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Accepting senior status, at least for the discounts

I’m not sure how I feel about this one: I got my first senior discount a week ago. And I didn’t ask for it. In fact, I wouldn’t have notice had my good wife not pointed it out while we were sipping our beverages and munching on our doughnuts at Dunkin’ Donuts. I just happened to keep the receipt, and there it was under the items purchased: “Senior 10 percent,” good for 69 cents.

What?!

I typed in the question to the Incredible Internet, “What is the senior discount at,” and before I could type in the name of the business, the question was automatically filled out with Dunkin’ Donuts. Now, I know just how incredible the Internet is, but can it read my mind through my keystrokes? There are a million stores out there, but my question was filled out automatically with the particular store I was interested in.

Spooky.

I’m 57 years old, pushing hard against 58, but I don’t feel that old. I don’t feel like a senior. I didn’t think I looked like a senior, either. I still feel like I’m in my 40s, whatever that feels like anymore.

I wear my hair short, so you can’t see the gray unless you really look. But I don’t wear my hair short because I don’t want to begin to give away my age. It’s pure laziness. It’s easier to take care of. It’s easier to wash and dry. I don’t have to comb it. I don’t have to worry about hat hair. It’s cool in the summer, although it has me wearing a hat more in the winter. But it disguises my gray.

But the cashier at Dunkin’ Donuts last Sunday didn’t bother to ask what could be an embarrassing question: Are you 55 or older? and risk offending me. He took one look at me, and gave me the 10 percent discount, and I didn’t even know it. So, at 3:07:50 p.m. Feb. 21, I officially became a senior.

And all because I felt like having a doughnut.

It was something like two days after the first of the year in 2008 that I got my first piece of mail from AARP. Somehow the organization is able to figure out the year when everyone turns 50 and sends them an invitation to join. I felt a little put out by that. Why do I need a reminder when I’m still fully 49 that I am about to turn 50 and become a “retired person” later in the year?

I’m not going to be a retired person anytime soon. In fact, I don’t see myself ever retiring, although that’s relative youth talking now. I’m not ready for AARP, and somehow, I stopped them from sending me literature in the mail, and I felt good about that. I didn’t need the constant reminders.

The cashier at Dunkin’ Donuts

VIEWS Dick Peterson could get a job at a carnival, guessing people’s age and weight, as he did it so smoothly without me even noticing that he was sizing me up. At first, I thought it was a mistake, but I wasn’t about to make an issue of it. I didn’t want to be reminded that age 55 made me a senior. So I checked the Incredible Internet, and found out that it was true.

There’s a long list of businesses that offer senior discounts to people who are at least 55 years old, but most of them kick in at age 62 to 65. But according to the story, you have to ask for the discount; it ordinarily isn’t automatically given, especially if you look like you are on the borderline.

If you’re 55 or older, according to the Incredible Internet, you can get discounts or deals at places such as Arby’s, Chick-Fil-A, Chili’s, Denny’s, Fuddrucker’s, IHOP, Jack in the Box, KFC, Long John Silver’s, McDonald’s, TCBY and Wendy’s. I would have never guessed. I thought the cutoff was 62 or 65, and I didn’t even consider asking for a senior discount, probably because I don’t consider myself a senior. I’m on the far side of middle aged, if anything.

But that 69 cents I saved at Dunkin’ Donuts is like a belated birthday present, and it’s not a savings I am soon to forget. I have officially and corporately crossed the threshold into senior citizen, even if most places don’t offer the discount until you are 62 or 65. I’m comfortable with that, if it will save me money. Age is a state of mind, and I’ll take the largesse of retail America at age 55 if it means I’m going to save 10 percent on my purchase.

When I think of seniors, I can’t help but automatically think of my parents, both of whom are in their 80s, and I’ve thought of them as seniors for decades, even if they didn’t consider themselves such. That’s the folly of youth, seeing anyone with more than 20 years on you as automatically old. But I don’t take offense at Dunkin’ Donuts calling me old. Not if it will save me 69 cents.

• Dick Peterson, who lives in Woodstock, is a mental health advocate. He is a freelance writer and a former Northwest Herald Opinion Page editor. He can be contacted at dickpeterson76@ gmail.com.

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Kaiti Hart, a teacher in Prairie Grove School District 46, leads a group of teachers in chants while on strike Oct. 12, 2012, outside the school campus in Prairie Grove.

Teachers in the district were on strike because of discrepancies in contract negotiations.

SALARY IMBALANCE Officials and McHenry County educators weigh in on pay gap

By ALLISON GOODRICH

agoodrich@shawmedia.com When Cindy Mecum of Lake Geneva began her teaching career at age 21, she didn’t realize her preference for elementary education could mean less money.

“I wouldn’t have known at that point,” said Mecum, a fifth-grade

teacher at Grant Intermediate in Marengo Union Elementary Consolidated School District 165. “Now, I’m definitely more aware of it.”

There is an apparent gap – albeit a relatively small one – between high school districts and their respective feeder districts across McHenry County. In District 165, the very starting salary, not in-

People who go into education aren’t going into it for financial reasons. Even now, 13 years in, I’ve never sought out what the difference is.

I know it exists, but not to the point where I’d ever want to change my level of profession.”

Cindy Mecum, fifth-grade teacher at Grant Intermediate in Marengo Union Elementary Consolidated School District 165

cluding the Teachers Retirement System contribution, is $33,134, according to the fiscal 2015-16 salary schedule.

When students move from there to Marengo Community High School District 154, however, their teachers will have started out at $36,788 without the retirement contribution.

A similar picture is painted when looking between other elementary district contracts and those of their respective high school districts in the county.

For example, the salary schedule for Crystal Lake-based High School District 155 starts at $43,829

See PAY GAP, page A20

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4 Republicans vying for 2 seats in County Board District 1 race

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Lucille D. Campbell 98, McHenry William L. Ching 61, Wonder Lake

Winners of March 15 primary to face Democratic challenger Kerri Barber

Walter H. Christian 99, formerly of Algonquin

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kcraver@shawmedia.com Four candidates are seeking the Republican nomination for two open seats in District 1 of the McHenry County Board.

Incumbents Anna May Miller and Yvonne Barnes, and challengers Tom Wilbeck and Terence Ferenc are seeking the Republican nomination to represent the district. District 1 covers eastern and southern Algonquin Township and the southeastern corner of Grafton Township, including Algonquin, Cary, Fox River Grove, Trout Valley and Barrington Hills.

Barnes, of Cary, said she has a proven track record of seeking tax relief and Anna May decreasing government Miller spending. She now serves as the board’s vice chairwoman and served three terms as a Cary village trustee before her election to the County Board.

“I am a proven taxpayer advocate. My work on the Yvonne Finance and the Human Barnes Resources committees resulted in a reduced levy, a reduced budget, elimination of unnecessary costs, and streamlined procedures. I believe the residents are my bosses, and I work for

Julia Huska 88, McHenry John F. Killeen Jr. 90, Harvard Vernette E. Nelson 81, Lake Zurich Robert Reckamp 73, Crystal Lake Robert “Bob” Schwilk 95, Prairie Grove

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Wilbeck, of Barrington Hills, said the County Board has to do more, specifically cutting taxes and regulations, to make it attractive again to live and do business in the county.

Wilbeck briefly served on the McHenry County College Board as a reform candidate opposed to tax increases and the college’s Tom Wilbeck proposed brick-and-mortar and campus expansions.

He had to step down the year after his 2013 election when he moved out of the college’s boundaries.

“I am running to represent the everyday person and to stop the taxation and spending madness,” Wilbeck said.

Miller, of Cary, said she is the most experienced candidate and listed the board’s many accomplishments since she was first elected in 2002, such as the county’s comprehensive plan, its financial strength and numerous transportation improvements. She for years has been chairwoman of the board’s Transporta-

tion Committee.

“I believe in compromise, consensus and action, because I believe sound bites will not save taxes,” Miller said.

Both Miller and Barnes support the plan to widen Randall Road and improve its intersection with Algonquin Road.

Wilbeck said the plan as proposed now is too expensive, and that cheaper alternatives should be explored.

When it comes to improving the county economy, Barnes supports creating another County Board committee dedicated to helping bring higher paying jobs and businesses to McHenry County, and said the county needs to provide reliable infrastructure and increase regional partnerships to do the same.

Miller said she will continue to support initiatives such as the newly adopted Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy that could help McHenry, Boone and Winnebago counties receive federal grants and assistance for economic development projects.

Wilbeck said the best way that the County Board can promote economic growth is to “cut taxes and cut regulations.”

Ferenc, a Fox River Grove homebuilder and sales consultant, did not submit the Northwest Herald’s candidate questionnaire. The two winners of the Republican primary will run in November against Democratic challenger Kerri Barber of Cary.

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Michael Skala McHenry County Board District 5 incumbent, owns Innovative Component Sales in Huntley

Andrew Snarski Retired supply chain manager from Crystal Lake, volunteers time working with seniors

Joe Calomino Self-employed consultant from Lake in the Hills

3 GOP hopefuls looking to get County Board D-5 nomination

By KEVIN P. CRAVER

kcraver@shawmedia.com One incumbent and two challengers are seeking the nod for two open seats in the March 15 Republican primary for McHenry County Board District 5.

Incumbent Michael Skala, and challengers Andrew Snarski and Joe Calomino, are running to represent the district, which covers Dorr and central Grafton townships, including most of Woodstock and Lakewood, parts of Lake in the Hills and Huntley, and a sliver of Crystal Lake.

Skala, of Huntley, owns Innovative Component Sales, a design engineering company located in the village. He said lowering McHenry County’s large property tax burden requires two simple strategies – governments need to lower taxes while increasing assessed value through business growth and jobs.

Skala, first elected in 2012, pointed to his votes to keep the county property tax levy flat and to eliminate the Valley Hi Nursing Home levy for one year, as well as his skills as a business owner, as important characteristics for an official to have.

“Other taxing bodies do not fully understand the implications of doing both,” Skala said. “In my conversations with public officials from other taxing bodies, I explain the importance of freezing levies whenever possible and also explain the direct correlation between job creation and tax relief.

“Citizens tolerate paying taxes because they believe the system is broken. I have been changing this philosophy about property taxes by

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Snarski, of Crystal Lake, said the County Board has to take more proactive measures to cut its levy rather than just vote to leave it flat, and said it should do more to lead the way to help overtaxed people and businesses.

Snarski is a retired supply chain manager who now volunteers time to work with seniors and has twice completed the Ironman triathlon.

“For some of us, our property tax bills have nearly doubled in the past decade, causing many citizens to leave McHenry County because they can’t afford to live here. Without real reform, people will continue to leave our county, which results in even higher property tax bills for those of us who want to stay,” Snarski said.

Calomino, a self-employed consultant from Lake in the Hills, said that the county’s future vitality depends on its economic strength, and that a broad-based plan for attracting and supporting large and small businesses, including workforce training, is needed.

“Currently, the county’s ratio of residential to commercial/industrial property is near[ly] 80 percent residential and 20 percent retail/commercial/

industrial. Frankly, this is not a sustainable ratio as it relates to long-term property tax relief. One of the most effective manners in which the county can assist in lowering property taxes long term is by helping to create an environment that encourages a more balanced approach toward growth,” Calomino said.

The candidates differ on some of the issues facing the County Board.

While Skala supported zeroing Valley Hi’s $3 million levy for a year – to help spend down an accumulated surplus that could fund three years of operations – he supports keeping the nursing home created by voter referendum county owned.

Snarski and Calomino both support holding referendums to see if voters want to turn it over to a private company.

Both Skala and Calomino support the plan to widen Randall Road, although Skala like many of his fellow board members opposed the now-rejected proposal to build a continuous-flow intersection at Randall and Algonquin roads.

Snarski said the project should be put on hold, citing the cost versus the results as the county’s population is in decline.

But all three candidates to varying degrees support the initiative to build an interchange at Interstate 90 and Route 23 south of Marengo.

The two winners of the GOP primary will run against Democratic challenger Alex Wimmer of Woodstock in the November election.

Republican incumbent Tina Hill is instead running for county recorder in a three-way primary race.

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HUNTLEY – Huntley Community School District 158 recently announced kindergarten registration, slated for June.

The registration sessions will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to a district news release.

Chesak Elementary will hold its registration event June 8; Leggee Elementary will hold one June 9; and Mackeben Elementary will host an event June 10.

District officials noted families should register at the school their student will attend for the 2016-17 school year. The registration events are meant to give families the chance to get to know their respective school, the release said.

Families will tour the building, meet administrators and teachers, practice bus pickup/dropoff, go through the lunch line, and receive a commemorative photo and T-shirt.

Health services and special services staff will be available for questions,

More information Use the Huntley 158 boundary lookup tool at www.district158.org/kindergarten-lookup to determine which school your student will attend.

For information, call 847-659-6142 or email questions to studentupdate@ district158.org. too.

A required list of registration documents can be found at www.district158. org/parents/registration/kindergarten-registration.

Families who can’t make their session can register in person at the district office, 650 Academic Drive, Algonquin, any time over the summer.

Families can use the Huntley 158 boundary lookup tool at www.district158.org/kindergarten-lookup to determine which school an incoming student will attend.

Email questions to studentupdate@ district158.org or call 847-659-6142.

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[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services] should carefully consider the concerns of Liu’s victims,” Kirk wrote.

Liu was transferred to McHenry County on Feb. 11, Kirk said.

Under a deal approved in 2003, the federal government houses up to 256 detainees – 206 for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and 50 for the U.S. Marshals Service – at the McHenry County Jail.

Kirk said, according to reports, some victims have raised concerns Liu is seeking asylum in America.

“As you know, asylum should not be granted to individuals convicted of a serious crime who pose a danger to the community of the United States, or are a danger to the security of the United States,” Kirk wrote.

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WOODSTOCK – U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is asking that a convicted serial burglar and cyberstalker being held

by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in McHenry County be deported to China amid concerns that the Chinese native will seek asylum in the United States.

Jicheng Liu, 36, was sentenced to eight years in prison, with deportation to follow, after a search of his residence uncovered more than 300 packages and 87 garage door openers that had been stolen in Chicago.

Kirk, a Republican senator seeking re-election, wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson explaining that Liu stole items then cyberstalked, harassed and intimidated his victims by sending them items such as food or prostitutes.

Liu also is alleged to have created false web reviews of victims’ businesses, and intimidated law enforcement officials by making online posts that said officers involved in the case were drug dealers and child molesters, Kirk said.

The senator said victims reported that Liu continued his cyberstalking and harassment even after he was sent to prison.

In one instance, a victim reported Liu made death threats to President Barack Obama in the victim’s name that resulted in Homeland Security visiting the victim.

“Due to the nature of Liu’s crimes, ICE should immediately prioritize his removal from the United States, and

“... Asylum should not be granted to individuals convicted of a serious crime who pose a danger to the community of the United States, or are a danger to the security of the United States.”

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Students seek spot in 2016 Blowout! national spelling bee FURNACE A/C AND

NORTHWEST HERALD CRYSTAL LAKE – Twelve students will compete in the McHenry County Spelling Bee on Wednesday for a chance to move on to the 2016 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Students from area elementary and middle schools will participate in the next qualifying round, set for 7 p.m. at McHenry County College’s Luecht Conference Center, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. The students have competed in school bees and a regional bee to get to this point, Regional Superintendent Leslie Schermerhorn said, and can compete through eighth grade.

“The schools have been instrumental in supporting the annual spelling bees, and if it weren’t for them organizing their school bees, this would never be possible,” Schermerhorn said.

The winner of the McHenry County Spelling Bee and one parent will take a free trip to Washington, D.C., for nationals in May. The contestants are: Amari Ahmad, Heineman Middle School; Justin Chase, Mary Endres Elementary School; Tagan Gizel, Riverwood Elementary School;

If you go n WHAT: McHenry County Spelling Bee n WHEN: 7 p.m. Wednesday n WHERE: McHenry County College’s Luecht Conference Center, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake n LIVE BROADCAST: If you can’t make it, you can watch it online at NWHerald.com/ video/live.

Christian Graves, Zion Lutheran School; Serena Huberty, Richard Bernotas Middle School; Ian McEwan, Marengo Middle School; Nicholas Mrozek, Nippersink Middle School; Ved Patel, Cary Jr. High School; Jillian Popovich, St. John the Baptist Catholic School; Georgia Sedlack, Olson Elementary School; Sajiv Shah, Prairie Grove Jr. High School; Anna Webber, Alden-Hebron Middle School The alternates include: Cory Castaneda, Ulysses S. Grant Intermediate School; Mia Hage, Northwood Middle School; Josslyn Kmitta, Lord and Savior Lutheran School; Amelia Persons, Spring Grove Elementary School.

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A man was flown to an area hospital early Saturday after a rollover crash in the Marengo area, fire officials said. The Marengo Fire Protection District was dispatched about 3:30 a.m. to Route 20 and County Line Road in unincorporated McHenry County where a single vehicle rollover was reported, Capt. John Kimmel said.

One male driver was removed from the vehicle and flown via Flight for Life to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, which has the nearest level one trauma center, he added. Kimmel did not know the man’s condition, but said he was conscious during the response. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office also responded but did not return calls for comment.

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Mother, kids receive award 4 residents honored for rescuing man from river

By CAITLIN SWIECA

cswieca@shawmedia.com ALGONQUIN – Deborah Meyer said she doesn’t think her son, Kurtis, had ever thought about going into the fire service before. After he led a family effort to rescue an elderly man from the Fox River last month, she thinks that might change.

The Algonquin mother-son duo, along with Kurtis’ sisters, Kendall and Shannon, each received the Citizen Rescue Award of Merit on Wednesday from the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District for coordinating the rescue of a 71-year-old Lake in the Hills man who fell in the Fox River near their home on Jan. 4.

The rescue began when Kendall heard a man crying for help in the river near 820 Osceola Drive after falling out of his canoe and then alerting her mother.

“That’s when I yelled for Kurt, and

my other daughter heard me yell – probably a yell like no other they’ve ever heard,” Deborah Meyer said.

Deborah Meyer and the 17-year-old triplets, who attend Dundee-Crown High School, sprung into action. Shannon called 911 and stayed on the phone with a dispatcher to communicate their progress in rescuing the man, and Kendall started gathering blankets for first aid.

Deborah Meanwhile, Kurtis Meyer ran to the river and realized the man was too far out to reach with a broom or shovel. He and Deborah took a ladder from their garage and laid it out across the ice.

Kurtis then climbed across the ladder, breaking ice until he could reach the man and eventually pull him out of the water and onto land.

Since the rescue, Deborah said Kurtis’ grandfather, a former firefighter, has joked that instinct must run in the family’s blood.

“I told him, ‘Not everybody would have the instinct to do what you did,’ ” Deborah Meyer said. “It’s kind of amaz-

ing you put yourself out there. He went out without shoes or a jacket, which was probably the wrong thing to do, and he didn’t even think twice about it.”

Deborah Meyer said the man was conscious but incoherent when they pulled him out, and firefighters took him to the hospital with hypothermia. He is expected to make a full recovery. Deborah said the Kurtis Meyer man visited the family upon his release to thank them.

“If they weren’t home – there’s no way of knowing for sure – but it definitely would’ve lessened his chances of surviving,” Assistant Fire Chief Shannon Mike Kern said.

Meyer Deborah Meyer said it was the first time the family has had to rescue someone from the river, and she hoped it was the last.

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HUNTLEY – Rebecca McCarthy School of Dance will present a St. Patrick’s Day Festival from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Huntley High School’s Performing Arts Center, 13719 Harmony Road, Huntley.

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CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County Jewish Congregation, 8617 Ridgefield Road, Crystal Lake, will host a Shabbat Across America service and dinner at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Unaffiliated Jews are invited to experience Shabbat through a Learner’s Service and Shabbat dinner.

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The discrepancy in pay between elementary and secondary education teachers is a commonly known concept among those in the field in and beyond McHenry County.

Even nationally, reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a higher median pay in 2014 for high school teachers than for those in elementary education.

Secondary teachers had a median salary of $56,310 per year nationally, while elementary school teachers received about $53,760 annually. Still, both local and state officials can offer little explanation of why such a gap exists.

Charles McBarron, director of communications for the Illinois Education Association, said it’s a question that arises every so often. One common theory from him and other local officials is that the gap began years ago, before unions, when high school teachers predominantly were men.

“Well before unions, it was common

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Prairie Grove School District 46 teacher Kaiti Hart and others hold signs while on strike Oct. 12, 2012, outside the school campus in Prairie Grove. The teachers were on strike because of discrepancies in contract negotiations. for administrators to pay men more than women, but unions have ended that unfair practice,” McBarron said.

Beyond theories, he said, there might not be a definitive answer.

“We don’t know if anyone can say for certain why or if there is one specific reason,” McBarron said.

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While high school teachers may in fact need more specialized training in a particular subject, local officials are quick to point out elementary educa-

tion teachers have to become proficient in a multitude of subjects and deal with students who might need more developmental support.

“For high school [districts] and feeder districts ... all teachers at some point will deal with the same kids,” McBarron said, adding, “And all development along the way is important.”

McHenry County’s unit school districts – which encompass pre-kindergarten or kindergarten through 12th grade – also can be affected by the apparent gap.

“For us, it’s a balancing act trying to compensate our high school teachers in a world where they could go to another high school district and get paid more,” Community Unit School District 300 Chief Financial Officer Sue Harkin said.

In McHenry County, the starting salaries range from about $32,350 at Alden-Hebron School District 19 to about $41,700 at District 300, without the retirement contribution.

For Mecum, the gap is something she eventually noticed, but she said that would not have deterred her from going into elementary education.

“People who go into education aren’t going into it for financial reasons,” she said, later adding, “Even now, 13 years in, I’ve never sought out what the difference is. I know it exists, but not to the point where I’d ever want to change my level of profession.”

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• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 28 – McHenry County Jewish Congregation, 8617 Ridgefield Road, Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 5 – St. John's Parish, 2302 W. Church St., Johnsburg. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 8 a.m. to noon March 5 – Knights of Columbus Council 13478, 323 N. Taylor St., Marengo. Appointments and information: Camille Piazza, 847-3059998 or www.heartlandbc.org..

• 3 to 7:30 p.m. March 7 – St. John's Lutheran Church, 300 Jefferson St., Algonquin. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 8 – McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 9 – Pioneer Center, 4100 Veterans Parkway, McHenry. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 3 to 7 p.m. March 9 – McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 15 – McHenry County Government Center, 2200 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 16 – Camfil, 500 S. Main St., Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-477-0086 or www.heartlandbc. org.

• 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. March 17 – Woodstock North High School, 3000 Raffel Road, Woodstock. Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815477-0086 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 8 a.m. to noon March 19 – St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 297 E. Jefferson St., Hampshire.

Appointments and information: Camille Piazza, 847-305-9998 or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 8 a.m. to noon March 20 – Springbrook Community Church, 10115 Algonquin Road, Huntley. Appointments and information: Camille Piazza, 847-305-9998 or www.heartlandbc. org.

OBITUARIES LUCILLE D. CAMPBELL Lucille D. Campbell, age 98, of McHenry, died Friday, February 26, 2016, at Fox Point in McHenry. Funeral arrangements are pending at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry, IL 60050.

For information, please call the funeral home at 815-385-2400, or visit www.justenfh.com.

WILLIAM L. CHING

Born: Aug. 14, 1954; in Chicago, IL Died: Feb. 23, 2016; in McHenry, IL William Louis Ching, age 61, of Wonder Lake, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at Centegra Hospital, McHenry. He was born August 14, 1954 in Chicago to Kenneth D. and Louise J. (Lenik) Ching.

William is survived by his mother and stepfather, Louise J. and Richard Strahs; a sister, Patty (Donald) Webb of Florida; nieces, Kimmy and Jamie; and an uncle, Dan (JoAnn) Lenik.

He was preceded in death by his brother, Kenneth Daniel Ching, Jr. on August 6, 2004.

Services were private for the family. Arrangements entrusted to Thompson Spring Grove Funeral Home.

To send an online condolence to the family of William Ching please visit our Tribute Store at www.thompsonspringgrove.com. For information, please call the funeral home at 815-675-0550.

WALTER H. CHRISTIAN

Born: Aug. 19, 1916; in Tinley Park, IL Died: Feb. 17, 2016; in Rochester, MN Walter Henry Christian of Rochester, Minnesota, died Wednesday night, Feb. 17, 2016, at Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Mary’s Campus, from pneumonia. He was 99, just months short of celebrating his 100th birthday.

Christian was born on Aug. 19, 1916, in Tinley Park, to Alfred T. and Alma Raabe Christian.

He attended elementary school at St. John’s Lutheran in Algonquin, and graduated from high school in nearby Dundee.

From there, he earned a teaching degree from Concordia Teachers College in River Forest, and years later received his masters degree from Northern Illinois University in De Kalb.

Growing up in Algonquin, he met and later married Ruth (Duensing) Christian on August 23, 1942. They were to celebrate their 74th

anniversary this summer.

Christian was a teacher for most of his professional life, at both the parochial and public school level. His first teaching job was in Wauseon, Ohio and he then moved to Hinckley, West Chicago, Melrose Park, Algonquin and finally to Beloit, Wisconsin.

He loved music and was the church organist for many of the congregations in which he lived. In 2002, Walter and Ruth moved to Rochester, Minnesota.

Christian is survived by his wife, Ruth; and children, Mary Geil of Bolivar, MO (Al) and Paul (Susan) of Rochester, MN. Another son, John (Carolyn) of Sunnyvale, CA, died in 1996.

He is also survived by seven grandchildren, Shelly (Sam) Burke-Rodriguez (Columbus, NE) Deb (Steve) Ritter (Kitchener, Ontario), Becky (Gerrad) Edwards (Sterling NE), Cory Christian (Tucker, GA.), Kelsey (Chris) Hayes (San Jose, CA), Joy (Joel) Stevens (Peterson, MN) and Lindy (Brandon) Bungum (Kasson, MN). His seven great grandchildren include, Cody, Morgan, Logan, Leighton, Hayley, Emma and Walker. Christian was one of eight children.

The only survivor is a sister, Norma Petersen of Carol Stream, IL. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.

