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Nick Provenzano (left) and Mary McClellan, candidates for McHenry County clerk, listen during the Northwest Herald Editorial Board interview Wednesday in Crystal Lake. They are running in the Republican primary March 18 to replace longtime clerk Katherine Schultz, who is stepping down after six terms and 24 years in office.

2 candidates discuss ways to modernize office ly worked in the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office and now works in Cook Two McHenry County County’s where she defends Board members – one newly the county in civil rights, laelected, another a veteran in- bor and employment cases. cumbent – are looking to be- She said her experiences, come the next county clerk. working her way from being Mary McClellan, of Holi- a single mother through law day Hills, and Nick Provenza- school and elected office will no, of McHenry, are serve county resirunning in the Repubdents well. lican primary March “It is that integri18 to replace longtime ty that’s necessary to clerk Katherine Schulprotect something so tz, who is stepping very near and dear down after six terms to us ... the right to Election vote,” McClellan said. and 24 years in office.

Both acknowledged Provenzano likeThe Illinois at a Wednesday meetwise touts his expeing with the North- primary elecrience as a benefit west Herald Editorial tion will be to county residents.

Board that it will be March 18.

He has served on the hard to fill the shoes of County Board since a woman who worked 2002, minus a twoin the office since 1959 and for year absence after a 2008 elecwhom the road to the coun- tion defeat. ty Administration Building Besides two decades of in Woodstock is honorarily business experience, he is named. now senior district represenBut while promising to up- tative for Republican U.S. hold Schultz’s integrity, they Rep. Randy Hultgren, whose have ideas of their own for district includes the entire moving the office forward. county, save Algonquin McClellan, an attorney Township. who was just elected to the See CLERK, page A7 County Board in 2012, former-

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“One of my guiding principles will be, what are other counties doing?”

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with a machete and shooting him in the chest, Assistant State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said.

Agaton survived. He was able to escape to his girlfriend’s car, bleeding profusely, and was taken to the hospital, Kenneally said.

A wallet found at the crime scene tied Ferral-Mujica and 22-year-old Armando Ferral-Mujica to the attack, Kenneally said, adding that a bloody machete was found in their apartment and a .25-caliber gun matched the bullet lodged in Agaton’s arm.

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WOODSTOCK – A McHenry man admitted Thursday to wielding a machete in an attack that attorneys have said stems back to a “blood feud” in Mexico.

Orlando Ferral-Mujica, 33, pleaded guilty to aggravated battery with a firearm. As part of the plea agreement, he must cooperate with the prosecution’s continuing investigation into others who are believed to be involved with the attack.

All other charges against Ferral-Mujica – including attempted murder – were dropped.

Authorities have said the attack happened Dec. 3, 2011, outside Jesus Agaton’s apartment in McHenry.

Ferral-Mujica and his brother, Armando, waited for Agaton and attacked him from behind, striking him

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WASHINGTON – Speaker John Boehner on Thursday all but ruled out passage of immigration legislation before this fall’s elections, saying it would be difficult for the Republican-led House to act on the issue that President Barack Obama has made a top domestic priority.

In his most pessimistic comments, Boehner blamed the stalemate on widespread skepticism that Obama would properly enforce any immigration reforms that Congress approved. The GOP leader didn’t mention that his own members have balked at acting on the contentious issue, which could enrage core conservative voters in the midterm election year.

“The American people,

including many of our members, don’t trust that the reform we’re talking about will be implemented as it was intended to be,” Boehner told reporters at his weekly news conference.

“The president seems to change the John health care Boehner law on a whim, whenever he likes. Now, he is running around the country telling everyone he’s going to keep acting on his own.”

Just last week, Boehner and other House Republican leaders had unveiled broad principles for immigration changes, including legal status for the estimated 11 million immigrants living here

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Common colds getting way too common OK, I’ve had it. Cold No. 3 – or No. 4? – this season has settled into my head and chest. I’ve had it. Really.

It used to be I’d get one cold a winter and be done with it. An inconvenience, but no problem. It’s to be expected.

This winter of my discontent has brought with it flu-like symptoms, a stay in the hospital and three or four colds. I’ve lost count. That shouldn’t happen.

It leaves me feeling weak and tired. My head is like a balloon about ready to pop. I have a sore throat.

I have the sniffles and a cough. No fever, though! Small favors, indeed.

The common cold is the bane of medical science. Something so simple yet impossible to cure, other than it running its course.

My dad claims not to have had a full-blown cold in 20 years, ever since he started taking big doses of time-released vitamin C. He takes one a day, and if he feels something coming on, he takes two a day.

My good wife found a bottle of vitamin C at the drug store that doesn’t come flat out and say it is time released, but the bottle says it provides “24-hour immune support,” so you make the inference. The 500 mg tablets come in an orange jar with

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There’s nothing common about the cold. It’s a virulent little sucker that saps you of your strength, just enough to make you feel miserable but not enough to make you stay home from work, where all sorts of germs lurk, and where you probably picked up this bugger in the first place.

By the time you realize you have a cold, you have passed the most contagious phase, and you are unlikely to pass it on to someone else if you take the proper precautions of coughing into your sleeve, blowing your nose, not breathing on anyone else and not touching anyone else. Easy enough to accomplish. Just keep your distance.

Employers don’t give you enough sick days to cover the duration of the common cold, especially if it hits three or four times in a season.

You are expected to tough it out, and

take the proper precautions against spreading it.

It used to be so simple, “Starve a cold, feed a fever.” But WebMD – my source of choice for free professional advice – says the “good news” is never starving either of them. You are supposed to feed them with all sorts of good foods: broccoli, beef liver, kale, mustard, collard greens and beets, in addition to orange juice – not oranges – tangerines, watermelon, carrots, cantaloupe and peaches.

Starving a cold must come from the fact that your taste buds are in disarray. Nothing tastes quite right, so it seems to make innate sense to avoid food. If it tastes bad, it must be bad, or so your system is telling you.

But whether it tastes good is beside the point for me. I have an appetite through thick and thin, good health and bad. I always want to eat something, if not everything. And that’s why I weigh more than I should by a decent margin.

If starve a cold were the remedy, by now I probably would be much closer to what I should weigh, which according to the body mass index is next to nothing, or 100 pounds less than I weigh now, whichever is less. I would be a bag of bones. But the body mass index sadists would be happy.

I thought – mistakenly – that all this water I have been drinking since November would ward off any colds, drowning the germs in a half-gallon of water a day. Sometimes, I look at that quart bottle of water and think there’s no way I can drink it all – it’s just not worth it – but before you know it, I’m on to the second bottle, if feeling a little waterlogged.

It all about hydration, and I was under the mistaken assumption that the water would wash away the germs that found home in my lungs and other internal organs. The common cold germs are doing a luxurious backstroke in all that water, rather enjoying themselves, as if they were at an indoor water park in the middle of winter.

Cold No. 3 – or No. 4? – has left me pining for spring. I’ll blame the cold weather and deep snow. And groundhog Woodstock Willie says we have six more weeks of winter.

Enough time for cold No. 4 – or No. 5?

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After 22 years, Leno bids farewell to ‘Tonight’ The ASSOCIATED PRESS BURBANK, Calif. – Jay Leno has said goodbye to “The Tonight Show” before, but not like this. The comedian became tearful and choked up Thursday as he concluded what he called the “greatest 22 years of my life.”

“I am the luckiest guy in the world. This is tricky,” said the emotional Leno, step-

ping down for the second and presumably last time as host of TV’s venerable late-night program. Jimmy Fallon takes over “Tonight” in New York on Feb. 17.

Leno shared that he’d lost his mother the first year he became “Tonight” host, his dad the second and then his brother.

“And after that I was pretty much out of family. And the

folks here became my family,” he said of the crew and staff of “Tonight.”

It was a tender finish to a farewell show that was mostly aiming for laughs, with traditional monologue jokes, clips from old shows and a wild assortment of celebrities helping to see Leno off.

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Leno brought his show full circle with Billy Crystal, who was his first guest in May 1992 and his last guest Thursday.

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NATO trial asks: Who’s a terrorist?

By MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO – The question of when a planned protest becomes conspiracy to commit terrorism was the focus of closing arguments Thursday in the trial of three men accused of hatching a plan to throw Molotov cocktails at President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters and other Chicago sites during the 2012 NATO summit.

Prosecutor Tom Biesty argued two weeks of testimony from undercover police officers and wire recordings proved the three out-of-state activists conspired to attack the campaign office in Obama’s hometown, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and police stations.

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terrorists? ... That is the question you have to answer,” he told jurors. Added the prosecutor, “There is one verdict – guilty. These men are terrorists.”

Brian Church, 22, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Jared Chase, 29, of Keene, N.H.; and Brent Vincent Betterly, 25, of Oakland Park, Fla., pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit terrorism and other charges.

Jurors withdrew to begin deliberating Thursday evening. If convicted, each defen-

dant could face decades in prison.

Defense attorney Thomas Durkin later ridiculed the notion Brian Church that what the three activists were caught on recordings discussing could possibly be compared to the acts of al-Qaida or other known terrorist groups.

Reaching into an exhibit box, Durkin lifted a slingshot that was among the items the activists brought to Chicago.

Holding it up to jurors, he said mockingly, “A weapon of mass destruction. Tools of terrorism, for sure.”

Durkin noted he had called his client, Chase, and the other defendants “goofs” in his opening, and he told jurors he stood by that assessment.

He also held up an incomplete gas mask they brought to Chicago.

“Talk about how stupid they are – to reinforce my goof theory. They brought a gas mask and didn’t bring the filter,” he said.

The outcome of the Illinois trial is being closely watched, said Durkin, precisely because many share his belief prosecutors were overzealous in slapping the label ‘terrorism’ on the protesters’ alleged crimes.

“This case is a big deal, don’t kid yourself about that,” he told jurors. “If these people can be labeled terrorists, we are all in trouble.”

Molly Armour, Betterly’s lawyer later echoed that, asking, “Is this what the war on terror has come to?”

Prosecutors paint the suspects as sinister, revolu-

tion-minded anarchists who were bent on setting parts of the nation’s third largest city ablaze.

They eagerly sought to work with undercover agents as they created Molotov cocktails out of beer bottles with gasoline, the state attorney said.

Defense attorneys say the officers posing as activists egged on the three, who were, they argued, frequently too drunk or too high on marijuana to take any meaningful steps planning attacks.

Michael Deutch, Church’s attorney, conceded to jurors that his client had brought a bow and arrow and a throwing star with him to Chicago.

But he said there was a simple explanation.

“He has a fetish. ... He thinks he’s a ninja warrior,” he said.

Utilities rush to restore power in Pa., Md.

By MARK SCOLFORO The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. – Hundreds of thousands of people spent a second day without electricity Thursday as utility crews from as far away as Canada and Arkansas scrambled to restore power lost when ice took down trees and limbs in the mid-Atlantic.

Forecasters said a bone-chilling cold would remain in place for days.

Nearly a half-million customers lacked power in Pennsylvania and Maryland. In Pennsylvania, where most of the outages were located, officials likened the scope of the damage to a hurricane.

Some who might not get power back for several days sought warmth – or at least somewhere to recharge their batteries – in shopping malls, public libraries and hastily established shelters.

One cafe in downtown Pottstown gave about 15 free meals to people without power, encouraged them to plug in devices and even let a few get a warm shower.

“It’s just kind of giving back to the community – there’s no other purpose of this,” said iCreate Cafe owner Ashraf Khalil.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said after an aerial survey of the storm’s aftermath that crews put a priority on restoring electricity to hospitals, nursing homes, communications facilities and sewer plants.

“This storm is in some respects as bad or maybe even worse than Hurricane Sandy,” he said during an appearance in the Philadelphia suburbs. He said a shipment of electrical generators from the federal government was on its way to Pennsylvania.

He said he was urging electric utilities “to move as fast as they can, but they have to do it within the parameters of safety.”

PECO, the dominant electricity provider in the Philadelphia area, had the most outages with 394,000. PECO

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An abandoned car and a tree limb that took out a utility line block a road Thursday in the aftermath of a winter storm in Media, Pa. Thousands of utility workers are trying to restore power knocked out by an ice storm that left more than 849,000 Pennsylvania households and businesses without electricity, but officials said Thursday that toppling trees were still causing new outages.

Icy roads cause accidents in central Illinois CHAMPAIGN – Ice continued to make highways in central Illinois dangerous Thursday. Police blamed icy interstates for one fatal accident and others that involved injuries.

Illinois State Police said the driver of a sport utility vehicle died after his vehicle crashed into a semitrailer on Interstate 57 near Mattoon around 4 a.m. Thursday. A three-vehicle accident on Interstate 74 west of Champaign around 9 a.m. injured one person.

Police said a truck skidded and struck two vehicles.

Illinois State Police said they helped dozens of stuck drivers in the region and handled at least 13 accidents.

Wednesday’s storm left deep snow across the region. Temperatures near zero turned some of it to ice.

– Wire report spokeswoman Debra Yemenijian said most would have their lights back on by Friday night, but she said some could be without power until Sunday.

At the Upper Dublin Public Library in Fort Washington, reference librarian Marty Frantz was directing people

to power outlets and helping them get online Thursday after spending the previous night in a dark house.

Frantz and her husband had dinner with their son – he had power – and then went home, got out the flashlights and went to bed.

“We snuggled under

hiring former workers because they are enjoying collecting unemployment insurance.

Virginia defies easy characterization: She was a prosecutor, but also a public defender. She was appointed by President Barack Obama, and served in the military as a Navy lawyer.

U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen, who has been on the bench for less than three years, is overseeing the highest-profile case of her short judicial career. If she throws out Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage, the state would be the first in the South to allow gay marriage, though attorneys on both sides say her ruling will be appealed.

Liberals who want the state’s ban overturned may be encouraged by her service as a public defender and the fact that she is an Obama appointee, while conservatives may be heartened by her experience as a no-nonsense federal prosecutor.

quilts,” Frantz said. “The temperature when we went to bed was 55. It was 50 when we got up this morning.”

About 200 people took advantage of seven shelters in three suburban Philadelphia counties, according to the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Shelters also were open in central Pennsylvania.

The Northeast’s second winter storm of the week dumped more than a foot of snow in some places on Wednesday, forcing schools, businesses and government offices to close, snarling air travel and sending cars and trucks sliding on slippery roads and highways. It also left a thick coating of ice on trees and power lines.

“Many of them already had a coating of snow on them,” said Mark Durbin, a spokesman for the utility FirstEnergy. “It’s that weight that

crushes our equipment. Multiply that by hundreds of locations.”

In hard-hit York County, south of Harrisburg, the downed trees and lines kept emergency officials busy.

Calls to 911 on Wednesday were quadruple the normal volume, said Carl Lindquist, a spokesman for the county government. Roughly 440,000 customers were without power Thursday night, down by several hundred thousand from Wednesday and falling over the course of the day.

After PECO, FirstEnergy had about 33,000 outages in central Pennsylvania, PPL had 8,500 in eastern Pennsylvania, and there were about 4,000 others. Some 53,000 Maryland power customers were in the dark.

Corbett said utility companies would have about 5,000 people working to reconnect customers.

First guidelines issued to prevent stroke in women

N.C. GOP agrees: Tie Sen. Hagan to Obamacare

Just as heart attack symptoms may differ between men and women, so do stroke risks.

Now, the American Heart Association has issued its first guidelines for preventing strokes in women. They focus on birth control, pregnancy, depression and other risk factors that women face uniquely or more frequently than men do.

Stroke risk rises with age, and women tend to live longer than men. Women are more likely to be living alone when they have a stroke and to need institutional care after one. Certain stroke risks are more common in women – migraines with aura, obesity, irregular heartbeat, and metabolic syndrome – a combination of problems including blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – The crowd that swamped a recent GOP candidates’ forum at a suburban Charlotte sports bar testified to Republicans’ hopes of defeating North Carolina’s first-term Democratic senator and moving closer to controlling the U.S. Senate.

After years of voting Republican for presidents and Democratic for governors, North Carolina now rivals Ohio as a toss-up, and no Democratic senator has drawn more attack ads than Kay Hagan. A conservative group has spent nearly $6 million attacking Hagan for supporting Obama and his health care overhaul, though Republican voters in the state have yet to pick a nominee from a crowded field.

8BRIEFS Brady: Comments about unemployed ‘insensitive’ SPRINGFIELD – Republican candidate for Illinois governor Bill Brady said he was “insensitive” when he said out-of-work people don’t want jobs because they enjoy collecting unemployment benefits.

The state senator from Bloomington told The State Journal-Register on Wednesday that he “didn’t take into consideration there are a number of people out there looking for jobs who don’t want to be on unemployment.”

During a GOP gubernatorial debate Tuesday in Naperville, Brady said unemployment benefits should be cut. He said Illinois provides out-of-work residents larger and longer benefits than most states.

He also said business leaders tell him they have trouble re-

Chicago area’s Metra to hire chief audit officer CHICAGO – Metra’s board has voted to hire a chief audit officer to provide oversight as it continues to set a new direction and choose new leaders. The rail agency’s board announced the decision Wednesday.

Newly named Metra CEO Don Orseno said he welcomes the move. He said the agency “has been through a lot in the last few years” and needs to “build rapport” with riders and “respect in the rail industry.”

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MLK’s estate sparks battle

By KATE BRUMBACK The Associated Press ATLANTA – A generation after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, his children are fighting among themselves again, this time over two of their father’s most cherished possessions: his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal and the Bible he carried.

The civil rights leader’s daughter Bernice King has both items, and her brothers, Dexter King and Martin Luther King III, asked a judge last week to order her to turn them over. She said her brothers want to sell them.

In a blistering statement this week, Bernice said their father “MUST be turning in his grave” over the idea.

She said that while she loves her brothers dearly, she was “appalled and utterly ashamed” of the plan, and added: “It reveals a desperation beyond comprehension.”

Then on Thursday, at a news conference from the pulpit of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where her father and grandfather preached, she portrayed herself as the true protector of King’s legacy.

“When the record books are written, let it be said that there was at least one heir who tried to further the legacy,” she said.

In response to repeated emails and calls, a lawyer for the King estate, which is controlled by Dexter and Martin III, sent a copy of a 1995 agreement among the siblings in which they signed over the rights to many items to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc. The lawyer offered no comment.

It is the latest in a string of disputes over the years that some historians have come to see as a sad and unseemly footnote to history that could damage King’s name.

David J. Garrow, whose book “Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference” won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize, said he wasn’t “surprised in the slightest” to hear about the latest fight among the King heirs.

“The agenda has always been greed,” Garrow said.

“It’s been about maximizing the dollar value of Dr. King’s legacy.”

Bernice has repeatedly acknowledged the validity of the 1995 agreement but is now refusing to hand over the Bible and medal, the brothers said in court papers.

King was assassinated in 1968. His widow, Coretta Scott King, died in 2006.

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Winter sends more shivers On Sunday, for a few minutes at least, a groundhog named Woodstock Willie braved the cold in front of a crowd in Woodstock.

He probably shivered a little – most of us can relate – then he saw his shadow as the sun peaked out just before 7:07 a.m.

The thought of six more weeks of winter sent a chill down our spines.

This winter is on pace to be the For the record coldest winter on record, with an As you head out this weekaverage low of end, take care and take your 4.3 degrees at the time.

National Weather Service’s data point in Marengo through the end of January. Meanwhile, 38.5 inches of snow had fallen through January.

One problem with the continued snowfall is the increased danger that accompanies it.

Several area municipalities have run through their road salt reserves and are being more judicious about its use as costs pile up along with the snow.

That means drivers have to use even more caution, or avoid driving completely, after a snowfall. Wednesday morning, portions of Route 31 in Crystal Lake and Algonquin were shut down after semitrailers were unable to make it up a hill.

The weather also was a factor in the death of a nurse who was hit by a truck with a snowplow attached outside Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.

More snow could be on its way as soon as Saturday, which means it’s a good time to remind area residents to avoid driving on those snow-covered roads as much as possible.

Staying off the roads helps snowplow drivers more efficiently clear the roads and that, in turn, makes the roads safer for all drivers sooner.

So, as you head out this weekend, take care and take your time. Leave a safe stopping distance between your car and the one in front of you. And, if there is any way to avoid it, stay away from roads you believe will be treacherous.

That way, we all can get through the remaining six weeks of winter safely – if Woodstock Willie’s prediction is right.

8ANOTHER VIEW

Protecting reporters If it had been solely up to government officials at the time, how much do you think Americans would have learned about the Watergate break-in and the White House cover-up that followed? Maybe nothing.

It took a government insider who was willing to talk to reporters as an unnamed “source” – a source who became famously known as “Deep Throat” – to break the case open. The rest is history.

But it’s history that never would have been written had those young Washington Post reporters relied on official press releases from government agencies to get answers to their questions. Indeed, reporters covering all levels of government wouldn’t have much “news” to report if they relied entirely on official government mouthpieces – at least not much that’s very revealing or of great relevance to the public.

And so reporters often rely on “sources” to get the real news. Sometimes those reports reveal sensitive, if not secret, information.

The folks who make the disclosures could face consequences if their identity were revealed, including job loss and criminal prosecution.

Which is why reporters promise not to reveal their sources.

It’s a promise they should be able to keep, at least when national security isn’t at stake or unless disclosing a source would prevent an act of terrorism.

But the law is not on the side of reporters. In 1972, the Supreme Court ruled a journalist does not have a First Amendment right to refuse to testify before a grand jury about a confidential source unless there is proof the government is acting in bad faith. That leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Ever since, judges have struggled to apply the ruling in a way that would shield reporters from disclosing their sources.

It’s why reporters have faced threats of prosecution in both criminal and civil cases for refusing to answer questions about a source. In fact, some have gone to jail.

Fortunately, legislation to protect reporters is in the works. The U.S. Senate soon will consider a federal shield law passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee in September. Said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., of the bill: “This legislation ensures that the tough investigative journalism that holds government accountable will be able to thrive.”

It’s the kind of journalism that keeps government honest – at least more honest than if nobody were watching and telling reporters what they saw.

Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times

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

8IT’S YOUR WRITE Unaffordable liberalism To the Editor: Liberals exist in a fantasy world, somehow convinced that just one more mindless government program will make life fair.

Conservatives deal with reality, seeking to reduce the horrific waste and widespread fraud rampant throughout obscenely obese bureaucracy.

Liberals justify the wanton destruction of innocent human life in the womb, cleverly marketing it as “planned parenthood.” Conservatives fervently express the indisputable truth that any nation unwilling to protect human life as infinitely priceless cannot possibly have its fundamental core priorities appropriately ordered.

Liberal politicians look at voters as stupid uninformed pawns, mindless instruments serving their self-absorbed political careers.

Genuine conservatives encourage every American to pursue the limitless opportunities promised in our founding documents toward

the betterment of this nation as a whole.

As a decidedly liberal media dutifully carries the water for career politicians corrupted by the elixir of power, disgruntled millennials experience firsthand the pathetic reality of a jobless economy. Engaged, patriotic Americans realize only too well that our nation’s survival rests with dedicated citizens most cognizant of the awesome price paid for our freedoms by our forebears. May eternal vigilance become every American’s sacred vow.

Oh, I almost forgot. If you like your president, you can keep him ... period.

William G. Parrot McHenry

Street repairs needed To the Editor: To the city of McHenry, I love coming to your town, but you have to fix the road by Peterson Park – right after the horse farm, past the

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. Election-related letters are limited to 150 words. The deadline to submit an election-

railroad tracks and just before the windmill by where you turn left to go to Meijer.

It’s so bumpy and rough and hard on the cars, too. Please keep it in consideration.

A street that also needs to be in fixed is in Woodstock. South Street, which runs right past the high school. And the list goes on and on.

One street that should have been fixed all the way down and not just half of it is Dane Street. Woodstock, you need to fix the whole street or road, not part of it. It’s a

related letter is 5 p.m. March 13.

All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity at the sole discretion of the editor.

Submit letters by: • E-mail: letters@nwherald.com • Mail: Northwest Herald “It’s Your Write” Box 250 Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0250

better use of the taxes.

Cathy Gillespie Woodstock

Shovel-ready omission To the Editor: While listening to the State of the Union speech, I was surprised Mr. Obama did not list the heavy snowfall across the country as one of his many accomplishments this past year.

It would fit in with his plan for millions of “shovel-ready” jobs.

Tom Ryan McHenry

Striking a balance of quality, efficiency at MCC McHenry County College has succeeded in weathering the economic challenges present over the past few years by being financially responsible while maintaining quality academic programs that result in student success.

The college has focused on smart planning and budgeting to ensure that we meet short-term and long-term needs.

Traditionally, the college has three revenue sources from which the budget is built: state aid, student tuition and fees and local tax support. Since MCC is a people-based operation, the biggest part of our expenditure budget, over 71 percent, is salaries and benefits for our employees.

The college continues to innovate by identifying ways to do more with fewer fiscal and physical resources. Faced with declining state support and increases in fixed costs and contractual obligations, our strategic decisions have reduced costs and increased efficiencies while maintaining quality and initiating needed academic programs in the manufacturing, health and technology fields. To accomplish these innovations, the college over the past two years – through prudent planning – has realized savings and efficiencies totaling over $2.5 million.

The college has increased

GUEST VIEW Vicky Smith fiscal savings and efficiencies through a variety of activities, including revamping print management system (saving $382,000), outsourcing grounds maintenance ($132,000) and custodial services ($675,961), implementing computer desktop visualization ($138,000), negotiating better leases for computers and software ($177,000), renegotiating the cost of our debt service ($89,000), adopting a new online learning management system ($196,500), and installing energysaving systems and locked in pricing for gas and electricity ($329,000).

Such savings and efficiencies were critical so that the college could put those savings toward new academic programs, repairing infrastructure and increasing the quality of educational activities. The college also has focused on the writing of and receipt of grants to fund academic program startup costs, programs for student success, cost coverage of energy efficiency equipment, and implementation of our sustainability initiatives. MCC has received over $1.4 million in grants to fund these efforts.

8THE FIRST AMENDMENT

In addition to fiscal savings and efficiencies, MCC has leveraged partnerships to ensure the college can meet its mission: Our focus is learning; student success is our goal. Our partnerships with the high school districts include scheduling dual credit, college-level courses in the high schools so that high school students can graduate from high school with a high school diploma and several college credits at once.

The partnership involves sharing high school laboratory facilities in culinary management and computer numerical control. During the day, the high school teaches classes, and in the evening, the college teaches college classes. We also have partnerships with businesses, where we bring classes to their place of business, and the business allows us to use space and for their employees to take the class on-site.

Even with our fiscal challenges, MCC continues to focus on helping students learn and succeed. Our efforts at improving the quality and learning of students have been successful.

Over the past three years, we have increased the number of students who are retained from semester to semester. That is important, since the more students you retain, the greater chance they have of attaining their

certificate or degree.

Our student success rate also has increased over the past three years, indicating that more students are doing well. That is the result of our excellent teaching faculty and the high-level student academic support services available to our students.

Further evidence of MCC’s educational quality was reported through a recent Northern Illinois University study, showing that MCC transfer students’ average annual grade-point average at NIU was 3.032, higher than NIU native students (2.858) and other northern Illinois community colleges’ students (2.943).

More wonderful news came recently when MCC was notified that we were in the top 150 of the more than 1,000 community colleges in the country, and eligible to compete for the 2015 Aspen Prize from the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program.

MCC was selected to compete because of the Institute’s assessment of our institutional performance, improvement and equity on student retention and completion.

This is further evidence that the college’s attention to fiscal responsibility while improving the quality of our educational programs is being recognized.

• Vicky Smith is president of McHenry County College.

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.

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Dan McCaleb Group Editor

Jason Schaumburg Editor

Friday, February 7, 2014 • Page A9 • Northwest Herald • NWHerald.com 8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Winter sends more shivers On Sunday, for a few minutes at least, a groundhog named Woodstock Willie braved the cold in front of a crowd in Woodstock.

He probably shivered a little – most of us can relate – then he saw his shadow as the sun peaked out just before 7:07 a.m.

The thought of six more weeks of winter sent a chill down our spines.

This winter is on pace to be the For the record coldest winter on record, with an As you head out this weekaverage low of end, take care and take your 4.3 degrees at the time.

National Weather Service’s data point in Marengo through the end of January. Meanwhile, 38.5 inches of snow had fallen through January.

One problem with the continued snowfall is the increased danger that accompanies it.

Several area municipalities have run through their road salt reserves and are being more judicious about its use as costs pile up along with the snow.

That means drivers have to use even more caution, or avoid driving completely, after a snowfall. Wednesday morning, portions of Route 31 in Crystal Lake and Algonquin were shut down after semitrailers were unable to make it up a hill.

The weather also was a factor in the death of a nurse who was hit by a truck with a snowplow attached outside Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.

More snow could be on its way as soon as Saturday, which means it’s a good time to remind area residents to avoid driving on those snow-covered roads as much as possible.

