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Wife: Shooting was unintentional Murder suspect’s spouse testifies at his trial over death of Prairie Grove man By SARAH SUTSCHEK ssutschek@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday after calling a murder suspect’s wife, who said that her husband pimped her out on the Internet, but didn’t mean

to kill the man who answered an ad for sex with her. Timothy S. Smith, 28, is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the May 28, 2011, shooting of Kurt Milliman, 48, of Prairie Grove, a former courthouse security officer and Island

Lake bar owner. Forced to testify after prosecutors granted her immunity in her own case for whatever she said on the stand, Kimberly A. Smith, 30, said that it was her husband’s idea for her to have sex with men for money.

Over about six months, she had sex with about 50 men, Kimberly Smith said. The night of the shooting, Kimberly Smith said, she hadn’t been aware that Milliman would be coming to the couple’s home on Doty Road, but her husband “said basi-

cally to get it done so we could go out.” Kimberly Smith, who was about two months pregnant at the time, said she very briefly had sex with Milliman before stopping.

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What’s next The McHenry County Board Public Health and Human Services Committee recommended candidates to fill four vacancies on the nine-member McHenry County Mental Health Board on Wednesday morning. The full County Board is expected to approve the recommendations at its meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the county Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

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Ken Anderson walks around his Sun City, Huntley, neighborhood Monday. Anderson has been part of a neighborhood watch group for the past three years.

Eyes and ears of community Neighborhood watch groups help police enforcement By JANE HUH jhuh@shawmedia.com MARENGO – Sometime in December, police received a call reporting suspicious activity. By happenstance, a Marengo police officer was stationed nearby and quickly arrived at the scene. It turned out that a group of juveniles were “going through cars,” attempting to find unlocked vehicles to burglarize, Marengo Police Chief Joseph Hallman said. A neighborhood watch group volunteer made the call. The incident illustrated how neighborhood watch groups can be a vital community resource and play a significant role in preventing criminal activ-

ity, Hallman said. “We can’t be at every place at once, so it allows us to do our jobs better,” he said. Across the nation, there are at least 25,000 neighborhood watch groups, according to USAonWatch, a program founded by the National Sheriffs’ Association. At the same time, reports of suspicious activity can turn out to be false. Hallman recalls a time when neighbors reported an individual going in and out of a house that had been vacant for some time. The “suspicious” individual turned out to be the Realtor for the property. Despite the false alarm, Hallman said he would

rather see watchful residents follow their instincts and contact police. “If something’s not right and they make a call, we’d rather have it be an embarrassing situation, a wrong call, than for them to not call when there’s a criminal activity going on,” he said. Marengo police work alongside two active neighborhood watch groups in the Brookside Meadows and Maple Farms subdivisions. The groups formed about a year ago, largely in response to a string of residential burglaries and thefts that hit Marengo and surrounding areas last summer.

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ABSENTEES COULD CHANGE RACES Lee Jennings appears to have advanced through his primary. But excuse him if he’s holding off on the touchdown dance. The Nunda Township supervisor candidate is one of the township’s three unofficial winners in Tuesday’s Republican primary who are separated from their opponents by a combined 23 votes. There’s a slim chance those races still could flip. For more, see page B1.

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How to start a group How to start a neighborhood watch group (from USAonWatch.org) 1. Recruit and organize as many neighbors as possible 2. Contact your local law enforcement agency and schedule a meeting 3. Discuss community concerns and develop an action plan 4. Hold regular meetings and train on relevant skills 5. Implement a phone tree and take action steps

seeking volunteers To get involved with the McHenry County Conservation District’s Safety Watch Education and Environmental Program (SWEEP), call the district office at 815-338-6223.

SPRINGFIELD – The top Illinois House Republican and the Democrats’ pension point person proposed another solution Wednesday to the state’s public retirement system debacle, one that signals the GOP’s first concession toward shifting teachers’ pension costs to local school districts. Minority Leader Tom Cross of Oswego and Rep. Elaine Nekritz, a Northbrook Democrat, suggested moving the state out of funding retirement for schoolteachers and university employees, maintaining defined-benefit accounts supplemented by a 401(k)-style, defined-contribution system. If signed into law, the idea would reduce the state’s annual contribution to five employee pension accounts by $2 billion, reduce the $96 billion funding shortfall by 30 percent, and reduce the deficit within three decades, according to Cross and Nekritz, who were joined by about a dozen other representatives and senators at a news conference outside the House chamber. The pitch was made on the eve of a House session scheduled by House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, to allow open floor debate on four pension ideas. They include elimination of pension cost-of-living increases, an apparently extreme measure that Madigan put forth as a serious potential remedy because “there’s a huge problem,” spokesman Steve Brown said.

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Effort for Ellis falls flat WOODSTOCK – Two members of a McHenry County Board committee made a failed last-ditch effort Wednesday to keep embattled McHenry County Mental Health Board President Lee Ellis from losing his seat. The Public Health and Human Services Committee rejected, 2-5, a bid by members Anna May Miller, R-Cary, and Mary McCann, R-Woodstock, to appoint Ellis to a one-year unexpired term. The committee instead stuck by its original plan – and original vote earlier this month – to reject Ellis’ reappointment in favor of new blood. Wednesday’s vote was a do-over for the most part. The committee first made the recommendations Feb. 15 on a 6-0 vote, with County Board approval scheduled for its meeting four days later.

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Retire social issues and fix pensions Speak now or forever hold the piece you intend to pack. Illinoisans have been held captive by matters that don’t much affect most of them, and we should expect that trend to continue for at least several more weeks. Never mind pension debt and the budget crisis that impacts each and every state resident from gay bridegrooms to wannabe cowboys. Appreciating that there are many people who are passionate about those issues, they simply don’t directly impact the vast majority of people, even if some have strong views one way or the other. As a typical suburban schlub, I happen to be happily married to a woman (who is not a schlub), and the only thing I’m likely to brandish when trouble brews is a smartphone. My hope is that this marriage will work for the long haul and that I’ll never need to consider marrying a guy. As I’ve told my gay friends,

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VIEWS Kevin Lyons I don’t possess any particular cultural talents that would benefit other members of their affiliation, so I’m not expecting any recruitment letters. Then there’s the concealed-carry issue. Again, I have no dog in this fight. No incidents at Little League, Sunday church services or trips to the Super Walmart have left me with the impression that I might need to exchange lead with an evil cattle ranch owner or psychotic gangster on any given day. In the event that a concealed-carry law passes, I’ll continue to live dangerously, trusting in the police and the citizen heroes who navigated the bureaucracy well enough to get a permit and a snazzy shoulder holster. What would be better for Illinois-

ans is if legislators put both of these matters behind them and got back to the business of state government. Whether you morally support gay marriage or not, the majority of Americans do. A marriage certificate is nothing more than a government document that entitles a couple to the same benefits and rights that other married couples have. Religion shouldn’t enter into it. Your church doesn’t have to like gay marriage, sanction it, bless it or even acknowledge it. You don’t have to pick anything from the china pattern on the registry and are free to toss the RSVP envelope in the trash in protest although it will still be considered bad form regardless of sexual orientation. As for concealed carry, 49 states already have it. Illinois is better at virtually nothing (Blackhawks hockey notwithstanding) than the rest of the country. What makes us think we

have some measure of enlightenment when it comes to this? Some law-abiding gun owners who already have been following current gun laws will apply for permits when a law is finally passed. The real dangerous criminal will continue to disregard any law on the books or even in discussion. So please, vote on these issues and move on. It’s not that they’re of no importance, but they’re distracting from the critical issue of a public pension debt of around $90 billion that is financially crippling this state. Illinois Democratic leaders won’t be able to carry their concealed marriage with public employee unions under a veil of social issues forever.

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8WATER COOLER Tumbleweeds invade West Texas home MIDLAND, Texas – A brutal storm system that brought 19 inches of snow to some areas of West Texas has delivered something entirely different to one homeowner. Winds in excess of 60 mph that accompanied Monday’s blizzard pushed hundreds of tumbleweeds against a Midland home. KWES-TV of Odessa and Midland reported one side of Josh Pitman’s home is obscured by tumbleweeds stacked one atop the other, blocking some doorways. Pitman said he recently tore down a fence that would have protected his home from the rambling weeds. In his words, “Most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.”

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Pope legacy: Teacher who returned to church roots By NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – On Monday, April 4, 2005, a priest walked up to the Renaissance palazzo housing the Vatican’s doctrine department and asked the doorman to call the official in charge: It was the first day of business after Pope John Paul II had died, and the cleric wanted to get back to work. The office’s No. 2, Archbishop Angelo Amato, answered the phone and was stunned: This was no ordinary priest. It was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, his boss, who under the Vatican’s arcane rules had technically lost his job when John Paul died. “It tells me of the great hu-

mility of the man, the great sense of duty, but also the great awareness that we are here to do a job,” said Bishop Charles Scicluna, who worked with Ratzinger before he became Pope Benedict XVI, inside the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. In resigning, Scicluna said, Benedict is showing the same sense of humility, duty and service as he did after the Catholic Church lost its last pope. “He has done his job.” When Benedict flies off into retirement by helicopter today, he will leave behind a church in crisis – one beset by sex scandal, internal divisions and dwindling numbers. But the pope can count on a solid legacy: While his very

resignation was his most significant act, Benedict – in a quieter way – also set the church back on a conservative, tradition-minded path. He was guided by the firm conviction that many of the ills afflicting the church could be traced to a misreading of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. He insisted that the 196265 meetings that brought the church into the modern era were not a radical break from the past, as portrayed by many liberals, but rather a continuation of the best traditions of the 2,000-year-old church. Benedict was the teacher pope, a theology professor who turned his Wednesday general audiences into master classes about the Catholic faith and the history, saints

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and sinners that contributed to it. In his teachings, he sought to boil Christianity down to its essential core. He didn’t produce volumes of encyclicals like his predecessor, just three: on charity, hope and love. (He penned a fourth, on faith, but retired before finishing it.) Considered by many to be the greatest living theologian, he authored more than 65 books, stretching from the classic “Introduction to Christianity” in 1968 to the final installment of his triptych on “Jesus of Nazareth” last year – considered by some to be his most important contribution to the church. In between he produced the “Catechism of the Catholic Church” – essentially a how-to guide to being a Catholic.

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As budget cuts loom, is a shutdown next? By ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press WASHINGTON – With big, automatic budget cuts about to kick in, House Republicans are turning to mapping strategy for the next showdown just a month away, when a government shutdown instead of just a slowdown will be at stake. Both topics are sure to come up at the White House meeting Friday between President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders, including Republican House Speaker John Boehner. A breakthrough on replacing or easing the imminent across-the-board spending cuts still seems unlikely at the first face-to-face discussion between Obama and Republican leaders this year. To no one’s surprise, even as a dysfunctional Washington appears incapable of averting a crisis over economy-rat-

tling spending cuts, it may be lurching toward another over a possible shutdown. Republicans are planning for a vote next week on a bill to fund the day-to-day operations of the government through the Sept. 30 end of the 2013 fiscal year – while keeping in place the new $85 billion in cuts of 5 percent to domestic agencies and 8 percent to the military. The need to keep the government’s doors open and lights on – or else suffer the first government shutdown since 1996 – requires the GOPdominated House and the Democratic-controlled Senate to agree. Right now they hardly see eye to eye. The House GOP plan, unveiled to the rank and file on Wednesday, would award the Pentagon and the Veterans Administration with their line-by-line budgets, for a

more-targeted rather than indiscriminate batch of military cuts, but would deny domestic agencies the same treatment. And that has whipped up opposition from veteran Democratic senators on the Appropriations Committee. Domestic agencies would see their budgets frozen almost exactly as they are, which would mean no money for new initiatives such as cybersecurity or for routine increases for programs such as low-income housing. “We’re not going to do that,” said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. “Of course not.” Any agreement needs to pass through a gantlet of House tea party conservatives intent on preserving the across-theboard cuts and Senate Democrats pressing for action on domestic initiatives, even at the risk of creating a foot-tall catchall spending bill.

Ill. race shows Bloomberg clout By SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – In the race to replace former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s super PAC followed a simple strategy: Choose a strong anti-gun candidate, attack rivals supported by the National Rifle Association and add in $2.2 million in resources. It worked. Bloomberg’s candidate, former Illinois lawmaker Robin Kelly, sailed past more than a dozen rivals to win the Democratic primary in this Chicago-area district where guns became the main issue. Bloomberg’s super PAC, Independence USA, boasted Wednesday that the race would be its template for future elections. But political

experts and public officials were skeptical if the effort can be replicated elsewhere. “That is a harbinger of what is to come,” said Bloomberg pollster Doug Schoen, who worked previously for President Bill Clinton. “While Chicago may not be the rest of the country, I have been at this 35 years, and I’ve yet to find an elected official who does not look at an election like this and sit up and take notice.” Because the district is overwhelmingly Democratic, Kelly is widely expected to win the April 9 special election. Her victory generated buzz far beyond the city. Bloomberg said her win showed the public had spoken. Vice President Joe Biden said the victory sent

an anti-gun message, and congressmen worried about the repercussions. Bloomberg is perhaps the single most influential figure in the national gun debate, beyond even President Barack Obama and Biden, because of his deep pockets. The NRA’s political action committee raised $1.1 million last month, a trivial amount compared with the billions that Bloomberg has at his disposal. “The voters of this congressional district understood that they and their children and grandchildren are at risk with guns on the streets,” Bloomberg said Wednesday in Washington after meeting with the vice president to discuss efforts to curb gun violence.

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8NATION BRIEFS Kids stranded at school overnight by snow DENVER – A snowstorm moving across the Midwest forced about 60 students to spend the night at their Colorado school when a state highway was closed due to dangerous conditions that left some drivers stranded in their cars, as winter weather continued to cause problems for a wide swath of the country. Tens of thousands remained without power in Michigan, while adverse conditions continued to disrupt flights at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. In eastern Wisconsin, hundreds of vehicles were stranded or ended up in crashes as a winter

storm made travel dangerous. And in Kansas, the latest snowstorm to hit the state was being blamed for six deaths. According to the air traffic tracking website FlightAware. com, about 100 flights in and out of Chicago’s airports were canceled for Wednesday. Flights into O’Hare International Airport were delayed an average of about an hour.

Tycoon proposes to send couple around Mars WASHINGTON – In less than five years, a married couple could be on their way toward Mars in an audacious but bare-bones private mission that would slingshot them around

the red planet, under a plan announced Wednesday by a financial tycoon and his team. The voyage to Mars and back would be a cosmic no-frills flight that would take the husband-and-wife astronauts as close as 100 miles to the planet, but it would also mean being cooped up for 16 months in a cramped space capsule half the size of an RV. The private, nonprofit project, called Inspiration Mars, will get money from multimillionaire investment consultant Dennis Tito, the first space tourist. The team would not say how much the overall flight would cost, but outsiders put it at more than $1 billion.

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Justices skeptical of voting rights law By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote. In an ominous note for supporters of the key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Justice Anthony Kennedy both acknowledged the measure’s vital role in fighting discrimination and suggested that other important laws in U.S. history had run their course. “Times change,” Kennedy said during the fast-paced, 70-minute argument. Kennedy’s views are likely to prevail on the closely divided court, and he tends to side with his more conservative colleagues on matters of race. The court’s liberals and conservatives engaged in a sometimes tense back-andforth over whether there is an ongoing need in 2013 for the part of the voting rights law that requires states with a history of discrimination, mainly in the Deep South, to get approval before making changes in the way elections are held. Justice Antonin Scalia called the law a “perpetuation

of racial entitlement.” Chief Justice John Roberts, a vocal skeptic of the use of race in all areas of public life, cited a variety of statistics that showed starker racial disparities in some aspects of voting in Massachusetts than in Mississippi. Then he asked the government’s top Supreme Court lawyer whether the Obama administration thinks “the citizens in the South are more racist than citizens in the North?” The answer from Solicitor General Donald Verrilli was no. The question, and others like it from the conservative justices, largely echoed the doubts they first expressed four years ago in a similar case that ended without resolving the constitutionality of the latest renewal of the voting rights law, in 2006. They questioned whether there remain appreciable differences between the locations covered by the law and those that are not. They also wondered whether there was any end in sight for a provision that intrudes on states’ rights to conduct elections and which was regarded as an emergency response to decades of statesponsored discrimination in voting, despite the Fifteenth Amendment’s guarantee of the vote for black Americans.

8BRIEFS U.S., Europe move to expand role in Syria ROME – The United States and some European allies are edging closer to direct involvement in Syria’s civil war with plans to deliver meals, medical kits and other forms of nonlethal assistance to the rebels battling President Bashar Assad. The U.S., Britain, France and Italy aren’t planning to supply the Free Syrian Army with weapons or ammunition. Moves are afoot to boost the size and scope of their aid to the political and military opposition. Such decisions could be announced as early as today at an international conference on Syria in Rome.

Mexico plays hardball in jailing of union boss MEXICO CITY – The arrest of Mexico’s most powerful union leader echoes the hardball tactics of Mexico’s once-imperial presidency while pushing forward an education reform that Enrique Pena Nieto has made a centerpiece of his

new administration. Elba Esther Gordillo, known for flashing her Hermes handbags and heels, stood behind bars Wednesday in a grim prison in eastern Mexico City as a judge read off charges of embezzlement and organized crime. The arrest sidelined a woman who had tried to mobilize teachers to block a schools shake-up designed to end her control over hiring and firing of teachers across the country.

Database lets Britons find slave-owning ancestors LONDON – A new database launched Wednesday lets Britons curious about their family history uncover some potentially uncomfortable information – whether their ancestors owned slaves. Researchers at University College London spent three years compiling a searchable listing of thousands of people who received compensation for loss of their “possessions” when slave ownership was outlawed by Britain in 1833.

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Senate president embraces idea • PENSIONS Continued from page A1 “Everything’s serious,” said Brown, “and it’s just, keep working on the issue until we can find a majority of the Legislature willing to pass a bill and send it to the governor.” As for the Cross-Nekritz offer, Brown said Madigan was encouraged by the first indication by Cross that he would support the so-called “cost shift,” transferring from state taxpayers to local boards of education the employer portion of pensions for schoolteachers – who Madigan notes are “nonstate employees.” Senate President John Cullerton embraced the CrossNekritz idea but will also continue pursuing a proposal that he believes is constitutional because it offers annuitants a choice of post-career benefits, a spokeswoman for the Chi-

cago Democrat said. That concerns Nekritz, who doesn’t believe that Cullerton’s ideas save enough money. A coalition of public-employee unions called “We are One Illinois” rejected the new twist put on Nekritz’s idea as a proposal that “defies the Constitution and diminishes benefits unilaterally.” Cross and Nekritz trumpeted their solution and pointed to its bipartisan, bicameral support – Senate Republican Sue Rezin of Morris attended the announcement, along with Sen. Daniel Biss, an Evanston Democrat who as a House member last fall worked with Nekritz on the initial idea. “Thirty years from now, if you’re retired, and live to 90, you will have a pension check coming in the mail, and this thing will be solved in 30 years, solid, 100 percent,” said Rep. Darlene Senger, a Naperville Republican.

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Father of Newtown victim: Ban assault weapons The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – After weeks of arguing constitutional fine points and citing rival statistics, senators wrangling over gun control saw and heard the anguish of a bereft father. Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, was among those cut down at a Connecticut elementary school in December, asked the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to ban assault weapons like the one that killed his child. “I’m not here for the sympathy or the pat on the back,” Heslin, a 50-year-old construction worker, told the senators. “I’m here to speak up for my son.” At his side were photos: of his son as a baby, of them both taken on Father’s Day, six months before Jesse was among 20 first-graders and six administrators killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. That massacre has hoisted gun control

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than 10 rounds. A Bushmaster assault weapon was used at Newtown by the attacker, Adam Lanza, whose body was found with 30-round magazines. Feinstein said such a firearm “tears peoples’ bodies

apart. I don’t know why as a matter of public policy we can’t say they don’t belong.’” Republicans had several answers. They argued her proposal would violate the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms and take firearms from law-abiding citizens, and said current laws aimed at keeping guns from criminals are not fully enforced. “The best way to prevent crazy people” from getting firearms is to better enforce the existing federal background check system, said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. That system is designed to prevent criminals, people with mental problems and others from obtaining guns. It only applies to weapons sold by federally licensed dealers, and expanding that system to almost all gun transactions is the central proposal in President Barack Obama’s package of gun restrictions he unveiled last month, along with bans on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.

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Closing arguments are expected today McHenry County Conservation District • TRIAL Continued from page A1 “I didn’t want to continue doing what I was doing,” she said. “I didn’t feel comfortable.” There was no argument, but Milliman looked aggravated, Kimberly Smith said. After using the bathroom, Milliman tried to hand her money to continue, but she said she wanted him to leave. While by the front door, he grabbed her arm and pulled her back, she said, also slapping her in the face. Kimberly Smith said she asked Milliman to get his hands off of her, and that’s when her husband came around the corner. “He said, ‘Get your hands off my wife,’ ” Kimberly Smith said. “And then what happened?” McHenry County Assistant State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally asked. “The gun went off,” she said.

Nothing was done to resolve the situation without resorting to deadly violence, Kimberly Smith said. “He said he didn’t mean it and the gun just went off and I had to help him,” she said. In a videotaped interrogation that had been shown to jurors earlier in the day, Timothy Smith insisted that he shot Milliman while defending his wife. Timothy Smith initially told police that he didn’t know why Milliman was in his home on Doty Road near Woodstock, and that Kimberly Smith called him in a panic. But he eventually admitted that he was in the home the entire time. Timothy Smith said he was embarrassed that they had turned to prostitution to make money, with his wife sometimes keeping the cash and other times putting it in a jar to save for whatever they needed. Timothy Smith said that he worked hard, but earned $12 an hour. “This is something we both agreed to do to help each other

Appointments will go before full County Board on Tuesday • ELLIS Continued from page A1 But County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill, R-Woodstock, sent almost all recommendations for appointments back to their respective committees out of concerns that the committees’ agendas did not fully comply with new Illinois Open Meetings Act requirements. The appointments – newcomers Robert Routzahn, Heather Murgatroyd and Connie Smith for the threeyear terms and incumbent Connee Meschini for the oneyear term – will go before the full County Board on Tuesday morning. The full terms advanced on 7-0 votes, while Meschini squeaked by on a 4-3 vote, thanks to the attendance of a previously absent member who broke a 3-3 tie. Critics in recent years have accused the Mental Health Board of spending too much on administration and overhead instead of giving the money to agencies helping the mentally ill and developmentally disabled. The Mental Health Board now employs more than 30 people – down from almost 50 last year – and is paying back $3 million in economic stimulus bonds it spent to almost quadruple the size of its Crystal Lake headquarters. While the Mental Health Board doled out $8.7 million last year to client agencies, one-third of its 2012 revenues, or more than $4.4 million, stayed internal, according to year-end fund utilization reports. More than half of that, or about $2.375 million, was allocated to line items for administrative costs. Miller said that she was “very impressed” by Ellis during his interview – he was the first of a dozen candidates the committee interviewed over two days. While Miller and McCann were part of the 6-0 majority earlier this month, both said they backed giving a seat to Ellis during the process by which committee members narrowed down the field. “I think he has done an excellent job in leading the Mental Health Board,” Miller said. However, the majority soundly disagreed with keeping him. “I think there needs to be a new leaf, a change in the Mental Health Board, a fresh set of eyes at the table so we can move forward,” said Paula Yensen, D-Lake in the Hills. Yensen has held the County Board’s voting seat on the Mental Health Board since January. County Board members John Hammerand, R-Wonder Lake, and Michael Walkup, RCrystal Lake, said there has been too much complaining in recent years from the Mental Health Board’s critics, which include client agencies that get funding, to ignore. “I don’t think we can take

a strong enough action now to bring new focus onto the [Mental Health] Board,” Hammerand said. Walkup also said he is suspicious of the “very strong pushback” received from the Mental Health Board since it became apparent that Ellis was in danger of losing his unpaid seat. Ellis wrote a Northwest Herald guest column last month critical of its coverage, has reached out to at least one County Board member regarding his potential vote, and has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to the committee’s Feb. 15 deliberations. Mental Health Board Interim Executive Director Todd Schroll, who is a candidate for the full-time job, emailed committee members during the interview process to challenge some of the numbers presented by committee Chairwoman Donna Kurtz, and the board last week delivered large binders of information to all 24 County Board members. Also, a board member of the Mental Health Board’s fundraising arm emailed service providers last week imploring them to pressure county elected officials to keep Ellis. “Methinks thou doth protest too much,” Walkup said. Hammerand, who was absent from the interview process earlier this month, broke a tie to pick Meschini for the one-year term over Mary Donner, a former member of the County Board who for four years held its voting seat on the Mental Health Board. Hammerand said he heads south each winter for medical reasons because he has trouble breathing in cold weather. He told his fellow committee members that he listened to all nine hours of interviews and deliberations in the days before Wednesday’s vote. Hammerand sided with Kurtz, Sandra Fay Salgado and Walkup in voting for Meschini – Miller, McCann and Yensen voted for Donner. While Meschini’s supporters said she has asked tough questions on the Mental Health Board, Donner’s supporters said her votes do not match up with her questioning. Conversely, Meschini’s supporters said that Donner would not provide the independent and skeptical voice the Mental Health Board needs. The appointments take effect immediately should the County Board approve them Tuesday. Board members cannot add Ellis or anyone else, but can only give an up-ordown vote and send rejected appointments back to committee. Board rules give the chairwoman the ability prior to a meeting to add names, but Hill said Wednesday afternoon that she has no intention of doing so. “I think the committee did their due diligence, and I will support the committee process,” Hill said.

out,” he said. “It’s embarrassing. ... I’m a better man than that.” Timothy Smith said that Milliman was threatening his wife, and he heard her tell Milliman to get his hands off of her. “I gave him fair notice and he still didn’t leave or move,” Timothy Smith said. “The guy’s huge.” The forensic pathologist who performed Milliman’s autopsy said Milliman was 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighed 378 pounds. He was shot once in the back, with the bullet entering near his right shoulder blade and traveling across the body, lodging near the left collarbone. “I’m not a killer. I’m not a murderer,” Timothy Smith said. “I’m a guy who protects his family at all costs.” Kimberly Smith has been charged with several offenses including prostitution, but not murder. Her case is pending. Closing arguments in Timothy Smith’s trial are expected today.

is recruiting volunteers for visiting sites • WATCH Continued from page A1 “It galvanized enough people’s interest to at least start a dialogue to create these,” Hallman said. “We’re going to keep going, and generate some more [watch groups].” The police department offers volunteer watch groups general guidelines and shares information about typical crimes in the area and other safety ideas. Neighborhood watch groups do not “promote vigilantism,” nor should they encourage confrontations, Hallman said. Although it’s “hard to quantify” the groups’ criminal deterrent effect, volunteers are at least aware of their surroundings and their neighbors, Hallman said. “It raises awareness, and you get to meet your neighbors, which we don’t quite do as much as we used to,” he

said. Neighborhood Watch/ Neighbors Helping Neighbors has been in Huntley’s Sun City community for nearly 10 years. The group started off as a communication resource for the retirement community, a “vehicle to Sun City residents to receive and send information,” said Ken Anderson, group president. Sun City’s group is more comprehensive than an average neighborhood watch. Communication regarding neighborhood safety gets passed from the Huntley Police Department to the group’s 31 coordinators, then down to 300 block captains and finally to 5,200 households. Neighbors Helping Neighbors works to offer a range of information, including advice on how to install a wireless motion detection system and the best ways to use GPS

devices, “along with readiness to look and see if there’s a suspicious individual or a suspicious car down the street,” Anderson said. Watch groups aren’t limited to residential subdivisions. The McHenry County Conservation District relies on volunteers as the extra ears and eyes for its 32 sites. Thedistrict’sSafetyWatch Education and Environmental Program (SWEEP) formed two years ago as a proactive initiative, said Wendy Kummerer, district communications manager. The district is currently recruiting interested volunteers who typically visit sites once or twice a week. Generally, volunteers would walk or drive through a site to spot safety hazards. “It could be anything from a dog being off leash to someone vandalizing the signs,” Kummerer said.

Opinion

John Rung Publisher

Dan McCaleb Senior Editor

Thursday, February 28, 2013 • Page A7 • Northwest Herald • NWHerald.com 8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Consider it tax election One way to look at it is as the “property tax” election. We refer to the April 9 Consolidated Election that’s coming to a polling place near you. Almost all offices up for election have to do with taxing bodies that get their share of your tax dollars each year from your real estate tax bill. An exception is county governFor the record ment itself, whose representatives Candidates on the April 9 were elected in ballot will decide how to spend November. your property taxes. Don’t you If you review think you should vote? the list of governmental units on your tax bill, and compare them to a sample ballot for the April 9 election, you will see the names repeated time after time. City government. Village government. Township government. Park districts. Public library districts. School districts. Community college districts. Fire protection districts. All those governments take your tax dollars. All those governments spend your tax dollars. And many people who decide how that money will be spent will be on the April 9 ballot. Tuesday’s primary election settled some races. Sadly, only a small percentage of voters decided the primaries. The Election Day snowstorm didn’t help, but turnout almost always is light during these local elections. And that doesn’t make sense to us. It is our money these government entities are spending, after all. In order to vote in the April 9 election, you have to be registered first. Residents who are not sure of their registration status need to check with the county clerk. The last day to register is March 12 – less than two weeks away. So, think about writing a big check for your next real estate tax bill, then think of the local governments who will be spending your money. Then decide whether you will vote.

8ANOTHER VIEW

8IT’S YOUR WRITE Chicago No. 1 To the Editor: In 2012, Chicago was found to be the bed bug capital of America. That’s No. 1. Also in 2012, Chicago had more than 500 gun murders to be No. 1 in gun murders in America. On Feb. 1, it was reported on network TV that Chicago had 54 gun-related murders in January 2013. President Barack Obama, that’s a good job of defending your hometown’s title. I’ll bet Chicago is No. 1 next year, both in bed bugs and murders. Could there be a connection between bed bugs and gun murders?

BP’s general counsel said recently that he’s confident that the company will escape the harshest level of civil penalties for the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s not surprising that he would argue against the notion that the oil giant was grossly negligent for the spill, which poured 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf. The company hopes to keep its liability from being quadrupled under the Clean Water Act, which is what a finding of gross negligence would trigger. The difference is huge: $4.5 billion for simple negligence or more than $17 billion for gross negligence. It is important to remember what led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster and the company’s spotty track record on safety. The federal government’s most conclusive report on the Deepwater Horizon explosion – which left 11 men dead – found that BP’s failure to assess the risks of its Macondo well and the company’s drive to cut corners at the expense of safety were the main causes. The Times-Picayune, New Orleans

PatrickMurfin Social Justice chairman, Unitarian Universalist Congregation in McHenry

George Gow

Federal safety net

Huntley

To the Editor: Now the only way that job shortages can be overcome is to federally subsidize income and create federal safety nets for states and local human services, such as public safety, state debt, public pensions and Medicare. Lowered taxes for the top 400 billionaires and one-fifth richest Americans failed to improve purchasing power necessary for jobs these past 12 years, so federalize a safety net instead. Increased vital social spending, and repaying the earned Social Security and public pensions of the majority would raise all society with purchasing power, adding jobs. The New Deal boosted the economy’s safety net. Ninety-six percent of all Americans have benefited directly from government welfare, notably through tax breaks on mortgages

Tide of history

BP’s civil trial

percent. On behalf of the members of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in McHenry, long a champion of full equality in marriage based on our religious principles of the respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person, I urge you to remember that there is also a strong and growing support for this across a wide religious spectrum. It’s your turn to speak up. Simple justice demands it.

To the Editor: I see newspapers of all political persuasions across Illinois have now endorsed the marriage equality legislation that recently passed the Illinois Senate and is up for consideration in the House. Publications include the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, Pioneer Press, Southtown Star, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Journal Register (Springfield), and Peoria Journal Star. Where is the Northwest Herald? Don’t you think it is time for your Editorial Board to catch up with the irreversible tide of history? Polling now clearly shows marriage equality is supported by a majority of Illinois citizens, and adamantly opposed by only 29

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for the middle class, but corporations receive more government subsides (welfare), i.e. coal, nuclear, oil, airline industries. Local and state government typically are in debt, so federal government, expanding its social spending to the majority, must federalize state government’s social spending, including mental health and livable income. Obama’s health care reform seeks federalizing of the poor into Medicaid if all state governors and legislatures agree, whereupon states get all health bills paid for three years, 90 percent thereafter. The federal government can borrow. Its interest rate is low, unlike state governments. Federalize social spending for the majority to expand economy for all. Bernice Russell Crystal Lake

Greater pride To the Editor: When we hear of traditional print media news organizations folding, a sentimental tear runs down our cheeks. Printed news and opinion is the cornerstone of our democ-

are subject to editing for length and clarity at the sole discretion of the editor. Submit letters by: • E-mail: letters@nwherald.com • Mail: Northwest Herald “It’s Your Write” Box 250 Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0250

racy. After all, was it not a printed pamphlet, “Common Sense,” that spurred this nation to rise up and declare its independence? The Northwest Herald needs to take greater pride in this tradition, as was evidenced last week when a retraction identified the primary subject of its story on seasonal affect disorder was making the whole thing up. It did get in the paper, though. Later, in a story about poverty in Illinois, the Northwest Herald printed that 1.9 million Illinoisans, a reported one-third of our state population, was below the poverty line. In actuality Illinois has almost 13 million residents, which makes that more like 14 percent. And Thursday, on the cover of the Planit Play, the cover read, “Comedian puts his career in ‘Top Gear,’ visits Volo Saturday.” Reading the article inside, however, you see that Adam Ferrara appeared on Feb. 24, which is Sunday, not Saturday. It’s time to educate your reporters and editors on proof reading. Edward Varga Richmond

Michelle Obama following 2nd-term trend for first ladies WASHINGTON – If second-term presidents feel liberated by re-election to pursue bolder agendas, first ladies often become more comfortable to be their own person. Witness Laura Bush, who in her husband’s second term discovered that she, too, had a voice and a bully pulpit. Seemingly overnight, she transformed herself from librarian to liberator, becoming a voice for oppressed women – from advocating for Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratic leader then under house arrest, to spearheading a women’s health movement across the Middle East. Likewise, it appears that Michelle Obama has begun to break out. Though she long ago established herself as a health-and-fitness mom in chief, she had until recently been careful to stay well within the lines of traditional first lady. Obviously accomplished in her own right, she spent the past four years fashioning an image of good wife and mother to counter early impressions of her as politically ambitious

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and, to certain of her critics, angry. Whatever she was then, she is something else now. In her second term, Michelle Obama has come out with, well, a bang! She isn’t just breaking the mold; she’s shattering the good china. The Madonna of first ladies, she is emerging as an iconoclastic, self-reinventing woman who clearly doesn’t mind shaking the firmament. It seems clear that no one, including the president, tells the first lady what to do. “She always looks good” was Barack Obama’s wise response when asked how he liked his wife’s new bangs. Studies have confirmed what all successfully married men know: The correct answer to any question is “Yes, dear.” The bangs were a clue that Michelle was evacuating the cocoon. Analyzing her bangs may seem a silly pastime – but only if you know nothing about women. When a woman changes her hair – especially as dramatically as the first lady did – something is up. Those aren’t bangs covering

VIEWS Kathleen Parker Michelle Obama’s eyebrows. Those are butterfly wings. Observe. The first lady completely changed her appearance on the eve of her husband’s second inauguration. Now why would she do that? She jokingly has said that her bangs were her midlife crisis. Cute answer, but it’s clearly more than that. Hair is the frame we choose for the portrait we project to the world. Hair conveys messages we don’t even consciously recognize. Who knew that Michelle Obama harbored an inner Gidget? Cute, fun-loving, perky were not adjectives that sprang to mind when Michelle became a household word four years ago. That was then. Michelle Obama obviously has decided to have some fun. Thus, recently, she joined Jimmy Fallon in a viral pas de deux titled,

8THE FIRST AMENDMENT

“The Evolution of Mom Dancing.” Sunday night she crashed the biggest party on television – the Academy Awards – to announce the best picture winner. Appearing remotely on a gargantuan screen like a holographic Princess Leia, she was a glimmering, spaghetti-strapped goddess beaming in to bestow the grand prize – Herself – on the adoring audience that helped put her husband in office. Reactions have been mixed from the moment Jack Nicholson introduced her: Should she have done it? Is it too frivolous in these dire times for the first lady, bedecked in sequined splendor, to be participating in such self-congratulatory frivolity? Too much exposure? Too much ... too much? As usual, the responses tend to break down along party lines. We have such conflicting feelings about first wives in an era when women do it all, including, eventually, becoming president. We want our first lady to be first a lady – a delicate balance between enjoying

one’s attractiveness without being too sexy. Michelle’s sleeveless toned arms have kept us riveted for four years. We want our first ladies to be intelligent but not aggressively so. Supportive but not fawning. Politic but not political. We mostly want them to not embarrass us – and this will be the same for the first husband when he arrives. To most of the country, Michelle has passed muster thus far. Her youthful health and fitness are inspiring – and she can grab and hold an audience as few others. She and the camera adore each other, though some of us miss her Jackie Kennedy period – the black Armani sheath with a double strand of pearls, hair brushed back to reveal her best feature – an arched, intelligent brow line. Why cover it up? The answer may be as simple as sometimes a first lady just wants to have fun. For certain, Michelle Obama is the star of her own movie.

• Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.

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8COMMUNITY NEWS

SHERIFF CLARIFIES SOURCE OF CALLS The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t solicit money from the public through telemarketing, Sheriff Keith Nygren clarified in a news release. Nygren’s office has been receiving questions from McHenry County residents about calls from solicitors using the sheriff’s office name. The independent Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 118, a police union drawing members from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, has been asking for donations through telemarketers. None of that money is distributed within the sheriff’s office or controlled by Nygren, the release said. Nygren said he wasn’t discouraging donations to the organization but wanted to bring to light its separation from the sheriff’s office. Complaints about solicitors can be made to Nygren at 815-3382144 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

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2 differ on economic tactics Candidates for Cary president have background in village leadership By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com CARY – The race to succeed Tom Kierna as Cary’s village president features a current trustee and a former trustee. Bruce Kaplan, who was elected to the board in 2011, is facing off against Mark Kownick, who served two years on the Village Board after he was appointed in 2009 to fill a vacancy. Kierna is not running for re-election as village

president. Kaplan was part of a slate of four candidates who ran together. “I represented a fresh change in the village,” Kaplan said. “The ones that voted [for us] were interested in seeing new direction in the village, were not happy with things going on in town. “The biggest thrust of my candidacy is to develop the commercial tax base of the village,” Kaplan added. “The tax levy is a constant, it gets

Cary candidates

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paid by the commercial side and the residential side. So if thecommercialsideincreases their tax base, the residential component doesn’t pay as

much to cover the tax levy.” Kaplan, who has lived in the village for 39 years, is a real estate broker for Premier Commercial Realty. Kownick,whoownsAction Building Maintenance Corp., has lived in the village for 21 years. Kownick said the village needs to concentrate on putting retail businesses that produce sales tax in retail districts, rather than putting those that don’t in retail areas.

Day full of fun in snow Children take advantage of conditions left from snowstorm

DRIVERS SAFETY COURSE OFFERED

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BARRINGTON – On March 12 and March 13, the Senior Advocate Program at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital will host the AARP Drivers Safety Course. This is a two-day event and goes from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lakeview Room of Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, 450 W. Route 22, Barrington. This is an eight-hour course taught by volunteers, and those who attend both sessions will be eligible for an auto insurance discount. All those who attend will be assisted in driving defensively, dealing with aggressive drivers and adjusting to vision and hearing changes. Attendees will also learn more about minimizing the effects of dangerous blind spots; the safest way to change lanes and make turns in a busy intersection; the proper use of seat belts, airbags, anti-lock brakes and new technologies in cars; ways to monitor one’s own and others’ driving skills and capabilities; the effects medications have while driving; and the importance of eliminating distractions. This course costs $12 for AARP members and $14 for all nonmembers. Members must show an AARP card to receive the discounted price. To sign up for this event, call 800-323-8622 and mention class code 3S03.

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StudentsofSt.Thomas in Crystal Lake spent Wednesday afternoon sledding and building ramps at Veteran Acres Park. Tuesday’s snowstormbroughtup to 10 inches of snow to some northern parts of the county.

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AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT HUNTLEY LIBRARY HUNTLEY – “The Wednesday Pen: A Grandfather’s Legacy to his Family” author presentation and book signing will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 6 at the Huntley Area Public Library, 11000 Ruth Road. Every Wednesday from the time his grandson turned 13 until he turned 18, Huntley resident Warren Higgins composed a letter sharing his experiences, thoughts about life and inspired musings with him. These letters were collected and published by Higgins’ daughter as “The Wednesday Pen.” During the program, attendees can hear the story of how this anthology of traditions, wisdom and teachings came to be. Registration is required and can be done by calling 847-669-5386, ext. 21.

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He gave the example of allowing Athletico, a physical therapy clinic, to locate in the former Johnson Eye Care Location next to Jewel. Kownick said he would have preferred a restaurant in that location and Athletico going elsewhere in the village. Kownick said he would like to reinstate the village’s facade improvement loan program to help businesses fix up their storefronts.

See CANDIDATES, page B3

D-158 to replace HHS principal Middle school leader to guide expanding school By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com HUNTLEY – District 158 opted for a familiar face to replace retiring Huntley High School Principal Dave Johnson, one with the background to guide the school through future expansion, Superintendent John Burkey said. The district board recently named Marlowe Middle School Principal Scott Rowe as the successor to Johnson, who has overseen the high school for the past 17 years as it grew from 300 students in 1996 to roughly 2,400 students today. Rowe, 32, now will have the task of continuing that development, as the Huntleybased school district starts to expand the high school to house 3,000 students by 2019. Rowe has spent the past two years managing Marlowe, the district’s second-largest school, and has prior high school experience as a teacher and coach in McHenry. “We aren’t looking for any radical changes at the high school,” Burkey said. “We are looking for Scott to lead the high school and to keep the high school growing.” A team of teachers and administrators selected Rowe from a pool of nine candidates. Rowe was the only in-house candidate to interview for the job after Johnson announced his retirement in December.

See PRINCIPAL, page B4

Four Algonquin businesses Absentee ballots could fined for liquor violations change Nunda races By SHAWN SHINNEMAN By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com ALGONQUIN – Four businesses in Algonquin have been fined $2,000 each for selling alcohol to two underage people. Chipotle, BuddyZ A Chicago Pizzeria, Bangkok and Foley’s Pub all sold beer to minors during a police department check, Algonquin police said during a Liquor Commission hearing Tuesday. Each establishment had no prior violations, Deputy Chief Ed Urban said. Chipotle, BuddyZ and Foley’s Pub also were fined $500 each when their employees did not have a card during the police

check certifying that they had received Beverage Alcohol Sellers and Servers Education and Training, as required by village ordinance. Wine & Roses also is accused of failing the check, but its case was continued to a date yet to be determined. If the restaurant is found guilty, that would be its fourth violation since 2005. During the check Dec. 19, police sent two underage people into 27 establishments, 14 places that serve alcohol along with food and 13 packaged liquor stores to try to buy alcohol. BuddyZ owner Tim Scarnato said he thought the employee who served

the alcohol was BASSET certified. Scarnato said there are reminders around the restaurant and monthly meetings. “I’d like to apologize to the Liquor Commission and the citizens of the community because, as a family business, this is something we take very [seriously],” Scarnato said. “I have no excuses but to look in the mirror. This one seemed to slip through that I was allowing her to work without being BASSET certified. I was under the impression she was.” Trustee Brian Dianis

See DRINKING, page B4

sshinneman@shawmedia.com Lee Jennings appears to have advanced through his primary. But excuse him if he’s holding off on the touchdown dance. The Nunda Township supervisor candidate is one of the township’s three unofficial winners in Tuesday’s Republican primary who are separated from their opponents by a combined 23 votes. There’s a slim chance those races still could flip. Although no provisional ballots were cast, 40 absentee ballots have yet to come in, County Clerk Katherine Schultz said. If postmarked before election day, those ballots –

“Until those are counted and there’s a final count, I’m going to be optimistic.” Lee Jennings Nunda Township supervisor candidate

which could have been put toward races in any of the four townships – must reach the clerk’s office within 14 days of the election. “Until those are counted and there’s a final count, I’m going to be optimistic,” said Jennings, who’s been a Nunda trustee for four years.

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CRYSTAL LAKE: FUNDRAISER

UNION: VISIT THE MUSEUM

Historical Society sets lecture series Bowl for Kids’ Sake NORTHWEST HERALD UNION – The McHenry County Historical Society has announced its lineup for the 2013 Sampler Lecture Series. The cost for the entire series is $35 for nonmembers; members pay $30. All programs take place at the society’s museum, 6422 Main St., Union. • 7 p.m. March 12: “The Next YearthatAlmostWas:Chicago, Baseball and 1977.” Tim Draper, a history professor at Waubonsee College, presents an American retrospective set to the backdrop of the 1977 baseball season in Chicago, when both the

Cubs and White Sox led their divisions late into the season before collapsing. At the intersections of Rust Belt deindustrialization, urban and racial politics, 1960s legacies and popular culture, there were fundamental changes in professional sports in an era of American vulnerability. The program is made possible by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council. The requested donation is $10.

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“Archeological How-tos.” Dr. Rochelle Lurie, owner and president of Midwest Archeological Research Services in Marengo, explains how she and her team find

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“Desperadoes: Notorious Outlaws of Early Illinois.” Dr. John Hallwas, regional historian, author and retired professor of English from Western Illinois University, discusses early frontier lawbreakers. Before the 20th century, Illinois was fraught with crime. Dive into Illinois’ notorious past and learn about early law enforcement, vigilantes, lynching and more through dozens of

images, featuring outlaws, jails, wanted posters and more. This program is made possible by a grant from the Illinois Humanities Council. The requested donation is $10. • 3 p.m. April 29: “Early Trails of McHenry County.” Ders Anderson, a Crystal Lake resident and Greenways director for the Openlands Project in Chicago, discusses historic trails in the county that were present when settlement first occurred. Some of those trails provided the imprint on the landscape that future roads then followed. The cost is $10. To register, call 815-9232267.

CRYSTAL LAKE: CONTINUING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

MCC offers calligraphy, cake decorating NORTHWEST HERALD CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College’s Continuing Education Department offers classes in the art of calligraphy and cupcake decorating. • Art of Calligraphy: Learn the beautiful art of Western calligraphy and create original greeting cards, invitations, framed quotes or even design dazzling posters

or event fliers. Beginning to intermediate students will observe easy-to-follow demonstrations and try several alphabets, such as Gothic, Foundational and Celtic. The class will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays, March 2 through March 23, in Room A112. The cost is $89. Use course ID: NCF S07 003 when registering.

• Cupcake Temptations: Participants will frost and

decorate cupcakes with ideas for Easter, spring events and graduation. A list of all supplies will be sent to students before the first class. Beginning cakedecorating skills will help, but it’s not a requirement. This will be the first in a series of classes on cupcakes and decorating ideas. The class will be from 7 to 9 p.m. March 15 in Room D158. The cost is $25. Use course

ID: NCU S71 003 when registering. A second course also is offered at the Huntley Park District Recreation Center from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 7 for $25. Use course ID: NCU S71 005 to register. To register, call the MCC Registration Office at 815455-8588. For information, call Tracy Berry at 815-4558758 or Dori Sullens at 815455-8559.

MARENGO: MAKE YOUR OWN TREATS

MCCD hosts maple syrup, sugar demonstration NORTHWEST HERALD MARENGO – Go beyond the typical maple syrupmaking demonstration and enjoy a sweet spring experience at McHenry County Conservation District’s “Maple Boil – Making Syrup & Sugar” from 7 to 9 p.m. March 11 at Coral

Woods Conservation Area, 7400 Somerset, Marengo. In this hands-on program for adults, participants will be actively involved as MCCD staff strive to finish a batch of maple syrup in the evaporator at Coral Woods. The group will try to take the process a step further to create maple cream and maple sugar candy.

