilman

Mike Turner sshinneman@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – City officials want to talk about their options for sprucing up homes that have fallen into disrepair.

While still awaiting the effects of a new property maintenance ordinance, the City Council will hold a discussion at a to-be-determined, early-2014 meeting about how to deal with distressed housing. Options in-

clude limiting the number of multifamily dwellings through a moratorium or a process known as “downzoning.”

Councilman Mike Turner said the discussion has grown from feedback from residents, who’ve voiced concerns about the “variability, property to property, in a given area.”

“The concerns that I was hearing were, how can we try to maintain a level of quality residences which make quality neighborhoods?” Turner said. “And what can the city do to try to guide that?”

Although current building codes and restrictions make it difficult for homeowners to convert sin-

gle-family residences to multifamily apartments, some such apartments sit in otherwise single-family areas because they were converted before changes to local laws, said Cort Carlson, Woodstock director of community and economic development.

Because their owners tend to face economic challenges or view their buildings strictly as moneymakers, multifamily dwellings offer the biggest risk of maintenance neglect.

The city’s new property maintenance ordinance – passed in mid-October – gives city staff another tool in defending against

See HOUSING, page B2

District 200, employee reach settlement Custodian gets $9K in severance pay, no charges in alleged theft of copper pipe

By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – A District 200 maintenance employee accused of stealing copper piping took a severance deal to avoid a firing last month, despite an investigation that police say fell short of probable cause.

The District 200 school board, local custodial

union and Thomas Harrison reached a deal on Nov. 13 that ended Harrison’s employment and provided him about $9,000 in severance pay over eight weeks.

In exchange, Thomas releases claims and agrees not to sue the district, according to the settlement agreement which was obtained by the Northwest Herald through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Superintendent Ellyn Wrzeski said that after conducting an internal investigation, the school board had prepared to fire Harrison. But the “time and expense of a disciplinary process” made a settlement the more attractive option.

“You have to weigh a risk there,” Wrzeski said.

“Our decision was that this settlement agreement made sense for the district.”

The district notified the Woodstock Police Department of the theft on July 11. Police found about

90 pounds of copper from the schools had been sold to Behr Iron and Metal in Woodstock, but the sale couldn’t be traced to an individual, Woodstock Police Deputy Chief John Lieb said.

The general price for scrap copper is about $2.50 a pound.

“We investigated it, we didn’t reach enough for probable cause and we couldn’t pursue the matter as far as making an arrest,” Lieb said.

See SETTLEMENT, page B2

results in drug charges

By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com RICHMOND – A Richmond man was charged following a search of his home, during which police said they seized heroin, marijuana, Psilocybin mushrooms, various pills, assorted drug paraphernalia, 21 rifles and handguns, more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition Jeremy J. and more than Woltman $20,000 in cash.

Jeremy J. Woltman, 29, of 5710 George St., Richmond, was charged with six counts of possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver, possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Woltman was taken to McHenry County Jail and is being held in lieu of $7,000 bond.

Richmond police began investigating Woltman after he

See SEARCH, page B2

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DeKALB COUNTY: FOUR TREATED IN SYCAMORE INCIDENT

Fire officials warn of carbon monoxide dangers

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKalb County officials are warning residents about the importance of carbon monoxide detectors after two members of a Sycamore family passed out from carbon monoxide exposure before help arrived.

Four family members in the 1700 block of Brower Place, Sycamore, were transported to Kishwaukee Hospital for treatment of exposure to high carbon monoxide levels this month, said Art Zern, assistant fire chief for the Sycamore Fire Department.

The family’s furnace was not draining the exhaust properly, causing the

Symptoms and safety measures: • The symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure include headache, fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea and dizziness.

• Never heat a home with a gas range or oven.

• Never burn charcoal inside a home or garage.

• Always open the chimney flue

when using a fireplace.

• Never run a combustion engine, such as a car, lawn mower or snow blower, in an enclosed area.

• Have furnaces and water heaters serviced regularly.

exhaust to go back into the house. The family did not have a carbon monoxide detector, Zern said.

“Luckily one member of the family woke up in the middle of the night very ill and passed out. He was up long enough to awaken other

members of the family,” Zern said. “Two members passed out prior to our arrival.”

Carbon monoxide, which is a colorless and odorless gas, is particularly a problem during the winter because furnaces are working nonstop, Zern said. Residents

Source: Sycamore Fire Department

8COMMUNITY CALENDAR • 10 a.m. to noon – New Year’s Eve Kids’ Bash, Crosby Elementary School, 401 Herely Drive, Harvard.

For families and children age 12 and younger with games, crafts, face painting, photo station, RC Juggles balloon artist and noon countdown with Mayor Nolan.

Cost: $1 children and adults, free for children ages 2 and younger.

Information: 815-943-6468 or www.cityofharvard.org. * 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. – Black & Blue New Year’s Eve ball, Pinecrest Golf Club, 11220 Algonquin Road, Huntley. Fundraiser to benefit Huntley Blue Youth Baseball teams in Huntley. Cocktail hour, dinner, disc jockey, dancing, giveaways, raffles and party favors. Cost: $150 a couple. Registration and information: John Czarnecki, 224-600-6121 or johnc@huntleybaseball.com.

Richmond. Seeking volunteers for the equine-assisted lessons to clients ages 3 to 95. Fee of $16 for a background check for volunteers age 18 and older. Information: 815382-9374 or www.mstrp.org.

• 2 to 3:30 p.m. – Lost Valley Ventures: Family Exploration Program, Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glacial Park, Route 31 and Harts Road, Ringwood. The topic will be animal tracks and feature a nature lesson, game and activity. Hosted by McHenry County Conservation District. Free. No registration required. Information: 815-678-4532 or www.mccdistrict. org.

• 2 to 4:30 p.m. – Joe’s Wish meat raffle, VFW, 3002 W. Route 120, McHenry. Benefit for Heroes in Need Fund to help local military personnel and their families in need. Information: 815-575-1011 or www.joeswish.com.

Thursday to Saturday

Sunday

• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Little Christopher Resale Shoppe, 469 Lake St., Crystal Lake. Offering clothing, housewares, books, toys, jewelry and more. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Sponsored by the Women’s Club of St. Thomas the Apostle Church to benefit the church. Information: 815-459-9442.

• 8 to 11:30 a.m. – Blood drive, Journey Church, 10547 Faiths Way, Huntley. All donors will receive a $5 Panera gift card.

Walk-ins welcome. Information: 224-569-6501 or www.heartlandbc.org.

Tuesday

Friday • 7 p.m. – McHenry bingo, VFW Post 4600, 3002 W. Route 120, McHenry. Player-friendly games and prizes. Food available.

Sponsored by a pediatric cancer charitable organization. Information: 815-385-4600 or www. mchenrybingo.com.

• 8 p.m. – McHenry B&B Square Dance Club, Johnsburg Community Club, 2315 W. Church St., Johnsburg. Ray and Cindy Bishop will be doing rounds at 8 p.m. and Arlene Kaspik will be calling squares at 8:30 p.m. Team spirit theme with jerseys/casual dress. Cost: $6 members, $7 visitors. Information: 815-353-5346.

Friday to Saturday • 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – St. John’s Mission Resale Shop, 215 Washington St., Algonquin. Featuring a variety of clothing, household, holiday, children’s items and more.

Continues from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday. Sponsored by St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church to benefit the community. Information: 847-658-9105.

Saturday • 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Crystal Lake Toastmasters Club meeting, Exemplar Financial Network, 413 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. Develop communication and leadership skills while having fun.

Information: www.crystallake. toastmastersclubs.org.

• 10 a.m. – Crystal Lake Area Branch of American Association of University Women program, Senior Services Center, 110 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake. Refreshments, business meeting and program by Wendy Davis of Rotary International regarding the Heifer project. Public invited. Information: 847-669-3362.

• Noon – New volunteer training, Main Stay Therapeutic Riding Program, 6919 Keystone Road,

Monday • 7:30 to 9 p.m. – Fox Valley Rocketeers meeting, Challenger Learning Center, 222 E. Church St., Woodstock. A local club of model rocketry enthusiasts. Information: 815-337-9068 or www.foxvalleyrocketeers.org.

Jan. 7 • 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Marengo Senior Club meeting, M.O.R.E. Center, 829 Greenlee St., Marengo. A fun gathering for seniors in Marengo and Union. Information: 815-568-6534.

• 7 p.m. – Crystal Lake Camera Club meeting, Home State Bank Community Room, 5999 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake. Members pay $25 annual dues. Information: www.crystallakecameraclub.org.

• 7:30 p.m. – Huntley Penguins Snowmobile Club meeting.

American Legion, 11712 Coral St., Huntley. Membership fee: $25.

Information: 847-910-0142 or dalldec@yahoo.com.

Jan. 8 • Noon – Bingo, GiGi’s Playhouse, 5404 W. Elm St., McHenry. Come play bingo and help support the Playhouse, a Down Syndrome Achievement Center. Information: 815-385-7529 or www.gigisplayhouse.org.

• 6 to 7:30 p.m. – Quit-smoking classes, Huntley Health Center, 10350 Haligus Road, Huntley.

A seven-week class meeting Wednesdays offered by the McHenry County Department of Health and Centegra. Cost: $25.

Registration and information: 1-877-236-83472 or www.mcdh. info.

by the Congregational Church of Algonquin to benefit those in need.

Information: 847-854-4552.

Jan. 9 • 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. – Crystal Clear Toastmasters meeting, Panera Bread, 6000 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake. Everyone is invited. Information: www.crystalcleartoastmasters.org.

• 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Living Well for Women program, Senior Services, 3519 N. Richmond Road, McHenry. An interactive program for women age 50 and older encompassing all dimensions of health. Continues Thursdays through March 13. Free. Registration and information: 815-3443555.

• 7:30 p.m. – American Legion Post 171 meeting, Park Place, 406 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake.

Information: erik.neider@gmail. com.

Jan. 10 • 7 p.m. – McHenry bingo, VFW Post 4600, 3002 W. Route 120, McHenry. Competitive program and pricing. Food available. Proceeds benefit Wings of an Angel charitable organization for children with cancer. Information: 815-3854600 or www.mchenrybingo.com.

• 8 p.m. – Woodstock Squares Dance Club, McHenry Township Senior Center, 3519 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg. Caller will be Barry Johnson and cuer will be Ray and Cindy Bishop. Soup Night.

Admission: $6. Information: 815-385-4503; 815-385-2853 or woodstocksquares@gmail.com.

Jan. 10 to Jan. 11 • 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – St. John’s Mission Resale Shop, 215 Washington St., Algonquin. Featuring a variety of clothing, household, holiday, children’s items and more.

Continues from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday. Sponsored by St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church to benefit the community. Information: 847-658-9105.

Jan. 11 • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Pet nail clipping, Nature’s Feed, 2440 Westward Drive, Spring Grove.

Donation requested with proceeds to benefit Helping Paws Animal Shelter. Information: 815-675-2008 or www.naturesfeed.net.

Jan. 12 • 2 p.m. – A Winter Movie/Popcorn Afternoon, Cosman Cultural Center, 12015 Mill St., Huntley.

Video excerpts from history interviews taken of key Huntley founding families. Weltzein family members also will share their memories of growing up in the area. Hosted by the Huntley Historical Society. Free. Public invited.

Information: 224-654-2070.

• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Heavenly Attic Resale Shop, 307 S. Main St., Algonquin. Offering books, clothing, housewares, toys, linens, jewelry, sporting goods and more.

Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Sponsored

• 9 to 10:30 a.m. – Quit-smoking classes, Huntley Health Bridge, 10450 Algonquin Road, Huntley.

A seven-week class meeting Tuesdays offered by the McHenry County Department of Health and Centegra. Cost: $25. Registration and information: 1-877-236-83472 or www.mcdh.info.

off.”

Both fire departments use equipment to find the source of carbon monoxide in the house.

Illinois state law requires residents using fossil fuels, such as natural gas or propane, to install carbon monoxide detectors within 15 feet of all rooms used for sleeping.

According to a Sycamore Fire Department news release, the symptoms of carbon monoxide exposure include headache, fatigue, shortness of breath, nausea and dizziness. High levels of carbon monoxide poisoning can lead to mental confusion, vomiting, loss of muscular coordination, loss of consciousness and death, the

news release states.

Symptoms of carbon monoxide can be similar to the common cold or flu. Zern said people can tell the difference because carbon monoxide exposure usually will affect people all at the same time rather than within days of each other, he said.

“The key is to have detection to alert you to the problem,” Zern said.

Zern also said newer high-efficiency furnaces are particularly prone to causing problems because their exhaust is cooler and condenses in cold air faster. Ice can build up in these newer furnaces, so residents should check it periodically, Zern said.

League in talks for possible debate • DEBATE Continued from page B1

Jan. 14 Jan. 8 to Jan 11

who feel ill should leave the house and call 911 if their carbon monoxide detector activates.

“We had half a dozen calls recently with legitimate carbon monoxide issues,” Zern said. “We were there early enough, because they had detectors.”

DeKalb Fire Chief Eric Hicks said his department hasn’t had any major issues so far this year, but he still cautions residents to be mindful.

“Make sure your vehicle isn’t running inside the garage,” Hicks said. “A large amount of calls we get are when it’s super cold out and people start [and run] their car, which will set the alarm

“Even through we as a board don’t endorse candidates, it doesn’t mean individuals cannot,” Edwards said.

Edwards compared Patriots United to the League of Women Voters.

Former League of Women Voters President Judy Szilak

said donations to local political races are strongly discouraged by the League.

“As a rule we try to be very careful about what we do publicly with campaign donations,” she said.

She later added: “We do the candidates forums, so we want to be sure that we’re seen as objective.”

Patriots United says Zinke verbally agreed to the debate but backed out as the details

were being ironed out.

“I don’t know how I backed out of something that was never going to occur,” Zinke said.

Zinke said he will wait for a McHenry County League of Women Voters or a Northwest Herald-sponsored debate. The League is in talks for one, Szilak said, but nothing is confirmed. The newspaper presently has no plans to host a debate.

Downzoning could cause legal battles • HOUSING Continued from page B1 that neglect, but officials are looking into further options.

One such way, arguably the most drastic, would be through “downzoning,” an involved process that could leave the city open to legal battles. The city could potentially change the zoning of areas that previously allowed several types of dwellings to single-family only.

Multifamily homes would be given an amortization period to come into compliance and could be compensated by the city for the loss in value to their property.

“We’re not going to come in and make someone convert their house overnight to meet these standards,” Carlson said. “That’s all part of the discussion for coun-

“We’re not going to come in and make someone convert their house overnight to meet these standards. That’s all part of the discussion for council, and that’s where you get into the amortization. Is it 10 years? 20 years?”

Cort Carlson Woodstock director of community and economic development

cil, and that’s where you get into the amortization. Is it 10 years? 20 years?”

Carlson said any specifics still would have to be worked out between the City Council, staff and legal council.

Mayor Brian Sager echoed Carlson’s point that talks are in early stages.

Sager said he doesn’t expect any action in the short term.

He, like Turner and Councilman Mark Saladin, said the issue provides a chal-

lenge because of a need to balance personal property rights with “the larger interest of communities and neighborhoods.”

Saladin said he is open to making changes to eliminate neighborhood eyesores but wants to take a patient approach.

“I would like to see the property maintenance ordinance get its legs underneath it and see how effective or not effective it will be,” he said.

Copper replacement cost estimated at $7,000 • SETTLEMENT Continued from page B1 The investigation is closed barring further evidence, he said.

But after conducting its

own investigation, district officials said they believed the available evidence warranted termination, Wrzeski said.

She declined to provide specifics about what the investigation turned up.

The burglarized equip-

ment – contained to two district schools, Woodstock North High School and Northwood Middle School – has undergone intermediate repairs.

Including labor, replacing the copper will cost an estimated $7,000, Wrzeski said.

Woltman reported burglary of cash, gun, drugs • SEARCH Continued from page B1 reported his home had been burglarized and $3,000 in cash, a Walther P22 firearm

and 2 ounces of marijuana had been stolen, according to a news release.

The gun was located in another part of the property during the search, the release said.

The Richmond Police Department’s investigations division, patrol division and K-9 unit was assisted by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force in carrying out the search warrant.

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McHENRY COUNTY: ROADSIDE SAFETY CHECKS

Police to increase presence on New Year’s Eve Law enforcement agencies attempting to crack down on drunken driving, seat-belt violations

By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Those traveling to and from New Year’s festivities should expect to see more police officers on the roads as more than 250 law enforcement agencies

around the state are bolstering efforts to crack down on drunken driving and enforce seat-belt laws.

Federal funding through the Illinois Department of Transportation has allowed hundreds of additional man hours for police depart-

ments to enact roadside safety checks, belt enforcement zones and more patrols during New Year’s Eve through the first weekend in January.

New Year’s Eve is a historically dangerous and deadly time for Illinois drivers. IDOT statistics show 38 people have

8PUBLIC ACCESS Crystal Lake Road, McHenry

The Fox Lake Plan Commission meeting scheduled for Wednesday has been canceled.

Fox Lake Plan Commission When: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 21 Where: Fox Lake Village Hall, 66 Thillen Drive

Richmond Village Board When: 7 p.m. Thursday Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive

MONDAY District 156 School Board When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6 Where: District office board room, 4716 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry Fox Lake Police Commission When: 6 p.m. Jan. 6 Where: Fox Lake Police Department, 301 S. Route 59 Holiday Hills Committee of the Whole When: 7 p.m. Jan. 6 Where: Holiday Hills Village Hall, 1304 Sunset Drive

JAN. 8 Fox Lake Zoning Board of Appeals When: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 8 Where: Fox Lake Village Hall, 66 Thillen Drive

JAN. 9 Island Lake Village Board When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 9 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave. Lakemoor Village Board When: 7 p.m. Jan. 9 Where: Lakemoor Police Department, 27901 W. Concrete Drive

JAN. 13 Marengo-Union Library Personnel Committee When: 6 p.m. Jan. 13 Where: Marengo-Union Library, 200 S. State St.

JAN. 14 District 46 School Board When: 7 p.m. Jan. 14 Where: Prairie Grove Junior High School library, 3225 Route 176, Crystal Lake Richmond Community Development Committee When: 9:30 a.m. Jan. 14 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive Richmond Finance Committee When: 4:15 p.m. Jan. 14 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive

JAN. 16 Lake Management Board of Island Lake When: 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave. Island Lake Zoning Board of Appeals When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 16 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave.

JAN. 20 Holiday Hills Village Board When: 7 p.m. Jan. 20 Where: Holiday Hills Village Hall, 1304 Sunset Drive

JAN. 21 District 156 School Board When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 21 Where: District office, 4716 W.

also should be promptly reported to local police agencies.

2013 will likely be the third consecutive year with an increase in motor vehicle fatalities, but it also could be the fourth year since 2009 with less than 1,000 deaths on the roads.

Lights recycling bin available in Holiday Hills

Volunteers needed for conservation projects

HOLIDAY HILLS – Holiday lights can be recycled through a drop-off container located outside the Holiday Hills Village Hall.

The container at 3125 Barreville Road will be available through Feb. 28, according to a news release.

Lights of any color and length can be dropped off.

The program is accepting mini lights or Italian lights, C7 lights, C9 lights, rope lights, LED lights and extension cords.

For information, call the village of Holiday Hills at 815455-1411.

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is looking for volunteers for Woodstock nature restoration projects in January.

Volunteers will help clear non-native trees from an area that will be restored to wetland and oak woods at the Hennen Conservation Area, 4622 Dean St., Woodstock.

That project will take place Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The other project scheduled Jan. 8 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. would require volunteers to help clear non-native brush from an oak savanna and along

an area that is being opened up for a hiking trail. That work will be done at Westwood Conservation Area, 1524 Hillside Trail, Woodstock.

No experience is necessary and tools and refreshments will be provided at both events.

For information, contact Melissa Hormann at mhormann@ conservemc.org or 815-3379502.

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is a nonprofit conservation organization that works to preserve and restore natural, scenic and agricultural lands throughout the county.

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The Illinois Department of Transportation recommends designating a sober driver before celebrations begin. People who have been drinking also are encouraged to call a taxi or sober family member or friend to get home. Drunk drivers

died on Illinois roadways during the holiday in the last five years. Fifteen of those deaths involved at least one driver who had been drinking.

During the same time frame, 2,869 people were injured. Seven people died last year with 664 suffering inju-

JAN. 22 Island Lake Emergency Management Agency When: 7 p.m. Jan. 22 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave.

JAN. 23 Island Lake Village Board When: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 23 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave. Lakemoor Village Board When: 7 p.m. Jan. 23 Where: Lakemoor Police Department, 27901 W. Concrete Drive

FEB. 3 District 156 School Board When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 Where: District office board room, 4716 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry

FEB. 4 Richmond Community Development Committee When: 9:30 a.m. Feb. 4 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive Richmond Finance Committee When: 4:15 p.m. Feb. 4 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive

FEB. 5 Island Lake Fire and Police Commission When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave.

FEB. 11 District 46 School Board When: 7 p.m. Feb. 11 Where: Prairie Grove Junior High School library, 3225 Route 176, Crystal Lake

FEB. 13 Island Lake Village Board When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave. Lakemoor Village Board When: 7 p.m. Feb. 13 Where: Lakemoor Police Department, 27901 W. Concrete Drive

FEB. 18 District 156 School Board When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 Where: District office, 4716 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry Richmond Community Development Committee When: 9:30 a.m. Feb. 18 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive Richmond Finance Committee When: 4:15 p.m. Feb. 18 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive

FEB. 20 Lake Management Board of Island Lake When: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave. Island Lake Zoning Board of Appeals When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20

Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave.

FEB. 26 Island Lake Emergency Management Agency When: 7 p.m. Feb. 26 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave.

FEB. 27 Island Lake Village Board When: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave. Lakemoor Village Board When: 7 p.m. Feb. 27 Where: Lakemoor Police Department, 27901 W. Concrete Drive

MARCH 3 District 156 School Board When: 7:30 p.m. March 3 Where: District office board room, 4716 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry

MARCH 4 Richmond Community Development Committee When: 9:30 a.m. March 4 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive Richmond Finance Committee When: 4:15 p.m. March 4 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive

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8POLICE REPORTS McHenry • Joseph J. Corrado, 24, 1409 Hillside Lane, McHenry, was charged Tuesday, Nov. 12, with driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with a blood-alcohol content more than 0.08, leaving the scene of an accident, reckless driving, improper lane use and driving without valid insurance.