Staying off the roads helps snowplow drivers more efficiently clear the roads and that, in turn, makes the roads safer for all drivers sooner.

So, as you head out this weekend, take care and take your time. Leave a safe stopping distance between your car and the one in front of you. And, if there is any way to avoid it, stay away from roads you believe will be treacherous.

That way, we all can get through the remaining six weeks of winter safely – if Woodstock Willie’s prediction is right.

8ANOTHER VIEW

Protecting reporters If it had been solely up to government officials at the time, how much do you think Americans would have learned about the Watergate break-in and the White House cover-up that followed? Maybe nothing.

It took a government insider who was willing to talk to reporters as an unnamed “source” – a source who became famously known as “Deep Throat” – to break the case open. The rest is history.

But it’s history that never would have been written had those young Washington Post reporters relied on official press releases from government agencies to get answers to their questions. Indeed, reporters covering all levels of government wouldn’t have much “news” to report if they relied entirely on official government mouthpieces – at least not much that’s very revealing or of great relevance to the public.

And so reporters often rely on “sources” to get the real news. Sometimes those reports reveal sensitive, if not secret, information.

The folks who make the disclosures could face consequences if their identity were revealed, including job loss and criminal prosecution.

Which is why reporters promise not to reveal their sources.

It’s a promise they should be able to keep, at least when national security isn’t at stake or unless disclosing a source would prevent an act of terrorism.

But the law is not on the side of reporters. In 1972, the Supreme Court ruled a journalist does not have a First Amendment right to refuse to testify before a grand jury about a confidential source unless there is proof the government is acting in bad faith. That leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Ever since, judges have struggled to apply the ruling in a way that would shield reporters from disclosing their sources.

It’s why reporters have faced threats of prosecution in both criminal and civil cases for refusing to answer questions about a source. In fact, some have gone to jail.

Fortunately, legislation to protect reporters is in the works. The U.S. Senate soon will consider a federal shield law passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee in September. Said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., of the bill: “This legislation ensures that the tough investigative journalism that holds government accountable will be able to thrive.”

It’s the kind of journalism that keeps government honest – at least more honest than if nobody were watching and telling reporters what they saw.

Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times

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

8IT’S YOUR WRITE Unaffordable liberalism To the Editor: Liberals exist in a fantasy world, somehow convinced that just one more mindless government program will make life fair.

Conservatives deal with reality, seeking to reduce the horrific waste and widespread fraud rampant throughout obscenely obese bureaucracy.

Liberals justify the wanton destruction of innocent human life in the womb, cleverly marketing it as “planned parenthood.” Conservatives fervently express the indisputable truth that any nation unwilling to protect human life as infinitely priceless cannot possibly have its fundamental core priorities appropriately ordered.

Liberal politicians look at voters as stupid uninformed pawns, mindless instruments serving their self-absorbed political careers.

Genuine conservatives encourage every American to pursue the limitless opportunities promised in our founding documents toward

the betterment of this nation as a whole.

As a decidedly liberal media dutifully carries the water for career politicians corrupted by the elixir of power, disgruntled millennials experience firsthand the pathetic reality of a jobless economy. Engaged, patriotic Americans realize only too well that our nation’s survival rests with dedicated citizens most cognizant of the awesome price paid for our freedoms by our forebears. May eternal vigilance become every American’s sacred vow.

Oh, I almost forgot. If you like your president, you can keep him ... period.

William G. Parrot McHenry

Street repairs needed To the Editor: To the city of McHenry, I love coming to your town, but you have to fix the road by Peterson Park – right after the horse farm, past the

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. Election-related letters are limited to 150 words. The deadline to submit an election-

railroad tracks and just before the windmill by where you turn left to go to Meijer.

It’s so bumpy and rough and hard on the cars, too. Please keep it in consideration.

A street that also needs to be in fixed is in Woodstock. South Street, which runs right past the high school. And the list goes on and on.

One street that should have been fixed all the way down and not just half of it is Dane Street. Woodstock, you need to fix the whole street or road, not part of it. It’s a

related letter is 5 p.m. March 13.

All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity at the sole discretion of the editor.

Submit letters by: • E-mail: letters@nwherald.com • Mail: Northwest Herald “It’s Your Write” Box 250 Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0250

better use of the taxes.

Cathy Gillespie Woodstock

Shovel-ready omission To the Editor: While listening to the State of the Union speech, I was surprised Mr. Obama did not list the heavy snowfall across the country as one of his many accomplishments this past year.

It would fit in with his plan for millions of “shovel-ready” jobs.

Tom Ryan McHenry

Striking a balance of quality, efficiency at MCC McHenry County College has succeeded in weathering the economic challenges present over the past few years by being financially responsible while maintaining quality academic programs that result in student success.

The college has focused on smart planning and budgeting to ensure that we meet short-term and long-term needs.

Traditionally, the college has three revenue sources from which the budget is built: state aid, student tuition and fees and local tax support. Since MCC is a people-based operation, the biggest part of our expenditure budget, over 71 percent, is salaries and benefits for our employees.

The college continues to innovate by identifying ways to do more with fewer fiscal and physical resources. Faced with declining state support and increases in fixed costs and contractual obligations, our strategic decisions have reduced costs and increased efficiencies while maintaining quality and initiating needed academic programs in the manufacturing, health and technology fields. To accomplish these innovations, the college over the past two years – through prudent planning – has realized savings and efficiencies totaling over $2.5 million.

The college has increased

GUEST VIEW Vicky Smith fiscal savings and efficiencies through a variety of activities, including revamping print management system (saving $382,000), outsourcing grounds maintenance ($132,000) and custodial services ($675,961), implementing computer desktop visualization ($138,000), negotiating better leases for computers and software ($177,000), renegotiating the cost of our debt service ($89,000), adopting a new online learning management system ($196,500), and installing energysaving systems and locked in pricing for gas and electricity ($329,000).

Such savings and efficiencies were critical so that the college could put those savings toward new academic programs, repairing infrastructure and increasing the quality of educational activities. The college also has focused on the writing of and receipt of grants to fund academic program startup costs, programs for student success, cost coverage of energy efficiency equipment, and implementation of our sustainability initiatives. MCC has received over $1.4 million in grants to fund these efforts.

8THE FIRST AMENDMENT

In addition to fiscal savings and efficiencies, MCC has leveraged partnerships to ensure the college can meet its mission: Our focus is learning; student success is our goal. Our partnerships with the high school districts include scheduling dual credit, college-level courses in the high schools so that high school students can graduate from high school with a high school diploma and several college credits at once.

The partnership involves sharing high school laboratory facilities in culinary management and computer numerical control. During the day, the high school teaches classes, and in the evening, the college teaches college classes. We also have partnerships with businesses, where we bring classes to their place of business, and the business allows us to use space and for their employees to take the class on-site.

Even with our fiscal challenges, MCC continues to focus on helping students learn and succeed. Our efforts at improving the quality and learning of students have been successful.

Over the past three years, we have increased the number of students who are retained from semester to semester. That is important, since the more students you retain, the greater chance they have of attaining their

certificate or degree.

Our student success rate also has increased over the past three years, indicating that more students are doing well. That is the result of our excellent teaching faculty and the high-level student academic support services available to our students.

Further evidence of MCC’s educational quality was reported through a recent Northern Illinois University study, showing that MCC transfer students’ average annual grade-point average at NIU was 3.032, higher than NIU native students (2.858) and other northern Illinois community colleges’ students (2.943).

More wonderful news came recently when MCC was notified that we were in the top 150 of the more than 1,000 community colleges in the country, and eligible to compete for the 2015 Aspen Prize from the Aspen Institute’s College Excellence Program.

MCC was selected to compete because of the Institute’s assessment of our institutional performance, improvement and equity on student retention and completion.

This is further evidence that the college’s attention to fiscal responsibility while improving the quality of our educational programs is being recognized.

• Vicky Smith is president of McHenry County College.

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.

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High pressure will slide east today. This will turn the winds out of the southwest helping to warm the area into the upper teens. Clouds will increase overnight ahead of our next cold front. Snow is likely Saturday, but moisture will be lacking with this storm, so snowfall amounts will be in the 1- to 3-inch range. We will be back to cold and dry air early next week.

LAKE FORECAST WATER TEMP: Chicago Winds: WSW at 10-20 kts.

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POLICE TO TARGET CELLPHONE USERS WOODSTOCK – The Woodstock Police Department will target cellphone users during this month’s special traffic enforcement initiative.

In an effort to reduce crashes that result from distracted driving, Woodstock police will look for violators illegally using their cellphones and other hand-held electronic communications equipment while driving, according to a release from the department.

Equally important is the continued education of the public on such laws, the release said.

For information on the initiative, contact Sgt. Rob Pritchard at 815-338-2131 or rpritchard@ woodstockil.gov.

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‘Groundhog’ B&B for sale Woodstock home featured in movie on market for $985K

By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – When Everton Martin and Karla Stewart-Martin converted the “Groundhog Day” house to a bed and breakfast, it was the first time the home had been used in the same way it was depicted in the movie.

The couple would like to see it stay that way. The Martins have put the 5,800-square-foot house – seen as the Cherry Street Inn during the movie – on the market for $985,000.

The home at 344 Fremont St. has eight bedrooms, eight full bathrooms

and a partial bathroom. Its listing on the real estate website trulia.com says it could be “easily turned into the grand single family it once was.”

“We’re marketing it either way,” said Rick Bellairs, the real estate agent for the property. He said the house has been listed on several bed and breakfast-related real estate sites.

“I don’t think those turn over that rapidly,” he said. “Someone could just as easily turn this with very little effort back into a single-family home.”

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The Woodstock home that was the Cherry Street Inn in the film “Groundhog Day” is now on the market for $985,000.

The home was remodeled in 2010 and currently operates as the Royal Victorian Manor Bed & Breakfast.

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8LOCAL BEST BETS

HUNTLEY DANCE CLUB TO PERFORM

Church statue beheaded

Huntley High School’s dance club, Orchesis, will present “Marching On” at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Feb. 15 in the school’s performing arts center, 13719 Harmony Road, Huntley.

The show will feature many styles of dance, including modern, lyrical, tap and jazz. Tickets are $5 in advance; $7 at the door.

Orchesis will hold a fundraiser prior to the matinee Feb. 15. For $15, boys and girls ages 4 to 13 will receive a ticket to the show and participate in a 45-minute dance class, then will perform on stage during the show. Those interested should arrive at the performing arts center at 12:30 p.m. For information, email Leslie Parrin at lparrin@district158.org.

Franks proposes law in light of Amati case

By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com

MCC TO HOST FAFSA WORKSHOP Staff members from the Office of Financial Aid at McHenry County College will help students and/or parents complete the online form for the 2014-15 Free Application for Federal Student Aid from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 20 in Room A361 at the college, 8900 Route 14.

The FAFSA form is the document students must complete in order to be considered for federal and state grants, work-study and student loans.

Appointments are required. For information, call 815-455-8761.

BABY-SITTING CLASS AVAILABLE Safe Sitter baby-sitting training will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 15 and 16 at the Cary Park District Community Center, 255 Briargate Road, Cary.

The course, for ages 11 to 15, will cover injury prevention, basic first aid, behavior management, personal safety, ethics and baby-sitting as a business. Fee is $65; $98 for nonresidents. For information, call 847-639-6100.

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Pieces of the statue that was vandalized early Wednesday morning at St. Patrick Catholic Church in McHenry lie in the pastor’s office Thursday. The bronze statue of St. Patrick was pushed over in front of the church, shattering the head. This is the third time the church has been vandalized in the past eight months.

McHenry building vandalized for 3rd time in 8 months

By JIM DALLKE jdallke@shawmedia.com McHENRY – A McHenry church was vandalized again this week, marking the third time in eight months that the building was damaged.

Some time between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning an individual tore down a statue at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 3500 Washington St., causing the 6-foot-tall structure to break in multiple places.

The statue of St. Patrick, which is made of a bronze and metal mixture, may cost $15,000 to $20,000 to repair, according to the church.

“It is the main icon at the entrance of our church, being that

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our church is named after St. Patrick,” Pastor Godwin Asuquo said. “It’s a very sad event.”

The broken statue is the third act of vandalism the church has experienced since June of last year, when someone also damaged the St. Patrick statue by breaking it at several places, including its fingers, which were found on the church roof.

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“We feel attacked for no reason. Parishioners are completely devastated by these experiences.”

Godwin Asuquo Pastor at St. Patrick Catholic Church

Maintenance worker Jim Perdue points out the damage to a statue Thursday that was vandalized early Wednesday morning in front of St. Patrick Catholic Church in McHenry.

Huntley moves to penalize teens for e-cigs Village Board will vote on amendment that calls for violators to be fined up to $500

By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com

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Bill would increase ‘grooming’ penalties

HUNTLEY – Teenagers caught with an electronic cigarette in Huntley could now face up to $500 in fines, under an ordinance amendment that Village Board members supported Thursday.

The new penalty should send a message to kids that electronic cigarettes are dangerous to their health, said Trustee John Piwko, who proposed the amendment after his sons told him that a few classmates were vaporizing on the bus ride home.

“I know it’s all vapor ... but some of it is nicotine. To me, that’s a way to

get hooked on it and once your legal, you can have tobacco,” Piwko said.

“It’s a teaser.”

Unlike traditional cigarettes, e-cigarettes emit vapor instead of smoke and don’t contain harmful byproducts, such as tar. The vapor can contain nicotine, synthetic nicotine or no nicotine, and is usually mixed with artificial or natural fruit flavoring.

Huntley’s ordinance change clarifies the state’s new ban on e-cigarettes that went into effect last month and prohibits the sale of the alternative nicotine product to minors. The board will vote to approve the amendment during its regular

meeting next week.

The statewide ban that Gov. Pat Quinn signed Aug. 15 did not clearly prohibit the possession of e-cigarettes and similar products by minors, according to village documents.

The amendment addresses the inconsistency, forbidding anyone under 18 from purchasing, possessing and consuming any alternative nicotine product within Huntley’s boundaries.

A minor caught with the product could face between $50 and $500 in fines for each offense.

The village already has similar penalties for minors caught with regular tobacco products.

CRYSTAL LAKE – State Rep. Jack Franks will introduce a new bill to increase penalties against sexual predatory behavior in light of allegations of “grooming” against a Woodstock sergeant in the fall.

The Marengo Democrat hopes to make grooming – currently a Class 4 felony – a Class 3 felony when the victim is age 14 or older and a Class 2 felony when victims are younger than age 14.

Grooming occurs when a person knowingly uses electronic forms of communication to seduce, solicit, lure or entice a minor to commit a sex offense.

Franks pinpointed the controversy surrounding Woodstock Police Sgt. Chip Amati as a reason to bolster the law. Amati reportedly text messaged his ex-girlfriend’s 12-year-old daughter for “sexy pictures.”

The Woodstock City Council and city staff announced Wednesday no disciplinary action was legally possible beyond the 30-day suspension Amati is serving after two state’s attorney’s offices declined to pursue criminal charges after investigations were conducted.

The lack of charges, Franks said, was a result of a weak law and not incompetence at the city or state’s attorney levels.

“I spoke with the mayor and the police chief and there wasn’t a heck of a lot they could do,” Franks said. “And I have all the faith in the world in [McHenry County State’s Attorney] Lou Bianchi. My job is to fix the law, his job is to enforce it.”

Franks had assistance drafting the proposal from McHenry County Undersheriff Andrew Zinke, who has worked with the lawmaker in the past on distracted driving legislation.

Zinke said the existing grooming law is too vague without age specifications and requires a higher burden of proof.

With the proposed changes, Zinke said the outcome in the Amati investigation might have been different.

“The whole thing is irritating and disappointing for the law enforcement community,” Zinke said of the Amati investigation. “I don’t know enough about the case and we only had a small part in the investigation, but my gut tells me it probably could have been [grooming].”

With the legislation drafted, Franks said he is hopeful he will find support to pass the harsher penalties and more specific language to improve prosecution against grooming.

“It’s pretty hard to vote against a bill to protect our kids from predators,” Franks said.

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KANE COUNTY: ECOLOGICAL RECOVERY

Veterans work to restore Kane forest preserve

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asloboda@shawmedia.com To U.S. Marine Corps veteran Ben Haberthur, a country worth protecting is a country worth preserving.

It’s that belief and a deep sense of patriotism that is at the root of the work of the Veterans Conservation Corps of Chicagoland, an organization Haberthur created in 2012 to make a positive difference in the lives of veterans and the landscapes in which they live by giving them hands-on restoration experience.

Haberthur – who is a veteran of the 2003 Iraq invasion – said nature can be a source of solace to veterans struggling with issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression when they return to civilian life.

“When I got out, I had my own trouble transitioning back to normal life,” he said, noting long hikes would give him a sense of regeneration.

Unemployment tends to compound veterans’ struggles, as they tend to feel like they have no sense of purpose, said Haberthur, now a restoration

• What: Veterans Conservation Corps public volunteer event • When: 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 22 • Where: Dick Young Forest Preserve, 39W115 Main St., Batavia

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Larry Thompson of Big Rock uses a chain saw to break down non-native plant species in an area of Dick Young Forest Preserve in Batavia. Thompson works as part of the Veterans Conservation Corps of Chicagoland, which is a program run by the Kane County Forest Preserve. ecologist for the Kane County Forest Preserve District.

This winter, Haberthur has put a small group of veterans to work with the support of a

$56,000 Audubon Toyota TogetherGreen Innovation Grant awarded to the Veterans Conservation Corps.

The veterans are learning

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about ecological restoration while restoring oak woodlands, prairies and wetlands at the Dick Young Forest Preserve near Batavia. Haberthur

said the location is fitting because the forest preserve is named after a decorated World War II veteran.

Through the five-month transitional job training program, veterans will gain real-world skills that should help them secure employment in ecological restoration. Last month, for example, participants earned their chain saw certification and soon would earn their pesticide license, Haberthur said.

For Brian Stark, 28, the Veterans Conservation Corps aligned with his college degree.

The Army veteran studied conservation biology and environmental geology at the University of Michigan, he said.

Stark described the restoration work as a good field for veterans because it is physically demanding and requires

teamwork and camaraderie – elements familiar to veterans.

The veterans spend most of their eight-hour days in the field conducting such work as clearing the forest preserve of invasive brush, Haberthur said.

“It’s exhausting,” he said.

But it’s work Jacob Honaker, 24, welcomes. After leaving the Army early last year, Honaker said he worked at Walmart for three weeks and realized how much he hated being indoors and being surrounded by people.

Cutting down trees and seeing the finished product is enjoyable, he said.

“To be able to see a plan work out is phenomenal,” Honaker said. “To me, there’s really no better feeling.”

Those interested in helping Veterans Conservation Corps members with restoration work can attend public volunteer events, which are held monthly.

The next event is set for 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 22. The third and final brush clearing event is set for March 15, and a planting event is being planned for the spring, Haberthur said.

McHENRY COUNTY: CARDIAC HEALTH

Candidates make push for clerk’s office Cholesterol screening appointments available Cunningham, Davoust each bring experience, offer different views

By BRENDA SCHORY bschory@shawmedia.com The race for the Republican nomination in the March 18 primary for Kane County clerk pits a three-term incumbent against a county board member in the midst of his third term.

Incumbent Jack Cunningham, an Aurora resident who has been clerk since 2002, said he wants to use his education and experience to serve at least one more term.

Mark Davoust, a St. Charles resident, has been a county board member for nine years. His current term does not expire until 2016. Davoust said he wants to be the county clerk to bring a fresh attitude to the office.

The county clerk’s office is responsible not only for elections but also for maintaining vital records of births, deaths and marriages, as well as the tax extension records of levies of each local taxing body.

“I’ve always been involved in public service,” Cunningham said. “I enjoy public service, and I would like another term. I am running on my qualifications and accomplishments. I brought this office into the 21st century. It is one of the most complex in the country.”

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C u n n i n g h a m s a i d u nder his leadership, election equipment went from punch cards to a total electronic system that is one of three in the state. The other two are Peoria County and the city of Peoria.

“We’re known as one of the forefront leaders in election technology,” Cunningham said.

Davoust said the clerk’s office under Cunningham has “taken an approach of being reactive instead of proJack active.”

Cunningham “I believe the clerk’s office is ... more than managing elections and data,” Davoust said. “There is responsibility to be actively pursuing voter registration and voter turnout. I think it is essenMark tial for the sucDavoust cess of our local government system of democracy to have the most people involved [in voting] as possible.”

Davoust said, as clerk, he would pursue voter registrations and voters more actively.

“Term limits in today’s political world, the answer for a long time is, ‘We have term limits. They are called elections.’ That can be true, but

not when you have turnouts that are barely reaching [percentages in] double digits.”

Davoust said rolling out the voter mobile and banners and flags prior to elections is not enough.

“There has to be a message coming out all the time, a relentless pursuit of educating people, informing people, encouraging people, prodding people to come out and vote,” Davoust said.

Davoust said it is the clerk’s job to push the message, at least to boost voter turnout to be more than 50 percent.

“Seventeen-year-olds can come to vote in the primary if they will be 18 by Election Day in November,” Davoust said.

“There has to be education information in our schools about local government and responsibility and privilege of voting.”

Cunningham countered that with the Motor Voter Act, more people register to vote when they get their driver’s licenses.

“We already have deputy registrars. All the precinct committeemen take that training. We work with the League of Women voters,” Cunningham said.

Cunningham said it’s the clerk’s job to have fair and accurate elections.

“And that’s what we’re doing, having secure elections,” Cunningham said.

The winner of the primary will run in the general election on Nov. 4.

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Heavy ice builds on Metra lines

Police issue 81 citations in Super Bowl crackdown

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An icy, outbound Metra train approaches the Cary station Thursday. Wind chill values as low as minus 30 are expected into Friday morning. A wind chill advisory is in effect until 11 a.m. Friday.

FOX RIVER GROVE: MARCH BILLING CHANGES

FRG increases late fees on water, sewer bills

By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com FOX RIVER GROVE – Being late on paying a water and sewer bill in the village will cost a little more.

The Village Board in a 4-1 vote Thursday approved increasing the late fee for water and sewer bills to 10 percent from 5 percent.

The late fee originally was 10 percent, but it was reduced four years ago to help residents save money in a struggling economy, said Trustee Steve Knar.

“We had reduced it to help people out because the economy worsened,” Knar said.

“I think people are taking advantage of it a little bit, paying other bills and not paying us.

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We need to encourage people to pay their bills to the village.”

Late fees kick in 15 days after the date of the original bill.

Water and sewer customers are billed every two months.

Village Administrator Derek Soderholm said the municipality was on the low end when it came to late fees.

Soderholm said he expects the village to apply the new late fee during the March bill-

ing cycle.

Trustee Suzanne Blohm was the lone “no” vote on the late fee change.

She said the amount of people who are paying bills late or not at all is increasing.

“I feel if we raise the late fee, it’s not going to reduce [what is owed] to us,” Blohm said. “It’s just going to burden our residents with more costs.”

The Village Board also approved a road design and construction engineering contract with Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers.

The company will do the engineering work for $58,000 for this year’s road projects.

The budget for the road projects and corresponding engineering is $750,000, Soder-

holm said.

Roads that will be resurfaced have yet to be finalized.

“We’re going to get as much road as we can get done,” Soderholm said.

The village plans to repave the access road to Picnic Grove Park and pave the park’s parking lot. Currently the parking lot is gravel.

Work at Picnic Grove Park is expected to cost $145,000, but that design work has yet to be completed, Soderholm said.

Portions of the access road are in the flood plain, Soderholm said.

If it’s determined there are no flood plain issues, the cost could be less and allow for the village to do work on an additional road, Soderholm said.

CRYSTAL LAKE: CONTINUING EDUCATION

Beginner language class registration open at MCC NORTHWEST HERALD CRYSTAL LAKE – Learn a new language for job enhancement or just for fun with classes offered by McHenry County College’s Continuing Education Department.

Upcoming beginner classes start Tuesday for German, Wednesday for Italian and Feb. 19 for sign language.

The following classes are accepting registration: German I: The course will introduce learners to the rich history and diverse culture of Germany in this basic German language class. Ideal for those

interested in traveling to German-speaking countries, participants will learn basic German grammar, practice word pronunciation and phrase study.

The required book is “The Everything Learning German Book,” second edition with CD included, ISBN: 9781598699890.

Textbooks must be purchased prior to start of class and are not available in the MCC Bookstore. Class will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday through April 15 in Room E104. The cost is $120. Use course ID: NFL S21 002 to register.

Italian I: Learn about Italian

culture and learn the basics of expressing yourself in the “Bella Lingua!” Participants will learn basic but useful skills to make themselves understood in Italy. Ideal for prospective tourists or for those who want to get back in touch with their Italian roots in a fun and engaging way.

The required textbook is “Espresso 1 Student Book”

by L. Ziglio and G. Rizzo, Alma Edizioni (available at www.deltapublishing.com for $35.90), ISBN: 9788861820531.

Textbooks must be purchased prior to the start of class. Class will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday through April 16 in Room A241. The cost is $119.

Use course ID: NFL S12 004 to register.

Sign Language I: An introduction to finger spelling and basic survival signs that can be used in a variety of settings.

The book for class will be discussed at the first session. This class is taught by an instructor who is deaf. Class will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 19 through May 14 in Room A213. The cost is $125. Use course ID: NFL S01 005 to register.

To register, call the MCC Registration Office at 815-4558588.

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Registration and information: 815479-5779 or www.mccdistrict.org.

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day. Information: 815-385-8555.

Feb. 7 through Feb. 8

• 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Food drive, Potpourri Resale, 3012 Route 120 McHenry. Bring in a food donation to benefit FISH food pantry in McHenry and receive a 35 percent discount off your purchase. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sun-

8COMMUNITY CALENDAR Feb. 7 • 7 p.m. – McHenry bingo, VFW Post 4600, 3002 W. Route 120, McHenry. Player-friendly games and prizes. Food available.

Proceeds benefit Wings of an Angel organization to help families battling pediatric cancer. Information: 815-385-4600 or www. mchenrybingo.com.

• 7 to 9 p.m. – Winter on the Frontier, Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glacial Park, Route 31 and Harts Road, Ringwood. Learn how the

• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – St. John’s Mission Resale Shop, 215 Washington St., Algonquin. Featuring a variety of clothing, household, holiday and children’s items and more. Continues 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Feb. 7 through Feb. 9

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Civil rights crusader to speak in Algonquin ALGONQUIN – Algonquin Area Public Library will welcome Barry Bradford, a U.S. Presidential Award winner with local roots, at 2 p.m. Feb. 23 to its main facility, 2600 Harnish Drive.

Bradford, a suburban Chicago high school teacher and National Teacher of the Year recipient, is best known for leading movements to reopen two cold cases from the Civil Rights Era – including the notorious “Mississippi Burning” triple murder in 1964.

Forty-one years after the crime, Bradford, along with three high school students and a dynamic Mississippi newspaperman, compiled the evidence necessary for justice to prevail.

His group’s efforts led to the conviction of Edgar Ray Killen, an unrepentant Ku Klux Klan leader.

As part of its Black History Month programming, and in cooperation with the African-American Parent Advisory Committee of School District 300, the Algonquin Area Public Library invites interested participants to the compelling presentation, “Mississippi Burning: Rewriting History.”

Seating is limited. Visit the Events page of aapld.org to register. Learn more about the speaker at barrybradford.com.

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Woodstock library to host upcoming events WOODSTOCK – Residents looking to get out of the house for a few hours have several upcoming chances at the Woodstock Public Library.

The library, located at 414 W. Judd St., is hosting three

–Shawn Shinneman

Three events upcoming at Harvard library HARVARD – The Harvard Diggins Library, 900 E. McKinley St., has several upcoming events planned.

At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, local resident Ed O’Brien will portray Franklin D. Roosevelt during a free event called “An Evening with FDR.” Residents can come out for mini-golf during “Links in the Library” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Feb. 15. Organizers will set up a mini-golf course throughout the library. The event is open to kids and adults and costs $3 for 9 holes.

At 6:30 p.m. Feb. 18, the library will host a program called “Our Land ... Your Land ... Finding and Measuring It.” Robert Roll, a professional genealogist who lives in Harvard, will speak about the land our ancestors owned or inhabited.

For information, visit www. harvard-diggins.org or call the library at 815-943-4671.

–Shawn Shinneman

Defenders monthly drive set for Saturday WOODSTOCK – The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County will hold their monthly recycling collection Saturday.

The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon in the parking lot of the Farm Bureau, 1102 McConnell Road, Woodstock.

The organization accepts a long list of electronics, fluorescent tubes and batteries, among other items.

The Defenders alternate each month between locations in Woodstock and McHenry for their recycling drive. There also are free electronics drop-off sites.

