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By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – An energized and highly-motivated faction of the McHenry County Republican Party has its

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eyes on more than Nov. 6 midterm election victories.

It wants to start at home by replacing the four officers of the party’s Central Committee with younger blood with new ideas.

More than 130 people, including gubernatorial candidates Kirk Dillard and Bruce Rauner and others, attended a Thursday evening get-together at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5040 to introduce

the slate – two County Board members and two County Board hopefuls – and ask for support at the voting meeting that will follow the March 18 primary.

Tapped to run for chair-

man was outgoing County Board member Sandra Fay Salgado, of McHenry, with County Board candidate Andrew Gasser, of Fox River

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How bad was this winter?

Cracks down on misconduct

By LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. soldiers forced out of the Army because of crimes or misconduct has soared in the past several years as the military emerges from a decade of war that put a greater focus on battle competence than on character.

Data obtained by The Associated Press shows that the number of officers who left the Army because of misconduct more than tripled in the past three years. The number of enlisted soldiers forced out for drugs, alcohol, crimes and other misconduct shot up from about 5,600 in 2007, as the Iraq war peaked, to more than 11,000 last year.

The data reveals stark differences between the military services and underscores the strains that long, repeated deployments to the front lines have had on the Army’s soldiers and their leaders.

It also reflects the Army’s rapid growth in the middle part of the decade, and the decisions to relax standards a bit to bring in and retain tens of thousands of soldiers to fill the ranks as the Pentagon added troops in Iraq and continued the fight in Afghanistan.

The Army grew to a peak of about 570,000 soldiers during the height of the wars, and soldiers represented the bulk of the troops on the battlefields compared with the other services.

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Vehicles drive slowly Jan. 2 down Algonquin Road in Barrington Hills, a day after a snowstorm left between 6 to 10 inches of snow across the county. McHenry County recorded 31 days of subzero temperatures, only four less than the county’s record.

Ranks among most frigid county has experienced

Snowfall totals From Dec. 1 through Feb. 6

By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com

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Wind chills sent temperatures to 80 below zero in 1983 and traffic stopped on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago when 21.2 inches of snow fell in the area during February 2011.

Now, the double polar vortex winter of 201314 has entered the northern Illinois winter record books with its cold streak.

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While Chicago grabs national headlines for the wintry conditions that blow through, winters in McHenry County can be just as severe, although different.

As of Feb. 6, the Chicago area received 68.7

District 156 teachers have voted unanimously to strike if an agreement on a contract isn’t reached soon. The union will present the District 156 school board with a new proposal before its negotiating team makes a final decision on whether to strike, said one union official. The school board is set to meet Tuesday evening. For more, see page B1.

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8NEWS SHOWS ABC’s “This Week” – Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C., Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Actor Kevin Spacey.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” – Mitt Romney; Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.

CBS’ “Face the Nation” – Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation; Gov. Pat McCrory, R-N.C. CNN’s “State of the Union” – Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

“Fox News Sunday” – Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.

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Yes, Dems, pull a GOP ballot We’re about a month away from the March 18 primary election, and if you’re a Democratic voter in McHenry County, you have no real reason to pull a Democratic ballot.

However, there are plenty of reasons to pull a Republican ballot next month if you are a Democrat.

With no certainty on whether candidates will be awaiting the primary winners come November, the Republican primaries for county sheriff, county treasurer and county clerk could be your only chance to have a voice in determining who will hold three important countywide offices.

In a contentious sheriff’s race, retired Des Plaines police commander Bill Prim is facing McHenry County Undersheriff Andrew Zinke. Longtime Sheriff Keith Nygren is retiring. County Board members Mary McClellan and Nick Provenzano are facing off for county clerk. In the treasurer’s race, Chief Deputy Treasurer Glenda Miller and Crystal Lake City Councilman Jeff Thorsen are seeking the Republican nomination.

The GOP gubernatorial primary is another reason for Democrats in McHenry County to pull a Republican ballot.

If you support Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn – why would you even if you’re a Democrat? – then you can “sabotage” November’s election by voting for the GOP candidate you think Quinn can beat in November.

The better option is to vote for the GOP candidate who can best turn around the mess that is the state of

VIEWS Jason Schaumburg Illinois, and then vote for that candidate again in November’s general election.

Democrats and Republicans should join hands and do whatever it takes to oust Quinn from office.

Democrats can do so in good faith since political dinosaur Michael Madigan and John Cullerton still would rule the Legislature.

So, your GOP choices for governor are state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, wealthy businessman Bruce Rauner and state Treasurer Dan Rutherford, although his candidacy is on shaky ground after sexual harassment allegations by a former staffer were leveled in federal court.

Whether you’re a Democratic voter looking to familiarize yourself with the Republican candidates or a Republican voter looking to differentiate the candidates, we’re here to help.

Election Central is live and available for your perusal at NWHerald.com/ election.

At Election Central, you will find candidate profiles and questionnaire answers from the candidates who submitted information. You’ll also find a warehouse of the election-related stories that have been published online and in print.

It is a good resource for all things

related to March’s primary election.

••• The League of Women Voters, with help from the Northwest Herald, will host a candidates forum for McHenry County sheriff Feb. 25 at McHenry County College. Doors open at 6 p.m. The debate start time is tentatively set for 7 p.m.

The League is seeking your help in suggesting questions to ask the candidates – Prim and Zinke. If you have a question you would like to see asked at the forum, tweet it to me at @Schaumy or email it to me at jschaumburg@shawmedia.com and I’ll forward it to the League.

••• On Saturday, we will recognize 28 Everyday Heroes in our annual special section, which will be inside the Northwest Herald. These 28 people go above and beyond to make McHenry County a better place to live without seeking the recognition they deserve.

Each hero will be profiled in Saturday’s special section, and they will be honored at a March 6 breakfast at Crystal Lake Country Club. The breakfast starts at 7:15 a.m., and tickets are $20 each. If you’d like to buy a ticket, call 815-459-4040.

• Jason Schaumburg is the editor of the Northwest Herald. He appreciates the suggestion to check out the band The National. Reach him at 815-459-4122 or via email at jschaumburg@shawmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ Schaumy.

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Politics has always been part of Olympics

By TED ANTHONY The Associated Press SOCHI, Russia – Each time an Olympics approaches, the ideal is articulated once more: The true spirit of the games, those who oversee them say, brings humanity together to promote amity and athletic excellence. It is most certainly not a place for the affairs of nations and vested interests to play out on a global stage.

“Olympics is not about politics. It’s about the sport, fair play and humanity,” Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of the Sochi organizing committee, said last week, echoing his predecessors. The new president of the International Olympic Committee, Germany’s Thomas Bach, was more nuanced, saying before the games began that his organization must be “politically neutral without being apolitical.”

And yet ...

In Sochi this week, politics percolates everywhere, which is not unusual. It has lurked at the margins of Olympic Games going back at least to the moment in 1936 in Berlin when German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, a white supremacist, watched Jesse Owens, a black American, take gold in the 100-meter sprint.

The Olympics, you might say, are the planet’s most political apolitical event.

Consider Friday night’s appearance by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the U.S. Olympic Committee’s USA House – and wearing a Team USA pin on his lapel, no less.

It was entirely good-natured, but it couldn’t have been more political.

On the surface, it was an

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Olympics host leader cheerfully glad-handing guests. But below the bonhomie, it was hard not to conjure a stew of words and memories that evoked old suspicions: Cold War, “We will bury you,” spies, the Eastern Bloc, NATO, detente, nuclear proliferation. And new ones, too: Edward Snowden.

Putin is only the most obvious example. To watch the Olympics – and to look beyond the marvelous athletic performances and the uncounted, often unexpected friendships it helps build – is to see a human anthill of scripts and vested interests playing themselves out.

“There is this absolute insistence that there be no politics. I think they have to say that,” says Curt Hamakawa, a U.S. Olympic Committee official for 16 years.

“But the fact of the matter is, that is not true. And it comes across as being a bit hypocritical,” says Hamaka-

wa, now an associate professor of sport management at Western New England University in Massachusetts. “Government and sport is pretty much intertwined for most countries. I don’t know that they can escape from it.”

Several Olympics of the past half century have been particularly politically charged. Tokyo’s hosting of the 1964 Summer Games showcased Japan’s return to the global stage after World War II. In 1972, Palestinian attackers killed 11 Israeli athletes in the Olympic Village in Munich. And of course there were the boycott years – 1976, 1980 and 1984 – when entire nations (including the United States and the Soviet Union) stayed away because rivals either were there or were hosting.

Front and center this time around is the disconnect between Russia’s strict attitude toward gays and voices around

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the world that take issue with its approach. Despite some predictions that gay athletes or their supporters might turn Olympic spectacles into political ones, it hadn’t happened as of Saturday.

Then there are the leaders who stay away – and sometimes make comments about the games from afar. President Barack Obama’s decision not to come, for one, has been speculated about by many. Was it because of scheduling, geopolitics, or both?

At the games, Olympic politics can take many forms.

There is a flap about athletes’ yogurt – fueled by politics in the form of a low-level customs dispute between Russia and the United States. There is the fact that Taiwan must compete as “Chinese Taipei” because of a six-decade schism with mainland China. There are faces upon faces painted with national flags – signs of exuberance, yes, but also human political metaphors in miniature.

There is Ukraine, gripped with unrest as it tries to secure an Olympic-city bid for 2022. “The Olympic sports, the Olympics ideas, the Olympic movement, this is above any politics and Ukraine will resolve all of its political problems and all of its political issues,” its acting deputy prime minister, Oleksandr Vilkul, said in Sochi a few days ago.

And there is India. Barred from flying its flag at the Sochi Games because of internal corruption, it was granted a reprieve only a few days ago, allowing its athletes to avert competing independently in a gathering organized around national pride.

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Farmers, shippers wary of winter’s fallout

By JIM SUHR The Associated Press ST. LOUIS – While winter has been unforgiving to most of the Midwest, the next several months will dictate the season’s impact on all-important sectors, such as shipping and farming.

Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska, spoke to The Associated Press about

how the rest of the winter could impact agriculture and river shipping. Here are edited excerpts of the interview:

Q: Can you describe the severity of the winter in terms of the snow accumulations in the Midwest so far?

A: The further east you go, they have had more snow, more moisture. And the further west you go, as you get into central Iowa into eastern and central Nebraska, there hasn’t been a lot of snow. This

Report: Rutherford has not read results of investigation The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford said he has not read the results of an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and political pressure in his office, according to a published report, although his spokeswoman said he might have seen an executive summary.

The Republican candidate f o r g o v e r n o r Dan told Lee Enter- Rutherford prises Newspapers’ Springfield bureau for a story published Saturday that he had not seen the review, which he called for and initially promised to make public, and didn’t know if he would read it.

But after a federal lawsuit outlining the allegations was filed Monday, Rutherford’s lawyer, Peter Andjelkovich, told The Associated Press the findings wouldn’t be released. He said information found during the investigation would be used to fight the lawsuit in court, not through the public.

“My intention was to always have it be public,” Ruth-

erford told Lee Enterprises.

“When a federal lawsuit was filed ... that put it in a whole different point of discussion.

It needs to go through the court process.”

The investigation was made into allegations by former employee Edmund Michalowski, whose federal lawsuit charges that Rutherford, in a four-way race for the GOP nomination for governor, repeatedly harassed him sexually and compelled him to organize political events on state time.

Rutherford spokeswoman Mary Frances Bragiel told the AP on Saturday that the report remained with Rutherford’s lawyers, who had not decided what steps to take next. She also said Rutherford “may have” seen a “draft” of the executive summary.

Bragiel had earlier told the AP that Rutherford had read an executive summary of the report, by the Chicago investigative team of Ron Braver and Associates, but she did not know what information it included. She said the report had been sent to the treasurer’s inspector general for review and that no one, including Rutherford, would see the final report. But she later retracted those statements.

time of year ... we look at how deep that frost layer does go into the soils, because realistically that is the frozen moisture in the ground that we’re going to be looking at come spring.

With a lot of the snow that sits atop that, if we get these warm-ups during the winter, very little of that water will infiltrate into the ground because of the frost, so you do get more runoff this time of year.

Q: What are the implications

for spring in terms of melt-off and inland rivers?

A: I think it’s a little too early. Even with the good fall rains and the recharge of the soil, it went really well into the top 18 inches or so of the soil – what I call the topsoil layer.

That deeper soil layer didn’t see as much of that moisture.

That being said, with the snowfall that we’ve had this winter and as we go into spring melt, there is room for more of that moisture to go

into the soil profile. If we end up getting some of those wet, heavy snows toward the end of the snow season again, and we warm up right away ... that’s going to be more cause for flood potential than if we see a slow, gradual melt-off and slower warm-up.

The conditions we see in the end of March and the first part of April are really going to dictate flood potential.

quickly farmers can get back in their fields?

A: Yeah. Last spring, we were cold and we stayed cold.

Most producers were several weeks behind in getting their crops in the fields and even those who got in early had some issues because it just didn’t warm up until mid-May. As much as you like to plan and prepare, the one thing we can’t control is the weather, and that’s always the curveball.

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Ill. legislation would keep 911 tapes private The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – One Illinois lawmaker wants to exempt 911 recordings from the state’s open records law.

The bill is sponsored by Sen. Bill Cunningham, a Chicago Democrat, according to a report by Illinois Radio Network.

Cunningham, who once worked as a spokesman for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, said the recordings shouldn’t be released to the public because they can be traumatizing to crime victims who would be forced “to relive that experience,” he said.

“When the tape is released

publicly and broadcast on the news and living forever on YouTube and the Internet, is something that I think invades the privacy of the individuals,” he said.

Cunningham decided to draft the legislation after hearing the audio recordings of 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School after the 2012 mass shooting that killed 20 children and six educators in Connecticut.

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Gay-marriage foes scrambling after setbacks The ASSOCIATED PRESS JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Opponents of same-sex marriage are scrambling to find effective responses, in Congress and state legislatures, to a rash of court rulings that would force some of America’s most conservative states to accept gay nuptials.

Some gay-marriage foes are backing a bill recently introduced in both chambers of Congress that would leave states fully in charge of their marriage policies, though the measure stands little chance of passage. In the states, they

8NATION BRIEFS Another blast of snow makes its way into NE BOSTON – Another round of snow made its way into the Northeast on Saturday as the region continues to dig out from the previous storm.

New England was expected to be hit hardest by the latest blast of winter weather. The National Weather Service said 10 to 14 inches of snow was expected in eastern Massachusetts and parts of Rhode Island. Connecticut could see 8 to 10 inches along its Rhode Island border.

At its peak, the storm was to dump snow at the rate of 3 inches an hour, said meteorologist William Babcock.

High court has fantasy league of its own HOUSTON – In many ways, it’s a fantasy league like any other, with participants obsessing over mounds of data.

But in this league, it’s not NFL or MLB players who are the stars but nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In FantasySCOTUS, participants earn points for correctly predicting how the judges will vote on cases.

The site was created in 2009 by Josh Blackman, a Houston law professor who started it after joking with a friend about Las Vegas betting odds on a pending ruling.

The online game has more than 20,000 participants.

While there is no cash prize, the winner is crowned the “chief justice.”

Mistrial on murder charge in Fla. trial JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 47-year-old software developer was convicted Saturday of attempted murder for shooting into a car full of teenagers after an argument about their loud music, but jurors couldn’t agree on the most serious charge of first-degree murder.

After more than 30 hours of jury deliberations over four days, a mistrial was declared on the murder charge that Michael Dunn faced in the fatal shooting of one of the black teens. The 12 jurors found him guilty of three counts of attempted second-degree murder and a count of firing into an occupied car.

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are endorsing a multitude of bills – some intended to protect gay-marriage bans, others to assert a right, based on religious freedom, to have nothing to do with gay marriages should those bans be struck down.

In Utah, Oklahoma, Kentucky and Virginia, federal judges have voided part or all of the bans on same-sex marriage that voters approved between 2004 and 2006. Each of the rulings has been stayed pending appeals, and a final nationwide resolution may be a few years away in the U.S. Supreme Court.

The trend is unsettling to the activists who oppose gay marriage, and some have called for extraordinary measures in response.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, known for fighting to display the Ten Commandments in a judicial building, has written to all 50 governors urging them to support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between only a man and a woman.

In Missouri, where voters approved a gay-marriage ban in 2004, eight Republican House members filed arti-

cles of impeachment against Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon after he ordered his administration to accept joint tax returns from same-sex couples who were legally married in other states. The Republican House leader has yet to schedule the matter for public hearings, but some GOP sponsors insist they are serious.

“The people put it in the constitution that marriage is between one man and one woman – the issue is the governor has absolutely ignored the constitution and the people’s will,” said Rep. Ron

Schieber, a Republican from Kansas City.

The demand for religious exemptions, meanwhile, is widespread. Gay marriage opponents have fought for strong exemptions in every state where lawmakers have already decided the issue.

In New York, for example, gay marriage was recognized only after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state’s top two legislators struck an 11th-hour compromise on religious accommodations.

However, the resulting exemptions have generally been limited in scope – and

haven’t come anywhere near to what gay marriage opponents sought.

In Massachusetts and Iowa, where same-sex marriage won recognition through the courts, there are no religious exemptions related to the rulings.

In light of this track record, opponents in red states have been proposing pre-emptive bills with broad accommodations for religious objectors. Most of the bills aim to protect individuals or businesses who, for religious reasons, don’t want to serve same-sex couples.

Opportunity, risk in Calif. water politics The ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO, Calif. – As California struggles to cope with its historic drought, Gov. Jerry Brown is facing increasing pressure to tackle longstanding problems in the state’s water storage and delivery systems at a time when the politics of the issue have never been more tangled.

For Brown, the drought presents both opportunity and risk for a governor facing re-election who also was in office during California’s last major drought in the mid1970s.

It comes as he is pitching a costly and contentious proposal to drill two 35-mile-long, freeway-size water tunnels beneath the Northern California delta, a project that will cost at least $25 billion and is opposed by environmentalists who say it will all but destroy the imperiled estuary and has divided the agricultural community.

The governor also faces mounting pressure from the state Legislature to address an $11 billion water bond measure that lawmakers from both parties agree will require

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A visitor to Folsom Lake walks his dog down a boat ramp Jan. 29 that is now several hundred yards away from the waters edge in Folsom, Calif. a major overhaul before it goes to voters in November.

Few things are more politically divisive in California than water. Who gets it, who pays for it, where and how it is captured and transported have proven to be political minefields for California governors for nearly a century.

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UAW drive falls short amid culture clash in Tenn.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The failure of the United Auto Workers to unionize employees at the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee underscores a cultural disconnect between a labor-friendly German company and anti-union sentiment in the South.

The multiyear effort to organize Volkswagen’s only U.S. plant was defeated on a 712-626 vote Friday night amid heavy campaigning on both sides.

Workers voting against the union said while they remain open to the German-style “works council,” they were unwilling to risk the future of the Volkswagen factory that opened to great fanfare on the site of a former Army ammunition plant in 2011.

“Come on, this is Chattanooga, Tennessee,” said worker Mike Jarvis, who was among the group in the plant

that organized to fight the UAW. “It’s the greatest thing that’s ever happened to us.”

Jarvis, who hangs doors, trunk lids and hoods on cars said workers also were worried about the union’s historical impact on Detroit automakers and the many plants that have been closed in the North, he said.

“Look at every company that’s went bankrupt or shut down or had an issue,” he said.

“What is the one common denominator with all those companies? UAW. We don’t need it.”

Pocketbook issues were also on opponents’ minds, Jarvis said. Workers were suspicious that Volkswagen and the union might have already reached “cost containment” agreements that could have led to a cut in their hourly pay rate to that made by entry-level employees with the Detroit Three automakers, he said.

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has gained national attention through pictures of reservoirs turned to mudflats, rivers slowed to a trickle and farmers ripping out orchards and fallowing their fields. The two Republicans in the race to contest Brown’s expected re-election campaign are intensifying their criticism and say his administration has not

done enough to improve California’s water supply or help the hardest hit communities.

Yet policymakers, water agencies, farmers and worried local government officials hope the crisis will produce enough urgency to yield a rare political compromise. Brown told reporters in Tulare last week that “if anybody can get

it done, I can get it done.”

Now may be the time, said Jay Lund, director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis.

“Floods and droughts and lawsuits always bring attention to the water issues,” Lund said. “You rarely see big strategic changes in water management without that sort of motivation and attention there.”

If the motivation has arrived, so have the politics.

Last month, the Brown administration announced that for the first time it will deny any water allocations to thousands of Central Valley farmers and communities.

In explaining the severity of the situation, Chuck Bonham, director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, urged people “to take a deep breath, put down the arguments we’ve all had in the past and come together as Californians.”

“This is not about picking between delta smelt and long fin smelt and chinook salmon, and it’s not about picking between fish and farms or people and the environment,” he said.

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By CHARLES BABINGTON The Associated Press MADISONVILLE, Ky. – Democrats dream of driving U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell into retirement this year, ridding President Barack Obama of one of his fiercest opponents. Tea partyers have the same dream, but they say the Senate’s Republican leader actually is too accommodating to Democrats.

This left-right squeeze is forcing McConnell to scrape as hard as ever to raise money and try to extend his 30year Senate career into a sixth term.

The squeeze also may be his salvation.

It obscures divisions among the critics who drive up McConnell’s unpopularity ratings, often cited as his biggest prob-

lem. His Democratic critics can’t vote in the May 20 Republican primary, when McConnell will hold an edge in name recognition and money. If he survives the primary, his tea party detractors are unlikely to vote Democratic in the November general election.

As for less ideological voters, McConnell hopes his role in crafting major compromises with Democrats will burnish his can-do image among Kentuckians, many of whom register as Democrats but often vote Republican in federal elections.

“Farmers love Mitch McConnell,” said 10-term U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., who introduced the senator at a recent coal-related event in snow-covered western Kentucky. “The coal industry is totally supportive of Mitch McConnell.”

But some Kentuckians say McConnell’s political strength in Washington, where he sometimes brokers deals with Democrats, could be his campaign weakness back home. Kentucky rejected Obama twice in landslides. Five of its six U.S. House members are Republicans.

In an interview after the coal rally in Madisonville, about 150 miles southwest of Louisville, McConnell acknowledged the dilemma.

Starting with the 2004 defeat of the Senate’s Democratic leader, South Dakota’s Tom Daschle, nationwide targeting of Senate leaders “is the new paradigm,” McConnell said.

“That changed my life here,” he said, noting that groups from the left and right spend millions to attack him on TV.

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8WORLD BRIEF UK taxi driver crushed to death in windstorm LONDON – Strong winds that pummeled Britain killed a taxi driver, whose car was crushed by falling chunks of masonry from a building, officials said Saturday.

The taxi driver was killed late Friday in central London near Holborn subway station when

part of a building collapsed during a windstorm, police said. She was identified as Julie Sillitoe, a 49-year-old with three sons.

Her passengers, a man and woman, were hospitalized with injuries not believed to be life-threatening, police said.

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and the female passenger managed to free herself from the rear of the vehicle.

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Candidates focusing on fiscal responsibility • ELECTION Continued from page A1 Grove, running as vice chairman. County Board member Diane Evertsen, of Harvard, is running as secretary, and candidate Charles Wheeler, of McHenry, as treasurer.

While the event for the most part was a platform for local and state Republican candidates to make their cases to the party faithful, the undercurrent was strong that the current Central Committee leadership – Chairman Mike Tryon, Vice Chairman Mark Daniel, Secretary Glenda Miller and Treasurer Fred Wickham, as well as Executive Director Geri Davis – has to be replaced.

Before the meeting, people cited grievances from failing to fill vacant precinct committeeman seats with qualified individuals, and not doing more to unseat longtime local Democratic Rep. Jack Franks of Marengo.

“I think we have from time to time made our grievances known, and nothing has been rectified,” Evertsen said before the event. “At this point, personally, I don’t feel I have any other option.”

The slate’s makeup is intended to bring together the GOP’s various factions and promote a new, younger and more diverse party, members said. Salgado is a political moderate, Gasser and Evertsen represent the tea party and Wheeler is African-American.

“This is going to be a good mix. We’re not representing just one faction of the party,” Salgado said.

“This is the new Republican Party that’s reaching out to the entire McHenry County community,” Wheeler said.

Both Salgado and Gasser said the group is putting aside social issues for this election cycle and focusing on fiscal responsibility in government.

“We’ve all put some of our social issues aside to build a better, more vibrant Republican Party based on fiscal issues,” Gasser said.

Tryon is doing some of the group’s work for it – he said Friday that he does not intend to seek another two-year term as party chairman. He said he made the decision months ago, citing his increasing responsibilities as state representative for the 33rd House District. He is running unopposed for another two-year term.

He criticized the gathering in a Feb. 5 letter sent to all precinct committeemen, who vote for the party leadership positions after every March primary. He alleged that such actions have caused Republican parties in neighboring counties to “splinter and divide,” which “opens the door for the Democrat [sic] party to slip into elected positions.”

But Tryon softened up a bit Friday afternoon.

“My job isn’t to beat up on Republicans. My job is to beat up on Democrats. There’s a lot of energy by people who are really active in the party

– not just in McHenry County, but many places,” Tryon said.

“I think every election cycle has spirited energy and people can put together a slate of candidates, and they can run for any office they want.

That’s not unwelcome energy.”

Miller, who is running for treasurer, said she is not sure whether she will run for another term as secretary. She said Friday afternoon that any labels calling her part of a “good ol’ boy” network are inaccurate.

“I’m an individual, and I’m proud of what I’ve done,” Miller said.

Gasser said he believes the slate has the votes to win.

The county Republican Party elects its leaders on a weighted vote – each precinct committeeman’s vote is equal to the number of GOP ballots cast in the primary. There are 212 voting precincts in McHenry County.

The vote will take place April 17 under the party’s bylaws.

“I am cautiously optimistic that we will have a new, vibrant McHenry County Republican Party,” Gasser said.

Other candidates in attendance Thursday were sheriff’s candidate Bill Prim, county clerk candidate Nick Provenzano, treasurer candidate Jeff Thorsen, 63rd House District candidate Steve Reick, state attorney general candidate Paul Schimpf and state treasurer candidate Bob Grogan, as well as a number of County Board candidates.

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Snow an issue, but temps most ‘outstanding aspect’ of winter • WEATHER Continued from page A1 inches of snow from Dec. 1 compared to the 43.8 inches of snow McHenry County received, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel.

Angel said the heavier snowfall further east is not unusual because of lake-effect snow. But that lake effect also somewhat moderates temperatures near Chicago, Angel said, a luxury those in McHenry County do not have.

McHenry County has experienced colder temperatures this winter, surpassing Chicago’s record of 25 days of subzero temperatures set in 1884-85. McHenry County recorded 31 days of subzero temperatures, only four fewer than the county’s record.

The run of subzero temperatures included a stretch of more than 60 consecutive hours before the thermometer cracked zero, the second-longest run ever for the area. Even when temperatures were above zero degrees, 71 percent of total winter days were below average temperatures this season, according to WGN Weather.

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“Snowfall has been an issue, but the temperature is the most outstanding aspect of this winter,” Angel said.

“We’re not quite breaking records but we’re getting very close to those numbers. Having three full months of these temperatures is unusual. It’s why people will remember this winter.”

The coldest day in McHen-

ry County this winter, disregarding wind chill, was 22 below zero, Angel said.

In the 14 years of working in McHenry County schools, Dave Jenkins said he has never seen a winter quite like this year’s.

Jenkins, chief operations officer for Crystal Lake School District 47, said it has been the most severe winter since the area received 60 inches of snow total in the 2007-08 winter, but even then four days of school did not have to be canceled.

The lingering effects of the winter could be costly for the

district, which has already needed to commit more resources than expected. Jenkins said grounds crews have put in significant overtime, and the district has used $36,000 worth of salt compared to the $25,000 that was budgeted.

Jenkins said more resources could be needed to patch parking lots that could be pothole-ridden from the deep freeze, and an internal pipe at South Elementary School already burst this winter and was pegged for repairs.

“Every winter is a challenge,” he said. “But I don’t remember ever seeing anything to this extent when it comes to the amount of cold days we’ve had.”

Whether these winter conditions become common moving forward is unclear, Angel said, but melting Arctic ice could make it more likely. Angel said less ice cover in the Arctic can destabilize the climate in that region and cause extreme weather in other regions.

While the Midwest has experienced extreme cold, Alaska has experienced record-breaking warm temperatures and California is in the middle of a record-break-

ing drought.

“It seems like it would be counterintuitive,” Angel said of warming Arctic temperatures causing colder weather here. “But some of what is melting is spreading through the wind stream we got this year. We don’t really know what to expect. This is new territory.”

As McHenry County appears headed out of extreme winter conditions with temperatures expected to be in the 40s this week, Angel said threats still loom.

Angel said he would not be surprised to see temperatures revert back to extreme cold, even if only for a week, and guessed snow would be possible through mid-March.

But because fairly accurate forecasts only extend out about 10 days, Angel said another possibility could be the 40-degree weather is a sign of things to come and temperatures may rise too fast.

In that scenario, he said, deeply frozen soil would thaw too quickly and any rain could trigger significant flooding.

“You don’t want to warm up too fast,” he said. “It would be best to have the snow melt and ground thaw slowly in patches.”

Scandals dogged military for years • MILITARY Continued from page A1 character was tolerated in [war] theater, but the fact of the last 10 or 12 years of repeated deployments, of the high op-tempo – we might have lost focus on this issue,” Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army’s top officer, told the AP last week. “Sometimes in the past we’ve overlooked character issues because of competence and commitment.”

His comments mirror concerns aired by Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, several times in recent months.

The ethical lapses, Dempsey said, can be attributed in some ways to 10 years at war when the military failed to properly balance character and competence.

“It is not the war that has caused this,” Dempsey said.

“It is the pace and our failure to understand that at that pace we were neglecting the tools that manage us as a profession over time.”

Over the past year, a series of high-profile scandals – from sexual assault and damaging leadership to mistreatment of the enemy and unauthorized spending – has dogged the military, leading to broad ethics

reviews and new personnel policies.

Those scandals included the demotion of Army Gen. William “Kip” Ward for lavish, unauthorized spending; sexual misconduct charges against Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair; and episodes of gambling and drinking by other general officers.

More recently, there have been cheating allegations against Air Force nuclear missile launch officers and a massive bribery case in California that has implicated six Navy officers.

Examples of troop misconduct include Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters and soldiers posing with body parts of Afghan militants.

As a result, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other leaders said ethics is a priority about which they now routinely lecture troops and officers. They also have undertaken initiatives aimed at identifying and dealing with problem service members.

“We’re paying a lot more attention to it now. We are not tolerant at all of those showing a lack of character,” Odierno said. “We have to refocus ourselves so we get to where we think is the right place.”

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8WORLD BRIEF Opposition ready to vacate Kiev building KIEV, Ukraine – A top Ukrainian opposition leader said Saturday that protesters are ready to vacate the Kiev City Hall they have occupied for nearly three months – if the government drops all charges against the demonstrators.

This week, the last of the 234 protesters were released from jail as part of an amnesty. The amnesty law also calls for the opposition to vacate seized government buildings in Kiev and elsewhere in Ukraine.

Oleh Tyahnybok, head of the nationalist Svoboda party, said Saturday the opposition is ready to vacate the Kiev City Hall if criminal cases against protesters are dropped. He added that a final decision will have to be approved by demonstrators on Kiev’s Independence Square, known as the Maidan.

“If we have guarantees that right after this step the government will close all the criminal cases against participants of the protest movement, with the consent of Maidan we are ready to take this step,” Tyahnybok told reporters.

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Syria peace talks in doubt after 6th day in Geneva The ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA – U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi ended direct talks between the Syrian government and opposition Saturday without finding a way of breaking the impasse in peace talks.

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Protesters clash with police in Bahrain

By REEM KHALIFA The Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain – Bahraini anti-government activists clashed with security forces as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday, sending tear gas into a major shopping mall and bringing the capital’s streets to a standstill on the same day that authorities said a police officer died of injuries sustained from an earlier bombing.

The Interior Ministry said that the officer was one of two injured in what it called a “terrorist blast” on Friday in the village of Dair, near the country’s main airport. It did not identify the officer. In a second statement, the ministry characterized recent attacks against security forces as “urban guerrilla warfare.”

Chaos in the small Gulf island nation highlights deeper regional sectarian tensions that continue to roil Bahrain three years after the country’s majority Shiites began an Arab Spring-inspired uprising to demand greater political rights from the Sunni-led monarchy.

Neighboring Sunni-ruled Gulf countries with smaller Shiite populations, led by Saudi Arabia, sent troops to Bahrain in an effort to stem the uprising in 2011. More than 65 people have died in the unrest, but rights groups and others put the death toll higher.

Heeding calls by Bahrain’s main Shiite coalition al-Wefaq, around 15,000 Bahrainis marched in the capital Manama’s streets a day after the three-year anniversary of the start of the anti-government uprising.

The protesters marched for several miles before clashes erupted. Police fired tear gas at the crowd, which included women and children.

The protesters carried the red and white Bahraini flag and signs that read “Democracy is the only solution.”

“I came to say that I refuse the way that my government treats people like me with discrimination,” prominent human rights activist Azhar Jaafar said. He was carrying the picture of 22-year-old protester Nabeel Rajab, who is one of around 3,000 people believed to be behind bars for politically-related charges.

“God is great,” the crowd chanted as youth protesters erected makeshift barriers to keep police back. They burnt tires to block the effects of the tear gas and threw rocks back at the security forces. Some protesters were seen carrying Molotov cocktails.

Efforts to restart on-andoff reconciliation talks between the Shiite-dominated opposition and the Sunni monarchy and its allies have so far failed to bring an end to simmering unrest in the country, an American ally that hosts the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet.

Activists frequently clash with police. Anti-government factions have been increasingly using small-scale bombs to target government forces.

Al-Wefaq said the protests Saturday were called to demand a democratic transition “in which the people are the source of all powers.” The group said the protest was also called to denounce the “free rein” given to security forces to exercise “heinous violations” against citizens.

lasted less than half an hour, left the future of the negotiating process in doubt and no date was set for a third session.

Brahimi told media both sides agreed the agenda for the next round should focus on four points: ending the violence and terrorism, creating a transitional governing body,

building national institutions, and reconciliation.

To avoid losing another week or more before resuming discussions, Brahimi said he proposed that the first day should be reserved for talks on ending violence and combating terrorism, the main thrust of the government’s stance,

and the second for talking about how to create a transitional body, as the opposition and Western powers insist.

“Unfortunately the government has refused, which raises the suspicion of the opposition that in fact the government doesn’t want to discuss the TGB [transitional governing

body] at all,” Brahimi said.

“In that case, I have suggested that it’s not good for the process, it’s not good for Syria that we come back for another round and fall in the same trap that we have been struggling with this week and most of the first round,” he said. “So I think it is better that every

side goes back and reflect and take their responsibility: do they want this process to take place or not?”

Brahimi said he would consult with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov about a way forward.

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Opportunity for D-155 McHenry County Judge Michael Chmiel gave Crystal Lake-based School District 155 a break last week.

But Chmiel also gave the school district an opportunity.

District 155 officials should use the free time that Chmiel granted them to work with the city of Crystal Lake on a solution to the dispute over new bleachers at Crystal Lake South High School.

The school For the record district has been at odds with the city School District 155 should of Crystal Lake take the free time a judge since last summer, gave it to work with the city of when the high Crystal Lake on a solution for school tore down the bleachers dispute. its old bleachers and press box, and moved the home bleachers from the east side of the football stadium to the west side.

The west side of the stadium backs into the Amberwood Drive neighborhood, where the new bleachers tower over several homes. Homeowners there filed suit against the district, claiming it failed to get proper variances for the new bleachers from the city.

Crystal Lake officials say the bleachers violate three zoning codes: They sit only 41 feet from homeowner’s property when it should be 50 feet or more; they are greater than 600 square feet, which requires a zoning variance; and the press box and the top of the bleachers are too tall, which requires a height variance.

The school district has claimed that it does not need city approval. It claims it only needed approval from the Regional Office of Education, which it received. But in a December ruling, Chmiel sided with residents and the city and ordered the district to go through the city’s zoning process.

Instead of acquiescing, District 155 decided to waste more taxpayer money and appealed.

Chmiel ruled last week that the district would not have to pay the city $1,000 in daily fines for being in violation of Crystal Lake zoning codes as long as the appeal process is completed by June 15.

We think the district has little chance of winning on appeal. But as the appeals process continues, school officials should go through Crystal Lake’s zoning process.

For one thing, perhaps a compromise can be reached. Just as importantly, it would a good faith gesture that shows the district can work with its neighbors and the city on an issue that affects all parties.

8ANOTHER VIEW

Rewriting Obamacare “Obamacare” is useful shorthand for the Affordable Care Act not least because the law increasingly means whatever President Barack Obama says it does on any given day. His latest lawless rewrite arrived last week as the White House decided to delay the law’s employer mandate for another year and in some cases forever.

