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High temperatures Saturday will once again climb a good 20 degrees above normal for this time of year.

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The time-traveling anthropomorphic bears They were a very entertaining grizzly bear family: Papa, Mother, Brother, Sister and Honey Bear. They lived in a big treehouse deep in Bear Country. Starting in the early ’60s we read about them in dozens of their children’s books and later watched their cartoons on TV. Now, if you think you know their surname, stop here and write it down. (Hint: their name starts with “Ber.”) Just jot it down on this newspaper page if you’d like. Come on. If you don’t do this, you’re going to wish you did. Last chance.

OK. Ready? The name of these bears is: “The Berenstein Bears.” Did you get it right? I betcha did. Many of us remember The Berenstein Bears (pronounced Bear-in-steen). But there’s one problem with your answer: It is astoundingly wrong.

No, you’ve got the right bear family; you just misspelled their name. It’s not “Berenstein” with an -ein, it’s “Berenstain” with an -ain.

“But,” you say, “I’m sure it was ‘Berenstein.’

That’s how I remember it being spelled in all the books. That’s how we pronounced it. Why, when I close my eyes I can vividly picture seeing ‘The Berenstein Bears’ written on the cover of those books!”

However, amazingly, it’s “The Berenstain Bears.” Just go check their books on the Internet and you will see their last name is “Berenstain.”

But, puzzlingly, whether growing up or raising our kids, we all remember these bears as “Berenstein.” Why, on eBay these vintage books still are advertised as “The Berenstein Bears,” although we see “Berenstain” clearly on their titles.

So, dear reader, we’re not the only ones who are confused as our memories and experiences of the Berensteins crash head-on with the reality of the Berenstains. Geesh, what’s happening here?

We all can’t be terrible readers and spellers, can we? Our collective memories can’t all be wrong, can they? Or is there something mysterious going on here?

Well, I think I have an explanation, or at least a few wacky ideas.

Remember Ray Bradbury’s short story, “A Sound of Thunder”? It tells of time travelers from the year 2055 going back to the late Jurassic Era of the dinosaurs. On their visit, one of them accidentally steps on a butterfly and kills it. When

JUST HUMOR ME Michael Penkava they return to 2055, they notice subtle changes – the air smelled strange, the hues of the colors were changed, and, get this, some words were spelled differently. Instead of a sign on the wall saying, “Time Safari, Inc.,” it now read, “Tyme Sefari, Inc.” Evidently the crushed butterfly set in motion changes that affected the nature of the present day the visitors returned to.

What if that’s what happened to the Berensteins? What if some time traveler accidentally caused slight changes in our present world. Or, so as to give us proof of the reality of time travel, someone makes a subtle yet noticeable change in something that alerts us to the visits. Such as the variant spelling of the bear’s name. Or other weird stuff that we have evidently “misremembered.”

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” Nope, it’s really, “Magic Mirror on the wall…”

“Luke, I am your father.” Sorry, it’s, “No, I am your father.”

“Fruit Loops.” Uh-uh, they’re spelled, “Froot Loops.”

“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood…”

Well, evidently, “It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood.”

And when did Jiffy peanut butter become Jif? Can you relate to any of these conundrums?

Whether the world as we know it has been retroactively altered by time travelers or not, these collective memory distortions are hard to just explain away as faulty memories.

Then again, everyting mite bee ah cooencedense ande nuting hass chanjed.

• Michael Penkava is a retired teacher who taught for 35 years at West Elementary School in Crystal Lake. He wonders if anyone else has a memory of Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the ’80s. He can be reached at mikepenkava@ comcast.net.

LOCAL BRIEF Pedestrian in fair condition after being hit by car in Woodstock

WOODSTOCK – A pedestrian was taken to the hospital in fair condition Friday evening after being hit by a car, a fire official said.

The Woodstock Fire Rescue District responded about 6:15 p.m. Friday to Lake Avenue at Route 47, Capt. Brendan Parker said.

They took the man that had been hit to Centegra Hospital – Woodstock, he said.

Parker did not have the man’s age or town of residence.

No one was else was injured, Parker said.

The Woodstock Police Department did not return a call asking for further details Friday evening.

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The number of deaths from heroin overdoses in McHenry County in 2015, according to data from the McHenry County coroner

ON THE COVER Michael Young (back) and Jason Beaty, both recovering heroin addicts, distributed free Evzio, an opioid antidote contained in an auto-injector cartridge, on Feb. 11 in Ringwood. The drug is used to save lives in heroin and other opioid overdoses.

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GIVING OUT NALOXONE KITS

Recovering addicts work to prevent heroin overdose deaths in county

By KATIE DAHLSTROM

kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com RINGWOOD – Until last year, there would have been a bag of heroin sitting in the bottom of Jason Beaty’s backpack.

But now there’s a yellow and purple cartridge containing nearly the opposite: naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of an opiate overdose. Also unlike the heroin, the Wonder Lake resident hopes to give all the naloxone away.

Beaty and Michael Young, working as the McHenry County outreach coordinators for A Man in Recovery Foundation, hand out free naloxone kits to anyone who might need it to save someone who’s overdosing on heroin or other opioids.

“If we can keep them alive for one more day, that might be the day that they say enough is enough,” Beaty said. “If we can arm families with this while their kids are still in active addiction, this could save them.”

The number of fatal heroin over-

doses in McHenry County in 2015 nearly doubled from the previous year, according to data from McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski.

Of the 43 people who died from drug overdoses through November 2015, 20 of the deaths were from heroin.

Toxicology reports are pending on others, meaning that number could be even greater.

Anyone who contacts Beaty or Young to get naloxone also receives training on how to use the kits.

Each comes with two live packs of

the injectable naloxone. They’ve given out 150 kits and counting in the past five months.

The naloxone comes courtesy of Live4Lali, an Arlington Heightsbased organization founded by Buffalo Grove native Chelsea Laliberte, who lost her brother, Alex, to an overdose of heroin and other drugs when he was 20.

Their motivation is supplied from experience.

See NALOXONE, page A11

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Michael Young (left) and Jason Beaty, both recovering heroin addicts, are distributing free Evzio, an opioid antidote contained in an auto-injector cartridge, in Ringwood.

The drug is used to save lives in heroin and other opioid overdoses.

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New newspaper funded by conservative PAC hits county

By KATIE DAHLSTROM

kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com A new newspaper funded by a conservative radio host’s political action committee has started arriving at homes in McHenry and Lake counties.

The McHenry Times and its online version contain stories about local sports and events, as well as advertising from nonprofits. The publication also features a front-page piece highlighting 66th Illinois House District Republican hopeful Allen Skillicorn. Skillicorn is seeking the nomination against Paul Serwatka, Carolyn Schofield and Dan Wilbrandt in one of the state’s richest races.

The newspaper is the product of the Liberty Principles Political Action Committee, a Chicago-based PAC supporting Republican candidates throughout the state. The PAC was started in 2012 by conservative radio host Dan Proft.

A note explaining the publication’s connection to the PAC appears on page two.

Proft said he chose a newspaper format because it’s a cost-effective way to communicate with voters. He said it’s up to readers to weigh the merits of the content, and scoffed at the idea that readers wouldn’t be able to discern who published and paid for the publication.

“I don’t think they need to be managed,” Proft said. “They have all the information.”

Serwatka said he saw the newspaper as an example of the influence of outside special interest groups, calling it hypocritical for Skillicorn to accept such support from a Chicago-based organization.

Skillicorn said he was unaware the paper was published by the Liberty Principles PAC, which election filings show has spent more than $82,000 in support of him since January.

“I think someone from the organization contacted me a few weeks ago, and they have been getting my press releases just as the Northwest Herald has,” Skillicorn said.

Independent committees are barred from directly coordinating with candidates.

Schofield took issue with the paper, calling it a negative campaign piece that could trick voters who are trying to learn

H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com

A newspaper that started hitting doorsteps in McHenry County this month is not what it seems. The “McHenry Times” is actually a campaign piece from the Liberty Principles PAC, a Chicago-based PAC funding Republican candidates throughout the state.

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“I think it’s a deceptive practice, though legal, to deceive voters into thinking it’s a legitimate paper that is actual news and reporting,” Schofield said. “And it’s just not.”

Wilbrandt said he quickly discovered the newspaper was political advertising sandwiched between other content, and hoped others receiving the paper would discern the same.

“I guess we don’t know what to expect in this race,” Wilbrandt said.

Liberty Principles has put out eight publications in Illinois. The Lake County Gazette features an article highlighting Dan McConchie, who is running against Martin McLaughlin and Casey Urlacher in the 26th Illinois Senate District Repub-

lican primary.

Liberty Principles is funded by Republican-leaning contributors, including another PAC backed by Gov. Bruce Rauner.

The PAC disclosed on Jan. 19 that it received a $1.8 million contribution from the Turnaround Illinois PAC. Turnaround Illinois was funded with a $4 million contribution from former Chicago Tribune owner Sam Zell and a $250,000 contribution from Rauner.

The content also has ties to other Republican-leaning organizations. A frontpage story about Democratic Auditor General Frank Mautino’s campaign expenditures is presented as a special to the McHenry Times from the Madison County Record, an organization created in 2004 by Brian Timpone.

Timpone is the former CEO of embattled news aggregating company Journatic. The Madison County Record is owned by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, according to information on its website.

The Liberty Principles papers will be published weekly for an indefinite period.

“I think it’s a deceptive practice, though legal, to deceive voters into thinking it’s a legitimate paper that is actual news and reporting. And it’s just not.”

Carolyn Schofield, 66th Illinois House District Republican candidate

WEATHER

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What a great start to the weekend as high pressure from the Pacific builds in from the west. High temperatures will once again climb a good 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. A cold front will sweep through bringing clouds and cooler temperatures, but no precipitation.

More seasonal and quiet weather is expected through next week.

TODAY

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Heavy snow hit the Midwest on Feb. 20, 1898. Racine, Wis., received 30 inches of snow. Milwaukee had drifts as high as 15 feet.

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In wake of complaints, D-158 OKs parking lot expansion study

By CAITLIN SWIECA

cswieca@shawmedia.com

and ALLISON GOODRICH

agoodrich@shawmedia.com HUNTLEY – The Huntley Community School District 158 Board took action Thursday night to determine how to add more student parking after complaints surfaced over students parking in and trespassing on properties throughout Sun City neighborhoods.

During a simultaneous meeting, the Huntley Committee of the Whole decided to table proposed parking restrictions in the affected areas until the school board explored the issue.

A service agreement with McHenry-based HR Green, approved by the school board, will allow a parking lot expansion study. It will include preparing conceptual plans for multiple parking expansion alternatives, which will include options for 100 and 200 spots.

The Huntley Police Department has been fielding resident complaints since the start of the school year. School dis-

trict officials and police have pointed out that combined efforts have reduced the number of students parking in the area.

“At the end of the day, there are really two things that are going to fix this problem, and one is something we can do and two is something the village can do,” Superintendent John Burkey said.

HR Green’s services could cost up to $48,400, but are broken down in a way that will allow the district to stop the John Burkey process at any point, Director of Operations and Maintenance Doug Renkosik said.

“It is not a commitment to spend $48,000,” he said. “It’s a commitment to begin a process where we can explore the opportunities.”

Renkosik said any parking expansion option likely will cost a significant amount of money.

If the district chooses to install parking spots near the stormwater deten-

tion area, it will require moving a lot of earth, he said, but if it chooses an area away from there, it will involve extensive utility work.

Board members Paul Troy, Michael Fleck, Bill Geheren, Kim Skaja and Board President Don Drzal voted in favor of enlisting HR Green. Tony Quagliano abstained.

“It’s a basic requirement to understanding where our options lie as a school district in order to provide a solution,” Drzal said.

At the village’s meeting, trustees decided to table the issue, expressing concern that posting “no parking” signs at neighborhood entrances would not deter students from parking there.

Some trustees said they wanted police to continue their efforts, but Village President Charles Sass disagreed.

“We’ve been putting a lot of resources into that,” Sass said, adding that residents had declined to sign formal trespassing complaints against students.

“We’ve got better things to do, to tell you the truth, then be out there.”

CARY

New police contract boosts starting pay, but reduces number of salary increases

By CAITLIN SWIECA

cswieca@shawmedia.com CARY – The Village Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a four-year contract with its police union that will boost the starting salary for officers but reduce the number of salary increases based on service time.

The contract between the village and the Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council also will increase officers’ contribution to inChris Clark surance and create department performance standards for evaluation.

Nineteen police officers are affected by the contract, which was negotiated on behalf of the village by Village Administrator Chris Clark and Police Chief Patrick Finlon.

Under the new contract, which will expire April 30, 2019, the salary of firstyear police officers rose from around

$48,000 to $55,000, a change Clark said put the village in line with other suburban departments.

Clark said the village still receives a good number of applications when police positions open up, but across the suburbs, the application count has gone down.

“We want to make sure wages, compensation and benefits are set at a rate our taxpayers can afford, but with the goal to reward officers that stay with us here at the village,” Clark said.

The contract calls for a 2 percent salary bump in years two and three of the deal and a 2.25 percent raise in the fourth year.

Clark said the village had eliminated two police officer positions in the current fiscal year budget, and some of the savings from that will be reinvested into salaries.

The number of wage adjustments possible over an officer’s career was reduced from six to four, with increases coming in the third, fifth and eighth years of an officer’s career with the de-

partment. Clark told the board a longevity step at 15 years had been eliminated completely.

Over the life of the contract, the health insurance premium paid by employees will increase from 21 to 24 percent.

Clark said police leadership and officers will collaborate to create the department’s new performance standards by April 1.

“It’s an accountability standard, but we want it to be one that there’s some investment by both sides,” Clark said. “We have officers that want to perform. We want to continue to encourage them to grow and develop and make sure we’re giving clear direction as to what we expect in terms of how to keep the community safe.”

A contract for Finlon, which was originally on Tuesday’s agenda, was tabled for future discussion. Clark said the board had been focused on the union contract and wanted more time to review and discuss Finlon’s contract.

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MCC board talks trimmed-down expansion plan “I can speak for myself when I say the proposed amount was too high. We’re still, I think, at a point where there’s not a definitive consensus on the amount. ... We’re also going to put some caveats in place.”

By ALLISON GOODRICH

agoodrich@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – What was at one point proposed as a major expansion project to revamp the McHenry County College campus has turned into a smaller and much more focused renovation proposal.

Demonica Kemper Architects on Tuesday presented the board with yet another project option, which included a particular focus on Phase I: renovations to the science labs, health science facilities and some additional space for students.

“Phase I is where we’ve arrived, and it does represent important whittling away and gets into the crux of what we need to be competitive,” MCC President Clinton Gabbard said.

In total, the conceptual cost was estimated at about $34.4 million, but a little more than $41 million including projected interest, MCC documents indicate.

The firm had previously presented two much more extensive and pricier options that also included work to the library, student services facilities and the physical education facilities. The potential cost ranged from $62 million to $78 million.

“The bulk of it has been trimmed down,” Board President Mike Smith

Mike Smith, McHenry County College Board of Trustees president said. “The consensus really comes down to our science facilities being woefully outdated.”

As it has been presented and if it’s approved and funded, the project would call for an extension built between Buildings B and E, where the science labs and some student engagement space would live, DKA Principal Dominick Demonica said.

Health science would be moved from Building E to Building A, and the vacated space in Building E would become general classroom space, documents indicate.

“Student space will be just to the east of the existing cafeteria area,” Demonica said, adding it will likely include some large open space for programs and smaller rooms for groups such as student government and student veterans.

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As for funding the project, Chief Financial Officer Bob Tenuta laid out tentative options, both of which put the bulk of financial responsibility on a capital campaign. Both also included money from the college’s fund balance and revenue from a proposed $10 student infrastructure fee.

While the board’s collective tone has moved away from a tuition in-

crease, most trustees seemed to think an infrastructure fee to help with the project was reasonable, although many said $10 was too much.

“I can speak for myself when I say the proposed amount was too high,” Smith said. “We’re still, I think, at a point where there’s not a definitive consensus on the amount. ... We’re also going to put some caveats in place.”

Trustees said the fee should be rescinded if private funding for the project doesn’t come, and in that case, the project would be halted.

But the new president’s tone was optimistic in terms of the capital campaign.

Before she left, former MCC President Vicky Smith said she had discussions with a handful of people who collectively expressed interest in potentially donating $15 million.

“I did have a chance to talk to Dr. Smith and get a full disclosure about where that was coming from and if in fact that is true, then I think the possibility very much exists that there would be at least another $5 million from other sources,” Gabbard said.

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• 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 22 – Algonquin Public Library, 2600 Harnish Drive, Algonquin. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• Noon to 3 p.m. Feb. 23 – Wal-Mart, 1205 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 9 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 23 – Home State Bank, 611 S. Main St., Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 25 – Huntley Public Library, 11000 Ruth Road, Huntley. Appointments and information: Camille Piazza, 847305-9998 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 25 – Johnsburg High School. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 25 – Centegra Specialty Hospital – Woodstock, 527 W. South St., Woodstock. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 27 – Immanuel Lutheran Church, 300 S. Pathway Court, Crystal Lake. Appointments: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

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LOCAL BRIEFS 2-car crash on Route 120 in McHenry sends two to hospital

Harwood said.

They took two men, one from each McHENRY – Two men were taken to the vehicle, to Centegra Hospital – McHenry with minor injuries, he said. hospital after a crash Friday evening on Harwood did not know the mens’ ages Route 120 in McHenry, a fire official said.

The McHenry Township Fire Protection or towns of residence.

The McHenry Police Department did not District responded at 6:55 p.m. Friday return a call seeking further details Friday to 4411 W. Elm St., McHenry, for a two-vehicle crash, Battalion Chief David evening.

High winds cause single-vehicle crash in Marengo

MARENGO – A woman was taken to the hospital Friday as a precaution after the delivery truck she was driving was blown off the road and into a utility pole, a fire official said.

The Marengo Fire Protection District responded about 4:15 p.m. Friday to

McKinstry Road near its intersection with Dunham Road, Lt. Noel Gaines said.

The crash caused minor damage to the delivery truck, and the woman was taken to the hospital as a precaution, he said.

No one else was involved in the crash, Gaines said

– Emily K. Coleman

POLICE REPORTS Information in police reports is obtained from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and municipal police departments. Individuals listed in police reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

Fox River Grove • Thomas L. Greer, 60, 314 Route 14, Unit 3, Fox River Grove, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 2, with retail theft.

• Brandon K. Keller, 24, 109 N. River Road, Fox River Grove, was charged Monday, Feb. 8, with driving under the influence of alcohol, operating an uninsured vehicle and driving on a suspended license.

• Ashton J. Shrewsberry, 22, 109 N. River Road, Fox River Grove, was charged Monday, Feb. 8, with resisting a police officer.

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Lane, Algonquin, was charged Saturday, Jan. 23, with driving under the influence and • William A. Balzano, 37, 10909 Payne speeding.

Road, Marengo, was charged Sunday, Jan. 31, • Janine D. Espinoza, 46, 2 Steven Court, with driving under the influence of alcohol, Algonquin, was charged Saturday, Jan. 23, loud muffler, improper lane use, fleeing/ with domestic battery. attempt to elude an officer and driving with a • Vanessa M. Bordenaro, 27, 2 Steven Court, suspended license.

Algonquin, were charged Saturday, Jan. 23, • Sergio J. Lomeli, 45, 624 E. Grant Highway, with domestic battery Unit 102, Marengo, was charged Wednesday, • A 16-year-old Crystal Lake boy and a Feb. 3, with failure to notify police of an 16-year-old Algonquin boy were charged accident, improper lane use and driving while Saturday, Jan. 23, with retail theft. unlicensed.

• Kevin D. Broyles, 25, 841 N. Spring St., Elgin, was charged Sunday, Jan. 24, with Algonquin driving under the influence and speeding.

• An 15-year-old Algonquin boy was • Four 14-year-old Algonquin boys and one charged Monday, Jan. 25, with criminal Lake in the Hills 14-year-old were charged Fri- damage to property. day, Jan. 22, with criminal damage to property.

• Christopher K. Huber, 23, 655 Bedford Drive, • Aaron M. Sunderlage, 35, 1120 Stratford Crystal Lake, was charged Monday, Jan. 25, with

driving under the influence, two counts of improper lane usage, improper turn at intersection and disregarding a traffic control device.

• Jake A. Pekovic, 20, 14 Grandview Court, Algonquin, was charged Thursday, Jan. 28, with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

• Brian A. Morgan, 30, 4813 Drive In Lane, Crystal Lake, was charged Friday, Jan. 29, with violating an order of protection.

• An Algonquin 15-year-old and a Carpentersville 16-year-old were charged Friday, Jan. 29, with fighting at Jacobs High School.

• Carol R. Dokko, 66, 67 Chelsea Lane, Cary, was charged Friday, Jan. 29, with retail theft.

• Joshua C. Haske, 24, 2109 Hamilton Drive, West Dundee, was charged Saturday, Jan. 30, with driving under the influence, speeding, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

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Michael Young holds Evzio injection cartridges on Feb. 11 in Ringwood. The cartridges are being distributed for free by Young and Jason Beaty in hopes of saving lives from heroin overdoses.

Beaty and Young are former heroin addicts who got clean last year after using for more than half their lives.

Young said it was his most recent overdose – he was saved with naloxone – about 14 months ago that finally pushed him to get sober.

“The end is life or death,” said Young, a McHenry resident. “Before you go it takes everything away from you, but in the end – in the very end – it takes your life.”

Both still are clients of the McHenry County Drug Court and face years in prison if they don’t stay sober and complete the other mandates of their sentences.

They started volunteering for a Man in Recovery Foundation five months ago. Based in Naperville, the organization was founded by Tim Ryan, a former addict whose son died of a heroin overdose at age 20.

About a month ago, Alpine Storage owner Wayne Moran donated the space above his office at 5220 Richmond Road where Beaty and Young could meet with people seeking naloxone. The space offers a private setting.

They’ve decorated the office with pictures of young people who have died from heroin in McHenry County.

About 30 faces watch over them while

they work. Among them is Young’s brother, Andrew, who died at 19 when he tried heroin for the first time.

Moran said he donated the office because of the work Young and Beaty did to help a family member struggling with addiction.

“If it weren’t for these guys, he would be on that wall,” Moran said.

They also work hand in hand with the Other Side, a sober bar in Crystal Lake where naloxone kits are available. Most recently, Young said, police have started giving their cards to people in need of help.

Young thinks more people would contact them if it weren’t for the stigma surrounding drug use. Looking at the faces that line his office walls, it’s hard for him to see any reason not to get help.

“I don’t care if your (expletive) country club doesn’t like you,” Young said. “Save your kid’s life. I don’t care what your standing is on the PTA. Save your kid’s life. I don’t care what your police department brothers and sisters think of you. Save your kid’s life.”

“Because when they’re gone, you’re going to wish that you had called us.”

To contact Jason Beaty or Michael Young about receiving naloxone or getting treatment, email myoung@amirf. org or jbeaty@amirf.org. Beaty can be reached at 815-261-8780 and Young at 815-585-6797. More information is available at www.amirf.org.

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OBITUARIES LELAND BIASTOCK

wife of 21 years, and her large extended family which welcomed him in. He is also survived by brother, Robert Allen Beckett; his sister, Catherine Mae Melin; his mother, his son, Jason and wife, Paula; his son, ChristoLeland “Lee” Biastock, pher and wife, Dawn; his daughter, Emily, age 74, passed away on Friday, Feb, 19, 2016, at St. who was his pride and joy; and six wonderful Clare Hospital in Baraboo, grandchildren, Kayla, Sara, Alyssa, Matthew, Nathan, and Faith.

Wisconsin.

He was preceded in death by his father; his Lee, son of Wesley and Winifred (Brown) Biastock was born May 25, 1941, in Waukegan, parents-in-law, Earl and Frances Wilkins; his Illinois. He graduated high school in Waukegan brother-in-law, Richard Wilkins; and his sisters-in-law, Holly Wilkins and Leona Beckett. and was then drafted into the U.S. Air Force.

Paul graduated from Sault Area High School Lee served as a gunner in a B-52 bomber in Michigan and later attended Lake Superior in Guam during the Vietnam War until his honorable discharge. On Sept. 14, 1968, he was State University.

He worked for most of his life as a broadunited in marriage to Judy Connell. He started cast engineer, and spent the last 10 years his working career with Common Wealth Edison, working in various positions for almost working for local radio stations where he is fondly remembered by co-workers.

30 years until his retirement as substation He enjoyed sketching, architecture, and superintendent. Lee collected trains and was ham radio, and served as the emergency known as “father time” for his punctuality. response coordinator for the Crystal Lake He is survived by his wife, Judy; children, Second Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ Dawn (Kevin) Carson, Michael (Wendy) of Latter-day Saints, where he was an active Biastock, Lisa (James) Bassett, Amy (David) member. Paul was known for his amazing Schultz; 7 grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; as well as other relatives and friends. technical abilities, his attention to detail, and his wonderful sense of humor.

He was preceded in death by his parents; The funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. and brother, Dennis.

Saturday, Feb. 20, at The Church of Jesus A Celebration of Life will be held at 5:30 Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel, 480 N. p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Harvard Bible Church in Harvard, Illinois, with Pastor Darrell Walkup Road in Crystal Lake.

Bendorf officiating. The family will receive guests following the service at the church.

The Redlin Funeral Home, 401 Madison Ave., GREGORY P. GARNER Baraboo, Wisconsin, is assisting the family.

Gregory P. Garner, age 55, of Spring Grove, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016, at Centegra Hospital – McHenry.

PAUL JOSEPH BUCK Arrangements are pending at Thompson Born: June 22, 1961 Spring Grove Funeral Home. For information Died: Feb. 16, 2016 call the funeral home at 815-675-0550.

Paul Joseph Buck, age 54, of Crystal Lake, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016.

JANICE RAE HABBLEY He was born on June 22, 1961, in Mesa, Born: July 1, 1951; in Elgin, IL Arizona, to parents Nancieanne (Beckett) and Died: Feb. 6, 2016; in Downers Grove, IL Joseph Buck.

Paul is survived by Violet Fran, his loving Janice Rae Habbley, 64, of Downers Grove, Born: May 25, 1941 Died: Feb. 19, 2016

was born July 1, 1951, in Elgin, Illinois, to Lawrence and Ruth (Nee Kessler). She passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, at her home in Downers Grove.

Janice was a 1969 graduate of Larkin High School in Elgin and a graduate of North Central College.

She was a legal secretary for several firms in Chicago and worked for McDonalds Corporation for many years.

She is survived by her brothers, Dennis (Diane) Habbley of Woodridge, Illinois, Dale (Suanne) Habbley of Woodstock, Illinois, and Jay (Lisa) of Union, Illinois; nieces, Amy Kuehl and Kathleen Habbley; nephews, Andrew Habbley, Cole Habbley and Derek Habbley; great-nephews, Andrew and Jack Kuehl; aunt, Marcella Habbley; and many cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and nephews, Scott Habbley and Dennis Habbley.

The visitation will be from noon until the 1 p.m. memorial service Feb. 22 at Laird Funeral Home, 310 S. State St., Elgin. Interment will be at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the ASPCA, National MS Society, or the American Cancer Society.

For information, 847-741-8800 or www. lairdfamilyfuneralserivces.com

WAYNE MARTIN Wayne Martin, 89, of Harvard passed away Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at his home surrounded by his family.

Arrangements are pending at this time with Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home. For more information call 815-943-5400.