For information about materials accepted and drop-off locations, visit the organization’s website at www.mcdef.org/ recycling_information.htm

–Shawn Shinneman

Feb. 8 • 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Celebrating Life Unity Breakfast, fifth annual, D’Andrea Banquets, 4419 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Public forum and panel discussion regarding the tragic reality of human trafficking hosted by Patriots United. Cost: $25 by Feb. 5, $30 at the door. Breakfast provided. Registration and information: www. patriotsunited.com.

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CRYSTAL LAKE – Super Bowl weekend was not so super for some motorists who were issued tickets as part of the Crystal Lake Police Department’s crackdown.

The Crystal Lake Police Department – one of more than 200 in Illinois to participate in the increased traffic enforcement campaign over Super Bowl weekend – announced Thursday that 81 citations were issued during the three-day period.

Between Jan. 31 and Feb. 2, the department issued 17 seat-belt citations; 25 citations for using phones while driving; seven tickets for uninsured motorists; 12 speeding tickets; and 20 citations for other equipment and moving violations.

No drunken driving citations were reported in the department’s press release.

The campaign was federally funded through the state’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over and Click It or Ticket initiatives.

The campaign allowed Crystal Lake police officers to add 51 patrol hours for enforcement.

events during the next week, starting with a concert at 2 p.m. Sunday. Cheryl Niemo and the Down Home Boys will play a mix of old-time country, folk, bluegrass, country blues and old-time rock ‘n’ roll during “Music Across the Decades,” a free concert for all ages.

Two days later, from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, the library will host a blood drive. Donors should be at least 110 pounds, 17 years old – or 16 with parental or guardian consent – and in good health.

Appointments can be made online at www.heartlandbc. org or by calling the library at 815-338-0542.

Finally, at 10 a.m. Feb. 13 a local resident will give a talk at the library on why seniors should write their memoirs, and how to do so. Registration for the program should be completed online at www. woodstockpubliclibrary.org or by calling the library.

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PTO offers scholarships to high school seniors The Harrison School Parent/ Teacher Organization will award $1,500 in scholarships by lottery drawing to high school seniors with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average who are graduates of Harrison Elementary School in Wonder Lake.

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Martins purchased iconic home for $435K in 2008 • HOME Continued from page B1 The house, built in 1894, was put on the market in May of last year.

The Martins purchased the home in 2008 for $435,000. They made extensive renovations after the purchase, including the installation of new heating and air conditioning systems and an overhaul of the electrical and plumbing systems. The couple also re-did the kitchen, added bathrooms and turned attic space into an apartment.

The couple’s purchase came at the conclusion of a lengthy search for the perfect place for a bed and breakfast, they told the Northwest Herald in 2010. The Royal Victorian Manor Bed & Breakfast opened that year, offering five rooms.

But the slumping econ-

omy hit the business hard, and the couple didn’t anticipate the toll of distance from their family, Stewart-Martin said. They have children and grandchildren in the Milwaukee suburbs.

“It was and it still is something that we do not regret doing,” she said. “Life kind of happened around us with the economy and that sort of thing.”

The couple picked the house for its potential – not the “Groundhog Day” lore.

But Stewart-Martin said the way the city and its residents embraced the bed and breakfast was icing on the cake.

“We’ve enjoyed being here in Woodstock and we’ll be here as long as it takes to find the right person to come along and buy the house,” she said.

The business is still running and hosted a full house during recent Groundhog Day festivities. The week’s spe-

cial guest, “Groundhog Day” scriptwriter Danny Rubin, stayed at the house, Bellairs said.

Only the exterior of the Victorian actually appeared in “Groundhog Day.” Scenes set inside the Cherry Street Inn were actually filmed on a movie set.

But crews did enter the house to film a view from a third-story window, which peers down Madison Street.

It’s the view Bill Murray’s character sees after waking up and looking outside.

All in all, the house has left a significant imprint in the minds of those who saw the movie, said Maggie Crane, a member of the Groundhog Day Committee.

“When people come visit town, the first thing they ask for is Bill Murray’s puddle,” Crane said. “The second place they all want to know is where’s the Cherry Street Inn.”

Crane said the big house with the wraparound porch had immediately stuck out to a location scout during his first visit to town.

After getting a look of the Square, Bob Hudgins – now a production manager for “Chicago Fire” – wanted to go searching for a bed and breakfast.

“They just drove around, and as they turned down Madison Street, he saw the house down the street and knew that the house had the greatest potential from the beginning,” said Crane, relaying a story she’s heard Hudgins tell during Groundhog Day walking tours.

It was a single-family house at the time, holding a big family.

“A guy knocks on the door and says, ‘we’d like to use your house in a movie,’ ” Crane said. “They were willing, and that’s how it got chosen.”

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Police: No evidence to indicate that accidents are related • STATUE Continued from page B1 A second attack on the church occurred later that month when vandals ripped the cross off the roof of the chapel. They also broke into and stole a locked box containing money designated for

charity, among various other damages.

“We feel attacked for no reason,” Asuquo said. “Parishioners are completely devastated by these experiences.”

McHenry police said there is no evidence to support that the multiple incidents are related, according to Deputy Police Chief John Birk. The

church does have video surveillance, which police are reviewing, Birk said.

“It’s a sad situation,” Birk said of the latest incident. “[The church] is right on the roadway. It’s so easy for someone to get to it … It looks like someone jumped out of their car, knocked the statue down and got right back in

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OBITUARIES DARLENE C. AEVERMAN Born: Feb. 13, 1943; in Woodstock Died: Feb. 3, 2014; in Crystal Lake Darlene Catherine Aeverman (nee Schaefer), 70, a resident of Crystal Lake since 1965, passed away Monday, February 3, 2014, at The Springs of Crystal Lake.

She was born February 13, 1943, in Woodstock to the late John and Lovina (nee Brown) Schaefer.

Darlene married Donald Aeverman on November 9, 1963, in St. Mary Church, McHenry.

Darlene worked for 28 years as a proofreader for Black Dot in Crystal Lake. She was a volunteer for Raue Center for the Arts, enjoyed ceramics and needlepoint, was an avid reader, and a member of St. Thomas the Apostle Church. Most of all she enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her granddaughters.

In addition to her husband, Don, survivors include her daughters, Diane (Frank) Vadnais of Crystal Lake and Denise (Kurt) Baker of Oswego; granddaughters, Sarah and Courtney Vadnais and Alison, Brooke, and Cara Baker; brother, Robert Schaefer of McHenry; brother-in-law, Ken (GeorgiaAnn) Aeverman of Maumelle, AR; uncle, Walter (Phyllis) Brown of Washington State; aunt, Helen Schaefer of McHenry; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Darlene was preceded in death by her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Walter and Edna (nee Anderson) Aeverman; sister-in-law, Gerry (Robert) Becker; and brother-in-law, Harold Aeverman.

The visitations will be Sunday, February 9, from 12:00-4:00 p.m., and Monday, February 10, from 9:00-10:00 a.m., at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave. (Route 176), Crystal Lake. There will be a procession from the funeral home to St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 451 W. Terra Cotta Ave., for a 10:30 a.m., Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will follow in Windridge Memorial Park, Cary.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in Darlene's name may be made to American Diabetes Association, www.diabetes.org, 312-346-1805, American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org, 800-227-2345, or the Alzheimer's Association, www.alz.org, 800-272-3900.

You may leave online condolences for the family at www.davenportfamily.com, or call 815-459-3411, for information.

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

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

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

He was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, past Church Council member and past member of the Harvard Diggins Library Board. He was a member of the Harvard Moose Lodge, enjoyed attending the IHSA Boys Basketball Tournaments, also enjoyed landscaping and developing his property, traveling and reading. He was an avid Green Bay Packers, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Blackhawks fan.

Survivors include his wife, Linda; mother, Beverly Burkart of Harvard; sons, Joshua Schumacher, Jacob Schumacher both of Atlanta, GA; daughter, Erin Schumacher of Harvard; brothers, Russell (Colleen) Burkart of Rockford and Robert “Bob” Burkart of Harvard; nieces and nephews, James (Jane) Burkart, Erin (Mike) Brien, Justine Gilbert, Brendan Gilbert and Shaela Hayden.

He is predeceased by his father Charles Sr. Visitation will be from 9:00-12:00 noon Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 504 E. Diggins, Harvard, IL 60033. Funeral services will follow at 12:00 noon Saturday at the church with Rev. Herb Priester officiating . Burial will be in Mt. Auburn Cemetery at a later date.

Memorials may be made to the Harvard Diggins Library, 900 E. McKinley, Harvard, IL 60033, or the Land Conservancy of McHenry County, 4622 Dean Street Road, Woodstock, IL 60098.

Friends and family may sign the online guest book at saundersmcfarlin.net.

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

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to either the Woodstock VFW, or St. Mary Catholic Church.

The family would like to thank the nurses and staff of the 2nd floor at Centegra Woodstock Hospital for their loving care.

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

DIANE SHOGREN Diane Shogren, age 51, of Ingleside, died February 5, 2014, at Good Shepherd Hospital.

A complete obituary will be published in the Saturday edition of the Northwest Herald.

A visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday, February 9, 2014, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry, IL 60050. The funeral service will be at 7:00 p.m. Sunday. Interment will be private.

Memorials to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

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VIRGINIA MICHALSKI Born: July 11, 1914; In Chicago, IL Died: Feb. 4, 2014; In Crystal Lake

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8BLOOD DRIVES Following is a list of places to give blood. Donors should be 17 or older or 16 with a parent’s consent, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in good health.

• 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 9 – St. Margaret Church, 111 S. Hubbard St., Algonquin. Hosted by St. Margaret Mary Knights of Columbus.

Donors will receive the new “He is Risen” car magnet. Walk-ins welcome. Information: 847-639-4080.

• 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 9 – Bethany Lutheran Church, 76 W. Crystal Lake Ave., Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Darlene Shaffer, 815-459-8553 or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 9 – St. Mary’s Church, 312 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock. Appointments and information: Dave Grote, 815-8612014 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 11 – Huntley Public Library, 11000 Ruth Road, Huntley. Walk-ins welcome.

Appointments and information: 847-669-5386, ext. 21, or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 11 – Heritage Woods of McHenry, 4609 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry.

Appointments and information: Jenneen, 815-344-2690 or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 4 to 7 p.m. Feb. 11 – Woodstock Public Library, 414 W. Judd St., Woodstock. Appointments and information: 815-338-0542 or www.heartlandbc.org.

• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 16 – Springbrook Community Church, 10115 Algonquin Road, Huntley.

Walk-ins welcome. Appointments and information: www.heartlandbc.org.

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

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

• 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 18 – First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Ellen or Charlie, 815-459-9409 or www.heartlandbc.org.

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

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

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

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

Appointments and information: www.heartlandbc.org.

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

• Heartland Blood Centers – 800-786-4483; 630-264-7834 or www.heartlandbc.org. Locations: 6296 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, 815-356-0608; 1140 N. McLean Blvd., Elgin, 847-741-8282; 649 W. State St., Geneva, 630208-8105; 1200 N. Highland Ave., Aurora, 630-892-7055.

• LifeSource Blood Center – Crystal Lake Community Donor Center, 5577 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, 815-356-5173. Hours: noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday and Friday; 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Information: 877-543-3768 or www.lifesource. org.

Virginia Michalski, 8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS age 99, of Crystal Lake, passed away Darlene C. Aeverman: The copal Church, 337 Ridge Road, For information, call the funeral peacefully with her Barrington Hills. Interment will home at 815-338-1710. visitation will be from noon to loving family at her be private. For information, call Edward Guettler: The visitation 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, and from side on Tuesday, 847-381-3411. will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.

9 to 10 a.m.

Monday, Feb. 10, at February 4, 2014.

Sue Schweiger: The visitation Saturday, Feb. 8, at Shepherd of Davenport Family Funeral Home, She was born July 11, 1914 in will be from 1 p.m. until the the Hills Lutheran Church, 404 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave. (Route Chicago, to Martin and Julia prayer service at 4 p.m. Sunday, N. Green St., McHenry.

The me176), Crystal Lake.

There will be Dybalski.

Feb. 9, at DeFiore-Jorgensen morial service will immediately a procession Monday from the Virginia was married to Frank Funeral & Cremation Service, follow. Inurnment will be prifuneral home to St. Thomas the Michalski until his passing in 1969.

10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. vate. For information, call Justen From 1941 until 1975, Virginia and Apostle Church, 451 W. Terra Frank were the owners of the Burial will be at a later date in Funeral Home & Crematory at Cotta Ave., for a 10:30 a.m.

Bridgeport Bakery in Chicago and St. Michael the Archangel Cem815-385-2400.

Mass of Christian Burial. Burial upon Frank's passing Virginia etery, Palatine. For information, John S. Hoffman: A visitation will will follow in Windridge Memobecame the sole proprietor of the call 847-515-8772. be from 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. rial Park, Cary. For information, business. During her retirement, she Diane Shogren: The visitation 9, until the memorial service at call 815-459-3411. helped raise her grandchildren and will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, 3 p.m. at Crystal Lake EvangelCharles E. “Charlie” Burkart was a clerk for the Cadieux Bakery Feb. 9, at Justen Funeral Home ical Free Church, 575 E. Crystal Jr.: The visitation will be from 9 in Barrington. Virginia was known & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles Lake Road, Crystal Lake. For a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 8, at for her warmth and kindness, LAWRENCE C. DHOM J. Miller Road, McHenry. The information, call 847-515-8772.

Trinity Lutheran Church, 504 E. always putting others first before funeral service will immediately Born: June 8, 1925; In Newton, IL Diggins St., Harvard. The funeral Marian Horsch: The visitation herself. She was loving and Died: Feb. 5, 2014; In Woodstock follow. Interment will be private. will be from noon until the fugenerous to others in need. Virginia service will immediately follow.

For information, call the funeral neral service at 3 p.m. Saturday, was a hard worker, devoted to her For information, call Saunders & Lawrence C. Dhom, family, and a diehard Cubs fan. She home at 815-385-2400.

Feb. 8, at Davenport Family McFarlin Funeral Home at 815age 88, of was loved by all who knew her and Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Howard E. Sternberg: A memo943-5400.

Woodstock, died on will be dearly missed. rial visitation will be from 10 Ave. (Route 176), Crystal Lake.

William T. Burke: The visitation Wednesday, Virginia was a loving mother to to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at Interment will be private. Call will be from 3 to 8 p.m.

Sunday, February 5, 2014 at Merrilee (William) Wise, and Querhammer & Flagg Funeral 815-459-3411 for information.

Feb. 9, at Drechsler, Brown & Centegra Memorial Edward (Pauline) Michalski; Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Eleanor Kolberg: There will Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Medical Center in cherished grandmother to Scott Crystal Lake. The memorial be a chapel service at 11 a.m.

Marion St., Oak Park.

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Ariel, Kyle Ariel, John Mason, service will immediately follow.

Saturday, Feb. 8, at Zion LuMass will be celebrated at 10 He was born June Virginia “Ginny” (Matt) Voelker, and For information, call the funeral theran Church, 412 Jackson St., a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, at St. 8, 1925 in Newton, Lynn (Mike) Thomer; a much home at 815-459-1760.

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Illinois, to Charles Barbara Parish, 4008 Prairie anticipated great-grandmother to Andrew C. Vadnais: A memorial and Josephine (Loebmeier) Dhom. recently born, Lily Voelker; and Ave., Brookfield. For information, Ernest J. La Bay: The visitation Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. will be from 2 to 4 p.m. SaturHe married Shirley M. Salzman on many nieces, nephews, cousins, and call the funeral home at 708November 8, 1947 in Woodstock.

Saturday, Feb. 8, at Sts. Peter day, Feb. 8, at Colonial Funeral good friends.

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Larry was a WW II veteran. He and Paul Catholic Church, 410 Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, In addition to her parents and ALICE REGEP Raymond Gary Chisholm: The was a US Marine, serving in the husband, Frank, Virginia was First St., Cary. A celebration of McHenry. Internment will be at visitation will be from 4 to 8 preceded in death by her siblings, life will follow immediately after a later date in Combined Locks, Alice Marie Engling Regep, age 42, Pacific Theater with the First p.m.

Friday, Feb. 7, at KahArmored Amphibian Battalion.

Florence Wasielewski, Martin of Cary, passed away February 6, at the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn, Wis. For information, call 815le-Moore Funeral Home, 403 During his career, he operated Dybalski, Edward Debalski, Frank 2014 at her home.

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Silver Lake Road, Cary. Funeral Larry's Shoe Repair Shop in Blazo, and John Blazo.

Arrangements pending at the other services will be private.

Virginia Michalski: The visitation services will be at the funeral Woodstock; he worked many years Visitation and viewing will be held Kahle-Moore Funeral Home. 847Daniel Michael Venard Sr.: will be from noon to 6 p.m.

Sunhome at 10 a.m.

Saturday, Sunday, February 9, 2014, from 639-3817 or www.kahlemoore.com at the Woodstock Die Cast The memorial visitation will be day, Feb. 9, at Davenport Family Feb. 8. Burial with military Company, and then finally retired 12:00pm until 6:00pm at Davenport from 10 a.m. until the memorial Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta from the Woodstock City Water honors will follow in Ringwood Family Funeral Home, 419 E Terra WILLIAM T. BURKE service at noon Friday, Feb. 7, Ave., Crystal Lake.

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Cotta Ave, Crystal Lake. Mass will Cemetery. For information, call at Yurs Funeral Home, 405 East will continue at 10 a.m. Monday, He was a life member of the be held Monday, February 10, with 847-639-3817.

William T. Burke, age 69, died Main St. (corner of Route 64 and Feb. 10, at the funeral home until visitation from 10:00 am until the Jerold R. “Jerry” Cordrey: The suddenly at his home in Chicago, IL Woodstock VFW; a volunteer with the VFW Honor Guard; a Past Grand Route 25), St. Charles. Inurnan 11 a.m. celebration of Mass time of Mass at 11:00 am at St. visitation will be from 10 to 11 on February 4, 2014.

Knight, and member of the ment will be in Abraham Lincoln at St. Barbara’s Church, 2859 S. Barbara's Church, 2859 S Throop Beloved husband of wife, Susan; a.m. Friday, Feb. 7, at St. Paul Woodstock Knights Of Columbus; St., Chicago, IL 60608. Burial will Cemetery, Elwood. For informaThroop St., Chicago.

Burial will and loving father of daughters, Episcopal Church, 3706 W. and a member of St. Mary Catholic follow at Resurrection Cemetery, tion, call Yurs Funeral Home of follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Anna and Maura. He is survived by St. Paul’s Ave., McHenry.

The Church. Larry enjoyed fishing, Justice, IL. St. Charles at 630-584-0060.

Justice.

For information, call the his brothers, Patrick, Michael, memorial service will immedigardening, backyard bird watching, In lieu of flowers, memorial Kristopher W. Webster: The visfuneral home at 815-459-3411.

Thomas, James; and sister, Mary. ately follow. Inurnment will be reading, and spending time with his donations in her name may be made He was a lifelong educator, itation will be from 1 p.m. SunJames D. Miller: The visitation in the church columbarium. For to either the JourneyCare Hospice serving as an English teacher and an family. day, Feb. 9, concluding with a will be from 3 to 8 p.m.

Friday, He is survived by his children, information, call Justen Funeral Foundation, 405 Lake Zurich Rd., administrator. Prior to his service at 4 p.m. at Kahle-Moore Feb. 7, at Colonial Funeral Home, David C. (Maribeth) Dhom, Mary Home & Crematory at 815-385Barrington, IL 60010 or to the retirement, he was the assistant Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry.

Godwin, Peggy (Larry) Smith, all of Activities Department at Crystal 2400. superintendent of District 15 in Road, Cary.

For information, call There will be a funeral service at Woodstock; a daughter in law, Pines Rehabilitation and Healthcare, Lawrence C. Dhom: The visiMcHenry, IL. 847-639-3817.

10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Peggy Dhom; grandchildren, Becky 335 N Illinois St, Crystal Lake, IL tation will be from 1 to 5 p.m.

Visitation services, 3:00 – 8:00 Eileen Mary Winters: A memofuneral home. Interment will be Dhom, Brian Dhom, Chris (Kara) 60014. with a prayer service at 4 p.m. p.m., Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Godwin, Emily (Aaron) Gay, Molly rial service will be at 11 a.m. in Windridge Cemetery in Cary.

To leave the family online Drechsler, Brown & Williams funeral Sunday, Feb. 9, at Schneider(Jake) Freely, Casey (Amy) Godwin, Saturday, March 8, at St. Mary’s Raymond J. Roberts: Funeral condolences, please visit home, 203 South Marion Street, Leucht-Merwin & Cooney FunerScott Smith, Sarah (Dave) Kanak, www.davenportfamily.com or call Catholic Church, 312 Lincoln service will be at 1:30 p.m.

Oak Park, IL 60302. A memorial al Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Lindsay (Todd) Loehner, Lauren the funeral home at 815-459-3411 Ave., Woodstock.

Friday, Feb. 7, at St. Mark’s Epismass will be held 10:00 a.m.

Woodstock. The visitation will (Seth) Hoadley, Philip (Maggie) for information.

Monday, February 10, at St. continue from 10 a.m. until the Dhom, Bridget (Chris) Phillips, Eric Barbara's, 4008 Prairie Avenue, celebration of Mass at 11 a.m.

Dhom, Maggie (Nate) Selof, Clare Brookfield, IL 60608. Guests are to Dhom; fifteen great grandchildren; a Monday, Feb. 10, at the funeral meet directly at the church. home. Interment with military In lieu of flowers, donations to the brother, Charles (Evelyn) Dhom; and a sister, Florence Mason. honors will be in Calvary CathMcHenry Elementary Education He was preceded in death by his olic Cemetery, Woodstock.

Foundation, parents; his wife, Shirley in 2012; a www.d15.org/District/1345daughter, Patricia J. Dhom; a son, Foundation.html would be Lawrence E. Dhom; a son in law, 2/25/72 – 2/7/2009 appreciated.

Michael Godwin; a brother, Vincent; and three sisters, Sally, Christine, ‘ ’ Worldly Decor and more CHARLES E. “CHARLIE” The moment that you died Remembering you is easy, and Esther.

My heart was torn in two I do it everyday BURKART, JR. A visitation will be held at the One side filled with heartache But missing you is heartache W W W. G I N G E R B L O S S O M . C O M Born: March 9, 1956; In Harvard Schneider Leucht Merwin & Cooney The other died with you That never goes away Died: Feb. 5, 2014; In Harvard Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary I often lie awake at night I hold you tightly within my heart Avenue, Woodstock, IL on Sunday, When the world is fast asleep, and And there you will remain February 9, 2014 from 1:00 to 5:00 Charles E. “Charlie” Burkart Jr., Take a walk down memory lane, Until the joyous day arrives, age 57, of Harvard passed away pm. A Liturgical Prayer Service will That we will meet again.

With tears upon my cheeks Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at his be held at 4:00 pm. The visitation - Anonymous will continue on Monday, February residence. He was born March 9, 1956 in Harvard, IL to Charles E. and 10, 2014 at St. Mary Catholic Beverly “Bev” (Behrens) Burkart Sr. Church, 312 Lincoln Avenue, Charles married Linda Hayden Woodstock, from 10:00 am until the O P E N DA IILY LY 10 : 0 0 A M TO 5 ::0 0 0 PPM M Forever in our hearts 11:00 am Funeral Mass. Interment January 11, 1991 in Harvard, IL. 3016 Rt. 173 • Richmond, IL He had worked at the family will follow in Calvary Catholic Love and prayers (3 miles East of Richmond) business Burkart Chevy, Olds, Buick Cemetery in Woodstock with Dad, Mom, Stefanie and Chris Military Honors provided by the & GMC and was presently working 815•678•4015 at Harvard Chevrolet.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

CARY-GROVE 88, McHENRY 82

Up against a mental wall

Benedetto will call the shots CLS grad in charge of W.Va. St. defense

By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com

Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com

McHenry’s Trey Schopen rests after finishing the 100-yard butterfly Thursday at McHenry. Schopen won the event with a time of 55.03 seconds, but Cary-Grove won the meet, 88-82.

McHenry coach implores Schopen not to fret about turns

By PATRICK MASON pmason@shawmedia.com McHENRY – McHenry boys swimming coach Craig Fowles asked a rhetorical question after Thursday’s 88-82 loss against CaryGrove co-op.

“How fast can a 160-pound kid go?” asked Fowles, referring to sophomore swimmer Trey Schopen.

“You keep telling the kids they’re capable of much more than they think they are, and when they finally realize you’re right, that’s when they start to believe.”

Schopen is a perfectionist when it comes to swimming, especially in the butterfly stroke. So when the sophomore can’t quite get his timing

“He’s really freaking out about the wall. He just needs to forget about it. I tell him, ‘Dude, just get to the wall.’ ” Craig Fowles McHenry swimming coach, on Trey Schopen down at the wall for turns during the race, it throws off his stroke and his focus. Fowles has been trying to help Schopen stop worrying about his turns until he approaches the wall, but the sophomore wants to get it perfect.

“He’s really freaking out about

the wall,” Fowles said. “Most kids don’t even bother looking at the wall until they’re a stroke or two away and Trey is looking at it right after his breakout.

“He just needs to forget about it. I tell him, ‘Dude, just get to the wall.’ ” Although the sophomore is concerned about his turns not feeling right, his perfectionist attitude has helped propel him to his current situation where he holds his state hopes in his hands.

Schopen won the 100-yard butterfly by more than two seconds Thursday in 55.03 seconds and was disappointed after the race. Fowles and Schopen came up with a goal to swim the race in 53 seconds by

the Feb. 15 conference meet in order to be in good position to drop time to the 52.78 state cut. Although Schopen was disappointed, Thursday marked the third meet in four days for the Warriors. Fatigue played a factor.

“It’s kind of like swinging a baseball bat with a donut on it,” Schopen said.

Even with the heavy workload of late, the Warriors still had some strong swims and major time drops.

Jackson Smith (2:08.91) placed second in the 200 individual medley after being out-touched by the Trojans’ Mitch Robak in the closest race of the day. Robak finished in 2:08.88.

See SWIMMING, page C3

When West Virginia State University starts its spring football workouts in about a month, there will be no “co” in defensive coordinator Nick Benedetto’s job title.

Yellow Jackets head coach Jon Anderson, who worked as co-defensive coordinator with Benedetto last season, will let Nick Benedetto call the Benedetto defense himself next season. The promotion was announced last week.

Benedetto, 28, joined Anderson’s staff last season at the NCAA Division II school in Dunbar, near Charleston. Benedetto left Grand View University, an NAIA power in Des Moines, Iowa, for the chance to coach with Anderson.

“He’s a tremendous man to work for, and he’s given me a lot of freedom to run the defense,” said Benedetto, a 2004 Crystal Lake South graduate. “He’s definitely a very good mentor for me, being a younger coordinator.”

Grand View went on to win the NAIA national championship, while State was 0-11. But Benedetto has more coaching responsibilities at a higher level with the move.

“When I had the opportunity to start a staff, [Benedetto] was one of the first guys I wanted to get a hold of because I knew of his football IQ,” Anderson said. “He was a young coach on the rise and a guy with very similar beliefs and philosophies that I have. I knew it was going to be a great fit.”

Benedetto played college football at the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota, an NAIA power. He started three years at cornerback, and the Cougars were 54-3 during his time there.

Anderson was USF’s linebackers and special teams coach, which is how they became acquainted.

See BENEDETTO, page C2

New season, new swing for Prairie Ridge grad Martini CARY – For a brief moment, I thought Nick Martini was a genius.

Martini, a 2008 Prairie Ridge graduate who is a minor-league outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals, was explaining the details of his offseason hitting program.

“The machine gets up to 72 [mph],” said Martini, who has spent the winter working out at The Power Alley’s batting cages near Route 14 and Three Oaks Road. “But we put it at like 45 feet, so the reaction time is equivalent to the 90s.”

Hang on.

Was Martini aiming for MLB when he really should have been teaching math at MIT? “I had to Google it,” Martini said with a laugh. “I looked up ‘baseball reaction time,’ and it

VIEWS Tom Musick gave me a huge list of miles per hour and feet.”

If you’re a baseball fan, you’ve probably heard of the Dead Ball Era, the Expansion Era and the Steroid Era, just to name a few. Who knows?

Generations from now, maybe this period of baseball will be remembered as the dawn of the Google Era. Or maybe baseball is no more complex today than it was 100 years ago. Because a big part of what ultimately makes a big leaguer is sweat, not a search engine.

Martini has devoted plenty of sweat to his offseason work-

outs back home in McHenry County. A typical day includes about two hours of batting practice in the morning, a workout in the afternoon, and two-plus hours of coaching at night.

Three weeks from now, the setting will change, but the mission will stay the same.

Martini will head to the Cardinals’ spring training complex in Jupiter, Fla., where he will spend three more weeks before learning his minor-league assignment.