Preceding him in death were Gerhard (June) Christian, Arnold (Virginia) Christian, Paul Alfred Johanes Christian, Ruth Hintt (Morris), Martin (Phyllis) Christian and Alfred (Dorothy) Christian.

He loved to garden, and his passion was growing roses and then giving them away as gifts. Another favorite hobby was swimming; In Beloit, he surpassed the 2,000-mile barrier by doing laps at the local YMCA. Christian was a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs, but never saw his beloved team win a World Series. “Do the math,” he said. “It’s been a long time. But any team can have a bad century.”

A memorial service was held Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester.

An interment will be held in May in Algonquin.

Memorials may be made to the Bethel Lutheran Organ Fund or its Capital Fund Campaign.

ROBERT H. CURRIER

Born: July 22, 1935; in Chicago, IL Died: Feb. 25, 2016; in Barrington, IL Robert “Bob” H. Currier, 80, of Greenwood, SC, was born July 22, 1935, in Chicago, IL to Howard and Ruth Currier. He passed away peacefully Feb. 25, 2016, in Barrington.

Robert is survived by his daughter, Tammy (Don) Mazzolini; son, Kevin Currier; grandchildren, Nick and Jake Mazzolini; brothers, Ronald (Joyce) Currier, and Howard (Sharon) Currier; former wife, Arlene Little; dear friend of 11 years, Linda Mann; and many nephews and a niece.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

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JULIA HUSKA Julia Huska, age 88, of McHenry, died Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, at Centegra Hospital-McHenry.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry, IL 60050. For information, please call the funeral home at 815-3852400, or visit www.justenfh.com.

JOHN F. KILLEEN JR.

Born: Aug, 21, 1925; in Marengo, IL Died: Feb. 25, 2016; in Woodstock, IL John F. Killeen Jr., was born Aug. 21, 1925, in rural Marengo, IL to John and Anna (McCormick) Killeen. He passed peacefully in his sleep on Feb. 25, 2016, in Woodstock, IL at Journeycare Hospice Center.

He was a resident of Harvard, where he was known by many around the area as a friendly, hard working businessman. John was a farmer, bulk milk hauler, owner of Killeen’s Gambles Store in Harvard, and later Killeen’s Appliance and Repair Service. John was a long standing member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church where he attended service regularly, and was an active member of the St. Joseph’s Cemetery Committee. John’s greatest joy was spending time with his large and ever growing family.

He was a loving and devoted father who is survived by 8 children; Anita (Brian) Borgen of Delavan, WI, Patti of Harvard, John (Katie) of Harvard, Debbie (Mark) Wegelin of Spirit Lake, IA, Judy (Tony) McMillan of Davis, IL, Pam Beinder of Ballwin, MO, Dan (Catherine) of Elgin IL, and Tim of Harvard; proud grandfather of 24 grandchildren; cherished great grandfather to 24 great grandchildren; loving sister Margie Morris, and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Anita; an infant grandson; his sisters, Anne Elizabeth Killeen, Loretta Scott, Lucille Maguire; and brother, Donald Killeen.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Sumner Street, Harvard, IL 60033.

Prayer service will follow at 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 206 E. Front Street, Harvard, IL. Interment will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Family and friends may sign the online guest book at saundersmcfarlin.net. For information call 815-943-5400.

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• Continued from page A22 Born: Jan. 23, 1935 Died: Feb. 25, 2016

After retirement, Bob owned a car wash and managed his rental properties.

He was always there to help friends and family with household projects or to assist them in any way.

He and his wife became members of St. Thomas the Apostle Church in 1969. He was a homebound minister and volunteered to do electrical work for the church. His religion and his family were the mainstays of his life.

He was adored by his wife, Paula (Golnick) Reckamp, whom he married on July 22, 1968.

He made a happy home for his devoted children and sons- and daughters-in-law, Gregory (Julie) Reckamp, Michael (Meg) Reckamp, Laura (Bruce) Canaday, Steven (Erica) Reckamp, and Susan (Jon) Taylor. He was blessed with 16 grandchildren who were the light of his life: Paul, Ellen, and Claudia Reckamp; Adam, Jason, Samuel and Calvin Reckamp; Eric, Sean, Zachary, Erin, and Joanna Canaday; Robert, Peter, Marybeth, and Margaret Reckamp. He loved to spend time with them all.

He also enjoyed traveling, both abroad and in the United States, having visited 21 countries and all 50 states.

Many joy-filled hours were spent in the company of his fun-loving siblings. He is survived by many of them, Alice Reckamp, Thomas (Linda) Reckamp, Ruth Ann (KenROBERT RECKAMP neth) Conter, Melvin (Patricia) Reckamp, Born: March 20, 1942; in Palatine, IL Margaret Nowak, and Norma (George) Laken; Died: Feb. 25, 2016; in McHenry, IL sisters-in-law, Lien Reckamp, Jean Reckamp, Robert Reckamp, age 73, of and Monica Reckamp; and brothers-in-in-law, Crystal Lake, died Thursday, Ralph (Judi) Golnick, John (Linda) Horcher Feb. 25, 2016, in McHenry. He and John (Jarmila) Kamis. He is also survived was born March 20, 1942, in by aunts, uncles, cousins, many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, Palatine, the son of Claude and friends. and Margaret Reckamp.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert, the seventh of thirClaude and Margaret; many aunts and unteen children, was raised in Wheeling, Illinois. The family cles; four brothers, Herbert (Gerry) Reckamp, Kenneth Reckamp, Alan Reckamp, and Wayne moved to a farm in Harvard Reckamp; two sisters, Florence Horcher, and when he was 18.

Eileen Kamis; one brother-in-law, Ed Nowak; He became a journeyman two nieces, Gayle Photikarmbumrung, and electrician and served in the United States Marine Corps before working as an electriAnna Reckamp; and one nephew, Nicholas cian for many years and then serving as the Nowak.

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ROBERT SCHWILK Born: Oct. 6, 1920 Died: Feb. 26, 2016

Robert “Bob” Schwilk, 95, of Prairie Grove, passed away peacefully on Feb. 26, 2016.

He was born on Oct. 6, 1920, in Chicago to Ernst and Julia (nee Johansson) Schwilk. Bob was a proud veteran of the United States Army where he served in the Aleutian Islands on the Island of Adak.

Bob was an avid golfer and fisherman.

He will be deeply missed by his daughter, Donna (Charles) Coventry; grandchildren, Rob (Emmy) and Chris Coventry, Pamela (Reza Khan) and Jeff Schwilk; great-grandchildren, Evan and Noah Coventry, Petra Khan; his siblings, Virginia Zych and Ernest Schwilk; daughter-in-law, Ardell Schwilk.

He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 67 years, Norma Schwilk; his son, Ken Schwilk and by his parents.

Graveside services and interment will be held Wednesday, March 2, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Emblem Cemetery, 520 E. Grand Ave., Elmhurst, IL. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to JourneyCare Foundation, 405 Lake Zurich Rd., Barrington, IL 60010.

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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Louis P. Gagliano: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral & Cremation Service, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley.

The visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until the 10 a.m. funeral Mass celebration Monday, Feb. 29, at St. Marcy Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Road, Huntley. For information, call the funeral home at 847-515-8772.

Maria Herrmann: The visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at Fredrick Funeral Home, 284 Park St., Hampshire, with a Rosary prayer at 1:45 p.m. The Mass celebration will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 29, at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 297 E. Jefferson Ave., Hampshire. Burial will follow in the St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 847-683-2711.

John F. Killeen Jr.: The visitation will be from 3 p.m. until the 8 p.m. prayer service Monday, Feb. 29, at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Sumner St., Harvard. The Mass celebration will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 1, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 206 E. Front St., Harvard. Interment will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 815-943-5400.

Robert Reckamp: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake.

The funeral Mass celebration will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 4, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 451 W. Terra Cotta Ave. Inurnment will follow in Windridge Memorial Park. For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-3411.

Laurence Schuetzle: The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 29, at Cary United Methodist Church in Cary. Burial will follow in Windridge Memorial Park in Cary.

Robert “Bob” Schwilk: The graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, in Mt. Emblem Cemetery, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Barrington.

Interment will follow. For information, call Davenport Family Funeral Home at 815-459-3411.

Dorothy Elizabeth Stevens Williams: The graveside funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 29, in Siloam Cemetery in South Shore, Kentucky.

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Vernette E. Nelson, of Lake Zurich, passed away Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, at the age of 81. Born Jan. 23, 1935, she was the daughter of Earl and Bernice (nee Doran) Klager.

Vernette was the widow of the late Eric Nelson and the late John Nelson.

Vernette will be dearly missed by her children, LeeAnne Kronforst and Brian (Pam) Nelson; her cherished grandchildren, Kelley (Sean) Borscha, Kacey, and Korey Kronforst, and Brent and Scott Nelson; her beloved great-grandchild, Bronx Borscha; her brother, Lester Klager; and many nieces and nephews.

Vernette also always expressed a fond appreciation for her life-long friends.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands.

In accordance with Vernette’s wishes, she will be cremated.

A service to celebrate her life will be held at a later date.

Memorial donations may be made in her memory to the American Diabetes Association at www.diabetes.org/donate.

To leave the family online condolences please visit www.davenportfamily.com or call 847-381-3411 for information.

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Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave (Route 176), Crystal Lake.

Funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 4, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 451 W. Terra Cotta Ave (Route 176). Inurnment to follow at Windridge Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Partners in Development, Suite 201, 55 Market Street, Ipswich, MA 01938 c/o Building Homes for Haiti, or to: ALS, Les Turner Foundation: www.lesturnerals.org.

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Iran deal splits 10th District Dem candidates

By SARA BURNETT

The Associated Press

LINCOLNSHIRE – After fueling months of fights in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is now popping up in an unusual place: a Democratic primary north of Chicago, splitting party leaders’ loyalties and making Republicans giddy about a potentially weakened opponent in one of 2016’s most competitive U.S. House races.

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the minority whip who had the monumental job of securing Democratic support for Obama’s plan, is backing Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering over former U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider in the 10th Congressional district primary, largely because she expressed support for the pact

ILLINOIS ROUNDUP

News from across the state

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Passenger in Chicago taxi shot dead near U.S. Cellular Field

CHICAGO – Police said a passenger in a taxi cab has been shot and killed on the South Side of Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune reported the woman was among at least 10 people shot at the start of the weekend.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified her as 30-year-old Shari Graham.

Police spokesman Hector Alfaro said she was shot while sitting in a cab Friday night a few blocks from U.S. Cellular Field, home of the White Sox. She was struck in the back.

The driver of the cab sped away from the scene and called paramedics. Graham was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Police do not believe she was the intended target of

On the Net Visit NWHerald.com/ election-central to learn more about the candidates and issues in the 2016 election. and Schneider initially opposed it.

A one-time White House counsel and prominent Democrat who held the seat in the 1970s, Abner Mikva, also abandoned Schneider for Rotering, writing in an open letter that he was disappointed in Schneider for “opposing your president and your party.”

Schneider, who held the seat for one term before losing to Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold in 2014, has endorse-

the shooting. Officers are still searching for the gunman.

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Rauner: Executive order to strengthen ethics rules

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner has issued an executive order he said will strengthen state ethics rules and make state workers “more accountable to Bruce Rauner taxpayers.”

The Republican said the order signed Friday includes changes made in collaboration with Illinois’ Office of the Executive Inspector General.

The order allows state agencies to conduct internal investigations of possible ethics violations while the state inspector general is investigating.

Before Friday, agency investigations had to be put on hold once a case was referred to the inspector general.

Rauner said the change will ensure investigations are completed and violations addressed

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ments from Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi, other current House members and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He also has a fundraising advantage.

But it’s unclear how much sway the Iran deal or big-name endorsements might have when voters go to the polls next month.

Elliott Hartstein, a voter attending a recent primary debate, said the 10th is “a pretty independent-minded district,” and Durbin’s role in the deal isn’t lost on people.

more quickly.

The order also requires Central Management Services, the state’s personnel office, to adopt a code of personal conduct for employees. That code must be filed with the Executive Ethics Commission within 100 days.

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Recent Illinois gun sales breaking monthly records

CHICAGO – Recent Illinois gun sales are breaking state records.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported Illinois State Police did 418,000 background checks on firearm purchasers in 2015 compared with 162,000 a decade earlier.

State background checks for December hit a record high for any month at 60,000. June, August and November also broke records. The state’s single-day record was broken on Nov. 27, Black Friday, when background checks topped 5,000.

The actual number of guns sold could be higher, because some transactions involve multiple guns.

Gun sales in Illinois have increased steadily since 2013. One

“I wouldn’t say Brad is being punished,” said Hartstein, ex-mayor of Buffalo Grove who’s backing Schneider. “I’d say Nancy’s being rewarded for basically supporting the president on the issue.”

The accord negotiated with Iran and five world powers aims to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions in relief from economic sanctions. Dold has called the agreement “historically bad,” because, he said, it will endanger Israel and the United States.

Buffalo Grove resident Dan Wiczer said the Iran deal isn’t a big issue for him. After seeing Democrats lose in previous general elections, he said he’s more concerned about who will be strongest against Dold in November.

“I give him a lot of courage for wanting to get back in

there,” Wiczer said of Schneider returning to the campaign trail after his loss to Dold.

“Time will tell.”

Almost immediately after Durbin’s fundraising email endorsed Rotering earlier this month, the National Republican Congressional Committee pounced, saying Democrats would be forced to “waste precious resources.”

“Democrats’ worst fears about an expensive and bloody primary in IL-10 are coming true,” NRCC spokesman Zach Hunter said.

In 2014, the GOP spent close to $7 million nationally to win back the seat, which the party had held for decades before Schneider won it in the first election under new Democrat-drawn maps. Dold’s campaign spent millions on TV ads that didn’t mention he was a Republican.

suburban retailer said women represent the fastest-growing segment at his business. Other retailers said recent mass shootings and the state’s concealed carry law are some reasons for the increase in purchases.

Federal investigators say gun sales have also increased nationally.

the investigation.

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Bomb explodes on Pekin Bridge; no injuries or damage

PEKIN – Police in central Illinois said a bomb exploded on a bridge over the Illinois River that leads into downtown Pekin.

Police spokesman Mike Eeten said it caused no injuries or damage to the Pekin Bridge.

He said the device detonated Friday as a witness got close to it.

He said police are searching for two people suspected of planting the bomb on the west side of the bridge, across the river from downtown.

He told the Pekin Daily Times a bomb-sniffing dog did not find any other explosive devices. The FBI and the Illinois State Police were taking part in

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Ex-McLean County deputy sentenced for union theft

BLOOMINGTON – A former McLean County deputy has been sentenced to four years in a state prison for stealing thousands of dollars from a police union.

The Bloomington Pantograph reported 38-year-old Jay Hobson was sentenced Friday.

He has been ordered repay the union $160,000. Hobson pleaded guilty in October to taking nearly $200,000 from union reserves from November 2011 to late July 2014. Hobson wrote more than 30 checks to himself during that period. He served as union treasurer.

The former police deputy resigned from his post when the theft was reported in August 2014. Hobson returned about $50,000 to the accounts before he was caught. Hobson said he has a gambling addiction. State law enforcement said Hobson’s $10,000 loss at an Iowa casino caught their attention.

– Wire reports

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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Hillary Clinton overwhelmed Bernie Sanders in Saturday’s South Carolina primary, drawing staggering support from the state’s black Democrats and seizing an increasingly strong position as the presidential race barrels toward Super Tuesday’s crucial contests.

Clinton’s lopsided win – she led by 48 points with nearly all precincts counted – provided an important boost for her campaign and a moment to wipe away bitter memories of her loss to Barack Obama in South Carolina eight years ago. She won the support of nearly 9 in 10 black voters, crucial Democratic backers who abandoned her for Obama in Bernie 2008.

During a raucous victory Sanders rally, Clinton briefly reveled in her sweeping support from South Carolina voters, hugging backers and posing with them for selfie photos. But then she pivoted quickly to the contests to come.

“Tomorrow this campaign goes national,” she said. “We are not taking anything, and we are not taking anyone, for granted.”

Sanders, expecting defeat, left the state even before voting was finished and turned his attention to states that vote in next Tuesday’s delegate-rich contests.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Three people were stabbed Saturday, one critically, after a small group of Ku Klux Klan members staging an anti-immigrant rally in Southern California clashed with a larger gathering of counter-protesters, police said.

The violence erupted shortly after noon in Anaheim’s Pearson Park, about 3 miles from Disneyland. The KKK had advertised plans for the rally and about 30 anti-Klan protesters showed up beforehand, said Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said.

In all, 13 people were detained; six Klan members in connection with three stabbings and seven counter-protesters suspected of

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton acknowledges supporters at her election night watch party after winning the South Carolina Democratic primary Saturday in Columbia, S.C.

assaulting KKK members. None was immediately identified.

Top Vatican cardinal to testify about sex abuse

VATICAN CITY – One of the highest-ranking Vatican officials is being compelled to testify in a public hearing about clerical sex abuse in an unusual demonstration of holding even the most senior Catholic bishops accountable for the scandal. Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ top financial adviser, will testify in a Rome hotel conference room for three nights starting Sunday, answering questions via video link from Australia’s Royal Commission with his accusers on hand to confront him.

– Wire reports

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arriving in Minnesota. “Tonight we lost.”

He chided Clinton anew for accepting money from big business and called on her to release transcripts of speeches she gave to Wall Street firms for big payments after leaving office as secretary of state.

Clinton’s victory came at the end of a day that saw Republican candidates firing insults at each other from Super Tuesday states. Donald Trump, working to build an insurmountable lead, was campaigning in Arkansas with former rival Chris Christie and calling Marco Rubio a “light little nothing;” Ted Cruz was asking parents in Atlanta if they would be pleased if their children spouted profanities like the brash billionaire, and Rubio was mocking Trump as a “con artist” with “the worst spray tan in America.”

Though Saturday’s turnout was low, Clinton allies quickly touted the breadth of her victory. Besides blacks, she won most women and voters aged 25 and older, according to early exit polls.

Sanders continued to do well with young voters, his most passionate supporters. He also carried those who identified themselves as independents. All registered voters could vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary but not in both.

A self-described democratic socialist, Sanders has energized his supporters with impassioned calls for breaking up Wall Street banks and making tuition free at public colleges and universities. But the senator from Vermont, a state where about 1 percent of the population is black, lacks Clinton’s deep ties to the African-American community.

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Texas abortion law goes before Supreme Court The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court challenge to a Texas law that has dramatically reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state is the justices’ most significant case on the hot-button issue in nearly a quarter-century.

One of this election-year term’s biggest cases is being argued Wednesday before a court altered by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. He was perhaps the most vociferous abortion opponent among the nine justices.

The Texas law has been replicated across the South and elsewhere, part of a wave of state abortion restrictions in the past five years.

States mainly led by Republicans have tried to limit when in a pregnancy abortions may be performed, restricted abortion-inducing drugs that take the place of surgery and increased standards for clinics and the doctors who work in them.

The Supreme Court case involves that last category. A Texas law enacted in 2013 requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. It also prohibits clinics from providing abor-

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One of this election-year term’s biggest cases, one challenging Texas’ restrictive abortion law, is being argued Wednesday before a Supreme Court altered by the recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia. tions unless they meet the standards of outpatient or ambulatory surgical

centers.

The high court has partially blocked those measures. If allowed to take full effect, all but 10 clinics in Texas would have to close. There would be no abortion providers in the state’s rural areas or west of San Antonio.

The only clinic in the Rio Grande Valley would be allowed to remain open on a limited basis. Before the law was passed, there were roughly 40 clinics in the state. About half have closed.

The case offers competing views of how to protect women’s health. The clinics contend abortions are safer than many other medical procedures are less stringently regulated and that the clinic regulations have only one purpose: to reduce the availability of abortions.

“These laws are tantamount to an outright ban for too many,” said Amy Hagstrom Miller, chief executive of Whole Woman’s Health, which operates clinics in Texas and other states.

Defenders of the laws in Texas and elsewhere argue that states have discretion to take steps to make abortions safer. Alabama and other states backing Texas told the Supreme Court that states were within their rights to apply health regulations to clinics for

the sake of patients.

“Obviously I’m pro-life and I would like to limit the number of abortions, but here we were looking at women’s health and safety,” said Republican Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama, a doctor who signed his state’s admitting privileges law.

Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller, who will defend the law at the Supreme Court, said Texas acted in response to the high-profile case of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. He is serving a life sentence after his conviction for killing three babies born alive and for the overdose death of a woman who was a clinic patient.

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The justices’ June 2015 order putting the appellate ruling on hold at least suggests that there is a majority to cut back on the regulations. The clinics and abortion-rights groups are hoping for a ruling that might bolster challenges to other restrictions on abortion.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Leilani Dominicci has all the typical worries of pregnant women plus a new one spreading across Puerto Rico: the fear she will become infected with the Zika virus and put her baby at risk. Her unease has escalated so much that the 38-year-old attorney barely leaves her home in the capital of San Juan because of warnings that the island faces an onslaught of the mosquito-borne illness.

As the virus sweeps through the hemisphere, Puerto Rico has become America’s own front line in the battle against it – home to 3.5 million U.S. citizens and with a tropical landscape that is an ideal breeding ground for the mosquito that spreads Zika, as well as the dengue and chikungunya already common here.

Officials have barred local blood donations, ramped up efforts to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito and are trying to monitor every pregnant woman on the island due to fears Zika might cause birth defects. The voluntary registry by the U.S. Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention extends to all Zika-infected women and their babies throughout the United States.

The Puerto Rican governor, meanwhile, has declared a public health emergency, and the CDC, which earlier urged pregnant women to reconsider visits to Puerto Rico, has asked Congress for $250 million in emergency aid to battle Zika here. The CDC has also sent nearly 40 health workers to help, and is using the island as a test bed for Zika studies.

“For the U.S., it really is the territory that is going to have the most infections,” said Steve Waterman, head of the CDC’s dengue branch in Puerto Rico. “It has the best medical and public health infrastructure to try and answer some of these questions at the same time that we’re trying to control the disease.”

Among the CDC’s main goals is to test every pregnant woman in Puerto Rico for Zika and prevent people like Dominicci from contracting the virus.

The CDC is urging people to take preventive measures, a call that Dominicci and her husband heeded after the first Zika case was reported in December.

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ney provided in 2012 and Hillary Clinton produced last year. Instead, Rubio WASHINGTON – Marco Rubio released released the first two pages of his 1040 form, which summarizes the details of summaries of his last five years of tax filings on Saturday, revealing him to be his income and taxes. a candidate with a senSnyder aide opposed replacing ator’s steady annual Michigan environmental chief income of $176,000 A newly released email shows that who reaped repeated Gov. Rick Snyder’s outgoing chief of staff windfalls from book wasn’t happy about Michigan’s environdeals. During his mental director being replaced due to the first four years in the Flint water crisis.

Marco Rubio Senate, Rubio and his Dennis Muchmore said in a Dec. 29 wife, Jeanette, together email released Saturday that Dan Wyant earned an average of was “one of the most exceptional direc$531,000 a year. tors in state government history over the Since winning election last 40 years.”

Muchmore was preparing to an office in Washto leave his job and wrote the message ington, D.C., Rubio’s to his successor. income has ranged from $276,059 to Snyder accepted Wyant’s resignation $938,963, and he has paid between as head of the Department of Environ$46,500 and $254,894 in federal income mental Quality after a task force said tax. Most of the income came from a that agency was largely to blame for business that collected royalties on allowing Flint’s drinking water to become two books, based on a comparison with contaminated with lead. Wyant had personal Senate financial disclosures. drawn criticism from environmentalists.

In 2012, his most lucrative year, his But in his email, Muchmore said it would effective tax rate topped out at a little be hard to find a replacement trusted by more than 31 percent. the business community.

The documents Rubio has released are – Wire reports not complete tax filings, as Mitt Rom-

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Tax return summaries for Rubio show steady salary

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Kate Weber Publisher

Dan McCaleb Editorial Director

Jason Schaumburg Editor

ENDORSEMENT

State’s attorney: No endorsement Two candidates are running in the Republican primary to replace Lou Bianchi as McHenry County state’s attorney.

The winner of the Republican primary faces an uncontested race in November’s election unless Democrats caucus in a candidate. The most contentious primary of this election cycle features the old guard in the state’s attorney’s office, Dan Regna, versus the new guard in the office, Patrick Kenneally.

Regna, who was an assistant state’s attorney from 1995 until Bianchi’s election in 2004, ran unsuccessfully against Bianchi in 2008. He said the office is in need of reform, and believes it has become a political machine.

He has been outspoken against how Kenneally and the state’s attorney’s office prosecuted Mario Casciaro in the Brian Carrick case, calling it the biggest failure in McHenry County history.

Regna largely has been absent from practicing criminal law the past 12 years. He says he has maintained a private practice from a P.O. Box and his home, but he has not prosecuted a case in more than a decade.

Kenneally, who has been a prosecutor in the state’s attorney office for the past nine years, wants to prioritize combating the county’s growing heroin and opioid epidemic and to crack down on repeat DUI offenders.

He stands by his prosecution of Casciaro and says he wouldn’t do anything differently.

A 2010 domestic incident involving Kenneally and his wife is a big blemish on Kenneally’s campaign. He was not charged in the incident, but the details provided in the police report are alarming, including Kenneally’s treatment of law enforcement that night.

That Kenneally used his wife to do his dirty work and attack Regna in response to Regna making a campaign issue out of the 2010 incident also does not speak highly of the candidate.

Ultimately, we can’t endorse either candidate in this race. Both candidates’ flaws outweigh their strengths.

If you want a state’s attorney who supports term limits, has current experience in the state’s attorney’s office, and whose priorities include fighting a growing heroin problem and cracking down on repeat DUI offenders, then we recommend you vote for Kenneally.

If you want a state’s attorney who supports increased transparency with cameras in the courtroom, is not part of the politics in the office now, and has strong roots in the community, then we recommend you vote for Regna.

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AMENDMENT

The Schumer-Biden hypocrisy test Everyone knows the meaning of the word “hypocrite” and no one can claim absolute constancy when it comes to living a life consistent with one’s stated values.