MICHAEL L. PHILLIPS

Born: Oct. 27, 1946; in Goshen, IN Died: Feb. 18, 2016; in Elgin, IL Michael L. Phillips, 69, of Hampshire passed away Thursday afternoon, Feb. 18, 2016, in Elgin.

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

Notices are accepted until 3 p.m. for the next day’s edition. Obituaries also appear online at NWHerald.com/obits, where you may sign the guest book, send flowers or make a memorial donation.

He was born Oct. 27, 1946, in Goshen, Indiana, the son of Richard and Carol (Pittman) Phillips. Mike was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Vietnam War. Mike was married to Jennifer A. (Swierkosz) Phillips. He had operated the Limousine service Land Cruisers, LTD of Dundee and had worked for Minuteman International for many years. He retired from the butcher shop of Blocks Country Market in Hampshire.

Surviving are his wife, Jennifer; daughter, Jessica of Hampshire; his mother, Carol Phillips of Elkhart, Indiana; sister, Sandie (James) Singleton of Bristol, Indiana; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father; a brother, Timothy; and several aunts and uncles.

The funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

Monday, Feb. 22, at Fredrick Funeral Home, 284 Park St., Hampshire. The visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at the funeral home and before the service Monday from 10 to 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Wounded Warriors Project at www. woundedwarriorproject.org For information, call the funeral home at 847-683-2711.

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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Ann M. Aitken: The visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the noon funeral Mass celebration Saturday, Feb. 20, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Hartland. Interment will be private.

For information, call Schneider-Leucht-Merwin and Cooney Funeral Home at 815-3381710.

Muriel N. Anderson: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral blessing Saturday, Feb. 20, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in McHenry. For information, call the funeral home at 815385-2400.

Leland “Lee” Biastock: A celebration of life will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, at Harvard Bible Church in Harvard, followed by a visitation with the family after the church service.

Paul Joseph Buck: The funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel, 480 N. Walkup Road, Crystal Lake.

Alvig Dagny Carlson: The celebration of her life will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at Presbyterian Church in Marengo. A luncheon for family and friends will follow.

Lawrence J. Doherty: The visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. until the 10 a.m. funeral

Mass celebration Saturday, Feb. 20, at Holy Family Catholic Church, 4401 Highcrest Road, Inverness. Interment will be in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Winnebago.

Olga E. Grasser: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Monday, Feb. 22, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road, Woodstock.

Burial will be in McHenry County Memorial Park in Woodstock. For information, call Schneider-Leucht-Merwin and Cooney Funeral Home at 815-338-1710.

Janice Rae Habbley: The visitation will be from noon until the 1 p.m. memorial service Monday, Feb. 22, at Laird Funeral Home,

310 S. State St., Elgin. Interment will be at a later date. For information, call the funeral home at 847-741-8800.

Jean E. Haldeman: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. memorial gathering Saturday, Feb. 20, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 504 E. Diggins St., Harvard. Inurnment will follow in Mt. Auburn Cemetery.

For information, call Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home at 815-943-5400.

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Born: Sept. 6, 1979 Died: Feb. 16, 2016

Christopher E. Thick, age 36, of Belvidere, formerly of Fairdale, Illinois, passed away suddenly Tuesday morning, Feb. 16, 2016.

Born Sept. 6, 1979, on Beale Air Force Base, California, son of Kenneth Thick and Roselyn Arbol.

Chris was employed at Fitzgerald Equipment in Rockford. He loved working with his hands, especially if it involved working on cars.

Chris was a selfless man, helping anyone that he could. Most importantly, he was a family man, who loved Jackie with all of his heart and was proud of his three sons.

Christopher is loved and will be missed by his fiancé, Jackie Jordan of Belvidere, sons,

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

Claudette Lee: The memorial service will be at noon, with a luncheon following, Saturday, Feb. 20, at Harvard Moose Lodge, 22500 Route 173, Harvard.

Jean Leyrer: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Sumner St., Harvard. The memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. Saturday at Alden United Methodist Church, 16532 Route 173, Harvard. Burial will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 815-943-5400.

Loren Gene Morris: The visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Toynton’s Walworth Funeral Home, 328 Kenosha St., Walworth, Wisconsin. For information, call the funeral home at 262-275-2171.

Michael L. Phillips: The visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Fredrick Funeral Home, 284 Park St., Hampshire, and will continue from 10 until the 11 a.m. funeral service Monday, Feb. 22, at the funeral home. For information, call the funeral home at 847-683-2711.

Kenneth T. Pociask: The celebration of his life will be from 10 a.m. until the 1 p.m. funeral service Saturday, Feb. 20, at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry. Interment will be in Church of Holy Apostles Cemetery in McHenry.

For information, call the funeral home at

815-385-0063.

Maryann V. (Donner) Sexton: The visitation will be from 2 p.m. until the 6 p.m. memorial service Saturday, Feb. 20, at Davenport Family Funeral Home and Crematory, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake.

Christopher E. Thick: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Anderson Funeral and Cremation Services, 218 W. Hurlbut Ave., Belvidere, and will continue from 10 until the noon funeral service Sunday, Feb. 21, at the funeral home.

Cremation rites will follow.

Edward L. “Doc” Van Hoozen: The visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Ehorn-Adams Funeral Home, 9625 Main St., Hebron. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Alden United Methodist Church, 16532 Route 173, Harvard. Interment will be in Alden Cemetery in Alden. For information, call the funeral home at 815-678-7311.

Larry J. Wells: The visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Saturday, Feb. 20, at Wait-Ross-Allanson Funeral Chapel, 51 Center St., Elgin. Burial will follow in Dundee Township East Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 847-742-2100.

Dolores White: The memorial will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at Silver Trees Community Center, 5901 Milwaukee Ave., Richmond. A private burial will take place at a later date in Mount Emblem Cemetery, 520 E. Grant Ave., Elmhurst. For information, call Colonial Funeral Home & Crematory at 815-385-0063.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK – Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child’s-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” became standard reading for millions of young people and an Oscar-winning film, has died. She was 89.

Lee died Friday, publisher HarperCollins said in a statement. It did not give any other details about how she died.

“The world knows Harper Lee was a brilliant writer but what many don’t know is that she was an extraordinary woman of great joyfulness, humility and kindness. She lived her life the way she wanted to – in private – surrounded by books and the people who loved her,” Michael Morrison, head of HarperCollins U.S. general books group, said in the statement.

For most of her life, Lee divided her time between New York City, where she wrote the novel in the 1950s, and her hometown of Monroeville, which inspired the book’s fictional Maycomb.

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” published in 1960, is the story of a girl nicknamed Scout growing up in a Depression-era Southern town. A black man has been wrongly accused of raping a white woman, and Scout’s father, the resolute lawyer Atticus Finch, defends him despite threats and the scorn of many.

The book quickly became a best-seller, won the Pulitzer Prize and was made into a memorable movie in 1962, with Gregory Peck winning an Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus. As the civil rights movement grew, the novel inspired a generation of young lawyers, was assigned in high schools all over the country and was a popular choice for citywide, or nationwide, reading programs.

By 2015, its sales were reported

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Author Harper Lee smiles during a ceremony Aug. 20, 2007, honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala.

by HarperCollins to be more than 40 million worldwide, making it one of the most widely read American novels of the 20th century. When the Library of Congress did a survey in 1991 on books that have affected people’s lives, “To Kill a Mockingbird” was second only to the Bible.

Lee herself became more mysterious as her book became more famous.

At first, she dutifully promoted her work. She spoke frequently to the press, wrote about herself and gave speeches, once to a class of cadets at West Point.

But she began declining interviews in the late 1960s and, until late in her life, firmly avoided making any public comment at all about her novel or her career. Other than a few magazine pieces for Vogue and McCall’s in the 1960s and a review of a 19th-century Alabama history book in 1983, she published no other book until stunning the world in 2015 by permitting “Go Set a Watchman” to be released.

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CHRISTOPHER E. THICK

Joseph Indovina-Thick of Arlington Heights, Oliver and Ryder Thick of Belvidere; his mother and step-father, Roselyn and David Lykken of Sweeney, Texas; brother, Roy Thick of Sweeney, Texas; niece, Courtney Thick of Sweeney, Texas; uncle, Ed Thick of Spokane, Washington; the family of Jackie Jordan of Minnesota.

Chris is preceded in death by his father, Kenneth, and paternal grandmother, Frances Thick.

The funeral service will be at noon Sunday, Feb. 21, at Anderson Funeral and Cremation Services, 218 W. Hurlbut Ave., Belvidere, with Sally Medearis officiating. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, at the funeral home and will continue Sunday, Feb. 21, from 10 a.m. until the time of the service.

Cremation rites will take place.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family.

To light a candle or share a condolence, please visit www.AndersonFCS.com.

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PRAYER MINISTRY – The Church of Holy Apostles Prayer Line Ministry has received more than 40,000 requests since its inception in 1992. The ministry has more than 120 active participants, including (back row, from left) Diane Michaelis, Don Dziedzic, June Lingle, Marge Pizarek and Linda Gullo; (middle row) Annette Feller, Barb Haffner, Patti Roberts, Cheryl Hivon, Pat Burke, Terri Krey and the Rev. Rueben Herrerra; and (front row) Heather Snyder, Margaret Mayer, Alyce Shay, the Rev. Tim Seigel, Joan Clingingsmith, Jean Lindholm and Charlene Stasko.

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• 7 to 10:30 a.m. – Pancake breakfast, First United Methodist Church, 1100 N. Division St., Harvard. Featuring all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, applesauce, milk, juice and coffee.

Cost: $7 adults, $6 seniors, $4 children ages 5 to 12. Proceeds benefit global mission projects of the United Methodist Church. Information: 815-943-5422 or www.firstumcharvard.org.

• 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Woodstock winter farmers market, McHenry County Fairgrounds, Building D, 11900 Country Club Road, Woodstock. Information: www.woodstockfarmersmarket.org.

• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Richmond-Spring Grove Expo, Richmond-Burton High School, 8311 Route 31, Richmond. Free admission.

• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Home & Business Expo, 27th annual, Marengo Middle School, 816 E. Grant Highway, Marengo. Sponsored by the Marengo-Union Chamber of Commerce.

Featuring local businesses, entertainment and demonstrations throughout the day, a pet adoption event by Glory Bound Rescue Ranch and more. Free. Information: 815-568-6680 or www.marengo-union.com.

• 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Phonebanking for Bernie Sanders, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. Volunteers sought. Bring a laptop

and phone. Not a library sponsored event. Information: Andrew Rosulek at andrew.rosulek@ gmail.com or 617-620-0189.

• 1 p.m. – “African American Patriots,” American Community Bank, 10101 Route 47, Huntley. Cheryl Dooley of the Samuel Phoenix Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will present a program for the Fox River Valley Chapter DAR about black women who assisted patriots during the Revolutionary War. Free. Information: 815-245-5717 or frvdar@gmail.com.

• 1 to 4 p.m. – “Healthy is Holy” health seminar, Joyful Harvest Lutheran Church, 5050 N. Johnsburg Road, Johnsburg. Chiropractor Rachel Northern of Northern Light Care will present a biblically based approach to good health. There also will be a 30-minute yoga session geared to those older than 50. Bring a healthy snack to share. Cost: $10. Information: 847-497-4569.

• 1 to 4 p.m. – Trivia contest, Woodstock Public Library, 414 W. Judd St., Woodstock.

Compete in four rounds of trivia for a $125 prize. Teams may consist of one to eight people. Presented by the Friends of Woodstock Public Library to celebrate the library’s 125th anniversary. Registration encouraged. Cost: $30 a team. Information: 815-338-0542 or nweber@woodstockil.info.

• 2 p.m. – “Shakespeare Snuggle,” Fox Lake District Library, 255 E. Grand Ave., Fox Lake. Bring your snuggly blanket and join a discussion of “The Winter’s Tale” by William Shakespeare. Refreshments provided. Free.

Registration required. Information: 847-5870198 or www.fllib.org.

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• 2 p.m. – Cabin Fever Meat Raffle, American Legion Post 491, 1331 N. Riverside Drive, McHenry. Raffling burgers, chops, roasts, steaks, ham, sausages and more with multiple winners for each raffle. There also will be several basket and gift certificate raffles. Proceeds benefit local military veterans. Free admission.

Information: www.facebook.com/americanlegionauxiliarypost491.

• 7:30 to 11 p.m. – Butter the Comfort Dog charity dance, St. John Lutheran Church Activity Center, 300 Jefferson St., Algonquin.

Hosted by the Greater Fox Valley Chapter of USA Dance. DJ Rod will play swing, ballroom and Latin music. Proceeds benefit Butter, a golden retriever K-9 Comfort Dog who visits local schools, churches, retirement homes and hospitals. Admission: $8 members, $10 seniors, $12 nonmembers. Information: www. dancefoxvalley.org.

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• Noon – Open house, Messiah Lutheran Preschool, 25225 W. Ivanhoe Road, Wauconda.

Includes lunch, school tour and concert by children’s musician Jim Gill. Cost: $20 a family.

Registration required. Information: 847-5267479 or mlpk@mlpk.org.

• 1 to 3 p.m. – Shakespeare at the Movies, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry. Featuring a screening of “10 Things I Hate About You,” an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.” Rated PG. Free. Information: 815-385-0036 or www. mchenrylibrary.org.

• 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. – Film screening, Huntley Area Public Library, 11000 Ruth Road, Huntley. Featuring “Much Ado About Nothing,” starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. Rated PG-13. Free. Registration required.

Information: 847-669-5386 or www.huntleylibrary.org.

• 2 to 3:30 p.m. – “Poetry: Imagine, Write and Win” kickoff, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. Drop in to learn about the library’s poetry contest. Participants may write poems by creating magnetic and blackout poetry, have an experienced poet create a personalized poem on a vintage typewriter and more. Free. Information: 815459-1687 or www.clpl.org.

• 2 to 3 p.m. – “Ann Stokes: Civil War Nurse,” Algonquin Area Public Library, 2600 Harnish Road, Algonquin. Storyteller and living history actor Marlene Rivero portrays Ann Stokes, believed to have been the first African American woman to serve on board a U.S. military vessel. Free. Registration required.

Information: 847-458-3144 or www.aapld.org.

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FIELD TRIP – St. John’s Lutheran Church’s confirmation class members and their mentors took a field trip to the Muslim Association of Greater Rockford to visit with its students and attend a prayer service. Among those pictured are Laura Leedle, Austin Stephens, Dawn Higgins, Anna Dickfoss, Jan Winkelman, Karly Strand, Emma Klein, Deb Sorensen, Caitlyn Morris, Maddy Vole, Grace Rogers, Karen Gritmacker, Jessica Meyer, Tracey Strand, Kendra Cashmore, Noah Higgins, Austin Kastning, Toby Behrens, Lisa Skala, Niki Morris, Jim VanderPal, Deanna VanderPal, Tawnya Rosio and Ben Quint.

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GUEST SPEAKERS – Marsha Potthoff (left), principal of McHenry High School West Campus, and Carl Vallianatos (right), the school’s director of curriculum and instruction, presented a program on Advanced Placement courses at the McHenry Rotary Club’s Jan. 14 meeting.

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PEACE POSTER – Lions Club International conducts an annual Peace Poster Contest for youth, and participants are given a calendar featuring their poster submission. Pictured (back row, from left) are McHenry Lions Club President Carol Perschke, Parkland Middle School art instructor Clint Grabow, McHenry Lions Club Peace Poster Chairman Judy Bierman and Parkland Middle School Principal Mike Adams; and (front row) students Natalie Sorensen, Samantha Jednechowski, Ari Vallianatos and Tania Perez.

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INVESTING IN ILLINOIS – Options & Advocacy for McHenry County won a $1,000 AT&T Investing in Illinois Award to be used toward buying software that will enable the organization to safely email confidential information. State Sen. Pam Althoff nominated Options & Advocacy for McHenry County for the recognition. Among those pictured are AT&T representative Donna Minogue, Beth Manke, Althoff, Susan Beckman, Stephanie Brunner, Fay Wilson, Stephanie Gofron, Holly Wendt, Teresa Positano, Olivia Hunt, Marge Dalbke, Melissa Ferris, Kathy Reeves and Anna Weltzien.

STAR DONATION – Sandy Hart (left) of Progressive Components International Corporation, Wauconda, presents a check to Lisa Haderlein, executive director of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County. Progressive’s STAR – Sharing Time and Resources program awards donations monthly to nonprofit organizations.

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SIGN MAKER – Natalie Hume and the Graphic Occupations class at Woodstock High School created new signs for The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County’s Green Spot Used Bookstore on the Square in Woodstock. Hume created the design and carried out the project with materials provided by the high school.

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WORLD DOMINATION – Seventh-grader Tyler Orlos won the 2016 St. John the Baptist Catholic School Geography Bee.

The ninth annual My Sister’s Dress Sale will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 12 at the Sage YMCA, 701 Manor Road.

The event was created as a means for high school students to buy gently used formal attire to make prom more affordable. Proceeds benefit Home of the Sparrow, which offers transitional shelter and support services to homeless women and children.

Donations of new or gently used dresses, jewelry or purses will be accepted through Wednesday at Home of the Sparrow, 4209 W. Shamrock Lane, Unit B, McHenry, and other locations.

Also, volunteers are sought to help set up the sale from 7 to 9 p.m.

March 11 and during sale hours and for clean up March 12.

For information or to volunteer, contact Michelle Lusmann at mlusmann@hosparrow.org or 815-2715444, ext. 24.

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Most homeowners know they have a sump pump but usually never have it inspected to make sure it is working properly. Obviously, with typical winter temperatures below freezing, there is no concern. However, when temps reach 40-50 degrees then you may have the sump pit fill with water. If the pump is defective or has an obstruction then you could have extensive water damage in your basement.

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Bowling fundraiser to benefit at-risk children Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County will host Bowl for Kids’ Sake from noon to 2 p.m. and 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. March 12 and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

March 16 at Kingston Lanes, 1330 S. Eastwood Drive, Woodstock.

Participants may register as an individual or team of four to six bowlers. Every bowler is asked to raise a minimum of $75 in pledges.

Each bowler will receive two hours of bowling, ball and shoe rental, pizza, pop and an event T-shirt.

Proceeds benefit mentoring programs for at-risk children in McHenry County. For information, contact Alex Bakalis at alex. bakalis@bbbsmchenry.org or 815385-3855.

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Martial arts studio to host children’s hospital benefit Spring Grove Flying Dragons Martial Arts Studio, 1622 N. Route 12, will celebrate its 20th anniversary and host a Kick-a-Thon to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital from 1 to 5 p.m. March 5.

Students and instructors will present martial art demonstrations throughout the afternoon, and there will be a silent auction.

For information, visit www.sgflyingdragons.com or call 815-675-3504.

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Annual Polar Plunge to benefit Special Olympics The 2016 Polar Plunge will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 28 at Lakefront Park, 71 Nippersink Blvd. Participants are sought to jump into Nippersink Lake to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois.

Participants must raise a minimum of $100 in donations, and

will receive a Polar Plunge hooded sweatshirt and entrance to a postPlunge party. Incentive prizes will be awarded to those who collect $250, $500 and $1,000 in donations.

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OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR – Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School third grade teacher Julie Bures was honored with the Rockford Diocese’s Outstanding Educator Award for McHenry County. Bures has taught at Sts. Peter and Paul for the past 15 years, and her son and daughter attended and graduated from the school. Bures and her eight siblings are alumni as well. Pictured (from left) are Margo Shiffo, Rockford Diocese assistant superintendent; Bures; and Sts. Peter and Paul Principal Carolyn Strong.

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SUPPORTING OTHERS – The Mount Hope United Methodist Women display their support for the campaign to “Stop Human Trafficking” at their meeting Jan. 13 by holding umbrellas to symbolize, “We are United Methodist Women opening umbrellas to intercept human trafficking.” Pictured (back row, from left) are Dolores Oakley, Betty Flint, Genevieve Alvord, Dottie Thurwell, Judy Wolter and Joyce Sjostrom; and (front) Judy Foszcz.

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STUDENTS OF THE MONTH – Marengo Community High School students Natalie Gruber (left) and Bailey Rinn (right) were chosen as the Jurs/Indian Pride Outstanding Students of the Month for January. The award, sponsored by Tom Jurs (center), recognizes community service, good grades and attendance. Gruber, a junior, is a member of National Honor Society and Scholastic Bowl. Rinn, a senior, is training to become a certified nursing assistant, has participated in community service activities through Boy Scouts and is a member of the Reading Club.

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UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL – U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Seaman Zach Tonyan of McHenry (left) gets a detailed inspection by cadet Chief Jacob Glaysher of Cary (right), aided by Petty Officer Third Class Andrew Cotsiomitis of Island Lake. Glaysher, who attends Cary-Grove High School, is the senior sea cadet. The Edward C. Benfold Division of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets is based in Cary and is part of a national program for youth ages 10 to 18. For information, visit www.seacadets.org.

CAMPUS REPORT KENOSHA, Wis. – Algonquin resident Perrin Schupbach participated in a study tour to Costa Rica with Carthage College.

• KENOSHA, Wis. – Algonquin resident Michael Sloncen and Crystal Lake residents Tina Mihm and Emily Wild participated in a study tour to Honduras with Carthage College.

• KENOSHA, Wis. – Bull Valley resident Dustin Daily and Trout Valley resident Madeline Gronset participated in a study tour to Nicaragua with Carthage College.

• KENOSHA, Wis. – McHenry resident Alexander Rodriguez participated in a study tour to Hong Kong with Carthage College.

• KENOSHA, Wis. – Huntley resident Alexander Reiter participated in a study tour to Germany with Carthage College.

• KENOSHA, Wis. – Wonder Lake resident Sarah Singer participated in a study tour to Guatemala with Carthage College.

• MONMOUTH – The following local residents were named to the 2015 fall semester dean’s list at Monmouth College: Crystal Lake resident Morgan Ellers; Harvard resident Randi Blazier; Lake in the Hills resident Kyle Ward; Marengo residents Caitlyn Allen, Sarah Schmitt and Sophia Slocum;

McHenry resident Sarah Wright; Ringwood resident Krista Hewes; Wauconda resident Erin Kennelly; Wonder Lake resident Rachael Landrey and Woodstock resident Benjamin Markison.

• DANVILLE – Crystal Lake resident Lauren Engel was named to the 2015 fall semester dean’s list at Lakeview College of Nursing.

• CHICAGO – Cary resident Brandon Butler was named to the 2015 fall semester dean’s list at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business.

• MONMOUTH – The following local residents were named to the 2015 fall semester dean’s list at Monmouth College: Crystal Lake resident Morgan Ellers; Harvard resident Randi Blazier; Lake in the Hills resident Kyle Ward; Marengo residents Caitlyn Allen, Sarah Schmitt and Sophia Slocum; McHenry resident Sarah Wright; Ringwood resident Krista Hewes; Wauconda resident Erin Kennelly; Wonder Lake resident Rachael Landrey and Woodstock resident Benjamin Markison.

• ONEONTA, N.Y. – State University of New York at Oneonta student Jessica Koffer of Crystal Lake is studying abroad this semester.

Koffer, a junior majoring in fashion and textiles, is studying at Istituto Europeo di Design in Italy.

AUDUBON GRANTS – McHenry County Audubon announced the recipients of its 2015-16 Birds in the Classroom grants, intended to help classroom teachers and schools bring an understanding of local birds and their habitat needs to students of McHenry County.

The grants were presented to the receiving schools’ representatives at McHenry County Audubon’s annual meeting Jan. 16. Olsen Elementary School of Woodstock received $500 to plant native bird-friendly plants with help from Woodstock High School Key Club students.

The grant also will be used to buy bird feeders, bird books and binoculars. Special Education District of McHenry County received $300. SEDOM’s Claussen Drive facility in Woodstock will work to attract birds from its nearby prairie project with bird feeders built by students.

The students also will build a bench where they can sit quietly to observe birds. Pictured (from left) are Carolyn Sweeney of Olson Elementary School; McHenry County Audubon President Stacy Iwanicki; and SEDOM representative Lisa Furst.

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DAY OF SERVICE – McHenry County College students volunteered their time to sort clothes, organize inventory and tidy up at The Pink Door resale shop in McHenry as part of the college’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Pictured (from left) are Becky Blando, Ashley Kaempf and Bri Halley, all members of MCC’s women’s basketball team; and Lili Linares, a member of Latinos Unidos, MCC’s student multicultural club.

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program. Free. Registration required. Information: 847-639-4210 or www.carylibrary.info.

• 7 to 8 p.m. – “Why Shakespeare?”, Algonquin Area Public Library, 2600 Harnish Road, Algonquin. Actor and speaker Bill Hammack will perform and discuss several of Shakespeare’s speeches and monologues.

Free. Registration required. Information: 847458-3144 or www.aapld.org.

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• 10:30 a.m. – “Voice Your Choice,” Senior Services Associates Inc., 110 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake. A representative from Journey Care will discuss advanced care planning, health care and end of life choices.

Free. Registration required. Information: 815-356-7457 or msmeltzer@seniorservicesassoc.org.

• 11:30 a.m. – Everybody’s Birthday, Senior Services Associates Inc., 110 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake. Includes lunch.

Cost: $2. Registration required. Information: 815-356-7457 or msmeltzer@seniorservicesassoc.org.

• Noon – Movie matinee, Senior Services Associates Inc., 3519 N. Richmond Road, McHenry. Featuring “While You Were Sleeping,” rated PG. Free. Information: 815-344-3555 or www.senorservicesassociates.org.

• 12:30 p.m. – Movie screening, Grand Oaks Active Senior Center, 1401 W. Route 176, Crystal Lake. Featuring “Big Eyes,” rated PG-13. Cost: $5. Registration deadline: Feb. 23.

Information: www.crystallakeparks.org.

• 7:30 p.m. – Black Light Zumba Party, Grand Oaks Recreation Center, 1401 W. Route 176, Crystal Lake. Cost: $10 residents, $15 nonresidents if registered by Feb. 23. At the door fee will increase by $3 a person. Information: www.crystallakeparks.org.

Feb. 27

• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Snowmobile safety course, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, 2200 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. Ages 12 through 16 will receive instruction in safe operation, rules of the road, snowmobile law, first aid, proper riding techniques and related topics. Free. Information: 815-334-4739 or cdhardt@co.mchenry.il.us.

• 8 a.m. to noon – Cary-Grove Trojans Lacrosse Club pancake breakfast, The LOFT, 2107 Three Oaks Road, Cary. Cost: $5. Information: 847-961-8791 or www. cglacrosse.com.

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• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Free apples for those in need, McHenry County Visitors Center, 11879 E. Main St., Huntley. Provided by Royal Oak Farm.

• 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. – “The Real Cost of Home Ownership,” McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry. Presented by the Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Woodstock. Free. Information: 815-385-0036 or www.mchenrylibrary.org.

• 7 p.m. – Author visit, Dundee Library, 555 Barrington Ave., East Dundee. Rebecca Makkai will read from her latest collection of short stories, “Music for Wartime.” Free. Information: 224-699-5884 or www.frvpld.info.

• 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. – Natural landscaping seminar, McHenry County College’s Luecht Conference Center, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Presented by the Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Committee.

Featuring guest speakers, exhibits of natural gardening products and services and buffet lunch. Cost: $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Information: 815-342-5146 or www. thewppc.org.

• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – WinterFest Home & Business Expo, Jacobs High School, 2601 Bunker Hill Drive, Algonquin. Family-friendly event with live demonstrations, activities, music, food and more. Free admission. Information: 847-658-5300 or www.alchamber.com.

• 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Multiple Sclerosis Self Help Group meeting, Fire Station, 1020 W. Algonquin Road, Lake in the Hills. Free. Information: Richard Wesley at 815-388-8217 or ricksmsgroup@yahoo.com.

• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – “Life is a Journey” expo, McHenry High School West Campus, 4724 W. Crystal Lake Road. McHenry. Featuring local businesses, entertainment, children’s games and more. Free admission. Information: 815-385-4300 or www.mchenrychamber.com.

• 10 a.m. to noon – McHenry County Civil War Round Table discussion group, Panera Bread, 6000 Route 14, Crystal Lake.

Discussion topic will be “Bad Generals From Either Side.” Information: www.mchenrycivilwar.com.

• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Business and Community Expo, Wauconda High School, 555 N. Main St., Wauconda. Presented by the Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce. Featuring more than 50 local business exhibitors, craft show, career fair, food vendors and family entertainment. Free admission. Information: www.waucondachamber.org.

• 1 to 4 p.m. – Antique Appraisal Day, McHenry County Historical Society & Museum, 6422 Main St., Union. Categories include jewelry, art, photographs, textiles, toys, stamps, glass, china, Christmas memorabilia and dolls.

Reserve a 10-minute slot in advance. Cost: $5 to $15. Information: 815-923-2267 or kurt@ mchenrycountyhistory.org.

• 2 to 3 p.m. – “Meet Mary Poppins” Johnsburg Public Library, 3000 N. Johnsburg Road, Johnsburg. Featuring songs and stories from TownSquare Players’ upcoming production of “Mary Poppins.” Free. Registration required. Information: 815-344-0077 or www.johnsburglibrary.org.

• 2:30 to 4 p.m. – Winter Woods Walk, Pleasant Valley Conservation Area, 13315 Pleasant Valley Road, Woodstock. Dress for the weather. Registration deadline: Feb. 23.

Free for county residents, $2 nonresidents.

Information: 815-479-5779 or www.mccdistrict.org.

• 5:30 to 8 p.m. – Daddy Daughter Royal Princess Ball, Village Hall, 600 Harvest Gate, Lake in the Hills. Includes dancing, pizza buffet, ice cream sundae bar and activities. Cost: $35 resident couples, $20 additional sibling; $42 nonresidents, $24 sibling. Registration required. Information: 847-960-7460 or www. lith.org.

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Michael Pyle will present “Pollinators, Plants and People on the Edge of What’s Left.” Free.

• 4 p.m. – Wesley M. Vos Memorial Information: 815-479-7765 or www.mchenry.

Organ Recital series, First Congregational edu/bioneers.

Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Lake. Featuring • 7 to 8 p.m. – “Without a Mask: Hockey’s award-winning organist Jonathan Ryan.

Daredevil Goalies,” McHenry Public Library, Free-will donations to benefit the Wesley M. 809 Front St., McHenry. Craig Pierce shares Vos Memorial Organ Recital fund accepted. tales of ice hockey’s most courageous, colorful Information: www.fcccrystallake.org. and quirky characters. Free. Information: 815• 5 to 6:30 p.m. – Sunday evening com385-0036 or www.mchenrylibrary.org. munity dinner, First United Methodist Church, • 7 to 8 p.m. – Lifetree Café, The Pointe, 236 W. Crystal Lake Ave., Crystal Lake. A free 5650 Route 14, Crystal Lake. The program, dinner for those in need. Information: 815-459“Loving Those with Cancer: How to Cope, Care 0785 or foodministries@firstchurchcl.org. and Give Hope,” features filmed interviews with a cancer caregiver and a cancer patient.

Feb. 22 Free. Information: Bob Dorn at 815-575-4745 • 10 to 11:30 a.m. – Consumer debt semor rdorn@immanuelcl.org. inar, Administer Justice, 1750 Grandstand • 7 to 8 p.m. – “Super Simple Sonnet Place, Suite 15. Topics covered will include Writing,” Algonquin Area Public Library, 2600 legal rights of consumers regarding credit Harnish Road, Algonquin. Participants will read cards, pay day loans and dealing with debt a contemporary sonnet and work together to collectors. The seminar will be taught in both write one. Free. Registration required. InformaEnglish and Spanish. Free. No registration is tion: 847-458-3150 or www.aapld.org. required. Information: 847-844-1100 or www.

• 7 to 8:30 p.m. – “Mayor Shepley Rides administerjustice.org.

Crystal Lake,” Crystal Lake Public Library, • 8 to 9:30 p.m. – Poetry Night, Raue 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. Shepley and Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal city staff members will discuss bicycling in Lake. Hosted by poet and puppeteer Phil Crystal Lake and plans to enhance bicycling Denofrio. Free. Information: 815-356-9010 or and walking in the city. Free. Information: www.rauecenter.org.

815-790-0125.

• 7 to 8:30 p.m. – College financial planFeb. 23 ning, Woodstock Public Library, 414 W. Judd • 9 to 11 a.m. – MOPS Mothers of PreSt., Woodstock. The College Funding Team will schoolers, Immanuel Lutheran Church and discuss the FAFSA form, maximizing financial School, 300 S. Pathway Court, Crystal Lake. aid and strategies for paying for college in a Featuring snacks and small group discussion. tax-efficient way. Information: www.woodChild care available. Annual fee, first visit is stockpubliclibrary.org. free. Information: 815-321-9128 or kschumacher@immanuelcl.org.

Feb. 24 • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Brown bag sale, • 10 a.m. – “The Challenge of Change: Little Christopher Resale Shoppe, 469 Lake How to Cope with Losses Throughout St. (behind St. Thomas School), Crystal Lake.

Life,” Senior Services Associates Inc., 3519 Continues 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 24-26 and 10 N. Richmond Road, McHenry. Life Learning a.m. to noon Feb. 27. Bags of items will be $4 Advocate Mary Helen Ekstam will discuss Tuesday, $3 Wednesday, $2 Thursday and $1 how change can affect quality of life and offer Friday and Saturday. The shop is operated by healthy living tips. Free. Registration required. the Women’s Club of St. Thomas the Apostle Information: 815-344-3555 or www.senorserChurch. Proceeds support the ministries of the vicesassociates.org. church. Information: 815-459-9442.

• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Habitat restoration • Noon to 1:30 p.m. – “Spring Real Estate work day, Lynda Clayton Conservation Market Update,” The Fountains at Crystal Area, 5004 Hampshire Drive, McHenry. The Lake, 965 N. Brighton Circle West, Crystal Land Conservancy of McHenry County seeks Lake. Local real estate professionals will volunteers to help restore wetlands and an oak discuss area home values and present tips grove. Information: www.conservemc.org. for getting a home ready to sell. Lunch served • Noon to 2:30 p.m. – Wednesday matiafter the presentation. Registration deadline: nee, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. PadFeb. 20. Information: 815-455-8400. dock St., Crystal Lake. Featuring a screening • 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Literacy volunteer of “Everest,” rated PG-13. Bring a lunch. Free. information session, McHenry County Information: 815-459-1687 or www.clpl.org.

College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. For those • 4 to 5:30 p.m. – Family movie, Crystal interested in becoming a literacy tutor to help Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., adult students with reading, math and English Crystal Lake. Featuring “Gnomeo and Juliet,” language skills. Free. Information: 815-455rated G. Free. Information: 815-459-1687 or 8542 or www.mchenry.edu/volunteer. www.clpl.org.

• 7 p.m. – Taize prayer service, First • 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. – Veterans of Foreign Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Wars All-American Post 12014 meeting, Lake. A Lenten experience consisting of simple Colonial Café, 5689 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Inchants, scripture and silence in a candlelit formation: 847-462-2535 or jsg2535@att.net. environment. Free. Information: 815-459-6010 • 7 to 8 p.m. – “Wine Wisdom,” Cary Pubor www.fcccrystallake.org. lic Library, 1606 3 Oaks Road, Cary. Prairie State • 7 p.m. – Bioneers Speaker Series, Winery of Genoa will present information about McHenry County College Luecht Conference wine making, teach the basics of judging wine Center, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Robert and offer tips on pairing wine and food. Adult

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Illinois primary for U.S. Senate heats up

By SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press

CHICAGO – With less than a month before the Illinois primary for U.S. Senate, former Chicago Urban League CEO Andrea Zopp zeroed in on presumed Democratic front-runner U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, using the last televised debate Friday to sharply criticize the congresswoman’s leadership.

Zopp went after Duckworth _ who has statewide name recognition and a fundraising advantage – on gun control legislation, her voting record, debate participation and experience in nearly every response during a debate hosted

by Chicago’s WLS-TV. State Sen. Napoleon Harris, the

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Catholic group asks patrons to help get state budget passed

CHICAGO – With Illinois’ debt to its largest social services agency now topping $25 million because of the ongoing budget impasse, Chicago’s Catholic Charities is asking priests and parishioners to lobby politicians in Springfield.

The Chicago Tribune reported that a budget stalemate over how to solve a $6.6 billion deficit has led to billions of dollars in unpaid bills, including services Catholic Charities provides to Cook and Lake counties, such as in-home care, early childhood education, feeding the homeless and substance abuse treatment.

In a letter to parish priests, Chicago’s Catholic Charities CEO Monsignor Michael Boland is urging parishioners to remind

third Democratic candidate, largely stayed out of the fray.

“The fact is that Congresswoman Duckworth has done very little with her time in Congress,” Zopp said. “It’s all about the politics ... not about driving real action for the families of Illinois.”

Duckworth largely focused her attention on questioning the record of incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, a Republican seeking a second term.

The tone of the debate was the strongest of the campaign, with Zopp drawing attention to her work as a federal prosecutor. Harris focused on his experiences as a legislator and former NFL player.

The winner of the March 15 primary contest is likely to take on Kirk in November. He faces a lesser-known primary challenger.

While Duckworth largely

ignored Zopp’s approach, she did take a jab about Zopp’s time serving on the Chicago Board of Education. The board approved contracts later linked to scandal. Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett pleaded guilty in October for her role in a scheme to steer $23 million in no-bid contracts to a suburban education firm, SUPES Academy, in exchange for bribes and kickbacks.

“I can’t speak to why Ms. Zopp rubber stamped the SUPES contact,” Duckworth said.

Zopp, a former board member appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, has said Byrd-Bennett was a reputable educator when hired and there weren’t early indicators she was involved in wrongdoing.

Duckworth, instead, blasted Kirk on international poli-

cy, among other issues.

“Mark Kirk has been wrong on every issue of national security that he has been involved in,” Duckworth said.

The debate also got emotional at one point with Duckworth’s voice breaking during a question on homeless veterans. The former Army pilot whose helicopter was shot down in Iraq has held veterans affairs positions in Illinois and the Obama administration.

Duckworth confirmed to reporters afterward that she would not be participating in any further debates. All of the joint candidate appearances have been in Chicago, something Zopp said wasn’t fair to downstate voters.

Duckworth dismissed Zopp’s criticism.

“I’ve been shot at before.

Trust me, I can take it,” she

their legislators that lives are at stake if the financial crisis isn’t resolved.

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Forklift driver who died in accident lost home in tornado

BELVIDERE – A Belvidere man whose family was recovering after last year’s Fairdale tornado destroyed their home has died in a forklift accident.

The Winnebago County coroner said 36-year-old Chris Thick died Tuesday when a forklift slid backward off a truck and struck him. He was a forklift mechanic for Fitzgerald Equipment Co. in Rockford. Officials said the accident happened at Fastenal, a Belvidere manufacturer.

The Rockford Register Star reported that Thick and fiancee Jackie Jordan were rebuilding their lives in Belvidere after the Fairdale tornado destroyed their home. They have two sons who are ages 2 and 3, and Thick had an 18-year-old son.

Jordan said Thick’s death was a shock. She said he was a “wonderful” man, good father and “would do anything for anyone.”

Bouncer gets 1 year in East St. Louis strip club killing

BELLEVILLE– A former East St. Louis strip club bouncer who pleaded guilty to mob action after killing a customer with his pickup truck has been sentenced to one Reginald Allen year in prison.

Reginald Allen of Dupo on Friday faced a sentencing range of probation to six years in prison in St. Clair County Circuit Court.

He was initially charged with reckless homicide in the 2009 death of Anthony Rice during a parking lot dispute outside a club that Allen’s family owned.

Authorities said Allen, who is white, taunted Rice, a 23-yearold black man, with racial comments and threw a brick through a friend’s car window.

Allen said he feared for his life after the friend grabbed a gun from his car and fired several warning shots once Allen had thrown the brick.

Deere’s 1Q results top estimates, but cuts full-year outlook

MOLINE – Deere’s fiscal first-quarter performance beat Wall Street’s expectations, even as the company continues to deal with weak sales of farm and construction equipment. The agricultural equipment maker lowered its full-year forecast.

Deere has been contending with slumping agricultural machinery sales for some time.

Falling commodity prices have made farmers less likely to buy new equipment. Declining oil prices also have affected its construction equipment sales.

In November, the company said it was laying off about 220 workers. But Deere has been effectively managing its costs.

In the first quarter, total costs and expenses declined to $5.17 billion from $5.82 billion.

For the period ended Jan. 31, Deere & Co. earned $254.4 million, or 80 cents per share. That compares with $386.8 million, or $1.12 per share, a year earlier.

This beat the 71 cents per share that analysts surveyed by

told reporters.

Zopp amped up her tone to illustrate the differences between her and Duckworth.

Harris said he avoided the exchanges because his record stood for itself.

The Democrats did agree on a few issues. All three called for carrying out immigration laws more humanely, support a minimum wage increase and urged Kirk to have a clearer stance on who should nominate a successor for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Top Republicans say the job should be up to President Barack Obama’s successor, but Democrats say it is Obama’s constitutional duty.

Kirk has called the debate over replacing Scalia “unseemly” and said the conservative Scalia’s life should be honored.

Zacks Investment Research expected. Revenue for the Moline, Illinois-based company totaled $5.53 billion, topping the $4.79 billion that Wall Street forecast.

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Judge to company: Repay employee profit-sharing plan

CHICAGO – A federal judge in Chicago has ordered an Illinois company to repay more than $1.7 million raided from its employee profit-sharing plan.

The judgment requires Palos Hills-based Alliance Home Healthcare and two top officers to repay money that was improperly used. Alliance set up the plan in 2000 to provide retirement benefits to eligible employees. The ruling issued Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve follows an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration.

The court appointed an independent company to distribute the plan’s assets to participants and beneficiaries and to end the plan.

– Wire reports

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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS U.S. bombs Islamic State training camp in Libya

WASHINGTON – American F-15E fighter-bombers struck an Islamic State training camp in rural Libya near the Tunisian border Friday, killing dozens, probably including an IS operative considered responsible for deadly attacks in Tunisia last year, U.S. and local officials said. The strike did not appear to mark the beginning of a sustained U.S. campaign in Libya but a Pentagon spokesman said “it may not be the last.”

The spokesman, Peter Cook, said the U.S. is determined to stop the Islamic State from “gaining traction” in Libya. Cook said the training camp was “relatively new,” and that the U.S. has identified similar Islamic State training camps elsewhere in Libya, suggesting potential future strikes in defense of regional and U.S. national security interests.

The Friday ruling means the 18-year-old could face 120 days in jail, then finish his 10-year probation. If he violates his probation during that time, he could get up to 10 years in prison for each crash victim.

EPA: Mich., Flint still lag on response to lead crisis

State and local officials still aren’t doing enough to fix problems that caused lead pollution of drinking water in Flint, Michigan – including having enough qualified workers to make sure the city water system functions adequately, a federal regulator said Friday.

Mark Pollins, director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Enforcement Division, said some progress had been made toward complying with an emergency order EPA issued Jan. 21 in response to the crisis. But “significant issues” remain that need “immediate attention” to safeguard the public water supply in the city of Judge moves ‘affluenza’ teen’s case to adult court nearly 100,000, he said.

Flint has missed by two weeks FORT WORTH, Texas – A Texas a deadline for showing its water judge said the case of a teenager system has enough competent who used an “affluenza” defense staffers, Pollins said in a letter in a fatal drunken-driving wreck to Keith Creagh, director of the will be moved to adult court. state Department of EnvironmenEthan Couch was 16 at the time tal Quality, and other officials. He of the 2013 crash that killed four also said the city and state have people near Fort Worth. During yet to finish a plan for preventing his juvenile trial, a defense expert additional pipe corrosion, which invoked the term “affluenza” enabled lead to contaminate while arguing Couch’s wealthy some residents’ tap water. parents had coddled him into a – Wire reports sense of irresponsibility.

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Lawrence Joyce, a pharmacist and lawyer from Illinois, speaks to reporters Friday after a court hearing in Chicago. Joyce said Friday he has filed a lawsuit challenging Texas Republican candidate Ted Cruz’s eligibility to be put on the Illinois ballot for the March 15 primary. Lawsuits challenging Cruz’s eligibility have been filed in recent weeks by residents in states including Illinois, Indiana, New York and Alabama who argue he can’t be president because he’s not a natural-born citizen.

Fight over Ted Cruz’s ballot eligibility moves to courtrooms

By SARA BURNETT

The Associated Press

CHICAGO – The debate over whether Canadian-born Ted Cruz is eligible to be president is moving from the campaign trail to the courtroom.

Lawsuits challenging the Texas Republican’s eligibility for the ballot have been filed in recent weeks by residents in states including Illinois, New York and Alabama who argue he can’t be president because he’s not a natural-born citizen. Fellow GOP candidate Donald Trump also has threatened to sue over the issue.

Cruz and some legal experts say he’s eligible because his mother was a U.S. citizen when he was born.

Lawrence Joyce, a pharmacist and lawyer from Poplar Grove, Illinois, said Friday he filed suit in Chicago because he wants to avoid what he called a potential “nightmare scenario.”

He said he fears if Cruz becomes the GOP nominee, Democrats will get him kicked off the ballot in some states or Cruz will be forced to drop out, and establishment Republicans will replace him with a more moderate candidate, such as Jeb Bush or Chris Christie.

Joyce said he’s backing Ben Carson but is acting “strictly on my own.”

“There will still be some that try to work political mischief on it, but as a legal matter, this is clear and straightforward.”

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Republican candidate for the presidency Cook County Judge Maureen Ward Kirby set a hearing on a motion to dismiss the suit filed by Cruz’s lawyer for March 1 – the first day Joyce said he’d be able to get off work to return to court. By then, ballots for Illinois’ March 15 primary will be printed and early voting underway.

Asked about his eligibility during a CNN town hall this week, Cruz said by law he’s been a U.S. citizen since the day he was born.

“There will still be some that try to work political mischief on it, but as a legal matter, this is clear and straightforward,” Cruz said.

The Indiana Election Commission on Friday rejected a challenge to whether Cruz may remain on the state’s May 3 primary ballot.

Cruz won a similar ballot challenge in New Hampshire in November.

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GOP hopefuls get emotional on eve of S.C. primary The ASSOCIATED PRESS MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Republican campaign for South Carolina turned deeply personal on the eve of Saturday’s high-stakes presidential primary, as New York businessman Donald Trump eyed a delegate sweep and his Republican rivals jockeyed for a southern surprise.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, the son of a pastor, evoked “the body of Christ” in his closing message while fending off allegations of “dirty tricks” in a state where most Republicans identify as evangelical Christians. At the same time, Trump allies took subtle shots at Ted Cruz Pope Francis for questioning the Republican front-runner’s devotion to Christian principles. Ohio Gov. John Kasich continued hugging supporters, while Jeb Bush turned to his mother to help revive his underdog campaign.

Friday marked an emotionally charged day in the Republican presidential contest amid a growing sense of urgency. South Carolina offers the six candidates still in the race a trove of 50 delegates – and perhaps more impor-

tantly, momentum to help survive into the next phase of the campaign: March 1’s Super Tuesday.

On the other side of the country, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders competed for votes ahead of Saturday’s Democratic caucuses in Nevada.

Back in South Carolina, Trump appeared to hold a commanding lead less than 24 hours before voting began. With a big win, the billionaire businessman could take home most, if not all, of the state’s delegates. Such a victory would mark Donald a particularly painful Trump blow to Cruz, whose consistent focus on Christian values and southern roots should have given him a distinct advantage here.

As the undisputed Republican front-runner, Trump was a popJeb Bush ular target in the final-hours’ scramble for votes.

“Trump values are not South Carolina values,” the state’s senior senator, Lindsey Graham, charged during a Charleston rally for Bush. Former first lady Barbara Bush had this to say about her son’s values: “He’s steady.

He’s honest. He is modest. He is kind, and he is good.”

Trump’s campaign tried to brush off an extraordinary criticism from Pope Francis the day before. When asked about Trump’s call to build a massive wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church said those who seek to build walls instead of bridges are not Christian.

Trump called the Pope’s words “disgraceful” on Thursday, but offered a distinctly softer jab as he courted South Carolina voters on Friday.

“Yesterday, the Pope was great,” Trump told an audience in Myrtle Beach. “They had him convinced that illegal immigration was like a wonderful thing. Not wonderful for us. It’s wonderful for Mexico.”

Campaigning in the same city, Cruz tried to take advantage of the spiritual spat by highlighting his own religious devotion.

“Every minute that you’re not on the phone calling friends and loved ones, spend beseeching God, praying for this country, that this spirit of revival that is sweeping this country continue and grow, and that we awaken the body of Christ,” the Texas senator said.

Cruz also took a veiled shot at Trump’s campaign motto, featured on hats, T-shirts and bumper stickers.

“It’s easy to say, ‘Let’s Make America Great Again,’ ” he said. But, he said,

“Do you understand what made America great in the first place?”

Cruz faced new questions about a website his campaign created this week featuring a photo of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio shaking hands with President Barack Obama. Cruz’s team acknowledged the photo was manufactured using a computer program.

“Every picture in a political campaign is photoshopped,” Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler told FOX News when pressed to explain the tactic.

Rubio spokesman Alex Conant warned South Carolina voters in an email to be on the lookout for “dirty tricks” from Cruz, charging that the Texas senator “will do anything to stop Marco RuJohn Kasich bio’s momentum.”

Meanwhile, the lesser-known Kasich highlighted his compassionate side. In a television ad broadcast across the state, he spoke of his parents’ deaths at the hands of a drunken driver.

“I was transformed. I discovered my purpose by discovering the Lord,” Kasich says in the ad.

During a Columbia rally, the Ohio governor hugged a woman who said she’s long been a Democrat but believes he’s a “good man.”

Vatican: Pope was not singling out Trump with his remarks The ASSOCIATED PRESS VATICAN CITY – A spokesman for Pope Francis insisted Friday the pontiff was “in no way” launching an attack on Donald Trump, a U.S. presidential candidate, nor was he trying to sway voters by declaring someone who advocates building walls isn’t Christian.

The Rev. Federico Lombardi, in an interview on Vatican Radio, stressed that Francis often speaks about building bridges, not walls, and that his remark on Thursday wasn’t “a personal attack” on the business mogul.

Flying back to Rome from a pilgrimage that included Mass at the Mexican side of the border with the U.S., Francis, answering a reporter’s question, had said that a person who advocates building walls is “not Christian.”

Trump, who has repeatedly called for a wall to divide the U.S. and Mexico while campaigning for November’s election, quickly retorted it was “disgraceful” to question a person’s faith.

On Friday, Lombardi sought to put the pope’s comments in context, saying they were “in no way a personal at-

ously. And he has said it also about migration issues in Europe, very many times. Thus, it’s not at all a specific question, limited to this case,” the spokesman said.

Trump appeared pleased with the comments, referencing them at a campaign rally Friday.

“Yesterday, the pope was great,” Trump told an audience in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where he is campaigning. “He made a beautiful statement this morning. They had him convinced that illegal immigration was like a wonderful thing. Not wonderful for us. It’s wonderful for Mexico.”

Some European countries have erected fences or raised the possibility of building fences and other barriers on their borders after hundreds of L’Osservatore Romano thousands of asylum-seekers reached Pope Francis (center) listens to the Vatican’s Lenten preacher Raniero Cantalamessa the continent by sea and land, fleeing war or poverty. (left) at the Redemptoris Mater chapel Friday at the Vatican.

“The pope said clearly that he tack or an indication on how to vote.”

“But the pope said what we well wasn’t stepping into voting issues in The radio interviewer told Lombardi know, when we follow his teaching and the electoral campaign in the United that many have seen the comment as his positions: that one mustn’t build States,” Lombardi added. He said the pope was also “giving the benefit of the a kind of “excommunication, if we can walls, but bridges,” Lombardi said. call it that,” of Trump.

“He has always said this, continu- doubt” on what Trump had said.

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rejected in the most-recent national election, who should be afforded the opportunity to replace Justice Scalia,” McConnell and Grassley wrote.

Grassley’s name on the piece signaled the Iowa chairman is now firmly in line with leadership.

Earlier in the week, the chairman had suggested he might be open to holding hearings on an Obama nominee, a statement that buoyed Charles Obama and his allies Grassley and confused the GOP message.

If Obama has any hope of winning, he’ll need more than a muddled message.

Obama’s hopes rest first on persuading Grassley to hold hearings in his committee. Then McConnell would have to agree to a vote by the full Senate, where the president would need 60 votes to break a filibuster.

The White House and its allies have suggested taking one step at time, hop-

ing each step in the process will build pressure on Republicans to change their tune.

As Obama considers his choice, advisers have begun mobilizing outside groups that will pour money and time into reaching out voters at the state level. Those groups have begun to add staff, marshal resources and put out advertising.

In a meeting at the White House on Thursday night, White House counsel Neil Eggleston and adviser Valerie Jarrett urged advocates to keep up the pressure.

Once Obama names a candidate, allies believe the conversation will shift from a theoretical discussion to a debate over an individual, putting a face and what is expected to be an impressive resume into the mix. If the White House can win a hearing, the nominee would become a political celebrity and a cause. If public opinion were to shift in swing states such as Ohio or Wisconsin, the White House hopes, there could be a chance of persuading Republican senators.

Colleagues join thousands in paying respects to Scalia The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Bidding farewell to their longtime colleague, the eight remaining Supreme Court justices joined family members, former law clerks and members of the public Friday in paying their respects to Antonin Scalia in a tradition-laden, solemn day at the marble courthouse atop Capitol Hill.

The Rev. Paul Scalia, the justice’s son and a Catholic priest, said traditional prayers at a private ceremony before thousands of people filed through the court’s Great Hall, where Scalia’s casket lay on a funeral bier first used after President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination.

“You have called your servant Antonin out of this world. Release him from the bonds of sin and welcome him into your presence,” the sixth of the justice’s nine children said.

Outside the court, meanwhile, a makeshift memorial was set up featuring jars of applesauce, a pile of fortune cookies and paper bags, items that figured in the outspoken conservative Scalia’s sharp dissents in recent cases.

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama visited the court Friday afternoon, bowing their heads near Scalia’s casket and pausing in front of a portrait of the justices.

During their brief stop at the court, the Obamas were greeted by Chief

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Supreme Court justices (from left) Elena Kagan, Samuel Anthony Alito Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Anthony Kennedy participate in prayers at a private ceremony Friday in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., where late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia lies in repose.

Justice John Roberts and met with another son of Scalia, Army Lt. Col. Matthew Scalia, and his family. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, were to attend Saturday’s funeral Mass.

On Friday, 98 former law clerks to Scalia lined the Supreme Court’s steps as a police honor guard carried the casket into the building beneath

the iconic words “Equal Justice Under Law” just after 9:30 a.m. on a cold, overcast morning.

The justices stood near the casket in the same order in which they will sit on a reconfigured bench following Scalia’s death last week in Texas.

Chief Justice John Roberts was between Justices Anthony Kennedy, the

longest-serving member of the current court, and Clarence Thomas.

A 2007 portrait of Scalia by artist Nelson Shanks was displayed nearby.