Obamacare requires businesses with 50 or more workers to offer health insurance to their workers or pay a penalty, but last summer the Treasury offered a yearlong delay until 2015 despite having no statutory authorization. Like the individual mandate, the employer decree is central to Obamacare’s claim of universal coverage, but employers said the new labor costs would damage job creation and the economy.

Changing an unambiguous statutory mandate requires the approval of Congress, but then this president has often decided the law is whatever he says it is.

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8IT’S YOUR WRITE Saluting Prof. Morton To the Editor: An overdue tribute to the late Professor Joseph C. Morton of “On This Day” – a popular historical forum is badly needed.

Life made me an eighth-grade history teacher and high school janitor – 34 years apart. How history was “dumbed down” in that period amazes, amuses and appalls me.

I’ve met sane adults who thought Pocahontas and John Smith were Disney creations; whites taught Indians to scalp their foes; all presidents before Abraham Lincoln owned slaves; women couldn’t vote until 1920 nor blacks until 1964.

Most people don’t know “The Star-Spangled Banner” was four verses; that Texas and Hawaii were once independent nations; the pilgrims were not puritans; the Mormon Church once warred on the federal government; and organized crime predates Prohibition by decades.

Dirty secrets: Some free blacks owned slaves. So did the Five Civilized Tribes, who trod the Trail of Tears. At least three presidents had illegitimate children, another may have been gay. Whites as well as blacks were lynched. Fighting communists, we supported neofascists. And it’s hard criticizing the awfully corrupt NYPD since Sept. 11.

And those conspiracy nuts who think all presidents from Wilson to Johnson were pinkos? FDR had advance knowledge of Pearl Harbor; Kennedy was shot by almost everybody but Oswald; the moon landings were Hollywood fakes; the buildings falling on Sept. 11 were sabotaged from within.

I never met Professor Morton, but salute his memory. He told it true.

Chuck Michling Woodstock

Support FIRST program To the Editor: A group of Crystal Lake high school students formed a robotics team, Octopi, last year to participate and compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge national program.

The students design, build and program their robot and compete against other teams in regional competitions.

In their first year, they placed first in the state competition and won several awards. This year, they are headed back to the state finals on Feb. 22.

While the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) program is supported strongly in other areas (Highland Park has 12 teams, Barrington has seven), Octopi is the only FTC McHenry County team. The program builds skills that are essential to our future. They are trying to spread the word and encourage more teams.

FIRST offers more than $13 million in scholarships annually to students. We should encourage these programs, and this is done with no tax money. The people and businesses of McHenry County should support more participation in this program.

Bob Mehl Crystal Lake

DHS questions To the Editor: Considering the current state of our economy, our state and local

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governments have to prioritize how our tax dollars are spent.

Recently, I had reason to solicit some general information from the Illinois Department of Human Services in Woodstock. Upon searching the web for an address (www.dhs.state.il.us), it was listed as 2215 Lake Shore Drive in Woodstock. Upon reaching this address, I found a large, modern, brick, empty building. Value of empty building and land would be well in excess of $500,000, and probably closer to $750,000.

After some detective work, I found that DHS is now located at 512 Clay St., which looks like an older, two-story frame duplex with limited parking. Upon entering the building, in a room of roughly 20 feet by 20 feet, were 30-plus people sandwiched in a line being served by one customer service employee at one window. It is a travesty! Most of the people in that room are the neediest, and are being serviced at the absolute minimum.

Questions for my fellow readers to possibly shed some light on: What was the purpose of the building standing at 2215 Lakeshore Drive? Why is it empty? Why isn’t it being used for something? What

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is the cost to taxpayers? I could go on, but you’ve got the picture.

Finally, don’t bother to call DHS if you expect to speak to a live person.

Thomas H. Richards Algonquin

Discarded dog To the Editor: I was appalled this week when I heard about the death of a poor, emaciated pit bull dog who was left in a cage by the side of a road in the freezing cold. Some human being decided to throw this dog away just as we discard so many things that we don’t want anymore.

I believe that people like this deserve the same kind of treatment given this dog. At the very least, they deserve to be severely punished.

I would say they are a poor excuse for a human being.

You and I are supposed to be more intelligent than other kinds of animals. But other animals do not kill each other to amuse themselves, nor as a matter of convenience.

Susan L. Metivier Woodstock

GOP should use the courts to restrain President Obama “If at my convenience I might break them (laws), what would be their worth?”

– Charlotte Bronte, “Jane Eyre” We’ve come a long way since Justice Charles Evans Hughes remarked a century ago, “...the Constitution is what the judges say it is.”

Or have we?

According to the Galen Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization based in Alexandria, Va., “...more than 27 significant changes already have been made to Obamacare: at least 10 that President Obama has made unilaterally, 15 that Congress has passed and the president has signed, and two by the Supreme Court.”

Add one more now that he has decreed that small businesses with 50-99 employees will be given another year before they have to pay

a penalty for failing to comply with the Obamacare law.

Where does the president get the power to unilaterally change a law?

On Monday, during a tour of Thomas Jefferson’s home with French President Francois Hollande, the president quipped to reporters about being able to tour the home, which was closed that day: “That’s the good thing about being president; I can do whatever I want.”

The old adage “many a true word is spoken in jest” seems to apply in this instance.

Obama already has vowed to circumvent Congress “whenever I can,” so this appears to be the next step toward quasi-dictatorship. Now if he can finish packing the courts with people who share his go-italone worldview, his usurpation of power will be complete.

Responding to the president’s

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

VIEWS Cal Thomas latest summary declaration on Obamacare, Speaker John Boehner said, “Once again, the president is giving a break to corporations while individuals and families are still stuck under the mandates of his health care law and once again the president is rewriting law on a whim. If the administration doesn’t believe employers can manage the burden of the law, how can struggling families be expected to?”

This isn’t about any of that. This is about next November’s election and delaying the pain of Obamacare so that vulnerable Democrats might keep their congressional seats. It is politics at its most cynical.

8THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Republicans must do more than issue strong statements. They should go to court again and challenge the president’s power to evade the law.

This president, like all presidents, took an oath (twice, in his case) to “faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

Is deciding what part of a law he wishes to obey and unilaterally altering a law passed by Congress and signed by himself a faithful execution of his office? Is he preserving, protecting and defending the Constitution by such behavior?

Imagine a Republican president trying to delay the implementation of any law favored by Democrats.

The sharp knives would be out for his political head, possibly includ-

ing impeachment.

A court challenge may be the only hope for controlling this out-ofcontrol administration. Under other administrations, defying the law has caused serious problems for a president.

Richard Nixon told David Frost, “When the president does it (break the law), that means that it is not illegal.” We know how that turned out.

President Obama won’t be impeached – the Senate has a Democratic majority, Republicans likely will be reluctant to impeach America’s first black president – but the GOP should use the courts to at least restrain him. The Founders foresaw the danger when a president behaves like a king.

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8COMMUNITY NEWS

LITH POLICE SEEK PUBLIC COMMENTS LAKE IN THE HILLS – Residents will be able to make comments about the Lake in the Hills police department as part of its accreditation process.

The department is in the final stages of its process with the Illinois Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. The department is seeking the highest level of accreditation, “Tier 2,” and if successful it would join seven other agencies who have received such approval, according to a news release.

Assessors from the program are scheduled to review department policies and procedures, among other things, on Feb. 26.

As part of the assessment, members of the community may offer comments to the assessment team by calling 847-6585676 from 9 to 11 a.m. Feb. 27.

Telephone comments are limited to 10 minutes and should address the agency’s ability to comply with the ILEAP accreditation standards.

Copies of the ILEAP standards are available at the Lake in the Hills Police Department at 1115 Crystal Lake Road or may be viewed online at the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police website, www.ilchiefs.org.

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D-156 teachers OK strike Union will first send district new proposal for contract

By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com McHENRY – District 156 teachers voted unanimously to strike if an agreement on a contract isn’t reached soon.

The union will present the District 156 school board with a new proposal before its negotiating team makes a final decision on whether to strike,

said spokesman Brian Weidner, who also is the fine arts coordinator at McHenry East High School.

The school board is set to meet Tuesday evening.

“Negotiations are ongoing and can be very delicate at this point,” Superintendent Mike Roberts said.

He declined to comment further.

Contract negotiations have dragged on since June as the two

sides debate numbers and contract language, disagreeing on “philosophical issues” as well as the raw numbers, Weidner said.

Teachers have been working without a contract since August.

This round of negotiations has been more contentious than previous rounds, Greg Eiserman, the union’s co-president, has said, and the talks have been marred by mis-

LEFT: Instructor Nancy Jagielski (right) shows Ally Hendrickson, 11, how to change a diaper Saturday during the Safe Sitter Babysitting Training Course at the Cary Community Center. The course, taught three weekends out of the month at various park districts, offers children ages 11 to 15 a chance to learn the necessary skills for safe childcare.

Some of the topics covered include ethics, safety, first aid, feeding infants, allergies, emergencies and behavior management. A babysitting manual and completion card are included with the course. BOTTOM LEFT: Jessi Hyde, 11, of Cary puts a diaper on a baby doll Saturday. BOTTOM RIGHT: Jagielski shows the class how to change a diaper.

‘SNOWFIGHTING’ EFFORTS REWARDED

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8LOCAL DEATHS Anthony R. DiBona 74, Buffalo Grove Betty B. Gehrke 97, Fox River Grove Claire C. Gramigna 79 Richard Aloysius Janowitz 62, Wonder Lake Irwin G. “Chester” Kempton 79 Larry A. Nocks 74, Lake in the Hills Margaret C. “Cele” Perry 76, Spring Grove Claudette M. Remington 56, Lake in the Hills Josephine C. Sample 95, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Alan Staehling 58 Jeffrie Lee Whiting 51, Cherry Valley Theodore S. Wilson 89, Marengo Charles F. Young 67, Algonquin OBITUARIES on page B6-7

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Three local agencies are being recognized for their work in clearing snow from roads.

Lake in the Hills, Algonquin and the McHenry County Highway Department have received the 2013 Safe and Sustainable Snowfighting award from the Salt Institute for excellence in environmental consciousness and effective management in the storage of winter road salt, according to a news release.

Ninety agencies in the U.S. and Canada received the recognition.

Ten of those agencies are in Illinois.

“The village’s snowplow drivers make exceptional efforts toward snowfighting and road safety in support of the village residents,” said Lake in the Hills Public Works Director Fred Mullard in a news release. “This award is a well-deserved recognition of those efforts.”

understandings and a lack of communication by both sides on some decisions.

Underlying the negotiations is disagreement over the financial health of the district.

During the last contract negotiations, the union agreed to a pay freeze for a year and a half, increased

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District 3 sees crowded GOP field McHenry 4 candidates compete for 2 open seats on McHenry County Board

By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com Four Republican candidates with varying degrees of government experience are running for two open seats in District 3 of the McHenry County Board.

Incumbent Joe Gottemoller is running for a four-year term, along with challengers Sarah Jansen, Nancy Gonsiorek and Don Kopsell, in the March 18 primary. The two winners will run in the Nov. 4 election against Democratic challenger and former County Board member Kathleen Bergan Schmidt.

District 3’s four candidates represent the largest GOP field among the four districts with contested primaries. The district includes all of Nun-

Election Central Follow the local, state and national races at NWHerald.com/election. da Township, southeastern McHenry and northeastern Algonquin townships, including all or parts of Crystal Lake, McHenry, Bull Valley, Prairie Grove, Holiday Hills and Lakemoor.

Jansen, an attorney, was formerly an assistant state’s attorney who served as the County Board’s legal counsel.

“I’ve always had civic involvement as a priority of mine, and that’s why I’m running,” Jansen told the Northwest Herald Editorial Board earlier this month.

Gottemoller was just elected in 2012, but his years of experience as a local zoning and land use attorney landed him the chairmanship of the Planning and Development Committee, which is undergoing a final review of the proposed county Unified Development Ordinance. Half of the board drew two-year terms after the last election to restagger them after post-census redistricting.

Gottemoller was one of several candidates who supported continuing to keep county government’s levy flat and to reject the inflationary increase that governments are entitled to under the tax cap. He highlighted other cost-cutting measures adopted in recent years, such as automatically

By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com MARENGO – City officials are confident that the Illinois Tollway Authority will make a formal commitment to an interchange sometime after initial planning begins in May on reconstructing the Route 23 bridge over Interstate 90.

The confidence boost comes after City Administrator Gary Boden and

Marengo’s engineers from HR Green recently met with tollway officials and the Illinois Department of Transportation about the possibility of an I-90 interchange, which Marengo has long coveted.

“We feel a lot more confident that an interchange will come,” Boden said. “Although without formal recognition, we feel likely that the bridge will be built to accommodate an interchange. That’s a big move right there.”

The tollway needs to reconstruct the Route 23 bridge as part of the widening of I-90 from Elgin to Rockford.

Marengo officials have always considered the Route 23 bridge project as

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a stepping stone to a full interchange meant to transform the city’s economy.

During their recent meeting, state transportation officials indicated that Marengo engineers would need to develop a rough bridge design by May and that the project could accommodate a future interchange, Boden said.

The Route 23 bridge reconstruction is expected to start sometime in 2015.

Once the rough design and additional traffic studies are submitted this spring, city officials would then

McHENRY – The St. Paul Diaper Bank Partnership is looking to move.

The diaper bank has an agreement to move into the back of Eckel’s McHenry Flea Market, said its director, the Rev. Phyllis Mueller.

The space is about the same size as the warehouse currently being used, but unlike the warehouse, Eckel’s comes with heat and bathrooms, she said. The rent would be about the same.

“It’s fine for storage, but for any of us to work there, whether it’s heat or cold, it’s difficult,” Mueller said, adding that currently three volunteers work out of the warehouse and it’s difficult to add any more because of the heating and bathroom limitations.

The diaper bank, which was started back in 2009 by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in McHenry, coordinates with 14 area agencies to distribute 25,000 diapers a month to low-income families, seniors and disabled children and adults.

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McHENRY COUNTY: PERRY INITIATIVE

Local girls picked for Loyola medical workshop Nonprofit helps inspire women to pursue male-dominated careers

By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com Two girls from McHenry County high schools are among those chosen to attend a workshop pointed at drawing them into a male-dominated branch of medicine and medical engineering.

Anneliese Kuechenberg, of Prairie Ridge High School,

and Mary Anna Scranton, of Woodstock North High School, will head to Loyola University’s Stitch School of Medicine next weekend for a day-long program on orthopedics and engineering.

The day is sponsored by the Perry Initiative, a nonprofit with an aim to inspire young women toward careers in orthopedic surgery and bio-

chemical engineering.

Only about 5 percent of orthopedic surgeons are female, according to the 2012 census of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

“One of the biggest misconceptions out there is that you need to be a big, strong man to do the actual surgeries, and that’s not true at all,” said Dr. Karen Wu, an orthopedic surgeon at Loyola who will speak next weekend. “Because there aren’t that many women, there aren’t that many female role models out there to kind

of inspire women to go into the field.”

Wu said that she and a female colleague, Dr. Teresa Cappello, each latched on to the mission of the Perry Initiative, and felt strongly that they wanted to bring a workshop to Chicago.

The response has been strong. More than 200 applications poured in, causing organizers to expand the number of participants to 40 rather than 36, as originally planned.

Scranton and Kuechenberg are each excited to learn more

about a field of which they’ve so far only scratched the surface. Both have careers in the medical field in their sights.

Scranton, who will start at Harper Community College in the fall, is seeking a career in biomedical engineering.

Kuechenberg is interested in nursing, but hasn’t ruled out medical school. She will attend Olivet Nazarene University in the fall, and saw a fun opportunity to learn more about a specific field through the Perry Initiative.

“At the program, you per-

form mock surgeries,” Kuechenberg said. “I thought it’d be interesting to go through that process.”

Wu is hoping the day will persuade people like Kuechenberg into orthopedics – or, at the least, into giving it a fair look.

“The more we reach out to girls at a young age, the more it becomes natural to just say this is what I like, and this is what I want to do,” Wu said.

“Rather than be bogged down by the stereotype that, ‘Oh, only men do that.’”

8LOCAL BRIEFS One DUI arrest during Super Bowl enforcement LAKE IN THE HILLS – One person was charged with driving under the influence during Lake in the Hills’ extra traffic enforcement around the Super Bowl.

Between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, the village’s police department conducted extra enforcement for its Super Bowl campaign.

“Lake in the Hills police and other local agencies conducted additional enforcement efforts to remove the dangers of impaired motorists from the roadway,” said Sgt. Eric Decker, supervisor of the Lake in the Hills Police Traffic Unit.

During the enforcement campaign, officers stopped 60 motorists for violations of the state vehicle code. One person was charged with driving under the influence and 49 citations were issued. Money for the additional enforcement came from a grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Lake in the Hills police will conduct its next enforcement campaign between March 13 and March 17 for St. Patrick’s Day. “We urge motorists to buckle up, drive sober, watch their speed and report any impaired motorists to law enforcement,” said James Wales, director of Police and Public Safety. “The only way to enjoy the holiday is to make it safely to your destination.”

Cary Park District schedules craft show CARY – The Cary Park District has scheduled a spring craft show.

Space for vendors to sell crafts and other products is available but is limited. A card table space is $10 for residents and $15 for nonresidents. A 6-foot table is $15 for residents and $23 for nonresidents. An 8-foot table is $20 for residents and $30 for nonresidents.

Vendors can register at the community center. The craft

show is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 8, at the community center at 255 Briargate Road, Cary. Admission is free.

For information on the spring craft and vendor show, contact the Cary Park District at 847639-6100 or visit www.carypark. com.

LITH planning mom and son pajama event LAKE IN THE HILLS – The Lake in the Hills parks and recreation department has planned a “Mom and Son Pajama Jam.” The event will include dinner, dancing, games and ice cream sundaes, among other things, according to a news release.

Attendees are encouraged to wear their pajamas. The news release said aunts, grandmothers and other “special ladies” are welcome as well. The event is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.

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Concerns surround intersection proposal • ELECTION Continued from page B1 eliminating positions that are not filled in 120 days.

“If we don’t keep the rate flat, at least until the economy improves, you’re just throwing people out of their homes,” Gottemoller said.

Gonsiorek, who is in her second term as a member of the Crystal Lake District 47 school board, is a certified public accountant, and said that skill set would be invaluable when it comes to keeping county government’s costs under control.

Gonsiorek said she has fought for her school board to keep its levy flat like county government has, without success.

She said governments take the wrong approach in viewing the tax cap as how much they can take, and not thinking about how much they really need.

“That stops you from going back and making the tough decisions,” Gonsiorek said.

Some candidates had concerns about the controversial proposal to build a continuous-flow intersection at Randall and Algonquin roads.

Jansen said something has to be done about the congestion, but said opponents must have a seat at the table and their concerns taken into account.

The Lake in the Hills Village Board adamantly opposes the plan.

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Gottemoller said whatever fix is decided upon must be a long-term fix and not something that staves off congestion for a few years.

He voted in favor of moving the design process forward – whether they include a CFI has not yet been decided. Gonsiorek said planners have to listen to affected constituents, and brought up how residents on rural Fleming Road banded together to successfully fight a controversial $5 million widening plan.

Kopsell was the only one of the four who explicitly said he thinks the CFI is a good idea.

Kopsell was formerly Nunda Township Highway Commissioner until he narrowly lost his re-election bid in 2013.

He said his knowledge of transportation issues would be a boon to the County Board. A Vietnam War veteran, Kopsell also pointed out that the highway department had a balanced budget during his 16 years as commissioner.

“I’ve got 26 years in with the township and I think I could help at the county,” Kopsell said.

Kopsell was the only District 3 candidate absent from the newspaper’s endorsement interview, and said he did not receive the invite.

District 3’s other incumbent, Mary McClellan, is not running for a second term after her 2012 election – she is instead running for County Clerk against another District 3 Republican, Nick Provenzano.

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Discussion with tollway will help define timeline • INTERCHANGE Continued from page B1 start more formal discussions with the tollway and state transportation department about the timeline of an interchange and the resources needed to fund it, Boden said.

More detailed traffic studies could determine that an interchange might not be needed in Marengo immediately upon construction of the Route 23 bridge in 2015, Boden said.

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The city’s discussions with the tollway and others after this spring will help define an interchange timeline, he said. The rough bridge design in May should also trigger negotiations with state and local shareholders, including McHenry County, on the money needed to build an interchange.

“We’ve gotten over the hurdle of whether an interchange will happen,” Boden said. “We now have more of a point of when – at least that’s what it appears.”

LEFT: Ally Rizza, 14, of Crystal Lake volunteers her time to hand out food from a mobile food pantry sponsored by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Crystal Lake.

The traveling food pantry is filled with meat, produce and nonperishable food for anyone in need. The pantry has enough food to feed up to 300 families. BELOW: People wait in the registration line.

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Director working with landlord to see if lease can end sooner • DIAPER Continued from page B1 It also provides direct services to “people that fall through the cracks,” Mueller said, adding that they’re still only meeting about half of the requests they receive.

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• 9:30 a.m. – Lifetree Café, Immanuel Lutheran School Library, 300 S. Pathway Court, Crystal Lake. The afterlife for pets will be discussed. Free. Information: 815459-5907 or rdorn@immanuelcl. org.

• Noon to 3 p.m. – Come hear your favorite rock and top 40 songs performed, Thirsty Whale, 1700 S. Randall Road, Algonquin.

Family invited to hear No Authority, Jukebox Heroes, Lennonheds and Nobody’s Business bands from Music Makers For Life, Inc. music school perform. Free. Information: 815-444-9444 or www.musicmakers4life.com.

• 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. – “Below Stairs,” McHenry Public Library, 809 N. Front St., McHenry. Fine Arts Series program recommended for ages 18 and older. Meet the kitchen maid whose memoirs inspired “Downton Abbey” and “Upstairs Downstairs.” Free.

Registration and information: 815-385-0036 or www.mchenrylibrary.org.

• 9:30 a.m. – Fox Hills Music Teachers Association meeting, First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Lake. Program will be “Get Results - Vocal Pedagogy Tips That Work” by Jeanie Carter. Interested teachers invited to attend. Information: 847-5157905 or www.foxhillsmta.org.

• 2 p.m. – Very Funny Magic with Dennis DeBondt, Algonquin Public Library, 15 Eastgate Drive, Algonquin. Magic, fun, balloons, family-friendly comedy and more.

Free. Registration and information: 847-658-4343 or www. aapld.org.

• 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Purchasing a Foreclosure Property & Buying Your First Home class, McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Learn everything about buying your first home or building a real estate portfolio. Offered by MCC’s Continuing Education Department.

Cost: $25. Registration and information: 815-455-8588, Course ID:NFMS01002.

• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Day Off School Field Trip, departing McHenry Municipal Center, 333 S. Green St., McHenry. Trip to Jelly Belly Factory in Pleasant Prairie, Wis., and Rink Side Sports in Gurnee for children ages 7-12 hosted by the City of McHenry Parks & Recreation Department.

Cost: $40 a person. Registration and information: 815-363-2160 or www.ci.mchenry.il.us.

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

• 6:30 p.m. – 69th Anniversary of the Iwo Jima D-Day Landing, Chain O’ Lakes Brewing Company, 3425 Pearl St., McHenry. The McHenry County Marine Corps League will observe the anniversary of Iwo Jima D-Day Landing. The event is open to all. Information: 847-370-4107.

• 7 p.m. – Creative Writing for Teens, Algonquin Public Library,

2600 Harnish Drive, Algonquin.

Explore literary talent in journal writing, fiction, poetry and more with other young writers. Free.

Registration and information: 847458-6060 or www.aapld.org.

• 7 p.m. – Great Lakes Bioneers Speaker Series presentation, McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Topic will be “Adapt to Changing Conditions: Embodying Nature’s Resilience Principles in the Face of Climate Change.”

Free. Information: 815-479-7765 or www.mchenry.edu/bioneers.

• 7 p.m. – Lifetree Café, Conscious Cup Coffee, 5005 Route 14, Crystal Lake. The afterlife for pets will be discussed. Free. Information: 815-715-5476 or shalasz@ yahoo.com.

• 7 to 9 p.m. – Jobless? A Financial Survival Guide class, McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Personal and financial tips for those who have lost a job. Offered by MCC’s Continuing Education Department. Cost: $25. Registration and information: 815-455-8588, Course ID:NFMS44002.

8PUBLIC ACCESS MONDAY, FEB. 17 Grafton Township Board When: 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 Where: Grafton Township Offices, 10109 Vine St., Huntley

Fox Lake Facade Improvement Committee When: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: Fox Lake Village Hall, 66 Thillen Drive

Prairie Grove Village Board When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: Prairie Grove Village Hall, 3125 Barreville Road

Fox Lake Plan Commission When: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: Fox Lake Village Hall, 66 Thillen Drive

Richmond Community Development Committee When: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive

Harvard Events Committee meeting When: 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: 201 W. Diggins St.

Richmond Finance Committee When: 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive

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Huntley Police Commission When: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: Huntley Municipal Complex, 10987 Main St.

Woodstock City Council meeting When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: Council chambers, 121 W. Calhoun St.

District 156 School Board When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: McHenry East High School, 1012 N. Green St.

Lakemoor Planning and Zoning Commission When: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Where: Lakemoor Police Department, 27901 W. Concrete Drive

Hebron Finance and Village Board meeting When: 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 Where: Village Hall, 12007 Prairie Ave. Holiday Hills Village Board When: 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 Where: Holiday Hills Village Hall, 1304 Sunset Drive

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19 District 157 School Board When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 Where: Richmond-Burton Community High School library, 4213 Route 12, Richmond District 50 Ad hoc committee When: 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 Where: District office, 401 N. Division St., Harvard District 50 Building Trades Committee meeting When: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 Where: District office, 401 N. Division St., Harvard District 50 School Board When: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 Where: Central Administration Center, 401 N. Division St., Harvard

8LOCAL BRIEF job applications, pick up job announcements and drop off resumes.

No other businesses or organizations will be represented at the job fair, according to a news release. It is scheduled from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. March 6 at the community center at 255 Briargate Road.

For information, contact the Cary Park District at 847-6396100 or visit www.carypark. com.

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• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 16 – Springbrook Community Church, 10115 Algonquin Road, Huntley. Walk-ins welcome. Appointments and information: www. heartlandbc.org.

• 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 17 – Walmart, 1205 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: www.heartlandbc.org.

• 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 – Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2107 W. Three Oaks Road, Cary. Appointments and information: Barb Molzer, 847-639-8024 or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 18 – First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Ellen or Charlie, 815459-9409 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 23 – Grace Lutheran Church, 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road, Woodstock. Appointments and information: www.heartlandbc.org.

• 3 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 24 – Marengo Middle School, 816 E. Grant Highway, Marengo. Appointments and information: www.heartlandbc.org.

• 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 26 – Village of Algonquin, 2200 Harnish Drive, Algonquin. Appointments and information: Tracy, 847-658-2700, ext. 2242, or www.heartlandbc. org.

• 830 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 27 – Johnsburg High School, 2002 W. Ringwood Road, Johnsburg.

Appointments and information: www.heartlandbc.org.

Blood service organizations • American Red Cross of Greater Chicago – 800-448-3543 for general blood services; 312-7296100 general questions.

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Kathleen Strall, and his brother, February 12, 2014 at his home in He was born September 26, 1951 Allan (Kathleen) Kempton.

Buffalo Grove, IL. He was preceded in death by his Anthony taught in the Barrington in Chicago to Aloysius and Rose (Kuczek) Janowitz. A resident of sons, Gary and Allan; and his School District for over 30 years.

Wonder Lake for the past 15 years, parents.

He was an avid painter who also Richard previously lived in Cary. He Visitation from 3:00 pm until 9:00 enjoyed gardening and traveling. was employed as a union laborer for pm, Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at Anthony is survived by his many years until eventually starting Glueckert Funeral Home Ltd., 1520 children, Pamela Pinkley and Paul his own small business, CG N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington (Renee) DiBona; grandchildren, Construction.

Many of his Heights, Illinois. Prayers 8:45 am, Tasha, Alexa, Joe, and Jaclyn; sister, construction creations, from decks Wednesday, February 19, 2014 at Joanne (Dominick) Marino; and to brick work, can still be seen in the funeral home, proceeding to Our former wife, Carol Hagan. the Northwest Suburbs.

Health Lady of the Wayside Catholic He was preceded in death by his issues forced his early retirement.

Church, 440 S. Mitchell, Arlington parents, Nino and Adeline DiBona.

He enjoyed serving as a coach for Heights for 9:30 am Funeral Mass.

Memorial visitation will be Cary Youth Soccer, where he Burial at St. Michael the Archangel 10:00am – 1:00pm, Saturday, proceeded in establishing his own Cemetery.

February 22, 2014 at Davenport Travel Soccer Club, “Oakwood Hills Funeral Information and Family Funeral Home, 149 W. Main S.C.,” with his sons by his side.

He condolences can be given at St. (Lake-Cook), Barrington. Service also enjoyed fishing and gardening, www.GlueckertFH.com or (847) and interment will be private. and spending time with his 253-0168.

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He was a fan of donations in Anthony's name may be made to the American Diabetes White Sox baseball, and was an avid Chicago Bears football fan. A loving Association, PO Box 11454, family man, he was outgoing to Alexandria, VA 22312. those he met, and loved to keep • Continued on page B7 Online condolences may be sent to www.davenportfamily.com. Call busy.

Survivors include four children, 847-381-3411 for information.

Bradley (Rosemarie) Janowitz of Cary, Benjamin Janowitz of Las Vegas, Nicholas (Tracey) Janowitz of Downers Grove, and Christine Janowitz of Gurnee; four grandchildren, Olivia, Parker, Kyla, and Nicholas Jr.; a sister, Victoria BETTY B. GEHRKE (the late Al) Equizabal of Wonder Died: Feb. 14, 2014; Libertyville, IL Lake; cousins, Frank and Vickie Lund of Cary; his goddaughter, Andrea Betty B. Gehrke, age 97 of Fox Tuszynski of Crystal Lake; and his River Grove, passed away February former wife and friend, Barbara 14, 2014 at Winchester House in Janowitz of Gurnee.

Libertyville. Arrangements pending He was preceded in death by his at the Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, parents.

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Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until noon on Tuesday, February 18, CLAIRE C. GRAMIGNA 2014, at Justen's Wonder Lake Born: Dec. 28, 1934 ; In Camden, NJ Funeral Home, 7611 W. Hancock 11 2014; In Vernon Hills Drive, Wonder Lake, IL 60097. The Died: Feb. 19, funeral service will be at noon in the Visitation for Claire C. Gramigna, funeral home. Interment will follow age 79, (nee Mahoney), is from in Crystal Lake Memorial Park 10:00-11:00 AM., Wednesday, Cemetery, 8012 Ridgefield Road, February 19, 2014 at St. Mary of Crystal Lake, IL 60012.

Vernon Church, 236 US Hwy. 45, For information, please call the Indian Creek, IL. 60061. Funeral funeral home at 815-728-0233, or mass at 11:00 AM. Interment will visit www.justenfh.com, where follow in Ascension Cemetery, friends may leave an online Libertyville. condolence message for his family.

She was born December 28, 1934 in Camden, New Jersey and died Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Manor Care of Libertyville.

IRWIN G. “CHESTER” Claire was a former member of KEMPTON Elizabeth Ann Seton Church. She Born: March 21, 1934; Newark, NJ was an active member in the choir Died: Feb. 14, 2014; Arlington and a Eucharistic Minister as well.

Heights, IL Claire loved to cook and was very creative and artsy with her activities.

Irwin G. "Chester" She is survived by her loving Kempton was born husband, Charles; her loving on March 21, 1934 in children, Charles Gramigna Jr., Newark, New Jersey Karen (Adam) Gramigna-Warren, to Irwin and Mabel Kevin Gramigna, Frank (Michele') Kempton. He died Gramigna and Brian (Kristen) Friday, February 14, Gramigna; nine grandchildren; and 2014 at his home. her siblings, Mary Moore and Before retiring, Mr. Patricia Smith.

Kempton was a In lieu of flowers, Memorials may union ironworker be made to St. Mary of Vernon and later a custodian Church, 236 US Hwy. 45, Indian for High School Dist.

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8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Mary L. Collins: A memorial service will be at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at Luther Memorial Church, 1021 University Ave., Madison, Wis. For information, call Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home at 815338-1710.

Virginia A. Doherty: The visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at Colonial Funeral Home and Crematory, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry. The visitation will continue from 9 to 10 a.m.

Monday, Feb. 17, at the funeral home, leaving for a 10:30 a.m. funeral Mass celebration at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 3500 W. Washington St., McHenry.

Interment will be in St. Mary Cemetery, McHenry. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-0063.

Oliver Garrison: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the noon funeral service Monday, Feb. 17,

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LARRY A. NOCKS Born: Oct. 8, 1939; In Troy, KS Died: Feb. 12, 2014; In Lake in the Hills, IL Larry A. Nocks, age 74, of Lake in the Hills, passed away February 12, 2014. He was born October 8, 1939 in Troy, Kansas to Irvin Nocks and Letha Mooren.

He served in the National Guard, SV BTRY 154th FA BN. Preceding him in death were his parents, an infant son, and an adult son, Douglas Nocks.

Larry is survived by his wife, Linda; four sons, David Nocks, Dennis (Beth) Nocks, Daniel Nocks, and Darren (Ashley) Nocks; seven grandchildren; a brother, LeRoy Nocks; and a nephew, Michael Nocks.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 17, 2014 at 11:00 A.M. at Wait Ross Allanson Funeral & Cremations Chapel, at 201 S. Main St., (Rt. 31), Algonquin, IL 60102.

Burial with Honors will follow at the Algonquin Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday from 3:00-9:00 P.M. at the chapel.

For information, 847-658-4232 or www.lairdfamilyfuneral services.com

MARGARET C. “CELE” PERRY Born: March 31, 1937; Peoria, IL Died: Feb. 14, 2014; Fox Lake, IL Margaret "Cele" Perry, 76, of Spring Grove, formerly Richmond, passed away Friday, February 14, 2014 peacefully, at Paradise Park Assisted Living in Fox Lake, IL. Cele was born in Peoria, Illinois on March 31, 1937, a daughter of the late John and Margaret (McLane) Powers.

She was a graduate of St. Mary's High School in Woodstock, the Class of 1955.

She was married to Ronald Perry on Oct. 25, 1958, in Harvard, IL and he died Nov. 22, 1982.

She worked as a teller/receptionist at State Bank of Richmond (presently Associated Bank) in Richmond for 27 years, retiring in 2002.

She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Richmond.

She was a charter member and past officer of Richmond Lioness Club. She loved gardening, puzzles of all kinds, reading, crafts, baby-

at Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. Burial with military honors will be in McHenry County Memorial Park.

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

Claire C. Gramigna: The visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, at St. Mary of Vernon Church, 236 U.S. Highway 45, Indian Creek. A celebration of Mass will immediately follow. Interment will be in Ascension Cemetery, Libertyville.

For information, call Kristan Funeral Home at 847-566-8020.

Richard Aloysius Janowitz: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until noon Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Justen’s Wonder Lake Funeral Home, 7611 W. Hancock Drive, Wonder Lake. The funeral service will immediately follow.

Interment will be in Crystal Lake Memorial Park Cemetery, 8012

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Ridgefield Road, Crystal Lake. For information, call the funeral home at 815-728-0233.

Irwin G. “Chester” Kempton: The visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Glueckert Funeral Home Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, Arlington Heights. Prayers will be at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the funeral home before proceeding to Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church, 440 S. Mitchell Ave., Arlington Heights, for a 9:30 a.m. celebration of Mass.

Burial will be in St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery, Palatine. For information, call the funeral home at 847-253-0168.

Shirley A. Linn: The visitation will be at noon Sunday, Feb. 16, at Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Home, 620 Legion Drive, Twin Lakes, Wis. Services will be Sunday at the funeral home. For information, call the funeral home

at 262-877-3013.

Larry A. Nocks: The visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at Wait Ross Allanson Funeral & Cremations Chapel, 201 S. Main St., Algonquin. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at the funeral home. Burial and honors will follow in Algonquin Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 847-6584232.

Margaret C. “Cele” Perry: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at Ehorn-Adams Funeral Home, 10011 Main St., Richmond. Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, Feb. 20, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 10519 Main St., Richmond. Inurnment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Richmond.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-678-7311.

Claire L. Personette: The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday,

Feb. 17, at Butala Funeral Home and Crematory, 1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore. A prayer service will be at 6:45 p.m. The Mass celebration will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Church of St. Mary, 244 Waterman St., Sycamore. For information, call the funeral home at 815-895-2833.

Claudette M. Remington: The visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at Willow Funeral Home, 1415 W. Algonquin Road, Algonquin. For information, call the funeral home at 847-4581700.

Gunnar E. Sacson: The visitation will be one hour before the 1 p.m. memorial service Monday, Feb. 17, at Nativity Lutheran Church, 3506 E. Wonder Lake Road, Wonder Lake. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-0063.