In this election year, hypocrisy is on full display. It now is being practiced with neither shame nor irony by leading Democrats, who forcefully once argued positions they have now abandoned.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Vice President Joe Biden (hypocrite-Washington) now take positions opposite ones they previously took with apparent conviction when it comes to hearings and votes on a president’s nominees to the Supreme Court.

In 2007, Schumer delivered a speech to the American Constitution Society in which he said, “We should not confirm any Bush nominee to the Supreme Court except in extraordinary circumstances. They must prove by actions, not words, that they are in the mainstream rather than we have to prove that they are not.”

That speech came 543 days before the 2008 election. Schum-

VIEWS Cal Thomas er now says the Senate should hold hearings and the full Senate should be allowed to vote on President Barack Obama’s forthcoming nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, although fewer than 300 days remain before this year’s election.

Schumer brushes off charges of hypocrisy, saying any comparison of his position then and his polar opposite position now is “apples and oranges.”

More like rotten apples and oranges.

Vice President Biden also is caught in a hypocritical trap of his own making. In 1992, while serving as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden said in the event a vacancy on the Supreme Court should occur during a year when President George H.W. Bush was seeking a second term, Bush should “not name a nominee until after the November election is completed.”

Biden also took the exact position then that the current chairman of the committee, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), is taking now.

In 1992, Biden said his committee “should seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over.”

Biden said such consideration would be “unfair to the president, to the nominee, or to the Senate itself. Where the nation should be treated to a consideration of constitutional philosophy, all it will get in such circumstances is partisan bickering and political posturing from both parties and from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.”

Well, yes.

Those previous arguments by two leading Democrats now are being recycled by Republicans.

Biden today explains his 1992 remarks were “hypothetical.” No, they were hypocritical, given his current contradictory position.

• Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub. com.

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

IT’S YOUR WRITE

Rosemary Kurtz Crystal Lake

Reick’s audacity

To the Editor: Thank you for posting the candidate questionnaires. One candidate stood out for his sheer audacity.

Steve Reick in his explanation of why he is against consolidation concluded that reducing government is nothing more than a rounding error and believes more governments are better because the money will go where it is supposed to go.

Reick wants more, not less taxing bodies.

He thinks it’s good for the taxpayer.

Reick also is the only candidate to come out against term limits. He believes voters would pay less attention to government. Reick believes the citizens of McHenry County do not have the intellectual capacity to follow government with term limits. Reick’s platform of more taxing bodies and less accountability to voters is frightening.

We moronic citizens need to teach Reick something and reject him at the ballot box. He is a danger politician who can cause harm to the citizens.

Tim Keough Marengo

Need a true vote

To the Editor: In the absent voter story written in the Northwest Herald on Feb. 3 by Hannah Prokop, I read about the desire to open

Lois Eichstadt Union

McLaughlin raised our taxes

To the Editor: As Barrington Hills village president, Martin McLaughlin raised our property tax rates 22 percent from a rate of 1.062820 in 2014 to 1.295399 in 2015.

McLaughlin raised our police pension tax rates 6 percent from 0.195126 in 2014 to 0.207197 in 2015. McLaughlin raised the village budget $105,984 in 2014 and $81,123 in 2015. The 2016 budget and property tax levy are under investigation by the attorney general and Cook County state’s attorney for irregularities.

McLaughlin signed police union contracts with a 19 percent salary increase backdated to 2009, only eight weeks into his term, then another 6 percent raise 18 months later. Unable to meet the Police Pension Fund payment schedule, McLaughlin made multiple attempts to borrow more than $7.5 million – well over a year’s tax revenue. McLaughlin is a professional politician, not a conservative.

Robert Abboud Barrington Hills

Cowlin’s experience counts To the Editor: In Judge James Cowlin’s election

HOW TO SOUND OFF We welcome original letters on public issues.

Letters must include the author’s full name, home address and day and evening telephone numbers.

We limit letters to 250 words and one published letter every 30 days.

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brochure, the statement “experience counts” is a statement of the facts. He is an example for people in the legal profession, who might aspire to become judiciary leaders.

He was recommended for reappointment by more than 90 percent of voting Illinois State Bar Association members in 2011 and 2015. His tenure as an associate judge in the circuit covers eight years.

Judge Cowlin has been honored by community organizations. He serves as a mentor to new judges. His appointment as circuit judge was made by the Illinois Supreme Court in September.

One definition of the word “judge” defines it as “the capacity to make reasonable decisions especially to the practical affairs of life with good sense and wisdom.”

My wife, Rosemary, and I are supporting the election of Judge Cowlin for this as one of several reasons.

the general election this November.

Bob and Rosemary Blazier

Robert T. Hanlon

Article V Convention

Smith keeps property safe

Crystal Lake

To the Editor: As the March 15 primary approaches, voters need to ask the candidates where they stand on some crucial issues.

We need to ask candidates for state offices whether they support pension reform, tax hikes, and how they plan to tackle Illinois’ huge budget deficit.

We also need to ask them whether they support an Article V Convention of States to put some limits on the U.S. government. Article V of the U.S. Constitution authorizes state legislatures to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

If 38 states ratify the proposed amendments, they become part of the Constitution.

Candidate for the 66th State House District, Allen Skillicorn, has expressed support for Article V. It’s up to the voters to research the candidates and make an informed decision when we vote in the primary, as well as

Paul Carrozzo Algonquin

Tsilimigras to ensure justice

To the Editor: Demetri Tsilimigras always holds the highest standards in his work and personal life.

Demetri has the skills, knowledge and ability to serve as a respected judge in McHenry County. I know from my dealings with Demetri he will not adjudicate matters where there is any hint of impropriety. Rather, I know he will undertake the responsibility of the office of judge with utmost integrity and diligence.

Our county needs a person like Demetri Tsilimigras as a judge.

Please vote for Demetri Tsilimigras in the March primary election. With your vote, we can ensure that justice is served for all people of McHenry County.

Woodstock

To the Editor: In my 18 years as McHenry County treasurer, my office dealt with the McHenry County Recorder’s Office and Joni Smith on a regular basis.

I have seen how hard she works to keep crooks from doing some fancy paperwork and taking title to our property without us even knowing. This paperwork title crime is happening all over our country.

I am happy to endorse Smith for county recorder. This office is vitally important to the safety of our property. Smith is the only candidate running who has actual experience in protecting our property, as she has worked and still works hard in the recorder’s office to keep our property safe. When it comes to the safety of my property, I want someone with experience. Someone who knows the office.

Someone who knows how important the job is. For me, that someone is Smith.

William LeFew Harvard

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To the Editor: Dan Wilbrandt is the best choice for state representative in District 66. He is an articulate, experienced village trustee, well-versed in the law.

His experience has given him firsthand knowledge that municipalities function best when an official communicates with his constituents and is responsive to their needs and suggestions. This is what my district office did when I was a representative. We asked, “What can I do for you?” Constituent services is a most important duty of your representative who must deal with the bureaucracy. If there is an erosion in government service, it’s the representative who should be the diplomatic liaison between the constituent and the bureaucracy to get the problem resolved.

Dan Wilbrandt with his people skills also can be effective in breaking the deadlock in Springfield. As a lawyer, he will find the loopholes in the fiscally irresponsible bills the Legislature keeps passing.

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Wilbrandt the best choice

a handful of Election Day voter centers, where voters can cast ballots regardless of precinct on top of the county’s existing polling places.

Does the election poll book also record the voter’s name and that he voted there so that he cannot vote again in his own precinct? Does the database also include only eligible voters, which excludes noncitizens, mentally challenged, felons, those who have died and those who have moved out of the area?

Many noncitizens have voted, one even complained she was allowed to vote only once. The absentee ballot also is misused.

Those with an agenda have asked for and been given a handful of ballots, which are used to enlarge the vote cast for their candidate. There is so much abuse and fraud connected with voting. It would be great if the electronic system truly held only those who are on the electronic charts are eligible and shows on the electronic machines they already have voted.

The machines also need to be set to show the true vote. Example: In Ohio, several polling places showed all votes went to President Barack Obama. That is not a true representation of the vote. We need a true vote and an honest count of the votes.

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BUSINESS

Physical therapist brings concierge services to Crystal Lake

Alternative model generally provides more personalized care

By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO

sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com

CRYSTAL LAKE – By the end of her 15-year tenure as a physical therapist for larger corporations, Denise Smith was servicing 18 patients each day, as she saw her former employers shift focus to quantity over quality.

The work demands that increased patient volume, the Crystal Lake resident said, drove her decision to create Smith Physical Therapy and Running Academy, a new business in the city with a personalized approach to aid area patients and athletes that stands in contrast to Smith’s experience in the corporate world.

She calls it concierge physical therapy, a one-on-one approach that allows her to spend quality time with patients rehabbing from injuries and teach them ways to prevent future injuries.

“When they have my undivided attention and focus, they can get better faster because they don’t have to share their treatment time with other patients,” Smith said. “I don’t have an aide working with me. It’s just me and the patient. We are cutting down the distractions for both the patient and therapist.”

Concierge care in general can cover a gamut of healthcare services that provides patients with services and amenities that may not be covered by

said.

Physical therapy patients at a typical insurance-based clinic can expect to pay $480, if they meet their deductible, for eight to 12 sessions over the course of four weeks. A typical concierge practice covers four sessions over four weeks, charging patients $500 total for the sessions, Smith said.

On the surface, patients would be receiving more therapy session for roughly the same cost when visiting an insurance-based clinic.

But concierge practices allow for the therapist to spend more time with individual patients, cutting down the number of visits a patient needs to make over time, she said.

Patients also will find more benefits with the one-on-one approach since care at insurance-based clinics often is dictated by what a patient’s insurance H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com can cover and not their needs, Smith Physical therapist Denise Smith works on patient John Bell after his recent rotator cuff said.

“A patient has to decide what is the surgery. Smith launched her own physical therapy service and running academy, 215 Exbetter option, what is more valuable change Drive, Crystal Lake, bringing concierge physical therapy to the area. to them. Their time or money?” Smith typical insurance reimbursements. De- ply for insurance reimbursements to said. “Do they want undivided attenmand for the alternative medical mod- cover the care they receive at the out- tion by the therapist or are they OK el has increased in recent years across of-network Smith Physical Therapy with the therapist treating two to four the country, as patients seek more per- and Running Academy, but they also other patients at the same time?”

During her grand-opening festivisonalized care. may have to pay out of pocket or use Popular in coastal states, concierge money from a health savings account ties earlier in February, Smith hosted numerous open houses to educate the physical therapy slowly has start- to cover the expense. ed making its way into the Midwest, The goal for Smith is to save paSmith said. Interested clients can ap- tients’ money and not waste it, she See CONCIERGE, page 35

Marengo auto shop looks to start used car sales

By HANNAH PROKOP

hprokop@shawmedia.com MARENGO – A Marengo business that currently reconditions diesel power vehicles is looking to add to its services by selling used vehicles.

The Marengo City Council recently discussed a recommendation from city’s planning and zoning commission to approve a special use permit that would allow Calibrated Power Solutions, Inc., 950 Greenlee St., to start used car sales.

One concern brought up by council members was the service expansion

could lead to garbage and vehicle parts accumulating on the property, making it an eyesore.

“We’re asking for a special use, and it’s my opinion that this would be an opportunity for us to try to get that cleaned up a little bit,” Alderman Matt Keenum said.

Terry McKenna, an attorney representing Calibrated Power Solutions, said the property is well maintained, and the business would not turn into a junk yard. The closest residential property to the business is 1,000 feet away and blocked by a woodland, he said.

He said the intention of the owners

is to extend the existing operation of the business, which may include adding about 20 feet to a parking lot that can fit up to 20 vehicles. “[The special use permit] gives them a mechanism to acquire these vehicles, improve their business, potentially hire a couple of additional employees, in addition to the 17 they have out here, and then dispose of the vehicles,” City Attorney Carlos Arevalo said.

McKenna said the vehicles would be marketed online, so there would be no banners like ones typically displayed at used car dealerships to at-

tract people.

“Essentially, this activity would be an extension of the existing operation out here, which is to basically retrofit diesel vehicles with high performance parts,” McKenna said.

Council members postponed a vote on the ordinance until their next meeting on March 14 to allow Arevalo time to redraft the proposal based on members’ suggestions.

The redraft should address members’ concerns about screening the property and allowing a specific number of non-driveable vehicles on the property.

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FACES & PLACES

Goldman Sachs selects Highland Engineering executive for program

CARY – The president and founder of Highland Engineering in Cary recently was selected to participate in Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Business Program, according to a company news release.

The program provides small business professionals with educational opportunities, additional financial capital and support services. Highland Engineering President Todd Lesperance will take business courses on negotiations, marketing and employee management, along with receiving additional tools to grow the Cary company.

“The wealth of information, practical business advice and learning exercises will help us customize a growth plan for Highland Engineering and prepare for future development,” he said in the release.

Founded in 2002, Highland Engineering provides engineering and consulting services to businesses in numerous industries.

VIPAR Heavy Duty financial officer named COO of Global Parts Network

CRYSTAL LAKE – Susan Joyce was named chief operating officer for Global Parts Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of VIPAR Heavy Duty based in Crystal Lake, according to a news release.

Global Parts Network operates distribution centers and production plants for VIPAR Heavy Duty’s companies that supply replace-

ment parts for commercial vehicle operators and maintenance facilities, the release stated.

Joyce, who was named VIPAR’s chief financial officer in 2008, will continue that role while also working as COO for the network.

“Her dedication to the success of the organization and experience make her a great fit to lead the operations of GPN, as we continue to grow and expand to serve the VIPAR Heavy Duty family of companies,” VIPAR President and CEO Steve Crowley said.

Follett School Solutions executive named to education industry panel

McHENRY – The leader of Follett’s pre K-12 business, Follett School Solutions, recently was named to the EdNET 2016 Industry Advisory Board, a panel of industry executives who organize an annual education conference.

The EdNET Conference provides pre K-12 businesses and organizations with the latest information on marketing trends, new technologies, partnership opportunities and funding sources, according to a Follett news release. Nader Qaimari, executive vice president for Follett and general manager for Follett School Solutions, will join the panel of industry executives who plan programming for the 2016 EdNET Conference, which happens in late September in Dallas, Texas.

Headquartered in Westchester, Follett is a $2.6 billion privately held company with facilities in McHenry.

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Employees at Colonial Cafe, 5689 Route 14, Crystal Lake, recently marked 30 years with the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce. Pictured are Chamber President Mary Margaret Maule (left), Jennifer Johnson, John Blazier, Diana Kenney, Rick Schildgen, Colonial Cafe manager Rich Lampp, Richard Harms, Kathryn I. Martens and Jerry Shaffer.

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She should enjoy her birthday gift Dear Dave,

My wife received $100 from her parents for her birthday. When I asked what she planned to do with it, she said she was going to add it to her spending money.

I think she should put it toward us paying off debt, but I bit my tongue and didn’t say anything.

We’re in pretty good shape financially, so should I mention it or just let it go?

– Charles

Dear Charles,

I’m sure you’re a smart man, so you’ll understand when I tell you – for the sake of your marriage and mental health – to let this one go.

Seriously, is $100 going to move the needle that much?

It’s her birthday, and it was a gift designed to let her do something nice for herself.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong

DAVE SAYS Dave Ramsey with her spending a little bit on herself on her special day.

If she had asked me about this, I would have told her it was fine. If she had asked me about putting it toward debt, I would have said that’s fine, too. It’s not a big deal for someone to have a little fun once in a while.

But it’s a bad plan for you to try to get at her gift. Just let it go, and do your part to make sure she knows that you love her and that she has a great birthday.

– Dave

Dear Dave,

My wife and I are in our early 70s, and we’re retired. We have about

$136,000 in corporate bonds and $200,000 in mutual funds. Considering our age, should we move the investments into a CD? – Kurt

Dear Kurt,

There’s always a chance you’ll lose money if you leave it in mutual funds and bonds. That’s the nature of the market.

But there’s another kind of risk based on what you’re proposing, and that’s risk of value because of inflation.

Assuming you two are in good health, you could expect to live another 10 to 20 years.

Most current CD rates are less than 1 percent.

Even if they rise to 2 or 3 percent in the future, do you really want to see that kind of return when inflation is likely to rise 4 percent annually?

That’s in itself a type of risk, so I would urge you to keep that in mind.

No, I wouldn’t advise moving all of your money to CDs. If I were in your shoes, I’d live off the income generated by my mutual fund investments.

As for the corporate bonds, I’m not a big fan of those.

They entail almost as much risk as mutual funds without the good returns (on average) over a long period of time.

If you’re concerned about stability, I’m OK with you taking a little money from your bonds and putting it into a CD right now. But I wouldn’t touch the mutual funds.

– Dave

• Dave Ramsey is the author of five New York Times best-selling books. Follow him on Twitter at @ DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com.

Cruise ship food: 10,680 hot dogs tip of iceberg

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ The Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – It’s still dark out at this industrial port.

Most passengers aboard the Oasis of the Seas are sound asleep in their staterooms.

But below deck the crew of one of the world’s largest cruise ship is preparing to turn the vessel around. They have just ended a week-long voyage taking 6,222 people throughout the Caribbean. In just hours, another 6,114 will start their vacations.

Suitcases need to be unloaded and loaded.

Piles of trash and recycling are removed and an entire week’s worth of food for the passengers – and 2,193 crew members – needs to be loaded onboard.

The clock is ticking. There are just 10 hours to essentially empty and restock a small town.

If that weren’t enough, housekeeping needs to turn over 2,700 staterooms for the new guests.

“I’m amazed every single time you do it,” said Raimund Gschaider, associate vice president for hotel operations at Royal Caribbean International. “It’s an orchestration of all different operations. Everything needs to be fine-tuned down to the last minute.”

By 6:30 a.m., the first of 25 trucks are lined up on the dock, ready to unload their goods.

The Oasis and its sister ships – the Allure of the Seas and the soon-to-sail Harmony of the Seas – are the three largest passenger ships in the world.

While many passengers remember the zipline, the onboard surfing machine or the 25 different dining establishments, it’s really what happens below desk that amazes.

When the Oasis leaves for a weeklong voyage to the Caribbean, it takes everything needed.

The islands visited don’t have the quantity – or the quality – of supplies to meet the needs of the ship, Gschaider said.

“In a hotel, you get your supplies on a daily basis. You’re never tied into a limited timeframe,” he added. “For us, we only have one go at it.”

That means when the ship pulls away from the dock in Florida, it must have 10,272 new rolls of toilet paper, 7,397 pounds of cheese and 330 cases of pineapples onboard.

Not to mention 1,000 new lightbulbs, 30 replacement TVs, 1,899 pounds of coffee and 23 gallons of hand sanitizer.

Every week.

Orders are based on past trends and slightly adjusted each week to account for the age and nationalities of those sailing.

If there is a big sporting event – say the college basketball championship tournament – more beer and hot dogs might be purchased.

Other items commonly stocked on

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The cruise ship Oasis of the Seas is docked in 2009 at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Oasis of the Seas crew has 10 hours to unload and restock the floating city with a week’s worth of food and supplies. a cruise shop for one sailing include 5,400 lobster tails; 21,000 ice cream cones; 46,800 eggs; 31,900 bottles of beer; 820 bottles of vodka; 179 bottles of whiskey; 293 bottles of scotch; 765 bottles of rum; 3,360 bottles of white wine;

and 2,776 bottles of red wine.

One sailing on a typical cruise ship also can carry 8,800 pounds of tomatoes; 9,000 pounds of lettuce; 14,800 pounds of potatoes; 2,600 pounds of apples and 5,400 pounds of bananas.

Former Mama Rini’s restaurant demolished

By JOSEPH PISANI

The Associated Press

NEW YORK – Inside a crowded New York subway station, Abiodun Johnson tapped Esosa Ighodaro on the shoulder and told her that he liked her outfit.

Ighodaro thanked him, they exchanged names and phone numbers. Then six months later, they started a business together.

“We were total strangers,” said Ighodaro, who along with Johnson co-owns CoSign, an app that lets users add links to Facebook and Twitter photos to the websites of stores where others can buy the items they’re wearing.

Starting a business with someone you barely know may sound strange. But it’s something more people seem to be doing these days.

And experts have said it’s not such an outlandish idea. In fact, at times, it can be a better option than going into business with friends or family since the high stress of running a business can strain those relationships.

No one broadly tracks who entrepreneurs are choosing to start businesses with. But more people are opening up to the idea partly because today’s entrepreneurs have more opportunities to rub elbows with talented, like-minded strangers during networking functions and through social media.

Giancarlo Massaro and Steve Kovar connected more than a decade ago on a web forum. They kept in touch online for years and then in 2012, decided to go into business to-

gether – even though they’d never met.

They started ViralSweep, a business that helps companies run sweepstakes and marketing campaigns online.

To this day, Massaro and Kovar have only met in person twice. They live nearly 2,000 miles apart: Massaro in Cheshire, Connecticut, and Kovar in Austin, Texas. Massaro said the business relationship is calmer than a previous one he had with a brother he went into business with.

“We butted heads a lot more,” said Massaro. “Arguing was natural. It’s something we’ve done all our lives.”

While some entrepreneurs are meeting at events and online, many strangers are connecting serendipitously and deciding to go into business together.

“Serious entrepreneurs are radar detectors for passion,” said Dr. Shawn Clark, an entrepreneurship professor at Pennsylvania State University’s Smeal College of Business.

“They bond quickly with people who share that passion.”

Still, some experts caution people not to rush in to anything too quickly.

Dr. Caroline Daniels, an entrepreneurship lecturer at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, has seen many entrepreneurs meet at accelerators and other mentorship programs that start a business and then break up. When adding someone new to a venture, she warns students to wait at least six months before giving them ownership in a business to see if they can add value.

MOTIVATION Bob Sandidge & Anne Ward the middle, you feel frustrated because you’ve lost your place.

You’ve likely experienced a procedures orientation when getting ready for work in the morning, filling in numbers on a weekly report or preparing a recipe you’ve perfected. You may prefer procedures when: • You find great satisfaction in checking off completed items.

• You like to finish a project before starting something new.

• People describe you as a person who “gets it done.”

• You’re comfortable following a list of steps in the same order every time.

Sometimes you’ll need to act opposite of your habitual pattern. If you’re an options person forced to follow a set procedure, don’t tell yourself, “I have to finish the sales report today.”

Just keep starting and tell yourself, “I’ll start the sales report at 1 p.m. for 20 minutes.”

The last time you start the project is the time you’ll finish. Sometimes that’s because you need or want to start a new project. Sometimes, it’s because of a deadline.

If you’re a procedures person who frequently is interrupted, consider consciously breaking your projects into smaller chunks with set finishing points. If you can’t finish an entire project, you’ll at least feel some conclusion without getting too frustrated about not being finished.

It also will be easier to pick up where you left off. And the more items you get to check off your list, the more you feel like the productive finisher you are. When it comes to working with customers and your team, revel in similarity and appreciate difference.

• Anne Ward and Bob Sandidge, of CreativeCore Media in Algonquin, are marketing, communication and management consultants. Reach them at annebob@CreativeCore.com or visit www.nlpeople.com.

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Strangers find comfort in doing business together

If you visited us at home, you’d see bookshelves in practically every room. Even so, stacks of books still overflow to other areas within our office with many bookmarks peeking out. We both tend to enjoy starting new things and, like many good starters, we may struggle a bit with finishing things when an exciting new project arrives.

It’s a common habit of mind that Neuro-linguistic programming researchers call a “meta program.” Meta because such unconscious mind patterns compel our conscious decisions and because such habits of attention tend to be constant through time.

Each program consists of pairs of opposites. The program that relates to our reading habits is options versus procedures. Even though we’ve all experienced both, most of us have a preference for either options or procedures. According to research done by Patrick Merlevede, 45 percent of people prefer options, 20 percent prefer procedures and 35 percent don’t have a strong preference.

Whatever your preference, you’ve had times when you thought and behaved in a options-oriented fashion, such as when your shopping for a special gift, brainstorming ideas for new products or planning an event.

The energy of options comes from creativity. One idea leads to another and then another. You may prefer options when: • You find yourself starting new projects (or books) before you’ve finished the last.

• People describe you as creative.

• You see evidence of unfinished projects around your office or home.

• You find it difficult to follow a set list of tasks that need to be done the same way every time.

The energy of procedures, however, comes from finishing. A procedure, no matter how many steps are involved, occurs as one activity. Each step flows into the next, pulling you toward completion.

When you’re interrupted in

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Crews from Lima Excavating of Ringwood raize the former Mama Rini’s restaurant building, 177 W. Virginia St., Crystal Lake, on Tuesday. The Auto Tech center also was demolished to make way for a new, 13,225-square-foot CVS Pharmacy in the city. The facility is expected to open by late summer.

Do you work through options or procedures?

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J.C. Penney delivered strong results during holiday season

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press

NEW YORK – Beware the underdog.

J.C. Penney Co. delivered strong fourth-quarter results, wrapping up a year when it stole market share from rivals.

The company, based in Plano, Texas, offered an upbeat sales outlook, as efforts to spruce up its merchandise are winning over shoppers. It also pledged that it would return to a profit this year, on an adjusted basis.

The results were a bright spot in an otherwise dismal holiday quarter, where department store rivals like Macy’s and Kohl’s offered disappointing outlooks after struggling with weak sales.

It was a reversal of fortunes this critical holiday season for Penney, which is clawing its way back from a failed reinvention plan that caused catastrophic losses and plunging sales.

And the latest performance offers encouraging news that a transformation by CEO Marvin Ellison is in the works. Ellison officially took the helm in August 2015, after a nine-month

transition period working closely with Myron Ullman, who returned to the top CEO spot in April 2013 when the board fired Ron Johnson. Johnson got rid of most promotions and replaced them with everyday low prices and swapped basics for trendy assortments in a bid to grab higher-income, younger shoppers.

Ullman stabilized the business by bringing back discounts and restoring store-label merchandise. Ellison’s goal is to expand sales and remake the retailer to be more nimble.

J.C. Penney still has a long way to go before it can claim a full recovery.

The company posted annual sales of $12.6 billion for the year ended Jan. 30, up 3 percent from the prior year. Still, that’s far below the nearly $18 billion in annual revenue once booked right before Johnson came to the helm in November 2011.