If successful, each participant will bring home a small sample. This is a weatherdependent process and success may be affected by the weather, as well as the volume and availability of this year’s sap run. The registration deadline is Wednesday,

and the program fee of $5 for county residents and $6.25 for nonresidents must accompany registration. Registration will be accepted online at www. mccdistrict.org, by phone at 815-479-5779, by mail or by walk-in at Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road in Crystal Lake.

off to a good start NORTHWEST HERALD CRYSTAL LAKE – Bowlers on the first day of Big Brothers Big Sisters of McHenry County’s Bowl for Kids’ Sake event Feb. 24 raised more than $15,000 in pledges, 50/50 raffles and donations. Funds raised allow Big Brothers Big Sisters to make more mentoring matches and provide ongoing assistance for mentors, mentees and families. Each match costs the agency between $750 to $1,000 annually, so this event will support about 20 percent of the almost 600 matches in McHenry County, according to a news release from the agency. More bowling will take place over the next two weeks. Many dates and time slots are available. Community and open bowling slots are available from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Friday; from 1 to 3 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.

Saturday; from 9 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday; from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday; and from 7 to 9 p.m. March 7. Bowl for Kids’ Sake 2013 is held at Crystal Bowl, 4504 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. Owners Cheryl and Jack Meyer have been longtime supporters of the community and Big Brothers Big Sisters. There is a minimum pledge of $75. All bowlers receive two hours of bowling, bowling shoes for the two hours, pizza, beverages, a T-shirt and eligibility for prizes and giveaways. Bowlers who raise $150 will receive a long-sleeve T-shirt. Those who raise $1,000 or more will become a member of the $K and receive a personalize Big Brothers Big Sisters bowling shirt and an invitation to a VIP reception. Register at www. bbbsmchenry.org/bowl or call 815-385-3855.

8LOCAL BRIEFS CL Park District schedules teen job fair

Faith in Action to host annual gala March 9

CRYSTAL LAKE – The Crystal Lake Park District hosts a Teen Job Fair from 4 to 6 p.m. March 13 at Park Place, 406 W. Woodstock St. Teens participating in the Crystal Lake Park District Job Fair have opportunities to meet with potential employers at one location, complete job applications and interview. By participating in the Teen Job Fair, employers can interview a large number of teens in a short period of time. For information, call Connie Cooke at 815-459-0680, ext. 213.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Faith in Action of McHenry County will host its “Think Spring Gala” annual dinner and silent auction fundraiser from 5:30 to 9 p.m. March 9 at the Crystal Lake Country Club. There will be a cash bar, entertainment and exciting silent auction items. Tickets cost $45, and the proceeds will be used to assist area seniors in need. For information and to RSVP, call Linda at 815-455-3120 or visit www.fiamchenrycounty. org to buy tickets online.

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RICHMOND: SCHOOlS COllECT lESS TAx

LAKEMOOR: LAWSUIT

D-2, with strong reserves, OKs $1.5M tax abatement

Jury: Village did not discriminate

including those without children in the district, he said. Board member Mindy Ross said her “no” vote wasn’t because she didn’t trust Oest’s recommendation but because she wanted the decision to be based on a set policy. The district does not have a maximum fund balance policy although the topic has been on the agenda at past meetings. At past meetings, Ross and the other board member who voted “no,” Matt Johnson, voiced concern about all the financial unknowns in the district’s future. They said they didn’t have enough information to feel comfortable in giving money back. That was a concern shared by many parents in the audience. A petition that circulated online and in person asked the district to wait on issuing an abatement until it had long-term plans with cost estimates. “This should show you that people are concerned,” said Ruth Burlini of Spring Grove, gesturing around the crowded library at Nippersink Middle School. Some of the speakers voiced their frustrations, asking why one of the parent-

teacher organizations had been asked to raise $1,000 for paper and cardstock when the district had so much in reserve or why improvements were only being done now when the reserves totaled $5.5 million four years ago. The public comment period for the last three months has frequently been heated, with some board members struggling to keep to the policy of nonengagement. But the policy of not answering direct questions during public comment periods and having only the board president respond to emails has frustrated some parents even more. One parent, John Bilik of Spring Grove said he didn’t understand why he couldn’t get the information he requested or at the very least, summarize for the public present at meetings what they don’t get to see. The district has increased what the public can get online over the last several years. The BoardBook section on the district website provides many of the documents and reports given to the board ahead of meetings. But the board should go further, some of its members said, and a special meeting to conduct a self-evaluation is in the works.

Area youngsters headed for county spelling bee

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CRYSTAL LAKE – Several area youngsters will square off Wednesday in the 2013 McHenry County Spelling Bee. The winner of the bee will earn an all-expenses-paid trip to the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The county bee will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. This year’s participants are Scarlett Costello of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School, Chase Duncan of Nippersink Middle School, Claire Harrison of Harrison Elementary School, Alexander Joseph of Woodstock School District 200, Amy Lian of Heineman Middle School, Thomas O’Brien of Montini Catholic School, Ethan Robertson of St. Mary Catholic School, Lily Stanley of Zion Lutheran School, Natalie Tuzik of St. Margaret Mary Catholic School, Clare Urbanski of Richard Bernotas Middle School, Lucas Urbanski of Immanuel Lutheran School and Dylan Wyss of Prairiewood Elementary School. A live webcast of the spelling bee will be available

MCCD hosts candlelight cross-country skiing

For information, call 815338-6223 or visit mccdistrict. org.

By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com RICHMOND – Nippersink District 2 will collect $1.5 million less this year, the school board decided in a 5-2 vote Wednesday evening. The tax abatement means that the owner of a home worth $200,000 will save an estimated $269 on the next tax bill, according to board documents. District staff recommended an abatement of $1.5 million because that is about how much the surplus is expected to increase by this fiscal year, Superintendent Dan Oest. The $10.4 million the d is tr ic t h as i n r es er ve s is more than enough to cover the improvements to buildings and curriculum the district is anticipating, both plans it has hard numbers for and ones it still is developing, he said. The recommendation also takes into consideration changes being discussed by the state legislature that would shift some of the costs for the Teacher Retirement System onto local districts, Oest said. Board President Bert Irslinger’s vote weighed the goals he has as a parent and board member with his responsibility to taxpayers,

8LOCAL BRIEFS

CARY – Discover the beauty of cross-country skiing on trails lit only by candlelight. The McHenry County Conservation District will host a Cross Country Candlelight Ski from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday at The Hollows Conservation Area, 3800 Route 14, Cary. Participants should bring their own skis and test their skills along the 1-mile looped trail. Skiers of every level and age are invited. Drop in anytime for this free program, get some exercise and then enjoy hot chocolate around the campfire afterward. No pets are allowed. Those who enjoy night skiing and hiking can do so every night from now until March 10 until 9 p.m. on solar-lit trails at Pleasant Valley Conservation Area in Woodstock, (half-mile loop through prairie) and at Hickory Grove Highlands in Cary (a 1-mile looped trail through the wooded savanna). After March 10, with the daylight savings time change, sites close at dusk.

Voter registration available at MCC events CRYSTAL LAKE – Many important local elections are heating up throughout the county with townships, cities, school boards and the McHenry County College Board of Trustees on the list. The McHenry County League of Women Voters is providing citizens the opportunity to register in time for the upcoming April 9 spring election. Voter registration will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and March 12 at McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Use entrance 3 of the parking lot and enter Building A, the Annex. The registration table will be in the Student Life area. Interested persons will need two forms of identification, one with a current address. In addition to registering voters, registrars can assist those who have changed names or addresses. These events are cosponsored by the Crystal Lake American Association of University Women.

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By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com LAKEMOOR – The village of Lakemoor did not discriminate against an employee when it laid him off, a jury decided. Leslie Nejedly was 69 years old when the village of Lakemoor eliminated his job in July 2009. He was the senior building inspector for the village, a position that was brought back this past year on a part-time basis. Nejedly sued the village, saying he was discriminated against because of his age in violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act. He said the village kept the other building inspector in the two-employee department,

Kownick concerned Kaplan would have conflict of interest • CANDIDATES Continued from page B1 The village needs to bring additional revenue into town to help keep taxes low, he said. Kownick said he would like to see new development opportunities such as at Jandus Cutoff and Route 14. “I see a large retail development there, anchored with a Mariano’s [grocery store], or an independent grocer, like a Joseph’s,” Kownick said. “By bringing additional retail revenue to the village, that’s going to help offset some of those costs,” Kownick added. “I believe we have several different vacant sites within the community that will have great opportunities to develop. I’m a visionary; I like to see things.” Kownick said he also wants to review all the different fees within the village. The goal is make the village competitive with reasonable fees for development, and the village needs to come up with a plan, whether it be using tax increment financing money or tax rebates when trying to attract businesses. “I do believe businesses need to pay their way into

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the village,” Kownick said. “I would say most developers understand that is part of doing business. ... Our business strategy has to change and adapt without giving the store away.” He said to help make the village a destination, he would like to see more franchise-type businesses, such as a Pot Bellys or Starbucks to come to town, because they would have marketing plans and are more invested in making it work. “I know too many people who drive from Cary to Barrington, or Crystal Lake through Cary to Barrington, or Barrington through Cary to Crystal Lake,” Kownick said. “I want to capture that, by having reasonable fees.” Kownick has said he is worried Kaplan would have many conflicts of interest if he were village president, especially with potential developments. Kaplan said he has recused himself during Village Board decisions where he has a financial interest. He said he would send developers to Christopher Stilling, director of community and economic development, if someone came to village hall looking for possible places to locate

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said. Nejedly’s position was eliminated because of budgetary concerns and a lack of construction in the area, the village told the jury. A two-day trial ended last week with the jury siding with the village after two and a half hours of deliberation, according to a news release from the village. This means the village will not have to pay the requested compensation of at least $135,000, according to the release. Thevillage“neverdoubted the outcome,” Weihofen said. “Discrimination of any kind is unacceptable in any form and will not be tolerated in any village department.”

who was younger and less qualified. Four other village employees also were laid off around the same time. Shortly after the layoffs, the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 filed a complaint with the state labor board, saying the village tried to suppress unionization when it laid off three of the employees, including Nejedly, after they attended a union meeting. The village settled in that case, paying about $25,000 to each employee, because it would have cost more to fight it, Village President Todd Weihofen said. In the age discrimination case, though, the village “decided to take a stand,” he

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Rowe will be part of planning of high school’s expansion • PRINCIPAL Continued from page B1 When he officially starts July 1, Rowe likely will see the school’s athletic fields under construction, a product of the district’s initial effort to expand Huntley High School. Unveiled in January, the district’s expansion plan will intensify in the coming years, and Rowe will be part of the decisions to expand hallways and transform classrooms to meet the needs of 3,000 students. “It was kind of mixed emotions about moving to the high school. Marlowe is a wonderful place, and I absolutely love it,” Rowe said. “But with the changes coming to the high school, it’s an exciting time to be moving on.” Rowe already has met with the project’s architects about the expansion plan and the

“It was kind of mixed emotions about moving to the high school. Marlowe is a wonderful place, and I absolutely love it. But with the changes coming to the high school, it’s an exciting time to be moving on.” Scott Rowe New principal of Huntley High School

future needs of the school. Once started, he plans to meet with teachers to get a sense of their needs. He also will be tasked with expanding the school’s emerging blended learning curriculum that is driven

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by technology and a studentoriented learning style. Rowe said he will keep in constant contact with Johnson in the months ahead as he prepares to meet department heads, teachers and administrators after July 1. “Now the focus is on maintaining things [at Marlowe] and wrapping up the school year, but also starting a new chapter in my career at Huntley High School,” Rowe said. “I’m anxiously waiting the day I get to start.” Before leading Marlowe, Rowe was assistant principal for three years at Parkland Middle School in McHenry. Previously, he was a social studies teacher, football and softball coach at McHenry High School’s West Campus, after moving from his home state of Missouri. Rowe will earn $125,000 as Huntley High School’s principal.

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reminded the license holders to make sure not serving alcohol to minors is ingrained into the culture of the businesses. “Just the fact somebody is BASSET trained doesn’t necessarily guarantee this is not going to happen,” Dianis said. “There has to be a corporate culture there that’s going to establish that environment.” Simon Lundie, owner of Bangkok, said the employee made a judgment error, and it comes down to a team effort when preventing minors from drinking. Lundie said passing on the fine to the employee might become his restaurant’s policy.

“Just the fact somebody is BASSET trained doesn’t necessarily guarantee this is not going to happen. There has to be a corporate culture there that’s going to establish that environment.” Brian Dianis Village trustee

Village Trustee Jim Steigert reminded liquor license holders that people who are younger than 21 have IDs that are vertical. People 21 and older have horizontal IDs. “If it’s vertical, don’t serve; if it’s horizontal, you’re OK,”

Nunda races are close • PRIMARY Continued from page B1 In the supervisor race, Jennings received 945 votes to township Clerk Bridgett Provenzano’s 933, according to unofficial vote totals. Kerry Leigh, who dropped out of the race but remained on the ballot, received 421 votes. Jennings’ 12-vote cushion on Provenzano is a larger separation than in the other two Nunda races. But neither was calling the race over on Wednesday. Provenzano is not conceding the race. “I’m still hanging in there,”

she said. In Nunda’s highway commissioner race, “Iron Mike” Lesperance topped Rob Parrish by just four votes, 892 to 888. Jennings’ wife, Susan, lost her bid for township clerk to Angela Koscavage by a count of 1,152 to 1,145. Schultz said it was conceivable that one of the Nunda races could change based on absentee ballots. But not all 40 ballots picked up will ultimately come back in. “We always have some ballots that people take and don’t make their way back here for one reason or another,” she said.

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GERALDINE ‘GERRY’ FORSYTH Born: Dec. 28, 1925; in Allentown, Pa. Died: Feb. 25, 2013; in Crystal Lake CRYSTAL LAKE – Gerry was born Dec. 28, 1925, in Allentown, Pa., the daughter of Oscar and Esther Wood. She passed away Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, in her Crystal Lake home. She was the youngest of eight children. She is survived by her loving husband of 44 years, Bob Forsyth. Between Gerry and Bob they have nine children, Donny, Denny, Patti, Johnny, Bobby, Kenny, Diane, Starr and Jimmy. She was the proud Grandma of 17 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren with two more on the way. Gerry retired from the Elmhurst Press Newspaper after 21 years as their receptionist in 1992. She was a people person and loved being around family and friends. Her house always was ready for whoever might come to visit. Gerry was involved with the Crystal Lake Senior Center and was an avid game player. Her favorite was Bunko. She will be sorely missed by all who knew her. Our sincere thanks to the wonderful folks at Northeastern Illinois Palliative and Hospice Care for all their service. The visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 1, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at the funeral home. Interment will be in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park. Online condolences may be made at www.querhammerandflagg.com. For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-1760. Sign the guest book at www. NWHerald.com/obits

LINDA S. KALVIG Born: May 24, 1961; in McHenry Died: Feb. 25, 2013; in Crystal Lake CRYSTAL LAKE – Linda S. Kalvig, 51, of Crystal Lake, passed away peacefully Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, surrounded by her family. She was born May 24, 1961, in McHenry, the daughter of Walter and Margery (Mueller) Schlueter. She married Jeffrey Kalvig on Jan. 19, 1988, in Reno, Nev. Linda loved cooking and karaoke, and was full of life. She loved her children and was very active in her church. She was loved by all and will be deeply missed. She is survived by her loving husband, Jeff; children, Christopher, Jessica and Kaylee; and brother, Mark (Cindy) Schlueter. She was preceded in death by her parents; and two sisters, Diane LaGro and Virginia Baldwin. A memorial service will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at James A. O’Connor Funeral Home, 11603 E. Main St., Huntley, with visitation from 4 to 6 p.m. Memorials in her name may be directed to her church, Calvary Assembly of God, 5906 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. For information, call the funeral home at 847-669-5111 or visit www.jamesaoconnorfuneralhome. com. Sign the guest book at www. NWHerald.com/obits

Cary Fire Protection District When: 4 p.m. today Where: Headquarters 400 CaryAlgonquin Road. Crystal Lake Public Library Facilities Committee When: 12:30 p.m. today Where: Library Director’s Office, 126 Paddock St. Huntley Village Board When: 7 p.m. today Where: Huntley Village Hall, 10987 Main St. Johnsburg Committee of the Whole When: 7:30 p.m. today Where: Village Hall, 1515 Channel Beach Ave. Lake in the Hills Board of Trustees

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When: 7:30 p.m., today Where: Village Hall, 600 Harvest Gate Lakemoor Village Board When: 7 p.m. today Where: Lakemoor Police Department, 27901 W. Concrete Drive. McHenry County College Board of Trustees When: 6:30 p.m. today Where: Board Room (A217), 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake Woodstock Plan Commission When: 7 p.m. today Where: Council Chambers, City Hall, 121 W. Calhoun St. Woodstock Public Library Board When: 7:30 p.m. today Where: Woodstock Public Library, 414 W. Judd St.

8BLOOD DRIVES Following is a list of places to give blood. Donors should be 17 or older or 16 with a parent’s consent, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in good health. • 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today – Johnsburg High School, 2002 W. Ringwood Road, Johnsburg. Walk-ins welcome. For appointments and information, visit www.heartlandbc.org. • 3:30 to 7 p.m. today – Westfield Community School, 2100 Sleepy Hollow Road, Algonquin. For information, visit www.heartlandbc.org. Blood service organizations • American Red Cross of Greater Chicago – 800-4483543 for general blood services; 312-729-6100 general questions. • Heartland Blood Centers – 800-786-4483; 630-264-7834 or

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LITH Parks and Rec hosts family fun night LAKE IN THE HILLS – The Lake in the Hills Parks and Recreation Department will host a Family Fun Night on March 8. Here’s an opportunity for families to see what the Parks and Recreation Department has to offer for spring classes. Instructors will be on hand to show a sample of what their classes are like. Children also can take advantage of the open gym space to shoot hoops, jump rope, hula hoop and burn off “cabin fever” energy. The Family Fun Night will be from 6 to 8 p.m. at Chesak Elementary School,

10910 Reed Road, Lake in the Hills. Pizza, drinks and organized activities are included in the registration fee of $10 for a family of four or $3 a person. For information on classes and events, see the winterspring brochure or call the Parks and Recreation Department at 847-9607460.

Blood drive planned for March 13 in Harvard HARVARD – The Harvard Rotary will host a community blood drive from noon to 6:30 p.m. March 13 at First United Methodist Church of Harvard, 1100 N. Division St. Donors must be at least 17 years old (16 years old with

parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and be in general good health. The Rock River Valley Blood Center, a National Marrow Donor Program Center, is the supplier of blood and related services to OSF St. Anthony Medical Center, SwedishAmerican Medical Center – Belvidere, Rockford Memorial Hospital, Swedish American Hospital, Beloit Memorial Hospital, Edgerton Hospital and Health Services, FHN, Mercy Harvard Hospital and Rochelle Community Hospitals. For information or to schedule an appointment to donate, call Wanda at 815560-2111.

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8POLICE REPORTS www.heartlandbc.org. Locations: 6296 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, 815-356-0608; 1140 N. McLean Blvd., Elgin, 847-741-8282; 649 W. State St., Geneva, 630-208-8105; 1200 N. Highland Ave., Aurora, 630-8927055. • LifeSource Blood Center – Crystal Lake Community Donor Center, 5577 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, 815356-5173. Hours: noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Information: 877-5433768 or www.lifesource.org. • Rock River Valley Blood Center – 419 N. Sixth St., Rockford, 877-778-2299; 815-965-8751 or www.rrvbc. org. Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 6:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Fridays; 7 to 11 a.m. second Saturdays.

• Destin Corinne Marie Strickland, 24, 1044 W. Stone Creek Circle, Crystal Lake, was charged Tuesday, Jan. 1, with domestic battery. • A 17-year-old juvenile was charged Tuesday, Jan. 1, with delivery of marijuana and possession of marijuana. • Philip Jon Dawson, 25, 4807 Daniel Drive, Crystal Lake, was charged Friday, Jan. 4, with theft. • Thomas J. Lykowski, 46, 101 Sherbon Drive, Crystal Lake, was charged Sunday, Jan. 6, with domestic battery. • Jose Daniel Padro, 19, 15 Hill Drive, Crystal Lake, was charged Monday, Jan. 7, with manufacturing or delivering marijuana, manufacturing and delivering marijuana near a school and possession of marijuana. He also was arrested on an in-state

warrant. • Alex V. Barbour, 18, 3813 Spy Glass Road, Crystal Lake, was charged Wednesday, Jan. 9, with possession of drug paraphernalia. • Sandra Lynn Elliott, 22, 24882 N. Black Walnut Terrace, Cary, was charged Wednesday, Jan. 9, with retail theft. • Olatunji James Oni, 25, 3126 Lockwood Blvd., Apt. A, Lake Geneva, Wis., was charged Wednesday, Jan. 9, with driving on a suspended license, possession of marijuana, and improper stopping. • Robert L. Huebner, 47, 213 Rainmaker Run, Apt. 2D, Lake in the Hills, was charged Wednesday, Jan. 9, with disorderly conduct. • John Joseph Minnicki, 26, 631 Grace St., Apt. 1, Elgin, was charged Wednesday, Jan. 9, with retail theft. • Sean Douglas Greenwood, 41, 2053 W. 70th Place, Chicago,

was charged Wednesday, Jan. 9, with retail theft and criminal trespassing. • A 16-year-old juvenile was charged Wednesday, Jan. 9, with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. • A 16-year-old juvenile was charged Friday, Jan. 11, with possession of drug paraphernalia. • Steven Medina, 18, 7411 Manor Road, Crystal Lake, was charged Saturday, Jan. 12, with retail theft, underage drinking and obstructing identification. • Jeffrey Robert Chapman, 36, 500 Brook Drive, Crystal Lake, was charged Sunday, Jan. 13, with domestic battery. • A 17-year-old juvenile was charged Tuesday, Jan. 15. with delivery of marijuana and possession of marijuana. • A 17-year-old juvenile was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with retail theft.

information, call the funeral home at 815-943-5400. Nora May: The memorial visitation will be from 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27, until the 2 p.m. memorial service at K.K. Hamsher Funeral Home, 12 N. Pistakee Lake Road, Fox Lake. Interment will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 847-587-2100. Laura Jane Motz: There will be an interment service April 27 in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. For information, call 570-3852647. Charles M. Nape Jr.: There will be a remembrance gettogether for Chuck from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at Cucina Bella, Main St., Algonquin. Charlotte A. Nielsen: The visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 1, at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley, and from 9:30 until the service at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at First Congregational Church, 11628 E. Main St., Huntley. Burial will be in Memory Garden Cemetery, Arlington Heights. For information, call the funeral home at 847-515-8772.

Celia Mae Olbrich: The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Czaplewski Family Funeral Home, 25 South St. SW in Dodge Center, Minn. The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, March 1, at First Presbyterian Church, 200 East St., in Claremont, Minn. Alan E. Olson: A memorial gathering will be from 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 1, in the St. Joseph Center at St. Mary Catholic Church, 312 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock, until the 11 a.m. prayer service. Interment will be in Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Woodstock. For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710. James B. Pilat Jr.: Friends may visit with the family from 3 to 6 p.m. followed by a celebration of life at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. Inurnment will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-2400. Jackson Northrup Root: A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 16, at Batavia Covenant Church, 1314 Main St., Batavia. The visitation will be at 10 a.m.

until the service at the church. The burial was private. For information, call the funeral home at 630-879-7900. Arlean Lillian Solomon: The visitation will be from 1 p.m. Saturday, March 2, until the memorial service at 2:30 p.m., with meal to follow, at the Evangelical Free Church of Crystal Lake, 575 Crystal Lake Ave. Vivienne Jean Sutton: A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, 8901 Cary Algonquin Road, Cary. Inurnment will be private. Call Davenport Family Funeral Home at 815-459-3411 for information. Michael J. Ward: There will be a celebration of life Thursday, Feb. 28, at Prairie Landing, 140 West School St., Sharon, with dinner beginning at 5 p.m. Please feel free to bring a dish to pass. Paula M. Wolek: The visitation will be from 4 p.m. until the the funeral service at 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 149 W. Main St., Barrington. Burial will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 847-3813411.

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8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Marie Frisch Allen: In celebration of Marie’s life, a memorial visitation beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2, will be followed by a service at noon at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave. (Route 176), Crystal Lake. For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-3411. William “Bill” C. Brosch Jr.: A memorial visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Marengo-Union Funeral Home, 505 E. Grant Highway, Marengo. The visitation will continue at 10 a.m. Friday, March 1, at St. John’s United Church of Christ in Harmony, 11821 E. Grant Highway, Hampshire. The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. For information, call the funeral home at 815-568-8131. Geraldine “Gerry” Forsyth: The visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, March 1, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at the funeral home. Interment will be in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park. For information, call the funeral home at 815459-1760.

Barbara A. Holtzee: A memorial gathering will be from 3 p.m. until the memorial service at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at First United Methodist Church, 201 W. South St., in Woodstock. All other services will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 815338-1710. Linda S. Kalvig: A memorial service will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at James A. O’Connor Funeral Home, 11603 E. Main St., Huntley, with visitation from 4 to 6 p.m. For information, call the funeral home at 847-669-5111. Dennis V. Kostrzewski: The visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the Mass celebration at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Crystal Lake. Interment will be in Crystal Lake Memorial Park Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 815-455-2233. Adelaide Anna Lohman: The visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 1, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1601 Garfield St., Harvard. The service will be at 11 a.m. March 1 at the church. Interment will be private. For

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CLASS 4A JACOBS REGIONAL

Tigers get past Gators

Retirement on hold

By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com ALGONQUIN – The last time Crystal Lake Central faced Crystal Lake South, in the Jacobs Holiday Classic championship, Tigers coach Rich Czeslawski’s pregame motivational ploy was to bust up the second-place trophy from the previous year with a baseball bat. On Wednesday night, sensing his team was a little tight with a threepoint halftime lead, Czeslawski chose humor. “I told them a joke from ‘Pulp Fiction,’ the one Uma Thurman’s character tells,” Czeslawski said. The lightened mood, along with some strong defense, helped Central run away in the second half. The topseeded Tigers shot 63.6 percent from the field in the second half and defeated the No. 5 Gators, 69-49, in their Class 4A Jacobs Regional semifinal at the Eagles’ Nest. “We were real tight,” Czeslawski said. “Nobody looked scared, but we looked nervous. It was fun to see that in the third quarter.” Central (24-3) meets No. 3 Jacobs (1814) in Friday’s 7:30 p.m. championship game. The Golden Eagles beat DundeeCrown, 50-45, in the second semifinal Wednesday.

See TIGERS-GATORS, page C3 Brett Moist – For the Northwest Herald

Jacobs’ Will Schwerdtmann shoots against Dundee-Crown during the first quarter of a Class 4A Jacobs Regional semifinal Wednesday in Algonquin. Jacobs won, 50-45.

Jacobs keeps Hinkle’s career alive with win over D-C Scoreboard Monday’s quarterfinals No. 5 Crystal Lake South 58, No. 4 CaryGrove 47 No. 3 Jacobs 43, No. 6 Prairie Ridge 25 Wednesday’s semifinals No. 1 Crystal Lake Central 69, No. 5 Crystal Lake South 49 No. 3 Jacobs 50, No. 2 Dundee-Crown 45 Friday final No. 1 Crystal Lake Central vs. No. 3 Jacobs, 7:30 p.m.

• Winner advances to the DeKalb Sectional

Online Watch highlights of Wednesday’s Dundee-Crown vs. Jacobs boys basketball game at McHenryCountySports.com.

By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com ALGONQUIN – On one end, Jacobs was playing stifling defense that kept Dundee-Crown from scoring a field goal for a span of 13:35. On the other end, the Golden Eagles were making enough shots to build a 17-point lead. Still, Jacobs sensed D-C was not done. Not in a District 300 rivalry game. Not in a Class 4A Jacobs Regional semifinal. Chargers guard Brandon Rodriguez was almost unstoppable with 24 second-half points, but the Eagles withstood D-C’s furious rally for a 50-45 victory Wednesday night at the Eagles’ Nest. “These games have always gone like that,” said Jacobs forward Nick Ledinsky, who scored

12 points. “We knew they would come out hard, but it was nothing we couldn’t handle. I’ve never played in a bigger game in my life. I don’t want this to end.” Jacobs coach Jim Hinkle, who is retiring, will coach at least one more game. The No. 3-seeded Eagles (18-14) will play top-seeded Crystal Lake Central (24-3) at 7:30 p.m. Friday for the regional championship. Jim Hinkle “When your career’s on the line, it’s fun to play in a game like that,” Hinkle said. “We’ve been looking at this game for a long time. As soon as the regional assignments came out, you knew what it would come down to.” Jacobs built a 30-13 lead in the third quarter when Rodriguez

worked his way inside and scored, ending a field-goal drought that went back to 2:41 of the first quarter. The 6-foot-1 senior was just getting started. Rodriguez scored 15 points in the third quarter, D-C (22-6) forced six turnovers and got back into the game. “I felt it after my first basket and wanted to get us back into the game,” Rodriguez said. “We’re mostly seniors, we had to leave it all out on the court. We just didn’t execute at all offensively or defensively in the first half.” Jacobs managed to hit some big shots to keep at least a four-point lead through the fourth quarter. The Eagles hit 8 of 11 free throws in the fourth quarter to help seal the outcome.

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Brett Moist – For the Northwest Herald

Crystal Lake Central’s Kyle Fleck dunks during the fourth quarter of a Class 4A Jacobs Regional semifinal game against Crystal Lake South on Wednesday in Algonquin. Central won, 69-49.

CLASS 4A GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE TOURNAMENT

Ream Huntley’s vocal leader By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com HUNTLEY – Haley Ream never has been short on words, gifted with both a keen sense of timing and knowing precisely the right thing to say. Her locker room speeches can be uplifting on one occasion and then intensely harsh at others, building off whatever emotion the situation calls for at the time. Playing through a three-year varsity career lends plenty of experience to the senior captain’s voice. But over the course of what’s turned into a historic season, Ream has become her team’s voice of reaNorthwest Herald file photo son, even if that means her temporarHuntley senior Haley Ream guards Wheaton Warrenville South’s Meghan Waldron in ily stepping out of her comfort zone. the first half of the Class 4A Dundee-Crown Supersectional on Monday in Carpen- If Ream ever comes close to getting tersville. The Red Raiders won, 47-43, to reach the state finals for the first time. in her teammates’ face as she did at

Class 4A state pairings At Redbird Arena in Normal: Friday’s semifinals Huntley vs. Rolling Meadows, 6:30 p.m. Chicago Heights Marian vs. Chicago Whitney Young, 8:15 p.m. Saturday’s games Third-place game, 6:30 p.m. Championship game, 8:15 p.m. halftime of Huntley’s supersectional victory over Wheaton Warrenville South on Monday night, it’s only because she wants so much out of her final postseason tournament run. At the time, the Red Raiders led by three. But Ream knew if Huntley was going to advance to the state semifinals for the first time in school history, the Raiders had to improve

to keep the Tigers from coming back. So she huffed into the locker room and let her teammates have it, carrying out the leadership duties she has all season. But once Huntley had finished off a 47-43 victory, Ream said what she felt needed to be conveyed. She apologized, feeling she had gone too far in saying what she had at halftime. “She’s too polite,” junior Sam Andrews said. That might be the only knock on Ream, who has stepped into every role Huntley has needed her to. She’s a hard-nosed defender. She can work her way into the post and rebound on the defensive end of the floor and then deliver a ball to the Red Raiders’ scorers on the other.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: CLASS 3A BURLINGTON CENTRAL REGIONAL

Hampshire regroups in time By JARED BIRCHFIELD sportsdesk@nwherald.com BURLINGTON – Hampshire’s boys basketball team showed Wednesday night one of the reasons why it’s the top seed in the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional. After fourth-seeded Burlington Central scored the first 11 points of the game, the Whip-Purs kept their cool and turned the game around for a 49-31 semifinal win. Hampshire senior Tyler Crater scored his 1,000th point in the victory, which sent the Whips to Friday’s 7:30 p.m. championship game against second-seeded Sycamore. “I was thinking as we were in a timeout after they scored the first seven points about the Grayslake North game where we were down 16-7 and we ended up winning by 30, so I said we just got to keep our composure,” Crater said. “The shots will start falling, and that’s what we did, and we were able to climb back in it at halftime.” Solving Burlington Central’s 1-3-1 zone was the key to the Whip-Purs taking charge of the game. “We knew they were going to come out hot, amped up at

Scoreboard Monday’s quarterfinal No. 4 Burlington Central 51, No. 5 Genoa-Kingston 30 Wednesday’s semifinals No. 1 Hampshire 49, No. 4 Burlington Central 31 No. 2 Sycamore 66, No. 3 Rochelle 46 Friday’s final No. 1 Hampshire vs. No. 2 Sycamore, 7:30 p.m. their place,” Hampshire coach Bob Barnett said. “We weathered the storm and made an adjustment against their zone, which really worked. I give my team the credit because the listened and ran it to a T.” Controlling the boards was also a contributing factor for Hampshire (23-5). The Whip-Purs had more second-chance points than the Rockets. “It came down to making shots. We struggled with that all year,” Burlington Central coach Brett Porto said “If we can’t create turnovers and get some one-and-dones on the other end, we struggle with scoring.” “They have a bunch of

strong physical guys who crash hard, and they took advantage of us with that,” Porto said. Reserve Matthew Bridges finally put Hampshire on the board with 1:51 left in the first quarter with a layup. The sophomore added three more points on the Whips’ next possession with another layup and Hampshire’s only converted free throw of night. Crater scored the first three of his game-high 13 points on a 3-pointer with a minute left in the quarter. The Rockets (14-14) started the second quarter leading 11-8. Brett Rau (eight points) opened Burlington Central’s scoring with a 3-pointer before Hampshire went on a 8-0 run to take the lead, 16-14, capped by a Crater alley-oop slam dunk on a long pass from Ryan Cork. “We weren’t expecting them to be in zone and we run that play against the zone,” said Crater. “When I saw [Cork] throw it, it was really up there and I just have to go and try and get it.” Michael Dumoulin and Shane Hernandez both scored 10 points for Hampshire. Moter Deng led the Rockets with nine points.

BOYS BASKETBALL: CLASS 4A ROCKFORD EAST REGIONAL

Huntley falls to Rockford East By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com ROCKFORD – Bryce Only didn’t think Huntley played its game in the first half of Wednesday’s Class 4A Rockford East Regional semifinal against the host E-Rabs. Only’s Red Raiders scored 14 points before halftime of a 53-43 loss Scoreboard against a quick RockMonday’s quarterfinal ford East No. 5 DeKalb 55, No. 4 Belvidere squad. The North 52 Red Raiders Wednesday’s semifinals got more of No. 1 Jefferson 57, No. 5 DeKalb what they 49 wanted in the No. 2 Rockford East 53, No. 3 second half Huntley 43 before RockFriday’s final fordEastwent No. 1 Jefferson vs. No. 2 Rockford on a 10-point East, 7:30 p.m. run to end the game, thanks in part to late free-throw shooting. Only and Red Raiders (17-9) coach Marty Manning pointed to the first half after the loss. “We didn’t play (in the first half). We didn’t play basketball,” Only said. “Coach Manning came and us at halftime and said, just play basketball, and we did that in the second half.” Only said quick Rockford East (17-10) guards such as Isaiah Box, who scored 14 points, gave the Red Raiders problems. “They’ve got big, quick guards – guards that aren’t afraid to get up in your grill,” Only said. “They’re a good team. They’ve got Box, who leads them, and they’ve got long, quick guards. Guys that are quick. They can do that to you.” Amanze Egekeze led Huntley with 13 points. Only finished with 12 and Jake Wagner had 10.

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Huntley’s Amanze Egekeze shoots over Rockford East’s Aaron English on Wednesday during Huntley’s 53-43 loss in the Rockford East Regional semifinals. Manning thought the game could have been different if players other than Egekeze and Only were more involved before halftime. “We needed some other guys to be more aggressive in the first half, especially,” Manning said. “In the second half we had some guys that were a little more aggressive. ... I think definitely the first half we had some guys that weren’t being aggressive and making plays like they needed to be.”

AP ALL-STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL

C-G’s Jakubicek, Huntley’s Andrews sisters honorable mention selections NORTHWEST HERALD Cary-Grove’s Olivia Jakubicek and Huntley’s Sam Andrews and Ali Andrews were selected as honorable mentions to The Associated Press All-State girls basketball team for Class 4A. Jakubicek, a 5-foot-10 senior, helped the Trojans to the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division title and the Class 4A Crystal Lake South Regional championship. She finished fourth in area scoring at 16.0 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists a game, while shooting 74.8 percent on free throws. The Andrews sisters have led Huntley (26-6) to its first appearance in the Class 4A state tournament. Sam, a 6-0 junior, averages 16.1 points a game and has hit 52 3-pointers for the Red Raiders. Ali, a 6-2 freshman, averages 16.0 points a game, shoots 50 percent from the field and averages 7.4 rebounds a game. The AP teams are voted on by sports reporters around the state. The Class 4A first team has Rolling Meadows’ Alexis Glasgow, who will play against

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Woodstock North’s Josh Jandron races down the court with the ball against Marengo’s Dakota Kissack in a Class 3A Woodstock North Regional semifinal Wednesday. Woodstock North won, 67-54.

CLASS 3A WOODSTOCK NORTH REGIONAL

All-Woodstock final Thunder, Blue Streaks will clash for title By PATRICK MASON pmason@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – It took two quarters, but it finally registered for Woodstock North seniors Steven Whiting and Shane Zieman. The Thunder entered halftime down by one against Marengo with full knowledge it could have been and should have been more. But the two guards didn’t want their season to end and took control in a 67-54 win over the Indians in the Class 3A Woodstock North Regional semifinals. The Thunder will face Woodstock at 7:30 p.m. Friday. “I felt like we came out with a lot more energy in that second half than the first,” said Whiting, who led all scorers with 18 points. “We realized that [Marengo] wasn’t going to let us have it so we had to go out and take it. “We realized that it could have been our last game and we didn’t want that. Us seniors tried to get our team motivated and put them on our back.” Whiting started the Thunder on a 5-0 run to open the second half as he scored his team’s first five points to give them their biggest lead until that point. Marengo’s Weston Shepard connected on a 3-pointer, but Zieman answered with one of his own. Zieman then cut through the lane for a layup under the arms of Marengo’s 6-foot-6 center Andrew Volkening. The Thunder scored 12 points in the first 2:40 of the third quarter before the Indians called a timeout. “It was all energy and in-

Scoreboard Monday’s quarterfinal No. 4 Marian Central 55, No. 5 Harvard 41 Wednesday’s semifinals No. 1 Woodstock 59, No. 4 Marian Central 36 No. 2 Woodstock North 67, No. 3 Marengo 54 Friday’s final No. 1 Woodstock vs. No. 2 Woodstock North, 7:30 p.m. tensity,” Thunder coach Steve Ryan said of the difference in play between the two halves. “We know what these kids are capable of. We didn’t have that energy and intensity in the first half but we brought it in the second. “We kept our same game plan and I told the kids in the locker room that ‘you need to bring some fight to this game,’ and they brought it. It’s good for Shane kick-start us there and to that kind of game for us.” Zieman finished with 17 points, 10 of which came in the second half. Marengo’s Adam Rogutich had a team-high 15 points. “That’s great for him,” Indians coach Dave Pettit said of the junior. “I thought we played well, but [the Thunder] took advantage of us in foul trouble and we didn’t get out to a bigger lead in the first half when we should have.” “We’ve had two good ones so far,” he said. “We’ve got a great student section that will come out and the atmosphere will be great. It should be exciting. They’re a good basketball

team, but I think that this team here is very capable of playing hard and getting the job done. We just need that intensity for all four quarters on Friday.”

Woodstock 59, Marian Central 36: After a slow start, Woodstock found its rhythm offensively. Marian Central (4-27) started the game on a 5-2 run, but around midway through the quarter the Blue Streaks found their touch in a 6-0 run. “I think we played a pretty balanced game,” Blue Streaks coach Al Baker said. “Early on we did get going the way we wanted, but our defense was solid enough to keep us afloat and once we started to shoot the ball a little bit better was when we started to take control.” The Streaks (18-10) went on a 7-0 run early in the second quarter. Jordan Turner and Andy Buhrow connected on 3-pointers, while 6-foot-7 Damian Stoneking began to find his rhythm under the basket. At halftime the Streaks’ lead was 22-12. When the third quarter began more shots began to fall for the Streaks as Buhrow made all three of his 3-point attempts and Turner added another along with four more points in the lane. “We just really needed a moment to relax and get warmed up,” said Turner, who scored a game-high 22 points. “Once we got loose we did just fine. “Speaking of getting loose, I think the [snow storm] hurt Marian more than it did us. They came off a win, and to give them a day off brought them back to earth, and I think it helped us a bit.”

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R-B, Johnsburg drop semifinal games NORTHWEST HERALD Richmond-Burton’s boys basketball team took Chicago Uplift to overtime in the Class 3A playoffs Wednesday. But that’s where the Rockets ran out of gas. They lost, 69-64 in overtime,

Class 3A Ridgewood Regional:

3-pointers, including two each from Drew Talbot and Kevin Dombrowski. Junior Collin Ridout scored a team-high nine points to lead nine scorers for Johnsburg (13-15).

At Norridge, Johnsburg lost to Carmel, 57-41, in a regional semifinal. Johnsburg hit seven

• Chris Burrows contributed to this report.

in a Chicago Senn Regional semifinal. Sophomore Sam Kaufman scored a team-high 14 points for the Rockets (13-17).

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Cary-Grove senior Olivia Jakubicek handles the ball against a Grayslake North defender Feb. 8 in Cary. Jakubicek was named honorable mention All-State. Huntley in Friday’s 6:30 p.m. semifinal, along with Whitney Young’s Linnae Harper, Edwardsville’s Emmonnie Henderson, Marist’s JeTaun Rouse and Maine South’s Jacqui Grant. The second team was Bloom’s Bria Gaines, Edwardsville’s Kortney Dunbar, Rolling Meadows’ Jackie Kemph, Wheaton Warrenville South’s Meghan Wladron and Peoria Richwoods’ Olivia Elger. In Class 3A, the first team

was Quincy Notre Dame’s Jordan Frericks and Kassidy Gengenbacher, Joliet Catholic’s Jasmine Lumpkin, Morton’s Sarah Livingston and Bishop McNamara’s Khadaisha Sanders. The second team was Springfield Southeast’s Justice Collins, Montini’s Malayna Johnson and Kateri Stone, Rockford Lutheran’s Rachel Konieczki and Champaign Centennial’s Katelynn Martinez.

She averages almost six rebounds a game. She leads Huntley with almost four assists a game and throws in 21⁄2 steals a game, making an impact Red Raiders coach Steve Raethz defines as immeasurable. “She really understands what we need on the floor and she’s just brought it all season long,” Raethz said. “The players obviously look up to her and in a sense, they understand to follow her lead.” To make that happen, Ream has had to be the most vocal she’s been throughout her career. On the floor, she voices her opinion as much as she can without being abrasive, admitting she doesn’t like to yell. But at times, it’s tough for her to hold her tongue only because she’s not ready for

her career to end. But she also uses such occasions as teaching moments. As the only senior who makes significant contributions to this year’s state-bound team, Ream understands how much brighter the future is for the Red Raiders. So she wants those around her to take from her experience, even if it means expressing tough love when it’s needed. Sometimes, she said, it just needs to be done. And throughout the season, her teammates have fed off her example. “Haley means a lot to our team,” freshman Ali Andrews said. “She picks us all up when we’re down. She’s a really good leader – on the court and off. She’s really pumped up and she’s really confident in everyone.” She also is confident in a team that again will be a decided underdog Friday night

against Rolling Meadows (293) in Normal. The Red Raiders will try to slow down a team that averages 71 points a game and that scored a seasonhigh 95 this season against Wheaton North. Ream, who is known for finding inspirational YouTube clips to inspire her teammates before the game, again will deliver the message she believes her teammates need to hear, appreciating the historic nature of what will be the last weekend of her high school career. And as she has all season long, she’ll bring her teammates together and speak from her heart before leading the Red Raiders onto the floor. “We’ll just talk about what we need to do and what we need to focus on,” Ream said, “and (we’ll say) that we’re capable of anything if we work together.”

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Orange leads Golden Eagles in semifinal victory with 15 points D-C cut the lead to 44-40 with just more than a minute to play, but Continued from page C1 missed on a chance to get closer. Ryan Billings then hit a pair of free throws Sophomore point guard Chrishawn and Orange made 3 of 4 free throws in Orange led the Eagles with 15 points, the final minute. 10 in the second half. “B-Rod just kept us in the game, ba“Our defense was what won the sically,” Chargers coach Lance Huber game,” Orange said. “We didn’t want said. “Jacobs played a great game and our season to end either and we came executed their game plan very well. out on top. We lost at their place, but We couldn’t get many open looks in we wanted to show them this is our the first half. They made it hard for us house.” to move the ball around.”

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Crystal Lake South’s Alex Bartusch drives past Crystal Lake Central defender Brad Knoeppel during the fourth quarter of a Class 4A Jacobs Regional semifinal game Wednesday night in Algonquin. Central defeated South, 69-49.

Victory CL Central’s 7th in the Eagles’ Nest this season them on defense. Once we do that, it feels like it takes the cap off the rim Continued from page C1 and we start knocking down shots.” The win was Central’s seventh in South (14-15) pulled within 24-23 the Eagles’ Nest this season. Guard to start the third quarter, but the Corban Murphy led all players with Tigers ran off 12 unanswered points 22 points and forward David Panicko to grab control. They were running, grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds. lobbing alley-oop passes for layups, “Czes was on the bench in the secgetting tip-ins and center Kyle Fleck ond half and said, ‘That must have had a pair of 3-pointers, along with been a good joke,’ ” Murphy said of a pair of dunks in the second half. the halftime talk. “In the third quar“It was energy and defense,” said ter we were knocking down shots Fleck, who finished with 18 points. and it took off from there.” Gators senior guard Nick Geske “It all started when we really stuck

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went down firing, leading his team with 20 points and two 3s in the fourth quarter. South kept it tight through the first half with tough defense and rebounding, but could not slow Central down after the break. “They did what they do and started playing free and loose,” Gators coach Matt LePage said. “They got confident and made that run, and that was the deciding factor. That group is pretty special. They’re really good at getting up and down the floor. It’s pretty difficult to stop them.”

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Dundee-Crown’s Brandon Rodriguez drives past Jacobs defender Joe Berndt during the third quarter of a Class 4A Jacobs Regional semifinal Wednesday night at Jacobs.

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BLACKHAWKS

Hawks rolling after tweaks from year ago Season-opening points streak at 19 games heading into tilt in St. Louis By JAY COHEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – While the streak goes on and the Blackhawks pile up points, the same words are repeated over and over. It’s about improving each game, they say, and how you finish the season. Trying to win every night is another common refrain. The uniformity of the message is a testament to the mindset of the streaking Hawks, but it’s also a vote of confidence for the gruff conductor of the best start in NHL history. While a balanced attack and two hot goaltenders get all the credit, coach Joel Quenneville’s focus on the Hawks’ most glaring problems from last season has played a key role in the Hawks’ record-breaking run. “It’s nice having some familiarity back behind the bench,” forward Patrick Sharp said. “He knows how to push buttons and motivate. I feel

8SPORTS SHORTS Prosecutor drops drug case against Bears’ Webb MOUND CITY – A prosecutor said Wednesday he will not pursue marijuana possession charges against Bears offensive lineman J’Marcus Webb, who was charged after a traffic stop in southern Illinois over the weekend. Pulaski County State’s Attorney Grayson Gile said the pot charges related to Webb’s arrest Sunday night have been dropped, the (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reported. Gile told the newspaper the case lends itself to a “fair and equitable” resolution. Authorities said a deputy stopped the 24-year-old Webb for speeding on Interstate 57 in Pulaski County, in far southern Illinois along the Ohio River. Webb was freed Monday on bond. “Headed to Texas to train,” Webb tweeted Wednesday afternoon. “I apologize.”