In it, the justice is shown surrounded by images representing important moments and influences in his life, including a framed wedding photograph of his wife, Maureen. The extended Scalia family gathered around the widow inside the court.

Scalia’s clerks also took 30-minute turns standing near the casket in groups of four, and planned to do so through the night until his body is taken from the court for his funeral on Saturday.

Among those passing through the Great Hall were members of the federal appeals court on which Scalia served before joining the Supreme Court, including two judges mentioned as possible replacements. Judges Sri Srinivasan and Patricia Millett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit paused briefly before Scalia’s casket and portrait.

More than 3,000 people had passed by the casket as of late afternoon and court officials added an extra hour to accommodate the long lines that stretched more than three blocks in the early evening. At one point, the wait topped 3½ hours, mainly because the public was not allowed in for a time because of the Obamas’ visit.

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WASHINGTON – It may seem like Mission Impossible.

Still, President Barack Obama this week set out on a quest to put his third justice on the Supreme Court, hoping to overcome solid Republican opposition and difficult election-year politics in what likely will be the last major battle of his Barack Obama tenure.

Obama faces a Republican leadership that appears united in opposing his decision to fill the seat as well as a crop of Republicans facing re-election who have lined up behind their leaders.

Those vulnerable GOP senators are crucial to any White House strategy for filling the seat held by the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Democrats would need 14 defections from GOP ranks to break a filibuster and confirm a nominee. So far, no GOP sen-

ator has indicated he or she is ready to vote for an Obama nominee.

The White House said Friday that Obama will move ahead. Obama on Thursday called key Senate leaders, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, part of the customary consultation once considered essential to laying the groundwork Mitch for a warm reception McConnell for an eventual nominee.

But the president did not appear to make much headway with the GOP leaders. Hours after the call, an op-ed penned by McConnell and Grassley was published in The Washington Post restating their case for why Obama should leave the job of naming a nominee to the next president.

“It is today the American people, rather than a lame-duck president whose priorities and policies they just

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OPINIONS

Kate Weber Publisher

Dan McCaleb Editorial Director

Jason Schaumburg Editor

THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN

Not in spirit of OMA law The Northwest Herald Editorial Board offers this week’s thumbs up and thumbs down: Thumbs down: To Huntley School District 158 for failing to include it was hiring a head high school football coach on its meeting agenda for Thursday, when it decided to approve hiring a head football coach. The district posts a “Personnel Report” with its agenda, including everything from girls assistant track coach to bus driver, but it chose to add an “Addendum Report,” which included the football coach hire, at the actual meeting. The tactic is in direct opposition of the Illinois Open Meetings Act’s intent to provide the public with information on all final actions that will be taken by a board at a meeting. The Northwest Herald has asked the Attorney General’s Public Access Bureau to review the situation, as it did in a similar situation when Johnsburg School District 12 used vague agenda language and voted to hire a football coach in March 2015. Johnsburg later was asked to revote after the attorney general’s office ruled the initial vote had violated the Open Meetings Act. Thumbs up: To the police agencies that took seriously threats made to local schools this week.

One incident, in which a former student sent a text saying there was going to be a “massacre” at Woodstock High School, was determined to be a joke that went too far. The second involved threatening comments and social media posts toward Huntley High School that resulted in five students charged with disorderly conduct after school attendance was negatively affected. We appreciate the steps taken by law enforcement to ensure student safety, and we reiterate its advice of encouraging parents to speak with their children about appropriate use of social media and the potential consequences of bullying, harassment or making threats.

Thumbs down: To the parking situation at Huntley High School. A lack of space for the student population has resulted in students parking in Sun City. Huntley police proposed a parking ban between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. in certain neighborhoods in response to resident complaints. This is a problem that needs a solution sooner rather than later.

Thumbs up: To the village of Algonquin and the Land Conservancy of McHenry County for offering rain barrels and composters to residents through a partnership. Encouraging residents to make environmentally wise decisions without mandating them is admirable.

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The fuss over Scalia’s funeral

By JENNIFER RUBIN The Washington Post

WASHINGTON – Like the Woody Allen joke complaining about a restaurant with terrible food – “And the portions are so small!” – conservatives have been miffed for days the president was not going to attend the funeral of Justice Antonin Scalia.

Can anyone imagine Scalia – one of the least pretentious justices I have observed – was counting on the president attending his funeral? Does it honor Scalia’s work to have the president – whom conservatives consider contemptuous of the Constitution – attend? I sincerely doubt Scalia’s relatives are so fond of the president that they would feel slighted.

The president made a lovely statement on the day Scalia died.

He and wife, Michelle, are going separately to pay respects. Vice President Biden is going to the funeral. C’mon, isn’t this just another round of phony outrage?

I suspect – as the White House

might have – conservatives wanted the peculiar delight of seeing the president forced to be present and respectful while so many prestigious people sang Scalia’s praises and lauded his life’s work. That’s a rather childish motivation, to be honest.

The court has been for years highly politicized by public hearings in which lawmakers treat judicial decisions as policy stances. This president – who now says he regrets having filibustered Justice Samuel Alito (really?) – has heckled the court from the sidelines. He has grossly overstepped executive authority, daring the courts to stop him.

Obama has not helped, to put it mildly.

Much is made of the “conservative” justices, but they are far less predictable than the “liberal” quartet, which votes in tandem and rarely surprises.

Congress, with its preference for shunting off legislative details to bureaucrats (whose actions then become fodder for critical cases on hot-button issues such

as climate control), also plays a part in turning the court into a pseudo-legislature.

The worst offenders, however, are the special interest groups that declare judges to be “for big companies” or “against clean air” or otherwise politically incorrigible because their legal judgment leads them to certain outcomes. “Borking” – whereby campaigns paint judges as political extremists, racists and partisan handmaidens – may have started matters, but the tactic has continued unabated.

So, sure, don’t go to the funeral, Mr. President, but also stop invoking one set of rules for Democrats (must filibuster!) and another for Republicans (must hold an up-or-down vote!), using appointments to gin up the base and trying to bully the court before it rules. Recognize that in the past 50 years, both sides have played the “lame duck” card when the Senate has hoped for a better result with a new president.

Fair?

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

IT’S YOUR WRITE

George Braun Johnsburg

Automatic voter registration

To the Editor: As mentioned in the article “At Illinois General Assembly, Obama issues an appeal for political unity,” the president outlined how to build better politics in Springfield. A key step is to make voting easier for citizens.

Our current registration system is outdated, inefficient and prone to error.

For instance, more than 1 million eligible voters were turned away at the polls in the last presidential election because of errors in their registration forms. By switching to a system of automatic voter registration, we can eliminate a timely and wasteful bureaucratic process. This would allow more voices to be heard across party lines, as well as save a significant amount of taxpayer dollars.

President Barack Obama is urging state legislators to “make the Land of Lincoln a leader in voter participation.” We now have the opportunity to set the bar for other states across the country, thanks to Sen. Andy Manar and Rep. Robyn Gabel, who have sponsored bills to automatically register eligible voters through interactions with government offices.

As an Illinois resident, I agree with Obama that now is the time to compro-

Heather Dube Chicago

Wilbeck would be an asset

To the Editor: I have known Tom Wilbeck for 30 years as a friend in personal and business matters. He is above board in all respects and would be a great asset to the County Board.

I wish him the best in being elected to the County Board. The county will not be disappointed.

Paul V. Finamore Chicago

Calomino’s principled leadership

To the Editor: I’ve watched Joe Calomino professionally and personally for more than 10 years. While never holding elected office, he does have a proven track record. Joe spent 22-plus years working behind the scenes, fighting successfully for fewer taxes and smaller, more accountable government.

As a state director for a government watchdog organization, Joe worked against the odds to pass legislation on behalf of taxpayers. Joe’s fights against special interest groups and a lawsuit against former Gov. Rod Blagojevich were remarkable.

I believe Joe’s record of accomplishments and work as a government watchdog uniquely qualifies him to address the issues facing the County Board, while, at the same time, fighting on behalf of taxpayers.

Calomino’s courage and independence in challenging the status quo earned him widespread recognition. Joe will bring honest and principled leadership to the county. I urge the voters in District 5 to vote for Joe Calomino.

Bryan Javor Cary

Research your citations

To the Editor: Quotations attributed to both worshiped and reviled people have been used throughout written history in an attempt to strengthen arguments from all facets of the political spectrum.

To use supposed quotations and not expect the general public to know the

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actual truth behind the referenced quote – as a recent Northwest Herald letter writer attempted to do – simply weakens the writer’s argument.

The first quote the writer attempts to attribute to Adolph Hitler – “Make the lie big ...” – is a bastardization of a section in Hitler’s Mein Kampf, where Hitler is accusing the Jews of feeding the German people a big lie but that he, Hitler, saw through the “big lie.” Hitler never proposed using the “big lie” even though folks on the left and right attribute it to him. Here he is simply justifying his anti-Semitism.

The second quote – “This year will go down in history ...” – is a common quote to trump out in support of Second Amendment gun rights. However, there are no published works of Hitler that the writer or anyone else can point to where he actually wrote or spoke these words. Restrictions on gun ownership in Germany actually were initiated shortly after World War I by Allies in the Treaty of Versailles. These restrictions were reversed in 1928. The Nazis did impose gun/weapons control in 1938, but only for Jewish citizens, and vastly liberalized gun ownership for all other Germans.

My main point is research your citations so as not to weaken your argument.

Timothy Knutsen Crystal Lake

Still great kindness

To the Editor: On Feb. 10, my mother and I experienced two random acts of kindness at Outback in Crystal Lake. One fed our stomachs (literally); both fed our souls.

Just after we sat down, a couple at a nearby table handed us two $10 off bonus cards; they had four, but could only use two per the rules. Since the other two would expire that night, they didn’t want to waste them. In the end, the cards covered more than half our bill.

We thanked them profusely, and they wished us a wonderful dinner as they

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departed.

Our attention then was drawn to a neighboring table, where an adult grandson was having dinner with his grandparents. He quietly and proficiently cared for them without fuss or fanfare.

He cut up his grandmother’s steak when she was unable to manage it, sliding it back to her with a smile. All through the meal, he was patient, respectful and good-humored. When they finished, he guided them, both with walkers, to the door. Our hearts soared at having witnessed such a loving act of grace.

I know the world is a scary place right now. The relentless daily parade of bad news is enough to dishearten anyone.

But there is still great kindness in the world, and that is what we must always remember.

Tamara Reed Woodstock

Hubbard can make impact

To the Editor: Cameron Hubbard is an active and engaged board member – on the Crystal Lake City Council and the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

As a foundation board member, too, I know Cameron is on several committees, and, as such, I discuss scholarships, internships and career exploration opportunities for young people and local businesses in the McHenry County area with Cameron to get his insight.

Cameron always is helpful and often offers solutions, opportunities or a new perspective. Cameron has a keen vision on how McHenry County can be a better place to live and raise your children.

I recommend you vote for Cameron Hubbard for District 2 on the McHenry County Board, as he can make a positive impact on many lives in McHenry County moving forward.

Victoria M. Summers Crystal Lake

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To the Editor: Voters must reassess the posturing of current elective levels.

We can add new qualifications to engage talent already there. Consider Craig Wilcox of McHenry and a member of St. John the Baptist Church in Johnsburg for that mission.

I met Craig a few years ago and invited him to speak at the Johnsburg riverside ceremony on Memorial Day. Since then, I have come to know his sincere desire to make a contribution to his retirement destination where his extended family has longtime roots.

Col. Craig Wilcox, U.S. Air Force retired, is the title that defines the experience at higher levels of responsibility and knowledge relating to that of the oversight responsibilities of the County Board.

He has had the experience of critical, intermediate level hands-on operational responsibility and is aware of the requirement of administrative processes involved in government.

He brings an open-minded understanding of county jurisdictional responsibilities and local business operations.

mise and improve our democracy. Let’s take the president’s suggestion and support automatic voter registration as Illinoisans – young and old, men and women, Democrat and Republican.

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Good service, atmosphere keep small retailers in the game

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG The Associated Press

NEW YORK – When people line up at a coffee shop for their morning brew or crowd a bookstore to meet a famous author, don’t assume they’re patronizing a national chain.

Many independent stores have been able to survive, thrive and even launch in spite of competition from big-box retailers such as Wal-Mart, Barnes & Noble and Home Depot. Indies are doing this by becoming more a part of the fabric in the communities they serve, offering more personalized service and unique ambience than the bigger guys.

At FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock, Georgia, the strategy is building relationships with customers and the community. The staff spends time chatting with customers about books, knows customers’ tastes and recommends books.

The store has an eclectic, intimate look. It is decorated with antiques and a bicycle suspended from the ceiling in the children’s room. At 1,500 square feet, it’s less than a tenth the size of a nearby Barnes & Noble.

As a result of its small-bookstore feel and personalized services, sales at FoxTale have increased between 15 percent and 25 percent a year since it opened in 2007 – despite Barnes & Noble’s proximity, co-owner Ellen Ward said.

“We aren’t so much selling the book as we are selling the experience,” she said.

The success of indies is something perhaps experts couldn’t imagine a few decades ago. In the 1980s, when big-box stores began proliferating, and after Amazon.com went online in the 1990s, independents began disappearing. The Census Bureau counted nearly 990,000 retail establishments with less than 20 employees in 1992 and just 608,000 in 2013. But in recent years, shoppers have veered away from big-box retailers, and many stores have closed. Indie bookstores have

Ellen Ward, owner of FoxTale Book Shoppe, works behind the counter in Woodstock, Ga. benefited from the demise of Borders’ 640 stores and the closing of more than 150 stores owned by Barnes & Nobles in recent years. There were 2,227 independent U.S. bookstores last year, up from 1,651 in 2009, said trade group the American Booksellers Association.

Indie retailers that survive are able to provide a personal touch big-box retailers cannot because they must comply with corporate procedures, said Edward Fox, a marketing professor at Southern Methodist University. For example, a shopper might look for a dress at a department store, not find anything suitable and hear from a staffer, “That’s all we have.”

“A boutique owner might say, ‘I know a place where I can get it, or I have a vendor who can get you something,’ ” Fox said.

Personalized service is critical to Kiddles Sport’s longevity. The Lake Forest, Illinois, sporting goods retailer, which has been in Aric Shlifka’s family for nearly 50 years, doesn’t have room for as many baseball gloves, athletic shoes and other items as stores such as Dick’s or Sports Authority.

So as its competition grew, it began selling custom merchandise such as uniforms for local teams. It also began providing services such as analyzing customers’ gait to be sure they bought the right shoe for the activity they planned to engage in. Because Kiddles is well-known in Lake Forest and nearby communities, podiatrists and physical therapists recommend patients buy shoes at the store.

“People trust us to help them choose the right bike or shoe,” said Shlifka, adding the services his store provides have helped revenue increase between 2 percent and 4 percent annually in recent years.

Many independents have survived by offering unique merchandise.

In Portland, Oregon, Nancy Fedelem’s two pet food stores stock brands not likely to show up in chains such as Petco and PetSmart or supermarkets.

Fedelem’s inventory and the staff’s knowledge of what’s in the food appeals to people who want special products.

They’re also ready to help customers whose pets are more exotic than cats, dogs, guinea pigs

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“We’ve had people walk in with snakes, lizards, pigs and sheep,” Fedelem said.

Independents also can flourish even when the big corporate competitor operates small stores.

Starbucks has more than 12,500 U.S. stores and plans more, but indie coffeehouses thrive. In New York, Steven Leven and his partners are opening their fifth New York coffeehouse. Their first, 71 Irving, has been in the Gramercy Park neighborhood for 20 years and grown despite the presence of two Starbucks within a fiveblock radius.

Leven said his coffeehouses cater to what customers want.

The company roasts its own coffee. The menu of breakfast pastries, sandwiches and salads changes according to customer requests. The coffeehouse has an intimate atmosphere and benches outside that are often taken up by dog owners who sip coffee while their pooches relax next to them.

“People feel, that’s my place, that’s where I go because I live in this neighborhood,” Leven said.

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By KRISTENA HANSEN The Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. – Oregon lawmakers have approved landmark legislation that propels the state’s minimum wage for all workers to the highest rank in the U.S., and does so through an unparalleled tiered system based on geography.

The measure passed the state House on Thursday and is headed to Democratic Gov. Kate Brown, who said in a statement she will sign it. The move makes Oregon a trailblazer in the broader debate about minimum wage unfolding nationwide as the federal threshold remains unchanged from Great Recession levels.

Fourteen other states have raised their rates over the past two years. Another dozen or so are considering taking up the issue this year, either through legislative action or ballot initiative, as issues of wage inequality and middle-class incomes have climbed to the forefront of presidential campaigns by Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton.

Oregon’s plan imposes a series of gradual increases over

six years. By 2022, the state’s current $9.25 an hour minimum – already one of the highest in the nation – would climb to $14.75 in metro Portland, $13.50 in smaller cities such as Salem and Eugene, and $12.50 in rural communities.

Those minimums dethrone Massachusetts – where the statewide rate will climb to $11 an hour next year – from the top spot, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a D.C.-based think tank that tracks wage laws across the nation.

The measure was crafted as a compromise between what unions, businesses and farmers want and as an attempt to thwart more aggressive proposals that could go before voters in November. Those two proposals call for a statewide minimum of $13.50 or $15, and would be phased in over half the time. Labor unions have not yet indicated whether they’ll follow through with ballot initiatives.

Other states that have boosted statewide minimums above $10 include California and Vermont. That stands in stark contrast to more conservative states such as Idaho, which has blocked previous

efforts to raise its minimum beyond the federal level, and Arizona, where lawmakers are considering a bill that would block state funding to municipalities that set a local minimum wage.

While there are varying approaches to raising the minimum wage, the three-tiered regional system is uniquely Oregon’s.

States have targeted wage hikes for government employees or certain industries, as seen recently in New York for fast-food workers, while others allow local jurisdictions to set their own rates above the state threshold, prompting recent hikes in cities such as Seattle and Los Angeles.

Oregon, however, would be the first state without a onesize-fits-all statewide minimum.

“Oregon has always been at the forefront of new ideas in the country. We were the first to actually have a minimum wage,” said Rep. Paul Holvey, a Democrat from Eugene. “Trust me, we’re not solving all the problems, but we are making a substantial dent in it by pushing up from the bottom some wage equality ... from the huge disparity

we have in incomes.”

The state is deeply divided between west and east by economic, cultural and political differences. The goal of the tiered approach is to balance the needs of the more urban west – where living costs have soared in rapidly growing Portland – and struggling farming communities in the east.

Division over the minimum wage – currently at $7.25 in federal law – also is often split along party lines and pits low-wage workers against business groups, as has been seen in Oregon this year. Republicans, the minority party in the Oregon Statehouse, have opposed the increase.

Barry Bushue, president of the Oregon Farm Bureau, said Thursday’s vote shows Democrats don’t value family agriculture.

“This enormous increase will force many family farmers to try to find ways to mechanize or transition away from labor-intensive products Oregon is known for, like apples, pears, milk and berries,” Bushue said. “Unfortunately, some will give up and sell, while others will simply go out of business.”

Virgin Galactic rolls out new space tourism rocket

By JOHN ANTCZAK

The Associated Press

MOJAVE, Calif. – Virgin Galactic rolled out a new version of its SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket Friday, as it prepares to return to flight testing for the first time since a 2014 accident destroyed the original, killed one of its pilots and set back the nascent industry.

The space line founded by Sir Richard Branson will unveil the craft at California’s Mojave Air & Space Port, where it was assembled.

SpaceShipTwo is designed to be flown by a crew of two and carry up to six passengers on a high-speed suborbital flight to the fringes of space.

At an altitude above 62 miles, passengers will experience a few minutes of weightlessness and see the Earth below.

After years of develop-

ment, Virgin Galactic appeared to be nearing the goal of turning ordinary civilians into astronauts when the first SpaceShipTwo broke apart on Oct. 31, 2014, during its fourth rocket-powered flight. Wreckage fell to the Mojave Desert floor.

“When we had the accident, for about 24 hours we were wondering whether it was worth continuing, whether we should call it a day,” Branson told The Associated Press. He said engineers, astronauts and members of the public helped convince him that space travel is too important to give up on.

The crash investigation found that co-pilot Michael Alsbury prematurely unlocked the so-called feathering system that is intended to slow and stabilize the craft as it re-enters the atmosphere.

Alsbury was killed, but pilot

Peter Siebold, although seriously injured, parachuted to safety.

The “feathers” – a term derived from the design of a badminton shuttlecock – are tail structures that extend rearward from each wingtip. They are designed to swivel upward at an angle to create drag, preventing a buildup of speed and heat, and then rotate back down to normal flying position as the craft descends into the thickening atmosphere.

A National Transportation Safety Board investigation found that Scaled Composites, a company that was developing SpaceShipTwo with Virgin Galactic and was responsible for its test program, should have had systems to compensate for human error.

The NTSB chairman, Christopher Hart, said it wasn’t a matter of shortcuts but of not considering a crew member

would make the mistake that occurred.

Virgin Galactic subsequently assumed full responsibility to complete the test program. The company stressed in a statement Thursday its commitment to testing from the level of individual parts on up to the complete craft.

“Our team’s job is to plan out not just the obvious tests but also the strange and inventive ones, to conduct those tests, and to use the data from those tests to re-examine everything about our vehicle to ensure we can take the next step forward,” it said.

The company did not project a timeline for actually carrying space tourists, noting that “our new vehicle will remain on the ground for a while after her unveiling, as we run her through full-vehicle tests of her electrical systems and all of her moving parts.”

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McHENRY – A counselor in Ringwood will share how to reduce stress through mindfulness during the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Lunch ‘N Learn” event on Wednesday, chamber representatives said.

Geri Condon, who runs Capture Your Path Counseling, will lead the lunchtime discussion from noon to 1 p.m. inside the chamber office, 1257 N. Green St., McHenry.

Interested attendees have to register for the free event by 2 p.m. Tuesday. For information, visit mchenrychamber.com.

– Stephen Di Benedetto

Landmark minimum wage increase approved

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POLICE UNIONS CRITICIZE VIDEO, CALL FOR BOYCOTT

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TAMPA, Fla. – Police unions are criticizing Beyonce in the wake of her Super Bowl halftime act and new video, calling for a boycott because they think her work contains “anti-police” messages.

Unions in Miami, Tampa and Nashville, Tennessee, are either calling for officers to boycott her music or urging them not volunteer to work at her shows.

Javier Ortiz, president of the Miami union, said this week that “Beyoncé used this year’s Super Bowl to divide Americans by promoting the Black Panthers and her anti-police message shows how she does not support law enforcement.”

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Director James Burrows (standing center) poses with the cast of “Friends,” (from left) David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston (seated), Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow, during the taping of “Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows,” airing at 8 p.m. Sunday on NBC.

‘Friends,’ ‘Taxi’ stars toast pre-eminent sitcom director LOS ANGELES – You don’t have to thank James Burrows, given that Jennifer Aniston, Ted Danson and Jim Parsons are lavishing him with praise and gratitude.

But if you’re a TV viewer who ever got a giggle or chortle or belly laugh out of “Friends” or “Cheers” or “The Big Bang Theory,” you may also want to tip your hat to the director, the acknowledged master of the three-camera sitcom.

Burrows steps into the spotlight to receive his due in NBC’s “Must See TV: An AllStar Tribute to James Burrows,” airing from 8 to 10 p.m. Sunday.

The special features 40-plus actors from the above shows and “Taxi,” “Frasier,” ‘’Will & Grace” and “Mike & Molly” – all beneficiaries of the Burrows touch.

The stars’ memories of working with him are punctuated by series clips, with Jane Lynch and Andy Cohen moderators for the evening taped at the Hollywood Palladium theater.

“I call Steven Spielberg the Jimmy Burrows of feature film,” said “Will & Grace” star Sean Hayes, an executive producer for the special. “Bob Newhart said it best: After two hit shows, you can call it luck. After 50, it’s talent.”

There’s teamwork and alchemy in every TV success, of course, but Burrows clearly has the knack of making even the best projects better. His 10 prime-time Emmys and four Directors Guild awards attest to that.

He took a medium commonly accepted as the property of writers, one in which itinerant directors tend to bump from series to series, episode to episode, and made it his own.

A deluge of scripts still come his way each year from producers who hope Burrows will give their pilots the edge needed to gain network acceptance. The lucky few win his services throughout the season; “Cheers” had him exclusively, and he directed the full run of “Will & Grace.”

BOSTON – An archive of author Mario Puzo’s papers that includes multiple drafts of “The Godfather” novel and movie screenplay has sold at auction for $625,000.

RR Auction of Boston announced that the 45-box archive sold Thursday to a bidder from the U.S. who wishes to remain anonymous.

“The Godfather” material included thousands of pages, notes and drafts from multiple versions of both the novel manuscript and the screenplay. The papers shed light on Puzo’s character, scene and dialogue development, as well as his collaboration with director Francis Ford Coppola, who brought the fictional Italian-American mob family’s story to the screen.

Many of the drafts are marked with Puzo’s own handwriting. Puzo’s children put the collection up for auction.

White House to celebrate Ray Charles next week

WASHINGTON – Usher, Demi Lovato, Yolanda Adams and The Band Perry are among the contemporary artists heading to the White House to celebrate the late Ray Charles.

The White House said Leon Bridges, Andra Day, Anthony Hamilton, Brittany Howard, Sam Moore and Jussie Smollett also have been invited to Wednesday’s taping of “Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House.” The program is to be broadcast Friday on PBS stations nationwide.

It will be the 16th such program held under President Barack Obama.

Michelle Obama has planned a daytime workshop with some of the invited artists for more than 130 middle, high school and college students from around the country.

Charles, known for such hits as “Georgia on My Mind” and “Hit the Road Jack,” died in June 2004.

Judge denies delay of Cosby’s wife’s deposition

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – A federal judge in Massachusetts has rejected a request by lawyers for Bill Cosby’s wife to delay a deposition scheduled for next week.

Camille Cosby is slated to answer questions under oath in a defamation lawsuit brought against her husband by seven women who say he sexually assaulted them decades ago.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Actor Sidney Poitier is 89. Actress Marj Dusay (“Guiding Light”) is 80. Jazz and soul singer Nancy Wilson is 79. Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is 75. Actress Brenda Blethyn (“Atonement,” “Pride and Prejudice”) is 70. Actress Sandy Duncan is 70. Guitarist J. Geils of The J. Geils Band is 70. Actor Peter Strauss is 69. Guitarist Billy Zoom of X is 68. Singer-bassist Walter Becker of Steely Dan is 66. Country singer Kathie Baillie of Baillie and the Boys is 65.

Actor John Voldstad (“Newhart”) is 65.

Actor Anthony Stewart Head (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer”) is 62. Actor James Wilby (“Gosford Park”) is 58. Bassist Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing) is 57. Actor Joel

Hodgson (“Mystery Science Theater 3000”) is 56. Singer Ian Brown of Stone Roses is 53.

Actor French Stewart (“Third Rock from the Sun”) is 52. Model Cindy Crawford is 50.

Actor Andrew Shue (“Melrose Place”) is 49.

Actress Lili Taylor is 49. Singer Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys is 41. Actress Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under”) is 38. Actor Jay Hernandez (“Crazy/Beautiful”) is 38. Actress Chelsea Peretti (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) is 38. Guitarist Coy Bowles of Zac Brown Band is 37. Actress Majandra Delfino (“Roswell”) is 35. Actress/singer Jessie Mueller is 33.

Comedian Trevor Noah (“The Daily Show”) is 32. Singer Rihanna is 28. Actor Jack Falahee (“How to Get Away With Murder”) 27.