• Cailey Sue Opal Kallerud, 21, 4015 Lillian St., McHenry, was charged Friday, Nov. 15, with retail theft.

• Cecilia L. Blanco, 18, 7415

Lookout Drive, Wonder Lake, was charged Friday, Nov. 15, with retail theft.

• Rylan L. Hewes, 25, 2508 Freedom Drive, McHenry, was charged Sunday, Nov. 17, with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass to a residence.

• Jennifer E. Avery, 40, 220 Veretta Court, McHenry, was charged Sunday, Nov. 17, with domestic battery and interfering with the reporting of domestic battery.

• Ann Marie Roberts, 25, 5307 Thelen Ave., McHenry, was charged Tuesday, Nov. 19, with

felony retail theft.

• Cinthia Rodriguez-Melesio, 28, 5212 Dartmoor Drive, McHenry, was charged Saturday, Nov. 23, with domestic battery.

• Jhonny Ramirez, 26, 2097 Willow Brooke Drive, Woodstock, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without a valid license, driving without valid insurance and no taillights.

• Patrick L. Rush, 35, 2214 Manor Lane, McHenry, was charged Sunday, Nov. 24, with leaving the scene of a property-damage accident.

MARCH 5 Island Lake Fire and Police Commission When: 7:30 p.m. March 5 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave.

MARCH 11 District 46 School Board When: 7 p.m. March 11 Where: Prairie Grove Junior High School library, 3225 Route 176, Crystal Lake

MARCH 13 Island Lake Village Board When: 7:30 p.m. March 13 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave. Lakemoor Village Board When: 7 p.m. March 13 Where: Lakemoor Police Department, 27901 W. Concrete Drive

MARCH 17 District 156 School Board When: 7:30 p.m. March 17 Where: District office board room, 4716 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry

MARCH 18 Richmond Community Development Committee When: 9:30 a.m. March 18 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive Richmond Finance Committee When: 4:15 p.m. March 18 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive

MARCH 20 Lake Management Board of Island Lake When: 6:30 p.m. March 20 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave. Island Lake Zoning Board of Appeals When: 7:30 p.m. March 20 Where: Island Lake Village Hall, 3720 Greenleaf Ave.

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OBITUARIES DOROTHY J. ALEJANDRO Born: Sept. 13, 1944; Shawneetown IL Died: Dec. 30, 2013; Woodstock Dorothy Jean “Dottie” Alejandro, age 69, of Woodstock, passed away Monday, December 30, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born on September 13, 1944 in Shawneetown, Illinois, to Herman S. and Isabelle (Ransom) Dortch. She married Juan M. Alejandro on September 17, 1963 in Woodstock.

Dottie was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Woodstock. She worked for a time as a real estate agent, but she also had a degree in early childhood education. She loved her kids and would do anything for them. She was active as a room mother, bringing in homemade cookies and cakes when her children were in school. She also took her children and their friends anywhere they needed or wanted to go. She was an excellent cook, making everything she cooked or baked from scratch.

Dottie celebrated every holiday, but Christmas was her favorite. She also loved all animals, being outdoors, and bird watching.

She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years, Juan M. Alejandro; two children, Anthony M. Alejandro and Melanie A. Alejandro; and two sisters, Helen Maynard and Rita May Stipanov.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and three brothers, Frank Dortch, David Dorch, and infant Jamie Dorch.

A visitation will be held on Friday, January 3, 2014 from 10:00am until the time of the funeral service at 11:00am at the Schneider Leucht Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave. in Woodstock. Burial will be at McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the family for designation at a later date.

For more information, call the Funeral Home at 815-338-1710, or visit us on the web at www.slmcfh.com.

How to submit Send information to obits@ nwherald.com or call 815-526-4438.

Notices are accepted until 3pm for the next day’s paper.

Obituaries also appear online at nwherald.com/obits where you may sign the guestbook, send flowers or make a memorial donation.

e, ky ( ) Loske and Penny (Jim) Powell.

Eleven grandchildren and 9 gr.

Grandchildren.

Besides her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Louis Barnas and a sister Joan Rodgers.

Pat was a homemaker who enjoyed various activities including bowling, golf, skiing, ceramics and maj jong. She enjoyed world travels specifically to Egypt and Australia.

She was a member of Willow Creek Community Church for many years.

Visitation will be Monday, December 30, 2013 from 5:00 until 8:00 PM at the Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Rd., Cary.

Funeral Service at 10:30 AM Tues.

December 31st at the funeral home.

Burial Windridge Memorial Park.

For info: 847-639-3817 or kahlemoore.com.

PATRICIA L. FALCONER Born: March 13, 1925; Chicago Died: Dec. 27, 2013; Crystal Lake

Patricia (Pat) Lorraine Falconer went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 27, 2013 at the age of 88.

She was born in Chicago on March 13, 1925 to Herbert and Francis Elle.

Pat was united in marriage to Robert Gibb Falconer on November 13, 1943. She was a devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother throughout her life. In addition to raising 12 children, Pat believed in giving back to the community and spent many years as a volunteer at KAREN J. ALTENDORF St. Joseph's Home for the Elderly in Palatine and Lee Memorial Hospital Karen Jean Altendorf, age 78, of in Ft. Myers, Florida. She also held a Cary, passed away December 28, past role of president of Saints 2013, at her home. Mom is now Peter and Paul Altar and Rosary able to join dad eternally. We have Society in Cary and spent much of great comfort knowing he was her adult life volunteering and there to show her the way. We love campaigning for local politicians. her so much and will miss her, as After retirement, Patricia enrolled at we miss dad every single day.

Edison University to pursue her love Mom, rest in peace in dad's arms, of the arts. and in our hearts.

Pat is survived by her children, Karen is survived by four children, Toni (Tim) Riggs; Robert (Patty) Mary Ann (Thomas) Gilson; Michael Falconer; Denise (Jerry) Stratton; Robert (Tammy) Altendorf; Susan Bonnie Falconer (God's special gift Marie (Joseph) Gualano; and James to our family); Kevin Falconer; Vernon (Lauralee) Altendorf. Eight Patrice (Dave Aderhold) Molitor; grandchildren, Michael, Jonathan, Michael (Karen) Falconer; Monica Benjamin, Josie Grace, Grace Yuan, (Jeff) Trendler; Lisa (Paul) Passaglia; Tony, Joseph and Amanda. Also a and Heather (Marty) Behm. She will brother, Joseph (Cleo) Bradford. be lovingly remembered as A special thanks to friends and “Grandma Sunshine” by her 26 caregivers, Gift, David, Rachel and grandchildren; Marloe, Kerri and Edward.

Bridgette Riggs, Angela, Christopher She is preceded in death by her and Michael Lingk, Steve, Chris and husband, Robert E. Altendorf.

Jeff Falconer and Tara Bennett, Karen retired after a career with Sean and Matt Stratton, Jaime and AT&T. She was an avid golfer, card Josh Molitor and Brett and Chad player and Cub fan. She also spent Aderhold, Brett and Tori Falconer, many years as a Cub Scout and Girl Nicole, Casey and Amy Trendler, Scout leader.

Lindsey, Kevin and Kelsey Passaglia, Visitation will be Saturday January Caelen and Rory Behm; 29 great4, 2014 beginning at 9:00 AM and grandchildren and one great-greatconcluding with a service at 11:00 grandson.

AM., at the Kahle-Moore Funeral She was preceded in death by her Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. parents; husband; children, In lieu of flowers, memorials Geraldine Lingk and Stephen (Flip) would be appreciated, to Falconer; and sister, Dolores Priller.

JourneyCare, 405 Lake Zurich Road, The visitation will be from 5:00 to Barrington, IL 60010 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 2, For information: 847-639-3817 or 2014 at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home kahlemoore.com in Cary. Funeral Mass at 10:00 AM January 3, at Saints. Peter and Paul PATRICIA A. BARNAS Church, 410 First St., Cary.

Interment will follow at St. John's Born: March 21, 1932; Chicago, IL Died: Dec. 27, 2013; Crystal Lake, IL Cemetery, Fox River Grove.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations Patricia A. Barnas, age 81 of be made in Patricia's memory to Crystal Lake formerly of Cary Pioneer Center for Human Services, passed away December 27, 2013.

4001 Dayton Street, McHenry, IL Pat was born March 21, 1932 in 60050, an organization providing Chicago, the daughter of John and services to adults with intellectual Elizabeth Wulf. and development disabilities.

She is survived by four children: For information: 847-639-3817 or Barb (Kirk) Bode, Betty (Dan) kahlemoore.com Lacine, Becky (The late Dennis)

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by his pa s, Albert and Alice of California; a brother, Terry Joorfetz; 2 sisters, Born: Aug. 24, 1929; Chicago, IL Died: Dec. 28, 2013; Lake Zurich, IL Beth (Terry) Jones and Peggy (Matt) Shimniok; nieces and nephews, Kelley (Todd) Dvorak, Kenneth E. David Hoven, Cameron Shimniok Gnech, age 84 of and Spencer Shimniok.

Cary passed away December 28, 2013 A memorial gathering is being planned for a later date. at Lexington of For information, call the Lake Zurich.

Schneider, Leucht, Merwin & He was born August 24, 1929 in Chicago, the son of Elmer and Alma Cooney Funeral Home at 815-338-1710, or see our website at Gnech. www.slmcfh.com He is survived by his wife, Dolores Irene (Nee Dobies) Gnech, whom he married February 9, 1955.

Ken is survived by four children, Holly (David) Lubs, Bill (Cindy) DIANA LEE Gnech, Steve (Maryla) Gnech and Laura (Al) Tuman. Six grandchildren, Diana Lee, age 82, Nicole Benner, Alyssa Gnech, Katie of Huntley, died Stottle, Krissy Kolkebeck, Nina peacefully at Tuman and Neil Tuman.

Journeycare Besides his parents, he is Hospice, Monday, preceded in death by a brother, December 30, 2013.

Elmer Gnech, and a sister, Betty Diana was born Ball.

August 17, 1931, the Ken served in the Korean War and daughter of Mihran and Victoria was a member of the VFW Post in Ishkanian.

On May 1, 1954, she Park Ridge. married Raymond H. Lee. They Visitation will be 4:00 until 8:00 enjoyed 58 years of marriage.

PM with a Service at 7:00 PM on She is survived by her children, Friday January 3, 2014 at the KahleGregory A. Lee of Canton, Georgia, Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver and Pamela A. Lee of Lake in the Lake Road, Cary. Burial at St. John Hills.

She is also survived by her Nepomucene Cemetery. grandchildren, Alissa (Abishek) For information: 847-639-3817 or Machani, Brian Karp, Tyler (Jessica) kahlemoore.com and Garrett Lee. She is also survived by her great grandchildren, Alexis, Madison and Nevaeh.

ANNA HOSE She is preceded in death by her Born: May 23, 1928; Germany husband, Ray; her daughter-in-law, Died: Dec. 28, 2013; McHenry, IL Terri Lee; and by her brother, Michael.

Anna Hose, age 85, of McHenry, Visitation will be on Thursday, died Saturday, December 28, 2013, January 2, 2014, from 4:00 to 8:00 at her home. pm at DeFiore Jorgensen Funeral She was born May 23, 1928, in Home, 10763 Dundee Road, and Germany, to Ludwig and Anna also on Friday from 9:30 am until Bickleder.

Anna was a resident of McHenry, the 10:30 at Church. A funeral Mass since immigrating from Germany in will be celebrated 10:30 am Friday, 1952. A homemaker for most of her at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 lifetime, she was an excellent cook. Dundee Road, Huntley.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may She also enjoyed baking and be directed to the American Lung crocheting. A happy and carefree Association. person with a sweet disposition, For further information please call Anna loved to laugh. She traveled the funeral home at, 847-515-8772 to California every year to visit her or online condolences may be daughter and son-in-law. She also directed to traveled with her husband back to www.defiorejorgensen.com Germany to visit family. She loved her grandchildren very much, and enjoyed caring for them when they were young. She was a longtime member of St. Mary's Church in DOROTHY H. PAST McHenry.

Survivors include two daughters, Born: Oct. 23, 1920; Chicago, IL Christine McConnell of Woodstock Died: Dec. 27, 2013; Cary, IL and Janet (David) King of Three Dorothy H. Past, age 93 of Cary Rivers, California; six grandchildren, Melissa McConnell, Roy McConnell, passed away December 27, 2013.

She was born October 23, 1920 in Matt McConnell, Sadie King, Jessica Chicago. The daughter of Martin (Brady) Bush, and Annalise King; and Louise Schroeder. five great-grandchildren, Alex, Dorothy is survived by four Camille, Aidan, Josiah, Tirzah; a children, Dick (Anna) Past, Rev. sister, Theresa Meier of Germany; Sherry (The late Charles) Hoening, and her loving caregiver, Sarah.

She was preceded in death by her Jonathan (Lynn) Past and Steven (Denise) Past. Eleven grandchildren, husband, John Hose; a Angela (Jeremiah) Addy, Winona granddaughter, Jackie AllsupGram, Jenny (John) Conway, McConnell; and two brothers, Carl Samantha (Bret) Godsby, Charles Bickleder and Albert Bickleder.

(Amy) Hoening, Thaddeus Hoening, Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m.

Andrea (Mustafa) Farladzhov, until 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 3, Nicholas Hoening, Earl (Kristen) 2013, at Justen Funeral Home & 2014 Past, Justin Past, and Travis Past.

Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. And 11 great grandchildren: Miller Road, McHenry, IL 60050.

Besides her parents, Dorothy is The funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. in the funeral home. Interment preceded in death by her husband, will be in Windridge Memorial Park, Earl Past; a son, Robert Past; and an infant sister, Jeanette Schroeder.

Cary.

She was a member of the For those wishing to send an Lutheran Women's Missionary expression of condolence, League. memorials are suggested to Visitation will be Wednesday, Heartland Hospice, or to the January 1, 2014, from 4:00 until Alzheimer's Association.

8:00 PM at the Kahle-Moore Funeral For information, please call the Home, 403 Silver Lake Rd., Cary. funeral home at 815-385-2400, or Funeral Service at 11:00 AM on visit, www.justenfh.com, where January 2, at Holy Cross Lutheran friends may leave an online condolence message for her family. Church, 2107 Three Oaks Rd., Cary.

Burial Memory Gardens.

Her family wishes to extend a Memorials would be appreciated special thank you to Heartland to the Bethesda Lutheran Hospice for their excellent care.

Communities, 600 Hoffman Dr., Watertown, WI, 53094.

TOM A. JOORFETZ For information, 847-639-3817 or Born: May 26, 1954; Woodstock kahlemoore.com Died: Dec. 30, 2013; Woodstock

KENNETH E. GNECH

Tom A. Joorfetz, age 59, of Woodstock, died Monday, December 30, 2013, at Journey Care RICHARD WALTERS Hospice Inpatient Unit in Richard Walters, age 57, of Lake Woodstock.

Geneva, Wisconsin, passed away He was born in Woodstock, on May 26, 1954, to Albert E. and Alice December 26, 3013.

(Thompson) Joorfetz.

Arrangements handled by Derrick Funeral Home. 262-248-2031 He is survived by his parents,

In loving memory of Leonard J. Heisler He died 12/31/2000 Loving and kind in all his ways upright and just to the end of his days; Sincere and true in his heart and mind; Beautiful memories he left behind.

With all our love, Jim, John, Jeff & Jack

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8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Dorothy J. Alejandro: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 3, at Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock.

The burial will be in McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710.

Karen J. Altendorf: The visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-3817.

Patricia A. Barnas: The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-3817.

Patricia L. Falconer: The visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 3, in Sts. Peter and Paul Church, 410 First St., Cary. Interment will follow at St. John’s Cemetery, Fox River Grove. For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-3817.

Kenneth E. Gnech: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. with the funeral service at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary.

The burial will be in St. John Nepomucene Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-3817.

Anna Hose: The visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. The funeral service will immediately follow. Interment will be in Windbridge Memorial Park, Cary. For information, call the funeral home at 815385-2400.

William Charles Hunt: The visitation will be from 2 to

4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, at Henke-Clarson Funeral Home, 1010 N. Wright Road, Janesville, Wis. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13, at Richmond United Methodist Church with burial in Richmond Cemetery.

Henry Lagerhausen: Friends and family will gather from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Saturday, Jan. 4, at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Summer St., Harvard. For information, call the funeral home at 815-9435400.

Diana Lee: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. A second visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 3, at the funeral home immediately followed by a celebration of Mass at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Road, Huntley. For information, call the funeral home at 847-515-8772.

Dorothy H. Past: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary.

The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2107 Three Oaks Road, Cary.

The burial will be in Memory Gardens. For information, call the funeral home at 847-6393817.

Clara Audrey Skittone: The visitation will be from 1:30 p.m. until the memorial service at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-2400.

Robert D. Watkins: A memorial gathering will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road, Woodstock. For information, call Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home at 815-338-1710.

8LOCAL BRIEFS County offers health insurance information

Participants sought for summer art festival

The McHenry County Department of Health will host information sessions about health insurance options through the Affordable Care Act. Trained counselors will be available at 7 p.m. Jan. 8 and Jan. 28 at the Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 Paddock St.; 7 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Johnsburg Public Library, 3000 N. Johnsburg Road; and 7 p.m. Jan. 22 at Algonquin Township, 3702 Route 14, Crystal Lake.

Register for sessions at the Crystal Lake Public Library or by calling 815-459-1687.

For information, call 815-3344510 or visit www.mcdh.info.

The Algonquin Public Arts Commission seeks artists to participate in its seventh annual Art on the Fox fine art show, scheduled for June 14 and 15 in Riverfront Park, 201 N. Harrison St., Algonquin.

The event is open to artists who create original works in a variety of media, including paintings, drawings, sculpture, glass and photography.

Early-bird artist application deadline is Jan. 15, which offers a $25 discount on the booth fee. The application form is available at www. artonthefox.com.

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8BUSINESS ROUNDUP

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CARY – The Merlin’s Building at 534 Northwest highway, Cary, was recently sold to Volo Gas LCC for $750,000 in a deal that will keep the existing tenants in place.

Linda Kost and Dave Schmidt, senior associate brokers at Premier Commercial Realty, represented both the buyer, Volo Gas LLC, and the seller, Cary Ventures LLC, in the sale of the freestanding 6,328-square-foot investment property. The property was sold Dec. 23.

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Home electricity use falling to 2001 levels

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Around the Clock Restaurant owners Steve Theofanous (center left) and Fano Theofanous are offering a $10,000 reward for any proof they are selling the Route 14 property to a national pharmacy chain. The rumor started in March. Steve Theofanous said he thinks it was started by another restaurateur.

Restaurant not closing Around the Clock offers $10,000 to dispel doubts

By BRETT ROWLAND browland@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – The owners of Around the Clock Restaurant are hoping to quash a persistent rumor that they plan to sell their Route 14 property to a national pharmacy chain.

Brothers and co-owners Steve and Fano Theofanous want to put an end to the rumor by offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can show a “proof of sale” between the restaurant and CVS Pharmacy.

The rumor, which the owners first heard in March, has dogged customers and the restaurant’s 70 employees since then, Steve Theofanous said.

“At first, we thought it was an April Fools joke,” he said. “The rumor was that we were going to close in October, but even after October, we kept hearing it. It was creating a lot of anxiety for our staff and customers.”

The brothers have no plans to sell the property or their 38-year-old, family-run restaurant business at 5011 Route 14, Crystal Lake, they said.

“We love the restaurant business,” Fano Theofanous said. “The rumor was bad for morale. Staff members worried. We ignored it for a while, but at some point, we had three or four people a day asking when we were closing.”

The restaurant, a Crystal Lake staple, serves about 7,000 people a week.

“What shocked us was how long the rumor went on,” Fano Theofanous said. “A lot of our staff members have been with us for 20 years. They are not just staff to us, they are family.”

Messages left for several CVS Caremark Realty directors in the region were not returned Monday. A message left for a corporate spokesperson also wasn’t returned. However, the company’s website lists new store location criteria that the owners’ say casts doubt on a potential sale. One of the requirements is “free standing sites with drive-thru pharmacy capability, 1.5 [to] 2.0 acres,” accord-

NEW YORK – The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels last seen more than a decade ago, back when the smartest device in people’s pockets was a Palm pilot and anyone talking about a tablet was probably an archaeologist or a preacher.

Because of more energyefficient housing, appliances and gadgets, power usage is on track to decline in 2013 for the third year in a row, to 10,819 kilowatt-hours per household, according to the Energy Information Administration.

That’s the lowest level since 2001, when households averaged 10,535 kwh.

Congress letting 55 tax breaks expire at year end

Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com

Around the Clock Restaurant owner Steve Theofanous holds a sign made to dispel a rumor he and co-owner Fano Theofanous are selling the restaurant property. The rumor, which started in March, has hurt employee morale. ing to the website. Around the Clock has less than an acre, according to the owners and township property records.

The national drug store chain has been searching for property along Route 14 in Crystal Lake for at least two years, said Jack Minero, a real estate agent with Commercial Prudential First Realty. However, he said he hadn’t heard any rumors about the Around the Clock property.

City officials confirmed CVS is looking for a second Crystal Lake location, but the Around the Clock site has never been presented as an option, said James Richter II, Crystal Lake’s assistant director of economic development.

Fano Theofanous said one good thing that has come from the rumor

is the brothers have started looking at plans for the future of the business and getting the next generation interested in it.

“It gave us a chance to reflect,” he said. “We got to think about how much this business means to us and our family.”

A post about the $10,000 offer got more than 15,000 views on the restaurant’s Facebook page, Steve Theofanous said. As of Monday, the post had nearly 400 “Likes” and 68 comments.

It’s also brought out many longtime customers who related stories and memories about meals and social gatherings at the restaurant. Those types of comments showed the owners how much a part of the community the restaurant has become, they said.

WASHINGTON – In an almost annual ritual, Congress is letting a package of 55 popular tax breaks expire at the end of the year, creating uncertainty – once again – for millions of individuals and businesses.

Lawmakers let these tax breaks lapse almost every year, even though they save businesses and individuals billions of dollars. And almost every year, Congress eventually renews them, retroactively, so taxpayers can claim them by the time they file their tax returns.