AP source: 49ers to send Smith to Chiefs SAN FRANCISCO – Alex Smith quietly stayed behind the scenes after losing his job and watched from the sideline as San Francisco returned to the Super Bowl for the first time in 18 years. Yet the No. 1 overall draft pick from 2005 did make one thing known: The veteran quarterback still considers himself a starter. And he hoped to get that chance again. Now, he appears to have it. The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to acquire Smith from the 49ers in the first major acquisition since Andy Reid took over as the team’s new coach in January, a person with knowledge of the trade told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

NFL looks into improper questions at combine NEW YORK – The NFL said it will look into whether questions asked of Colorado tight end Nick Kasa at the combine violated any laws or league policies banning employers from inquiring about a possible employee’s sexual orientation. Kasa told ESPN Radio in Denver that during interviews with team officials at the combine in Indianapolis: “[Teams] ask you, like, ‘Do you have a girlfriend?’ ‘Are you married?’ ‘Do you like girls?’ ” He did not identify who asked him such questions. On Wednesday, Kasa said on the “Dan Patrick Show” he didn’t think it “was really a serious question.” – Wire reports

like the team that returned from last year had a head start knowing what Q demands of us, how he wants us to play. It all goes hand in hand.” The Hawks began the lockout-shortened season with a 5-2 win at the Stanley Cup champion Kings on Jan. 19. Then came a 6-4 victory at Phoenix the next night, and the Hawks just kept collecting points like squirrels hoarding acorns for another brutal Chicago winter. They set the NHL record for a season-opening points streak when they beat San Jose, 2-1, on Friday night to make it 17 in a row. Two more victories later, and the Hawks are at 19 heading into tonight’s game at rival St. Louis. “We were hoping to get off to a good start,” Quenneville said. “We looked at our schedule. We had a brutal schedule, when we play 10 out of 12 on the road. So we’re thinking hopefully we can put ourselves in a position when we come home we’d be in a decent spot. But

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Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville talks to Viktor Stalberg (25) as Patrick Kane (88), Bryan Bickell (29) and Andrew Shaw (65) sit by late in the third period against the Detroit Red Wings on Jan. 27 at the United Center. Forward Patrick Sharp says Quenneville has played a key role in the team’s record-breaking start. we didn’t see this happening, for sure.” It seems as if everyone on the roster has stepped up at one point or another during the 16-0-3 opening. Patrick Kane is among the league leaders with 10 goals and 14 assists. Goalie Corey Crawford has a terrific 1.50 goals-against average, and backup Ray Emery has won each of his eight starts. Defensemen Niklas Hjalmarsson

and Brent Seabrook are near the top of the NHL in blocked shots. “If you told us this at the start of the season, it would blow our socks off,” Sharp said. “I don’t think anyone anticipated this. But as the season’s gone on, it’s just come to the rink and prepare to play.” This run actually dates to last season in more ways than one. The Hawks have earned at least one point in 25 consec-

utive games overall, the thirdlongest point streak in NHL history. It’s the turnaround in a couple of the Hawks’ biggest weaknesses from last year ago that has fueled the confidence. “I think the areas that we talked about going into the season were things that we had to improve upon I think are much better,” Quenneville said. “Our penalty-killing for sure. Our goals-against average was, we had hit a different note last year as far as the quantity of goals we were giving up, the type of goals we were giving up. I think we’ve shored up our defensive zone coverage, that’s helped us. Our power play is more effective.” The Hawks struggled on special teams for most of last season, and it hurt them in close games. They converted only 15.2 percent of their power-play opportunities, which was 26th in the 30-team NHL, and killed off 78.1 percent of their opponents’ chances, good for 27th in the league. A year later, special teams are special once again. The Hawks are up to an 18.2-per-

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cent conversion rate on the power play and the penalty kill is a lofty 88.7 percent, second in the NHL behind Boston. It’s a big swing, and a major reason behind the Hawks’ 10-03 record in one-goal games. “Whether it’s a big save, whether it’s the special teams on a given night, usually everybody plays the score and the clock, and finding ways to win is important in our league,” Quenneville said. The 54-year-old former defenseman has been finding ways to win for a long time. He directed the Hawks to the Stanley Cup title in his second season with the team in 2010 and is the active leader with 640 victories as an NHL coach. His resumé adds to his credibility in the locker room, but Quenneville himself is focused on the next win for the Hawks. And they’ve picked up a bunch of them so far this year. “I think that’s the approach where we still want to look to improve and get better as we go along here,” Quenneville said, “and that’s a challenge we face.”

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Celebrities out as guest singers SS Castro By CARYN ROUSSEAU and DON BABWIN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Maybe it was race driver Jeff Gordon’s shout out to the fans at “Wrigley Stadium.” Or Ozzy Osbourne, who decided the lyrics of “Take Me Out to The Ball Game” were not nearly as interesting as the mostly unintelligible words he’d picked out for himself. Or perhaps it was actress Denise Richards, who brought along a little cheat sheet in case she forgot the words. Whatever the reason, the Cubs have decided to make the broadcast booth at Wrigley Field, and more importantly, the microphone, off limits to the likes of Vanna White, Erik Estrada and Mickey Rooney. Marion Ross apparently will be the last member of the “Happy Days” cast to sing during the seventh-inning stretch. No more Kid Rock, who, as the story goes, knew it was customary to say something at the end of the song, but went with “Let’s get some lunch!” instead of the more traditional “Let’s get some runs.” “I think the last couple of years we had gotten away to a couple of people who weren’t tied to Chicago,” said Jim Oboikowitch, the Cubs in-game programming director in what might be a bit of understatement after more than a decade of Peter Frampton, David Cassidy, Barbara Eden and Frank Sinatra (Junior) leading the Wrigley faithful in song. Some fans are pleased. “It was a good idea at first,” Al Yellon, who runs bleedcubbieblue.com, said of the Cubs’ decision to allow celebrities to take over the job the late Harry Caray handled so famously for so many years. “But it turned into a celebrity fest with Dlist celebrities.” Ouch.

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Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” during the seventh-inning stretch of a Cubs game Aug. 17, 2003, at Wrigley Field. Since the death of veteran Cubs announcer Harry Caray in 1998, celebrities have taken the booth and sung the song handled so famously by Caray for so many years. Actor Joe Mantegna, a Chicago native and lifelong Cubs fan who has led the singing at Wrigley at least four times, said he agrees with the change. The coauthor of the play “Bleacher Bums” said there is something wrong with some “Jose Schmo who won an Oscar, is from Canada and hates baseball” donning a Cubs jersey and singing the song. Wrong in many ways, too: See YouTube for the evidence and

bring your ear plugs. At the same time, as a fan of a team that hasn’t won the World Series since 1908, Mantegna won’t rule out bringing in someone – anyone – if it can somehow help the Cubs break the most infamous drought in American sports. “If it takes bringing a Martian to sing to get into the World Series, I’d advocate for that,” he said. The song is played during

the stretch around the major leagues, usually the ballpark organist leading the fans in song. Some parks have their own traditions, of course – Fenway Park and Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline” in the eighth inning, for example. The Florida Marlins tried to skip “Take Me Out to The Ball Game” to go with dancers leading fans to Gloria Estefan songs, a tradition that lasted all of two games. For a team that doesn’t exactly have a long history of embracing change – lights didn’t arrive until 1988 – messing with a musical tradition tied forever to Caray might seem a dramatic step. But the Cubs have a new regime in place, with Theo Epstein and other front-office personnel trying to turn around baseball’s famous losers and chairman Tom Ricketts pressing for upgrades to Wrigley, the oldest ballpark in the majors behind Fenway. The Cubs are coming off a year in which they lost 100 games in a season (101, actually) for the first time since 1966 and just the third time in their history. So maybe change is a good thing, wherever it comes. Not everybody is warmed by the thought that they have seen the last of Tom Arnold or Dawn Wells in the broadcast booth. “Part of the fun was having Erik Estrada up there,” said Steve Rhodes, a longtime fan whose Chicago-oriented website, The Beachwood Reporter, once posted a song “Don’t Start Believin’ ” to remind other fans what happens whenever they get their hopes up. “This is kind of the Cubs screwing up in reverse again [because] it was something stupid they should never have done in the first place but then making it worse by taking the fun part away, all these D listers.”

leaves with hamstring tightness The ASSOCIATED PRESS

MESA, Ariz. – Starlin Castro wanted a third at-bat. He got it and then pulled up lame. Castro left in the bottom of the fourth inning after pulling up on a ground ball to shortstop Wednesday during an 11-7 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Cubs said their shortstop had left hamstring tightness. “It was a little bit tight but not too bad,” Castro said. “I felt it when I touched the base. It scared me. I don’t want to be hurt. I feel too good this year.” Castro, who was the designated hitter, played in 162 games last and expects to do so again this year. “He was jogging around in the training room a little bit,” Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. “It was more tight than a pull or anything. He pulled up quite a bit, and he was kind of hobbling, but it doesn’t seem like a big deal at all. Certain players love to play period. He is one them guys and there is no taking him out of the lineup. He begged for the third at-bat and looked what happened.” White Sox 8, Rangers 4: At Glendale, Ariz., newly acquired Conor Gillaspie homered off Collin Balester in the sixth inning, helping the Sox beat Texas and drop the Rangers to 0-5 in spring training. Acquired Friday from San Francisco for minor league pitcher Jeff Soptic, Gillaspie had four RBIs against the Rangers. Paul Konerko hit a two-run homer against left-hander Robbie Ross, and 24-year-old right-hander Simon Castro allowed one hit in three scoreless innings for the win. The Sox (3-0-2) are unbeaten through its first five exhibition games for the first time since moving spring training from Florida to Arizona for 1998.

MEN’S BASKETBALL MIDWEST ROUNDUP

Penn St. upsets No. 4 Michigan, ending Big 10 skid The ASSOCIATED PRESS STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Jermaine Marshall scored 25 points and Penn State upset No. 4 Michigan, 84-78, on Wednesday night for its first Big Ten victory in more than a year. The Nittany Lions (9-18, 1-14) had lost 18 straight regular-season conference games dating to last season, but they roared back from a 15-point deficit with 10:39 left behind the energetic play of Marshall. The junior guard scored 19 in the second half, including four 3s that whipped Jordan Center fans

into a frenzy. D.J. Newbill added 17 points for Penn State, which hit a season-high 10 3-pointers. Marshall’s twisting drive to the basket gave the Nittany Lions a three-point lead before Michigan’s Glenn Robinson III misfired on a 3 with 17 seconds left. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 19 points for the Wolverines (23-5, 10-5).

Illinois St. 86, Missouri St. 50:

At Normal, Tyler Brown scored 25 points and Jackie Carmichael added 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead ISU against Missouri State. Johnny Hill had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Redbirds (17-13, 8-9 Missouri Valley). Anthony Downing scored 12 points to lead the Bears (9-21, 6-11). No. 10 Louisville 79, DePaul S. Illinois 63, N. Iowa 57: At 58: At Rosemont, Russ Smith Carbondale, Desmar Jackson scored 17 points, Peyton Siva scored 18 points and grabbed had 16 and No. 10 Louisville seven rebounds, helping SIU (23-5, 11-4 Big East) beat DePaul (13-16, 5-12 MVC) to a senior (11-17, 2-13) for its fourth consec- night victory over Northern utive victory. Iowa (17-13, 10-7).

Creighton 80, Bradley 62: At Peoria, Doug McDermott had another big game at Carver Arena, scoring 32 points, and Creighton (23-7, 12-5 MVC) moved into a first-place tie in the MVC with a victory over Bradley (16-14, 7-10). E. Michigan 53, N. Illinois 41: At DeKalb, Glenn Bryant and Derek Thompson scored 14 points apiece and Eastern Michigan’s defense stifled NIU for the second time this season. Eastern Michigan (13-15, 6-7 Mid-American) won for only the second time in its past six games by limiting NIU (5-21, 3-10) to 24 percent shooting.

Belmont 73, SIU-Edwardsville 43: At Nashville, Tenn., Blake Jenkins scored 17 points with 11 rebounds as Belmont (23-6, 13-2) trounced SIU-Edwardsville (9-17, 5-10) to secure its fourth consecutive regular-season conference championship and first Ohio Valley Conference title. Iowa 58, Purdue 48: At Iowa City, Iowa, Aaron White had 18 points and nine rebounds and Iowa beat Purdue for its fourth win in five games. Devyn Marble also had 18 for the Hawkeyes (18-10, 7-8 Big Ten). The Boilermakers (13-15, 6-9) got as close as 49-43, but poor shooting doomed them.

OUTDOORS & FINE PRINT

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IDNR: CWD serious matter Reader James Krause sent an email that concerned me: “Steve, I’ve been an avid deer hunter and sportsman my whole life. I’ve lived here since 1979. Not much has changed. I have a 35-acre hay field behind me with thick woods around it. There are no new homes or neighbors, and I’ve harvested some great deer, but I’m having some concerns with the deer population. “Coming home, on February 4 at 5:30 p.m., I saw the DNR hunting deer on McHenry County Conservation District property. They were just west of the Brookdale Bridge. That is at least 5 years that I’ve seen them out here. Last summer while at my local business, I talked to some one high up in the MCCD and he said that the DNR was stopped from hunting for 2013. I don’t get it! Harvest is down, permits are down and people out in the field are down. What message is this sending to our youth? “I haven’t seen but one small deer since the middle of November in back. Tell me how many deer tested positive with CWD in the past five years in McHenry County. I think this is overkill.” I sent Krause’s email to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources because I wanted the straight dope on the issue and I don’t feel qualified to craft an answer myself. Paul Shelton, manager of the Forest Wildlife Program for the IDNR sent me his response: “Preliminary deer harvest totals for McHenry County for the 2012 seasons were 1,062, compared to 989 in 2011 and 948 in 2010. Chronic wasting disease was first found in McHenry County during the fall of 2002, when two cases were discovered near Woodstock. Thirty deer with CWD have now been found in the county, with 14 of those occurring during the past 5 years. The low level of CWD found in McHenry County (and elsewhere in Illinois) should not be misconstrued to mean that CWD is not serious – it is simply a testament to the effectiveness of Illinois’ disease management program. “CWD is a very real and serious threat to Illinois’ deer herd. Although outbreaks develop relatively slowly, CWD is efficiently transmitted from sick to healthy deer; all animals that become infected die from the disease and there is no treatment or cure. While some Illinois hunters believe that CWD is insignificant, that it will inherently remain at low levels without management and will have little impact if left unchecked, all scientific evidence says otherwise. Perhaps the belief that CWD is not a problem stems from the success that IDNR has had in keeping disease prevalence rates very low during the past decade. “In part of Wyoming, however, where CWD has been unmanaged, infection rates are greater than 50 percent and their deer herd has been declining significantly. Dis-

OUTDOORS Steve Sarley ease rates are also increasing rapidly in our northern neighbor, Wisconsin. We don’t believe that our residents want this to happen to Illinois deer and our management of the disease, so far, has kept CWD at very low levels and helped to prevent its spread. “The sad reality of CWD is that it cannot currently be controlled without significant reductions in deer populations where the disease occurs. No other approach has demonstrated any success. If we allow deer populations to remain at traditional density levels, the disease will increase and will spread more rapidly into new areas. Without management it is a virtual certainty that in the long-term the disease will worsen significantly in northern Illinois, spreading to the remainder of the state and increasing the impact on the deer herd as prevalence rates increase. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources supplements recreational hunter harvest of deer with a very limited and focused sharpshooting program that takes deer only from very specific areas where we know CWD is present. Controlling disease using this approach at the local level allows us to most effectively fight CWD without drastically reducing deer populations throughout the entire county, as would be the case if we were forced to use hunting as the only tool for disease control. This actually benefits the hunters who would prefer to not see a widescale deer population reduction and it is clearly more effective. IDNR’s sharpshooting program is conducted only in specific areas where CWD is known to occur and site priorities are determined based upon local infection rates, along with deer density and distribution information collected by aerial deer counts. Generally speaking, our highest priority work areas are those with the most “entrenched” disease, highest prevalence rates and highest deer densities. In those specific areas, our goal is to significantly reduce the local deer population, since it is serving as a source of disease that maintains the epidemic and spreads it to new areas. “However, there are other sharpshooting locations where our goal is different. For example, in new “spark” areas (representing the first finding of CWD in a new location) the goal is to collect enough disease testing data to allow biologists to determine the local status of CWD. Typically, in those locations, sharpshooters target a set number of deer needed for sampling and leave the area when that goal is reached. That target number takes into account the number of samples that we received from hunters. Results of

this follow-up CWD testing affect how the site will be treated in the future. “When management efforts are successful, and surveillance testing no longer finds CWD in an area for a number of years, sharpshooting is discontinued in that area. Because of this approach, we no longer sharpshoot in the area east/southeast of Woodstock where CWD was first found in McHenry County, for example. “While deer densities in localized areas are impacted by our sharpshooting approach, the majority of the landscape in CWD counties is not. Although the CWD management area comprises thousands of (one-square mile) sections across northern Illinois, IDNR sharpshooting activities have generally been confined to properties in about 100 sections or less (a very small percentage of the total area). In McHenry County last year, IDNR sharpshooters took 69 deer from fifteen sections, while hunters harvested 989 during the hunting seasons. As you can see from the number of sections impacted, we are only working in a very small part of the county, since McHenry County contains slightly more than 600 square miles. “The Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ biologists realize that herd reductions are an inconvenience to hunters, who eagerly anticipate the opening of deer hunting seasons. However, we firmly believe this to be preferable to the alternative – allowing this disease to increase and spread (as it has in several other states) will have very serious and longterm negative consequences for the Illinois deer herd. We are not trying to destroy the deer herd, but rather are trying to protect it. Since CWD was discovered in 2002, we must consider the likelihood that deer populations and deer management in Illinois will never be the same again – at least until a cure is found. If we pretend that CWD is inconsequential, or that it will go away all by itself, we would not be accepting the reality of the situation. Conservation of natural resources is much more than providing abundant deer in the short term for the recreational enjoyment of hunters; it is about being responsible stewards of our deer resource with an eye for their long term benefit and sustainability. Sometimes this requires difficult decisions to be made, and this is certainly one of those times. For additional information about CWD, please visit our website at dnr.illinois.gov/programs/CWD.” Opinions, please? I’ll hold my comments for later.

• Northwest Herald outdoors columnist Steve Sarley’s radio show, “The Outdoors experience,” airs live at 5 a.m. Sundays on AM-560. Sarley also runs a website for outdoors enthusiasts, OExperience.com. He can be reached by email at sarfishing@yahoo.com.

OUTDOORS NOTES Research Center; lure scent – Tinks; tree stand - Guide Gear; blind – Ameristep

before because of the classes. This is really killing me to do this because this Northern Illinois: Dave Kranz from has been such a big part of my life for so Dave’s Bait, Tackle and Taxidermy in many years, but I’m starting to feel like Crystal Lake reports: “Ice fishing is still going well. If you use spikes and you I should take full advantage of whatChicago Muskie Hunters aren’t getting bites when you thread just chapter to host fund raiser ever good years I have left. On a more a single one on your hook, try upping positive note, I will probably expand my The Chicagoland Muskie Hunters your offering to two or three to trigger chapter of Muskies, Inc., in conjunction guiding business. Right now I only have attention. Tungsten ice fishing jigs are with the RMHS Choral Boosters, is hold- 3 or 4 days open for guiding in May and more dense than traditional lead so you ing its annual major fund raiser – the June. After the great year we had on can get the same weight jig in a smaller Indoor Fishing Flea Market from 8 a.m. Delavan and Geneva last year I had a size. A benefit is that tungsten jigs will to 1 p.m. March 9 at Rolling Meadows lot of former clients rebook early with drop faster. If you are getting a lot of High School at 2901 W. Central Road in almost everyone taking multiple days. bites from tiny fish as your bait sinks Rolling Meadows. The final day I’ll be guiding will be June slowly, switch to tungsten and let the All types of fishing tackle, gear, col24 then I will be going for muskies. Last bait get down to the big fish faster.” Call lectibles, reading materials will be avail- year my last trip on Geneva was on June 815-455-2040 for updated reports. able for purchase. Food also is available. 28 and we caught 34. If the musky trip For up-to-the-minute water conditions You can rent a table to sell your wares cancels, I will probably guide on Geneva on the Fox Chain and FoxRiver, go to for $50, and half-tables are available. another week or so. I will probably foxwaterway.state.il.us/ or call 847-587The event also features free seminars. expand my guiding business next year 8540. Cory Yarmuth of Legend Outdoors will to include crappies in April and possibly You can call Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan teach about shoreline steelhead at 10 muskies locally in summer. If I get this Fishing Hotline at 414-382-7920 to hear a.m., followed by Captain Bob Bachler bite wired this year, I may do a few the latest fishing information for Lake of Battalion 1 Sportfishing Charters on trips this year. Guiding for panfish will Michigan and its tributaries. spring king salmon and Cohoes at 11 be about $75 less than my normal fees, a.m.. For more information, call Pam while musky fishing would be about Huntingsurvey.com releases Mamsch at 847-222-0572. the same as bass guiding. If anyone is top-selling brands interested in joining me this year if I’m Petros no longer to teach Southwick Associates, through its on a hot crappie or musky bite, give me Huntingsurvey.com website has anfishing classes a call 815-455-7770. But it will probably nounced the brands hunters and shootShocking news from the Spence be a ‘let’s go now!’ trip.” ers bought most frequently in 2012. The Petros newsletter! top brands included: rifle – Remington, “With a lot of mixed emotions, I have tied with Ruger; shotgun – Remington; to announce that after 41 years of doing Coyote stories wanted I am hearing a lot of stories about muzzleloader– CVA; handgun – Sturm, the fishing classes, this will be my last encounters between northern Illinois Ruger; crossbow – Barnett; air rifle – year. I loved doing the classes and I Crosman; rifle ammunition – Remington; have met so many great people through residents and those dastardly critters, coyotes. I’d like to read your stories shotgun ammunition – Winchester; the years, but I turned 72 in December about your coyote encounters for a fuhandgun ammunition – Winchester; and am starting to wonder how many ture column. If you, your family or your blackpowder – Pyrodex; bow – Hoyt; more years I have left where I can still arrow - Carbon Express; decoy – Mojo; go full speed, which is the only way I’ve pets have had close calls, please send game call – Primos; binocular – Bushever known. I want to able to do things me the tales at sarfishing@yahoo.com. – Steve Sarley nell; knife – Buck; cover scent - Wildlife in March and April that I couldn’t do

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FIVE-DAY PLANNER TEAM

TODAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

BROOKLYN 7 p.m. WGN AM-1000

at Indiana 7 p.m. WCIU, ESPN AM-1000

PHILADELPHIA 7 p.m. TNT AM-1000

MONDAY

at St. Louis 7 p.m. CSN AM-720

COLUMBUS 7:30 p.m. CSN AM-720

at Detroit 11:30 a.m. CSN AM-720

OAKLAND* 2:05 p.m.

ARIZONA* 2:05 p.m.

at San Francisco* 2:05 p.m. AM-720

at L.A. Angels*/ MILWAUKEE* 2:05 p.m./ 2:05 p.m.

CLEVELAND* 2:05 p.m.

at MILWAUKEE* 2:05 p.m.

at Cleveland* 2:05 p.m.

CINCINNATI* 2:05 p.m. AM-670

at San Diego* 2:05 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO* 2:05 p.m.

at Texas 7:30 p.m. CN100

at San Antonio 7 p.m. CN100 * Spring training

ON TAP TODAY WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

TV/Radio

6 p.m.: Michigan State at Purdue, BTN 8 p.m.: Penn State at Minnesota, BTN

NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m.: Philadelphia at Bulls, TNT, AM-1000 9:30 p.m.: Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, TNT

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 p.m.: North Carolina at Clemson, ESPN 6 p.m.: Ohio State at Northwestern, ESPN2, AM-560 6 p.m.: Drexel at Old Dominion, NBCSN 6 p.m.: Morehead State at Tennessee State, ESPNU 8 p.m.: Duke at Virginia, ESPN 8 p.m.: Missouri at South Carolina, ESPN2 8 p.m.: Utah at California, ESPNU 10 p.m.: Gonzaga at BYU, ESPN2 10 p.m.: Oregon State at Oregon, ESPNU

NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m.: Blackhawks at St. Louis, CSN, AM-720

GOLF 8 a.m.: European PGA Tour, Tshwane Open, irst round, TGC (same-day tape) 11:30 a.m.: LPGA, HSBC Women’s Champions, irst round, TGC (same-day tape) 2 p.m.: PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, irst round, TGC

AUTO RACING

PREPS WOODSTOCK 59, MARIAN CENTRAL 36

NASCAR SPRINT CUP

BOYS BASKETBALL

SUBWAY FRESH FIT 500

CLASS 4A PLAYOFFS

Site: Avondale, Ariz. Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed, 1-2:30 p.m.), qualifying (Speed, 5-6:30 p.m.); Saturday, practice (Speed, 11 a.m.-noon, 2-3 p.m.); Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (FOX, 1:30-5 p.m.). Track: Phoenix International Raceway (oval, 1.0 miles). Race distance: 312 miles, 312 laps. Last year: Denny Hamlin won the first of his five 2012 victories, leading the final 59 laps. Kevin Harvick challenged Hamlin, but ran out of gas and finished second. Last week: Jimmie Johnson raced to his second Daytona 500 victory. Danica Patrick faded from third to eighth on the final lap, still the highest finish by a woman in the history of the race. She became the first female driver to lead laps in the event after becoming the first woman to start from the pole in NASCAR’s top series.

Jacobs Regional Wednesday Game 3: No. 1 CL Central 69, No. 4 CL South 49 Game 4: No. 3 Jacobs 50, No. 2 DundeeCrown 45 Friday Game 5: No. 1 CL Central vs. No. 3 Jacobs, championship, 7:30 p.m.

NASCAR NATIONWIDE DOLLAR GENERAL 200 Site: Avondale, Ariz. Schedule: Friday, practice (Speed, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 2:30-3:30 p.m.); Saturday, qualifying, Speed, Noon-1:30 p.m.), race, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN2, 3-6 p.m.). Track: Phoenix International Raceway (oval, 1.0 miles). Race distance: 200 miles, 200 laps. Last year: Elliott Sadler raced to the first of his four 2012 victories. Last week: Tony Stewart won the opener at Daytona, a race marred by a last-lap accident that injured more than 30 fans. Kyle Larson hit the cars in front of him and went airborne into the fence, hurling a tire and large pieces of debris into the stands.

TRANSACTIONS PROS FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS–Announced the retirement of DE Chris Kelsay. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS–Released OT Guy Whimper, QB John Parker Wilson and DB Brandon King. NEW YORK GIANTS–Re-signed OT Will Beatty to a five-year contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS–Placed D James Wisniewski on injured reserve, retroactive to Feb. 24. FLORIDA PANTHERS–Assigned F Scott Timmins to San Antonio (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS–Announced F Brian McGrattan cleared waivers and was assigned to Milwaukee (AHL). NEW YORK RANGERS–Assigned F Brandon Mashinter to Connecticut (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING–Recalled F Pierre-Cedric Labrie and D Brendan Mikkelson from Syracuse (AHL). WASHINGTON CAPITALS–Recalled G Philipp Grubauer from Hershey (AHL). WINNIPEG JETS–Recalled D Derek Meech from St. John’s (AHL). Reassigned D Julian Melchiori and G Eddie Pasquale to St. John’s.

COLLEGE ALABAMA–Dismissed LB D.J. Pettway, LB Tyler Hayes, S Eddie Williams and HB Brent Calloway. GEORGIA–Announced senior FB Alexander Ogletree is leaving the team for undisclosed medical reasons.

BETTING ODDS GLANTZ-CULVER LINE NCAA Basketball FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG North Carolina 3 at Clemson Drexel 2 at Old Dominion Ohio St. 9½ at Northwestern at Temple 5 Detroit Arkansas St. 3½ at North Texas at W. Kentucky 4½ South Alabama at Texas-Arlington 13 San Jose St. at Texas St. Pk Seattle at Louisiana Tech 7 Utah St. Idaho 1½ at UTSA at UALR 5 La.-Lafayette FIU 6 at La.-Monroe Middle Tenn. 12 at Troy at San Diego 1 San Francisco at California 10½ Utah Missouri 9 at South Carolina Duke 1½ at Virginia at CS Northridge 1½ Cal Poly at Cal St.-Fullerton 1 Pacific at Oregon 11 Oregon St. Gonzaga 5 at BYU at Santa Clara 14 Loyola Mrymnt UC Davis 2½ at UC Riverside at Hawaii 8½ UC Santa Barbara at Appalachian St. 3½ Samford at W. Carolina 9 Chattanooga at The Citadel 3 Furman at Tennessee St. 7 Morehead St. at Niagara 8 Rider at Canisius 13 St. Peter’s at Coll. of Chrlstn 8 Wofford South Dakota 2 at IUPUI S. Dakota St. 12½ at Neb.-Omaha at Murray St. 21 UT-Martin at Austin Peay Pk SE Missouri E. Kentucky 3 at Tennessee Tech at W. Illinois 14½ Mo.-Kansas City at N. Arizona 4½ Idaho St. at S. Utah 4½ Montana St. at E. Washington 1 N. Colorado Weber St. 7 at Sacramento St. at Portland St. 3 North Dakota FAVORITE at Bulls at Indiana at L.A. Lakers

NBA LINE 8 1½ 12

UNDERDOG Philadelphia L.A. Clippers Minnesota

NHL FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at St. Louis -110 Blackhawks at N.Y. Rangers -140 Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders -125 Toronto at Boston -200 Ottawa Pittsburgh -140 at Carolina at Florida -120 Buffalo at Winnipeg -125 New Jersey at Dallas -130 Edmonton at Colorado -120 Calgary at Phoenix -140 Minnesota at San Jose -160 Detroit

Woodstock Marian Central

CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL 69 CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH 49 CL SOUTH (49) Bartusch 2 2-2 6, Geske 8 1-2 20, Meitzler 2 0-0 5, Rogers 4 1-1 9, Schiller 2 1-3 5, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0, Mahoney 0 0-0 0, Frericks 0 0-0 0, Oros 1 2-2 4, Thomas 0 0-0 0, Wagner 0 0-0 0. Totals: 19 7-10 49. CL CENTRAL (69) Co. Murphy 9 4-6 22, Knoeppel 3 2-2 9, Fleck 5 6-6 18, Panicko 2 2-2 6, Vanscoyoc 3 2-2 8, thomas 1 1-2 3, Ca. Murphy 0 0-0 0, Je. Murphy 0 0-0 0, Hobson 0 0-0 0, Vesely 0 0-0 0, Cadieux 0 0-0 0, Duffy 0 0-0 0, Larkins 0 0-0 0. Totals: 23 19-22 69. CL South CL Central

12 9 6 22 – 49 12 12 25 20 – 69

3-point goals: CL South 4 (Geske 3, Meitzler), CL Central 4 (Fleck 2, Vanscoyoc, Knoeppel). Total fouls: CL South 11, CL Central 12.

JACOBS 50, DUNDEE-CROWN 45 JACOBS (50) Orange 4 5-6 15, Berndt 1 0-0 2, Ledinsky 5 0-0 12, Ojo 2 2-3 6, Schwerdtmann 2 0-0 5, Billings 2 3-4 7, Micel 0 0-0 0, Nerja 1 1-2 3. Totals: 17 11-15 50. DUNDEE-CROWN (45) Beasley 2 4-4 9, Rodriguez 10 4-5 26, Buckley 0 0-0 0, Kissack 1 1-2 3, Muscat 0 0-0 0, Parson 1 1-3 3, Conley 1 0-0 2, Crenshaw 0 0-0 0, Munson 0 0-0 0. Totals: 16 9-13 45. Jacobs Dundee-Crown

12 13 13 12 – 50 11 2 17 14 – 45

3-point goals: Jacobs 5 (Orange 2, Ledinsky 2, Schwerdtmann), Dundee-Crown 3 (Rodriguez 2, Beasley). Total fouls: Jacobs 16, Dundee-Crown 16. Rockford East Regional Wednesday Game 2: No. 1 Jefferson 57, No. 4 DeKalb 49 Game 3: No. 2 Rockford East 53, No. 3 Huntley 43 Friday Game 4: No. 1 Jefferson vs. No. 2 Rockford East, championship, 7:30 p.m.

ROCKFORD EAST 53 HUNTLEY 43 HUNTLEY (43) Adams 1 0-0 3, Only 6 0-0 12, Wagner 4 0-0 10, Egekeze 7 2-3 16, Gorney 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 2-3 43. ROCKFORD EAST (53) Robinson 0 0-2 0, Smith 2 0-0 4, Box 4 4-8 14, Young 2 0-0 4, Evans 5 6-7 16, James 0 2-2 2, Kashana 2 3-4 8, Nolan 2 0-0 5. Totals 17 15-21 53. Huntley Rockford East

6 8 16 13 – 43 11 12 10 20 – 53

Three-point goals: Huntley 3 (Wagner 2, Adams), Rockford East 4 (Box 2, Kasana, Nolan. Total fouls: Huntley 19, Rockford East 11. Fouled out: Regan.

CLASS 3A PLAYOFFS Chicago Senn Regional Wednesday Game 3: No. 4 Chicago Gordon Tech 64, No. 13 Elmwood Park 21 Game 4: No. 5 Chicago Uplift 69, No. 12 Richmond-Burton 64 Friday Game 5: No. 4 Chicago Gordon Tech vs. No. 5 Chicago Uplift, championship, 7:30 p.m.

8 14 21 16 - 59 5 7 14 10 - 36

Three-point goals: Woodstock 6 (Buhrow 4, Turner 2), Marian Central 3 (Yuk 2, Schnepf). Total fouls: Woodstock 13, Marian Central 13.

WOODSTOCK NORTH 67, MARENGO 54 WOODSTOCK NORTH (67) Jandron 3-3-4-9, Whiting 3-12-14-18, Ortiz 3-2-4-9, Zieman 6-3-4-17, Herscha 2-2-4-6, Creighton 1-0-0-2, Ball 3-0-1-6. Totals: 21-22-31-67. MARENGO (54) Shepard 4-0-1-9, Kunde 2-0-0-5, Darlington 1-0-0-3, Rogutich 7-1-2-15, Volkening 3-1-2-7, Rondorf 3-0-3-6, Simonini 1-0-0-3, Kissack 0-3-4-3, Knoblock 1-0-0-3. Totals: 22-5-11-54. Woodstock North 8 17 20 22 - 67 Marengo 9 17 8 20 - 54 Three-point goals: Woodstock North 3 (Zieman 2, Ortiz), Marengo 4 (Shepard, Kunde, Darlington, Simonini). Total fouls: Woodstock North 18, Marengo 20. Burlington Central Regional Today Game 2: No. 1 Hampshire 49, No. 4 Burlington Central 31 Game 3: No. 2 Sycamore 66, No. 3 Rochelle 46 Friday Game 4: No. 1 Hampshire vs. No. 2 Sycamore, championship, 7:30 p.m.

HAMPSHIRE 49 BURLINGTON CENTRAL 31 HAMPSHIRE (49) Bridges 2 1-2 5, Cork 1 0-0 3, Crater 6 0-0 13, Dumoulin 5 0-0 10, Hernandez 5 0-0 10, Tuttle 1 0-0 2, Waterworth 2 0-0 4, Woodbury 1 0-0 2, Totals 23 1-3 49 BURLINGTON CENTRAL (31) Deng 4 0-0 9, Hunnicutt 1 0-0 2, McCurdy 2 0-0 4, Ozburn 2 0-0 4, Rau 2 2-2 8, Warner 2 0-0 4, Totals 13 2-2 31. Hampshire 8 8 Burlington Cent. 11 7

19 14 – 49 2 11 – 31

Three-point goals: Hampshire 2 (Cork, Crater) Burlington Central 3 (Deng, Rau 2) Total Fouls: Hampshire 6, Burlington Central 11. Ridgewood Regional Wednesday Game 2: No. 3 Ridgewood 70, Chicago Kelvyn Park 47 Game 3: No. 6 Carmel 57, No. 11 Johnsburg 41 Friday Game 4: No. 6 Carmel vs. No. 3 Ridgewood, championship, 7:30 p.m.

CARMEL 57, JOHNSBURG 41 JOHNSBURG (41) Dingman 2 0-0 6, Graef 1 0-0 2, Ridout 4 0-0 9, Lobermeier 1 2-2 4, Talbot 2 0-0 6, Dixon 1 0-0 3, Dombrowski 3 0-0 7, Huemann 1 0-0 2, Conroy 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 2-2 41. CARMEL (57) Poyser 3 5-6 12, George 6 2-4 14, M. Barr 3 7-10 13, C. Barr 6 0-2 13, Edkins 1 2-2 5. Totals 19 16-24 57. Johnsburg Carmel

4 8 17 5

9 20 – 41 16 19 – 57

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Woodstock North Regional Wednesday Game 2: No. 1 Woodstock 59, No. 4 Marian Central 36 Game 3: No. 2 Woodstock North 67, No. 3 Marengo 54 Friday Game 4: No. 1 Woodstock vs. No. 2 Woodstock North, championship, 7:30 p.m.

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WOODSTOCK (59) Buhrow 4-0-0-12, Sutter 2-4-10-8, Turner 6-8-10-22, Kaufmann 2-0-0-4, Kubiak 1-1-2-3, Stoneking 5-0-3-10. Totals: 20-13-25-59. MARIAN CENTRAL (36) Pischke 1-2-2-4, Schnepf 1-0-0-3, Caldez 0-1-2-1, Harlieb 3-2-3-8, Buettner 1-1-2-3, Waytula 3-2-5-8, Yuk 2-0-0-6, Einecker 1-0-0-2, Hardie 0-1-2-1. Totals: 12-9-16-36.

Akron 88, Ohio 81, OT Ball St. 95, Cent. Michigan 90 Bowling Green 52, Miami (Ohio) 44 Creighton 80, Bradley 62 Drake 67, Indiana St. 56 E. Michigan 53, N. Illinois 41 Evansville 59, Wichita St. 56 Illinois St. 86, Missouri St. 50 Iowa 58, Purdue 48 Kent St. 83, Buffalo 81, OT Louisville 79, DePaul 58 S. Illinois 63, N. Iowa 57

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Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia 4, Washington 1 Montreal 5, Toronto 2 Detroit at Los Angeles, (n) Nashville at Anaheim, (n) Today’s Games Blackhawks at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Boston, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 6:30 p.m. New Jersey at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m. Detroit at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

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Man begins to regret giving his ex-wife a place to stay Dear Abby: My ex-wife cheated on me five years ago. She ran off with a nonworking criminal type and has been bouncing from place to place with this bozo ever since. When they and their 3-year-old became homeless two weeks ago, all of a sudden she showed up at my door shoeless and with their son in a diaper. She said her boyfriend was abusive and asked to stay with me until she finds a place. I agreed under the provision that she not see this guy. I am a hard-working single father of two. I know my heart is two sizes too big for my own good sometimes, and I don’t want to be taken

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips advantage of. Abby, did I make the right choice? Or should I have told her she was not welcome and turned her and her son away? I really feel I shouldn’t have to help her, and she should rely on her loser boyfriend – who she has started seeing again. I need guidance and your expert advice. Am I an idiot? – Confused Dear Confused: You’re not an idiot; you’re a pushover. Your ex already has broken the agreement she made when you let her in. The

situation is not going to get better; it will only become more complicated. You have helped her for two weeks. Now it’s time to direct her to a shelter that can help her get her life back together and give her son a stable home. Your responsibility for her welfare ended when she left you for another man. Dear Abby: I just finished reading the letter from “Cafe Crazy” (Jan. 4), about the woman changing the baby on the restaurant’s table. You advised she should have taken the baby to the ladies’ room to change it on a changing table there, and if there wasn’t one, there should be.

I am a stay-at-home father and many times have had to resort to an awkward changing table alternative to accomplish the task (though never a restaurant table) as there are very few changing tables in men’s rooms. In these dynamic, diverse and changing economic times, the ability to stay home and raise my children has been awesome, and I would do it over again in a heartbeat. It has been hard, however, because society still assumes raising children is a woman’s job. Not only should there have been a changing table in the ladies’ room, but also one in the men’s room. Abby, please help us proud papas to raise our

children with the same facilities allowed the mommas of the world. – Grant In

the room to install a third one. Dear Abby: Something has been bothering me and I’d like your opinion. If a group of people goes out to eat together, and no one wants to order dessert except one person, is it rude for that person to keep everyone else waiting and watching while he/she orders and eats the dessert? – Check, Please Dear Check, Please: It’s not rude if you first ask the others in the group if they would mind, and they wanted to chat over coffee.

Sunnyvale, Calif. Dear Grant: I apologize, and I’m glad to have the opportunity to not only help fathers everywhere to raise their children, but also to raise consciousness where it is needed. Since the letter from “Cafe Crazy” was printed, I have heard from parents of both sexes, as far away as Denmark. Although some men’s restrooms are equipped with changing tables, not all are – and they should be. Another solution is a “family” restroom; however, many establishments have neither the money nor

• Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Think of exercise as way to feel good Dear Dr. K: I know I should exercise regularly, but I just can’t get motivated. Do you have any suggestions? Dear Reader: Practically everyone has heard exercise is good for you. But not many people know just how good it is for you. For example, did you know walking briskly for 30 minutes, at least five times a week, can do more to reduce your risk of getting diabetes than any medicine yet invented? It cuts your risk of diabetes in half. Regular exercise helps you feel better, look great, and live a longer, more joyful life. I exercise for half an hour nearly every morning. Here are some strategies that help me – and many of my patients – stay on course when our motivation flags. I hope they’ll help you, too. • Keep it personal. Choose activities that suit your lifestyle, time constraints, budget and physical condition. It doesn’t need to be at a gym; I have equipment in my basement. The time it would take to go to a gym just wouldn’t work for me. You can get exercise

ASK DR. K Dr. Anthony Komaroff throughout the day. For example, take the stairs instead of the elevator. I moved from a one-level home to a three-level home about 10 years ago, and I found that my weight dropped about 3 pounds within a month of the move – just from using the stairs. • It’s OK to do it in pieces. You don’t need to exercise for 30 minutes at a time. You can do it in pieces, five to 10 minutes at a time, throughout the day.

• You don’t need to sweat. When you exercise in pieces, you won’t sweat – or need to shower, change clothes and so forth. That’s fine; it still leads to healthy changes in the body. • Make it fit. Schedule blocks of exercise into your weekly schedule, and add bits of activity and recreational exercise to your day. An extra lap around the mall or some stair-climbing at home can add up. I deliberately park in a garage that’s about a half-mile from my office, even though I

could park closer. That’s about a mile walk every day. • Try an app. Smartphones can’t exercise for you, but they can give you friendly reminders, track your progress and make the process more interesting. • Set realistic goals. Unrealistic expectations will set you up for frustration and failure. A better approach is to set an attainable long-term goal, such as walking for 30 minutes five days a week. Then break it down into monthly or weekly targets. • Get back on track. Even the most dedicated exercisers sometimes go astray. If you’ve been away from your routine for two weeks or more, don’t expect to start where you left off. Give your body time to readjust. And a final tip that helps when all else fails: Rather than focus on why I don’t want to exercise, I concentrate on how good I’ll feel when I’ve finished.

• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

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Lindsay Lohan is committed to turning her life around and wants to record public service announcements on the dangers of domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drunken driving, her attorney said Wednesday. Mark Heller said the actress’ plans are independent of a criminal case that could return her to jail on charges that she lied to police about being a passenger in her car when it slammed into a dump truck in June. The “Liz & Dick” star has been repeatedly sentenced to jail, rehab, and community service since her first pair of arrests for driving under the influence in 2007. She spent several months in court-ordered psychotherapy until a judge released her from supervised probation in March.

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Court nixes James Brown estate settlement The Stone Temple Pilots Dean Deleo (from left), Eric Kretz, Robert Deleo and Scott Weiland

Weiland responds to STP firing Singer Scott Weiland said he learned he’d been fired by the Stone Temple Pilots when the band released a one-sentence statement to the media Wednesday. “I learned of my supposed ‘termination’ from Stone Temple Pilots this morning by reading about it in the press,” he wrote in a statement. “Not sure how I can be ‘terminated’ from a band that I founded, fronted and co-wrote many of its biggest hits, but that’s something for the lawyers to figure out.” The statement by the band said: “Stone Temple Pilots have announced they have officially terminated Scott Weiland.” No other information was provided. Weiland said he’s focusing on his solo tour, which kicks off Friday in Flint, Mich. Stone Temple Pilots’ 1992 debut, “Core,” has sold more than 8 million units in the United States. Their hits include “Vasoline,” “Interstate Love Song” and “Plush,” which won a Grammy in 1993 for best hard rock performance with vocal. Weiland also was in the supergroup Velvet Revolver with Slash and other musicians. The 45-year-old has dealt with drug addiction, run-ins with the law and two failed marriages. He released his memoir, “Not Dead & Not for Sale,” in 2011. The Stone Temple Pilots’ latest album is their self-titled 2010 release.

The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a settlement divvying up the multimilliondollar estate of James Brown, saying a former attorney general didn’t follow the late soul singer’s wishes in putting together the deal. James Brown Attorney General Henry McMaster brokered a settlement in 2009 that split Brown’s estate, giving nearly half to a charitable trust, a quarter to his widow, Tomi Rae Hynie, and leaving the rest to be split among his adult children. But the justices ruled the deal ignored Brown’s wishes for most of his money to go to charity. The court also ruled the Godfather of Soul was of sound mind when he made his will before dying of heart failure on Dec. 25, 2006, at age 73.

Goodman Theatre announces lineup Playwright Rebecca Gilman’s work returns to the Goodman Theatre stage next season with the play “Luna Gale” to be directed by Goodman artistic director Robert Falls. The Chicago theater announced its 2013-14 season Wednesday. It includes the work by Gilman, which features a social worker’s dealings with two teenage drug addicts and their baby. It will run from Jan. 18 to Feb. 23, 2014. Gilman

More celeb news at PlanitNorthwest.com/buzz has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is working on a commission for Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company. The Goodman’s season also includes performances of “Brigadoon” and the theater’s annual holiday mainstay “A Christmas Carol.” The season opens in September with the Chicago premiere of Cheryl West’s “Pullman Porter Blues.”

Superdome commission meets The manager of Louisiana’s Superdome is recommending dome officials have an engineering study done with an eye toward changing the stadium’s emergency power systems. Doug Thornton says that idea has been in the works since well before the Super Bowl, when a partial power outage put half the dome on emergency backup power for more than half an hour. Thornton’s comments Wednesday came during a meeting of the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District board.

NBC, ID partners on Pistorius doc The desire to produce a quick documentary on Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius and the shooting death of his live-in girlfriend has led to a new partnership between two television networks. The Investigation Discovery Network on Sunday will premiere a special, “Beauty & The Blade Runner,” about the South African athlete and his role in the shooting death of model Reeva Steenkamp. ID is making the special with the help of NBC News and that company’s Peacock Productions.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Actor Gavin MacLeod is 82. Actor-director-dancer Tommy Tune is 74. Actor Frank Bonner (“WKRP in Cincinnati”) is 71. Actress Kelly Bishop is 69. Actress Stephanie Beacham (“Beverly Hills, 90210,” “The Colbys”) is 66. Actress Bernadette Peters is 65. Actress Mercedes Ruehl is 65. Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is 58. Actor John Turturro is

56. Singer Cindy Wilson of The B-52’s is 56. Actress Rae Dawn Chong is 52. Actor Robert Sean Leonard is 44. Singer Pat Monahan of Train is 44. Actor Rory Conchrane (“24, “CSI: Miami”) is 41. Actress Ali Larter (“Heroes”) is 37. Singer Jason Aldean is 36. Actor Bobb’e J. Thompson (“The Tracy Morgan Show”) is 17.