But Penney is making some good progress given a tough environment, particularly in department store arena, where shoppers are being selective.

Ellison told investors during a conference call Friday that it’s evident that Penney gained market share in 2015.

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general public, physicians and members of area running clubs about the trendy approach to physical therapy and her new running academy.

Smith’s running academy is designed for athletes of all skill levels to learn proper running technique – a preventative measure meant to help athletes, regardless of what sport they play, avoid bad form and severe injuries.

Smith said she also is planning to

host smaller programs for customers, such as summer camps for high school athletes and “mommy and me” running classes to help moms and their children stay active.

The personalized approach with a focus on preventative care, along with her expertise, should make the venture successful, she said.

Aside from her career in physical therapy, Smith last fall worked as a trainer for triathletes from the Russian national team as they prepared for Olympic trials in the Chicago area.

“I want to empower people to take control of their bodies,” Smith said.

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A longtime physical therapist, Denise Smith launched her own physical therapy service and running academy in Crystal Lake.

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Service with a smile is hard to deliver with bad teeth Dear Abby : I have a problem of my own making. When I was a young child/teenager, I never brushed my teeth.

Because of it, the enamel on my teeth eroded and I have cavities, really bad ones.

Add to that a desperate fear of dentists, and my teeth are in horrible shape now. When I smile, my front teeth are mostly black. I work in customer service. I’m too young to have awful teeth, and I’m ashamed.

I saw a dentist recently and I have made appointments to have my dental issues addressed, but it’s expensive and it won’t be for a few months.

I have never been so aware of how bad my teeth are as I am now, and I consciously keep myself from smiling.

It makes working in customer service really hard because I’m constantly thinking, “Don’t let them see your teeth.” But even when I’m just talking, I know people can see them.

work – done, you are doing all you can.

If you weren’t good at your job, you wouldn’t have lasted at it for as long as you have.

When customers come to you It’s impossible to say, “I know for help, they are less interested my teeth are disgusting, but I’m in your teeth than in what you can getting them fixed, so please don’t do to solve their problems, so you judge me” to every person I meet, shouldn’t let yourself be sidebut I very much feel like doing so. tracked by what they “might” think I’m a socially anxious person about them. anyway and this is killing my Do your job, keep those dental already poor social skills. I need appointments religiously, and your advice. – Hiding My Smile in New problems will solve themselves.

Jersey Dear Abby : Over the past month Dear Hiding : I have addressed the or so, I find myself being super importance of good oral hygiene territorial about my home and the in this column before, so I won’t things that are in it. belabor it.

This is my first apartment on my For the sake of your overall phys- own after having had a roommate ical health, I’m very glad you have for three years. finally decided to deal with your Recently, my significant other dental problem. got sick, and he was constantly here It will pay big dividends in the because I had to take care of him. future.

Also, my family was here over the For the time being, having set holidays. up appointments to get your dental I didn’t want anyone in my room work – and possibly periodontal or using my bathroom – not even

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips

my sick boyfriend.

Part of the reason was he was sick and, secondly, he was keeping me up at night using my master bath every five minutes.

Working long hours, then having to come home and take care of a man who was hardheaded about his health was exhausting. I needed my space and to rest.

Could this be why I don’t want anyone in my home? I feel bad about being this way, especially toward my own family and boyfriend.

– Super Territorial Dear Territorial: By now you should have been able to get some rest, so I hesitate to blame fatigue for your feelings.

I suspect they may have more to do with the fact that this is the first home in which you are living independently, and you want to keep it pristine. People often feel the same way when they buy a new car.

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Negotiate until you get what you want. A good deal is based on what you need to make it worth your while. Rely on your originality, desire and relentless courage to help you reach your goal.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – An opportunity will come to you through someone you have worked with in the past. Attend a gathering that brings back memories and sparks renewed interest in an old idea.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – If you have a solution, speak up. Don’t hesitate to ask for help.

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assistance. Money will come from an unusual source.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – If you cannot change something, move on. Put your energy into matters that show promise. A step in a positive direction will pay off. Don’t linger.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – You can excel if you take charge. Not everyone will be on your side, but once you realize where people stand, you will be unstoppable.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Spice up your appeal. Do something unusual that will make you stand out. Get involved in events or activities that encourage you to head in an unusual direction.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Express your views

openly and make changes that suit you. Don’t worry about those who dislike your choices.

Move forward with those who are heading in the same direction as you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Turn your plans into a reality. Participate in networking functions and share your ideas. Decipher who is worth collaborating with and who isn’t. Take on a challenge and play to win.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Show an interest in what others are doing. Make a romantic gesture. A personal improvement will result in unexpected compliments and encouragement.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Emotions will surface if someone challenges you. If you think outside the box and respond with some-

thing unexpected, you will capture attention and put yourself in the driver’s seat.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – If you are too quick to make a decision or take action, you will face uncertainty. Pause and let others make the first move in order to avoid being put in a vulnerable position.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Show your ability to lead. Whether you are challenged personally or professionally, taking charge will enhance your reputation. If you set the standard, you will make a contribution and a difference.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Stay on course.

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From Twitter @coach_al_baker

Tweet from last night Congratulations to our freshman Blue Streak Classic winners! #gostreaks – (Woodstock varsity boys basketball coach Al Baker) @coach_al_baker Follow our writers on Twitter: Joe Stevenson – @NWH_JoePrepZone Mike DeFabo – @MikeDeFabo Jon Styf – @jonstyf

What to watch Blackhawks at Washington, 11:30 a.m., NBC The Hawks and Capitals square off in a game featuring four of the NHL’s top eight scorers entering Saturday.

The Hawks’ Patrick Kane leads the league with 84 points, and teammate Artemi Panarin (57) is eighth. The Caps are led

by Evgeny Kuznetsov (5th, 63 points) and Alex Ovechkin (7th, 58).

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Update on Bohn PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Golfer Jason Bohn told NBC Sports that what was reported as a mild heart attack turned out to be much more.

The 42-year-old golfer had a stent inserted Saturday for what he said was 99 percent blockage of a major arJason Bohn tery. In a text exchange with the network, Bohn said the blockage was in his left anterior descending artery – known as the “widow maker” because it could lead to a major heart attack.

The PGA Tour initially said Friday night it was a mild heart attack.

– The Associated Press

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Chicago Mount Carmel’s Yahya Thomas (back) takes down Crystal Lake Central’s Garrett Windisch on Saturday during the dual team wrestling state meet third-place dual at U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington.

CLASS 2A DUAL TEAM WRESTLING STATE MEET

No shame in taking 4th CLC earns 5th state trophy in past 8 seasons

By JOHN WILKINSON

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OUTSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Two 4th-place finishes for Braun

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McHenry’s Kevin Braun finishes fourth in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle championship finals Saturday at the boys swimming and diving state meet in Evanston. Page 12

Michael Petersen

Crystal Lake Central, sr., 145 pounds

The senior ended his high school career with three first-period pins Saturday. He was the only Tigers wrestler to win his bout in all three duals at state.

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The fourth-place finish at state was Crystal Lake Central’s second in a row.

BLOOMINGTON – Lenny Petersen looked totally stunned. As he stood up from the mat, he looked around, unq AND ANOTHER THING ... sure of what had happened or why The Tigers started eight underclassmen in the Marian Catholic’s Mo Taylor was waitfinals. It was a reason for optimism from coach ing to shake his hand.

Justin Lehr, but he said they need to keep Petersen had been leading, 13-1, late working to continue having success as a team. in the third period of his 138-pound “Hopefully, they’re going to be hungry to work bout, well on his way to a win Crysin the offseason,” Lehr said. tal Lake Central desperately needed to change the momentum of its Class 2A dual team wrestling state semifinal lost consciousness while Taylor turned Saturday at U.S. Cellular Coliseum. him for a reversal and a pin.

Instead, somewhere during their “One second I was wrestling, the tie-up, Petersen had been choked and next he was getting his hand raised,”

Petersen said.

Michael Petersen and Frank Carone followed with first-period pins to draw the Tigers within nine points, but Marian Catholic, with its 10 individual state qualifiers, went on to win, 43-32, and advance to the finals.

Central ended up finishing fourth after dropping the third-place dual, 4012, to Chicago Mount Carmel. The Tigers placed fourth for the second consecutive year, their fifth state trophy in eight years.

“We work just as hard as any other team in the state,” Michael Petersen said. “Our goal, obviously, wasn’t to take fourth place, but we train to take

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: CLASS 2A/1A STATE ROUNDUP

Hardin Calhoun claims 1A crown

CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP Hardin Calhoun 60, Moweaqua Central A&M 56 (OT): Hardin Calhoun waited a

The ASSOCIATED PRESS NORMAL – Paige Holloway scored 17 points to lead Byron over Teutopolis, 53-44, in Saturday’s Class 2A girls basketball title game, giving the Tigers their first state championship.

Bailey Burrows scored 13 points and a team-high eight rebounds, while Lexi DeVries added 11 points for Byron (33-3) of the Big Northern Conference West Division.

Raegan Drees led Teutopolis (297) with 11 points. Jamie Sandschafer scored 10 points, while Anna Hartke grabbed a game-high 19 rebounds.

Byron led for all but one minute in the third quarter. Shelby Thompson hit a 3-pointer for Teutopolis with a minute left in the game to cut its deficit to six at 48-42.

Teutopolis defeated St. Joseph, 45-43, in Friday’s semifinals to advance to the championship game, while Byron beat Camp Point Southeastern, 55-31, in its semifinal matchup.

Teutopolis placed third in the state tournament in 2014.

CLASS 2A THIRD PLACE Camp Point Southeastern 67, St. Joseph 53: Delaney Lantz scored 20 points

and Kolby McClelland added 18 points and nine rebounds to help Camp Point Southeastern defeat Westchester St. Joseph to take third place in the Class 2A state tournament.

Elise Estelle scored 15 points for St. Joseph (20-14), while Davane Brooks added 13, Amber Brooks 11 and Maia Marshall 10.

Southeastern (28-6) led 33-30 at the half, led by Lantz’s 16 points. Fellow

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Continued from page 2 first every year. But still, coming here and leaving with fourth place, top four out of 100 teams or whatever, it’s a great feeling.”

After the semifinal loss, coach Justin Lehr had a long huddle with the Tigers on the mat.

“It’s one of those things that, obviously, our goal was to get into the finals,” Lehr said. “We needed everything to go our way, really, or some things to not go their way. Didn’t work out for us, and I just told the guys, ‘We’ve got another

CLASS 1A THIRD PLACE Indian Creek 56, Seton Academy 50 (OT): Sophomore MaKayli Vann scored

23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Indian Creek past Seton Academy in overtime to capture third place in the Class 1A state tournament.

Josie Diehl scored 14 points, and Alexis VanWyhe added 12 for Indian Creek (32-2), which lost, 34-31, to Central A&M in Friday’s quarterfinals. Indian Creek’s only regular-season loss was Danielle Guerra – dguerra@shawmedia.com against Class 3A Woodstock, 52-50, Jan. Indian Creek’s MaKayli Vann cuts around Seton Academy’s Kyra Ford during the second half 30 in Woodstock. of the Class 1A third-place game Saturday at Redbird Arena in Normal. Vann had 23 points Ren’cia Rolling led Seton (25-8) with and 15 rebounds in Indian Creek’s 56-50 overtime win.

15 points, and Danielle Bailey scored 14.

Seton, slated to close its doors at the guard Alaina Vance scored seven first- throw line. Southeastern went 33-46 (71.7 end of the school year, led 23-21 at the half points before leaving late with an percent) from the line, compared to St. half. apparent upper leg injury. She returned Joseph’s 10-of-21 shooting (47.6 percent).

Indian Creek led by as many as 13 in the second half and ended the game St. Joseph lost to Teutopolis, 45-43, points in the second half before Seton and Southeastern fell to Byron, 55-31, in forced the game into a 45-all tie and a with 16 points.

The game was decided at the free- Friday’s semifinals. four-minute overtime period. dual, that’s not everything, it’s not it.’

And I said, ‘Let’s give the fans a show.’

“That was kind of my message with everybody, too, when we were in the parking lot (before the third-place match), I said, ‘Hey, it’s not just for you at this point. Think about all the people who drove down here. All the money your parents have spent, your grandparents, your aunts, uncles, everybody throughout your whole career. Give ‘em something to watch.’ It was good. I think they responded pretty well.”

In the third-place dual against a Mount Carmel team with 13 individual state qualifiers, 10 place winners and only one dual loss (in its own semi-

final), Lehr told his team to go for it, wrestle aggressively and not worry about keeping the match close just for the sake of keeping it close.

The Tigers (21-8) got wins against Mount Carmel (21-1) from Connor Burns (decision at 120 pounds), a recovered Lenny Petersen (decision at 138) and Michael Petersen (pin at 145).

“I think we gave them everything they wanted,” Lehr said. “We were the last dual. Everyone was waiting on us for their awards. The kids battled. I’m actually really super proud of the way we finished up. You see sometimes teams that don’t get in the finals maybe hang their heads and kind of go in the

tank in that third-place match, so I’m really proud of them.”

Earlier in the day, the Tigers assured themselves a trophy with a 4915 win over Sterling (12-9) in the quarterfinals. After the Tigers fell behind through five classes, Garrett Windisch won a 14-9 decision at 126 to tie the team score at 12. From there, a pin by Austin Ernd (132), a major decision by Lenny Petersen and a 45-second pin by Michael Petersen gave the Tigers the lead back for good.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing,” Windisch said. “There’s many schools out there that want to be here, and I’m glad to be a team that’s here.”

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year to avenge last year’s heartbreaking 10-point loss to Moweaqua Central A&M in the Class 1A state championship.

It took a 4-minute overtime session, but Calhoun beat Central A&M to capture its first Class 1A state title. Calhoun was led by Grace Baalman and Kassidy Klocke, who each scored 17 points.

“It was definitely sweet,” Calhoun coach Aaron Baalman said. “It feels good, especially after what happened last year. We worked all year for this, and it paid off.”

The game was forced into overtime by a free throw by Hardin’s Sydney White that tied the score at 50 at the end of regulation. White scored 11 points for Calhoun (32-2).

Emma Meyer scored 17 points for Central A&M (32-2), and Mikah Maples added 16.

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a great job of setting our UFA board, and now it’s just a matter of being smart and calculated with how we approach it because you know, free agency’s risky.

“We’ve got to be careful with this.

There’s going to be certain positions that we’re going to be more aggressive at, but I think you’ve just got to be cautious in free agency because it’s a risky area.”

With that said, the Bears aren’t expected to make any big splashes, especially with several positions of need and the impending move to re-sign receiver Alshon Jeffery, whether via the franchise tag or a long-term deal.

Pace said the key still is to build through the draft and that the Bears have to be “selective and cautious” with the opening of free agency. As a whole, the 32 NFL teams have about $1 billion of cap space to spend money this offseason.

kfishbain@chicagofootball.com The salary cap for the 2016 NFL season will be about $155.3 million a team, the NFLPlayers Association confirmed Friday evening.

Free agency opens March 9, and the Bears will have about $60 million in cap space, one of the highest totals in the league.

“We have a lot of Ryan Pace needs, we have a lot of cap space. I think we just have to be mindful and strategic with what we do,” general manager Ryan Pace said Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. “I feel really good of where we’re at right now as far as our preparation. Josh Lucas, Champ Kelly, our pro scouts Brad Obee and David Williams, they’ve done

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By JOE COWLEY

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The Portland Trail Blazers’ Ed Davis blocks the shot of the Bulls’ Bobby Portis during the first half Saturday at the United Center.

A great night for the veteran center, but one that he really couldn’t embrace like he would have liked.

“You try hard, you try to play your best, but when there’s not the reward of the win everything doesn’t taste as good no matter how well you played individually,” Gasol said. “We’re in a team sport, so as far as when a team wins everything is good and everyone is happy, but the team loses and it’s kind of hard.”

And although it was another loss, it was a loss that wasn’t going to keep Hoiberg from sleeping. Unlike in Atlanta on Friday, there was effort, there was ball movement and they were competitive against Portland. They simply looked like a team that was undermanned.

After allowing the Trail Blazers to build a 15-point lead, they cut that deficit to four in the fourth quarter, but could never get the big stop defensively.

“It’s frustrating because you know the character of the guys in here,” Gibson said.

“It’s just frustrating because we got so many injuries.

“It’s tough. We’re trying to win for Fred, man. He’s a good coach and we’re trying to just push through and get these wins whatever it takes, but it’s tough.”

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CHICAGO – It wasn’t a guarantee from Taj Gibson, but it was close.

Despite dropping a second consecutive game – this time losing to Portland, 103-95, on Saturday night – the veteran power forward still believes the Bulls will be in the playoffs come April.

“I’m confident, I’m confident, I’m confident,” Gibson said without hesitation.

“With the way we’re playing, the amount of injuries we’re playing with, I’m super confident in the way we’re going that we got a real shot. I’m not saying anything is guaranteed, but we got a shot.

“Everybody is one or two losses out of that three seed when you think about it.

There’s enough games left to play. A lot of people still have tough schedules. We just got to win games, but at the same time we gotta hold down the fort until everybody comes back, but we got a shot.”

It’s that holding down the fort thing that’s been getting a bit tricky lately.

Without Jimmy Butler (left knee), Nikola Mirotic (appendicitis) and Derrick Rose (right hamstring/general soreness), the Bulls fell to 30-28 on the season with the loss, as well as doing all they can to maintain a tight grip on that No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff picture with just 24 regular-season games left.

Not exactly an ideal spot to be in considering the Detroit Pistons are breathing down their neck by just a half game, and the fact that even if the Bulls keep that eighth spot that would mean a first-round matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

As far as when help will be on the way?

The great unknown, especially with Butler and Mirotic.

“It’s tough,” coach Fred Hoiberg said of the injury problems. “I’d be lying if I told you differently, but guys are getting an opportunity. We’re playing through Pau (Gasol). Pau’s doing a great job getting everybody involved.”

He did more than just get everyone involved Saturday.

Gasol recorded his eighth career triple-double and his first since he was with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2013, finishing with 22 points, 16 rebounds, and a career-high 14 assists.

turned a three-shot deficit at the start of the round into a three-shot OKLAHOMA CITY – Stephen Cur- lead over Sergio Garcia. No one ry’s 3-pointer from beyond 30 feet else was closer than seven shots.

One hole changed everything. with 0.6 seconds left in overtime Make that two errors. Scott put gave the Golden State Warriors two balls into the water on the a 121-118 win over the Oklahoma par-3 15th and made a quadruple City Thunder on Saturday night. bogey to lose the lead. He still Curry finished with 46 points managed a 4-under-par 66 to as his winning shot was his 12th share the lead with Garcia going 3-pointer, tying the NBA single-game record. He also broke his into the final round. own NBA record for 3s in a season, It was the other 17 holes that left Scott so optimistic about a chance leaving the new mark at 288. to win for the first time since May The Warriors (53-5) still have 22 2014. games remaining.

Curry, the league’s scoring leader Garcia lost the lead again with a bogey from the bunker on the 17th, and reigning MVP, missed about but a birdie on the final hole gave six minutes of the third quarter him a 67 to catch Scott. with a left ankle injury. He drove They were at 9-under 201. to the basket and rolled the ankle before Thunder guard Russell Joe Johnson signs with Heat Westbrook stepped on it. after recruitment by Wade Kevin Durant led the Thunder MIAMI – Dwyane Wade’s recruitwith 37 points. ing pitch obviously worked on Joe Johnson.

Kyle Busch regroups after And the Miami Heat have anothlosing pole for Xfinity win er shooter for their playoff push.

HAMPTON, Ga. – Check another Adding another player with one off the list for Kyle Busch.

All-Star pedigree to their locker Less than 24 hours after losing the Sprint Cup pole, Busch claimed room, the Heat signed Johnson on Saturday night – almost immedihis first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway ately after he cleared waivers after the completion of his buyout from on Saturday. the Brooklyn Nets. Johnson had Busch and Kyle Larson pulled away from the field after the final other suitors, Cleveland and his yellow flag. Larson closed the gap former Atlanta club among them, to about a half-second in the clos- but didn’t need long to decide that ing laps, but the rally ended when Miami was the right spot for him. he got caught up briefly behind the Johnson is expected to be with the Heat when they visit the New lapped car of Ryan Preece.

York Knicks at Madison Square Busch crossed the line 0.466 seconds ahead of Larson, then did Garden on Sunday night. his customary burnout and bow Vonn injures left knee in in front of the main grandstand, holding the checkered flag. No one crash at World Cup race SOLDEU-EL TARTER, Andorra else was within 10 seconds of the – Lindsey Vonn suffered a minor first two cars.

The winner has plenty of experi- fracture in her left knee during a ence celebrating in the second-tier World Cup super-G crash in heavy snowfall Saturday but didn’t rule series, claiming his career-best 77th victory, although Atlanta was out her start in a combined event the next day. one of three active tracks where In a race delayed for three he’d never won an Xfinity race. hours because of bad weather, Scott, Garcia tied at Honda the American slid off the course near the end of her run. She was Classic after wild day brought down the mountain on a PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. rescue sled and underwent tests – Adam Scott looked as though in a hospital. he couldn’t miss as he began to Vonn appeared on the start list pull away Saturday in the Honda for the super-G portion of Sunday’s Classic. combined event, released SaturHe hit every green through 13 day evening. holes at PGA National. He made – Wire reports seven birdies through 14 holes. He

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Bryant’s demotion ancient history

Rookie of Year: ‘I’ve moved on’

By GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com

MESA, Ariz. – Eleven months ago, Kris Bryant went from the best player in any spring training camp in baseball to the worst emotional place of his spring in the span of one early-morning meeting with Cubs officials.

Teammate Anthony Rizzo quietly consoled him with a simple thought: “Fast-forward a year, and everything you’re going through, which is the biggest thing in your life right now, is not going to mean a thing to you anymore.”

Yeah. Whatever.

But then the fast-forward thing happened. And almost as soon as Rizzo and Bryant got together for the first time in Mesa this spring, Rizzo said to him: “See what I mean?”

Bryant, now the reigning National League Rookie of the Year in the heart of the Cubs’ batting order, is at the other end of the spring training universe this year.

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The Cubs’ Kris Bryant watches batting practice during spring training Wednesday in Mesa, Ariz.

“It’s hard to even put thought into it now, just because it’s so far away, so far in the past,” he said. “I figured this year in spring training I would get asked questions about it, but for me I’ve moved on to bigger and better things.”

Of course, it wasn’t that easy, not for at least for a few days after the morning meeting, when he was cut from bigleague camp despite the best offensive spring training in the majors in at least a decade.

Bryant, the No. 1 prospect in baseball entering camp last year, was told he had a chance to win a big-league job if he

performed well enough, even though it seemed obvious from the beginning that he would open in the minors to delay the start of his service-time clock, thereby delaying free agency by a year.

For that to happen, he needed to spend 12 days in the minors. He was called up on the 13th day of the season.

It was the top story in baseball for multiple news cycles, especially as Bryant’s agent, Scott Boras, spoke out.

It was such a conspicuous case of the kind of service-time manipulation that’s common in the game that the players’ union issued a rare statement decrying the move, and then filed a grievance, which remains unresolved as the union and owners head into a collective bargaining season.

Manager Joe Maddon has had more pleasant meetings with players than the one 11 months ago with Bryant.

“He was straight up with me,” Maddon said, “looked me right in the eyeballs, and he was very self-confident.”

And Bryant told the manager the team was wrong. That he deserved the job.

“And I don’t blame him,” Maddon said. “And then when he got up here he showed that that was true.”

Bryant batted cleanup his first day

in the majors. The third baseman started a game in center field six days later. He made the All-Star team. He hit home runs off Clayton Kershaw, Jacob deGrom and the left-field video board (on the way to 26 total). And he was the unanimous Rookie of the Year.

“I was interested to see [how he would respond to the demotion],” Maddon said.

“I was also confident that he would respond well.”

Maybe it was Rizzo’s advice. Or an angry passion that came out of that morning meeting 11 months ago. Or, as he suggested, something he learned over three years at the University of San Diego.

“I just looked at it like I did everything I could,” he said of regrouping emotionally. “I got over it pretty quick.”

He homered in his first minor league spring game after getting sent down. He raged through his week at Triple-A Iowa – taking a rainout day along the way to shoot a commercial for an energy drink company depicting Chicago’s anticipation of his arrival.

“It’s about learning to forget the past and live in the present and not really worry about the future. I honestly can say that I did that. And I think I’d grade myself an A-plus in that area.”

WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING

Sale: More talent helps, but personality matters

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN

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GLENDALE, Ariz. – When Chris Sale was home in Florida during the offseason, he sat there rooting for the White Sox to acquire one more bigname piece to help the team’s 2016 cause, right?

Not necessarily.

The Sox’s roster has room for upgrades, but players place such a premium on clubhouse cohesiveness that, to them, character and personality matters. Sometimes more than talent.

“I don’t get myself caught up in names, the big-ticket items,” Sale, the ace of the Sox’s pitching staff, said.

“We could have signed four big names, but I’m not worried about what their names are as much as what kind of guys are they. You can have a locker full of all-stars, but if they’re all [expletive] it’s not going to work. It’s not.’’

For Sale, “Good Guys Wear Black” is not only an old marketing promo but a wish. But the 2015 Sox clubhouse was closely knit with lots of “good guys”

who finished 76-86. So a fan might say, “give me the volatile, championship Oakland A’s and New York Yankees teams of the 1970s any old day.”

“People get too caught up in names and numbers,” Sale said. “I think it’s more important that we have 25 guys together.

We don’t need 17 superstars on our team. We just need a few guys to pull the weight. “ I f y o u h a v e a Chris Sale bad apple, it can ruin things. It’s like family. That one drunk uncle that comes in and ruins every Christmas. Everyone else is great, it’s just the one guy who comes in and messes everything up. That’s why there’s a highlighter on character when teams are looking at stuff like that.”

But who knows, the character of the Sox clubhouse might have been too nice in 2015.

“Last year,” Adam Eaton said, “we kept saying, ‘We like each other so

much there’s no reason we can’t come out of this.’”