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Elizabeth and Richard Jones flip through photos of their daughter, Sarah Jones, the 27-year-old camera assistant killed Feb. 20, 2014, by a freight train while filming a movie in southeast Georgia, as they sit in their attorney’s office April 9, 2014, in Atlanta. Jones’ parents, of Columbia, S.C., have been meeting with film industry executives and workers in Los Angeles in advance of the two-year anniversary of their daughter’s death.

Before addressing the crew, the pair met with Mark Pellington, a veteran television and film director. “All of us are in deep, deep respect for Sarah,” Pellington told them before taking the couple to

the set – a room transformed to look like a smoky radio station office with walls plastered with bumper stickers.

Richard Jones, wearing a pin that says “We are Sarah Jones,” asked to say

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LOS ANGELES – Richard and Elizabeth Jones stood on a crowded film set, looking out on a sea of actors and workers ready to shoot a scene. Every one of them reminded them of their daughter Sarah, who died two years ago on a Georgia railroad track shooting a film scene.

The past two years have turned the South Carolina couple into advocates for the safety of set workers. In a city in which crews move at a frenetic pace to stay on schedule and get the perfect shot, the Joneses have gotten some of them to slow down and reflect.

That was the case Thursday when the Joneses visited an indie film shoot in an industrial building near downtown Los Angeles and led the crew in a moment of silence to remember their daughter, a camera assistant who was killed Feb. 20, 2014, during an unauthorized shoot on the train tracks.

For two weeks, the pair has been crisscrossing Hollywood, meeting with everyone from executives to set workers to urge a safety-first mentality during film and TV production. They were accompanied Thursday by a reporter for The Associated Press and a filmmaker planning a documentary on their daughter and her impact on film safety.

a few words.

His speech was brief, and his message simple – remember who his daughter was and how she died.

“No movie or TV short is worth a life,” he said. “Please look out for each other.”

Everyone in the room bowed their heads and a space that just moments before was bustling with activity fell silent. Richard Jones held his wife’s hand until the moment was over and the room burst into applause.

There was no rushing the couple off the set. Pellington hugged and kissed the Joneses before calling for the slate – a clapboard used to identify scenes – to be dedicated to Sarah Jones. (Since her death, more than 31,000 film slates have been dedicated to her, Richard Jones said.) Then people approached the couple, some offering condolences, others thanks, and a few recounting their own near-misses on shoots.

Away from the cameras, one woman’s conversation with the Joneses brought the three of them to tears.

“It truly amazes us – they relate to what happened to Sarah in different ways,” Richard Jones said. “It’s as if Sarah has established a personal relationship with thousands of people she’s never met.”

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Designers offer tips for coming up with a furniture arrangement that works

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ometimes the way to improve a room isn’t to buy new furniture: It’s to rearrange pieces you already own.

Interior designers can spend hours creating the best furniture plan for a room, balancing practical considerations and creative risk-taking.

“Changing up the placement of your furniture can make a massive difference,” said designer Brian Patrick Flynn, founder of Flynnside Out Productions.

Adding, subtracting or relocating furniture, he said, affects “how natural light plays in the space and also how frequently the room gets used. By simply adding a bench to a wall, a room can become more of a hangout.” Removing a few pieces to create more space “can make it feel a bit more casual and informal.”

How do professionals map out a furniture plan, choosing the best location for each item? Flynn and two other interior designers – Dan Faires, host of HGTV’s “DanMade,” and Betsy Burnham of the California-based design firm Burnham Design – share advice:

Analyze your space

Begin by deciding how the room will be used, Burnham said. Is it a living room used mainly for TV watching or socializing? Does the space have two roles, such as a home office that doubles as a guest room? Or is it a playroom, where the priority is open space and maximum storage?

In a new home, knowing the answer can take time.

“It’s important to live in a space for a few weeks or months before assigning it a space plan so that you truly get a sense for how you’ll use it,” Flynn said.

“Then decide on your seating capacity and find a way to maximize it without sacrificing visual balance.”

Consider any quirks: Are there lots of windows or doors? Unique architectural items such as a fireplace or beautiful windows with a view? A particular piece of furniture or art you want visitors to notice?

Depending on the answers, Flynn likes to choose one “standout feature” and then arrange furniture in a way that highlights it.

Also, said Burnham, “lighting can direct a furniture plan.” Is there a lot of natural light or will you need plenty of lamps? Are there built-in sconces or a central chandelier?

uncluttered and inviting.

Consider the size and placement of rugs. “I cannot imagine designing a living-room space with a rug any smaller than an 8-by-10,” Faires said. “The rug is meant to unify the entire space and connect furniture pieces together, so a good rule of thumb is that at least the front legs of any sofas or chairs in the living room should be on the rug. For a larger area rug, allow at least 18 inches from the edge of the rug to the wall.”

In very large rooms or loft spaces, rugs can help define small areas and make the space feel organized.

“To keep everything balanced while visually separating each zone, use area rugs in coordinating colors with slightly different textures and patterns,” Flynn said.

Measure and draw

Know the rules, then consider breaking them

Even if you’ve got a general plan in mind, Faires suggests measuring the space and creating a scaled drawing with exact measurements of every piece you’re planning to include. (You can find a template on Burnham’s website, www.instantspacedesign. com.) Don’t skimp on empty space.

“I always allow a minimum of 18 inches between sofas and coffee tables,” Faires said, “and 3 to 5 feet for walk spaces. The flow and negative space in a room is as important as the overall function and the furniture” because it makes the space feel more open,

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This living room by the designer Flynn shows his use of a floating floor plan in which seating is placed in the center of the space to create conversation and also complement a home’s architecture.

Some rules are important, Flynn said. For instance, “leave at least 36 inches of open space between the back of a dining chair and a nearby sideboard to allow for proper traffic flow.”

But plenty of other rules can be broken or modernized.

“For example, it’s not ideal to enter a living room and be staring at the back of a sofa,” Flynn said. “But if you flank the back of the sofa with a console table and lamps, it instantly becomes more inviting and less closed off.”

Also, while some symmetry is important to “ground a furniture plan,” Burnham said, mixing in a little asymmetry “makes for a much more interesting room.”

If she flanks a sofa with matching end tables and table lamps, “we may balance the grouping with mismatched chairs and a standing lamp.”

Remember, you don’t have to place furniture along walls.

“Floating furniture in the middle of the room helps highlight architectural features and also aids in proper movement throughout the space,” Flynn said.

Placing furniture away from the walls also works well in spaces that have lots of doors, or soaring windows that shouldn’t be obstructed.

And not every living room needs a sofa. Burnham suggests trying “an unusual layout, like a living room with four lounge chairs around a center coffee table instead of the expected sofa.”

Use unexpected pieces, such as “a library table stacked with books in a wide hallway, or two area rugs instead of one to define spaces within a bedroom,” she said.

And remember: You’re not obligated to use everything you’ve got.

“Curate and edit down your existing pieces,” Faires said, “keeping the items that work well and selling the items that don’t.”

Paint a solution to worn hardwood floors The Associated Press

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Fans of painted floors point out the

Bold floor, neutral walls

Interior designer Camila Pavone was ahead of the trend in painting her kitchen floor in 2010. The room previously had green walls and a stained wood floor. Pavone switched the walls to a creamy white (she used Martha Stewart’s “Glass of Milk”) and covered the wood floor with jade green paint.

She considered using marine paint but chose a formula called BreakThrough!, which dries quickly and creates a harder surface than many other types of paint.

Five years later, Pavone still is thrilled with the result. The floors “always get a ‘Wow’ when new people come to my house,” she said. “The only thing I didn’t take into account was the wear and tear of two dogs

and now two kids. The claws on the dogs do scratch the floors up a bit.

But I try to pretend that if I saw that in a store display in Anthropologie, I would think it was fabulous. So I don’t stress.”

Because the kitchen is a high-traffic area, Pavone has repainted the floors once every two years to keep them looking shiny and scratch-free.

But that work is relatively easy.

“It’s a really fast project and normally only takes around two hours,” she said. “I would totally do it again!”

Pick any pattern

Paint also can be perfect for entryways. Thick stripes, diamond or chevron patterns can make a small foyer seem bigger, drawing attention to an otherwise ignored space. Once the floor is cleaned and prepared, simply lay out your design with painters’ tape.

Consider using large stencils to add a pattern to the floor of a larger space, such as an enclosed porch.

Take time for topcoats

Once you’ve finished your painted masterpiece, add one or several clear coats on top for protection. Patience between layers is the key: You may be tempted to paint again as soon as one

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A white and gray checkerboard pattern painted on this hardwood floor brings the elegance of a tile floor to this otherwise casual, unpretentious hallway. thin coat feels dry to the touch, but you’ll get a much stronger and more attractive result if you leave extra time.

Silva points out that oil-based topcoats “may add a little bit of a goldish color to it, because of the oil. Water-based will give you the true color of the paint.”

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Worn and faded hardwood floors can drag down the look of a room. But having scuffed floors sanded down and re-stained can be expensive and messy.

One alternative that’s gaining popularity: painting older hardwood floors.

You can add solid color, stripes, or any imaginable stenciled or hand-drawn patterns to a floor.

There’s actually a long tradition of painted wooden floors in American homes, said Tom Silva, general contractor on the long-running PBS television series “This Old House.” One hundred years ago, paint was considered a practical way to protect floors and add some beauty in the process.

“We’ve seen homeowners reinvent their floors with glossy white paint, oversize stripes, checkerboards with alternating natural and painted finishes, and even more fanciful shapes,” Houzz editor Sheila Schmitz said.

It’s a DIY project that requires effort but little experience.

So how do you do it, and what are some of the boldest, most interesting approaches you can take?

process is less labor-intensive than staining because you don’t have to sand away every old scratch or stain.

But that doesn’t mean you can skip the step of prepping your floors.

Clean the floor well, said Silva, then scuff it with sandpaper just enough to create a slightly rough surface. That prep work is the key to making sure the first layer of paint or primer will adhere. Use sandpaper to lightly scuff the primer after it dries to help subsequent painted coats adhere well.

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Smaller hearing aids better Dear Dr. K: My hearing is going. Before I get a hearing aid, I’m told I need a hearing test. How will the test help?

Dear Reader: The hearing test (formally called an “audiological evaluation”) identifies how bad your hearing loss is in each ear. It also determines where the problem is worst. Is it with high-pitched sounds? Is it in distinguishing a particular sound – like someone speaking to you – in a noisy place? This is what the audiologist (a health professional specializing in hearing testing and hearing aids) needs to know in order to tell if you could benefit from a hearing aid and, if so, which style and type would help the most.

Before describing a hearing test, I need to first explain how the ears and the brain hear. When a sound wave enters your ear, it hits the eardrum.

Several tiny bones transmit sound waves from the eardrum through fluid into the inner ear. There lies a snail-shaped organ called the cochlea that is covered with tiny hairs. These hairs generate electrical signals that travel along the hearing nerve (the auditory nerve) to the brain. (I’ve put an illustration of how we hear on my website, askdoctork.com.)

The evaluation is done in a specially constructed booth that shuts out all unwanted noise. It tests the different parts of the ear that are necessary for hearing: • Pure-Tone Test . Each of your ears is tested separately by sounds of different frequencies and decibel levels. Frequency is the pitch of a sound. A highpitched sound is like a violin playing a high note. A low-pitched note is like the lowest keys on a piano. A decibel is the measurement of the loudness of a sound.

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• Bone-Conduction Test . This test helps establish whether your hearing loss is primarily sensorineural (caused by damage to the cochlea, hair cells or auditory nerve) or conductive (caused by a blockage of sound transmission through your outer or middle ear), or a combination of the two.

• Speech Reception Threshold Test .

You will hear words, instead of tones, through your earphones. The words start out loud and gradually get softer. The test identifies the decibel level at which you can understand and repeat only half of the words.

• Speech Discrimination Test . This test assesses how well you understand words.

A high score on this test means your problem in understanding a spoken word comes from not hearing the word loudly enough. A hearing aid can correct that problem.

Today’s technology for testing hearing has improved greatly since I was in medical school. Even greater advances have been made in hearing aids. They not only work better, but they’ve also become tiny – people often don’t notice you have one.

For many of my patients, hearing tests followed by the right hearing aid have greatly improved the quality of their lives.

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not discussing payment arrangements before you bought the tickets. Unless immediate repayment was agreed upon at the time they were ordered, I agree with your husband that reimbursement when the tickets are delivered is appropriate.

Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I have been together for three years. We are both 29.

When we have a fight, the first thing he does is text message my parents and tell them everything. I have asked him many times to please not involve them. We are adults, and we should be able to handle our problems without interference from my parents. I never have, and never would, complain to his mother about him. His response always has been, “I can involve whoever I want.”

He knows I feel disrespected when he does this, and he still won’t change. Is there anything else I can do? – Hurt In Santa Maria Dear Hurt: Yes, you can change boyfriends.

Dear Abby: I’m a 26-year-old man, currently living in Boston and in my final year of grad school. My parents help me out with finances because I have very little income.

One of the things they have done is keep me on the family phone plan. However, there’s a catch: They recently announced my “cost” for staying on their phone plan is installing an app that allows them to track my location at all times.

In Boston, that’s not a huge deal, but when I’m visiting them in Georgia on breaks, it’s a point of contention, since I must let them know I’m taking a car. This will alert them to the fact I’ll be out and remove any trace of privacy I might have while I’m there.

When I told them I’ll pay my portion of the bill, their response was, “Would you prefer more texts and phone calls?” How can I deal with this situation? – Needs My Privacy Dear Needs Privacy: Your parents are treating you like a child, although you are an adult and should be entitled to some privacy.

Look into ways of getting a reasonably priced phone plan, i.e., a prepaid phone. And when you visit them, refrain from using their car if it’s an issue. (Perhaps your friends can pick you up and drop you off instead?)

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Don’t lose sight of your original plans or purpose. You can elaborate as you go along, but you must use the base you start with in order to build a strong and healthy future. If you express your ideas, you will convince others to share their ideas with you and support your plans.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – If you get active, you will like the results. A challenge will motivate you to take on new hobbies and form new friendships. Dreams can come true with hard work.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Invest in your talent.

Make changes to the way you look, and listen to the input you receive from someone you trust.

Social activity will turn into an excellent networking opportunity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Don’t neglect the things that are important to you just because someone is trying to railroad you into doing something else. Focus on your needs.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Uncertainty and confusion will arise due to false information. Get your facts straight and make a point to move in a direction that will help you get what you want.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Put your time and energy into something you enjoy doing. Getting into shape or taking on a new interest that can help you hone skills and raise your income is favored.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Don’t leave any room for error or criticism. If you do your best to please

someone you love, you will bring positive change and greater stabilization to your life.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Eliminate the negativity and uncertainty you are feeling by asking direct questions. The sooner you deal with any matters that are causing you concern, the sooner you can move forward.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Live out your dream or help a cause that will bring you satisfaction.

Plan a romantic evening with someone you love. Positive actions will bring instant gratification. Romance is highlighted.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Don’t let emotional issues get you down. A physical challenge will help take your mind off your troubles, ease stress and improve your mental and physical

well-being. Take care of yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Don’t put your money into someone else’s dream. Invest in something you enjoy doing and turn it into a lucrative pastime. A self-improvement project is favored.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Take an unusual approach to money matters, health issues and legal situations in order to outsmart any opposition you face. Your hands-on, steadfast approach will pay off.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Don’t get angry when you should be putting your energy into creative or passionate affairs. Love, creativity and children will all play a positive role in your life.

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Visiting Angels of Crystal Lake has expanded and is seeking applicants for an Office Assistant and a Staffing Coordinator.

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GROCERY

Daniels Foods Sentry is an independent grocery store in southeastern Wisconsin.

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Physical labor involved, including outside time walking dogs.

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motivated in all aspects of meat processing and wrapping and should have good customer service skills. Competitive wages based on experience and full benefits package included.

Floral Designer (FT) - Individual should be highly motivated and have good customer service skills. Job responsibilities are cleaning and processing flowers, waiting on customers, answering phones and general cleaning in addition to designing floral arrangements. Competitive wages based on experience and full benefits package included.

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See Mike W. at:

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Sunrise of Crystal Lake is hiring a Cook.

At Sunrise, our Cook is responsible for the preparation and serving of meals, sanitation of food service areas, accurate record keeping, receiving, rotating & inventory of products and regulatory compliance.

Must have current State of Illinois Sanitation Certificate.

If interested call 815-444-6600 to set up an interview.

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PUBLIC SAFETY position in FOX LAKE

11pm-7am shift. Duties include but not limited to walking 2 to 4 hours per night. Including large staircases, cleaning property common areas & shoveling. Strong verbal & written communication skills a must. All applicants will be subject to a pre-employment drug screen.

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Good people skills, data entry, answering phones.

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DENTAL HYGIENIST

Dental office in Fox River Grove area seeking energetic, friendly part time dental hygienist. Computer experience a plus. Monday, Tuesday & Saturday hours. Email resume to: christine@frgdental.com

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY AIDES Sheltered Village, Woodstock

seeks Developmental Disability Aides or successful candidates to attend paid training program to have the opportunity to obtain a DD Aide Certification. HS Diploma or GED required. Applicant must be available for days, PMs and weekend hours for training.

Valid driver's license required. Various shifts available. Must be able to work weekends.

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Engineers & creating drawings of electrical distribution equipment using AutoCAD. Benefits, bonus, 401k.

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INSPECTOR / PACKERS

Meridian Group, Inc., a property management company specializing in affordable housing, has an opening for a full-time Maintenance Technician at a 50-unit family and 66-unit elderly property in Crystal Lake, IL. The successful candidate must have strong skills in electrical, plumbing, mechanics and all general facets of maintenance. Be selfmotivated and dependable, good customer service and communication skills, be able to provide most of your own tools, have own transportation including valid driver's license. Be self-motivated and dependable. This position qualifies for our comprehensive benefits package.

Please submit your resume and cover letter with salary requirements to: Kathy Hunt, Regional Manager 77 S Williams, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 kghunt@zmeridian.com www.meridiangroupinc.net An Equal Opportunity Employer

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TRUCK DRIVER WANTED – Barrington

CDL Class B licensed driver needed throughout greater Chcagoland.

Duties include loading/unloading of construction materials & equipment, Operate forklift (will be trained if no prior experience).

Work hours M-F, typically 5:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Excellent benefits package include Health Insurance, Profit Sharing, Vacation Pay, Holiday Pay. Sick Pay, Overtime Pay

RECEPTIONIST – PT

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Hours are some days, evenings & various times on weekends.

Must be a dependable person who cares about dogs & has transportation. We will train the right person. Serious inquires only to: FOSTERS TRAINING CENTER, Antioch Phone: 847-838-0523

Part Time – Flex Hours

Clean comfortable factory work. Will train.

Apply onsite at:

Durex Industries, 190 Detroit St, Cary, IL 60013

If you are committed to team-oriented outcomes and quality care, we offer: Increased CNA Wages!

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Advancement Medical, Dental and Vision!

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After East takes the first trick with his diamond ace, he should see that dummy’s spade suit is likely to be worth four or five tricks, and declarer may gain a diamond ruff or two. East must get active, shifting to the club 10.

As I have fixed the cards, this works perfectly.

Vehicles & Equipment Auction

90, 47 and Big Timber

Dining Room Table w/6 Chairs, China Hutch, Sleeper/Sofa, Wood TV Cabinet, Dresser & Nightstand, All Furniture is Solid Wood, New Refrig, Washer & Dryer (5 months old)

& MANY MISC ITEMS!

HUNTLEY - DEL WEBB ESTATE SALE TRUNK2TREASURES EXTENDED SALE

11878 CHATFIELD CROSSING / DEL WEBB

DEL WEBB

Saturday, February 27 – 9:00 am

12410 Russet Lane

Lake County Fairgrounds

Beautiful antiques, collectibles, modern furniture and home décor

Inspection Friday from 9am to 5pm

1060 E. Peterson Rd, Grayslake, IL 60030 Cars, Vans, Pickup & Dump Trucks, Equipment Trailer, Landscape Equipment, Kubota ATV 4x4 utility, Bobcat 751 skidsteer, Kubota L4310 tractor, John Deere mowers, Air compressors, Plows, Gang boxes, Power tools, Shop equipment, Many misc. items.

10% Buyers Fee - 7% Sales Tax

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OBENAUF AUCTION SERVICE, Inc. Round Lake, IL #444.000105

847-546-2095 CRYSTAL LAKE

FEB. 19 & 20

FRIDAY & SATURDAY 9AM – 4PM 1621 DRIFTWOOD LANE

FULL HOUSE: dining rm & kitchen tables, coffee & end tables, vintage sofa, bedrm furn, office furn, 3 loveseats, Disney, Betty Boop, Starwars collection, tools, ceramic kilns, lots of holiday, household décor ...

Tortoiseshell with collar, very friendly.

Found East Side of Wonder Lake on Wed, 1/20.

815-382-7726

2510 HEARTHSTONE DR.

FRI, SAT, SUN, FEB 19, 20, 21 10AM - 3PM DAILY

S: A Q x, H: K Q J x, D: A x x x, C: A x,

CAT ~ FEMALE

FAMILY RUN, CASH ONLY!

HUNTLEY ESTATE SALE

815-349-5291

when seven hearts is excellent.

THURS, FRI, SAT, FEB 18, 19 & 20 9AM - 4PM

SATURDAY 2/20 9:00am-3:00 pm 50% OFF EVERYTHING MUST GO USE GPS / NO SIGNS ALLOWED

FREE ESTIMATES. Great References. 224-858-4515 George Bernard Shaw said, “If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”

Yesterday, I compared the two styles of bridge defense -- active and passive -- with dance. If you round up a posse and hunt for tricks, it is like dancing a fandango. But if you sit at home watching the television and CAT “ANGEL” waiting for declarer to knock on your Siamese, female, lost about a week and a half front door and donate you tricks, ago in Covered Bridge area in Crystal Lake. that is akin to dancing a fox trot.

Please call 815-356-5731 How do the defenders decide Heartbroken Woman lost her Deceased mothers gold ring which steps to take? with 9 stones, at Rookies in Huntley on 2-13-16 if found call 847-669-6929 REWARD First, they listen to the bidding. If it sounds like the opponents are full LOST CAT~ MY NAME IS “STIMPY” value for their calls, be active; if they crawl to their contract, stay passive.

Then, study the dummy. If it is balanced, the defenders can probably be cautious. But if it is unbalanced, especially with a good side suit, they should immediately chase tricks.

Which applies in this deal? South is in four hearts. West leads a low I slipped outside in the Shloh Ridge Subdivision in diamond. What should East do?

Johnsburg. I have a red, white and blue collar on. If you After North learned of the 4-4 find me please call my owner Paula @ 815-354-4545 heart fit, he wondered if his side Men's Silver Vintage ID Bracelet, Chain Link might have a slam. Partner could with John on name plate. Lost McHenry / Johnsburg Strip mall area, very sentimental. REWARD! have had something like

HAMPSHIRE ESTATE SALE

847-829-4437

MCHENRY: Estate & Moving Sale Fri 2/19-Sun 2/21 F&S 9-5, Sun 8-3 1013 Bonita Ln. - From Rt. 120: take Green Street South, to Biscayne (Left/East), to Bonita (Left/North) Would like all to go, so it is reasonably priced.

Dishes, Furniture, knick knacks, quilts-finished & unfinished, tools, Jewelry, misc. Stop by everyday, things will be added daily.

You may just find that treasure you have been looking for.

WEST DUNDEE ESTATE SALE FRI & SAT, FEB 19 & 20 10-4

865 Village Quarter Antique Furniture, Primitives, Jewelry, 2011 Honda Odyssey (50K miles) Kathy's Estate Sales Liquidations & Consignments 847-363-4814

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com • Saturday, February 20, 2016 • Whirlpool Tub/Indoor - 42 x 66, Dark Navy Blue New, never used, (paid $1,950 new), sell for $400/firm.

815-653-4612

WONDER LAKE ESTATE SALE Feb. 20th SATURDAY ONLY 10AM – 3PM 8519 W. SUNSET EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN CASH ONLY, ALL ITEMS “AS-IS” CRYSTAL LAKE MOVING SALE 572 Cress Creek Ter., Crystal Lake (Four Colonies) Sat. 2/20 9-3 Sun. 2-21 9-1 Many household items: kitchen, holiday, books, tools, women's bike, lamps, furniture.

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 877-264-2527

Free Panasonic 28” TV works 815-728-8070 Free Wood upright Piano ( You Move from Front Door & Haul) 847-845-1584 Cary, IL

Book – Titled “Legally Sane” 1972 First Edition, Very Good Condition - $295. Call 7am-7pm 815-404-1587 NO texts XL920 Black ink for HP printer -One never opened, 1 partially used.

Printer stopped working. $25 for both. 815-382-7278

Bedroom Set/Queen Size Canopy Bed, Exc Cond, Dark wood Dresser, nightstand & mirror $350/al 815-308-5634

COFFEE TABLE ~ WALNUT DANISH MODERN 60x20x15, circa 1958, $100/obo. 847-639-0691 DINING TABLE ~ ORIENTAL and 6 HIGHBACK CHAIRS Black, brown and white seats, $250. 847-854-7980 Entertainment Stand - Sauder Camdon 1753-100.

Great condition. $100 or best offer. Call 815-451-3659

HUTCH - LARGE, EARLY AMERICAN WITH 3 GLASS DOORS 2 side cabinets, 3 drawers, very good cond, 56”Wx18”Dx80”H $400.

847-854-7980 Karastan Oriental Rug originally $450, Selling for $100, Red Sofa $100, Pine Dining Room Table w/ 4 matching chairs $100 815-690-3894

KITCHEN TABLE and 4 CHAIRS, COUNTRY STYLE You Pick-Up, McHenry Area. Call after 3pm 847-736-2885 Rectangular shape, with white tile inlay, great condition, $225.

815-342-3155 Oil Painting gold frame 54x42, creationsof man from FIRST COMMUNION DRESS - Gorgeous detailing, beautiful Michelangelo,gods finger to adam $85, Glasstop table wood bead work. Communion, junior bride, flower girl, white, frame 52” $60 Very good cond. 847-361-6256 Girls size 12. $75. 815-477-9023

MINK STOLE - Light brown mink stole, great for Prom, excellent condition.

Asking $50 OBO. Call 815- 385-1110

WAHL APPLIANCE

Reconditioned Appliances Sales and Service Lakemoor 815-385-1872 Freezer - Table top, white with basket $50; TV – 19” older model $10 Both work great. Call anytime 815-344-4385

GE Profile refrigerator for sale, stainless steel, side-by side, ice maker, runs great. $400 OBO, in Lakewood.

Call Phil at 312-805-4771

1909 OOGA Coach-AutoHorn, $20, Victorian-English Shop Keeper's Bell, brass, $25, Don 815-895-4659 Steins by award-winning wildlife artist Kevin Daniel "Call of the Wild" Limited Edition, Set of 8, Tankard Stein Collection hand-crafted stoneware and pewter. $150. Call 815-347-0133

Vintage Brass Pitcher with Embossed design $65. 815-349-0206 Vintage Round Solid Copper Charger Plates - Set of 4, Beautifully designed $125 815-349-0206

Vintage Set of Copper Cookware - 3 pieces $130/OBO. 815-349-020 WICKER CHAIRS - Very sturdy, large, antique, cushioned wicker chairs, 2 available, made in Sheboygan Wisc. $200/obo 630-835-5694

Blue Dresser with Pottery Barn Kids hardware for boy. $85. 815-382-2455 DRESS SET- Girls, dress and matching coat set, size 4T, very nice. NEW with tags. $35. 815-477-9023

Linear Recumbent Bike - All aluminum, long wheelbase, 27" rear, 20" front, under seat steering, foldable, great shape, fun to ride - $400. 630-835-5694 Find !t here!