No harm, no foul, right? After all, taxpayers filing returns in the spring won’t be hurt because the tax breaks were in effect for 2013. Taxpayers won’t be hit until 2015, when they file tax returns for next year. Not so far. Trade groups and tax experts complain that Congress is making it impossible for businesses and individuals to plan for the future.

“It’s a totally ridiculous way to run our tax system,” said Rachelle Bernstein, vice president and tax counsel for the National Retail Federation.

“It’s impossible to plan when every year this happens, but yet business has gotten used to that.”

– From local and wire reports

McHenry Chamber makes big plans for 2014 Another year has come and almost gone. We are glad to let you know that 2013 was a good year for your chamber. Events have been successful and membership has been steady. New board members have been selected and many of our events are well sponsored going into 2014.

The McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met recently to develop new goals for 2014 for the organization. The purpose was to develop programs to encourage shopping at chamber members’ businesses and help them financially with a “Bright New Ideas” grant. In addition, the chamber board felt there needed to be more awareness of the chamber itself and its prominent role in the area.

Thus, the following goals were established. First, the Development of Chamber Foundation to raise money for “Bright New Idea Grants to members.” Fundraisers will be established to help member

CHAMBER NEWS Kay Rial Bates businesses with grants to improve their business. Fundraising will be done through member businesses willing to give a percentage of the sales on any given day to the foundation. The chamber, in turn, would drive traffic to the business.

Second, the chamber wants to convey why patronizing chamber members is important to the community and other members. Third, the chamber wants to mentor new members and make certain member expectations are met through participation.

It is extremely important you see value through your membership with this chamber. We ask that if you find yourself not using any of our networking opportunities or marketing to drive business to your organization, please contact us so

we can make this chamber work for you.

Start the new year right with “Do’s and Don’ts of Press Releases” with Cynthia Wolf of Wolf Wordsmithing. Wolf draws on her many years as a newsroom editor to provide business leaders with topnotch insider tips when it comes to generating positive press. It’s not just the how-to, but the who-to and the when-to that matters. Learn press-release writing basics and develop a nose for your business’ share-worthy news. The Brown Bag lunch is 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 8.

Kick off networking in 2014 by attending the Never Eat Alone Luncheon at 11:45 a.m. Jan. 10 at Culvers. Never Eat Alone luncheons encourage busy members to network while eating lunch and supporting an area restaurant.

Ladies, join us for the WINGs lighthearted High Tea. Get new ideas about what looks best on different body types; how certain apparel accentuates our best fea-

tures while other garments detract.

Cultivate a new style as we enter 2014 to look our best. Featured is the finest from McHenry specialty stores modeled by our WINGs committee. The menu consists of dainty sandwiches, exotic scones, lemon curd, fruits and delicately delightful desserts. The High Tea event will start at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 15 at the Shah Center. Register at www. mchenrychamber.com.

Mixers coming up include an event at BuddyZ Jan. 21 and the Men of Monday Night’s Mixer Jan. 28. The Men of Monday Night is designed to award all who participated in the Men of Monday Night Football raffle. All will have an opportunity to win a three-night trip to Mexico including airfare.

Mixers start at 5 p.m. Information about events be found at www. mchenrychamber.com.

• Kay Bates is executive director of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Sports editor: Jon Styf • jstyf@shawmedia.com

2013 memories will last a lifetime At the end of each calendar year, some of the area’s athletes and coaches who provided us sports highlights are asked to provide their favorite personal sports memories of that year.

This is their Prep Zone …

PREP ZONE Joe Stevenson

4A] regional and sectional in baseball.

Nothing could top that. It was such a great atmosphere and a fun team. It was a great ride and journey we had.

And it was the first regional title in school history, which makes it pretty cool.”

Even though we lost, they were a No. 1 seed and it was a two-possession game.

I remember throwing a ball to Luke Brinkmann and he dropped it, but later I threw him another and he took it for a 60-yard touchdown. Our team never gave up, and you would have never guessed that we were the underdogs. I have never been prouder to be a part of the Richmond-Burton Rockets.”

Danny Rygiel, Richmond-Burton (football, basketball): “It was our last [foot-

Mark Anderson, Cary-Grove (girls track and girls cross country coach): “Joslyn

ball] game against Evergreen Park.

Nicholson placing fourth in the Class

Ben Murray, Jacobs (baseball, basketball): “Definitely winning the [Class

VIEWS Tom Musick

Erin Wagner, Prairie Ridge (track, cross country): “My [Class 2A] state race was my favorite memory. I had my teammates there [cheering] and the guys’ team was there. I ran my personal-best time by 45 seconds [taking ninth place].

In the race itself, I just felt strong and Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com really smooth all the way, and to have Jacobs’ Ben Murray bats during the Jacobs Regional championship my best race made it even better.”

game against Barrington on May 25 in Algonquin. Jacobs won, 9-3, for the program’s first regional title.

See PREP ZONE, page C2

ALDEN-HEBRON CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT

Giants on way up

Super Bowl Bears scarce, more likely to part ways LAKE FOREST – Six years, 10 months, 27 days.

Perhaps you prefer to break it down by hours: 60,528.

Or minutes: 3,631,680.

Or seconds: 217,900,800.

That’s how much time has passed since the Bears marched all the way to Super Bowl XLI. Since then, every season except for one has ended just like it did Monday, with somber players cleaning out their lockers Roberto before the start of Garza the playoffs.

For most of us, six years represents an extended blink on the scale of time.

In the NFL, it’s an eternity.

As of now, a half-dozen Bears players remain from the 2006 Super Bowl squad: Lance Briggs, Roberto Garza, Devin Hester, Charles Tillman, Robbie Gould and Patrick Mannelly.

A few months from now, how many will remain?

Two? Maybe three?

That thought kept resurfacing as the Bears filed into the locker room Monday at Halas Hall before parting ways for a long winter.

Players packed boxes with personal items, tossed old shoes into a bin, and signed out with the equipment manager.

It’s become a common scene as other teams prepare for promisefilled playoff runs. Yes, the Bears won a playoff game in 2010, but their offseason has started early in six of the past seven seasons as they have failed to reach the postseason.

Time is ticking fast.

Most of the Super Bowl alums might soon be gone.

Take Garza, the veteran guardturned-center who will turn 35 in March. His contract is up, and it’s possible that the Bears will look to sign a younger player.

“I’m going to definitely want to come back,” Garza said. “I feel like I can still play.”

Or take Tillman, the greatest cornerback in the 93-year history of the franchise. Tillman has been a takeaway machine since he arrived in 2003, but he will turn 33 in March and is set to become an unrestricted free agent.

Could Tillman be wearing another jersey come next fall?

“I have some options,” Tillman said. “I have some thoughts. I have some decisions that I have to make [about] what’s best for myself and my family and my football career.”

3A triple jump in the state track meet.

She was sitting in 10th, just out of the medals, but her last attempt was the best she ever took as a Cary-Grove Trojan. She broke the school record and earned a state medal. Athletes dream about ending their careers like that, and she actually got to live it.”

Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com

Alden-Hebron senior Brooklyn Hilton shoots during the first quarter of an Alden-Hebron Christmas Tournament game against Harvest Christian on Monday in Hebron. A-H won, 50-43.

Improved Alden-Hebron reaches title game with win, falls to Durand

By PATRICK MASON pmason@shawmedia.com HEBRON – It isn’t hard for coach Jen Nichols-Hogle or the players on the AldenHebron girls basketball team to remember back to the beginning of the season when nothing seemed to click.

It took some time for the players to mesh and figure out what needed to be done in order to win. It didn’t take long before the Giants began to figure it out with help from specific practices tailored to moving the ball and not taking the first easy shot. Other work focused on team defense. It was coming together.

“We had a rough start of the season,” Nichols-Hogle said, “and now we are seeing more chemistry and we’re making that extra pass and the girls are doing a good job of being there for each other.”

The Giants entered their Christmas tournament with confidence and finished with something to build from. The Giants reached the championship game by winKyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com ning three straight games before losing to A-H’s Hannah Behrens shoots under pressure from Harvest Chris- Durand, 53-24, Monday night. tian Rachel Oostdyk (right) during the first quarter Monday.

The loss came on the heels of a 50-43 win

over Northeastern Athletic Conference rival Harvest Christian earlier in the day.

“I’m very proud of my girls getting to the championship game,” Nichols-Hogle said. “Losing always stinks, but being able to see the bigger picture, and where we have come from, is good for our girls and something we can build on.”

Durand featured a big lineup that proved to be difficult to defend for the undersized Giants as the game got away from them in the second half. The Giants used a number of different defensive looks to try to slow forward Cassidy Derus, who had been tearing up the tournament.

The Giants (5-6) held Derus to 14 points in large part due to having many different players guard her. A-H kept pace in the first half and found itself down by eight at the break.

Hannah Behrens was held scoreless but helped keep the offense going as she grabbed six rebounds in the game after coming off a double-double performance against Harvest Christian (12 points, 16 rebounds).

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College football: Chick-fil-A Bowl, 7 p.m., ESPN Duke faces quarterback Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M in his final college game, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Many Bears fans blaming safety Chris Conte for allowing the winning touchdown in Sunday’s loss to the Packers took to Twitter and mistakenly directed their ire toward @ChrisConte, but that account belongs to a Nashville, Tenn., TV reporter.

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BULLS 95, GRIZZLIES 91

Deng certain Bulls will turn it around

By JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Under all the doom and gloom that has hovered over this Bulls team this season, Luol Deng is still seeing a calm coming.

A return to normalcy.

Strange, considering he’s seeing it from the sideline after missing his fifth-consecutive game because of an ailing left Achilles.

“I really believe that,’’ Deng said, insisting that his team’s best basketball is still in front of them. “I really think so. We had just an unbelievable amount of injuries.

Guys have been in and out.

“I’m really excited. And I think we’re better than what our record says.’’

Deng better hope so, because even with the 95-91 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night, the Bulls were still 12-17, and just 5-11 on the road.

But what has Deng excited is not only his return coming sooner than later, but an organization that is still pushing forward. That was evident when they acquired D.J. Augustin off waivers, and who knows what general manager Gar Forman could still have up his sleeve as the Feb. 20 trade deadline approaches.

“I know the organization is in it,’’ Deng said. “As players, we want to win. As coaching staff, we want to win. I know the organization does.

When you get players added in, it definitely shows that you’re trying to keep going.’’

The Augustin addition continued to pay dividends against Memphis, especially in one stretch in the fourth quarter when it looked like the Bulls lead was starting to

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Up 72-71 with just under seven minutes left, Augustin hit a clutch 3-pointer to keep the lead at four. A minute later with the shot clock winding down, Augustin hit another deep trey, putting the Bulls up 81-76.

Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau has been raving about Augustin since he put on the red and black just over two weeks ago, and has enough confidence in what he’s done to team him alongside starter Kirk Hinrich late in games in going with a two point-guard attack.

It seemed to benefit Hinrich yet again against the Grizzlies (13-17), who nailed an important 3 of his own with 3:32 left in the game.

Not that the Bulls are over their offensive inconsistencies by any means. They had several chances to put Memphis away late in the game, but after Joakim Noah missed a layup with a minute left, Memphis grabbed the rebound, called a timeout and prepared for one last charge down by six.

It looked like Mike Conley would lead that charge when he appeared to have a clear layup to the hoop, but Hinrich blocked the point guard, leading to Noah getting fouled.

Conley eventually cut the Bulls lead to four, hitting a jumper and drawing a foul, but that was as close as they would get.

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Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy (left) keeps Los Angeles Kings center Jordan Nolan from getting his own rebound against goalie Antti Raanta during the first period Monday at the United Center.

BLACKHAWKS 1, KINGS 0

Raanta stops Kings First career shutout, Saad’s goal lift Hawks

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com CHICAGO – This was the game the Los Angeles Kings want to play – the kind of bruising, physical, grinding affair they simply weren’t healthy enough to pull off in last spring’s Western Conference finals.

The Kings had eight registered hits in the first four minutes Monday night at the United Center. Colin Fraser dumped Michal Rozsival over the boards midway through the first period. Tyler Toffoli smushed Andrew Shaw and Bryan Bickell into the glass in the second. It was hard-hitting, plodding, defensive hockey – just the way the Kings like it.

But the Hawks showed a little sandpaper themselves, with little Shaw throwing a game-high nine hits, including

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Raanta, likely making his last start as the Hawks’ No. 1 goalie with Corey Crawford expected to dress on Long Island and in New Jersey later in the week, made 26 saves – including a second-period penalty shot. The rookie wanted to atone for a disappointing

performance in the Hawks’ 6-5 shootout loss at St. Louis two nights earlier. Raanta gave up two goals in the final four minutes of that one to send it to overtime.

“You can only remember the last game you were playing, and the ending of that game wasn’t so great,” Raanta said.

He fared much better Monday. The Hawks mustered only Brandon Saad’s goal against Kings rookie Martin Jones, but Raanta made it stand up.

He stopped Jeff Carter pointblank in the first (with some help from a backchecking Jonathan Toews), but made his biggest save in the second period. Raanta stopped Dustin Brown on a breakaway, but Brent Seabrook hooked him in the process, earning him a penalty shot – the sixth the Hawks have faced this season.

Haak’s fond memories run gamut • PREP ZONE Continued from page C1 Tim Haak, Harvard (football and wrestling coach): “There

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Alden-Hebron’s Avi Mor shoots as Harvest Christian’s Riley Steiner defends during the fourth quarter of their A-H Christmas Tournament game Monday in Hebron. A-H lost, 46-33.

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Heaver leads A-H, but Giants drop 2 NORTHWEST HERALD Jacob Heaver led Alden-Hebron in scoring in two losses for the Giants on Monday at their boys basketball Christmas tournament.

In the first game, Heaver scored 13 points and Cody Nelson added 10 in the 43-33 loss to Harvest Christian.

In its second game, A-H was edged by New Jerusalem, 45-44. Heaver scored 17 and Nelson added 11. The Giants had a 1-3 tournament record.

York Jack Tosh Tournament: At Elmhurst, Greg Johnson

had 12 points and six rebounds, and Cody Freund added 10 points for McHenry in a 56-41 loss to Chicago Lane Tech.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Dundee-Crown Charger Classic: At Carpentersville, New Trier beat Prospect, 5435, to win the tournament title game. In the third-place game, Evanston beat Mother McAuley, 57-46. Buffalo Grove downed Dundee-Crown, 61-42, in the 15th-place game.

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this report.

A-H’s Hilton scores 10 • ALDEN-HEBRON Continued from page C1 Brooklyn Hilton paced the Giants with 10 points and controlled the offense, calling various plays at the point.

Hilton got shooter Tally Lalor (five points) involved as well as Hannah Warren (4) and Jacqueline Walters (3), which kept Durand off-balance defensively in the first half. The Giants’ ball movement created a lot of good looks at the basket and opened passing lanes.

“This tournament was a great turing point for us,”

said Hilton, who finished with eight rebounds. “We had a really rough beginning to our season, and us talking and communicating throughout this tournament and at practices makes this something we can build from.

“It’s an awesome feeling.”

Added Behrens: “This tournament has been a complete 360 for us. In the beginning of the season we had a rough start, and we fought our way back and now we’re starting to be able to dig ourselves out of holes and play tough against everyone.”

were so many. Our football team beating Richmond-Burton, 21-0, to finish the regular season unbeaten was big.

Only five teams in Harvard history, since 1923, have done that. Then Anthony Luis winning Class 1A state wrestling, beating a kid who was 47-0 and hadn’t been taken down.

Anthony took him down three times. Then, the football playoff game against King where we scored 35 points in the first five minutes. I don’t ever remember seeing that before.”

Allie Sprague, Marengo (track, cross country): “[Class 2A] state cross country was my favorite. It was really exciting going as a team again. Going up that hill to the finish for the last time, I heard my coaches, parents, friends and teammates all yelling what place I was in – 29th, then 28th – that was the last one I heard. I just started kicking to the finish, ignoring the burn in my legs.

All-State [top 25] has been a goal for me since I started high school cross country my freshman year, but different obstacles kept getting in my way. After crossing those blue mats at the finish, I knew I gave it everything, and even if I didn’t accomplish my goal, I would be happy. Once we finally heard it was 25th place I was ecstatic. I barely made All-State, but it was enough.

I didn’t think it could have gotten any better until I found out we placed fourth as a team, the highest in Marengo’s history.”

Hunter Williams, Jacobs (football): “Winning the FVC Valley title. We started 0-2 and working as hard as we did to win the next seven games was amazing. We were really down at 0-2, but we came to practice and turned it up a lot.

We kept thinking positive and started winning games.”

Avalon Nero, Crystal Lake South (volleyball): “It was definitely going downstate. I’ll remember winning every part from [Fox Valley Conference

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Steve Dixon is greeted by fans after Johnsburg defeated Woodstock North on Sept. 27 in Johnsburg to end a 25-game losing streak.

Valley Division] to regional to sectional. The feeling that we were one step closer every time was really exciting.”

Alex Ferguson, Woodstock (baseball, golf, basketball): “It had to be playing in the [Class 3A] regional title [basketball] game against Woodstock North in their gym. Playing in that atmosphere was awesome. It seemed like most of Woodstock was there. I was a reserve and we all got in to play because we were winning. I’ve never seen a gym so packed. I hope we can do that again this year.”

Matt Hughes, Cary-Grove (football, wrestling): “Our last game at home in the playoffs against Boylan. We lost, but I had a blocked punt and Emerson Kersten had an interception and it was a great game.

I just remember everybody coming together one last time on the field with guys like Emerson and Matt Sutherland.”

Laura Watling, Marian Central (volleyball coach): “Our [Class 3A] regional championship match at Woodstock North against Johnsburg. We went on to win the sectional, but that regional was so emotional, and we had so much invested in it. Knowing we were able to do it again was really fun. We beat Richmond-Burton first, and they knocked us out last year, then we beat Johnsburg. I just felt like the regional was even more emotional because so many of the girls knew each other.”

Sam Franckoviak, DundeeCrown (football, track): “We beat McHenry in the final

regular-season game and clinched a playoff spot [for the first time since 1994]. I was hugging coaches and looking at the scoreboard as it went to 0:00. I also remember seeing my mom [Linda] crying because she was so happy.”

Evelyn Youel, Crystal Lake Central (tennis, basketball): “Jillian Wallace and I played a match in the regular season at Carmel against a doubles team that placed in the top eight at state last year.

Watching them warm up was impressive. Our teammates were in awe. Jill and I went out and played our best match and beat them in a third-set tiebreaker. By the end all the other matches were done, so our whole team was watching.”

Steve Dixon, Johnsburg (football, basketball): “When we played Woodstock North in football and I intercepted a pass and returned it 79 yards for a touchdown. It helped my team get a win and ended our 25-game losing streak.

One of my best friends, Bailey Stefka, was sick and couldn’t play, and coach Mike Maloney asked me to wear his jersey.

He had returned an interception for a touchdown the week before. We went into the victory formation, and our students charged the field.”

• Joe Stevenson is a senior sports writer for the Northwest Herald. He can be reached by email at joestevenson@shawmedia.com. You also can follow him on Twitter @nwh_JoePrepZone.

JASON GREGOIRE Cary-Grove, jr.

Gregoire led Jacobs’ Hinkle Holiday Classic in scoring with 128 points and was named to the all-tournament team as the Trojans went 3-2 for the week.

Gregoire scored 36 in a pivotal pool game, a 59-50 victory over Jefferson, that put the Trojans into the Consolation A championship bracket.

C-G lost to South Elgin, 83-80 in overtime, for the Consolation A title game, but Gregoire again was outstanding with 36 points. In his last two tournament games, the 6-foot-3 guard was 21 of 28 on field goals with 62 points.

Noteworthy Ambidexterity: Without a scouting report on Cary-Grove guard Tyler Szydlo, someone might think he was a right-hander all the way because when he drives to the basket, Szydlo usually releases from that side.

However, the 6-foot-2 senior shoots from a distance with his left hand.

“It’s funky,” he said. “I write and shoot left-handed, but I throw all other balls with my right hand. I feel like I have more touch with my right hand, so I use that inside a lot.”

Szydlo also handles the ball a lot and is adept with either hand, although he often brings it up the floor with his right. Those are nice skills to have.

Changing teams: Jacobs will make some changes with its tournament schedules for next season.

The Golden Eagles will not return to Quincy, where they have gone for Thanksgiving for the past decade.

Instead, they are trying to get into Palatine’s or Lane Tech’s tournament for Thanksgiving.

Crystal Lake Central will leave the Hinkle Holiday Classic next year, along with Chicago Tilden. Jacobs athletic director Dan Vosnos said he has a couple of potential replacements lined up.

Also, Central coach Rich Czeslawski said his school’s Thanksgiving Coaches vs. Cancer Tournament will replace Antioch and Hoffman Estates next year with Geneva and Hononegah.

Impending arrival: Czeslawski missed Friday’s game at the Hinkle Holiday Classic while his wife Molly gave birth to their second child, daughter Jordan. Meanwhile, at Marengo’s E.C. Nichols Tournament, Richmond-Burton coach Brandon Creason was not certain he would make every game either.

Creason’s wife Angie is due with their second child Jan. 1. She delivered son Kellan, 4, five weeks early.

“I just kept waiting for my phone to start vibrating,” Creason said. Angie made it through the tournament, and the Rockets won the title.

Record setters: Johnsburg coach Mike Toussaint will enjoy a few days of practice with his team to analyze the Skyhawks’ new pressing defense and free-wheeling offense, which uses 3-pointers liberally.

The Skyhawks were 1-4 at the Hinkle Holiday Classic but had worked on the new system minimally before the tournament.

What Johnsburg did at Jacobs was find itself in the tournament records.

Tilden’s 100-87 victory over Johnsburg in the first round set the mark for the highest combined score.

Johnsburg also tied the tournament record with 15 3s in its loss to Jacobs. Guard Steve Dixon’s eight 3s was one off the tournament record for a single game.

Also, the Skyhawks attempted 117 free throws, which was a tournament record.

This week’s top games McHenry at York Tournament The Warriors finish Tuesday at the Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament.

North Boone at Richmond-Burton 7 p.m. Friday The Rockets are expected to contend for the Big Northern Conference East Division title and open their division schedule coming off winning the championship at Marengo’s E.C. Nichols Tournament.