At minimum, Martini’s goal is to start the season with the Advanced-A Palm Beach Cardinals and to earn at least one promotion during the season.

But he knows that nothing is promised, and he knows that

See MUSICK, page C2

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Nick Martini demonstrates a swing Wednesday while working with the Cary Junior High baseball team at The Power Alley in Cary. Martini, a Prairie Ridge graduate, is in the St. Louis Cardinals’ minor league system.

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NFL COMBINE

Ready for anything in Indianapolis Fiedorowicz learns from Senior Bowl

By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com

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North tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz of Iowa, a Johnsburg High School graduate, runs onto the field before the Senior Bowl Jan. 25 in Mobile, Ala.

If C.J. Fiedorowicz didn’t fully grasp what kind of microscope he will be under at the NFL Combine later this month, he does now.

The former Johnsburg and Iowa standout will be one of 22 tight ends in Indianapolis when the combine begins Feb. 19.

Since shifting his training to San Diego in early January, Fiedorowicz has focused mainly on the battery of physical drills he will be put through while NFL scouts and head coaches look on.

But if Fiedorowicz learned anything from his recent Senior Bowl experience, when he met with almost every NFL team, it was that he has to always be on the ready in the most important football job interview of his career.

To prepare him for the constant questioning he would face in Mobile, Ala., Fiedorowicz’s agent, Jack Bechta, advised his client to be prepared for anything. That was especially true when he didn’t feel up to participating in meetings with potential future employers.

“Even if you’re tired, fake it,” Bechta told Fiedorowicz.

Fiedorowicz made sure he

Payne returns in Spartans’ win EAST LANSING, Mich. – Adreian Payne returned and Keith Appling sat out.

Just another night in this injury-plagued season for Michigan State, which is still right there at the top of the Big Ten standings.

Payne scored 12 points in his first game back from a foot injury, and the ninth-ranked Spartans kept pace in the league race with an 82-67 victory over Penn State on Thursday night.

Payne hadn’t played since Jan. 7 because of a sprained foot, but although he didn’t start Thursday, he did play 18 minutes, going 5 of 9 from the field.

“It felt good to be back on the court,” Payne said. “Overall, I’m satisfied.”

The Spartans (20-3, 9-1 Big Ten) were still nowhere near full strength. Appling, who has been dealing with a wrist problem, sat out, and Branden Dawson is still out with a broken hand.

Coach Tom Izzo said he has no idea if Appling will be ready for Sunday’s game at Wisconsin.

Kenny Kaminski scored a career-high 19 points for the Spartans.

C.J. Fiedorowicz Former Johnsburg football player, on talking to scouts at the Senior Bowl

followed instructions. He recalls his first meeting with six Miami Dolphins officials, who grilled him about everything from what he likes best about his game to how trustworthy he would be if he was chosen in this spring’s NFL draft.

“It’s a job interview, and it’s a job interview you will have once in a lifetime,” Fiedorowicz said. “Every scout remembers everything. If you tell them you want to go to bed, they’ll remember that. They’ll write it down.

They look at everything you do and say.

“It’s basically a big test.”

Fiedorowicz said meetings with teams often came in the middle or at the end of long days that started at 7 a.m. and wrapped up at 11 p.m. Between team meetings, film sessions, practices, autograph sessions with fans and the sit-down meetings with coaches and general

managers, Fiedorowicz quickly learned how to get through everything.

Even, at times, if it meant faking it, as his agent had suggested.

How he handled the daily grind, Fiedorowicz knew, would be critical. Teams are eager to see how players deal with stressful situations. In practice, Fiedorowicz was pushed by his Senior Bowl position coach, Atlanta Falcons tight ends coach Chris Scelfo. The Falcons are considered to be one of Fiedorowicz’s top suitors. That gave the 6-foot-5, 265-pound blocking and pass-catching tight end incentive to never let down – especially when he knew so many eyes were on him.

The upside, Fiedorowicz said, quickly became evident.

“It just prepared me for what’s coming at the combine,” he said. “Every time I would think [the hectic schedule] kind of [stinks] or these workouts [stink] or waking up early is terrible, I would just think about how there’s a lot of people dying to be in my shoes and that I just have to push through it.

“I’ve been training my whole life to get to this point, and to relax now would be stupid on my part.”

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“It’s a job interview, and it’s a job interview you will have once in a lifetime.”

Tim Frazier scored 22 points for Penn State (12-11, 3-7), which had its three-game winning streak snapped.

Bradley 63, Loyola 54: At Chicago, Walt Lemon Jr. scored 21 points, including 18 in the second half, as Bradley topped Loyola for its first road victory of the year and 1,600th win in program history.

Auston Barnes’ basket with 4:09 left in the game gave Bradley (10-14, 5-6 Missouri Valley) a 51-48 lead, and Tyshon Pickett hit a big 3-pointer with 3:04 remaining to extend the lead to 54-48.

The Braves closed the game on a 9-4 run, hitting 7 of 10 free throws over the final 1:43 to pull away from Loyola (8-15, 3-8).

E. Illinois 91, UT-Martin 79: At Charleston, Sherman Blanford scored a career-high 30 points, 23 in the second half, and Eastern Illinois rallied to beat UT-Martin, handing the Skyhawks their third straight loss.

Dylan Chatman scored 17, Josh Piper and Alex Austin had 11 each, and Eastern Illinois (914, 6-5 Ohio Valley) avenged a Jan. 23, 84-77 loss to UT-Martin.

Myles Taylor led UT-Martin (7-18, 2-8) with 17 points.

Johnsburg’s Dixon helps Iowa upset No. 9 Penn St. STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Samantha Logic had the Big Ten’s first triple-double of the season to lead Iowa to a 73-70 victory over No. 9 Penn State on Thursday.

Melissa Dixon of Johnsburg added 13 points for Iowa in its first road win against a Top 10 team since 1993.

Logic had 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for Iowa (18-6 overall, 6-4 Big Ten), which has won six of its past eight conference games. Ally Disterhoft had 24 points for the Hawkeyes, who lost, 87-71, to Penn State (17-5, 8-2) on Jan. 5.

Hall of Fame slugger Kiner dies at 91

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Michigan State’s Adreian Payne shoots in front of Penn State’s Jordan Dickerson (right) and Ross Travis during the first half Thursday, in East Lansing, Mich. No. 9 Michigan State won, 82-67.

NEW YORK – Ralph Kiner was a smash as a slugger, launching so many home runs over the leftfield wall at old Forbes Field that fans nicknamed it his corner.

Years later, as one of baseball’s most beloved broadcasters, he became a big hit in a new “Kiner’s Korner.”

Kiner, the Hall of Famer whose frequent malaprops endeared him to New York Mets listeners for more than a half-century, died Thursday. He was 91.

The Hall of Fame said Kiner died at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif., with his family at his side.

Kiner hit 369 home runs during a 10-year career cut short by back problems. He debuted with Pittsburgh in 1946 and won or tied for the National League lead in homers in each of his first seven seasons.

Blazers’ Lillard will be in 3 All-Star Saturday events NEW YORK – Portland’s Damian Lillard will become the first player to compete in three events during All-Star Saturday night in New Orleans, including a slam dunk contest that features three All-Stars.

Indiana’s Paul George and Washington’s John Wall also will take part in the night’s marquee event Feb. 15. There haven’t been three All-Stars in the dunk contest since the famed 1988 duel, when Michael Jordan beat Dominique Wilkins on his home floor in Chicago, in a field that also included Clyde Drexler.

Lillard will play in the Rising Stars Challenge on Friday night before defending his Skills Challenge title and competing in the 3-point contest.

– Staff, wire reports

CLS grad played 1 year of Arena ball Martini goes for increased power • BENEDETTO Continued from page C1 After graduating from USF in 2009, Benedetto played Arena League football for one year, then worked as a graduate assistant for two years at South Dakota. He spent one year with head coach Mike Woodley at Grand View before Anderson invited him to West Virginia State.

Benedetto’s father, Frank, has been a longtime assistant football coach at South and played at New Mexico State. Nick knew early on he wanted to follow in his dad’s footsteps.

“When I was in seventh grade, I started drawing up football plays in class,” he said. “Coming from a coaching family, and the great experiences I had playing, I wanted to give those opportunities back to young men that I got to coach.”

Benedetto earned his bachelor’s degree in math from Sioux Falls and his

master’s in sports management at South Dakota.

At one point he thought he might teach high school and coach, like younger brother Tony is doing in Texas, but he opted for college.

Anderson said he called the defensive plays for the first eight games, then let Benedetto take over the last three. Anderson saw what he needed to let Benedetto run the defense himself.

“I feel really comfortable giving that up to him,” Anderson said. “That’s a hard thing to do because that’s one of the most fun things to do as a coach, calling plays.

I really enjoyed that, but his ability and knowledge will free me up to do other things to make our football team better.

“There’s only one way to get good at calling plays, and that’s just to do it. I don’t know if you’re ever really ready, you just have to do it.

I did the same thing, you just have to convince one person that you’re ready for the op-

portunity.”

Benedetto said he drew knowledge from people everywhere he has played or coached, those like Anderson, Woodley, former USF head coach Kalen DeBoer and former USF assistant Chuck Morrell.

“It’s not just one guy,” Benedetto said of now calling the defense himself. “It’s not about one guy. We preach that to our players all the time. It’s everyone trying to achieve one common goal.”

Benedetto said the coaches figured their first season would be rough. The Yellow Jackets took their lumps in the Mountain East Conference, which they hope was a character builder for the staff and the players as well.

“We took a program over that is a rebuilding project,” Benedetto said. “We have a lot of good kids who have bought into our system and philosophies that we want to build around. It’s a project, but I know we’re headed in the right direction.”

• MUSICK Continued from page C1 all he can do is work hard and stay positive.

“You’ve definitely got to pay your dues,” Martini said.

“We’ll see where it goes.”

Perspective comes easily by now for Martini, a 23-yearold who won a state title with Prairie Ridge and earned Big 12 Player of the Year honors at Kansas State. The Cardinals selected Martini in the seventh round in June 2011, and he has spent his first two full seasons in the Midwest League, first for the Quad Cities River Bandits and then for the Peoria Chiefs after the Cardinals switched Single-A affiliates.

In 106 games last year, Martini hit .252 with two home runs, 36 RBIs and nine stolen bases. He drew 40 walks with a sharp eye at the plate and notched nine assists with a strong arm in right field, but he was eager to improve his power production.

This winter, Martini said, he has changed his swing to

help achieve that goal. He has lowered his hands to be closer to the strike zone and focused more on his lower half.

“It’s basically [aiming for] more extra base hits in general,” Martini said. “I realize I’m not going to go hit 30 home runs this year, but if I could hit 30 doubles and basically drive the gaps more consistently, then that’s what I’m looking for.”

As a smart, compact, left-handed hitter, Martini (5-foot-11, 205 pounds) aims for consistent contact and a high on-base percentage. Yet a grueling summer of baseball is filled with slumps and streaks, which Martini knows as well as anyone.

After a bad game or a rough series, Martini might pop in a movie to ease his mind. He has watched “Wedding Crashers” and “Superbad” too many times to admit.

Martini said his advice to the next crop of draftees would be simple.

“The mental part is the hardest,” Martini said. “Regardless of how good you are

or the things you’ve accomplished, you’re going to fail.

Because it’s basically a bunch of No. 1 [pitchers] from every high school or college going to play, and all No. 3 hitters going to play. If you’re strong enough mentally, you can handle those failures.”

And when things go well?

“When you’re riding a big hitting streak, you show up like, ‘Wow, I’m going to drill a few balls today regardless of whether they’re hits or not,’ ” Martini said. “I really don’t think there’s any better feeling, to be honest.

“That’s kind of the same thing you’ve got to take when you’re failing, though. You’ve got to have that same mindset.”

A strong mind and a smooth swing could take Martini far.

Well, that, along with the help of Google.

• Northwest Herald sports columnist Tom Musick can be reached at tmusick@shawmedia.com and on Twitter @ tcmusick.

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IHSA CHEERLEADING STATE FINALS

Trying to build on state experience 4 local teams to compete Friday

By KEVIN MEYER kmeyer@shawmedia.com The Crystal Lake Central, Hampshire, Jacobs and Cary-Grove competitive cheerleading teams will head to the IHSA state finals this weekend at U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington looking to be the first squads in their schools’ histories to advance to the second day of competition.

In order to do that, the teams will have the task of trying to finish in the top 10 during Friday’s preliminaries.

Each division starts with 25 teams.

For Crystal Lake Central, this is the third consecutive year the Tigers have qualified for state. The Tigers will compete in the medium division after small mistakes hurt them in the large division last year. Central ended up in 24th place.

“We’ve been working much harder than last year to try and fix the little things that we had trouble with last year,” Central senior Taylor Becker said. “I’m really excited to be going again; hopefully we can do better and get to Day 2.”

Hampshire came about as close as one can get to qualifying for Day 2 of state last year. The Whip-Purs ended up in 11th place, just 0.06 points away from the final advancing spot. Hampshire returns 14 of the 20 girls from last year’s squad.

“I tell the girls every day, they have the skills, they have the stunts, what they need to do is focus on each thing as it happens. Hopefully, that will be enough to get us through,” Hampshire coach Rachael Kent said.

Hampshire and Central will compete in the medium division this year, with the Whip-Purs performing at 12:10 p.m. Friday and the Tigers at 12:30 p.m.

Cary-Grove returns to state after last year’s first qualification in school history. The Trojans return most of the team that finished 15th in the large division.

“Our goal is to just place higher than last year and finish with a better score. Ultimately, we’d love to make it to Day 2,” C-G coach Jamie Reiche said.

Jacobs has qualified in six of the nine seasons that cheerleading was recognized by the IHSA, but haven’t managed to break through to the second day. The Golden Eagles will be looking to build off a strong sectionals performance that saw them tie for second place.

“With cheerleading, there’s such a mental aspect when it comes to the confidence level of the athletes and you have to have that going into any competition,” Jacobs coach Shannon Jamrozy said. “I think Sunday’s performance has really given them that inspiration and confidence they’ve needed for a while.”

Cary-Grove and Jacobs will perform in the large division this year.

The Trojans take the floor at 5:20 p.m. and the Eagles at 6:30 p.m.

RECRUITING NOTES

R-B lineman Wagner will play at SIU

Athlete of the Week BEN CAZEL Huntley, so.

Cazel helped his team to an 8981 win over McHenry on Wednesday by swimming a personal and team-best time in the 500-yard freestyle. He placed first in the event with a time of 5:03.47. The sophomore also collected a win in the 100 backstroke (58.75).

“He’s really swimming well right now,” Red Raiders coach George Keenan said.

Noteworthy

PR defensive end Nirva signs with D-II St. Joe’s

By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com Bryce Wagner’s size alone – 6-foot-7 and 335 pounds – was going to grab the attention of college football coaches.

But it was the on-field improvement the Richmond-Burton offensive tackle made from his junior to senior season that elevated him from a lower-level college prospect to NCAA Division I. “My senior year, I knew I could be an all-stater and an all-conference guy. I had to go out and get it,” Wagner said.

Bryce “I worked my butt off in the Wagner weightroom and did everything I could to be a better football player. My one goal after high school was to move on to the next level. I was a much better football player from junior year to senior year, which helps with recruiting too.”

Wagner signed his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday with Southern Illinois, which plays in the FCS. His final two choices were SIU and Northern Iowa. When he visited SIU in Carbondale, he knew he had found the spot.

“One thing I loved is their goal is to win [an FCS] national championship,” Wagner said.

“That’s what they’re building toward. I’ll be redshirted my freshman year and learn the ropes and strength train. I feel like I’m a great fit there. I’m ready to go.”

Wagner will leave for Carbondale in June and enroll in summer classes so he can train with other players. He also plans on playing for the East in the Illinois Coaches Association All-Star Shrine Game on July 12 at Illinois Wesleyan’s Tucci Stadium in Bloomington.

Wagner was a Northwest Herald All-Area second-team selection and an Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 4A All-State selection.

“At our banquet, my comment was his best football’s ahead of him,” R-B coach Pat Elder said. “From his junior to senior year his progression, as far as movement and physicality in play, and everything else was really impressive. He’s young in his class, he could be a junior. So he can mature a lot physically still.”

Elder said Wagner grew 2 inches between his junior and senior years.

“It’s a great opportunity for [Wagner],” Elder said. “He has things you can’t teach with his size, combined with the fact that he played very, very well.”

Wagner thanked Elder and his entire staff, naming every assistant coach, for helping him develop in his four years at R-B. “I’m ever so grateful to have them as coaches,” Wagner said. “They got me in the right direction and I’m happy to be a Saluki. They’ve been supportive of me my whole four years.”

Nirva to Saint Joseph’s: Prairie Ridge defensive end Austin Nirva (6-0, 210) signed with D-II Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Ind., on Wednesday. Nirva was a third-year starter for the Wolves, who finished 7-5 and advanced to the Class 6A playoff quarterfinals.

Nirva’s recruitment to the Pumas had a little different twist than most players. His sister, Sam, is a junior at Saint Joseph’s and competes in track and field’s heptathlon.

“She loves it there and said their coaching staff’s amazing and their players are cool, they’re nice people,” Nirva said. “I can spend some time with her there.”

Nirva may be small for an end, but he has his eyes on a hybrid linebacker-end position that Saint Joseph’s utilizes. Nirva, offensive tackle Shane Evans and linebacker Collin Leverenz all started as sophomores on Prairie Ridge’s 2011 Class 6A state championship team.

“I’ve always loved football, played it all my life and really got into it,” Nirva said.

8INSIDE BOYS SWIMMING

Kyle Grillot – kgrillot@shawmedia.com

Cary-Grove’s Scott Eibel waits for the signal before swimming the 100-yard backstroke Thursday at McHenry. Eibel won the event with a time of 1:01.60. Cary-Grove won the meet, 88-82.

C-G uses team depth to beat McHenry • SWIMMING Continued from page C1 Smith dropped four seconds off his previous personal best and drew appreciation from Fowles, who has noticed how hard the sophomore has been working.

“It was a fun race to watch,” Fowles said. “It made Jackson happy. He had been struggling to drop some time and what better time to start then now.”

But even with the strong swims,

it wasn’t enough to topple the Trojans. Coach Rick Schaefer wasn’t pleased with the times he saw but credited the win to his team’s depth. The Trojans won just five of the 11 races but finished second and third in half of the races won by the Warriors.

“Rick has a lot of horses in the stable over there,” Fowles said.

C-G co-op sophomore Cooper Langanis, the Trojans’ top distance swimmer, was 12 seconds off his personal best in the 500

freestyle, finishing in 5:13.34. Although he won the event, Schaefer chalked it up to an off day. But Langanis did come through in his leg of the 400 freestyle relay when he broke 52 seconds for the first time this season, leading to a time of 3:29.15, the Trojans best time this season.

“I want to see Cooper down around 4:55 for the 500 next week,” Schaefer said. “It would be a milestone for him. He’s gotten a lot better and tapers really well.”

Last duel: Huntley came from behind and finished 1-2 in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The Red Raiders’ “B” relay out-touched McHenry’s “A” relay to secure the 89-81 win.

The two teams tied earlier in the season, and Huntley talked about trying to win the final dual meet of the season against the rival Warriors. Huntley coach George Keenan shuffled his lineup from the last meeting, and the shakeup worked.

“The kids, they wanted revenge and they swam like it,” Keenan said. “They really dug deep and really wanted this one.”

The meet showed how tight the Fox Valley Conference is this season and adds fuel to next weekend’s conference meet.

“I was talking to [McHenry coach] Craig Fowles after the meet, and we’re excited for conference,” Keenan said. “It should be pretty fun.”

Closer: McHenry sprinter Kevin Braun touched the wall at the end of his 50-yard freestyle Wednesday in 22.39 seconds. That time is less than a half-second off the state qualifying standard. Braun hopes to drop some time in the next few weeks.

“I really want this,” Braun said of state.

Reinbrecht watch: Jacobs co-op senior Alex Reinbrecht has yet to lose in the 200 freestyle and the 500 freestyle this season, and he picked up more wins this week. He is a state final hopeful.

This week’s top meets PREP ROUNDUP

At Marengo, Lauren Otto scored eight points to lead the Rockets (12-9, 5-4) to the Big Northern East Division victory. Sara Swanson scored seven points and Grace Schwegel added six.

Lynsey Hoeske led the Indians with eight points and Nikki Hammortree added seven.

Fox Valley Conference meet 11 a.m. Feb. 15 at Woodstock North The dual meet season ended Thursday, and teams will have one week of training to prep for the meet. Some swimmers will begin tapering, or active resting, for both conference and sectionals the following week.

Those with state hopes will wait to taper and use the conference meet as a final tune-up for sectionals, which is the only meet in which swimmers can qualify for the state meet.

Most of the teams in the area are swimming on a level playing field talent-wise, so this will be a close meet with fast times.

• Kevin Meyer and Jon Styf contributed to this report.

– Patrick Mason pmason@shawmedia.com

Jacobs swimmers defeat Woodstock co-op NORTHWEST HERALD The Jacobs boys swimming team won a Fox Valley Conference dual meet Thursday against Woodstock co-op, 117-47, at Woodstock North.

Alex Reinbrecht won the 100yard butterfly (56.17) and the 200 individual medley (2:05.12) to lead the Golden Eagles to victory. Francis Ogaban added victories in the 100 freestyle (50.06) and the 100 backstroke (58.11).

Carter Slack picked up the win in the 50 freestyle (24.02) and Jordan Anderson added a victory in the 200 freestyle (2:00.19) for Jacobs Woodstock co-op was led by

a win in the 200 freestyle relay (1:41.46). Liam DeWane finished second in the 100 backstroke (1:05.56) and Joe Miceli added a second-place finish in the 50 freestyle (24.96).

GIRLS BASKETBALL Hampshire 47, Westminster Christian 43: At Elgin, the Whip-Purs came back from a third-quarter deficit to win in nonconference play. Hampshire outscored Westminster 11-3 in the fourth quarter to rally for the win. Emma Benoit led the Whip-Purs (10-18) with 26 points and Peyton DeChant added 14.

Alden-Hebron 55, Berean Baptist 36: At Hebron, Brooklyn Hilton scored 21 points with five re-

bounds and four steals to lead the Giants past Berean Baptist. Emily Webber added 14 points for A-H (11-9), which opens the playoffs at 6 p.m. Tuesday against South Beloit at the Class 1A Rockford Christian Life Regional.

Richmond-Burton 40, Marengo 27:

GIRLS BASKETBALL: CL SOUTH 66, McHENRY 49

Gators overcome sluggish start, roll to victory

By TIM SIECK sports@nwherald.com CRYSTAL LAKE – It’s not how you start the game. It’s how you finish.

Such was the case for Crystal Lake South on Thursday as the Gators improved each quarter in their 66-49 Fox Valley Conference Valley Division girls basketball victory over McHenry.

In what was a back-and-forth affair in the first quarter, South coach Kyle McCaughn had seen enough and wanted his players to hear about it. During a timeout, McCaughn stressed that the Gators were allowing too much dribble penetration. Message received.

The Gators (14-11 overall, 6-4 FVC Valley) turned up the inten-

“Coach [Kyle McCaughan] really wanted us to pick up our intensity, and we did that the last three quarters.”

Sara Mickow CL South basketball player sity on both sides of the ball and took a 20-point lead in the third quarter.

“McHenry started the game very well and came out with a lot of energy,” McCaughn said.

“I felt like we played better as the game went on. We actually used three different defenses tonight, which I think helped keep McHenry guessing. We were able to force some turnovers tonight

and get points off of them. I’m really happy with how the team played tonight,” South had three players account for 59 of the team’s 66 points. Chanel Fanter led the Gators with 22 points, Rachel Rasmussen had 19 points, and Sara Mickow added 18 points to go with 17 rebounds.

“We were able to hit some shots tonight and really got rolling on offense,” Mickow said.

“I was able to get the ball in the post and, if I didn’t have an open look, was able to kick it out to our outside shooters. Defensively, we played a lot better as the game went on. Coach really wanted us to pick up our intensity, and we did that the last three quarters.”

McHenry (9-17,1-9) went on a nice run of its own and pulled

to within 11 points with 5:30 left in the fourth quarter. The Gators ended that rally on a Rachel Rasmussen 3-pointer with five minutes left in the game. South made seven 3-pointers on the night.

Warriors coach Scott Morris was happy with the effort given by his team.

“We definitely fought hard tonight,” Morris said. “We really battled all night. I thought we broke down a little in the second and third quarters and that is what really hurt us in the end.

A couple of loose balls here and there and it could have turned out different. Great effort tonight.”

McHenry was led by Sawyer Lay with 24 points and McKayla Snedeker with 13 points.

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BULLS

Key for Butler is to be himself JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com

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The Blackhawks’ Brandon Saad (left) celebrates with Brent Seabrook after scoring a goal Saturday against the Sharks in the third period in San Jose, Calif. The Hawks will visit the Phoenix Coyotes on Friday night.

BLACKHAWKS

Chemistry part of resurgence

BY MARK POTASH

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Chicago Sun-Times GLENDALE, Ariz. – Asked what he did during the Blackhawks’ two-day break in Las Vegas last week, Brent Seabrook just smiled and shook his head – the universal sign for ‘’What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas’’ apparently.

“There’s a lot to do in Vegas,” Seabrook said Thursday after the Hawks practiced at Jobing.com Arena in preparation for Friday night’s game against the Phoenix Coyotes. “Get away from the game a little bit and have a little break. We’ve played a lot of games. The Blackhawks have done a good job of breaking it up and give back to us a little bit and have a little fun. I think it’s good.’’

The Vegas trip isn’t the sole reason the Blackhawks have started to recapture their early season form through five games of the six-game “ice show” road trip. But even coach Joel Quen-

at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Friday, CSN, AM-720 neville acknowledged the side trip as a factor in the team’s resurgence that not coincidentally has occurred during a twoweek road trip.

“It’s good bonding for the guys [on the road],’’ Quenneville said. ‘’It seems like you get that excitement on the bench and in the locker room.

The guys are together 24/7.

We’ve got a close-knit group here where spending a little extra time with one another, there are no distractions. Everybody’s focused in the right areas.

“I think that diversion [of] taking the group to Vegas certainly is a nice change of scenery. It’s healthy for [everybody].’’

Heading into the trip, the

Hawks were 4-3-5 in January.

“We were kind of wondering going into it how we were going to be,’’ Quenneville said.

The Hawks have responded by getting better every step of the way. They’re 3-0-2 on this trip, with three victories in their past four games.

In their 2-0 victory over the NHL-leading, but slumping, Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night, the Hawks were at their championship finest – timely goals from Marian Hossa and Jonathan Toews, great goaltending from Corey Crawford and a playoff-level focus on critical penalty kills.

“That’s something that really wasn’t present for a while ... in January,” Toews said. “The last five games or so it’s really come back.’’

The Hawks have been the best road team in the NHL (11867-32) since Quenneville became their head coach in 2008.

But they’ve been particularly good on the extended circus

and ice-show trips – 13-1-4 in the past two seasons.

That’s arguably an indication of the special chemistry the Hawks have had in their Stanley Cup-winning seasons, when they’ve played their best at the most critical situations.

These guys play together well – whether the road trip takes them to the Honda Center, the Vegas Strip or the Dexter Lake Club.

“I don’t think it’s as much Vegas as it is being with the guys,’’ Seabrook said. “Being able to have a couple of days with nothing to do but have some fun, play some cards, have some beers – it’s good for our guys.

“Camaraderie is such a big thing in this game.

The Blackhawks have done a good job – starting at Notre Dame this year, taking us to Vegas – of doing little things that bring guys together and allow us to have a little fun.’’

SAN FRANCISCO – It’s been a strange season for Jimmy Butler.

That’s why he’s been such a topic of discussion for Tom Thibodeau lately, with the Bulls coach reiterating the message for the third-year guard to just keep it simple.

Butler doesn’t need to fill the s h o e s for Online Luol Deng, he doesn’t For coverage need to give of Thursday’s the Bulls late Bulls-Waran outside riors game, visit t h r e a t , h e NWHerald.com. d o e s n ’ t need to pick up the slack for Derrick Rose, who was lost for the season with a right knee injury.

Just be himself.

“Running the floor is so important to him, so important to us,’’ Thibodeau said of Butler on Thursday. “Moving without the ball, he’s great at that. And I think he’s back into moving without the ball, which is getting him to the free throw line.

“Now you look at his free throws, and when he gets seven, eight free throws in a game, that’s Jimmy. That’s him playing his game. He’s got a unique skillset and he’s got to take advantage of it.’’

Lately, he has been, averaging 15 points, 4.3 rebounds and 2.0 steals over his past three games entering the showdown with the Warriors.