Danny R. Thompson: The visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 16, at Willow Funeral

Home, 1415 W. Algonquin Road, Algonquin. For information, call the funeral home at 847-4581700.

John J. Wesolowski: The visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral & Cremation Service, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley.

The service will be at 4 p.m. For information, call the funeral home at 847-515-8772.

Jeffrie Lee Whiting: The visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the funeral Mass celebration at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 312 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock. All other services will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710.

Theodore S. Wilson: A celebration of life will be from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday, Feb. 22, at First Presbyterian Church, Marengo. A memorial service and luncheon will immediately follow.

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Claudette is survived by her husband, Karl; children, Christopher and Daniel (Sarah); mother, Lorraine Fridstrom; brother, Ted Fridstrom, sister, Carol (Rudy) Ortiz and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, John Fridstrom and sister, Kate Fridstrom.

Visitation from 3:00pm to 9:00pm Monday, February 17, 2014, at Willow Funeral Home, 1415 W. Algonquin Rd, Algonquin, IL. For information: 847-458-1700, or www.willowfh.com

g eigh, A celebration of Alan's life is being planned, where we can all share stories and “raise a glass” to his life.

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ring Marengo Community High School before working as a farmer for many years. He then worked at Arnold Manufacturing in Marengo and finally at Techalloy in Union, retiring after 29 years.

Ted enjoyed mowing the lawn, watching the Cubs, and visiting their good friends the McPhersons.

He always had a glass of iced tea by his side. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather, and was one of the sweetest men you could ever meet.

Survivors include his four children, Max (Jean) Wilson of Marengo, Steve Wilson of Marengo, Shari (John) Weyland of Marengo, and Valerie (David) Kennedy of Marengo; four grandchildren, Maxwell (Jennifer) Wilson of Harvard, Ben Wilson of Marengo, Cassie Weyland of Sycamore, and Beth Bitz of Marengo; one greatgrandchild, Maxwell Stewart Wilson of Harvard, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Vivian, on June 16, 2007; a son, Mike Wilson; a grandson, Johnny Weyland; his parents; his brothers, James (the late Audrey) Wilson, and Maxwell Wilson; and his sisters, Margaret (the late Ollie) Sandberg, Katherine Wilson, Alice Wilson, Sidney Wilson, and Mary Wilson.

Since Vivian's death in 2007, there have been many kind and caring individuals helping Ted's family with his care, and they will always be remembered.

It would be an honor if you would join Ted's family on Saturday, February 22 at the First Presbyterian Church in Marengo, to celebrate his life. A visitation will be from 10:00 am - noon, a memorial service at noon, and a luncheon immediately following.

For those wishing to send an expression of condolence, his family suggests memorials to the Stewart's Scottish Cemetery Fund or JourneyCare.

Hig , Illinois University where he received his MS in education and business education. He was married to his beloved wife, Arlene Young (nee Biesterfeld) for 43 years, until her death 4 months ago.

Chuck retired in 2012 from McHenry County College, where he was an instructor in computers. He had previously taught at Elgin Community College and Waubonsee Community College. He owned a Fritz Soft Pretzel franchise for several years in the 1970's.

Chuck had a life-long love for trains, both full-sized and miniature, taking many train trips over the years, and also engaging in model railroading. He frequently participated in bicycle touring, including pedaling across the US in 2006. He enjoyed music, ranging from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas to rock and roll. He was an avid Civil War historian and a wicked and relentless punster.

Chuck was a long time member of the Northern Illinois Civil War Round Table and the Lake County Model Railroad Club.

Chuck and Arlene loved animals, particularly collies, and lived with up to four dogs at a time, continuously for the last 40 years.

In addition to their permanent canine families, they fostered many dogs for various rescue organizations.

Chuck's beloved collies, Charlie, Ella and Sherman have been lovingly rehomed, leaving only curiously odd little Pippin, of unknown heritage, who is still waiting for his new forever home.

Chuck is survived by his sister, Carol Young; brother-in-law, Larae Biesterfeld; and sister-in-law, Reva Johnsen; nieces, Karla Meyer, Kathy Schrenk and Patty Johnsen; and grand-nephews and grand-niece, Arthur, Noah and Helen Schrenk. He will be missed by long-time friends, Norm Kocol, Steve Warren, Mary Waarvik, and Bill Gustafson.

A memorial service celebrating Chuck's life will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2013, at Christ United Methodist Church, 9009 W. Algonquin Road, Algonquin, Illinois. Visitation will begin at 10:00 AM, followed by the service at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations in honor of Chuck to Compassion International, or Almost Home Dog Rescue of Ohio would be appreciated.

JEFFRIE LEE WHITING Born: Sept. 10, 1962; Elgin, IL Died: Feb. 12, 2014; Rockford, IL

Jeffrie Lee Whiting, 51 of Cherry Valley, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at St. Anthony s, ding, crafts, baby Medical Center in Rockford. sitting grand and great He was born in Elgin on grandchildren.. She lived her life JOSEPHINE C. SAMPLE September 10, 1962 to Robert and joyfully, constantly giving of her Born: Feb. 15, 1918; In Geneva, NE Paula (Hyatt) Whiting. time, patience, and humor through Died: Feb. 13, 2014; In Myrtle Jeff was as a CAD Engineer and he good times and hardship. She was a Beach, SC worked for Union Special for over 17 fierce advocate for family and friends and will be remembered Josephine C. (Pangle) Sample, age years. He also worked at Home Depot for over 10 years, and most laughing - by all who knew and 95, of Myrtle Beach, SC passed recently was employed at Sports N loved her. away Thursday, February 13, 2014.

More. Jeff enjoyed home Cele is survived by four daughters, Born February 15, 1918 to renovation, woodworking projects, Linda Dubs, of Genoa City, WI; Benjamin and Elsie Pangle in Nancy (Richard) Klay, of Springfield, Geneva, NE. Graduated from Geneva and being outdoors. He was an avid Steelers fan and loved watching IL; Cindy (Terry) O'Brien, of Spring High School in Nebraska, in 1936.

Grove, IL; Barbara Perry, of Harvard, Married Edward H. Sample on May football.

He is survived by two sisters, Julie IL; a son, Daniel (Laurie) Perry, of 7, 1938 at the family farm near (Aaron) Smith, and Jill (Gary) Geneva, IL; 14 grandchildren and 10 Woodstock, IL. Mungle; two nieces, Rebecca great grandchildren, three sisters, She was a member of First Mungle, and Kayla Mungle; his Mary (Hy) Resnick, of Woodinville, Congregational Church of Crystal loving companion, Paula Lamont; WA; Rosalyn (Nate) Smith, of Lake, where she and Edward Paula's children, Jennifer Hansen Surprise, AZ; Kathy (Franklin) Lowe, enjoyed dancing. She was (Jason), Michelle (Ken) Decker, and of Larkspur, CA; three brothers, employed by Dr. Paul Wilson for Jimmy Lamont; Paula's John (Jenny) Powers, of Milton, WI; many years. grandchildren, Sofie Grupe, and Jerome (Mary) Powers, of Bayside, Preceded in death by her parents; WI; Patrick (Marsha) Powers, of brother, Benjamin; and her husband, Braydon Decker; as well as many dear friends, and his crew of fellow Brownsburg, IN. She was preceded Edward.

Steelers fans. by a sister Carmella Skupien. A Survivors include daughters, He was preceded in death by his special thanks to all her caregivers Joanne Toomey and Patricia Beck of and friends at Paradise Park.

Pawleys Island, SC; sons, Richard E. parents; his maternal and paternal Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. (Kathleen) of McHenry, Ronald F. of grandparents; and his uncle, James Whiting.

Wednesday Feb. 19, 2014 at Ehorn- San Diego, CA. Also surviving are A visitation will be held on Adams Funeral Home 10011 Main eight grandchildren, and six great Tuesday, February 18, 2014 from St., Richmond, IL. grandchildren.

9am until the time of the funeral Mass of Resurrection will be at There will be a memorial service mass celebrated at 11am at St. Mary 10:30 am Thursday, February 20, at a later date, in California.

Catholic Church, 312 Lincoln Ave. in 2014 at St. Joseph Catholic Church Memorials may be made in her Woodstock. All other services will 10519 Main St, Richmond with name to First Congregational Deacon Dennis O'Halleran Church of Crystal Lake, 461 Pierson be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can officiating.Inurnment will be in St. St., Crystal Lake, IL 60014 be made to Jeff's family for Joseph Cemetery Richmond, IL at a Arrangements were made by designation at a later date. later date.

Myrtle Beach Funeral Home and For more information, call In lieu of flowers, memorial Crematorium, Myrtle Beach, SC. Schneider Leucht Merwin & Cooney contributions may be made to Funeral Home at 815-338-1710, or Alzheimer's Assoc 1111 S. Alpine Rd, CHARLES F. YOUNG ALAN STAEHLING visit us on the web at Suite 307 Rockford, IL 61108. www.slmcfh.com.

For information, please call 815 Born: Oct. 3, 1946; In Chicago July 1955 – January 2014 678-7311 or visit Died: Jan. 19, 2014; In Evanston www.ehornadams.com.

Alan (aka – Tuffy) THEODORE S. WILSON Staehling is survived Charles F. Young, Born: Feb. 10, 1925; Marengo, IL by close family and who was always and CLAUDETTE M. Died: Feb. 11, 2014; Marengo, IL friends. only ever known as REMINGTON Chuck, age 67, of Preceded in death by Born: Jan. 14, 1958; in Chicago Algonquin IL, passed parents, Hal Staehling Ted Wilson, 89, of Marengo, Died: Feb. 14, 2014; in Elgin in 1972, and Ethel P. passed away on Tuesday, February on January 19, 2014, Staehling in 2008.

11, 2014, at his home. at Evanston Hospital, He was born February 10, 1925, in Surviving siblings include, Mike of following a long and Claudette M. Remington, age 56, Marengo, to Max and Cassie of Lake in the Hills passed away Woodstock, Bert of Mosinee, WI, valiant battle against cancer.

John of Dallas, TX, Susie (Sergeant) (MaGee) Wilson. On June 10, 1950, February 14, 2014.

Born in Chicago on October 3, 1946, he was a graduate of Morgan he married Vivian Lawson. Ted She was born January 14, 1958 in of Alden, and David (Sparrow) Staehling of Raleigh, NC. attended Pringle School and Park High School, and Northern Chicago.

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BOYS SWIMMING: FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE INVITATIONAL

C-G co-op wins 1 race, captures 7th straight title Jacobs’ Reinbrecht sets 2 meet records

By PATRICK MASON pmason@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Away from a pool, the Cary-Grove co-op swimmers might look silly.

The swimmers bleached their hair for Saturday’s Fox Valley Conference Invitational, and each had a different

design shaved into his head. Some had only half a head of hair, while others went with circular designs. One even shaved sunglasses into the back of his head.

“It’s a tradition,” said Trojans swimmer Adam Eibel while sporting a bleached-blonde mohawk. “It’s a really good thing for team bonding, and it helps us get pumped up.”

The Trojans stayed true to tradition and had another opportunity to bond at the end of the meet when the swimmers hopped into the pool with

the FVC trophy in hand after winning conference with 283 points. It was the seventh consecutive conference title for the Trojans.

C-G co-op held off Huntley, which placed second with Alex 266 points, and Jacobs Reinbrecht co-op (255) took third.

McHenry was fourth with 223 and host Woodstock co-op finished fifth with 89 points.

The Trojans’ depth carried them to another conference title, as they won only one event – the 200-yard individual medley, in which they took first and second.

Eibel finished in 2:04.00, while teammate Mitch Robak finished in 2:05.09. Robak, who attends Prairie Ridge, set the Prairie Ridge record in the event.

Although the Trojans celebrated their conference title, many area swimmers had reasons to be happy.

Jacobs co-op distance swimmer Alex

CLASS 3A BARRINGTON SECTIONAL

Great day for Gators

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ABOVE: Cary-Grove sophomore John Cullen (right) wrestles DeKalb junior Jackson Montgomery during the 132-pound third-place match of the Class 3A Barrington Individual Sectional on Saturday. Cullen won the match, 3-2. BELOW: Crystal Lake South junior Eric Barone (left) wrestles Hononegah sophomore Fernie Silva during the 145-pound championship match. Barone won, 3-1, in overtime.

4 of 14 from area bound for state belong to CLS

By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com BARRINGTON – In only 13 seconds of overtime, Crystal Lake South’s Eric Barone managed to do something neiNews sent ther he nor Hononegah’s Femie to your phone Silva could do in Text the keyword NWHPREPS to the first six min74574 for high school sports text utes: score an offensive point. alerts from the Northwest Herald.

Silva was Message and data rates apply. almost out of bounds, but Barone was awarded the takedown, which gave him a 3-1 decision for the 145-pound title at the Class 3A Barrington Individual Wrestling Sectional on Saturday.

“That was the best match, so far, of my high school career to win a sectional,” said Barone, who had lost to Silva, 7-5, earlier this season.

“It’s a big dream of mine to win a sectional, and I finally achieved it.”

Barone had to wait a few seconds as Hon-

onegah coach Jason Glodowski questioned the officials about the validity of the call, but nothing was changed.

“I thought it was a takedown when they called it,” said Barone, who is 39-4. “I’ve never seen a call reversed. I thought I had won but still had a little bit of doubt.”

South’s Nick Gil won the 138-pound division right before Barone. Prairie Ridge’s Travis Piotrowski (113) was the other local sectional champ from Barrington. That meant 14 area wrestlers qualified to compete in the Class 3A state tournament Thursday through Saturday at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

Gil (40-1) defeated Wheeling’s Tulga Zuunbayan, 5-3, in the championship match with a late takedown. Zuunbayan, trailing 3-1, was

awarded a point in the second period when Gil tried to throw him and Zuunbayan landed on his head.

“It was a call that didn’t go my way,” Gil said. “I just had to stay focused and keep wrestling and I got the win, so that’s all that matters now. Coach [Ross] Ryan says if there’s time on the clock, anything can happen.”

Gil let Zuunbayan loose in the third period, which tied the score at 3-3, then scored in the final 15 seconds on the takedown.

Piotrowski (37-1) finished third in the Class 3A state at 106 pounds last year and wants to improve on that. He held off Grant’s Nick Koch, 2-0, scoring on a first-period takedown.

See WRESTLING, page C4

Reinbrecht set meet records in the 200 and 500 freestyle and swam faster than the state cut in both events.

“This is my senior year, and I wanted to set a record, and hopefully it stays for a while,” Reinbrecht said.

The senior and three-time state qualifier finished the 200 freestyle in 1:43.92, almost two seconds faster than the state cut, and swam the 500 freestyle in 4:43.07, more than four seconds faster than the state standard.

See SWIMMING, page C4

VIEWS Tom Musick

D-C grad Soto eager to make up for ‘mistake’ At some point, you’ll know the whole story.

Elliot Soto doesn’t want to publicly divulge the details. Not yet, anyway. For now, the Dundee-Crown graduate and Cubs farmhand from Algonquin wants to keep the conversation focused on his return to baseball and his goal of playing in the major leagues.

Still, though, a 50game suspension to Elliot Soto start the season looks pretty bad.

Soto understands. He takes full responsibility for the suspension, which came as a result of violating minor league baseball’s drug program.

He’ll report to Cubs minor league camp April 3 and expects to resume playing sometime in late May after his suspension is lifted.

“I made a bad mistake,” said Soto, the Northwest Herald’s player of the year in 2007. “I didn’t follow the rules. And I’m sorry for it.

“But I realized it, learned from it. And I’m working twice as hard, ready to come back and show what I can do.”

The jaded reaction would be to scoff, to flip the page to some other sports story. That’s understandable.

The past decade is littered with empty baseball apologies.

But if you’re still here, if you haven’t flipped the page yet, then maybe you have rebounded from a mistake or two of your own. And maybe you’ll be more willing to believe Soto, 24, as he describes his hunger to succeed in the game he loves.

Since he graduated from DundeeCrown almost seven years ago, Soto has experienced more highs and lows than a busy pilot. He was drafted out of high school by the Minnesota Twins but instead decided to accept a scholarship offer from Creighton. In 2010, the Cubs drafted him out of college in the 15th round.

Soto quickly advanced to the Double-A Tennessee Smokies during his second full season in 2012, but last year delivered a setback.

A pair of thumb injuries prompted two trips to the disabled list, and he eventually was replaced at shortstop by one of the Cubs’ top prospects, Javier Baez.

See MUSICK, page C9

Sox and Cubs White Sox pitchers and catchers reported to spring training Saturday; Cubs’ Jeff Samardzija has played with gay player, says it’s no big deal. PAGE C9

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Not a happy camper! – @Coach_Fleck (Western Michigan football coach P.J. Fleck)

College basketball: No. 21 Wisconsin at No. 15 Michigan, noon, CBS The Wolverines (18-6 overall, 10-2 Big Ten) host the Badgers (20-5, 7-5) in a matchup of Top 25 teams.

Former Dolphins lineman Richie Incognito took to Twitter to air his grievances with the NFL-ordered report from lawyer Ted Wells on Friday night before deleting his account after a farewell message. Earlier, he wrote: “You could not define me in 144 years let alone 144 pages Mr Wells.”

My sister really believes that Cliff Paul is a real person and that he works at Statefarm and his twin brother is Chris Paul.

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FACE OFF Kiwaun Seals School: Dundee-Crown Year: Junior Sport: Football, Basketball, Track and Field

1.

Since it was just Valentine’s Day, what’s your favorite chocolate candy?

Snickers

2.

What was your most memorable game this year?

The Cary-Grove game, our first FVC Valley win. It came down to the last shot and us pulling it out, grinding it out.

3. What kind of a wild animal would you like to be?

A lion. Because they’re the king of the jungle and they’re big on togetherness.

4. What’s a sport you don’t play you think you’d be good at?

Baseball. I think I’d be pretty good at that.

What’s your favorite part of competing in sports?

5.Playing with my team, pulling things together and accomplishing things.

Haley Ahr School: Woodstock North Year: Sophomore Sport: Basketball

1.

Since it was just Valentine’s Day, what’s your favorite chocolate candy?

Nothing beats a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.

2.

What was your most memorable game this year?

Our tournament game against Woodstock. We played them a couple weeks before and lost, so it was a chance for redemption. We really came together in overtime and grew as a team and won that game.

What kind of a wild animal would you like to be?

3.A lion.

They are strong, loud and leaders.

4.

What’s a sport you don’t play you think you’d be good at?

Hockey, because I’m aggressive and it’s been a sport I’ve always wanted to try. your favorite part of competing in sports?

5.I loveWhat’s the bonding experience and the family atmosphere that being a team gives off.

Nick Gil School: Crystal Lake South Year: Senior Sport: Wrestling

Since it was just Valentine’s Day, what’s your favorite 1. chocolate candy?

Take 5 What was your most memorable game/match 2.this year?

In the Dvorak Tournament in the semifinals, I was a bit of an underdog and beat Montini’s Vince Turk 9-3.

What kind of a wild animal would you be?

3.A lion.

They’re the king of the jungle.

4.

What’s a sport you don’t play that you think you’d be good at Probably hockey. I haven’t skated in forever though

5.What is your favorite part of competing in sports?

Just the team aspect of everything, getting along with the team. My best friends from high school were my teammates.

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etails emerged this week from the independent investigation into the Miami Dolphins bullying case. Sports editor Jon Styf and columnist Tom Musick discuss:

Musick: I’m not sure if you have any plans for the weekend, but if you are looking to feel miserable about life, I’d recommend sitting down and reading the highlights of the investigation into Richie Incognito and the Dolphins’ treatment of Jonathan Martin.

Styf: Incognito should have been punished way before now. Football is the only place I think someone who continually acts like him would be harbored. In the fall of 2003, I covered the Michigan State football team. Drew Stanton was the backup quarterback and one of the best athletes on the team, so coach John L. Smith used him all year on special teams. The Spartans faced Nebraska in the Alamo Bowl and Incognito decided he would teach Smith (Alex Smith’s uncle, BTW) a lesson so he cheapshotted Stanton in the knee, way away from the play, and tore his ACL. It wasn’t a football play, it had nothing to do with football and there was zero chance Stanton would be involved in that play. That tells you all you need to know about Incognito.

He never grew up from there.

Musick: I had forgotten about that bowl game. Not only did Incognito get away with being undisciplined, he got rewarded for it. After the St. Louis Rams drafted Incognito in the third round in 2005, then-coach Mike Martz (Bears fans might remember him) said he liked Incognito because he was “nasty” and the team needed that brand of toughness.

Styf: Pro football clearly isn’t a normal workplace. The report acknowledges that. But, even then, Incognito and his line teammates went overboard. It’s important to note that it wasn’t just Incognito. Martin and an assistant trainer were up against John Jerry and Mike Pouncey too.

Three on two, guys asked to intimidate each other to teach a lesson, “pattern of harrassment.” Some people believe this will change the NFL locker room environment. I just think it will eliminate a few rogue ... what should I call them ... football players?

Musick: Good riddance. When the report came out, I wondered how much bullying and posturing goes on behind closed doors with the Bears or any other NFL team. I find it hard to believe that the Dolphins are the only franchise in which this is a problem, although they probably represent the worst-case scenario. I remember a few years ago walking up to interview Bears offensive lineman Josh Beekman, whom I’d spoken with before and always seemed cordial. Except this time, Olin Kreutz was at the next locker and shot Beekman a dirty look.

Beekman mumbled something about needing to go to Bible study and said he wouldn’t be able to talk. The whole thing seemed odd.

Styf: I’m just glad we don’t do that here. I don’t want you holding me down while Joe Stevenson gives me a wedgie and Jeff Arnold kicks me in the mouth while Tom Clegg cheers them on and Paul Wleklinski hurls insults.

Musick: I know that our company takes pride in the sign out front: Northwest Herald, wedgie free since 2003.

Wall’s dunk caps All-Star Saturday NEW ORLEANS – John Wall soared over his mascot, and the East stomped on the West in the slam dunk contest.

Wall’s sensational slam finished off a clean sweep for the Washington star, Paul George and Terrence Ross in the contest’s new battle format, helping the Eastern Conference earn a 2-2 tie against the West on All-Star Saturday night.

San Antonio’s Marco Belinelli won the 3-point con-

test, and Portland’s Damian Lillard and Utah rookie Trey Burke won the skills challenge for the West’s two victories.

Miami’s Chris Bosh, Wilkins and WNBA star Swin Cash won the night’s first event for the East, the shooting stars.

Lillard was the first person to compete in three AllStar Saturday events, adding that to Friday’s Rising Stars Challenge and Sunday’s game to give him the most ambitious itinerary ever.

I’m a better person and I’m even more blessed (since being diagnosed with cancer last May). God works in mysterious ways, and He is using me each and every day to not only spread the word but to also look to others for strength. The community in Cary has been there each and every day in some form or fashion. It may be an email, it may be a text message, it may be social media. But each and every day. It’s something else.

Each night in my prayers, of course, I asked to be cured. I know God is the ultimate healer, but if that’s not in His plan, then (I ask God) to please use me in ways that benefit the greater good. Just that prayer has carried me farther than any type of chemotherapy could. It has given me the resolve to live as much of a quality of life as I can, because of the people around me. I believe that 100 percent – it’s the positive people around me that are truly carrying me through this.

I’ve been on the other side of (cancer) with friends and family and it’s almost a surreal feeling to be going through it myself. I laugh and I shake my head at how people can be so positive knowing that each and every day could be their last. It’s almost cliche’ when you hear people say that each day is a gift and see you all these different inspirational thoughts and quotes. When you’re feeling good and you’re feeling healthy, you kind of take everything for granted and I think this has just opened up my eyes to a whole new world and has taught me to appreciate even the smallest of things.

Physically, I’m the same place where I was (after starting chemotherapy last year). But spiritually and personally, I’m just a better person. I’ve learned more about myself since I was diagnosed than I did the past 30 years. It’s crazy. Just having a true connection with God has really opened up my mind and opened up my heart to truly listening to people and what they need and what they aspire to do. I’m trying to spread that word and not really throw it down people’s throats but say, ‘Hey, I understand what it takes to overcome that pain day in and day out and that negativity day in and day out.’ I approach it like baseball. If I have all these negative things happen to me, if I can find three positives each day, then I’m hitting .300. If you can do that and you can do something to make someone else feel better, that, in turn, is going to make you feel better.

I can take each and every day with a smile on my face whether it’s my last day or whether I’m cured and it’s the first day of a new beginning. It’s a win-win either way. I’m either going to be there with my family and friends that have already passed away or I’m going to be cured and I’m going to be able to live each and every day trying to spread positivity and do everything I can to be a better person not only to my family but to my friends and try to inspire each and every day.

• I’m Just Saying is a regular Sunday feature. If there’s someone you’d like to see featured, write to me at jarnold@shawmedia.com or send me a message on Twitter at @NWH_JeffArnold.

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Former Cary-Grove football and baseball standout Rick Carone was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer last spring. He said fighting the illness has made him a better person.

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Rick Carone still feels a twinge of excitement – and a surge of pain in his right arm – each year about the time when pitchers and catchers report to spring training. But Carone, a former Cary-Grove baseball and football standout who spent four years as a catcher in the White Sox organization, looks at life with a new perspective nearly a year into his fight with Stage IV pancreatic cancer.

He started 2-for-2 by following Friday’s victory by winning the skills challenge for the second straight year.

But his run was stopped when Belinelli made his final three shots to finish with 19 points, edging him by one to advance to the finals from the West.

All-Stars Stephen Curry and Kevin Love both finished with 16 points.

“I was happy to just be invited to all of them,” said Lillard. “And be able to compete in them, I wanted to win at least one.”

Jacobs grad Jager finishes McNeill and Charlie Beljan. fifth in Millrose Games Angels’ Mulder tears Jacobs grad Evan Jager finAchilles tendon ished fifth in the 2,000-meter run in 4:57.56 at the Millrose Games Saturday in New York.

McGirt in lead heading into final round Sunday LOS ANGELES – William McGirt opened with eight birdies in 13 holes on a day when everything felt easy. He wound up with a 6-under par on Saturday in the Northern Trust Open, giving him a two-shot lead going into the final round.

McGirt was at 12-under 201, two shots clear of George

TEMPE, Ariz. – Los Angeles Angels pitcher Mark Mulder tore his left Achilles tendon Saturday, cutting short his comeback and possibly bringing his career to an end. Mulder last pitched in the majors in 2008 for St. Louis.

The 36-year-old left-hander was hoping to make the Angels’ rotation after being invited in January to spring training, but team spokesman Eric Kay said Mulder felt a pop during agility drills. Mulder will wait for the swelling to go down before

surgery is scheduled. He then faces a six- to eight-month recovery, meaning his career could be over.

Cubs sign Bonifacio to minor league deal MESA, Ariz. – Cubs signed speedy utility man Emilio Bonifacio to a minor-league deal with an invitation to big-league camp Bonifacio is a switch-hitter who can play both all over the infield and outfield. He played for the Toronto Blue Jays and Kansas City Royals last season and was released by the Royals earlier this week.

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WRESTLING: CLASS 2A LAKES SECTIONAL

CL Central qualifies 7 wrestlers for state

By ROB SMITH rsmith@shawmedia.com LAKE VILLA – Even during its heyday a few years ago when Crystal Lake Central was challenging for dual team state championships and had multiple individual state champions yearly, it never got everyone out of sectionals to the state tournament.

The Tigers can cross that accomplishment off after placing their seven qualifiers in the top three at the Lakes Sectional to earn a trip to the state finals beginning Thursday in Champaign.

In total, the area qualified 21 at Lakes with three from Richmond-Burton and Harvard, two each

from Woodstock, Marian Central and Hampshire and one each from Woodstock North and Johnsburg.

Central’s Mike Petersen defeated Johnsburg’s Branden Peshek, 2-0, in the 138-pound championship match to go up, 2-1, in their third finals showdown in as many weeks. Petersen also won at the Fox Valley Conference Tournament and Peshek won at the Hampshire Regional.

After losing at regionals to Peshek, Petersen said he pored over video of the match and worked in practice on what he did wrong. With both going to state, the showdown could continue for another week.

“All week, I practiced on what [Peshek] was going to do,” Petersen said.

“If I see him at state, I’m sure it’s go-

ing to be a close match.”

In the first period of the Mike Zelasco’s championship match against Montini’s Derrick Curry, things got a little slappy. The Crystal Lake Central wrestler said he wasn’t happy with how Curry was using his hands, particularly on moves going out of bounds.

“I was a little mad,” Zelasco said.

“It got me really fired up.”

The intimidation worked in Zelasco’s favor as he was aggressive offensively and recorded multiple takedowns in a 9-3 win.

Also for the Tigers, Logan Lundelius at 138, Kyle Fugiel (170) and Andrew Marsden (195) all placed second. Lenny Petersen (120) and Romeo McKnight (220) both placed third.

Tigers’ coach Justen Lehr said his team had a good week of practice heading into sectionals.

“You could almost see it coming,” Lehr said of their sectional success.

“We’ve got to carry that into state.”

Also winning a sectional title was Richmond-Burton’s Garrett Sutton at 160 in a 25-10 technical fall win against Carmel’s Joe Salvi. Sutton was able to take Salvi down at will in racking up the points.

Sutton is quick and aggressive on his feet in getting to an opponent’s legs.

“I’m always working for takedowns but not getting too sloppy,” Sutton said.

Also qualifying for R-B were Gavin Sutton with a second-place

finish at 113 and Grant Sutton, who had his first loss of the season in the championship semifinals but came back to place third.

Harvard sends three to state, led

by Adam Freimund with a second place at 285. Matt Wheeler (160) and Zach Martin (195) placed fourth for the Hornets.

Woodstock has state qualifiers for the first time since 2007. Kevin Zange placed third at 145 and Nicholas Sundberg (152) placed fourth.

Blue Streaks coach Jon Grell said it’s especially gratifying because both Sundberg and Zange are sophomores.

“They set a new standard,” Grell said. “It doesn’t matter how old you are it’s how hard you wrestle.”

BOYS BASKETBALL: PRAIRIE RIDGE 51, HUNTLEY 44

Huntley drops 2nd in row

By CHRIS CASEY sports@nwherald.com

Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com

Crystal Lake South senior Nick Gil (left) wrestles Wheeling sophomore Tulga Zuunbayan during the 138-pound championship match of the Class 3A Barrington Individual Sectional on Saturday. Gil won, 5-3.

2 of C-G’s Cullen brothers advance • WRESTLING Continued from page C1 “I was moving on my feet well and attacking well,” Piotrowski said. “Then it kind of slowed up a little bit, but I’m happy with what I did. I was working on my moves and controlling the match.”

Dundee-Crown sophomore Christian Brunner (40-4) lost to Deerfield’s Colton Emmerich (43-1), 5-3, in the championship match. It was Brunner’s third loss to Emmerich, and his closest. Emmerich held a 3-0 lead after two periods and Brunner, starting on bottom for the third period, escaped for a point and then scored a takedown to tie.

Emmerich, a senior, came back with a takedown in the final 10 seconds for the victory.

“I got off-balance, I should have grabbed the ankle and waited,” Brunner said. “I just had to fight back [down 3-0], take everything, you have nothing to lose. It’s a good moral victory [to come back] only being a sophomore.”

The top four finishers in each class advance to the state meet, which makes the consolation semifinals the most intense matches of the day.

Those winners advance to the third-place match knowing they already had qualified for state.

Cary-Grove sophomore John Cullen (132) will join his

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Dundee-Crown’s Christian Brunner (bottom) wrestles Deerfield’s Colton Emmerich during the 182-pound championship match.

Brunner lost, 5-4. senior brother Michael (120) at the state meet. The Trojans’ Logan Hanselmann (126) also advanced. John Cullen had the toughest route Saturday, defeating Mundelein’s Sam Riportella, 3-2 in an ultimate tiebreaker, and then beating DeKalb’s Jackson Montgomery, again 3-2 in an ultimate tiebreaker, for third place.

Riportella received a third caution for a false start in the consolation semifinal, which proved to be Cullen’s winning point.

“It was nerve-racking,” Cullen said. “It was my entire season in that match. Last year, I was in the same situation and just came up a bit short. I was remembering last

year, I didn’t want that to happen again. It was a weird way to win, but, I mean, a win’s a win.”

South’s Garrett Dziedzic faced Jacobs’ Cody Ferencz for the fifth time in a consolation semifinal at 120 pounds.

The two had split their first four meetings, each decided by one point, and Dziedzic won another tight match, 5-1.

He led, 3-1, before a late takedown.

“I was just staying aggressive,” Dziedzic said. “I really wanted to make it to state so I didn’t have to wait until next year to try again.”

Prairie Ridge’s Charley Popp was 1-2 against McHenry’s Cam Pait heading into their 160-pound consolation semifinal, but had the lead late before pinning Pait at 5:57.

“It was nice to finally beat him,” said Popp, who lost to Pait in their regional match last week. “I’m pumped to compete next week.”

McHenry’s Luis Hernandez (220) suffered his first loss of the season in the semifinals and came back to face Jacobs’ Mark Mamola in the consolation semifinals. Hernandez (34-1) scored a late takedown and went on to take third place.

“It’s kind of unreal,” Hernandez said. “I’ve never been there to watch [state], so I’m kind of shocked right now. I just want to go there and get a medal.”

CRYSTAL LAKE – It was a bittersweet feeling for Amanze Egekeze after Huntley’s 51-44 loss to Prairie Ridge on Saturday night.

Egekeze reached 1,000 career points but said there was something more important to take away from the game.

“It’s always nice to accomplish something like that,” Egekeze said. “It would have been nice to do that on a night where we get a win. It’s tough losing two conference games in a row, but we’ll get back at it and learn from tonight’s mistakes.”

The loss cut Huntley’s Fox Valley Conference Valley Division lead to just a half game over Cary-Grove, and one game over Jacobs, which Huntley plays on the road Friday.

Prairie Ridge (15-10 over-

• SWIMMING Continued from page C1 While Reinbrecht was setting records, teammate Francis Ogaban was having the best meet of his career. The sophomore found himself just seven-tenths of a second off the state standard in the 100 freestyle after winning in 48.79.

Ogaban hadn’t been under 50 seconds in that race before Saturday.

“Francis had a tremendous meet,” Jacobs co-op coach Rick Andresen said. “There is a good chance he can make state in two events.”

Ogaban’s other shot at making state is in the 100 backstroke. He won Saturday’s race in 54.05, one-hundredth of

a second off the standard.

“It just felt really good,” Ogaban said. “I’m pretty confident after my swims here and hopefully I can get two state cuts next week.”

Reinbrecht and Ogaban were named co-Most Outstanding Swimmers for their performances, while C-G co-op swimmer Ethan Hare was awarded Newcomer of the Year.

Alhough some swimmers swam state cuts Saturday, they will have to do it again during their respective sectional meets Feb. 22. Ask John Cazel how tough that is. The Huntley sophomore swam a state cut in the 100 breaststroke during last year’s conference meet but failed to do so the following week at sectionals and missed

state.

This season, Cazel finds himself in the same situation after winning the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.27 – four-tenths of a second faster than the state standard.

“It’s really exciting to see that time,” Cazel said. “Hopefully, I can drop some more time at sectionals, but seeing that time makes me feel a lot better about the season.”

Cazel’s teammate Bryan Haage was one second off the standard in the 100 freestyle, and Red Raiders coach George Keenan knows where he can make up the time.

“He took a breath right before his turn at the wall and that’s what cost him,” Keenan said.

er in the game, we started crashing the boards, and my teammates were able to kick it out to me for open shots.

After I made a couple, I got my confidence going.”

The Red Raiders (15-7, 7-2) trailed for most of the first half, until junior guard David Cruz hit one on his two 3-pointers on the night, giving Huntley a 16-13 lead just before half. The Red Raiders took a one-point lead into halftime.

Huntley came out firing in the third, making three consecutive 3-pointers, taking a 7-point lead and forcing a full timeout by the Wolves.

After two free throws from Prairie Ridge junior Jack Berg, Bradshaw scored five straight, to tie the score at 27.

Otto then scored 9 of the next 11 Prairie Ridge points, giving the Wolves a 38-31 lead with 6:25 remaining in the game.

BOYS BASKETBALL: WOODSTOCK 49, JOHNSBURG 44

Much-needed win for Streaks

By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com JOHNSBURG – Mitch Kohley’s previous two trips to the free-throw line hadn’t gone according to plan.

On both occasions, the Woodstock senior had missed the front end of one-and-one opportunities, preventing the Blue Streaks from expanding their lead against Johnsburg.

But after coming up with a steal with his team clinging to a three-point lead, Kohley again found himself at the line.

This time, he made sure he didn’t miss.

Kohley’s two free throws with 15.1 seconds remaining allowed the Streaks to hang on for a 49-44 Fox Valley Conference Fox Division win Saturday night.