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NEUTROL Electro-Matic Chuck Switch and Demagnetizer Model: E300 Worked well when last used $175 OBO. 815-349-0206

MARLEY, Female Lab Mix I love to take heart-pounding power walks up and down hills under the stars.

All the stress melts away from my day.

Wheel chair 20” Roscoe Brand, max weight 300# – very good condition $150 815-943-7299 Bird Parrot Play Stand - Fit a large parrot, with ladders & areas for toys to be hung, can keep an active bird happy. 34 x 22 x 44. $60 815-349-0206 HEATER / FURNACE Fuel oil Furnace with thermostat control including 250 gallon drum. $275/OBO. 815-349-0206

www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

Gazelle Cross Country Ski machine, like new. Comes with instruction tapes, PLANT STAND - 2 tier folding plant stand, bakers rack, book shelves, home timer, clock, water bottle etc. Asking $60 OBO. Call 815-385-1110 garden, durable. 39”H x 24”W x 13”D. Excellent. $55. 815-a477-9023 Pro max Sparring Gear - Kicks size 11; gloves size large.

Scrapbooks - Woodstock High School - Brand new scrapbooks.

Parakeets (2) Blue, Male with Small Cage, Gorgeous! $35/both Like new $30 or best offer. Call 815.451.3659 Selling 2. $20 each Call 815-347-0133

WASHER/WHIRLPOOL & GAS KENMORE DRYER

MEN*S JACKET - Polo by Ralph Lauren, 100% cotton jacket, size XL, full zip front with pockets, could be unisex, machine washable, Pony on the front. Excellent condition. $30. 815-477-9023

HEIGHT GAUGE - Brown and Sharp height gauge. Very good shape and accurate. wooden case included. $250/obo. 630-835-5694

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ROCKING CHAIR - Solid oak, excellent condition, $75 or best offer. 815-342-8888 SIDE TABLE - Petite accent table, plant stand, wooden pedestal, marble top. Excellent. Reduced $25. 815-477-9023

Thomasville Solid Oak Table w/ 6 Chairs & Double Pedestal Base 48” wide x 68” long, extra 20” leaf, Perfect condition asking $1200 847-659-1348 Beautiful Eddie Bauer Quilt & 2 Shams – King size. patchwork pattern, dark colors. cotton & wool - $75. 815-347-0133 MESSAGE BOARD WITH CUBBIES - Corkboard framed in satin black, 3 ample sized cubbies, 4 antique hooks, Excellent $35. 815-477-9023

Quilt and Bedding Set – Beautiful, king-size, fall/autumn colors w/ apple & pumpkin scenes w/ apple baskets & barn, includes: comforter, 2 shams, bed skirt, fitted and flat sheet, 2 pillow cases and 1 square throw pillow. $45. Call 815-347-0133

STOVE / FURNACE / HEATER - Early 1900's Coal/Wood Burning Stove, heavy, 3 piece cast iron base, heat box & 4' diameter heat exchanger, burns coal or wood. Excellent condition. $400. 815-349-0206 YELLOW SCHOOL BUS TOTE - Cute gift for your school bus driver, teacher or twins! Designed just like a school bus, adorable. Carrying handle with zipper closure. NEW, two available, $15/ea. 815-477-9023.

BELINDA - 3½ yr. old female Black DSH Being healthy has to be a lifelong habit.

It takes more than going to the doctor.

I eat healthy, exercise & decrease stress. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400 BIRG CAGE – Huge, metal for Parakeets, Cockatiels or Small Birds, 61.5”Hx21.5”Wx32”L, like new, $175. 815-355-7445

Canaries - Beautiful Home Raised Guaranteed Singers, $85.

815-648-2501

Must go together, twin female.

815-546-2109 DOG WALKER AVAILABLE TO WALK YOUR DOG, WHEN YOU CAN'T, McHenry/Crystal Lake. $10 per ½ hr. Senior Special $5 per ½ hr. 815-342-4285

FEEDER BOWL - Vibratory feeder Parts Bowl Works fine, Needs cleaning. 2 available, $300 ea OBO. Call 815-349-0206

DONEVIN, 4 yr. Old Male, White & Tan DLH

CORDLESS LAWN MOWER - HOMELITE 24 volt battery operated lawn mower with grass catcher and charger plus original owner manual - $88. 847-658-3436 LEAF BLOWER/VACUUM - TORO Super blower with operator's manual, $7. 847-658-3436 Self-Propelled Yard Vacuum/ Chipper/ Shredder/ Vacuum Hose 3 years old - $240. Call 815-943-7866 TRIMMER/EDGER - Ryobi 18 volt String Trimmer w/ owner's manual $6. 847-658-3436 WICKER FURNITURE SET - All weather, 3 piece, oversized armchairs & double shelf table. Finely woven detailing, walnut color, sturdy, ideal for indoor or outdoor use, easy to clean. Excellent. $250. 815-477-9023.

DIAMOND GRINDING WHEELS, mounted on hubs for a surface grinder, call for details. $100. 630-835-5694

3-1/2' to 4' Christmas Trees - Set of 5 (3 gold, 2 silver). From Pier 1.

Includes snowflake ornaments. $50. Call 815-347-0133 Fishing Rod Holders - (2) PERKO Chrome fits ¾ - 1” rails, paid $90, sell $50/bo. Condition new. 847-639-4991

Thor MX Motocross Adult Quadrant Belt - Brand New Black - $20. Call 815-347-0133 Tobaggan - Antique 6' Adirondack, good shape - $60; Antique fishing pole made from wood, The Emperor from Japan - $10. 630-835-5694

Toboggan Sled & Skis $10 each 815-943-6937 DISNEY PIXAR CARS 2 - SORRY board game by Parker Brothers, now retired edition, rare find. NEW in factory sealed package. $15. 815 477-9023 H.O. scale trains, large lot of freight cars already built up. Athearn, Accurail, and Roundhouse. Many with metal wheels & knuckle couplers. All in very good condition. Also some accessories. $5 and up. Call 815-690-0235

NILO train table $50. 815-382-2455

ALWAYS BUYING ESTATES, COLLECTIONS and OLD INVENTORY CASH

Single fluffy male looking for LOVE. I'm ready to take over the couch & sunny spots, How come I'm not your Valentine ??

www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

815-354-6169

Antique and Modern Guns

Old Lever Actions, Winchesters, Marlins, Savages, etc. Old Pistols and Revolvers. Cash for Collection. FFL License. 815-338-4731

Buying Old & Unusual Toys, Comics, Records Movie Memorabilia, ETC. 815-351-4387

Lionel & American Flyer Trains 815-353-7668

CATS (2) 1 YEAR OLD

Lead Shot Maker – New, Will make any size shot, $375. Call daytime 847-669-0405

22" Self-Propelled Lawn Mower - 8 years old, just overhauled - works great - $100. 815-943-7866

815-355-7445

Wanted – Clean lead, also lead wheel weights.

Call daytime 847-669-0405 WANTED TO BUY: Vintage or New, working or not.

Bicycles, Outboard motors, fishing gear, motorcycles or mopeds, chainsaws, tools etc. Cash on the spot. Cell: 815-322-6383

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1999 Mazda 626LX, 1 owner 78K only, 4 cyl, auto, sunroof, great heat/AC looks & runs great , free 6 mo. Warranty $3,500/obo. 815-344-9440 2001 Buick Century Custom, 1 owner, only 65K, V-6, looks / runs great ,free 6 mo. Warranty, $3500/obo 815-344-9440 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser Limited Edition, 1 owner, 56K only, full serv. history, leather, loaded, moon roof, heated seats, free 6 mo. Warranty, $4700/obo 815-344-9440

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PRE-OWNED ANDERSON BMW

360 N. Rte. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/682-4485

www.andersoncars.com

BILL JACOBS BMW

1564 W. Ogden Ave. • Naperville, IL

800/731-5824

www.billjacobs.com

KNAUZ BMW

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

800/935-5909

www.motorwerks.com

MARTIN CHEVROLET 5220 W. Northwest Highway Crystal Lake, IL

815/459-4000

www.martin-chevy.com

RAY CHEVROLET

39 N. Rte. 12 • Fox Lake, IL

847/587-3300

www.raychevrolet.com

RAYMOND CHEVROLET 118 Route 173 • Antioch, IL

847/395-3600

www.raymondchevrolet.com

BULL VALLEY FORD

1460 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

800/407-0223

www.bullvalleyford.com

BUSS FORD

TOM PECK FORD

13900 Auto Mall Dr. • Huntley, IL

847/669-6060

www.TomPeckFord.com

2525 E. Main Street • St. Charles, IL

888/800-6100

www.garylangauto.com

REICHERT BUICK

2145 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

815/338-2780

www.reichertautos.com

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

MERCEDES-BENZ OF ST. CHARLES

888/800-6100

877/226-5099

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

MOTOR WERKS CADILLAC 200 N. Cook St. • Barrington, IL

800/935-5923

www.motorwerks.com

815/385-2100

1107 S Rt. 31 between Crystal Lake and McHenry

www.garylangauto.com

ARLINGTON KIA IN PALATINE

800/935-5913

www.gurneedodge.com

www.motorwerks.com

SUNNYSIDE COMPANY CHRYSLER DODGE

O’HARE HONDA

815/385-7220

www.oharehonda.com

224/603-8611

www.raymondkia.com

ROSEN HYUNDAI

www.rosenrosenrosen.com

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

AL PIEMONTE CHEVROLET 770 Dundee Ave. (Rt. 25) • Dundee, IL

847/426-2000

www.piemontechevy.com

Route 120 • McHenry, IL

815/385-7220

www.sunnysidecompany.com

www.knauzlandrover.com

LAND ROVER HOFFMAN ESTATES landroverhoffman.com

MOTOR WERKS INFINITI 800/935-5913

www.motorwerks.com

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

EVANSTON SUBARU IN SKOKIE 3340 Oakton St., Skokie, IL

www.EvanstonSubaru.com

GARY LANG MITSUBISHI Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

ELGIN TOYOTA

1200 E. Chicago St. Elgin, IL

847/741-2100

LIBERTYVILLE MITSUBISHI

www.elgintoyota.com

847/816-6660

1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

1119 S. Milwaukee Ave.• Libertyville, IL

www.libertyvillemitsubishi.com

PAULY TOYOTA

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050 www.paulytoyota.com

375 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

866/346-0211

Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

GARY LANG SUBARU

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

847/869-5700

MOTOR WERKS PORSCHE Barrington & Dundee Rds., Barrington, IL

800/935-5913

www.motorwerks.com

1051 W. Higgins • Hoffman Estates, IL

www.gurneedodge.com

SUNNYSIDE COMPANY CHRYSLER DODGE

www.Knauz-mini.com

www.billjacobs.com

847/604-8100

888/471-1219

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

888/204-0042

LAND ROVER LAKE BLUFF

866/469-0114

409A Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

847/604-5050

815/385-2100

847/888-8222

771 S. Randall Rd. • Algonquin, IL

KNAUZ MINI

www.garylangauto.com

300 East Ogden Ave. • Hinsdale, IL

www.elginhyundai.com

www.billjacobs.com

1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

RAYMOND KIA

119 Route 173 • Antioch, IL

BILL JACOBS LAND ROVER HINSDALE 881 E. Chicago St. • Elgin, IL

800/295-0166

www.arlingtonkia.com

888/538-4492

ELGIN HYUNDAI

1564 W. Ogden Ave. • Naperville, IL

847/202-3900

River Rd & Oakton, • Des Plaines, IL

7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

GARY LANG CHEVROLET

KNAUZ CONTINENTAL AUTOS

www.garylangauto.com

815/385-2100

888/471-1219

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

www.st-charles.mercedesdealer.com

BILL JACOBS MINI

Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

www.clcjd.com

www.motorwerks.com

GARY LANG KIA

7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

800/935-5909

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

GARY LANG GMC

1400 E. Dundee Rd., Palatine, IL

888/800-6100

“Home of the $1,995 Specials”

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050

MOTOR WERKS HONDA

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

www.steves-auto-sales.com

www.gurneedodge.com

GARY LANG CADILLAC

www.garylangauto.com

225 N. Randall Road • St. Charles, IL

847/838-4444

www.Knauzcontinentalauto.com

www.sunnysidecompany.com

815/385-2100

STEVE’S AUTO SALES

PAULY SCION

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) • Hoffman Estates, IL

409 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

847/683-2424

Route 120 • McHenry, IL

847/235-8300

www.knauznorth.com

847/234-1700

206 S. State Street • Hampshire, IL

815/385-2100

2950 N. Skokie Hwy • North Chicago, IL

10709 N. Main St. (Route 12) Richmond, IL

888/471-1219

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

KNAUZ NORTH

7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

www.zimmermanford.com

FENZEL MOTOR SALES

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

www.infinitihoffman.com

www.clcjd.com

815/338-2780

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

www.andersoncars.com

www.bussford.com

630/584-1800

www.clcjd.com

GARY LANG BUICK

888/280-6844

888/682-4485

815/385-2000

REICHERT CHEVROLET www.reichertautos.com

1075 W. Golf Rd. Hoffman Estates, IL

ANDERSON MAZDA

360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

ZIMMERMAN FORD

2145 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

INFINITI OF HOFFMAN ESTATES

BUSS FORD LINCOLN 111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

815/385-2000

busslincolnmchenry.com

MOTOR WERKS CERTIFIED OUTLET Late Model Luxury Pre-Owned Vehicles

ANDERSON VOLKSWAGEN

360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/682-4485

www.andersoncars.com

BILL JACOBS VOLKSWAGEN

2211 Aurora Avenue • Naperville, IL

800/720-7036

www.billjacobs.com

1001 W. Higgins Rd. (Rt. 71) or 1000 W. 1000 W. Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) Hoffman Estates, IL

800/935-5909

www.motorwerks.com

BARRINGTON VOLVO

300 N. Hough (Rt. 59) • Barrington, IL

847/381-9400

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y, Mary H. Ruth, both of Woodstock, Illinois, Emily Ruth Smith, Jonathan R. Smith, both of Lake in the Hills, Illinois, Scott H. Ruth, Marengo, Illinois, Janet L. Smith Trust No. 1 dated December 13, 1994, with Janet L. Smith as trustee, and John J. Smith, all of McHenry, Illinois, and Scott L. Smith, Royal Oak, Michigan, have applied to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to acquire over 10.00% of the voting shares of American Community Financial, Inc., Woodstock, Illinois, and thereby indirectly retain control of American Community Bank, Woodstock, Illinois. The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve the notice.

PUBLIC NOTICE TO: Mary E. McClellan, McHenry County Clerk, 2200 Seminary Ave, Woodstock, IL 60098; 1923 Cary Road, LLC, C/O Charles C. Evans, 2116 Kenton Lane, Libertyville, IL 60048; 1923 Cary Road, LLC, C/O Charles C. Evans, 6334 Thackery Ln, Libertyville, IL 60048; Deborah Witthoft, Riverview Subdivision, 1909 Cary Rd, Algonquin, IL 60102; and Thomas S. Brodie, President, Riverview Subdivision, 1937 Cary Rd, Algonquin, IL 60102 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS Tax Deed Case No. 16TX010021 Filed: February 11, 2016 TAKE NOTICE County of MCHENRY Date Premises Sold: October 28, 2013 Certificate No. 2012-01943 Sold for General Taxes of 2012 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES

Woodstock- Queen Anne St. & Beech Ave. 1 Acre within city limits 1 miie from downtown, (up to 4 Buildable lots) $40,000 630-209-1600

Property Located At: 1923 Cary Road, Algonquin, Illinois 60102 Legal Description: LOT 13 IN RIVERVIEW SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER AND PART OF THE WEST FRACTION OF THE FRACTIONAL SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF FRACTIONAL SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 18,1921 AS DOCUMENT NO. 50207, IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS, PAGE 25, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Permanent Index No.: 19-23-451-032 This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale has been extended and will expire on May 26, 2016.

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subj the event of settlement between owner and obligated party.

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 3, 2016, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as

The proposed fifth amendment would, if adopted, among other things, amend the annexation agreement by amending the conditional use permit for the subject property by granting approval for a (Published in the Northwest Herald self-storage facility and approval of resubdivision and development February 20, 2016) 1160371 plan on Lots 3 and 4 of the subject property, as delineated on the plat of subdivision recorded as docuPUBLIC NOTICE ment number 2008R0044279.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Isaiah K. Reese a Minor

by Tamara Charo Parent or Guardian Case Number 16 MR 60 Public notice is hereby given that on April 5th, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. in courtroom 204, of the McHenry County Government Center there will be a hearing on my Petition praying for the change of my minor's name from Isaiah K. Reese to that of Isaiah K. Charo pursuant to the Illinois Compiled Statutes on Change of Names.

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Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Lake in the Hills (the “Village”) on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at 7:15 p.m. in the Lake in the Hills Village Hall, 600 Harvest Rozovics Law Firm, LLC Gate, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156.

Attorney for Petitioner The subject of the hearing is the 263 King Street consideration of a proposed fifth Crystal Lake, IL 60014 815-479-9733 amendment to the annexation agreement dated November 11, (Published in the Northwest Herald on February 20, 21, 22, 2016) 2004 between the Village, Lake1160411 pointe-LITH Development, Inc., suc-

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Public Notice is hereby given that on February 5, 2016, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting Denise L. Wasserman, Clerk the business known as Village of Lake in the Hills O & S LIQUORS (Published in the Northwest Herald February 20, 2016) 1160538 located at: 5612 S. ROUTE 31, UNIT E CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014

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Lots 1 through 10, inclusive, in Lake Pointe Center, being a Subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 43 North, Range 7 East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded August 14, 2008 as document number 2008R0044279 in McHenry County, Illinois.

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/s/ Mary E. McClellan NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the County Clerk undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said (Published in the Northwest property under the Illinois Self-Ser- Herald February 13, 20, 27, 2016) 1158133 vice Storage facility Act 95.

The undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on PUBLIC NOTICE March 12, 2016 (Please check in ASSUMED NAME at 4114 IL Rt. 176 by no later than 9:10) at 9:20a.m.on the premises PUBLICATION NOTICE where said property has been stored and which is located at Lib- Public Notice is hereby erty Self Storage, 4114 Il Rte. 176 given that on February 16, 2016, a certificate was filed and following that sale another sale in the Office of the County will be at 4506 Ray Street: Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names #41 5x10 bins, lawn furniture and and post-office address of other furniture all of the persons owning, A10 5x10 bench seat, bins, clothes conducting and transacting and misc. bags the business known as C11 10x20 Bicycles, toys, books and misc. things STUDIO 41 C21 5x10 Barbie dolls, clothes, boxes and bins located at: 4110 Sherwood Drive Purchases must be paid for at the Crystal Lake IL 60012 time of purchase in cash only. All purchased items sold as is where is Dated February 16, 2016 and must be removed at the time of sale. Sale subject to cancellation in /s/ Mary E. McClellan

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joestevenson@shawmedia.com PALATINE – While others considered Prairie Ridge co-op repeating as state champion a foregone conclusion, the Wolves did not.

Prairie Ridge co-op coach Lee Battaglia was nervous before Friday’s preliminaries at the IHSA girls gymnastics state meet when someone asked if they could carry the team trophy for him.

“I was like, ‘Man, don’t count on that. It’s never like that,’ ” Battaglia said. “They definitely had the pressure on them and they came through.”

Junior Nikki Baars tied for third in the all-around, while senior Maddie Solka was fifth. The Wolves scored 150.225 points Friday to likely sew up their second consecutive state team title. DeKalb (147.975) needs 2.25 points to catch Prairie Ridge, which is almost mathematically impossible.

Prairie Ridge, which draws athletes from Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South and Prairie Ridge, can add to its total with eight entries in Saturday’s finals, which start at 5:45 p.m.

Solka fell on the balance beam after a difficult flip-flop layout, which resulted in a six-tenths deduction. Had she completed that skill, she might have won the all-around. She appeared to have landed the maneuver, but was on the right edge of the beam and had to hop off.

“There’s one side I can save anything, it was on the other side,” Solka said. “I did not want to be in a bad state of mind for the rest of the meet, so I said, ‘It’s over, go forward and hit it.’

It’s a bummer, but it’s not the end of the world.”

Solka was thrilled the Wolves have their second-highest score in team history with a chance to add to it. She will compete in uneven bars, floor exercise and vault. Baars will be in those three and on balance beam, while Liz Sysol is on bars.

Glenbard West’s Maddie Diab won the all-around at 38.2, with Barrington’s Abby Hasanov at 38.175, then Baars and DeKalb’s Aleah Leman at 37.95 and Solka at 37.85.

“To me, it’s just a score,” Baars said.

“I felt like I did well, so I could have come in last place and I still would have felt great because I feel like I’ve increased [this season].”

The Wolves were so deep that even after the loss of senior Kendall Rumford, who suffered a knee injury on the balance beam, their first event, they still topped 150. Freshman Kira Karlblom and Maddy Kim, junior Alyssa

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Individual finals events that Prairie Ridge qualified for in Friday’s preliminaries: Nikki Baars is in all four, Maddie Solka has three and Liz Sysol has one.

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Kendall Rumford experienced a high on Wednesday when she committed to NCAA Division I Southeast Missouri State. She felt a low Friday night when she injured her left knee on the balance beam and could not finish.

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TOP: Prairie Ridge co-op’s Maddie Solka competes in bars during Friday’s IHSA girls gymnastics state meet at Palatine High School. BOTTOM: The Prairie Ridge co-op team cheers on a teammate.

Petko, senior Rebecca Ruff and sophomore Katarina Schaffer all had strong performances.

Solka will have a chance to defend her state title on the uneven bars.

Baars will be shooting for her first state medal.

“Like I said all year long, Nikki’s under the radar,” Battaglia said. “I expected a great performance from Nikki. She’s a competitor and has a huge future in gymnastics. You’ll see, she’ll hit four tomorrow too. She’s a tough kid.”

“I did not want to be in a bad state of mind for the rest of the meet, so I said, ‘It’s over, go forward and hit it.’ It’s a bummer, but it’s not the end of the world.”

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Prairie Ridge co-op gymnast, on recovering from falling on the balance beam

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Six advance to state title matches

By JOHN WILKINSON

jwilkinson@shawmedia.com CHAMPAIGN – Prairie Ridge’s Travis Piotrowski didn’t shy away from admitting how important Saturday’s Class 2A 126-pound state championship match will be to him.

“It means everything,” Piotrowski said. “I’ve only been training a decade and a half for it.”

On his fourth trip to the state tournament, the 39-0 Prairie Ridge senior will wrestle for a title after finishing third twice.

Piotrowski was one of six local wrestlers who won their state semifinal matches Friday night to advance to Saturday’s finals at the State Farm Center on the campus of the University of Illinois. The grand march and championship finals are scheduled to start at 5:30 Saturday night.

In addition to Piotrowski, Crystal Lake Central’s Lenny Petersen (2A 138), Richmond-Burton’s Gavin Sutton (2A 138), Alden-Hebron’s Colten Cashmore (1A 170), Dundee-Crown’s Christian Brunner (3A 195) and Crystal Lake Central’s Austin Parks (2A 220) advanced to state finals with two wins Friday.

Five of the six local finalists will be making their first appearance. The only one who has been in a state final is Brunner, who placed second his sophomore year before losing in a semifinal last year and finishing third.

The Dundee-Crown senior improved to 47-0 on the year with a quarterfinal

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Colten Cashmore Alden-Hebron, Sr. 170

Cashmore won his quarterfinal and semifinal by pin and decision, respectively, Friday to advance to the Class 1A 170 championship match. He’s the first wrestler in school history to reach a state final.

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Crystal Lake Central coach Justen Lehr has two wrestlers in the finals after having two champions last year: “Honestly, I’ve been pretty spoiled as a coach to be able to have kids get into finals like that. ... It’s awesome.” win Friday by decision and a dominant technical fall in the semifinals.

“I didn’t worry about losing this year as much. ... Last year, I kind of was wrestling not to lose,” Brunner said.

“This year, I’m just kind of like ‘Go have fun with it. Let’s see if we can get it done now.’”

The 2A 138-pound final will be a rematch of two local wrestlers who have seen a lot of each other. Sutton and Petersen met in their regional and sectional finals with Petersen winning both matches.

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Prairie Ridge’s Travis Piotrowski celebrates his victory over Yahya Thomas from Mount Carmel during their Class 2A 126-pound state semifinal Friday at the University of Illinois’ State Farm Center in Champaign.

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Crystal Lake Central’s Mike Petersen (right) grapples with Hunter Grau of Geneseo during their Class 2A 145-pound state semifinals bout Friday at the University of Illinois’ State Farm Center in Champaign.

• WRESTLING Continued from page 3 “You always look at your losses and see how you can build from them, so yeah I’ve definitely been thinking about what I did wrong in those matches and what I can improve on,” Sutton said.

Cashmore not only reached the final in his first trip to state, he is the first wrestler in Alden-Hebron’s history to reach a state final. David Nohr’s thirdplace finish in 1991 is the school’s lone previous medalist.

“This is great, this is what I trained for my whole life, prepared for, dreamt of, now I’ve just got to go out there and make it happen tomorrow, get it done,” Cashmore said.

Parks won his quarterfinal with a second-period pin but then needed overtime to win his semifinal. The converted 195-pounder’s stamina prevailed as he took down Dixon’s Connor Sperling for the win.

“It felt amazing. That one takedown made everything I’ve worked for feel worth it,” Parks said.

In his final, Parks will have a rematch against Ridgewood’s Vinny Scaletta, who he beat for the 2A Antioch Sectional title.

Five other county wrestlers – Huntley’s Josh Stenger (3A 120), Crystal Lake Central’s Michael Petersen (2A 145), Hampshire’s Wylie Allen (2A 158), Woodstock’s Kevin Zange (2A 160) and Prairie Ridge’s Dereck Pearson (2A 285) – won their quarterfinals Friday

“It’s amazing, especially coming just short last year, one match short. To be in the semis, all these people here, everyone’s supporting me, family, friends, teammates, it’s just a really amazing feeling.”

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morning but fell in the semifinals. They will drop into the semifinal round of the consolation bracket and are guaranteed at least a top-six finish.

“It’s amazing, especially coming just short last year, one match short,” Stenger said after winning his quarterfinal. “To be in the semis, all these people here, everyone’s supporting me, family, friends, teammates, it’s just a really amazing feeling.”

Six 2A wrestlers won their firstround consolation matches to stay alive into the third day: Harvard’s Sergio Esquivel (120) and Zach Martin (160), Marian Central’s Anthony Randazzo (132), Woodstock North’s Jake Fiorito (152) and Marengo’s Joe Mier (160) and Dylan Turner (220).

The consolation quarterfinals start at 9 a.m. Saturday with consolation semifinals followed at 11 a.m. and consolation-place matches starting at 1 p.m.

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CLASS 4A McHENRY GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONAL: CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH 45, PRAIRIE RIDGE 27

Crystal Lake South tops PR to win regional title

By ALEX KANTECKI

akantecki@shawmedia.com McHENRY – Crystal Lake South’s Taylor Jozefowicz banked in a 3-pointer from the left wing and didn’t look back.

The Gators junior sensed her team needed an offensive lift with South’s all-time leading scorer, Chanel Fanter, held without a point in the early stages of Friday’s Class 4A McHenry Regional girls basketball championship against Prairie Ridge.