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8BUSINESS ROUNDUP Women in Management hosts chamber mixer McHENRY – Women in Management will host a multichamber mixer including Crystal Lake, McHenry and Cary Grove from 5 to 7 p.m. March 19 at 31 North Banquets, 217 N. Front St., McHenry. The event will feature a wine tasting sponsored by 31 North and will bring together women from the county to network and learn more about Women in Management. A local photographer also will be available to take complimentary business head shots with donations collected for the WIM scholarship fund. For more information or to RSVP, call Jennifer Dallas, WIM communications chair, at 847842-1527, or email jennifer. dallas@morganstanley.com. Women in Management has been promoting the professionalism of its members through education, development, encouragement and mentoring since 1976. For more information, visit www. wimonline.org.

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Brushing up on dental health Orthodontist reaches out to students in Johnsburg By CHRIS CASHMAN ccashman@shawmedia.com JOHNSBURG – Dr. Michael Thompson of Conlon & Thompson Orthodontics in McHenry advised students not to take their teeth for granted Wednesday at St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Johnsburg. “It’s as simple as brushing your teeth. If you do that, you’ll live a happier, healthier lifestyle,” Thompson said. Thompson gave talks to kids by age group. For younger kids his props included an oversized toothbrush and yarn for floss. A PowerPoint presentation included “yucky” pictures of tooth decay. “This is what happens when you don’t brush your teeth,” Thompson warned. Often, Thompson’s warnings hit home. “Parents come in and say their kids are brushing their teeth like a maniac,” Thompson said. “What had been a daily battle, the kids start taking responsibility for their dental health.” This is the sixth year Conlon & Thompson has visited area schools. “We like to get out to the community to talk to kids about brushing their teeth and how to take care of them,” Thompson said. “It’s well received by parents and students.” Dr. Michael Conlon has been in practice in McHenry since 1978. Thompson joined the practice in 2006. Conlon & Thompson participates in a candy buy-back program around Halloween. “For every pound of candy donated we give $1 to the PTA,” Thompson said. “We donate the can-

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Laci Welter (right) laughs while Dr. Michael Thompson shows Arrianna Perry proper brushing technique as the two brush “food” off of Patrick Jewell, who was dressed as a tooth. Thompson gave the demonstration to first-, second- and third-graders at St. John the Baptist Catholic School Wednesday.

Conlon & Thompson Orthodontics What: An orthodontics practice with specialists Drs. Michael Conlon and Michael Thompson. Where: 4104 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry Information: Call 815-344-2840 or visit www.conlonthompsonorthodontics.com dy to the troops.” Thompson said the practice teamed with JA Frate to ship the candy, which totaled about a ton last year. Conlon’s son, Sean, is an Army ranger who has served in Afghanistan.

Each February, the American Dental Association sponsors National Children’s Dental Health Month to raise awareness about the importance of oral health. Although this year’s month-long observance is winding down, “It’s never a bad time for dental health,” Thompson said. The American Association of Orthodontists recommends all children get a check-up with an orthodontic specialist no later than age 7. Orthodontists can spot subtle problems with jaw growth and emerging teeth while some baby teeth are still present. While your child’s teeth may appear to be straight, there could be a problem that only an orthodontist can detect.

McHenry County College offers OSHA course McHENRY – The Shah Center of McHenry County College is accepting registrations for OSHA 10-Hour in General Industry course scheduled for 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 11 and 13 at the Shah Center, 4100 W. Shamrock Lane, McHenry. The course is facilitated by OSHA-certified Accident Prevention Corporation and is ideal for personnel with safety and health responsibilities, and for implementing employee safety and health awareness programs. Students will be introduced to OSHA policies, procedures and standards as well as general industry safety and health principles covered in OSHA Act Part 1910. Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate of attendance and an OSHA 10-hour card. The course fee is $195, which includes materials. Participants can register using course ID: NTE S65 003. To register, call the MCC Registration Office at 815-4558588. For more information, call the Shah Center at 815455-8593 or email shahcenter@mchenry.edu.

CL Park District plans Indoor Garage Sale The Crystal Lake Park District’s Indoor Garage Sale will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 28 at Park Place, 406 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake. Shoppers will be admitted free of charge. Snacks will be available to purchase. Spaces for sellers are available for $45 for nonresidents and $30 for residents. Sellers can register online by March 18 by visiting www.crystallakeparks.org.

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Increase in pending home sales boosts stocks The Associated Press NEW YORK – Stocks closed sharply higher for a second day as evidence mounts that the housing market is making a comeback. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 175 points to 14,075 Wednesday, its highest close of the year. It’s up nearly 300 points over the past two days, putting it within 100 points of its record high reached in October 2007. Home builder stocks surged as more positive news about housing rolled in. Hovnanian soared 5 percent to $6.06 and Lennar rose 2 percent to $38.94. A realty group said the number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes jumped in January to the highest level in almost three years.

The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that its seasonally adjusted index for pending home sales rose 4.5 percent last month to 105.9. That’s the highest since April 2010, when a homebuyer’s tax credit was about to expire. There is generally a one- to two-month lag between a signed contract and a completed sale. Pending home sales rose in all regions, but just barely ticked up in the West, where a limited supply of available homes is holding back sales. The increase is the latest positive report for the housing market, which began recovering last year after a deep, six-year slump. Steady hiring and nearly record-low mortgage rates have encouraged more Americans to buy homes. More people are also moving out on their own after living with friends and relatives in the recession. That’s driving a big gain in apartment construc-

tion and also pushing up rents. “Housing market activity appears to have ended 2012 on a positive note and is off to a strong start in 2013,” Cooper Howes, U.S. economist at Barclays Capital, said in a note to clients. Sales of previously occupied homes ticked up in January after rising to their highest level in five years in 2012. And new-home sales jumped 16 percent last month from December to the highest level since July 2008, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Home prices, meanwhile, rose by the most in more than six years in the 12 months ending in December. Steady price increases are also contributing to the housing recovery. They encourage more people to buy before prices rise further.

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Stories of people who conquered debt As I promised last month, here are more stories of people who got themselves out of debt in different ways – sometimes very difficult ways requiring personal sacrifice. But just as recovering from a serious illness may require harsh medicine, most debt-free people declare that it was most definitely worth the effort. Take Tom, for example, a 57year-old man who gained custody of three girls after a divorce. His salary could no longer support living in their house and they were forced to move into an apartment in the same school district. A second job became necessary when one of his daughters needed to be hospitalized with a chronic health problem, and his insurance did not fully cover the bills. After several failed attempts at augmenting his income with various jobs, he started a paper route which provided only $400 per month. The schedule was a nightmare, but he managed to get up and complete his route before waking the girls and having breakfast with them.

Extras for the girls, such as cheerleading and other school activities, had to be sacrificed, and the girls took jobs at a local restaurant to save their pennies for pocket money and, eventually, for their own transportation needs. As if that weren’t enough, one credit card raised the interest rate from 9.9 percent to 12.9 percent, even thought he was paying on time. His debt had ballooned to $36,000. Desperate for help, he entered into a five-year debt management program with a Lutheran social service agency with a monthly payment of $633. Some of his debt interest was reduced to just 1.75 percent. He also set up a repayment plan with the hospital where his daughter had received treatment. Two of the girls started college with the help of scholarships and financial aid and the third took CNA classes. Now an empty-nester, he canceled his cable and Internet service. He then took out a mortgage on a $53,900, two-bedroom townhouse, which, due to a crashing market and a homebuyer stimulus package, he

MONEY MATTERS Virginia Peschke could now afford. He swapped a $1,200 a month apartment for the townhome with monthly payments of just $400. He expects to be free of credit card debt by 2015. Then there was Molly who also had been saddled with $36,000 in credit card debt. She feared telling her boyfriend, thinking that he would surely run if she confessed. But he didn’t run, when she got up the courage to tell him. She had acquired the debt while in college, many times spending unwisely for fancy clothes. She had spent the last two years whittling her debt down to $12,598 and she was still struggling to make the payments. Her boyfriend realized that although she had made some very bad decisions in the past, that her courage and determination to face up to her responsibilities made him decide that she was a girl worth

helped her track her spending and take charge of her finances. She began planning her expenses at the beginning of each month and she now knows where every penny goes. Once she sets her budget and spending goals, the budget takes over and controls her spending. She and her boyfriend got married after each saved $5,000 for a wedding with 220 guests. Her sister made the cake and the catering was done by a friend. They had a low-cost honeymoon in Mexico for only $700 plus airfare. Now Molly is out of debt and saving for a new car to be purchased with cash. The moral of the story is: you can do it if you really want to badly enough and, yes, it’s always worth it. Just ask Tom and Molly.

hanging onto. Unfortunately, her $30,000 salary as a schoolteacher didn’t cover her rent and expenses with enough left over and so she ran up more debt on six credit cards. One day when she realized that she couldn’t even make minimum payments, she had a complete meltdown and called one of her banks in tears. The bank recommended a not-for-profit credit counseling agency and she, like Tom, entered into a five-year debt management program with a single monthly payment of $806. Having nothing left after rent and utilities, she began using the local food pantry and she re-bagged the food so her roommates would think she had shopped at the grocery store. She made friends with the cafeteria staff at school and occasionally was able to bring some leftovers home. Then she moved closer to her family and took four part-time jobs, one of which became full time with a $27,000 salary. With her boyfriend’s help she started using a spreadsheet he drew up, which

• Virginia Peschke is executive director of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of McHenry County based in Woodstock. Questions on any aspect of credit, debt or mortgages are welcome at 815-338-5757.

8CALENDAR Today, Feb. 28 • 7:45 a.m.: Power Partners of Cary Grove meets at Century 21/Sketchbook 20 Northwest Hwy., Cary. Information: Ryan Fain, 815-353-8600.

Friday, March 1 • 7:30 to 8:45 a.m.: Discover the McHenry Area Chamber Orientation, McHenry chamber office. Call 815-385-4300. or www.mchenrychamber.com.

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Think Big Go Local opens in McHenry McHENRY – Think Big Go Local is a new marketing agency in McHenry offering local business owners a viable option for maintenance of their websites, social networking, and ongoing reputation management. “Gone are the days when a business owner can simply buy a Yellow Pages ad, hang up a sign, and feel fully equipped to compete in today’s marketplace,” said Torrey Gage, co-founder of Think Big Go Local. “We fully understand the business market in our hometown of McHenry and the surrounding areas and are confident that we can assist local business owners increase their exposure and in turn, their profits.” Founded by Gage and Bobbi Baehne with the understand-

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First lady’s anti-obesity push prompts change By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON – WalMart is putting special labels on some store-brand products to help shoppers quickly spot healthier items. Millions of schoolchildren are helping themselves to vegetables from salad bars in their lunchrooms, while kids’ meals at Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants automatically come with a side of fruit or vegetables and a glass of lowfat milk. The changes put in place by the food industry are in response to the campaign against childhood obesity that Michelle Obama began waging three years ago. More changes are in store. Influencing policy posed more of a challenge for the first lady, and not everyone welcomed her effort, criticizing it as a case of unwanted government intrusion. Still, nutrition advocates and others give her credit for using her clout to help bring a range of interests to the table. They hope the increased awareness she has generated through speeches, her garden and her physical exploits will translate into further reductions in childhood obesity rates long after she leaves the White House. About one-third of U.S. children are overweight or obese, which puts them at increased risk for any number of life-threatening illnesses, including diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.

While there is evidence of modest declines in childhood obesity rates in some parts of the country, the changes are due largely to steps taken before the first lady launched “Let’s Move” in February 2010. With the program entering its fourth year, Mrs. Obama embarked Wednesday on a two-day promotional tour with stops in Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri. She has been talking up the program on daytime and late-night TV shows, on the radio and in public service announcements with Big Bird. She also plans discussions next week on Google and Twitter. “We’re starting to see some shifts in the trend lines and the data where we’re starting to show some improvement,” the first lady told SiriusXM host B. Smith in an interview broadcast Tuesday. “We’ve been spending a lot of time educating and re-educating families and kids on how to eat, what to eat, how much exercise to get and how to do it in a way that doesn’t completely disrupt someone’s life.” Larry Soler, president and chief executive of the Partnership for a Healthier America, said Mrs. Obama has “been the leader in making the case for the time is now in childhood obesity and everyone has a role to play in overcoming the problem.” The nonpartisan, nonprofit partnership was created as part of “Let’s Move” to work with the private sector and to hold companies accountable for changes

State’s new monthly wage reporting to combat fraud NORTHWEST HERALD CHICAGO – New monthly wage reports will help stop individuals from illegally collecting unemployment insurance benefits while working because officials will have the most up-to-date wage information available, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The new monthly reports also will help prevent fraud in the Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act programs because the up-to-date wage information will more quickly identify those who make too much money to qualify. IDES Director Jay Rowell said this first-in-the-nation effort shows Illinois takes seriously its responsibility to guarantee access to crucial safety-net programs while at the same time protecting taxpayer money and leveraging technology to serve employers and workers in the most costefficient manner possible. “The best way to fight fraud is to prevent it before it starts. These monthly wage reports help do exactly that,” Rowell said in a press release. “This common-sense approach will help every employer because it will lower payroll taxes which will create the flexibility to invest in hiring new workers and that will grow our economy.”

The new monthly wage reports will augment the quarterly wage and contribution reports. Beginning this quarter, the state’s largest companies will be required to move away from paper and file both reports electronically. Although not yet required, businesses of all sizes are encouraged to use electronic filing. Monthly and quarterly wage filing will be done using TaxNet, the IDES online tax-filing program. Employers registered on TaxNet can use their existing account. Other employers can register at https://taxnet.ides.state.il.us. TaxNet will accept a comma separated (.csv) plain ASCII text file for the monthly wage report. Technical details, including a file format guide, are available at www.imonthlyreporting.com Rowell said the changes are part of the state’s SMART Act which used spending reductions, rate cuts and service restrictions to reform Medicaid and make it more financially secure. The act also included the monthly reporting provision to make more informed eligibility determinations for unemployment insurance, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act. The program will save $100 million dollars each year by preventing improper benefit payments before they begin.

GM selects AT&T for enhanced wireless services NORTHWEST HERALD CHICAGO – AT&T has announced an agreement with OnStar, a subsidiary of General Motors, to wirelessly deliver an enhanced suite of safety, security, diagnostic and infotainment services to most Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles, beginning in 2014 in the U.S. and Canada. The multi-year agreement calls for AT&T to enable millions of GM cars, trucks and crossovers with 4G LTE mobile Internet access, providing the latest wireless technology to power GM’s safety and security services offered by OnStar, as well as a new suite of infotainment services like streaming audio, web access,

applications, and even video for backseat passengers. AT&T also will enable GM’s in-vehicle Wi-Fi hotspots and voice-calling services. These enhancements build on OnStar’s existing portfolio of connected services, first introduced in GM vehicles in 1996. “Introducing 4G LTE into GM vehicles is a gamechanging opportunity, and we couldn’t be better positioned to help drive this movement,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and CEO, AT&T Mobility. “We’re working closely with GM to grow the connected car base, and provide unique and relevant services that will improve the connected experience inside automobiles for both drivers and passengers.”

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In this July 2012 photo, first lady Michelle Obama addresses school children during a ‘Let’s Move!’ event for about 1,000 American military children and American and British students at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in London, ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics. they promised to make. Conservatives accused Mrs. Obama of going too far and dictating what people should — and shouldn’t — eat after she played a major behind-the-scenes role in the passage in 2010 of a child nutrition law that required schools to make foods healthier. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican Party’s vice presidential nominee in 2008, once brought cookies to a school and called the first lady’s efforts a “nanny state run amok.” Other leaders in the effort, such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have felt the backlash, too. Last fall, Bloomberg helped enact the nation’s first rule barring restaurants, cafeterias and concession stands from selling

soda and other high-calorie drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces. Despite the criticism, broad public support exists for some of the changes the first lady and the mayor are advocating, according to a recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. More than eight in 10 of those surveyed, 84 percent, support requiring more physical activity in schools, and 83 percent favor government providing people with nutritional guidelines and information about diet and exercise. Seventy percent favor having restaurants put calorie counts on menus, and 75 percent consider overweightness and obesity a serious problem in this country, according to the Nov.

21-Dec. 14 survey by telephone of 1,011 adults. Food industry representatives say Mrs. Obama has influenced their own efforts. Mary Sophos of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, which represents the country’s largest food companies, including General Mills and Kellogg’s, said an industry effort to label the fronts of food packages with nutritional content gained momentum after Mrs. Obama, a mother of two, attended one of their meetings in 2010 and encouraged them to do more. “She’s not trying to point fingers,” Sophos said. “She’s trying to get people to focus on solutions.” A move by the companies signaling willingness to work with Mrs. Obama appears to have paid off as the Obama administration eased off some of the fights it appeared ready to pick four years ago. The Food and Drug Administration has stalled its push to mandate labeling on the front of food packages, saying it is monitoring the industry’s own effort. A rule that would require calorie counts on menus has been delayed as the FDA tries to figure out whom to apply it to. Supermarkets, movie theaters and other retailers have been lobbying to be exempted. The industry also appears to have successfully warded off a move by the Federal Trade Commission to put in place voluntary guidelines for advertising junk food to kids. Directed by Congress, the guidelines would have

discouraged the marketing of certain foods that didn’t meet government-devised nutritional requirements. The administration released draft guidelines in 2011 but didn’t follow up after the industry said they went too far and angry House Republicans summoned an agency official to Capitol Hill to defend them. Besides labeling its store brands, Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, also pledged to cut sodium and added sugars by 25 percent and 10 percent, respectively, by 2015, and remove industrially produced trans fats. Leslie Dach, an executive vice president, said sodium in packaged bread has been cut by 13 percent, and added sugar in refrigerated flavored milk, popular among kids, has been cut by more than 17 percent. He said Wal-Mart shoppers have told the company that eating healthier is important to them. Giving customers what they want is also good for business. New York reported a 5.5 percent decline in obesity rates in kindergarteners through eighth-graders between the 2006-07 and 201011 school years, according a report last fall by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which studies health policy. In Philadelphia, the decline was 4.7 percent among students in grades K-12 between the 2006-07 and 2009-10 school years, the foundation said. Declines also were reported in California and in Mississippi.

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Working blind Fighting limitations as he loses vision By VIRGINIA BLACK South Bend Tribune SOUTH BEND, Ind.– Driving to his company’s Granger office one day, Niel Makielski noticed the telephone poles along the road seemed to be warping as he passed them. The chief of his company’s small maintenance department and a “fix-it” guy all his life, Makielski finished up his work there and then drove to a doctor. Two days later, a retina specialist delivered the grim news: A blood vessel in his right eye was breaking, causing the warping sensation, and his retina was cracking. About a week later, Makielski said to his wife, Myrna, while they were driving, “See that car in front of me? I see two cars stacked on top of themselves.” The retina specialist used a laser procedure to stop the bleeding in the right eye. About a year later, Niel was driving once again when he noticed the vision on his other side was warping, too. “I got to work and I called my wife and I said, ‘My left eye’s going,’ “ Niel said. “He was hysterical, actually,” Myrna adds. “I was crying like a baby,” Niel acknowledges, adding, “I knew what was happening.” It was a little more than a decade ago that Niel Makielski was hit, at the age of 50, with the rarer, “wet” form of

Niel Makielski pauses as he examines his table saw while working in his home wood shop. macular degeneration. Now 61, he joins a growing number of people affected by a malady with no cure that leaves its victims legally blind – and looking for help to go about their daily lives. Dr. Thomas Hauch, a South Bend ophthalmologist who specializes in retinal issues, cites major advances in treatment in the last several years. Now, the “wet” variety of macular degeneration — the quicker, more devastating version, like Niel’s — could be stopped. Since 1982, when he began practicing, Hauch says research has led to more ways to treat all forms of macular degeneration, which is more commonly associated with aging. Treatments include medications injected into the eyes, but even their use is limited, he says, pointing out that the treatments aren’t exactly pleasant, their effects don’t last forever, and they carry some risks of their own. But the doctor is optimistic

that research will continue to help those with macular degeneration. “What I foresee is that there’ll be even newer medicines that can do the job more effectively,” Hauch says. Hauch last treated Makielski in 2004, but he recalls the man’s desire to keep working with his hands even then. “There’s really some underlying fortitude in some of those people,” Hauch says of people who have lost vision. “In a situation like his, if you can do it, go do it.” Hauch filled out a questionnaire in 2004 from Makielski’s employer, South Bend Clinic, that asked about certain job activities and how Makielski’s vision would affect his ability to perform those duties. Hauch marked that Makielski could no longer drive or use a blow torch but he could perform all other activities, such as using power tools or other tools “as long as he uses common knowledge safety precautions.” And this was added at the bottom: “Dr. Hauch believes in allowing his patients to maintain employment as long as he/she is able.” But Makielski, left with only peripheral vision that has gradually shrunk over the years and will eventually fade to nothing, says he’s struggling to persuade his employer he still has skills. Niel Makielski says he

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After cutting several pieces of wood out of square, Niel Makielski leans in close to examine his table saw blade to see if it is warped. knew that once his second eye was affected, he wouldn’t be as effective as he once was, so he asked to be demoted and work only 20 hours a week. “I couldn’t see having the stress and pressures of going blind and keeping the stress and pressures of running the department at the same time,” Makielski says. He says the manager who replaced him has been unaccommodating and has him merely painting around the growing clinic. Once, after painting 14 rooms himself, Makielski says, he was disciplined for a total of six paint drops found on the linoleum floor. A co-worker, who asked to not be identified for fear of losing his job, says he’s seen Makielski be unfairly reprimanded. “I’ve worked with Niel on many occasions on many proj-

ects, and he does good work,” the co-worker says. “He does as well as somebody that could see. They’re looking at Niel as a liability instead of an asset. ... A lot of people would be depressed, but he tries to continue on with life.” The Makielskis filed a complaint several weeks ago with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The investigator closed the case, citing the agency could not conclude there were violations but “does not certify that the respondent is in compliance with the statutes.” Paul Meyer, CEO of South Bend Clinic, said this in a statement: “I cannot speak to personal employee and employment matters as that would violate the employee’s rights to privacy. ... “We have and will continue to employ individuals with any manner of physical

and developmental disabilities, and accommodate their unique needs and welcome their contributions. We are proud of our track record in that regard. As a health care institution we deal with healthy, infirm, and disabled individuals daily, as that is our mission.” Julia Studebaker is a blind rehabilitation teacher who helps those with low vision to cope at home and work. Her agency, CompassPointes, also facilitates a monthly support group for those with vision issues. But Studebaker’s experience is more than just academic: Her husband, William, died at the age of 77 after living most of his life with multiple sclerosis, much of those years legally blind. Learning to accommodate his vision issues was instructive, she says.

Target’s 4Q profit dips 2 pct. The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS – Target’s Neiman Marcus collaboration did not turn out to be a holiday gift to the retailer. The No. 2 discount chain reported fiscal fourth-quarter net income dipped 2 percent as it dealt with intense competition during the crucial holiday season. Still, the company’s forecast for 2013 indicated it may beat many analysts’ expectations. “We’re pleased with Target’s fourth quarter performance, particularly in the face of a highly promotional retail environment and continued consumer uncertainty,” Chairman, President and CEO Gregg Steinhafel said in a statement. But investors were disappointed in the results, sending shares down almost 2 percent in morning trading. Thebig-boxretailer,known for its cheap but trendy merchandise, had high hopes for the collection of gifts made in partnership with luxury department store Neiman Marcus. The pair of retailers rolled the line of gifts from 24 designers, including Oscar de la Renta and Diane von

Furstenberg, on Dec. 1. But just weeks later Target was offering big discounts – up to 75 percent off – to clear the shelves of unsold merchandise. Also, during the critical shopping months of November and December Target embraced a number of different strategies, like matching the price of online competitors such as Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Bestbuy.com and Toysrus.com. It was an attempt to combat “showrooming,” in which people use smartphones while they’re in stores to look for cheaper prices online. But the initiatives did not spur customers to buy more during the holiday shopping period, which is critical for retailers, as it can make up as much as 40 percent of their annual revenue. The number of transactions fell 1 percent during the quarter, although the amount spent per transaction rose 1.4 percent. The company said its gross margin – the percentage of each dollar in revenue made that a company actually keeps – declined during the quarter due to holiday markdowns.

8IN BRIEF Hostess sale of Wonder bread nears completion

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NEW YORK – Wonder bread is one step closer to getting a new owner. A person familiar with the situation who requested anonymity because the auction process is private says there will be no competing offers Thursday to a bid by Flowers Foods to buy several bread brands from Hostess. The $360 million bid by Flowers also includes Nature’s Pride, Butternut, Home Pride and Merita breads. An auction will still be held for a separate $30 million bid by Flowers for Beefsteak. Any sales require approval by a bankruptcy court. Flowers Foods, based in Thomasville, Ga., makes Tastykakes and bread brands including Nature’s Own and Cobblestone Mill. Hostess is also holding separate auctions for its snack cakes, which include Twinkies. Hostess said late last year it would go out of business.

WASHINGTON – Orders for U.S. factory goods that signal business investment plans jumped last month by the most in more than a year, suggesting companies are confident about their business prospects. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that orders for so-called core capital goods, which include industrial machinery, construction equipment and computers, rose 6.3 percent in January from December. A sharp fall in demand for commercial aircraft caused overall durable goods orders to drop 5.2 percent, the first decline since August. Orders for commercial aircraft are volatile from month to month and can cause large swings in the overall figure. Boeing reported orders for only two planes in January, down from 183 in December.

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Ryland Homes going strong in area counties last fall. Less than a year ago, in the spring of 2012, Lakewood Crossing opened in Hampshire. “Cedar Grove just reopened and already we have a buyer for a new home there,” Ryland Homes vice president of marketing Rebekka Koehl said. Ashton Pointe, Ingham Park and the Fields of Shorewood were begun by other builders, who suffered financial reverses with the 2008 collapse of the economy. Ryland rode to Ashton Pointe’s rescue with plans to complete the community of move-up buyers. “It gives me a good feeling

Jerry Kuyper McHENRY COUNTY – Optimism is the order of the day for Ryland Homes. Five communities have reopened or have been started anew in the areas north and west of Chicago. Ashton Pointe in Crystal Lake reopened this year as did Cedar Grove in Elgin. The Talamore development in Huntley now has a new neighborhood called Andare. Another new community, Ingham Park in Aurora, opened

6710 Oakwood Manor Dr.

to help revive a neighborhood that has been sitting idle.” Ryland division president John Carroll said. He noted it helped add value to homes of current residents and benefited the municipality with an increased tax base as well as activity for city officials such as building inspectors. Plus it offers employment for workers in the construction trades. Ashton Pointe is next to the Metra Station which adds to its allure for commuters. Ryland will feature housing offering 2,405 to 3,800 square feet of living space priced from $245,990 to $335,990.

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$74,000, 2231 Teton Pkwy, Algonquin 60102-5434, 19-35-477-018, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Donald Deaton, November 13 $76,500, 2222 Dawson Ln 291, Algonquin 60102-5974, 19-32-128-085, Us Bank Na Trustee To Daniel J Wloch, January 9 $112,500, 159 Wildwood Rd, Algonquin 60102-1852, 19-27-284-021, Deutsche Bank Natl Trt Co Ttee To Suliu Zhou, January 7 $147,000, 433 S Hubbard St, Algonquin 60102-2813, 19-34-327-003, Wells Fargo Bank Trustee To Stacey Beyer, January 9 $155,000, 1145 Sawmill Ln, Algonquin 60102-5967, 19-32-151-017, John J Lagrippe To George Dimaggio & Karen M Dimaggio, November 13 $155,000, 1172 Geringer Rd, Algonquin 60102-1814, 19-27-256-023, Douglas J Muska To Jeffrey C Allen, January 10 $160,500, 280 Beach Dr, Algonquin 60102-2502, 19-33-477-019, Christine L Scaletta To Thr Property Illinois Lp, January 7 $170,000, 2210 Tahoe Pkwy, Algonquin 60102-4280, 19-35-429-002, Kent

Kalwitz To Ashley Murray, January 10 $170,000, 1300 Yellowstone Pkwy, Algonquin 60102-5422, 19-35-401-036, David Retzlaff To Ame Henriksen & Barbara Henriksen, January 7 $183,000, 1151 Maplewood Ln, Algonquin 60102-3917, 19-35-151-002, Andrea L Oehrlein To Michael M Cornwell & Susan E Cornwell, January 9 $205,000, 611 Glacier Pkwy, Algonquin 60102-5002, 19-35-205-007, Five Rivers Petroleum Llc To Carlos Sanders & Veronica Ramirez, January 7 $205,000, 361 Cornell Ln, Algonquin 60102-3146, 19-34-204-015, Laurence C Wittkop To Home State Bank Na Trustee, January 7 $215,000, 710 Mulberry Ct, Algonquin 60102-2145, 19-33-203-022, Derek Alan Petrucci To Linda Zabkiewicz & Virginia Bosacki, January 10 $243,000, 400 Tenby Way, Algonquin 60102-6500, 18-25-379-001, Fannie Mae To Kursten S Strothman & Jennifer A Strothman, January 9 $260,000, 3280 Covington Ln, Algonquin 60102-6814, 19-30-301-001, Jeffery H Wright To Harinderpal Chhabra & Maninder Chhabra, January 14 $288,500, 2030 Brindlewood Ln, Algonquin 60102-6019, 19-32-327-

015, Robb Schaefer To Joseph R Koth, January 8 $296,000, 2 Hartford Ct, Algonquin 60102-5606, 19-29-376-014, Michael D Fogg To Michael B Hostetler & Julie Hostetler, January 9 $315,000, 6 Hithergreen Ct, Algonquin 60102-6288, 18-25-351-051, Jeffrey J Proebstle To Eduardo Gonzalez & Teri M Gonzalez, January 10 $318,000, 4550 Whitehall Ln, Algonquin 60102-6200, 18-26-477-012, Kozak Trust To Christopher Grannis & Diane Grannis, January 15 $350,000, 1221 Lowe Dr, Algonquin 60102-2330, 19-27-434-011, Robert C Shearer To Greg Keehn & Susan Grossenbach, January 9

BULL VALLEY $245,000, 9020 Shadow Ln, Bull Valley 60097-9464, 08-23-427-007, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Anita Sayachack, January 9

CARY $82,000, 326 Elden Dr, Cary 600132106, 19-12-455-037, Fannie Mae To Jtw Llc 2, January 16 $93,000, 214 Bell Dr, Cary 600132219, 20-18-104-027, Nicholas J Barber

To Rolanda Ayala & Laura Leon, January 15 $100,000, 533 Cary Woods Cir, Cary 60013-2069, 20-18-356-005, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Hahn Trust, January 9 $100,000, 6418 Londonderry Dr, Cary 60013-1253, 19-01-156-016, Federal National Mortgage Assn To Thr Property Llinois Lp, November 13 $120,000, 6122 Pleasant View Rd, Cary 60013-1205, 19-01-127-009, Fannie Mae To Thr Property Illinois Lp, January 8 $120,800, 755 Blazing Trl, Cary 60013, 19-11-476-015, Intercounty Judicial Sales Co To Hud, January 8 $151,000, 836 Blazing Star Trl, Cary 60013-3305, 19-11-477-028, Vincent J Pesavento To Nicholas R Ball & Haley Ball, January 11 $163,500, 1200 Cimarron Dr, Cary 60013-3359, 19-11-377-019, Chicago Title Land Trt Co Ttee To Erin L York, January 7 $202,000, 314 Bell Dr, Cary 600132210, 20-18-129-016, Mjc Properties Llc To Tor O Evans & Carissa N Evans, January 10 Continued on page F2

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Page F2 • Thursday, February 28, 2013 Continued from page F1 $210,000, 937 Pin Oakcircle, Cary 60013, 20-07-328-020, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Nathan Hart & Jennifer Hart, January 9 $213,000, 1545 Augusta Ln A, Cary 60013-1833, 1915-278-010, Saleem Mohammed To Robert C Tucker & Cassandra J Tucker, November 13 $220,000, 944 Manchester St, Cary 60013-1925, 1914-252-021, Eric R Olson To Brian J Bickett & Elizabeth A Bickett, January 15 $235,000, 1115 Spring Beach Way, Cary 60013-3065, 20-18-277-032, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Steven W Gregory, January 15 $251,000, 6 Crofton Ct, Cary 60013-1971, 19-14-280-040, Owens Trust To Travis Ehlebracht & Jennifer Ehlebracht, January 7 $265,000, 1105 Hilary Ln, Cary 60013-1479, 20-06-278006, Fannie Mae To Kyle D Mastio & Candice L Mastio, January 9 $330,000, 1010 Hilary Ln, Cary 60013-1792, 20-05151-006, Dimitri M Galperin To Prudential Relocation Inc, January 16 $330,000, 1010 Hilary Ln, Cary 60013-1792, 20-05-151006, Prudential Relocation Inc To Agnieszka Ewa Karecka, January 16 $385,000, 1117 Leah Dr, Cary 60013-1481, 20-06-276011, Sirva Relocation Properties To Jarrod R Cunningham & Kaleigh M Cunningham, January 8 $385,000, 1117 Leah Dr, Cary 60013-1481, 20-06-276-011, Scott C Moore To Sirva Relocation Properties, January 8 $570,000, 2119 Root Ln, Cary 60013-2838, 19-24-251058, George D Dalbke To Jordan D Shea & Lindsay Shea, January 9

CRYSTAL LAKE $73,000, 420 Westwood Ct A, Crystal Lake 60014-2820, 19-07-282-001, Stebbins Trust To Steurbaut Trust, January 9 $76,000, 204 E Terra Cotta Ave, Crystal Lake 600143626, 14-33-154-008, Ronald Pieroni To Tirell Llc, January 8 $82,500, 1700 Penny Ln A, Crystal Lake 60014-1060, 19-19-208-009, Mildred D Aske Estate To Janet Holmen, January 8 $87,000, 511 Coventry Ln 10, Crystal Lake 60014-7536, 19-05-377-028, Miriam E Castaneda To Brianna D Heffron, January 7 $90,000, 534 Penny Ln A, Crystal Lake 60014-2708, 19-19-209-013, Kurt G Sussman Estate To Brett C Hopkins & Tipa C Hopkins, January 16 $90,000, 212 W Crystal Lake Ave, Crystal Lake 600145929, 14-32-378-003, Federal National Mortgage Assn To Vincent Watychowicz, January 15 $90,500, 112 E End Ave, Crystal Lake 60014-5226, 1801-227-023, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To John Clark & Samantha Naranjo, January 9 $105,000, 786 Pointe Dr 2 2, Crystal Lake 60014-8023, 19-10-106-047, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Andrea Trent, January 15 $110,000, 750 Golden Oak Cir, Crystal Lake 60014-1709, 19-10-176-043, Mark Crowe To Cynthia E School, January 16 $113,500, 766 Regency Park Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-8594, 19-18-126-031, Fifth Third Mortgage Co To Pamela S Allen, January 7 $115,000, 1712 Blue Island Dr, Crystal Lake 60012-2202, 15-19-326-024, Nester Trust To Property Illinois Llc, January 10 $115,000, 991 Camelot Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-8326, 1907-304-029, Eva Szocs To Adela Escobedo, January 7 $125,000, 476 Windham Cove Dr, Crystal Lake 600142737, 19-18-280-009, Fannie Mae To Robert J Oswald Jr, January 9 $125,000, 730 Savannah Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-4575, 14-34-301-022, Reddish Trust To Kristen Obrien Glover, January 7 $135,500, 722 Wiltshire Ct, Crystal Lake 60014-7717, 19-08-178-003, Kruse Trust To Andrews S Dodd & Alyssa M Dodd, January 14 $139,000, 6311 Walkup Ln, Crystal Lake 60012-3258, 14-29-452-008, Chicago Title Land Trt Co Ttee To Michael Harvey & Cheryl Kulakewycz, January 8 $141,000, 195 Lakeshore Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-5255, 19-06-276-007, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Kyle Oliver & Jennifer Oliver, January 15 $146,500, 1408 Fountain Green Dr, Crystal Lake 600142722, 19-18-406-017, Fannie Mae To Tirell Llc, November 13 $150,000, 6918 Meadow Dr, Crystal Lake 60012-3240, 14-29-303-008, Fannie Mae To Gregory Mahlstedt & Dawson Mahlstedt, January 9 $155,000, 8806 W Alto Vis, Crystal Lake 60014-4066, 1336-303-025, Fannie Mae To Thomas J Monson, January 9 $169,000, 177 Evergreen Pkwy, Crystal Lake 60014-4213, 14-32-326-009, Klyman Trust To Nancy J Dagostino, January 15 $171,000, 1620 Brompton Ct, Crystal Lake 60014-2030, 19-19-201-006, Steven R Hooghkirk To James Wassermann & Jerilyn Wassermann, January 9 $175,000, 4116 Cherry Valley Rd, Crystal Lake 600122830, 14-30-101-002, John F Wirth To Timothy W Freed, January 14 $180,000, 1152 Prescott Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-8895, 19-18-111-013, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Richard C Yurgaitis & Sharon L Yurgaitis, January 15 $187,000, 1724 Becker Ct, Crystal Lake 60014-2011, 1919-276-030, Daniel W Conroy To Cory E Shreve & Heuther O Shreve, January 8 $190,000, 592 Tamarisk Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-7021, 1907-201-018, Ronald Hedman To Paul G Notriano, January 7 $195,000, 750 Grandview Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-7319, 19-03-143-008, Samantha Rose Valtos To Thr Property Illinois Lp, January 8 $210,000, 1116 Dovercliff Way 300, Crystal Lake 600141800, 18-13-205-003, Stephen A Case To Ah4r Il Llc, November 13 $220,000, 155 Ashton Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-6239, 19-04-280-001, Artur D Bogucki To Timothy R Johnson & Jennifer A Johnson, January 7 $245,000, 1115 Autumn Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-1612, 18-12-177-006, Relo Direct Inc To Yancy Warm & Melissa Warm, November 13 $248,000, 1115 Autumn Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-1612, 18-12-177-006, Justin Schoonmaker To Relo Direct Inc, November 13 $278,500, 2440 Achilles Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-3939, 13-34-101-006, Ryland Group Inc To Michelle M Dobler & Jason S Dobler, January 9 $330,000, 721 Goldenrod Ct, Crystal Lake 60014-6982, 18-12-254-001, Christopher P Huffman To David A Persky & Courtney R Persky, January 16 $410,000, 4215 Alex Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-3884, 14-34278-002, Michael J Hallinan To Bradford R Bittner & Sarah F Bittner, January 7

FOX RIVER GROVE $96,500, 2304 Algonquin Rd, Fox River Grove 600211659, 19-24-435-014, Bank Of America Na To Xiaoyan Tang & Adam Balusz, November 13 $199,000, 602 Barberry Trl, Fox River Grove 60021-1146, 20-17-306-009, Ib Property Holdings Llc To Volker Engel & Patricia Engel, January 16

$232,017, 2242 Claremont Ln, Lake In The Hills 601566406, 18-22-179-013, Judicial Sales Corp To Hud, January 15 $235,000, 3845 Peartree Dr, Lake In The Hills 601564637, 18-24-405-016, Jurkash Trust To Bradley J Hopp & Paula M Hopp, January 14 $275,000, 1134 Ridgewood Cir, Lake In The Hills 601565927, 19-19-303-003, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Jose Davila & Tamra Robies, January 9

HARVARD $80,000, 910 Dewey St, Harvard 60033-3250, 01-36329-010, Hud To Adulfo Mercado Esquivel, January 16 $132,000, 1305 Orchard Ln, Harvard 60033-3720, 01-27428-008, Diedrich Trust To Clayton G Schiller & Christie L Schiller, January 8

HEBRON $93,500, 1548 Tamarack Trl, Hebron 60034-8504, 0317-326-016, Citibank Na Trustee To Richard R Bieniek Jr & Ashley M Meland, November 13 $126,000, 1145 Muir Trl, Hebron 60034-8502, 03-17380-004, Federal National Mortgage Assn To Jeremiah J Townsend & Amber M Townsend, January 9

HUNTLEY $115,000, 11726 River Terrace Ln, Huntley 60142-7638, 18-32-329-015, Betty J Greene To Philip E Kennedy & Joyce M Kennedy, January 9 $143,000, 10488 Sunbury St, Huntley 60142-8217, 18-34203-013, Homero Martinez To Kevin A Bergquist & Nicole M Ifkovits, November 13 $167,500, 9850 Williams Dr, Huntley 60142-6035, 18-21303-027, Ryland Group Inc To Christopher C Udd & Karen E Udd, January 9 $169,500, 9835 Williams Dr, Huntley 60142-6035, 18-21352-013, Ryland Group Inc To Monica C Schlapia, January 9 $172,000, 9846 Williams Dr, Huntley 60142-6035, 18-21303-027, Ryland Group Inc To Graham Trust, January 16 $176,000, 10367 Ashley St, Huntley 60142-2349, 18-22481-018, David C Coovert To Sigifredo Galvan Gil, January 9 $180,000, 13592 Wildwood Ln, Huntley 60142-7782, 1831-452-100, Anthony Trust To Raymond E Arquilla & Diane M Arquilla, January 7 $190,000, 9844 Williams Dr, Huntley 60142-6035, 18-21303-027, Ryland Group Inc To Kristina Passarelli, January 16 $248,000, 9695 Cummings St, Huntley 60142-6023, 1821-304-004, Ryland Group Inc To Jean M Hrdlicka & Ronald D Hrdlicka, January 16 $250,000, 9945 Berkshire Ln, Huntley 60142-2411, 18-21479-012, Dean Malsack Estate To Thr Property Illinois Lp, January 9 $255,000, 10943 Concord Ln, Huntley 60142-4042, 1827-151-016, Loren S Argall To Marie Ann Gallano & Orlands S Gallano, January 7 $273,000, 9880 Grimley St, Huntley 60142-6046, 18-20479-024, Ryland Group Inc To Kurt A Wheeler & Megan E Wheeler, January 9 $284,500, 12268 Garlieb Dr, Huntley 60142-6066, 18-20477-031, Ryland Group Inc To Shawn P Malone & Candace E Malone, January 9 $285,000, 11788 Wildrose Dr, Huntley 60142-7609, 1832-358-008, Glodek Trust To Thomas G Bastuba & Marilynn A Bastuba, January 15 $305,500, 11565 Richmond Ln, Huntley 60142-7047, 1832-251-013, Daniel G Dorazil To James A Taylor & Daphne Taylor, January 7 $396,500, 12309 Garlieb Dr, Huntley 60142-6067, 18-20478-003, Ryland Group Inc To Russell H Datson & Amanda M Datson, January 9 $700,000, 8219 Haligus Rd, Huntley 60142-9544, 18-15200-014, Behrens Trust To Cygnar Trust, January 15

JOHNSBURG $75,000, 1908 River Terrace Dr, Johnsburg 60051, 10-18303-004, Russell Trust To Community Savings Bank Ttee, January 15 $180,000, 2302 W Johnsburg Rd, Johnsburg 60051-5212, 09-13-252-036, Robert E Corcoran To Dennis Northern & Rachel Northern, January 9 $225,000, 5910 Highland Prairie Dr, Johnsburg 600515200, 09-01-226-002, Gerald A Rogers To Tracey S Hartje & June A Hartje, January 9 $625,000, 3607 Chapel Hill Rd, Johnsburg 60051-2515, 09-13-426-013, Huemann Trust To Joseph J Huemann, January 7

LAKE IN THE HILLS $72,000, 1417 Monroe St, Lake In The Hills 60156-1054, 19-20-106-018, Charles Valerio To Jesus Santoya, January 14 $73,500, 3077 Impressions Dr, Lake In The Hills 601566279, 18-14-451-065, Us Bank Na Trustee To Polymathic Properties Lnc, January 15 $87,000, 1179 Heartland Gate 1179 A, Lake In The Hills 60156-4946, 19-19-437-008, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To John J Hayes, January 9 $93,000, 4432 Larkspur Ln, Lake In The Hills 60156-4656, 18-24-351-040, Sofia Ahmed To Luis A Lopez, January 10 $95,000, 146 Polaris Dr, Lake In The Hills 60156-5678, 1919-481-012, Mohan G Jacob To Joseph Watson & Lourdes Watson, January 9 $97,000, 630 Wedgewood Cir, Lake In The Hills 601566262, 18-26-455-042, Brian M Polka To Daniel Shank & Catherine Shank, January 16 $104,000, 10 Pershing Ave, Lake In The Hills 60156-3313, 19-20-302-010, Fannie Mae To Kurtis J Cheney & Nicole J Cheney, January 9 $122,000, 2163 Daybreak Dr, Lake In The Hills 601566409, 18-22-185-007, Fannie Mae To Joseph Recchia, January 9 $140,000, 1 Mckinley St, Lake In The Hills 60156-1015, 19-20-108-017, Jane E Powell To Mark J Barwig & Katie M Merner, January 7 $145,000, 1 Joseph Ct, Lake In The Hills 60156-1590, 19-21-401-028, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Joshua D Montez & Elisabeth A Montez, January 15 $155,000, 2521 Stanton Cir, Lake In The Hills 60156-6244, 18-23-153-030, Michael Grummer To Thr Property Illinois Lp, January 10 $158,000, 710 Wedgewood Cir, Lake In The Hills 601566263, 18-26-455-050, Joshua Singer To Nicholas W Halik, January 9 $180,000, 301 Harvest Gate, Lake In The Hills 601564826, 19-19-452-002, Bradley C Stephens To Ah4r Il Llc, January 15 $185,000, 3473 Sonoma Cir, Lake In The Hills 60156-6731, 18-15-302-040, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Quan Zhou, January 16 $195,000, 11 Crossview Ct, Lake In The Hills 60156-5841, 18-26-378-009, Fannie Mae To Leonard Mamaj, January 16 $205,000, 3171 Banbury Ln, Lake In The Hills 60156-6326, 18-15-476-013, Louis Bigden To Daniel J Ceresa & Amber L Ceresa, January 16

MARENGO $90,000, 6211 Maple St 303, Marengo 60152-3551, 16-01130-011, Patricia M Ptack To Mary Simons, January 7 $94,500, 517 Stevenson St, Marengo 60152-3242, 11-36127-006, Federal National Mortgage Assn To Trevor Farina & Beth Farina, January 15 $125,500, 904 Beaver Pond Pl, Marengo 60152-3609, 11-25-451-009, Chicago Title Land Trt Co Ttee To Wilson L Mitchell & Ramona L Mitchell, January 9 $132,000, 7104 Paulson Dr, Marengo 60152-8328, 16-02478-012, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Lucas Declercq & Maria Declercq, January 9 $260,000, 17503 Fieldstone Dr, Marengo 60152-8273, 17-28-453-002, Federal National Mortgage Assn To Charles Boorsma & Chrstina Boorsma, January 16 $270,000, 1906 Pringle Dr, Marengo 60152-8626, 11-11327-006, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Robert A Nicholls & Sally J Nicholls, January 9 $380,000, 17602 Blackstone Way, Marengo 60152-8310, 17-21-176-004, Firstmerit Bank Na To Nelson D Poole & Tammy L Poole, January 15