More importantly, he has his confidence back. That was a big question for Butler in January, when he was shooting 20 percent from beyond the 3-point line, averaging 11.9 per game, and looking down after games, win or lose.

“Yeah, I think so,’’ But-

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Sunday, ABC, AM-1000 ler said, when asked if he was fighting the temptation to try to do too much last month. “I always try not to step on anybody’s toes or try to change too much on the offensive end. When you think about that too much, your job is to work through the good and the bad. Just go out there and play and take what the game gives you. That makes it a lot easier.’’

According to Butler, conversations he’s had with Rose have helped him settle back in.

“It helps because Derrick is always telling me, ‘Hey, you gotta take this shot because that’s what the game is giving you.’ ” Butler said.

More importantly, Butler has been healthy. He had a setback in the middle of training camp that slowed him down, and then a turf toe in November that put him back. As far as Thibodeau was concerned, Butler’s ability to practice is as big a factor as anything in his recent play.

“Because of what he’s done in the past, the way he works,’’ Thibodeau said, when asked how he knew Butler would get out of his rut. “Some of it was frustration because there was nothing he could do other than try and get to the gym and shoot as much as you can.

But when you’re missing time, you can’t overlook how important it is to be practicing and playing every day.

Now that he’s back to doing that it’s there.’’

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS

GM Grant fired after BLACKHAWKS NOTES Kane to miss game for funeral; deal with Isles made 6th consecutive loss The ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY MARK POTASH Chicago Sun-Times GLENDALE, Ariz. – It will be ‘’business as usual,’’ as captain Jonathan Toews put it, when the Blackhawks hit the ice without winger Patrick Kane against the Phoenix Coyotes on tonight at Jobing.com Arena.

But their hearts also will be with their teammate, who will be in Buffalo, N.Y., for his grandfather’s funeral.

“I think moments like this make you realize there’s more to life than hockey, and [that] family’s far and away most important,’’ Toews said. ‘’It’s definitely important for him to go home and spend time with his family ... and we’ll be thinking of him [tonight].’’

Kane left the team after Wednesday night’s 2-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks to return to Buffalo for the funeral of his grandfather, Donald Kane,

who died Monday at 87 in Buffalo.

“He’s our buddy and we just want him to be with his family,” said goaltender Corey Crawford, who will start again tonight. “It’s kind of hard to find something to say to him right now. He knows,though, that we’re very supportive of him. Anything he needs, we’re there for him.”

Brandon Saad is expected to move up and take Kane’s second-line spot with Michal Handzus and Kris Versteeg.

Brandon Pirri played on the third line in practice Thursday.

The Hawks also could be without defensemen Johnny Oduya (lower body), who is doubtful, coach Joel Quenneville said.

Isles trade 2 to Hawks for pick: The Hawks acquired forwards Peter Regin and Pierre-Marc Bouchard from the New York Islanders for a fourth-round pick in this June’s NHL draft.

The Islanders made the deal Thursday night after losing for the sixth time in seven games.

The 29-year-old Bouchard was a disappointment with four goals and five assists in 28 games for the Islanders.

On Dec. 10, he was sent to Bridgeport of the AHL where he had six goals and 11 assists. Bouchard signed a one-year, $2 million contract with the Islanders last summer.

A checking forward, Regin had two goals and five assists in 44 games for the Islanders. He joined the Islanders this year as a free agent after five seasons with Ottawa.

The defending Stanley Cup-champion Blackhawks said Bouchard would report to their AHL affiliate in Rockford while Regin would join the NHL club.

• The Associated Press contributed

to this report.

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio – The Cleveland Cavaliers made a big change with another season falling apart, firing general manager Chris Grant on Thursday.

Grant was fired a day after the Cavs dropped their sixth straight game, an embarrassing home loss to a Los Angeles Lakers team that started with eight players and finished with five. Vice president of basketball operations David Griffin will serve as acting general manager.

Owner Dan Gilbert made it clear he’s unhappy with what has transpired in a season that began with hopes the Cavs would make the playoffs after a three-year absence.

“This has been a very difficult period for the franchise,” Gilbert said in a statement. “We have severely underperformed against expectations. Just as this is completely unacceptable to our loyal and passionate fan base, season ticket holders and corporate partners, it is also just as unacceptable to our ownership group.”

Gilbert also met with reporters at the team’s training facility after the announcement. He expressed confidence that the Cavs can show improvement under coach Mike Brown over the final 33 games. Grant was instrumental in the rehiring of Brown, who was fired during his first stint with the team in 2010.

NBA

Van Gundy: Some in Eastern Conference playing for lottery pick

By STEVE REED The Associated Press The NBA’s Eastern Conference is awful – and it only appears to be getting worse, particularly at the bottom of the standings.

The shortage of quality teams in the East has left the door open for mediocre squads to earn playoff berths. Only four teams in the conference have winning records.

NBA analyst and former head coach Jeff Van Gundy said Thursday, “Some teams have made a conscious choice to be bad.”

Van Gundy is talking about tanking games – and he believes it’s prevalent in the Eastern Conference this season. Overall, the East is 94-177 vs. the West entering Thurs-

day night’s games.

“It doesn’t necessarily mean the guys on the floor aren’t trying hard, but it means teams have put some really bad rosters on the floor,” Van Gundy said.

Here are five factors that have contributed to the futility that engulfs the bottom of the Eastern Conference: Lost in transition: Boston, Orlando and Philadelphia are among the teams in the midst of major rebuilding projects.

Some, like the Celtics, have purposely taken on huge contracts this season in hopes of clearing salary cap space for the future and adding draft picks in the process. The Magic, for instance, made no bones about the idea they were going to play young guys like rookie Victor Oladipo and allow

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Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo crouches after hurting his leg against the Nuggets on Wednesday in Denver. them to develop. The same goes for the 76ers, who handed to reigns of the offense to Michael Carter-Williams.

Talent deficiencies: It’s hard

to reach the playoffs or be a major factor when facing the Miami Heat with unproven starting lineups. In Philadelphia, the 76ers start Evan

Turner, Thaddeus Young, Spencer Hawes, James Anderson and Carter-Williams. Philadelphia’s best player off the bench is either Tony Wroten or Lavoy Allen. But Philadelphia’s lineup is not dissimilar to the challenge other teams in the conference cellar face.

Injuries: Several teams have struggled to keep their difference-makers on their floor – perhaps none as much as Milwaukee. At different times, the Bucks have had to play without Larry Sanders, O.J. Mayo and Caron Butler. Other teams feel their pain. Rajon Rondo missed Boston’s first 42 games with a knee injury and the Knicks have played 24 games without Tyson Chandler.

Chemistry issues: There are some fairly dysfunctional teams in the East, few more so

than the Knicks and Cavaliers.

Both teams have talent on the roster, but can’t seem to find the right players to mesh. The Cavaliers have had a handful of top draft picks – Kyrie Irving, Tristan Thompson, Dion Waiters and this season’s No. 1 pick in Anthony Bennett – but can’t seem to win games. J.R. Smith has been a lightning rod of controversy for New York.

Missing the point: To win in the NBA, a top-notch point guard is a must-have. The Cavaliers have Irving and the 76ers may have found something in rookie of the year candidate Carter-Williams, but the other teams currently trailing in the playoff race lack dominant point guards that can effectively create off the dribble and consistently run the offense.

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By JOHN ZENOR

CARY-GROVE CO-OP 88 MCHENRY 82 200 medley relay: 1. Cary-Grove co-op (Robak, A. Eibel, Stone, Wisser) 1:47.25, 2. McHenry (Frost, Matthys, Lucas, Floden) 1:56.80, 3. Cary-Grove co-op (Naatz, Solka, Hare, Fritz) 1:58.83 200 freestyle: 1. Schopen (McH) 1:50.48, 2. Langanis (CG) 1:55.85, 3.

Castro (CG) 1:59.29, 200 individual medley: Robak (CG) 2:08.88, 2. Smith (McH) 2:08.91, 3. A. Eibel (CG) 2:09.63 50 freestyle: 1. Braun (McH) 22.88, 2.

Peck (McH) 23.91, 3. S. Eibel (CG) 24.23 100 butterfly: 1. Schopen (McH) 55.03, 2. A. Eibel (CG) 57.75, 3. Hare (CG) 1:00.20 100 freestyle: 1. Braun (McH) 52.15, 2. Castro (CG) 52.52, 3. Smith (McH) 53.83 500 freestyle: 1. Langanis (CG) 5:13.34, 2. Stone (CG) 5:43.20, 3. Thomas (McH) 5:52.65 200 freestyle relay: 1. McHenry (Braun, Peck, Smith, Schopen) 1:33.29, 2. Cary-Grove co-op (Robak, S. Eibel, Castro, Langanis) 1:35.61, 3. Cary-Grove co-op (Naatz, Hare, Fritz, Hankins) 1:46.52 100 backstroke: 1. S. Eibel (CG) 1:01.60, 2. Frost (McH) 1:05.03, 3. Floden (McH) 1:07.94 100 breaststroke: 1. Robak (CG) 1:05.76, 2. Wisser (CG) 1:14.36, 3.

Wachendorf (McH) 1:15.36 400 freestyle relay: 1. McHenry (Braun, Schopen, Smith, Peck) 3:27.09, 2. Cary-Grove co-op (Castro, S. Eibel, Langanis, A. Eibel) 3:29.15, McHenry (Becker, Dunn, Floden, Lucas) 3:53.55

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WCUU

JACOBS 117, WOODSTOCK CO-OP 47 200 medley relay: 1. Jacobs, (Ogaban, Hoyos, Slack, Reinbrecht) 1:45.15, 2.

Woodstock (DeWane, Miceli, Jensen, Jagman) 1:55.33, 3. Jacobs (Van Wiel, Derby, Guenther, Knollnerus), 1:56.95.

200 fly: 1. Anderson (J) 2:00.19, 2.

Guenther (J) 2:02.22, 3. Derby (J) 2:14.33.

200 IM: 1. Reinbrecht (J) 2:05.12, 2. Hoyos (J) 2:20. 16, 3. Kilbourne (J) 2:36.71.

50 freestyle: 1. Slack (J) 24.02, 2.

Miceli (W) 24.96, 3. Limbach (J) 26.06.

100 fly: 1. Reinbrecht (J) 56.17, 2. Van Wiel (J) 1:02.76, 3. Miceli (W) 1:09.25.

100 freestyle: 1. Ogaban (J) 50.06, 2.

Slack (J) 52.92, 3. Knollnerus (W) 53.87.

500 freestyle: 1. Guenther (J) 5:22.25, 2. Anderson (J) 5:27.84, 3. DeWane (W) 5:35.82.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Woodstock, (Jensen, Jagman, Miceli, Price) 1:41.46, 2.

Jacobs, (Van Wiel, Bujno, Limbach, Knollnerus) 1:43.21, 3. Woodstock, (Wilhelm, Pozo, Detwiler, Harter) 1:50.43.

100 backstroke: 1. Ogaban (J) 58.11, 2. DeWane (W) 1:05.56, 3. Van Wiel (J) 1:08.29.

100 breaststroke: 1. Hoyos (J) 1:08.73, 2. Derby (J) 1:15.08, 3. Price (W) 1:15.11.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Jacobs, (Ogaban, Knollnerus, Slack, Reinbrecht) 3:31.21, 2. Woodstock, (Price, Jagman, Jensen, DeWane) 3:53.42, 3. Jacobs, (Anderson, Guenther, Martinez, Limbach) 4:00.74.

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NHL 8 p.m.: Blackhawks at Phoenix, CSN, AM-720

COLLEGE HOCKEY 5:30 p.m.: Ohio State at Michigan State, BTN 6:30 p.m.: Maine at Notre Dame, NBCSN 8 p.m.: Minnesota at Wisconsin, BTN 6 p.m.: Manhattan at Canisius, ESPNU 6 p.m.: Seton Hall at Villanova, FS1 8 p.m.: Detroit at Valparaiso, ESPNU 8 p.m.: DePaul at Creighton, FS1 6 p.m.: Portland at Indiana, ESPN 8:30 p.m.: Minnesota at New Orleans, ESPN

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Trevor Bayne is gearing up for an attempt to recapture the magic that led him to a Daytona 500 victory as a 20-year-old. for me daily on the Lord.”

The 22-year-old, who also got married last year, hasn’t recaptured the winning formula since becoming the youngest winner of NASCAR’s biggest race at 20. In fact, he’s only had two Top 10 finishes in his other 45 starts, one of them coming at Talladega in 2012.

Nowhere near old enough to be a has-been, he’s still in the early stages of a career that happened to start in stirring fashion.

“He’s 22, he’s just getting started,” team co-owner Len Wood said. “Fortunately for him, he started with a bang.

“It was only his second-ever start. That was a big deal when it happened, and if we get him another one, that could be equally as big.”

Bayne will return to Daytona International Speedway in a couple of weeks for the Feb. 23 race.

The restrictor plate races are a priority for the Wood Brothers.

They tested at Daytona earlier and then spent two days working the car around the tri-oval at Talladega, running solo on Thursday.

Since he won’t be competing in every Sprint Cup race, Bayne will face extra pressure in NASCAR’s overhauled qualifying sessions to make sure he makes the field in his scheduled events.

“That’s why we came down here,” said Eddie Wood, co-owner of the team with his brother.

“To us as an older race team, the Daytona 500 is the biggest race of the year and the biggest of all. Everybody looks at it that way, but I think we take it to another level. That’s basically why we came down here. We went to Daytona in January and tested and had a really good test.

“Coming down here just kind of fills in some blanks that we had so that when we do unload at Daytona you don’t feel like you left anything on the table.”

RICHMOND-BURTON 40 MARENGO 27 R-B (40) Schwegel 2 2-5 6, Swanson 3 0-2 7, GHoglund 1 2-3 5, Guenther 2 1-2 5, Otto 3 0-0 8, Straight 2 0-4 5, Koenig 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 15 5-16 40.

MARENGO (27) Tautges 1 0-0 2, Hoeske 2 3-4 8, Brettschneider 1 0-0 2, Hammortree 3 0-0 7, Grimscheid 1 2-6 4, Johnston 2 0-4 4.

Totals: 10 5-14 27.

13 6 13 8 – 40 7 10 6 4 – 27

3-point goals: R-B 5 (Otto 2, Straight, Hoglund, Swanson), Marengo 2 (Hoeske, Hammortree). Total fouls: Marengo 14, R-B 10.

CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH 66 MCHENRY 49 McHENRY (49) Mattson 2 1-1 5, Skinner 1 0-0 3, Taylor 1 0-0 2, Snedeker 6 1-2 13, Sena 1 0-0 2, Lay 10 2-3 24. Totals: 21 4-6 49.

CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH (66) Clark 1 0-0 2, Fanter 6 7-8 22, Rasmussen 8 0-0 19, DeJesus 1 0-0 3, Mitre 0 2-2 2, Mickow 9 0-0 18. Totals: 25 9-10 66.

McHenry 11 11 13 14 – 49 Crystal Lake South 14 18 19 15 – 66 3-point goals: McHenry 3 (Lay 2, Skinner). Crystal Lake South 7 (Rasmussen 3, Fanter 3, DeJesus). Total Fouls: McHenry 12, Crystal Lake South 7.

HAMPSHIRE 47, WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN 43 HAMPSHIRE (47) Benoit 11 4-9 26, T. Dumoulin 1 0-1 3, DeChant 7 0-0 14, Finn 1 2-2 4. Totals: 20 6-12 47.

WC (43) Versulys 2 0-0 4, Hays 5 1-5 14, Meschewski 2 0-0 4, Speweik 7 1-2 17, Atchison 1 0-0 2, Donahue 1 0-0 2. Totals: 18 2-7 43.

11 10 15 11 – 47 16 10 14 3 – 43

3-point goals: WC 5 (Hays 3, Speweik 2), Hampshire 1 (T. Dumoulin).

CLASS 1A PLAYOFFS ROCKFORD (CHRISTIAN LIFE) REGIONAL Tue., Feb. 11 Game 1: (4) Alden-Hebron vs. (5) South Beloit, 6 p.m.

Game 2: (3) Rockford (Christian Life) vs. (6) Hiawatha, 8 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 12

HINCKLEY (H-BIG ROCK) REGIONAL Mon., Feb. 10 Game 1: (4) Mooseheart vs. (5) Faith Lutheran, 7 p.m.

Tue., Feb. 11 Game 2: (1) Hinckley Big-Rock vs.

Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 3: (2) Elgin (Harvest Christian Academy) vs. (3) Elgin (E. Academy), 8 p.m.

Thu., Feb. 13 Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3, 7 p.m.

WRESTLING REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS Saturday Class 1A Alden-Hebron Regional: Christian Liberty Academy, Aurora Central Catholic, Harvest Christian Academy, Genoa-Kingston, Mooseheart, North Boone, Rockford Lutheran, Wheaton Academy Class 2A Hampshire Regional: Crystal Lake Central, Hampshire, Harvard, Johnsburg, Marian Central, RichmondBurton, Woodstock, Woodstock North.

Belvidere Regional: Marengo, Belvidere, Belvidere North, Burlington Central, Joliet Catholic Academy, Kaneland, Boylan, Sandwich, Sycamore Class 3A McHenry Regional: Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake South, Prairie Ridge, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Lake Zurich, Stevenson DeKalb Regional: Dundee-Crown, Huntley, Jacobs, Harlem, Auburn, Rockford East, Guilford, Jefferson, Hononegah

Early registration dates for youth sports affiliate leagues Crystal Lake Park District youth sports affiliates groups, Crystal Lake Little League Baseball, Crystal Lake Baseball, Crystal Lake Girls Softball, Babe Ruth Baseball and Raiders Football have announced their Summer Youth League early registration dates. Early reg-

istration will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 8, from 9 a.m. to Noon at Park Place, 406 W. Woodstock St, Crystal Lake.

Those registering to play will be asked to complete or provide the following information: • Birth Certiicate (new players only) • Completed emergency card and signed medical waiver • Pay any league fees

NBA

BETTING ODDS

PGA

PROS

GLANTZ-CULVER LINE

Thursday p-Pebble Beach Golf Links: 6,816 yards, par 72 (36-36) m-Monterey Peninsula Country Club, Shore Course: 6,838 yards, par 71 (34-37) s-Spyglass Hill Golf Club: 6,953 yards, par 72 (36-36) Pebble Beach, Calif.

Purse: $6.6 million Partial First Round

BASEBALL MLB PLAYERS ASSOCIATION — Named Jeffrey Hammonds special assistant, player program development.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Agreed to terms with RHP Evan Meek on a minor league contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jerome Williams on a one-year contract. Designated INF Brett Wallace for assignment.

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with INF Wilson Betemit, OFs Justin Christian and Jeremy Moore, C Eddy Rodriguez and RHP Juan Sandoval on minor league contracts.

Men’s College Basketball FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Princeton 8½ Columbia at Dartmouth Pk Yale at Harvard 16½ Brown at Penn 12 Cornell at Villanova 12½ Seton Hall Charlotte 3 at Tulane at Creighton 20 DePaul at Valparaiso 8 Detroit at Southern Miss. 18 Marshall at Fairfield 2 Monmouth (NJ) Siena 1 at St. Peter’s at Canisius 2½ Manhattan Iona 5 at Niagara

Andrew Loupe Stuart Appleby Jimmy Walker Jim Renner Scott Gardiner Richard H. Lee Robert Streb Jordan Spieth Paul McGinley Brian Harman John Huh Dustin Johnson Hunter Mahan Will Claxton Robert Garrigus George McNeill J.B. Holmes James Hahn Jason Bohn Freddie Jacobson Jason Day James Driscoll Michael Putnam Josh Teater Matt Jones Sang-Moon Bae Lucas Glover D.H. Lee Kevin Foley Danny Lee Alex Cejka K.J. Choi Martin Flores Ted Potter, Jr. Jim Furyk Edward Loar Bronson La’Cassie Russell Knox Pat Perez Daniel Summerhays Trevor Immelman Brendan Steele Aaron Baddeley John Senden Brian Gay Will MacKenzie Roberto Castro

31-32—63 31-34—65 33-33—66 31-34—65 31-34—65 32-33—65 32-35—67 34-33—67 33-34—67 31-35—66 32-35—67 33-35—68 33-35—68 34-34—68 35-32—67 32-35—67 33-35—68 33-36—69 36-33—69 32-36—68 35-33—68 35-34—69 35-34—69 34-35—69 32-36—68 35-34—69 31-37—68 32-37—69 34-34—68 32-36—68 33-36—69 33-36—69 34-35—69 35-34—69 35-35—70 33-37—70 36-34—70 33-37—70 34-35—69 33-36—69 34-36—70 36-34—70 35-34—69 35-34—69 36-34—70 33-36—69 35-35—70

-8m -6m -6p -6m -6m -6m -5p -5s -5p -5m -4m -4s -4p -4s -4m -4m -4p -3p -3s -3m -3m -3s -3s -3p -3m -3p -3m -3p -3m -3m -3s -3p -2m -2m -2s -2p -2p -2p -2m -2m -2s -2s -2m -2m -2s -2m -2s

For more information contact the leagues directly: Crystal Lake Little League Baseball www.crystallakelittleleaguebaseball.com Crystal Lake Baseball www.clbaseball.com Crystal Lake Girls Softball www.clgsl.com Babe Ruth Baseball www.clbr.org

GB — 14 19 22½ 29½ GB — 3 7 9½ 11½ GB — 9½ 10½ 13½ 22 GB — 3 7 9 14 GB — 4 14 15 22½ GB — 4 4 16 16½

Thursday’s Games Bulls at Golden State (n) Brooklyn 103, San Antonio 89 Friday’s Games Oklahoma City at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Portland at Indiana, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Washington, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

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

Utah at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games San Antonio at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Denver at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Miami at Utah, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Orlando 112, Detroit 98 Boston 114, Philadelphia 108 San Antonio 125, Washington 118, 2OT L.A. Lakers 119, Cleveland 108 Houston 122, Phoenix 108 Oklahoma City 106, Minnesota 97 Dallas 110, Memphis 96 New Orleans 105, Atlanta 100 Portland 94, New York 90 Denver 110, Milwaukee 100 Sacramento 109, Toronto 101 Miami 116, L.A. Clippers 112

SCHEDULE Friday, Feb. 7 Boys Basketball: Prairie Ridge at Cary-Grove, McHenry at Crystal Lake South, Dundee-Crown at Huntley, Grayslake North at Hampshire, Grayslake Central at Crystal Lake Central, Harvard at Richmond-Burton, Woodstock North at Johnsburg, North Boone at Marengo, 7 p.m. Alden-Hebron at NAC Tourney Girls Basketball: Woodstock at Grayslake North, 7 p.m., Marian Central at Immaculate Conception, 7:30 p.m.

Cheerleading: Crystal Lake Central, Hampshire, Cary-Grove, Jacobs at state finals at U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington.

Saturday, Feb. 8 Boys Basketball: Marian Central at Guerin Prep, 1 p.m.; Woodstock at Grayslake North, 2:30 p.m.; Hampshire at Grayslake Central, 7 p.m. Alden-Hebron at NAC Tourney.

Girls Basketball: Huntley at Jacobs, 1:30 p.m., Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake South, Crystal Lake Central at Woodstock, Hampshire at Johnsburg, 2:30 p.m. Palatine at Prairie Ridge, Grayslake Central at Woodstock North, 3:30 p.m.

Girls Bowling: Jacobs, Huntley, Marengo at Sycamore Regional; Dundee-Crown at Buffalo Grove Regional; Johnsburg, McHenry, Woodstock co-op at Round Lake Regional, 9 a.m.

MEN’S COLLEGE

EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 38 10 .792 Bulls 24 24 .500 Detroit 19 29 .396 Cleveland 16 33 .327 Milwaukee 9 40 .184 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 26 23 .531 Brooklyn 22 25 .468 New York 19 30 .388 Boston 17 33 .340 Philadelphia 15 35 .300 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 34 13 .723 Atlanta 25 23 .521 Washington 24 24 .500 Charlotte 22 28 .440 Orlando 14 37 .275 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 36 14 .720 Houston 33 17 .660 Dallas 29 21 .580 Memphis 26 22 .542 New Orleans 21 27 .438 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 40 11 .784 Portland 35 14 .714 Denver 24 23 .511 Minnesota 24 25 .490 Utah 16 32 .333 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 34 17 .667 Golden State 29 20 .592 Phoenix 29 20 .592 L.A. Lakers 17 32 .347 Sacramento 16 32 .333

BULLS SCHEDULE 9 11 13 19 21 23 25 26 28 2 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19

February at L.A. Lakers ATLANTA BROOKLYN All Star Break at Toronto DENVER at Miami at Atlanta GOLDEN STATE at Dallas March NEW YORK at Brooklyn at Detroit MEMPHIS MIAMI SAN ANTONIO HOUSTON SACRAMENTO OKLAHOMA CITY at Philadelphia

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Noon 6:30 p.m.

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Noon 7 p.m.

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6:30 p.m.: Opening Ceremony, NBC 2 a.m.(Saturday): Women’s Hockey - United States vs.

Finland (LIVE), NBCSN 4:30 a.m.(Saturday): Women’s Cross-Country - Skiathlon Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Men’s Speedskating - 5000 Gold Medal Final (LIVE), NBCSN

TRANSACTIONS

BASKETBALL Game 3: (1) Dakota vs. Winner Game 1, 6 p.m.

Game 4: (2) Durand vs. Winner Game 2, 8 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 14 Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m.

BOXING

WINTER OLYMPICS

NBA

GOLF

8 a.m.: European PGA Tour, Joburg Open, second round, at Johannesburg (same-day tape), TGC 11:30 a.m.: Champions Tour, Allianz Championship, irst round, at Boca Raton, Fla., TGC 2 p.m.: PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, second round, at Pebble Beach, Calif., TGC 4:30 a.m.(Saturday): European PGA Tour, Joburg Open, third round, at Johannesburg, TGC

8 p.m.: Middleweights, Norberto Gonzalez (20-2-0) vs.

Roberto Garcia (33-3-0), at Chicago, ESPN2

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

COMMUNITY YOUTH LEAGUES

GOLF

AHL

3-point goals: Berean 5 (Lai 4, Rodriguez). Total fouls: A-H 12, Berean 14.

Fouled out: None. Technicals: None.

Hampshire WC

at Milwaukee 1 p.m.

WCUU

TV/Radio

22 11 13 9 – 55 7 6 14 9 – 36

R-B Marengo

ATLANTA 7 p.m.

CSN AM-1000

ON TAP FRIDAY

Lejeune 1 1-2 3, Warren 4 0-0 8, Webber 0 2-2 2, Lalor 1 1-3 3, Walters 3 0-0 6, Knoll 1 2-3 4, Hilton 8 5-5 21, Gonzalez 1 0-0 2, Behrens 3 0-0 6. Totals 22 11-16 55.

BEREAN (36) Guentert 5 3-4 13, Rodriguez 2 0-0 5, Lai 6 2-4 18, McCoy 0 00 0. Totals 13 5-8 36.

A-H Berean

TUESDAY

at L.A. Lakers 2:30 p.m.

ABC AM-1000

PREPS BOYS SWIMMING

MONDAY

Olympic break Next game: Feb. 27 at N.Y. Rangers

The Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. – Trevor Bayne sped around Talladega Superspeedway in his No. 21 Ford getting his car ready for the upcoming season, and then did the same thing in his running shoes.

The 2011 Daytona 500 winner and part-time triathlete is fit, motivated and hungry to contend for another big win upon his return later this month to the scene of his greatest triumph and to challenge for a Nationwide Series championship.

“This is a really big year for us,” Bayne said during a break from Thursday’s solitary testing session.

He’s scheduled to run 12 Sprint Cup races, including all four on the superspeedways, with The Wood Brothers plus a full-time Nationwide schedule for Roush Fenway Racing.

“Being here at Talladega by ourselves today, I think that shows that this team wants to do what it takes to be the best and to have a shot to win those 12 races that we show up at,” he said.

The daily workouts, including those squeezed-in runs at racetracks, are also indicative of his thriving health. Bayne went public in November with the revelation that he has multiple sclerosis, but said he still has no symptoms and isn’t taking medication.

An outspoken Christian who often shares his religious testimony in speeches, Bayne said that good health just reinforces his faith. Bayne also said he’s been training harder than ever, meeting three times a week with a personal trainer and going on 1.5mile swims, three-mile runs and 25-plus mile bike rides.

He ran around the 2.66-mile trioval Thursday afternoon in nearfreezing temperature. But he’s got his next triathlon coming up in April in Charleston, S.C., so clearly multiple sclerosis isn’t slowing him down.