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ILLINOIS

Illini brace for ‘Season 2’ Big Ten schedule looms; return to NCAAs won’t be easy

By STEVE GREENBERG sgreenberg@suntimes.com Illinois men’s basketball coach John Groce refers to the Big Ten portion of the schedule as Season 2, and it’s no joke. ‘‘The toughness it requires, with 18 games in two months, you can’t get too high or low in this league,’’ Groce said Monday, a little more than 24 hours before the Illini’s conference opener against Indiana in Cham- Next paign.

Even for the better Indiana at teams, maintaining focus Illinois, 2 p.m. and a high level of exe- Tuesday, ESPN2, cution is a constant chal- AM-670 lenge. ‘‘You’ve got to will your way to doing that game in, game out,’’ Groce said.

If there’s one thing Groce seems to be particularly adept at, it’s motivating his team to play hard. Illinois (11-2) has its imperfections, but the appropriate intensity nearly always is there. The nonconference victories against Missouri and at UNLV required it. The lone losses at Georgia Tech and at Oregon occurred in spite of it.

Through 13 games – or Season 1, in Groce’s parlance – the Illini coaching staff AP photo has performed well, molding a roster that Illinois’ Rayvonte Rice goes up for a shot against Illinois-Chicago’s Jake looks almost nothing like the one that Wiegeand on Saturday at the United Center. reached the NCAA tournament last sea-

son. With a strong start in Big Ten play, Groce’s second Illinois team might lock itself into the Top 25 for weeks to come.

Groce and his staff have coached up veterans Tracy Abrams and Joe Bertrand, who are having their best seasons, and unleashed a scoring beast in newcomer Rayvonte Rice, a junior guard who transferred from Drake. A talented, promise-filled group of five freshmen are making an impact. ‘‘I like the progress that we’re making,’’ Groce said. ‘‘I really applauded the guys for their toughness and their grit throughout the nonconference schedule.’’

For all this, give Groce a Season 1 grade of B. Heck, it’s the holidays – call it a B-plus.

But Season 2 will be so much harder.

There’s no A-minus – let alone a sold A – on the horizon for Groce unless the Illini are successful enough in Big Ten play to put themselves in position to improve on last season’s finish. Most Illini fans were pleased with that one victory in the NCAA tourney. If this team’s potential lies beyond that, how can it get there?

What must the Illini do to compete against the Big Ten powerhouses and get back to the NCAA tournament? There will be twists, turns and unforeseeable obstacles along the way, but at least a few things absolutely must happen: 1. Junior center Nnanna Egwu has to figure out how to make more of an impact.

The 6-11, 250-pounder from St. Ignatius is fifth on the team in scoring (8.0) and third in rebounding (5.4) – and definitely capable

WINTER OLYMPICS

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Russia bombings spark concerns

No prognosis given for Schumacher after surgery

By EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press The suicide bombings in Russia serve as a chilling reminder of what the Winter Olympics represent to terrorists: a high-profile target with more than 2,500 athletes, some of them world-famous, waving the flags of nearly 90 nations.

So, while many Olympic leaders offered reassurance on the day after two bombings 400 miles from Sochi killed at least 31 people, some of those getting ready to compete in the Games spoke of a different reality. They know their security is never a sure thing.

“I am concerned,” said U.S.

speedskater Jilleanne Rookard.

“I’m scared their security may be involved. I don’t know if I necessarily trust their security forces. But they don’t want a national embarrassment, either. I use that thought to relieve some of my worry. I’m sure they want to save their image and their pride.”

Indeed, the Russians vow the athletes will be safe, even though they will be competing in a city 300 miles away from the roots of an Islamist insurgency that has triggered security concerns for the Games, which start Feb. 7.

The country has spent a record $51 billion preparing for its first Winter Games and has

promised to make the Games “the safest in Olympic history.”

Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov said the bombings didn’t spark a need for additional security measures because “everything necessary already has been done.”

Swedish hockey player Johan Franzen of the Red Wings sees things a little differently.

“I’m sure after this, the security will be higher than they intended from the start,” he said.

The threat of terrorism at the Olympics has been in the forefront since 1972, when members of a Palestinian terrorist group invaded the Olympic village and killed 11 Israeli athletes.

GRENOBLE, France – Doctors offered a grim assessment of Michael Schumacher’s head injuries Monday, providing no prognosis for the Formula One driving great after his skiing accident in the French Alps.

Schumacher, 44, has been placed in a medically induced coma to relieve pressure on his brain, which suffered bruising and bleeding when the retired seven-time world champion fell

of more in both areas. With his skill level, he should be held to a higher standard.

If only Egwu would be more assertive offensively, his scoring and rebounding numbers would rise. His inclination seems to be to fall away from the basket on nearly every shot, which is ridiculous given his size. Even against UIC’s tiny front line, Egwu shied away from the power game.

In Big Ten play, though, what choice will he have?

2. Bertrand can’t allow himself to get lost in Rice’s and Abrams’ shadows. Illinois fans long have thought him to be inconsistent. Some critics have called him an underachiever. The truth is, Bertrand has more Robin than Batman in his blood, and that’s OK. He just can’t be too deferential.

Bertrand has limitations. For example, his shaky ballhandling makes it difficult at times for him to create his own shot. His athleticism, though, screams for consistent production. And he’s clearly a hard worker, as illustrated by his much-improved three-point stroke.

3. Freshmen Jaylon Tate, Kendrick Nunn and especially Malcolm Hill have to step it up. Tate’s impact has waned a bit of late. Nunn’s role is expanding, but the Illini will need all three to log heavy minutes in Big Ten play. Freshman center Maverick Morgan will stay in the rotation, too.

Hill has the most Big Ten-ready talent of the four, though, and he barely has played in the last few games. ‘‘He’s going to be good,’’ Groce said. ‘‘It’s a matter of if, not when, with Malcolm.’’

and struck a rock Sunday while skiing during a family vacation.

“We cannot predict the future for Michael Schumacher,” Dr. Jean-Francois Payen, the doctor in charge of Grenoble University Hospital’s intensive care unit, said at a news conference.

“He is in a critical state in terms of cerebral resuscitation,” said Payen, the chief anesthesiologist treating the German driver. “We are working hour by hour.”

Schumacher earned universal admiration for his uncommon

driving talent, which led to a record 91 race wins. His single-minded dedication to victory sometimes meant he was denied the same affection during his career that he received Monday.

Schumacher “gave the image of someone indestructible, powerful,” France’s four-time F1 champion Alain Prost said on iTele TV channel. “It’s a banal accident compared to what he’s done in the past . It’s just a dumb thing that ended badly.”

– The Associated Press

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The BCS-snubbed Ducks (11-2) dominated throughout even though their famously high-powered offense scored only one touchdown, when Josh Huff turned a short pass from Mariota into a spectacular 16-yard sprint to the end zone.

Brown received warm goodbyes from a sellout crowd in what was practically a home

game for Texas (8-5). Even the school marching band spelled his name at halftime.

But the blowout was a final reminder of why Brown is resigning after 16 seasons at Texas, which he led to a national championship in 2005 but couldn’t reverse a sharp decline in recent years.

Walking off the field for the last time, Brown flashed the “Hook ‘em Horns” hand signal to the scattered remaining Texas fans who stuck around to the end of another humbling loss this season.

Music City Bowl – Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17: At Nashville, Tenn., Bo Wallace ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score and Mississip-

pi (8-5) beat Georgia Tech (7-6) for the Rebels’ second straight bowl victory under coach Hugh Freeze.

The junior quarterback and Tennessee native threw for 256 yards and ran for 86 more, giving him the school record for total yards in a season and most completions in a season, topping Eli Manning for both.

Armed Forces Bowl – Navy 24, Middle Tennessee St. 6: At Fort Worth, Texas, Keenan Reynolds ran for 86 yards with two more touchdowns and Navy (94) won for only the second time its past seven bowl games, beating Middle Tennessee State.

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BEARS NOTES

Players bound for free agency defend Tucker

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com LAKE FOREST – Bears players didn’t throw safety Chris Conte under the bus after Sunday’s loss, and they wouldn’t put blame on defensive coordinator Mel Tucker, either, when cleaning out their lockers Monday.

“I think he’s a great coach. I think he did an excellent job,” said Shea McClellin. “You know, just a few things fell out of place. It was unfortunate. But overall, I think he’s a great coach.

I learned a lot from him.”

In his first year as the Mel Tucker Bears’ defensive coordinator, Tucker watched several starters go down with season-ending injuries, and the Bears had the worst defense in team history.

Coach Marc Trestman has defended Tucker, and he will address the media along with general manager Phil Emery on Thursday. If there are any changes to the staff, we’ll learn more at that news conference.

Players know better than to criticize a coach, but there are clever ways to respond to questions, such as backhanded compliments, but we didn’t hear that Monday, even from players who are entering free agency and may not be back with this Bears defense, so they would have less to lose when discussing Tucker.

“I thought Mel did an exceptional job,” said cornerback Charles Tillman, who spent the previous nine years with Lovie Smith. “We had a lot of injuries on defense. I don’t think anyone got hurt on offense. I think he did a really good job despite all the injuries we had.”

Safety Major Wright had a tough season and could be looking elsewhere for a new contract, but he also said criticism of Tucker was not fair.

“I don’t think it is, because at the end of the day, people have to do their jobs and fess up to being the player that they’re supposed to be,” he said. “I think he’s going to take the majority of the criticism, but I think it’s within the defense. It’s all of us. If one goes down, we all go down.”

Linebacker D.J. Williams was playing well in his first season in Chicago before getting hurt. He is also set to test the freeagent market.

“He didn’t really get to put out the defense on the field that he thought he was going to have,” Williams said. “But I felt he did a great job. It’s hard to go out there and compete with teams when you don’t have your guys out there. But I think he got the guys to rally around each other and give great effort.”

Quick hits: The Bears will have the 14th pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. … In addition to playing the NFC North, NFC South and AFC East in 2014, the Bears will play the 49ers in their new stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., and host the Cowboys.

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Bears running back Matt Forte (right) celebrates a 5-yard touchdown run with guard Matt Slauson (left) and wide receiver Marquess Wilson during the second half against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday at Soldier Field.

Bears’ grades better than outcome The ultimate shame of the Bears’ devastating 33-28 loss to the Packers at Soldier Field is that when you break down the tape there are actually more guys who played well than those who didn’t, and there were some guys who played very well.

Jay Cutler was one of the latter.

He wasn’t Joe Namath or Peyton Manning, but in the kind of situation where Cutler has often failed, he was extremely efficient and bounced back from a slow start to make some big plays and do almost enough to win.

Cutler was under control the whole game and made a great play to get the ball to Brandon Marshall on the Bears’ final touchdown.

I’m giving him a B+. He can’t get the A because the Bears lost.

Although Aaron Rodgers actually wasn’t as good as Cutler for 60 minutes, he did find a way to make the plays the Packers had to have to steal the win late, and that’s what separates the great QBs from the good ones.

Matt Forte did do enough for an A for his last game of the season.

The Pro Bowl running back did

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush everything he could to bring home the must-win, including 157 yards of offense from scrimmage and three touchdowns.

Forte was born to play running back in Marc Trestman’s office, and if he stays healthy there are more Pro Bowls in his future.

Bears receivers did not have their best games of the year. They get a C+ as a group. Alshon Jeffery did have the huge 67- yard catch to set up Forte’s third touchdown, and Marshall made the great play on the final score.

But Jeffery lost a fumble, had a terribly costly drop on third-andlong in the fourth quarter that might have sewn up the game if he’d held it and caught only three of the eight throws on which he was targeted.

Marshall also had a costly drop on the Bears’ final possession, and Martellus Bennett managed just one catch for 15 yards.

The offensive line earned a solid B. Nothing spectacular, no demerit points, exactly what you want from your line. They did a nice job of not skipping a beat when Jordan Mills got hurt and Eben Britton came on.

The weirdest part of this game was that for most of it, it felt like the defense was a bit better, but in the end it wasn’t.

The Packers’ offense had a 10:18 advantage in time of possession and outgained the Bears 473-345 yards.

That’s why the Bears lost the game.

Give the defensive line a C. Julius Peppers and Jeremiah Ratliff were disruptive at times, and Peppers did have what should have been a huge sack. But most of the pressure on Rodgers was from blitzes, and Green Bay still rushed for 160 yards and a 4.7-yard average.

I thought James Anderson played very well – other than leaving the Rodgers fumble on the ground in front of him – and Lance Briggs was better than he was in Philadelphia. But all that Packer

production ... give the linebackers a B-.

The secondary failed Sunday, and they have to get an F. The biggest problem was the Packers’ final score and the blown coverage on which they still don’t seem to be sure what happened. Still, it was more than that.

Tim Jennings made a few plays, but Jordy Nelson had 10 catches for 161 yards, and they had no answer for him all day.

The special teams weren’t great, but if this was Devin Hester’s last game as a Bear, he goes out with an A from me. His 49-yard punt return and 39-yard kickoff return should have yielded a lot more than they did.

Unfortunately, the last straw in this game was two mental mistakes: a fumble left on the ground and a wideout uncovered in crunch time. We don’t need a poor grade to know how costly those errors were.

• Hub Arkush covers the Bears for Shaw Media and HubArkush. com. Write to him aharkush@ shawmedia.com.

Hester hopes to Pack takes never-give-up attitude into playoffs ‘retire as a Bear’ GREEN BAY PACKERS

By GENARO C. ARMAS The Associated Press

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Go ahead, take shots at the Green Bay Packers and their barely above-.500 record. Question the defense, and make light of how they needed to scratch and claw to win three of their past four games.

All that matters to coach Mike McCarthy is that Green Bay won the NFC North and is in the NFL playoffs.

“I love our defense. I love our football team.

Throw the stats out the window,” a rejuvenated McCarthy said Monday at Lambeau Field.

“You can throw the bad ones at me, and I’ll throw the good ones back at you.

“We’re a playoff football team. Our identity has changed. This team has embraced it, and we know it’s going to take the full game to get it done, and that’s the way we play.”

The Packers (8-7-1) have grown accustomed to nail-biters on their way to winning a third straight division crown.

The most important close call came Sunday against the Bears at Soldier Field, when Aaron Rodgers found Randall Cobb for an unlikely 48-yard touchdown catch on fourth-and-8 with 38 seconds left to cap the comeback from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a 33-28 win.

What’s more, it sent the Bears – Green Bay’s fiercest division rival – home for the winter.

The victory and touchdown reception that featured two key Packers who returned from injuries had sports talk radio shows buzzing Monday throughout Wisconsin.

“Oh man, It’s a great a feeling,” running back Eddie Lacy said Sunday night about watching time expire. “We’re about to go to the [playoffs], and now we have to keep it going.”

But the Packers had only Sunday night to celebrate.

“I’m sure some guys went past midnight,” McCarthy said.

It was back to business Monday in Titletown, and as if to emphasize the point, McCa-

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Aaron Rodgers leaps into a teammate’s arms as the Green Bay Packers celebrate their 33-28 victory over the Bears to win the NFC North title Sunday at Soldier Field. rthy sported a suit and tie when he spoke to reporters.

“It is playoff time, and we’re focused on the 49ers,” he said.

Coach Jim Harbaugh’s team will visit Lambeau Field on Sunday for an NFC wild-card game.

The 49ers beat the Packers, 34-28, in San Francisco in Week 1, in September. Last season, the 49ers eliminated Green Bay from the playoffs en route to the Super Bowl.

As much as McCarthy would like to disregard the statistics, on defense at least, the numbers don’t paint a pretty picture. Green Bay is 25th in the NFL in total defense, giving up 372 yards a game.

After a solid start to the season, the Packers have fallen to 25th against the run, allowing 125 yards a game.

It is unknown whether pass-rushing linebacker Clay Matthews will return to action

after breaking his right thumb for a second time this year. He won’t play Sunday.

But the Packers do have Rodgers back after the 2011 NFL MVP missed almost two months because of a fractured left collarbone. He is the ultimate game-changer, a franchise quarterback who can help mask other flaws on the team.

McCarthy said he can’t think of a better two-minute drill in his coaching career than the one the Packers executed Sunday night to help win the game.

“I think this is probably his finest hour as a Green Bay Packer,” McCarthy said of Rodgers.

The road back to the postseason has been strewn with obstacles. Besides Rodgers, Cobb and Matthews, injuries have also deprived Green Bay of tight end Jermichael Finley, defensive end Johnny Jolly and cornerback Casey Hayward. Projected left tackle Bryan Bulaga was lost in training camp.

Or take Hester, the greatest kick returner in the history of the NFL. Hester will be a free agent and would like to return to the Bears, but how much financial flexibility might the team have for an aging player whose role is limited to special teams?

“I really want to know right away,” said Hester, 31. “I am the type of guy, I don’t want to go through the whole offseason not knowing where I am going to be at.

“I want to retire as a Bear. I put in too much hard work here and did a lot of things around here.

I am pretty sure the fans want me back. So, who knows?”

Nobody knows.

The same holds true for Mannelly, a precise but relatively pricey long snapper who will turn 39 in April. Equally murky is what the future holds for Briggs, 33, who never seemed to embrace the post-Lovie Smith, post-Brian Urlacher era this season. Briggs is under contract, but who’s to say the Bears won’t make some calls to test his market value?

That leaves Gould, who re-signed with the Bears last week, as the lone bridge from the Super Bowl team who is certain to return.

Amid so much uncertainty, Tillman and his fellow Super Bowl veterans are ready to accept whatever comes next in their football careers.

“I think I’m OK with it,” Tillman said. “I think it’s the first time in my life that I’ve had to make decisions like this. …

“I’m not stressing. I’m not worried about it.

Whatever happens is going to happen. Whatever happens is going to be for the good.”

Whatever happens, the group seems to have no hard feelings.

“It’s the start of something really special here,” Garza said. “And hopefully I continue to be a part of it.”

• Northwest Herald sports columnist Tom Mu-

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FIVE-DAY PLANNER

5 coaches already fired

TEAM

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

at N.Y. Islanders 6 p.m.

CSN AM-720

at New Jersey 6 p.m.

CSN AM-720

TORONTO 7 p.m.

CSN AM-1000

Lions’ Schwartz, Vikings’ Frazier out in NFC North

BOSTON 7 p.m.

CSN AM-1000

By BARRY WILNER

COLLEGE FOOTBALL 11:30 a.m.: AdvoCare V100 Bowl, Arizona vs. Boston College, ESPN 1 p.m.: Sun Bowl, Virginia Tech vs. UCLA, CBS 3 p.m.: Liberty Bowl, Rice vs. Mississippi St., ESPN 7 p.m.: Chick-il-A Bowl, Duke vs. Texas A&M, ESPN

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Former Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan delivers a statement after being fired Monday in Ashburn, Va. after losing their final 14 games, released coach Gary Kubiak late in the season.

Frazier took over for Brad Childress in Minnesota for the final six games of 2010. He got the Vikings to the playoffs as a wild card last season, riding an MVP year from running back Adrian Peterson. But he never solved the Vikings’ quarterback situation – three QBs started in 2013 – and the defense, Frazier’s specialty, ranked 31st overall and against the pass.

The Lions were considered an underachieving team the past two years under Schwartz. After a 6-3 start this year in a division where the Packers and Bears lost their starting quarterbacks for lengthy periods, Detroit fell apart down the stretch. It lost six of its past seven.

One coach allegedly on the hot seat was retained: Rex Ryan, who has one more year on his contract, is staying with the New York Jets after a surprising 8-8 record in his fifth season at the helm.

While some of the fired coaches might have seen it coming, Chudzinski certainly didn’t despite going 4-12 and losing his final seven games and 10 of 11.

“I was shocked and disappointed to hear the news that I was fired,” said Chudzinski, who grew up a Browns fan.

As the coaching searches begin, agents will float the names of their clients – Penn State’s Bill O’Brien seems to be the hottest candidate and has interviewed for Houston’s vacancy. The Texans (2-14), who own the top choice in May’s draft

PLAYOFF GLANCE

BOWL SCORES/SCHEDULE

Sunday, Jan. 12 Philadelphia, Green Bay or San Francisco at Carolina, 1:05 p.m. (FOX) Indianapolis, Kansas City or San Diego at Denver, 4:40 p.m. (CBS)Conference Championships Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 3 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 26 At Honolulu Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2 At East Rutherford, N.J. AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m.

8 15 22 29 6 10 20 4 10 17 24 1 9 15 22 29

Opponent September Bears 24, Cincinnati 21 Bears 31, Minnesota 30 Bears 40, Pittsburgh 23 Detroit 40, Bears 32 October New Orleans 26, Bears 18 Bears 27, N.Y. Giants 21 Washington 45, Bears 41 Bye November Bears 27, Green Bay 20 Detroit 21, Bears 19 Bears 23, Baltimore 20 St. Louis 42, Bears 21 December Minnesota 23, Bears 20 Bears 45, Dallas 28 Bears 38, Cleveland 31 Philadelphia 54, Bears 11 Packers 33, Bears 28

Tuesday, Dec. 31 AdvoCare V100 Bowl At Shreveport, La. Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), noon (CBS) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN)

NFL LEADERS Quarterbacks Att Com Yds Foles, PHL 317 203 2891 J. McCown, BEARS 224 149 1829 A. Rodgers, GBY 290 193 2536 Brees, NOR 650 446 5162 R. Wilson, SEA 407 257 3357 Romo, DAL 535 342 3828 Kaepernick, SNF 416 243 3197 S. Bradford, STL 262 159 1687 M. Ryan, ATL 651 439 4515 Cutler, BEARS 355 224 2621

TD 27 13 17 39 26 31 21 14 26 19

Int 2 1 6 12 9 10 8 4 17 12

Rushers Att Yds L. McCoy, PHL 314 1607 Forte, BEARS 289 1339 A. Morris, WAS 276 1275 A. Peterson, MIN 279 1266 M. Lynch, SEA 301 1257 Lacy, GBY 284 1178 Gore, SNF 276 1128 D. Murray, DAL 217 1124 Re. Bush, DET 223 1006 Stacy, STL 250 973

Avg 5.12 4.63 4.62 4.54 4.18 4.15 4.09 5.18 4.51 3.89

LG 57t 55 45t 78t 43 60 51 43 39 40t

TD 9 9 7 10 12 11 9 9 4 7

Receivers No Yds Garcon, WAS 113 1346 B.Marshall,BEARS 100 1295 De. Bryant, DAL 93 1233 Jeffery, BEARS 89 1421 J. Graham, NOR 86 1215 J. Nelson, GBY 85 1314 Boldin, SNF 85 1179 Douglas, ATL 85 1067 Cal. Johnson, DET84 1492 Gonzalez, ATL 83 859

Avg 11.9 13.0 13.3 16.0 14.1 15.5 13.9 12.6 17.8 10.3

LG 53t 44 79 80t 56t 76t 63 80t 87 25

TD 5 12 13 7 16 8 7 2 12 8

Hauschka, SEA Crosby, GBY P. Dawson, SNF D. Bailey, DAL Feely, ARI Gould, BEARS Walsh, MIN Gano, CAR Henery, PHL Zuerlein, STL

Kicking PAT FG 44-44 33-35 42-42 33-37 44-44 32-36 47-47 28-30 37-37 30-36 45-46 26-29 43-44 26-30 42-42 24-27 45-45 23-28 34-34 26-28

LG 53 57 56 53 52 58 54 55 51 54

Kickoff Returners No Yds Avg C. Patterson, MIN 43 1393 32.4 Dw. Harris, DAL 28 857 30.6 Hester, BEARS 52 1442 27.7 Page, TAM 22 548 24.9 Hyde, GBY 22 531 24.1 Ginn Jr., CAR 25 595 23.8 J. Rodgers, ATL 25 575 23.0 Mi. Cox, NYG 20 436 21.8 Arenas, ARI 23 493 21.4

Saturday, Dec. 21 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Colorado State 48, Washington State 45 Las Vegas Bowl Southern Cal 45, Fresno State 20 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho San Diego State 49, Buffalo 24 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Tulane 21 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl East Carolina 37, Ohio 20 Hawaii Bowl Oregon State 38, Boise State 23 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27 Poinsettia Bowl Utah State 21, Northern Illinois 14 Military Bowl Marshall 31 vs. Maryland 20 Texas Bowl Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17 Fight Hunger Bowl Washington 31, BYU 16 Pinstripe Bowl Notre Dame 29, Rutgers 16 Belk Bowl North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17 Russell Athletic Bowl Louisville 36, Miami 9 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz.