“You’ve got to forget [the misses] real quick because in basketball, each possession is so quick,” Kohley said. “I had

to forget about it, go back on defense and then come back and hit them.”

Kohley’s game-clinching free throws closed an impressive fourth quarter when he sparked an 8-0 Woodstock run, turning a three-point deficit into a five-point lead.

Kohley connected on a 3-point field goal before hitting a midrange jumpshot, giving the Streaks (9-13, 4-4 Fox) the lead for good.

Kohley (10 points) sparked Woodstock’s offense along with Marcus Ammirati, who scored 12 points in his first game since early January.

“It’s one of those times when the story very easily could have been, ‘We kept fighting, we kept fighting and we just couldn’t push it over,’” Woodstock coach Al Baker said. “Tonight, [Kohley] was the one who pushed us over.”

Woodstock entered the fourth quarter trailing by a point after Johnsburg (6-18

overall, 4-7 FVC Fox) used a 12-1 scoring surge at the start of the second half to build a six-point lead. The Skyhawks relied on perimeter shooting throughout the night, connecting on six 3-point field goals.

Collin Ridout hit four shots from beyond the arc – the last of which cut the Woodstock lead to 45-44 with 51 seconds remaining. Ridout led Johnsburg with 17 points to go with 13 from Steve Dixon.

But in the end, the Skyhawks’ long-distance efforts weren’t enough.

“I just thought we stood around on offense,” Johnsburg coach Mike Toussaint said. “When we get some momentum going and we push the ball. good things happen and we’re more aggressive.

“But I think their size beat us up. They beat us up inside and they beat us up on offensive rebounds and they’re shooters hit some shots.”

BOYS BASKETBALL: HAMPSHIRE 72, WOODSTOCK NORTH 59

Bridges paces Whip-Purs’ victory

By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com

Jacobs co-op pair shares top honor

all, 6-5 FVC Valley) gave Egekeze, who finished with 11 points (1,005 career), different looks all night, pressuring him to just 2 of 10 shooting from the field. One of the biggest plays of the game came with 3:45 remaining when Egekeze fouled out, with the Red Raiders trailing, 39-37.

“He’s the best player this conference has seen in quite some time,” Prairie Ridge coach Corky Card said. “He continues to grow and get better every year, and we just tried to make things tough for him. It definitely didn’t hurt us to have him on the bench at the end.”

The Wolves were led by Michael Bradshaw and Payton Otto, who each scored 14 points. Otto, a sophomore, scored 12 of his 14 in the fourth quarter.

“They were face guarding me for a while in the first half,” Otto said. “But lat-

WOODSTOCK – By now, Ryan Cork and his Hampshire boys basketball teammates know the routine.

Opposing defenses will devote constant attention to the senior guard, forcing him distribute the ball. But the WhipPurs also have come to realize something else: They have plenty of point-production to go around to make sure Cork doesn’t feel the need to carry too much of the offense himself.

On Saturday, Cork stayed active against Woodstock North, doing a little of everything in a well-balanced 72-59 Fox Valley Conference Fox Division victory over the Thunder.

Cork continually found teammate Matt Bridges, who paced Hampshire with 25 points – one of three Whip-

Purs players to reach double figures. Drew Doran and Cork each finished with 13 points.

“When I’m looking to pass more and getting my teammates involved, they’re going to be more into the game and playing better defense,” Cork said. “So really, everything feeds off of that.”

Hampshire (11-14 overall, 7-3 FVC Fox) poured on the offense in the final two quarters after taking only a three-point lead into the half. But after North guard Josh Jandron picked up his fourth personal foul early in the third quarter, the Whips were able to take advantage by picking apart the Thunder defense most times down the floor.

Cork was the instigator, dribbling into the teeth of Woodstock North’s defense.

When the Thunder collapsed on him, he routinely found Bridges, who finished off possessions with easy baskets

inside or by getting to the freethrow line.

“It’s by design,” Hampshire coach Bob Barnett said. “But they have to execute, too.”

Nick Herscha led North (6-17, 2-7) with 15 points to go along with 14 by Jandron and Junior Ortiz. But North’s inability to stop Hampshire proved to be too much.

“For us, it seems like when we play good defense, shots fall for us,” Thunder coach Steve Ryan said. “We have to pick it up on the defensive end to be successful and for two games, we have not done that.”

Hampshire made the most of the defensive lapses, continuing to spread the wealth offensively – a factor the Whips know can only help as the postseason approaches.

“It’s a big win,” Bridges said. “But we’ve got look to our next three games and win as many as possible.”

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D-C bowler makes state Gonio earns last qualifying spot out of Waukegan NORTHWEST HERALD Karissa Gonio of DundeeCrown claimed the last individual qualifying spot for state at the Zion-Benton Girls Bowling Sectional on Saturday at Sunset Lanes in Waukegan.

Gonio, a senior, bowled a six-game series of 1,211, 16 pins ahead of Meghan Mulcahy of Prospect for the last qualifying spot. Gonio was the only local bowler at sectionals to advance to state.

Only the top four teams at each sectional advanced to state. D-C finished in seventh place with 5,494 pins.

The Chargers’ Angie Tripp was second on the team with

1,181.

Johnsburg’s Allison Boelter finished 48th with 1,077. Samantha Kunke of Woodstock was 54th with 1,062, and McHenry’s Kim McClaughry finished 59th.

At the Freeport Sectional at 4-Seasons Bowling Center in Freeport, Marengo came within five pins from qualifying for state as a team.

The Indians finished fifth with a final score of 5,625.

Dominique Bailey of Marengo fell just 11 pins out of the last state qualifying spot with 1,225.

Jacobs finished in 10th with 5,215. Michelle Morrison led the Golden Eagles with 1,054.

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At McHenry, Jason Gregoire scored 22 points to lead the Trojans to the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division win. Devin McDonough scored 13 points for C-G (15-9 overall, 7-3 FVC Valley) and Nick Franz added 10.

Greg Johnson scored 17 points to lead the Warriors (10-12, 3-7), including four 3-pointers. Cody Freund added 10 points.

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Fremd 48, Dundee-Crown 24: At Palatine, Fremd (23-0) stayed undefeated on the season with the nonconference win over the Chargers (6-15).

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Instead, the Illini turned in a befuddling offensive performance.

Illinois shot just 28.3 percent from the field and had 13 turnovers in a 48-39 loss to the Buckeyes.

“Obviously our offense was anemic today,” coach John Groce said. “I thought Ohio State had a lot to do with that.

I thought they imposed their will on the defensive end, especially in the second half.”

Tracy Abrams had 13 points for Illinois (14-12, 3-10 Big Ten), which has lost 10 of 11. Nnanna Egwu had a career-high 14 rebounds but fouled out late.

“I give those guys a little bit of credit – they play hard, they play smart,” Abrams said. “(But) it’s a matter of you be-

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Aaron Craft led the Buckeyes (20-6, 7-6) with 14 points, even after spending two long stretches on the bench in foul trouble.

No. 16 Iowa 82, Penn St. 70: At State College, Pa., Melsahn Basabe scored 16 points, and Iowa pulled away in the second half.

Roy Devyn Marble added 15, Aaron White 14 and Mike Gesell 13 as the Hawkeyes (196, 8-4) won their fourth Big Ten road game of the season. Iowa’s three-game road winning streak in the Big Ten is its longest since 1998.

Penn State (13-13, 4-9) was led by D.J. Newbill, who scored 22 points, but Tim Frazier was held to 11.

Marble, the team’s leading scorer at 16.5 points a game coming in, pumped in seven of those and Mike Gesell converted on a 3-pointer from the corner to help the Hawks pull away.

Purdue 82, Indiana 64: At West Lafayette, Ind., Seattle native Sterling Carter didn’t have the opportunity to celebrate his mother, Debrea’s, birthday with her Friday, but he wanted to give her a present from afar.

The fifth-year graduate student transfer from Seattle University delivered that gift in a big way Saturday in Mackey Arena, scoring 19 points in the Boilermakers’ victory against rival Indiana.

The guard, who was averaging 4.3 points a game in a Purdue uniform, fueled a 14-1 burst to begin the second half, extending the Boilermakers’ 38-33 halftime lead to 52-34 with just more than 15 minutes remaining.

Carter scored 10 in that pivotal second-half start that completed a 19-1 run that began with Purdue (15-10, 5-7 Big Ten) scoring the final five points of the first half.

Yogi Ferrell had 27 points for Indiana (14-11, 4-8).

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WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING

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By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN dvanschouwen@suntimes.com GLENDALE, Ariz. – The stages of John Danks’ career have unfolded in significant, compartmentalized sections.

Some good (the $65 million contract extension), some bad (shoulder surgery) and some in between (last year’s so-so recovery season).

What’s next? Danks welcomed in the official start of spring training 2014 on Saturday with an optimistic take on where he’s at physically. For the White Sox, having the old Danks of 2008-11, the one that won him that lucrative deal and the Opening Day start in 2012, would be a welcome shot in the arm.

To say the least.

“This was always going to be the litmus test, 18 months post op, which is where he will be sitting on Opening Day or sometime in March,’’ general manager Rick Hahn said Saturday. “And to hear how he’s talking about his comfort level and how the ball is coming out of his hands is encouraging.

What we saw today on the back field was encouraging as well.

“It was a good day and I think that John, given where he is and his rehabilitation and recovery has a far, far greater chance of returning to that form we saw from him for many years than repeating what we saw last year.’’

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White Sox starting pitcher John Danks delivers during the first inning of a Sept. 18, 2013 game against the Minnesota Twins. Danks looks to improve and stay healthy in 2014. ing – he’s the highest paid pitcher on the Sox with three more years left on his deal – Hahn obviously would like to see that.

Not long after signing the extension, Danks had shoulder surgery in August of 2012, then labored his way through 138 1/3 innings over 22 starts last season. He kept his walks to a career low but his homers allowed were at an all-time high rate and posted a 4.75 ERA to go with a 4-14 record. It was a year of building endurance, learning to use his curveball more effectively than ever and working his way back to being the Danks of old, the one who finished with ERAs of 3.32, 3.77, 3.72 and 4.33 from 2008 to 2011.

“I had no problem getting ahead in the count,’’ Danks said. “The problem was putting them away. Once I get strength and stuff back I’ll have no problem doing that.’’

There are signs that it may be coming back. Danks told trainer Herm Schneider that he feels like he’s 18 again.

“You name it. I’m stronger,’’ Danks said. “Not having to force things quite as much.

The ball is coming out of my hand night and day better than it was last year and hopefully it will continue to improve. But I feel good about things and confident. I have high expectations for myself and we’ll see.

We got to go do it.’’

Fellow left-handers Chris

Sale and Jose Quintana have the 1-2 spots in the rotation locked down. The Danks of old would lend more credibility to a rotation that is also counting on rookie right-hander Erik Johnson and probably righthander Felipe Paulino. But just who Danks will be this season won’t be known until at least April, no matter how good or bad he looks in Cactus League games.

Danks, who married country singer Ashley Monroe during the offseason, feels like a new man in many regards.

He was bubbling with optimism Saturday, but keep in mind he was oozing with confidence last spring as well.

“Obviously there wasn’t super high expectations [last season] and I understood it was going to take some time to get back but I think I got all that behind me,’’ he said. “I’m back to where I want to be and hopefully we don’t have to talk about shoulder surgery anymore.

“Last year was trying to get close to ready to pitch as I could. It didn’t go very well.

This year I feel like I’m 100 percent healthy and ready to help contribute with the rest of them.’’

• Daryl Van Schouwen is a reporter for the Chicago SunTimes. Contact him at dvanschouwen@suntimes.com or on Twitter @CST_soxvan

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WOMEN’S SUPER-G For the third straight Olympics, an Austrian woman has won the super-G. This time, it’s Anna Fenninger, who found a way through a tricky and uneven course. Austrian skiers have dominated the event since it debuted at the 1988 Calgary Games. Andrea Fischbacher won the gold at Vancouver in 2010 and Michaela Dorfmeister took the title in Turin in 2006.

INJURED SKICROSS RACER Russian skicross racer Maria Komissarova underwent a successful 6½-hour operation on her broken and dislocated spine following a training accident. The 23-year-old Komissarova fell on the third jump on the 1,200-meter course as she was practicing for the Feb. 21 event, the international ski federation said. Russian freestyle ski federation spokesman Mikhail Verzeba said she fractured the 12th dorsal vertebrae in her lower-middle back and was taken to a hospital near the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park for emergency surgery.

RUSSIA’S NEW SHORT TRACK STAR SHINES Viktor Ahn got the first short track gold medal for his adopted country of Russia in the men’s 1,000. The South Korean-born Ahn became the first man to win four short track golds. Vladimir Grigorev, who got the silver for Russia at 31 years and 191 days, is now the oldest man to win a short track medal.

THE RUSSIAN ROCKET RULES Competing on a track he’s trained on more than anyone else, Alexander Tretiakov of Russia won the gold medal in skeleton in 3 minutes, 44.29 seconds, well ahead of Latvia’s Martins Dukurs, who won silver for the second straight games. Matt Antoine won bronze for the first men’s skeleton medal for the U.S. since Jimmy Shea’s gold in 2002.

POLAND WINS FIRST SPEEDSKATING GOLD – BY A WHISKER Initially shown on the scoreboard as tied for the top spot, but when the time was broken down to the thousandths, the victory went to Brodka with a time of 1 minute, 45.006 seconds. Verweij settled for silver in 1:45.009. The bronze went to Canada’s Denny Morrison, his second medal in Sochi.

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By GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com MESA, Ariz. – Some NFL executives and players might still be wrapping their heads around the idea of having an openly gay player in their ranks next season.

But Jeff Samardzija has news for those in baseball: At least a few Cubs already have experienced it. ‘‘I’ve been in a lot of locker rooms, and I’ve experienced it,’’ said the Cubs pitcher, referring to a past minor-league teammate who confided in teammates that he was gay.

Unlike NFL prospect Michael Sam, the minor-leaguer didn’t make his sexuality public, Samardzija said, but it was widely known and acknowledged in the clubhouse.

“And then you go about your business,’’ Samardzija said. ‘‘I think the thing that gets [overlooked] is that regardless of your background, everybody’s here to do a job. ‘‘You win games with talent and good numbers and things like that. You don’t win games with looks and styles and this and that. As a teammate, all you want is a guy to have your back, a guy to play hard for you and a guy that goes out there and battles with you every day of the week, regardless of preferences.’’

Sam, the Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the year at Missouri, will become the first openly gay active player in American major-league sports once he’s drafted this spring.

Although the response publicly in professional sports has been largely supportive, some hasn’t been. And it’s anything but clear what effect Sam’s openness will have on his draft status and, ultimately, the quality of his career.

Never mind the impact baseball’s eventual Michael Sam will have. ‘‘I think it’s important to be on the right side of history,’’ Cubs president Theo Epstein said. ‘‘Clearly, we’ve reached that time in this society where you can do the right thing and it’s not any brave stand anymore. It’s just the right thing

It was another tough day for two-time silver medalist Shani Davis and the rest of the American speedskating team. Despite changing suits, Brian Hansen was the top U.S. finisher in seventh. Davis was 11th. New suits or old suits, the result was the same – no medals through seven events in Russia.

COMING SUNDAY Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway is down to his last good chance for gold at the Sochi Olympics in the men’s super-G, one of five medal events on the schedule.

Soto focusing on the positives, defense Yet Soto knows he is capable of hitting well Continued from page C1 enough to climb through the system. He draws inspiration from friends After a difficult stint such as Junior Lake and on the Smokies’ bench, Logan Watkins, who Soto was demoted to the Advanced-A Daytona Cubs played with him in the minor leagues before debutso he could receive more ing with the Cubs in 2013. playing time.

On Aug. 4, Soto was in Instead of resenting the the Daytona Cubs’ clubdemotion, Soto focused on house as Watkins stepped the positives. to the plate for his major “To be honest, it league debut at Wrigley [stinks] getting moved Field. down,” Soto said. “If I ever did not have eyes on When Watkins “But at the big leagues, I would hang recordthe same ed his time, I was them up.” first big like, ‘All league right, here Elliot Soto hit, a we go. I’m Cubs prospect single going to to left play every field to day.’ load the bases against the “It made me feel better.

Los Angeles Dodgers, Soto It made me feel like they snapped a picture of a raucared that I improved.” cous Daytona clubhouse Soto did improve, helpand texted it to Watkins. ing Daytona win the FlorLater, Watkins told ida State League champiSoto the image had given onship with his excellent him goosebumps. fielding and a .244 average Soto believes he is capawith 18 RBIs in 39 games. ble of his own goosebumps Defense always has moment. If anything, the been – and probably turbulence of last season always will be – Soto’s has made him more deterstrength as a player. He mined. has worked out at The “If I ever did not have Power Alley’s batting eyes on the big leagues, cages in Cary this winter, I would hang them up,” trying to produce more Soto said. “It’s just having line drives and fewer fly your eye on the prize. It’s balls, in an effort to round everyone’s dream to make out his game. it to the big leagues.

“I have an infatuation “For me, being a Chiwith defense,” Soto said. cago kid, to make it to the “I love it. I just think it’s Cubs would be unbelievreally fun to play defense. able.”

“I always liked the Omar Vizquels, Ozzie • Northwest Herald Smiths, those guys – even sports columnist Tom MuJack Wilson. Those guys sick can be reached at tmuthat can do really crazy sick@shawmedia.com and stuff with their hands. on Twitter @tcmusick.

That’s what I want to be.”

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Missouri’s All-american defensive end Michael Sam claps during the Cotton Bowl trophy presentation at halftime of an college basketball game between Missouri and Tennessee, Saturday in Columbia, Mo. Sam came out to the entire country Sunday, Feb. 9, and could become the first openly gay player in the NFL. to do. ‘‘If there’s a player that can help you, you can’t look at things that don’t matter. Sexual orientation doesn’t matter with respect to wining games, with respect to having strong character, with respect to fitting into the clubhouse and making strong bonds with teammates.”

Cubs players sounded open and tolerant when asked about the subject in recent days. ‘‘To each his own,’’ said pitcher Edwin Jackson, a veteran of eight different bigleague clubhouses. But Jackson also said he wasn’t sure how much an openly gay player would be accepted in baseball. ‘‘It’d probably be mixed [reaction],’’ he said. ‘‘Some people probably will be fine.

Some might have a problem with it. Others will maybe have no comment.’’ ‘‘I’m not naïve,’’ Epstein said. ‘‘The first time that it happens, there will be some things that will come up, and you have to support the player through the adversity that may come up. No one’s naïve about it. But I think it’s important.’’

Cubs second baseman Dar-

win Barney called any potential intolerance ‘‘ignorance.’’ ‘‘I think it’s time to move past that,’’ he said. ‘‘I have heterosexuals and homosexuals in my family. I’ve got aunts and uncles that have lived their life the way they want to live their life. So it’s nothing new to me. I would hope that in this day and age, we’ve learned as humans that people come in different colors, shapes, sizes, and they have the right to be who they want to be and we don’t have the right to judge.’’

Cubs reliever James Russell, who grew up around ballparks when his dad, Jeff, pitched, called it a ‘‘tough subject’’ in part because ‘‘baseball’s such an old-timey game.’’

But he said just the influence of social media and entertainment media in recent years has changed the cultural perceptions of homosexuality, maybe even in clubhouses. ‘‘Especially like the TV shows now,’’ he said, ‘‘it’s almost becoming like a norm in the world. It’s just something that people have to learn to grow with, whether you agree with the lifestyle or not. ‘‘Personally, it’s not my

lifestyle choice, but who am I to say you can’t do that?

There could be somebody in this locker room that is in Michael Sam’s position now.

And if he were to come out and say something like that, by all means, we’re all part of a team, and we’re in it to win a championship, and he’ll be out there to fight for that with us. You’ve got to respect it in that context.’’

Epstein said what’s often overlooked in Sam’s story is that he was open with teammates long before he said anything publicly, and he was a team leader as Missouri went on to the SEC title game, a Cotton Bowl victory and a No. 8 national ranking. ‘‘That’s proof positive to any skeptics out there that it can be done,’’ Epstein said. ‘‘Obviously, every situation’s different. But pick a point in time, whether it’s 20 years from now or two years from now, and when you look back on this, it’s going to be really clear what the right thing was in every possible meaning of the word.’’

• Gordon Wittenmyer is a reporter for the Chicago SunTimes. Contact him at gwittenmyer@suntimes.com or on Twitter @GDubCub

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MEN’S HOCKEY

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SOCHI SCENE Actors on ice SOCHI, Russia – Taylor Kitsch had one of the best seats in the house to witness the U.S. beat Russia 3-2 in a heart-pounding shootout Saturday at the Sochi Games. The Canadian actor is in the Navy SEAL drama “Lone Survivor,” a movie that might help him go from being known for his role in “Friday Night Lights” on TV to becoming a big-screen star. That’s business. For him, hockey is personal. And, he loves it. “I’m Canadian, right?” he asked rhetorically.

The 32-year-old Kitsch played the sport for 20 years, starting when he was 3, and became friends with Team Canada and New York Rangers forward Rick Nash. “It’s a dream come true,” Kitsch said.

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Curling’s biggest fan SOCHI, Russia – Princess Anne of Britain, Prince Hakan of Norway and Prince Albert of Monaco have been among the VIPs at the Olympic curling tournament this week.

On Saturday, the Ice Cube Curling Center welcomed some royalty from the NFL. Vernon Davis, the Pro Bowl tight end from the San Francisco 49ers, dropped in to watch the U.S. women’s team play Sweden. Flanked by his agent and a representative of one of Team USA’s sponsors, he watched the final five ends of the Americans’ 7-6 loss.

A tough-guy American footballer and curling seems an unlikely match, but Davis can’t get enough of stones and brooms.

“The thing that intrigues me about curling is that it’s so competitive from a thinking standpoint,” Davis told The Associated Press after the match. “You really have to use your mind, really come up with a good strategy to defeat your opponent. There’s just something about it that I love. And curling helps me when it comes to the game of football.”

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SOCHI, Russia – The Russian fans wanted it more.

No, please, don’t be insulted. You couldn’t possibly have wanted this as much as these people did, even as you pawed at a buzzing alarm clock early Saturday morning and wiped the sleep from your eyes.

The Russian fans who sat shoulder to shoulder inside the Bolshoy Ice Dome knew only agony and exhilaration. If there was such a thing as an emotional in-between, it was news to them.

You could have tried telling them that this was no way to live, but it would have been like talking to a set of nesting eggs.

Every rush up the ice by their team was a drama. Every U.S. shot on their goalie was a stab in the heart. Every trip to the penalty box was a Russian tragedy.

This was the United States, this was Russian soil and this sure felt like a lot more than an Olympic hockey game. The Cold War ended a long time ago, and the Miracle on Ice game happened in 1980. And this wasn’t a referendum on Russia and its place in the world.

But there was a fury to this game that didn’t add up, considering it was a preliminary round matchup

VIEWS Rick Morrissey and that there are miles to go in this tournament.

Let’s just say it was a hellacious hockey game and leave the sociopolitical undertones to somebody else, OK? The Americans won 3-2 in an overtime shootout, with T.J. Oshie providing the heroics over and over again, including the game-winner.

“When the puck is on your stick, you just block everything else out,’’ he said. “It’s you and the goalie.’’

After a masterpiece of a game, a shootout is like dogs playing poker. Or so we traditionalists thought. There were eight rounds and 17 shots in this one. After three shootout rounds, international rules allow the same players to shoot again and again. That’s how this turned into a stare down between Oshie and Russia’s Ilya Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk, who had sent the crowd into a frenzy with two goals in regulation.

Oshie was four-for-six on Russia’s Sergei Bobrovski, finally beating him for the game-winner and making the goalie’s water bottle bounce on top of the net

in the process. It looked like a plastic exclamation point.

“At some point you think, ‘Does he have any more moves left?’’ teammate Zach Parise said.

We’ll go with “yes’’ and feel good about our chances.

What a crazy, crazy game. It looked as if Fedor Tyutin’s goal from just inside the blue line had given Russia a 3-2 lead with four minutes, 40 seconds left in regulation, but replays showed that the net had come loose from its moorings. In the old Soviet days, either shady refereeing would have turned that into a goal or some comrade would have been executed.

But everybody’s more civilized these days, not that you could tell it inside the arena.

“It was fun,’’ said American forward Joe Pavelski, who scored off an assist from the Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane. “We knew this game was going to have a tremendous atmosphere, a game we would really enjoy playing in. That didn’t disappoint.’’

Kane had a breakaway in the overtime but couldn’t finish it. Hawks fans will be wondering why he didn’t see the ice in the shootout.

Simple. Oshie is the best in the NHL at it this season.

For Russia, this was (ital.) the (end ital.) event of the Olympics so far. There didn’t seem to be anything at stake except everything.

Russian flags were everywhere. President Vladimir Putin was here, adding his ponderous presence to the occasion. No pressure, lads.

It was what I would imagine a cage match to the death feeling like.

With horns blaring. Lots and lots of horns blaring.

Every time American fans tried to chant U-S-A, U-S-A inside the arena, Russian fans drowned them out by chanting their own country’s name.

It didn’t sound like a whole lot of fun for the home team.

“They’re the host country, there’s a lot of pressure on them,’’ American goalie Jonathan Quick said. “They’re a great team.

They’re going to keep playing, and they’ll be there toward the end.’’

Penalties galore, a waved-off Russian goal and enough tension to power a small city – all of it was somehow stuffed into one hockey game. It’s hard to see how this can get better.

Unless they play again.

• Rick Morrissey is a

Chicago Sun Times sports columnist who can be reached at rmorrissey@ suntimes.com.

MEN’S HOCKEY ROUNDUP

U.S. beats Russia in Olympic hockey thriller SOCHI, Russia – A full 65 minutes of intense hockey weren’t enough to decide the latest chapter of Russia’s Olympic rivalry with the United States.

So the Americans put the game in the hands of T.J. Oshie, and their shootout specialist got it done in the eighth round for a 3-2 victory Saturday.

Oshie scored four times on his six attempts in the shootout, putting the winner between Sergei Bobrovsky’s legs to silence a raucous sellout crowd including Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Jonathan Quick turned away five Russian shots to secure his second win in Sochi, but he also got a fortunate break when an apparent goal

by Russia’s Fedor Tyutin was waved off with 4:40 to play. Quick’s net had become unmoored before the goal, which means it doesn’t count under international hockey rules.

Cam Fowler and Joe Pavelski scored in regulation for the Americans (2-0), who moved to the brink of automatic qualification for the quarterfinals. The Russians (1-0-1) are also in a strong position after getting two goals from captain Pavel Datsyuk and another in the shootout.

Although the game had little impact on next week’s medal race, the Bolshoy Ice Dome was packed to overflowing with fans of both nations jovially posing for photos and comparing their colorful sweaters. The Russians

Through Saturday (51 of 98 medal events) Nation G S B Russia 4 6 5 Netherlands 4 4 6 United States 4 3 7 Norway 4 3 6 Germany 7 3 2 Canada 4 5 3 Sweden 1 5 2 Switzerland 5 1 1 Austria 2 4 1 China 3 2 0 Japan 1 3 1

Tot 15 14 14 13 12 12 8 7 7 5 5

NBC OLYMPICS The best Tweet from the previous day from the Twitter account NBC Olympics:

Oshie in Sochi, during the shootout:

SUNDAY’S TV SCHEDULE NBC 3 p.m.

Women’s Snowboarding Cross-Country; Men’s 4x10 km Relay 7 p.m.

Alpine Skiing (Men’s Super-G); Women’s Snowboarding - SBX; Figure Skating - Short Dance; Bob-Sled - Two Man; Speed-Skating 11:30 p.m.

Men’s Biathalon - 15 km Mass Start NBCSN 5 a.m.

Men’s Cross-Country Relay (LIVE) 7:15 a.m.

Men’s Hockey - United States vs.

Slovenia (LIVE) 10 a.m.

Figure Skating - Short Dance (LIVE) 2 p.m.

Men’s Biathalon - 15k Mass Start 4 p.m.

Game of the Day: Hockey 3 a.m. (Monday) Women’s Curling - United States vs. South Korea (LIVE) 7 a.m. (Monday) Women’s Hockey - TBD MSNBC 5 a.m.

Women’s Curling - United States vs. Canada (LIVE) 2 a.m. (Saturday) Women’s Hockey - Quarterfinal (LIVE) 4:30 a.m. (Saturday) Women’s Curling - Canada vs.

Japan

AP photo

United States forward T.J. Oshie, (left), is congratulated Saturday by goalie Ryan Miller after Oshie scored the game-winning goal in a shootout against Russia in a men’s ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The U.S. won, 3-2 in a shootout.

CNBC 4 p.m.

Men’s Curling - United States vs.

Sweden

waved hundreds of flags, blew horns and banged drums from the first moments of warm-ups.

The other three games on Saturday were overshadowed by the main event at Bolshoy, but Sochi still hosted a momentous day of action.

Sweden won its group with a 5-3 victory over Latvia despite its numerous injury absences, while Jonas Hiller put Switzerland in a strong po-

USA 7:30 a.m.

Men’s Hockey - Russia vs. Slovakia (LIVE) 12 p.m.

Men’s Hockey - Finland vs. Canada (LIVE) 5 a.m. (Monday) Men’s Curling - United States vs.

Switzerland (LIVE)

sition for the elimination rounds with his second shutout in Sochi, 1-0 over the Czech Republic.

Slovenia also made hockey history with its first Olympic victory, stunning Slovakia 3-1.

Anze Kopitar, the only NHL player on the Slovene roster, scored the last of their three goals in the third period before celebrating with his father and coach Matjaz.

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PREPS

TEAM 978, Mueller 696, Fribbley 325.

Woodstock: Kunke 1,062, Lohmeyer 1,014, Lemke 622.

McHenry: McClaughry 1,056.

Johnsburg: Boelter 1,077.

BOYS BASKETBALL HAMPSHIRE 72 WOODSTOCK NORTH 59 HAMPSHIRE (72) Doran 6 0-0 13, Bridges 8 9-10 25, Oghale 1 2-2 4, Schramm 1 1-3 3, Spaeth 2 4-5 8, Cork 5 3-4 13, Woods 1 4-4 6.

Totals: 24 23-27 72.

WOODSTOCK NORTH (59) Jandron 4 5-6 14, J. Ortiz 6 2-2 14, Basaran 1 0-1 2, Creighton 1 0-2 2, Herscha 6 3-5 15, V. Ortiz 3 0-0 6, Petersen 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 24 10-16 59.

Hampshire 19 16 16 21 – 72 Woodstock North 13 19 10 17 – 59 3-point goals: Hampshire 1 (Doran), Woodstock North 1 (Jandron). Total fouls: Hampshire 15, Woodstock North 21. Fouled out: (Herscha). Technical fouls: (None)

FREEPORT SECTIONAL (Top four teams advance) Team scores: 1. Freeport 5,867, 2.

Harlem 5,808, 3. Rockford Guilford 5,651, 4. Metea Valley 5,630, 5. Marengo 5,625, 6. Belvidere North 5,591, 7. Sycamore 5,360, 8. St. Charles North 5,328, 9. Rockford Jefferson 5,277, 10. Jacobs 5,215.

Local results Marengo: Bailey 1,225, Anthony 393, Krenzelok 1,141, Hanelt 1,117, Baumann 1,065, Nakoneczn 684.

Jacobs: Beyer 988, Matthew 177, Morrison 1,054, Dodson 863, Daniels 848, Cabrera 1,000.

BOYS SWIMMING

CARY-GROVE 57, MCHENRY 44 C-G (57) Blair 2 0-0 5, Szydlo 1 0-0 3, McDonough 4 1-2 13, Gregoire 7 6-7 22, Franz 5 0-2 10, Barr 2 0-0 4. Totals: 21 7-11 57.

McHENRY (44) Freund 3 3-3 10, Postal 1 2-2 4, Lawrence 1 0-0 3, Johnson 6 1-1 17, Bellich 1 0-0 3, Stamos 0 1-2 1, Preston 3 0-0 6.

Totals: 15 7-8 44.

Cary-Grove McHenry

13 16 17 11 – 57 12 8 16 8 – 44

3-point goals: Cary-Grove 8 (McDonough 4, Gregoire 2, Szydlo, Blair), McHenry 7 (Johnson 4, Freund, Lawrence, Bellich). Total fouls: McHenry 14, Cary-Grove 11.

WOODSTOCK 49, JOHNSBURG 44 WOODSTOCK (49) Ferguson 0 1-2 1, Ammirati 4 0-0 12, Stoneking 3 3-4 9, Chonos 1 0-0 2, Sutter 3 3-4 9, Cullum 0 1-2 1, Kohley 3 2-4 10, Kubiak 2 1-2 5. Totals: 16 11-18 49.

JOHNSBURG (44) Stillwell 3 0-0 6, Lobermeier 4 0-0 8, Dixon 4 3-5 13, Ridout 6 1-1 17. Totals: 17 4-6 44.

Woodstock Johnsburg

7 19 8 15 – 49 13 8 14 9 – 44

3-point goals: Woodstock 6 (Ammirati 4, Kohley 2), Johnsburg 6 (Dixon 2, Ridout 4). Total fouls: Woodstock 8, Johnsburg 14. Fouled out: (None).

Technical fouls: (None)

PRAIRIE RIDGE 51, HUNTLEY 44 HUNTLEY (44) Jacobs 0 0-0 0, Bessey 2 0-4 5, Slonka 1 0-0 3, Wicks 3 0-1 6, Egekeze 2 7-11 11, Gorney 4 3-3 13, Spoeth 0 0-0 0, Cruz 2 0-0 6. Totals: 14 10-19 44.

PRAIRIE RIDGE (51) Bradshaw 4 4-4 14, Slack 0 0-0 0, Tichnor 4 1-4 9, Peterson 0 0-0 0, Otto 5 3-4 14, Perhats 1 1-2 3, Ayers 2 0-0 4, Gilbert 1 0-0 3, Berg 1 2-2 4. Totals: 18 11-16 51.

Huntley Prairie Ridge

4 14 8 9

13 13 14 20

– 44 – 51

3-point field goals: Huntley 6 (Gorney 2, Cruz 2, Bessey, Slonka), Prairie Ridge 4 (Bradshaw 2, Otto, Gilbert) Total Fouls: Huntley 17, Prairie Ridge 17.

Fouled Out: Huntley (Egekeze), Prairie Ridge (Tichnor)

FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE MEET AT WOODSTOCK NORTH Team scores: 1. Cary-Grove co-op 283, 2. Huntley 266, 3. Jacobs co-op 255, 4. McHenry 223, 5. Woodstock co-op 89.

200-yard medley relay: 1. Huntley (B. Cazel, J. Cazel, Czarnecki, Haage) 1:40.92, 2. Jacobs co-op (Ogaban, Hoyos, Reinbrecht, Slack) 1:42.47, 3. Cary-Grove co-op (Robak, A. Eibel, Hare, S. Eibel) 1:43.23, 4. McHenry (Floden, Matthys, Dunn, Lucas) 1:52.80, 5. Woodstock co-op (DeWane, Jensen, Miceli, Wilhelm) 1:54.56 200-yard freestyle: 1. Reinbrecht (Jac) 1:43.92, 2. Schopen (McH) 1:46.18, 3. Langanis (CG) 1:51.92, 4. Castro (CG) 1:54.33, 5. LoPiccolo (Hunt) 1:55.79 200-yard individual medley: 1. A. Eibel (CG) 2:04.00, 2. Robak (CG) 2:05.09, 3. Smith (McH) 2:10.70, 4. Wong (Hunt) 2:12.07, 5. Peck (McH) 2:17.75 50-yard freestyle: 1. Braun (McH) 22.43, 2. Knottnerus (Jac) 23.29, 3. Naatz (CG) 23.52, 4. Slack (Jac) 23.54, 5. J. Cazel (Hunt) 23.69 100-yard butterfly: 1. Schopen (McH) 53.77, 2. Czarnecki (Hunt) 56.00, 3. Hare (CG) 58.46, 4. Naatz (CG) 59.38, 5. Wong (Hunt) 1:00.22 100-yard freestyle: 1. Ogaban (Jac) 48.79, 2. Haage (Hunt) 49.07, 3. Braun (McH) 49.58, 4. Castro (CG) 51.05, 5.

Knottnerus (Jac) 51.40 500-yard freestyle: 1. Reinbrecht (Jac) 4:43.07, 2. B. Cazel (Hunt) 4:55.75, 3. Czarnecki (Hunt) 4:55.82, 4. Langanis (CG) 4:58.81, 5. Hare (CG) 5:19.64 200-yard freestyle relay: 1. McHenry (Schopen, Peck, Smith, Braun) 1:31.11, 2.

Cary-Grove co-op (A. Eibel, Robak, Castro, Langanis) 1:32.75, 3. Huntley (Wong, Vandy, Weidner, LoPiccolo) 1:38.96, 4.