General manager Rick Hahn believes the influx of Todd Frazier, Brett Lawrie, Alex Avila and perhaps Mat Latos will add a desired edge and favorable mix. The new vibe, a culture change if you will, has been a talking point of the first week of camp.

“Frazier is like a couple personalities,” said Latos, who played with the Sox’s new third baseman as a Cincinnati Red. “He’s got multiples, and that’s a good thing – we need something like that. I missed his personality [the past two seasons]. It might annoy some people; it might aggravate some people, but I think it’s a necessity. The way he carries himself, the upbeat tempo he carries at all times is great. If you’re having a down day, he’s there to pick you up.’’

Players say cohesion lends itself to selfless play, doing the little things like hitters giving themselves up to advance a runner, relief pitchers giving an inning on a day they’re gassed or a catcher saying “I’m good to play” when

his knee is barking at him.

“I’ve played on teams where you’re playing for yourself, maybe not getting along with everybody or something’s between the team and you play for yourself,” Eaton said. “Successful teams, guys play for each other, all go in the right direction. It’s huge. It makes the team better than what they may otherwise be.”

Spring training is the time when the new guys begin to find their niches.

Lawrie said it shouldn’t be difficult.

He’s a new guy for the second time in two seasons (A’s and Sox).

“It’s easy, man,” Lawrie said. “Baseball guys are baseball guys. You come around a couple different clubhouses and nothing is really that different.

The boys are the boys, everyone is a baseball guy. You just build new relationships and get to know new people.

“The biggest thing is being comfortable and knowing nobody needs to do anything on the field above and beyond who they are. When everybody contributes what they can, the whole squad is better off.”

BLACKHAWKS

By MARK POTASH

mpotash@suntimes.com

Players acquired in the past week by the Blackhawks: Andrew Ladd – Left winger (6-foot-3, 200 pounds), age 30 Dale Weise – Right winger (6-0, 206), age 27 Tomas Fleischmann – Left winger (6-1, 192), age 31 Christian Ehrhoff – Defenseman (6-2, 201), age 33 cic told him, “I’m going to [bleeping] kill you next year” in the handshake line. But like Bolland, Weise can finish when he gets the opportunity. He has a career-high 14 goals this season. And each of his five postseason goals in the previous two playoffs for the Canadiens was critical – including two overtime game-winners, a third-period game-tying goal and an all-important opening goal of Game 7 against the Bruins in 2014. The Canadiens were 7-0 in the playoffs when Weise scored a point.

“I think we got bigger. I think we got a little more sandpaper,” Quenneville said of Ladd and Weise. “Both are direct players. Going to the net is something we haven’t been that effective at this year – and there’s nothing wrong with netfront presence and having that ability.”

What remains to be seen is how well they fit in with their new teammates and acclimate themselves to Quenneville’s demanding system. Even Antoine Vermette, who looked like a perfect fit for a Quenneville team, was a healthy scratch to start the playoffs last year before becoming a key factor in the Hawks’ winning their third Stanley Cup in six seasons.

Ladd skated with Toews and Andrew Shaw on the top line in practice Saturday. Fleischmann skated with Teuvo Teravainen and Andrew Desjardins on the third line. Both will play against the Capitals today at the United Center. Ehrhoff skated on the fourth defensive pairing and is not expected to play. Weise has visa issues and is expected to join the team within a week, of not a couple of days, Bowman said.

Note: Forward Jiri Sekac, who had one assist in six games since being acquired from the Anaheim Ducks for Ryan Garbutt, was claimed on waivers by the Arizona Coyotes. Defenseman Viktor Svedberg was sent to Rockford of the AHL.

• Sunday, February 28, 2016

Not quite out of time, but almost out of cap space, Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman said he “most likely” is done fortifying the Hawks’ roster.

Now it’s up to “the genius of Joel” to finish the job.

“We’re in a much better position today than we were two or three days ago,” Bowman said Saturday after a flurry of trade-deadline activity in which the Hawks acquired forward Andrew Ladd from the WinniStan Bowman peg Jets, forwards Dale Weise and Tomas Fleischmann from the Montreal Canadiens and defenseman Christian Ehrhoff from the Los Angeles Kings. “That’s what it’s about – getting our team a chance and a better opportunity.

“We try to give our coaches as many tools as we can and I think Joel (Quenneville) and the coaching staff have done a great job of figuring it out in terms of where guys will slot in. Everyone has their ideas of where the players are going to play … and I think that’s the genius of Joel. We’ve given him a lot of pieces to work with, and we’ll figure it out.”

Bowman wasn’t directly putting the heat on Quenneville after aggressively shoring up a championship team that already was in contention for a fourth Stanley Cup in seven seasons.

But as midseason acquisitions go, this year’s haul seems to be pretty Quenneville-friendly. Ladd and Weise in particular epitomize the element of versatility that has separated the Hawks from the rest over the past seven seasons: they have grinders who can score; and scorers who can grind.

The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Ladd is a defensive-minded left wing who skated with Dave Bolland and Kris Versteeg on the Hawks’ third line in the 2010 playoffs, and has scored 29, 28, 23 and 24 goals in the previous four 82-game seasons with the Thrashers/Jets (and was on a pace for 31 in the abbreviated 2012-13 season). He scored 17 goals for the Jets this season.

The 6-2, 210-pound Weise is a Bolland-esque forward who got under the skin of Bruins forward Milan Lucic so badly in the 2014 playoffs that Lu-

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10 COLLEGE BASKETBALL: NORTHWESTERN 98, RUTGERS 59

Wildcats sink 17 3-pointers in rout

McIntosh flirts with NU record for assists with 13

By PATRICK ROSE

The Associated Press

EVANSTON – In most Big Ten games, the scoring doesn’t come easy, but that hasn’t been the case against Rutgers this season.

Tre Demps scored 24 points, 17 in the first half, and Alex Olah added 14 points and 10 rebounds, leading Northwestern to a 98-59 win over Rutgers on Saturday.

Bryant McIntosh had a career-high 13 assists and scored six points for Northwestern.

Northwestern came into the game loser of eight of its past nine games, so hapless Rutgers was a bright spot on the schedule for the Wildcats.

“Certainly this was a feel-good day for us, something we needed,” Wildcats coach Chris Collins said. “Was really

especially defensively was great.”

Northwestern was 17 of 28 from 3-point range.

Demps’ game plan was to kick-start the offense early.

“Just wanted to be aggressive. Alex and I talked about for the rest of the season we want to try to set the tone. That doesn’t mean scoring points, just trying to finish this thing out strong. I wanted to be aggressive offensively, wanted to be locked in on the defensive game plan and just happy that the shots went in,” Demps said.

Jonathan Laurent scored 17 for Rutgers, which lost its 31st consecutive Big Ten game and 16th straight game overall.

“We can say all year that we’ve given great effort. Tonight, we just didn’t do AP photo it,” Rutgers coach Eddie Jordan said.

Northwestern (18-11, 6-10 Big Ten) is Northwestern guard Bryant McIntosh celon target to win 20 games for the first ebrates after hitting a 3-point shot during the first half against Rutgers on Saturday time since the 2010-11 season.

With two games left, Rutgers (6-23, in Evanston.

0-16) is on the verge of becoming the pleased with how our guys approached first Big Ten team to go winless in conthe start of the game. You come off a ference play since Northwestern went couple losses and you’re at home and 0-16 in 1999-2000. Northwestern also it’s a game you have to win, our energy went 0-18 in the Big Ten in 1990-91.

Northwestern led 48-18 at halftime.

Scottie Lindsey’s dunk gave the Wildcats an 84-43 lead, their largest of the game.

Corey Sanders served the final game of a four-game suspension, making the Scarlet Knights huge underdogs again.

Sanders is the team’s leading scorer at 18.4 points a game.

CONSPIRACY?

McIntosh came close to the Northwestern single-game assists record Saturday. Current Northwestern assistant coach Pat Baldwin holds the record at 14, set in 1992.

“I had my eyes set on something and I didn’t get it done,” McIntosh said, smiling. “[Baldwin] told me he wanted me to break it, but I don’t know. I came out pretty quick. I got to 13 and they gave me one possession, we throw an alley-oop dunk and I was out, so we’ll have to go back to the film on that one.”

UP NEXT Rutgers: Hosts Michigan State on Wednesday.

Northwestern: Visits Penn State on

Thursday.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: MIDWEST ROUNDUP

Hammons leads No. 20 Purdue over No. 10 Maryland The ASSOCIATED PRESS

NIU downs Western Michigan

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A.J. Hammons scored 19 points to lead five Purdue players in double figures, and the 20th-ranked Boilermakers held on for an 83-79 victory over No. 10 Maryland on Saturday.

Sophomore guard Dakota Mathias added a career-best 17 points for Purdue (22-7, 10-6 Big Ten), Rapheal Davis and Vince Edwards each scored 11 and Caleb Swanigan had 10 in Purdue’s second victory over a Top 10 opponent in 18 days.

The Boilermakers defeated No. 6 Michigan State on Feb. 9. It also is Purdue’s school record-tying 16th home victory this season.

Melo Trimble led the Terrapins (236, 11-5) with 19 points, Diamond Stone scored 18 and Jake Layman added 15.

DeKALB – Aaric Armstead scored 18 points, Marin Maric added 16, and Northern Illinois dominated Western Michigan on Saturday, 76-67.

Armstead made four 3-pointers, and Maric totaled six blocks for NIU (19-10, 8-8 Mid-American Conference West). Each player collected nine rebounds.

The Huskies raced to a 38-19 halftime lead, and they continued to pile on early in the second half, with Levi Bradley’s 3-pointer pushing the advantage to 27 with 11:47 remaining.

Thomas Wilder had 15 points for Western Michigan (11-18, 5-11).

At Tallahassee, Florida, Dwayne Bacon scored 21 points, and Florida State snapped a five-game losing streak with a victory over Notre Dame.

It was the freshman’s 11th game this season with 20 points or more as the Seminoles (17-12, 7-10 Atlantic Coast) led throughout. The losing streak was Florida State’s longest in nine seasons.

dropped two of three. Zach Auguste added 12 points and 17 rebounds.

Providence 87, DePaul 66: At Providence, Rhode Island, Ben Bentil scored 16 of his 28 points in the second half, and Providence got a much-needed win, pulling away from DePaul.

The Friars (20-9, 8-8 Big East) had lost two straight and five of six in their quest

– The Associated Press

Demetrius Jackson had 13 points

Florida St. 77, No. 23 Notre Dame 56: for Notre Dame (19-9, 10-6), which has

for a third consecutive 20-win season.

Eli Cain had four 3s and 22 points for the Blue Demons (9-19, 3-13,) and Darrick Wood had 10.

Wichita St. 74, Illinois St. 58: At Wichita, Kansas, Fred VanVleet and Anton Grady scored 16 points apiece, and Wichita State routed Illinois State for its fifthstraight win.

The Shockers (23-7, 16-2 Missouri Valley) entered having already clinched their third consecutive conference title, and snapped a two-game skid against Illinois State (18-13, 12-6).

DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell had 15 points, and MiKyle McIntosh added 14 to lead the Redbirds, who end their regular season tied with Evansville for second in the conference standings. The tie will be broken using Jim Sukup’s RPI Report on Sunday. The team with the better RPI will be the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.

S. Illinois 78, Missouri St. 68: At Carbondale, Anthony Beane scored 19 points, Leo Vincent added 17, and Southern Illinois rallied to beat Missouri State.

Trailing 33-30 at the break, SIU (229, 11-7 MVC) overtook the Bears late in the second half with a 12-0 run that included 3-pointers from Tyler Smith-

peters and Armon Fletcher to go up 6455 with 5:47 left and hung on the rest of the way.

Missouri State (12-18, 8-10) edged into the lead early in the first half and held it most of the game.

Drake 69, Loyola 59 (OT): At Des Moines, Iowa, Reed Timmer scored the first six points in overtime as Drake broke away to beat Loyola, wrapping up the regular season with its second conference win.

Timmer, who hit a 3-pointer to force the overtime at 48-48, ended the game with 17 points. Seven-foot freshman Dominik Olejniczak had a breakout game, scoring a career-best 19 points with nine rebounds and six blocked shots – also a career best. Drake (7-23, 2-16 MVC) is the 10th seed in the conference tournament.

Milton Doyle scored 20 points for Loyola (14-16, 7-11), which enters the tournament as the No. 8 seed and plays Bradley on Thursday in St. Louis.

Indiana St. 77, Bradley 58: At Terre Haute, Indiana, Devonte Brown had 24 points as Indiana State (14-16, 8-10 MVC) halted a six-game skid, beating Bradley in the regular-season finale.

Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye led Bradley (5-26, 3-15) with 19 points.

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SUNDAY

MONDAY

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WEDNESDAY at Detroit 7 p.m.

NBCSN AM-720

at Miami 6:30 p.m.

CSN AM-1000

CLASS 1A Third-place game Indian Creek 56, Seton Academy 50, OT Championship game Calhoun 60, Central A&M 56, OT

at Orlando 6 p.m.

CSN AM-1000

CLASS 2A Saturday Third-place game Camp Point Central co-op 67, St. Joseph 53 Championship game Byron 53, Teutopolis 44

ON TAP SUNDAY TV/Radio

NBA

Noon: NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, at Hampton, Ga., FOX

NHL

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

DRAG RACING

4 p.m.: NHRA, Carquest Auto Parts Nationals, finals, at Phoenix, FS1

GOLF

4 a.m.: European PGA Tour, Perth International, final round, at Perth, Australia (same-day tape), TGC Noon: PGA Tour, Honda Classic, final round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., TGC 2 p.m.: PGA Tour, Honda Classic, final round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., NBC

11:30 a.m.: Washington at Blackhawks, NBC, AM-720 5:30 p.m.: Tampa Bay at Boston, NBCSN 8 p.m.: Los Angeles at Anaheim, NBCSN

SOCCER

8:05 a.m.: Premier League, Arsenal at Manchester United, NBCSN 8:20 a.m.: Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach at Augsburg, FS2 10:30 a.m.: Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen at F.S.V. Mainz, FS2

FOLDS OF HONOR QUIKTRIP 500 LINEUP After Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Ga. Lap length: 1.54 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 191.582 mph.

2. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 190.13.

3. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 189.987.

4. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 189.961.

5. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 189.863.

6. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 189.779.

7. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 189.766.

8. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 189.681.

9. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 189.364.

10. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 188.591.

11. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 187.196.

12. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 190.385.

13. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 190.26.

14. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 190.182.

15. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 190.15.

16. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet,

HONDA CLASSIC Saturday At PGA National (Champions Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $6.1 million Yardage: 7,140; Par: 70 Third Round Sergio Garcia 65-69-67—201 -9 Adam Scott 70-65-66—201 -9 Blayne Barber 70-66-69—205 -5 Justin Thomas 69-69-68—206 -4 Rickie Fowler 66-66-74—206 -4 Graeme McDowell 71-69-67—207 -3 Vijay Singh 69-70-68—207 -3

WRESTLING DUAL TEAM STATE FINALS 2A Quarterfinals

CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL 49 STERLING 15 106: A Rodriguez (S) dec. Barth, 4-0 113: Montford (CLC) dec. Mendoza,

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB 41 16 .719 — 39 18 .684 2 35 25 .583 7½ 32 26 .552 9½ 32 27 .542 10 31 27 .534 10½ 30 27 .526 11 30 28 .517 11½ 30 29 .508 12 27 30 .474 14 25 32 .439 16 25 35 .417 17½ 24 35 .407 18 16 42 .276 25½ 8 50 .138 33½

d-Cleveland d-Toronto Boston d-Miami Atlanta Indiana Charlotte Bulls Detroit Washington Orlando New York Milwaukee Brooklyn Philadelphia

COLLEGE LACROSSE

11 a.m.: North Carolina at John Hopkins, ESPNU

BETTING ODDS

189.818.

17. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 189.144.

18. (14) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 189.138.

19. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 188.79.

20. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 188.719.

21. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 188.713.

22. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 188.636.

23. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 187.449.

24. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 189.39.

25. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 189.079.

26. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 189.041.

27. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 188.565.

28. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 188.028.

29. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 187.837.

30. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 187.392.

31. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 187.12.

32. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 185.903.

33. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 185.778.

34. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 185.617.

35. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 185.499.

36. (98) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 184.039.

37. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 183.82.

38. (32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 180.769.

39. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota.

Scott Brown Luke List John Senden Billy Horschel Gary Woodland Greg Owen Sam Saunders Bronson Burgoon Brooks Koepka Camilo Villegas Sean O’Hair Alex Cejka Jamie Donaldson David Lingmerth Tom Hoge Smylie Kaufman Shane Lowry Graham DeLaet

Monday Game 1: Huntley vs. Fremd, 7 p.m.

70-67-70—207 73-65-70—208 71-66-71—208 73-70-66—209 70-72-67—209 69-71-69—209 69-74-67—210 72-71-67—210 70-71-69—210 72-69-69—210 69-72-69—210 71-70-69—210 72-67-71—210 67-71-72—210 70-73-68—211 70-72-69—211 67-75-69—211 72-70-69—211

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PREGAME.COM FAVORITE Cleveland ATLANTA DETROIT INDIANA ORLANDO DALLAS NEW YORK

NBA Sunday LINE O/U UNDERDOG 5 (211) WASHINGTON 3½ (202) Charlotte OFF (OFF) Toronto 4½ (211½) Portland 10½ (211) Philadelphia 6½ (214) Minnesota 2½ (205) Miami

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Sunday LINE UNDERDOG 18½ Penn St 5½ Minnesota 1½ SETON HALL 9½ Houston 18½ Saint Louis 1½ PITTSBURGH 16½ St. John’s OFF Tulane 6 GREEN BAY 18 Ill.-Chicago 6 Michigan 1½ MEMPHIS 5½ Arizona St OFF Colorado St 12 Washington St 2 Virginia Tech 6½ SOUTHERN CAL 10 Washington

FAVORITE MICHIGAN ST ILLINOIS Xavier UCONN ST. JOSEPH’S Duke CREIGHTON SMU Valparaiso MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN Tulsa COLORADO NEVADA OREGON ST WAKE FOREST CALIFORNIA OREGON

National Hockey League Sunday LINE UNDERDOG -120 Washington -110 St. Louis OFF Florida -115 Tampa Bay -150 VANCOUVER OFF Los Angeles -145 EDMONTON

FAVORITE BLACKHAWKS CAROLINA MINNESOTA BOSTON San Jose ANAHEIM NY Islanders

106: Barth (CLC) by fft.

113: Ford-Melton (MC) pin Montford, 1:23 120: Washington (MC) pin Burns, 3:44 126: C Champagne (MC) pin Windisch, 2:23 132: Jones (MC) tech. fall Ernd, 23-8 (5:25) 138: Taylor (MC) pin L Petersen, 5:06 145: M Petersen (CLC) pin Orzel, 0:44 152: Carone (CLC) pin Beard, 1:23 160: J Champagne (MC) tech. fall L O’Donnell, 23-7 (4:20) 170: Norfleet (MC) tech fall. S O’Donnell, 25-9 (4:21) 182: Klausner (MC) maj. dec. Mora, 9-1 195: K O’Donnell (CLC) by fft.

220: Parks (CLC) by fft.

285: Vergara (CLC) dec. Robinson, 5-2 CLC -1 team point for unsportsmanlike conduct

CHICAGO MOUNT CARMEL 40 CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL 12 106: M Hoey (MC) dec. Barth, 5-2 113: Egan (MC) dec. Monford, 8-1 120: Burns (CLC) dec. Devine, 7-0 126: Thomas (MC) pin Windisch, 1:19 132: Coleman (MC) maj. dec. Ernd, 16-5 138: L Petersen (CLC) dec. Malay, 8-4 145: M Petersen (CLC) pin Reilly, 1:32 152: D Hoey (MC) dec. Carone, 8-1 160: Lopez (MC) maj. dec. L O’Donnell, 23-9 170: Riojas (MC) maj. dec. S O’Donnell, 14-5 182: Drozd (MC) maj. dec. Mora, 9-1 195: Worker (MC) dec. Parks, 5-2 220: Ortiz (MC) dec. K O’Donnell, 7-4 285: Reyes (MC) dec. Vergara, 5-1

BOYS SWIMMING STATE FINALS Local results Championship finals 50 free: 1. Payton Woods (Champaign Central) 20.94, 2. Sam Neaveill (Notre Dame) 20.97, 3. Sam Dumford (Downers Grove South) 20.98, 4. Kevin Braun (McHenry) 21.05.

100 free: 1. Joe Myhre (St. Charles North) 44.92, 2. Sam Neaveill (Notre Dame) 45.50, 3. Andrew Loy (Normal West) 45.74, 4. Kevin Braun (McHenry) 46.24.

Consolation finals 200 free: 7. Reilly Shields (St. Ignatius) 1:41.04, 8. Cooper Langanis (Cary-Grove) 1:42.95, 9. Aidan Farley (Sandburg) 1:42.97.

BASKETBALL

Noon: Georgia at Tennessee, ESPN2 1 p.m.: Michigan at Rutgers, BTN 1 p.m.: LSU at South Carolina, ESPNU 1 p.m.: Vanderbilt at Missouri, SECN 2 p.m.: Miami at Florida St., ESPN2 2 p.m.: Creighton at St. John’s, FS2 2 p.m.: Penn at Columbia, CSN+ 3 p.m.: Northwestern at Nebraska, BTN 3 p.m.: Kentucky at Texas A&M, ESPN 3 p.m.: Mississippi at Arkansas, SECN 4 p.m.: Minnesota at Maryland, ESPN2 4 p.m.: Fordham at Dayton, CSN+

GOLF PGA TOUR

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AUTO RACING SPRINT CUP

Monday Game 1: Johnsburg vs. North Lawndale Charter, 7 p.m.

MARIAN CATHOLIC 43 CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL 32

2A third-place dual

LINE +110 +100 OFF +105 +140 OFF +135

Home teams in CAPS Updated odds available at Pregame.com

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct d-Golden State 53 5 .914 d-San Antonio 50 9 .847 d-Oklahoma City 41 18 .695 L.A. Clippers 38 20 .655 Memphis 34 23 .596 Dallas 31 28 .525 Portland 31 28 .525 Houston 29 30 .492 Utah 28 29 .491 Sacramento 24 33 .421 New Orleans 23 35 .397 Denver 23 36 .390 Minnesota 19 40 .322 Phoenix 14 44 .241 L.A. Lakers 11 49 .183 d-division leader

GB — 3½ 12½ 15 18½ 22½ 22½ 24½ 24½ 28½ 30 30½ 34½ 39 43

Saturday’s Games Portland 103, Bulls 95 Boston 101, Miami 89 Minnesota 112, New Orleans 110 San Antonio 104, Houston 94 Detroit 102, Milwaukee 91 Golden State 121, Oklahoma City 118, OT Brooklyn at Utah (n) Memphis at Phoenix (n) Sunday’s Games Cleveland at Washington, noon Charlotte at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.

Portland at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Miami at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Indiana at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 6 p.m.

Utah at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Denver, 8 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

TRAIL BLAZERS 103, BULLS 95 PORTLAND (103) Aminu 1-3 0-0 2, Vonleh 2-4 0-1 5, Plumlee 3-5 10-13 16, Lillard 12-26 7-7 31, McCollum 1-12 4-4 6, Crabbe 5-10 0-0 11, Leonard 3-5 0-0 8, Henderson 6-13 0-0 13, Davis 4-6 1-2 9, Harkless 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 38-87 22-27 103.

CHICAGO (95) Dunleavy 5-12 1-1 13, Gibson 3-5 1-1 7, Gasol 9-16 4-5 22, Moore 9-22 0-0 19, Snell 0-5 0-0 0, McDermott 6-14 4-5 18, Portis 5-12 0-0 10, Holiday 0-1 0-0 0, Felicio 0-0 0-0 0, Brooks 2-7 0-0 6. Totals 39-94 10-12 95.

Portland Chicago

21 30 28 24 —103 21 20 32 22 — 95

3-Point Goals–Portland 5-21 (Leonard 2-3, Vonleh 1-1, Henderson 1-2, Crabbe 1-3, Aminu 0-1, Harkless 0-2, Lillard 0-4, McCollum 0-5), Chicago 7-22 (Brooks 2-3, McDermott 2-5, Dunleavy 2-7, Moore 1-3, Holiday 0-1, Portis 0-1, Snell 0-2).

Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Portland 58 (Plumlee, Davis 9), Chicago 53 (Gasol, Portis 16). Assists–Portland 20 (McCollum 7), Chicago 33 (Gasol 14).

Total Fouls–Portland 17, Chicago 21.

A–21,962 (20,917).

MEN’S COLLEGE TOP 25 SCHEDULE Saturday’s Games No. 1 Villanova 89, Marquette 79

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No. 2 Kansas 67, Texas Tech 58 No. 25 Texas 76, No. 3 Oklahoma 63 No. 3 Virginia 79, No. 7 North Carolina

No. 22 Utah 70, No. 9 Arizona 64 No. 20 Purdue 83, No. 10 Maryland 79 No. 12 Miami 73, No. 11 Louisville 65 No. 14 West Virginia 70, Oklahoma State 56 Vanderbilt 74, No. 16 Kentucky 62 No. 17 Iowa State 80, Kansas State 61 No. 19 Baylor 86, TCU 71 No. 21 Texas A&M 84, Missouri 69 Florida State 77, No. 23 Notre Dame 56 Sunday’s Games No. 5 Xavier at Seton Hall, 11:30 a.m.

No. 6 Michigan State vs. Penn State, 11 a.m.

No. 8 Iowa at Ohio State, 3 p.m.

No. 13 Oregon vs. Washington, 7:30 p.m.

No. 15 Duke at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

No. 24 SMU vs. Tulane, 2 p.m.