Kansas State 31, Michigan 14 Monday, Dec. 30 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Navy 24, Middle Tennessee State 6 Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Oregon 30, Texas 7 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Arizona State vs. Texas Tech (n)

BEARS SCORES Date

HOCKEY COLLEGE

Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 11 Green Bay, San Francisco or New Orleans at Seattle, 4:35 p.m. (FOX) Cincinnati, Indianpolis or Kansas City at New England, 8:15 p.m. (CBS)

Pts 143 141 140 131 127 123 121 114 114 112

LG TD 109t 2 90 0 80 0 44 0 70 0 38 0 34 0 56 0 46 0

4 p.m.: Louisville at UCF, ESPN2 4 p.m.: DePaul at Georgetown, FS1, AM-670 4 p.m.: North Carolina Wilmington at North Carolina, ESPNU 4 p.m.: Michgan State at Penn State, BTN 6 p.m.: Memphis at South Florida, ESPN2 6 p.m.: Nebraska at Iowa, BTN 6:30 p.m.: Villanova at Butler, FS1 8 p.m.: UConn at Houston, ESPN2 9 p.m.: Marquette at Creighton, FS1

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Sunday, Jan. 5 San Diego at Cincinnati, 1:05 p.m.

(CBS) San Francisco at Green Bay, 4:40 p.m.

(FOX)

IOWA 7 p.m.

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Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 4 Kansas City at Indianapolis, 4:35 p.m.

(NBC) New Orleans at Philadelphia, 8:10 p.m. (NBC)

ATLANTA 7 p.m.

WGN AM-1000 at Grand Rapids 6 p.m.

WCUU

The Associated Press It didn’t take long.

Barely 12 hours after the NFL’s regular season ended, five head coaches were unemployed. Fired on Monday were Washington’s Mike Shanahan, Detroit’s Jim Schwartz, Minnesota’s Leslie Frazier and Tampa Bay’s Greg Schiano.

The Cleveland Browns didn’t even wait that long, dismissing Rob Chudzinski on Sunday night after just one season on the job.

Shanahan, who won two Super Bowls in Denver in the 1990s, spent four seasons with the Redskins and was 24-40. Frazier had a little more than three seasons with the Vikings to compile an 18-33-1 mark, and Schwartz coached the Lions for five seasons, finishing 29-52.

Schiano only got two years with the Buccaneers, going 11-21. He had three years and $9 million left on his contract.

Tampa Bay also fired general manager Mark Dominik.

“It’s tough for the players to see your coaches go. You never want to see anybody get fired,” Buccaneers Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy said. “Me personally, I haven’t had any, consistently, in my career. Third head coach, going on my fifth year and three head coaches.”

The Buccaneers, who also have fired the likes of Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden, hired Schiano out of Rutgers in 2012 and went 6-4 before losing five of their past six games.

They dropped their first eight games this season and finished 4-12.

SATURDAY

Wednesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPNU) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), noon (ABC) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), noon (ESPN) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 7:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl At Miami Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 4 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), noon (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 5 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Ball State (102), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 6 BCS National Championship At Pasadena, Calif.

Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 18 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN)

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Blackhawks 42 28 7 7 63 158 St. Louis 38 26 7 5 57 137 Colorado 38 23 11 4 50 109 Dallas 38 19 12 7 45 112 Minnesota 41 20 16 5 45 96 Winnipeg 41 18 18 5 41 111 Nashville 40 18 18 4 40 95 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 41 28 8 5 61 131 San Jose 39 25 8 6 56 128 Los Angeles 40 25 11 4 54 108 Vancouver 40 23 11 6 52 108 Phoenix 38 19 10 9 47 116 Calgary 39 14 19 6 34 95 Edmonton 41 13 24 4 30 106 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Boston 39 26 11 2 54 114 Tampa Bay 39 23 12 4 50 110 Montreal 40 23 14 3 49 99 Detroit 41 18 14 9 45 107 Toronto 41 20 16 5 45 115 Ottawa 42 17 18 7 41 118 Florida 40 15 20 5 35 95 Buffalo 39 11 24 4 26 71 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 41 29 11 1 59 130 Washington 40 20 15 5 45 122 Philadelphia 38 18 16 4 40 97 N.Y. Rangers 40 19 19 2 40 94 New Jersey 40 16 16 8 40 95 Columbus 39 17 18 4 38 106 Carolina 39 14 16 9 37 91 N.Y. Islanders 40 12 21 7 31 102

GA 115 92 97 111 107 121 119 GA 103 98 80 93 117 122 139 GA 81 93 89 117 118 135 128 110 GA 94 119 107 108 102 112 114 135

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

Monday’s Games Blackhawks 1, Los Angeles 0 Ottawa 3, Washington 1 Nashville 6, Detroit 4 Philadelphia at Vancouver (n) Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh at New Jersey, noon N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 4 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

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

Montreal at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Toronto vs. Detroit, noon Tampa Bay at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Buffalo 2, Washington 1, SO Florida 4, Montreal 1 Pittsburgh 5, Columbus 3 St. Louis 3, Dallas 2, OT Toronto 5, Carolina 2 N.Y. Rangers 4, Tampa Bay 3 Vancouver 2, Calgary 0 N.Y. Islanders 5, Minnesota 4 Winnipeg 2, Colorado 1, OT San Jose 3, Anaheim 1

BLACKHAWKS 1, KINGS 0 Los Angeles Chicago

0 1

0 0

0 — 0 0 — 1

First Period-1, Chicago, Saad 14 (Bickell, Keith), 7:05. Penalties-Versteeg, Chi (hooking), 17:21.

Second Period-None. Penalties-

Doughty, LA (tripping), 1:49; Voynov, LA (delay of game), 3:35; Chicago bench, served by Bollig (too many men), 8:27.

Third Period-None. Penalties-Carter, LA (holding), 9:24.

Missed Penalty Shot-Brown, LA, 13:22 second.

Shots on Goal-Los Angeles 6-15-5-26.

Chicago 6-11-13-30.

Power-play opportunities-Los Angeles 0 of 2; Chicago 0 of 3.

Goalies-Los Angeles, Jones 8-2-0 (30 shots-29 saves). Chicago, Raanta 10-1-3 (26-26).

A-22,161 (19,717). T-2:29.

Referees-Tom Kowal, Don Van Massenhoven. Linesmen-Scott Cherrey, Michel Cormier.

AHL GLANCE WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division W L OL SL Pts GF Grand Rapids 22 7 1 2 47 115 Milwaukee 16 8 5 1 38 80 Wolves 17 12 1 2 37 94 Rockford 15 16 3 0 33 95 Iowa 13 14 2 0 28 69 North Division W L OL SL Pts GF Toronto 17 10 2 1 37 84 Hamilton 15 14 0 4 34 83 Lake Erie 15 12 0 3 33 81 Rochester 13 11 3 3 32 85 Utica 10 16 1 2 23 69 West Division W L OL SL Pts GF Abbotsford 23 9 1 1 48 114 Texas 19 9 2 3 43 114 Charlotte 14 17 0 1 29 86 San Antonio 12 18 0 3 27 83 Oklahoma City 11 17 0 5 27 85 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OL SL Pts GF Manchester 22 7 1 4 49 105 Providence 16 10 1 5 38 109 St. John’s 16 12 1 2 35 92 Worcester 13 12 2 1 29 67 Portland 12 11 1 4 29 77 East Division W L OL SL Pts GF Binghamton 18 9 0 3 39 107 W-B/Scranton 17 9 1 3 38 86 Norfolk 16 11 1 4 37 93 Hershey 13 12 2 3 31 92 Syracuse 13 13 1 3 30 76 Northeast Division W L OL SL Pts GF Springfield 21 5 1 3 46 98 Albany 19 8 2 2 42 99 Adirondack 15 13 0 2 32 72 Bridgeport 13 16 1 3 30 84 Hartford 11 16 0 4 26 72

GA 75 73 86 118 78 GA 74 94 92 92 88 GA 92 89 100 103 110 GA 85 102 82 80 88 GA 90 74 88 91 89 GA 74 77 75 107 100

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

Monday’s Games Toronto 4, Grand Rapids 3, SO Charlotte 3, Rockford 2 Tuesday’s Games St. John’s at Springfield, 3 p.m.

Worcester at Adirondack, 5 p.m.

Syracuse at W-B/Scranton, 5:05 p.m.

Bridgeport at Portland, 5:30 p.m.

Toronto at Grand Rapids, 6 p.m.

Norfolk at Binghamton, 6:05 p.m.

Providence at Manchester, 7 p.m.

Texas at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Lake Erie at Utica, 3 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Texas at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS — Acquired RHP Miles Mikolas from Pittsburgh for 1B Chris McGuiness. Designated OF Rafael Ortega for assignment.

CYCLING USADA — Announced American cyclist David LeDuc tested positive for prohibited substances and accepted a two-year suspension.

FOOTBALL National Football League BEARS — Signed LS Brandon Hartson, CB C.J. Wilson, CB Demontre Hurst, TE Fendi Onobun, QB Jerrod Johnson, LB Lawrence Wilson, OT Rogers Gaines, S Sean Cattouse, WR Terrence Toliver, DT Tracy Robertson and TE Zach Miller to reserve/future contracts.

BUFFALO BILLS — Fired receivers coach Ike Hilliard.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed TE Alex Smith and DT Devon Still on injured reserve. Signed DT Ogemdi Nwagbuo.

Signed CB Brandon Burton and DT Zach Minter on injured reserve.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DBs Jamoris Slaughter and T.J. Heath, DE Cam Henderson, LB Justin Staples, WRs Conner Vernon and Tori Gurley and OL Jeremiah Warren to reserve/future contracts.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed WR Tim Benford, G Ray Dominguez, WR Lance Lewis, DE Caesar Rayford, LB Jonathan Stewart and OT John Wetzel to reserve/ future contracts.

DETROIT LIONS — Fired coach Jim

Schwartz.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Fired coach Leslie Frazier.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed OL R.J. Mattes and LB Taylor Reed to the practice squad. Released OL R.J. Dill from the practice squad.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Fired coach Greg Schiano and general manager Mark Dominik.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed T Jeff Adams, DT Chigbo Anunoby, CB George Baker, LBs Brandon Copeland and Jonathan Willard, C Tyler Horn, DE Adewale Ojomo and TE Adam Schiltz to reserve/ future contracts.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Fired coach Mike Shanahan, special teams coordinator Keith Burns, advance scout Larry Coyer, coaching assistant Richmond Flowers, quarterbacks coach Matt LaFleur, receivers coach Mike McDaniel, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, linebackers coach Bob Slowik and defensive assistant Bobby Slowik.

HOCKEY National Hockey League WINNIPEG JETS — Reassigned D Julian Melchiori to St. John’s (AHL).

COLLEGES ALABAMA A&M — Named James Michael Spady football coach.

INDIANA — Announced freshman men’s basketball C Luke Fischer has withdrawn from school and is expected to transfer.

LOUISVILLE — Dismissed junior F Chane Behanan from the men’s basketball team for another violation of university policy.

NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m.: Toronta at Bulls, CSN, AM-1000

WINTER SPORTS 5 p.m.: Olympic trials, speed skating: men’s and women’s 1500 long track, NBCSN

BETTING ODDS

PREPS GIRLS BASKETBALL

Submitting results

Alden-Hebron Christmas Tournament

ALDEN-HEBRON 50 HARVEST CHRISTIAN 43 ALDEN-HEBRON (50) Warren 3-0-0-7, Hilton 2-5-7-10, Walters 2-0-0-5, Lalor 2-4-4-10, Behrens 6-0-1-12, Lagerhausen 1-0-0-2, Weber 2-0-0-4. Totals: 18-9-12-50.

HARVEST CHRISTIAN (43) Lockwood 5-5-8-17, Rayappa 2-1-2-6, Oostoyk 5-1-4-11, Carrillo 1-0-0-2, Hendricks 2-0-0-5, Rodriguez 1-0-0-2. Totals: 16-7-14-43.

Alden-Hebron 6 17 12 15 – 50 Harvest Christian 15 8 13 7 – 43 Three-point goals: Alden-Hebron 5 (Lalor 2, Walters, Hilton, Warren), Harvest Christian 4 (Lockwood 2, Rayappa, Hendricks).

DURAND 53, ALDEN-HEBRON 24 DURAND (53) Wolfe 2-2-2-7, Evenson 2-0-0-4, Byington 1-0-0-2, Derus 4-5-6-14, Laube 7-2-4-16, Schafer 1-0-2-2, Kelsey 2-0-1-6, Kunce 0-2-2-2. Totals: 19-11-17-53.

ALDEN-HEBRON (24) Lalor 2-0-0-5, Walters 1-0-0-3, Hilton 3-3-6-10, Warren 1-2-2-4, Knoll 1-0-0-2.

Totals: 8-5-8-24.

Durand Alden-Hebron

10 14 12 17 – 53 8 8 2 6 – 24

Three-point goals: Durand 4 (Kelsey 2, Wolfe, Derus), Alden-Hebron 3 (Lalor, Walters, Hilton).

Dundee-Crown Charger Christmas Tournament Championship New Trier 54, Prospect 35 Third place Evanston 57, Mother McAuley 46 Monday’s games Buffalo Grove 61, Dundee-Crown 42 Bartlett 64, Resurrection 54

To submit results from a varsity high school game, coaches can call the Northwest Herald sports desk at 815-526-4498, send a fax to 815-459-5640 or send an email (not in an attachment) to sportsdesk@nwherald.com before 10 p.m.

0-0 4. Totals 19 4-8 45.

ALDEN-HEBRON (44) Nelson 4 3-5 11, Judson 1 0-0 2, Ball 4 0-0 8, Heaver 7 3-3 17, VonBergen 3 0-0 6.

Totals 19 6-8 44.

New Jerusalem Alden-Hebron

Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament at York in Elmhurst

LANE TECH 56, McHENRY 41 LANE TECH (56) Suljic 5 1-2 12, Bednarek 1 0-0 2, Rockford 2 0-0 4, Khan 1 0-0 3, Negash 5 4-4 15, Torres 0 4-5 4, Krilis 2 1-3 5, Capuli 1 0-0 3, Perry 3 2-2 8. Totals: 20 12-16 56.

McHENRY (41) Freund 3 3-6 10, Postal 4 0-0 8, Johnson 3 3-4 12, Bellich 1 0-0 2, Higgin 2 0-0 4, Lawrence 1 0-0 3, Preston 1 0-2 2. Totals: 15 6-12 41.

17 14 10 15 – 56 4 12 15 10 – 41

Three-point goals: Lane Tech 4 (Suljic, Khan, Capuli, Negash), McHenry 5 (Johnson 3, Freund, Lawrence).

SCHEDULE

HARVEST CHRISTIAN 46 ALDEN-HEBRON 33 HARVEST CHRISTIAN (46) Fox 2-4-6-9, Cramer 5-1-2-12, Turpin 0-0-1-0, Vislisel 10-5-7-25. Totals: 175-16-46.

ALDEN-HEBRON (33) Nelson 2-5-8-10, Ball 3-2-2-8, Heaver 6-1-5-13, VonBergen 0-2-2-2. Totals: 11-10-17-33.

Harvest Christian 16 11 Alden-Hebron 7 11

11 14 11 9 – 45 6 13 12 13 – 44

Three-point goals: New Jerusalem 3 (R. Realmo 3), Alden-Hebron 0. Total fouls: New Jerusalem 12, Alden-Hebron 14. Fouled out: Winfield.

Lane Tech McHenry

BOYS BASKETBALL Alden-Hebron Christmas Tournament

TRANSACTIONS PROS

11 a.m.: St. John’s at Xavier, FS1 Noon: Ohio St. at Purdue, ESPN2 Noon: Elon vs. Duke, ESPNU 1:30 p.m.: Seton Hall at Providence, FS1 2 p.m.: Indiana at Illinois, ESPN2, AM-670 2 p.m.: George Washington at Kansas St., FSN 2 p.m.: Eastern Michigan at Syracuse, ESPNU

9 10 – 46 4 11 – 33

Three-point goals: Harvest Christian 2 (Fox, Cramer), Alden-Hebron 1 (Nelson).

NEW JERUSALEM 45 ALDEN-HEBRON 44 NEW JERUSALEM (45) R. Realmo 6 2-3 17, Jotzat 4 0-0 8, Dennel 2 0-2 4, Winfield 5 2-3 12, S. Realmo 2

TUESDAY

Boys Basketball: McHenry at Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament

THURSDAY

Wrestling: Jacobs at South Elgin Quad, 11 a.m.

FRIDAY

Boys Basketball: Marian Central at Montini, Grayslake North at Crystal Lake Central, North Boone at Richmond-Burton, Burlington Central at Harvard, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Faith Lutheran vs.

Harvest, 6 p.m., Woodstock at Johnsburg, Marengo at Rockford Christian, Richmond-Burton at Burlington Central, 7 p.m.

Wrestling: Woodstock at RichmondBurton Tri, 9 a.m.; Wauconda, Sycamore at Harvard, 10 a.m.; Johnsburg at Riverside Brookfield, 11 a.m.; Crystal Lake Central at Woodstock North, Dundee-Crown at Prairie Ridge, Jacobs at Huntley, 6:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 24 5 .828 Detroit 14 19 .424 Bulls 12 17 .414 Cleveland 10 20 .333 Milwaukee 6 24 .200 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 13 15 .464 Boston 13 17 .433 Brooklyn 10 20 .333 Philadelphia 9 21 .300 New York 9 21 .300 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 24 7 .774 Atlanta 17 14 .548 Washington 14 14 .500 Charlotte 14 18 .438 Orlando 10 20 .333 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 24 7 .774 Houston 21 12 .636 Dallas 18 13 .581 New Orleans 14 15 .483 Memphis 13 17 .433 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 25 5 .833 Portland 24 7 .774 Minnesota 15 16 .484 Denver 14 16 .467 Utah 10 24 .294 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 21 11 .656 Phoenix 18 11 .621 Golden State 19 13 .594 L.A. Lakers 13 18 .419 Sacramento 9 20 .310

GB — 12 12 14½ 18½ GB — 1 4 5 5 GB — 7 8½ 10½ 13½ GB — 4 6 9 10½ GB — 1½ 10½ 11 17 GB — 1½ 2 7½ 10½

Monday’s Games Bulls 95, Memphis 91 Washington 106, Detroit 99 Dallas 100, Minnesota 98 New Orleans 110, Portland 108 Utah 83, Charlotte 80 Miami 97, Denver 94 Phoenix at L.A. Clippers (n) Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, noon Cleveland at Indiana, 2 p.m.

Golden State at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at San Antonio, 6 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games Dallas at Washington, 5 p.m.

Indiana at Toronto, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Denver, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

BULLS 95, GRIZZLIES 91 CHICAGO (95) Dunleavy 2-5 3-3 7, Boozer 9-16 3-4 21, Noah 2-9 4-5 8, Hinrich 1-3 3-6 6, Butler 6-10 12-14 26, Gibson 3-7 3-4 9, Snell 3-5 1-2 8, Augustin 2-8 4-4 10, Mohammed 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 28-65 33-42 95.

MEMPHIS (91) Prince 1-2 1-2 3, Randolph 4-15 2-2 10, Koufos 6-8 0-0 12, Conley 9-19 8-10 26, Allen 5-7 3-4 13, Davis 3-4 2-4 8, Johnson 4-13 5-6 13, Bayless 2-5 0-0 4, Miller 1-2 0-0 2, Leuer 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 35-78 21-28 91.

Chicago Memphis

17 29 25 24 —95 22 22 20 27 —91

3-Point Goals-Chicago 6-15 (Butler 2-3, Augustin 2-7, Hinrich 1-1, Snell 1-2, Dunleavy 0-2), Memphis 0-5 (Miller 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Conley 0-2). Fouled OutJohnson. Rebounds-Chicago 49 (Noah, Boozer 10), Memphis 47 (Randolph, Johnson 10). Assists-Chicago 16 (Augustin 9), Memphis 19 (Conley 9).

Total Fouls-Chicago 21, Memphis 27.

Technicals-Chicago Coach Thibodeau.

A-17,688 (18,119).

GLANTZ-CULVER LINE College Football Bowls FAVORITE PTS O/U UNDERDOG AdvoCare V100 Bowl At Shreveport, La. Arizona 7½ (57½) Boston College Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas UCLA 7½ (47½) Virginia Tech Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

Mississippi St. 7 (50½) Rice Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Texas A&M 12½ (75) Duke Wednesday Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Georgia 9 (60) Nebraska Heart of Dallas Bowl North Texas 6½ (54½) UNLV Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Wisconsin 1½ (51) South Carolina Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. LSU 8 (49) Iowa Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford 6½ (42½) Michigan St. Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz.