Jacobs co-op (Hoyos, Bujno, Limbach, Knottnerus) 1:39.86, 5. Woodstock co-op (Miceli, Wilhelm, Jensen, Price) 1:40.40 100-yard backstroke: 1. Ogaban (Jac) 54.05, 2. Haage (Hunt) 55.26, 3.

Robak (CG) 55.93, 4. Eibel (CG) 57.80, 5.

B. Cazel (Hunt) 58.01 100-yard breaststroke: 1. J. Cazel (Hunt) 1:00.27, 2. A. Eibel (CG) 1:01.79, 3. Wisser (CG) 1:07.96, 4. Hoyos (Jac) 1:08.36, 5. Hede (Hunt) 1:10.42 400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Jacobs co-op (Knottnerus, Ogaban, Slack, Reinbrecht) 3:19.47, 2. McHenry (Schopen, Peck, Smith, Braun) 3:20.43, 3. Huntley (B. Cazel, Czarnecki, J. Cazel, Haage) 3:23.39, 4. Cary-Grove co-op (Langanis, Castro, S. Eibel, Hare) 3:25.13, 5.

Woodstock co-op (Price, Jensen, Harter, DeWane) 3:48.90

GIRLS BOWLING

WRESTLING

ZION-BENTON SECTIONAL

Class 3A Barrington Sectional

(Top four teams advance) Team scores: 1. Schaumburg 5,852, 2. Hoffman Estates 5,752, 3. Elk-Grove 5,724, 4. Libertyville 5,568, 5. Grayslake North 5,564, 6. Hersey 5,518, 7. DundeeCrown 5,494.

Advancing individuals: K. Gonio (D-C) 1,211.

Other local results Dundee-Crown: Tripp 1,181, T. Gonio

Championship matches 106: Stathakis (Barr) p. Jacobo (DeK), 1:47.

113: Piotrowski (PR) d. Koch (Grant), 2-0.

120: Polakowski (Lib) d. M. Cullen (C-G), 3-2.

126: McKenna (NT) d. Hanselmann (C-G), 2-1.

132: Parent (Grant) d. Conrad (Barr), 4-3 (OT).

NHL

Class 2A Lakes Sectional Championship matches 106: Schultz (Antioch) d. Padilla (Elmwood Park) by tech. fall, 16-1 113: Vazquez (Elmwood Park) dec. Gav. Sutton (Richmond-Burton), 4-3 120: Duncan (Montini) dec. Reich (Vernon Hills), 5-2 126: Calkins (Montini) d. Barber (Carmel) by dflt.

132: M. Petersen (CL Central) dec.

Peshek (Johnsburg), 2-0 138: Turk (Montini) maj. dec. Lundelius (CL Central), 17-6 145: Garcia (Montini) dec. Remke (Marian Central), 9-3 152: L. Fortuna (Montini) dec. Mulloy (Lakes), 7-2 160: Gar. Sutton (Richmond-Burton) d.

Salvi (Carmel) by tech. fall, 25-10 170: Montalvo (Montini) dec. Fugiel (CL Central), 5-2 182: Zelasco (CL Central) dec. Curry (Montini), 9-3 195: Ferraro (Montini) dec. Marsden (CL Central), 3-2 220: Ruano (Montini) dec. Magiera (Wauconda), 5-3 285: Johnson (Montini) p. Freimund (Harvard),. 3:36 Third place matches 106: Pawelski (Montini) p. Szlenk (Hampshire), 3:45 113: Radke (Grayslake Central) dec.

Munoz (Wauconda), 3-1 (OT) 120: L. Petersen (CL Central) dec. Morrow (Grayslake Central), 10-9 126: Gr. Sutton (Richmond-Burton) maj. dec. Vanderbloomer (Vernon Hills), 10-2 132: C. Fortuna (Montini) dec. Schoenfelder (Antioch), 6-4 138: Swindell (Carmen) maj. dec. Gi. Sosa (Clemente), 10-1 145: Zange (Woodstock) maj. dec.

Suchyta (St. Viator), 11-1 152: Makey (Grayslake Central) p.

Sundberg (Woodstock), 1:51 160: Welch (Marian Central) maj. dec.

Wheeler (Harvard), 15-3 170: Kozyra (Fenwick) dec. Ge. Sosa (Clemente), 2-1 182: Schwickrath (Wauconda) dec.

Krocko (Hampshire), 9-5 195: Bessette (Antioch) dec. Martin (Harvard), 9-2 220: McKnight (CL Central) dec.

Barnes (Woodstock North), 5-3 285: Cunningham (St. Francis)j p.

Blitstein (Vernon Hills), 1:53

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Ibaka, OKC

NBA GA 135 163 153 147 164 175 180 GA 147 142 128 169 160 179 199 GA 125 145 142 182 163 191 183 172 GA 138 146 167 161 175 158 146 200

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 40 12 .769 Bulls 27 25 .519 Detroit 22 30 .423 Cleveland 20 33 .377 Milwaukee 9 43 .173 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 28 24 .538 Brooklyn 24 27 .471 New York 20 32 .385 Boston 19 35 .352 Philadelphia 15 39 .278 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 37 14 .725 Atlanta 25 26 .490 Washington 25 27 .481 Charlotte 23 30 .434 Orlando 16 38 .296 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 38 15 .717 Houston 36 17 .679 Dallas 32 22 .593 Memphis 29 23 .558 New Orleans 23 29 .442 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 43 12 .782 Portland 36 17 .679 Minnesota 25 28 .472 Denver 24 27 .471 Utah 19 33 .365 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 37 18 .673 Phoenix 30 21 .588 Golden State 31 22 .585 L.A. Lakers 18 35 .340 Sacramento 18 35 .340

Feb. 9-25 Olympic break

GB — 3½ 8 10 14 GB — 12 12½ 15 22½ GB — 2 6½ 8½ 14½ GB — 6 17 17 22½ GB — 5 5 18 18

BULLS SCHEDULE GA 128 131 134 175 137 GA 127 134 142 154 149 GA 137 146 175 152 157

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

Saturday’s Games Milwaukee 3, Wolves 2, OT Abbotsford 5, Charlotte 1 Albany 4, Adirondack 1 Texas 3, Hamilton 2, OT San Antonio 3, Grand Rapids 0 Bridgeport 5, Springfield 2 Manchester 4, Hartford 2 Utica 2, Rochester 1 Hershey 5, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4 Binghamton 8, Worcester 0 Norfolk 2, Syracuse 1 Lake Erie 5, Oklahoma City 4, SO Rockford 5, Iowa 3 Sunday’s Games Milwaukee at Wolves, 3 p.m.

Abbotsford at Charlotte, 12:30 p.m.

Worcester at Springfield, 2 p.m.

Albany at Bridgeport, 2 p.m.

St. John’s at Manchester, 2 p.m.

Utica at Toronto, 2 p.m.

Hartford at Providence, 2:05 p.m.

Texas at Rochester, 2:05 p.m.

Adirondack at Portland, 3 p.m.

Hershey at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 3:05 p.m.

Rockford at Iowa, 4:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Wolves 5, Rockford 4, SO Portland 3, Adirondack 2, SO Hershey 3, Albany 2, SO San Antonio 2, Grand Rapids 1, SO Manchester 5, Worcester 1 Hartford 5, Springfield 2 Rochester 7, Utica 3 Binghamton 6, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2 Providence 3, St. John’s 2 Norfolk 2, Syracuse 0 Abbotsford at Charlotte, ppd.

Iowa 3, Milwaukee 1 Oklahoma City 2, Lake Erie 1

19 21 23 25 26 28 2 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 22 24 28 30 31

February All Star Break at Toronto DENVER at Miami at Atlanta GOLDEN STATE at Dallas March NEW YORK at Brooklyn at Detroit MEMPHIS MIAMI SAN ANTONIO HOUSTON SACRAMENTO OKLAHOMA CITY at Philadelphia at Indiana PHILADELPHIA INDIANA PORTLAND at Boston BOSTON

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NBA LEADERS Through Feb. 14

SCORING Durant, OKC Anthony, NYK James, MIA Love, MIN Curry, GOL Griffin, LAC Aldridge, POR Harden, HOU Cousins, SAC DeRozan, TOR George, IND Nowitzki, DAL Irving, CLE Lillard, POR Davis, NOR Dragic, PHX Thomas, SAC Jefferson, CHA Gay, SAC Wall, WAS

G 54 49 50 50 50 55 53 45 46 50 52 52 50 53 44 48 53 44 47 52

FG 558 472 484 418 425 495 518 322 369 390 395 406 388 355 343 342 362 385 348 366

FT 463 293 287 342 211 330 229 339 299 292 243 232 207 237 215 218 249 111 189 235

PTS AVG 1699 31.5 1338 27.3 1324 26.5 1292 25.8 1232 24.6 1329 24.2 1267 23.9 1075 23.9 1037 22.5 1121 22.4 1156 22.2 1128 21.7 1073 21.5 1096 20.7 902 20.5 975 20.3 1072 20.2 883 20.1 931 19.8 1029 19.8

FG PERCENTAGE Jordan, LAC Drummond, DET Howard, HOU James, MIA Horford, ATL Diaw, SAN Wade, MIA Faried, DEN Johnson, TOR

FG 222 298 359 484 238 206 276 216 218

FGA 337 488 618 848 420 368 504 397 402

355 655

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REBOUNDS GB — 13 18 20½ 31

Saturday’s Games No games scheduled

AHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF Grand Rapids 51 30 16 2 3 65 164 Wolves 50 28 16 4 2 62 145 Milwaukee 49 23 15 6 5 57 129 Rockford 53 25 21 4 3 57 161 Iowa 48 21 18 5 4 51 122 North Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF Toronto 48 28 16 2 2 60 139 Rochester 48 24 18 3 3 54 139 Hamilton 49 22 22 1 4 49 120 Lake Erie 49 21 24 0 4 46 127 Utica 49 19 23 3 4 45 119 West Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF Abbotsford 51 32 15 3 1 68 161 Texas 51 30 15 2 4 66 187 OklahomaCity 51 22 22 1 6 51 154 San Antonio 50 21 21 3 5 50 139 Charlotte 48 22 24 1 1 46 142

Third-place matches 106: Kanzler (Grant) d. Mullen (McH), 6-3.

113: Munoz (Z-B) d. Kenyon (NT), 8-4.

120: Merhholz (Deer) d. Dziedzic (CLS), 6-3.

126: Drabek (Grant) d. Vigil (Huntley), 8-5.

132: J. Cullen (C-G) d. Montomgery (DeK), 3-2 (3OT).

138: Green (DeK) md. Heller (Deer), 14-4.

145: Arteaga (LZ) md. Kouvelis (Grant), 12-3.

152: Lynch (LZ) d. Anthony (Harlem), 6-5.

160: Popp (PR) d. Smith (Barr), 5-0.

170: Demoss (Hon) d. Whitehead (Z-B), 10-5.

182: Koziol (Lib) d. Wosick (Loy), 7-0.

195: Zurawski (LZ) fft. Pence (CLS).

220: Hernandez (McH) tf. Ford (Pros), 2:26.

285: Moshi (Glen. S.) d. Cooke (Hersey), 2-1 (3OT).

PCT .659 .611 .581 .571 .567 .560 .548 .544 .542

Jordan, LAC Love, MIN Drummond, DET Howard, HOU Cousins, SAC Noah, Bulls Aldridge, POR Bogut, GOL Jefferson, CHA Randolph, MEM

G 55 50 52 53 46 50 53 48 44 50

OFF DEF 230 539 163 498 283 393 173 489 147 393 190 385 125 477 141 373 92 370 162 356

TOT AVG 769 14.0 661 13.2 676 13.0 662 12.5 540 11.7 575 11.5 602 11.4 514 10.7 462 10.5 518 10.4

ASSISTS Curry, GOL Lawson, DEN Wall, WAS Rubio, MIN Jennings, DET Lowry, TOR Teague, ATL James, MIA Nelson, ORL Carter-Williams, PHL

G 50 45 52 53 50 52 49 50 49 42

AST 450 396 443 441 404 395 354 328 321 272

AVG 9.0 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.1 7.6 7.2 6.6 6.6 6.5

MEN’S COLLEGE Scores MIDWEST Akron 62, N. Illinois 54 Bowling Green 66, Ball St. 64 Cincinnati 73, Houston 62 Denver 73, IPFW 62 Drake 70, Loyola of Chicago 62 E. Michigan 65, Toledo 44 Green Bay 68, Cleveland St. 54 Illinois St. 70, Bradley 54 Indiana St. 60, S. Illinois 57 Iowa St. 70, Texas Tech 64 Kansas 95, TCU 65 Kent St. 83, Cent. Michigan 75 Marquette 81, Xavier 72 Missouri 75, Tennessee 70 N. Dakota St. 75, Nebraska-Omaha 59 North Dakota 74, Montana 69 Ohio St. 48, Illinois 39 Purdue 82, Indiana 64 S. Dakota St. 62, W. Illinois 50 Saint Louis 64, VCU 62 South Dakota 71, IUPUI 67 W. Michigan 68, Miami (Ohio) 57 Youngstown St. 59, Ill.-Chicago 56 EAST Albany (NY) 74, Maine 63 Boston U. 87, Loyola (Md.) 72 Brown 62, Penn 55 Bucknell 73, Army 61 Columbia 69, Dartmouth 59 Duquesne 83, Rhode Island 71 Harvard 67, Cornell 44 Holy Cross 72, Lehigh 67 Iowa 82, Penn St. 70 Lafayette 74, American U. 62 Navy 71, Colgate 61 Ohio 73, Buffalo 70 Providence 84, DePaul 61 Robert Morris 69, Mount St. Mary’s 61 Saint Joseph’s 75, La Salle 64 Stony Brook 78, Mass.-Lowell 68 Syracuse 56, NC State 55 UConn 86, Memphis 81, OT UMass 67, George Washington 61 Vermont 76, UMBC 52 Yale 66, Princeton 65, OT SOUTH Auburn 92, Mississippi St. 82 Charleston Southern 84, Winthrop 64 Coastal Carolina 75, Gardner-Webb 60 Davidson 88, Georgia Southern 73 Duke 69, Maryland 67 E. Kentucky 86, Jacksonville St. 65 ETSU 93, Stetson 66 Elon 86, Samford 69 Florida A&M 82, Coppin St. 71 Florida Gulf Coast 84, SC-Upstate 80 Florida St. 67, Wake Forest 60 Furman 76, The Citadel 67 Georgia 61, Mississippi 60 Hampton 79, Norfolk St. 73, OT High Point 72, Radford 65 James Madison 64, UNC Wilmington 62 Louisiana-Monroe 65, UALR 49 Marshall 59, Charlotte 56 Md.-Eastern Shore 87, Howard 73 Middle Tennessee 81, Southern Miss. 64 North Carolina 75, Pittsburgh 71 Northeastern 60, Coll. of Charleston 44 Presbyterian 72, UNC Asheville 71 Richmond 82, Fordham 70 SE Louisiana 71, Nicholls St. 66 South Alabama 69, W. Kentucky 62 South Carolina 67, Alabama 66 St. Bonaventure 85, George Mason 73 Towson 85, William & Mary 70 Troy 85, Georgia St. 81 Tulane 86, UAB 80 UCF 75, South Florida 74 VMI 77, Liberty 70 Vanderbilt 57, Texas A&M 54, OT Virginia 63, Clemson 58 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 81, LSU 70 Baylor 87, Kansas St. 73, 2OT North Texas 53, East Carolina 51

SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

PLAYOFFS

Mon., Feb. 17 Game 1: (4) Genoa-Kingston vs. (5) Harvard, 7 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 18 Game 2: (1) Rockford Lutheran vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 3: (2) Freeport vs. (3) Belvidere, 8 p.m.

Thu., Feb. 20 Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 7 p.m.

RICHMOND-BURTON REGIONAL Mon., Feb. 17 Game 1: (4) Woodstock North vs. (5) Woodstock, 6 p.m.

Game 2: (3) Johnsburg vs. (6) Marengo, 8 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 18 Game 3: (1) Marian Central vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 4: (2) Richmond-Burton vs. Winner Game 2, 8 p.m.

Thu., Feb. 20 Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m.

CLASS 4A JACOBS REGIONAL Mon., Feb. 17 Game 1: (4) Larkin vs. (5) Jacobs, 6 p.m.

Game 2: (3) Dundee-Crown vs. (6) Elgin, 8 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 18 Game 3: (1) South Elgin vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 4: (2) Streamwood vs. Winner Game 2, 8 p.m.

Thu., Feb. 20 Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m.

MILWAUKEE 3 p.m.

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Noon.: NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Daytona 500, at Daytona Beach, Fla., Fox

AHL 3 p.m.: Milwaukee at Wolves, WCUU

GOLF

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Noon.: PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, inal round, at Paciic Palisades, Calif., TGC 2 p.m.: PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, inal round, at Paciic Palisades, Calif., CBS 2 p.m.: Champions Tour, ACE Group Classic, inal round, at Naples, Fla., TGC 4 p.m.: LPGA, Women’s Australian Open, inal round, at Cheltenham, Australia (same-day tape), TGC

Noon.: Wisconsin at Michigan, CBS 2 p.m.: Oregon St. at Oregon, FS1 2 p.m.: Nebraska at Michigan State, BTN 4 p.m.: Villanova at Creighton, FS1 5 p.m.: Rutgers at Louisville, ESPN2 5 p.m.: Minnesota at Northwestern, BTN 5 p.m.: Notre Dame at Boston College, ESPNU 6 p.m.: Georgetown at St. John’s, FS1 7 p.m.: Colorado at Southern Cal, ESPNU 7 p.m.: Hofstra at Drexel, CSN

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE 6 p.m.: Moe’s Southwest Grill Classic, at Jacksonville, Fla., NBCSN

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon.: Florida at Georgia, ESPNU Noon.: Indiana at Nebraska, BTN Noon.: Kentucky at Tennessee, ESPN Noon.: Wisconsin at Penn State, ESPN2 Noon.: Baylor at Texas, FS1 2:30 p.m.: Louisville at Memphis, ESPNU 2:30 p.m.: North Carolina at North Carolina State, ESPN2

NBA 7 p.m.: All-Star Game, at New Orleans, TNT

SOCCER 7:30 a.m.: FA CUP, round ive, Swansea City at Everton, FS1

TRANSACTIONS

BETTING ODDS

PGA

PROS

GLANTZ-CULVER LINE

NORTHERN TRUST OPEN

BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Claimed INF/OF Jimmy Paredes off waivers from Miami.

CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Harang on a minor league contract.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Agreed to terms with 1B Justin Smoak on a one-year contract.

Men’s College Basketball FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Wright St. 1 at Oakland at Michigan 4½ Wisconsin SMU 7 at Temple at Oregon 8½ Oregon St. at Michigan St. 13 Nebraska Wichita St. 12 at Evansville at Creighton 3½ Villanova at Louisville 22 Rutgers at Boston College Pk Notre Dame Minnesota 2 at Northwestern at St. John’s 5½ Georgetown Colorado 3½ at Southern Cal at Drexel 10½ Hofstra at Monmouth (NJ) 1 Marist at Manhattan 14 Niagara Canisius 2½ at Siena W. Carolina 1½ at UNC Greensboro at Quinnipiac 7 St. Peter’s at Wagner 4 Bryant

GOLF

CARY-GROVE REGIONAL Mon., Feb. 17 Game 1: (4) Crystal Lake Central vs. (5) McHenry, 6 p.m.

Game 2: (3) Cary-Grove vs. (6) Grant, 8 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 19 Game 3: (1) Prairie Ridge vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 4: (2) Crystal Lake South vs. Winner Game 2, 8 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 21 Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m.

ROCKFORD JEFFERSON REGIONAL Mon., Feb. 17 Game 1: (4) Rockford East vs. (5) Rockford Jefferson, 6 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 18 Game 2: (1) Huntley vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 3: (2) DeKalb vs. (3) Belvidere North, 8 p.m.

Thu., Feb. 20 Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 7 p.m.

SCHEDULE Tuesday, Feb. 18 Boys Basketball: Jacobs at CaryGrove, Prairie Ridge at Dundee-Crown, McHenry at Huntley, Woodstock at Hampshire, Rockford Christian at Harvard, Richmond-Burton at Round Lake, Marengo at Burlington Central, Woodstock North at Crystal Lake Central, 7 p.m.

Northwestern St. 87, Lamar 67 Oklahoma 77, Oklahoma St. 74 Prairie View 53, Jackson St. 50 Stephen F. Austin 67, Sam Houston St. 60 Texas 88, West Virginia 71 Texas-Pan American 68, UMKC 59 Tulsa 76, Old Dominion 37

TOP 25 FARED Saturday 1. Syracuse (25-0) beat N.C. State 5655. Next: vs. Boston College, Wednesday.

2. Arizona (23-2) did not play. Next: at Utah, Wednesday.

3. Florida (23-2) beat 14 Kentucky 6959. Next: vs. Auburn, Wednesday.

4. Wichita State (26-0) did not play.

Next: at Evansville, Sunday.

5. San Diego State (22-2) beat Air Force 64-56. Next: vs. Utah State, Tuesday.

6. Villanova (22-2) did not play. Next: at No. 18 Creighton, Sunday.

7. Kansas (19-6) beat TCU 95-65. Next: at Texas Tech, Tuesday.

8. Duke (20-5) beat Maryland 69-67.

Next: at Georgia Tech, Tuesday.

9. Michigan State (21-4) did not play.

Next: vs. Nebraska, Sunday.

10. Cincinnati (23-3) beat Houston 73-62. Next: at UCF, Wednesday.

11. Iowa State (19-5) beat Texas Tech 70-64. Next: vs. No. 19 Texas, Tuesday.

12. Saint Louis (23-2) beat VCU 64-62.

Next: vs. George Washington, Saturday.

13. Louisville (20-4) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers, Sunday.

14. Kentucky (19-5) lost to No. 3 Florida 69-59. Next: at Mississippi, Tuesday.

15. Michigan (18-6) did not play. Next: vs. No. 21 Wisconsin, Sunday.

16. Iowa (19-6) beat Penn State 82-70.

Next: at Indiana, Tuesday.

17. Virginia (21-5) beat Clemson 63-58.

Next: at Virginia Tech, Tuesday.

18. Creighton (20-4) did not play. Next: vs. No. 6 Villanova, Sunday.

19. Texas (20-5) beat West Virginia 8871. Next: at No. 11 Iowa State, Tuesday.

20. Memphis (19-6) lost to No. 24 UConn 86-81. Next: at Rutgers, Thursday.

21. Wisconsin (20-5) did not play. Next: at No. 15 Michigan, Sunday.

22. Ohio State (20-6) beat Illinois 4839. Next: vs. Northwestern, Wednesday.

23. SMU (20-5) did not play. Next: at Temple, Sunday.

24. UConn (20-5) beat No. 20 Memphis 86-81, OT. Next: at Temple, Thursday.

25. Pittsburgh (20-6) lost to North Carolina 75-71. Next: vs. Florida State, Sunday, Feb. 23.

TOP 25 SCHEDULE Sunday’s Games No. 4 Wichita State at Evansville, 4 p.m.

No. 6 Villanova at No. 18 Creighton, 4:07 p.m.

No. 9 Michigan State vs. Nebraska, 2 p.m.

No. 13 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 5 p.m.

No. 15 Michigan vs. No. 21 Wisconsin, Noon No. 23 SMU at Temple, 1 p.m.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE Scores MIDWEST Akron 87, Ball St. 64 Bowling Green 61, E. Michigan 56 Bradley 54, Loyola of Chicago 49 Butler 67, Georgetown 59 Cent. Michigan 88, Miami (Ohio) 47 Cleveland St. 79, Detroit 74 Creighton 85, Providence 64 Dayton 69, Richmond 58 DePaul 89, Seton Hall 73 Green Bay 81, Milwaukee 69 Iowa St. 72, Kansas 69 Kansas St. 60, Texas Tech 54 Kent St. 57, W. Michigan 48 Marquette 75, Xavier 54 Michigan St. 70, Ohio St. 49 Minnesota 82, Northwestern 64 Nebraska-Omaha 68, N. Dakota St. 57 New Mexico St. 74, Chicago St. 64 S. Dakota St. 83, W. Illinois 79 South Dakota 74, IUPUI 56 Toledo 62, Ohio 58 UMKC 87, Texas-Pan American 84 UT-Martin 102, SE Missouri 70 Wright St. 103, Ill.-Chicago 91 Youngstown St. 84, Valparaiso 56

THURSDAY

at Toronto 6 p.m.

CSN AM-1000

AURORA CENTRAL CATHOLIC REGIONAL Mon., Feb. 17 Game 1: (4) Aurora Central Catholic vs.

(5) Hampshire, 6 p.m.

Game 2: (3) Rosary vs. (6) Illinois Math and Science Academy, 8 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 18 Game 3: (1) Burlington Central vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 4: (2) St. Edward vs. Winner Game 2, 8 p.m.

Thu., Feb. 20 Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Olympic break Next game: Feb. 27 at N.Y. Rangers

CLASS 3A FREEPORT REGIONAL

BASKETBALL

HOCKEY WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 196 Blackhawks 60 35 11 14 84 207 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 174 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 164 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 168 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 146 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 196 San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 175 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 139 Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 163 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 146 Calgary 58 22 29 7 51 137 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47 153 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Boston 57 37 16 4 78 176 Tampa Bay 58 33 20 5 71 168 Montreal 59 32 21 6 70 148 Toronto 60 32 22 6 70 178 Detroit 58 26 20 12 64 151 Ottawa 59 26 22 11 63 169 Florida 58 22 29 7 51 139 Buffalo 57 15 34 8 38 110 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83 186 N.Y. Rangers 59 32 24 3 67 155 Philadelphia 59 30 23 6 66 162 Columbus 58 29 24 5 63 170 Washington 59 27 23 9 63 171 Carolina 57 26 22 9 61 144 New Jersey 59 24 22 13 61 135 N.Y. Islanders 60 22 30 8 52 164

138: Gil (CLS) d. Zuunbayan (Whee), 5-3.

145: Barone (CLS) d. Silva (Hon), 3-1 (OT).

152: Gunther (Lib) d. Macarus (DeK), 3-2.

160: Parker (Warren) p. Benkovich (Hon), 3:48.

170: MacCallum (Lib) d. Harrington (Stev), 8-4.

182: Emmerich (Deer) d. Brunner (D-C), 5-4.

195: Durbin (LF) d. Miller (Z-B), 3-1.

220: S. Hecox (Harlem) d. Barbian (Lib), 4-2 (OT).

285: McDermand (Lib) d. Marshall (D-C), 5-0.

Saturday At Riviera Country Club Los Angeles Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,349; Par 71 Third Round William McGirt George McNeill Charlie Beljan Jason Allred Brian Harman Bubba Watson Cameron Tringale Jimmy Walker Jordan Spieth Charl Schwartzel Dustin Johnson Sang-Moon Bae Bill Haas Charley Hoffman Brendan Steele Aaron Baddeley Luke Guthrie John Senden Lee Westwood Bryce Molder Matt Every Jim Furyk Robert Garrigus Hideki Matsuyama K.J. Choi Harris English James Hahn Blake Adams Ken Duke David Lingmerth Ernie Els Daniel Summerhays Matt Jones Jhonattan Vegas Kevin Chappell Brendon Todd J.J. Henry Keegan Bradley Justin Rose Victor Dubuisson Stuart Appleby David Lynn Francesco Molinari Robert Allenby Angel Cabrera Scott Stallings Ben Crane Geoff Ogilvy Scott Brown

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COMMUNITY BASEBALL Harvard Boys League Registration At Harvard JR. High Boys age *6* years old - 8th Grade Thursday, March 6, 2014, from 6-8 p.m.

SOFTBALL Men’s 12 inch Softball Registration The McHenry Parks & Recreation Department will begin accepting summer adult softball league registration Tuesday, Feb. 18 for resident teams and Tuesday, Feb. 25 for nonresident teams at McHenry Municipal Center, 333 S. Green Street in McHenry.

Men’s 12 inch League games are played Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings. Season begins Monday, April 28. All games are played at Knox Park, 201 S. Green Street in McHenry. All fees and a completed roster must be turned in at the time of registration. Roster forms are available at www.ci.mchenry.il.us. For information, call 815-363-2160.

Coed 12 inch Softball Registration The McHenry Parks & Recreation Department will begin accepting summer adult softball league registration Tuesday, Feb. 18 for resident teams and Tuesday, Feb. 25 for non-resident teams at McHenry Municipal Center, 333 S. Green Street in McHenry.

Co-Ed 12 inch League games are played Friday evenings. Season begins Monday, May 9. All games are played at Knox Park, 201 S. Green Street in McHenry. All fees and a completed roster must be turned in at the time of registration. Roster forms are available at www.ci.mchenry.il.us. For information, call 815-363-2160.

Girl’s Fastpitch Travel Softball Players Wanted 13/14u. Great schedule including showcase play. New to travel players welcomed. Reduced fees, looking to complete team. www.fastpitch2000. com Crystal Lake Tidal Waves Chicago Bandits players Amber Patton and Tammy Williams will be conducting a girls fastpitch softball clinic consisting of hitting drills at Pro Player Consultants, 5112 Prime Parkway, McHenry, IL, on Sunday, March 9, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The cost is $60 for players ages 8-14. There is a 30 player limit. The Crystal Lake Tidal Waves Fastpitch Softball Organization will be sponsoring the clinic. Pre-register at www.tidalwaves.org.

The Crystal Lake Tidal Waves organization is in its 24th year of operation and is the longest running travel softball program in the northwest suburbs. It’s mission is to promote the education of competitive softball and lifelong qualities of sportsmanship, teamwork and commitment. This year they have four teams from 12U-18U. Jim Summaria, president and coach of the 14U team, said, “We expect all of our players to excel in the classroom as well as on the field. Many Tidal Waves players through the years played college softball – obtaining scholarships for their grades as well as their softball ability.” Every player on Summaria’s 14U team made honor roll for the first semester.

National League CUBS — Agreed to terms with UT Emilio Bonifacio on a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS — Assigned RHP Chris Hatcher outright to New Orleans (PCL).

COLLEGES CHATTANOOGA — Named Sean Dawkins running backs coach.

NBA All-Star Game At New Orleans FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG West 4½ (293) East

OLYMPICS ALPINE SKIING Women’s Super-G (Start position in parentheses) 1. (18) Anna Fenninger, Austria, 1:25.52.

2. (22) Maria Hoefl-Riesch, Germany, 1:26.07.

3. (16) Nicole Hosp, Austria, 1:26.18.

4. (20) Lara Gut, Switzerland, 1:26.25.

5. (19) Tina Maze, Slovenia, 1:26.28.

6. (30) Fraenzi Aufdenblatten, Switzerland, 1:26.79.

7. (9) Fabienne Suter, Switzerland, 1:26.89.

8. (14) Julia Mancuso, Squaw Valley, Calif., 1:27.04.

Other U.S. Finishers 18. (2) Leanne Smith, North Conway, N.H., 1:28.38.

NR. (7) Laurenne Ross, Bend, Ore., DNF. NR. (29) Stacey Cook, Mammoth, Calif., DNF.

CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Women’s 4x5km Relay 1. Sweden (Ida Ingemarsdotter, Emma Wiken, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla), 53:02.7.

2. Finland (Anne Kylloenen, Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Kerttu Niskanen, Krista Lahteenmaki), 53:03.2.

3. Germany (Nicole Fessel, Stefanie Boehler, Claudia Nystad, Denise Herrmann), 53:03.6.

4. France (Aurore Jean, Celia Aymonier, Anouk Faivre Picon, Coraline Hugue), 53:47.7.

5. Norway (Heidi Weng, Therese Johaug, Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen, Marit Bjoergen), 53:56.3.

6. Russia (Julia Ivanova, Olga Kuziukova, Natalia Zhukova, Yulia Tchekaleva), 54:06.3.

7. Poland (Kornelia Kubinska, Justyna Kowalczyk, Sylwia Jaskowiec, Paulina Maciuszek), 54:38.9.

8. Italy (Virginia de Martin Topranin, Elisa Brocard, Marina Piller, Ilaria Debertolis), 55:19.9.

9. United States (Kikkan Randall, Anchorage, Alaska, Sadie Bjornsen, Winthrop, Wash., Liz Stephen, East Montpelier, Vt., Jessie Diggins, Afton, Minn.), 55:33.4.

SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING Men’s 1000 Final B 1. Han Tianyu, China, 1:29.334.

2. Semen Elistratov, Russia, 1:29.429.

Final A 1. Victor An, Russia, 1:25.325.

2. Vladimir Grigorev, Russia, 1:25.399.

3. Sjinkie Knegt, Netherlands, 1:25.611.

4. Wu Dajing, China, 1:25.772.

NR. Sin Da Woon, South Korea, PEN. Women’s 1500 Final B 1. Valerie Maltais, Canada, 2:24.711.

2. Jessica Smith, Melvindale, Mich., 2:25.787.

3. Marie-Eve Drolet, Canada, 2:25.870.

4. Bernadett Heidum, Hungary, 2:26.004.

5. Veronique Pierron, France, 2:26.066.

6. Veronika Windisch, Austria, 2:26.296.

Final A 1. Zhou Yang, China, 2:19.140.

2. Shim Suk Hee, South Korea, 2:19.239.

3. Arianna Fontana, Italy, 2:19.416.

4. Jorien Ter Mors, Netherlands, 2:19.656.

5. Emily Scott, Springfield, Mo., 2:39.436.

NR. Kim Alang, South Korea, PEN. NR. Li Jianrou, China, DNF.

SKELETON Men Final Ranking 1. Alexander Tretiakov, Russia, 3:44.29.

2. Martins Dukurs, Latvia, 3:45.10.

3. Matt Antoine, Prairie du Chien, Wis., 3:47.26.

4. Tomass Dukurs, Latvia, 3:47.58.

5. Sergei Chudinov, Russia, 3:47.59.

6. Nikita Tregybov, Russia, 3:47.62.

7. John Fairbairn, Canada, 3:48.13.

8. Kristan Bromley, Britain, 3:48.17.

Other U.S. Finishers 15. John Daly, Smithtown, N.Y., 3:49.11.

SKI JUMPING Men’s K120 Individual Final Ranking (First and second jumps in parentheses) 1. Kamil Stoch, Poland (139.0, 85.2, 58.5; 136.0, 79.8, 56.0) 278.7.

2. Noriaki Kasai, Japan ((139.0, 85.2, 57.0; 133.5, 75.3, 55.5) 277.4.

3. Peter Prevc, Slovenia (135.0, 66.3, 57.0; 129.0, 67.2, 55.5) 274.8.

4. Severin Freund, Germany (138.0, 83.4, 57.0; 135.0, 78.0, 55.5) 272.2.

5. Anders Fannemel, Norway (132.0, 72.6, 52.0; 123.0, 56.4, 55.5) 264.3.

6. Marinus Kraus, Germany (130.0, 69.0, 54.0; 133.0, 74.4, 54.5) 257.4.

7. Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austria (132.5, 59.1, 54.0; 129.5, 68.1, 55.5) 255.2.

8. Michael Hayboeck, Austria (131.0, 70.8, 53.5; 125.5, 60.9, 53.0) 254.7.

Did Not Qualify For Jump 2 35. Nick Fairall, Andover, N.H. (120.0, 50.1, 50.0) 108.3.

48. Nick Alexander, Lebanon, N.H. (111.5, 35.7, 44.5) 87.0.

NR. Anders Johnson, Park City, Utah, DSQ.

SPEEDSKATING Men’s 1500 1. Zbigniew Brodka, Poland, 1:45.006.

2. Koen Verweij, Netherlands, 1:45.009.

3. Denny Morrison, Canada, 1:45.22.

4. Denis Yuskov, Russia, 1:45.37.

5. Mark Tuitert, Netherlands, 1:45.42.

6. Havard Bokko, Norway, 1:45.48.

7. Brian Hansen, Glenview, Ill., 1:45.59.

8. Sverre Lunde Pedersen, Norway, 1:45.66.

Other U.S. Finishers 11. Shani Davis, Chicago, 1:45.98.