“Fortunately for me at this point, it’s had no impact on me,” Bayne said. “That’s been a huge blessing, because there are people that have it worse. There are some that never even know they have it and live a perfectly normal life. To know that I have it is good to me because it creates a dependence

SUNDAY

Thursday’s Scores MIDWEST Bradley 63, Loyola of Chicago 54 Cincinnati 63, UConn 58 Cleveland St. 92, Oakland 85 E. Illinois 91, UT-Martin 79 N. Dakota St. 66, IUPUI 60 S. Dakota St. 79, IPFW 51 SIU-Edwardsville 93, SE Missouri 88, OT

TOP 25 SCHEDULE Friday’s Games No. 6 Villanova vs. Seton Hall, 6 p.m.

No. 12 Creighton vs. DePaul, 8:07 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 3 Florida vs. Alabama, 11 a.m.

No. 4 Wichita State at Northern Iowa, 8 p.m.

No. 5 San Diego State vs. Nevada, 9 p.m.

No. 7 Cincinnati at SMU, 6:30 p.m.

No. 8 Kansas vs. West Virginia, 3 p.m.

No. 10 Michigan at No. 17 Iowa, 1 p.m.

No. 11 Duke at Boston College, 5 p.m.

No. 13 Saint Louis at La Salle, 4 p.m.

No. 15 Texas at Kansas State, 12:30 p.m.

No. 16 Iowa State vs. TCU, 3 p.m.

No. 18 Kentucky at Mississippi State, 12:30 p.m.

No. 19 Oklahoma State at Texas Tech, 8:30 p.m.

No. 20 Virginia at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m.

No. 21 Oklahoma vs. Baylor, 6 p.m.

No. 23 Gonzaga at No. 24 Memphis, 8 p.m.

No. 25 Pittsburgh vs. Virginia Tech, 11 a.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 1 Syracuse vs. Clemson, 5 p.m.

No. 2 Arizona vs. Oregon State, 6 p.m.

No. 9 Michigan State at Wisconsin, Noon No. 12 Creighton vs. St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 6 p.m.

No. 22 UConn at UCF, 5 p.m.

CONFERENCE STANDINGS Through Feb. 5 BIG TEN CONFERENCE Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT Michigan 9 1 .900 17 5 .773 Michigan St. 8 1 .889 19 3 .864 Iowa 6 4 .600 17 6 .739 Ohio St. 5 5 .500 18 5 .783 Wisconsin 5 5 .500 18 5 .783 Northwestern 5 5 .500 12 11 .522 Indiana 4 5 .444 14 8 .636 Minnesota 4 6 .400 15 8 .652 Purdue 4 6 .400 14 9 .609 Penn St. 3 6 .333 12 10 .545 Nebraska 3 6 .333 11 10 .524 Illinois 2 8 .200 13 10 .565

WOMEN’S COLLEGE Thursday’s Scores MIDWEST Cent. Michigan 84, Ball St. 81, OT Drake 72, Evansville 57 E. Michigan 65, Kent St. 57 IUPUI 77, N. Dakota St. 53 Michigan 70, Northwestern 68 N. Iowa 78, S. Illinois 48 North Dakota 68, Weber St. 55 Oakland 80, Milwaukee 67 Purdue 74, Ohio St. 58 S. Dakota St. 77, IPFW 66 Toledo 73, Miami (Ohio) 65 W. Illinois 71, Nebraska-Omaha 65

TOP 25 SCHEDULE Friday’s Games No. 3 Stanford at Washington State, 8 p.m.

No. 23 California at Washington, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 17 West Virginia vs. Kansas State, 2 p.m.

No. 20 Gonzaga vs. Loyola Marymount, 5 p.m.

No. 21 Middle Tennessee vs. Rice, 3 p.m.

No. 22 Nebraska vs. No. 24 Michigan State, 3 p.m.

National League CUBS — Agreed to terms with 2B Darwin Barney on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Fined Miami G Mario Chalmers $5,000 for violating the league’s anti-flopping rules for the second time this season.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Fired general manager Chris Grant. Named vice president of basketball operations David Griffin acting general manager.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Named Rob Moore wide receivers coach.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named George DeLeone assistant offensive line coach, Chris DiSanto and Derik Keyes assistant strength and conditioning coaches, Richard Hightower offensive quality control coach, Dowell Loggains quarterbacks coach, Mike McDaniel wide receivers coach, Andy Moeller offensive line coach, Wilbert Montgomery running backs coach, Paul Ricci strength and conditioning coach, Tony Tuioti defensive quality control coach and Anthony Weaver defensive line coach.

DENVER BRONCOS — Signed S John Boyett, T Paul Cormick, DEs Hall Davis, John Youboty and Ben Garland and WRs Nathan Palmer, Gerell Robinson and Greg Wilson.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Named Brock Olivo assistant special teams coach.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Named George Edwards defensive coordinator, Norv Turner offensive coordinator, Mike Priefer special teams coordinator, Robb Akey assistant defensive line coach, Jeff Davidson offensive line coach, Ryan Ficken assistant special teams coach, Jonathan Gannon assistant defensive backs coach/quality control, Jerry Gray defensive backs coach, Jeff Howard defensive assistant coach, Klint Kubiak assistant wide receivers coach/quality control, Andre Patterson defensive line coach, Drew Petzing coaching assistant, Kevin Stefanski tight ends coach, George Stewart wide receivers coach, Scott Turner quarterbacks coach, Kirby Wilson running backs coach and Adam Zimmer linebackers coach.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Named Joe Woods defensive backs coach, Marcus Robertson assistant defensive backs coach, Chris Boniol assistant special teams coach and Vernon Stephens assistant strength and conditioning coach.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed DB Akeem Augustine, WRs Phil Bates and Arceto Clark, TE Cooper Helfet and DTs Michael Brooks, Dewayne Cherrington, D’Anthony Smith and Jared Smith.

Arena Football League ORLANDO PREDATORS — Traded Prechae Rodriguez to Pittsburgh for DE Markell Carter and OL Ben Ossai, and G Matt Spanos and CB Syd’Quan Thompson to Los Angeles for DL Earl Okine and DB Al Philips.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BLACKHAWKS — Acquired Fs Peter Regin and Pierre-Marc Bouchard from the N. Y. Islanders for a 2014 fourthround entry draft selection.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Traded F Spencer Machacek to Pittsburgh for F Paul Thompson and loaned Thompson to Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Reassigned F Dustin Jeffrey to Texas (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Traded F Robert Czarnik to Montreal for F Steve Quailer. Assigned D Jeff Schultz to Manchester (AHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Reassigned F Stephane Veilleux to Iowa (AHL).

Recalled G Johan Gustafsson from Iowa.

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Reassigned D Andrey Pedan to Stockton (ECHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Recalled D Julien Brouillette and D Patrick Wey from Hershey (AHL).

SOCCER Major League Soccer LA GALAXY — Signed coach and general manager Bruce Arena to a multiyear contract extension.

ORLANDO CITY SC — Signed M Darwin Ceren.

COLLEGES CINCINNATI — Named Mike Bohn athletic director.

EASTERN MICHIGAN — Named Taylor Stubblefield wide receivers coach, Chris Simpson outside linebackers coach and Jay Peterson running backs coach.

MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE — Named Tommy West defensive line coach.

RICE — Named Bryan Blair associate athletic director for compliance.

TEXAS — Signed defensive coordinator and secondary coach Vance Bedford, offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Joe Wickline, quarterbacks coach and assistant head coach for offense Shawn Watson, tight ends coach Bruce Chambers, wide receivers coach Les Koenning, running backs coach Tommie Robinson, linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator Brian Jean-Mary, assistant head coach for defense and defensive line coach Chris Rumph, defensive backs coach and special teams coordinator Chris Vaughn and strength and conditioning coach Pat Moorer to three-year contracts.

TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN — Named Lindsay Vera women’s assistant soccer coach.

UTAH STATE — Named Joe Lorig linebackers coach.

WASHINGTON — Suspended QB Cyler Miles and WR Damore’ea Stringfellow from the football team.

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND — Announced the resignation of field hockey coach Sarah Kelly. Named Hannah Lott interim field hockey coach.

FAVORITE at Philadelphia at Indiana at Washington Oklahoma City Sacramento at New York at Detroit at Dallas at New Orleans at L.A. Clippers

NBA LINE O/U 2 (217) 5 (200) 8½ (196) 8½ (202) 1½ (203) 1½ (213) 2 (200) 10 (205) 2 (200) 6 (204)

UNDERDOG L.A. Lakers Portland Cleveland at Orlando at Boston Denver Brooklyn Utah Minnesota Toronto

NHL FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Blackhawks -125 at Phoenix at New Jersey -175 Edmonton at Carolina -200 Florida at Pittsburgh -170 N.Y. Rangers at San Jose -170 Columbus

LINE +105 +155 +170 +150 +150

HOCKEY NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Blackhawks 59 35 10 14 84 207 St. Louis 56 38 12 6 82 192 Colorado 57 36 16 5 77 169 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 Dallas 57 26 21 10 62 162 Winnipeg 59 28 26 5 61 165 Nashville 58 25 23 10 60 144 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 59 40 14 5 85 191 San Jose 58 36 16 6 78 172 Los Angeles 58 30 22 6 66 137 Vancouver 59 27 23 9 63 145 Phoenix 56 26 20 10 62 160 Calgary 57 22 28 7 51 136 Edmonton 59 20 33 6 46 152 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Boston 56 36 16 4 76 169 Tampa Bay 57 32 20 5 69 164 Montreal 58 31 21 6 68 144 Toronto 59 31 22 6 68 175 Detroit 57 26 19 12 64 149 Ottawa 58 26 21 11 63 167 Florida 57 22 28 7 51 138 Buffalo 57 15 34 8 38 110 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 57 40 15 2 82 183 N.Y. Rangers 58 31 24 3 65 151 Philadelphia 58 29 23 6 64 160 Columbus 56 29 23 4 62 167 Washington 58 26 23 9 61 168 Carolina 55 25 21 9 59 138 New Jersey 57 23 21 13 59 133 N.Y. Islanders 59 22 29 8 52 162

GA 161 132 151 147 163 171 175 GA 145 140 127 157 167 177 197 GA 123 143 141 181 159 184 178 172 GA 134 143 166 156 175 153 142 195

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

Thursday’s Games Calgary 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Edmonton 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Philadelphia 3, Colorado 1 Washington 4, Winnipeg 2 Montreal 5, Vancouver 2 Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 1 Detroit 3, Florida 1 St. Louis 3, Boston 2, OT Minnesota 3, Nashville 2, OT Columbus at Los Angeles (n) Friday’s Games Blackhawks at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Florida at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Calgary at Philadelphia, noon.

Winnipeg at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Ottawa at Boston, 2 p.m.

Vancouver at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

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

New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 7 p.m.

AHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division W L OL SL Pts GF Grand Rapids 29 14 2 2 62 157 Wolves 26 16 2 2 56 131 Milwaukee 22 13 6 4 54 122 Rockford 22 21 4 2 50 139 Iowa 19 16 5 4 47 109 North Division W L OL SL Pts GF Toronto 27 15 2 2 58 132 Rochester 22 16 3 3 50 126 Lake Erie 20 21 0 4 44 119 Hamilton 20 22 0 4 44 109 Utica 17 22 2 4 40 107 West Division W L OL SL Pts GF Abbotsford 30 14 3 1 64 151 Texas 28 15 2 3 61 175 Charlotte 22 22 0 1 45 133 Oklahoma City 19 22 1 5 44 136 San Antonio 17 21 3 5 42 127

GA 118 117 122 160 120 GA 122 123 141 132 136 GA 127 139 140 161 149

Thursday’s Games No games scheduled Friday’s Games Wolves at Iowa, 7:05 p.m.

Syracuse at Springfield, 6 p.m.

Grand Rapids at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Hershey at Rochester, 6:05 p.m.

Portland at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 6:05 p.m.

Hartford at Norfolk, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Lake Erie, 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 6:30 p.m.

Utica at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Worcester at St. John’s, 5 p.m.

San Antonio at Lake Erie, 6 p.m.

Springfield at Syracuse, 6 p.m.

Hamilton at Binghamton, 6 p.m.

Providence at Manchester, 6 p.m.

Portland at Hershey, 6 p.m.

Albany at Bridgeport, 6 p.m.

Adirondack at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 6:05 p.m.

Grand Rapids at Rochester, 6:05 p.m.

Hartford at Norfolk, 6:15 p.m.

Iowa at Rockford, 7 p.m.

Texas at Abbotsford, 9 p.m.

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SOCHI PROBLEMS The best Tweet from the previous day from the Twitter account Sochi Problems:

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An anti-aircraft missile base sits outside the cross-country skiing venue Thursday in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

Fast 5 SOCHI, Russia – Things you’ll want to know about the 2014 Winter Olympics: SECURITY: It’s foremost on many minds as Olympic competition begins and thousands stream into the Black Sea resort city. The Russian government said it’s doing all it can to ensure safety, and Thursday a deputy prime minister went even further. “We can guarantee the safety of the people as well as any other government hosting a mass event,” Dmitry Kozak said.

TOOTHPASTE: It’s the latest item to fall under scrutiny after the U.S. Homeland Security Department warned airlines flying to Russia that terrorists might try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes. The threat was passed onto airlines that have direct flights to Russia, including some that originate in the United States, a law enforcement official speaking on the condition of anonymity told The Associated Press.

SNOWBOARDING: It begins, but without marquee name Shaun White, the world’s most famous snowboarder. He pulled out of slopestyle, a new Olympic event, to concentrate on the halfpipe, where he’ll have a chance to win his third straight title next week. After practice slopestyle runs, White said: “The potential risk of injury is a bit too much for me to gamble my other Olympics goals on.”

WORLD LEADERS: It’s a record, said the Sochi Olympics’ chief organizer: Sixty-five heads of state and government and international organizations will be attending Russia’s first Winter Games. Dmitry Chernyshenko said that’s more than any other Winter Olympics and three times the number of leaders who attended the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Here’s who you won’t see, though: President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German President Joachim Gauck.

OPENING APPROACHES: Friday night’s opening ceremony will showcase Russia to the world on its own terms – a storyline intended to impress the many nations in attendance and allow President Vladimir Putin to put forth the message he’s been trumpeting for months now: that his country successfully has combined its storied history with modern innovation and is ready for anything. The intended audience is as much Russians as it is the rest of the world.

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It’s good to be at Games VIEWS Rick Telander First off, total love hugs for my SunTimes brethren Rick Morrissey and Mark Lazerus, who will be bringing the 2014 Winter Games home to all of us in Chicago and wherever we may be!

Better you fellows than I. Just kidding.

I would love to be there with you, but I sometimes drink from indoor faucets, so I’m not sure how long I’d survive.

Still kidding.

I know you traveled, sleepless, for more than 24 hours, but they’ll have your beds ready soon. About that I am serious.

I’ve been to six Olympics, and Morrissey has been to several more, and there are certain things that always hold: accommodation screw-ups (my kingdom for a cot!), transportation screw-ups (buses that drive aimlessly to wrong venues, even cities), technology screw-ups (don’t talk to me about my techno frazzles in London or the Rube Goldberg Internet connection system in Sydney), viewing screw-ups (could you put us higher in the stadium, please?

No? Thought so.)

That is what happens when the wheel is reinvented every two years in a new place, summer and winter, as a sort of twisted offering to countries and cities willing to nearly bankrupt themselves for the glory of sport.

Lazerus is on his maiden Olympics journey, and he’ll find, through the endless journalistic complaining that flows ceaselessly like (brown) water from an unplugged fire hydrant, that complaining is to the press corps as methane exhaust is to a cattle herd. That’s just how we roll.

But beyond the hardship and language mistakes and surveillance weariness and odd food dishes lies a joy that no journalist can deny. These are the Olympics. These are the real deal.

This is the extended competition that was started in summertime in ancient Greece nearly 3,000 years ago to show the gods that people cared and were thankful.

No matter how corrupt (bribes and kickbacks are said to be a third of the astounding $51 billion Russia spent on Sochi) or idealistic or inane, the Olympics are a platform striving to show

Indeed! RT @RJRico62: Jamaican bobsledder Marvin Dixon seems to be enjoying life in #Sochi

FRIDAY’S TV SCHEDULE NBC 6:30 p.m.

Opening Ceremony NBCSN 2 a.m. (Saturday) Women’s Hockey – United States vs. Finland (LIVE) 4:30 a.m. (Saturday) Women’s Cross-Country – Skiathlon Gold Medal Final (LIVE); Men’s Speedskating – 5,000 Gold Medal Final (LIVE)

SOCHI SCENE AP photo

Members of a Russian honor guard raise an Olympic flag during a welcoming ceremony Thursday in Sochi, Russia. humankind at its competitive best.

Winter Olympics are different from Summer Olympics, obviously. Many of the summer sports are ones that the average American, for instance, has dabbled in or at least experienced. Who hasn’t played basketball or sprinted or jumped over a hurdle of some kind or played volleyball or swum or wrestled (even if it was in the TV room with your brother) or run as far as you could until you nearly – or actually – hurled?

To see those summer champions is to recognize how much better those athletes are from the rest of us. It is to appreciate genius and the practice that hones genius to a diamond point.

The Winter Games are more of a curiosity than a display of democracy or meritocracy. That is, a whole lot of the world never has seen snow, let alone snow skis. How many times have you, personally, strapped on speed skates? Is there a luge run in your neighborhood?

Mine, neither.

But the Winter Games are amazing in that we intuitively can recognize the fearlessness of ski jumpers, the endurance of cross-country skiers and the gracefulness of ice dancers without ever having tried any of those sports. We can see results of the single-minded pursuit of excellence and know that we have seen something as impressive as great art, great music, great drama.

The Winter Games started in 1924 in

Chamonix, France, and although they have only been around for a fraction of the Olympics run, they have created sports heroes as great as any we have: Sonja Henie, Jean-Claude Killy, Franz Klammer, Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen, Lindsey Vonn, and of course, the entire 1980 “Miracle on Ice” USA men’s hockey team.

I know Morrissey will be missing his beloved pooch, Brewster, while in Sochi, so I suggested before he left that he find one of the many stray dogs over there and take it in for the duration.

Use it for companionship and warmth and even as a pillow. (I hear there is a pillow shortage in Sochi, too.) But he’ll have little time for that because he and Lazerus will be enjoying the heck out of an odd foreign culture and the splendor of the contests they’ll be witnessing.

I remember traveling to Olympus during the 2004 Athens Summer Games and watching the first sporting events to take place in those ruins since ancient times. It was hot and the sun blazed down and there was no shade, but history nearly overwhelmed me.

The whole world was watching, and we all were looking back at our earliest selves, marveling at us.

It’s good to be at the Games.

• Rick Telander is a Chicago SunTimes sports columnist who can be reached at rtelander@suntimes.com.

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Highlights of the Sochi Olympics: SHOWER CAMERA RESPONSE SOCHI, Russia – Concerns about Olympic hotel rooms in Sochi are approaching the absurd.

Russia’s Dmitry Kozak, the government’s point man for Olympic preparation, apparently told the Wall Street Journal that authorities have surveillance video from hotels showing that people leave the shower on.

Or maybe he said something else.

His spokesman, Ilya Dzhus, said Thursday that “no such thing was ever said.” He called the report a fantasy, a joke, or a mistranslation. Hotels have video surveillance of entrances for security purposes, he said, and some rooms had video surveillance during construction.

But never the bathrooms, Dzhus insisted. “You can check yourself.”

The reaction was a sign of how defensive Russian officials have become in the face of sustained criticism by journalists of glitches in hotels, all of which were built from scratch for the games that open Friday. Many were not quite finished when guests started arriving, and some rooms still have problems.

– Angela Charlton – Twitter http://twitter.com/acharlton

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Whirlwind romance deflates over attitudes about race Dear Abby: I have been dating someone for about six months. We fell in love very quickly and spend almost every second together.

Our relationship has hit a rough patch ever since he found out I have dated African-American men. He can’t seem to get over it, but he keeps saying he wants to try to make it work. He says cruel things sometimes when he gets mad, and it seems to be on his mind constantly.

I don’t know what to do or how to make this better.

We fell in love, but it seems to be spoiled because of my past.

This isn’t a big deal to me. I have always dated people I thought were good people. He seems to view it

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips as disgusting.

I thought he was my soul mate because we connected so well on everything else, but I’m afraid he will never get past this issue and I may be wasting my time. What should I do? – Rocky Road In

The South Dear Rocky Road: Give him a hug and let him go.

You are the sum total of your experiences and your upbringing, and the same is true of your boyfriend. He comes from a background of racial prejudice. When a person is raised that way, the mindset can be very dif-

ficult to change.

As much as you might want to, you can’t fix this man; only he can do that.

And from your description of him, I don’t think he’s capable of that kind of growth.

Dear Abby: I’m writing to you in the hope you will share something with your readers. When I travel, I stay in hotels, and it never ceases to amaze me how inconsiderate my fellow travelers can be. Late at night, the drunken party animals carry on, often until the sun rises. Then families with small children invade the halls, and the kids race up and down the halls screaming.

Behind every one of those closed hallway doors there may be a person who is try-

ing to sleep. Fellow travelers, please be considerate.

Walk softly and talk quietly in the halls.

And parents, please teach your children manners. This includes not playing noisily where people are trying to sleep. – Sleepless Near

Seattle Dear Sleepless: I have experienced the same difficulties you have while traveling.

Here’s how I deal with it: I pick up the phone and notify the front desk or security if there are rowdy drunks keeping me awake after 10 p.m.

– and the same goes for neighbors who have the volume on their television sets turned up so high I can’t sleep. If the problem persists, I ask to be moved to a quieter room.

As for the screaming children chasing each other in the hallways – I have been known to poke my sleepy head out the door and ask them to please quiet down.

Maybe I have just been lucky, but they usually do.

Dear Abby: I was married to my high school sweetheart, “Linda,” for 37 years.

I am a widower now, going into a new relationship.

“Susan” and I are going slow, but we may end up living together in my home.

How do I integrate pictures of Linda with Susan being there? I have one of Linda and the kids, one of the two of us, and a painting of Linda and me together.

Eventually I will want one of me and Susan.

How do I make this work?

This is all new to me, and I don’t want to screw this up. –

Lightning Strikes Twice Dear L.S.T.: I am a great believer in verbal communication. Like many other things in relationships, this should be discussed and negotiated.

Talk to Susan about it and see if she would be comfortable living in your home with these pictures on display. If you plan to combine households, Susan may have some photos of her own she would like to display.

Many women wouldn’t object to a picture of you and your late wife. However, the portrait might be a bit much.

Perhaps one of your children would like to have it.

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

Breast enlargement in men is often reversible Dear Dr. K: I’m a man. Why are my breasts suddenly getting bigger?

Dear Reader: Everything that happens to a woman’s breasts also can happen to a man’s breasts, including cancer. Enlargement of a man’s breast is known as gynecomastia (guy-nico-MAST-ia). It is usually harmless and is often reversible.

It’s an oversimplification, but basically a breast is filled with breast glands and fat. Some men have prominent breasts because they are overweight. The extra fat has deposited not only around the belly but also inside the breasts. That’s not really gynecomastia – that’s just fat breasts.

True gynecomastia is caused by an enlargement of the breast’s glandular tissues, not by excess fat. The glandular tissue is concentrated under the nipple, so the nipple area is enlarged more than the rest of the breast.

Gynecomastia actually is quite common in kids.

About half of male babies have it, though it goes away.

Then half (or more) of boys experience it at puberty. It is usually mild and short-lived.

It is less common in adulthood. But even then, the breast enlargement is usually mild and painless,

ASK DR. K Dr. Anthony Komaroff although some men do complain of tenderness.

The most common causes of gynecomastia in adult men are liver disease and certain medications: • Liver disease. One of the liver’s many purposes is to break down estrogens. Estrogens are called the “female hormones” and androgens the “male hormones,” but the fact is men’s bodies make some estrogens and women’s bodies make some androgens.

Liver disease, especially alcoholic cirrhosis, weakens a man’s ability to break down estrogens. As a result, estrogen levels in the blood often rise, which enlarges the breasts. If liver function improves, the breasts can return to their usual size.

• Medications. Certain drugs may cause breast enlargement. These include some drugs used for heart disease and high blood pressure (spironolactone, digoxin, calcium channel blockers). Some drugs that treat ulcers and heartburn (such as cimetidine) do it. Some drugs that treat prostate cancer or enlarged prostate (flutamide and

finasteride) do it, because they reduce androgen levels.

Even the anti-anxiety drug diazepam can do it.

Finally, herbal remedies that contain phytoestrogens (plant-derived estrogens) can cause breast enlargement. So can street drugs such as marijuana, amphetamines and heroin. Men who take or abuse male steroid hormones also can develop gynecomastia.

If a person stops taking the offending drug or medication, the breasts will return to their normal size.

Less common causes of gynecomastia include testicular cancer, an overactive thyroid gland and testosterone levels that are declining with age. These diverse disorders have two things in common: low androgen levels and high estrogen levels.

Breast enlargement in men is usually more worrisome than serious. Still, see your doctor to rule out a more dangerous cause.

And if you feel a lump inside your breast, as contrasted with just soft swelling, definitely check with your doctor. Although it is rare, men can get breast cancer.

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

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LOCAL SHOWTIMES TIME: 2 hours, 1 minute VERDICT: With all the talk about

“The Lego Movie” STARRING: Will Arnett, Will Ferrell and Elizabeth Banks

PLOT: An ordinary Lego mini figure, mistakenly thought to be the MasterBuilder, is recruited to join an effort to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.

RATED: PG, for mild action and some rude, nose-thumbing humor TIME: 1 hour, 34 minutes VERDICT: There are so many things to like about “The Lego Movie”: a great voice cast, clever dialogue and a handsome blend of stop-motion and CGI animation that feels lovingly retro, while still looking sharp in 21st-century 3-D. But the best thing about this movie, which was produced in full partnership with the Danish toymaker famous for its plastic-brick building system, is its subversive nature. While clearly filled with affection for – and marketing tie-ins to – the titular product that’s front and center, it’s also something of a sharp plastic brick flung in the eye of its corporate sponsor. “The Lego Movie” is an homage to the spirit of the iconoclast (i.e., the child). Its hero, ironically, is anything but a rule-breaker. Set in a world built entirely of Legos, the story revolves around construction worker Emmet Brickowski (voice of Chris Pratt), a tiny plastic Everyman who loves nothing better than following instructions. But when his Lego universe is threatened by an evil villain (Will Ferrell) who intends to glue all the world’s pieces – and its people – together, Emmet must join forces with a group of rebels to stop him. (In a nod to the term Lego uses to designate its in-house designers, these creative free spirits are known as “master builders.”) Guided by a leader who’s part Gandalf and part Morpheus (Morgan Freeman), this underground resistance movement consists of a fittingly motley crew: a punk-ish loner named Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks); her egotistical boyfriend, Batman (Will Arnett); a well-worn Lego spaceman figure from the mid-1980s (Charlie Day); and a robot-pirate hybrid named Metal Beard (Nick Offerman). The rest of the freedom fighters are a cheeky mix of Lego-sized historical personages (Abraham Lincoln, Shakespeare and Shaquille O’Neil) and co-branded comic book heroes (Green Lantern, Superman, Wonder Woman and others). Keep an ear out for cameos by such stars as Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Billy Dee Williams, good-naturedly reprising his role as Lando Calrissian from the “Star Wars” trilogy. It’s hard not to have fun when the film (written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller) is having such a good time with pop culture. The chief party animal, of course, is Ferrell.

Overplaying his character, Lord Business, like a distant cousin of his dim-witted “Megamind” villain, the actor once again gets tons of comic mileage out of his patented silly grandiloquence. (“Nail polish remover” – a deadly weapon if you’re a plastic toy and your face has been painted on – becomes, in Ferrell’s threatening delivery, the “poe-leash remover of nah-eel.”) “The Lego Movie” pokes fun at anyone who would argue that Lego products are, as one character puts it, “a highly sophisticated, interlocking brick system,” and not simply toys. But it also makes fun of itself, tweaking the conventions of narrative filmmaking, animation and Lego modelmaking itself. The moral of this story is a sweet and uncomplicated one: Believe in yourself; everyone is special; there’s a time to follow the rules and a time to break them.

Sure, those sentiments are cloying.

In fact, they sound like something you’d see on one of those stupid, inspirational cat posters, don’t they?

As it turns out, that’s exactly how a character in this adorably acerbic little movie describes them. – The

Washington Post

“Lone Survivor” STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch PLOT: Based on the failed June 28, 2005, mission Operation Red Wings. Four members of SEAL Team 10 were tasked with the mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shahd.

RATED: R for strong bloody war violence and pervasive language

fact-based films and how accurate they should or shouldn’t be, it’s worth noting some stories are best brought to screen as simply and purely as possible. This is especially true with a film like “Lone Survivor,” Peter Berg’s expertly rendered account of a disastrous 2005 military operation in Afghanistan. War is messy, and politics are messy. But Berg has wisely chosen to focus pretty squarely on the action, and to present it as straightforwardly as possible. And he’s executed that approach with admirable skill, down to using autopsy reports to get the number of wounds a soldier suffered exactly right. “Lone Survivor” doesn’t have nearly the sweep of a major war film like Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan.” But the action scenes – basically, one protracted, harrowing firefight – feel as realistic as any we’ve seen on the screen for some time.