No, she didn’t call glass. But the 5-foot-5 guard’s improbable 3-pointer clanked in for South and opened up a five-point advantage with five minutes left in the second quarter.

On her team’s next offensive possession, Jozefowicz hit another 3 in stride. This time from the right wing.

In all, she scored 10 points in the second quarter as the Gators’ defense subdued their crosstown rivals, holding the Wolves to 5 of 22 shooting in the first half. Prairie Ridge never recovered and South went on to a 45-27 victory, claiming back-to-back region-

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Keegan had a hand in all three of the Gators’ baskets in the first quarter, scoring the first two and assisting Annika Sevcik on the third. She also grabbed two rebounds as South and Prairie Ridge were tied at 6 after one.

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Crystal Lake South will meet Huntley in the sectional semifinals for the second straight

al titles and their third since 2009.

The Gators (23-9) advance to play Huntley in a DeKalb Sectional semifinal at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“I was just trying to find my shot and I found it early on,” said Jozefowicz, who finished with a game-high 15 points on 5 of 7 shooting. “I just

kind of took it from there. We all had to step it up and play to our tempo, because we were playing down to theirs.”

After the half, the Gators found their offensive rhythm. And so did Fanter, who had 10 points in the third, including four transition baskets in the final 2:50. Every time Prairie Ridge scored, Fanter had an answer on the other end.

South led, 36-19, after three.

“She’s dangerous,” Wolves coach Rick Lima said. “She’s so good at getting out in transition. We score on one end and she’s shooting a layup on the other. You take a shot and miss and now they get out in transition. … The game just started slowly getting away from us.”

Despite a rough first half, Fanter finished with 13 points for the Gators, adding eight rebounds and three assists.

Prairie Ridge freshman Nicole Dorn held her scoreless for the first 13:10 as Fanter picked up three fouls before the half.

“That’s kind of on me. I kind of

play head games with myself and I’m my own worst enemy,” Fanter said.

“They (Prairie Ridge) play great defense and they got in my head. In the second half I calmed down and I got some things going offensively.”

Annika Sevcik added seven points and eight rebounds for South, while Prairie Ridge continued to struggle against the Gators in the second half and shot 12 of 46 (26.1 percent) from the field for the game.

“They (Prairie Ridge) were athletic inside and that was one of our main concerns. We wanted to make sure to take away their inside game as well as take away the offensive rebounds,” Gators coach Mark Mucha said. “Our kids adjusted well and rotated well in our zone.”

Haylee Giffels led the Wolves with nine points, Aly Clark added eight and Kirsten Voel-Pel and Sammi Lockwood each had four.

“We were taking care of the ball, but some of our passes weren’t connecting and our shots weren’t falling,” Giffels said. “We worked well together, but it didn’t fall for us.”

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Prairie Ridge’s Aly Clark fights for a loose ball with Crystal Lake South’s Annika Sevcik on Friday at McHenry West.

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Chargers upset top-seeded Storm to win regional

By RYAN ALTMAN

sports@nwherald.com STREAMWOOD – Dundee-Crown forward Paige Gieseke rolled off a screen, caught a pass from teammate Melissa Barker and then cut to the basket.

With a wide-open look, she banked in a shot for a one-point lead with 1:08 left.

On the ensuing defensive possession, the 6-foot junior drew a charge and forced a South Elgin turnover. She then split a pair of free throws for a three-point advantage with 45 seconds left.

Gieseke’s late game heroics helped the No. 5 Chargers secure their second consecutive regional title, scoring five of her seven points in the fourth, and capped off a 54-51 upset win over the No. 1-seeded Storm at the Class 4A Streamwood Regional.

Dundee-Crown advances to next week’s DeKalb Sectional, where it will face Hononegah at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The win marks the program’s first back-to-back regional crowns since 2003.

“I thought Paige was huge. She came out of nowhere,” Chargers coach Sarah Miller said. “… I felt that you could just tell that we wanted this game. They believed and played with a lot of heart.”

Trailing, 46-44, late in the fourth, Barker (team-high 24 points) knocked down her fifth and sixth 3-pointers of the game to give the Chargers a 50-46 advantage. The Storm (19-9) responded with a 4-1 run to draw within one, but couldn’t make the comeback.

The Chargers shot 18 for 42 overall and 12 of 20 from the free-throw line.

“My team did a great job of getting me the ball and getting me open,” Barker said.

The Chargers’ (15-17) performance

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The 6-foot-2 center played an integral role in the Chargers’ rebounding efforts, grabbing a team-high 10 rebounds.

The Chargers outrebounded South Elgin, 31-23.

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Before the game, Melissa Barker and Kennedy White qualified for the next round of the 3-point competition, which will take place in DeKalb. on the boards at both ends was crucial to the outcome. They outrebounded the Storm, 31-23, and only allowed a couple of second-chance opportunities.

Sophomore Madilyn Tripp (four points) led the team with 10 boards, while three Chargers finished with seven or more rebounds.

“Just my confidence,” Tripp said of her intensity on the boards. “I’ve been struggling throughout the season and I knew I had to be there and fill my role.”

Down 23-20 heading into the third quarter, the Storm didn’t go down without a fight.

They traded the lead with the Chargers five different times in the second half, four times in the third quarter alone, but still trailed, 40-34, after three.

“Credit to South Elgin,” Miller said.

“I thought that, when we started pulling away, they found a way to come back.”

Allison Michalski added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Chargers.

Bridgette Williams and Nadia Yang scored 22 apiece for South Elgin.

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Huntley rallies past Dundee-Crown NORTHWEST HERALD

share of the BNC East title Tuesday.

Burlington Central had claimed a share The Huntley boys basketball team but Marengo can join it atop the confertrailed entering the fourth quarter, but ence with a win Tuesday.

Richmond-Burton 73, Harvard 33: came back to defeat Dundee-Crown, 4542, in Fox Valley Conference Valley Di- At Harvard, the Rockets outscored Harvard, 26-6, in the third quarter to vision play at Huntley.

The Red Raiders trailed by one en- pull away in the BNC East win. Jake tering the fourth, but outscored D-C, Kaufman led R-B with 21 points and 14-10, to close out the game. JJ Flores Blaine Bayer added 12. Tyler Perkins led Huntley with 23 points, including 10 led the Hornets with eight points and in the fourth quarter. Alec Coss added Roy Amaya added seven.

North Boone 66, Johnsburg 51: At nine points for Huntley.

Gabriel Bergeron led the Chargers Johnsburg, the Skyhawks (12-16, 5-8 with 10 points. Russell Bergeron and BNC East) were outscored, 24-9, in the second quarter. Nick Whiting led Nick Shydlowski each added seven.

Marengo 77, Rockford Christian 76: At Johnsburg with 14 points and Tanner Marengo, the Indians (21-6, 11-2 BNC Kreassig added 13.

East) came back from six down in the fourth quarter to win in Big Northern GIRLS BOWLING Woodstock co-op’s Sam Kunke 33rd at Conference East Division play. Marengo trailed by six with 5:28 left but went state after Day 1: Woodstock co-op’s Sam on a 7-0 run to recapture the lead. The Kunke advanced to Day 2 of the IHSA Indians were 17 of 20 from the free- state finals by finishing in 33rd on Day 1 at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford. throw line in the fourth.

Kunke, the lone local bowler at state, Michael Volkening led Marengo with 29 points, including going 17 of 20 bowled a six-game series of 1,252 for from the line. He was 11 for 13 from the an average of 208.7 per game. Kunke’s line in the fourth. Zach Knobloch added highest best game of the day was her last where she bowled a 220. She also 27, including five 3-pointers.

The Marengo win, along with the had games of 218 and 216. The senior is Burlington Central loss to Genoa-Kings- 31 points out of a top-20 finish heading ton, gives the Indians a chance at a into Day 2.

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CLASS 3A WOODSTOCK NORTH GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONAL: ANTIOCH 57, MARIAN CENTRAL 45

By TIM SIECK

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Vannessa Garrelts Marian Central guard

After an evenly played first half that ended with Antioch taking a 22-21 lead into intermission, the Sequoits started the second half with an 8-0 run to extend the lead to nine.

Instead of just realizing its fate and letting Antioch extend the lead even more, Marian Central responded with a 15-2 run and went ahead by four points with just a few minutes left in the third quarter.

With the score tied entering the fourth quarter, Antioch was able to start playing its game and Marian Central had no answer. The Hurricanes went the first five minutes without a basket and committed nine turnovers

in the fourth quarter, which allowed Antioch to pull ahead for good with an 18-6 advantage in the quarter for the Sequoits.

“There were so many positives in this game,” Hurricanes guard Vannessa Garrelts said. “Last year, we probably wouldn’t have responded when they went on that run in the third quarter. We really grew as a team this season and the future looks bright.”

Grace Shukis dominated the glass for Marian Central finishing with 13 rebounds to go along with 9 points.

The Hurricanes were led Makala Villont with 12 points and Garrelts with 11.

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In her final high school game, Villont was a defensive force for the Hurricanes and also finished with 12 points.

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Antioch twins Amy and Ashley Reiser are two of the best players in Lake County and showed why on Friday. The Reisers scored 38 of Antioch’s 57 points and combined for 18 rebounds to help lead the Sequoits to the regional championship.

“Nobody expected this game to be close, but we had each other’s back and we fought really hard and still had a chance in the fourth quarter,” Shukis said.

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New Huntley coach Zimolzak has plenty of winning experience

By JOE STEVENSON

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As a bonus, Zimolzak will get to coach his son, as Connor is a sophomore defensive back.

“Mike Donatucci’s son came through the program and I enjoyed seeing them work together,” Zimolzak said. “I’m looking forward to that experience with my son.”

Spoden to CL Central: Steve Spoden was added to Crystal Lake Central’s coaching staff at Tuesday’s District 155 board meeting.

Spoden coached the offensive line for a long stint at Marian Central and coached the past two seasons at St. Viator.

Central previously hired Dirk Stanger as offensive coordinator.

Those two had worked together for more than 10 seasons between Marian and St. Viator.

“There’s a sense of familiarity [with Stanger],” Spoden said.

“There’s a lot of unspoken things we just know. We had a pretty good mix there for a while and I expect it to be the same again.”

Marian produced several NCAA

Division I linemen and quarterbacks under those two coaches.

Spoden works with many of the area’s top linemen in sessions at Davis Speed Center. Tigers coach Jon McLaughlin heard about Spoden through linemen Wyatt Blake and Cade Keenan. “[Spoden] seems very passionate about the line and pass blocking and working to get kids better,” McLaughlin said. “There’s certain qualities you look for to have on your staff. That kind of passion becomes infectious with the kids. We’re bringing in two guys who will complement what we have on our staff already.”

McLaughlin wants to open up the offense and run spread formations next season when Central will face mostly schools with larger enrollments.

“Football is not just a sport, it’s the relationships, it’s teaching the kids discipline,” Spoden said. “It’s stuff they’re going to need when they’re years beyond taking off their helmet for the last time.”

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Matt Zimolzak considers himself fortunate to have been around a lot of winning football teams as an assistant coach.

Over the past 21 seasons – 17 with former Fremd coach Mike Donatucci and four with former Huntley coach John Hart – Zimolzak was with one losing team.

“I did luck out,” Zimolzak said.

“They are great mentors. The great thing is they are willing to share.”

Zimolzak, 43, now gets his shot at applying what he learned from those two, and others along the way, as a head coach.

He takes over as head coach at Huntley, a program which is on the upswing after going 18-3 the past two seasons.

Zimolzak was officially hired by the District 158 school board at its meeting Thursday night.

He spent one season as the Red Raiders’ offensive line coach, three

as defensive coordinator and was the popular choice to succeed Hart among the players.

“We had a really good system under John [Hart] we set into place, a lot of accountability within the kids, a lot of the culture we built,” Zimolzak said. “I thought that was one Matt Zimolzak of the things we could carry on if we hired someone from within. It allows me to continue what we started to do four years ago.”

Zimolzak and his wife, Erica, live in Huntley with their two children, Connor (15) and Kara (12). He teaches Advanced Placement Physics at Fremd, but said Huntley Principal Scott Rowe plans to have a teaching position for him next year at the high school.

“I’m excited about it, I want to be part of the high school scene and be a teacher there as well,” Zimolzak said.

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WOODSTOCK – The Marian Central girls basketball team knew it had a tough task at hand.

The Hurricanes were facing an Antioch team Friday that had won 55 games over the past two season and featured an up-tempo style that is known for instant offense.

For 24 minutes, the Hurricanes were up to the challenge.

“We had basically one day to prepare for a really good team like Antioch and I am so proud of the effort we gave,” Hurricanes coach Tony Powe said. “Nobody outside our locker room thought we had any chance to win this game.”

Marian Central (11-18) stood tall for three quarters, but Antioch showed why it was the top seed in the St. Viator Sectional, as the Sequoits broke open a tie score in the fourth quarter and went on to win the Class 3A Woodstock North Regional with a 57-45 win over the No. 8 seed Hurricanes at Woodstock North High School.

“There were so many positives in this game. Last year, we probably wouldn’t have responded when they went on that run in the third quarter. We really grew as a team this season and the future looks bright.”

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CLC grad Mahaffy healed, ready for Bradley softball When Megan Mahaffy tore her right ACL fielding a bunt during a club softball tournament last June, she had a slight concern about starting her college career at Bradley University on time.

“Maybe for five minutes,” said Mahaffy, a Crystal Lake Central graduate, “until my club pitching coach calmed me down. She’s honestly the reason I’m still playing softball after everything I’ve been through.”

Mahaffy, who said she had three surgeries in high school, got Megan support from Wasco DiMahaffy amonds pitching coach Jill Waldron in the form of humor and some positive thinking.

“Every time I’ve gotten hurt, she tells me I’m going to learn how to knit in the off-season,” said Mahaffy, who has played for the Diamonds since age 10. “It’s also been a motto of mine and the coaches to fall down seven times, stand up eight. That’s kept me on track.”

With the support of Waldron and Bill Morrow, her head coach with the Diamonds, Mahaffy arrived at Bradley with a surgically repaired knee and a plan.

ON CAMPUS Barry Bottino “I looked at a time frame and knew I’d be back in January,” she said.

“They never doubted me, even when I doubted myself. They never babied me either. They made sure I knew everything was possible.”

Mahaffy also leaned on her Bradley coaches, trainers and teammates during her recovery.

“They were just awesome,” she said.

Mahaffy, whose first full practice was last month with her college teammates, enjoyed a memorable time on the field last weekend at Arizona State.

She earned her first collegiate victory Feb. 13 with two scoreless innings out of the bullpen in Bradley’s 4-2 win against Boise State. Mahaffy appeared in all five games in Arizona, starting one, for the Braves (1-4). “(I enjoyed) just getting back out there and doing my thing,” she said.

“After the first couple of batters I faced, it was just playing softball. It wasn’t any different.”

Mahaffy was one of four pitchers

Bradley used over the weekend.

“We all kind of offset each other,” she said. “I throw in the low 60s. There are a couple of girls who throw a little faster than me. And, our balls move in different directions. We’re all polished pitchers, and we have a lot we can offer.”

Badger debut a hit: Kirsten Stevens posted a 2-1 record with a 1.68 ERA in her first weekend as a member of Wisconsin’s softball team.

Stevens, a Prairie Ridge grad, transferred to Madison in the fall after two standout seasons at D-I Mercer University in Georgia.

She had a season-high six strikeouts in the Badgers’ 3-2 victory against Nevada in a tournament at Arizona State. Stevens scattered eight hits in six innings a day earlier in the Badgers’ season-opening, 4-2 victory against Cal. Lach’s bat lifts Bulldogs: Jacobs grad Alyssa Lach batted .429 with a team-high six hits last weekend as D-I Butler’s softball team opened its season with a 2-2 record at a tournament in Auburn, Ala. A sophomore who plays third base for Butler, Lach compiled three RBIs over the weekend, including two in a season-opening 9-1 victory against Furman.

Aurora ace: Richmond-Burton grad Talia Sheedlo ranks among the top five Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference athletes in four different indoor track and field events this season.

Sheedlo, a senior at D-III Aurora University, has the best NACC time in the 60-meter hurdles (9.26 seconds) and top score in the pentathlon (3,054 points). She also ranks third in the high jump (4 feet, 10¼ inches) and fourth in the triple jump (34-113/4).

While leading the Spartans to the outdoor conference team title last spring, Sheedlo earned Athlete of the Meet honors.

Coast Guard honors: Sophomore defensive back Oliver Kremer (Prairie Ridge) was one of 21 players from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to be recognized last month as members of the New England Football Conference All-Academic team.

Kremer, a civil engineering major, had six tackles last season as a special teams contributor for the D-III Bears (5-5).

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Danault, Rasmussen still auditioning

By MARK LAZERUS

mlazerus@suntimes.com MINNEAPOLIS — Phil Danault and Dennis Rasmussen got a taste of life as a champion Thursday, roaming the hallowed halls of the White House and shaking hands with the president.

But when the time came for the official ceremony honoring the Blackhawks for their latest Stanley Cup run, Danault and Rasmussen took a seat in the audience.

Meanwhile, standing behind President Barack Obama was, among others, Marcus Kruger – a smiling reminder that the rookies’ spots in the lineup aren’t exactly etched in stone.

Danault is a former first-round draft pick who has won over Joel Quenneville with his defensive play and occasional bursts of offensive creativity. Rasmussen has been a pleasant surprise, a big, steadying force in the middle of an ever-changing fourth line.

But Kruger is a two-time Stanley Cup champion and one of the best penalty-klllers in the NHL. And the Hawks are still hoping he returns from his broken wrist in time for the start of the playoffs.

Where Kruger slots back in – and

who ends up on the outside looking in – largely will depend on what happens between now and the Feb. 29 trade deadline.

If the Hawks land the top-six winger they’re looking for without giving up a roster player, Andrew Shaw likely will slide back into the bottom six, bumping either Brandon Mashinter or Jiri Sekac out of the lineup. Kruger’s return then likely would leave Danault or Rasmussen fighting for the last center spot on the team.

But if the Hawks come up empty at the trade deadline, things get even more interesting. Kruger is a center, and a good one, at that. But he played on the wing during the Hawks’ 2013 Cup run.

Does Joel Quenneville put him there for the postseason, to lessen the defensive and faceoff burden as he returns from a four-month absence? Or can Danault or Rasmussen slide over and try their hand at the wing, taking on an unfamiliar role as rookies in their first postseason?

“Of course, I’m thinking about it,” Rasmussen said. “No matter what, if I’ve been here three days or two months, I’ve got to prove myself every day. That’s always how I think.”

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What to watch College basketball: No. 17 Purdue vs.

No. 22 Indiana, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Two Big Ten rivals clash in Bloomington for the 204th time. Indiana is tied with Iowa for the conference lead with an 11-3 record, while Purdue is in a four-way tie with Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State for third place.

from the first four drafts under team president Epstein.

“I do think it’s a year that the pitching is going to burst upon the scene a little bit,” Epstein said early in the offseason – talking especially highly of a handful of pitchers with big arms in the lower minors.

Somebody from that group might be ready by the time Jon Lester is on the back end of his six-year contract. But if anybody’s going to keep Epstein from being forced to look for more free agent help for the rotation before that, it’s probably going to be someone from this trio of AA and AAA prospects in this camp: right-handers Duane Underwood, Pierce Johnson and Ryan Williams.

Underwood and Williams are in their first big-league camps. All are expected to get extra attention and evaluation from the staff this spring, with an eye toward building depth for this season – and making plans to contend beyond.

Even more than in most camps and in most years, health might be the biggest consideration for these Cubs in their first year of high expectations this decade – particularly for a pitching staff that could quickly show the stress of depth issues if the wrong arm gets the wrong twinge this spring.

With that in mind, the Cubs are putting together a preservation plan for Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta, who threw a career-high number of innings – by 72 – last year. In fact, back-end rotation candidates and swingmen are expected to get the first few starts of the spring, with Travis Wood likely to get the opener in what could be an especially big spring for him.

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Sale’s patience for postseason wearing thin

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN dvanschouwen@suntimes.com

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Another tweet “Colten’s fan base! Way to get the win buddy!” – @lalortally about Alden-Hebron watching Colten Cashmore wrestle at state)

Really?

In a salary dump, the L.A. Rams cut former No. 2 overall pick Chris Long along with LB James Laurinaitis and TE Jared Cook on Friday in a move to free up an estimated $23 million in cap space for 2016.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – To have Chris Sale on the roster and under team contract control through 2019 is to have nothing to do with rebuilding. The White Sox opened spring training Friday with designs on winning the American League Central division.

If general manager Rick Hahn, vice president Ken Williams and chairman Jerry Reinsdorf contemplated a rebuild after a third consecutive losing season, they didn’t dwell on it for long.

Sale, at age 26 remarkably now the Sox second-highest team member in seniority behind 29-year-old John Danks, might have torn a clubhouse apart had the Sox brain trust decided to tank.

He’s tired of losing and wants to pitch

in the postseason more than anything he can imagine.

“It’s the only reason we show up really,’’ Sale said Friday, surrounded by reporters after pitchers’ first official day of preparation for the 2016 season.

“This is my seventh season, sixth full coming up. I’ve never even had a taste of it. I’ve never pitched in a meaningful game in my career.’’

For Sale, who is 57-40 with a 2.91 career ERA and four straight AllStar Games and top-six finishes in Cy Young voting, meaningful means playoff. “That’s the plan. Nobody cares what you do in the regular season. You get into the playoffs and nobody hears about the teams that didn’t go to the playoffs. Nobody really cares about who came in second place.

“So, we have to go. We have to win.’’

Whether there is enough around Sale and Jose Abreu, the centerpiece of the offensive side, to do that remains to be seen. Hahn said the Sox, whether they add to the roster or not, are built to win in a division in which all five teams are capable, he said.

“A lot can change, you need good health and the baseball gods to smile on you over the course of a long season but as we sit here today we feel well situated to contend,’’ said Hahn, citing his pitching staff as reason one and moves made to improve the offense and defense as two and three.

The Sox have made the postseason once, in 2008, since they won it all in 2005. It’s beginning to feel like a drought for the fans.

For Sale, it’s worse. He’s 0-for-lifetime.

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MESA, Ariz. – Spring training hasn’t even officially started, and Kyle Schwarber already is making national headlines for breaking things with home run balls during batting practice in Arizona.

Even before that, the National League rookie of the year, Kris Bryant, caused a social media stir by posting video of him in the water with sharks.

In less than a season of major league experience, this first wave of celebrated Cubs prospects – don’t forget Addison Russell and Jorge Soler – not only has helped build the latest winner on the north side, but also seems well on the way to legend-building.

So what’s next?

More to the point: Who’s next?

A Cubs farm system that ranked No. 1 by most accounts a year ago is all over the media-ranking spectrum with last year’s rookies graduated out of the system – afforded No. 4 (ESPN), No. 10 (Bleacher Report), No. 17 (Fangraphs. com) and No. 20 (Baseball America) rankings on recent minor-league lists.

Just how good the next wave might be – and, by extension, how strong, so far, Theo Epstein’s “foundation for sustain success” looks – will get at least a handful of cameo appearances this spring.

And for a team whose big-league roster is all but set, barring injuries, the first impressions of these prospects could be among the more intriguing, if not entertaining, storylines of the spring.

The farm system still leans heavily toward hitters. Among the players earning first-time 40-man roster status (and first big-league springs) are two of the organization’s top breakout players from last year, with the chance to become the Most Interesting Men in Mesa over the next month or so: third baseman Jeimer Candelario and catcher Willson Contreras (the Southern League batting champ many expect to debut this season).

Jason McLeod, the Cubs’ top player development executive, said the fast and stunning rises of back-to-back first-rounders Bryant and Schwarber to big-league rookie success has caused his staff to regroup.

“Kris and Kyle have warped even my sense of where [other prospects] should be sometimes,” he said.

But that’s not to say the Cubs don’t have a strong group of prospects behind them. They just might have to develop at a more traditional rate.

Contreras and Candelario already had shown strength defensively before their big offensive seasons in 2015, including exceptional performances in the prestigious Arizona Fall League.

Both should open the season in the wings at AAA Iowa – although some scouts suggest Contreras is ready for a big-league job now.

Former second-round draft pick Dan Vogelbach, a DH-looking first baseman with a big left-handed bat, also is in his first big-league camp this spring.

The bigger question for the state of the Cubs’ farm system is where the pitching will come from. The Cubs have yet to send a pitcher to the big leagues

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FIVE-DAY PLANNER TEAM

SATURDAY

PREPS SUNDAY

TUESDAY

MONDAY

WEDNESDAY

Semifinals 1A 170: Colten Cashmore (A-H) dec. Sam Ryner (Sherrard), 5-2

at Minnesota 2:30 p.m.

NBC AM-720 L.A. LAKERS 7 p.m.

WGN AM-1000 ROCKFORD 7 p.m.

WCUU

WASHINGTON 7 p.m.

CSN AM-1000

CHARLOTTE 3 p.m.

WCUU

GRAND RAPIDS 11 a.m.