Other scores MIDWEST Ball St. 115, E. Michigan 79 Cent. Michigan 76, Toledo 74 Drake 69, Loyola of Chicago 59, OT IUPUI 80, IPFW 77 Indiana St. 77, Bradley 58 Iowa St. 80, Kansas St. 61 Kansas 67, Texas Tech 58 Miami (Ohio) 74, Kent St. 65 N. Illinois 76, W. Michigan 67 N. Iowa 54, Evansville 52 New Mexico St. 62, UMKC 61 North Dakota 97, Sacramento St. 71 Northwestern 98, Rutgers 59 Ohio 103, Buffalo 96, OT Purdue 83, Maryland 79 Providence 87, DePaul 66< Rhode Island 75, Dayton 66 S. Dakota St. 73, Oral Roberts 65 S. Illinois 78, Missouri St. 68 Texas A&M 84, Missouri 69 Villanova 89, Marquette 79 W. Illinois 90, South Dakota 76 Wichita St. 74, Illinois St. 58 Wright St. 55, Cleveland St. 51 Youngstown St. 94, N. Kentucky 75

HOCKEY NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Dallas 63 38 19 6 82 204 Blackhawks 63 38 20 5 81 177 St. Louis 64 35 20 9 79 157 Nashville 63 31 21 11 73 167 Colorado 64 32 28 4 68 172 Minnesota 62 27 25 10 64 161 Winnipeg 61 26 31 4 56 159 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Los Angeles 60 36 20 4 76 161 Anaheim 60 33 19 8 74 149 San Jose 60 32 22 6 70 178 Vancouver 60 24 24 12 60 147 Arizona 62 27 29 6 60 168 Calgary 60 26 30 4 56 162 Edmonton 63 22 34 7 51 153

GA 181 151 157 158 181 158 183 GA 139 142 164 171 192 184 192

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Florida 61 35 18 8 78 170 Tampa Bay 61 35 22 4 74 169 Boston 62 34 22 6 74 194 Detroit 62 31 20 11 73 158 Montreal 62 30 27 5 65 171 Ottawa 62 29 27 6 64 179 Buffalo 62 25 30 7 57 147 Toronto 60 21 29 10 52 146 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Washington 60 45 11 4 94 200 N.Y. Rangers 62 36 20 6 78 178 N.Y. Islanders 59 33 19 7 73 170 Pittsburgh 60 31 21 8 70 159 Philadelphia 61 28 22 11 67 152 New Jersey 63 30 26 7 67 139 Carolina 63 28 25 10 66 153 Columbus 63 26 29 8 60 166

GA 143 149 171 161 169 192 168 180 GA 139 158 146 157 165 153 168 194

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

Saturday’s Games Columbus 4, Florida 3, SO Philadelphia 4, Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 4, Winnipeg 1 Nashville 5, St. Louis 0 N.Y. Rangers 3, Dallas 2 Montreal 4, Toronto 1 Detroit 5, Colorado 3 Ottawa at Calgary (n) Buffalo at Los Angeles (n) Sunday’s Games Washington at Blackhawks, 11:30 a.m.

St. Louis at Carolina, 2 p.m.

Florida at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

San Jose at Vancouver, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.

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Braun makes McHenry history Senior takes 4th in 2 events; C-G’s Langanis climbs to 8th in 200 free

By MIKE DeFABO

mdefabo@shawmedia.com EVANSTON – McHenry senior swimmer Kevin Braun strives for perfection. It’s what pulled him to short-distance events, where breathing is a luxury and fractions of seconds decide champions.

“Everything has to be perfect,” Braun said. “If you mess up one thing, there goes your whole race.”

At the IHSA boys swimming and diving state finals Saturday at Evanston High School, Braun swam to fourth in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.24 seconds and fourth in the 50 freestyle with a 21.05. He ended his career on top, with a pair of medals and a trip to the state meet.

“Everyone here was awesome,” Braun said. “There were a lot of fast swimmers here.”

Braun also made history with his results. The best previous finish by a McHenry boys swimmer at state was seventh in the 200 individual medley by Ryan Shanahan in 1991.

Still, for an athlete who relentlessly pursues perfection, Braun admitted he wasn’t completely satisfied with the result in the 50 freestyle. Friday, he swam a 20.71 in the event, the fastest time of his life, to earn the top qualifying spot. But he credited a slow start for partially allowing Champaign Central’s Payton Woods to take first place in the finals with a 20.94, just 0.11 seconds faster than Braun’s time in the finals.

“I would have liked to do better in the 50,” Braun said. “My start was horrendous. I probably would have gotten it if I had a better start, but, oh well, what can you do about it?”

Cary-Grove co-op’s Cooper Langanis also finished his high school career with a medal around his neck. The senior raced to second in the consolation finals of the 200 freestyle to finish eighth overall with a time of 1:42.95.

Langanis swam the 200 freestyle in 1:42.78 in Friday’s preliminaries, 11th best overall. But with a strong final race to end his senior season and his career, he moved up to eighth.

“I wasn’t really expecting much,”

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ABOVE: McHenry’s Kevin Braun reacts to his finish in the 50-yard freestyle during the IHSA boys swimming and diving state meet Saturday at Evanston High School. Braun finished fourth in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle. BELOW: Cary-Grove co-op’s Cooper Langanis competes in the 200 freestyle. Langanis finished second in the consolation finals to place eighth overall.

Local results at state 50-yard freestyle: Kevin Braun, McHenry, 21.05, fourth 100-yard freestyle: Braun, 46.24, fourth 200-yard freestyle: Cooper Langanis, Cary-Grove co-op, 1:43.95, eighth Langanis said. “I was seeded second to last, so moving up three spots was a pretty big gain for me. I was just happy to finish off the last race of my high school career with a good finish.”

Langanis got his start in swimming through triathlons. The 800-yard open-water swims were initially his weakest of the three links. Over the years, he evolved into a swimmer and then began honing his speed in middle distances.

“I wish I would have made a finals, but I can’t really ask for much more,” Langanis said. “I had a great race and a great time here. I’m glad I can be happy with my overall performance.”

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A monkey walked into a bar – no, seriously!

A monkey walked into a bar in Brazil.

No, seriously. That’s not the start of a bad joke. It’s the start of an actual story in the news last weekend – one that just cries out for bad jokes to be told about it.

In case you missed the story about the bar-hopping capuchin, here it is: After wandering through the bar and finishing off the half-empty rum drinks patrons had left on the tables, the pickled monkey slipped into the kitchen, where he got his mitts on a carving knife as long as a Hobbit’s sword.

If you don’t believe me, Google it.

There’s even a video.

The news story doesn’t explain why nobody seemed to notice the monkey until he pulled a knife. I’ve never been to a bar in Brazil, so I can’t say whether a drunken monkey would stand out.

But I’ve been to plenty of bars here in the States, so I’m willing to give the bar security staff the benefit of the doubt.

Then, armed with a knife and perhaps fearing he would be asked to pay the tab for the dregs he had downed, the monkey “began chasing the men in the establishment,” according to local fire Lt. Col. Saul Laurentino.

But he left the women alone. Because, I guess – (bad mixed menagerie metaphor alert!) – that drunk-as-askunk monkey wanted to be top dog among the lounge lizards weaving their web for hot-to-trot salsa chicks.

(Hey, I warned you it was coming.)

Someone called the fire department – probably one of the Brazilian cops who had been chased out of the bar by the slasher-monkey. Cops have gotten a bad enough rap lately. They don’t need a viral video of one of them punching out a monkey.

When the firefighters got there

they found the monkey up on the roof, stabbing the shingles for reasons only a drunken monkey could explain. The firefighters talked the monkey down, disarmed him, then released him on his own recognizance back into the wild, figuring, I guess, it was really the shingles that set him off. The men in the bar probably were mistaken in thinking he was targeting them. Besides, the women had no beef with him. What woman could resist a primate willing to slash the competition over her?

But once free, the sloshed monkey continued his reign of terror by behaving aggressively toward local onlookers living nearby, screeching something that probably translated: “Who you lookin’ at? I am not an animal!”

In the aftermath, local authorities now are debating whether it was a mistake to let the monkey walk, or whether it should have been incarcerated permanently. Whoever made the call to spring the angry alky-ape is likely to get chimp-smacked into unemployment.

For now, that’s the end of the story.

But if history is any guide, the controversy has just begun.

Some surely will argue if the legislature had banned knives long ago, the story wouldn’t have amounted to anything more than a drunken, smelly, flea-ridden primate making a scene before being bounced from a bar. In other words: A typical Friday night.

At the same time, the NKA (National Knife Association) is sure to step up and say, “This never would have happened if every man in that bar had his own knife. Because the only thing that can stop a bad monkey with a knife is a good monkey with a knife.”

Knife sales will spike. Some will even be bought by humans – though the laws won’t require they prove it.

Teetotalers will rise up and demand that a new warning label be attached to all bottles of liquor: “The Surgeon General has determined that drinking alcohol increases your chances of being shanked by a simian.”

Liquor sales will spike.

Bar owners will challenge the teetotalers, claiming none of this would have happened if patrons only had finished their drinks instead of leaving them half-drunk on the table tops for monkeys to guzzle. Drinking alcohol isn’t the problem, they will argue – it’s not drinking your alcohol all the way to the bottom of the glass. They will offer happy-hour safety specials: a free fill-up for every empty glass returned to the bar.

Bars will be jammed to maximum capacity, leaving no room for even a single thirsty monkey to squeeze in.

Local politicians will campaign on the promise to build a monkey-proof wall around every bar in Brazil – and to make the monkeys pay for it.

Jane Goodall will issue a statement in response: “We should be building monkey-bridges, not monkey-walls.”

Before the end of the year, the blockbuster movie “Mad Monk” will be released, featuring Danny Devito in the starring role, with Seth Rogen playing him in his younger years. It will nab top honors at the Academy Awards despite protests from animal-rights groups that one of those actors is actually a human.

Kanye West will boycott the awards, tweeting a hashtag-laden statement that wouldn’t make sense even to a drunken monkey.

• Tom “T. R.” Kerth is a Sun City resident and retired English teacher from Park Ridge. He is the author of the book “Revenge of the Sardines.” He can be reached at trkerth@yahoo.com.

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Kondo is back with more tidying advice in new book

By KATHERINE ROTH The Associated Press

NEW YORK – Marie Kondo is back.

Author of the international bestseller “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” (Ten Speed Press, 2014), Kondo became famous for advising readers how to transform their lives by sifting through their belongings one by one, embracing those that “spark joy” and bidding a fond but hasty farewell to the rest.

Her new book, “Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up” (Ten Speed), provides illustrations and more detail.

“After I published my first book, a lot of readers came with a lot of questions,” the petite, soft-spoken Kondo said, in Japanese, after a presentation to a packed auditorium at the Japan Society in New York.

Kondo still is communing lovingly with socks and blouses, folding clothes like origami and bowing in gratitude to her home. She also has a fresh perspective as a new mother.

“My daughter is only 6 months old, so my method hasn’t changed ... She cannot make a mess yet. What has surprised me most is the amount of stuff a baby needs,” Kondo said, sitting primly at the edge of her seat in an impeccable white top over a pale blue print dress.

“Once she gets older, I’m sure there will be a little bit of adjustment.”

With an understated sense of humor, she notes in her new book one of the people with whom she has had to share her storage methods is her new husband.

“I am learning that unspoken family rules differ from one household to another, and that storage methods I had assumed were obvious need to be properly shared and explained,” she writes.

Kondo’s earlier book had no illustrations; “Spark Joy” is full of her charming, child-like drawings of everything from organized kitchen cupboards, to folding techniques for clothes ranging from underwear to frilly blouse.

“It is very important that you know how to fold clothes in the correct way,” she informed the crowd at the Japan Society, before daintily approaching a demonstration table where a small pile of unfolded clothing awaited. For one thing, “make sure you put a lot of love through your palms,” she said.

The audience – die-hard fans and those new to her KonMari Method – applauded as Kondo quickly folded one item after another into a tiny cube, balanced each on edge to show how tightly

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CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Marie Kondo is the author of the international best-seller, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” Her latest book, “Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up” provides more details and illustrations, such as the image above of items neatly folded in a drawer. wound it was, then tucked them neatly into what resembled a lidless shoe box.

“Wow, that’s so cool. How did she do that?” a man in the second row whispered to his neighbor.

Kondo suggests setting the boxes of origami-esque parcels in drawers so each is a joy-provoking bento of delights.

What about those pesky possessions that fail to spark joy yet are undeniably useful? Well, functionality can be beautiful too.

“After discarding a hammer because the handle was worn out, I used my frying pan to pound in any nails,” Kondo writes. But after she threw out a screwdriver, “I tried using a ruler to tighten a loose screw, but it snapped down the middle. This almost reduced me to tears as it was one I really liked.”

“All these incidents stemmed from youthful inexperience and thoughtless-

ness,” she continues. Things that make life simpler, “the recognition that a possession is useful in our lives – these, too, indicate joy.”

“Spark Joy” includes advice on moving, packing and decorating with tiny, cheerful knickknacks (this is smileinducing minimalism).

She even gives a nod to those who don’t thrill to tidying up. Kondo admitted to her New York audience she regrets some of her earlier zeal in discarding her family’s belongings.

Or, as she says in the new book, “Only when we accept unconditionally people whose values differ from our own can we really say that we have finished tidying.”

That said, her tidying empire is gaining ground. Kondo’s books have been translated into numerous languages, her speaking engagements draw crowds and her waitlist for clients is more than

three months long.

She recently published a blank journal, “Life-Changing Magic” (Ten Speed), to help readers “spark joy every day”; she founded the Japan Joy-Sparking Tidying-Up Association; she has a fan club with two levels of membership fees; and she offers courses in Japan in tidying up and becoming a tidying consultant.

In the United States, she has an app coming out this spring that “features a checklist of tidying, and also shows your progress in tidying.” And she is preparing to open a U.S. branch of her consultancy.

Proper tidying up, she happily announced to the rapt audience, brings sense of joy that can spread from household to household, country to country.

“I believe my method will lead to world peace in the end,” she said.

Or at least a lot of astoundingly wellfolded socks.

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The art of the Kitchen Sink

Colonial Cafe’s six-scoop dessert turns 40 this year; restaurant chain turns 115

By ASHLEY SLOBODA

asloboda@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – Since he began scooping ice cream at his family’s business as a teen, Clinton Anderson has crafted hundreds of Kitchen Sinks – Colonial Cafe’s six-scoop ice cream dessert that comes with its own bumper sticker.

Although the ingredient list is straightforward – including two bananas, three toppings plus whipped cream, toasted almonds and a cherry – creating the sundae is a different matter.

“There is an art to creating the Kitchen Sink,” Clinton Anderson said, pointing to “a lot of detail.”

In a year that Colonial Cafe is celebrating its 115th anniversary, the Kitchen Sink is getting attention, too, as it is marking 40 years on the menu.

Former company president Tom S. Anderson – who now goes by the title of director of scoopin’ fun – said the confection was inspired by a dessert he encountered at an ice cream shop in Utah.

Measuring from the bottom of the custom-made stand to the top of the cherry, the concoction stands 15 inches tall. The sundae itself measures about 7 inches high and about 8 inches wide at its base.

As Tom S. Anderson described it, the sundae is large enough for one hungry person or big enough to be enjoyed by many more, such as by families and teams.

“The Kitchen Sink has been a lot of fun for Colonial guests,” he said.

A lot, indeed. On average, Colonial Cafe – which has seven locations, including two in St. Charles, one in Crystal Lake and one in Algonquin – sells about 7,000 Kitchen Sinks a year, according to the company.

For the Perez family recently, the $14.99 dessert was part of a birthday celebration for son Fernando Perez Jr. The family, who gathered around a booth at the restaurant’s Randall Road location in St. Charles, described it as a treat.

Those who eat a Kitchen Sink receive a bumper sticker proclaiming their accomplishment. Tom S. Anderson said he has seen the sticker on cars in Chicago, as well as one car bearing 10. He said he has yet to find the sticker on a vehicle out of state.

“I’m looking,” he said.

In 2012, the Kitchen Sink began grabbing attention in traffic in another way: in the form of a larger-than-life, fiberglass replica mounted to the bed of a truck. In addition to visiting the res-

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ABOVE: Server Tyler Woll delivers a Colonial Kitchen Sink to Fernando Perez Jr., 12, Jaimelith Perez and Fernando Perez Sr. at the Colonial Cafe in St. Charles in honor of Fernando Jr.’s birthday. The delicacy is celebrating its 40th year. BELOW: Clinton Anderson, president of Colonial Cafe and Ice Cream, makes a Colonial Kitchen Sink with six scoops of ice cream, two bananas, chocolate, strawberries, pineapple, whipped cream and chopped nuts.

Know more Colonial Cafe’s Kitchen Sink dessert was added to the menu 40 years ago. Although patrons can customize their sundae, the standard ingredient list is as follows: n Two bananas n Two scoops each of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream n Three toppings (chocolate, pineapple and strawberry) n Whipped cream n Toasted almonds n One cherry taurant sites, the Kitchen Sink Truck also participates in community events, such as parades.

“I think it makes a statement going down the road,” Tom S. Anderson said.

As Clinton Anderson – now Colonial Cafe’s president – finished making a Kitchen Sink on a recent afternoon, his father and others prepared to dig into the carefully crafted dessert.

“He hasn’t lost his touch,” Tom S.

“I think it makes a statement going down the road.”

Tom S. Anderson

Former Colonial Cafe president on the Kitchen Sink Truck, which features a fiberglass replica of the Kitchen Sink mounted on the bed of the truck.

By LEANNE ITALIE The Associated Press

Leap Year is more than just a quirky thing that happens to newborns on the occasional 29th of February.

The extra day that rolls around every four years, including 2016, includes a world of lore related to women – gasp! – popping the marriage question to men.

Here’s a look at that magical mark on the calendar as it relates to love and marriage, courtesy of Monmouth University historian Katherine Parkin, who has researched the topic.

Glittering mockery

The year was 1904 when syndicated columnist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, aka Dorothy Dix, summed up the Leap Day proposal tradition this way: “Of course people will say ... that a woman’s leap year prerogative, like most of her liberties, is merely a glittering mockery.”

Parkin said this pre-Sadie Hawkins tradition, however serious or tongue-incheek, could have empowered women, but merely perpetuated stereotypes. The proposals were to happen via postcard, but many such cards turned the tables and poked mean fun at women instead.

The end result? Leap Year, according to Parkin, served to reinforce traditional gender roles.

The marketing

Advertising perpetuated the marriage games in Leap Years. Parkin, in a 2012 paper in the Journal of Family History, offered one solid example.

A 1916 ad by the American Industrial Bank and Trust Co. read thusly: “This being Leap Year day, we suggest to every girl that she propose to her father to open a savings account in her name in our own bank.”

That, Parkin said, further undercuts the idea that Leap Year somehow offered a breath of independence.

Baseball Digest took to running

articles showing off bachelor players during some Leap Years in the 1950s and ’60s, listing them by hair and eye color, religion and whether they batted left or right.

“They were trying to persuade women they were a good catch,” Parkin said.

Origins of leap proposals

There’s a distant European past.

One story places it in fifth century Ireland, with St. Bridget appealing to St. Patrick to offer women the chance to ask men to marry them, Parkin wrote.

Another tale is focused on Queen Margaret of Scotland and a law she supposedly passed in 1228 ordering a man reluctant to accept a woman’s proposal to pay a fine or present her with a silk gown to make up for his bad attitude.

“I think that’s all pretend,” Parker said.

Nobody really knows where it all began.

“We know that (cartoonist) Al Capp started Sadie Hawkins. We can see that history unfold. This is more anomalous than that,” she said.

As for the existence of Leap Year itself, history has it that in 46 BCE, Julius Caesar came up with the adjustment to ensure the seasons remain aligned with the calendar. Further adjustments were needed when the Gregorian calendar came along.

Leap Year parties

By the 1780s, there were Leap Year parties that allowed girls to ask boys for a dance – but on just the one night.

Ellen Tucker Emerson described the experience in an 1860 letter to her dad, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

She said a promenade was held after the dancing with the boys leaning on the girls’ arms and being fanned.

“It was very funny, and they all had a rousing time,” she concluded.

One elite Leap Year party was held in New York City every four years,

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starting in 1924 through 1968. It was one of the most prominent, held at times at the Ritz-Carlton, and was skipped just one time in that period, during World War II. The women outnumbered the men. There was a stag line, and women were allowed to cut in on dances.

The postcards

Based on a longstanding Valentine’s Day tradition of “using the mail to court and shame,” penny postcard makers produced Leap Year cards in the early 20th century, Parkin said. Most used humor to “dissuade women from actually exercising their prerogative to propose.”

Guns were common in the imagery as early as 1904, depicting women using them and other weapons such as bows and arrows, lassos and nets to snare men. The other tool depicted on the cards was money, with women holding bags of it to set their marriage traps.

Dix returned often to Leap Year issues throughout her nearly 50-year career, urging women to give up the idea of proposing by letter or postcard.

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She counseled them to come right out with it in person.

Though Leap Year was filled with biting humor, marriage was no joke to Dix. She had been pressured into marriage by her family and found herself supporting them both due to her mate’s mental illness and inability to keep a job. In 1928, she wrote: “The right to pop the question is the only right that men have now that women do not possess. They have the same right that men have to vote, to own property, to attend institutions of higher learning, to follow any business or professional career for which they have the brains and a hankering.”

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Leap Year has a rich history – in marriage proposals

Leaping dogs take the meaning of Leap Year to new level

By SUE MANNING The Associated Press

Shayna, a Labrador retriever in Holiday, Florida, had taken the same leap several times and had fun swimming. So she got a running start and sailed over the canal wall, only to learn it was low tide and she was going to end up on a bed of sharp oyster shells.

“She was cut up pretty bad,” her owner, Judi Dunn, said. “I had to coach her to swim over to a dock where we had a floating doggy platform. She had to go about 70 feet.”

Shayna, who now is 6, looks at Dunn for permission before she takes off these days – everywhere except the family swimming pool.

In honor of Leap Year, the Associated Press looked at a few dogs that had taken big leaps and survived.

Nationwide Insurance is the largest pet insurer in the United States with more than 550,000 covered animals, and insures all four dogs.

Since last Leap Year, Feb. 29, 2012, there have been 107,502 claims submitted for soft tissue trauma, said Dr. Carol McConnell, Nationwide’s vice president and chief veterinarian medical officer. Cuts and bruises are the most common injury related to leaping

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This 2014 photo provided by Judi Dunn shows her Labrador retriever Shayna jumping into the family pool at their home in Holiday, Fla. accidents, she said.

Sprains come next, with 20,006 claims over the past four years for an average of $183 per pet; 46,386 back problems or slipped vertebral discs with claims averaging $1,133, and 6,335 broken legs averaging $1,792 a claim.

Paige Allford of San Diego, Cali-

fornia, said her Lab, Henry, in his excitement, overshot a reunion with his neighbor and launched off a twostory balcony, landing on a car. Despite the 20-foot fall, Henry’s injuries were limited to a broken toenail.

“Henry is a very popular neighborhood dog. One gal came to take him for a walk. She was holding out her hands.

She thinks Henry is running to her and he runs right past her into ‘Nowhereville.’ Luckily, he landed on a roof,” Allford said.

Eero (AIR’-oh), a Husky from Lawrence Township, New Jersey, was on the way to the dog park with owner Chelsea Brandt when the dog squeezed through a side window and tumbled out of the car. He was 8 months old and about 65 pounds.

“Something caught my eye in the rear view mirror. I saw him fall out.

There was a high-pitched squeal from him. I slowed the car down. We were under 35 mph but there was another car behind me. When I pulled over, he was in the road, standing up. I scooped him up, put him in the back of the car and immediately called the vet,” she said.

There were no broken bones but a lot of skin lesions, she said. “It took him a few weeks to recover. He is a big,

healthy 2-year-old now.”

Eero doesn’t do anything different these days, but Brandt does. “I definitely keep my distance if I see a whole dog hanging out the window. If it’s just a little of his head, I don’t worry about it that much.” She also keeps her windows rolled up tighter in her own car.

Heidi Elizabeth is a cocker Spaniel from Cumberland, Rhode Island, and was headed for the sofa in front of a second-story picture window where she always watches her owners when they leave the house. She misjudged her leap though and crashed through the window, landing right in front of owner Monique Johnson. The window screen hit Johnson on the head but she wasn’t hurt.

Heidi was a little sore, but made a full recovery.

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Addict’s behavior tough to understand I can’t tell you how many family members and friends have pleaded with me to explain why their friend or spouse has continued to drink or use drugs in the face of overwhelming reasons not to.

It clearly looks like stupidity, irresponsibility, reckless self-centeredness or just plain insanity.

My answer is almost always the same.

Salmon swim upstream to reproduce. They don’t stop to discuss it or make decisions as to whether it would be easier to breed downstream. Alcoholics drink, and drug addicts use drugs. It’s what they do. It’s their default setting. To stay sober is miraculous and against the grain.

Those that use again after a period of sobriety or have trouble staying stopped in the first place are not stupid or irresponsible, although their behavior, as a result of their illness, would make it appear

so. They are not drinking to get even or to hurt someone, nor are they intentionally being reckless, although that may be the appearance and the result.

If you ask the alcoholic why he or she drank or used again they may tell you any of the above reasons or they more than likely will shrug after struggling to explain and say they don’t know.

The “I don’t know” answer would be the most accurate and the most honest, although the least satisfactory to those affected by the behavior.

The reason is actually they are powerless over their substance of choice, even if they are unaware themselves of that condition.

Powerlessness is the hallmark symptom of addiction, and it can take many forms. It also is protected by a shield of rationalization and denial that, to the outsider, looks clearly logically unsound, but, to the sufferer, prevents them uncon-

sciously from seeing the truth.

“Irene” stopped drinking, but secretly continued to misuse “diet pills” – prescription amphetamines – until her behavior became so erratic and her sleepless red eyed rants drove her husband out of the house.

Her behavior looked “bi-polar,” and her reasoning – for “energy and staying slim” – irrational, but it made perfect sense to her until she ended up in the hospital.

“Don” had been in and out of sobriety for 10 years; the longest period of sobriety about a year.

His family alienated, job on the line, everything to lose, he drank again after a three-month run of sobriety.

Depressed and almost out of hope, he had given up trying to explain himself anymore.

“Don” vaguely could see the insanity through the fog of self-pity, but got lost in the fog again.

Gem Talk – Diamond Color Grading

The illogical nature of addictive behavior makes those around the user feel crazy, confused, angry and victimized, just to name a choice few of the associated feelings. They suffer the same feelings as the addicted person, only without the substance to numb the pain.

These folks need to be reminded they didn’t cause it, they can’t control it and they can’t cure it.