That firefight, for those unfamiliar with the story (Berg also penned the screenplay, based on the memoir by former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell), took place June 28, 2005, in the craggy mountains of Afghanistan’s Kunar province. As part of Operation Red Wings, Luttrell and three fellow SEALS were positioned on a hillside, tracking a Taliban commander in the village below, when they suddenly encountered a few local shepherds.

Their agonized decision on what to do with those shepherds, one of them a teenager, led to a string of events that ultimately resulted in 19 American deaths. Of course, the title, “Lone Survivor,” and the fact Luttrell is played by the movie’s star (Mark Wahlberg, in a strong and moving performance) tells you much of what’s going to happen from the get-go. But that doesn’t hurt the film’s immediacy and power. In fact, you may have a hard time sitting still. Berg opens with footage of real Navy SEAL training and the extremes it reaches – some might call it unnecessary and overly worshipful, but for people who don’t know a lot about the SEALS, it’s helpful and effective. We’re also given a sense of the lighthearted camaraderie at the military base, in between operations, as the men joke about wives and girlfriends back home, or compete in foot races. One of the SEALS worries about how to afford a wedding present for his bride. The veterans engage in a little good-natured ribbing of a new arrival – involving some silly dancing. But all lightness disappears suddenly, and for good. Soon, Luttrell is hunkered in the mountains with his comrades: Michael Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch), and Matt “Axe” Axelson (Ben Foster).

All seems to be going well until the moment they encounter the villagers; the ensuing debate is a painful one. At the end, we see photos of the actual casualties of Operation Red Wings.

It does not seem gratuitous, and no further explanation or exposition is given, or needed. Again, the best thing about Berg’s work here is its simplicity. – The Associated Press

“Monuments Men” STARRING: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray and Cate Blanchett PLOT: An unlikely World War II platoon are tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners.

RATED: PG-13, for some images of war violence and historical smoking TIME: 1 hour, 58 minutes VERDICT: George Clooney, movie director, started out with so much promise. He began with two stories about television’s power, both to distort reality (“Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” about “Gong Show” host Chuck Barris) and to reveal it (“Good Night, and Good Luck,” about Edward R. Murrow).

Neither was perfect, but the films showed tremendous potential, particularly the latter, with its thick clouds of paranoia and cigarette smoke. But Clooney has gone somewhat astray, with the football comedy “Leatherheads,” the political thriller “The Ides of March” and now “The Monuments Men.” They’re not bad pictures, but nostalgia – made urgent in “Good Night” – suffocates the World War II caper “The Monuments Men” as it did the screwball ode “Leatherheads.”

Clooney’s taste is very good, and in adapting Robert M. Edsel and Bret Witter’s book by the same title about the Allied forces’ pursuit of art masterpieces stolen by Nazis, he has chosen a fascinating historical tale that also bears the intriguing question: What’s the price we’re willing to pay for art? But while a Michelangelo may be worth dying for, “The Monuments Men” is, at best, adequately priced as a movie ticket. Clooney, working from a script he penned with his frequent collaborator Grant Heslov, has fashioned his film as a traditional WWII flick, with a “Great Escape”like score by Alexandre Desplat and a sentimental kind of soldierly chumminess. Only this band of brothers is more like an assembly of academics. A handful of museum curators and art experts have been gathered by art historian Frank Stokes (Clooney) to investigate and retake the troves of artwork the Nazis have stolen for a mammoth German museum planned by Hitler.

The platoon is ill-suited for war but bold in spirit: an art restorer (Matt Damon), an architect (Bill Murray), a sculptor (John Goodman), a British museum head (Hugh Bonneville), a theater producer (Bob Balaban) and a French painting instructor (Jean Dujardin). Some of the pairings are fitting: Clooney and Damon planning another heist (“Ocean’s Thirteen”); Dujardin and Goodman back on speaking terms (“The Artist”). In truth, more than 300 Allied servicemen and women worked in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives program in the final years of the war. They helped lead to the recovery of about 6 million objects (estimates vary). Most of the names in the film have been changed, and the mission has been made significantly more romantic.

Cate Blanchett plays a reluctantto-cooperate assistant curator from Paris’ Jeu de Paume museum.

A book by real-life Rose Valland inspired John Frankenheimer’s 1964 film, “The Train,” with Burt Lancaster. It portrayed the French Resistance effort to derail a train of stolen art taken from the Jeu de Paume. With the cunning of sabotage and the soot of the train yard, “The Train” makes a superior and grittier film. “The Monuments Men” is instead weighed down by dutifulness. It feels like it’s only a third act, lacking any buildup of tension or character development. When Stokes solemnly argues early in the film about risking life for the recovery of what he calls “the foundation of modern society,” the movie has presented its thesis statement, and settled any debate. Though deadly encounters follow, the nobility of the quest is unchallenged. With this film, Clooney (who enjoys a self-satisfying scene telling off a Nazi) has erected a stiff monument, a worthy if undramatic tribute to those it’s based on. One wishes the movie had arrived 11 years earlier.

Maybe it would have raised enough awareness to take precautions ahead of the toppling of Saddam Hussein, when Baghdad’s Iraq museum was looted of thousands of antiquities. – The Associated Press

“The Nut Job” STARRING: The voices of Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser and Liam Neeson PLOT: Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel, is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as they gear up for winter – Maury’s Nut Store.

RATED: PG for mild action and rude humor TIME: 1 hour, 26 minutes VERDICT: “The Nut Job” certainly looks nice. Colors are vibrant, particularly the reddish autumn shades of trees in Liberty Park, in fictional Oakton City, where much of the action takes place. There’s a lovely moment where shimmering water reflects the leaves above. And the whole thing has a period feel – mid20th century – which is appealing,

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though confusing, too, when you see characters break into what looks like very 21st-century dancing at one point. Like most animated films these days, “The Nut Job,” a joint CanadianSouth Korean-U.S. production, trades on its celebrity voices, which here include Katherine Heigl, Brendan Fraser, Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph and, most recognizably, Liam Neeson, who sometimes sounds like he could be on a Shakespearean stage. Not that you could call this dialogue Shakespearean. Or even witty. This being a film about squirrels and their nuts, kids will enjoy the “nut” puns, and parents will groan. The story, based on Lepeniotis’ short film, “Surly Squirrel,” is simple: The animals in Liberty Park, ruled by a gruff raccoon (Neeson, of course) ominously just named Raccoon, are facing a severe nut shortage just as winter is approaching. Surly the squirrel (Arnett), who thinks only of himself, has somehow set fire to the winter stockpile. (Watch for the nice shot of popping corn kernels from an exploding tree – it will remind you there’s a reason you’re wearing those 3-D glasses.) But Surly doesn’t seem willing to help solve the situation, and he’s banished from the park to the city. There, he discovers a nut shop – cashews, peanuts, hazelnuts, you name it. If he can snag that booty, he’ll be golden for the winter, though that won’t necessarily help out his furry friends in the park, led by the feisty Andie (Heigl). Of course, there’s a big complication. A group of human lowlifes plotting a bank heist have their own connections to the nut stash, for reasons unrelated to nutrition. – The Associated Press

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professes his love to a pert blonde who gave it up on the first night, it’s clear the story line of romantic comedy “That Awkward Moment” has gone too far. This is not because Efron’s leading lady isn’t captivating or that a fella can’t fall in love swiftly. But this revelatory moment required a compelling buildup – and an actor who could carry it out believably. For his first film, writerdirector Tom Gormican attempts a chick flick from a male point of view. But unlike successful films of this kind, such as “High Fidelity,” “Awkward Moment” unfolds like a college thesis with a big budget.

Jason (Efron) is a Manhattan pretty boy who designs book covers. He believes in having a “roster” of women and picks them up at bars and takes them home that night.

Though he occasionally calls for round two, he keeps women at a safe, commitment-free distance.

Miles Teller plays Jason’s quirky best friend, co-worker and fellow lothario, Daniel. Though he’s not as handsome as Jason, he has no problem hooking ladies with his wit and with the help of wing-woman Chelsea (Mackenzie Davis). The third link in the guys’ crew is Mikey (Michael B. Jordan, “Fruitvale Station”), a doctor who married his college sweetheart at 23. He’s the voice of reason – level-headed, loyal and romantic. But when he finds out wife Vera (Jessica Lucas) is cheating on him, he can’t understand where his perfect life plan went wrong.

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As a result, Ellie cuts him off. But Gormican fails to show Jason’s efforts to get Ellie back and falls short of making Efron’s character anything but selfish and egocentric. So when Jason cries in front of a bookstore full of people while declaring Ellie’s “the one,” it’s unconvincing. Set against lofty talents like Jordan and Teller (fresh off the top Sundance award for his “Whiplash”), Efron comes off as little more than a pretty face. Luckily, his comedic timing is on target, though most of the jokes here are unnecessarily crass and forced. Each emerging actress possesses a refreshing charm and on-screen easiness. But Davis’ grace and lure, though she wasn’t completely believable as a romantic match for Teller’s Daniel, make her the one to watch. With much of the soundtrack consisting of 1980s new wave that would make John Hughes proud, the tunes are the only potential cult classic trait here. Well, that and tying everything up with a neat “love conquers all” bow. – The

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Mourning for Philip Seymour Hoffman continued as family and close friends paid their respects to the actor at a Thursday night wake in Manhattan.

The wake was held at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, which has orchestrated funerals for celebrities, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and James Cagney.

Among the mourners was Amy Adams, who co-starred with Hoffman in the films “Doubt” and “The Master.” Other notables in attendance included Cate Blanchett, Joaquin Phoenix and Diane Sawyer.

On Wednesday, the New York theater community held a candlelight vigil outside the 90-seat home of the LAByrinth Theatre Company, where Hoffman had long been a member.

Broadway’s marquee lights were also dimmed in his honor.

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Toronto Mayor Ford launching YouTube show with brother Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, whose admitted crack cocaine use and bizarre antics made him a favorite of late-night comedians, now has a video channel of his own.

Ford and his brother, a city councilor, are launching a YouTube series called “Ford Nation” that will debut Monday.

The mayor of Canada’s largest city asks people to “please judge me on my record, not my personal life” in a preview posted Thursday. Ford last year made international headlines when he admitted to having smoked crack cocaine while in a drunken stupor. He continues to draw attention for erratic behavior, but he has resisted pressure to step down and is seeking re-election.

A news release from the mayor’s office promises “unfiltered” talk and asks viewers to submit questions to an email address.

Last November the tabloid Sun News Network canceled a “Ford Nation” television show after only one episode after complaining it took five hours to shoot and over 10 hours to edit. A “Ford Nation” radio show was also canceled.

The promotion clip for the new “Ford Nation” show starts off with Rob asking his brother about his favorite food. “What do you eat? You’ve got a big belly on you.

You must be eating something. What’s your favorite food?” Rob asks Doug Ford.

The show’s announcement comes after the Ford brothers made controversial comments about the city’s prominent gay pride festival. The mayor of Canada’s largest city said he would never attend the city’s annual gay pride parade. “I’m not going to go to the pride parade. I’ve never been to a pride parade. So I’m not going to change the way I am,” Rob Ford said.

Ford made the remarks on Wednesday night during a candidates’ forum for the mayoral election set for Oct. 27. The mayor has been criticized for not attending the June parade. He has previously said he skipped the event because he faithfully attends a family cottage on the weekend of Canada’s birthday.

Social media erupts after Fredrickson named ‘The Biggest Loser’ winner

Ed Sullivan’s one-of-a-kind 1964 Beatles item headed to NYC auction

A day after Rachel Fredrickson won the latest season of “The Biggest Loser,” after shedding nearly 60 percent of her body weight, attention wasn’t focused on her $250,000 win – but rather the criticism surrounding her loss.

Experts cautioned that regardless of her current weight, the criticism being levied on social media about her losing too much isn’t helpful. A more constructive message is needed, they say, centering on body image and healthy living.

The 5-foot-4, 24-year-old Frederickson dropped from 260 pounds to 105 under the show’s rigorous exercise and diet regimen – but also time spent on her own before the finale.

She was a three-time state champion swimmer at Stillwater Area High School in Minnesota, and said she turned to sweets for solace after a failed romance and gained the weight over several years.

A large piece of stage backdrop autographed by the Beatles during their first live U.S. concert 50 years ago is headed to auction, where it could draw $800,000 to $1 million.

Face caricatures accompany the signatures that the Fab Four penned between sets of their historic Ed Sullivan appearance on Feb. 9, 1964, which they opened with “All My Loving” in front of 700 screeching fans in the audience and 73 million television viewers.

The current owner of the 4-foot-by-2-foot plastic wall section is Andy Geller, a longtime Beatles collector and television and film voice-over artist. It is being sold in New York City on April 26 through the Dallas-based auction house Heritage Auctions.

A stagehand is responsible for getting the band members to sign the back of the wall section known as a hardwall traveler, which is rolled back and forth to reveal the next act. It’s believed to be the largest Beatles autograph.

“It was a spur of the moment thing,” 81-year-old Jerry Gort said in a telephone interview from his Calabasas, Calif., home. “They came down from stage right from their dressing rooms, I gave them a marker and asked them to sign the wall.”

The band signed vertically from the bottom up: John Lennon first, then Paul McCartney, who scribbled “Uncle Paul McCartney,” followed by George Harrison. Ringo Starr, shorter than the rest, couldn’t reach the top so “I put my arms around him and lifted him,” said Gort, simultaneously putting his foot on the wall to keep it from opening until Starr finished signing the piece.

Gort said Starr then “made a mad dash to get to his drums” and the band launched into “I Saw Her Standing There” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”

Pharrell Williams to perform at NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans Before he sings at the Oscars, Pharrell Williams will perform at the NBA All-Star Game.

The NBA announced Thursday that the producer-rapper-singer will perform Feb. 16 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. Williams will open the game and perform during the player introductions with surprise guests.

The game’s halftime performance will feature Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, Earth, Wind and Fire, Janelle Monae and Dr. John.

Recent Grammy winner Gary Clark Jr. will sing the national anthem and also perform during the halftime show.

Folk-rock singer Serena Ryder will sing the Canadian national anthem.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Actor Miguel Ferrer is 59. Saxophonist Brian Travers of UB40 is 55. Comedian Robert Smigel (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) is 54. Actor James Spader is 54. Country singer Garth Brooks is 52.

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49. Actor Jason Gedrick (“Windfall,” ‘’Boomtown”) is 47. Guitarist Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit is 39. Bassist Tom Blankenship of My Morning Jacket is 36. Actor Ashton Kutcher is 36. Actress Tina Majorino is 29. Actress Deborah Ann Woll (“True Blood”) is 29.

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The Cadillac CTS-V coupe proves you can buy an excellent automobile for substantially less than $100,000 and still get high-end performance from a vehicle.

In league of its own Cadillac CTS-V coupe almost perfect, and almost affordable

By WARREN BROWN • The Washington Post

CORNWALL, N.Y. – Anyone can make a good car for $100,000 or more. I’m more impressed when it’s done for less than that – which raises another question.

If it is possible to buy a good or even excellent automobile for substantially less than $100,000, is it really worth it to spend more?

After a week in the 2014 Cadillac CTS-V coupe, driving the roads between this pleasant Hudson Valley town and the congested rudeness of New York City, a round trip of about 130 miles, my answer is a resounding “No!” What do exotic, outrageously expensive high-performance cars have that this second generation of the Cadillac CTS-V coupe doesn’t? Is it power? No. The new coupe comes with a Corvette ZR1-derived supercharged gasoline V-8 delivering 556 horsepower and 551 pound-feet of torque.

Do you really need more power than that? What for? To be stuck in traffic on New York’s always-bumper-to-bumperjammed FDR Drive, or on the Washington area’s perennially congested Capital Beltway? I don’t think so.

What about handling – the agility and confidence with which a car behaves

around tight curves, along undulating mountain roads, the way it keeps its composure in crowded yet fast highway traffic? My take: The CTS-V meets or beats its more exotic rivals there, too.

It is one of the tightest, most responsive automobiles I have ever driven, thanks largely to the application of what General Motors, Cadillac’s parent company, calls Magnetic Ride Control.

Imagine that you are in a car with sensors/eyes that see the road you are traveling – all of its twists, turns and imperfections; imagine that it does this 1,000 times per second and just as quickly adjusts the car’s chassis to best handle those rapidly varying circumstances. In the new CTS-V coupe, the experience is quite real. The result is a smooth, comfortable ride without any sacrifice of performance.

If you worship speed, you can move from 0 to 60 mph in four seconds in the CTS-V. But, assuming that you are driving in a community that requires a sense of balance, one that expects automobiles to stop as quickly as they can move, the CTS-V coupe is up to that task, too.

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A six-speed shiftable automatic transmission is mated to a 383-horsepower, 5.7-liter V-8 engine in the 2014 Lexus LX570 sport utility vehicle.

Mechanical beast turns into road beauty Fuel economy or financial frugality are not reasons to buy a 2014 Lexus LX570.

Priced from $81,780, the full-sized sport utility vehicle averaged 15.6 miles per gallon during a recent test week.

This abundant use of gasoline is offset by one huge virtue: One can live like royalty in it.

The LX570 is loaded with power, off-roading and comfort mechanicals and amenities.

Imagine a Toyota Land Cruiser sport utility vehicle on steroids, and you have the Lexus LX570.

Lexus, the luxury division of Toyota, has put more power, luxury and room into the LX570 compared with the Land Cruiser, but not by much.

The 5.7-liter, 383-horsepower, dual overhead cam V-8 engine can tow a 7,000-pound trailer while carrying a payload of 1,280 pounds. The engine is mated to a six-speed automatic transmission.

It is a versatile engine and easily carries the 6,000-pound LX570 along the highway. The engine is a veritable workhorse in fields and rough off-roading terrain. A transfer case automatically lowers the vehicle when in low range.

On the highway, the electronics raise the vehicle to its normal ground clearance of 8 inches.

The Environmental Protection Agency rates the LX570â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fuel use at 12 mpg in the city and 17 mpg on the highway. Gasoline is pumped into a 24.6-gallon tank.

Buyers get a luxurious eight-passenger vehicle including power folding split third row seat (folds and then flips to the sides), power (forward and backward) second row seat, and power (forward or backward, up and down) front leather (heated with memory for three) bucket seats, plus power tilt and telescoping

Real wood inserts plus leather and alloy trim contribute to the luxury feel in the cabin of a 2014 Lexus LX 570 sport utility vehicle.

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Interior trim includes leather, metal alloys and real wood (not a plastic laminate lookalike).

Storage capacity measures 83.1 cubic feet when the rear two rows of seats have been adjusted properly. When the third row is folded against the walls, the storage width is slightly more than 38 inches.

Running boards on the sides are illuminated, and so is the tow hitch and ball mount area in the rear. Puddle lamps guide feet into the front and second rows of seats.

Cruise control and redundant audio controls are mounted on the power tilt and telescope leather-wrapped steering wheel.

One touch is required for the power open and close, tilt and slide, moonroof.

The four power windows are express up and down and come with anti-pinch protection.

Wide 285 all-terrain Dunlop tires are mounted on 20-inch, five-spoke alloy wheels with a full-size spare stored underneath. The 12- to 13-inch brakes control the wheels well. Other safety equipment includes traction and stability controls, front airbags, side airbags for two rows and (rollover sensing) curtains for three rows, pretensioners and headrests complementing seat belts, rain-sensing variable intermittent wipers, intermittent rear wiper with washer, daytime running lights, a

rearview camera, and adaptive halogen headlamps.

The adaptive front double wishbone suspension is complemented by shocks, arms, coil springs and stabilizer bars.

During the test week, the LX570 traveled several rugged roads, and the suspension kept this heavy SUV on an even keel.

Off-roading equipment, besides a transfer case and huge tires, includes auxiliary transmission cooler, differential center lock, limited slip differential (center), tow hooks front and rear, recessed fog lamps, four mud flaps, overhead roof rails and undercarriage protection.

Luxuries are many and include navigation system with voice command, parking sensor, remote keyless entry (doors and liftgate) and smart start, cruise control, air conditioning, zoned climate controls, lighted vanity mirrors, electric foldable and heated exterior mirrors (reverse tilt to see curb when parking), entertainment system (AM, FM, XM radio, CD and MP3 players), clock, compass, outside temperature display, and courtesy and reading lights.

A $2,005 option is a DVD rear seating entertainment system that comes with screens and wireless headphones.

Standard inclusions are three power outlets (two 12 volt and one 120 volt), rear vent ducts and reading lights, fourzone climate control, and memory for three drivers (mirrors, steering wheel, audio).

Warranty coverage is four years or 50,000 miles with 24-hour roadside assistance, free first maintenance and free lodging if there is a breakdown more than 100 miles from home.

The powertrain has a six-year or 70,000-mile warranty.

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2014 LEXUS LX570 FAST FACTS Type: full-size, eight-passenger, four-wheel-drive, four-door sport utility vehicle Price: $81,780 Engine: 5.7-liter, 383-horsepower V-8 Transmission: shiftable six-speed automatic Towing: 7,000 pounds Weight: 6,000 pounds Cargo: 83.1 cubic feet maximum, 15.5 cubic feet all seats upright Payload: 1,280 pounds Wheelbase: 112.2 inches Length: 196.5 inches Width: 77.6 inches Height: 75.6 inches Fuel tank: 24.6 gallons Fuel: premium unleaded Legroom: 42.9 inches front Suspension: double wishbone front, solid live axle rear, stabilizer bars Warranty: Warranty coverage is four years or 50,000 miles with 24-hour roadside assistance, six years or 70,000 miles on powertrain, free first maintenance and free lodging if there is a breakdown more than 100 miles from home.

The rear storage area in the 2014 Lexus LX570 is lighted, carpeted and furnished with tiedowns, storage net and cargo cover. By power controls, the split third row folds flat against the inside walls of the cargo area or is lowered to an upright position. When the rear two rows are upright, cargo space expands to 83.1 cubic feet.

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Mazda 3 hatchback rides like those twice its price

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all, Mazda has one of the better stick and clutch combos in the business.

Though the company says buyers can expect one eventually, that’s of little help to them today. And the automatic could use a seventh gear, making the shifts smoother and a little less noisy, one of the drawbacks to the otherwise quite refined car. It’s one of the loudest I’ve driven in some time, a combination of racket from the tires, wind and engine.

The good side of the 2.5 liter is it rarely feels underpowered, especially on secondary roads, where it happily wrings its heart out.

There’s plenty of midrange punch, which is to say it’s easy to surge from 35 to 55 mph. Steering on the car is good, and the Mazda negotiates through both curves and tight spaces with precision.

While it isn’t pint sized like a Fiat 500 or Smart, it fits easily into narrow parking spots.

My test car was a Grand Touring hatchback with a base price of $26,495 and $29,185 as tested. It was painted a flashy black that nicely complemented the gray rims on the 18-inch wheels.

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The car comes with high-performance Brembo brakes.

How quickly you stop, of course, depends on how fast you are driving. The Brembo brakes will slow you down quickly if you are in exceptional violation of the law but, alas, not quickly enough to avoid rousing the ire of watchful traffic-enforcement officials.

Consider the CTS-V coupe an art piece.

It is a chiseled, motorized diamond, beautiful in presentation inside and out, impractical in the real world in terms of its overall performance capabilities and maintenance demands (premium gasoline, please, and don’t forget the $1,300 federal gas-guzzler tax levied because it fails to meet a combined city/highway mileage rating of 22.5 miles per gallon).

The CTS-V coupe gets 14 miles per gallon in the city and 19 on the highway.

But the car remains a darling to its demographic group – the estimated 5 percent of the U.S. population who can comfortably (without endangering housing, food, utility or health-care budgets) afford an automobile costing $60,000 or more.

I am not in that 5 percent.

But I am thankful to be of service to those of you who are. I am paid to drive all of these automobiles and tell you about them, as best I can.

I happily recommend this one.

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styles. It’s quirky, with a long, bulbous hood and a cabin placed further aft than one finds in a front-wheel-drive car. The sides are shapely, with an interesting interplay of contours. Compared with the last generation, the new look wins hands down.

The hatchback has plenty of room. It’s easy to pop luggage or groceries into the hatch, and I spent two hours in the rear seat with minimal complaint. My knees weren’t jammed against the seat backs, nor was my head jack-hammered into the roof liner.

Plenty of electronic safety equipment is on offer, including blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alerts which come standard on the upmarket trim levels. There’s also an available lane departure warning and forward collision warning system if you’re into that kind of thing.

The car looks good, even adequately expensive, and doesn’t stint on the technology. But it’s really the overall drivability and ease of use that makes the new 3 the new potential king of the compact cars. Pop it into sport mode and you may find yourself looking for the long way around to do errands.

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Mazda’s latest 3 sedan and hatchback start at a humble price of around $17,700, and top out at less than $30,000 with all the options.

Jamming over narrow, bumpy Michigan roads, the Mazda 3 doesn’t seem scrappy or harsh, like many compact cars. Rather, it hums along smoothly over ragged ridges of bad pavement, showing off a supple suspension. Mazda has sprinkled engineering magic dust into that charming chassis: it rides as well as cars twice its price.

The 2014 model year is the third generation of the 3, and it’s an especially important car for Mazda, which is a niche player compared with Toyota and Honda. The 3 is Mazda’s best-selling model in the U.S. So the all-new car, which went on sale in September, must have a broad appeal. To achieve that, Mazda offers the compact both as a four-door sedan and a five-door hatchback, with a variety of trim levels and two engine choices.

The base sedan has a 2.0-liter four-cylinder, with 155 horsepower, standard with a six-speed manual transmission. That gets 29 miles per gallon around town and a full 41 on the freeway.

The more expensive models are available with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder with 184 horses and 185 pound-feet of torque. The downside is that, currently, it only comes with a six-speed automatic. The extra power sacrifices some efficiency, for 28 and 37 mpg in the hatchback.

It really is a shame about the transmissions, because the more potent engine would be sweeter if it also were offered with the manual for maximum driving fun. After

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By JIM DALLKE jdallke@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Rich Brook, owner of Brook Farm in Harvard, doesn’t have a production problem.

He has a supply problem.

An acre will yield him at least 1,000 dozen pieces of corn, but there isn’t an outlet for him to sell something of that quantity.

“I can go out and grow so much more food than I can sell directly,” he said. “Go out to the Woodstock farmers market and try to sell 1,000 dozen.”

Nationally, there is a growing demand from consumers to buy locally produced food, and leaders in McHenry County agriculture believe they have a plan in place to deliver more county-grown food to area residents.

In 2011, the Agricultural Conservation Easement and Farmland Protection Commission in McHenry County formed a task force to conduct a countywide local food assessment, and in October 2013 the report was adopted by the McHenry

County Board.

The purpose was simple: How can leaders promote a successful local farm system in McHenry County and better provide residents with healthy, locally grown food?

The plan, presented Thursday at McHenry County College, gave an analysis of the quantity of farms in the county, the demand for locally grown food and recommendations for the County Board and farmland advocates on how to make the area a better place to buy, grow and eat local food.

“There are producers here, but I wasn’t really aware that they were necessarily feeding the people here locally,” said Lenore Beyer-Clow, policy director for Openlands, a regional nonprofit organization that spearheaded the task force. “There is enough interest in [eating locally]. We really need to grab on to that interest and see how we can move it forward.”

The report found Illinois consumers spend $48 billion on food annually, but only 4 percent is gen-

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Perfect Produce co-op member Cathy Guenther sorts peppers at the Algonquin Township buildings in 2013. A survey of nearly 250 McHenry County residents found half of respondents didn’t know where the food they buy is grown. erated from local food purchases, meaning the majority of food dollars leave the state.

When buying food directly from a farmer, 90 percent of those food

dollars go back to the farm, which keeps the revenue in the community, the report found.

See LOCAL FOOD, page E2

8BUSINESS ROUNDUP MCC to offer home inspection course

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Large food companies are trying to head off state-by-state efforts to enact mandatory labeling of genetically modified ingredients by proposing new voluntary labels nationwide.

Food label fight Food industry seeks voluntary GMO labeling

would take precedence over any state laws. They also are pushing for the FDA to do a safety review of new genetically engineered ingredients before they are sold in food. So far, the FDA has not found safety issues with modified ingredients.

Theresa Eisenman, a spokeswoman for the FDA, said food manufacturers already are allowed to label their foods as free of genetically modified ingredients. She said the agency “recognizes and appreciates” consumer interest in the issue.

“FDA has received citizen petitions regarding genetically engineered foods, including the labeling of such foods,” she said. “The agency is currently considering those petitions and at this time has not made a decision, in whole or in part, regarding the petitions.”