Baylor 16½ (70) UCF Thursday Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Alabama 16 (51½) Oklahoma Friday Cotton Bowl At Arlington, Texas Missouri 1 (61) Oklahoma St. Orange Bowl At Miami Ohio St. 3 (69) Clemson Saturday BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Vanderbilt 2½ (54) Houston Sunday GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Ball St. 7½ (64) Arkansas St. Monday BCS National Championship At Pasadena, Calif.

Florida St. 8½ (67½) Auburn NFL Playoffs Saturday FAVORITE PTS O/U at Indianapolis 2½ (46½) at Philadelphia 2½ (54½) Sunday at Cincinnati 7 (46½) San Francisco 2½ (48½)

UNDERDOG Kansas City New Orleans San Diego at Green Bay

NCAA Basketball FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Xavier 3 St. John’s at Princeton 10 Kent St. Ohio St. 6 at Purdue Richmond 3 at Northeastern at Providence 5½ Seton Hall at Kansas St. 3 George Washington at Illinois 1 Indiana at Syracuse 19½ E. Michigan Michigan St. 8 at Penn St. at North Carolina 22 UNC Wilmington Louisville 13 at UCF at Georgetown 13 DePaul at Texas A&M 13 North Texas at Iowa St. 27 N. Illinois Memphis 6½ at South Florida at Iowa 14½ Nebraska Villanova 3 at Butler UConn 11 at Houston at Creighton 10 Marquette Duke-x 18 Elon x-at Greensboro, N.C. NBA FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at Bulls 2 (186½) Toronto at Boston 3 (200½) Atlanta at Indiana 12 (197½) Cleveland Golden State 4½ (205) at Orlando at Houston 12 (215½) Sacramento at San Antonio 5½ (206) Brooklyn at Oklahoma City5½(210½) Portland at L.A. Lakers 6 (206) Milwaukee FAVORITE Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers St. Louis at Boston Montreal at Winnipeg at Anaheim Los Angeles at Colorado at Phoenix Philadelphia

NHL LINE UNDERDOG -130 at New Jersey -115 at Florida -130 at Minnesota -220 N.Y. Islanders -125 at Carolina -170 Buffalo -120 San Jose -115 at Dallas -160 Columbus -200 Edmonton -115 at Calgary

LINE +110 -105 +110 +180 +105 +150 +100 -105 +140 +170 -105

BASEBALL

MEN’S COLLEGE Monday’s games MIDWEST Detroit 73, Bethune-Cookman 53 Kansas 93, Toledo 83 Ohio 78, Longwood 43 Thiel 56, Illinois College 45 Wis.-Whitewater 85, Edgewood 53 EAST Army 68, Coast Guard 48 Bryant 70, Lehigh 68 Columbia 76, Colgate 70, 2OT Hofstra 75, NJIT 64 Siena 79, Fordham 69 St. Bonaventure 80, Delaware 73 Towson 72, New Hampshire 64 UMBC 63, Navy 48 Vermont 88, Lyndon St. 48 Wagner 59, Monmouth (NJ) 52 SOUTH Appalachian St. 97, Bluefield 70 Austin Peay 93, Dalton 57 Campbell 69, Georgia Southern 63 Clemson 80, VMI 50 Florida Gulf Coast 60, N. Kentucky 56 Florida St. 67, Charleston Southern 59 Jacksonville St. 70, UT-Martin 65 James Madison 73, Ball St. 68 Louisiana-Lafayette 90, Central Methodist 58 Mercer 86, Jacksonville 49 Miami 71, Loyola (Md.) 48 Mississippi 79, W. Kentucky 74 Morehead St. 102, Asbury 68 NC State 68, UNC Greensboro 64 North Florida 85, Kennesaw St. 60 Radford 80, Houghton 51 SC State 68, Coastal Carolina 58 SE Louisiana 75, Spring Hill 65 Samford 71, Presbyterian 59 South Carolina 92, Marshall 65 Southern U. 116, Champion Baptist 12 St. Francis (NY) 60, Delaware St. 57 Stetson 65, Lipscomb 63 Tennessee 87, Virginia 52 W. Carolina 106, Milligan 72 Wofford 81, High Point 53 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 91, S. Arkansas 66 Baylor 81, Oral Roberts 55 Cent. Arkansas 121, Ecclesia 77 Incarnate Word 102, Huston-Tillotson 73 LIU Brooklyn 73, Texas St. 64 Louisiana Tech 102, Oklahoma 98, OT Oklahoma St. 92, Robert Morris 66 Texas 66, Rice 44

MLB CALENDAR 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. Feb. 13 — Voluntary reporting date for pitchers, catchers and injured players.

Feb. 18 — Voluntary reporting date for other players.

Feb. 25 — Mandatory reporting date.

March 12 — Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days.

March 22-23 — Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Arizona, Sydney.

March 26 — Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2014 salary.

March 30 — Opening day for other teams. Active rosters reduced to 25 players.

June 5 — Amateur draft.

July 15 — All-Star game, Minneapolis.

July 18 — Deadline for amateur draft picks to sign.

July 27 — Hall of Fame inductions, Cooperstown, N.Y. July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers.

Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 40 players.

Sept. 30 — Postseason begins.

Oct. 22 — World Series begins.

November TBA — Deadline for teams to make qualifying offers to their eligible former players who became free agents, fifth day after World Series.

November TBA — Deadline for free agents to accept qualifying offers, 12th day after World Series.

Dec. 2 — Last day for teams to offer 2015 contracts to unsigned players.

Dec. 8-11 — Winter meetings, San Diego.

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SECTION D Tuesday, December 31, 2013 PlanitNorthwest.com

Genetic help or hype?

HEALTH WATCH

Health insurers question benefits, necessity of tests

By MICHELLE ANDREWS Kaiser Health News NIH

Boost your flu immunity It’s high time for flu season, and Dr. Larry Robinson has a few tips to keep everyone healthy.

Robinson is author of “EpiCor: The Key to a Healthy Immune System” and vice president for Scientific Affairs at Embria Health.

“Obesity [goes hand-inhand with lack of exercise and poor diet], smoking, stress and lack of sleep will weaken your immune system,” Robinson said.

“Fortunately, all these are areas of life that a person can change.”

Simple actions to boost your immune system include: Frequent hand washing. Also avoid touching your face.

Avoid people who are ill. When that’s not possible, try to wipe down commonly used surfaces with a disinfectant as often as practical.

Incorporate moderate exercise. This strengthens your immune system if made a part of your daily routine.

Eat a healthy diet. Opt for season-appropriate fruits and vegetables.

Get enough sleep. Most people need 7 to 8 hours.

Get a flu shot. Even if you do get the flu or a cold, you are likely to feel less ill and recover more quickly if you follow the other aforementioned tips.

Source: Amber Krosel, More Content Now

NEW RESEARCH

Photographic memory A new study in the journal Psychological Science suggests the act of taking photos may actually diminish what we remember about objects being photographed, CNN reports.

At the same time, zooming in on objects helps preserve people’s memory of them, beyond just the detail on which they zoomed.

Source: More Content Now

CHILDREN’S HEALTH

Smoking stats Eighteen percent of students in grades 9-12 report being smokers.

Comparatively, among adults, 21 percent of men and 17 percent of women are smokers, according to 2013 statistics.

Source: American Heart Association

SENIOR HEALTH

Stroke risks Compared with white men, white women ages 45 to 84 have lower stroke risk, but this association is reversed in older ages – women older than 85 have elevated risk compared with men.

Source: American Heart Assn.

The day when a simple blood test or saliva sample can identify your risk for medical conditions ranging from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease seems tantalizingly close. But while advances in genetic testing increasingly give people critical information that may help prevent disease, genetics experts say sometimes the hype around these tests has outstripped the science. Insurers, meanwhile, generally cover tests only if there’s strong scientific evidence it can provide a health benefit to patients.

“The utility of some tests is not as clear as we’d like to think,” said Sharon Terry, president and CEO of the Genetic Alliance, an advocacy organization aimed at promoting health through genetics.

“These technologies are advancing at a really rapid rate, and they’ll make a big impact on health. But the data gathering you need to do to determine clinical utility is difficult.”

Insurers don’t cover a $99 genetic test sold directly to consumers by 23andMe that provides information about more than 240 genetic health conditions and traits the company says can help people understand their health risks and carrier status for inherited disease, among other things. In November, the Food and Drug Administration ordered the company to stop marketing the test because the agency concluded it was a medical device and subject to FDA review and approval, which it hadn’t received. In early December, the company announced it would stop selling its health-related genetic reports while it undergoes federal review.

Insurers commonly cover many diagnostic genetic tests that are ordered by doctors, for example, tests to look for rare diseases such as cystic fibrosis in infants or children. Insurers typically also will cover preventive genetic tests if the patient meets criteria based on family history or other risk factors, and if there’s an effective test with proven clinical benefit that’s recommended by a standardsetting organization like the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

In such cases, insurers also typically cover genetic counseling to first collect someone’s family and personal history to determine whether that patient is a candidate for a particular genetic test, and then help patients understand their results, said Rebecca Nagy, president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors.

Coverage is generally routine, but in recent years some health plans have begun paying a declining percentage of the cost of testing, Nagy said.

“Companies that were covering a test at 90 percent are now covering it at 80 percent,” she said.

Testing can be pricey. A genetic test for the BRCA mutations, for example, may cost $3,000 or more.

Under the Affordable Care Act, most health plans must make genetic counseling and testing available without any out-of-pocket cost to women whose family history

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“It’s not enough for a test to be accurate and scientifically reliable, it has to benefit the patient.”

David Finley Cigna national medical officer indicates they have a higher than average risk of having mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes that predispose women to breast and ovarian cancers. The ACA prevention coverage requirements are based on recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which doesn’t recommend other preventive genetic tests.

Women frequently request genetic testing for breast cancer mutations because they believe their risk is higher than it is, experts said. This is particularly true since the actress Angelina Jolie disclosed she had a double prophylactic mastectomy to guard against breast cancer after learning she has a mutation in the BRCA1 gene.

But if a woman’s only family history of the illness is one relative who developed breast cancer at age 65, for example, that, by itself, doesn’t mean she’s at higher risk, Nagy said. With counseling, “many times we can give them reassuring

numbers.”

In September, health insurer Cigna began requiring genetic counseling for members who were interested in three “commonly ordered and commonly misunderstood” genetic tests, said David Finley, the company’s national medical officer.

The tests covered by the new requirement are those for the BRCA mutations for breast and ovarian cancers, colorectal cancer and Long QT syndrome, an inherited heart condition that can cause sudden, potentially fatal heart arrhythmias.

Doctors who order these tests don’t necessarily suggest patients receive genetic counseling, even though national organizations recommend it, Finley said.

“From our perspective, the only way to make sure that patients are getting the information and taking the time that they need about these tests is to require that they see a

genetic counselor,” he said.

Like other insurers, Cigna typically doesn’t cover genetic tests that don’t provide clinical benefit to the patient.

“You don’t test for testing’s sake,” said Susan Pisano, a spokesperson for America’s Health Insurance Plans, a trade group.

One of the tests insurers generally don’t cover identifies which of three versions of the APOE gene someone carries. The APOE gene is associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, and someone with two so-called “e4” versions of the gene is at higher risk of developing the disease.

The APOE test “is ordered fairly frequently, but we don’t pay for it,” Finley said. “It’s not enough for a test to be accurate and scientifically reliable, it has to benefit the patient. And with the APOE test, I don’t think they’ve met those standards.”

• Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy research and communications organization not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.

Effects of societal changes on health are unknown The holiday season means more family togetherness.

However, today’s typical nuclear family is different from the families of just one generation ago.

In the past, the majority of families consisted of mom and dad and the children. Occasionally, one of the grandparents also lived in the home.

Not so today.

More than 40 percent of babies born today are born to unmarried mothers. In the present era, the number of unmarried mothers continually increases. In 1996, there were 3 million unmarried mothers. In

VIEWS Dr. Murray Feingold 2012, the number increased to 8 million.

A generation ago, few mothers worked outside the home.

Today, more than 50 percent have some type of job, and 40 percent of the mothers are the breadwinners of the family.

Families were larger years ago. Now, fewer women are having babies, and the number of children they have is decreasing. And, because

couples are marrying later, women are having babies at an older age.

The manner in which families spend time together also has changed.

For example, in the past, during the weekend, Saturday was spent around the house doing chores or with kids playing games. Sunday was reserved for going for a drive in the country or visiting grandparents or other relatives. Or, the family would go to church and come home to a big dinner.

Well, forget about the traditional Sunday dinner at which

time mom would be sitting at one end of the table, usually close to the kitchen, dad was at the other end and all of the kids sitting in between.

It was time to teach table manners, hold back desserts until all the vegetables were eaten and even talk to each other.

Today, one study showed only 40 percent of families eat together on most days.

During the weekend, parents are driving the kids to various sporting activities, dropping off one child at the hockey rink and picking up the other at soccer practice.

The future effect on society all of these changes in family structure and activities will have is unknown.

But my intuition tells me slowing down the fast pace that families are now undergoing would be beneficial to both parents and children.

• Dr. Murray Feingold is the physician in chief of The Feingold Center for Children and president of the Genesis Fund, a nonprofit organization that funds the care of children born with birth defects, mental retardation and genetic diseases.

STYLE Page D2 • Tuesday, December 31, 2013

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Mom’s sick.

Dad’s tired.

Are the kids all right?

Illness pulls teens back into family fold, often where they don’t want to be

By MARC SILVER The Washington Post My daughter Maya is in the family room watching TV. I’m heading out to buy ginger candies for my wife, Marsha, who’s upstairs in bed, feeling queasy after her latest round of chemotherapy.

“Going to get something for Mom; be right back,” I call to my 15-year-old.

“How is she doing?” asks Maya.

In my head I think: “Why don’t you ask her yourself since she is just one flight of stairs away!” But I bite my tongue. I don’t want to add to the tension that cancer has already brought to our home.

Looking back, I realize Maya wasn’t the only family member to avoid direct communication during the seemingly endless months of treatment for Marsha’s breast cancer. Consumed with all things cancer, my wife and I never asked her and her younger sister, Daniela, who was 13 at the time: “How are you guys doing?”

Many families find themselves in a similar situation: parent with cancer, teens in the house, not a lot of crossgenerational conversation.

Nearly 3 million American children live with a parent who is a cancer survivor.

About a third of those kids are 13 to 17 years old. While parents pay a lot of attention to the needs of younger kids, they may figure, as we did, that teens are old enough to cope.

“Adolescents are an unheard group,” said Shara Sosa, an oncology counselor at Life with Cancer, a support organization in Fairfax, Va. Unfortunately, the nature of adolescence fights against openness of any kind, never mind the cancer in the family. With their kids locked behind a mask of teen indifference, parents “are often intimidated and don’t know how to talk to them,” Sosa said. Teenagers are pulling away from the family, forging their own identity. The news that a parent has cancer yanks the adolescent back into the fold – exactly where the kid doesn’t want to be.

•••••• The reaction of a teen to a parent’s illness varies widely. Some respond with a disappearing act: After-school activities, mall excursions, sleepovers, you name it, they’ll do it to avoid the uncertain environment at home. It doesn’t mean they don’t love and care about the parent with cancer – it’s just their way of dealing with it all, said Maureen Davey, a family therapy professor at the Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions.

Does that mean these kids are likely to turn to risky behavior? Mental health experts say there are no data to quantify this and emphasize most of the teens they work with do not act out. Yet typical teen temptations are always present.

Of the 100-plus teens my

daughter Maya and I interviewed for a book we wrote about teens and parental cancer, about 10 percent confessed they’d turned to drinking, drugs or vandalism as coping mechanisms.

Elissa Bantug, who was 12 when her mom was given a diagnosis of breast cancer 21 years ago, felt as if her mother had abandoned her.

The Potomac, Md., teen drank, hooked up with an older boyfriend and forged her mother’s name 36 times on notes to get out of school.

When the school asked Mom to come in for a conference, the mother felt too exhausted from her cancer treatments to show up.

It’s impossible to say if Elissa would have acted out if her mom had been well. Still, looking back as an adult, Elissa said, “I felt like no one really talked to me.” And she had lots of questions: Would her mom be OK? What does it mean to be a cancer survivor?

How would their family life change in the short run and the long run? Her rebellion, she said, was sparked by a lack of information.

Other kids respond by defying their developmental stage, assuming responsibilities that normally fall to the parents. Out of sync with their peers, these kids sometimes talk about their real age and their “cancer age.”

“I’m 16, and I have to act like I’m 40,” a teen named Lyndsey told me. While her mother is in treatment for breast cancer, she said, “I

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While undergoing treatment for cancer in 2002, Marsha Silver (center) shares a moment with her daughters, Daniela (front) and Maya. have to cook, clean, make sure my mom eats, my brothers are fed.”

A “parentified” teen will inevitably feel frustrated.

Teens may be “angry they have to take over everything and nobody appreciates that they’re doing so much more than they used to,” said psychiatrist Karen Weihs, medical director for supportive care at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson.

•••••• No matter how the teen responds, the parents can help shape the child’s frame of mind. That means sharing information, regardless of whether the news is good or

bad.

Indeed, several studies establish the value of honest communication above all.

Medical psychologist Stacey Donofrio looked at nearly 300 adolescents in the Netherlands who were coping with a parent’s cancer. She found “the intensity of the parent’s treatment” for illness was not as important in influencing adolescent reactions as the way parents talked to the kids about it: “Adolescents may feel especially uncertain if they feel their parents are not being entirely open.”

Yet not every teen is the same. “If your child says, ‘Talking about this with you is not helpful to me,’ it’s

important to respect that,” said child psychiatrist Paula Rauch, who directs the Marjorie E. Korff PACT Program (Parenting at a Challenging Time) at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

A decade after her diagnosis, Marsha is in good health, but she and I are just beginning to understand how the experience affected our daughters. Maya tells me how uneasy she was with her mother’s bald head, courtesy of chemo, and that she found relief from the free-floating cancer anxiety that infiltrated our home by turning to friends, even if they didn’t quite understand what she was going through.

Commuting, email traffic Rest, alternating cold and heat, bring out woman’s worst gentle exercises ease neck pain Dear Abby: Have you any advice for how a person can handle mornings better? No matter what I do, I start off every work day irritated and grumpy.

I love the mornings, and even get up early so I can enjoy sitting with my coffee and relax before heading out the door. But as soon as I get out into traffic, I’m immediately in a bad mood. Then, sitting down at work and facing all the emails that come in from my global associates – usually about some emergency that is plopped in my lap – puts me in more of a foul mood.

I actually like my job, despite what it sounds like.

I just hate starting off every day like this. Telecommuting is not an option for me.

What can I do? – Ms. Grump In Denver Dear Ms. Grump: OK, so you’re fine until you leave the house. Many people who find morning rush hour to be nerve-wracking find it calming to listen to audio books or music during their commute.

If that doesn’t help you, and it is feasible, consider using another form of transportation that’s less stressful.

And when you arrive at work, take a little time to decompress before turning on your computer, whether it is with meditation or deepbreathing exercises for the first 10 or 15 minutes. Both can do wonders for a person’s

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips outlook.

Dear Abby: A cute little girl lives up the street from my husband and me and attends the same church we do. A few years ago, we taught her in a Sunday school class. At the time, she developed a crush on my husband. We both laughed about it then and thought it was sweet.

Fast-forward three years, and it’s not so sweet anymore.

It’s downright awkward.

She runs up to my husband multiple times while we’re at church, while ignoring me. Last Sunday, she turned to me as she did it and announced, “He’s mine!” I stood there thinking, “Uh, no – he’s MINE.” I know this jealous reaction may seem silly, and I’m trying hard not to feel this way, but it felt like I was fighting over my husband with an 8-year-old. He is aware of her crush and how I feel about it, but he doesn’t want to hurt her feelings.

Her mother knows about the crush, and we shared a laugh early on.

What can I do? Would speaking to the girl’s mother help? What should I say?

Or would it make things more awkward? – No Longer

Amused In Ogden, Utah Dear No Longer Amused: The cute little neighbor girl is no longer 5. Three years is a long time for a child to hang onto a crush. Because her behavior bothers you, tell her mother you find it excessive at this point and ask her to tell her daughter she’s getting too old to act that way. It’s the truth, and your husband should back you up.

Dear Abby: I thought I’d share my own New Year’s resolution with you. For the past 25 years, I have made the following resolution: Each day I will ask myself, “What is the kindest, most loving thing I can say or do at this particular moment?” I invite your readers to consider this.

– Wayne In Puyallup, Wash.

Dear Wayne: I consider it a refreshingly positive way to start a day, and I’m sure others will agree and add it to their list of New Year’s resolutions. Thank you for sharing it.

Confidential To My Readers: A word to the wise: If you plan to toast the New Year tonight, please appoint a designated driver. And on this night especially, designated drivers should remember to drive defensively. To one and all, a happy, healthy New Year. – Love, Abby

Dear Dr. K: I’m often bothered by neck pain. What can I do to manage the pain when it strikes?

Dear Reader: Pain in the neck can be more than a pain in the neck. It can make things hard that are necessary or fun. It can interfere with a good night’s sleep.

Like chronic pain anywhere in the body, neck pain can make a person grumpy, or worse.

There are many different causes of neck pain. Probably the most common is arthritis of the bones of the spine (the vertebrae) in the neck.

A few more serious conditions also can cause neck pain. Here are the symptoms I ask patients about. I call them my “red flag” symptoms, because when they occur at the same time as neck pain, they could indicate a more serious condition: headache, shoulder pain, hip pain, sudden difficulty with vision, weakness in the arm or leg, loss of control of urine or bowel movement, recent injury to the neck, fever, chills, poor appetite and weight loss.

My goals in treating a patient’s neck pain are to relieve pain, restore func-

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

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tion and reduce the risk of reinjury. Here are some pain-relieving strategies and exercises. You can use them to ease flare-ups and prevent recurrences: • Rest. When you first experience neck pain – particularly if the pain is severe or sharp – you will need to rest your neck. Doctors no longer recommend total or prolonged bed rest, but resting your neck strategically can help reduce pain and prevent further damage.

First, avoid quick movements, positions that hurt and whatever activity caused the pain. Second, rest with your neck in a healthy position. Try this: Lie on your back, using a pillow under your knees to help your back relax. Support the curve of your neck from the base upward, using a rolledup towel or a cervical pillow specially designed to support the neck.