McHENRY $80,000, 5219 Hunter Dr, Mchenry 60050-3422, 09-28277-003, Tcf National Bank To Peter Keim, January 8 $81,500, 609 N Hill Rd, Mchenry 60051-7544, 10-31-176010, Wagner Trust To Sandra Flackus, January 7 $83,000, 4401 Poplarleaf Dr, Mchenry 60051-8932, 10-07-430-023, Va To Michael A Muschong & Susan J Henderson Muschong, January 16 $90,000, 623 Legend Ln 623, Mchenry 60050-8011, 09-32-429-007, Christopher R Harding To Luis A Diaz, November 13 $90,000, 3416 W Fairway Dr, Mchenry 60050-5681, 09-35-476-004, Theresa A Wilde To Thurst Enterprises Inc, January 15 $102,000, 5001 W Flanders Rd, Mchenry 60050-2425, 09-22-156-004, Kordecki Trust To Carolynn A Runzheimer, January 16 $108,000, 1122 W Northeast Shore Dr, Mchenry 600519212, 15-18-281-015, Jerome G Andersen To William E Crenshaw & Margaret L Crenshaw, January 11 $110,000, 5420 W Westshore Dr, Mchenry 60050-3346, 09-21-454-043, Tcf National Bank To Anthony D Mokstad, January 8 $113,000, 5415 Abbey Dr, Mchenry 60050-5917, 14-04252-005, Fannie Mae To Thr Property Illinois Lp, January 15 $116,000, 1713 W Oakleaf Dr, Mchenry 60051-6161, 10-07-327-004, Robert E Behm To Thr Property Illinois Lp, January 8 $118,000, 1905 Concord Dr, Mchenry 60050-8311, 14-10479-015, Piotr T Jeziorowski To Jessica Petrucci & Brennan Repp, November 13 $120,000, 1823 Magnolia Ct, Mchenry 60051-7908, 0926-231-021, Welninski Trust To John W Brandt & Deborah K Dukes, January 7 $124,000, 5207 N Beacon Hill Dr, Mchenry 60051-8511, 10-05-351-002, Pulido Trust To Robbins Trust, November 13 $125,000, 5407 W Sarasota Dr, Mchenry 60050-5911, 09-33-453-004, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Thr Property Illinois Lp, January 16 $125,000, 107 S River Rd, Mchenry 60051-9248, 09-36380-010, Federal National Mortgage Assn To American Homes 4 Rent Lp, January 15 $127,000, 2806 Aloha Ct, Mchenry 60050-2802, 09-24303-016, Federal National Mortgage Assn To Kevin Carrico, January 16 $128,000, 3707 W Drake Ct, Mchenry 60050-3888, 0926-128-025, Wells Fargo Bank To Kelley S Rice, January 9 $147,000, 1718 W Lincoln Rd, Mchenry 60051-7817, 10-30-100-011, Federal National Mortgage Assn To Cordon R Sroka, January 9 $171,000, 2118 Colby Dr, Mchenry 60050-7118, 14-13-227009, Fannie Mae To Ryan D Mcmahon, January 9 $198,327, 1703 Rogers Ave, Mchenry 60050-3536, 09-27151-021, Intercounty Judicial Sales Co To Hud, January 8 $270,671, 713 Nancy Ln, Mchenry 60051-3215, 15-05-181006, Intercounty Judicial Sales Co To Hud, January 8 $280,000, 719 Colony Trl, Mchenry 60050-6504, 09-31276-009, Va To Michael Lee, November 13 $320,000, 5717 Amherst Ct, Mchenry 60050-9011, 09-21326-008, Kase Trust To Monica Marie Zylinski, January 16 $321,000, 2405 Delore Dr, Mchenry 60051-3059, 09-36453-002, Ronald J Czarnota To Brett A Los & Susan L Los, January 7

WONDER LAKE $85,000, 8904 Evergreen Dr, Wonder Lake 60097-8824, 08-13-354-030, Carolanne B Chisholm To Ryan Koch, January 10 $89,000, 4022 Seneca Rd, Wonder Lake 60097-9425, 08-13-202-001, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Chester H Grandt Iii, January 9 $94,000, 4420 Hilltop Dr, Wonder Lake 60097-9779, 0907-404-001, Laura J Ferraro To Stary L Freunda, January 9 $146,500, 3104 Brookside Way, Wonder Lake 600977558, 08-14-379-021, Federal National Mortgage Assn To Michael Shawn Ronzio, January 9 $180,000, 3201 E Lake Shore Dr, Wonder Lake 600979372, 09-18-351-029, Fannie Mae To Stephen E Bittner & Diane C Bittner, January 8 $185,000, 3303 E Lake Shore Dr, Wonder Lake 600978511, 09-18-351-005, Victor J Moeller To Janice A Wegner, January 8

WOODSTOCK $72,000, 411 Vine St, Woodstock 60098-4047, 13-08203-003, Fannie Mae To Steven A Nelson & Nicola A Nelson, January 15 $85,000, 202 Wild Meadow Ln, Woodstock 60098-7624, 13-20-136-008, Federal National Mortgage Assn To Justen Nelson, January 9 $85,000, 3198 Shenandoah Ln, Woodstock 60098-7617, 13-20-138-004, Jason B Quick To Donna Layne, January 7 $90,000, 1820 Powers Rd, Woodstock 60098-2775, 0832-284-013, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To Cecil E Willis & Cathy A Hartley, January 9 $94,000, 1707 Woodside Dr, Woodstock 60098-2708, 08-33-157-002, Fannie Mae To Cristian Luna Romaniz, January 9 $116,000, 601 Putnam Ave, Woodstock 60098-3744, 13-07-229-006, Jason E Schaab To Wayne Hummer Trust Co Na Ttee, November 13

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• BUILDER Continued from page F1 For information, call Kristen Kelly at 815-444-0809 or visit Kristen.kelly@ryland. com. Ryland has been at Talamore for years but the idea of Andare is new. “We took an area of Talamore that had been planned as townhouses and converted it to an active-adult-single-family home community,” Carroll said. Ryland has room for 78 ranch-style houses at Andare. Square footage ranges from 1,224 to 1,880 and are priced accordingly from $154,990 to $209,990. There are six floor plans from which to choose. They have two to three bedrooms and each has two bathrooms and a two-car garage. The target market is adults 55 years of age and older. “This age group tends to have the most significant equity in their homes and the most flexibility in their selling price,” Carroll said of potential buyers. Most of them are able to sell an existing house and want to downsize into a ranch. “The active-adult market will continue to remain strong in the Chicago area for years to come,” Carroll said. Andare residents will have access to an 8,000 square foot clubhouse and swimming pool of Olympic proportions featuring an18-foot water slide, kid’s pool, and spray and play area. They also have access to a fishing pond, and an outdoor pavilion with fireplace and picnic tables. They share these amenties with other owners in the master-planned Talamore subdivision. Although there will be no children living at Andare, visiting grandchildren will be allowed to use the pool and the other Talamore amenities. Carroll said prospective buyers like the idea of children near Andare. “We are getting lots of positive feedback on this,” he said. “They like the idea that the community is not entirely devoid of children.” For information, call Jayne Decker at (224) 356-2200. Ingham Park at the intersection of E. Galena Boulevard and Gordon Road in Aurora is, like Ashton Pointe, a restart community. Currently there are seven house designs. All have four bedrooms, three-car garages, basements and nine-foot firstfloor ceilings. Baths range from two and one-half to four. Prices range from $224,990 to $306,990 for homes ranging from 2,257 to 3,800 square feet of living space. According to Ingham Park salesman Demetrios Danigeles, there is a grand opening special offering limited-time savings on the first five homes sold. Three of those have been spoken for leaving two at promotional pricing. “The new model is the Campton, a contemporary home that falls in the middle of our home offerings at 2,612 square feet,” added Danigeles. Depending on the home design selected, features at Ingham Park can include kitchen pantries, Flex Rooms, first floor studies (with a possible in-law suite option), two-story foyers, lofts and a dual access staircase. Available options include a Garden Bath that features a stand-alone shower and an oversized soaker tub. “We have included so many popular features into the homes at Ingham Park that others offer as options,” added Danigeles. Carroll commented on Ryland’s effort to pick up communities abandoned by former developers. “There were many more builders in the Chicago market five or six years ago than there are today and many of them had started subdivisions they were unable to complete. The remaining builders are slowly working through these communities, buying them, restarting them and completing them but that will take time,” Carroll said. Sales models, such as at Ashton Pointe, have electronic equipment to help buyers choose. For example, a furnished model can be brought up on a giant screen via Smart Technology. “It is pretty interesting as models are on a giant screen with updated overviews and maps of the community. It is a unique tool to interact with as there is a split screen and people can move designs around and decorate and trim instantly to see what their new home could look like. We have two touch-screen visuals to play with floor plans and designs. Interactive floor plan layouts can be adapted at the push of a button,” Koehl said. “Home shoppers receive ideas for furniture placement on home layouts and up-tothe minute information on the availability of sites or homes available for immediate move-in. Ryland pays close attention to buyer feedback, examining every aspect of the home, and regularly adapting floor plans to provide what buyers truly want, “ Koehl added. “For example, we introduced a new kitchen design that relocates the microwave from above the stove to a built-in wall location above an oven to accommodate a sleek built-in hood and fan above the stove, providing a dramatic focal point in the kitchen.” “We also have listened and responded to a frequent comment from home shoppers. Secondary bedrooms need to provide space for their children’s active lifestyles. At Ingham Park and our other new communities (Ashton Pointe) we have enlarged the secondary bedrooms, and located windows and closets to create more functional spaces,” Koehl said. With 17 communities in the Chicago area, Ryland Homes is one of the largest subdivision developers.

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EATURED

ISTINGS

Algonquin

Woodstock

Algonquin

$81,500 BUSINESS POTENTIAL! Single family home with business zoning. Two bedrooms, one and a half baths, two car garage. On an oversized lot with 90 feet of frontage on Main Street. Not a short sale or foreclosure. Call for more info! MLS#07935426 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

$179,000 LOADED WITH POSSIBILITIES! Nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with a partial basement, 1 car garage, fireplace, eat-in kitchen. It is in need of updating, so bring your ideas! On a large lot backing to open space. Call for more details! MLS#08256912 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

$224,000 RIVER RIGHTS FOR SUMMER FUN! Spacious home with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, partial basement, screened porch, oversized 2 car garage. Sits on a large corner lot. Call Jean! MLS#08257855

Jean Botts

847-812-0994

Algonquin

847-812-0994

Algonquin

CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews 847-812-0994

Algonquin

$248,000 A PRIVATE, WOODED RETREAT! This cozy home is tucked away and just the place for a nature lover. Four bedrooms, two and a half baths, walk-out basement, two fireplaces, first floor master, great room, remodeled kitchen. One car garage, three decks. MLS#08275399 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Jean Botts

847-812-0994

$299,000 CHARMING WATERFRONT HOME! Love the water, boating and swimming? Then this is the one for you! Cottage with stone fireplace and wrap-around porch on 1.37 acres. 135 feet Fox River frontage with pier, boat house and lift. Call now! MLS#08060343 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Algonquin

$387,500 4 Rock River Court Stunning 2-Story! Custom wood trim, Huge Fam Rm with see thru fireplace to large eat-in Kit. 2 stair cases lead to 2nd level w/4 oversized BRs and 5th BR/office finished walkout bsmnt. Nature preserve and pond in back yard. RE/MAX Connections II

Algonquin

$415,000 ON THE FOX RIVER, OVER AN ACRE Unique waterfront home. House has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, walk-out basement, fireplace, screened porch. Plus, there is an apartment above the 2 car garage! Concrete pier for your boat! Call now and be ready for summer! MLS#08277435 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Carpentersville

Jean Botts

Laura Heinberg

Jean Botts

847-812-0994

815-568-9000

847-812-0994

$179,900 CUTE CONDO-END UNIT! This is the one for you! This condo has 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 1 car garage, fireplace, vaulted ceiling. Close to Randall Road, I-90 and shopping! Come take a look! MLS#08257704 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews 847-812-0994

Open Sun 2-4

Cary

$125,000 BRIGHT OAKS TOWNHOME Make a move now to affordable, carefree living. Great location with private wooded back yard and across from clubhouse, pool & playground. 3BRS, 1 1/2 baths, all appliances included. MLS#08266352 CENTURY 21 Sketchbook

Cary

$138,000 1415 New Haven DR 1415 Spotless unit with three bedrooms, one and a half baths, partial basement, two car garage. Kitchen with 42” cabinets and newer flooring. Newer a/c unit and water heater. Updated light fixtures, six panel doors. Stop by! MLS#08273659 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Cary

$269,000 PERFECT SETTING for river living with the Fox River just steps from your door and The Cary Country Club across the road. 2BR, 1 1/2 bth ranch with frpl, unfinished bsmt w/ exterior access & 2 car detached garage. Many recent updates. MLS#08247971 CENTURY 21 Sketchbook

$167,000 WALKUP HIGHLANDS! This lovely home has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a partial basement, 2 car garage. Hardwood flooring in kitchen, dining and living room. Master suite with sitting room & bath. Spacious deck and yard. Quiet, cul-de-sac location. MLS#08220937 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Shirley M Rochford

Elizabeth Kautz

Gary J Koopman

Jean Botts

847-639-8700

Crystal Lake

$169,900 NEED SOME EXTRA SPACE? Quad level with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, walkout basement, eat-in kitchen, 2 car garage. Storage shed in the wooded back yard too! Call now! MLS#08257820 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews Jean Botts

847-812-0994

Johnsburg

847-942-7754

Hampshire

847-639-8700

Crystal Lake

847-812-0994

$949,900 ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES This 16 acre property has potential for both commercial & residential use. Farmhouse, barn & several other outbuildings plus a beautiful brick ranch on 3 acres. Great spot for your home and business plus rental income. MLS#08061909 Harding Real Estate

Harvard

$249,900 6+ ACRES Feel like you’re in Northern WI without the long drive! Enjoy the beautiful views of the pond from the expansive deck & great room. Kitchen opens to great room that offers fireplace & wet bar. Zoned AG-horses allowed. MLS#07863762 Harding Real Estate

$129,900 LIVE THE DEL WEBB LIFESTYLE! Spacious townhome with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 car garage. Large rooms, over 1100 square feet of living space! End unit! Not a short sale! Del Webb is a 55 and older community. MLS#08263572 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Beatrice Knaack

Jean Botts

815-338-3850

$840,000 CHAIN O’LAKES LAKEFRONT Amazing Price for Prestigious Pistakee Bay 4BR 4-1/2BA Lakefront Ranch. Approx 2.6 Park Like Wooded Acres (can be subdivided). High on Hill w/Incredible Panoramic Views. Indoor Pool & Spa, 40x37 Cedar Pole Barn & 3.5 Car Gar! MLS#08098669 All Waterfront Real Estate Plus

Lake in the Hills

$42,000 FIRST FLOOR UNIT! Great condo with two bedroom, two baths. Laundry in-unit, outdoor storage available. Call Jean for more details! MLS#08184011

“MR PETE” EICHLER

847-395-2300

Jean Botts

$53,500 766 Cherokee Trail Pride of ownership radiates throughout this lovely 1278 sq. ft. home in Indian Trails! Decorated to a T, with updates including Velux skylights,Pergo flooring,5 yr.roof and siding, handicap ramp,walk-in shower! Move in ready Century 21 New Heritage

Marengo

815-338-3850

Lake in the Hills

$108,000 ROOMY RAISED RANCH! PRICE DROP! Three bedroom, two bath home with an English basement and a two car garage. Three tier deck, storage shed. Sits on a wooded lot.

Huntley

847-812-0994

Lakemoor

$114,900 ROCKWELL PLACE TOWNHOME! “Nantucket” with two bedrooms, two and a half baths, full basement, two car garage. Come and see this one! Call Jean! MLS#08184004

MLS#08166497

CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews 847-812-0994

Jean Botts

$224,900 BANK OWNED What a deal! This 3000 SF home on 1+ acres offers 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and living room with fireplace. Located minutes to I-90, there are two golf courses nearby & you’ll be near town for schools & shopping. MLS#08255797 Harding Real Estate

Marengo

Peter Klocek

Laura Heinberg

CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews 847-812-0994

Jean Botts

$229,900 1815 Deerpass Rd 5AK raised ranch w/ pond, 3bed, 2 bath, full finished bsmt w/ 2nd living/family room,xtra storage, laundry room/workshop. 2 car attch garage w/ storage shed/1 car garage on property, nice deck on house, MUST SEE RE/MAX Connections II

McHenry

847-812-0994

New Listing in 55+ Community!

Marengo

Sandy Butenschoen

815-382-1815

815-338-3850

815-568-9000

$39,900 COTTAGE ON 5 LOTS! Small home sits on .61 of an acre. The value is in the land. Additional PINS. Call Mary for more information. MLS#08179728 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Mary Holden

847-989-3077

NEW LISTING

McHenry

$49,900 LEISURE LIVING This is a great spot to come home to & enjoy the cozy atmosphere. Newly updated with all appliances included. Great location across from clubhouse activities. MLS#08274806

Harding Real Estate Lu Pierce

815-338-3850

McHenry

$116,000 LEGEND LAKES TOWNHOME! End unit with two bedrooms, two and a half baths, two car garage, fireplace, den, loft. You can sit on the patio and enjoy the beautiful view of the pond. This “Moonstone” model has it all! MLS#08077199 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

McHenry

$259,900 CHANNEL FRONT! Lovely home with three bedrooms, two baths, two car garage. Three season room, patio, boat house, sea wall. Remodeled baths, newer roof, furnace & central air. Not a short sale! MLS#08100176 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

$310,000 1 ACRE Enjoy the country setting of this great one owner home. Kitchen is open to the family room with fireplace, large master suite, hardwood flrs & nice deck that overlooks the huge yard. Extended garage includes heated workshop. MLS#08251255 Harding Real Estate

Jean Botts

Mary Holden

Rick Bellairs

847-812-0994

847-989-3077

McHenry

815-338-3850

New Listing-Attention Truckers

McHenry

$535,000 RIVERFRONT BEAUTY! Contemporary with three bedrooms, three baths, walkout basement, two car garage. Great room with cathedral ceiling, hardwood floor and fireplace. Two master suites with private baths. Second kitchen in the lower level. MLS#08154886 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

$995,000 6 ACRES Impressive 5 year old brick & stone home secluded in the middle of 6 mostly wooded acres in Bull Valley. 5500 SF of living space plus full fin. bsmnt. 1st floor master, 2-story great room, home theater, 3 fireplaces & more. MLS#08255648 Harding Real Estate

Round Lake

$209,900 34125 North Harrison Avenue Great Raised Ranch on .6ac lot backing to Forest Preserve. Master suite with large closet and private bath,3 BRs total on Main Floor. Completely finished lower level has Family Rm and Rec Rm in addition to Laundry and 4th BR. RE/MAX Connections II

Union

Mary Holden

Rick Bellairs

James Bohlander

Sandy Butenschoen

847-989-3077

McHenry

815-338-3850

815-568-9000

$232,500 8220 South Union Road Almost 5 acres, zoned ag! Bring the animals,toys,trucks,equipment..shed for SEMI’S! Comfortable 3 bedroom, 2 bath home w/1st floor bedroom, laundry.New roof,2 yr.old windows,jacuzzi. Pond,deck. 10 minutes to I90! Great place Century 21 New Heritage

NEW LISTING

Wonder Lake

PRICE REDUCED

$100,000 ALL OFFERS CONSIDERED! Spacious home in need of updating. Four bedrooms, two baths, walkout basement, two car garage. New roof in 2010, new well pump. On a large corner lot with amazing views of the lake! Boat and trailer included! MLS#07977459 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

$79,500 HOUSE SENSE Well kept cozy ranch close to schools and walking distance to Square, park and train. Kitchen with eat-in area. Appliances included. Unfinished basement waiting for your ideas. MLS#08125849 Harding Real Estate

$145,000 INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Duplex in residential neighborhood around the corner from playground. Rent both units or live in one & rent other. 3 bedrooms upstairs, 2 bedrooms downstairs. Both have laundry facilities & 1 car garage. MLS#08274817 Harding Real Estate

$159,000 2+ ACRES Great country setting only a couple miles from town. 2-story farmhouse has large enclosed porch, den, dining & living rooms. 36x45 outbuilding has two 8’ & one 10’ overhead doors. Zoned estate-no horses. MLS#08230109 Harding Real Estate

Rita M Valley

Lu Pierce

Rick Bellairs

815-245-3918

Woodstock

815-382-1815

815-338-3850

$179,000 COUNTRY SUBDIVISION There is plenty of room in this 2200 SF Colonial located not far from town amenities & schools. 4 bedrooms, dining & living rooms plus family room with fireplace. More room in the basement with office & rec room. MLS#08236369 Harding Real Estate

Woodstock

$244,000 STUFFED WITH UPGRADES! Two story home with four bedrooms, two full and one half baths, full basement, two car garage. Den, family room, dining room, sunroom. Master suite with private bath with soaker tub and shower. Located in “The Sonatas.” MLS#08125215 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Lu Pierce

815-338-3850

Rita M Valley

$250,000 TWO HOMES IN ONE! Main house is a 3 BR ranch, adjorning guest apartment is complete with full kitchen, living room, BR, BA & laundry. Primary residence has large kitchen, LR w/volume clg & MLS#08274364 doors open to enclosed porch & deck. Bsmnt rec rm. Harding Real Estate

Woodstock

$799,000 20 PARK-LIKE ACRES This is a rare opportunity to own a large parcel in Bull Valley. There is a main house with open floor plan, 3 in-suite bedrooms, 3 fireplaces & fin. walkout LL. Guest MLS#08249541 house. Land is rolling, partially wooded & divisible. Harding Real Estate

Rick Bellairs

815-245-3918

NEW LISTING

Woodstock

815-338-3850

Woodstock

815-338-3850

Woodstock

815-338-3850

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Elkhorn, WI

Commercial - Spring Grove

Elkhorn

$799,900 101 ACRES Nicely updated farmhouse & equally nice farmstead with 2 newer pole buildings and an older barn. 56 acres tillable, several fenced pastures & about 5 acres of woods. Gently rolling land. MLS#08175659 Harding Real Estate Randy Erwin

815-338-3850

Hebron

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T N A C VA AND L

$125,000 5 ACRES Seeking a home site on a quiet country road? Level and all tillable this parcel offers a great spot for your new home. There is also an adjacent vacant & buildable 5 acre parcel for friends or family members. MLS#07603880 Harding Real Estate

Johnsburg

Randy Erwin

Rita M Valley

815-338-3850

McHenry

$75,000 WATERFRONT LIVING Enjoy all the Fox River has to offer - swimming, fishing, boating! Build your new home on this 1.2 acre parcel with views of open space. MLS#07763891

$174,500 DUTCH CREEK ESTATES! Build that dream home here! 3.765 acres, last lot with western exposure. Site plan on file with 500 foot setback, septic permit was applied for. This is it!

NEW LISTING

Harvard

$825,000 80 ACRES Hobby farm featuring 2 bedroom home, 40x60 pole building with 16’ eves, hillside barn, horse barn and several miscellaneous outbuildings. 45 acres tillable and small pond which could be enlarged. MLS#08278357 Harding Real Estate

$3,360,000 240 ACRE SECLUDED ESTATE You’ll find an ideal weekend getaway or corporate retreat with this 9 year old, 5,000 square foot post & beam home with woods, water & views. 2 additional homes. Rolling & wooded land, 2 acre pond. MLS#08214601 Harding Real Estate

Randy Erwin

John Harding

Marengo

$99,500 Lot 6 Olbrich Road Looking to build your dream home? Build on this beautiful 5 acre lot. No subdivision building restrictions. Enjoy the benefits of living in the country while having easy access to I-90. Horses and Outbuildings allowed. RE/MAX Connections II

MLS#07809234

CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews 815-245-3918

Laura Heinberg

815-338-3850

McHenry

$65,000 DEERWOOD ESTATES Gently rolling partially wooded homesite just under 1 acre & would be suitable for a walkout basement. Here’s your opportunity to buy a little bit of nature on the edge of McHenry and Bull Valley. MLS#08057356 Harding Real Estate

815-568-9000

Rick Bellairs

Wauconda

815-338-3850

$129,900 STONEGATE SUBDIVISION Almost 2 acres at the end of a cul-de-sac for privacy. Build high and you will enjoy unobstructed views of the McHenry County Conservation District’s Glacial Park. Close to Rts. 12 and 31 & commuter trains. MLS#07944510 Harding Real Estate

Union

$189,000 10 ACRES A branch of the Kishwaukee River flows through this picturesque property. Build your dream home secluded in the natural surroundings. Land is a combination of open & wooded. It is zoned agriculture. Animals are allowed. MLS#07861606 Harding Real Estate

$399,900 GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY Multiple PIN’s totaling 8.6 acres with approximately 3 acres of hard ground. Water & sewer at property. Zoned R1, R3, R4 allows variety of uses. Value is in the land ONLY. Existing structures are “tear-downs”. MLS#08184919 CENTURY 21 Sketchbook

815-338-3850

Rick Bellairs

815-338-3850

Rick Bellairs

Donna Mosier

$27,500 BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME HERE! Large lot on the east side of the lake. Within McHenry school districts. Electric & gas nearby. Call for more details. MLS#08184590

Woodstock

$29,900 PONDS OF BULL VALLEY Various lots available in this nicely established neighborhood. Area offers considerable open spaces as well as a tot park with easy access to everything the community has to offer. Choose your own builder. MLS#07442727 Harding Real Estate

Woodstock

$49,000 AMAZING OPPORTUNITY! Over 3 acres in a rural subdivision that’s perfect for “country” living yet only minutes to town, parks & Metra. Quality custom homes occupy this 19 lot sub. Horses ok. Kishwaukee River runs through back corner. Bank owned. MLS#08177847 Harding Real Estate

$67,300 ZONED MULTI-FAMILY!! Zoned R-3 for up to 4 attached units. Fully improved including sidewalks. Located in the Prairie Terrace Subdivision on the NW corner of Woodstock. They don’t make R-3 lots so this would be a great buy and hold investment. MLS#07008342 Harding Real Estate

Randy Erwin

Kim McCallister

Peter Klocek

Harding Real Estate Kim McCallister

Wonder Lake

CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews Mary Holden

847-989-3077

Spring Grove

815-338-3850

Harvard

815-338-3850

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815-338-3850

847-639-8700

Woodstock

815-338-3850

A CI

Woodstock

$75,000

Rick Bellairs

815-338-3850

BEAUTIFUL HOMESITE-BULL VALLEY Almost 5 acres partially wooded suitable for a walkout on a quiet cul-de-sac. Adjacent to riding trails. Adjacent 5 acres also available. An area of exquisite homes. See more at www.RickBellairs.com MLS#06345227 Harding Real Estate

R E M M CO

Algonquin

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY! 18 hole golf course on 140 acres. 1750 feet of frontage on Algonquin Road. Call for more information. MLS#08077250 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews Jean Botts

847-812-0994

Spring Grove $450,000 MULTI-USE PROPERTY, B2 ZONING! Main building with 30x60 heated area and passage to 30x120 unheated area. Office with heat and 1/2 bath. Pole barn with two 16x14 overhead doors. Security cameras, 3-phase electric, city sewer. Call for more details. MLS#08143964 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews Connie Moffit

815-621-7386

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815-334-9380 Woodstock 2BR & 3BR Duplex 1 bath, all appl, W/D, A/C, 1 car garage. $885-$995 + sec. Nice neighborhood. 815-482-6616

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Island Lake Luxury Apt.

Woodstock Studio $585/mo+sec. Efficiency $550/mo + sec.1-BR $650/mo + sec, all 3 furn'd w/all utils incl. No Pets. 815-509-5876

ALGONQUIN - 2 BEDROOM Quiet and clean building with storage, laundry and parking. $800/mo. 847-401-3242

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, MCHENRY COUNTY, IL STEVEN J. BACIK and CHRISTINE CONNERY, Plaintiffs, v. MICHAEL W. BACIK and CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, Defendants. No. 06 CH 926 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S AUCTION SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Court's Order entered herein, the Sheriff of McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, or his deputy, will on Thursday the 21st day of March, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, property legally described as follows: Permanent Index No. 19-34204-008 This property is Vacant Land located at the northwest corner of Algonquin Road (Illinois Hwy 62) and Longwood Drive, adjacent to the McDonald's Restaurant, consisting of approximately 2.52 acres. In regard to the physical characteristics of the subject property, this real estate is being sold in "As Is" condition for cash or certified funds. All liens and encumbrances on the property will be satisfied prior to the issuance of a Judicial Deed. The minimum bid, pursuant to court order, is $337,500. The successful bidder is required to deposit 10% of the bid amount at the time of the sale with the McHenry County Sheriff, and the balance to be paid by noon the following Tuesday after the sale. For information regarding this real estate, interested parties may contact: Attorney Peter F. Carroll at 815/337-4259 or <PFCarrollLaw@sbcglobal.net>. DATED: February 7, 2013 KEITH NYGREN SHERIFF OF MCHENRY COUNTY Peter F. Carroll, Esq. Attorney No. 6185083 Carroll & Carroll Attorneys for Plaintiffs 114 S. Jefferson Street Woodstock, IL 60098 815/337-4259 (Published in the Northwest Herald February 14, 21 & 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1021280 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs. STUART F. RODRIGUEZ AKA STUART RODRIGUEZ; NORTHERN MORAINE WASTEWATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS INC.; CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) NA; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF STUART RODRIGUEZ, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 02378 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 20, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 10-32-432-018; 10-32432-019. Commonly known as 304 Hollywood Terrace, Lakemoor, IL 60051. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1021280. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509475 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

10 CH 02594 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 21, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 19-33-107-001. Commonly known as 411 SHAGBARK COURT, ALGONQUIN, IL 60102. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1023563. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509477 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS METLIFE HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF METLIFE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.CRAIG S. PALMQUIST A/K/A CRAIG PALMQUIST A/K/A CRAIG STEVEN PALMQUIST, KATHLYN M. PALMQUIST A/K/A KATHLYN MARGARET PALMQUIST, ADVANCED IMAGING CENTER OF NORTHERN ILL., L.P., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 10 CH 1237 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 3, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 20, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 336 SOUTH ORIOLE TRAIL, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Property Index No. 19-05-301003. The real estate is improved with a two-story single family residence. The judgment amount was $216,383.11. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The sales clerk, FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 498-9990 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. only. Please refer to file number 10-036902. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC

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2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 498-9990 Attorney File No. 10036902 Case Number: 10 CH 1237 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I509009 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.SALVADOR SALINAS, NORMA SALINAS, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BURTON BRIDGE BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AQUA FINANCE, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 10 CH 3703 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 9, 2013, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on April 10, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3806 TULIP STREET, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Property Index No. 15-19-379007. The real estate is improved with a two story single family residence. The judgment amount was $176,933.77. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The sales clerk, FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 498-9990 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. only. Please refer to file number 10-046498. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 498-9990 Attorney File No. 10046498 Case Number: 10 CH 3703 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I512563 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 28, March 7 & 14, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Ref. No. 10-2759 N IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC CORP., Plaintiff, vs. MICHAL SOLTYS AND PETER ROMANOWSKI A/K/A PIOTR ROMANOWSKI, EWA KUMEK-ROMANOWSKA AND WEBSTER BANK, N.A., UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, 10 CH 3723 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 19, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 19-19-178-013. Commonly known as 1734 Copperfield Lane, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

y For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509479 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1040166 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. EDUARDO MARTINEZ AKA EDUARDO R. MARTINEZ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF EDUARDO MARTINEZ, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 21, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 09-35-157-001. Commonly known as 3911 GROVE AVENUE, MCHENRY, IL 60050. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1040166. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509482 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1030764 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. MARIA PECAK A/K/A MARIA B. PECAK; CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARIA PECAK, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 1042 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 20, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 19-29-179-020-0000. Commonly known as 12 CEDER RIDGE DRIVE, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1030764. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509488 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

Commonly known as 1623 Carlemont Drive, Unit D, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509489 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1108094 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY Plaintiff, vs. WENDY L. BOE A/K/A WENDY BOE; ROBERT E. BOE A/K/A ROBERT BOE; WEST SUBURBAN BANK; WALNUT GLEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 1124 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 14, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 15-08-479-004. Commonly known as 1960 SYCAMORE LANE, ISLAND LAKE, IL 60042. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1108094. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509490 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1036847 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs. CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC; WALTER SCHULTZ; LINDA SCHULTZ; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 1126 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 14, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 14-01-152-032. Commonly known as 2904 BULL VALLEY ROAD, MCHENRY, IL 60050. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1036847. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509492 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

Thursday, February 28, 2013 â&#x20AC;˘ Page F5 11 CH 1254 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 27, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 19-19-235-017. Commonly known as 1642 Carlemont Drive, Unit C, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509493 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO HOME EQUITY TRUST 2004-2 Plaintiff, -v.JONATHAN KNIGHT AKA JONATHAN J KNIGHT, et al Defendants 11 CH 1302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 20, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 22, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 13 ASHBURY LANE, Barrington, IL 60010 Property Index No. 20-31-353003. The real estate is improved with a single family frame home; attached 2 car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1110534. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1110534 Case Number: 11 CH 1302 I508907 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

y NAT COURT UNIT 2B, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156. The improvement on the property consists of a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1111991. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509496 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE File Number AHMF.0645 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2004-4; Plaintiff, vs. ANTONIO SALERNO; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE, AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC. AS SERVICER FOR MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE RANDALL VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 2139 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 27, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 19-19-226-015. Commonly known as 1599 Carlmont Drive Unit E, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509499 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1118949 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; Plaintiff, vs. CARY L. WINSAUER; SOMERSET CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF CRYSTAL LAKE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 2153 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 5, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 19-08-253-049. Commonly known as 569 SOMERSET LANE, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014. The improvement on the property consists of a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1118949. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509502 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

by gi that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 4, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 19-08-376-009. Commonly known as 923 NOTTINGHAM LANE, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1118428. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509507 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2005 MASTR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2005-FRE1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FRE1 Plaintiff, -v.ROLANDO DURAN, et al Defendants 11 CV 50333 JUDGE FREDERICK J. KAPALA NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 27, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 1:00 PM on March 18, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1382 N. TEAKWOOD LANE, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Property Index No. 13-36-356023. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $179,043.55. Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP, 9191 BROADWAY, Merrillville, IN 46410, (219) 769-1313 FAX #: 219-769-6806. Please refer to file number 14374.7233. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP 9191 BROADWAY Merrillville, IN 46410 (219) 769-1313 Attorney File No. 14374.7233 Case Number: 3 : 11 CV 50333 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I508880 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28 & March 7, 2013.)

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Page F6• Thursday, February 28, 2013 y ZLAFF STREET, Harvard, IL 60033 Property Index No. 01-35-302010. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $128,485.68. Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP, 9191 BROADWAY, Merrillville, IN 46410, (219) 769-1313 FAX #: 219-769-6806. Please refer to file number 14374.7103. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP 9191 BROADWAY Merrillville, IN 46410 (219) 769-1313 Attorney File No. 14374.7103 Case Number: 3 : 11 CV 50353 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I509026 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28 & March 7, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1210526 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC.; Plaintiff, vs. DANIEL R. SPIKE; THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BARRINGTON; THE VILLAGE OF COPPER OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 01329 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 20, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 19-35-453-019. Commonly known as 2108 TETON PARKWAY, ALGONQUIN, IL 60102. The improvement on the property consists of a townhouse residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1210526. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509521 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

by fied funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1209565. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509515 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Ref. No. 12-01680 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2007-OPT1, ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OPT1, Plaintiff, vs. THOMAS C. ZEKEN AND ANITA R. F. ZEKEN, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA AND CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., Defendants, 12 CH 1304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 19, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 19-18-352-020 and 1813-485-005. Commonly known as 1558 Tanglewood Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509517 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

ope y Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1205714. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509523 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

est community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-3124. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509536 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

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W12-1598 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY A. SHAW; MICHELLE A. SHAW; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JEFFREY A. SHAW, IF ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MICHELLE A SHAW IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANT Defendants, 12 CH 1367 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 11, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 8611 Acorn Path, Wonder Lake, IL 60097. P.I.N. 08-13-327-002. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-1598. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509524 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.PEDRO JARAMILLO, MARIA L. OSORIO, PEDRO OSORIO Defendant 12 CH 1963 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 3, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 28, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 900 JOANNE LANE, Harvard, IL 60033 Property Index No. 06-02-156010. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $198,351.52. Sale terms: The bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Case Number: 12 CH 1963 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I509686

PUBLIC NOTICE W12-2108 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. JEREMY JIMENEZ A/K/A JEREMY K. JIMENEZ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JEREMY JIMENEZ, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 1401 NOTICE OF SALE UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on October 2, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 796 Dartmoor Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. P.I.N. 19-07-376-006. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-2108. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509527 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

(Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

sp ments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: NOONAN & LIEBERMAN, 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1100, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 212-4028. Please refer to file number 112568. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. NOONAN & LIEBERMAN 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1100 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 212-4028 Attorney File No. 11-2568 Case Number: 12 CH 575 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I508977 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com ng de Commonly known as 5925 BLUEGRASS TRAIL, McHenry, IL 60050 Property Index No. 09-33-153006-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $224,584.78. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The sales clerk, FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 498-9990 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. only. Please refer to file number 12-058218. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 498-9990 Attorney File No. 12058218 Case Number: 12 CH 700 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any

mp g any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I509007 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BMO HARRIS BANK NA FKA HARRIS NA; Plaintiff, vs. CARLOS C. ALVAREZ; SAGRARIO R. TAPIA-ALVAREZ UNKNOWN OWNERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN TENANTS, OCCUPANTS AND LEASEHOLDS; Defendants, 12 CH 954 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 27, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 8613 South Hill Road, Marengo, IL 60152. P.I.N. 16-13-426-003. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. Gary E. Green at Plaintiff's Attorney, Clark Hill PLC, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 985-5900. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509512 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

y, ys 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4711 ALTHOFF DRIVE, McHenry, IL 60050 Property Index No. 10-08-151011. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $177,714.85. Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP, 9191 BROADWAY, Merrillville, IN 46410, (219) 769-1313 FAX #: 219-769-6806. Please refer to file number 14374.7595. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP 9191 BROADWAY Merrillville, IN 46410 (219) 769-1313 Attorney File No. 14374.7595 Case Number: 3 : 11 CV 50391 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I508985 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28 & March 7, 2013.)

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STEVEN J. BACIK and CHRISTINE CONNERY, Plaintiffs, v. MICHAEL W. BACIK and CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, Defendants. No. 06 CH 926 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S AUCTION SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Court's Order entered herein, the Sheriff of McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, or his deputy, will on Thursday the 21st day of March, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, property legally described as follows: THE EAST HALF OF A TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS: THAT PART OF THE WEST HALF OF NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST FRACTIONAL HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 34, 1401.58 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SAID WEST FRACTIONAL HALF FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 78 DEGREES 49 MINUTES WEST, AT AN ANGLE OF 99 DEGREES 39 MINUTES MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE EXTENDED, 456.46 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST FRACTIONAL HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 34, 468.16 FEET TO A POINT IN THE CENTER OF STATE ROUTE 62, 459.18 FEET NORTHWESTERLY OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAID EAST LINE WITH THE CENTER LINE OF STATE ROUTE 62, AS MEASURED ALONG SAID CENTER LINE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG SAID CENTER LINE, 459.18 FEET TO AN INTERSECTION WITH THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST FRACTIONAL HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 34; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE A DISTANCE OF 483.08 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, (EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE RIGHT OF WAY OF STATE ROUTE 62), IN McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Permanent Index No. 19-34204-008 This property is Vacant Land located at the northwest corner of Algonquin Road (Illinois Hwy 62) and Longwood Drive, adjacent to the McDonald's Restaurant, consisting of approximately 2.52 acres. In regard to the physical characteristics of the subject property, this real estate is being sold in "As Is" condition for cash or certified funds. All liens and encumbrances on the property will be satisfied prior to the issuance of a Judicial Deed. The minimum bid, pursuant to court order, is $337,500. The successful bidder is required to deposit 10% of the bid amount at the time of the sale with the McHenry County Sheriff, and the balance to be paid by noon the following Tuesday after the sale. For information regarding this real estate, interested parties may contact: Attorney Peter F. Carroll at 815/337-4259 or <PFCarrollLaw@sbcglobal.net>.

KEITH NYGREN SHERIFF OF MCHENRY COUNTY Peter F. Carroll, Esq. Attorney No. 6185083 Carroll & Carroll Attorneys for Plaintiffs 114 S. Jefferson Street Woodstock, IL 60098 815/337-4259 (Published in the Northwest Herald February 14, 21 & 28, 2013.)

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Pierce & Associates File Number # 1021280 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs. STUART F. RODRIGUEZ AKA STUART RODRIGUEZ; NORTHERN MORAINE WASTEWATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS INC.; CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) NA; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF STUART RODRIGUEZ, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 02378 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 20, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOTS 19 AND 20 IN BLOCK 20 IN SAMPSON, SEX & CO'S LILY LAKE SUBDIVISION BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWN-

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SHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 28, 1926 AS DOCUMENT NO. 74254 IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 81 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 10-32-432-018; 10-32432-019. Commonly known as 304 Hollywood Terrace, Lakemoor, IL 60051. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1021280. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509475 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1023563 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM F. SHULA JR.; SYLVIA C. SHULA; PNC BANK, N.A.; SBM TO NATIONAL CITY BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 02594 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 21, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 507 IN HIGH HILL FARMS UNIT NO. 5, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 33 AND PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 1, 1983, AS DOCUMENT NO. 870438, IN MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-33-107-001. Commonly known as 411 SHAGBARK COURT, ALGONQUIN, IL 60102. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1023563. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509477 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

SEPTEMBER 18, 1868 IN BOOK 43 OF DEEDS, PAGE 303, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 336 SOUTH ORIOLE TRAIL, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Property Index No. 19-05-301003. The real estate is improved with a two-story single family residence. The judgment amount was $216,383.11. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The sales clerk, FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 498-9990 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. only. Please refer to file number 10-036902. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 498-9990 Attorney File No. 10036902 Case Number: 10 CH 1237 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I509009 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

gh tial real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The sales clerk, FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 498-9990 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. only. Please refer to file number 10-046498. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 498-9990 Attorney File No. 10046498 Case Number: 10 CH 3703 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I512563 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 28, March 7 & 14, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Ref. No. 10-2759 N IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC CORP., Plaintiff, vs. MICHAL SOLTYS AND PETER ROMANOWSKI A/K/A PIOTR ROMANOWSKI, EWA KUMEK-ROMANOWSKA AND WEBSTER BANK, N.A., UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, 10 CH 3723 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 19, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 2 IN BLOCK 7 IN THE VILLAGES UNIT 6, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 AND PART OF LOT 1 IN THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 9, 1991 AS DOCUMENT N. 91R38848, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-19-178-013. Commonly known as 1734 Copperfield Lane, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509479 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

by gi that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 21, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND ALSO A PART OF BLOCK 1 OF WATTLES SECOND ADDITION TO MCHENRY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BLOCK 5 OF WATTLES SECOND ADDITION TO MCHENRY, A SUBDIVISION IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 35; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF GROVE AVENUE EXTENDED WEST TO THE EAST LINE OF HIGHWAY ROUTE NO. 31, A DISTANCE OF 180.10 FEET; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY, 188 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 35; THENCE EAST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE TO THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, A DISTANCE OF 175.8 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK 5; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK 5, A DISTANCE OF 187.4 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN WATTLES SECOND ADDITION TO MCHENRY, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF OUT-LOTS 1, 2, 11, 13 AND 14 OF COUNTY CLERK'S PLAT OF PART OF THENORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 8, 1927 AS DOCUMENT NO. 77644, IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 94 (EXCEPT THE EAST 80.10 FEET OF THE ABOVE DESCRIBED TRACT), IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 09-35-157-001. Commonly known as 3911 GROVE AVENUE, MCHENRY, IL 60050. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1040166. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509482 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1030764 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. MARIA PECAK A/K/A MARIA B. PECAK; CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARIA PECAK, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 1042 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 20, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 20 IN CEDAR RIDGE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MARCH 22, 1978 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 726828, AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED APRIL 26, 1979 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 765937 IN ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-29-179-020-0000. Commonly known as 12 CEDER RIDGE DRIVE, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1030764.