They also need to be reminded addicts need to experience their own consequences, but also the compassion any person with a treatable illness deserves. They also need to be reminded addiction is treatable and many do recover.

• Rick Atwater is a licensed clinical professional counselor. He hosts the weekly radio show Straight Stuff on Addictions at recoveryinternetradio.com. He can reached by email at rickatwater@northwestcommunitycounseling.com.

Gem Talk

When you purchase a diamond there are 4 important qualities that you need to know about it. Often referred to as the 4 C’s, they include Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat Weight. Today’s Gem Talk will focus on the color grade scale.

The color grade for a diamond in the normal color range, not a fancy, is based on a scale that ranges from D to Z. With the letter D representing colorless, the scale progressively increases in color all the way down to the letter Z. This is a pretty straightforward scale, and once trained properly, most gemologists can consistently grade the color of a diamond. But I’ve always wondered how this scale was developed and why does it start with the letter D versus the letter A? The world’s first diamond color grading system dates back to 6th century India. The system was based on the country’s ancient caste structure. Members of different status levels were only permitted to wear certain color diamonds. Essentially making diamonds a badge of rank. The priests and rulers, Brahmins, were allowed to own diamonds that were “whitest of the conch, of the lotus, or of the rock crystal” (colorless). The landowners and warriors were allowed to wear “the brown color of the eye of the hare.” The merchants were granted access to only diamonds that were the “pretty nuance of a petal of a kadl” (yellow). And the lowest class citizens were only allowed to wear diamonds with “the sheen of a burnished sword” (black and grey). Thankfully, our current color grading system is a tad bit more standardized than comparing the diamonds to conch’s, rabbit’s eyes and swords. And now the only restrictions to owning any color diamond are based on availability and affordability.

The GIA grading scale, which is the one that I use when grading stones, starts with the letter D instead of an A because it needed to be unique and not get confused with other “inferior” grading scales that were developed. There had already been a scale created using the terms “A”, “AA”, “AAA” to describe color so rather than be confusing to the industry, the scale was started with the letter D. If you’d like to learn more about the color grading scale visit the Gem Talk blog at www.gemtalk.org for photos and in-depth descriptions of the color scale.

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visit Elgin pet adoption event THE NORTHWEST HERALD Anderson Animal Shelter in Elgin is hosting a free family event March 5 featuring Tom Watson, the author and original illustrator of the popular “Stick Dog” book series.

Watson is scheduled to give an interactive presentation, and adoptable dogs and pet vendors will be on hand at 1 p.m. March 5 at The Einstein Academy, 747 Davis Road, Elgin.

Watson’s presentation and a drawing lesson will begin at 2 p.m.

The event is designed to benefit adoptable dogs and raise awareness about the shelter in the community.

In addition to children being able to learn directly from Watson how to create their own “Stick Dog” stories, attendees also will have the opportunity to visit with adoptable dogs, buy books and visit with pet-related vendors.

Student-run concessions will be available.

Watson, of Chicago, has written five “Stick Dog” books, including “Stick Dog Wants a Hot Dog,” “Stick Dog Chases a Pizza” and “Stick Dog Dreams of Ice Cream.”

“We are very pleased that such a fantastic author of such a wonderful book series is coming to our community,” said Beth Drake, executive director of Anderson Animal Shelter. “It is exciting to have the opportunity to engage families with the shelter and our message in such a fun way.”

The author presentation portion of the event is geared toward families with children ages 5 to 15, although all ages are welcome to attend. Pre-registration at www. events.org/stickdog is encouraged, but not required.

Donations also are encouraged.

For information on the event and other youth programs, visit www. andersonanimalshelter.org or call 847-697-2880.

For information on Watson, visit www.stickdogbooks.com.

“STICK DOG” AUTHOR VISIT WHEN: 2 p.m. March 5 (doors open at 1 p.m.)

WHERE: The Einstein Academy, 747 Davis Road, Elgin INFO: Tom Watson, the author of the popular children’s book series, “Stick Dog,” will make a presenation and host a workshop on how to create your own “Stick Dog” stories. Hosted

by Anderson Animal Shelter in South Elgin, the famly event also will include adoptable dogs, books and other shelter and pet items available to buy.

Pre-registration is suggested, but not required. Pre-register at www.events. org/stickdog. The event is free, but donations are encouraged. Information: www.andersonanimalshelter.org or 847-697-2880.

This is the first “Stick Dog” author Tom Watson ever drew.

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BOOK DISCUSSION: CREATING & LIVING A LEGACY BASED ON YOUR SPIRITUAL VIEW OF POSSESSIONS, 11:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 28, St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, Woodstock.

Book resource: “Your New Money Mindset – Create a Healthy Relationship with Money” available in the Parish Hall for $5. E-mail rector@stannswoodstock.org to reserve a spot. Information: 815-338-0950 or http:// stannsw.org/learning-opportunities-lentbeyond-st-anns-legacy-2016/.

HAPL WRITERS GROUP, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

March 1, Huntley Area Public Library, 11000 Ruth Road, Huntley. All writers – beginning through experienced – are invited to network and share their writing in a friendly setting. Bring some writing to share. Open to ages 15 and older. Information: 847-6695386 or www.huntleylibrary.org.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DR. SEUSS!, March 1 through March 15, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry. Stop in the library to vote for your favorite Dr. Seuss book and get a Dr. Seuss prize. For pre-school through 5th grade children. Information: 815-3850036, mplyps@mchenrylibrary.org or www. mchenrylibrary.org.

PIZZA AND GRAPHIC NOVEL CLUB, 4 to 5 p.m. March 1, Fox Lake District Library, 255 E. Grand Ave., Fox Lake. The Teen Book Group meets the first Tuesday of the month.

Information: 847-587-0198 or www.fllib.org.

TERRIFIC TALES FOR TWO’S AND THREE’S, 9:30 to 10 a.m. March 1, Algonquin Area Public LIbrary District – Harnish Main Library, 2600 Harnish Drive, Algonquin. For children ages 2 and 3 and their parents/caregivers. Stories and fingerplays.

Registration required at 847-458-3139, aparmele@aapld.org or www.aapld.org/do.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME, 10:30 to 11 a.m. March 2, Algonquin Area Public Library District – Harnish Main Library, 2600 Harnish Drive, Algonquin. Children ages 3 to 5 who can attend without a parent or caregiver are invited to enjoy stories and fingerplays. Registration required at 847458-3139, aparmele@aapld.org or www. aapld.org/do.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY SPRING BOOK SALE, 4 to 7 p.m. March 3, Algonquin Area Public Library District – Eastgate Branch, 115 Eastgate Drive, Algonquin. Includes everything from coffee table editions to children’s books to collectible DVDs. Funds raised help the Friends provide educational opportunities and resources. Event continues 4 to 8 p.m. March 4, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 5 and 1 to 4 p.m. March 6. Cost: $10 a person on Thursday only. Information: 8474583150, social@aapld.org, www. aapld.org/do.

HISTORY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. March 3, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry. Read and discuss “Blackhorse Riders: A Desperate Last Stand, an Extraordinary Rescue

Mission, and the Vietnam Battle America Forgot” by Philip Keith. Copies available at the Checkout Desk. Information: 815-3850036 pr www.mchenrylibrary.org.

MURDER MYSTERY BOOK CLUB, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 3, Fox Lake District Library, 255 E. Grand Ave., Fox Lake. The club meets the first Thursday of the month. Includes coffee, donuts and discussion. Information: 847-587-0198 or www.fllib.org.

POETRY: IMAGINE, WRITE AND WIN WORKSHOP (GRADES 3-8), 7 to 8:30 p.m.

March 3, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 Paddock St., Crystal Lake. Ames II Jennifer Drinka, head of Youth Services, and P.C. Denofrio, the poet-in-residence for the Raue Center for the Arts, will encourage participants to express themselves through a variety of poetic exercises. Registration required. Information: http://evanced.crystallakelibrary.org/evanced/lib/eventsignup. asp?id=15649.

BABY STORYTIME, 10 to 10:30 a.m. and 1 to 1:30 p.m. March 4, Algonquin Area Public Library District – Harnish Main Library, 2600 Harnish Drive, Algonquin. Babies 23 months and younger and their parents/caregivers are invited to a traditional lap-sit storytime followed by playtime. No older siblings please. Free. No registration required. Information: 847-458-3139, aparmele@aapld.org or www.aapld.org/do.

FIRST SATURDAY STORYTIME, 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. March 5, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 Paddock St., Crystal Lake.

A storytime designed for children with special needs. Children engaged through movement, music, stories and hands-on activities. Siblings are welcome. Registration required at http://evanced.crystallakelibrary. org/evanced/lib/eventsignup.asp?id=15620.

FRIENDS OF CRYSTAL LAKE LIBRARY USED BOOK SALE COLLECTION, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 5, Crystal Lake Plaza, 6126 Route 14, Unit #15, Crystal Lake. Friends of Crystal Lake Library are accepting donations for their annual used book sale.

Items accepted include adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction books, CDs and DVDs. Information: raneestrawn@sbcglobal.net or evanced.crystallakelibrary.org/evanced/lib/ eventsignup.asp?id=15983.

LAST DAY OF THE WINTER READING PROGRAM, “READ, PLAY, SOLVE,” 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 5, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 Paddock St., Crystal Lake. Be sure to come in with completed logs to win prizes and treats. Information: http:// evanced.crystallakelibrary.org/evanced/lib/ eventsignup.asp?id=16069.

READ “FUR” FUN!, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

March 5, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry. Children invited to come in with a book and read to a licensed therapy dog. Sign up at the Question Desk for a time slot. Information: 815-385-0036, mplyps@mchenrylibrary.org or www. mchenrylibrary.org.

By ANICK JESDANUN

Facebook now offers “love,” “haha,” “wow,” “sad” and “angry” alongside “like.”

The Associated Press

Facebook’s “like” button isn’t going away, but it has some company.

Facebook has been testing alternatives to “like” in about a half-dozen countries, including Ireland, Spain and Japan. This past Wednesday, Facebook started making “haha,” ‘’angry” and three other responses available in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

In changing a core part of Facebook – the 7-year-old “like” button has become synonymous with the social network – the company said it tried to keep things familiar. The thumbs-up “like” button will look just as it long has, without the other choices cluttering the screen or confusing people. You have to hold that button or mouse over the “like” link for a second or two for the alternatives to pop up.

Here are seven things to know about Facebook’s latest feature, known as Reactions:

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long requested a “dislike” button, but that was deemed too negative and problematic. Are you disliking the death or the call for sympathy?

Facebook chose to offer more nuanced reactions – “love,” “haha,” “wow,” “sad” and “angry” – alongside “like” – to give users “greater control over their expressivity,” said Julie Zhuo, Facebook’s product design director.

Why these choices

Facebook went through comments on friends’ posts, as well as emoji-like stickers people were using. It chose the most common ones and tested those.

Facebook considered dozens of reactions – but offering them all would have

What’s not to like?

When a friend posts his father has died, or a cousin gets frustrated with her morning commute, hitting “like” might seem insensitive. Users have

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been confusing. Think of having to flip through pages and pages of emojis: Do you want one wink, a tear, a full frown or a half frown?

Facebook ultimately chose these six reactions for their universal appeal – something that could be understood around the world. Even a generic happy face “was a little bit ambiguous and harder for people to understand,” Zhuo said.

Each reaction comes with an animated emoji, such as the thumbs up for “like” and a heart for “love.” These emojis will look the same around the world, but phrases such as “love” will be translated.

up higher. Now, posts marked “angry” or “wow” will bump up, too.

But Facebook wants to show what it thinks you’re most interested in – and that might ultimately mean mostly happy posts, rather than ones that evoke sadness or anger. Zhuo said Facebook will tweak its formulas based on how people respond.

“Like” still takes center stage

Why so long? Besides deciding on how many and which specific reactions to offer, Facebook needed to figure out the right way for people to discover and use it. For instance, a menu might have been harder to find, while offering all six buttons up front might have made it harder to just quickly “like” a post and move on. Zhuo said CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed for the long-press method as a balance.

The feature is expected to evolve over time, and Facebook may add or change choices based on feedback.

Express that anger

These alternative reactions are for all posts, including those from groups and brands. A company won’t be able to block the ability to mark its posts with anger.

It took a year to develop

Zhuo said people click on “like” more than a billion times a day, so “we didn’t want to make that any harder.”

It’s still the go-to reaction for most posts. But Zhuo said in the countries tested, people used the alternatives more frequently over time.

A happy bias?

Facebook has a complex formula for deciding which of your friends’ posts are more prominent. Ones that get a lot of likes, for instance, will tend to show

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‘A place where conversations happen’

Baby boomers still the spine of independent book selling

By HILLEL ITALIE

The Associated Press In 1974, Gayle Shanks was a 23-yearold idealist raised on the activism of the previous decade and anxious to make a difference herself.

So she opened a bookstore.

“Books had changed my life, and I assumed they could change other people’s lives as well,” said Shanks, whose Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, is now among the country’s leading independent sellers.

“I really imagined this as a place where people would come and talk about ideas and books, and I still see it that way.”

Bookstores have a long history as allies and nurturers of social movements, and a generation of owners came of age when works ranging from Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22” to Eldridge Cleaver’s “Soul on Ice” were an integral part of the uprisings of the ’60s and ’70s.

Shanks, Mitchell Kaplan of Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida, and Kris Kleindienst of Left Bank Books in St. Louis are among many baby boomers who founded stores with little sense of how to run a business, but a profound sense of purpose. They are now pillars of a smaller, but still vital, independent-bookstore community, and models for the wave of younger owners who have opened stores in recent years.

This generation “basically invented the contemporary independent bookstore, and persevered through some very hard times,” said Oren Teicher, CEO of the independents’ trade group the American Booksellers Association. “The key to it was they always understood the store wasn’t only about buying and selling books, but a way to engage with the community.”

“I feel like Mitch is my mentor in a real way, and Gayle and these other people I can call on any time for advice and guidance,” said 40-year-old Sarah McNally, owner of McNally Jackson Books in Manhattan. “What’s amazing to me isn’t just how they started their stores, but that they survived.”

Kleindienst, co-owner of Left Bank Books since 1977, began as a sales clerk at the store three years earlier when she was just 21. Left Bank was founded in 1969 by graduate students at nearby

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In 1974, Gayle Shanks, the owner of Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona, was a 23-year-old idealist raised on the activism of the previous decade and anxious to make a difference herself. “Books had changed my life, and I assumed they could change other people’s lives as well,” she said.

Washington University, and Kleindienst was among the first employees. As the original owners dispersed, Kleindienst and fellow clerk Barry Leibman stepped in.

“I couldn’t separate what I do for a living from who I am,” she said. “I am a writer and an avid reader, and I got a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies.

But I kept my day job at the store; it was very integral to my identity.”

With real estate far cheaper and superstores, e-books and Amazon.com well into the future, starting a bookstore in the ’70s and ’80s was often no more complicated or expensive than buying a car. Shanks opened Changing Hands with an $800 bank loan and around $1,000 from personal loans.

The original space was 500 square feet, rented at $125 a month. Books were arranged on shelves Shanks and others assembled out of recycled wood.

“We ran it on a shoestring,” Shanks said of Changing Hands, which now has some 13,000 square feet and a second store in Phoenix.

In taking over Left Bank Books and assuming the debts left by the previous owners, Kleindienst arranged a ’70s edition of a Kickstarter campaign, soliciting $5,000 through small donations from customers and then securing a $5,000 bank loan. The store was 800 square feet, and the shelves had duct tape covering the nails.

“We had negative net worth at the time,” she said. “There were no assets to speak of. The only asset we had was our customers, the community.”

Kaplan, co-founder of Miami Book Fair International and winner of an honorary National Book Award for service to the literary community, quit law school in the late 1970s and opened Books & Books in 1982. He also was teaching high school English at the time, and brought in friends and family to help out at the store.

“I just said, ‘I’ll open a bookshop,’ the way Mickey Rooney was going to put on a show. I didn’t know what I was doing,” Kaplan said. “Almost every book seller of my age probably has the same exact story. Nobody started out saying to themselves, ‘Books, that’s the secret to making money,’ the way the guy in ‘The Graduate’ says ‘Plastics.’ ” The arc of many baby boomers’ lives is one of rebellion giving way to acceptance and conformity. For Kaplan, Shanks and their peers, the story is one of adjusting to the times without giving in to them. Watching thousands of stores close down, first from superstore competition and then from the Internet, drove them to think more like business people. But favorite works and current events remind them of why they became book sellers.

“This past year really brought it home,” Kleindienst said, remembering

Mitchell Kaplan, owner of Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida, quit law school in the late 1970s and opened his store in 1982. how she joined protesters against the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, and how the store established a reading list of books about race and civil rights tied to the Black Lives Matter movement.

“We were very involved in the Ferguson events, and we were able to do what bookstores can do best – to be a place where conversations happen and people can take things to a deeper level.”

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Please forward your resume, along with salary requirements to: Email: careers@shpmanagement.com or fax (207) 512-5955. EOE

QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN 1st shift Huntley Visual and data recording

ADMIN

One of McHenry Counties Top Realtors needs experienced & hard working admin to handle all the day to day workings.

Must have real estate experience & be ready to hit the ground running. License not required but would be a benefit.

Email resumes to: cornerstone@realtyexecutives.com

CASHIER

1309 North Ave. Crystal Lake

Prior to March 1st owners of lots, or their heirs, are asked to remove all grave decorations and wreaths.

Items not picked up will be removed by the cemetery caretaker and disposed of.

Those items remaining on lots during the mowing season are at owners risk and the cemetery will not be responsible for the disappearance or damage to them.

2 spaces for the price of 1.

Pre-planning ONLY.

Call Working World 815-455-4490 Real Estate

NOTICE McHENRY COUNTY MEMORIAL PARK LOT OWNERS Annual Spring Clean-up Begins March 1st

815-477-4141

COMMERCIAL CLEANING **Woodstock**

PT Evening Must pass Background Check.

Apply online @ www.petersoncleaning.com Education

Woodstock District 200 KIDS CLUB

PT 12 mo After School Care & PT Summer Positions available.

Email Resume to: kzeman@wcusd200.org or Apply at 227 W. Judd St., Woodstock. EOE

NOTICE WINDRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK LOT OWNERS Annual Spring Clean-up Begins March 1st

Prior to March 1st owners of lots, or their heirs, are asked to remove all grave decorations and wreaths.

Items not picked up will be removed by the cemetery caretaker and disposed of.

Those items remaining on lots during the mowing season are at owners risk and the cemetery will not be responsible for the disappearance or damage to them.

Clean comfortable factory work. Will train.

Apply onsite at:

Durex Industries, 190 Detroit St, Cary, IL 60013

RECEPTIONIST - BILINGUAL

PART TIME - Woodstock Dental office seeking a part time Receptionist. Must be bilingual.

Call 815-337-9622

RN / LPN

Immediate Openings!

FT Days/Nights / Peds.

$32 / hour Top Rate

$500 Sign On Bonus!

McHenry & Lake Co. 815-356-8400

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Savings expire March 31, 2016. This offer does not include the Vault, Interment Services fee, Memorial or Permanent Records and Processing fee, which will be required for burial.

Please call 847-639-3883 for more information.

WINDRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK, CARY, IL.

HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE NEEDED FOR Quadriplegic Male in our Capron, IL. home on weekends.

For more information Call: 815-790-8565 LOVING CAREGIVER NEEDED Seeking experienced Strong/tall/ Loving caregiver needed for care of elderly handicapped parent. Part time required for 3+ days a week Good wages. Only Females apply.

Must have previous nursing home or nursing experience taking care of the elderly. Call 773-294-5642

MAILBOX & POST SALES & INSTALLATION

815-653-7095 ~ 815-341-7822 www.mailboxpostman.com Follow the Northwest Herald on Twitter.

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BARRINGTON ESTATE SALE

FRI, SAT, SUN

10-3

71 BRINKER RD. 11,000 Sq. Ft. Home

CAT ~ FEMALE

Furniture, Jewelry, Designer Handbags, Baseball Cards, Yard Art, Tools, Pool Table, Air Hockey Table

Kathy's Estate Sales Liquidations & Consignments 847-363-4814

Savings expire March 31, 2016. This offer does not include the Vault, Interment Services fee, Memorial or Permanent Records and Processing fee, which will be required for burial.

Please call 815-338-1320 for more information.

MCHENRY COUNTY MEMORIAL PARK, CARY, IL.

2 spaces for the price of 1.

Pre-planning ONLY.

Part Time – Flex Hours

POLISH LADY Will Clean Your Home/Office

FREE ESTIMATES. Great References. 224-858-4515

CRYSTAL LAKE ESTATE SALE Tortoiseshell with collar, very friendly.

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

815-382-7726

Cat ~ Female, Beautiful Orange Tabby

Very friendly, found a couple months ago in Crystal Lake, West Hillside.

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CONSIGNMENT AUCTION March 20, 2016

Guns – Ammunition – Misc.

Consignments Wanted

Saturday & Sunday, Feb 27 & 28 9am - 4pm #'s at 8am Cash & Credit only (CC over $50, No AMEX)

5916 Wild Plum Antiques, Vintage Jewelry, Lovely Curio Cabinet, 14kt Ladies Elgin Pocket Watch, Sterling Silver Jewelry, 1930's Hand-Sewn Quilt 85” Wide Stereo Console Cabinets (2) Sterling Disney Charms - New, Tools, China Cabinet, Bedroom Furniture w/ Queen Size Bed, Some Military Items, Collection of *Pristine* Precious Moments Figures, 1915 Santa 20” Tall Candy Container, Gorgeous Bookcase Cabinet, Original Paintings, Country-style Desk, Vintage Pyrex Hot Air Balloons Bowl, French Country Chest of Drawers and Mirror, Silverplate Flatware and Serving Pieces, White Upright Freezer, GE White Refrigerator, Weber Gas Grill, Vintage Newspapers, Antique Glassware & China, Drop Front Desk, Antique to Contemporary Furniture, Clothtique Possible Dreams Carolers w/ Boxes, & Tons More!

200 Images @ IronHorseEstateSales.com

Find the help you need

Location: McHenry County Fair Grounds Woodstock, IL 60098 Contact: Zim's Gun Shop

815-338-4731

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com • Sunday, February 28, 2016 • HARVARD

RUMMAGE ROOM SALE

63 N. AYER

CLASSIFIED 13

~ ATTENTION ~

OPEN DAILY 9AM-5PM 25¢ DAYS Feb 25, 26 & 27

$3 A BAG

Feb 29 & March 1

$2 A BAG

Saturday & Sunday 6514 Johnson Rd. Hebron 9am – 3pm Numbers at 8:30am Cash, Visa & MasterCard Furnishings Herman Miller Eames Style Chair With Ottoman, Fine Amish Dining Table With 10 Chairs & 4 Leaf Storage, Breakfront, Clawfoot Piano Bench, Lighted Corner Cabinets, Sofas,

March 2 & 3

$1 A BAG

March 4 & 5 (With few exceptions) Closed until March 19 for cleaning & restocking

2 Line Ad (approx.100 characters)

MCHENRY TRUCKLOAD SALE

1750 N. Richmond Rd. Feb 25th - 29th

Extra 10% off almost everything.

Tools, Appliances, Storage sheds, Treadmills.

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

FOOD WASTER DISPOSER Badger, 1/2HP, good condition! 847-515-3986

TV ~ 28” Panasonic, Works Fine Wonder Lake Area 815-728-8070 Carhartt Insulated Bibs – Size 42 x 30 Good Condition, $25. Call Anytime 815-363-9636

Bumper Pool Table, Twin & Full Bedroom And Much, Much More.

CUBS LINED JACKET - Gently used, lightly quilted & padded. size adult medium. excellent condition, has a name lightly written on the label - $30; Cubs polo shirt, size large, new w/ tags - $25. Call or text 8l5-27l-2647 Mens Leather Coat – Black, Short, Size 40, Great Condition $25. 815-363-9636

Equestrian Sculptures And Framed Art, Thomas Kincade, Hargrove And More.

Mink Stole - Light brown good condition, perfect for Prom. size S/M Asking $50 OBO Call 815 385-1110

Collections

WOMAN'S LARGE LEATHER COAT - Beautiful Croft and Barrow heavyweight leather winter coat, size large, black w/black quilted removable, zip out liner, faux fur removable hood w/ velour lining and leather back. Zippered tab pockets. $45. Call or Text 8l5-27l-2647

Jewelry, Western Belt Buckles, Pocket Knives, Horse Figurines (Lefton & Breyer), Kentucky Derby Glasses, Franklin Mint, D56 Buildings & Decor And More.

Porcelain & Pottery Bing And Grondahl Plates, Steins, Barware And More.

Crystal & Glassware Lanterns (Hurricane & Coal Mining), Orrefors, Depression, Barware And More.

Miscellaneous Balance Scale, Singer Miniature Sewing Machine (Works), Century Of Progress, Christmas Decor, Tools, Equestrian Items, Crafting Supplies, Guitar, Cameras, Electronics, Vinyl Albums And Much, Much More.

See Photos at http://www.ctnorthern.com

This is a CARING TRANSITIONS Sale

The ad will be published for 2 weeks in our Classified Section.

Call 877-264-2527

Sofa Tables, Coffee Tables, Accent Chairs And Tables, Doll House Furniture, Game / Fine & Decorative Art

PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD FOR MERCHANDISE W/ AN ASKING PRICE OF $400 OR LESS FOR ONLY $10

Antique wash stand w/ mirror $40 Analog TV 15” $20 847-659-1944 STEAMER TRUNK – Early 1900s, original "casters" or rollers, all brass and copper fittings, unique and highly desirable Eagle Lock Company lock unit (no key), no top tray, a couple of ribbons missing from the inside top area, tearing in one are of the liner on the inside (shown). has an address on the side, 25"T x 38"W x 21"D $150. 8l5-27l-2647.

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Cherry Cribs (2) including mattresses, Barley Used, Great Condition $100 - $125 847-659-1944 Old Cast Iron Bathroom Sink – 21 wide x 18 deep, comes with old nickel faucets $75. Call anytime 815-363-9636

Whirlpool Tub/Indoor - 42 x 66, Dark Navy Blue New, never used, (paid $1,950 new), sell for $400/firm.