Your doctor may recommend a cervical (neck) collar to help rest your neck muscles and protect dam-

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aged tissues from painful movements. Wear the collar only as necessary, removing it several times a day to exercise your neck. Using the collar continuously or for too long will limit your range of motion and may cause your neck muscles to weaken.

• Cold and heat. Cold numbs pain and reduces swelling. When the pain first starts, wrap an ice pack in a cloth and apply it to your neck for 15 to 20 minutes every hour. After about six hours, switch to a heat pack applied directly to the sore or tense areas of your neck for about 15 minutes at a time. That’s a good way to reduce pain and stiffness and relieve muscle spasms.

• Physical therapy. A physical therapist can teach you a set of exercises tailored to your specific neck problem. These exercises will stretch tight areas and build strength. The therapist also will teach you proper body mechanics to heal your neck and reduce the risk of reinjury.

• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

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TODAY - You will feel a sense of wanderlust this year. Making changes may arouse suspicion. You will not always make the best decisions, but you will learn from your mistakes. Update your skills if you want to make professional advancements. Idleness is your enemy.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You will have extra discipline today, so you should be off to a good start. Make careful plans, and network with people who can be helpful. Don’t be afraid to go your own way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Allow yourself to think big. Make a point of being social, and you will have a chance to meet someone who will help you reach your goals.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Take a moment to re-examine your strategy before you head down the wrong path. Although you will have great stamina, your tendency will be to overdo things. Focus on efficiency.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Prepare to enjoy a spectacular event. Take the time to make everything perfect. It’s best to approach the new year with optimism.

Be confident that you will do well.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You may feel vulnerable, but a change in attitude is all that is needed to turn things around. Think carefully about what you want and what you need.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- This will be a memorable time. Opportunities will be vast. You should be able to pick and choose from an array of options. The only rule is to follow through on your aims.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- With high energy and fervent spirits, you are prepared to enjoy the wonder of life. Although you face changes, this year promises to reward you for all your hard work and tough sacrifices.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Nothing can get in the way of having fun. It’s time to cut loose and celebrate the past and the future. Things are beginning to heat up in your life, so enjoy the sizzle.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- It’s best to take a rest today. Overdoing it will lead to setbacks. Don’t be misled by others. Use your intuition and make independent choices.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- A shrewd change will help you follow your dreams. Make a New Year’s resolution that you will be able to uphold. It’s a busy time, and you should be at your best.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Acknowledging that you are reaching the end of a cycle will prepare you for the future. Make an effort to focus on your finances.

Don’t repeat the cash flow crises you’ve experienced in the past.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- You’ll be able to charm others with ease. Attending events may lead to opportunities for romance. The new year will be a time of reinvention. Invest in your goals with an open mind.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.SCOTT D. SHARP AKA SCOTT SHARP, CYNTHIA J. SHARP AKA CYNTHIA SHARP, THE SPRING LAKE FARM SOUTH UNIT 2 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, FIFTH THIRD BANK (CHICAGO), UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 2279 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 28, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 29, 2014, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5515 WINDGATE WAY, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 Property Index No. 18-26-301026. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $139,521.16.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any

by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/151507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g) (1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: Anthony Porto, FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC, 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866) 402-8661 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com.. Please refer to file number F12080213.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866) 402-8661 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F12080213 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Case Number: 12 CH 2279 TJSC#: 33-26386 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I579047 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 17, 24, 31, 2013)

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 • Page D5

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.SCOTT D. SHARP AKA SCOTT SHARP, CYNTHIA J. SHARP AKA CYNTHIA SHARP, THE SPRING LAKE FARM SOUTH UNIT 2 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, FIFTH THIRD BANK (CHICAGO), UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 2279 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 28, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 29, 2014, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 526 IN SPRING LAKE FARM SOUTH UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED FEBRUARY 9, 1995 AS DOCUMENT NO. 95R-04680, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 5515 WINDGATE WAY, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 Property Index No. 18-26-301026. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $139,521.16.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject

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I579047 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 17, 24, 31, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE ADOPTION NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS County of McHenry, ss. Circuit Court of McHenry County In the matter of the Petition for the Adoption of CAYDEN MICHAEL MERTINS, a male child.

Adoption No. 13 AD 29 To UNKNOWN FATHER and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and to whom it may concern take notice that a petition was filed in the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois for the adoption of a child named CAYDEN MICHAEL MERTINS. Now, therefore, unless you and all whom it may concern, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of McHenry County in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 27th day of January, 2014, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Dated this 10th day of December, 2013. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe McHenry County Circuit Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald December 17, 24, 31, 2013. #A2400)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS McHenry Savings Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

Araceli Flores, Higinio Flores, Pedro Jimenez, Maria Jimenez, Leticia Ramirez, Harris NA, Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants, Defendants.

IN CHANCERY CASE NO. 13 CH 1212

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BMO HARRIS BANK N.A., AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO HARRIS N.A., AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO HARRIS BANK HUNTLEY, Plaintiff, v.

RANDALL D. GLOSSON; MARY E. GLOSSON; J.B. ENGINEERING, INC. f/k/a J. BARTHOLOMEW ENGINEERING CO. INC., A DISSOLVED ILLINOIS CORPORATION; BARTHOLOMEW NATOMA BUILDING; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, 1250 East Diehl Road Naperville IL 605631250 East Diehl Road Naperville IL 60563Defendant(s).

Case Number 13CH002021

PUBLIC NOTICE W13-0463 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs.

STEPHANIE M. HERNDON A/K/A STEPHANIE ROUNDS; MICHAEL A. HERNDON A/K/A MICHAEL HERNDON; CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF STEPHANIE M. HERNDON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MICHAEL A. HERNDON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, 13 CH 438 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 4, 2013 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 2 Sunset Lane, Algonquin, IL 60102.

P.I.N. 19-34-426-001.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W13-0463.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I579358 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 17, 24, 31, 2013)

subj to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/151507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g) (1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: Anthony Porto, FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC, 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866) 402-8661 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com.. Please refer to file number F12080213.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866) 402-8661 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F12080213 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Case Number: 12 CH 2279 TJSC#: 33-26386 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attin lle debt and

FORECLOSURE PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavite for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Defendant(s) in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the McHenry County Circuit Court, Woodstock, Illinois, by the Plaintiffs against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: PARCEL 1: THE WEST 11.0 ACRES OF THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH LIES SOUTHERLY OF THE CENTER LINE OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY RUNNING A NORTHWESTERLY AND A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS CRYSTAL SPRINGS ROAD, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH LIES SOUTHERLY OF THE CENTER LINE OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY RUNNING IN A NORTHWESTERLY AND A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS CRYSTAL SPRINGS ROAD AND WHICH ALSO LIES EASTERLY OF THE WEST 11 ACRES THEREOF (EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE EAST 747.04 FEET THEREOF) IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 3: THE WEST 236.05 FEET OF THE EAST 747.04 FEET OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN WHICH LIES SOUTHERLY OF THE CENTER LINE OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY RUNNING IN A NORTHWESTERLY AND A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS CRYSTAL SPRINGS ROAD, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 4: THE EAST 35 FEET OF THE NORTH ½ OF LOT 1 OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 18; ALSO THAT PART OF THE SOUTH ½ OF LOT 1 OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 18, LYING SOUTH OF THE CENTER LINE OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY RUNNING IN A NORTHWESTERLY AND SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS CRYSTAL SPRINGS ROAD, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTH ½ OF LOT 1 OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SAID SECTION 18 AND RUNNING THENCE NORTH ON THE EAST LINE THEREOF FOR A DISTANCE OF 36.05 FEET TO A POINT IN THE CENTER LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ON THE CENTER LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY AND BEING ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 54 DEGREES 49 MINUTES TO THE LEFT WITH A PROLONGATION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, AT THE LAST DESCRIBED POINT, FOR A DISTANCE OF 42.83 FEET TO A POINT ON A LINE DRAWN 35 FEET WEST OF AND PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF LOT 1 OF SAID NORTHWEST ¼; THENCE SOUTH ON THE LAST MENTIONED PARALLEL LINE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 60.99 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE EAST 35 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 5: THAT PART OF THE SOUTH ½ OF GOVERNMENT LOT 1 OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 18, WHICH LIES EAST OF THE CENTER LINE OF OAK RIDGE ROAD, EXCEPT THAT PART WHICH LIES SOUTH OF THE NORTH 70.0 FEET THEREOF, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 6: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SOUTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE THEREOF, 70.0 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 25 MINUTES 36 SECONDS EAST PARALLEL TO THE NORTH LINE THEREOF, 571.0 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, 70.0 FEET TO THE NORTH THEREOF; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST ¼ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF SAID SECTION 18, 571.0 FEET; MORE OR LESS, TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN:

14-18-402-002, 18-18-402-012, 14-18-402-013 14-18-300-011, 14-18-451-010, 14-18-300-017

Common Address: 2612 Oak Ridge Road, Crystal Lake, IL 60012 and which said Mortgages were entered into by Harris N.A. and Harris Bank Huntley as the Mortgagees in the amounts of $325,000.00 and $250,000.00, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as Document Numbers 2007R0007383 and 2004R0007184, respectively. And for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the said McHenry County Circuit Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant(s), file your answer to the complaint in this case or otherwise file your appearance in the Office of the Clerk of McHenry County, located at 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 3rd day of February, 2014, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint. YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE TIME IN WHICH THE SUBJECT REAL ESTATE MAY BE REDEEMED FROM FORECLOSURE, PURSUANT TO LAW, COMMENCE TO RUN WITH THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. Dated: December 24, 2013 /s/ Katherine M. Keefe CLERK OF McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS /s/Kelly M. Doherty KEOUGH & MOODY

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Keough & Moody, P.C. Attorney Number 6237432 1250 East Diehl Road, Suite 405 Naperville, IL 60563 (630) 369-2700 kmd@kmlegal.com (Published in the Northwest Herald December 31, 2013, January 7, 14, 2014. #A2453)

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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, Higinio Flores, Pedro M. Jimenez, and Maria Jimenez, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois, by McHenry Savings Bank against you and the other named Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a mortgage made by Pedro Jimenez, Leticia Ramirez, and Araceli Flores to McHenry Savings Bank, Mortagee, which mortgage conveys the following described premises, to wit: LOT 24 IN GRISWOLD LAKE HILLS UNIT NO. 1, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST FRACTIONAL HALF OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 29, 1943 AS DOCUMENT NO. 170422, IN BOOK 7 OF PLATS, PAGE 81, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Street Address: 2607 Forestwood Drive, McHenry IL 60050 Property Tax Identification Number: 15-17-329-017-0000.

The mortgage being foreclosed was filed for record in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, McHenry County, Illinois, as Document Numbered 2004R0069822 on July 30, 2004. Summons was duly issued out of the court against you as provided by law, and said suit is still pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Higinio Flores, Pedro Jimenez, Maria Jimenez, Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants, file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, McHenry County Courthouse, 2200 North Seminary, Woodstock, IL, on or before the 28 day of January A.D. 2014 default may be entered against you at any time thereafter and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

DATED AT: Woodstock, Illinois, December 17, 2013. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court Natalie Cappetta #6279559 Frederick C. Cappetta #0385557 Cappetta & Associates, Ltd. Attorneys for McHenry Savings

eys y ings Bank 1900 Springs Road, Suite 102 Oak Brook, IL 60523 (630) 954-7474 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 24, 31, 2013, January 7, 2014. #A2426)

Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1313321 I578882 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 24, 31, 2013, January 7, 2014)

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS ANGELA HOLLOWAY; ISAAC HOLLOWAY; LAKE IN THE HILLS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 1313 WASHINGTON STREET LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 13 CH 1564 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, LAKE IN THE HILLS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION C/O PROPERTY ASSOCIATION; UNOWNERS KNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 17 IN BLOCK 9 IN LAKE IN THE HILLS ESTATES UNIT 9, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 6, 1951 AS DOCUMENT 245262, IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 28 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 1313 WASHINGTON STREET LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 and which said Mortgage was made by, ANGELA HOLLOWAY; ISAAC HOLLOWAY; Mortgagors, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR U.S. BANK * Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHENRY County, Illinois, as Document No. 11R0043039; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 on or before January 24, 2014, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTYWOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Anthony McCarty; LeAnn McCarty; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Dutch Creek Estates Community Association Owners Association, Inc.; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

Property Address: 3706 Dutch Creek Lane, Johnsburg, Illinois 60051 13 CH 1661 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Anthony McCarty and UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above entitled cause, that suit has been commenced against you and other defendants in the Circuit Court for the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, by said plaintiff praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 5 IN DUTCH CREEK ESTATES UNIT NO. 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER AND THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 19, 1991 AS DOCUMENT NO. 91R027077, AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED MARCH 22, 1993 AS DOCUMENT NO. 93R015061, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS P.I.N.: 09-13-178-004 Said property is commonly known as: 3706 Dutch Creek Lane, Johnsburg, Illinois 60051, and which said mortgage was made by Anthony McCarty and Leann McCarty and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds as Number Document 1999R0031609 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the above Court against you as provided by law and that said suit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Court at

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, Vs. RELIABLE MATERIALS CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS, an Illinois Corporation, SHIRLEY KRUEGER, as Successor Trustee of the Lawrence Krueger Trust dated March 20, 2006, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No.: 13 ED 31 Condemnation Parcel 1K30002, 1K30002 TE Job No. R-91-017-09 JURY DEMAND

Mchenry County on or before January 24, 2014, a default may be taken against you at any time after that date and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Steven C. Lindberg FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 150 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 866-402-8661 630-428-4620 (fax) I579608 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 24, 31, 2013, January 7, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTYWOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Gerard P. Weber aka Gerard Weber; Barbara A. Weber aka Barbara Weber; Parkrise Unit V Home Owners Association; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., successor in interest by purchase from the FDIC as Receiver of Washington Mutual Bank f/k/a Washington Mutual Bank, FA; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants Property Address: 560 Kennedy Street, Marengo, Illinois 60152 13 CH 1783 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Parkrise Unit V Home Owners Association, and UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above entitled cause, that suit has been commenced against you and other defendants in the Circuit Court for the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, by said plaintiff praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 66 IN PARKRISE SUBDIVISION UNIT NUMBER 5, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THAT PART OF LOT 64 AND PART OF LOT 65 OF THE ASSESSOR'S PLAT OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 8, 1995 AS DOCUMENT NO. 95R37881, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N.: 11-35-326-034 Said property is commonly

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prop ty y known as: 560 Kennedy Street, Marengo, Illinois 60152, and which said mortgage(s) was/were made by Gerard P. Weber aka Gerard Weber and Barbara A. Weber aka Barbara Weber and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds as Document Number 2004R0086748 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the above Court against you as provided by law and that said suit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Court at Mchenry County on or before January 24, 2014, a default may be taken against you at any time after that date and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Steven C. Lindberg FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 150 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 866-402-8661 630-428-4620 (fax) I579590 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 24, 31, 2013, January 7, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS. GARY L. RAINS AKA GARY L. RAINS SR., MARY RAINS AKA MARY B. LEGG-RAINS, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN, A DIVISION OF NATIONAL CITY BANK OF IN., MIDLAND FUNDING LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS. DEFENDANTS Property Address: 808 Rosemarie Street Algonquin, IL 60102 13 CH 1838 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION AS TO UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to: Gary L. Rains aka Gary L. Rains Sr., UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled action, that a Complaint for Foreclosure and OthRelief has be d in

mp er Relief has been commenced in the Circuit Court of McHenry County, by said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain mortgages conveying the premises legally described as follows: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 5 AND 6 IN BLOCK 9 IN LAKE IN THE HILLS ESTATES UNIT NO. 12, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 29, 1953 AS DOCUMENT NO. 264707, IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 77, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N.: 19-28-327-004 COMMON ADDRESS: 808 Rosemarie Street, Algonquin, IL 60102 And which mortgages were made by Gary L. Rains aka Gary L. Rains Sr., as Mortgagor; and given to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First Franklin A Division of National City Bank of IN as Mortgagee; to wit: that certain "Mortgage" dated November 29, 2005 and recorded a Document No.2005R0103883, that Summons was duly issued out of said court against you as provided by law, and that the said Complaint is now pending for foreclosure of said mortgages and for other relief.

Now, therefore, unless you Gary L. Rains aka Gary L. Rains Sr., UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, file your Appearance and Answer to the Complaint in said action in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Chancery Division, on or before January 24, 2014 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer for relief in said Complaint.

Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 Kluever & Platt, LLC 65 E. Wacker Place, Suite 2300 Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 201-6679 Attorney No. 06187248 Our File #: SPSF.1422 I578021 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 24, 31, 2013, January 7, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. PLAINTIFF VS ISSA M. CZERCHLANSKI; MIROSLAW CZERCHLANSKI A/K/A MIRISLAW CZERCHLANSKI; IGNACY CZERCHLANSKI; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; STATE OF

ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 4923 WEST WONDER LAKE DRIVE WONDER LAKE, IL 60097 13 CH 1845 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, MIROSLAW CZERCHLANSKI A/K/A MIRISLAW CZERCHLANSKI; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOTS 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK 4 IN WHITE OAKS BAY, UNIT NO. 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 2 OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 28, 1947 AS DOCUMENT NO. 204098, IN BOOK 10 OF PLATS, PAGE 65 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 4923 WEST WONDER LAKE DRIVE, WONDER LAKE, IL 60097 and which said Mortgage was made by, ISSA M. CZERCHLANSKI; MIROSLAW CZERCHLANSKI A/K/A CZERCHLANSKI; MIRISLAW Mortgagor (s), to MARGARETTEN & COMPANY, INC. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHENRY County, Illinois, as Document No. 89R021716; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 on or before January 23, 2014 A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1313694 I579103 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 24, 31, 2013, January 7, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS Nationstar Mortgage LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Luis T. Lugo a/k/a Luis Lugo; Martin Armando Lugo; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS

Route: F.A.P. 336 (Illinois Route 31) Section: County: McHenry Job No.: R-91-017-09 Parcel: 1K30002 Sta. 279+75.57 to Sta. 285+00.00 Owner: Reliable Materials Corporation of Illinois Index No. 19-15-300-006, 19-15-300-007 That part of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 43 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian, McHenry County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 15; thence on an assumed bearing of North 0 degrees 02 minutes 39 seconds West along the east line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 15, a distance of 1016.56 feet (1016.5 feet, recorded) to a point of intersection with the Easterly extension of the south line of a deed in trust recorded March 22, 2006 as document number 2006R0020061; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 36 seconds West along the said Easterly extension of the south line of said deed in trust, a distance of 78.44 feet to the west right of way line of Illinois Route 31 recorded June 25, 1968 as document number 491779, being also the southeast corner of the grantor and the point of beginning; thence continuing North 89 degrees 03 minutes 36 seconds West along the south line of the grantor according to said deed in trust, a distance of 10.00 feet to a point 10.00 feet normally distant West of the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31; thence North 0 degrees 07 minutes 30 seconds West along a line 10.00 feet normally distant West of and parallel with the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31 and 10.00 feet normally distant West of and parallel with the west right of way line of Illinois Route 31 recorded June 25, 1968 as document number 491778, a distance of 174.40 feet; thence South 89 degrees 55 minutes 29 seconds West, a distance of 10.00 feet to a point 20.00 feet normally distant West of the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31 recorded as document number 491779; thence North 0 degrees 07 minutes 30 seconds West along a line 20.00 feet normally distant West of and parallel with the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31, a distance of 100.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 55 minutes 29 seconds East, a distance of 10.00 feet to a point 10.00 feet normally distant West of the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31; thence North 0 degrees 07 minutes 30 seconds West along a line 10.00 feet normally distant West of and parallel with the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31, a distance of 250.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 55 minutes 29 seconds East, a distance of 10.00 feet to the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31; thence South 0 degrees 07 minutes 30 seconds East along the said west right of way line of Illinoing Route 31 and along the west right of way line of Illinois Route 31 recorded June 25, 1968 as document number 491778, a distance of 524.58 feet to the point of beginning.

Said parcel containing 0.143 acre, more or less.

Route: F.A.P. 336 (Illinois Route 31) Section: County: McHenry Job No.: R-91-017-09 Parcel: 1K30002T.E. Sta. 279+75..76 to Sta. 285+22.72 Owner: Reliable Materials Corporation of Illinois Index No. 19-15-300-006 That part of the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 43 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in McHenry County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 15; thence on an assumed bearing of North 0 degrees 02 minutes 39 seconds West along the east line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 15, a distance of 1016.56 feet (1016.5 feet, recorded) to a point of intersection with the Easterly extension of the south line of a deed in trust recorded March 22, 2006 as document number 2006R0020061; thence North 89 degrees 03 minutes 36 seconds West along the said Easterly extension of the south line of said deed in trust, a distance of 78.44 feet to the west right of way line of Illinois Route 31 recorded June 25, 1968 as document number 491779, being also the southeast corner of the grantor; thence continuing North 89 degrees 03 minutes 36 seconds West along the south line of the grantor according to said deed in trust, a distance of 10.00 feet to the a point 10.00 feet normally distant West of the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31 and the point of beginning; thence North 0 degrees 07 minutes 30 seconds West along a line 10.00 feet normally distant West of and parallel with the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31, a distance of 47.12 feet; thence South 87 degrees 27 minutes 21 seconds West, a distance of 5.00 feet to a point 15.00 feet normally distant West of the said west right of way line of Illinoise Route 31; thence South 0 degrees 07 minutes 30 seconds East along a line 15.00 feet normally distant West of and parallel with the said west right of way line of Illinois Route 31, a distance of 46.81 feet to the south line of grantor according to said deed in trust; thence South 89 degrees 03 minutes 36 seconds East along the south line of the grantor according to said deed in trust, a distance of 5.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Said temporary easement containing 0.005 acre, more or less, or 235 square feet, more or less.

Said temporary easement to be used for grading purposes.

And for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the said Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court against the above-captioned defendants as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above Defendant(s), file or otherwise make your appearance herein, in the Office of the Clerk of Circuit Court, Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court, McHenry County Courthouse, 2200 North Seminary, Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 21 day of January, 2014, a trial may be held and a judgment taken against you for the relief asked in the Complaint.