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PUBLIC NOTICE File Number AHMF.0646 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2004-4; Plaintiff, vs. ANTONIO SALERNO; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE, AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC. AS SERVICER FOR MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE RANDALL VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 11 CH 1082 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 27, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: UNIT NUMBER D AT 1623 CARLEMONT IN RANDALL VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN RANDALL HILL AT THE VILLAGES, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 8, 1997 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 97R49687 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS; WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AUGUST 18, 2004 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2004R0075011 TOGETHER WITH SAID UNITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. P.I.N. 19-19-236-044. Commonly known as 1623 Carlemont Drive, Unit D, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509489 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1108094 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY Plaintiff, vs. WENDY L. BOE A/K/A WENDY BOE; ROBERT E. BOE A/K/A ROBERT BOE; WEST SUBURBAN BANK; WALNUT GLEN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 1124 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 14, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 46 IN WALNUT GLEN SUBDIVISION PHASE ONE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 8 AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 17, BOTH IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AND PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF SUBDIVISION RECORDED OCTOBER 6, 2006 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2006R0073851 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND ALSO RECORDED ON OCTOBER 4, 2006 AS DOCUMENT NO. 6067402 IN LAKE COUNTY ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 15-08-479-004. Commonly known as 1960 SYCAMORE LANE, ISLAND LAKE, IL 60042. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1108094. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509490 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.) Follow Northwest Herald on Twitter @nwherald

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1036847 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs. CHRISTOPHER SCHULTZ; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC; WALTER SCHULTZ; LINDA SCHULTZ; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 1126 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 14, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 9 IN OWNER'S RE-SUBDIVISION OF IDYL DELL SUBDIVISION, BEING A RE-SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 7 TO 21, BOTH INCLUSIVE, AND LOTS 23 TO 26, BOTH INCLUSIVE IN IDYL DELL SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE FRACTIONAL NORTHWEST QUARTER OF FRACTIONAL SECTION 1, LYING WEST OF THE FOX RIVER, IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 30, 1987 AS DOCUMENT NO. 87R008129, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 14-01-152-032. Commonly known as 2904 BULL VALLEY ROAD, MCHENRY, IL 60050. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1036847. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509492 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE File Number AHMF.0692 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2004-4; Plaintiff, vs. ANTONIO SALERNO; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE, AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC. AS SERVICER FOR MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE RANDALL VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; JOSEPHINE SALERNO; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 1254 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 27, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: UNIT NUMBER C AT 1642 CARLEMONT IN RANDALL VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN RANDALL HILL AT THE VILLAGES, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 8, 1997 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 97R49687 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS; WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AUGUST 18, 2004 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2004R0075011 TOGETHER WITH SAID UNITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. P.I.N. 19-19-235-017. Commonly known as 1642 Carlemont Drive, Unit C, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509493 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

11 CH 1302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 20, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 22, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 13 IN BARRINGTON SUMMIT FIRST ADDITION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF GOVERNMENT LOT 2 OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 14, 1959 AS DOCUMENT NO. 361185, IN BOOK 14 OF PLATS, PAGE 39, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 13 ASHBURY LANE, Barrington, IL 60010 Property Index No. 20-31-353003. The real estate is improved with a single family frame home; attached 2 car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1110534. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1110534 Case Number: 11 CH 1302 I508907 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1111991 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; Plaintiff, vs. THOMAS E. SWIATKOWSKI; THE PRAIRIE POINT MANORS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 1393 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on February 16, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: PARCEL 1: UNIT 1354-2B IN PRAIRIE POINT MANORS CONDOMINIUM NO. 1, AS DELINEATED ON SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: PART OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT 'C' TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP RECORDED OCTOBER 19, 1993 AS DOCUMENT NO. 93R63243, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. ALSO PARCEL 2: EASEMENT APPURTENANT TO PARCEL 1, BEING A LIMITED COMMON ELEMENT FOR PARKING PURPOSES, IN AND TO GARAGE SPACE UNIT NO. G-1354-28 AS DEFINED AND SET FORTH IN DECLARATION AND SURVEY, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-21-156-028. Commonly known as 1354 CUNAT COURT UNIT 2B, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156. The improvement on the property consists of a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICE File Number AHMF.0645 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2004-4; Plaintiff, vs. ANTONIO SALERNO; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE, AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE SERVICING, INC. AS SERVICER FOR MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE RANDALL VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 2139 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 27, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: UNIT NUMBER E AT 1599 CARLEMONT IN RANDALL VILLAGE CONDOMINIUM AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PARCEL OF REAL ESTATE: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN RANDALL HILL AT THE VILLAGES, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 8, 1997 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 97R49687 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS; WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AUGUST 18, 2004 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2004R0075011 TOGETHER WITH SAID UNITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. P.I.N. 19-19-226-015. Commonly known as 1599 Carlmont Drive Unit E, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509499 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1118949 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; Plaintiff, vs. CARY L. WINSAUER; SOMERSET CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF CRYSTAL LAKE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 2153 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 5, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: UNIT 569-1 IN SOMERSET CONDOMINIUM AS DELINEATED ON SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: PART OF LOTS 15 AND 16 IN PLAT OF FARMS OF CRYSTAL LAKE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 6, 1858 IN BOOK 22 OF DEEDS, PAGES 1, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED SEPTEMBER 11, 1973 AS DOCUMENT 603023, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. P.I.N. 19-08-253-049. Commonly known as 569 SOMERSET LANE, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014. The improvement on the property consists of a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1118949. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509502 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.) Find !t here! PlanitNorthwest.com

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1118428 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. DAVID GUERRERO AKA DAVID O. GUERRERO; PETRA GUERRERO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 2168 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 4, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 9 IN BLOCK 20 IN SIXTH ADDITION TO COVENTRY, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 7 AND 8, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 6, 1967 AS DOCUMENT NO. 468857, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-08-376-009. Commonly known as 923 NOTTINGHAM LANE, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1118428. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509507 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2005 MASTR ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2005-FRE1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FRE1 Plaintiff, -v.ROLANDO DURAN, et al Defendants 11 CV 50333 JUDGE FREDERICK J. KAPALA NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 27, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 1:00 PM on March 18, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 23 IN BLOCK 1 IN THE SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 9 OF R.A. CEPEK'S CRYSTAL VISTA, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND OF PART OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 25, 1952 AS DOCUMENT 256557, IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 60, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 1382 N. TEAKWOOD LANE, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Property Index No. 13-36-356023. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $179,043.55. Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP, 9191 BROADWAY, Merrillville, IN 46410, (219) 769-1313 FAX #: 219-769-6806. Please refer to file number 14374.7233. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP 9191 BROADWAY Merrillville, IN 46410

Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com (219) 769-1313 Attorney File No. 14374.7233 Case Number: 3 : 11 CV 50333 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I508880 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28 & March 7, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2006 SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2006-FR4 Plaintiff, -vAMADOR GONZALEZ, et al Defendants 11 CV 50353 JUDGE FREDERICK J. KAPALA NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 30, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 1:00 PM on March 18, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 13 IN BLOCK 8 IN E.E. AYER'S ADDITION TO HARVARD, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 17, 1875 IN BOOK 59 OF DEEDS PAGE 304, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 311 RATZLAFF STREET, Harvard, IL 60033 Property Index No. 01-35-302010. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $128,485.68. Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP, 9191 BROADWAY, Merrillville, IN 46410, (219) 769-1313 FAX #: 219-769-6806. Please refer to file number 14374.7103. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP 9191 BROADWAY Merrillville, IN 46410 (219) 769-1313 Attorney File No. 14374.7103 Case Number: 3 : 11 CV 50353 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I509026 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28 & March 7, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1210526 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC.; Plaintiff, vs. DANIEL R. SPIKE; THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BARRINGTON; THE VILLAGE OF COPPER OAKS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 01329 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 20, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 275 IN COPPER OAKS SUBDIVISION UNIT NO 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP, IN THE VILLAGE OF ALGONQUIN, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS PER PLAT RECORDED MAY 6, 1987 AS DOCUMENT NO 983264. SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MCHENRY IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-35-453-019. Commonly known as 2108 TETON PARKWAY, ALGONQUIN, IL 60102. The improvement on the property consists of a townhouse residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium

Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1210526. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509521 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1209565 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. TRENT GILLETTE; KELLY GILLETTE; LAKE IN THE HILLS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 1161 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 13, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 3 IN BLOCK "S" IN LAKE IN THE HILLS ESTATES UNIT NO. 10, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 5, 1952 AS DOCUMENT NO. 255945 IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS, PAGES 56 AND 57, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-28-176-003. Commonly known as 307 HIAWATHA DRIVE, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1209565. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509515 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE W12-1992 N THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. SCOTT J. BOWDEN; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SCOTT J. BOWDEN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 1248 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on October 9, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: THAT PART OF LOT 913 IN IMPRESSIONS AT MEADOWBROOK UNIT 3, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 29, 1999 AS DOCUMENT NO. 1999R0075259 IN THE VILLAGE OF LAKE IN THE HILLS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT 913; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, 110.18 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 22 SECONDS EAST, 33.42 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST, 110.16 FEET; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, 33.43 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3030 Ronan Drive, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156. P.I.N. 18-14-457-022. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-1992. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509516 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.) Northwest Herald Local news that's Closer to home! Subscribe today 800-589-9363

PUBLIC NOTICE Ref. No. 12-01680 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2007-OPT1, ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OPT1, Plaintiff, vs. THOMAS C. ZEKEN AND ANITA R. F. ZEKEN, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA AND CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., Defendants, 12 CH 1304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 19, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: THE FOLLOWING REAL ESTATE SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MCHENRY IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS TO WIT: LOT 35 IN WOODSCREEK UNIT 8B, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 6, 1994 AS DOCUMENT 94R57867 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-18-352-020 and 1813-485-005. Commonly known as 1558 Tanglewood Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509517 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Pierce & Associates File Number # 1205714 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. CHRISTINE BLENDOW; AMERICAN METRO BANK; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 1344 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on December 20, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: PARCEL 1: THAT PART OF LOT 1 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION 30 (SAID SECTION LINE BEING ALSO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 1) THAT IS 671.22 FEET NORTH 86 DEGREES 37 MINUTES WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE SOUTH 2 DEGREES 05 MINUTES WEST, A DISTANCE OF 386.07 FEET TO THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 2 DEGREES 05 MINUTES WEST A DISTANCE OF 422.47 FEET; THENCE NORTH 86 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 50 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 651.40 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 1 THAT IS 808.54 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF, THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF LOT 1, 422.47 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 86 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 24 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 646.49 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE TRUE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: EASEMENTS APPURTENANT TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 1 AS SET FORTH AND DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION OF EASEMENTS RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 348212 FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS, ALL IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 20-30-100-017. Commonly known as 10111 BRAEBURN ROAD, BARRINGTON, IL 60010. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1205714. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509523 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE W12-1598 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs. JEFFREY A. SHAW; MICHELLE A. SHAW; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JEFFREY A. SHAW, IF ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MICHELLE A SHAW IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANT Defendants, 12 CH 1367 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 11, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 25 IN BLOCK 4 IN HIGHLAND SHORES UNIT 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 22, 1950 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 237906 IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS PAGE 16 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 8611 Acorn Path, Wonder Lake, IL 60097. P.I.N. 08-13-327-002. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-1598. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509524 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JANUARY 11, 1973 AS DOCUMENT NO. 584621, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 796 Dartmoor Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. P.I.N. 19-07-376-006. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-2108. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509527 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE W12-3124 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. JENNIFER A. VON BERGER AKA JENNIFER A. KOSMACH; DUSTIN D. HELLRIEGEL AKA DUSTIN D. KOSMACH; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JENNIFER A. VON BERGER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DUSTIN D. HELLRIEGEL, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 1713 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 21, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 5 IN BLOCK 10 IN LOOKOUT POINT UNIT NO. 2, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 8, 1939 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 138281 IN BOOK 9 OF PLATS, PAGE 27 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 5303 Hilltop Drive, Wonder Lake, Il 60097. P.I.N. 09-06-404-016. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street,

oup Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-3124. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509536 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.PEDRO JARAMILLO, MARIA L. OSORIO, PEDRO OSORIO Defendant 12 CH 1963 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 3, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 28, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Lot 103 in Shadow Creek, being a Subdivision of part of Government Lots 1 and 2 of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 45 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the Plat thereof recorded September 10, 1999 as Document No. 1999R64036, and Certificate of Correction recorded October 5, 1999 as Document No. 1999R69511, in McHenry County, Illinois. Commonly known as 900 JOANNE LANE, Harvard, IL 60033 Property Index No. 06-02-156010. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $198,351.52. Sale terms: The bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN

IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Case Number: 12 CH 1963 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I509686 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BENEFICIAL FINANCIAL I INC. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS INC. D/B/A BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE CO. OF ILLINOIS, PLAINTIFF vs. ASIF A. CHOUDHURY; AMY MACKENZIE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANT 12 CH 3103 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, ASIF A. CHOUDHURY; AMY MACKENZIE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendant, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: LOT 262 IN BIG SKY UNIT 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 SECTION 19, AND THE NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 1 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 19, ALL BEING IN TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 9, 1992, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 92R68030, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 422 Starwood Pass, Lake in the Hills, Illinois 60156 P.I.N.: 19-19-328-004 and which said mortgage was signed by ASIF A. CHOUDHURY, AMY MACKENZIE, mortgagor, to Beneficial Financial I Inc. Successor by Merger to Beneficial Illinois Inc. d/b/a Beneficial Mortgage Co. of Illinois, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County as Document No. 2006R0087804; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of McHenry County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in McHenry County at 2200 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098 on or before the March 18, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint. Circuit Clerk

Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 12 4496 I508036 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., S/B/M TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff, -v.JERRY P. SWEAT, et al Defendants 12 CH 575 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 26, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 22, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: SUB-LOT 9 OF LOT 69 OF THE ASSESSOR'S PLAT OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY CLERK'S PLAT RECORDED MARCH 20,1901 IN BOOK 2 OF PLATS, PAGE 11, SAID PREMISES BEING LOCATED IN AND BEING A PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF SAID SECTION 35, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 349 WEST FOREST STREET, Marengo, IL 60152 Property Index No. 11-35-477001-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $184,031.50. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

Thursday, February 28, 2013 â&#x20AC;˘ Page F9 pay qui by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: NOONAN & LIEBERMAN, 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1100, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 212-4028. Please refer to file number 112568. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. NOONAN & LIEBERMAN 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1100 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 212-4028 Attorney File No. 11-2568 Case Number: 12 CH 575 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I508977 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.FREDERICK J. HYZNY A/K/A FREDERICK JACOB HYZNY, JR. A/K/A FRED JACOB HYZNY, JR., ROSA VILMA HYZNY A/K/A ROSA V HYZNY, BOONE CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY, LLC, DISCOVER BANK Defendants 12 CH 700 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 31, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 15, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 10 IN BOONE CREEK UNIT FIVE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 17, 2002 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2002R0016692 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 5925 BLUEGRASS TRAIL, McHenry, IL 60050 Property Index No. 09-33-153006-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $224,584.78. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any represen-

any pr tation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The sales clerk, FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 498-9990 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. only. Please refer to file number 12-058218. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 498-9990 Attorney File No. 12058218 Case Number: 12 CH 700 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I509007 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PAGE 98 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 8613 South Hill Road, Marengo, IL 60152. P.I.N. 16-13-426-003. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. Gary E. Green at Plaintiff's Attorney, Clark Hill PLC, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 985-5900. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I509512 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE CONDEMNATION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF McHENRY, ss. - In the Circuit Court of the 22nd Judicial District McHenry County, Illinois, County Department, Law Division. The Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois for and on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff, vs. NORTH STAR TRUST COMPANY, as successor to the State Bank of Woodstock, as Trustee, u/t/a dated March 25, 1991 and known as Trust No. 4845; Marvin Marquardt; "UNKNOWN OWNERS" and "NONRECORD CLAIMANTS", Generally, Defendants. 12 ED 64 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, "Unknown Owners" and "Non-Record Claimants", Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the abovenamed Plaintiff has filed its Complaint in said Court for condemnation pursuant to the eminent domain laws of the State of Illinois, of the lands and premises in the Complaint situated in McHenry County, State of Illinois, to wit: PARCEL NO. 1CV1025, 1CV1025TE-A & 1CV1025TE-B JOB NO. R-91-015-98 PARCEL NO. 1CV1025 THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCPAL MERIDIAN, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 26; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST (BEARING AS REFERENCED TO PLAT OF CENTER LINE RECORDED NOVEMBER 5, 1999 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1999R0076695, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS), ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 26, 925.67 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 26, 78.07 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF U.S. ROUTE 14 PER DOCUMENT NUMBER 1999R0076695 RECORDED NOVEMBER 5, 1999, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS; THENCE SOUTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 48 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 848.99 FEET, TO THE CENTERLINE OF RIDGEFIELD ROAD AS MOMUMENTED PER DOCUMENT NUMBER 1999R0076695 RECORDED NOVEMBER 5, 1999, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS EX-

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Page F10• Thursday, February 28, 2013 TENDED WEST; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF RIDGEFIELD ROAD EXTENDED WEST, 89.55 FEET; THENCE NORTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, 645.15 FEET; THENCE NORTH 56 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 198.37 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 1,430 ACRES MORE OR LESS OF WHICH 0.585 ACRES HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY USED. PARCEL NO.1CV1025TE-A THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 26; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST (BEARING AS REFERENCED TO PLAT OF CENTER LINE RECORDED NOVEMBER 5, 1999 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1999R0076695, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS), ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 26, 925.67 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, 198.37 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 56 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 44 SECONDS WEST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 10.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 195.57 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, 28.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 56 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 44 SECONDS WEST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 28.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 56 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 10.00 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PARCEL NO. 1CV1025TE-B THAT PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 26; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST (BEARING AS REFERENCED TO PLAT OF CENTER LINE RECORDED NOVEMBER 5, 1999 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1999R0076695, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS), ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 26, 925.67 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, 198.37 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 56 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 44 SECONDS WEST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 10.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 368.40 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, 40.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 56 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 44 SECONDS WEST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 10.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 33 DEGREES 01 MINUTES 16 SECONDS WEST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 40.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 56 DEGREES 58 MINUTES 44 SECONDS EAST, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, 10.00 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 0.009 ACRES (400 SQUARE FEET) MORE OR LESS. Now, therefore, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Appearance in the said suit, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, McHenry County Courthouse, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois on or before April 1, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint, dated, June 28, 2012. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Francis J. Bongiovanni, Special Assistant Attorney General (6199122), Attorney for Plaintiff, 108 Bokelman Street, Roselle, Illinois, 60172. I511244 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 28, March 7 & 14, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE CONDEMNATION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF McHENRY, ss. - In the Circuit Court of the 22nd Judicial District McHenry County, Illinois, County Department, Law Division. The Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois for and on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff, vs. THE CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY, as successor to Wayne Hummer Trust Co. N.A. f/k/a Wintrust Asset Management, N.A. as Trustee u/t/a dated February 16, 1999 and known as Trust No. BBT-5501; THOMAS NEIS; EIS INSURANCE; CREMATION SOCIETY OF ILLINOIS; CRYSTAL LAKE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY; "UNKNOWN OWNERS" and "NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS", Generally, Defendants. 12 ED 66 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, "Unknown Owners" and "Non-Record Claimants", Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the abovenamed Plaintiff has filed its Complaint in said Court for condemnation pursuant to the eminent domain laws of the State of Illinois, of the lands and premises in the Complaint situated in McHenry County, State of Illinois, to wit: PARCEL NO. 1CV0226 & 1CV0226TE JOB NO. R-91-015-98 PARCEL NO. 1CV0226 THAT PART OF LOT A IN HARTWIG'S SUBDIVISION IN PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 1 IN ROCKENBACH'S SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAID ROCKENBACH'S SUBDIVISION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 274913, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID HARTWIG SUBDIVISION ALSO BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PARTS OF LOTS 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK 1 IN CHITTEN-

DEN'S ADDITION TO CRYSTAL LAKE ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 8, 1976, IN BOOK 62 OF DEEDS, PAGE 3 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAID HARTWIG SUBDIVISION RECORDED SEPTEMBER 12, 1988 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 88R028807, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT A; THENCE ON AN ASSUMED BEARING OF NORTH 88 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT A, A DISTANCE OF 16.43 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 131.58 FEET ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 2930.91 FEET, THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE BEARS SOUTH 14 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 36 SECONDS EAST, 131.57 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT A; THENCE SOUTH 74 DEGREES 16 MINUTES 22 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT A, A DISTANCE OF 15.36 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT A; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 135.52 FEET (135.42 FEET, RECORDED) ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT A ON A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 3029.48 FEET, THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE BEARS NORTH 15 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST, 135.51 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINING 0.048 ACRE, MORE OR LESS. PARCEL NO.1CV0226TE THAT PART OF LOT A IN HARTWIG'S SUBDIVISION IN PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 1 IN ROCKENBACH'S SUBDIVISION ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAID ROCKENBACH'S SUBDIVISION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 274913, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SAID HARTWIG SUBDIVISION ALSO BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PARTS OF LOTS 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK 1 IN CHITTENDEN'S ADDITION TO CRYSTAL LAKE ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 8, 1976, IN BOOK 62 OF DEEDS, PAGE 3 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF SAID HARTWIG SUBDIVISION RECORDED SEPTEMBER 12, 1988 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 88R028807, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT A; THENCE ON AN ASSUMED BEARING OF NORTH 88 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT A, A DISTANCE OF 16.43 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY 18.33 FEET ALONG A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 2930.91 FEET, THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE BEARS SOUTH 15 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 01 SECOND EAST, 18.33 FEET; THENCE NORTH 73 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 8.00 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 16.29 FEET ALONG A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 2938.91 FEET, THE CHORD OF SAID CURVE BEARS NORTH 15 DEGREES 57 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST, 16.29 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT A; THENCE SOUTH 88 DEGREES 09 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT A, A DISTANCE OF 8.26 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID TEMPORARY EASEMENT CONTAINING 0.003 ACRE, MORE OR LESS, 138 SQUARE FEET, MORE OR LESS. SA OR EAS

SAID TEMPORARY EASEMENT TO BE USED FOR DRIVEWAY CONSTRUCTION PURPOSES. Now, therefore, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Appearance in the said suit, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, McHenry County Courthouse, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois on or before April 1, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint, dated, June 28, 2012. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Francis J. Bongiovanni, Special AsGeneral sistant Attorney (6199122), Attorney for Plaintiff, 108 Bokelman Street, Roselle, Illinois, 60172. I511353 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 28, March 7 & 14, 2013.) Northwest Herald Classified It works.

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Erik Beaman a/k/a Erik C. Beaman; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 13 CH 00120 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Erik Beaman a/k/a Erik C. Beaman, Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 206 IN GREENFIELDS UNIT NUMBER 5, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 920 W. Main Street, Cary, IL 60013 and which said Mortgage was made by: Erik Beaman a/k/a Erik C. Beaman, the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Woodfield Planning Corporation, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as Document No. 2003R0085302 rerecorded 2003R0158279; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court 2200 N. Seminary Woodstock, IL 60098 on or before April 1, 2013, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-12-27125 NOTE: This la fir is d ed to

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. PLAINTIFF Vs. Mark Martinez; Laura Martinez; JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA; Capital One Bank (USA), N.A.; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 13 CH 00253 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Mark Martinez, Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, towit: LOT 158 IN BIG SKY UNIT TWO B, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, PART OF LOT 1 OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 19 AND PART OF LOT 1 OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, ALL BEING IN TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 16, 1993 AS DOCUMENT NO. 93R070699 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1103 Heavens Gate, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 and which said Mortgage was made by: Mark Martinez, Laura Martinez, the Mortgagor(s), to Bank One N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as Document No. 2003R0112836; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court 2200 N. Seminary Woodstock, IL 60098 on or before April 1, 2013, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-13-02449 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector. I511290 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 28, March 7 & 14, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: ROBERTO GALLINAR, Plaintiff, vs ELISABETH NONATO, Defendant. Case No. 13 DV 65

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PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN YOU, ELISABETH NONATO, Defendant, in the aboveentitled action, that a suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois, by Plaintiff, ROBERTO GALLINAR, against you praying for a dissolution of marriage and for other relief. NOW THEREFORE, you are further notified that unless you, ELISABETH NONATO, the said Defendant, file your Answer to the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in said suit, or otherwise make your Appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, on or before March 28, 2013, a default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Woodstock, Illinois, this 14th day of February, 2013. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court 22nd Judicial Circuit McHenry County, Illinois (SEAL) Prepared by: CHARLES R. McKENNEY #6270251 Attorney for Petitioner 800 McHenry Avenue-C Crystal Lake, IL 60014 (Published in the Northwest Herald February 21, 28, and March 7, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2007-1 ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.CARL A. HANSEN, et al Defendants 3 : 11 CV 50391 JUDGE FREDERICK J. KAPALA NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 8, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 1:00 PM on March 18, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Lot Four Hundred Forty Nine (449), Pistakee Hills Unit #3, being a subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 7 and Part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 45 North, Range 9, East of the Third Principal Meridian according to the Plat thereof recorded October 29, 1959 as Document No. 361805, in Book 14 of Plats, page 40, in McHenry County, Illinois. Commonly known as 4711 ALTHOFF DRIVE, McHenry, IL 60050 Property Index No. 10-08-151011. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $177,714.85. Sale terms: 10% dow of th highest bid by tified

down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP, 9191 BROADWAY, Merrillville, IN 46410, (219) 769-1313 FAX #: 219-769-6806. Please refer to file number 14374.7595. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP 9191 BROADWAY Merrillville, IN 46410 (219) 769-1313 Attorney File No. 14374.7595 Case Number: 3 : 11 CV 50391 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I508985 (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 14, 21, 28 & March 7, 2013.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR BIDS Notice is Hereby Given by the Board of Education of Community High School District #155 that on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. prevailing time, at the District #155 Center for Education, One South Virginia Road, Crystal Lake, Illinois, sealed bids will be accepted and publicly opened for providing Replacement of Bleachers, Press Box and Miscellaneous Site Improvements at Crystal Lake South High School, Crystal Lake, IL. Bids received after stated time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

Invitation to Bid The Board of Education, Harvard Community Unit School District No. 50 will receive sealed bids until 11:00 a.m. prevailing time on Thursday, March 21, 2013 for Custodial Supplies for School Year 2013-2014.

There will be a PRE-BID Meeting for this project on Wednesday, March 6, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. at Crystal Lake South High School, 1200 S. McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake, IL.

Bids will be opened on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. prevailing time and read aloud in the Harvard Community Unit School District No. 50 Administration Office, 401 N. Division St., Harvard, Illinois, by Steve Miller, Director of Facilities

Bid Security, in the amount of ten (10) percent of the proposal, shall be included with each bid. All contractors submitting bids must be in compliance with the Prevailing Wage Act as enacted by the State of Illinois. All persons interested in bidding shall deliver, in accordance with the requirements, specifications, and provisions of the said Board of Education, a sealed bid to the Secretary of the Board of Education at the District #155 Center for Education, One South Virginia Road, Crystal Lake, Illinois, on any regular business day between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., prior to the bid opening. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

/s/ Theodore L. Wagner President, Board of Education

Copies of the Request for Proposal for Fund Accounting System may be obtained from the District website, www.mtfpd.org, at the District, or by for calling the Business Manager (815) 385-0075. The District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Bid specifications and forms can be obtained from Harvard Community Unit School District No. 50, Administration Office, 401 N. Division St.., Harvard, IL 60033, (815) 943-4022.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Notice is hereby given that McHenry Township Fire Protection District is currently seeking accounting software for the District. Responses to the Request for Proposal for Fund Accounting System shall be submitted to the District Headquarters located at 3610 W. Elm Street, McHenry, Illinois, 60050, Attention: Business Manager, no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, March 8, 2013. Proposals received after stated time will not be accepted.

(Published in the Northwest Herald February 28, 2013)

Bidding Documents will be available February 28, 2013, and may be obtained at BHFX, 80 W. Seegers Rd., Arlington Heights, IL 60005. Contact: Bill Calderone, 847-593-3161. There is a nonrefundable fee for each copy of the Contract Documents.

By Order of the Board of Education of Community High School District #155

PUBLIC NOTICE

qu propos forms are available at the Municipal Complex, 100 W. Woodstock Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. All proposals must be submitted to the City of Crystal Lake in a sealed envelope marked “Surveying and CADD Work for Various Crystal Lake Streets RFP (2013) - Attn: Bradley S. Mitchell, Assistant to the City Manager”, by 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 8, 2013.

/s/ Mary Scherenberg Secretary, Board of Education (Published in the Northwest Herald February 28, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The City of Crystal Lake will be accepting sealed proposals in accordance with specifications for a qualified consulting firm for the Surveying and CADD work for various Crystal Lake streets. Proposal specifications and required proposal

(Published in the Northwest Herald February 28, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE LOOKING FOR DBE'S! Curran Contracting Company is seeking IDOT approved DBE subcontractors, suppliers, & trucking companies for the 03/08/2013 IDOT letting! Plans & Specs are available at www.dot.state.il.us or email estimating @currancontracting.com (815) 455-5100 (Published in the Northwest Herald February 25, 26, 27, 28, March 1 and the Lake County Journal February 28, March 7, 2013) Get the job you want at NWHerald.com/jobs

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE The Board of Trustees of the McHENRY TOWNSHIP FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT did adopt and pass Ordinance O-2013-001 known as McHenry Township Fire Protection District Ethics Ordinance on February 21, 2013. This Ordinance is an update and re-affirmation of the previous Ethics Ordinance adopted and passed June 17, 2004, and known as O-20043. A copy of the Ethics Ordinance, O-2013-001 is now available and posted for inspection at the Office of the McHenry Township Fire Protection District, 3610 W. Elm Street, McHenry, Illinois during regular business hours. /s/ Robert Meyer Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the

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PUBLIC NOTICE

CITATION File No. 2012-454/A

Invitation to Comment on a Proposed Telecommunications Facility

SURROGATE'S COURT, SARATOGA COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent

PUBLIC NOTICE Invitation to Bid for Grant Township Highway Department, Grant Township 2013 Road Program, Ingleside Shore Road, Lincoln Court, Hickory Lane and Stanton Point Road Community Development Block Grant - Year '12

This notice is to serve as an opportunity for members of the public and permitting agencies to comment on a telecommunications site with regards to effects on historic properties within one-half mile of the proposed site. All interested persons are invited to comment on any potential effects that may be caused to historic properties, if any such properties are or may be located at or near the site, from a proposed collocation of antennas upon an existing 195-foot monopole tower with associated equipment to be installed at 4606 North Pesz Road in Nunda Township, McHenry County, Illinois (approx. 42-15-46.70N, 88-1157.06W). Comments regarding historic properties may be submitted to the following contact as follows: Tracy L. Drunasky, Edge Consulting Engineers, Inc., 624 Water Street, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578, Phone: 608-644-1449, Email: tdrunasky@edgeconsult.com. This notification is being completed in accordance with FCC04-222 public participation requirements and in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 C.F.R. Part 1, Appendices B and C.

TO: Laura Arolino, 1451 Mackinnon Avenue, Cardiff By the Sea, California 92007, Graham Scott McGill, Whereabouts unknown, Attorney General, Daryl Cutler, Esq., Guardian Ad Litem for Graham Scott McGill

1. TIME AND PLACE FOR OPENING BIDS: Sealed bids for the improvements described below will be received at the offices of: Grant Township Highway Department 26535 Molidor Road Ingleside, Illinois 60041

A petition having been duly filed by Sherrill L. McGill who is/are domiciled at 403 Stage Road, Charlton, New York 12019, YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate's Court, Saratoga County, at 30 McMaster Street, Ballston Spa, New York, on April 9, 2013 at 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Graham L. McGill lately domiciled at 403 Stage Road, Charlton, New York 12019, United States admitting to probate a Will dated September 10, 2006 (and Codicil(s), if any, dated), a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Graham L. McGill deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: Letter Testamentary issue to Sherrill L. McGill Further relief sought (if any); without bond Dated, Attested and Sealed, February 13, 2013 SEAL HON. Richard A. Kupferman Surrogate /s/ Catharine J. Ruggles Chief Clerk Andrea J. DiDomenico Attorney Law Office of Andrea J. DiDomenico One Vosburgh, Mechanicville, New York 12118 (518) 664- 7338 NOTE: This citation is served upon as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you. (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 21, 28, March 7 & 14, 2013.)

until 10:00 a.m. Central Time, March 26,, 2013. All bids will be publicly opened at that time and read aloud. 2. AVAILABILITY OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Specifications, Bid Forms and other Contract Documents may be obtained from BHFX at 847-816-6022, beginning after 10:00 a.m., February 28, 2013. A non-refundable fee is required for each set of documents, made payable to BHFX for the printing cost. A request form is available from BHFX for drawings to be shipped. 3. PRE-QUALIFICATION OF BIDDERS: All bidders will submit, separate from the sealed bid, a resume of similar projects performed, enumerated, as to location, type of work, approximate completion date, and project engineering firms. Additionally, all bidders will submit a list of equipment owned by, or available to them, for the efficient pursuance of the project. 4. PREBID MEETING: All bidders shall attend a MANDITORY prebid meeting on Thursday March 14, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Grant Township Highway Department, at the same address as the bid openings listed above. 5. WAGES OF EMPLOYEES: Not less than the prevailing rate of wages as found by the Federal Department of Labor or determined by a court on review shall be paid to all laborers, workers and mechanics performing work under this contract.

7. LOCATION OF THE WORK: The work is located on Ingleside Shore Road, Lincoln Court, Hickory Lane and Stanton Point, in Grant Township, Illinois, east of Wilson Road north off of Grand Avenue. 8. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Road reconstruction of the townships roads, there are approximately 1,400 tons of Hot Mix Asphalt, roughly 3,800 feet of Concrete M3.12 Curb and Gutter, and 1,900 linear feet of Storm Sewer with associated appurtenances. 9. BID SECURITY: Bid security in the form of a Bid Bond, Bank Cashier's Check or Certified Check for ten percent (10%) of the total bid made payable to the Grant Township Highway Department shall accompany the bid. 10. CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE: Project may be awarded on April 1, 2013, with construction work anticipated to start April 22, 2013 substantially completed by June 14, 2013 with a final completion date of July 3, 2013. (Published in the Northwest Herald, February 28 & March 7, 2013.)

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This notice is to serve as an opportunity for members of the public and permitting agencies to comment on a telecommunications site with regards to effects on historic properties within one-half mile of the proposed site. All interested persons are invited to comment on any potential effects that may be caused to historic properties, if any such properties are or may be located at or near the site, from a proposed collocation of antennas upon an existing 120-foot monopole tower with associated equipment to be installed at 101 Bay Road in McHenry Township, McHenry County, Illinois (approx. 42-21-49.74N, 88-11-56.00W). Comments regarding historic properties may be submitted to the following contact as follows: Tracy L. Drunasky, Edge Consulting Engineers, Inc., 624 Water Street, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578, Phone: 608-644-1449, Email: tdrunasky@edgeconsult.com. This notification is being completed in accordance with FCC04-222 public participation requirements and in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, 47 C.F.R. Part 1, Appendices B and C.

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Elvis Stojko, a Canadian igure skater who won three world championships, said, “I had the strength and the inesse there and put it all together.” Bridge declarers (and sometimes defenders) with high-card strength often put together tricks with inesses. There is rarely a deal without at least one inesse. However, occasionally a suit combination comes along that looks like a inesse, but isn’t. Which applies in this deal -- inesse or look-alike non-inesse? South is in three notrump. West leads the heart queen. What should declarer do? Would the best line change if South’s clubs were Q-J-9-2? When in no-trump, always start by counting your top tricks, your instant winners. Here South has seven: four spades, two hearts and one club. So, if he can rake in three club tricks, he will make his contract. Any declarer who thinks that club suit is a inessing combination will take the irst trick with his heart king (he does not want to risk a diamond shift) and run the club queen. However, when East turns up with

four clubs, three no-trump must fail. Instead, South should play a low club to dummy’s ace and return a club toward his queen-jack. East will probably play low. Then declarer, after winning with his club queen, returns to dummy with a spade and leads another club to gain that third club trick. Interestingly, that is still the right approach even with ace-fourth opposite queen-jack-nine-fourth. Running the queen loses when East has a singleton king. Lead toward the hand with the two honors.

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ALPHABET BOX - Premium quality, Toy Workshop chunky upper case wooden letters, brightly colored, engaging and extremely durable in a wooden box that serves as a play tray! A great portable for the car, beach and travel. New. $15. 815-477-9023 DIAPERS ~ 100% COTTON New in package, flat 27”x27”. $8/dozen, pre-fold, 14”x20”. $9/dozen. 630-721-0068 PIRATE CAPTAIN DRESS UP - Your little pirate will love this super cool costume to navigate the high seas. Size 3-4T, wonderfully crafted costume. Lots of cute details, the works, includes all the gear. New with tags, never worn. $35. 815-477-9023

Stereo – JVC – DBL Cassette Deck – AM/FM Radio – 3-CD Holder – External Speakers Moveable – Remote & Manual – $50 obo 815-923-4010 SUB-WOOFER & TOWER SPEAKERS Sony Home Audio Powered Subwoofer & Two Tower Speakers Like New! Asking $200/obo. Call 815-546-5018 Technics – Panasonic – SL 1200 Direct Drive Turn Table $175 obo 815-568-8036

TV ~ 60” Elements HD, excellent condition, 2 months old, $850. 815-529-4605

BIKE - Girls 20 in. Schwinn Stardust, hot pink with streamers and basket, no rust, ready to ride, excellent shape, $85, 815-477-9023

TV. RCA 52” HD for sale....husband is next. $300 OBO. Johnsburg. 815-578-1935 Video Camera: Canon, VC-30/30A w/200m remote, wide attachment, uv filter, camera bag, Panasonic PV 8000 VCR & PV-850 tuner $150 815-568-8036

Insulating Blankets (80)

Wii w/8 games, exercise board, 2 controllers, charger & more. $275 815-356-0883

For covering concrete, 6'x25' $20/ea. 847-514-4989

X BOX – Rock Band 2 w/all accessories $50obo 847-331-7571

Outside corner, Tape on Bead 1-1/16” x1-1/16” 400 pieces, new in box, $200/obo. 847-516-8015

Air Dyne Bike – Schwinn $100 815-385-0456

Bed Frame – Full size – Head/Foot Board Canon Ball Style, 40Yrs Old Good Condition $270 815-444-0629 AM Bed: Roll About, Almost New, Used 3 Times, New $250. Asking $75. 224-321-7536 BEDROOM SET - Modern bed with headboard, dresser with mirror, 2 night stands, chest of drawers. $400. Johnsburg. 815-363-9791 BEDROOM SET - Modern platform bed with headboard, dresser with mirror, chest of drawers, 2 night stands, grey formica finish with gold accents. Moving! $400. Johnsburg 815-363-9791 BR SET King Size, Oak + 2 night stands, mirror, $300. Round oak coffee table and (1) round end table, $100/both. Wood bunk bed set with desk, quality set! $250 262-877-2424

CEDAR CHEST

Big, $30.

Computer desk with hutch, lots of shelves & storage, $250 Call 815-444-9550

Cardio Glide - Weslo

COPIER - Canon PC-7. Excellent condition. Makes clear, clean copies (b/w). $99. 815-459-4516

Office Desk with corner computer table, $100. 262-877-2424

Albums – Box Of 60 – Jazz Mostly 50's& 60's Good Cond. $35 847-695-9561 Call Mike BARREL - Old fashioned candy barrel for store display, versatile for household container, attractive rustic appearance, wooden, bound with steel rims. New. $40. 815-477-9023 Breakfast Tray - Wooden, Vintage Shabby Chic - Foldable, $45.00, Please call 815-477-9023 Japanese Decorative Fan - High end, vibrant colors, very large, bamboo sides 24 in. long, 40 in. wide, hand painted depicting a village scene, like new condition. $40. 815-477-9023

Great cardio workout! $50 815-382-1908 Skiis: Cross Country, 2 sets of skiis, one set of poles (no charge for ski boots—women's size 8-men's size 8 or 9) $45 847-639-8656

MIXED FIREWOOD Oak - Maple - Cherry $85/FC or 2FC $165. Free Delivery and Stacking. 815-528-0586

BAR STOOLS - Quality set of 3 durable hardwood with larger seating area than your regular bar stool, classic style & casual comfort, perfect for kitchen island or breakfast bar. Excellent. $95. 815 477-9023

262-877-2424

CERAMIC TILE FRUIT SIDE TABLE Makes an artistic statement with vibrant, detailed hand painted tile to bring that splash of color to your backyard or sunroom. Measures 13.5 square by 18 high. Attractive Verdi green patina finish. Excellent strong original condition, $45. 815 477-9023

Curio 5 shelving unit 17w x 63h x 13d, pine, great as a store display, plant stand, books, cds, photo frames. Excellent condition, $55. 815-477-9023 Desk Set- Exec. Solid Oak Incl. Barrister Book Case, 2 Drawer lateral file. Matching waste basket. Exc. Cond. $850 obo. 815-479-8975

DESK ~ WALNUT

Very good condition, $40. Can email pictures. 815-455-6627 DINING ROOM SET - cherry finish. 30 x 48 inch table. 2 padded chairs and padded bench seat blue fabric. Great for eat-in kitchen. $50. 815-790-5956

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LAND AUCTION 645 ACRES Boone Co., Cherry Valley, Il MONDAY, MAR. 11, 10:30 AM

Camera: Polaroid Spectra Kit w/special effects lens, tripod & camera bag $50 815-568-8036 Emachines Brand. Works! Has cord to plug into monitor but need a cord to plug into outlet (can be bought @ any store). $8. 847-814-3254 GIFT CARD WORTH $10 FOR WIRELESS ZONE STORE selling 1/2 price $5 - May be redeemed at any Wireless Zone location, (closest one is in HUNTLEY) valid toward the purchase of cell phones, cell phone accessories & other equipment. No expiration date. $5. 815-477-9023

OSCILLOSCOPE

2 channels, works good. $35. 815-385-5487 Printer – Hewlett Packard – Cable Connection – Laser 5L – 1 Extra Cartridge- Old But Lightly Used $20 815-334-1435 before 9pm

5 Parcels 40 Acr. to 500 Acr., Irrigated, 6 Center Pivots & Wells Included. Located just East of Rockford, Il. near I-90 & US 20, 1/2 Mile So. of Rt. 20 on Wheeler Rd, 2 Miles West of Chrysler Plant. “Watch for Signs”.

Auction held at Clock Tower Inn 7801 East State St., Rockford, Il. (Corner of Business US 20 & I-90) Possession available for 2013 Crop or Seller will Lease back at $500. per Acre Cash Rent. Terms: 10% Earnest Money Day of Auction from successful buyer. Balance due at closing. Seller will furnish Plat of Survey & Clean Merchantable Title. NO Buyers Premium. Call for Brochure or Showing if necessary.

Gordon Stade Auctioneer,

Printer: HP Photosmart All in One Printer, excellent condition, includes manual, installation CD $35 224-489-4829 SPEAKERS - Phase Technology Tower Speakers PC100. Outstanding sound. Superb condition. Solid oak cabinets. $250/pair. 815-459-4516

Huntley, Il. 847/514/2853 www.gordonstadeauctions.com Sterling Land Brokers Monte VanKooten 815/718/2244 & Jim Anderson Sterling, Il. www.sterlinglandcompany.com

GUN CONSIGNMENT AUCTION SATURDAY & SUNDAY March 2nd & March 3rd, 2013 LOCATION: DONLEY'S WILD WEST TOWN 8512 S. UNION ROAD, UNION, IL (Located on the corner of Route 20 and Union Road, 5 miles east of Marengo, IL) We will be set up to apply for or renew F.O.I.D. Cards. ** Breakfast Buffet will be available ** SATURDAY: 75+ BB Guns, Misc Books, Lots of Misc Ammunition, 12 Old Collectable Wood Decoys, Pocket Knives, Lots of Misc Clips, 4-Saddles, Fishing Equipment, Military Items, Loading Equipment, Mounts: Very Large Shoulder Mount Buffalo, Mule Deer With 20+ Points, Whitetail Deer & More, Lots of Very Nice Framed Prints, 3-Big Boxes of Antlers & much more. SUNDAY: Colts: Commando 38, Detective, Cobra 38, Army Special, 2-Police Positives, 1908-25ACP, Python 357 2 1/2” Barrel, 38 Super, 1911 Made 1917, S.A.A. 22 Buntline, Trooper 357, 2-Troopers Mark III 22 & 357 Mag, S.A.A. 45LC, S.A.A. 44/40, King Cobra 357 & Frontier Scout 22 Golden Scout 22 Golden Spike. Winchesters: Model #12's, 1897 Black Diamond, 94 Carbines, 70 XTR Cal. 243, 67-A, 68 Target, 100 Cal. 243, 94XTR Big Bore, 70 Super Grade 358 Norma Mag, 1873 Carbine “Indian Gun”, 42-410, 62 Cal. 22 Short Gallery “5 Spot” RARE, 1890 Octagon Stainless Barrel RARE, 70 Cal. 30/06, 1905 35 Win, & 70 Super Grade 7MM Mag, Century Arms L1A1 Sporter Cal. 308, Rock-ola M-1 Carbine, National Postal Meter Carbine, Noringo Sks, Smith Corona 03A3, Remington 1903, Springfield Armory BM-59 Cal. 308 RARE, 2-Bushmaster XM15-E25 Cal. 223, Cobray II 9MM, Auto Ordinance 1927 A1 & R-Guns TRR15 Cal. 223, Remington Model #11 Marked U.S. Military. Lots of Other Rifles, Shotguns, Pistols & Revolvers.

For Complete List go to Website: www.zimsgunshop.com SATURDAY & SUNDAY VIEWING: 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM AUCTIONS WILL START AT 9:00 AM TO FINISH. Everything will be auctioned on Saturday except Guns.

GUNS WILL BE AUCTIONED ON SUNDAY ONLY ILLINOIS GUN LAWS APPLY TERMS: Credit Cards add 8% Buyers Premium Cash or Check Add 5% Buyers Premium. Sales Tax will be collected.

ALL ITEMS SOLD AS IS.

Contact: ZIM'S GUN SHOP 815-338-4731 AUCTIONEER: RAY LOW, LIC. #0410001012

DINING ROOM SET – FORMAL Formal dining room set, table and 6 chairs with china cabinet, 2 leaves, Cherry wood. Excellent condition. $1250/obo. Pics online 815-451-4431 DINING ROOM SET – OAK. 48" table w/ 6 chairs & 4 10" leaves. (48" x 88" w/ all 4 leaves). Excellent cond. $400. 815-382-9960 DINING ROOM TABLE - Drop Leaf with four chairs. Needs refinishing. McHenry. Must go. 815-260-8998 ENTERTAINMENT CENTER WE Smithe ent center in distressed cherry. $250/obo. 847-515-8083 FARMHOUSE COUNTRY TABLE & CHAIRS - Charming whimsical set of 3 colorful chairs with round table, very cute. Excellent condition. $195. 815-477-9023 Furniture Set: Bamboo from Thailand, Papa San Chair, Princess Chair, Pagoda Book Case, 2 end tables, elephant padle, swing chair w/ottoman $225/OBO 815-568-8036 Grand Father Clock: 6 ft model series 111 w/original book has chimes and in like new condition $330 815-477-0308 LIVING ROOM FURNITURE - 3 piece pit group, couch, love seat and connecting pie shaped corner piece sage green color with throw pillows included. Moving! $400. Johnsburg 815-363-9791 Living Room Set- Ashely furniture matching couch and loveseat, dark brown. 2 glass end tables and matching coffee table. $700 for the set. 815-404-0035 Love Seat w/ 2 Large Pillows – Ottoman – Blue & White Plaid Very Clean – Excellent Condition $200 815-206-0107

Patio Set

10 piece with cushions, $200 LA-Z-Boy sleeper/sofa, like new! Plaid brown and tan, $100. Stiffel Lamps, brass and marble, $55/ea or 2 for $100. 815-382-1908 Pool Table, 6ft, Frederic Wllys, comes w/balls, rack, 14 sticks, $150 847-409-6477 Recliner – LA-Z-BOY Rocker New – Dark Maroon – List $921 Asking $600 847-516-2909 Day Recliner lift chair, burgundy $200 815-653-4612

SLEEPER/SOFA

Burnt orange, queen size, $50. 76” formal sofa, $50. LA-Z-BOY rocker, $25. Coffee and end tables, set of 3, $50/all. 815-861-5908 Sofa Sleeper Hide-A-Bed Couch: This is for sale in Crystal Lake at 6207 Commercial Road, Suite 100, Crystal Lake, IL. (Every Saturday we host a furniture sale here from 10 am to noon.) Text or Call Katy for details: 815-409-9261. See more photos on flickr.com by using the People search tab and typing in: Prodige Processing Table: Marble Top, green top/ walnut color legs, ideal for hallway, back of sofa, etc. 14”Wx35”Lx25”H excellent condition $75 847-746-1541 TABLET SET - Solid light oak set: oval coffee table and 2 rectangle end tables. Like new. $125. 815-900-1807 VINTAGE FRENCH LILAC COTTAGE HUTCH - Very Nice Antique Country Shabby Chic, Hand Painted, Hutch/Cabinet and/or Dresser w/Bookcase. Charming with Lots of Character, Cute for a Country Kitchen, Dining Room and/or this would also be really cute in a girls bedroom. Dimensions:67 H x 30.5 W x 18 D. $295. 815 477-9023

15 Round Mags for Beretta 92F Brand New! I have 3 for sale asking $100 or $40 each sold sep. 815-546-5018 GUN SHOW McHenry VFW on Rt 120 Sunday, March 3rd 8am – 3pm Buy, sell, trade firearms and related items. Tables available. 815-385-4600 SHOTGUN / RIFLE BAG, Padded, by Allen. $20. 815-385-1732 UTAH CCW Crystal Lake, Saturday, 3/2 & 3/9, 9AM-1PM, Carry in 32 States. Class, photo, fingerprints and mailing. $100. Call Eric 815245-7364 utahccw.us

BAKER'S RACK 5 tier with glass shelves, metal sides with design. $320 815-653-9303 GLASS PEDESTAL CAKE STAND AND COVER - Classic, extra large glass cake plate pedestal with a dome handle at the top and a lip along the inside of the cake plate. Imagine how cute to serve at your next tea party. Very good condition. $15. 815-477-9023 HEART GRAPEVINE WREATH Simplistic and lovely. $15. 815-477-9023 HUMIDIFIER - Cool mist 4 gallon for $20. 815-578-1938

Propane Tank - 100 lb – Hardly Used – Like New – Paid $100 Asking $50 815-385-0062 8am-7pm

WICKER CHAIRS - Vintage garden appeal, hand painted lime green, sturdy construction, durable, classic, very cute cottage chic! $195. 815-477-9023

Hay Bale, Big Round Bale Hay, Inside storage, 1800- 2000 lbs Asking $150 ea. 815-943-7002

Chain Saw ~ Electric Wards, 14”, work good, $25. 815-459-7485 GENERATOR - Yamaha Generator EC4000DV Industrial Runs and Works well. Asking $250/obo. Call 815-546-5018

Mobility Scooter/Power Chair Ramp, 8 ft. long, folds for transport, excellent condition, $400 firm 331-551-1421 Rascal Heavy Duty Mobility Scooter w/cover, very good condition, 1 yr old batteries, seldom used, $1500 firm 331-551-1421

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RUSTIC DISPLAY SHELVING UNIT Wood, handcrafted, white washed, five deep shelves holds a lot, cottage, french country, heavy duty, excellent condition, many uses, versatile piece. $95. 815 477-9023

Fasteners, actuated, Ramset. Lot varied sizes $50 847-487-1650

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NOEL 3 month old female Shepherd/ Basset. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I hope when we meet you will see me as beautiful. I'm wishing it will be love at first sight! www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

PAT 5 year old male Gray & White DLH. I love to take time to sit alone, listening, daydreaming and creating space to think I connect with the most important person—me. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

Scooter Outdoor ~ Rascal Works great, $400 firm. Also handicapped lift plateform for Rascal Scooter, hitch mounted. $400. 815-653-4612 Tub transfer seat, $50, toilet & tub hand rail $50/set, reclining lift chair, excellent condition burgundy $195, 815-653-4612

3 Female, black and tan. Great with kids, parents on site. $80. 847-917-2687

CD's ~ New Selection

From the 90's and up, $1/ea. 847-807-9153 CERAMIC TILE Cobalt blue and hunter green. $15/box, 20 boxes total. 815-653-4612 Chicken Soup Books 22 assorted $11 224-577-6338 Cook Books From Savannah GA Pair: Pirates House & Savannah Style $10 815-206-0107 DEER ANTLER RACK – 10 POINT $75. 847-515-8012 Huntley area

Foosball Table

$100 262-877-2424

Massage Mat ~ Homedics Heated, full body, used once. New $100, now $35. 815-861-1163

AIR HOCKEY TABLE

Full size, good condition! $25/obo. 847-712-0303 after 4pm Marengo Area CONCEALED CARRY CLASS Country Inn, Crystal Lake $80 ea. March 24 or April 20 9am-1pm. Info/Register@608-577-1917 POLARIS SNOWMOBILES (2) 1 - 1986 -400cc Indy 1 - 1983 - 360cc Indy Trail $800 or BEST OFFER Will sell each Both Run Great. 708-751-6098

Two all day ski or snowboard lift tickets for Raging Buffalo in Algonquin, IL. They expire on 03/10/13. Selling for $22 each. Call 815-245-5353

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Accessories Stand, $30. 262-877-2424 Wire Basket w/Crystal Decorations Measures 19”hx11w Great For Wedding Cards $15 847-658-5074 8am-6pm Wolf Prints – Customed Framed Dbl. Mat – Blocked – (24x36 unframed) V.G. Condition $125 847-428-8714 after 3pm

Wurlitzer Spinet Organprogrammed rhythm orchestra, touch tone series, chord magic, has it all! Complete set instruct. Manuals. Bench + lamp incl. Good cond. Orig $2500-must sell $150 obo. 815-455-3255

Aquarium, 10 gallon, w/filter, pump, top, light, and heater $10 815-648-2501

CATS (2) FEMALE

Manx, tailless, 6 months old. Black and Tuxedo, good with kids. 815-245-6251 Fish Tank - Filter & Supplies $35 847-426-9303 Heater: Life Smart Infrared Zone Heater, remote on and off 1500 watts 120 volt $50. 815-355-2941

LARRY 3 month old male Lab mix. I believe you should live what you love. I am seized with the desire to learn ballroom dancing. Would you like to accompany me to lessons? www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400 JOBS ANNOUNCEMENTS STUFF VEHICLES REAL ESTATE SERVICES LEGALS Find it all right here in Northwest Classified

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Volkswagen trike project rear half engine trans tires complete $399 815-382-1292 Water Cooler: Hot & Cool, $20 815-404-9765

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Tea Pot: Musical, plays Tea for Two light beige background w/hand painted white & red roses, gold trim, $35 847-658-5758

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Hot Tub – Won On Let's Make A Deal – Brand New – 6 Person – 50 Jets – Wood Cabinet - $8,500 obo 815-861-7745 Anytime

American Girl Doll (Cecile) New, historical doll in blue dress, no book. $80. 815-455-6201

21X36x27, 2 doors, lexan top. Very nice, $60. 815-459-7485

All Books $1

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Furniture, computer armoire, baby items, Little Tykes, lawn mowers, art work, kid's toys, bikes, power wheels, household items, drill press, band saw, & other tools.