22. Joey Mantia, Ocala, Fla., 1:48.01.

37. Jonathan Kuck, Champaign, Ill., 1:50.19.

OLYMPIC SCORES CURLING Men Sweden 8, Germany 4 Switzerland 9, Denmark 3 Canada 7, Britain 5 China 9, Russia 6 Women Canada 8, Japan 6 China 7, Sweden 6 Britain 10, South Korea 8 Sweden 7, United States 6 Canada 5, Russia 3 Switzerland 8, Britain 6 Denmark 9, China 6 ICE HOCKEY Men Slovenia 3, Slovakia 1 United States 3, Russia 2, SO Switzerland 1, Czech Republic 0 Sweden 5, Latvia 3 Women Quarterfinals Sweden 4, Finland 2 Switzerland 2, Russia 0

SATURDAY’S MEDALISTS ALPINE SKIING Women Super G GOLD–Anna Fenninger, Austria SILVER–Maria Hoefl-Riesch, Germany BRONZE–Nicole Hosp, Austria CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING Women 4x5km Relay GOLD–Sweden (Ida Ingemarsdotter, Emma Wiken, Anna Haag, Charlotte Kalla) SILVER–Finland (Anne Kylloenen, AinoKaisa Saarinen, Kerttu Niskanen, Krista Lahteenmaki) BRONZE–Germany (Nicole Fessel, Stefanie Boehler, Claudia Nystad, Denise Herrmann) SHORT TRACK SPEEDSKATING Men 1000 GOLD–Victor An, Russia SILVER–Vladimir Grigorev, Russia BRONZE–Sjinkie Knegt, Netherlands Women 1500 GOLD–Zhou Yang, China SILVER–Shim Suk Hee, South Korea BRONZE–Arianna Fontana, Italy SKELETON Men GOLD–Alexander Tretiakov, Russia SILVER–Martins Dukurs, Latvia BRONZE–Matt Antoine, Prairie du Chien, Wis. SKI JUMPING Men K120 GOLD–Kamil Stoch, Poland SILVER–Noriaki Kasai, Japan BRONZE–Peter Prevc, Slovenia SPEEDSKATING Men 1500 GOLD–Zbigniew Brodka, Poland SILVER–Koen Verweij, Netherlands BRONZE–Denny Morrison, Canada

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SECTION D Credit card debt can be a Sunday, February 16, 2014 relationship problem. Page D2 Northwest Herald

Breaking news @ www.NWHerald.com

Business Journal editor: Brett Rowland • browland@shawmedia.com

Huge thermal plant opens as solar industry heats up

MOTIVATION Bob Sandidge & Anne Ward

Fun marketing is memorable marketing A few years ago when Bob owned the marketing communications company New Orient Media in West Dundee, Friday nights were special events.

We still run into people who tell us about the great time they had coming to the studio for beverages and camaraderie.

They tell us about the interesting people who worked there and remind us about the cool 3-D projection they saw. Fridays at New Orient were remarkable. Clients would come to enjoy a unique environment and to meet other clients. We also invited prospective clients who listened to our clients talk about how we helped them.

Fridays were fun, generative and profitable. At some point, we would turn out the lights and, on our big screen with huge sound, show off our latest projects. Nothing sells like the oohs and aahs of a live audience.

I recall hearing the beverages (and sometimes food) “must be costly.”

Actually, not. A few hundred dollars a week from the marketing budget covered what was a priceless event for creating ongoing word of mouth and referrals for our creative services.

We are introducing a new partner program for a nonprofit agency. The program involves other non-profits partnering to package safe and green cleaning products while creating jobs for people with disabilities. For this launch, we invited people from all over Illinois to a Business Builder Workshop.

One email brought 22 people from all over the state for an interactive information and training event on a very cold day.

The fee was zero. Lunch was provided. Guests received valuable information about products, markets and how to start and operate a social business enterprise in a nonprofit.

They met everyone on our staff, each of whom gave a well-produced, rehearsed presentation. They left loving us, our products and the big ideas we gave them.

The email was free. Staff time for five people. We gave everyone a sample bag of products, books and goodies, which cost about $15 each.

Lunch for 22 guests and staff was about $250.

Some clients came and were more than happy to talk about how easy it was for them to get going with the program. Others already were doing some sort of nonprofit social enterprise in their organization, so they shared how they learned and have grown with it.

Others were curious, knew they needed to do something, but didn’t know where or how to get started.

Clients left having learned a lot more about the products they were already working with.

New people were asking the “how do we get started” questions.

And our staff has never been more energized about our organization.

See MARKETING, page D2

By BRIAN SKOLOFF and MICHAEL R. BLOOD The Associated Press

like this, then things are really quiet,” Kief said. “I can’t make enough money in January and February to keep the doors open.

This is helping us substantially. It’s making my life a lot easier.”

PRIMM, Nev. – A windy stretch of the Mojave Desert once roamed by tortoises and coyotes has been transformed by hundreds of thousands of mirrors into the largest solar power plant of its type in the world, a milestone for a growing industry that is testing the balance between wilderness conservation and the pursuit of green energy across the West.

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, sprawling across about 5 square miles of federal land near the California-Nevada border, formally opens Thursday after years of regulatory and legal tangles ranging from relocating protected tortoises to assessing the impact on Mojave milkweed and other plants.

The $2.2 billion complex of three generating units, owned by NRG Energy Inc., Google Inc. and BrightSource Energy, can produce nearly 400 megawatts – enough power for 140,000 homes. It began making electricity last year.

Larger projects are on the way, but for now, Ivanpah is being described as a marker for the United States’ emerging solar industry.

While solar power accounts for less than 1 percent of the nation’s power output, thousands of projects from large, utility-scale plants to small production sites are under construction or being planned, particularly across the sun-drenched Southwest.

The opening of Ivanpah is “a dawn of a new era in power generation in the United States,” said Rhone Resch, president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group. “We are going to be a global leader in solar generation.”

The plant’s dedication comes as government continues to push for development of greener, cleaner power.

President Barack Obama has mounted a second-term drive to combat climate change, proposing first-ever limits on carbon pollution from new and existing power plants. His plan aims to help move the U.S. from a coaldependent past into a future fired by wind and solar power, nuclear energy and natural gas.

According to U.S. Energy Information Administration data, the cost of building and operating a new solar thermal power plant over its lifetime is greater than generating natural gas, coal or nuclear power.

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See SOLAR, page D3

John Konstantaras – For the Northwest Herald

Mario Rivera of Johnsburg starts his snowmobile outside the Broken Oar in Port Barrington. After several warm winters, snowmobilers finally have a winter that is cold and snowy enough to enjoy their sleds. Increased snowmobile traffic has helped boost sales at area businesses. “I would say the weather is doubling our business this winter compared to what we would normally experience,” Broken Oar manager Bonnie Miske said. “That’s huge for small business.”

Snow business Ideal snowmobiling conditions boost area sales

By JIM DALLKE jdallke@shawmedia.com During last year’s unseasonably warm winter, Lakemoor snowmobile parts dealer Big Kid Powersports was profiled on NBC news as a cold-weather business struggling without snowfall.

This winter, it’s a different story.

“There were days last year where the phone wouldn’t ring. Two or three customers would come in the door,” said Mike Missak, owner of Big Kid Powersports. “Now there’s a line out the door, and the phone is ringing off the hook.”

Missak said business has quadrupled compared with last winter as people are taking advantage of exceptional snowmobiling conditions in McHenry County.

“The river being frozen is huge for us,” he said.

This winter’s heavy snowfall and consistently below-freezing temperatures has business booming for companies on the lower Fox River who are loving the extra snowmobile traffic.

Broken Oar Bar and Grill sponsors Radar Runs, which are eighth mile snowmobile races on the Fox River in Port Barrington. The Radar Runs are drawing unprecedented turnouts, according to manager Bonnie Miske, who said the restaurant hasn’t seen snowmobiling conditions this good since the late 1970s.

John Konstantaras – For the Northwest Herald

Mike Haber, owner of the Broken Oar, uses a radar gun to time snowmobilers on the Fox River during a Radar Run in Port Barrington.

“From a business standpoint, the last five years we might get a weekend here or there [of Radar Runs],” Miske said. “For us to have this consistent of a season – this is our fifth consecutive Radar Run – is unprecedented.”

The runs began Jan. 19 and were each Sunday. The final one is today.

Each race brings around 50 or so competitors, but for the Broken Oar – and the other Fox River businesses – it’s the 300 to 400 onlookers buying food and drinks that make the biggest impact.

“I would say the weather is doubling our business this winter compared to what we would normally experience,” she said.

“That’s huge for small business.”

Further down the river at Kief’s Reef, restaurant

John Konstantaras – For the Northwest Herald

A snowmobiler heads out on the Fox River outside the Broken Oar in Port Barrington. owner Randy Kief has seen an equally impressive winter season thanks to the Radar Runs. His business is up 60 percent compared with this time last year and credits the “best conditions in 20 years” and increased snowmobile traffic, he said.

“If I don’t have the river

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High credit card debt can be a relationship problem Dear Dave,

DAVE SAYS Dave Ramsey

How can I get credit card companies to stop sending us preapproved offers? My wife continues to sign up for these, and now we have $40,000 in credit card debt.

– Dan

Dear Dan, Chances are you’ll never get credit card companies to stop sending stuff, but there a few things you can do that might help slow things down. Access your credit bureau report, and opt out of marketing offers. You can also freeze your credit report, and send direct requests to the credit card companies to take you off their mailing lists.

I’ve been telling people not to use credit cards for 20 years and, believe it or not, even I get offers in

the mail. The more mailing lists you get on, the more your mailbox will fill up with junk mail. If you have magazine subscriptions and things like that, your contact information is circulating all over the place.

The next thing I’m going to say may sound cruel, but I really don’t mean it that way. You don’t have a junk mail problem, Dan. You have a relationship problem. You two are not on the same page about money.

Either she doesn’t feel like you two have enough money, and she’s resorting to credit cards for this reason, or she does this because she’s a

spoiled brat who thinks she should always have what she wants when she wants it.

Her behavior is destroying your financial lives and driving a wedge between you.

My advice would be to sit down and have a gentle, loving talk with her about all this. Try to find out why she feels the need to have all these credit cards, and explain that you’re worried about what it’s doing to your marriage and your finances.

That may mean having to spend some time with a marriage counselor, but that’s okay, too. There’s no reason to be ashamed of something like that. The truth is, most of us who have been married more than 20 minutes could use a little help in that area of our lives.

– Dave

Dear Dave, I’m trying to pay off my credit card and get out of debt. Do you think I should transfer the balance to one with a lower interest rate while I do this?

– Kelsey

Dear Kelsey, I’m not against this idea, as long as you understand that you’re not really accomplishing much.

All you’re doing is moving money around, and maybe saving a tiny bit on interest.

If you were planning on keeping the debt around for 30 years it would become a big deal. But if you’re talking about a few months, just until you get it paid off, it’s not that much money.

The problem with balance trans-

8FACES & PLACES

fers is that you feel like you took a big step forward when you really didn’t. Lots of times this causes people to lose focus on other things they can do to get out of debt, like picking up an extra job or selling a bunch a crap they don’t want or need. That kind of stuff, along with living on rice and beans and a strict written budget, is 98 percent of the battle when it comes to getting out of debt.

– Dave • Dave Ramsey has written four New York Times best-selling books: “Financial Peace,” “More Than Enough,” “The Total Money Makeover” and “EntreLeadership.” Follow Dave on Twitter at @daveramsey and on the web at daveramsey.com.

Event marketing can work • MARKETING Continued from page D1 They experienced the organization in a whole new way through the eyes of our guests.

Event marketing works.

Done well, it is a cost effective way to reach a number of people who will either buy from you or sell for you (if you do a good job of training and exciting them about your product, program and services).

Event marketing also sharpens your staff as you all work together to distill your story and express the passion you have for your mission.

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The McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the Chinese New Year with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Plum Garden’s new expanded restaurant, 3917 Main St., McHenry. Pictured (standing from left) are Frank Hosticka, LegalShield; Bill Regner, McHenry Building Inspector; Bill Hobson, Deputy City Administrator; Doug Martin, McHenry Deputy City Administrator; Derik Morefield, McHenry City Administrator; McHenry Mayor Sue Low; Kay Rial Bates, McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce; Perry Moy, owner; Maxine Cwiak; Jason Moy; and Kurt Rice, A Better Water Treatment Co. Seated at tables (from left) Ryan Conway, Ryan P. Conway Agency LLC; Linda Showens, Artistic Embroidery Creations; Ann Buss, First Midwest Bank; Mary Allemon, Gary Lang Auto Group; Heather Moscinski, Juice Plus; Todd Lowenheim, Lowenheim Insurance Agency; and Suszan Worzala, Letizia Financial Group.

Baxter & Woodman earns magazine honor CRYSTAL LAKE – Baxter & Woodman Inc. Consulting Engineers was named for the fifth year in a row as one of the Top 50 trenchless technology design firms in the country

by Trenchless Technology magazine.

Trenchless construction is a growing facet of engineering that offers alternatives to opencut methods of pipe installation or repair of aging water and sewer mains. Trenchless alternatives reduce surface disruptions, increase safety, is faster and quieter than opencut methods, use less fuel, lessen the hauling of materials, and minimize tree damage.

“Trenchless projects promote sustainability and preserve the environment while improving infrastructure systems,” said Sean O’Dell, Baxter & Woodman’s trenchless advocate.

Fast-tracked and completed within two weeks, the firm provided water main rehabilitation using slip-lining under Interstate 290 in Cook County.

Using cured in place lining to rehabilitate aging water mains in a residential area saved another municipality more than $400,000 in construction costs, according to a news release.

Baxter & Woodman Inc. is an employee-owned firm that provides planning, design, construction and technology services for water, wastewater, stormwater and transportation facilities for municipalities, counties and state agencies.

Local business group for women takes new name McHENRY – Women in McHenry County (WIM3), formerly Women in Management recently announced a new name and look.

WIM3 focuses on meeting, mentoring and motivating its members and guests to enhance their business and personal lives.

“Our emphasis on engaging women professionally and personally creates an excellent environment for those who desire to be developed,”

WIM3 President Karen Franzen said in a news release. “We are continuing to offer a place where women can flourish and embrace their purpose in life.”

Monthly breakfast meetings are held from 7:30 to 9 a.m. the third Thursday of each month at 31 North Banquets, 217 N. Front St., McHenry. The cost of the meeting is $17 for members and $25 for guests.

For information, email Karen Franzen at karen.franzen@ lacunavinea.org.

The group will host a scholarship fundraiser from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Four Colonies Clubhouse, 480 There will be chocolate dessert tastings, wine, fellowship and a silent auction. The cost is $15. To RSVP, email leann@ bitofaboost.com.

WIM3 provides one or more annual $1,000 scholarships to a woman who has experienced challenges during her educational journey.

Haderlein lauded for conservation work WOODSTOCK – After nearly 12 years as executive director of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County, Lisa Haderlein will be given a Chicago Wilderness Grassroots Conservation Leadership Award on Feb. 22 at the Habitat Projects’ Awards Dinner.

The award is in recognition of her efforts guiding TLC through a period of growth in addition to her time spent building a culture of conservation in McHenry County through her blog, Speaking of Nature, on nwherald.com, columns in the Woodstock Independent and Harvard Main Line and monthly radio show, Speaking of Nature, on Harvard Community Radio.

Since 2002, more than 150 individuals have been recognized with a Grassroots Conservation Leadership Award. Recipients are nominated and approved by a panel of conservation practitioners in the region to help celebrate great work, honor the people doing this work and raise public awareness of conservation efforts throughout the Chicago

region.

“I am deeply honored and humbled to have some of the most dedicated and accomplished people in the Chicago region’s conservation community choose to recognize me with this award,” Haderlein said in a news release.

Information about the awards program and dinner can be found at www.habitatproject.org.

The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is a nonprofit organization that has worked with individuals and communities to preserve over 2,000 acres of natural, agricultural and scenic land in the county.

Local dentist earns prestigious fellowship CARY – Dr. Paul Palliser of Cary was awarded Fellowship in the American College of Dentists on Oct. 31, 2013, during the organization’s Annual Meeting and Convocation in New Orleans.

Palliser is a past president of the McHenry County Dental Society, served on the Illinois delegation to the American Dental Association, served as a chairman for Dr. Paul an Illinois State Palliser Dental Society committee on Dental Benefit programs, and served on the delegation representing the McHenry County Dental Society to the Illinois State Dental Society Annual Session and House of Delegates. He also has volunteered for the Illinois Missions of Mercy, the MCDS Give Kid’s a Smile annual event and volunteers through the McHenry County Cooperative Dental Clinic, according to a news release.

Palliser has once again been elected to serve on the Illinois delegation to the American Dental Association’s Annual Session and House of Delegates this year.

The American College of Dentists is the oldest national honorary organization for dentists. It was founded in 1920 to

recognize dentists who have made significant contributions to the advancement of dentistry. Only 3.5 percent of dentists are Fellows of the American College of Dentists.

Carroll joins Adult & Child Therapy Services WOODSTOCK – Megan Carroll recently joined Adult & Child Therapy Services as an occupational therapist.

She will work with patients of all ages 2 to 3 days a week. Carroll graduated from Midwestern University with a master’s degree in occupational Megan therapy in 2011.

Carroll Since then, she has specialized in pediatrics, specifically conditions such as sensory processing disorder, autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, torticollis and developmental delay. She has worked in a variety of practice settings including outpatient pediatrics and hippotherapy.

She lives in Woodstock with her husband, Mike, her two horses and three dogs.

Horist joins American Community Bank & Trust WOODSTOCK – Matt Horist has joined American Community Bank & Trust as assistant vice president, commercial banking officer.

Horist will manage and develop client relationships from the Woodstock bank, according to a news release.

He has 13 years of commercial banking experience and holds a bachelor’s deMatt Horist gree in finance from Lake Forest College. He and his family live in Pingree Grove.

American Community Bank & Trust has banks in Crystal Lake, Huntley, McHenry and Woodstock. It is locally owned and managed. Founded in March 2000, the bank has about $500 million in assets.

Doing events often helps you sharpen your presentation and streamline the flow of the day. The more often you do it, the better it will get. The goal is to give your guests an extraordinary, unexpected and, perhaps, a life-changing experience. One that they will be talking to you about 10 years from now.

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8IN BRIEF Airlines scrap record number of flights NEW YORK – The relentless snow and ice storms this winter have led to the highest number of flight cancellations in more than 25 years, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

U.S. airlines have canceled more than 75,000 domestic flights since Dec. 1, including more than 14,000 this week.

That’s 5.5 percent of the 1.37 million flights scheduled during that period, according calculations based on information provided by flight tracking site FlightAware.

It’s the highest total number and highest percent of cancella-

tions since at least the winter of 1987-1988, when the Department of Transportation first started collecting cancellation data.

The nation’s air traffic system was still recovering Friday from the latest bout of bad weather.

Flights were taking off again but thousands of passengers weren’t.

“This year is off to a brutal start for airlines and travelers,” said FlightAware CEO Daniel Baker. “Not only is each storm causing tens of thousands of cancellations, but there’s been a lot of them.”

And February still has two weeks left.

– The Associated Press

8WALL STREET WEEK IN REVIEW

Friday close Stock 38.81 Abbott 50.73 AbbVie AGL Resources 46.35 52.96 Allstate American Airlines 34.41 543.99 Apple 64.77 AptarGroup 33.15 AT&T Bank of Montreal 64.94 69.08 Baxter 23.78 Berry Plastics 130.16 Boeing 96.55 Caterpillar 77.11 CME Group 38.93 Coca-Cola 53.70 Comcast 71.00 Covidien 14.68 Dean Foods 46.71 Dow Chem.

29.74 Exelon 94.11 Exxon 67.09 Facebook 15.24 Ford General Motors 35.95 1202.80 Google 35.96 Hillshire 183.69 IBM JPMorganChase 58.15 51.27 Kohl’s 53.76 Kraft Foods 21.65 Live Nation 95.78 McDonald’s 37.62 Microsoft 14.69 Modine 65.61 Motorola 5.11 OfficeDepot 78.09 Pepsi 20.02 Pulte Homes 33.65 Safeway Sears Holdings 41.44 109.57 Snap-On Southwest Air. 21.30 5.91 Supervalu 56.06 Target 57.44 Twitter United Contint. 44.50 75.79 Wal-Mart 64.78 Walgreen 43.67 Waste Mgmt.

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Ivanpah site has sunshine most of year • SOLAR Continued from page D1 It costs a conventional coal plant $100, on average, to produce a megawatt-hour of power, but that figure is $261 for solar thermal power, according to 2011 estimates. The figures do not account for incentives such as state or federal tax credits that can impact the cost.

Ken Johnson, a spokesman for the solar association, said in a statement that solar systems have seen “dramatic price de-

clines” in the last few years.

That’s good for utilities in California, which must obtain a third of their electricity from solar and other renewable sources by 2020.

The Ivanpah site, about 45 miles southwest of Las Vegas, has virtually unbroken sunshine most of the year and is near transmission lines that carry power to consumers.

Using technology known as solar-thermal, nearly 350,000 computer-controlled mirrors roughly the size of a garage door reflect sunlight to boilers atop 459-foot towers. The sun’s

power is used to heat water in the boilers’ tubes and make steam, which drives turbines to create electricity.

While many people are familiar with rooftop solar, or photovoltaic panels, “these are a little bit different. This takes the sun’s rays and reflects them onto towers,” said NRG spokesman Jeff Holland.

Google announced in 2011 that it would invest $168 million in the project. As part of its financing, BrightSource also lined up $1.6 billion in loans guaranteed by the U.S. Energy Department.

John Konstantaras – For the Northwest Herald

With a helicopter taking off behind them, snowmobilers head out on the Fox River outside the Broken Oar in Port Barrington.

‘It’s been a happy ending after a sad start’ • SNOW Continued from page D1 At Hermann’s, manager Marcy Paschky said after two slow winters in a row, the bar now gets 20 to 40 snowmobilers a week who stop by on their way down the river.

“People are thrilled,” she said. “Some people are used to going up north to go snow-

mobiling. People are excited that they can take their sled out nearby.”

Many businesses on the lower Fox River took a hit this spring after heavy rain caused devastating flood damage to the area – none more so than the Broken Oar, which had more than $10,000 in damages to its piers and grounds, Miske said.

Rawson Bridge Road was closed for 11 days, and an incorrect report from a local TV station informed viewers that the Broken Oar was closed as well. The lack of business left the restaurant “financially devastated,” Miske said.

“We felt like this winter is karma,” she said. “It’s been a happy ending after a sad start to the year.”

Sunday, February 16, 2014 • Page D3

Government lets banks, legal marijuana sellers do business

By PETE YOST The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday gave banks a road map for doing business with legal marijuana sellers without getting into trouble, a major step by the federal government toward enabling a legalized marijuana industry to operate in states that approve it.

The guidance issued by the Justice Department and Treasury Department was intended to make banks feel more comfortable working with legal marijuana businesses that are licensed and regulated, while preserving the government’s enforcement power.

Others have a keen interest, too, in a regulated financial pipeline for an industry that is just emerging from the underground. Marijuana businesses that can’t use banks may have too much cash they can’t safely put away, leaving them vulnerable to criminals. And governments that allow marijuana sales want a channel to receive taxes. A leading financial services trade group immediately expressed misgivings, however.

Washington and Colorado in 2012 became the first states to approve recreational use of marijuana. A group is hoping to make Alaska the third state in the nation to do so.

Currently, processing money from marijuana sales puts federally insured banks at risk of drug racketeering charges, so they’ve refused to open accounts for marijuana-related businesses.

Friday’s move was designed to let financial institutions serve such businesses while ensuring that they know their customers’ legitimacy and remain obligated to report possible

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The federal government takes another step toward enabling a legalized marijuana industry to operate in the U.S., announcing that it will allow banks to do business with legal marijuana sellers. criminal activity, said the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN. But in response, the American Bankers Association said “guidance or regulation doesn’t alter the underlying challenge for banks. As it stands, possession or distribution of marijuana violates federal law, and banks that provide support for those activities face the risk of prosecution and assorted sanctions.”

The group says banks will only be comfortable serving marijuana businesses if federal prohibitions on the drug are changed in law.

State banking regulators in Colorado and Washington appear to believe that mainly small and medium-sized banks will be interested in handling financial transactions with legal marijuana stores, not the big ones, a FinCEN official said, speaking only on condition of anonymity to talk about internal deliberations.

“This is a decision that each financial institution needs to make on its own,” the official said. “We feel quite comfortable that we have acted within the scope

of our authority” and therefore don’t expect legal challenges to the new procedures.

FinCEN writes the rules that U.S. financial institutions must follow to help protect the system from money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

The office said it expects financial institutions to perform thorough customer due diligence on marijuana businesses and file reports that will be valuable to law enforcement.

Under the guidance, banks must review state license applications for marijuana customers, request information about the business, develop an understanding of the types of products to be sold and monitor publicly available sources for any negative information about the business.

Asked about the conflict in federal and state laws on marijuana use, the official said the agency sought to balance competing interests.

One of them is the concern about having so much cash on the street without an ability to get those funds into the safety of a bank.

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McHenry County records gathered as of Feb. 10.

Incorporations 02/07/14 - W & M Hughes LLC, 910 Hobe Rd, Woodstock 60098-9010, Kevin Bruning

Business licenses 01/10/14 - RL Guy Associates, 1241 Wood Dr, Woodstock 60098-4169, Richard Guy 01/17/14 - Al Bremer & Son, 5218 Fountain Ln, Mccullom Lake 60050-2306, Al Bremer 01/17/14 - Bungling Brothers, 2742 Verdi St, Woodstock 60098-8027, Jay Marsh 01/17/14 - EZ Credit Financing, 813 Tek Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-8172, Alan Hanke 01/17/14 - Fractional Techology Solutions, 100 Keystone Ave, Fox River Grove 60021-1514, William Mcqueen 01/17/14 - Harvard Envios De Dinero, 14 N Ayer St, Harvard 60033-2805, Juan Monroy 01/17/14 - Iclientz Mobile App Development, 4090 Larkspur Ln, Lake In The Hills 60156-4644, Nicholas Erieau 01/17/14 - Smit Photography, 1209 Hillside Ln, Mchenry 60051-4646, Katie Sit 01/17/14 - Strapped Watch Co, 7474 Farrell Dr, Village Of Lakewood 60014-6886, Shawn Lewandowski 01/17/14 - Sweetpeas Emporium, 4817 W Crystal Lake Rd, Mchenry 60050-5412, Linda Grundy 01/17/14 - True Nature Consulting, 1030 Clay St, Woodstock 60098-2808, Gregory Rajsky 01/24/14 - Bobkat Pagers, 1719 Cashel Ln, Mchenry 60050-7306, Robert Stephens 01/24/14 - Grateful Grower, 8514 Alden Rd, Harvard 600339713, Nancy Tures 01/24/14 - Jetsam Flotsam, 11 Pin Oak Ct, Cary 60013-1625, Dane Erbach 01/31/14 - Anvils Echo Fused Glass Studio, 4913 Taffy Ct, Richmond 60071-9317, Mary Hood 01/31/14 - Gavand Investment Co, 1303 Vermont Rd, Woodstock 60098-8845, Josh Brown 01/31/14 - Rush Contracting, 17501 Johnson St, Union

60180-9773, Jill Quick 01/31/14 - Simply Home Daycare, 101 W Franklin Ave, Crystal Lake 60014-6117, Michelle Henrickson 01/31/14 - Treenut Studio, 8620 Marie Dr, Spring Grove 60081-8049, Gerald Wenzel 02/07/14 - Cpr With Michelle, 209 Cass St, Spring Grove 60081-8433, Michelle Davis 02/07/14 - Evolyoution, 3006 Charlotte Ave, Mchenry 60050-5825, Alexander Boro 02/07/14 - K T Cleaning & Snow Removal, 4123 W Lake Shore Dr, Wonder Lake 600978883, Dana Kurchina Tilling 02/07/14 - Mchenry Delivery & Assembly, 1709 N Orleans St, Mchenry 60050-3885, Daniel Gossage III 02/07/14 - Pool Werks, 4908 Blue Bird Ct, Crystal Lake 60012-3301, Lawn Werks Of Il Inc 02/07/14 - Wild Orchid Bath & Body, 5118 W Orchard Dr, Mccullom Lake 60050-2335, Laurie Cross

Commercial real estate transfers $8,450, 930 Pyott Rd, Crystal Lake 60014-8720, 19 08 429 013 0000, 930 Pyott LLC to Mchenry County (IL), December 31 $55,000, 116 S State St, Marengo 60152-2228, 11 35 280 013 0000, Wisted Trust to Marengo Union Chamber Of Comme, January 17 $115,000, 102 S State St, Marengo 60152-2228, 11 35 280 007 0000, Wisted Trust to A Place Of Our Own LLC, December 13 $142,100, 3700 Charles J Miller Rd, Mchenry 600502205, 14 02 100 053 0000, Justen Trust to Mchenry County (IL), January 7 $147,900, 3700 Charles J Miller Rd, Mchenry 600502205, 14 02 100 046 0000, Justen Trust to Mchenry County (IL), January 7 $200,000, 1101 W Diggins St, Harvard 60033-2367, 01 34 200 018 0000, Arno Rouse Usa LLC to Arno Werkzeuge Usa LLC, December 23 $300,000, 820 E Terra Cotta Ave 149, Crystal Lake 600143650, 14 34 178 046 0000, Home

State Bank Na to Angel Adoption Inc, January 17 $330,000, 24803 W Grant Hwy, Marengo 60152-9665, 11 32 100 011 0000, Chicago Title Land Trt Co Ttee to Freedom Lane LLC, December 31 $375,000, 921 Front St, Mchenry 60050-5211, 09 35 102 002 0000, Baytree Natl Bank & Trust Ttee to Acm Scouts V Re LLC, January 8 $510,000, 5415 Business Pkwy, Ringwood 60072-9414, 09 09 451 011 0000, Olive Ringwood LLC to Suhr Holdings LLC, December 16 $668,000, 1 W Acorn Ln, Lake In The Hills 60156-4469, 19 29 102 009 0000, Iris Investments LLC to ARVR LLC, December 24 $750,000, 534 Northwest Hwy, Cary 60013-2995, 19 12 302 002 0000, Cary Ventures LLC to Volo Gas LLC, December 27 $887,500, 855 E Terra Cotta Ave, Crystal Lake 60014-3703, 14 34 326 061 0000, Toms King Re Illinois LLC to ARC BKMST41001 LLC, December 13 $1,215,000, 2180 N Richmond Rd, Mchenry 60051-5421, 09 23 400 035 0000, Toms King Re Illinois LLC to ARC BKMST41001 LLC, December 13 $1,324,500, 601 S Eastwood Dr, Woodstock 60098-4632, 13 09 102 016 0000, Toms King Re Illinois LLC to ARC BKMST41001 LLC, December 13 $1,817,000, 224 S Randall Rd, Algonquin 60102-9775, 19 30 426 005 0000, Toms King Re Illinois LLC to ARC BKMST41001 LLC, December 13 $1,900,000, 201 N Prospect St, Marengo 60152-3234, 11 36 276 002 0000, 201 N Prospect Street Realty to Unicarriers Americas Corp, January 6 $3,075,000, 5220 Northwest Hwy, Crystal Lake 60014-8010, 19 04 476 009 0000, Home State Bank Trustee to 5220 Northwest Highway LLC, December 31 $5,225,000, 875 W Diggins St, Harvard 60033-2370, 01 35 151 025 0000, Ktr Ill LLC to Stag Harvard LLC, December 19 $5,993,000, 1301 Ridgeview Dr, Mchenry 60050-7043, 14 10 101 003 0000, John Hancock Life Insurance Co to J&R Realty LLC, December 24

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Few eligible patients can get weight loss surgery

By MATTHEW PERRONE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Like 78 million other Americans, MaryJane Harrison is obese.

And like many critically overweight Americans, Harrison cannot afford to have weight loss surgery because her health insurance doesn’t cover it. The financial burden makes it nearly impossible for her to follow the advice of three physicians who have prescribed the stomach-shrinking procedure for Harrison, who is four-feet, 10 inches and weighs 265 pounds.

Harrison’s health insurance plan, provided by UnitedHealth, excludes coverage of any surgical procedures for weight loss. As a result, she and her family are trying to raise $15,000 to pay for the surgery that she thinks will save her life.

“I am now 53, and I don’t think I’m going to live to be 55,” says Harrison, 53, who lives outside of San Antonio and has tried for years to lose weight through dieting and exercise. . “When you feel your health deteriorating this fast, you know it.”

UnitedHealth said it can’t legally comment on Harrison’s health plan unless she signs a privacy waiver.

But Harrison declined to sign one due to concerns about how the company might use the information.

Harrison’s case underscores a surprising trend: While the number of obese Americans persists at record levels, the number of patients undergoing weight loss surgery hasn’t budged in a decade.

Last year, about 160,000 U.S. patients underwent weight loss surgery – roughly the same number as in 2004. That’s only about 1 percent of the estimated 18 million adults who qualify nationwide for the surgery, according to the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.

“If we were talking about breast cancer, no one would be content with having only one percent of that population treated,” says Dr. John Morton, professor of surgery at Stanford University. “Yet if you look at the impact of obesity on life expec-

Banks told to watch for ‘red flags’ at marijuana operations • MARIJUANA Continued from page D3 The guidance provided the banks with more than 20 “red flags” that may indicate a violation of state law. Among them: if a business receives substantially more revenue than its local competitors, deposits more cash than is in line with the amount of marijuana-related revenue it is reporting for federal and state tax purposes, or experiences a surge in activity by third parties offering goods or services such as equipment suppliers or shipping services.

If a marijuana-related business is seen engaging in international or interstate activity, such as the receipt of cash deposits from locations outside the state, that’s a red flag, too.

It has been difficult for legal marijuana sellers to operate without banks in the mix.

“It’s not just banks that are wary about handling our money, it’s everybody — security businesses, lawyers, you name it, no one wants to take the risk of taking our money,” said Caitlin McGuire, owner of Breckenridge Cannabis Club in Breckenridge, Colo.

McGuire’s shop had an account with a local credit union for years, but the credit union cut them off last year.

“They basically told us they wanted to keep our accounts, but it was too big of a risk.

They were questioned by their auditors, ‘Why do you have this marijuana account?’ It just ended up being too much for them.”

The pot shop now pays its bills with money orders and cash. It’s not easy, McGuire said.

“It’s made it very difficult to pay our bills, to pay our employees, to pay our taxes, to do anything.”

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Mary-Jane Harrison spends time with her granddaughter, Robyn, in San Antonio. Like nearly 78 million American adults, Harrison is obese, and because of stress fractures in her legs she is unable to able to walk up or down the stairs of her two-story home. tancy, it’s by far one of the most dangerous conditions we have in public health.”

Surgeons blame a combination of factors for the stagnating numbers, including the economic downturn and a social stigma against resorting to surgery to treat weight problems.

But insurance coverage is the largest hurdle, they say.

Nearly two-thirds of health plans sponsored by employers don’t cover weight loss surgery, which can cost between $15,000 and $25,000. Those that do often mandate that patients meet a number of requirements, including special diets and psychological evaluations, before they can get the procedure covered.

And early signs indicate many of the same challenges seen in the private market have carried over to the new, state-run insurance exchanges

that are part of the health care overhaul: Only 24 states require insurers to cover weight loss surgery for patients. And when the procedure is covered, many plans require patients to pay up to 50 percent of the cost out of pocket.

Insurers have said for years that bariatric surgery should only be used as a last resort, hence the many preliminary requirements and evaluations.

“All major surgeries are risky.

This one is life altering, and if there is an approach that’s less invasive and less risky for the patient, you want to try that one first,” says, Susan Pisano, a spokeswoman for America’s Health Insurance Plans, an insurance industry trade group.

But the insurance hurdles are pushing up against new medical guidelines urging doctors to more

aggressively address obesity, including referring patients for surgery.

Guidelines issued in November by the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and the Obesity Society call on doctors to calculate a patient’s body mass index – an estimate of body fat based on weight and height – each year, and recommend surgery for those who face the most serious health problems.

More than a third of U.S. adults are obese – defined as someone with a BMI of 30 or higher – and that’s been the case since the middle of the last decade. Weight loss surgery is recommended for those with a BMI of 40 or those with a BMI of 35 who have other risk factors for heart disease such as diabetes or high blood pressure. A 5-foot-9 person would be obese at 203 pounds.

The most popular procedure is gastric bypass, which involves stapling off a small pouch from the rest of the stomach and connecting it to the small intestine. Patients eat less because the pouch holds little food, and they absorb fewer calories because much of the intestine is bypassed. Another procedure called gastric banding places an inflatable ring over the top of the stomach to restrict how much food it can hold.

The latest long-term studies show that the typical patient loses about 30 percent of their excess weight with the bypass procedure and 17 percent with the band after three years. That compares with weight loss of just 2 to 8 percent with diet and lifestyle changes. Researchers estimate the initial costs of surgery are recouped within 2 to 9 years, as patients cut down on prescriptions, trips to the doctor and emergency hospital care.

On top of all that, two groundbreaking 2012 studies suggest bypass surgery can reverse and possibly cure diabetes.

But only 37 percent of health plans that are sponsored by employers cover weight loss surgery, according to benefits consulting firm Mercer. At large corporations, the coverage rate is higher at 58 percent, but most Americans work for smaller businesses.

The benefit is often hardest to find in states that have the highest levels of obesity, such as Mississippi and Arkansas, where less than 25 percent of employers cover weight loss surgery. Both states have obesity rates over 34 percent, the highest in the country.

When insurers cover weight-loss surgery, it often comes with a number of requirements. Patients must first pass a psychological evaluation, showing that their obesity is not due to an eating disorder or other mental problems that can contribute to weight gain.