815-653-4612 WOOD SCREWS - 20 lbs. #8 X 3" LONG, ROUND PHILLIPS HEAD, FULLY THREADED SHANK, STEEL ZINC PLATED. Pick up in Harvard or Hebron, 20 lots of 20# each are available. $ 40/OBO. Call or text 815-382-5027

Book – Titled “Legally Sane” 1972 First Edition, Very Good Condition - $295. Call 7am-7pm 815-404-1587 NO texts

S DESK JET PRINTE, HPD 4360, New , Never Opened $75.

815-355-5965

WEIGHT SET, 240 # with BENCH, $85.

815-355-5965 BAKER 'S RACK – Beautiful & large, features 2 upper storage shelves & 2 lower, 2 drawers & wood top surface, decorative & useful for any room Ironwork is dark green and black speckle. 77" H x 21.5"D x 31"W, wood top is 19" x 31". $75. CALL OR TEXT 8l5-27l-2647

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

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Coffee table w/ 2 matching end tables, each are solid oak, not laminated, with bottom drawers and brass trimmed handles, Like new condition - $395. Call after 6pm 815-568-7076

Couch & Love Seat - Matching fabric, each w/ 2 built in recliners.

No tears, smoke or pets. Good condition. $250. 815-943-7757 DINING TABLE ~ ORIENTAL and 6 HIGHBACK CHAIRS Black, brown and white seats, $200. 847-854-7980 END TABLES - 2 hexagon stave end tables with glass inlay top 28”W x 21”H, in excellent condition. $30 each. Call 815-338-8178

HUTCH - LARGE, EARLY AMERICAN WITH 3 GLASS DOORS 2 side cabinets, 3 drawers, very good cond, 56”Wx18”Dx80”H $300.

847-854-7980 NEW LA-Z-BOY LOVESEAT - Gorgeous neutral-toned loveseat by La-Z-Boy, easily opens to a bed (single or twin), very comfortable. comes w/ custommade pillows, never used as a couch or a bed, plastic still on the mattress! $175. CALL OR TEXT 8l5-27l-2647.

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14 CLASSIFIED • Sunday, February 28, 2016 Oak Bookcase - Solid wood with bottom doors to store extra items out of view. $150. 847-343-6869

Old Metal Bed – 53 x 76, headboard 44” tall, foot board 31” tall, Great for yard art, $20. Call 815-363-9636 PATIO SET 76”X36”, CERAMIC INLAY TABLE W/6 ARM CHAIRS 2 chairs are rockers, excellent condition, $300.

815-337-0632 Call aft 5pm RETRO GLASS FRONT CABINETS – Beautiful - true vintage, matching set, glass double-doors have gold etched line pattern, carved in handles, rounded corner tops & oak trim. larger 42" T x 25"W x 16"D, smaller 22"T x28"W x 16" D. Each has one fixed shelf & 2 movable shelves - $60 Pricing is for both. Call or Text: 8l5-27l-2647.

ROCKER RECLINER FABRIC, BROWN, LIKE BRAND NEW $150 815-344-2475 Rocking Chair - Solid Oak - Beautiful condition.

Paid $400 asking $75. Must see. 815-342-8888 Sofa - LazyBoy - double recline, microfiber, dark brown, excellent condition. Paid $1500 new. Asking $200. 815-342-8888

SOFA, Excellent Condition. Blue flowered. $75. Can email picture.

Call: 815-245-8433 TABLE & CHAIRS - Classic Oak 48" Round table and 4 matching chairs.

Great Condition. $200. Pickup Only Woodstock. Call 815-338-0818 WOOD STORAGE UNIT FOR BABY CRAFTS OR OTHER - Beautiful unit, solid wood with many storage cubbies and pull out flat drawers, attractive wood finish with delicate white etched-look flower bouquets on the top and one on each side. 42"T x 43"W x 16"D. $50. 8l5-27l-2647 Phone or Text 2 Woodworking WORKBENCHES - All Wood, 60", 2 vises, drawer, tool tray, storage below, bench dogs, $300; 40" bench with vise, storage, bench dogs $200. Call 815-444-0504 Framing nailer - PORTER CABLE. Model FC350.Clipped head. Like new, with case , manual and new box 2000 nails. $170. Call 815-444-0504

Tens Unit, Theratech, Sciatica & back pain relief, original cost $650, never used. Compact and portable, $45. 815-701-7369

Absorbent Mattress Pads 30”x30” for People or Pets 4 cases, 100 pads per case, $35/ea 815-701-7369 PAPER TOWELS, SCOTT, C FOLD, 5 CASES 4000 TOWLES PER CASE, $20/EA. 815-701-7369 Two Four Drawer Metal File Cabinets, putty color, Like New – Great Condition 15 wide x 25 deep x 52 high $35/each. 815-355-5965 UTILITY CART – Steel rolling utility cart with wood top, features locking casters, pull out adjustable height shelf, side hooks, bottom shelf and wood top. Like new condition - never used, but assembled 35"H x 21"W x 15"D $20. CALL OR TEXT 8l5-27l-2647

Aquarium with lighted hood, 20x10x12 deep Good Condition - $15. Call 815-363-9636

CATS (2) 1 YEAR OLD Must go together, twin female.

815-546-2109

DAISY, 1 Year Old Male, Shepherd Mix A home is necessary.

It is essential for life.

It's a place that reflects the warmest of welcomes. I hope some day I will have a home.

www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400 DOG HOUSE – Handmade, medium size, shingle roof, all wood, brown siding, on wheels, 32” tall x 24” wide x 21” long, Must See - $190. Call anytime 815-385-0404

DOG WALKER AVAILABLE TO WALK YOUR DOG, WHEN YOU CAN'T, McHenry/Crystal Lake. $10 per ½ hr. Senior Special $5 per ½ hr. 815-342-4285

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com • Sunday, February 28, 2016 •

CLASSIFIED 15

PRE-OWNED ANDERSON BMW

360 N. Rte. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/682-4485

www.andersoncars.com

BILL JACOBS BMW

MARTIN CHEVROLET 5220 W. Northwest Highway Crystal Lake, IL

815/459-4000

www.martin-chevy.com

1564 W. Ogden Ave. • Naperville, IL

RAY CHEVROLET

www.billjacobs.com

847/587-3300

800/731-5824

KNAUZ BMW

407 Skokie Valley Hwy. • Lake Bluff, IL

847/604-5000

www.KnauzBMW.com

MOTOR WERKS BMW

Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

800/935-5913

www.motorwerks.com

MOTOR WERKS CERTIFIED OUTLET Late Model Luxury PreOwned Vehicles

1001 W. Higgins Rd. (Rt. 71) or 1000 W. Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) • Hoffman Estates, IL

800/935-5909

www.motorwerks.com

39 N. Rte. 12 • Fox Lake, IL

www.raychevrolet.com

RAYMOND CHEVROLET

118 Route 173 • Antioch, IL

847/395-3600

www.raymondchevrolet.com

BULL VALLEY FORD

1460 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

800/407-0223

www.bullvalleyford.com

BUSS FORD

TOM PECK FORD

13900 Auto Mall Dr. • Huntley, IL

847/669-6060

www.TomPeckFord.com

2525 E. Main Street • St. Charles, IL

www.zimmermanford.com

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/800-6100

GARY LANG GMC

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

REICHERT BUICK

2145 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

815/338-2780

www.reichertautos.com

MERCEDES-BENZ OF ST. CHARLES

888/800-6100

877/226-5099

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

RAYMOND KIA

815/385-7220

www.oharehonda.com

119 Route 173 • Antioch, IL

224/603-8611

www.raymondkia.com

River Rd & Oakton, • Des Plaines, IL

815/385-2100

300 East Ogden Ave. • Hinsdale, IL

www.garylangauto.com

ELGIN HYUNDAI

881 E. Chicago St. • Elgin, IL

847/888-8222

MOTOR WERKS CADILLAC

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

www.elginhyundai.com

800/935-5923

www.clcjd.com

ROSEN HYUNDAI

200 N. Cook St. • Barrington, IL

www.motorwerks.com

888/800-6100

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

771 S. Randall Rd. • Algonquin, IL

866/469-0114

www.rosenrosenrosen.com

7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

AL PIEMONTE CHEVROLET 770 Dundee Ave. (Rt. 25) • Dundee, IL

847/426-2000

www.piemontechevy.com

Route 120 • McHenry, IL

815/385-7220

www.sunnysidecompany.com

888/204-0042

KNAUZ MINI

409A Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

847/604-5050

www.Knauz-mini.com

www.motorwerks.com

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

EVANSTON SUBARU IN SKOKIE 3340 Oakton St., Skokie, IL

www.EvanstonSubaru.com

GARY LANG MITSUBISHI Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

ELGIN TOYOTA

1200 E. Chicago St. Elgin, IL

847/741-2100

LIBERTYVILLE MITSUBISHI

www.elgintoyota.com

847/816-6660

1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

1119 S. Milwaukee Ave.• Libertyville, IL

www.libertyvillemitsubishi.com

PAULY TOYOTA

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050

www.paulytoyota.com

375 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

847/604-8100

www.knauzlandrover.com

LAND ROVER HOFFMAN ESTATES

MOTOR WERKS INFINITI

800/935-5913

GARY LANG SUBARU

LAND ROVER LAKE BLUFF

landroverhoffman.com

Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

847/869-5700

www.billjacobs.com

866/346-0211

www.gurneedodge.com

SUNNYSIDE COMPANY CHRYSLER DODGE

www.billjacobs.com

MOTOR WERKS PORSCHE Barrington & Dundee Rds., Barrington, IL

800/935-5913

www.motorwerks.com

1051 W. Higgins • Hoffman Estates, IL

888/471-1219

GARY LANG CHEVROLET

800/295-0166

www.garylangauto.com

BILL JACOBS LAND ROVER HINSDALE

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

1564 W. Ogden Ave. • Naperville, IL

815/385-2100

www.sunnysidecompany.com

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

847/234-1700

www.arlingtonkia.com

888/538-4492

GARY LANG CADILLAC

KNAUZ CONTINENTAL AUTOS

BILL JACOBS MINI

1107 S Rt. 31 between Crystal Lake and McHenry

800/935-5913

Route 120 • McHenry, IL

www.motorwerks.com

www.st-charles.mercedesdealer.com

GARY LANG KIA

888/471-1219

O’HARE HONDA

800/935-5909

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050

MOTOR WERKS HONDA

SUNNYSIDE COMPANY CHRYSLER DODGE

www.steves-auto-sales.com

“Home of the $1,995 Specials”

www.Knauzcontinentalauto.com

1400 E. Dundee Rd., Palatine, IL

www.motorwerks.com

225 N. Randall Road • St. Charles, IL

847/838-4444

www.gurneedodge.com

847/202-3900

www.gurneedodge.com

Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) • Hoffman Estates, IL

PAULY SCION

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

www.knauznorth.com

409 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

ARLINGTON KIA IN PALATINE

Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

847/235-8300

STEVE’S AUTO SALES

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

206 S. State Street • Hampshire, IL

847/683-2424

KNAUZ NORTH

2950 N. Skokie Hwy • North Chicago, IL

10709 N. Main St. (Route 12) Richmond, IL

888/471-1219

FENZEL MOTOR SALES

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

www.infinitihoffman.com

www.clcjd.com

815/338-2780

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

www.andersoncars.com

www.bussford.com

630/584-1800

www.clcjd.com

GARY LANG BUICK

888/280-6844

888/682-4485

815/385-2000

ZIMMERMAN FORD

www.reichertautos.com

1075 W. Golf Rd. Hoffman Estates, IL

ANDERSON MAZDA

360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

REICHERT CHEVROLET

2145 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

INFINITI OF HOFFMAN ESTATES

BUSS FORD LINCOLN 111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

815/385-2000

busslincolnmchenry.com

MOTOR WERKS CERTIFIED OUTLET Late Model Luxury Pre-Owned Vehicles

ANDERSON VOLKSWAGEN 360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/682-4485

www.andersoncars.com

BILL JACOBS VOLKSWAGEN 2211 Aurora Avenue • Naperville, IL

800/720-7036

www.billjacobs.com

1001 W. Higgins Rd. (Rt. 71) or 1000 W. 1000 W. Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) Hoffman Estates, IL

800/935-5909

www.motorwerks.com

BARRINGTON VOLVO

300 N. Hough (Rt. 59) • Barrington, IL

847/381-9400

16 CLASSIFIED • Sunday, February 28, 2016

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ALL HOME REPAIRS

Interior/Exterior Carpentry Light Fixtures / Electrical Deck Repairs Doors Hardware Plumbing Bath Kitchen Tile Power Washing & Gutter Cleaning All Jobs Big and Small Serving McHenry County and Surrounding Area

847-344-5713

An Affordable Electrician 847-566-2663

Free Estimates Veterans Disc Senior Disc Single Parent Disc 40 Years Experience Licensed Bonded Insured

WILL BEAT ANY ESTIMATE

NJE Landscaping Inc. Construction Maintenance Patios / Walkways Seasonal Clean ups Retaining Walls Mulching Lawn Installation Trimming / Pruning Plantings Tree & Stump Removal Down Spouts Lighting

ROYAL DECORATING & REMODELING Complete Remodeling Painting Room Additions & Improvements Insured Bonded Free Estimates

815-271-5530

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PAPRIKA: 9 Month Old Male White & Tabby DSH

WARRICK: 1 Year Old Male Lab Mix

I try to always be nice. You never know when others are having a bad day and my simple act of kindness could change their outlook.

Happiness is invincible. A really happy person is someone who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

Is there a detour ahead to meet me?

www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

PEBBLES, 1 Year Old Male Australian Cattle Dog Mix What I'd like to say to my 6 month old self... Follow your instincts. Take time to figure out what they are. Don't dim your light for anyone.

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ROCCO: 1-1/2 Year Old Male Black & White DSH I'm going through a phase where I'm kind of bored with food. I'm tired of relying on restaurants and take-out. Let's cook at your place.

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Gun Powder, 1 lb Hogadon H335 also 800 Primers, CCI #41 for small rifle. Bullets 450, shell 223, shell casings, $70/all.

815-382-8712

SLALOM SKI - O'BRIEN, 67” WORLD TEAM COMP

Excellent condition, $100. 815-337-0632 CALL AFT 5PM

WATER TUBE O'BRIEN, SUPER SCREAMER 2 person ski tube with tow rope, Excellent condition, $80.

CALL AFT 5PM 815-337-0632

The February 29th deadline to submit my canvas to Helping Paws for Art for the Paws is almost here.

I'm so excited to see them.

and OLD INVENTORY CASH

815-354-6169

Antique and Modern Guns

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

Buying Old & Unusual Toys, Comics, Records Movie Memorabilia, ETC. 815-351-4387

Lionel & American Flyer Trains 815-353-7668

Restored or Unrestored Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Cars: Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari's, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang & Mopars, $$ Top $$ all makes, Etc. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

A-1 AUTO

Woodstock Studio $600/mo + sec. Efficiency

$575/mo + sec, 1BR $700/mo + sec. All 3 furnished with all utilities included, no pets.

815-509-5876 ALGONQUIN 2 BEDROOM - CLEAN & QUIET BUILDING With storage, laundry and parking, $875/mo.

847-401-3242

CRYSTAL LAKE 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH DUPLEX

Kit has eating area, W/D, attached garage, storage, no pets. $1400/mo + sec. 815-675-6799 or 630-605-2776

CRYSTAL LAKE COUNTRY LIVING 2BR DUPLEX

LR, DR, kitchen, all appl, W/D, 1 car garage, no pets/smkg. $900/mo + sec dep. 815-621-5655 or 815-404-6725

CRYSTAL LAKE GARDEN APT, $745/MO.

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

Heated, W/D, near metra. Small, quiet building.

No pets, no smoking.

815-344-5797 Fox Lake Studio Apt, $615

spacious bright w/ walk in closet, full size appl, balcony all utilities incl except elect. Agent Own no dogs 815-814-3348

MOST CASH

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Harvard 1BR, 1BA, Full Basement, Hardwood Floors

1 car gar, storage, $595/mo, Agent Owned. 815-814-3700

Harvard 3BR, 1st Floor, New Carpet & Paint

Clean, full bsmt, $675/mo + sec dep. 815-354-6169 Hebron ~ Large 2BR, Tentant has own Washer/Dryer

$750/mo + sec and $250 OFF 1st mo, heat incl. 815-355-2158

1990 & Newer Will beat anyone's price by $300.

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Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan.

1999 Mazda 626LX, 1 owner 78K only, 4 cyl, auto, sunroof, great heat/AC looks & runs great , free 6 mo. Warranty $3,500/obo. 815-344-9440

815-814-1964

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815-814-1224

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2001 Buick Century Custom, 1 owner, only 65K, V-6, looks / runs great ,free 6 mo. Warranty, $3500/obo 815-344-9440 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser Limited Edition, 1 owner, 56K only, full serv. history, leather, loaded, moon roof, heated seats, free 6 mo. Warranty, $4700/obo 815-344-9440

2003 HYUNDAI SONATA

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2012 Lincoln MKZ Loaded, 33+K miles, excellent cond. garage kept. $15,000.

414-207-1441 Crystal Lake Area

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CLASSICS WANTED

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs

Needs some work, best offer.

815-546-2109

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All makes, cash paid, reasonable. Will pick-up.

630-660-0571

Weaver Scope D6 – Works Great! Missing plastic caps that go over adjusters, $10. 815-363-9636

ALWAYS BUYING ESTATES, COLLECTIONS

MOTORCYCLES WANTED

2006 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT, Special Edition, 1 owner, 71K. only, V6, 7 passenger,fully loaded, navigation, DVD, moonroof, heated seats, sto-n-go seating, power doors, free 6 mo. Warranty, $6500/obo 815-344-9440

WAKE BOARD ~ HYPER LITE MOTIVE 144CM

Excellent condition, $100. 815-337-0632 CALL AFT 5PM

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TINKERBELL, 3 1/2 Yr. Old Female Gray & White DSH

2004 Mercury Montery 1 owner 72K. Only, V-6, 7 passenger front/rear heat & A/C, new bettery looks/runs great, free 6 mo. Warranty, $5100/obo 815-344-9440

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BOAT SHOW big savings at LAKE COUNTY WATERSPORTS , the pontoon and fishing boat superstore , special pricing on all new boats , motors from 3 to 300 hp in stock, financing available, we take trade-ins, 530 S Rand, Wauconda 847-526-2211, Mar 3rd thru 6th

Marengo 2BR Duplex, 1.5BA, 1st Floor Laundry Room

Full bsmt, 2 car garage, $1075/mo + sec. 815-378-5011

McHenry 1 Bedroom, Next to Riverwalk, Ground Floor

No stairs, laundry on site, $725/mo, available now, no pets.

847-347-8808 1984 International 1900 Dump Truck, like new Cooper

tires, new steel bed, disc brakes all around, 2 step 5 speed, 1995 front end, new safety sticker $8,995/obo 815-675-2606 Don't worry about rain!

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McHenry 1BR In Town ~ Utilities Incl, $800/mo.

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Silver Creek ★ Garage Incl.

Rents starting at $805 per month

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www.cunat.com WOODSTOCK 2BR.Historic Rogers Hall. Secure Bldg. $810/mo.

Move-in special, $300 off 1 st mo. NO PETS! 815-482-4909

Woodstock Apartment ~ Quiet and Comfortable

1 or 2BR In town, heat Included and vouchers considered.

Starting at $720/mo.

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Woodstock Newly Remodeled 2BR 1BA Duplex

Near Square/Schools, 1 car detached garage, $750/mo + 1 mo sec dep. No pets/smoking. 815-219-2644

WOODSTOCK

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7303 Scots Lane All brick ranch with full fin basement & 3 car garage!

Open floor plan, soaring ceilings, hardwood flooring & floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace.

$359,900

Keith Schauer, Broker, RE/MAX of Barrington 847-217-8049

MARENGO FINANCING

$30,000 DOWN, $500 MONTHLY, 1 YEAR

5 ACRES, zoned AG, low taxes. Gorgeous views, no neighbors House needs complete updating. Newer septic, well, furnace.

Newer 20x40 metal building, $150,000. 815-568-0008

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815-975-0243

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new inside, no dogs/smkg, $1075/mo. Broker. 815-575-6869

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This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BID Hebron Township will be accepting bids for the grounds maintenance for Linn-Hebron Cemetery for the 2016 season. May 1, 2016 thru October 15, 2016. Bid specifications will be available at the Hebron Township Offices 10206 Seaman Rd Hebron, Hebron CALL Clerk Patricia Elswick at 815-648-2994 Sealed bids are due March 9, 2016 at 6:00pm Bid opening will be March 9, 2016 at 7:30pm Regular Township Meeting Patricia Elswick, Hebron Township Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald February 25, 26, 27, 28, 2016) 1161885

PUBLIC NOTICE

oning App purpose of hearing and considering testimony as to the petition of Menard, Inc. for a variation of the Woodstock Unified Development Ordinance, Section(s) 7A.3.E and Table 7A.2.

The proposed variation(s) is/are for property located at 2100 Lake Avenue. Said property has the following Property Index Numbers: 13-16-176-008 If approved, the variation(s) will allow the petitioner to construct an addition to an accessory structure and to construct a new accessory structure, both with a height of 23 feet.

All interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing and will be given the opportunity to be heard.

Dated this 16th day of February, 2016.

John Schuh Chairman Zoning Board of Appeals (Published in the Northwest Herald February 21, 28, 2016, March 6, 2016) 1160617

PUBLIC NOTICE BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE VILLAGE OF ALGONQUIN IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF DYN COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS, L.L.C.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Grafton Notice is hereby given in compliTownship will receive sealed bids ance with the Zoning Ordinance of for the following: the Village of Algonquin, Illinois, that a public hearing will be held 2006 Ford Escape 4 door SUV - before the Planning and Zoning Good condition. Air Conditioning, Commission of the Village of AlgoAM/FM Stereo, Power Windows, nquin upon the application of Dyn Steering and Locks, Rear Defrost, Commercial Holdings, L.L.C. relatAutomatic Transmission, Cruise ing to the following described real Control, 60,450+ Miles. Minimum estate: LOT 3 IN EAGLE COMMERCIAL bid of $4,500 CENTER, BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 3 IN KAPER'S WEST SUB2008 Ford Escape 4 door SUV - DIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST Good Condition. Air Conditioning, 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF AM/FM Stereo, Power Windows, SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 43 Steering and Locks, Rear Defrost, NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE Automatic Transmission, Cruise THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACControl 75,300+ Miles. Minimum CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 4, 1993 bid of $ 5,500 DOCUMENT NUMBER AS IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all 93R67593, IN MCHENRY COUNbids shall be forwarded to: TY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: Grafton Township Supervisor at 234 S. Randall Rd., Algonquin, IL 10109 Vine Street, Huntley, IL PIN: 19-30-426-006 60142. Envelopes should be Acreage: 2.12 acres marked “BIDS.” All bids should be This application is filed for the purreceived March 8, 2016 at 4 pm. pose of the granting of a Special The bids will be opened and Use Permit for outdoor seating and recorded by the Township Clerk at Final Planned Unit Development for Grafton Township Offices on the redevelopment of the property, pursuant to the requirements of March 9, 2016.

Section 21.09, 21.11, 21.12 and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pay- 21.18 of the Algonquin Zoning Ordinance. ment shall be made upon delivery A public hearing before the Planof aforementioned in U.S. currency ning and Zoning Commission on or certified check. The Grafton the said application will be held at Township Supervisor reserves the 7:30 p.m. on March 14, 2016, at right to accept or reject any or all the William J. Ganek Municipal bids.

Center, 2200 Harnish Drive, Algonquin, Illinois, at which time and place any person determining to be Kathryn Hurley Grafton heard may be present.

Township Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald February 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 2016, March 1, 2, 2016) 1162033

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that on March 14 2016 at 7:00 at the Woodstock City Hall, 121 W. Calhoun Street, Woodstock, Illinois, a public hearing will be held before the Zoning Board of Appeals for the

APPLICATION OF Randall Road Animal Hospital 1580 Carlemont Drive Crystal Lake, IL 60014 And Thomas Manning 15010 Church Road Huntley, IL 60142 And FNBC Bank & Trust, formerly known as State Bank of Illinois, Trust #1-1270 600 East Washington Street West Chicago, IL 60185 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Huntley, Illinois, that a public hearing will be held before the Plan Commission of the Village of Huntley upon the application of Randall Road Animal Hospital and Thomas Manning, as co-petitioners, and FNBC Bank & Trust, Trust #1-1270, as owner, relating to property commonly known as 11804 Route 47 and 11706 Dean Street, Huntley, Illinois; PINs: 1833-303-002 and 18-33-303-003 and 18-33-303-001 and 18-33303-004, respectively.

This application is filed for the purpose of requesting approval of (i) a Text Amendment to the Village of Huntley Zoning Ordinance Section 156.045 “M” Manufacturing District to add “veterinary hospital” as a Special Use; and (ii) a Special Use Permit for a veterinary hospital in the “M” Manufacturing District, including any relief as may be necessary to allow for development in accordance with the submitted site plan and pursuant to the requirements of Section 156.068 and Section 156.204 of the Huntley Zoning Ordinance.

The public hearing on this application will take place at the meeting of the Plan Commission on Monday, March 14, 2016 at 6:30 p.m., at the Village Board Room, 10987 Main Street, Huntley, IL, 60142, at which time and place any person determining to be heard may be present. The public hearing may be continued or adjourned to a new date, time, and place in accordance with the requirements of the Illinois Open Meetings Act. /s/ Thomas Kibort Chairman (Published in the Northwest Herald February 28, 2016) 1162771

Publisher's Notice: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation of discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custo/s/ Planning and Zoning dians, pregnant women and Commission people securing custody of chilVillage of Algonquin dren under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any (Published in the Northwest Herald advertising for real estate which on February 28, 2016) 1162852 is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an PUBLIC NOTICE equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 1-800-669-9777.

BEFORE THE PLAN COMMISSION The toll-free telephone number OF THE VILLAGE OF HUNTLEY for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275 IN THE MATTER OF THE

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