SEWING MACHINE

Antique, Singer, cabinet style. Works great! $75 815-382-1908

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Air Hockey Table – 3x5 ft. w/Equip Older But Very Good Condition $50.obo 815-728-9608 9am – 9pm

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MOVIE ADVERTISEMENT - Large store promotional display for the movie INCEPTION starring Leonardo DiCaprio, great for a collector. Excellent cond, $35. 815-477-9023

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Unique, various sizes, $5 - $20. 815-861-1163 CAMERA KIT Canon AE-1- 35mm – Flash Unit – Data Back – Power Winder – 2x Tele Convertor – Wide Angle & Zoom Lens – Bag - Tripod $200obo 815-568-8036

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Milk Glass Luncheon Plate & Cup Set, Grapevine Design. Service for 8 Never Used.$75/obo. 815-385-1110 after 10pm MUG RACK, WOOD - Hand painted in a pretty red, quite charming! Simple, attractive tabletop mug tree; 16.5 H x 9 W, durable wood construction. Looks beautiful on your kitchen countertops. Holds up to 6 mugs for easy reach, super cute! New. $15. 815 477-9023.

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Antique and Modern Guns Old Lever Actions, Winchesters, Marlins, Savages, etc. Old Pistols and Revolvers. Cash for Collection. FFL License 815-338-4731

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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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Vendors Include: Intrigue Fitness, Mary Kay Volt Denim, Avon Scentsy, Party Lite 31 Gifts, Gracia Bell Gold Canyon, Advocare Miche, Princess House V 3, Tupperware, Tastefully Simple, Pure Romance It Works, Lost in the Maille Do You Bake? Massages by Leesa, Sinfully Delicious Cupcakes, Paparazzi Dove Chocolate Discoveries Us Borne Books, Lia Sophia Janberry Nails, Velata Perfectly Posh, Oragami Owl

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CONTENTS 02•28•2013

MOVIES

Read a review of “Jack the Giant Slayer.”

ON THE COVER

Magicians, illusionists come together for the 11th annual “Nothin’ Up My Sleeve” show.

BAND SPOTLIGHT

Get schooled on local band The University.

GAMING

Sony’s rascally racoon Sly Cooper returns.

DEPARTMENTS Bands & Performers.................................16-23 Gaming............................................................24 Go Guide.......................................................8-11 Make It Pop.....................................................15 Movies........................................................12-13 On Stage............................................................5 On The Cover..................................................10 PlanIt 10.........................................................6-7

ON THE COVER Bob Rumba will perform as part of “Nothin’ Up My Sleeve” at the Raue Center. Photo provided

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NIGHTLIFE

WHEN: March 8-24 WHERE: Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock COST & INFO: Tony Award-winning story of six quirky competitors and three oddball adults in search of spelling bee glory. The musical production is presented by TownSquare Players. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $23 adults, $20 seniors and students at 815338-5300 or www. woodstockoperahouse. com.

Spring filled with plays, musicals The following theater productions are scheduled this spring in McHenry County. Times and dates are subject to change. “THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE,” March 8-24, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. Tony Award-winning story of six quirky competitors and three oddball adults in search of spelling bee glory. The musical production is presented by TownSquare Players. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $23 adults, $20 seniors and students at 815-338-5300 or www.woodstockoperahouse.com. “ANNIE,” March 14-16, Marengo Community High School Auditorium, 110 Franks Road, Marengo. Spring musical production of the Broadway classic presented by Marengo Community High School Theatre Department. Cast includes more than 40 high school and elementary school students. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 14-15; 2 & 7 p.m. March 16. Tickets: $8 adults, $6 seniors and students. Come Friday for a reception including a silent auction, raffle items, food and more. Tickets and information: 815-568-6511, ext. 1301. “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST,” March 1-9, Prairie Ridge High School Auditorium, 6000 Dvorak Drive, Crystal Lake. Come see Belle, Gaston, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, the Beast and all your favorite characters from Disney’s hit musical presented by Prairie Ridge High School. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 1; 1 & 7 p.m. March 2; 7 p.m. March 8; 1 & 7 p.m. March 9. There also will be a 1:30 p.m. Feb. 28 free senior citizens performance and dinner (call for reservations). Brunch with Belle will be 9 & 10:30 a.m. March 2 and March 9 at a cost of $20 per child. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors, students and children. Tickets and information: 815-893-5888 or www.showtix4u.com. “CLAY JENKINSON: RUSHMORE SPEAKS,” 7:30 p.m. March 2, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Clay Jenkinson will perform as the faces of Mount Rushmore in a special 10th anniversary

show. Tickets: $45 or $55. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www.rauecenter.org. “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,” March 8-16, Cary-Grove High School, 2208 Three Oaks Road, Cary. Tony Award-winning musical presented by the Cary-Grove High School Music Department. Story of Tevye, Golde and their five daughters as he tries to uphold Jewish traditions in an ever-changing political and social landscape. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. March 8-9; 2 p.m. March 10; 7 p.m. March 14; 7:30 p.m. March 15-16. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Tickets available in the front lobby between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Information: 847-639-3825. “INTO THE WOODS,” through March 2, Crystal Lake South High School, 1200 S. McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake. Musical presented by Crystal Lake South High School. The two-act play weaves several fairy tale stories together via music/lyrics composed by Stephen Sondheim. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 1; 2 p.m. March 2 (Act I only); and 7 p.m. March 2. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Tickets and information: 815-455-3860 or www.d155.org/cls. “KISS ME KATE,” March 8-16, McHenry West High School, 4724 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry. Spring musical presented by the McHenry High School Theatre Department. The play takes place during a very hot Baltimore summer in the 1940s where a theatrical troupe is preparing to open a musical production of Sharkespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” as an out-of-town Broadway tryout. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 8-9, 15-16; and 2 p.m. March 10. Tickets: $8 adults, $6 seniors and students available at the door. Tickets and information: 815-385-7077 or KellsAngie@dist156.org. “LAW & ORDER: FAIRY TALE UNIT,” 7:30 p.m. March 1-2, Heineman Middle School auditorium, 725 Academic Drive, Algonquin. Comedic play performed by the school students. This is a delightful play combining the popular television series and many beloved but fractured fairy tales. Tickets: $5 available at the door. Information: 847-659-6107 or LWoods@

District158.org. “LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL,” 7 p.m. March 14-17, Crystal Lake Central High School, 45 W. Franklin Ave., Crystal Lake. Presented by Crystal Lake Central High School. Elle Woods’ life is turned upside-down when her boyfriend dumps her so he can start getting serious about his life and attend Harvard Law. To get him back, she uses her charm to get into Harvard Law. At school, she struggles but quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world. Rated PG for infrequent coarse language and some suggestive dialogue. Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors and students available online at www.d155.org/clc. “NOTHIN’ UP MY SLEEVE,” 11th annual, 7 p.m. March 9, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. An annual magic show returning to Raue Center. This special performance features the Midwest’s finest magicians and entertainers. Children and adults alike will be mystified, dazzled and bamboozled by tricks, illusions and more. Proceeds benefit the Raue Center. Tickets: $17, $20, $23. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www.rauecenter.org. “OUR TOWN,” March 7-23, McHenry County College Black Box Theatre, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. American classic by Thornton Wilder presented by McHenry County College. The story follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” Schedule: 7:30 p.m. March 7-9, 14-16, and 21-23. Tickets: $15 general public, $10 MCC students, faculty/ staff, seniors and alumni. Tickets and information: 815-455-8746 or jgeller@mchenry.edu. “SOUTH PACIFIC,” through March 2, Marian Central Catholic High School, 1001 McHenry Ave., Woodstock. Musical by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II adapted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Tales of South Pacific” by James A. Michener. The play is a Marian Central Catholic High School spring presentation. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 1-2. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students at 815-338-4220, ext. 100.

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FESTIVAL OF THE SUGAR MAPLES

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 2-3 and March 9-10 WHERE: Coral Woods Conservation Area, 7400 Somerset Drive, Marengo COST & INFO: Learn how maple syrup was discovered. Learn how maple trees produce sap and how sap is collected from trees. See how sap is turned into maple syrup at the evaporator house. Tours leave every 15 minutes and last about an hour. All ages welcome. Free. Information: 815-3386223 or www.mccdistrict.org.

ART IN ACTION: PASSPORT TO CREATIVITY

MCHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE ART EXHIBIT

WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. March 1 WHERE: Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: First Friday event at the Dole featuring traditional visual artwork, live music, live art demonstrations, photo booths, children’s crafts, culinary demonstration, artist studio tours, appetizers and cash bar. Free and family friendly. Information: 815-455-8000 or www.lakesidelegacy.org; 224-522-4068 or www.soldnerfineart.com.

WHEN: March 1-31 WHERE: Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock COST & INFO: McHenry County College Continuing Education art instructor Diane T. Wlezien and her MCC adult students will be exhibiting their work in the Community Room featuring selected oils, watercolors and acrylics the artists created on the theme of Home Sweet Home. Featuring a 2 to 4 p.m. March 2 artist reception (public invited). Viewing hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Information: 847-516-8302 or dianew@ opulentart.com.

“INTO THE WOODS”

WHEN: through March 2 WHERE: Crystal Lake South High School, 1200 S. McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Musical presented by Crystal Lake South High School. The two-act play weaves several fairy tale stories together via music/lyrics composed by Stephen Sondheim. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 1; 2 p.m. March 2 (Act I only); and 7 p.m. March 2. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Tickets and information: 815-455-3860 or www.d155.org/cls.

FAMILY FUN FAIR & SILENT AUCTION

WHEN: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 2 WHERE: Glacier Ridge Elementary School, 1120 Village Road, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Fundraiser offering a silent auction, carnival games, book and cake walk, food, bonus raffle, theme baskets, wine and dine packages and more to benefit Carl Wehde Early Childhood Special Education Center. Information: 815-477-6968.

“BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”

WHEN: March 1-9 WHERE: Prairie Ridge High School Auditorium, 6000 Dvorak Drive, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Come see Belle, Gaston, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, the Beast and all your favorite charac characters from Disney’s hit musical presented by Prairie Ridge High School. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 1; 1 & 7 p.m. March 2; 7 p.m. March 8; 1 & 7 p.m. March 9. There also will be a 1:30 p.m. Feb. 28 free senior citizens performance and dinner (call for reservations). Brunch with Belle will be 9 & 10:30 a.m. March 2 and March 9 at a cost of $20 a child. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors, students and children. Tickets and information: 815-893-5888 or www.showtix4u.com.

“SOUTH PACIFIC”

WHEN: through March 2 WHERE: Marian Central Catholic High School, 1001 McHenry Ave., Woodstock COST & INFO: Musical by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II adapted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Tales of South Pacific” by James A. Michener. The play is a Marian Central Catholic High School spring presentation. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 1-2. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students at 815-338-4220, ext. 100.

NASHVILLE BACKSTAGE SERIES: A COUNTRY CABARET

WHEN: 8 p.m. March 1 WHERE: Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Featuring outstanding singer-songwriters straight out of Nashville such as Sherrié Austin, Tony Haselden and Will Rambeaux who have penned hits for music legends such as Blake Shelton, Faith Hill and George Strait. Tickets start at $24. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www.rauecenter. org.

MINIMALISM ART SHOW

WHEN: 3 to 9 p.m. March 2 WHERE: Starline Gallery, 400 W. Front St., Harvard COST & INFO: Featuring artists of a variety of disciplines, all from the Chicago area. Show includes sculptures, installation and painting. Cash bar. Admission: $5 suggested donation. Information: 815-9434805.

MASQUERADE BALL

WHEN: 6 to 10 p.m. March 2 WHERE: Park Place, 406 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: A Million Dreams will host a cocktail party with hors d’oeuvres, fun activities, silent auctions and cash bar. Guests will arrive in formal attire with a masquerade mask. The fundraiser will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois. Information: Yvonne McMillion, 815-482-4769, ymcmillion570@gmail.com or www.wishes.org/events.

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McHENRY COUNTY ONGOING THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX ART EXHIBIT & SILENT AUCTION FUNDRAISER, third annual, through February, Huntley Area Public Library District, 11000 Ruth Road, Huntley. The exhibit is hosted by the Huntley Area Public Library Friends Foundation. Twenty-four round wooden boxes are on display. The creations are open for bid through 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28. Silent auction bids begin at $30, and all funds will support the library’s programs. Information: 847-669-5386, ext. 28 or www. huntleylibrary.org or www.huntleylibraryfriends.org. “INTO THE WOODS,” through March 2, Crystal Lake South High School, 1200 S. McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake. Musical presented by Crystal Lake South High School. The two-act play weaves several fairy tale stories together via music/lyrics composed by Stephen Sondheim. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 1; 2 p.m. March 2 (Act I only); and 7 p.m. March 2. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Tickets and information: 815-4553860 or www.d155.org/cls. “SOUTH PACIFIC,” through March 2, Marian Central Catholic High School, 1001 McHenry Ave., Woodstock. Musical by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II adapted by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Tales of South Paciic” by James A. Michener. The play is a Marian Central Catholic High School spring presentation. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 1-2. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students at 815-338-4220, ext. 100.

FEB. 28 McHENRY AUTHOR VISIT, 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 28, McHenry Public Library, 809 N. Front St. McHenry author David Finch will discuss his book “The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband.” For ages 18 and older. Registration and information: 815-3850036 or www.mchenrylibrary.org. WILD WEST TOWN AUDITIONS, 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 28; and 1 to 4 p.m. March 2-3, Donley’s Wild West Town Restaurant, Route 20 and South Union Road, Union. For Donley’s Wild West Town shows. Performances run weekends in mid-May, seven days a week through mid-August and weekends through Oct. 27. Hiring three stage manager/actors, 18 actors, and four actresses (ingenues) and several understudies. Stage ages 16 to 46. Cold readings from the script. No parts precast. Must have extremely

“CLAY JENKINSON: RUSHMORE SPEAKS” WHEN: 7:30 p.m. March 2 WHERE: Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Clay Jenkinson will perform as the faces of Mount Rushmore in a special 10th anniversary show. Tickets: $45 or $55. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www.rauecenter.org. lexible schedule. Information: 815923-9000.

MARCH 1 ART IN ACTION: PASSPORT TO CREATIVITY, 5 to 8 p.m. March 1, Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake. First Friday event at the Dole featuring traditional visual artwork, live music, live art demonstrations, photo booths, children’s crafts, culinary demonstration, artist studio tours, appetizers and cash bar. Free and family friendly. Information: 815-455-8000 or www.lakesidelegacy.org; 224-522-4068 or www. soldnerineart.com. “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST,” March 1-9, Prairie Ridge High School Auditorium, 6000 Dvorak Drive, Crystal Lake. Come see Belle, Gaston, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, the Beast and all your favorite characters from Disney’s hit musical presented by Prairie Ridge High School. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 1; 1 & 7 p.m. March 2; 7 p.m. March 8; 1 & 7 p.m. March 9. There also will be a 1:30 p.m. Feb. 28 free senior citizens performance and dinner (call for reservations). Brunch with Belle will be 9 & 10:30 a.m. March 2 and March 9 at a cost of $20 per child. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors, students and children. Tickets and information: 815-8935888 or visit www:ShowTix4u.com. “LAW & ORDER: FAIRY TALE UNIT,” 7:30 p.m. March 1-2, Heineman Middle School auditorium, 725 Academic Drive, Algonquin. Comedic play performed by the school students. This is a delightful play combining the popular television series

and many beloved but fractured fairy tales. Tickets: $5 available at the door. Information: 847-659-6107 or lwoods@district158.org. McHENRY B&B SQUARE DANCE CLUB, 8 p.m. March 1, Johnsburg Community Club, 2315 W. Church St., Johnsburg. Barry Johnson will be calling Squares at 8 p.m. and Kathy Nickel the Rounds at 8:30 p.m. Soup R Chili - Return to Square Dance attire. Cost: $5 members, $6 visitors. All dancers welcome. Information: 815-353-5346. McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE ART EXHIBIT, March 1-31, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. McHenry County College Continuing Education art instructor Diane T. Wlezien and her MCC adult students will be exhibiting their work in the Community Room featuring selected oils, watercolors and acrylics the artists created on the theme of Home Sweet Home. Featuring a 2 to 4 p.m. March 2 artist reception (public invited). Viewing hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Information: 847-516-8302 or DianeW@OpulentArt.com. NASHVILLE BACKSTAGE SERIES: A COUNTRY CABARET, 8 p.m. March 1, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Featuring outstanding singer-songwriters straight out of Nashville such as Sherrié Austin, Tony Haselden and Will Rambeaux who have penned hits for music legends such as Blake Shelton, Faith Hill and George Strait. Tickets start at $24. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www. rauecenter.org.

MARCH 2 ART WORKSHOPS, March 2 and March 9, Creative Artistry Fine Arts School, 400 Highland Ave., Crystal Lake. Offering a 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 2 and March 9, Under the Sea Watercolor workshop for ages 8-11/12-15. Cost: $35 per two-day workshop. Registration and information: 815-404-6520 or www. creativeartistryschool.com. “CLAY JENKINSON: RUSHMORE SPEAKS,” 7:30 p.m. March 2, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Clay Jenkinson will perform as the faces of Mount Rushmore in a special 10th anniversary show. Tickets: $45 or $55. Tickets and information: 815-3569212 or www.rauecenter.org. FESTIVAL OF THE SUGAR MAPLES, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 2-3 and March 9-10, Coral Woods Conservation Area, 7400 Somerset Drive, Marengo. Learn how maple syrup was discovered. Learn how maple trees produce sap and how sap is collected from trees. See how sap is turned into maple syrup at the evaporator house. Tours leave every 15 minutes and last about an hour. All ages welcome. Free. Information: 815-338-6223 or www. mccdistrict.org. HONEYCRAFT MARKET SPRING FLING, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 2, Mixin Mingle, 124 Cass St., Woodstock. An Indie craft market featuring local artists and crafters. Free admission. Information: 815308-5170 or www.honeycraftmarket.com. Continued on page 9

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MARCH 3 BOWL O’ ARTS FUNDRAISER, 3 to 5 p.m. March 3, Johnsburg High School cafeteria, 2002 W. Ringwood Road, Johnsburg. Presented by the Johnsburg High School Fine Arts Department. Enjoy soup or chili dinner served in a handcrafted take-home bowl. Entertainment by the high school band and choir students. Tickets: $10 a person includes meal and take-home handcrafted bowl. Proceeds beneit JHS Fine Arts students. Tickets may be bought from any Johnsburg High School art or music student, the school ofice or at the door. Information: 815-385-7173 or burbn8r@ comcast.net. WOODCREEK APARTMENT FAMILIES FUNDRAISER, 1 to 4 p.m. March 3, Offsides Sports Bar & Grill, 680 S. Eastwood Drive, Woodstock. Beneit for the families affected by a tragic Feb. 3 apartment ire in Huntley. There will be music, rafles and fundraising. Also accepting donated furniture, home electronics, TVs, bathroom and kitchen accessories at 920 Mary Ann St., Woodstock. Information: 815-3348700.

MARCH 6 McHENRY COUNTY SPELLING BEE, 7 p.m. March 6, McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Live webcast featuring veteran pronouncer Stew Cohen of Star 105.5 radio. Watch local students compete in the 2013 Spelling Bee. One of the students will earn a trip to The Scripps National

“KISS ME KATE” WHEN: March 8-16 WHERE: McHenry West High School, 4724 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry COST & INFO: Spring musical presented by the McHenry High School Theatre Department. The play takes place during a very hot Baltimore summer in the 1940s when a theatrical troupe is preparing to open a musical production of Sharkespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” as an out-of-town Broadway tryout. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 8-9, 15-16; and 2 p.m. March 10. Tickets: $8 adults, $6 seniors and students available at the door. Tickets and information: 815-385-7077 or kellsangie@dist156.org. Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by McHenry County Clerk Katherine C. Schultz. Watch it live at www.nwherald.com/spellingbee. SPRING BOOK FAIR, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 6-8, Centegra Hospital McHenry, Second Floor Reception Area, 4202 Medical Center Drive, McHenry. Offering a large selection of books and gift items suitable for all ages. Sponsored by the Auxiliary to Centegra Hospital - McHenry to raise funds for diagnostic equipment. Information: 815-759-4311.

MARCH 7 “OUR TOWN,” March 7-23, McHenry County College Black Box Theatre, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. American classic by Thornton Wilder presented by McHenry County College. The story follows the small town of Grover’s Corners through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage,” and “Death and Eternity.” Schedule: 7:30 p.m. March 7-9, 14-16, and 21-23. Tickets: $15 general public, $10 MCC students, faculty/staff, seniors and alumni. Tickets and information: 815-455-8746 or jgeller@mchenry.edu.

MARCH 8 “THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE,” March 8-24, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. Tony Award-winning story of six quirky competitors and three oddball adults in search of spelling bee glory. The musical production is presented by TownSquare Players. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $23 adults, $20 seniors and

students at 815-338-5300 or www. woodstockoperahouse.com. “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF,” March 8-16, Cary-Grove High School, 2208 Three Oaks Road, Cary. Tony Award-winning musical presented by the Cary-Grove High School Music Department. Story of Tevye, Golde and their ive daughters as he tries to uphold Jewish traditions in an ever-changing political and social landscape. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. March 8-9; 2 p.m. March 10; 7 p.m. March 14; 7:30 p.m. March 15-16. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Tickets available in the front lobby between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Information: 847-639-3825. “KISS ME KATE,” March 8-16, McHenry West High School, 4724 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry. Spring musical presented by the McHenry High School Theatre Department. The play takes place during a very hot Baltimore summer in the 1940s when a theatrical troupe is preparing to open a musical production of Sharkespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” as an out-of-town Broadway tryout. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 8-9, 15-16; and 2 p.m. March 10. Tickets: $8 adults, $6 seniors and students available at the door. Tickets and information: 815-3857077 or kellsangie@dist156.org. ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVAL, third annual, 7 p.m. March 8, Springbrook Community Church, 10115 Algonquin Road, Huntley. Presented by the Rebecca McCarthy School of Dance along with The McDance Company featuring live music, traditional Irish dance, rafle baskets, authentic Irish vendors and more. Tickets: $7 in advance, $8 at the door. Information: 847-658-4595 or www.rmsd-dance. com.

MARCH 9 HEALTH, HOME & BUSINESS EXPO, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 9, Nippersink Middle School, 10006 N. Main St., Richmond. Presented by the RichmondSpring Grove Chamber of Commerce. Free. Information: 815-678-7742 or www.rsgchamber.com. HIGH SCHOOL REUNION – BACK TO THE ‘80s, 6 to 11 p.m. March 9, Marian Central Catholic High School, 1001 McHenry Ave., Woodstock. Marian Central’s annual dinner auction to beneit school programs. Featuring a buffet dinner, silent and live auctions, entertainment by Personalities, games and cash bar. Casual or ‘80s attire. Must be age 21 or older to attend. Tickets: $30 general seating, $40 reserved seating. Rafle tickets are $20. Tickets and information: 815-338-4220, ext. 125 or www.marian.com. HUNTLEY ROTARY CLUB ANNUAL BAGS TOURNAMENT, ifth annual, noon March 9, Tee 2 Green Indoor Golf & Gallery Sports Lounge, 11173 Dundee Road, Huntley. Tournament-style competition will be the best of three games with winners advancing to the next round. Proceeds beneit the Grafton Food Pantry and other local charities. Cash prizes. Check-in starts at 11 a.m. Cost: $35 a person, includes a lunch buffet, or $70 a team. Registration and information: 224-629-0546 or www. huntleyrotary.org. JENAE CHERRY BAND, 6 to 8:30 p.m. March 9, Woodstock High School Auditorium, 501 W. South St., Woodstock. Jenae, a WHS alumni living in Nashville, to perform a concert to celebrate Music in Our Schools Month presented by District 200 Boosters. Admission: $3 at

MARCH 10 BUDDY MONDLOCK, 2 p.m. March 10, Unity Spiritual Center of Woodstock, 225 W. Calhoun St., Woodstock. Intimate solo-acoustic show presented by Woodstock Folk Festival. Opening will be David Hawkins. Admission: $10 suggested donation. Reservations and information: 815-455-4848 or www. woodstockfolkfestival.org. MUSIC4MARTIN 2013, 11th annual, 3:30 p.m. March 10, Grace Lutheran Church, 1300 Kishwaukee Valley Road, Woodstock. Featuring a series of songs relecting the messages of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoken word expressions and a music video. Free. Information: 815-354-3483 or www. facebook.com/music4martin. “ONCE UPON A PARABLE,” 9 and 10:45 a.m. March 10, First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Lake. Presented by 40 children, grades 4-8, during both worship services to capture parables found in the New Testament. Public invited. Information: 815-4596010 or www.fcccrystallake.org. SECOND SUNDAY CONCERT SERIES, 3 p.m. March 10, McHenry County College Luecht Conference Center, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Winds Off the Lake woodwind quintet. There will be a 2:30 p.m. pre-concert lecture with Russ Henning. Free. Information: 815-479-7814. Continued on page 10

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THE MASQUERADE BALL, 6 to 10 p.m. March 2, Park Place, 406 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake. A Million Dreams will host a cocktail party with hors d’oeuvres, fun activities, silent auctions and cash bar. Guests will arrive in formal attire with a masquerade mask. The fundraiser will beneit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Illinois. Information: Yvonne McMillion, 815482-4769, ymcmillion570@gmail.com or www.wishes.org/events. MINIMALISM ART SHOW, 3 to 9 p.m. March 2, Starline Gallery, 400 W. Front St., Harvard. Featuring artists of a variety of disciplines, all from the Chicago area. Show includes sculptures, installation and painting. Cash bar. Admission: $5 suggested donation. Information: 815-943-4805. SILENT AUCTION & FAMILY FUN FAIR, 17th annual, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 2, Glacier Ridge Elementary School, 1120 Village Road, Crystal Lake. Fundraiser offering a silent auction, carnival games, book and cake walk, food, bonus rafle, theme baskets, wine and dine packages and more to beneit Carl Wehde Early Childhood Special Education Center. Information: 815-477-6968.

the door. Information: www.d200musicboosters.org. “NOTHIN’ UP MY SLEEVE,” 11th annual, 7 p.m. March 9, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. An annual magic show returning to Raue Center. This special performance features the Midwest’s inest magicians and entertainers. Children and adults alike will be mystiied, dazzled and bamboozled by tricks, illusions and more. Proceeds beneit the Raue Center. Tickets: $17, $20, $23. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www. rauecenter.org. ST. PATRICK’S DAY DINNER, 4 to 7:30 p.m. March 9, McHenry Moose Lodge, 3535 N. Richmond Road, McHenry. Annual traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner hosted by McHenry Moose Legion and Women of the Moose. Featuring the McNulty Irish Dancers at 5 p.m. during dinner and entertainment show at 6 p.m. by David Mahner. Tickets: $12 available at the bar. Information: 815-385-9770. THINK SPRING GALA DINNER & SILENT AUCTION, 5:30 to 9 p.m. March 9, Crystal Lake Country Club, 721 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake. Annual fundraiser hosted by Faith in Action of McHenry County. Featuring a cash bar, entertainment and exciting silent auction items. Proceeds will be used to assist area seniors in need. Tickets: $45. Tickets and information: 815-4553120 or www.iamchenrycounty.org.

Registration required. Information: 815344-1294; www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/ landmgt/parks or email dnr.volobog@ illinois.gov. WATERCOLOR 2013, March 2 through April 13, Norris Gallery, Norris Cultural Arts Center, 1040 Dunham Road, St. Charles. Annual exhibition of traditional and contemporary water-based media on different surfaces. Featuring a 2 to 4 p.m. March 17 artist reception. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Information: 630584-7200 or www.norrisculturalarts. com.

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“ANNIE,” March 14-16, Marengo Community High School Auditorium, 110 Franks Road, Marengo. Spring musical production of the Broadway classic presented by Marengo Community High School Theatre Department. Cast includes more than 40 high school and elementary school students. Schedule: 7 p.m. March 14-15; 2 & 7 p.m. March 16. Tickets: $8 adults, $6 seniors and students. Come Friday for a reception including a silent auction, rafle items, food and more. Tickets and information: 815-568-6511, ext. 1301. “LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL,” 7 p.m. March 14-17, Crystal Lake Central High School, 45 W. Franklin Ave., Crystal Lake. Presented by Crystal Lake Central High School. Elle Woods’ life is turned upside-down when her boyfriend dumps her so he can start getting serious about his life and attend Harvard Law. To get him back, she uses her charm to get into Harvard Law. At school, she struggles but quickly realizes her potential and sets out to prove herself to the world. Rated PG for infrequent coarse language and some suggestive dialogue. Tickets: $9 adults, $7 seniors and students available at www.d155.org/clc.

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“STARS ON ICE” WHEN: 7:30 p.m. March 8 WHERE: Allstate Arena, 6920 Mannheim Road, Rosemont COST & INFO: “Now & Then” Tour featuring Olympic champion Dorothy Hamill to honor igure skating legend Kurt Browning. Tickets start at $25. Information: www.starsonice.com. Tickets: 800-745-3000, all Ticketmaster locations or www.ticketmaster.com.

ONGOING “THE ART OF MURDER,” through March 17, Pheasant Run Resort, 4051 E. Main St., St. Charles. Fox Valley Repertory production of Joe DiPietro’s award-winning comedy. When successful artist, Jack, learns he has been wronged by his lamboyant art dealer Vincent, he plots a devious plan to kill him. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, and select Thursdays at 8 p.m. Tickets: $32-$42 at 630-584-6342, all Ticketmaster outlets or www.ticketmaster.com. “BECKY’S NEW CAR,” through March 17, Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. By Steven Dietz. Have you ever been tempted to lee your own life? That’s what happens to Becky Foster who is caught in middle age, middle management and a middling marriage until a grief-stricken millionaire stumbles into the car dealership where she works and offers her nothing short of a new life. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $25 adults, $23 seniors and students at 630-587-8521 or www.steelbeamtheatre.com. “CHESS,” through March 3, Blizzard Theater at Elgin Community College, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. In this thrilling rock opera created by former ABBA members Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, the game of chess brings you into a world of romantic

rivalries, competitive gamesmanship, and international intrigues. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. March 1-2; 3 p.m. March 3. Tickets: $20 adults, $18 seniors and students. Tickets and information: 847622-0300 or www.elgin.edu/arts. “JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH,” through March 10, Steel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. Roald Dahl’s story of a young boy who escapes an abusive home in a magical peach. Presented by Steel Beam Children’s Theatre. Schedule: 1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; and 10:30 a.m. March 9. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 children. Tickets and information: 630587-8521 or www.steelbeamtheatre. com.

FEB. 28 NORTHERN ILLINOIS BOAT SHOW, Feb. 28 through March 3, Lake County Fairgrounds, 1060 E. Peterson Road, Grayslake. Featuring more than 200 new and used powerboats, bow riders, ishing boats, cruisers, pontoons, boat parts, accessories and more. Door prizes. Schedule: noon to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $7 adults, $5 seniors, free for children younger than 12. Information: 847-5874902 or www.illinoisboatshow.com. TOMMY DAVIDSON, Feb. 28 through March 3, Chicago Improv, 5 Woodield

Road, Schaumburg. Stand-up comedian best known for the indelible characters he created on the iconic variety show, “In Living Color.” Show times: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 & 10:15 p.m. Friday, 7 & 9:15 p.m. Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $22. Tickets and information: 847-240-2001 or www. improv.com/comedyclub/chicago.

MARCH 1 ROCKFORD HOME SHOW, 33rd annual, March 1-3, Indoor Sports Center/Expo, 8800 E. Riverside Blvd., Rockford. See what’s new for the home and garden. Featuring a variety of exhibits, clinics, loral displays, seminars, free collectible and antique appraisals, family entertainment and more. Schedule: 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $6 adults, free for children younger than 12. Information: 815-8778043 or www.showtimeproduction. net.

MARCH 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO GEOCACHING, 1 to 3 p.m March 2, Volo Bog State Natural Area, 28478 W. Brandenburg Road, 28478 W. Brandenburg Road, Ingleside. For adults and youth ages 10 and older). Bring a GPS if you have one. Dress for the weather. Free.

“KSO GOES TO THE MOVIES!”, 7:30 p.m. March 8, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building at Northern Illinois University, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra gala beneit concert featuring music from movie favorites. Movie clips, silent auction, prizes and rafle. Tickets: $15 at the door. Information: 815-756-3728 or www.kishorchestra.org. “STARS ON ICE,” 7:30 p.m. March 8, Allstate Arena, 6920 Mannheim Road, Rosemont. “Now & Then” Tour featuring Olympic champion Dorothy Hamill to honor igure skating legend Kurt Browning. Tickets start at $25. Information: www.starsonice. com. Tickets: 800-745-3000, all Ticketmaster locations or www. ticketmaster.com.

MARCH 9 ANTIQUE AMERICAN GLASS & POTTERY SHOW & SALE, 41st annual, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 9 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 10, Concord Plaza Midwest Conference Center, 401 W. Lake St., Northlake. Sponsored by the 20-30-40 Glass Society of Illinois. Show will feature 25 dealers from around the country offering American-made items. There will be a glass identiication table and crystal repair service. Door prizes and rafle. Admission: $8 a person. Information: 630-851-4504 or www.20-30-40society.org. “SCOOBY–DO LIVE! MUSICAL MYSTERIES,” noon and 3 p.m. March 9, Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. All-new family musical presented by Warner Bros. featuring everyone’s favorite characters from one of television’s longest-running animated series. Tickets: $20-$65. Tickets and information: 800-7453000, all Ticketmaster locations or www.ticketmaster.com. SPRING FOX VALLEY ANTIQUES SHOW, 56th annual, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m March 9 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 10, Kane County Fairgrounds, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. There will be 55 dealers from 14 states offering authentic antiques. Produced by Chicago Suburban Antiques Dealers

Association to beneit Garield Farm Museum and Northern Illinois Food Bank. Admission: $8. Information: 815838-0606 or www.csada.com.

MARCH 10 ELGIN CHILDREN’S CHORUS, 3 p.m. March 10, Elgin Community College Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. “Symphony of Song” presentation with a special appearance by the Boys Ensemble and guest alumni artist Erik Malmquist. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 seniors and students at 847-622-0300 or www.elgin.edu/arts.

CHICAGO ONGOING “I LOVE LUCY” Live on Stage, through March 17, Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place, 175 E. Chestnut St., Chicago. Broadway in Chicago musical stage show adapted from the longest-running and most beloved television program starring Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel. Schedule: 2 & 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 2 & 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 & 6:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $35-$85 at 800-775-2000, all Ticketmaster locations or www. ticketmaster.com.

MARCH 3 NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE WORLD, third annual, noon to 5 p.m. March 3 and March 10, Navy Pier’s Crystal Gardens, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. Schedule: March 3, Celebrate Mexico co-sponsored by the Consulate of General Mexico and Mexico Tourism Board with live entertainment, music and more; March 10, Celebrate Lithuanian Independence with the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania with authentic live music, dance performances, cuisine and folk art. Free admission. Information: 312-595-7437 or www.navypier.com.

MARCH 9 CHICAGO FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW, 20th annual, March 9-17, Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. This year’s theme is “The Art of Gardening.” More than 100 vendors of gardening, landscape and horticulture products and services will showcase their green and ecofriendly wares. Top horticulture experts and professionals will share insights at free seminars held daily. Schedule: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $15 weekdays if bought online, $17 at the door; $17 weekends if bought online, $19 at the door; $5 children ages 4-12. Information: 312-595-5400 or www. chicagolower.com.

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Nicholas Hoult stars in “Jack the Giant Slayer.” Photo provided

By JEFFREY WESTHOFF If not for its PG-13 rating, “Jack the Giant Slayer” would be an old-fashioned, family oriented fantasy adventure, the type that local television stations used to run Sunday afternoons. Parents wondering if this is appropriate viewing for their children should take the PG-13 under advisement. The main reason for the rating is a particularly grotesque, almost comical, death of a giant near the end of the film, and like almost all of the film’s violence, it is rendered in CGI. The rating aside, Bryan Singer confidently captures the earnest spirit of mildly scary family features such as “Jason and the Argonauts” and “The Seventh Voyage of VIDEO Sinbad.” Those classics REVIEW had Ray Harryhausen’s Scan this code to stop-motion creatures, watch Jeff’s video and “Jack” has CGI review of “Jack the giants. The giants aren’t Giant Slayer” or especially realistic, watch at PlanitNorthwest.com but neither were the skeletons in “Jason,” and 50-plus years on, that fight at the end remains a thrilling special effects sequence. Nicholas Hoult, recently seen as an undead Romeo in “Warm Bodies,” plays the title role, which is much more a retelling of “Jack and the Beanstalk” than “Jack the Giant Slayer.” The confusion is understandable. Both are old English folk tales involving a hero named Jack and giants, and Mickey Mouse did star in versions of both. But “Jack and the Beanstalk” sounds like a kids movie, and “Jack the Giant Slayer” sounds like an action movie, so now you know why the producers picked its title. The script takes the beanstalk legend and layers in some palace intrigue and a Disney-like subplot about a runaway princess (Eleanor Tomlinson) who falls in love with peasant boy Jack. The princess, Eleanor, has been betrothed to a much older suitor, Roderick. We know he is a conniving weasel because he is played by Stanley Tucci with an arch English accent. The kind-hearted king (Ian McShane) wishes his daughter would behave, but she keeps disguising herself as a commoner and running off. A storm arises during one of her

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STARRING: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci

PLOT: After farm boy Jack (Hoult) trades the family horse for some magic beans, he accidentally grows a towering beanstalk that could reignite an ancient war between men and giants. He joins a team of brave knights to climb the beanstalk and rescue a beautiful princess (Tomlinson) from the hungry giants. RATED: PG-13 for intense sequences of fantasy action violence, some frightening images and brief language RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 54 minutes

escapades, so the princess seeks refuge in the shanty home of Jack, who recently acquired some “special” beans in a transaction familiar from the fairy tale. Jack’s infuriated uncle already has thrown away the beans, and one has settled beneath the house. When rain water activates the legume, a towering stalk carries the cabin into the sky, taking the princess with it. In this telling of the tale, a war between men and giants occurred generations earlier, so everyone in the kingdom already knows about magic beanstalks and the land of giants above the clouds (which makes it curious that Jack doesn’t suspect the offer of “special” beans). The king dispatches his finest soldiers to climb the beanstalk and save his daughter from the hungry giants. Jack and the scheming Roderick, who knows a few secrets about the giants, tag along because otherwise there wouldn’t be a movie. From this point on, “Jack” plays out like the original “Star Wars” in ren faire costume. To save a princess, a farm boy goes on a perilous mission led by a venerable knight played by genuine Obi Wan Kenobi Ewan McGregor, who actually says, “I’m getting an awfully bad feeling about this.” The “awfully” must have been thrown in to prevent George Lucas from suing for plagiarism. “Jack” may not be original, but it is

fun. These days, too many makers of big-budget action movies seem so embarrassed by their material, they try to prove there are above it – and the audience – with a snarky attitude. “Jack” is not without a sense of humor, but Singer takes the story at face value, magic beans and all, and the cast plays it straight. I enjoyed how McGregor casually says, “Tally ho,” before leaping into action. Holt and Tomlinson are charming as the young heroes, and Tomlinson looks dynamite when she dons Joan of Arc armor toward the end. The giants are fearsome villains, with Bill Nighy playing their two-headed leader (a two-headed giant is one of the few elements from the “Giant Slayer” legend). The giants eventually invade the smaller kingdom below, which leads to much big action at the end. Too much, probably. The problem with CGI is that when kingdoms and creatures can be whipped up and manipulated inside a computer, filmmakers have no limitations! except for money, and studios still are willing to pour a fortune into these things. Go back 20 years, and when directors orchestrated action-packed finales, they had to use stunt performers, model buildings and soundstages – elements with physical limitations. This forced filmmakers to focus their storytelling into specific action beats. With CGI, you get the feeling filmmakers keep telling the programmers, “And it would be cool if one of the giants ripped the sails off a windmill and threw them like a Frisbee!” They keep adding, pushing the climax past the point where the viewer gets exhausted. “Jack” is nearly two hours long, which is merciful by the standards of other blockbusters, but it is at least 10 minutes too long. For all that, “Jack the Giant Slayer” is Singer’s best film since the second “XMen” movie. It is charming, exciting and unashamed of its corny virtues. Someday, it will go down easy on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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MAGIC MIC Ventriloquist Rumba joins magicians, illusionists and comics on stage for 11th annual ‘Nothin’ Up My Sleeve’ By JAMI KUNZER • jkunzer@shawmedia.com imilar to the way organizers describe the upcoming magic show, “Nothin’ Up My Sleeve,” a conversation with Bob Rumba, ventriloquist and the show’s emcee, is non-stop. He reflects on elevator music – how it’s gone from classical to ’80s. “I’m wondering when we get really old if I’ll have to rap,” he said. He moves on to a story about the how-to video he filmed on ventriloquism. It’s been sold worldwide, including China, where he once spoke with someone at a ventriloquism convention who’d purchased it. “I shot that, and I don’t think I’ve ever watched it,” he told the woman. Relaying the conversation with a Chinese accent, Rumba said she responded, “You should. It be good for you. It easy to understand.” And, of course, he talks about “Nothin’ Up My Sleeve,” scheduled for 7 p.m. March 9 at the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake. An 11th-annual fundraiser for the Raue, the show is believed to be one of the longestrunning annual magic events ever produced. “I don’t know that Crystal Lake realizes that nobody else has a show like that,” Rumba said. This year’s show includes six routines, with Rumba, a Midwest-based ventriloquist, comic and Hollywood-lookalike (Groucho Marx, Charlie Chaplin, Barney Fife), entertaining the crowd between acts. Rumba lived in the Chicago area for roughly 30 years and has performed at the Raue before. He’ll also perform there March 16 as part of a Celebrate St. Patty’s event. He’s also appeared on “America’s Funniest People” and “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” among numerous television shows, and done a variety of television commercials, such as McDonald’s, Sunkist, Nine Lives and United Airlines. At “Nothin’ Up My Sleeve,” he’ll introduce his goose bodyguard. Other people in show business have security guards or guard dogs. He has a goose. “Geese can be mean,” he said. “I have this goose that guards me so nothing will happen. He usually gets mad and I get beat up by the goose. ... I think it’s funny.” As for his famous portrayal of Groucho (the legendary Marx brother comedian and film star), he said his mother proved to him with a picture she dug out that he’s been doing the act since age 5. “I’m sad that not as many people know who he is now,” he said. “(Ventriloquism) is a form of magic, even though people don’t think of it as magic,” he said. “It’s a magical thing to be able to make a character come alive.” Rumba is very aware of what perhaps can be considered the “ventriloquism of the future,” having provided a couple gags to ventriloquist John Pizzi, who appeared on “America’s Got Talent” with an app that allowed him to manipulate photographs of people by making them talk. Pizzi gave him the app, as well, making him one of only a few who have

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it in the country. “I’ll be doing that at the Raue,” he said, adding that he brings along a flat-screen TV to display the routine. “Most people have never seen it. ... You can actually imitate anything.” Benjamin He’ll also be doing a ventriloNino Barnes quism and magic combination Cruz trick with Glenn Chelius, a magician and one of the producers of the show. Nino Cruz co-produces. Other acts include Shayna Reed, Benjamin Barnes, Jania Taylor and Bob Higa. “It’s just a big montage of anything and everything,” Cruz said. “They’re all new acts. This year is totally different.” More details would give away the surprises. But be prepared for a Cruz and Chelius illusion in which one of them disappears and reappears as the other. Another act will challenge an audience member to lift a $100 bill. “If they can lift it, they can keep it,” Cruz said. “I can’t give it away, but there are no strings attached. It’s not going to be stuck to the ground. Let’s see if they can do it.” Taylor and Reed are manipulators, while Higa does stand-up with illusions. Dan Neilson will be entertaining audience members in the lobby before the show. “We’re always bringing something bigger and better,” Cruz said.

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Get schooled on The University By JAMI KUNZER jkunzer@shawmedia.com

t’s a good thing their parents swapped phone numbers after a talent show about six years ago. Both 18-year-old Ryan Lammers of Cary, a guitarist, and 17-year-old Dean Sinclair of McHenry, a drummer, had competed separately in the contest. “You two should jam,” the judges told them. They did, and discovered a mutual love of music and determination to take their band as far as they could go. With the addition of 19-year-old Cale Singleton of Cary and 18-year-old John Benedeck of McHenry about two years ago, the band eventually became The University. Described as alternative, the band has performed at numerous festivals, including Fiesta Days in McHenry and the St. Helen Carnival in Chicago. The University won the Battle of the Bands at Heritage Fest in West Dundee, and will open for the headlining act at the festival this September. On April 27, The University will perform as part of a music festival at McHenry West High School. They’ve recorded an EP, “Red/Blue,” available through their Facebook page at facebook.com/universityband. “We came up with a little comparison,” Lammers said. “We’re kind of like a

The University (from left) is Dean Sinclair, Ryan Lammers, Cale Singleton and John Benedeck. cross between Walk the Moon, Coldplay, Counting Crows and Foo Fighters.” In addition to originals, the band plays a variety of rock, alternative and indie covers from the 1970s through today. Singleton plays bass guitar and sings lead on most songs, while Benedeck plays keyboard. All four sing. And all four have pursued music since a young age. “I’ve been playing the pots and pans since birth, but I started taking lessons when I was six years old,” Sinclair said.