Most insurers then require six to 12 months of doctor-supervised dieting, in which patients keep a journal of their eating habits and visit their physicians for regular weigh-ins and check-ups.

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Personal Banker - Crystal Lake

Woolf Distributing

This position requires a professional outgoing individual who enjoys working with the public. You will be representing our Bank's many products and services. We are looking for an individual with a sales and relationship building background to work in a fast paced environment.

This qualified candidate will sell and service a full range of banking products to existing and prospective customers while providing exemplary customer service. Math skills required. We offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. For consideration, please submit a resume and complete an application at any one of our many branches.

Home State Bank Attn: Human Resources PO Box 1738 40 Grant Street Crystal Lake, IL 60039-1738 Fax: (815) 477-5640 Email: sgoerlitz@homestbk.com

If qualified send resume to: Email: woolf-hr@woolfdistributing.net or Fax: 815-477-9751

EOE Employer M/F/D/V

A leading building material and millwork company has several positions available. Benefits include Health Care, 401K matching & Paid Vacations

Warehouse Help Lead Receiver for unloading, verifying and storing building material. Attention to detail and safety.

Minimum of 3 years fork lift experience.

Millwork Shop Door assembly and complete understanding of the construction of interior / exterior doors.

Experience preferred.

Vinyl Fence Production Fence fabrication and quality control.

Previous experience preferred.

NEWSPAPER DELIVERY Earn up to $1000 A Month!

Looking for Contractors to deliver newspapers early mornings 7 days per week.

Routes now available in McHenry County.

Please Call 815-526-4434

At Your Service In print daily Online 24/7

WE'VE GOT IT!

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Northwest Classified 877-264-CLAS (2527) www.NWHerald.com

JOB FAIR Thursday, February 20, 2014 1-4pm Seeking customer-focused applicants to provide community-based services to individuals with physical, intellectual disabilities and behavioral health issues.

Positions available in Aurora, Tri-Cities & Elgin.

Direct Service Person (DSP) Aurora, Elgin & Tri-Cities (FT & PT)

DSP - House Manager - Aurora & Elgin (FT) Case Manager QIDP - Aurora, Elgin & Tri-Cities (FT) Contact Elizabeth at 630-966-4028 to schedule an interview. Applications must be completed online at www.the-association.org before scheduling an interview.

Association for Individual Development ... a growth oriented, leading manufacturer of plastic tubes

Maintenance Technician 12 hour night shift

7:00 PM to 7:00 AM

Silgan offers an excellent starting wage, modern work environment, and comprehensive benefit package (90 day probationary period applies).

Please fax your resume to Human Resources at 815-334-1230.

(EOE/m/f).

911 Coordinator Boone County Emergency Telephone System Board Boone County / Belvidere Public Safety Building

Banking

Contact the Better Business Bureau www.chicago.bbb.org - or Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov

Repaired and Re-Stretched

ACI Midwest is an equal opportunity employer.

Please submit resume and work history to: dstamper@acicirculation.com or call 630-594-7918

ALWAYS INVESTIGATE BEFORE INVESTING ANY MONEY

CARPET INSTALLED 815-219-2823

Seeking career oriented individual.

Optical / pre-testing exp pref.

Excellent compensation package.

Barrington Eye Care Center Fax resume 847-381-5468

Lucy's Cleaning Service For Your Home, Office To Sparkle! ! Excellent Ref and Rates !

224-522-1406

POLISH LADY will clean your Home/Office. FREE ESTIMATES.

Part Time ! Woodstock

Requires a minimum of 5 yrs industrial experience with a working knowledge of electrical and mechanical production equipment. Solid background in troubleshooting and repairing mechanical devices, hydraulics, pneumatics, automation equipment, motors and sensors is required.

800-871-4581 TheKAG.com Now offering premium pay to drivers with tank experience.

Class A CDL Tank & Hazmat endorsements (or ability to obtain), minimum 5 years recent, verifiable tank exp.

Call for more information!

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

OPTICAL

LEGAL SECRETARY

BREAKING NEWS

All shifts. Pediatric exp. Wknds.

McHenry & Kane Co. 815-356-8400

This full time salaried position will require an assortment of responsibilities working within the Public Safety Building which consists of the Boone County Sheriff's Office, Belvidere Police Department, and the Boone County 911 Center. Candidate must possess experience in a computerized public safety communications environment and have an understanding of new technologies involved in public safety operations including but not limited to: radio, wire line, wireless, VoIP, Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD), Records Management Systems (RMS), and E9-1-1 related mapping systems. This is not a Network Technician/IT position.

Candidate must have the ability to interact positively with a wide variety of officials and staff of emergency service agencies and have strong administrative and communications skills. Candidate must have a high school diploma or G.E.D.; should have a minimum of 5 years experience in the public safety dispatch and/or telecommunications operations or equivalent education and experience, and be able to pass a thorough background investigation. Salary is $45,000-$55,00 depending on qualifications and we offer excellent benefits. A job description is located online at the site listed below.

Applications are available at the Boone County Sheriff's Office 615 North Main Street Belvidere, IL 61008 or printed out online at: www.boonecountyil.org Please submit a resume and completed application to the above address attention: Lt. Perry Gay and must be returned or postmarked by March 14, 2014.

Boone County is an EOE

309 W. New Indian Trail Court, Aurora, IL 60506

CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER CRYSTAL LAKE Shaw Media is seeking an energetic, experienced person to lead our customer service call center, based in Crystal Lake. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and you are passionate about customer service, this is an opportunity to join an established media company that continues to grow.

Our call center serves subscribers throughout the suburban Chicago market. Shaw Media has a diverse portfolio of daily and weekly print publications, monthly lifestyle magazines, and specialty digital products that provide unique local content to the communities we serve.

The Customer Service Manager will develop and lead a team of 10 - 12 customer service representatives. This position requires a highly organized individual who can multi-task and accept calls during peak call volume hours.

The Customer Service Manager will work closely with our distributors to resolve delivery service issues, and will implement programs that consistently improve the level of service we provide to each subscriber. Experience managing an inbound ACD system will be helpful, as will experience dispatching service requests to drivers in the field. This position requires a leader who is committed to customer service excellence, and is able to instill that commitment in every facet of the call center operation.

To be considered for this position, you should have a college degree, or extensive background in a business or marketing field. You should have experience working in an inbound call center, both as a customer service representative and as a supervisor. The ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of Excel, and will be able to create productivity and tracking reports.

Shaw Media offers a comprehensive benefit package.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to send resume and cover letter to: Recruitment@shawmedia.com Visit www.shawsuburbanmedia.com/careers to view all our career opportunities and apply now!

Shaw Media is a Drug Free Employer.

Pre-employment background check and drug screen required. This posting may not include all duties of position. EOE.

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Elementary, high school, & college math tutoring avail. Engineering degree & experience. $20/hr. Cash.

Huntley. Call/Text 815-814-3126

DIAMOND RING Lost last week in January, 2013 in Wauconda. could have lost at: Jewel or Thorton's. Please call if found! Broken Hearted!

REWARD 815-322-6334

A PRAYER

A PRAYER St. Jude's Novena

St. Jude's Novena May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us. St. Jude, helper of the helpless, pray for us.

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, pray for us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray for us.

St. Jude, helper of the helpless, pray for us.

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HARVARD AREA Huge 3BR, 2BA loft apt. Quiet. Frplc, W/D, C/A. Fish/Swim. Pets ok. $1025/mo.

815-648-2716

WOODSTOCK

SILVERCREEK 1 & 2 Bedroom Rents Starting $735 " "

Affordable Apts.

Garage Included

815-334-9380 www.cunat.com WOODSTOCK 1 BEDROOM

GOLD PALM TREE NECKLACE CHARM Lost on Wednesday, 2/5 either in Woodstock or Crystal Lake. Gold w/ green stones. Reward for return.

Sentimental value to owner.

Call 815 236-9568.

HARVARD $700 Off Autumn Glen Luxury Apts.

Men's Wedding Band found in McHenry Jewel Osco.

Call for recovery 815-344-1408 Tom Faber

Say this prayer nine times a day, on the eighth day your prayers will be answered. It has never been known to fail.

Publication must be promised.

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Say this prayer nine times a day, on the eighth day, your prayers will be answered. It has never been known to fail.

Publication must be promised.

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C. K.

Spacious 2 bdrm Apts avail Underground parking, locked intercom access.

Quiet and Clean. New paint and carpet, $585/mo + security.

815-354-6169

MCHENRY - ROUTE 31

IRISH PRAIRIE APTS

1 & 2 Bedrooms W/D and Fitness Center 815/363-0322

Rents from: $805

CALL TODAY! 815-943-6700

Woodstock 1BR $645, 2BR $745 All appliances, wall to wall carpet.

A/C, balcony On site laundry.

No pets. 847-382-2313 708-204-3823

www.gallinacos.com M-F: NOON-6pm Sat: By Appt

WOODSTOCK 2BR. Rogers Hall.

Quiet, Secure Bldg. $800/mo.

Move-in special: $200 off 1st mo.

NO PETS! 815-482-4909

HARVARD 1BR STUDIO

Woodstock Upper 2BR 2-Flat Close to Square, $750/mo + utilities & sec dep. Broker Owned.

815-337-0515

Close to Metra, utilities included. $450/mo + sec. 815-519-5457

WOODSTOCK

MCHENRY QUIET BUILDING

1BR $750/mo & 2BR/$800 /mo Heat/water incl. NO PETS. Security Deposit Required. New Laundry.

630-270-7373 leave message.

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Share your sports team, birthday party, big catch, pets, or vacation!

Woodstock Studio $585/mo+sec.

Efficiency $550/mo + sec.1BR $650/mo + sec, all 3 furn'd w/all utils incl. No Pets. 815-509-5876

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ILLINOIS CONCEALED CARRY CLASSES Professional firearm training will qualify you for for the new Illinois CC permit. Train on an 80 acre country setting 15 minutes north of McHenry. Instructor is NRA certified pistol, NRA range safety officer, Utah certified CC instructor, former law enforcement officer with 50 years of pistol experience.

More info: www.jonesandassociatesconcealedcarry.com

815-759-1900 / mjones@mc.net

ALGONQUIN - 2 BEDROOM

CRYSTAL LAKE 2 BEDROOM No pets/smoking, $790/mo + security. 815-893-0059

CRYSTAL LAKE Large & Spacious 2BR First floor, $850/mo.

Heat, gas, water, D/W incl.

Pets extra. 847-707-3800 CRYSTAL LAKE LOWER LEVEL 1BR No pets, no smoking, (1) parking space. $550/mo + security dep.

815-459-8317 Fox Lake Remod 1BR $750 & Garden Unit, $695. Util incl except elec + laundry & storage, no dogs.

Agent Owned. 815-814-3348

BREAKING NEWS available 24/7 at NWHerald.com

$710

No pets, $700 + sec, water incl.

815-566-7315~815-765-2032

ISLAND LAKE 2 BEDROOM

MOVE-IN SPECIAL Limited Time Only!

Autumnwood Apt.

Starting As Low As $750 Located off Rt. 14 in Woodstock

*Income Restricted Community*

Office Hours M-F 9:00-5:30

Newly remodeled, large eat-inkitchen, $780/mo + garage & util.

No Dogs, Agent Owned.

815-814-3348

Call for an Appointment to See Your New Home Today!

815-337-9600

Marengo: Lg 2 bdrm unit avail Immed. $750. All appl W/D, Dishwasher & micro furnished.

Cent Air. No pets/no smoking.

Sec dep, lease req. Tenant pays electric, cable. 224-858-7377

Woodstock: 3BR, 1.5BA, TH, full bsmt, 2 car gar. w/opnr, concrete patio, yrd, full kitch. w/ all appl., no pets $1225/m 630-514-4956

WOODSTOCK 3 BEDROOM

www.cunat.com Woodstock: 2, 3BR, main floor & lndry, $790 & up, Broker Owned 815-347-1712

McHenry 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 1/2 car garage. $875/mo.

815-690-8186 McHenry 2 Or 3 Bedroom 1 bath, W/D hook-up, 5 car garage, no smoking, $1200/mo.

Available April. 815-219-8354

McHenry 4BR, 2BA In Town extra large house, like new inside. $1045/mo. Broker Owned 815-344-1167

McHenry Patriot Estates & Prairie Lake Townhomes .

2BR Starting @ $1250.00 2 Car Garage, Pet Friendly Free Health Club Membership.

815-363-5919 or 815-363-0322

1.5 Bath, A/C, Stove, Refrigerator, Garage, No Pets. Broker Owned.

847-683-7944 HURRY!!

McHenry. 3BR, 2BA, tri level in Fox Ridge, fenced yrd, sidewalks, $1225/mo.+sec+utilities.

815-575-6919

Cary 4BR, 3BA, full bsmnt., 2 car gar., $1900/mo., 1st mo. rent & dep. 847-462-8900

Spring Grove. Nottingham Woods 4BR, 3BA georgeous quad level with 2.5 att garage on 3/4 acre.

Fireplace, vaulted ceilings. $1895.00 Long term lease.

Land Management Properties 815-678-4771

Crystal Lake 2 bedroom, laundry, $925/month Broker Owned 815-347-1712

Crystal Lake 4BR On Fox River 200 ft waterfront, boat, dock, deck.

1.5 ac, 2BA, C/A, new carpet, tile. $1395/mo. 708-296-4476

Harvard Area Country Home

Wonder Lake 3 + Bedroom C/A, 1.5 bath, 2 car garage. $1000/mo. 815-814-1731 Wonder Lake ~ 3BR, Pets OK, $1090/mo., W/D hook-up. Lrg yd. avail. immediately, 773-510-3643 ~ 773-510-3117

Garage, large yard.

815-494-5892 Marengo 2 & 3BR, 2.5 BA, 2 car gar., $950-$1075/mo.

Broker Owned 815-347-1712

McCullom Lake Cute 2BR, 1BA

Renovated, $695/mo+sewer+ sec.

Managing Broker Owned.

Call Shawn 224-577-5521

Crystal Lake - No pets, but must like pets. Brand new bed, available immed, quiet neighborhood on dead-end St. 815-529-2444 Check out McHenryCountySports.com for local prep sports and video.

McHenry County ~ Farms for Sale ~ McHenry Co., - Coral Township – 64 +/- acres – situated at Rt. 20 and Church Roads. Woods and farmland. Available for the 2014 crop year. $14,000 per acre.

McHenry Co. - Dorr Township – 81 +/- acres – situated on either side of Rt 47 north of Rt 176. Available for the 2014 crop year. $22,900 per acre.

Woodstock: 2BR, close to square, $600 815-338-7752 ext. 143

Boone County

McHenry $199 Move-In Special Large 1BR, from $699. 2BR, 1.5BA from $799. Appl, carpet and laundry. 815-385-2181 Have a photo you'd like to share?

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Elevator Building 815-334-9380

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MARENGO VERY LARGE 3BR

Loft, appliances, W/D, 2 car garage. $1275/mo, available now. 224-232-9657

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Spacious 1, 2 & 3BR Apts

Marengo Large 1 & 2 BR most utilities included $640 & UP Broker Owned 815-347-1712

WOODSTOCK, 3BR, 2.5BA TH

815-338-2383

Woodstock WINTER SPECIAL 2BR APTS Starting @ $730

$600 OFF 1st MO RENT!

Woodstock LRG 2BR, 1BA CONDO With attached garage, new refrig and W/D, $875/mo + $600 sec.

815-483-6250

FREE Pool & Fitness Center

WOODSTOCK COMMONS

Quiet building. No pets. $825 + sec. 847-526-4435

Appls, W/D, patio/deck, private ent, $745-$875. 815-482-8163

Studio, 1 & 2 Bedrooms

Must See! HUNTLEY 2 BEDROOM

Quiet & clean building w/storage, laundry and parking, $800/mo.

847-401-3242 Algonquin: 1st flr, 1& 2BR, 2BA, some utilities incl., $690 & UP., Broker Owned 815-347-1712

Rents Starting at

MCHENRY: 1BR, 1BA, new carpet, W/D, ground flr, MOVE IN READY, $825/month +sec., 815-307-4192

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HEBRON 2BR CONDO'S

CARY - 2 Bed/1.5 bath townhouse.

5x8 storage shed. W/D, dishwasher Pool, playground, clubhouse. No pets. $1100/mo. 815-353-8049

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~ Farms for Sale ~ Boone Co. - Belvidere Township – 234 +/- acres – Farmland with Investment/Development opportunity. Fantastic home overlooking a lake. I-90 & Rt 20 frontage. Class A Soils. $12,999 per acre.

McHenryCountySports.com is McHenry County Sports

For information on these farms or farms in other counties call: Joe Ludwig (630) 774-5887 or email rooster@mc.net

800/935-5909 www.motorwerks.com

BULL VALLEY FORD/ MERCURY

MOTOR WERKS INFINITI

MERCEDES-BENZ OF ST. CHARLES

MOTOR WERKS SAAB

ANDERSON BMW

LIBERTYVILLE CHEVROLET

360 N. Rte. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/682-4485

1001 S Milwaukee Ave Libertyville, IL

1460 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

www.andersoncars.com

847/362-1400

800/935-5913

www.bullvalleyford.com

877/226-5099

www.motorwerks.com

www.st-charles.mercedesdealer.com

BUSS FORD

INFINITI OF HOFFMAN ESTATES

KNAUZ CONTINENTAL AUTOS

1075 W. Golf Rd. Hoffman Estates, IL

409 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

888/280-6844

www.Knauzcontinentalauto.com

1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

BULL VALLEY FORD/ MERCURY

GARY LANG SUBARU

BILL JACOBS BMW 1564 W. Ogden Ave. • Naperville, IL

800/731-5824 www.billjacobs.com

KNAUZ BMW

www.libertyvillechevrolet.com

MARTIN CHEVROLET 5220 W. Northwest Highway Crystal Lake, IL

815/459-4000 www.martin-chevy.com

407 Skokie Valley Hwy. • Lake Bluff, IL

847/604-5000 www.KnauzBMW.com

MOTOR WERKS BMW Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

800/935-5913 www.motorwerks.com

MOTOR WERKS CERTIFIED OUTLET Late Model Luxury PreOwned Vehicles 1001 W. Higgins Rd. (Rt. 71) or 1000 W. Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) • Hoffman Estates, IL

800/407-0223

111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

815/385-2000 www.bussford.com

SPRING HILL FORD 888/600-8053

39 N. Rte. 12 • Fox Lake, IL

www.springhillford.com

www.raychevrolet.com

RAYMOND CHEVROLET 118 Route 173 • Antioch, IL

847/395-3600 www.raymondchevrolet.com

REICHERT CHEVROLET 2145 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

225 N. Randall Road • St. Charles, IL

847/234-1700

www.infinitihoffman.com

TOM PECK FORD

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

13900 Auto Mall Dr. • Huntley, IL

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

847/669-6060

888/800-6100

www.TomPeckFord.com

www.clcjd.com

ZIMMERMAN FORD

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

2525 E. Main Street • St. Charles, IL

630/584-1800 www.zimmermanford.com

815/338-2780

7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

888/471-1219 www.gurneedodge.com

www.reichertautos.com

1460 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

800/407-0223 www.bullvalleyford.com

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

815/385-2100 www.garylangauto.com

REICHERT BUICK 2145 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

815/338-2780 www.reichertautos.com

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

815/385-2100

www.motorwerks.com

815/385-2000

1564 W. Ogden Ave. • Naperville, IL

815/385-2100

www.clcjd.com

www.garylangauto.com

FENZEL MOTOR SALES

ARLINGTON KIA IN PALATINE

206 S. State Street • Hampshire, IL

847/683-2424

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM 7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

888/471-1219

SUNNYSIDE COMPANY CHRYSLER DODGE

MOTOR WERKS HONDA Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

800/935-5913 www.motorwerks.com

O’HARE HONDA River Rd & Oakton, • Des Plaines, IL

888/538-4492

815/385-2100 www.garylangauto.com

RAY SUZUKI

1400 E. Dundee Rd., Palatine, IL

847/202-3900

800/295-0166 www.billjacobs.com

KNAUZ MINI 409A Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

847/604-5050

119 Route 173 • Antioch, IL

224/603-8611 www.raymondkia.com

ELGIN TOYOTA 1200 E. Chicago St. Elgin, IL

www.Knauz-mini.com

847/741-2100

GARY LANG MITSUBISHI

1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

www.paulytoyota.com

www.arlingtonkia.com

RAYMOND KIA

www.raysuzuki.com

www.elgintoyota.com

PAULY TOYOTA 815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050

815/385-2100

www.oharehonda.com

www.garylangauto.com

Route 120 • McHenry, IL

815/385-7220 www.sunnysidecompany.com

ELGIN HYUNDAI 881 E. Chicago St. • Elgin, IL

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE 5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

847/888-8222 www.elginhyundai.com

KNAUZ HYUNDAI 775 Rockland Road Routes 41 & 176 in the Knauz Autopark • Lake Bluff, IL Experience the best…Since 1934

847/234-2800 www.knauzhyundai.com

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

815/385-2100

888/471-1219

O’HARE HYUNDAI

www.gurneedodge.com

River Rd & Oakton, • Des Plaines, IL

www.garylangauto.com

AL PIEMONTE CHEVROLET

SUNNYSIDE COMPANY CHRYSLER DODGE

770 Dundee Ave. (Rt. 25) • Dundee, IL

Route 120 • McHenry, IL

www.piemontechevy.com

BILL JACOBS MINI

815/385-2100

www.clcjd.com

847/426-2000

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

GARY LANG KIA

www.garylangauto.com

888/800-6100

GARY LANG CHEVROLET

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

888/800-6100

MOTOR WERKS CADILLAC 200 N. Cook St. • Barrington, IL

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050

888/446-8743 847/587-3300

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

www.garylangauto.com

800/935-5923

GARY LANG GMC

1107 S Rt. 31 between Crystal Lake and McHenry

www.gurneedodge.com

GARY LANG CADILLAC

PAULY SCION

23 N. Route 12 • Fox Lake

www.motorwerks.com

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

www.motorwerks.com

BUSS FORD LINCOLN MERCURY

800/935-5909

GARY LANG BUICK

200 N. Cook Street • Barrington, IL

800/935-5393

800 Dundee Ave. • East Dundee, IL

RAY CHEVROLET 866/561-8676

Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

BILL JACOBS LAND ROVER HINSDALE

LIBERTYVILLE MITSUBISHI

300 East Ogden Ave. • Hinsdale, IL

1119 S. Milwaukee Ave.• Libertyville, IL

888/204-0042 www.billjacobs.com

LAND ROVER HOFFMAN ESTATES 1051 W. Higgins • Hoffman Estates, IL

800/731-5760 www.billjacobs.com

CALL FOR THE LOWEST PRICES IN CHICAGOLAND

815/385-7220

ROSEN HYUNDAI

BUSS FORD LINCOLN MERCURY

www.sunnysidecompany.com

771 S. Randall Rd. • Algonquin, IL

111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

815/385-2000

www.rosenrosenrosen.com

www.andersoncars.com

2211 Aurora Avenue • Naperville, IL

800/720-7036

847/604-8100 www.knauzlandrover.com

888/682-4485

BILL JACOBS VOLKSWAGEN

375 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

www.oharehyundai.com

MOTOR WERKS PORCHE

www.billjacobs.com

Barrington & Dundee Rds., Barrington, IL

800/935-5913 www.motorwerks.com

MOTOR WERKS CERTIFIED OUTLET Late Model Luxury Pre-Owned Vehicles

BARRINGTON VOLVO 300 N. Hough (Rt. 59) • Barrington, IL

847/381-9400

1001 W. Higgins Rd. (Rt. 71) or 1000 W. 1000 W. Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) Hoffman Estates, IL

800/935-5909 www.motorwerks.com

PRE-OWNED ANDERSON MAZDA 360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/682-4485 www.andersoncars.com

LINE AD DEADLINE: Tues-Fri: 3pm day prior, Sat: 2pm Fri, Sun-Mon: 5pm Fri OFFICE HOURS: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm PHONE: 815-455-4800

www.libertyvillemitsubishi.com

LAND ROVER LAKE BLUFF

888/553-9036

866/469-0114

847/816-6660

ANDERSON VOLKSWAGEN 360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

KNAUZ NORTH 2950 N. Skokie Hwy • North Chicago, IL

847/235-8300 www.knauznorth.com Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) • Hoffman Estates, IL

EMAIL: classified@shawsuburban.com, helpwanted@shawsuburban.com ONLINE: www.nwherald.com/classified FAX: 815-477-8898

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com Crystal Lake 2BR For Rent In Beautiful 4BR House . Full house privileges, all utilities paid. Must see to appreciate. Females or single Moms only, $450/ea.

815-404-3834 HARVARD in Large Home, quiet/friendly. Close to Metra. $415/mo, util, cable/wifi & lndry incl.No sec dep. 815-916-9804

Woodstock 2400 square feet high ceilings, overhead door, $1050/mo., Broker Owned 815-347-1712

Crystal Lake 2, 3 or 4 Person Office Suites Incl all utils + High

Speed DSL. Starting at $295/mo.

815-790-0240

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TV ~ COLOR, 27”

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Justice skirts, size 14, $5/ea.

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Winter Gloves, $10.

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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. $400.

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Bike - Children's Trainer Gas Dryer – Sears Kenmore Excellent Condition - $100 815-477-9591 Gas Range – Like New Moving – Must Sell! $100 OBO. 815-477-9591

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Cast Iron hot-water heating radiators $90/each 815-943-6937

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BED - TWIN SIZE RUSTIC. $300.

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Moving. Located in Crystal Lake.

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Computer Monitor HP (X20LE) perfect condition.

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Chevy One Ton Dump tires $100 815-569-2277

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IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO By CHARLES M. DEBER / Edited by Will Shortz

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TODAY - You will be concerned with helping those in need this year. Your dedication will be respected and admired by the people you encounter along the way. You have a great sense of what will work, and therefore you should find the success you’re searching for.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- If you haven’t been taking care of personal paperwork, get started. Someone you have a deal with may not fulfill a promise. Be ready to take over.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Uncertainty regarding an important relationship will

make you feel upset. Worry won’t help, while reacting mindfully will help you find a solution that will suit everyone involved.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Make an effort to get to know your peers better. You should consider combining business with pleasure if you want to get ahead. You could encounter some serious difficulties while traveling, so be extra cautious.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- You’ll be able to work with fine detail. Pursue a creative project while getting together with friends and socializing. Romance can be yours if you make plans early.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Don’t let depression get you down. Stop doing so much for everyone around you and start doing things for yourself. Avoid anyone using emotional blackmail to get his or her way.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Do something that will stimulate your mind and get you moving in a positive direction. Make plans to take a short trip or catch up on correspondence.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Consider making a career move. Look at how you could use your skills more diversely. You have more to offer than you realize. Redo your resume

and send it to potential employers.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You’ll be caught between wanting to say something and not feeling confident enough to do so.

Don’t back down; it will only grate on your nerves.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Choose your words carefully. You may be taken the wrong way. Get involved in some sort of creative endeavor that will allow you to develop your talents.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- You’ll be attracted to someone or something mysterious or unusual. Ask for a favor or advice from

a close friend. Don’t consider contributing cash to a joint financial venture.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -Don’t overdo it or let anyone take advantage of your good nature. Take care of personal business and remember that charity begins at home. Emotional manipulation must be counteracted.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Stop thinking about the things you would like to do and start putting your plans into motion.

You can make things happen if you take the initiative. Strive for success and recognition.

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FBI agent contends with a swarm of deadly serpents.‘R’ (CC) (ANPL) Finding Bigfoot ’ (CC) Finding Bigfoot ’ Finding Bigfoot ’ Finding Bigfoot Team bets on which state is squatchier. (N) ’ Finding Bigfoot Team bets on which state is squatchier. ’ Finding Bigfoot ’ Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown CNN Special Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown CNN Special CNN Newsroom (N) CNN Special (N) (CNN) South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park South Park The boys cross into a new dimension.

South Park Coon and friends help victims. (CC) South Park (CC) South Park “God God Go I & XII” (COM) South Park College Basketball Bensinger SportsNet Cent College Basketball: Hofstra at Drexel. (N) (Live) SportsNet Cent SportsNet Cent United Fight Alliance SportsNet Cent Basketball Heartland Poker Tour (CC) (CSN) (DISC) Fast N’ Loud ’ (CC) Fast N’ Loud ’ (CC) Fast N’ Loud ’ (CC) Fast N’ Loud ’ (CC) Fast N’ Loud ’ (CC) Fast N’ Loud ’ (CC) Fast N’ Loud ’ (CC) Fast N’ Loud ’ (CC) Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck Good Luck Shake It Up! Good Luck Charlie (Series Finale) I Didn’t Do It (N) Jessie ’ (CC) Austin & Ally ’ Dog With a Blog Shake It Up! “Oui Jessie “Evil A.N.T. Farm ’ (DISN) Charlie (CC) Charlie (CC) Charlie (CC) Charlie (CC) Oui It Up” Teddy is leaving for college. (N) (CC) (DVS) (CC) Charlie ’ ’ (CC) Times Two” ’ Charlie (CC) “Hook It Up” ’ (CC) (:05) Movie: ››› “Roxanne” (1987) Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah. A Movie: › “That’s My Boy” (2012) Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg. A Movie: › “Joe Dirt” (2001) David Spade. A mullet- (:35) Movie: ›› “Resident Evil: Retribution” (2012) (12:15) Movie: › “Play It to the (ENC) Bone” (1999) Antonio Banderas. modern Cyrano helps a shy buddy woo a lovely astronomer. ’ (CC) young man’s estranged father tries to reconnect with him. ’ (CC) headed janitor relates his personal tale of woe. ’ Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez. ’ (CC) 30 for 30 Shorts 30 for 30 (CC) 2013 World Series of Poker: Final Table. (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (CC) (ESPN) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) 30 for 30 Shorts Sport Science (N) 2013 World Series of Poker ’51 Dons (N) 30 for 30 (CC) ESPN FC (N) (ESPN2) College Basketball: Rutgers at Louisville. (N) (Live) Joel Osteen Joyce Meyer Paid Program Paid Program (FAM) (3:00) Hairspray Movie: ››› “Grease” (1978, Musical) John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John.

Movie: ››› “The Breakfast Club” (1985) Emilio Estevez.

Twisted ’ (CC) Fox News Sunday Huckabee FOX News Special Stossel Huckabee FOX News Special Stossel FOX Report (N) (FNC) Rachael vs. Guy Cook-Off Guy’s Grocery Games Chopped “Bacon Baskets!” (N) Cutthroat Kitchen “Foul Play” (N) Restaurant: Impossible Chopped “Bacon Baskets!”

Cutthroat Kitchen “Foul Play” (FOOD) Chopped “All-Burger Meal!”

Rescue Me “Kansas” (FX) (3:30) Movie: ›› “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (2011) Movie: ››› “Thor” (2011, Action) Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman.

Movie: ››› “Thor” (2011, Action) Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman.

The Golden The Golden The Golden The Golden The Golden Movie:“I Married Who?” (2012) Kellie Martin, Ethan Erickson. In Las Movie:“Undercover Bridesmaid” (2012) Brooke Burns. A guard falls for When Calls the Heart The Miners’ The Golden (HALL) Vegas, a startled bride wakes up married to a famous actor. (CC) Girls “Break In” Girls ’ (CC) Girls ’ (CC) Girls ’ (CC) Girls ’ (CC) Girls ’ (CC) a groomsman while posing as a bridesmaid. (CC) Games; robberies.

House Hunters Hunters Int’l Beach Bargain Beach Bargain Hawaii Life (N) Hawaii Life (N) Island Hunters Island Hunters House Hunters Hunters Int’l Hawaii Life Hawaii Life Island Hunters Island Hunters (HGTV) House Hunters Hunters Int’l Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars (:02) Pawn Stars (:32) Pawn Stars (:01) Ax Men (CC) Ax Men “Who’ll Stop the Reign?” Ax Men “Ax Marks the Spot” (N) Swamp People “Aerial Assault” (12:01) Ax Men (CC) (HIST) Pawn Stars (4:00) Movie: › “Hope Floats” Movie: › “Fool’s Gold” (2008) Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson. A Movie: ›› “Failure to Launch” (2006) Matthew McConaughey. Pre(:02) Movie: › “Fool’s Gold” (2008, Action) Matthew McConaughey. A (12:02) Movie: ›› “Failure to (LIFE) (1998) Sandra Bullock. (CC) treasure-hunting pair embarks on a last quest for booty. (CC) miere. A man’s parents hatch a plan to move him out of the house. treasure-hunting pair embarks on a last quest for booty. (CC) Launch” (2006) (CC) Caught on Camera Caught on Camera Caught on Camera Lockup: New Mexico Lockup: New Mexico Caught on Camera “On Patrol” Lockup “Inside Angola” (MSNBC) Caught on Camera “I’m Alive!”

Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness (MTV) Fantasy Factory Fantasy Factory Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Movie: ›› “The Break-Up” (2006) Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston. Premiere. ’ Thundermans Sam & Cat ’ Sam & Cat ’ See Dad Run Instant Mom (N) Full House ’ Full House ’ Full House ’ Full House ’ Friends (CC) (:33) Friends ’ (:06) Friends ’ (:39) Friends ’ George Lopez George Lopez (NICK) Hathaways Bar Rescue “Barely Above Water” Bar Rescue Customers bring their Movie: ›› “The Expendables” (2010, Action) Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li. Movie: ›› “Rambo” (2008) Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz. A clergyman Movie: ›› “Killer Elite” (2011) Jason Statham. A (SPIKE) Splitting one bar into two. ’ own alcohol. ’ Mercenaries embark on a mission to overthrow a dictator. ’ persuades Rambo to rescue captive missionaries in Burma. ’ special-ops agent must rescue his mentor. ’ (3:00) Movie: ››› “X-Men 2” Movie: › “The Last Airbender” (2010) Noah Ringer, Dev Patel. A lone Movie: › “Skyline” (2010, Science Fiction) Eric Balfour, Scottie Thomp- Movie: ›› “Outlander” (2008, Action) James Caviezel, Ron Perlman, Sophia Myles. An Movie:“Battle: (SYFY) Los Angeles” (2003) Patrick Stewart. (CC) avatar has the power to manipulate the four elements. son. An alien force threatens to swallow up Earth’s population. alien joins forces with Vikings to hunt his enemy. (CC) Movie: ››› “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (1958) Elizabeth Taylor, Paul NewMovie: ››› “A Place in the Sun” (1951, Drama) Montgomery Clift.

A (:15) Movie: ›››› “An American in Paris” (1951) Gene Kelly.

A GI (:15) Movie: ›››› “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1951) Marlon Brando.

(TCM) man. An alcoholic and his wife visit his dying father in the South. social climber gets rid of his poor, pregnant girlfriend. (CC) stays in Paris to paint and falls in love with a young woman.

A neurotic Southern belle tries to preserve her gentility.

Extreme Chea. Extreme Chea. Extreme Chea. Extreme Chea. Sister Wives ’ (CC) (TLC) Sister Wives (N) ’ (CC) 90 Day Fiance (N) ’ (CC) Sister Wives ’ (CC) 90 Day Fiance ’ (CC) Sister Wives ’ (CC) Fast & Furious NBA Style (N) NBA Tip-Off (N) (Live) (CC) Pete Holmes Fast & Furious 2014 NBA All-Star Game (N) (Live) (CC) 2014 NBA All-Star Game (CC) (TNT) (:12) Gilligan’s Island Gilligan’s Island Gilligan’s Island Gilligan’s Island Gilligan’s Island Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls Golden Girls (:12) Kirstie “Thelma’s Ex” (CC) The Exes (CC) King of Queens (TVL) Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family (USA) An abandoned baby is found.

A missing girl. (CC) (DVS) (CC) (DVS) (CC) (DVS) (CC) (DVS) (CC) (DVS) “Birthright” ’ (CC) “Deadly Ambition” ’ “Funny Valentine” ’ “Pilot” ’ “The Kiss” ’ Love & Hip Hop Single Ladies “Walk the Walk” (VH1) Love & Hip Hop ’ Love & Hip Hop ’ Love & Hip Hop ’ (Part 1 of 2) Love & Hip Hop ’ (Part 2 of 2) Movie: ››› “Waiting to Exhale” (1995) Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett. ’ (WTBS) Movie: ›› “You, Me and Dupree” (2006, Comedy) Owen Wilson.

Movie: ››› “Wedding Crashers” (2005) Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn. (DVS) Movie: ›› “Yes Man” (2008) Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel. (DVS) Movie: ›› “You, Me and Dupree” (2006) PREMIUM 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 True Detective Hart and Cohle True Detective Hart and Cohle Girls “Beach True Detective Hart and Cohle Girls “Beach Looking ’ (CC) Looking (N) ’ (4:30) Movie › “Supernova” Movie ›› “Gangster Squad” (2013, Crime Drama) Josh Brolin.