WCUU

ON TAP SATURDAY TV/Radio

GOLF

AUTO RACING

9 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series, PowerShares QQQ 300, qualifying, Daytona Beach, Fla., FS1 11 a.m.: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Daytona 500, final practice, at Daytona Beach, Fla., FS1 2:30 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series, PowerShares QQQ 300, Daytona Beach, Fla.m, FS1

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

10 a.m.: Memphis at South Florida, ESPNU 11 a.m.: Duke at Louisville, ESPN 11 a.m.: Georgia at Vanderbilt, ESPN2 11 a.m.: Xavier at Georgetown, FOX 11 a.m.: St. Bonaventure at Dayton, NBCSN 11 a.m.: Florida at South Carolina, SECN 11 a.m.: Elon at Towson, CSN+ Noon: Miami at North Carolina, CBS Noon: Penn St. at Rutgers, ESPNU 12:30 p.m.: Army at Navy, CBSSN 1 p.m.: Baylor at Texas, ESPN 1 p.m.: Pittsburgh at Syracuse, ESPN2 1 p.m.: Marquette at DePaul, FSN 1 p.m.: St. Joseph’s at Davidson, NBCSN 1 p.m.: Florida International at Rice, CSN 1 p.m.: Drexel at William & Mary, CSN+ 1 p.m.: Marquette at DePaul, WCUU 1:30 p.m.: Butler at Villanova, FOX 1:30 p.m.: Mississippi St. at Alabama, SECN 3 p.m.: Illinois St. at N. Iowa, CBSSN 3 p.m.: Oklahoma at West Virginia, ESPN 3 p.m.: UConn at Cincinnati, ESPN2 3 p.m.: Southern Illinois at Evansville, CSN+ 4 p.m.: Mississippi at Auburn, SECN 4:30 p.m.: LSU at Tennessee, ESPNU 5 p.m.: Louisiana Tech at UTEP, CBSSN 5 p.m.: Kentucky at Texas A&M, ESPN 5 p.m.: Kansas at Kansas St., ESPN2 6 p.m.: Ohio St. at Nebraska, BTN 6:30 p.m.: TCU at Iowa St., ESPNU 6:30 p.m.: Missouri at Arkansas, SECN 7 p.m.: Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, ESPN2 7:30 p.m.: Purdue at Indiana, ESPN 8:30 p.m.: Texas Tech at Oklahoma St., ESPNU 9 p.m.: Nevada at UNLV, CBSSN 9 p.m.: Saint Mary’s at Gonzaga, ESPN2 10 p.m.: Colorado at UCLA, FS1 10:30 p.m.: Hawaii at UC Irvine, ESPNU

FIGURE SKATING

3 p.m.: ISU Four Continents Championships, Ladies’ Free Skate, at Taipei, Taiwan (same-day taped), NBC

5 a.m.: European PGA Tour, Maybank Championship Malaysia, third round, at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (sameday taped), TGC Noon: PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, third round, at Los Angeles, TGC 2 p.m.: PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, third round, at Los Angeles, CBS 8 p.m.: LPGA Tour, ISPS Handa Australian Open, final round, at Adelaide, Australia, TGC

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

8 p.m.: World Series of Fighting, Marlon Moraes vs. Joseph Barajas; Timur Valiev vs. Chris Gutierrez, at Garden Grove, Calif., NBCSN

MOTORSPORTS

7 p.m.: Monster Energy Supercross, at Arlington, Texas, FS1

NBA

7:30 p.m.: Golden State at L.A. Clippers, ABC

SOCCER

6:30 a.m.: FA Cup, Hull City at Arsenal, FS1 9 a.m.: FA Cup, West Bromwich Albion at Reading, FS2 11 a.m.: FA Cup, Everton at Bournemouth, FS2

TRACK AND FIELD

3 p.m.: Millrose Games, at New York, NBCSN

WINTER SPORTS

2 p.m.: FIS World Cup: Alpine Skiing, Women’s Downhill, at La Thuile, Italy (same-day taped), NBC Midnight (Sunday): Winter Youth Olympic Games, at Lillehammer, Norway (same-day tape), NBCSN

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 10 a.m.: Army at Navy, CBSSN 11 a.m.: Penn St. at Michigan, BTN 1 p.m.: Northwestern at Wisconsin, BTN 7 p.m.: UConn at East Carolina, CBSSN

AHL

7 p.m.: Rockford at Wolves, WCUU

WOMEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY

3 p.m.: Wisconsin at Minnesota, BTN

NHL

4 p.m.: NHL Stadium Series Alumni Game, Blackhawks vs. Wild/North Stars, CSN

GOLF PGA TOUR NORTHERN TRUST OPEN Friday At Riviera Country Club Los Angeles Purse: $6.8 million Yardage: 7,322; Par 71

WRESTLING

Second Round a-denotes amateur Jason Kokrak 68-64—132 Chez Reavie 66-67—133 Dustin Johnson 68-66—134 Troy Merritt 68-66—134 Bubba Watson 66-68—134 Marc Leishman 68-67—135 Kyle Reifers 68-68—136 Justin Leonard 67-69—136

-10 -9 -8 -8 -8 -7 -6 -6

Adam Scott K.J. Choi Hideki Matsuyama Rory McIlroy Charl Schwartzel Luke List Kevin Chappell Camilo Villegas Ricky Barnes Justin Rose

68-68—136 69-67—136 69-67—136 67-69—136 68-68—136 66-70—136 68-69—137 63-74—137 67-70—137 69-68—137

-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5

2A 126: Travis Piotrowski (PR) dec. Yahya Thomas (Mt. Carmel), 6-0 138: Lenny Petersen (CLC) inj. dec.

Mikie Hartnett (Morton), 4:00 138: Gavin Sutton (RB) dec. Blaize Punke (Washington), 9-4 145: Hunter Grau (Geneseo) dec.

Michael Petersen (CLC), 11-4 152: Pat Schoenfelder (Antioch) pin Wylie Allen (Hampshire), 2:24 160: Jose Champagne (Marian Catholic) dec. Kevin Zange (Woodstock), 4-1 220: Austin Parks (CLC) dec. Connor Sperling (Dixon), 6-2, 2OT 285: Josh King (Hinsdale South) pin Dereck Pearson (PR) 3A 120: Jason Renteria (OP-RF) dec. Josh Stenger (Huntley), 7-2 195: Christian Brunner (DC) tech. fall Lavall McNulty (Crete-Monee), 15-0 State title matches (Saturday) 1A 170: Colten Cashmore (A-H) vs.

Andrew Wegner (Dakota) 2A 126: Travis Piotrowski (PR) vs. Carlos Champagne (Marian Catholic) 138: Gavin Sutton (R-B) vs. Lenny Petersen (CLC) 220: Austin Parks (CLC) vs. Vinny Scaletta (Ridgewood) 3A 195: Christian Brunner (DC) vs. Dylan Ervin (Metea Valley) Early Results 1A Championship Quarterfinals 170: Colten Cashmore (A-H) dec. Zac Braunagel (Althoff), 2-1 2A Championship Quarterfinals 120: Donnell Washington (Marian) dec.

Sergio Esquivel (Harvard), 14-12 126: Travis Piotrowski (PR) dec. Gehrig Simon (LWW), 7-0 132: Merik Fulton (Triad) dec. Anthony Randazzo (MC), 7-3 138: Lenny Petersen (CLC) maj. dec.

Mohammed Taylor (Marian), 10-2 138: Gavin Sutton (RB) maj. dec. Jack Mulay (Mt. Carmel), 11-1 145: Michael Petersen (CLC) maj. dec.

Martell Boone (Cahokia), 13-2 152: Wylie Allen (Hampshire) maj. dec.

Jake Kirkman (Lemont), 10-0 160: Kevin Zange (Woodstock) dec.

Porfirio Perez (Danville), 4-2 OT 160: Damyen Gothard (Lemont) dec.

Joe Mier (Marengo), 2-1 182: Johnny Drozd (Mt. Carmel) pin Nicholas Sundberg (Woodstock), 3:10 195: Eric Schultz (Tinley Park) pin Kyle Gara (Marengo), 2:47 220: Nick Graziano (Oak Forest) dec.

Dylan Turner (Marengo), 4-2 OT 220: Austin Parks (CLC) pin Chuma Ifezue (Richton Park South), 2:13 285: Dereck Pearson (PR) dec. Will Putnam (Glenwood), 3-2 OT Consolation First round 106: Kooper Loehr (Mt. Zion) pin Landen Pfeiffer (Marengo), 2:00 120: Sergio Esquivel (Harvard) dec.

Isaac Figueroa (Sterling), 6-4 OT 132: Anthony Randazzo (MC) dec.

Trevor Koepke (Tinley Park), 8-4 145: Ceaser Clark (Tinley Park) dec.

Sergio Jimenez (Harvard), 4-3 152: Jake Kirkman (Lemont) by fft.

Austin Butler (Johnsburg) 152: Jake Fiorito (WN) pin Austin Stewart (Waterloo), 5:10 160: Joe Mier (Marengo) dec. Kevin Reddish (Charleston), 6-5 170: Randy Meneweather (Washington) pin Nick Fetzner (PR), 3:38 182: Matt Baker (Eisenhower) pin Nicholas Sundberg (Woodstock), 5:17 195: Jace Punke (Washington) dec.

Kyle Gara (Marengo), 5-3 OT 195: Zach Martin (Harvard) pin Justin Scott (Geneseo), 4:46 195: Dru Worker (Mt. Carmel) dec.

Keegan O’Donnell (CLC), 4-2 220: Dylan Turner (Marengo) pin Jordan Bills (LWW), 5:32 285: John Ridgeway (Bloomington) pin Devante Martyne (Woodstock), 5:56 285: Dom Tudor (Peoria ND) by fft.

Blake Boyle (Johnsburg) 3A Championship Quarterfinals 113: Robert Campos (OPRF) maj. dec.

Zach Spencer (Huntley), 16-4 120: Josh Stenger (Huntley) dec. Isaac Jacquez (West Aurora), 13-6 195: Christian Brunner (DC) dec.

Danny Saracco (Plainfield South), 9-2 195: Mason Delong (Bradley-Bourbonnais) tech. fall Michael Bujacz (Jacobs), 4:15 (17-2) Consolation First round 113: Lucas Van Poucke (Naperville North) dec. Zach Spencer (Huntley), 7-5 120: Abdullah Assaf (Lockport) maj. dec. Lucas Busse (McHenry), 12-2 138: Kyle Peisker (Conant) dec. John Cullen (C-G), 1-0 160: Bobby Jarosz (Prospect) dec.

Dean Lane (Jacobs), 13-7 195: Andrew Leonard (WWS) pin Michael Bujacz (Jacobs), 1:56 285: Tommy Helton (York) dec. Dominic Swanson (Huntley), 5-1

GIRLS BASKETBALL CLASS 3A WOODSTOCK NORTH REGIONAL Wednesday Game 2: Antioch 93, Elmwood Park 25 Game 3: Marian Central 53, Woodstock North 47 Friday Game 4: Antioch 57, Marian Central 45

ANTIOCH 57, MARIAN CENTRAL 45 MARIAN CENTRAL (45) Garrelts 5 0-1 11, Shukis 4 0-0 9, Lindquist 2 0-0 4, M. Villont 4 3-4 12, Rhodes 2 0-0 4, Gillespie 1 0-1 2, H,Villont 1 0-0 2, Knuth 0 1-2 1. Totals: 19 4-8 45.

ANTIOCH (57) Duehr 3 0-0 9, Amy Reiser 7 2-6 16, Ashley Reiser 8 3-4 22, Murillo 3 3-4 9, Kelly 0 1-2 1. Totals: 21 9-16 57.

Marian Central Antioch

13 8 14 8

18 6 – 45 17 18 – 57

3-point goals: Marian Central 3 (Garrelts 1, Shukis 1, M.Villont 1). Antioch 6 (Duehr 3, Ashley Reiser 3). Total Fouls: Marian Central 14, Antioch 14.

ST. VIATOR SECTIONAL Tuesday Game 1: Antioch vs. St. Viator, 6 p.m.

Game 2: Johnsburg vs. Chicago Resurrection, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.

CLASS 4A STREAMWOOD REGIONAL Tuesday Game 1: Larkin 61, Streamwood 41 Game 2: Dundee-Crown 70, Elgin 29 Thursday Game 3: South Elgin 49, Larkin 46 Game 4: Dundee-Crown 46, Grant 43 Friday Game 5: Dundee-Crown 54, South Elgin 51

DUNDEE-CROWN 54, SOUTH ELGIN 51 Dundee-Crown South Elgin

18 5 17 14 – 54 10 10 14 17 – 51

DUNDEE-CROWN (54) Barker 8 2-2 24, Gieseke 2 3-6 7, Tripp 2 0-0 4, Michalski 4 7-12 15, White 2 0-0 4, Kieltyka 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 12-20 54.

SOUTH ELGIN (51) Williams 9 2-3 22, Yang 7 6-10 22, McClure 1 0-2 3, Wells 2 0-3 4, Duncan 0 0-0 0, Steurer 0 0-1 0, Kelleher 0 0-0 0.

Totals: 19 8-19 51.

3-point goals: Dundee-Crown 6 (Barker 6), South Elgin 4 (Yang 2, Williams 2).

MCHENRY REGIONAL Monday Game 1: Cary-Grove 63, Crystal Lake Central 44 Tuesday Game 2: Crystal Lake South 47, CaryGrove 33 Game 3: Prairie Ridge 46, McHenry 42 Friday Game 4: Crystal Lake South 45, Prairie Ridge 27

CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH 45 PRAIRIE RIDGE 27 PRAIRIE RIDGE (27) Dorn 1 0-0 2, Perhats 0 0-0 0, Clark 3 0-0 8, Lockwood 2 0-2 4, Voel-Pel 2 0-0 4, Statter 0 0-0 0, Giffels 4 1-1 9, Tomasiewicz 0 0-0 0, Wolf 0 0-0 0, Bear 0 0-0 0, Ljunggren 0 0-0 0. Totals: 12 1-3 27.

CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH (45) Jozefowicz 5 3-4 15, Gaede 0 4-10 4, Fanter 6 1-2 13, Sevcik 2 3-4 7, Keegan 2 0-1 4, Schoen 1 0-2 2. Totals: 16 11-22 45.

Prairie Ridge CL South

6 5 8 8 – 27 6 14 16 9 – 45

3-point goals: Prairie Ridge 2 (Clark

2), CL South 2 (Jozefowicz 2). Total fouls: Prairie Ridge 20, CL South 10.

DEKALB SECTIONAL Tuesday Game 1: Dundee-Crown vs. Hononegah, 6 p.m.

Game 2: Huntley vs. Crystal Lake South, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 7 p.m.

BOYS BASKETBALL NORTH BOONE 66, JOHNSBURG 51 JOHNSBURG (51) Stark 1 0-0 2, Anderson 2 0-0 4, Kreassig 4 4-4 13, Smith 3 1-2 7, Bein 1 0-0 2, Whiting 5 3-5 14, Shelton 4 1-2 9.

Totals: 20 9-15 51.

North Boone Johnsburg

12 24 11 19 – 66 13 9 9 20 – 51

3-point goals: Johnsburg 2 (Whiting Kreassig).

RICHMOND-BURTON 73 HARVARD 33 RICHMOND-BURTON (73) Perez 1 0-0 2, Laskowski 1 0-0 2, J. Miller 3 0-0 6, Marzhal 2 0-0 5, Bayer 4 2-3 12, Kaufman 10 1-2 21, Byrne 1 0-0 2, Hansel 1 0-1 2, Stark 2 0-0 5, Wolfram 2 0-1 4, Bush 3 2-3 8, Schmidt 1 2-2 4.

Totals: 31 7-12 73.

HARVARD (33) Edwards 0 2-2 2, McDowell 1 0-0 2, Fog 2 0-0 4, L. Garcia 2 0-0 5, Amaya 3 0-0 7, Perkins 3 1-2 8, Gonzalez 2 0-0 4, C. Overlee 1 1-1 3. Totals: 14 4-5 33.

Richmond-Burton 17 15 26 15 – 73 Harvard 12 10 6 5 – 33 3-point goals: Richmond-Burton 4 (Bayer 2, Marzhal, Stark), Harvard 3 (Perkins, L. Garcia, Amaya).

HUNTLEY 45, DUNDEE-CROWN 42 HUNTLEY (45) Allare 1 0-0 2, Spoeth 1 0-0 3, Coss 3 0-0 9, JJ Flores 4 14-18 23, Parks 0 1-2 1, Mahnke 1 0-0 2, Nwogu 1 3-4 5. Totals: 11 18-24 45.

DUNDEE-CROWN (42) Shydlowski 1 5-7 7, Carlson 2 0-0 4, Wiechmann 1 0-0 2, Orndahl 2 0-0 6, G. Bergeron 4 1-2 10, R. Bergeron 2 3-3 7, Dickson 3 0-0 6. Totals: 15 9-12 42.

Dundee-Crown Huntley

6 10 16 10 – 42 7 12 12 14 – 45

3-point goals: Huntley 5 (Coss 3, JJ Flores, Spoeth), Dundee-Crown 3 (Orndahl 2, G. Bergeron).

MARENGO 77 ROCKFORD CHRISTIAN 76 MARENGO (77) Nice 2 2-2 8, M. Volkening 5 17-20 29, Borhart 0 2-2 2, Knobloch 8 6-6 27, B. Volkening 3 0-0 6, B. Volkening 3 0-0 6, Bassuener 1 1-2 3, Wightman 1 0-0 2.

Totals: 23 28-32 77.

Marengo R. Christian

16 19 14 28 – 77 12 18 19 27 – 76

3-point goals: Marengo 9 (Knobloch 5, M. Vollkening 2, Nice 2).

NEW JERUSALEM 80 ALDEN-HEBRON 64 ALDEN-HEBRON (64) Mindham 5 0-0 12, Steele 1 3-5 5, LeJune 6 1-2 13, Stauss 2 0-2 4, Petersen 3 0-0 6, Judson 5 3-5 14, Williams 2 0-0 6, Vizi 1 0-1 4. Totals: 25 7-15 64.

New Jerusalem Alden-Hebron

13 29 18 20 – 80 16 10 21 17 – 64

3-point goals: Alden-Hebron 5 (Williams 2, Mindham 2, Judson).

SCHEDULE Saturday Boys Basketball: Crystal Lake South at McHenry, Hampshire at Woodstock North, 3:30 p.m.; Crystal Lake Central at Grayslake North, 5:30 p.m.; Jacobs at CaryGrove, Prairie Ridge at Woodstock, 7 p.m.

Girls Bowling: Sam Kunke (Woodstock co-op) at Day 2 of State finals at The Cherry Bowl in Rockford Girls Gymnastics: Prairie Ridge coop on Day 2 of State at Palatine Boys Swimming: Sectionals, Stevenson Sectional: Jacobs co-op, CaryGrove co-op, McHenry, Marian Central, Woodstock co-op; St. Charles North Sectional: Huntley

BETTING ODDS NBA Friday FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG MIAMI OFF (OFF) Washington ATLANTA 9 (205) Milwaukee MINNESOTA 2 (204½) New York Golden State 4½ (221½) LA CLIPPERS COLLEGE BASKETBALL Saturday FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Memphis 7 SOUTH FLORIDA E. MICHIGAN 1 Toledo VANDERBILT 10 Georgia SOUTH CAROLINA 2½ Florida DAYTON 8 St. Bonaventure Xavier 3 GEORGETOWN LOUISVILLE 5 Duke TOWSON ST 4½ Elon NORTH CAROLINA 6½ Miami Penn St 7 RUTGERS WILLIAM & MARY 16½ Drexel Marquette 2½ DEPAUL GREEN BAY 14½ Youngstown St Cent. Michigan 1 W. MICHIGAN OHIO 11½ Miami (Ohio) at RICE 1½ FIU New Mexico 6½ AIR FORCE SYRACUSE 3½ Pittsburgh TEXAS 5½ Baylor St. Joseph’s 2 DAVIDSON GEORGIA ST 6½ Arkansas St

5½ Mississippi St 11 Butler 3 Charlotte 2½ VIRGINIA TECH 2 Clemson 4½ Troy 7 Bowling Green 8 S. Illinois 13½ Cleveland St 1½ UTSA 14½ Delaware 1½ San Francisco 1½ Kentucky 6 Illinois St 5 Wyoming 3 Oklahoma 3 UCONN 4 AUBURN PK LSU 7½ TEXAS STATE 1½ C. OFCHARLESTON 19½ Brown 2 Harvard 5 KANSAS ST 1 UTEP 9 N. Kentucky 8 Duquesne 8 PENNSYLVANIA 11½ Dartmouth 3½ Old Dominion 6 Utah St 8 at G. SOUTHERN 17½ TCU 10½ Missouri PK Fordham

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct d-Cleveland 39 14 .736 Toronto 35 18 .660 Boston 32 23 .582 Miami 30 24 .556 Atlanta 31 25 .554 Indiana 29 25 .537 Charlotte 28 26 .519 Bulls 28 26 .519 Detroit 27 28 .491 Washington 25 28 .472 Orlando 24 29 .453 New York 23 33 .411 Milwaukee 22 33 .400 Brooklyn 15 40 .273 Philadelphia 8 46 .148 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct d-Golden State 48 4 .923 San Antonio 45 9 .833 Oklahoma City 40 15 .727 L.A. Clippers 36 18 .667 Memphis 32 22 .593 Dallas 29 27 .518 Portland 27 27 .500 Houston 28 28 .500 Utah 26 27 .491 Sacramento 22 31 .415 Denver 22 32 .407 New Orleans 21 33 .389 Minnesota 17 38 .309 Phoenix 14 41 .255 L.A. Lakers 11 44 .200

GB — 4 8 9½ 9½ 10½ 11½ 11½ 13 14 15 17½ 18 25 31½ GB — 4 9½ 13 17 21 22 22 22½ 26½ 27 28 32½ 35½ 38½

d-division leader Friday’s Games Bulls 116, Toronto 106 Orlando 110, Dallas 104, OT Washington 98, Detroit 86 Brooklyn 109, New York 98 New Orleans 121, Philadelphia 114 Charlotte 98, Milwaukee 95 Memphis 109, Minnesota 104

BULLS 116, RAPTORS 106 TORONTO (106) Johnson 1-3 0-2 2, Scola 1-4 0-0 2, Valanciunas 9-14 7-8 25, Lowry 9-18 7-8 27, DeRozan 6-21 9-10 22, Patterson 5-10 0-1 12, Ross 1-6 0-0 2, Joseph 5-10 1-1 11, Biyombo 0-0 1-4 1, Bennett 1-2 0-0 2.

Totals 38-88 25-34 106.

CHICAGO (116) Dunleavy 2-5 0-0 5, Gibson 4-6 1-3 9, Gasol 6-16 6-7 18, Rose 12-20 1-2 26, Moore 3-6 2-2 9, Snell 0-3 0-0 0, Portis 4-9 0-0 8, Brooks 1-8 1-2 3, McDermott 13-17 0-0 30, Felicio 3-3 2-4 8. Totals 48-93 13-20 116.

35 23 23 25 —106 24 28 37 27 —116

3-Point Goals–Toronto 5-18 (Patterson 2-4, Lowry 2-7, DeRozan 1-3, Joseph 0-1, Ross 0-1, Scola 0-2), Chicago 7-16 (McDermott 4-5, Dunleavy 1-2, Moore 1-2, Rose 1-2, Snell 0-2, Brooks 0-3).

Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Toronto 54 (Valanciunas 12), Chicago 57 (Gasol 11). Assists–Toronto 22 (Lowry 8), Chicago 32 (Gasol 9). Total Fouls–Toronto 19, Chicago 27. A–21,849 (20,917).

TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHP Mike Minor on a two-year contract. Placed LHP Jason Vargas on the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Signed manager Jeff Banister to a contract extension through 2018.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with C Tony Sanchez on a minor league contract.

National League CUBS — Agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Crow on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Louis Coleman on a one-year contract. Placed RHP Brandon McCarthy on the 60-day DL. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS — Waived F David Lee. HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned F Sam Dekker to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Signed G Bryce Dejean-Jones. Waived F Jarnell Stokes.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Baltimore TE Nick Boyle for 10 games and Green Bay DT Mike Pennel and Dallas DE Randy Gregory four games each for violating the NFL Policy

LINE OFF +100 OFF +135 OFF +107 +130 +125 +100

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HOCKEY

Indiana 101, Oklahoma City 98 Miami 115, Atlanta 111 Houston 116, Phoenix 100 Denver at Sacramento (n) Golden State at Portland (n) San Antonio at L.A. Lakers (n) Boston at Utah (n) Saturday’s Games Washington at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

New York at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Cleveland 106, Bulls 95 Washington 103, Utah 89 L.A. Clippers 105, San Antonio 86

Toronto Chicago

National Hockey League Saturday LINE UNDERDOG OFF Tampa Bay -110 TORONTO OFF New Jersey -145 Winnipeg OFF Detroit -117 Los Angeles -140 Boston -135 ARIZONA -110 Colorado

FAVORITE PITTSBURGH Philadelphia WASHINGTON FLORIDA OTTAWA NASHVILLE DALLAS St. Louis EDMONTON

and Program for Substances of Abuse.

DETROIT LIONS — Named Mark Olson regional scout. Released DT C.J. Wilson.

LOS ANGELES RAMS — Released LB James Laurinaitis, DE Chris Long and TE Jared Cook.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed CB Chimdi Chekwa and WR A.J. Cruz.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Announced the retirement of TE Heath Miller.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms with TE Craig Stevens on a one-year contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL — Suspended Toronto F Leo Komarov three games for elbowing New York Rangers D Ryan McDonagh during a Feb. 18 game.

CALGARY FLAMES — Recalled D Tyler Wotherspoon from Stockton (AHL). Placed D Ladislav Smid on injured reserve.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — placed F Stefan Matteau on injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 12. Activated D Jon Merrill off injured reserve.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Resigned D Taylor Chorney to a two-year contract extension.

SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. United — Signed M Paul Clowes.

PHILADELPHIA UNION — Signed D Taylor Washington.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Blackhawks 61 38 18 5 81 175 Dallas 59 37 16 6 80 191 St. Louis 60 34 17 9 77 147 Nashville 58 27 21 10 64 153 Colorado 60 30 26 4 64 161 Minnesota 58 26 22 10 62 150 Winnipeg 57 25 28 4 54 148 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Los Angeles 57 33 20 4 70 155 Anaheim 57 30 19 8 68 141 San Jose 57 31 21 5 67 168 Arizona 57 27 24 6 60 157 Vancouver 58 22 24 12 56 137 Calgary 57 26 28 3 55 158 Edmonton 59 22 31 6 50 148 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Florida 58 33 18 7 73 161 Boston 58 31 21 6 68 174 Detroit 58 29 20 9 67 149 Tampa Bay 57 31 22 4 66 155 Montreal 59 28 27 4 60 162 Ottawa 59 27 26 6 60 169 Buffalo 59 24 28 7 55 141 Toronto 56 20 27 9 49 136 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 56 42 10 4 88 187 N.Y. Rangers 58 33 19 6 72 170 N.Y. Islanders 57 31 19 7 69 164 Pittsburgh 56 29 19 8 66 148 New Jersey 59 29 23 7 65 130 Carolina 59 27 22 10 64 146 Philadelphia 57 25 21 11 61 139 Columbus 59 23 29 7 53 149

GA 142 162 140 152 166 147 168 GA 136 139 154 174 167 175 181

GA 136 160 153 144 163 184 162 167 GA 128 150 144 144 137 156 154 184

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

Friday’s Games Montreal 3, Philadelphia 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 1, New Jersey 0 Carolina 5, San Jose 2 Buffalo 4, Columbus 0 Calgary 5, Vancouver 2 Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 11:30 a.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

Winnipeg at Florida, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Blackhawks vs. Minnesota at Minneapolis, MN, 3:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 12:30 p.m.

Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

AHL Friday’s Games Charlotte 4, Grand Rapids 2 Lake Erie 4, San Antonio 3, OT Syracuse 5, Utica 4 Toronto 4, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2 Lehigh Valley 2, Springfield 1 Binghamton 2, St. John’s 1 Rochester 2, Portland 1, OT Manitoba 3, Rockford 2 Texas at Ontario (n) San Diego at Bakersfield (n)

BULLS 116, RAPTORS 106

McDermott scores 30, Bulls halt skid

By JOE COWLEY

jcowley@suntimes.com Doug McDermott just needed a little love.

More importantly, the Bulls desperately needed a win.

Both got their wish Friday.

Because of a career-high 30 points from McDermott, as well as Derrick Rose scoring 26 points, the Bulls ended a five-game losing streak, beating Toronto 116-106 at the United Center.

To call it a must-win was an understatement, considering the Bulls came into the evening losing 14 of their past 19 games and were barely clinging to a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. The players knew it, and more importantly coach Fred Hoiberg knew it.

That’s why the rookie coach had a few heart-to-hearts with several struggling players following the walkthrough, but specifically McDermott, and with good reason. The 11th pick from the 2014 draft had a miserable January, in which he was averaging just 6.2 points a game and shooting 38 percent from the field.

So Hoiberg pulled him aside for a quick 30-second chat, and playing Doug whisperer obviously worked for

the second-year player.

“Yeah, I felt it was very needed,” McDermott said. “Obviously, coach showing he has confidence in you means a lot as a player, and that just shows what kind of coach he is.

“He can relate to me in some ways because similar games when he was in the league. We’ll have to check if he had a 30-point game, though. I don’t think he did. But he just gave me confidence coming into [Friday night], which was good.”

That “good” really showed up in the third quarter, as the Bulls overcame what was at one point a 13-point first-half deficit, outscoring Toronto (35-18) 37-23 in those first 12 minutes of the second half. Rose was lethal, scoring 10 points on 5-for-7 shooting, but McDermott’s 3-for-3 performance was also key.

Then in the fourth, McDermott scored 14 points, including a nasty baseline dunk, playing the entire final quarter.

And while McDermott and Rose carried the night, there also was a sneaky good performance from the seldom-used Cristiano Felicio, who gave Hoiberg 14-plus minutes, scoring eight points, as well as eight points from Bobby Portis.

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