He’s a fan of bands from Sweden, such as The Royal Concept and In Flames. Lammers began performing in second grade. “I started listening to The Beatles and I was like, ‘I want to play guitar,’” he said. “I would love to keep going with this and the same with all of us. We all want to keep up with the music. It’s a part of us.” “Hire us,” Sinclair added with a laugh. “We’re a group of good guys. We like to have fun, and the music we play is pretty fun.”

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“Honeys” HH 1/2 If you can get past the goofy name, Pennsylvania-based hardcore/noise rock outfit Pissed Jeans is pretty damn good at what it does. And what is that, you ask? It makes sludgy guitars and thunderous drums into more than just noise. “Honeys” may be a sweet album title, but this release is anything but. “Cat House” plows ahead with reckless abandon as Matt Korvette screams over the jackhammer-like music. Korvette’s lyrics are mostly observational and seem as though they were written at the last moment. That, at times, leads to some cornball material. “Stick figure family on the back of your car. You know I find that to be rude, walking around like you own the place. Must think you’re some kind of dude,” he sings on “Cafeteria Food.” While some of the words seem hastily thrown together, other places they do a better job touching on current issues. “You’re Different (In Person),” for example, is Korvette’s take on social media.” “Honeys” is, at the very least, a great hardcore album, but will probably fail to catch on outside the genre.

Swingin’ Utters

“Poorly Formed” HH 1/2 The Swingin’ Utters have always been a bit of a throwback when compared with other modern-day punk bands. It could probably pass off a cover of The Dead Milkmen’s “Punk Rock Girl” as its own song to those less-educated in the genre. “Poorly Formed” should sound familiar to Swingin’ Utters fans as it is another solid album from the band. “The Librarians Are Hiding Something,” “The Fake Rat of Dave Navarro” and others on this album are vintage Swingin’ Utters. The band also has been known to sprinkle some folk into its punk. We get that, too, on “I’m A Little Bit Country,” although the band has been much better using that gimmick in the past. “Poorly Formed” isn’t the best Swingin’ Utters (see its diverse 2000 selt-titled effort), but it certainly isn’t its worst either.

OUT THIS WEEK Michael Bolton, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville U.S.A.”; The Chris Duarte Group, “My Soul Alone”; Gold Fields, “Black Sun”; Wayne Hancock, “Ride”; Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, “Old Yellow Moon”; Johnny Marr, “The Messenger”; The Mavericks, “In Time”; Newsong, “Swallow the Ocean”; Player, “Too Many Reasons”; Saxon, “Sacrifice”; Shout Out Louds, “Optica.”

OUT MARCH 5 Luke Bryan, “Spring Break … Here to Party”; Marcus Canty, “This Is

FEATURED RELEASE Atoms For Peace “AMOK” H 1/2

“AMOK” is the debut album from Atoms For Peace, but it would be understandable if you confused it with another solo album from Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. The group effort, from a not-quite super group featuring Yorke, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, some guy who played drums for Beck and R.E.M. and another guy from Brazil who plays a bunch of instruments, closely follows what the Radiohead leader did on his 2006 solo outing, “The Eraser.” And while it may sound close to that album, it’s definitely not as good as that album. And it’s not like “The Eraser” was that good of an album to begin with. But “AMOK” fails to go anywhere, spinning its tires in puddles of blips, clicks and other sounds. Yorke’s soothing vocal delivery doesn’t do much to help keep “Default” from being a bunch of ambient noise. At least the song sounds kind of cool when listening through headphones. Producer Nigel Godrich, who has received credit for his work on most of Radiohead’s biggest albums, does a good job seamlessly layering several sounds. At the same time, his efforts also are a burden on this album as it becomes way too predictable. “Judge Jury and Executioner,” like several other songs on “AMOK,” is in desperate need of some excitement. Yorke was able to accomplish that in some spots on “The Eraser,” but for some reason, can’t quite match it here. No matter what musicians are along for the ride, “AMOK” comes off as a watered-down Yorke solo album.

… Marcus Canty”; The Cave Singers; “Naomi” Chelsea Light Moving; “Chelsea Light Moving”; Charlotte Church, “Two”; Cloud Cult, “Love”; Dead Leaf Echo, “Thought & Language”; Hatchet, “Dawn of the End”; Robyn Hitchcock, “Love From London”; Hollis Brown, “Ride on the Train”; How to destroy angels,” “Welcome Oblivion”; Javelin, “Hi Beams”; Raekwon and DJ Fresh, “The Tonight Show”; The Replacements, “Songs For Slim”; Josh Ritter, “The Beast In Its Tracks”; Boz Scaggs, “Memphis”; Son Volt, “Honky Tonk”; Stereophonics, “Graffiti on the Train”; They Might Be Giants, “Nanobots”; The Tossers, “The Emerald City”; Youth Lagoon, “Wondrous Bughouse.”

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A ABOMINABLE NO MEN, featuring Thomas Dapper, guitar/vocals; Daniel Eichman, bass/backing vocals; Andy Larson, guitar/backing vocals; Blaine Sinderson, drums. Bookings: 608-322-0624 or www.abominablenomen.com; www.reverbnation. com/abominablenomen or www. facebook.com/abominablenomen. AL WETZEL & FRIENDS, covering music of Zac Brown, Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty, Van Morrison and many others. Featuring Al Wetzel, guitar/vocals; Keith Edwards, guitar/vocals; James Ryan, guitar/ vocals; Chris Buttleman, guitar/ vocals. Bookings: 773-909-9298 or keithedwards12@yahoo.com. ALEX & THE ALLSTARS, music from the ’70s to today. Featuring Alex, lead vocals/drums; Buddy, (Dr. Woods) vocals/lead guitar; Lisa, vocals/keyboards/guitar; Bob, bass guitar. Bookings: 847-639-9683 or www.alexandtheallstars.com. AMBROSE KING AND THE RIVER RATS, blues, rock. Featuring Scott C. Topp, vocals/horn/harp; John Treptow, drums/vocals; Jack Treptow, guitar/vocals; Matt Van Ham, bass/ vocals; Vince Salerno, sax. Bookings: Scott, 847-639-0922 or www. ambrosekingandtheriverrats.com. THE ATLAS STONE, progressive/ rock/metal band from Algonquin. Featuring Jason Jayandro Andropolis, guitar; Steve Somogyi, guitar; and Leo Nelson, drums. Bookings: theatlasstone@gmail.com. AUNT JANET BAND, rock ’n’ roll. Featuring Janet, vocals; Pete Gil, guitar/ vocals; Dave Kay, guitar; Bob Brady, bass/vocals; and Dave Kerr, drums. Bookings: Janet, 815-355-1821 or www.theauntjanetband.com.

B BEATOLUTION, a genuine tribute to the Beatles featuring Collin Berg as John Lennon; John Morefield as Paul McCartney; Nick Solideo as George Harrison; and Evan Berg as Ringo Starr. Bookings: Collin Berg, 815-575-1107, coll1nberg@comcast. net; Nick Solideo, 847-504-6701, nsolideo@aol.com. Information: Beatolution.com, facebook.com/

beatolution, twitter.com/beatolution. BLACK CAT BONE, blues, rhythm and blues, funk. Featuring Sam Zuidema,

vocals/guitar; Matt Palsgrove, bass; and Jimmy Pinkl, drums. Bookings: Sam, smzuidema01@comcast.net. BLOODLINE, original rock and blues with a handful of covers from today’s artists. Featuring Fred Hyzny, vocals/guitar; Laura Lambert, vocals; Freddie Hyzny Jr., drums; Loribeth Hyzny, bass/keyboard; David Hyzny, lead guitar/rhythm guitar/bass; Andrew Hinga, lead guitar/ bass; Cassandra Feltner, keyboard/ vocals. Bookings: 815-823-3708; search Facebook for Bloodline The Hyzny Family Band or visit www. ourstage.com. THE BLUESNIKS, high-energy mix of jazz, blues, swing, rock and funk. Featuring Jim C., drums; Tony B., piano/organ/keys/vocals; Mitch G., vocals/guitar/trumpet; Robb C., saxophone/woodwinds; John G.,

lead guitars; Bill Z., bass (electric and acoustic). Bookings: Jim, 847305-7180 or info@thebluesniks.com. Website: www.thebluesniks.com or Facebook. BLUSH, a female-fronted cover band featuring Dina DeMonte, vocals; David Brian, guitar; Walter Delaney, guitar; Dave Wurzbach, bass; and John Falcus, drums. Bookings: David, 847-445-8004; www.facebook. com/blushrocks or www.blush4music.com. BONY KNEES, classic rock and alternative music from the ’60s to today. Featuring Jeff Fowler, vocals; Larry Groves, guitar; Tom Harrison, drums/vocals; Jeff Jayko, bass/ vocals; Tom Oeffling, guitar/vocals. Bookings: fowlerjeff33@yahoo.com. Schedule: 9 p.m. March 2, 7 Days Market Bar & Grill, Johnsburg.

BOTTOMZ UP, music from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and today. Featuring Laure Walydyn, vocals; Glenn Biron, guitar/backup vocals; Jim Davidge, bass/vocals; Pete “Skills” Bartolomei, drums; Larry Chase, guitar. Information: www.facebook.com/ BottomzupBand BOUNTY HUNTER FIVE, classic rock and Southern rock. Featuring Carol Pilger, lead vocals/vocals; John Noel, lead vocals/vocals; Mike Weatherford, guitar/vocals; Roger Jarva, drums; Don Paulson, bass/vocals; Lou Paulson, keyboards, harp, lead vocals/vocals; Marty Howe, sound/ steadycam interviews. Bookings: 847-854-0438; www.bountyhunterfive.com or search bountyhunterfive. com on Facebook. Continued on page 17

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C CASSANDRA & THE GRAVEL ROAD BAND, featuring Cassandra VohsDemann, piano/guitar; Graham Butler, drums; Rick Van Dyne, lead guitar; and Jim Seidel, bass. Information:

and her country band, Charissa & Auburn Sky Band. Information: 815388-3091 or www.charissaonline. com. CHASE THIS CITY, blend of alternative, pop-punk and heavy rock. Featuring Zach Keenum, vocals/guitar; Joey Miranda, guitar/vocals; Wil Lentz, guitar/vocals; Chris Vargas, bass; and Jeff DiPuma, drums. Bookings: 815540-5416 or chasethiscity@gmail. com. Information: www.facebook. com/thisisctc. COMMON GROUND, playing funky groove/dance music. Featuring Paul Ciszek, drums/vocals; Steve Mirabile, guitar/vocals; Rob Farina, bass guitar/vocals; Mike Vettore, percussion; Dave Juhre, keyboards/ vocals; Danielle Juhre, vocals; Jody Fields, vocals; and Christine Gilmer, saxophone. Information: Paul Ciszek, 815-262-9989 or www.commongroundjam.com. Schedule: 9 p.m. March 16, Big Al’s (Giovanni’s), Rockford; 8 p.m. March 23, Best Dam Bar, Davis; 8 p.m. March 30, Franchesco’s Ristorante, Rockford. COUNTERFEIT i, experimental music with focus on composition. Featuring Derek, vocals/guitars/keys; Ryan, bass/keys/vocals; and Tyler, drums/ stick twirls. Bookings: counterfeiti@ hotmail.com. Information: www. counterfeiti.com, Facebook or Twitter.

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JEWELS, father and sons group from Harvard that sounds like Neil Diamond and performs a tribute to his music. Featuring Denny, vocals/ guitar/synth; Lucas, vocals/guitar/ synth; and Spenser, vocals/bass/ drums. Information: 815-893-9202; denny@dennydiamond.com or www. dennydiamond.com. DNA, songs from the ’50s and later. Featuring Don Etten, guitar/harmonica/vocals; and Al Etten, bass guitar/vocals accompanied by a digital drum machine. Information: 815-385-6057; 815-385-8580 or www.musicbydna.com. DON “DOC” BROWN, playing his “Music We Know” program of favorites from the ’30s, ’40s, ’50s and beyond in a variety of styles in jazz, rock, blues, country and pop. Bookings: 815-356-5865 or steeltune@ sbcglobal.net. DR. RHYTHM & THE ROCKERS. Featuring Jack Slaughter, guitar/vocals; Al Etten, bass/vocals; Duwayne Fair, drums/vocals; and Don Etten, guitar/harmonica/vocals. Bookings: 815-385-8580 or 815-385-6057. DUNCAN FISH SPEAKERS, experimental hard rock band from the Woodstock area playing high-energy original compositions and covers from Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and more. Featuring Judson Brown on guitar, vocals; David Reilly on bass; Daniel Villarreal Carrillo on drums. Information: www.myspace. com/theduncanfishspeakers. DUO DEL SOL, instrumental music on classical instruments inspired

by the relevant music of today. Featuring Tom Farrell, guitar; and Javier Orman, violin. Information: www.duodelsolmusic.com or info@ duodelsolmusic.com.

E ECHO’S OF TIME, jukebox oldies from the 1950s through the 1970s dance music. Featuring Dave Lapaglia, rhythm guitar/vocals; Glenn Kolota, drums/vocals; Scott Jensen, lead guitar/vocals; Brian Farrar, keyboards/vocals; and Bob Aldape, bass guitar/vocals. Bookings: 815354-5421 or 773-490-3960 or on Facebook.com. ELDER KAOS, music from the ‘60s through today. Featuring Tim Michaels, lead vocals; Ron McCannon, guitar/vocals; Dave Barnes, guitar; Gary Mlekush, bass guitar/ vocals; Gary Brandt, drums/vocals. Bookings: Tim, 847-826-8677; elderkaos@yahoo.com or www. elderkaos.com. THE ELEVATE PROJECT, eclectic music, Latin-influenced, funk, soul, Christian. Members include Tyler Ommen, drums; Nathan Staley, percussion; Kelvin Levels, bass; Aaron Netsell, guitar/vocals; John Tuck, trumpet; Christine Tuck, saxophone; Brian Warszona, trumpet; J, vocals/ keyboards. Information: www. elevateproject.net or Faceook. Email: theelevateproject@comcast.net. Continued on page 18

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BRACE FOR IMPACT, ’70s/’80s hard rock and heavy metal covers. Featuring Mike Basil, lead vocalist; Frank Lucas, keyboards/backing vocals; Jeff Senger, guitar/backing vocals; Mike Pasquale, bass guitar/backing vocals; and Ken Wentling, drums. Bookings: www.myspace.com/braceforimpactillinois or on Facebook. BRENT HOODENPYLE & THE LONERS, traditional and alternative country music originals and covers. Featuring Brent Hoodenpyle, vocals/rhythm guitar; John Ballantyne, lead guitar; Buddy Carter, bass/harmony/vocals; and Leslie Santos, drums. Bookings: 254-436-0099; brent@brenthoodenpyle.com or www.brenthoodenpyle. com. BROKEN ARROW/POSITIVELY 4TH STREET, Neil Young/Bob Dylan tribute band. Featuring Doug Wolff, Ben Abney, Jared Olson, Kevin Weigh and Steve Anton. Bookings: 815-451-1702. Website: www.brokenarrowandpositively4thstreet.com. BUCKLEY ROAD BAND, country music. Featuring Katie Klein, lead vocals; Chris Bradley, lead guitar/vocals; Steve Clough, rhythm guitar/vocals; Bob Haraden, fiddle/mandolin/ vocals; Joe Eucolono, pedal steel guitar/banjo/dobro/guitar; Paul Durand, bass guitar/vocals; Ralph Colao, drums; and Kurt Disch, sound tech. Information: www.facebook. com/buckleyroadband; or www. reverbnation.com/artist/control_ room/1058620#!/buckleyroadband.

Cassandra, 847-507-1352 or www. cassandragravelroad.com. CATALANO, rock/metal, Rogue Records recording artists with influences from bands such as Queensryche, Nightwish, Edguy and Metallica to Journey, The Who, The Beatles and others. Members: Dean Pressley, vocals; Pat Catalano, lead guitar/ keys; Mike Myzyri, bass; John Catalano, lead guitar/guitar. Bookings: 708-402-8540; www.facebook.com/ catalanoband or www.catalanoband. com. CENTERFOLD, a mainstay of Chicagoland rock and roll, cranking out the greatest hits of the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and today. Featuring Cindy Safran, vocals; Mark Wedow, guitar/ vocals; Eric Wedow, drums/vocals; Chuck Federowicz, bass/vocals; Tom Kranz (formerly of Trilogy), guitar/ keyboard/vocals. Bookings and information: 708-284-2902; bookings@centerfoldband.com; www. facebook.com/centerfoldband or www.centerfoldband.com. Schedule: 9:30 p.m. March 23, All Sports Bar & Grill, McCullom Lake; 9 p.m. April 27, JJ’s Prime Time Sports Pub, Aurora; 7 p.m. July 2, Park Fest, Northbrook; 7 p.m. July 3, Summer Concert Series, Lemont; 7 p.m. July 4, Fourth of July celebration, Warrenville; 6 p.m. July 14, Bluffinia Summer Concert Series, Lake Bluff; 7 p.m. July 15, Concert in the Park, Wheaton; 7 p.m. July 18, Summer Concert Series, Hoffman Estates; 7 p.m. July 19, Summer Concert Series, West Dundee; July 21, Rock and Roll Half Marathon, Chicago; 7 p.m. Aug. 9, Lakemoor Fest, Lakemoor. CHANGE IS GOOD, current, classic & original rock featuring John Grewe, guitars/vocals/harmonica; Jed Piquette, vocals/percussion; Jerry Bruns, vocals/bass. Bookings: 815653-3402. CHARISSA MROWKA, of Johnsburg,

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Continued from page 17 ERICH KRAEMER GROUP (EKG), all-original indie jam band. Featuring Erich, rhythm guitar/lead vocals; Nathan, bass guitar/vocals; Greg, lead guitar/vocals; and Jamie, drums. Bookings and information: 815-2771105; erichkraemergruop@gmail. com; www.ekgfan.com or facebook. com. EVEN FIVE, classic, current and rock ’n’ roll. Featuring Mike Christenson, vocals/guitar; Tony Clavesilla, lead guitar/keys; Sam Acosta, bass; Colin Halliday, keyboards/guitar; and Jerry Wetter, drums. Bookings: Tony, 224-622-0472 or www.wix.com/ evenfive/band.

F FAST TIMES, ’80s music and lifestyle. Featuring Paul Jones, guitar; Cory Case, guitar; Michael Burgess, lead vocals; Steve Alvarez, drums; J. Michael Ritta, bass. Bookings: Joey Demarco, 630-279-7625; info@ livechicagomusic.com or www.fasttimestheband.com. FAULT BY DESIGN, alternative bluesrock style, mostly original compositions including some classic rock, blues and Dave Matthews. Featuring Christian Moore, lead vocals/guitar; Robert Kelley, lead guitar/vocals; Jimmy Pinkl, drums; and Vince Galasso, bass. Playing 24/7 on Facebook. Bookings: Robert, 847828-6854; faultbydesign@gmail.com or Facebook. FELIX AND FINGERS, a dueling piano and instrumentation act from Crystal Lake featuring Dave Radford, vocals/ piano/guitar/drums/trumpet; and Mike Potts, vocals/piano/bass/ sax/accordion/drums. Information: info@felixandfingers.com; www. felixandfingers.com; www.facebook. com/felixandfingers. FIST TO THE SKY, for fans of Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet For My Valentine, and Five Finger Death Punch. Featuring Mickey, vocals/bass; Flipp, guitar/vocals; Hollywood, guitar/vocals; JD, drums. Bookings: fisttotheskyband@gmail.com. Information: www.fisttothesky.com, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube. FOX VALLEY MEN OF HARMONY, barbershop quartet. Group meets 7:15 p.m. Mondays, First United Methodist Church, 216 E. Highland Ave., Elgin. Information: www.foxvalleymenofharmony.com. FREEWILL, inspired by the desire to have the name reflect an uplifting and playful Christian spirit. Featuring Steve Ramirez, vocals/electric and acoustic guitar; Bob Linning, vocals/ electric and acoustic guitar; Nancy Graham, vocals; Joy Irwin, vocals/ keyboards; Pam Becker, vocals/ electric bass; and Jerry Knobloch, vocals/drums. Contact: Bob Linning at blinning@gmail.com. For information, visit Facebook using the words “FreeWill contemporary Worship Music.”

G GEARY SMITH BLUES BAND, blues and funk. Bookings: www.myspace. com/gearysmithband. GREGORY B, Jimmy Buffett, beach party music, classic rock. One-man band, with a voice and a guitar playing along to music digitally recorded and performed by Gregory B. Clubs, pool parties and fests. Bookings: 815459-5910; gregoryb@joltmail.com or www.gregoryb-music.com. GRINGO SOUL, a one-man project featuring Brandon Giannasi. All original music known as hip hop folkrock. Information: 847-385-8447; brokenstring21@aol.com or www. gringosoul.com.

H HAIRDAZE, ’80s music. Curt Anderson, guitar/vocals; Tom McTague, vocals; Mike Bianco, drums; Dan Parilli, bass guitar/vocals; Jim Workman, guitar/ vocals. Bookings: 847-515-7908; facebook.com/hairdazerocksthe80s or www.reverbnation.com/hairdaze. HANS AND THE HORMONES, pop, dance, rock from the ’60s to present. Hans Mast, vocals/guitar; Vic Champney, guitar; Glenn Crandall, bass; and Darren Marino, drums; Tony Wruke, keyboards. Bookings: Glen, 815-338-7253; marino5@ att.net; hansmast@comcast.net or facebook.com/hansandthehormones. Schedule: 9:30 p.m. March 2, Sideouts, Island Lake; 9:30 p.m. March 23, Halftime, Johnsburg; 9:30 p.m. March 30, Thirsty Whale, Algonquin; 8 p.m. April 6, Woodstock Moose Lodge benefit; 9:30 p.m. April 27, The Gambler, McHenry; 9 p.m. May 4, Trio Grille, Marengo; 9:30 p.m. May 11, Danny’s Pizza, Elgin; 7 p.m. May 18, Starline Factory, Harvard; 9:30 p.m. May 25, Raymond’s Bowl, Johnsburg; 9:30 p.m. June 1, Docks Bar, Wauconda; 9 p.m. July 13, Gavers Cancer Benefit, Woodstock; 9 p.m. July 20, Gavers Cancer Benefit at Woodstock Park; 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. July 21, Kief’s Reef at Burton’s Bridge/Crystal Lake; 7 p.m. July 27, Moose Benefit. HEART OF THE FOX (H.O.T. Fox), acoustic funk folk group from McHenry. Featuring Michael Heidemann, guitar/Vox and Rachel Woodall, Vox/ukulele. Information: www.heartofthefox.com. Bookings: heartofthefox@gmail.com. Chicago dates on the website. HOT ROCKS, Rolling Stones tribute band named after their Hot Rocks album. Featuring Ed Bloom as “Mick,” lead vocals/harmonica; Chris Minardi as “Keith,” guitar/ vocals; Bobby Koll as “Brian/Ronnie,” guitar; Carmie Zac as “Bill,” bass guitar/vocals; Paul Mally as “Stu,” keyboard/vocals; Joe Wejman as “Charlie,” drums. Information: 773384-2460; hotrocksband@hotmail. com; facebook.com/hotrocksband; myspace.com/hotrocksrollingstones;

twitter.com/hotrocksband; or www. hotrocksband.com. HUDSON-McCOY THE BAND, classic rock, R&B, and originals. Featuring Michael McCoy, rhythm guitar/ vocals; Jim Hudson, lead guitar/vocals; Joe LaSalla, bass/vocals; Chris “Kiffer” Allen, keyboards/vocals; and Chris Starke, percussion. Bookings and information: 815-222-1080 or www.hudson-mccoy.com. HUEY LONG, pop punk band from McHenry. Featuring RJ Hucker, guitar/lead vocals; Billy Penuel, bass/vocals; and Rocco Zaccagnini, drummer/vocals. Information: 815861-8062 or hueylongtheband@ yahoo.com.

I INCOMING GROOVE, blues band trio. Featuring John Oliver, vocals/guitar; Mark Alteri, drums; Ed Kazmierzak, bass. Bookings: Debbie, 815-4040470. Website: www.incominggroove.com. INSTANT REWIND, classic rock of the ’60s and ’70s. Featuring Eric Gulbransen, lead guitar/vocals; Jeff Gulbransen, rhythm guitar/vocals; Vince Guerrero, drums/vocals; Mark Vogel, keyboards/vocals; and Ben Vogel, bass/vocals. Bookings: Eric, 224-545-7362 or guitarman23@ sbcglobal.net.

J JAZZ ENTERPRISE, blues and jazz. Featuring Al Skaronea, keyboard; Christine Gilmer, saxophone; Daniel Villarreal, drums; Dave Reilly, bass; and Robert Kelley, guitar. Information: Robert, 847-828-6854 or jazzenterprise.combo@gmail.com. JELLY BONES, local band from Algonquin that categorize themselves as psychedelic/alternative. Members are Frank Lintzeris, vocals/guitar; Henry Brennan, guitar/vocals; Ryan Ayers, bass; Geon Tillinghast, drums/ vocals; and Eric Donati, guitar. Information: jellybonesmusic@ gmail.com; www.facebook.com/ jellybonesmusic. JIGGLE THE HANDLE, classic rock with a mix of blues. Featuring Wayne Ewing, Hammond Organ and a real 122 Leslie/vocals; Joel Tarpinian, lead guitar/vocals; Kip Christensen, lead guitar/vocals; Mac Rietz, bass/vocals; and Ted Rowling, drums/vocals. Bookings: Variety Entertainment, 847-526-9111 or varietyentertainment@att.net. JOHNNY BEE & THE STINGERS, R&B. Featuring Johnny Bee, lead guitar/ vocals; Shawn Reske, drums/vocals; and Greg Van Nostrand, bass/vocals. Bookings: 847-561-5266 or www. johnnybeeandthestingers.com. JOSH SCHOLL, alternative/rock mixed with R&B. Featuring Josh Scholl, lead vocals; Kyle Weinder, rhythm guitarist; Lauren Luks, drummer; Mike Show, lead guitarist/pianist; and Levi Naab, bass guitar. Bookings:

630-849-1033 or daren@goodfeelingent.com. JUST DUET, Sandie Kindschy and Suzy Schwartz, guitar and vocal duet playing music from the ’50s through today. Information: 815-790-9081, www.justduetmusic.com or chickpick63@charter.net. J.W. RICE BAND, a blend of musicians and musical styles. Featuring J.W. Rice, guitar/vocals; Carrie Biel, vocals/percussion; Danik Kooistra, keyboards; Geary Smith, harmonica/ vocals; Van Vogel, bass/vocals; and John Weber, drums/commentary. Bookings and information: 815-6535631.

K KEVIN PURCELL & THE NIGHTBURNERS, featuring Kevin Purcell, vocals/harmonica; Tony Root, bass; Dave Stefen, guitar; Andy Ohlrich, fiddle; and Peter Bauschke, drums. Bookings: 847-526-0573 or www. nightburners.com.

L LAKES AREA SWING BAND, an 18piece band performing throughout Lake, Cook and McHenry counties and southern Wisconsin. Music from the past 60-plus years. Swing to the ’30s and ’40s and jive to the ’50s. Information and bookings: 847-8450040; www.lakesareaswingband. com or holnmik98@sbcglobal.net. LAST TRAIN OUT, blues, rock and soul. Featuring Greg Conrad, lead vocals and lead guitar; Jordan Smith, bass guitar; and Kevin Koreman, drums. Information: lasttrainoutmusic@gmail.com or visit www. lasttrainoutband.com or Facebook. LIBERTY’S TEETH, rock, pop, country

and more. Featuring brother/sister vocals of Jeremy and Melissa Roe; guitars/vocals, Paul Bracke and Matt Nicholas; bass guitar/ bagpipes, Marc “Flippy” Weihofen; drums, Joe Stob. Bookings: 847-9717159; www.libertysteeth.com or on Facebook. LOOKING FOR TREBLE, pop and rock ’n’ roll. Members: Mark Sturm, guitar/vocals; Dave Ricotta, piano/ harmonica/vocals; Chris Manos, bass guitar/vocals; and Kirk Leonard, drums/vocals. Information: 815-509-5947; 815-505-5433 or www.lookingfortreble.com. LUNATIC 8, hip-hop artist from Crystal Lake. Information: www.lunatic8. com or lunatic8music@yahoo.com.

M MAGANAFIGHT, metal. Featuring Dan Kvidera, guitars; Ron Riggs, guitars; JoHan, vocals; Mike Motto, bass; and Drew Kristoff, drums. For information, contact: stepmonsterhubby@yahoo.com. Bookings: dethmetl1@sbcglobal.net. MAIDEN CHICAGO, tribute to Iron Maiden’s style. Featuring Bill Swanson, lead vocals; Eric Babcock, guitar; Ralph Circelli, guitar; Gary Ingram, bass guitar; Dan Driskill, drums. Bookings and information: 708-774-4177 or booking@maidenchicago.com; www.maidenchicago.com; or www.facebook.com/ maidenchicago. THE MARY J. HARRIS TRIO. Jazz and Bossa standards. Featuring jazz vocalist Mary J. Harris and guitarist Bob Balance, along with a variety of hired bass players. Bookings and information: 224-577-8130 or www. maryjharris.com. Continued on page 19

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N NEMESIS THEORY, hard rock and metal, classics and today. A diverse range of favorites & high-energy music featuring Tom Wilson, lead vocals; Larry DeMumbrum, drums; Mike Streicher, bass guitar/vocals; Joe Guevara, lead/rhythm guitars/vocals; and Todd Scow, lead/rhythm guitars/ vocals. Bookings and information: 815-739-1106; nemesistheorylive@ yahoo.com; www.nemesistheory. com or www.myspace.com/nemesis_theory. NEW ODYSSEY, trio of full-time musicians playing 20th century music on 30 instruments. Featuring Michael Jay, Gary Todd and Gary Polkow. Information: 815-3444200; odysseyguys@aol.com or www.3guys30instruments.com. Continued on page 20

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MCC JAZZ COMBO, directed by Dr. Takayama, arrangements of the great jazz standards. Featuring Phil Ciancio, saxophone; Chris Angelos, guitar; Daniel Villarreal, drums; Dave Reilly, bass; Tom Panuce, saxophone; with optional guest vocalists. Information: Robert, 847-828-6854 or geneticstrings@sbcglobal.net. MIMES ON ROLLERCOASTERS, mimes represent our existence in this life and roller coaster represens the ups and downs of life. Featuring Mark Ruester, acoustic guitar/vocals, keyboards, electric bass, flute; Chessie Ruester, flute penny whistle, piccolo; and Greg Teresi, electric lead guitar. Bookings: Management@ MimesOnRollercoasters.com. Information: mimesonrollercoasters.com or Facebook. MODERN DAY ROMEOS. Featuring Jim Wojdyla, vocals; Justin Wojdyla, acoustic guitar/vocals/cowbell; Steve Gill, electric guitar; Chris Perfect, bass guitar/vocals; and Mike Zaitz, drums. Bookings: 630-620-1154 or www.moderndayromeos.com. MISS BEHAVIN, four-piece band that covers hits from the ’60s to the present. Fronted by Denise Ebler with Rob Wawryzniak, lead guitar; Craig Hunter, bass; and Jim Nonneman, drums. Bookings: 847-418-1879; info@missbehavinrocks.com or www.missbehavinrocks.com. MR. P, ’60s folk-rock picker/grinner Mike Penkava on acoustic guitar, rambling with the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, Lightfoot & Taylor, Neil

& the Cat, Prine & Goodman, and meandering into the present with some new stuff too. Information: mikepenkava@netzero.net. Check with The Village Squire, Crystal Lake, at 815-455-4130 for regular gigs. MR. PC JAZZ TRIO, featuring Phil Ciancio, Russ Panzarella and Tony Barbaro. Bookings: 815-263-1901 or philciancio@yahoo.com. MYSTRISS, classic and current rock ’n’ roll. Featuring Angela Powell and Cristine Salazar, vocals; Kevin Powell, bass/vocals; Dan Robinson, guitar; and John Faruzzi, drums. Bookings: 815-307-5225 or on Facebook.

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Continued from page 19 NITROUS ROCKSIDE, current heavy and hard rock music. Featuring Steve Crandall, vocals; Bob Cashin, guitar; Kai-allen Reinhard, bass/vocals; George Houston, guitar/vocals; Mark Cox, drums. Bookings: George, 847854-3765; www.reverbnation.com/ nitrousrocksideband; www.facebook. com/nitrousrockside; or www.myspace.com/nitrousrocksideband. NO CLEAR WAY, modern to alternative rock. Featuring Brent Baseggio, lead vocals/acoustic guitar; Ryan Gilger, backup vocals/lead guitar; Michael Koch, bass; Doug Conroy, drums. Bookings: 312-772-5652; manager@ noclearway.com; www.myspace. com/noclearway. NORTH STREET, swing, jazz, blues and pop retro group featuring tunes from the 1920s to present day. Featuring Kathy Bruhnke, Janet Burns, Katie Freese, Judy Stettner, Dora Tippens, Barbara Klein (keyboard), Louis Dolmon (bass) and Frank Novak (drums). Bookings: 815-342-2425 or northstreet123@gmail.com.

O OCEAN BLU BIG BAND, 18-piece big band, playing classic, themed and contemporary jazz/big band/Latin tunes. Members are professional musicians who are music educators/ teachers, band directors. Bookings: Richard Brabeck, 847-340-5100; rick@foxvalleyschoolofmusic.com or www.oceanblubigband.com. OLD’S COOL, classic rock, blues and R&B. Featuring TR Kerth, guitar, harmonica/vocals; Rich Wolter, guitar/ vocals; Hans Stucki, keyboards/guitar/vocals; Gary Ross, drums/vocals; and Bob Noble, bass/guitar. Bookings: TR Kerth: 847-331-1758 or trkerth@yahoo.com or www.reverbnation.com/ oldscoolhuntley#. ON A DIME, founded in 2003 around a blues-rock-opera written by the band founder Aaron Netsell. Members include Aaron Netsell, guitars/ keyboards/vocals; Rob Godek, lead guitar/backup vocals; Sandee Christiansen, keyboards/vocals; Steve Sawyer, bass guitar/vocals; and Ken Grutza, drums. Information: 815-8141806; onadime@aaronnetsell.com or www.oadonline.com.

Scott, 847-608-0631; partyfreakmusic@yahoo.com; www.facebook.com/ partyfreakrocks. PATIO DADDY-O, ’60s to today. Classic rock, blues. Featuring Tony Giglio, lead vocals/drums; Tony Clavesilla, lead guitar/vocals; Danny Dally, bass guitar/vocals. We do private parties. Bookings: 224-622-0472. Schedule: 9 p.m. March 1, Peggy Kinnane’s, Arlington Heights; 9 p.m. March 16, The Gambler, McHenry; 9 p.m. March 30, Twisted Moose, McHenry; 9 p.m. April 6, J’s Sports Bar, Ingleside; 9 p.m. April 13, Raymond’s Bowl, Johnsburg; 8:30 p.m. April 20, Trio Grille at Glo Bowl, Marengo. PETE BERWICK, singer/songwriter. Information: Shotgun Records, 815759-0042 or www.peteberwick.net. PETER & THE VERSATILES, Motown, blues, classic rock. Featuring Peter, lead vocals; Missy, background/lead vocals; Kim, background vocals; Tom, lead guitar; Bob, rhythm guitar; Tom, bass guitar; Dwayne, drums; and Mike, saxophone. Information: www. myspace.com/petertheversatiles. PHIDGET, classic ’80s rock band. Featuring Patty Malten, vocals; Garry Hane, drums; Mario Massi, guitar; Chris Erbach, bass; Rick Ippolito, keys/ vocals. Information: www.phidgetband.com. PIRATE RADIO, a four-piece cover band. Featuring Moe Rivera, guitar/vocals; Tony Falco, vocals/percussion/guitar; Matt Schreier, drums; John Rock, bass. Bookings: 630-279-7625 or www. facebook.com/pirateradiorocks. PIRATES OVER 40, Buffett tunes and more. Featuring Ron Combs, vocals/ guitar; Don Devereaux, drums; Bruce Waters, guitar/vocals; Jim Nelson, bass; Bobby Swigart, guitar; Mitch Martin and Joe Ornelas, percussion. Bookings: 815-344-6410 or www. piratesover40.com. POTTS & PANS, a steelband playing a

variety of music from classical to Calypso, pop to jazz and more. Featuring Matt Potts, Anthony Houston, David Brachmann, Christina Guerrero, Mike Schwebke and Paige Moore. Bookings: 815-245-3624 or matt@pottsandpans. org. Information: www.pottsandpans. org, Facebook or Twitter. PRACTICE IN PUBLIC, blues and rock from Stevie Ray Vaughan to the Stones. Featuring John Paradise, lead vocals/rhythm guitar; Karl, bass; Lew Postnell, harmonica; Rich Feldhaus, lead guitar; Tracy Doetsch, drums; Billy Schwank, guitar. Contact: 619861-7353; tracyguns@hotmail.com; www.facebook.com/practiceinpublicland or www.reverbnation.com/ practiceinpublic. PSYCHAS, original hard rock, blended with modernized cover tunes. Featuring Eric Babcock, guitar/vocals; Marty Blake, drums; Joaquin Luebanos, bass guitar; David Houck, guitar. Bookings and information: 815-529-3271 or webmaster@psychas.com; www. psychas.com; or www.facebook.com/ psychasband.

R THE RESERVE, rock ‘n’ roll with a splash of ’90s grunge. Featuring Jon Babin, vocals/guitar; Kyle Biba, drums; Jon Birchfield, guitar; and Steve Somogyi, bass. Contact: thereserve11@yahoo. com; Facebook or Reverbnation. ROADHOUSE PROPHETS, rockin’ country covers. Bookings: Chris Blevins, 847-902-0780 or www.myspace. com/redneckrevival. ROBERT KELLEY, acoustic, blues, jazz, rock or even a one-man band. Performing with various groups, expanding through several genres. Regular performer at Liquid Blues and Jazz on the Square. Information: 847-828-6854 or geneticstrings@

S SAVANNA ROAD, today’s rock and new country. Featuring Cindy Aikins, vocals; Hal Hartwig, guitars/vocals; Mike Gibson, bass/vocals; Bruce Honniball, drums/vocals. Bookings: Bruce, 815-245-9345; www.facebook.com/ savannaroad. SELECTIVE RECALL, New Wave ’80s. Featuring Kris Valentine, lead vocals; Eli Bennett, bass/vocals; Rudy Lobo, guitar/vocals; and Scott Toth, drums/ vocals. Bookings: 847-533-9991; kris@entertainment1.com or www.entertainment1.com. Information: www. selectiverecall.com; www.facebook. com/selectiverecallrocks; or www. twitter.com/selectiverecall. SEVEN POUND FURY, original rock. Featuring Lynette Louise Varvil, vocals/ string guitars/harmonica/melodica; Erick Olsen, lead guitar; Scott Nickels, drums/percussion; Ginni Hauck,

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Continued from page 20 SING WITH THE BAND, live band interactive karaoke with more than 500 songs. Everything from ABBA to Zappa. Lyrics provided. You are part of the band and star of the show! Featuring Joe Rocha, vocals/ bass; Jay Rocha, bass/vocals; Scott Azzarello, guitar/vocals; and Dave Nishi, drums. Bookings: Joe Rocha, 630-939-5013 or www.singwiththeband.com. SIX STRINGS DOWN, classic rock, ’80s retro tunes, blues featuring female guitarist Dani Lampi, lead guitar/vocals; David Witt, vocals; George Lemperis, lead guitar/ vocals; Frank Laumbinger, drums; and Charles Beadle, bass/vocals. Bookings: 815-385-4680; danil@ hotmail.com or www.sixstringsdown.cjb.net. SKY BURIAL, featuring Kevin Tuegel, guitar; Sean Kenney, vocals; Mark Servantes, bass; and Jason Pare, drums. Bookings: Warp Skatepark, 847-458-4066 or Kevin Pare, 847915-2655. SNAFU BAND, blues, classic rock, Southern rock and country covers. Featuring Ross Benson, guitar/ harmonica/vocals; Melissa Rolley, vocals; Jeff Haberer, guitar/backing vocals; Todd Thorez, bass; Jesse Caruthers, drums. Bookings: 847975-6030; snafuband@live.com or www.snafu-band.com. SOUTHERN EXPOSURE, a country/ southern rock band featuring Dave Freeman, lead vocals/guitar; Pete Walker, rhythm guitar; Judsen

Brown, lead guitar/keyboards/ vocals; Rich Dibona, percussion; and Jeremy Montoto, bass/vocals. Bookings: Dave, 815-970-4345; Pete, 815-693-0299 or http://www. myspace.com/southernexposure2. SOUTHERN PIKE, innovative harmonies and acoustic arrangements of classic covers. A smattering of light rock, blues, country, doo-wop, folk, Motown oldies. Featuring Thomas Takayama, guitar/vocals; Mark Kuhlman, guitar/fiddle/vocals; and Bob Herrmann, guitar/harmonica/ vocals. Listen at YouTube.com/ user/southernpikeband. Bookings: 847-987-0914 or SouthernPikeBand@gmail.com. STATELINE, contemporary and classic country, along with classic and southern rock. Featuring Robert Jess, keyboards/vocals; D.J. Myers, bass guitar/vocals; Tom Powers, drums/vocals; and Randy Burs, guitar/vocals. Information: 541782-8354; www.statelinecountry. com; www.facebook.com/statelinecountry or statelinecountry@ gmail.com. STAY TUNED, playing classic and modern rock. Members: Curt Klausen, drums; Paul Shively, guitar/vocals; Curtis Voel-Pel, bass and vocals. Bookings: Joey DeMarco at United Talent, 630-2797625 or joey@unitedtalentco.com; or Curtis Voel-Pel, 630-453-1443 or voelpel@msn.com. Information: www.staytunedband.net. STREET CORNER BLUE, six-piece ensemble has been performing traditional R&B for 25 years.

Members include Tom Kleeman, saxophone; Dave Mitchell, trumpet; Bill Howard, trombone; Mike Lerner, drums; Dave Czech, guitar; and Dave Ladner, bass guitar. Bookings: 708-476-5757; www.streetcornerblue.com or moosemiles@owc.net. SUNFACTORY, dance and party rock. Featuring Steve Parisek, lead vocals/guitar; Jamie Ryan, lead guitar; Eric Jaspen, bass/vocals; and Frank Bagot, drums/vocals. Bookings and information: 815-861-4833 or www. myspace.com/sunfactory. SWITCHPLAY, a four-piece band featuring multi-instrument players rotating front-line offering diverse solo performances featuring Paul Zanello, Marty Howe, Brian Bankord and Aaron Netsell. Three different tribute sets are British invasion, funky R&B and classic rock. Bookings: 815-236-9893/9894.

T TALISMAN, country, blues, rock ’n’ roll, pop, jazzy swing and oldies. Featuring Freddy and Lorrie Lamberti. Bookings: 815-337-1760 or www.talisman.freeservers.com. T-BOS, ’70s rock. Featuring: Silky Kessler, guitar/lead vocals; Thunderboogie, bass guitar/vocals; Buck Lee, guitar/vocals; Izzy Wylde, drums; Ripper Mansion, security/sound/lights. Bookings: Mike, 847-921-0033. Information: www.facebook.com/T-bos-70s-rock or www.myspace.com/ tbosband.

THUNDER BOX, THE KNOCKERS, rock music from the ‘80s until today. Featuring Tommy Hanus, bass/ Vox; John Gracek, lead/Vox; Bill Rios, drums; Joey Domanico, guitar/ Vox. Bookings: 847-344-0222. TIME MACHINE, group from McHenry offering danceable rock from the ’50s to today. Featuring John Gaceck, lead vocals; Dan Stromstedt, guitars/vocals; John Furuzzi, drums/vocals; Buddy Rezendes, bass guitar; and Wayne Maxson, guitar. Bookings: Dan, 815-378-0498 or timemachinemchenry@hotmail.com. Information: www.facebook.com/timemachine. liveband. TOGETHER AGAIN, jazz-rock/smooth jazz/pop/rock/Latin and more. Members: Marti Bonne, keyboards/ vocals; Jim Seidel, bass; Geoff DeMuth, guitar/vocals; Robin Knapik, drums. Bookings: 815-356-1141; together_again@comcast.net; www.togetheragainband.com. TRASHCAN SYMPHONY, hard rock, rock and pop cover songs from the ’70s through today. Featuring Jess, vocals; Joel, vocals; Brian, guitars/keys; Axe, guitars; Bex, bass; and Mike, drums. Contact: info@trashcansymphony.com; trashcansymphony.com; facebook or reverbnation. TRAVELING COWBOYS, country, rock ’n’ roll, Elvis and more. Featuring Jeff Beebe, guitars/vocals; Bill Fennell, guitar, harp/vocals; Chris, drums; and Sam, bass guitar. Bookings: 815-236-0155. TRIADD, danceable classic rock to

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U THE UNIVERSITY, alternative, Indie and rock playing originals and large selection of covers from the 1970s through today. Featuring Cale Singleton, vocals/bass; Ryan Lammers, vocals/guitars; John Benedeck, vocals/keyboards; Dean Sinclair, drums/percussion. Bookings: universityband@gmail.com. Information: www.facebook.com/ university band or www.youtube. com/theuniversityband. THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS, party rock, both classic and current. Featuring Elmo Arcari, lead vocals/ guitar; Kevin Hewitt, lead guitar/ vocals; Ernie Jummati, bass/lead vocals; Mike Trippi, drums/More cowbell. Bookings and information: 847-669-8848; 847-409-7073; info@thesuspectsrock.com; www. facebook.com/thesuspectsrock; twitter.com/thesuspectsrock.

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TRUMAN’S RIDGE, traditional bluegrass. Featuring Steve Sarver, guitar/lead vocals; Mark Fowler, mandolin/fiddle/harmony vocals; Evan Fowler, standup bass/banjo/ harmony vocals; Bruce Wallace, banjo/bass/guitar/harmonica/ fiddle/harmony vocals. Bookings: 815-603-1441; 815-501-6608 or www.trumansridge.com.

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Sony’s rascally raccoon Sly Cooper returns By LOU KESTEN The Associated Press It’s been seven years since ring-tailed master thief Sly Cooper has headlined a video game – about three times the lifespan of a typical wild raccoon. The guy’s been on Sony’s bench since his creators, Sucker Punch Productions, moved on to the “InFamous” series, so you could forgive him if his skills are rusty. Fortunately, a second studio called Sanzaru Games has rescued the rascally raccoon from a life of knocking over garbage cans. “Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time” (Sony, for the PlayStation 3, $39.99; Vita, $29.99) finds him chilling out in Paris, until he discovers pages are disappearing from his prized family history, the “Thievius Raccoonus.” The Paris prologue, a strictly linear sequence that feels like too many other generic platform games that have been released during Sly’s hiatus, gets

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“Thieves in Time” off to a sluggish start. But once Sly and his pals – Bentley, the techie turtle, and Murray, the two-fisted hippo – start traveling back through time, the action gets much livelier. Each stop in the time machine introduces a series of challenges that borrow elements from, seemingly, the entire history of video games. There are shooting galleries, stealth sequences, mine-cart races, rhythm games – and, of course, the core of the funny-animal genre: running, jumping and climbing across 3D worlds. That’s a lot to cram into one game, and some missions work better than others. I found Murray’s slugfests tedious – he moves like, well, a hippo – but

enjoyed the two-dimensional shoot’em-ups that Bentley uses to hack into enemy computers. But “Thieves in Time” soars when it allows the nimble Sly to do what he does best: skittering up drainpipes, scampering across power lines, bouncing across rooftops. To get the most out of the game, you should take breaks from its main story missions to search for the treasures scattered throughout its well-designed, semi-open worlds. The journey takes the gang to the Wild West, feudal Japan and beyond, all the way back to the Ice Age. Sly’s ancestors, like gunslinger Tennessee Cooper, ninja Rioichi Cooper and the prehistoric “Bob” Cooper, are charming, though a few of the villains veer dangerously close to offensive ethnic stereotypes. “Thieves in Time” doesn’t break new ground, but it does serve as a lively affectionate tribute to a genre that once dominated the video-game world. I hope it isn’t the last we’ve seen of Sly.