Cops try (HBO) celebrate a solved case. (N) (CC) House” (N) ’ (CC) (2000) James Spader.‘PG-13’ celebrate a solved case. ’ (CC) celebrate a solved case. ’ (CC) House” (CC) to bring mobster Mickey Cohen to justice. ’ ‘R’ (CC) (3:35) Movie ›› Movie ›› “The Transporter 2” (2005, Action) Jason Movie ››› “Magic Mike” (2012, Comedy-Drama) Channing Tatum. A Movie ››› “Trance” (2013, Crime Drama) James (:45) Co-Ed Confidential 2: Sophomores: Feature 1: Back 2 School A (:20) Movie ›› (MAX) compilation of episodes. ’ (CC) “Battleship” ’ “Ted” ’ Statham, Amber Valletta. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) male stripper takes a young upstart under his wing. ’ ‘R’ (CC) McAvoy, Rosario Dawson. ’ ‘R’ (CC) (4:25) Movie ›› “Step Up Revolu- Shameless Fiona’s bad decisions Episodes “Epi- House of Lies Shameless “Iron City” Fiona ends House of Lies Episodes “Epi- Shameless “Iron City” Fiona ends House of Lies Episodes “Epi- House of Lies Episodes “Epi(SHOW) sode 5” (CC) Dre tests Marty. sode 6” (N) ’ up in jail. ’ (CC) Dre tests Marty. sode 6” (CC) Dre tests Marty. sode 6” (CC) tion” (2012) Ryan Guzman. (CC) about Robbie. ’ (CC) “Soldiers” ’ up in jail. (N) ’ (CC) Movie ›› “Clockers” (1995, Movie ››› “Do the Right Thing” (1989) Danny Aiello.

A race riot starts Movie ››› “Passing Strange The Movie” (2009, Musical) De’Adre Aziza, Daniel Breaker.

Movie ››› “Jungle Fever” (1991, Drama) Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Ossie Davis.

(TMC) Premiere. Spike Lee films the Broadway musical about a man’s travels.‘NR’ at Sal’s pizza parlor on a hot day in Brooklyn. ’ ‘R’ (CC) New York architect and woman make waves with biracial affair. ’ ‘R’ (CC) Drama) Harvey Keitel. ’ ‘R’ (CC)

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1953-57 Corvette Chrome Center Grille Bar, original, great condition, $100. Call 847-804-5484 Air Hockey Table, good quality pictures available via text. $50 priced to sell. 815-388-2256

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Comforter set, King 7 pieces $55 815-385-3269 Encyclopedia Sets $25 Blender/Smoothie,brand new, still in plastic, $25.

815-337-0612 Entertainment Center, colonial top 7'x7', 3 pieces: 2ft, 3ft, & 2ft, cherry wood w/colonial burlap brass hardware $850/OBO Moving must sell 847-515-3502

12 Outfits for goose statues $100/all 815-385-0404

Fire Safe â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sentry approx. 18â&#x20AC;?x18â&#x20AC;? $125/obo. 815-337-2911 wdsk.

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Lowrey Organ with magic genie walnut, good working order, w/ instruction book $200 or free to/Charity/Church/Healthcare 815-455-0403 10am. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 8pm.

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SHOOTING BENCH

Portable, metal, 90 degree turning radius and swivel seat, $80.

708-363-2004

SATIN 3 year old female Black DSH I believe a pinky swear should be legally binding, a long hot bath cures anything and the best way to celebrate a sunny day is to smile. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

BEANY 3 year old male Lab mix I need to remind myself each week that every one of us wants to be a better person and live a more meaningful life. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

GUITAR MONITOR

Boss TM7, in excellent condition.

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Lionel 027 Gauge Freight Train Set with steam locomotive with smoke and whistle incl track and transformer, $150.

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21â&#x20AC;? Toro electric start working $125 McHenry 815-385-4424 24â&#x20AC;? Toro electric start working $150 McHenry 815-385-4424 Electric Snowblower, Snow Devil, Like new, $85. Runs Great!

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Lionel & American Flyer Trains

Toro Powerlite E 3HP, $100/OBO 815-459-4742

Medium Petco, excellent condition for medium size dog, $50/Medium $25/Small 815-477-8485

Antique and Modern Guns Old Lever Actions, Winchesters, Marlins, Savages, etc. Old Pistols and Revolvers. Cash for Collection.

FFL License a815-338-4731

5PH, 2 stage electric start, for parts or possible repair, $15.00.

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DAISY 1 year old female American Blue Heeler mix I have a dream and a vision, so I need to get focused and pumped up. It will become a reality because it's what I was born to do. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

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ISLAND LAKE

Zhu Zhu Pets

24â&#x20AC;? electric start, 8HP, model 921001, works great! $150.

815-385-8447

DOG CRATES (2)

20 Dole Ave

With #3461 automatic lumber car.

In original boxes, $95.

815-338-1519

Lionel # 364 Lumber Loader

Full collection of whole set, $50. 815-477-8485

SNOWPLOW

Drum Set Includes hi-hat, no other cymbals, $125. 630-336-2415 9am-9pm

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Car and Corral, in original boxes, $60. 815-338-1519

Myers, 7.5' plow and A frame. $275.

847-302-7009 Weather Vane, metal 5' H x 19â&#x20AC;?W reproduction $45 815-578-0212 Wind Mill 7 feet tall, beautiful metal construction $85 815-578-0212 Window Blinds 9 sets, good condition. $50/all.

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DOLL HOUSE

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Lionel 3656 Operating Cattle

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Rats or Mice Feeders or pets. Pinks, 2 adults from 80¢. Johnsburg Area.

815-344-7993

SKIS ~ (2) SETS With bag, 1pair of poles & boots.

Size 10 & 10.5 $60. 224-523-1569

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Office Desk, gray, 30 x 60, 5 drawer office desk. $35.

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Brunswick, 8x4.5', slate bed with all accessories. Excellent condition! You must move, $400.

815-338-7909

PUPPIES, AKC Boxer, 3M, 3F, mix of brindle & fawn. Up-to-date on shots, dewormer, tails docked, dew claws removed, vet checked as healthy. Litter is registered with AKC & ready to go to good homes on March 1. Both parents on site family pets w/ great temperment.

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Cross Country Skis Bonna, made in Norway 1800 model- troll, bindings, poles included, usable and good shape $100 obo.

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y father’s parents emigrated from Germany to America about a hundred years ago, just before the start of World War I. They didn’t like the direction they saw politics moving in Germany, so they came to a more welcoming land.

And because both nations waged war against each other within a few short years, my grandparents rarely spoke German, except to each other behind closed doors. As their children were born – my father, four uncles and one aunt – the kids grew up learning only English.

And as a further result, a generation further on, so did I. Today, with increasing numbers of immigrants taking the Statue of Liberty at her word to welcome them with open arms, most of their children are growing up learning two languages – the language of their new home and that of their ancestral beginnings.

And although America is busy enough fighting other wars, a homegrown war is raging on our shores over how much we should tolerate bilingualism in America. The Twittersphere is ablaze with indignation over a current Coke ad that sings “America the Beautiful” in seven languages. Some have gone so far as to demand a Constitutional amendment declaring English to be America’s official language.

For some, it is a badge of patriotic honor to declare ignorance of any language but English.

Although I took two years of French in high school, I certainly can’t say I am fluent in the language. I learned enough to survive 10 days or so navigating the streets of Paris a few years ago after having lost my phrase book, but that’s about it.

I have visited some dozen or so European countries and have tried to learn to say “Please,” “Thank you,” “Excuse me” and other pleasantries in each of them. I can read enough in most of those countries to order a meal from a menu and not be too surprised at what comes to the table.

But it would be a lie to say I speak fluently any language other than English.

Or maybe I should say American – I

know Brits who would dispute our ability to speak their language.

I guess that should qualify me as a proud American patriot. It also would make me presidential caliber, since no president since FDR has been able to speak any language but English. Oh, Kennedy tried when he said, “Ich bin ein Berliner,” declaring in German he was a jelly donut. There’s no telling what language Bush spoke most of the time.

Virtually every leader of foreign lands can speak more than one language. But in America, of the past 23 presidents, 20 spoke only English fluently.

Our founding fathers, by contrast – the ones who wrote the Constitution that some today are so adamant to fix for them – were not only bilingual, most of them were multilingual. John Adams spoke five languages; Jefferson, six.

Yet, while those men were exceptional in many ways, their ability to speak more than one tongue was not exceptional – not for their time. In fact, up until the rabid nationalism of the 19th century, most human beings on the planet spoke more than one language.

In Europe or Africa, most everybody knew not only the language of his village, but also whatever it was that they spoke across the river, in the urban marketplace, or in the next valley. Your survival might depend on it.

Here in North America, it would have been hard to cross our continent during Jefferson’s time without speaking English, French, Spanish and dozens of Native American dialects. You probably couldn’t even make it past New England without also knowing a bit of Dutch.

But that was long ago. Today’s American has limited his learning to one language – the one he already knows by the accident of his birth. And rather than being embarrassed by his ignorance, he is so proud of it he wants to write it into law and question the patriotism of anybody who might object.

Travel through Europe, and you’ll find communication easy almost everywhere you go. Virtually every Scandinavian born since World War II speaks fluent English. Probably half of

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all Germans also speak English – even more if they are younger than 40.

It’s different in France, where Americans struggle to communicate in a land that is stubbornly committed to their own language. There are even laws forbidding the use of English in advertisement or in the commercial media.

As a result, we judge the French to be arrogant, snooty and stand-offish.

Sound familiar?

My son’s wife, Sandy, speaks a bit of Italian, thanks to her immigrant parents who came here from Italy more than 50 years ago. When we gather together at holidays or picnics, they all speak English out of consideration for those of us who only speak English. But every once in a while, when Sandy and her parents are alone together in the kitchen or the yard, they might slip into a bit of Italian, just between themselves.

Dave and Sandy’s kids – my grandkids – are all 7 years old and younger.

They are just beginning their formal education. The option of learning other languages is years away for them, in junior high or high school – that is, unless a Constitutional amendment closes that door by cutting off school language funding.

But I have encouraged Sandy to teach her kids Italian while they are still young. Take an hour of each day, I tell her, and speak only Italian to them.

Maybe at lunch time, or during an evening game, or at bath time.

Don’t let them embrace ignorance, just because it’s easier than trying to catch up with what the rest of the world can do.

I suppose that makes me a lousy American grandfather for suggesting such foolishness. I guess none of my grandkids will ever become a president of the United States, because what redblooded American would vote for a candidate who can understand and speak nonsense like Italian or German?

Or that language they speak across the river?

• Tom “T. R.” Kerth is a Sun City resident and retired English teacher from Park Ridge. He can be reached at trkerth@yahoo.com.

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By J.M. HIRSCH The Associated Press The goal was simple – the most intense garlic pasta I could muster.

But there was a caveat.

There is no joy in a dish that reeks of too much garlic, or that is so potent it is inedible. I wanted a garlic pasta that was deeply savory and delicious, that dripped with garlic flavor in every bite, but pleasantly so and without leaving you feeling overwhelmed.

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This recipe calls for 2 cups of garlic cloves. And yet it calls for very little else.

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Fettuccine With Garlic-Parmesan Puree Start to finish: 25 minutes Servings: 6

2 cups garlic cloves, peeled 2 cups chicken broth 12 ounces fettuccine pasta 2 cups grated Parmesan cheese, plus extra to serve Salt and ground black pepper In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the garlic and broth. Bring to a boil and cook for 12 minutes, or until the broth is reduced by half and the garlic is very tender. Transfer the garlic and broth to a blender and puree until smooth. Set aside.

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By KATHERINE ROTH The Associated Press NEW YORK – From tablecloths to duvet covers, iPhone cases to wallpaper and startling calf-skin wall hangings, the ancient Japanese resistdying technique of shibori has gone mainstream. Vera Wang, Ralph Lauren, Eileen Fisher, Levi’s and innumerable fiber artists are breathing new life into the craft.

“The stillness and beauty of it really centers me,” said Oriana DiNella, who recently launched her own Web-based shibori line, including linen tableware, pillows and throws – and large leather wall hangings – all made to order and hand-dyed in organic indigo.

“It feels like a rebellion against the fashion movement, where everything seems so fast and disposable,” the New York-based designer said.

Shibori is slow. It takes time, and has been around since about the 8th century.

The word comes from the Japanese shiboru, meaning “to wring, squeeze or press.”

The technique involves twisting, tying, crumpling, stitching or folding fabric – usually silk or cotton – in various ways, transforming the two-dimensional material into a sculptural, three-dimensional form. This sculptural shape is then traditionally dyed, originally using indigo, although a huge variety of colors and dyes are now used.

Sometimes, the same fabric is then twisted in some other way and then dyed again.

When the wrappings are removed, the folds and creases where the fabric resisted the dye form distinctive crinkled textures and patterns.

A sort of “memory on cloth,” Shibori also encompasses Issey Miyake’s revolutionary pleated clothing, fulling and felting, and other methods of transforming natural fabrics into 3-D shapes.

But shibori is still most widely thought of as a sort of tie-dyeing.

Today’s incarnations are as different from their early Japanese predecessors as they are from the wild, tie-dyed

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There’s a sense of timelessness and calm to the modern shibori pieces, and also a renewed focus on workmanship and functionality.

Home-design purveyor Eskayel is creating the look of shibori patterns using ink, water and watercolors, followed by digital printing techniques, founder and creative director Shanan Campanero said.

Compared to the tie-dyes of a generation ago, she said, today’s shibori-inspired works feature patterns that are more careful, deliberate and traditional.

Vera Wang’s collection is centered on bedding, while Ralph Lauren’s features swim trunks and clothing.

Levi’s has even come out with shibori-inspired jeans. But while mass-produced items lack the nuanced appeal of handcrafted works, they bring a surprising touch of texture and pizazz to the familiar.

For those inclined to take on do-it-yourself projects, shibori has never been more accessible. It can be done easily at home using minimal equipment.

Urban Outfitters sells its own shibori kits, and lessons are widely available online, from basic for beginners to truly advanced. Martha Stewart Living features a project on its website using a standard pressure cooker to make elegant shibori at home.

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By JAMI KUNZER jkunzer@shawmedia.com The more you learn about Vivian Maier, the more you want to know.

Her story is a bit bizarre, one of an obscure Chicago nanny who kept to herself as she roamed the city with a camera. A couple years before her death in 2009, thousands of her images were discovered in an abandoned storage locker.

Those images have captured worldwide acclaim.

As much as they each tell a story, so does the life Maier led.

It’s a story about the power of photography and the value of each individual, said Richard Cahan, co-author of “Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows.”

He and co-author Michael Williams sought to tell Maier’s story for years.

“I instantly, like many other people around the world, just became intrigued,” said Cahan, a photojournalist and editor who first learned about Maier in 2009 after the contents of her storage locker had been auctioned, the images discovered and shown on one of the first websites featuring her work.

He, along with Williams, will speak about their book, Maier’s photographs and her life at 10 a.m. Feb. 20 as part of a Creative Living Series at the Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St. Hosted by the Woodstock Fine Arts Association, the series brings in monthly speakers, such as writers, chefs, philosophers, artists, musicians, television personalities, astrologers, decorators, historians and poets.

Cahan and Williams sought to do more than offer simply a portfolio of Maier’s work through the years.

“We always ask, ‘What do these pictures mean?’” Cahan said. “We view pictures as kind of the building blocks of a movie or a story. We spent about a year really tracking down everything we could find out about Vivian.”

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“We live in a world where many people are somewhat outsiders. They live in the fringes. We don’t take our time to talk to them or understand them or appreciate them. I think that’s one of the most interesting things about Vivian. ...

There are hundreds of Vivians out there, maybe not photographers, but as people they have a lot to tell us.”

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For information on Maier, visit www.vivianmaier.com.

– Richard Cahan Co-author of “Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows”

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A self-portrait of Vivian Maier is included in the new book “Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows,” by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams.

North Shore in the 1960s and ‘70s, Maier was born in New York City but spent most of her childhood in France before returning to the United States.

Living in squalor toward the end of her life, possibly homeless for a time, her more than 100,000 abandoned negatives were auctioned for pennies.

At the end of her life, the children she had nannied paid for an apartment for her and took care of her. The contents of her storage locker were auctioned unbeknownst to them due to delinquent payments.

Maier often hid her photos from the eyes of others throughout her life. Upon discovery, the images have been displayed at museums,

including “Vivian Maier’s Chicago” at the Chicago History Museum, and are now being archived and catalogued.

“For those who have never seen the work, I think they will be engaged with Vivian’s life story, and they’ll be thrilled with the aesthetic beauty of the pictures,” Cahan said. “For people who know the story, I think there’s this moment that people just find it hard to believe one person could have taken so many beautiful photographs.”

Her images depict the children she cared for, historic landmarks and cherished sites in Chicago as well as random people, often destitute.

They range from leaves on a street to a mother pushing a baby in a stroller to a man

jumping over a puddle.

“We’ve seen all of her pictures before in our lives,” Cahan said. “Most photography that we see are pictures taken by people who have access to things we don’t have every day, sitting in a dugout of a Cubs game or at Cape Canaveral. ... Vivian didn’t have a press pass. She took the bus and she took the train and walked around her neighborhood. We’ve seen all this stuff before, but whoever would have thought about taking a camera and photographing it.

“Now a lot of us are doing that with Instagram pictures.

She was really 40 years ahead of her time.”

Although she lived a rather clandestine life, she somehow connected with the people in her images, even if only for

the minutes it took to take their pictures, Cahan said.

In researching Maier and creating the book, Cahan said he became even more inspired to appreciate the richness of life.

He and Williams are working on a follow-up book about Maier, likely titled “Eye to Eye,” and focusing more on the photographs she took of subjects looking directly at her.

“Ultimately, I think one of the messages I hope to have come across is that we live in a world where many people are somewhat outsiders. They live in the fringes,” Cahan said. “We don’t take our time to talk to them or understand them or appreciate them. I think that’s one of the most interesting things about Vivian.

“I keep thinking about her.

Everyone has a tremendous net worth, and we don’t have time to get to know people.

There are hundreds of Vivians out there, maybe not photographers, but as people they have a lot to tell us,” he said.

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Cooking Classes teach couples skills, confidence in the kitchen

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t might not be the first room in the house couples think of when they’re looking to bond.

But don’t underestimate the kitchen.

Standing side by side, knives in hand, newlyweds Scott and Megan Hennings of Crystal Lake chopped carrots and celery, big grins on their faces as they compared each other’s slicing abilities.

The two were among four couples taking part in a recent Date Night cooking class offered by Confetti Gourmet Academy, which hosts its classes in a kitchen at Lakeside Legacy Arts Park in Crystal Lake.

The class is one of numerous cooking-related classes offered through McHenry County College’s Continuing Education Department.

The classes, including many taught by Andy Andresky of 1776 Restaurant in Crystal Lake, are popular, perhaps inspired by trends and the many reality television shows featuring chefs, bakers and restaurants, organizers say.

“We were looking for things we could do as a couple,” Scott Hennings said as the two prepared to create pork medallions with espagnole sauce.

“And he wants me to cook more,” Megan added.

The couple, along with others, created the medallions, a chocolate bread pudding, grilled asparagus, sweet potato mash and a baby greens salad, and then dined on the dishes.

It was a menu designed to inspire passion. Even more so when prepared together, said Chef Pili Rios, who instructs alongside her husband, Chef David Harding, both of Confetti Gourmet Academy.

The two weave through the kitchen, pots and utensils in hand, chatting as they teach.

“This is fantastic, fantastic,” Harding said as the couples put the finishing touches on the bread pudding.

The classes are designed to help students quickly acquire skills and confidence, Rios said.

“I think it helps them bond a little bit more,” she said of the couples class.

“A lot of times they don’t cook together. It’s usually one or the other. One of the wives said, ‘How am I going to reproduce this meal?’ And her husband said, ‘I’ll help you.’ Now he knows how.”

Other classes offered through the academy include a class on preparing a Mediterranean pork chop and a Crazy for Cobbler course as well as pastry and fish 101 lessons.

Rios, who works as an adjunct culinary arts instructor at MCC and Harper College in Palatine, said she plans to offer more courses geared toward parents and children ages 4 and older.

The classes will get children in the kitchen early bonding with their parents or loved ones, she said. They’ll also be able to experience being in a professional kitchen setting and discover if a future career as a chef is something for them, she said.

She’d also like to focus more on healthy cooking and eating.

“I think that’s one of the reasons people don’t cook a lot at home.

They don’t know how to. Our motto is to make cooking simple and fun,” she said. “They’re always shocked. ‘Wow, that was so easy.’ ” Classes, such as Knife Skills offered by Andresky, typically fill up as people seek to learn preparation skills, not just cooking skills, said Dori Sullens, director of Continuing Education at MCC. Another called Mushroom Mission, scheduled for May, is popular as well.

Many times, groups of friends take the classes together not only for the education, but as something social to do, she said.

“It’s a special occasion for people to get together,” Sullens said. “It’s fun. You learn a new skill and you get to eat great food, and you can duplicate it at home.”

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LEFT: Chef instructors Pili Rios (left) and David Harding teach the participants in a Date Night Valentine’s Daythemed cooking class how to trim the fat from a pork loin at Crystal Lake’s Lakeside Legacy Arts Park. FAR LEFT: Megan Henning of Crystal Lake mashes potatoes during the class. Students not only learned how to make the dishes but the proper technique in preparation.

BELOW: Participants sit down with each other to test out what they created.

The class made a goat cheese and cranberry salad with a balsamic dressing, pork medallions with an Espagnole sauce, grilled asparagus with a lemon garlic marinade and a chocolate bread pudding.

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By Karly Bulinski

Amethyst: The February Birthstone

By LISA A. FLAM The Associated Press It’s the dirty work of home life: dusting the shelves, mopping the floors and doing the laundry, load after load. Yet asking kids to help has gotten harder for some parents, caught up in the blur of today’s competitive, timepressed, child-focused world.

“Parents feel very conflicted about getting their kids involved in housework,” said child psychologist Eileen Kennedy-Moore, who sees a wide range of what kids are asked to do and how strongly the completion of chores is enforced.

Parents feel resentful if their kids don’t help, she said, yet many worry about adding housework to their children’s burden, already so heavy with school, sports and other activities that many don’t get enough sleep.

“It’s another thing on the to-do list, and it seems less important than making sure they did their homework or get to soccer practice,” said Kennedy-Moore, a co-author of “Smart Parenting for Smart Kids” (Jossey-Bass, 2011).

Miriam Arond, director of the Good Housekeeping Research Institute, notes a change over the past two decades, with parents now feeling “tremendous pressure” to enrich their children, hiring tutors before they fall behind, just for a leg up. And with many parents working, and kids busy after school, family time is more precious.

Yet kids still should be expected to pitch in, experts say. Through chores, children gain a feeling of competence as they learn skills that will carry into adulthood, and they benefit by making a contribution to their family.

“It’s very important to counter a sense of entitlement,” Arond said.

“It’s important emotionally because it gives children the sense that they can do something, that they’re part of the family, that we’re all in this together,” she said. “Emotionally, parents

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Lily Cherry, 8, checks off her list of household chores at her home in Kingwood, Texas. don’t realize that it is very strengthening for a child. It helps them feel secure, they have a role, they feel rooted.

Sometimes parents feel apologetic about giving children chores.”

Not first lady Michelle Obama, who has talked about her daughters having to make their own White House beds.

And not Andrea Cherry of Kingwood, Texas, who has passed on her childhood practice of doing chores to her own children. As toddlers, they began with the game of sock sorting, and now, at ages 8 and 6, have graduated to “extensive” daily chores. Lily makes her bed and prepares breakfast for herself and her little brother. She cleans bathroom sinks with cleaning wipes, tidies the floors with a Swiffer and is learning to vacuum. Aiden feeds the dog and delivers toilet paper to the bathrooms. Both help with laundry and the dishes.

For Cherry, 38, who works full time, having the kids help makes it possible for her and her husband to have enough time to take the kids to soccer practices and games. Equally important, it fills them with the same idea of family responsibility that Cherry was raised with.

“They make a substantial contribution to the family, and it’s important because it teaches them about taking care of the family, family is first, and they are responsible members of the family,” said Cherry. “I’m proud of them.”

Derived from the Greek word amethustos meaning“not drunken” amethyst is considered to be quite a powerful gemstone. In addition to protecting its wearer from drunkenness, it is believed to protect crops against locusts, bring good fortune in war, and even protect from snakebites. Amethyst was once considered to be equal in value to ruby, emerald and sapphires. Because of this, the amethyst has been used in many royal and religious jewels throughout time and is still worn by Catholic Bishops. St.Valentine, the patron saint of romantic love, wore an amethyst ring carved with the image of cupid. It is the gemstone of meditation, peace, balance, courage and inner strength.

Amethyst is found all over the world but most of it comes from Brazil.

It is a 7 on the Mohs Hardness scale and can be cut into a variety of standard shapes as well as made into decorative pieces. Often times you will find amethyst sold in its crystal form showcasing its beautiful crystal structure. This fine gemstone is beautiful enough for the crown jewels yet affordable enough for fashion jewelry.

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Going under Latina plans 24 leaps into Lake Michigan for Special Olympics

By JAMI KUNZER jkunzer@shawmedia.com Five years and he’s still not frozen. Yet. Josh Latina, a Marengo native and Algonquin Police officer, once again will take 24 ice cold plunges into Lake Michigan to raise money for the Special Olympics Illinois hosted by the Law Enforcement Torch Run. As one of a small group of brave Super Plungers, he’ll jump into the frigid waters every hour from 2 p.m. Feb. 21 until 1 p.m. Feb. 22. Yes, every single hour.

Latino first became part of the Super Polar Plunge five years ago when asked by a fellow officer.

“It kind of became the one event I do every year.

Now everybody who knows me knows I do the Polar Plunge,” he said. “If you’re not going to do it, they want you to find someone to replace you. I haven’t found anyone crazy enough to replace me.”

After raising about $3,000 last year through pledges at www.firstgiving.com (search for Team Algonquin), he hopes to raise $3,500 this year to benefit Special Olympics. As of late last week, he’d raised nearly $2,000.

The event kicks off the Super Plunge season for Special Olympics Illinois, with about 20 other

one-time Polar Plunges taking place throughout the state. The money goes toward the Special Olympics summer and winter sports events.

Plungers, including the Super Plungers, don’t have to go completely under water, but many do anyway.

Aside from the inevitable shivers, especially if this season’s exceptionally frigid temperatures continue, the sleep deprivation can be tough, Latina said.

“Between 2 and 3 a.m., it gets really hard,” he said. “It’s like when you have to get up for work. You want 10 more minutes and the buzzer goes off. You don’t want to be that guy that doesn’t plunge.”

The camaraderie between the plungers, as well as the support of Latina’s co-workers, family and friends, helps him endure.

“It’s a pretty tight group,” he said of the plungers.

“You’re in one tent for 24 hours so everyone is helping everyone. It’s a team effort.”

Latina hasn’t gotten ill after the event, but does have trouble getting warm for at least a day.

This year, he admits the abnormally cold weather is making him a bit apprehensive. But, he said, he’ll freeze through.

“I can’t look forward to spring until after the plunge,” he said.

Algonquin Police officer Josh Latina Northwest Herald file photo

Fundraisers for Special Olympics Illinois Josh Latina, a Marengo native and Algonquin Police officer, is taking part in the Law Enforcement Torch Run Super Plunge. From 2 p.m. Feb. 21 until 1 p.m. Feb. 22, he’ll jump into Lake Michigan at Northwestern University Beach in Chicago once every hour for 24 hours. Representing Team Algonquin and the Algonquin Police Department, his goal is to raise $3,500 for Special Olympics Illinois. To donate or for information, visit www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/josh-latina/2014superplunge.

Also to raise money as part of the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, Latina is hosting a Trivia Night at 7 p.m. March 14 at Donley’s Wild West town, Route 20 and South Union Road, Union. Registration for the event is from 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. The St. Patrick’s Day themed event will include team tables of 8 to 10 players, free appetizers, a cash bar, raffles and prizes. Costumes are welcomed and encouraged. The cost is $25 a person. For information or to reserve a table, call Latina at 847-658-4531 or email joshualatina@algonquin.org.

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Curious wife seeks truth about mysterious death Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for three years. I trust him with my whole heart. He is the sweetest man I know. Lately, I have been wanting to know more about his brother. My husband hasn’t said much about him other than he was murdered in prison about 10 years ago.

I’m not saying he and his family are lying, but I did some research on the Web and came across multiple websites about my husband’s brother.

Yes, he was in prison, but I’m not sure he was actually murdered there.

Some details are better left unsaid.

I know, of course, you can’t believe everything you read on the Internet, but there is more than one Google page with a lot of information.

I want to talk to my husband and find out what really happened and try to get to know his brother, but I’m scared he will get angry and even shut me out, and I don’t want that to happen. Please give me some advice on what to do. I just want some straight answers – no more sweeping

it under the carpet. – In The Dark In

Ohio Dear In The Dark: There is always a risk when someone goes poking around the family closet and starts rattling the skeletons. I suggest you be frank with your husband. Tell him you were curious about his brother, went on the Internet, found some surprising information and would like some honest answers. If you trust him with your whole heart, then his response will tell you all you need to know.

Dear Abby: I am a widow with five daughters. The youngest is 8, and the others are in their late teens and early 20s. I am self-employed, work from home and am very involved in my kids’ lives.

I have a boyfriend I have been seeing for the past 18 months. I spend the night with him two or three times a month, which involves less than a 24-hour stay.

I would like to have an extended weekend or a short vacation with him, but he is balking. He says I

shouldn’t be away from my baby that long. He grew up with a very distant mother and had an unhappy childhood. My daughter spends a lot of time with me but still enjoys her “sister time.”

How can I get him to realize that my being away for a few days would recharge me and make me a better mom? – Badly In Need Of A Break Dear Badly In Need: If you haven’t already pointed out to this man his childhood was far different than the one you have provided for your children, then you should.

I am somewhat concerned he is giving you parenting advice, since nowhere in your letter did you mention he has any children. It occurs to me he may have his own reasons for not spending more time with you than he does, and if I’m right, you need to get to the bottom of what they are – because I don’t think he’s giving you the whole story.

Dear Abby: My husband goes into a tirade if anyone has a taste of food or a bread roll before a meal is properly

served. He goes off on everyone – even a child who has had to wait because the meal is late or they just love light rolls.

We have great respect for your answers. He threatened to write you, so I called his bluff. What do you think about this? – Losing My Appetite In

Virginia Dear Losing: I think your husband appears to be excessively controlling.

For him to expect hungry people to sit at a table with food and not partake of it is unrealistic, unless it’s a formal dinner party.

Children should be taught proper table manners, but to force a hungry child to sit at a table with bread on it for fear of a tirade is, in my opinion, abusive.

People sometimes overreact the way your husband does because they have low blood sugar. Could this be his problem?

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Hoffman’s death puts face on heroin addiction I think most have heard by now that actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman died of what is suspected to be a heroin overdose. This sad ending for a talented man has made front pages of major papers, op-eds and blogs.

The saddest thing to me is he is just the front man for an epidemic that people only talk openly about when someone dies. The more tragic the death, the longer the rustle of remembrance. But a vast majority of people who die from heroin use aren’t famous. They are someone’s son or daughter, sister,

father, brother, cousin or friend. They don’t get news coverage, and most families who experience heroin overdose deaths are too ashamed to go public about the cause of death. Although the particular substance might be heroin, the cause of death is addiction.

Our county alone has lost 15 to 20 people a year for at least the past 10 years, and surrounding counties have had as many or more. That does not account for overdose deaths from opiates other than heroin. Most people just shake their heads

in disbelief this kind of thing can be happening here. But it is.

The people who are dying from heroin overdoses are people who are addicted to drugs. Drugs have become increasingly available, particularly the use of prescription opiate pain relievers. Heroin is stronger and cheaper, and the supply chain has become more sophisticated.

Addiction is largely a genetic predisposition. Addicts don’t metabolize alcohol and drugs the same way those without the predisposition

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People don’t choose to have addiction any more than someone chooses to have bi-polar disorder or diabetes, but like those diseases, addiction, although chronic, is treatable. According to a film I saw recently called

“Anonymous People” there are 21 million Americans in some sort of long-term recovery from addiction.

We have begun to get our heads out of the sand. We have started to coordinate our resources and bring them to bear. Our treatments are better, and our law enforcement and court system are directed and functioning under these new rules of engagement. However, this is just a good beginning.

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“The Lego Movie” STARRING: Will Arnett, Will Ferrell and Elizabeth Banks PLOT: An ordinary Lego mini igure, mistakenly thought to be the MasterBuilder, is recruited to join an effort to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.

RATED: PG, for mild action and some rude, nose-thumbing humor TIME: 1 hour, 34 minutes VERDICT: There are so many things to like about “The Lego Movie”: a great voice cast, clever dialogue and a handsome blend of stopmotion and CGI animation that feels lovingly retro, while still looking sharp in 21st-century 3-D. But the best thing about this movie, which was produced in full partnership with the Danish toymaker famous for its plastic-brick building system, is its subversive nature. While clearly illed with affection for – and marketing tie-ins to – the titular product that’s front and center, it’s also something of a sharp plastic brick lung in the eye of its corporate sponsor. “The Lego Movie” is an homage to the spirit of the iconoclast (i.e., the child). Its hero, ironically, is anything but a rule-breaker.

Set in a world built of Legos, the story revolves around construction worker Emmet Brickowski (voice of Chris Pratt), a plastic Everyman who loves nothing better than following instructions. But when his Lego universe is threatened by an evil villain (Will Ferrell) who intends to glue all the world’s pieces together, Emmet must join forces with a group of rebels to stop him. Guided by a leader who’s part Gandalf and part Morpheus (Morgan Freeman), this underground resistance movement consists of a ittingly motley crew: a punk-ish loner named Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks); her egotistical boyfriend, Batman (Will Arnett); a well-worn Lego spaceman igure from the mid-1980s (Charlie Day); and a robot-pirate hybrid named Metal Beard (Nick Offerman). The rest of the freedom ighters are a cheeky mix of Lego-sized historical personages (Abraham Lincoln, Shakespeare and Shaquille O’Neal) and co-branded comic book heroes (Green Lantern, Superman, Wonder Woman and others). It’s hard not to have fun when the ilm (written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller) is having such a good time with pop culture. The chief party animal, of course, is Ferrell.

Overplaying his character, Lord

LOCAL SHOWTIMES Business, like a distant cousin of his dim-witted “Megamind” villain, the actor once again gets tons of comic mileage out of his patented silly grandiloquence. “The Lego Movie” pokes fun at anyone who would argue that Lego products are, as one character puts it, “a highly sophisticated, interlocking brick system,” and not simply toys. But it also makes fun of itself, tweaking the conventions of narrative ilmmaking, animation and Lego modelmaking itself. The moral of this story is a sweet and uncomplicated one: Believe in yourself; everyone is special; there’s a time to follow the rules and a time to break them. –

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“RoboCop” STARRING: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton

PLOT: In 2028 Detroit, when police oficer Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees its chance for a part-man, part-robot police oficer.

RATED: PG-13 for intense sequences of action including frenetic gun violence throughout, brief strong language, sensuality and some drug material.

TIME: 1 hour, 58 minutes VERDICT: The original 1987 “RoboCop,” Dutch director Paul Verhoeven’s first Hollywood film, isn’t so much a movie to revere as a bit of brutalism to behold. It had a grim comic vibe, satirizing the savagery of corporate bloodthirstiness and justice-seeking rampages. Peter Weller’s RoboCop was a techno-Frankenstein created to tame Detroit’s rampant crime: Dirty Harry for dystopia.

Remaking “RoboCop” is like trying to re-create a nightmare. That’s one reason why plans to remake the film were met with mostly dubious derision: Hollywood, nowadays, isn’t in the business of nihilism. Directed by Jose Padilha (the Brazilian filmmaker who made the excellent documentary “Bus 174” before shifting into action with “Elite Squad”), this “RoboCop” has updated the dystopia with some clever ideas and better acting, while at the same time sanitizing any satire with video-game polish and sequel baiting. The smartest addition comes early, shifting the story to Tehran, where the global company OmniCorp has drones stopping and frisking in the streets. We’re introduced to this by talk show host Pat Novak (Sam

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by OmniCorp. CEO Raymond Sellars (Michael Keaton) is flanked by executive Liz Kline (Jennifer Ehle) and marketing wizard (Jay Baruchel, brilliantly smarmy). To turn the political tide, they decide they need (literally) a more human face. For their RoboCop prototype, they find Detroit police detective Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), who has been badly maimed by a car bomb meant to derail his pursuit of a drug kingpin. Gary Oldman (always

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Regal Cinemas – 12:00, 3:15, 6:30, 9:40 p.m. good, less frequently tested) plays the scientist who preserves little more than Murphy’s brain in his new steel body, controlling his emotions and memory with lowered levels of dopamine. From here, the film (scripted by Joshua Zetumer, from the original by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) follows the original’s plot, letting Murphy clean up Detroit before his personality begins to break through and his attentions turn to his maker. – The Associated Press

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