Address: 8813-8817 Route 31, Lake in the Hills, IL 60013 Dated: December 10, 2013

/s/ Katherine M. Keefe, Clerk of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court McHenry County, Illinois

William R. Thomas, #6207872 Special Assistant Attorney General Ottosen Britz Kelly Cooper Gilber & DiNolfo 303 North Main Street, Elburn, IL 60019, (630) 365-6441 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 17, 24, 31, 2013. #A2406)

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NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendant(s) in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois, by the Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the acquisition of a take in fee simple for highway purposes to the premise identified as Parcel No. 1K30002 as described in Exhibit “A” and a temporary easement not to exceed five (5) years for highway purposes to the premises identified as Parcel No. 1K30002TE and described in Exhibit “B”, to-wit:

13 CH 01929 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 16 IN BLOCK 4 IN SOUTHGATE, A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH 330 FEET OF THE EAST 80 RODS OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 7 (EXCEPT THE EAST 300 FEET THEREOF) ALSO A RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 1 TO 14 INCLUSIVE, AND OF MURIEL STREET, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF DR. VERA B. YOUNG SUBDIVISION UNIT 1, RECORDED JUNE 15, 1948 AS DOCUMENT NO. 211887 IN BOOK 10 OF PLATS, PAGE 88; ALSO A RE-SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 1 TO 12, INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 2, AND ALL OF BLOCK 3 IN BEVERLY HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 9, 1951 AS DOCUMENT NO. 247306 IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 32, ALL IN SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 9, 1956 AS DOCUMENT NO. 315477 IN BOOK 12 OF PLATS, PAGE 95, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 534 Desmond Drive Woodstock, IL 60098 and which said Mortgage was made by: Luis T. Lugo a/k/a Luis Lugo the Mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Suntrust Mortgage, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as Document No. 2008R0024973; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court 2200 N. Seminary Woodstock, IL 60098 on or before January 24, 2014, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Our File No. 14-13-24157

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PUBLIC NOTICE W13-0463 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs.

STEPHANIE M. HERNDON A/K/A STEPHANIE ROUNDS; MICHAEL A. HERNDON A/K/A MICHAEL HERNDON; CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF STEPHANIE M. HERNDON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MICHAEL A. HERNDON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN

A. HERNDON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, 13 CH 438 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 4, 2013 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at the hour of 10:30 in th offi of Bo

y 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 15 IN ALGONQUIN HEIGHTS UNIT NO. 1, A SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 15 TO 18, INCLUSIVE, AND PART OF LOTS 19 TO 22, INCLUSIVE, AND VACATED SUNSET LANE, IN ALGONQUIN HEIGHTS, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH-

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VISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 15, 1956 AS DOCUMENT NO. 311388, IN BOOK 12 OF PLATS, PAGE 81, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2 Sunset L Algonquin, IL 60102.

y Lane, Algonquin, IL 60102.

P.I.N. 19-34-426-001.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds within 24 hour No

by funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W13-0463.

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By PHILLIP ALDER Newspaper Enterprise Association

This week we are looking at the 2013 International Bridge Press Association awards. The Yeh Bros. Best Bid of the Year was given to Peter Bertheau from Sweden. The journalist prize went to Micke Melander from Sweden.

Bertheau had the North hand, playing in the 2012 World Mind Sports Games (formerly World Team Olympiad) inal against Poland in Lille, France. (This event took place too late for inclusion in that year’s awards.)

South opened two hearts, which showed a six-card suit and 10-13 high-card points. West overcalled four diamonds, Leaping Michaels, indicating at least 5-5 in spades and diamonds. Bertheau now set out to try to buy the contract at any level.

He responded only four hearts.

East jumped to ive spades to invite a slam, but West was not interested, having a weaker hand in high-card terms than normal for Leaping Michaels.

Bertheau continued his plan with six hearts. And when East took a safety-bid with six spades (it seemed

that both sides had a double it), Bertheau moved on to seven hearts. Certain that this was a sacriice, East doubled. But the contract was laydown for plus 2,470.

At the other table, North-South had a misunderstanding, eventually stopping in six hearts. East sacriiced in six spades, doubled and down one.

This gave Sweden 20 international match points en route to the title.

The Swedish Bridge Federation website called this Bertheauvenly music.

Contact Phillip Alder at pdabridge@prodigy.net.

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McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS Bruning & Associates, P.C., an Illinois Professional Corporation, Plaintiff v.

Andrew B. Hewett, an individual, and Tammy Finney, an individual, Defendants.

Case No. 13 MR 568 PUBLICATION NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, Andrew B. Hewett, Defendant, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking to set aside the fraudulent transfer of a 2005 Harley Davidson motorcycle from you to Tammy Finney, and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the office of the McHenry County Clerk of Court, McHenry County Government Center, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Room C380, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, on or before January 28, 2014, A JUDGMENT OR DEGREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. Witness: December 17, 2013 /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court John P. Dickson BRUNING & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 333 Commerce Drive, Suite 900 Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014 815-455-3000 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 24, 31, 2013, January 7, 2014. #A2427)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF So Lee Kim FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number 13 MR 638 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION (ADULT) Public notice is hereby given that I have filed a Petition for Change of Name and schedule a hearing on my Petition on January 24th , 2014, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois, praying for the change of my name from So Lee Kim to that of Jeannie So Lee Bolda pursuant to the Illinois Compiled Statutes on Change of Names.

Dated at McHenry County Courthouse, Illinois, December 12th, 2013. /s/ So Lee Kim So Lee Kim Pro Se 833 Crabapple Dr. Crystal Lake, IL 60014 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 17, 24, 31, 2013. #A2410)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of PEARL H SAVOCCHI Deceased Case No. 13PR000321 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of: PEARL H SAVOCCHI of: LAKEMOOR, IL Letters of office were issued on: 11/25/2013 to: Representative: DIANE M SHAW 1735 OAK HILLS DR COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80919-3435 whose attorney is: KLEIN, ROBERT J 114 N LA FOX ST SOUTH ELGIN, IL 60177-1612 Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred.

Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, 60098, or with the representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (Published in the Northwest Herald December 17, 24, 31, 2013. #A2409)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE

In the Matter of the Estate of GREGORY A MCCOY Deceased Case No. 13PR000328 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of: GREGORY A MCCOY of: WOODSTOCK, IL Letters of office were issued on: 12/2/2013 to: Representative: PATRICIA H MCCOY 238 HOY AVE WOODSTOCK, IL 60098-3839 whose attorney is: PALUCH, DOREEN T 214 MAIN STREET SUITE 206 PO BOX 786 WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred.

Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, or with the representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (Published in the Northwest Herald December 24, 31, 2013, January 7, 2014. #A2430)

PUBLIC NOTICE LOOKING FOR DBE'S! Curran Contracting Company is seeking IDOT approved DBE subcontractors, suppliers, & trucking companies for the 1/17/2014 IDOT letting!

Plans & Specs are available at www.dot.state.il.us or email estimating@ currancontracting.com (815) 455-5100 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 30, 31, 2013, January 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 2014. #A2449)

PUBLIC NOTICE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICE OF REALTY & ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING DIVISION OF CONCESSION & LEASES NOTICE OF SEALED BID PROPOSALS FOR FARM LEASING Sealed bid proposals for farm leasing will be accepted by the Department of Natural Resources, on one lease for two years, approximately 100 acres of agricultural farm ground. The acreage is located near Moraine Hills S.P. Bid forms and related information will be discussed at a mandatory vendor conference to be conducted by the Department of Natural Resources at the site office at Moraine Hills S.P., 1510 South River Road, McHenry IL 60051 at 11:00 a.m., January 16, 2014. The State publishes procurement information, including updates, on the Illinois Procurement Bulletin (www.purchases. state.il.us). Prospective bidders will need to download and print the necessary forms from the Agency Website (www.dnr.illinois.gov/ procurement/Pages/default.aspx) prior to the vendor conference.

Bids and supporting documents are due by 2:00 p.m., January 30, 2014 to: Department of Natural Resources, Attn. Marilyn McKirgan/ Ag Leasing, One Natural Resources Way, Springfield IL 62702. Bids will be opened at that time. The farm lease shall be awarded to the responsive, responsible, qualified bidder with the highest price.

The State of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources, shall not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age or handicap in admission to, or treatment or employment in, programs or activities.

The Department of Natural Resources reserves the right to reject any or all proposals.

BY ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Marc Miller, Director (Published in the Northwest Herald December 31, 2013. #A2376)

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF VOLO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION Notice is hereby given that the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Volo will hold a public hearing on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter is reached on the agenda at the Village Hall, 500 South Fish Lake Road, Volo, Illinois 60073, to consider the request of the Village of Volo and Grand National Bank

Trust No. 90-120 dated July 10, 1990 for annexation and rezoning to the "MU-2" Zoning District of the Village of Volo of a portion of the Locke property that was not included in prior annexations or the incorporation of the Village and is described as follows: PT N1/2; DAFS, COM AT NW COR LOT 19 VILLAGE OF FORKSVILLE (VOLO), N TO N LN NE1/4, E 3 RDS 3 LKS, S TO N LN SD LOT 19, W 3 RDS 3 LKS TO POB IN SECTION 3 TOWNSHIP 44 RANGE 9 ALSO VILLAGE OF VOLO PIN 09-03-200-094 is generally located north of Volo Village Road, west of US Rte. 12 and east of Fox Lake Road, and commonly known as 27496 W. Volo Village Road; the south portion of the property identified by this PIN is already within the Village of Volo however the north portion of the property is not and therefore will be annexed to the Village and rezoned to MU-2 in conformance with the portion of the PIN now in the Village.

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

Elizabeth Wertke Chairperson, Plan Commission Village of Volo (Published in the Northwest Herald December 31, 2013. #A2462)

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20” DVD/VCR combo, excellent working condition! $100 847-829-4546 TV: 26” Sharp w/remote, works very well, excellent condition, rarely used $65 815-648-2226

Forklift Jack, Simplex 15 ton 13 inch lift. $75 815-363-9636

TAWNY 5 month old female Hound mix You get out of life what you put into it. When was the last time you laughed until you cried?

I think I can help you out.

Grease guns. Very good condition. $15 815-363-9636

www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

BREG POLAR CUBE COLD THERAPY MACHINE. LIKE NEW. $20. 815-568-8087

Christmas Tree Watering Funnel

Disposable Absorbent Pads

For beds, 30”x36”, 100 for $40.

815-578-0212

WALKER

OVEN - GAS, GE. One Owner, Good Condition. Bisque Color. $125 obo. Includes Range Hood.

847-990-0765 Potbelly Stove, Heavy duty base and top. $80 call 815-363-9636 REFRIGERATOR / FREEZER GE 25 cu.ft. side by side refrigerator/freezer. One owner, good condition. Bisque color. $325 obo.

847-990-0765.

Avon Christmas Plates

from 70's & 80's. $125/OBO. 815-385-4353 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 $225. 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 Dairy Milk Can. 20”Tall x 13”Diameter. $35.

815-344-7993 Dickens Heritage Village Collection People & Accessories. $275 OBO. 815-385-4353 FRAMED SERIGRAPH TITLED REGAL LADIES ARTIST SUZANNE MARIE Certificate of Authenticity signed and numbered Asking $50 OBO MINT CONDITION 815-321-3963 or 815-385-6501

Hall or Bedroom Bench

Unique and beautiful, cherry, 6 leg with lion claw feet, upholstered, 42”Lx18.5”Wx21”H, exc cond! $195 815-861-6119

Ham Operator, Morse Code

Machine w/original tapes, 1960's, excellent condition, $65.

815-578-0212 HIGH CHAIR - Antique Pine, Child's.

39" H x 17" W w/ removable metal tray. Tray arm lifts. $125. McHenry 815-236-1747 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 LITHOGRAPH Framed - Titled: Dia Sereno - Artist: Adam, Signed & Numbered Certificate of Authenticity included Asking $60 obo, Mint Condition 815-321-3963 or 815-385-6501

PORTABLE HEATER

Natural Gas, Vertical Salimander Heater with hose, $50.

847-476-6771

SEWING MACHINE

EXERCISE BIKE Health Rider, $20.

630-624-8250

SNOWPLOW

Myers, 7.5' plow and A frame. $300. 847-302-7009

Oak $120/FC, $330/C. Mixed $110/FC, $300/C.

Delivered/Stacked 815-568-7348

ANTIQUE DRESSER Circa 1920's 7 drawer $175. 815-385-4215

ANTIQUE DRESSER

BAR Solid light oak home bar with wine rack. 5' L x 4' H x 2' D, $400.

815-344-5677 Bed & Nightstand, Jenny Lind twin bed mattress & bedspring included. $399 call after 12 noon 248-5566137 BEDROOM SET White wood bedroom set. $395.

Algonquin. 847-877-2169

GUITAR ~ IBANEZ

Electric G10, $150.

8 channel sound board and snake. $250 815-703-9652

Pianos Quality Pre-Owned Pianos Delivered & Warrantied 815-334-8611

ENGLISH BULLDOG 1 YR Male, brown and white, beautiful markings, loves EVERYTHING. Crate trained and house broken.

Asking $1000 obo. crystal.montain@comcast.net

KITTEN

FREE TO GOOD HOME! 847-642-0091

Bedroom Set: 5 piece queen pine bedroom set, $300 815-385-1157 BOOKCASE - Strong, heavy, custom built, solid white, 5 shelves, asking $35. Picture available upon request. 847-772-4307

Long handled pole, $15.

Double sided Christmas wrapping paper, $5/roll. 630-624-8250 TORO 8-24 POWER THROW 2 STAGE SNOWBLOWER. 8HP. ELECTRIC START. LOOKS AND RUNS WELL. 5 SPEED FOREWARD & 2 REVERSE. $525. 815-675-2155

COFFEE TABLE

Italian Provincial, oval, solid wood with 1” thick Italian marble top.

50”Lx22”Wx16”H, $125.00.

Pics Available. 847-476-6771

DVD Cabinet - Solid Oak DVD

Open Cabinet (no door) 24”W x 36”H x 6”D. LIKE NEW! 4 shelves, can fit over 200 DVDs, $50.

847-659-1852 Floral Tuffted Chair $50/OBO 815-385-1157 Hall Tree: Oak Mirror Hall Tree $100/OBO 815-385-1157

John Deere 826, very good condition, new belts, runs well, $300 847-738-0366 John Deere 826, very good condition, new belts, runs well, $275/OBO 847-738-0366 Snow Blower- Simplicity, 2 stage, 5 speed forward, 2 reverse, 8 H.P. Tecumseh engine, w/ cab, low hrs. $300. Call days, 815-568-8743

SNOWBLOWER

Toro Power Clear, 163CC, 4 cycle.

Brand new, electric start, $400.

815-814-8434 Snowblower- Ariens, 4.5 HP, 22 inch cut single stage. Runs good. $125. Call 815-245-8519 TORO ccr-1000 20" CUT LOOKS AND RUNS WELL. PULL START. $295. PHONE 815-675-2155 TORO ccr-2000 20" CUT. SINGLE STAGE. NEW PADDLES,SCRAPER BAR. RUNS AND WORKS GREAT. NEWER UNIT, PULL START,SUZUKI 4.5 HP ENGINE. $350.00 PHONE 815-675-2155 TORO POWERLITE 16" CUT HANDLES FOLD TO FIT IN CAR LOOKS AND RUNS GREAT. HAVE 2. ONE HAS ELECTRIC START. $ 230. & $260. PHONE 815-675-2155 TORO S620-E SINGLE STAGE 20" CUT WITH ELECTRIC START. RUNS, LOOKS GOOD. $100.00 PHONE 815-675-2155.

Toro/CCR. 3HP. 16” 2 cycle.

Electric start, Good condition. $110 815-385-3858

ICE SKATES ~ LAKE PLACID Women's, with blade guards, size 6, excellent condition! $15 847-854-7980

PING PONG TABLE - Harvard Model T8207A. Fold and roll away for easy storage - $75 847-212-5243 Tour Trek Golf bag suitcase. New never used. $90 815-363-9636

BITTY TWINS OUTFITS American Girl – matching boy/Girl Outfits & Book, Fall & Summer Set. New Condition/Complete – Retails $100 for 4 outfits, Asking $44 Great Christmas Gifts!

815-455-6201

DOLL HOUSE

Gingerbread trim, shingled roof, 4 rooms, 18x12”, newly built. $50.

847-854-7980

Lionel #455 Sunoco Oil Derrrick $115. Lionel 027 Gauge Freigh Train with steam locomotive with smoke & whistle, $175.

815-338-1519

Bunk Beds, wood, includes bunk bed mattresses, 55 1/2" x 41" x 80 1/2 ", easy to assemble, $75, 815-245-8908

Lionel KW190 Watt Transformer $110. Lionel ZW 275 watt MOXIE 1 1/2 year old female Rat Terrier mix

Transformer, $165.

815-338-1519

I'm really good at knitting and double dutch. I'm a huge fan of kitsch, so I'd love to learn to tap dance, yodel and live in the moment.

Lionel & American Flyer Trains

www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

WANTED TO BUY: Vintage or New, working or not.

Bicycles, Outboard motors, fishing gear, motorcycles or mopeds, chainsaws, tools etc. Cash on the spot. Cell: 815-322-6383

815-353-7668

Hurricane Lamps

Hand pearlized with medal gold foliage, 21”Hx10”, base 6”.

Hand light top or bottom, 60 watts $85/ea or $130/set.

815-861-6119 Roll Top Desk and Chair Dark walnut. $100 815-385-4353 Small Blue Recliner Excellent Condition - $40 firm 815-943-7757

TV STAND/PLANT STAND Oak, 37”Hx15”Wx12”D. Excellent condition, $85. 847-829-4546

WINE RACK

Metal with glass top. Holds 21 wine bottles, 36”x16”, $95.

847-829-4546

Star War Action Figurines

MARGARITAVILLE DM1000 Frozen Margarita maker, used once, bought new for $359 from Bed Bath & Beyond, Asking $200 Excellent Condition - Call Bob at 815-321-3963 or 815-385-6501

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FILE CABINET - LATERAL STEELCASE, 5-DRAWER, LARGE: 65 X 30 X 18. $125. 815-568-8087

SEWING MACHINE

Weaver scope, D6, good condition. $15 call 815-363-9636

All NIU Sports... All The Time

Floor model, Hepa, $50.

630-624-8250 Beautiful Pfaltzsgraff China, Patina pattern, like new, in orginal boxes, 40 pc set. $175. Call 9am-9pm 847-658-6694 Carrier air conditoner, window/wall unit. Powerful 230, 500 BTW's, 230 volts – used 2 years. $150 obo call 10 am – 6 pm 847-7692085 FILE CABINET - 4-DRAWER WITH DESK TOP. 27 X 30 X 24. PHOTO ONLINE. $50. 815-568-8087

Singer with all accessories plus storage stool, $60.

815-385-4353

MIXING BOWLS - 3 matching: "Hall's Superior Quality Kitchenware - Eureka Homewood Pattern".

Lg 8 5/8", Med 7 3/8", Sm 6 1/8" $49. McHenry. 815-236-1747 Mint condition, never opened.

Dewback/Sandtrooper/Ronto/ Jawa/Luke/Tauntaun, $25/ea.

815-861-6119

AIR FILTER

TV: A large screen Sony color TV, clear picture excellent condition, sale for $20. 847-772-4307

circa early 1900's 6 drawer dresser $175. 815-385-4215 ANTIQUE OAK CHAIR - 36" high at back & seat 16-1/2" wide. 2 curved accent braces. Chair is in excellent condition & very sturdy. $50.

815-236-1747 Antique Oak Rocking Chair, No squeaks, arms and high back, Excellent condition, has been painted. $35 call 9am-9pm 815-3085840

High Quality, adjustable footrest.

Black/Chrome, could deliver, $100 815-578-0212

Nicchi, multiple functions, good working condition, pics available.

Possible delivery, $75.00.

815-790-3083

PARKA/JACKET

Women's, brand new, burgundy $35 and a baby blue jacket, $35.

815-385-3269

2002 Mercury Mountaineer

1 owner, 7 passenger, 4x4, loaded.

Heated seats, well maintained.

Free 3 month warranty, $4500.

815-344-9440

Bench Glider Swing - 3 person wide, green metal frame w/ mesh bench complete w/ new full width cushion, $89. 815-236-1747

WHEELCHAIR, NEW

TV's (2) Both Work Great

Dated DECEMBER 24, 2013

Glass Doors & Fire Screen

1970's Era Floor model Magnavox Radio/Record Player. Plays all size vinyl records. Perfect condition $100. Call 9am – 9pm 815-4591975

Public Notice is hereby given that on DECEMBER 24, 2013, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as

2007 FORD FOCUS SE

Bow case, soft case, good condition. $15 815-363-9636

Good Condition! $25/obo.

815-385-6530

Hot tub – small, great for a deck.

Indoor or outdoor. Text 224-2270713

located at 1719 Cashel Lane, McHenry, Illinois 60050

Bike - Children's Trainer

Go-Glider, blue, 16”, orig. $120 like new! $60. 847-476-6771

Chrome, w/sprayer & ceramic cartridge, superior quality, new. $150 815-578-0212

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

BobKat Pagers

Pre-Fold Cloth Diapers

24/15-30 lbs. 24/30-45 lbs. 10 diaper covers. Used 1 yr. $280 value. $100. 847-476-6771

Mirror-Entry Hall gold plated Beveled 66”x 26”. $100.

815-385-4353

Electric start, $600. Trailer avail.

815-578-8600 ~ 815-337-9400

with ottoman, light brown.

815-679-6178

1990 LINCOLN TOWN CAR excellent condition 65000 miles $6000. 815-675-9862 4-8pm

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

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PHANTOM 4 month old male Black DSH There is no way to grow without taking a few risks.

When I take a risk my senses come alive and I experience the world in a new way. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

PUPPIES AKC ROTWEILER

avail NOW! male & female, shots, tails done, adoption fee applies 847-652-9991 RABBIT - Free to good home. Gray female Rex less than 1 year old. call/text 815-388-6684.

RATS Feeders or pets.

Starting $2/each Johnsburg 815-344-7993

Burlington, IL New Year's Day Estate Sale 5000 Sq Ft Full Jan 1st-4th 10-4

525 S. MAIN ST. Kathy's Estate Sales 847-363-4814

ECKEL'S MCHENRY FLEA MARKET

3705 WEST ELM NEW VENDOR'S WELCOME SAT & SUN 8-5 815-363-3532

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Watch for the Northwest Classified Open House Directory every Friday, Saturday & Sunday.

Include your listing by calling 877-264-CLAS (2527) or email: classified@shawsuburban.com

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