See LABEL FIGHT, page E2

– From local and wire reports

The Associated Press

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The food industry and farm groups are pushing Congress to pass legislation that would require the Food and Drug Administration to create guidelines for the new labels, which food manufacturers could use. nounced a partnership with 28 farm and food industry groups Thursday to push for the legislation. The groups include the National Corn Growers Association, the National Restaurant Association and the National Beverage Association, all industries that have seen pushback from consumers over modified ingredients.

The groups say mandatory labels would mislead consumers into thinking engineered ingredients are unsafe.

The state laws also could create a complicated patchwork of labeling laws that would “increase, rather than reduce, consumer confusion,” said Kraig Naasz of the American Frozen Food Institute, another member of the coalition.

The industries are lobbying members of Congress to introduce and pass a bill that would require the FDA to create a voluntary label that

U.S. productivity grew at 3.2 percent rate in 4Q WASHINGTON – U.S. productivity growth slowed in the fourth quarter while labor costs kept falling. For the year, productivity turned in another weak gain.

Productivity grew at an annual rate of 3.2 percent in the October-December period, down slightly from a 3.6 percent growth rate in the third quarter, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Labor costs fell at a 1.6 percent rate in the fourth quarter after an even bigger 2 percent rate of decline in the third quarter.

For the year, productivity rose a slight 0.6 percent, down from a 1.5 percent increase in 2012, and the weakest performance since an 0.5 percent rise in 2011. Labor costs edged up a slight 1 percent in 2013, continuing a trend of modest gains in labor costs.

Productivity measures output per hour of work. Greater productivity raises living standards because it enables companies to pay their workers more without having to raise prices, which could boost inflation.

The Federal Reserve monitors productivity and labor costs for any signs that inflation could pick up. Mild inflation has allowed the Fed to keep short-term interest rates at record lows and buy bonds to try to keep long-term rates down.

By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON – People who want to know more about genetically modified ingredients in their food would be able to get it on some packages, but not others, under a plan the industry is pushing.

Large food companies worried they might be forced to add “genetically modified” to packaging are proposing voluntary labeling of those engineered foods, so the companies could decide whether to use them or not.

The effort is an attempt to head off state-by-state efforts to require mandatory labeling. Recent ballot initiatives in California and Washington state failed, but several state legislatures are considering labeling requirements, and opponents of engineered ingredients are aggressively pushing for new laws in several states.

The move comes as consumers demand to know more about what’s in their food. There’s very little science that says genetically engineered foods are unsafe. But opponents say there’s too much unknown about seeds that are altered in labs to have certain traits, and that consumers have a right to know if they are eating them. The seeds are engineered for a variety of reasons, many of them to resist herbicides or insects.

Pamela Bailey, president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the food industry’s main trade group, said the decision on labels should rest with the Food and Drug Administration, which is set up to assess the safety of foods.

“It does not serve national food safety policy to leave these issues to political campaigns,” she said.

The grocery manufacturers an-

CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College’s Continuing Education Department is offering a 60-hour Home Inspection Pre-Licensing course that teaches necessary skills and prepares students for the state licensing exam.

The next class is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday nights from Feb. 18 to May 15 at MCC, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake.

This training course will prepare future home inspectors for the state exam. Areas from exteriors to electric to heating and many other topics related to home inspections will be covered. Other aspects of the home inspection business, including marketing and business start-up, also are covered.

Books and materials are included in the $895 course fee.

To register for the class, call the MCC Registration Office at 815-455-8588 and reference course ID: URE U04-003.

For information, contact Ruth Kormanak at 815- 4797879 or rkormanak@mchenry.edu.

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Complex workers compensation rules mean many overpay Workers compensation is more complex than you might imagine.

Due to its complexities, about 70 percent of businesses overpay on their workers compensation premiums.

The Orthopedic Journal states: “The modern system of workers compensation is so complex and arcane it produces considerable grief to those who must deal with it on a daily basis.”

So, why the complexities? In most states, there are more than 700 approved classifications, and the interpretation of the classifications vary from state to state. In addition, insurance company underwriters, premium auditors and technicians handle multi-state territories. It is virtually impossible to know all the rules and regulations of multiple jurisdictions. Incorrect classifications are a common mistake that can cost

businesses money.

Companies tell me all the time that “My broker just performed an internal audit, so we’re good.” Those internal audits only verify payrolls.

They do not scrub through documents looking for misclassifications or rule violations.

When a company buys workers’ compensation insurance, the premium is calculated according to a certain format or algorithm. This algorithm can vary from state to state.

The experience modifier, or experience rating, is an adjustment to the manual premium calculated by the rating bureau, such as the National

Continued from page E1 And in a survey of nearly 250 county residents, 50 percent of respondents said they do not know where the food they buy is grown, and two-thirds said they do not know if their grocer offers local food. When asked how well local farms met their food needs, 60 percent said they were unsure, and 31 percent said there was a shortage of local food.

The report concluded there was a growing demand for locally produced food, along with an increasing supply and availability for local food products.

“I think most people do their shopping at Jewel or a big retail outlet,” BeyerClow said. “So having [locally grown food] accessible at places people are used to buying it will make a big difference.”

This goes beyond farmers markets, Beyer-Clow added. The report calls for promoting local food at McHenry County restaurants and advocating for more local food at schools

experience modification factor or develop classification codes. This is done by the rating bureaus. The insurance agency or broker is paid by the insurance companies and are subject to contracts with them.

Another problem is there is no universal method in correcting errors. Most insurance companies, even after they have learned of a mistaken procedure, apply the wrong procedure to other policyholders. The insurance company will correct the mistake, but only for the policyholder that brings the error to the insurance company’s attention. All the other policyholders continue to be overcharged.

In general, the classification system attempts to classify the overall business of a company, not the particular work performed by specific employees. The NCCI and other state rating bureaus make an

exception to this approach for construction type classifications.

For these companies, multiple classifications may be assigned to employees depending on the actual work performed. Proper payroll records must indicate specific hours at the various tasks to be allocated among the appropriate classifications. If proper payroll records are not kept, the insurance company will include the employee’s entire payroll into the highest rated classification of work performed.

Many businesses have been misclassified into a more expensive classification for years.

• Jeff Ernst is managing director of Ernst Consulting Group, an independent broker, specializing in expense recovery programs. He can be reached at jeff@ernstcg.com or 877-221-8811.

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Cost could be major barrier for local food • LOCAL FOOD

Council on Compensation Insurance, and is based on the company’s historic loss and payroll data. The experience rating is calculated by the rating bureau annually based on payroll and loss data provided by the company’s previous insurance companies. Adjustments to the premium calculation are determined by the insurance company.

Workers’ compensation insurance premiums are initially calculated on an estimated premium basis, since it is impossible to determine ahead of time exactly how much payroll and premium will be generated by a company over the course of the policy.

Furthermore, there is not one entity that oversees the entire process from start to finish. The insurance company does only as much as it has to according to the state insurance laws. It does not calculate the

BUSINESS CONSULTING Jeff Ernst

• LABEL FIGHT left them beholden to the government.

SAC Capital ex-trader guilty of insider trading NEW YORK – A former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager was convicted Thursday of helping his company earn more than a quarter billion dollars illegally through trades based on secrets about the testing of a potential breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug.

The verdict capped a three-week trial that featured testimony from two prominent doctors who confessed spilling secrets to Mathew Martoma during lucrative consultations with financiers.

Martoma sat expressionless as the jury forewoman announced he had been found guilty of two counts of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud. Tears streamed down the face of his wife, who sat with her hands folded on her yellow dress.

The trial also contained frequent mentions of SAC Capital’s billionaire founder, Steven A. Cohen. Defense lawyer Richard Strassberg said in his closing argument Monday that Cohen was the real target of investigators. He said his client was victimized by the testimony of doctors who traded their credibility for plea deals that

and hospitals. Creating a food hub for area growers to combine their resources would further benefit smaller farms.

“I can’t think of anything that would be more helpful to smaller growers in McHenry County than to be able to cooperate with your fellow growers,” Brook said. “You can put together enough stuff where you can supply hospitals, schools, supermarkets and some of the specialty stores.”

The task force acknowledged that a significant barrier to getting people to eat locally is the cost. It’s often more expensive to shop at the farmers market than at Wal-Mart.

But local agricultural leaders are hoping the health benefits, the benefits to the local economy and the sense of community will push the local food movement ahead in McHenry County.

“You feel like part of a community,” Brook said.

“You’re helping the farmer.

And the farmer is just delighted. He’s gonna bust his rear to provide you the best stuff.”

Applications for jobless aid fall 20K to 331K WASHINGTON – The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits declined 20,000 last week to 331,000, suggesting Americans are facing fewer layoffs and better job prospects.

The Labor Department said the four-week average, a less volatile measure, ticked up 250 to 334,000. That remains near pre-recession levels and serves as evidence job losses have waned.

A total of 3.47 million Americans received benefits as of Jan. 18, down from 3.58 million the week before.

Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, described the decline in benefit claims as “something of a relief.”

Cold weather in January caused work stoppages, leading the number of unemployment benefits applications to swing from week to week.

The Labor Department said it had to estimate, for example, the number of applications from Kansas after an ice storm prevented that state from providing data.

“The latest bout of severe weather could easily push claims back up again for a time,” Shepherdson cautioned.

Wider trade gap may mean slower growth WASHINGTON – The U.S. trade deficit widened in December after hitting a four-year low in November.

But for 2013, the gap reached its lowest point since 2009 as exports rose to a record.

Analysts said the largerthan-expected trade deficit for December likely would reduce estimates of growth in the October-December quarter. The government initially had estimated fourth-quarter growth at a 3.2 percent annual rate.

But economists at Barclays say the bigger December gap could reduce that estimate to a 2.8 percent rate.

The trade deficit rose to $38.7 billion in December, a 12 percent increase over November, the Commerce Department said Thursday.

Exports slipped 1.8 percent to $191.3 billion. Imports rose 0.3 percent to $230 billion.

For all of 2013, the deficit dropped 11.8 percent to $471.5 billion.

– The Associated Press

Continued from page E1 The companies are facing pressure from retailers as the conversation about modified ingredients has grown louder.

Whole Foods announced last year it plans to label GMO products in all its U.S. and Canadian stores within five years.

And some companies have decided to just remove the ingredients altogether, so no labels will be necessary. General Mills recently announced it no longer would use GMOs in its original Cheerios recipe.

It is unclear whether there is support for voluntary labels in Congress. Many lawmakers from farm states have defended the technology.

In May, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected an amendment by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., that would have allowed states to require labeling of genetically modified foods.

Sanders’ amendment to a wide-ranging farm bill was an attempt to clarify that states can require the labels, as several legislatures have moved toward putting such laws into place. Senators from farm states that use a lot of genetically modified crops strongly opposed the amendment, saying the issue should be left up to the federal government and that labels could raise costs for consumers.

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By PHILLIP ALDER Newspaper Enterprise Association

Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychiatrist who died in 1937, said, “There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.”

True, if you wish to be successful at the top level of anything, you must be able to handle the pressure. This applies even at the bridge table.

But there is another form of pressure in bridge -- preemptive bids, which pressure the opponents by removing bidding space.

Look at the South hand.

After two passes, what would you open?

In the irst two positions, one heart would be a popular choice. But after two passes, the dynamic changes. NorthSouth’s chances of making game have diminished. It is time to pressure West. Open three hearts! Or, if that is too rich for you, bid two hearts.

Now look at the full deal.

After a three-heart opening, West would make a takeout double and East would advance with three spades. This contract would go down after three rounds of hearts are played, but West would never pass with such a strong hand.

He would carry his side into deeper waters.

At the table, South opened

one heart, West doubled, North responded one notrump, East passed, South rebid two hearts, and this ended the auction when West very cautiously passed.

The defense was excellent, though. West led the spade ace: three, six, queen. West, not fooled, continued with the spade king, and East dropped his nine, a suit-preference signal for diamonds (the higherranking of the other two side suits). West cashed his diamond ace, gave his partner a diamond ruff, got back on lead with the club ace, and gave East a second ruff for down one.

Contact Phillip Alder at pdabridge@prodigy.net.

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ACI Midwest is an equal opportunity employer.

Social Services

COMMUNITY SERVICES CASE SPECIALIST Allendale Association, a multi-service child welfare agency, committed to sharing hope in the life of a child, is seeking a full time Community Services Case Specialist. Candidate will manage all aspects of cases in Foster Care. Requires: Bachelors Degree in Social Work, Psychology or related Human Services field, two years progressively responsible social services experience, Child Welfare Employee Licensure, Child Endangerment Risk Assessment Protocol Certification, and Certification to conduct licensing of foster homes. Per DCFS regulations candidate must be 21 years of age and have a valid Illinois or Wisconsin driver's license with a good driving record. We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and a generous education assistance program.

Please visit www.allendale4kids.org to download application and send with a copy of your resume to:

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Special Education

TEACHER AIDE The Allendale Association has a full-time Teacher Aide position available with our LINC Educational Program in Woodstock, IL. Candidate must have a minimum of an Associates Degree; minimum of one year experience as a Teacher Aide preferably in a special education environment; Paraprofessional Certificate and valid driver's license w/ good driving record. Per DCFS regulations must be at least 21 years of age. We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and generous education assistance program.

Please visit www.allendale4kids.org to download application and send with a copy of your resume to:

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, -v.KENNETH J. FOLLMANN Defendant 12 CH 2719 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 9, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 17, 2014, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8807 ALDEN RD., Wonder Lake, IL 60097 Property Index No. 08-13-178001. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $198,672.12.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third d. Th ch cks ill be

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.MARK S. HARVARD, THERESA M. HARVARD, DISCOVER BANK Defendants 11 CH 2837 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 13, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 17, 2014, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2406 LILAC STREET, McHenry, IL 60051 a/k/a 2406 LILAC STREET, HOLIDAY HILLS, IL., 60051 Property Index No. 15-18-256-003. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $165,934.58.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The sales clerk, FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 498-9990 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. only. Please refer to file number 11-056729.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 498-9990 Attorney File No. 11-056729 Case Number: 11 CH 2837 TJSC#: 33-27795 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I586767 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 31, February 7, 14, 2014)

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TODAY - Don’t sit back in the year ahead -- make things happen by focusing on what you do best. You will gain respect if you voice your opinion and take a position of leadership. If you show your worth, you will map out a direction that will lead to greater security.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Don’t expect others to see things your way. Patience and moderation will be required. A tricky situation can go either way. Don’t take chances when it comes to how you earn your living.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Stay calm, even if your principles are questioned. Avoid a confrontation that may put you out in front of others. Help those unable to help themselves.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Looking over your financial situation and personal papers will help you feel better about your future. Free your life from encumbrances to ease stress and open doors.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Keep life simple, as adding expenses or responsibilities will lead to anxiety.

Avoid excess by eliminating events and friendships that are geared toward indulgence. Protect your assets and health.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Be careful what you say. A difference of opinion could alter your future and put you in a defensive position. Listen, but refrain from getting involved in a no-win situation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Don’t lend or borrow money or possessions. Feelings of obligation to get involved in someone else’s plan will not bring you closer to reaching your goal. Choose what’s best for you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Home-improvement projects or helping someone will cost more than you expect.

Stick to the truth and say what’s on your mind. Honesty is the best policy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Make a point to reconnect with old friends. Travel plans that entail business or educational pursuits will pay off. The connections you make along the way will be revealing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Joint ventures and risky financial schemes must be avoided. Extravagance will result in additional worries and stress. Caution must be taken against minor health problems or injuries.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Aggressive behavior must be monitored carefully. There will be a fine line between being helpful and pushy. Listen to what’s being said and act accordingly. Let your intuition guide you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Look before you leap. Mishaps are likely if you don’t take precautions. Keep your opinions to yourself and avoid getting involved in an unsavory dispute. Make love, not war.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Generosity will lead to uneasiness. You don’t have to give in to demands from people who are asking too much. Offer suggestions, solutions or physical help, not money.

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com rpor party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710.

Please refer to file number 123741.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 Attorney File No. 12-3741 Case Number: 12 CH 2719 TJSC#: 34-1396 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I588380 (Published in the Northwest Herald February 7, 14, 21, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS STATE BANK, an Illinois Banking Corporation, Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN A. NELSON, and his spouse, if any; THE HARVARD STATE BANK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; DCFS TRUST; ZUKOWSKI, ROGERS, FLOOD & McARDLE; CHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS LLC; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; DISCOVER BANK; DUNHAM WOODS SUBDIVISION; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD LIEN CLAIMANTS, Defendants

No. 13 CH 1171 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure herein entered, the Sheriff of McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, or his deputy, will on Thursday the 6th day of March, 2014, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder the property commonly known as 2105 Mills Pond Rd, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, McHenry County, Illinois.

The property is residential property. This property will not be open for inspection. Terms of Sale: This real estate is being sold in an "As Is Condition" for cash and the successful bidder is required to deposit 10% of the bid amount at the time of the sale with the McHenry County Sheriff and the balance to be paid within twenty-four hours of the sale.

KEITH NYGREN Sheriff of McHenry County FRANKS, GERKIN & McKENNA, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff P. O. Box 5 Marengo, IL 60152 (815)923-2107 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 24, 31, February 7, 2014. #A2554)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, -v.KENNETH J. FOLLMANN Defendant 12 CH 2719 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 9, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 17, 2014, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 1, BLOCK 31, IN SUNRISE RIDGE UNIT NUMBER 4, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH 1270 FEET OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JANUARY 7, 1957, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 317808, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 8807 ALDEN RD., Wonder Lake, IL 60097 Property Index No. 08-13-178001. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $198,672.12.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.MARK S. HARVARD, THERESA M. HARVARD, DISCOVER BANK Defendants 11 CH 2837 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 13, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on March 17, 2014, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 3 IN BLOCK 7 IN HOLIDAY HILLS UNIT NUMBER 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 17 AND PART OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 10, 1955 AS DOCUMENT 292377, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2406 LILAC STREET, McHenry, IL 60051 a/k/a 2406 LILAC STREET, HOLIDAY HILLS, IL., 60051 Property Index No. 15-18-256-003. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $165,934.58.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The sales clerk, FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 498-9990 between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. only. Please refer to file number 11-056729.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

FISHER AND SHAPIRO, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 498-9990 Attorney File No. 11-056729 Case Number: 11 CH 2837 TJSC#: 33-27795 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I586767 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 31, February 7, 14, 2014)

amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710.

Please refer to file number 123741.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 Attorney File No. 12-3741 Case Number: 12 CH 2719 TJSC#: 34-1396 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I588380 (Published in the Northwest Herald February 7, 14, 21, 2014)

27, 2013, a Delinquency petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 by ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY, Malgorzata Tracz in the Circuit Court of The 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County entitled 'In the Interest of K.G.K., a Minor', and that in the courtroom of Judge MAUREEN P. MCINTYRE, or any Judge sitting in her stead in Room 101 of the McHenry County Government Center, Woodstock, Illinois, on March 12, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held upon the petition to have the Minor declared to be a ward of the court under that Act. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR. NOW, UNLESS YOU APPEAR at the hearing and show cause against the Petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you, and an order of judgment entered.

February 3, 2014. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe (Clerk of the Circuit Court) (Published in the Northwest Herald February 7, 2014. #A2640)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Ellie Lynne McClure-Armstrong, a Minor by Colleen McClure Berube, Parent or Guardian, for CHANGE OF NAME Case Number 14 MR 57 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION (MINOR) Public notice is hereby given that on March 24th, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. in courtroom 201 of the McHenry County Government Center there will be a hearing on my Petition praying for the change of a minor's name from Ellie Lynne McClureArmstrong to that of Ellie Lynne Berube pursuant to the Illinois Compiled Statutes on Change of Names.

Dated at McHenry, Illinois, February 3rd , 2014.

Colleen Berube Pro Se 528 W. Danbury Cary, IL 60013 (Published in the Northwest Herald February 7, 14, 21, 2014. #A2648)

PUBLIC NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSALS

LOT 7 IN DUNHAM WOODS, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 25, 1994 AS DOCUMENT NO. 94R060811, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN No. 14-25-276-007 Together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging. This property is commonly known as 2105 Mills Pond Rd, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, McHenry County, Illinois, and is residential property.

This property will not be open for inspection. Terms of Sale: This real estate is being sold in an "As Is Condition" for cash and the successful bidder is required to deposit 10% of the bid amount at the time of the sale with the McHenry County Sheriff and the balance to be paid within twenty-four hours of the sale.

FRANKS, GERKIN & McKENNA, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff P. O. Box 5 Marengo, Illinois 60152 (815) 923-2107 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 24, 31, February 7, 2014. #A2554)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS McHENRY COUNTY, JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF K.G.K. (Minor.)

No. 13 JD 226 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Joseph Karakas, any any unknown Fathers, and to All Whom it May Concern: Take notice that on December

NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, William and Wendy Spori, defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for revival of Judgment and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the office of the McHenry County Clerk of Court, McHenry County Government Center, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Room C380, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, on or before February 3, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. A JUDGMENT OR DECREE

BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. Witness: December 12, 2013 /s/ Katherine M. Keefe William A. Hellyer Attorney for Plaintiff 444 N IL Route 31 Suite 100 Crystal Lake, IL 60012 815 459 1700 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 24, 31, February 7, 2014. #A2561)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 300 is accepting sealed bids for: District Wide Purchase of HVAC Air Filters Sealed bids will be accepted until 11:00AM CT, Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at the District 300 Admin. Building, at which time they will be publicly opened and read.

Bid specifications will be available on Friday, February 7, 2014, after 3:00PM. To obtain bid specifications please contact Bruce Batt at 847-551-8369 or via email at bruce.batt@d300.org.

(Published in the Northwest Herald February 7, 2014. #A2649)

McHenry County will accept sealed proposals for BID #14-19 SERVICE TO PROVIDE McHENRY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AMMUNITION due February 20, 2014, at 2:00 PM (CST), in the office of Donald A. Gray, CPPB, Director of Purchasing, McHenry County Administrative BuildingRoom 200, 2200 N. Seminary Ave. Woodstock, IL 60098.

Prospective bidders may obtain bidding documentation at: www.co.mchenry.il.us or http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/ departments/purchasing/Pages/ index.aspx or by contacting the purchasing department at 815-334-4818. All contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

(Published in the Northwest Herald February 7, 2013. #A2643)

ALPS located at 357 CORRINE AVENUE, CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014 Dated JANUARY 27, 2014 /s/ Katherine C. Schultz County Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald February 7, 14, 21, 2014. #A2641)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on FEBRUARY 5, 2014, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as

PUBLIC NOTICE

BELVEDERE PAINTING

LEGAL NOTICE

located at 5311 W WINDING CREEK DR, MCHENRY, IL, 60050

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 19, 2014 at 12:00 PM a sale by public auction will be held at 7209 Teckler Boulevard, Crystal Lake, IL, to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the Self-Service Storage Facility Act, 770 ILCS 95/1 et seq., against such articles, for storage furnished at 7209 Teckler Boulevard, Crystal Lake, IL. UNIT # 664 655 681 385 040

TENANT Dodd, Frank Dodd, Frank Linquist, William Ehredt, Shandon Hull, John

(Published in the Northwest Herald January 30, February 7, 2014. #A2558)

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 19, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. a sale by public auction will be held at 1910 E. Algonquin Road, Algonquin, IL, to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the Self-Service Storage Facility Act, 770 ILCS 95/1 et seq., against such articles, for storage furnished at 1910 E. Algonquin Road, Algonquin, IL. Unit # 3023 3030 3111 5128 6103

Public Notice is hereby given that on JANUARY 27, 2014, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as

Tenant STEVEN BARRATA GINA SCHOTT ANTONIA BUTLER DEANNA KLESZCZYNSKI TOMAS MARTINEZ

Algonquin Road Self Storage 1910 E. Algonquin Road Algonquin, IL 60102 847-658-3033 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 30, February 7, 2014. #A2565)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY Wendy Lucich, Plaintiff vs.

William and Wendy Spori, Defendants

Dated FEBRUARY 5, 2014 /s/ Katherine C. Schultz County Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald February 7, 14, 21, 2014. #A2644) McHenryCountySports.com is McHenry County Sports

A-1 AUTO

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on JANUARY 29, 2014, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as EVERCLEAN JANITORIAL SERVICES located at 904 MAYFIELD ST, CARY, IL, 60013 Dated JANUARY 29, 2014 /s/ Katherine C. Schultz County Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald January 31, February 7, 14, 2014. #A2600)

2001 Hyundai Tiburon sedan Blue color. $1500 or best offer.

103130 miles. Drives well.

Call or text 630-387-9549 2002 Chrysler Sebring LXI $2300 158000 miles Family owned Mostly highway miles Great condition Call 815-245-8987 for details!

2004 Chrysler Pacifica Touring AWD, 3.5L V-6 Engine. Heated leather seats. Sun roof. 102,000 miles. Good condition. $4900.

Call 815-382-7782

2007 FORD FOCUS SE Metallic gray, 57K miles.

Automatic/power windows and lock. Great condition and very clean!

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000

“don't wait.... call 2day”!!

815-575-5153

Reduced $9000 For More Details Call

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on JANUARY 31, 2014, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as

815-701-3301

WANTED:

2002 Ford Explorer

OLD CARS & TRUCKS FOR

$6000 815-678-4330

$CASH$

132K miles, exc. cond.,1 owner, 2013 HONDA CR-V EXL $24500 LOADED - AW drive, bluetooth, back-up camera, heated leather seats. Mint condition, No accidents, non-smoker. CALL NOW WON'T LAST LONG. 630-415-6693

We pay and can Tow it away!

Call us today: 815-338-2800 ROUTE 14 AUTO PARTS

UNIFIED WORKS located at 597 IRIS COURT, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 Dated JANUARY 31, 2014 /s/ Katherine C. Schultz County Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald February 7, 14, 21, 2014. #A2639)

Direct any questions to Diane C. White, Purchasing Manager, (847) 551-8460.

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Keith Nygren, Sheriff of McHenry County, Illinois will on Thursday the 6th day of March, 2014, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment to wit:

PUBLICATION NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

No. 13 CH 1171 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE

Case Number 03 AR 17

/s/ Colleen McClure Berube

PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE BANK, an Illinois Banking Corporation, Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN A. NELSON, and his spouse, if any; THE HARVARD STATE BANK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; DCFS TRUST; ZUKOWSKI, ROGERS, FLOOD & McARDLE; CHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS LLC; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; DISCOVER BANK; DUNHAM WOODS SUBDIVISION; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD LIEN CLAIMANTS, Defendants

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1998 Chevrolet Tahoe LT, fully loaded, rebuilt motor & trans, great 4x4, free 3 mo. Warranty, $3800 815-344-9440 2002 Mercury Mountaineer 7 passenger, fully loaded leather & moon roof 4x4,newer tires & brakes, full tune up, looks & runs great, free 3mo. warranty $4700 815-344-9440

1997 Arctic Cat Pantera 580CC EFI, runs great, good shape! $1300. 847-421-8305

Snowmobile Suit ~ Leather

Navigation/Radar/Laser Detection Via Passport IQ. All in one system from Escort. Excellent condition with original packaging and manuals, $375. 847-226-7882

Yamaha, like new. Men's, size large with bibs and jacket, $275.

847-302-7009

SNOW TIRES Mercedes ML, 4 Dunlop winter sport, 255/60R17 mounted on AMG type rims. $400/all.

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TRUCK CAP For Dodge Dakota Short Bed. Maroon color, 1 slider window on each side, interior and brake light.

MINT CONDITION! $450/obo.

815-344-1476

!!!!!!!!!!!

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

815-814-1224 !!!!!!!!!!!

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Have to live in or go to McHenry County High School

Student Age 14 - 18 Deadline April 1, 2014

Sponsored by McHenry Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post # 4600 Contact 815-344-8965 www.ladiesauxvfw.org FREE Ceiling Fan – 5 Blade, White, Perfect Condition 847-802-4049 days

Loveseat, Reclines on Both Ends Oak Hutch with glass top with center tray with storage on bottom.

32” Toshiba TV, in good condition.

You Pick Up! 815-790-3233

Clothes - X-Large $0.5 to $1.50 3Xand 4X tops, sweaters, pants, jackets, shorts, size 2X dresses.

Nice clothes, Tinker Bell hoody.

815-337-0749 FAUX MINK ~ FULL LENGTH, Ranch, size medium, $100.

Faux Mink Jacket, shorter, $85.

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Jackets: XL men's leather with leather hat, worn 3 times, $30.

Light blue 4X winter ski jacket w/hood (Zero Poser) $30. Newer cream 3X winter jacket w/hood, $15. Nice 3X summer jacket, white w/blue, yellow & pink, $10.

815-337-0749 Men's sports jacket, size 44L, color gray, dark blue pants & gray Dockers, $20. 815-363-8974 Men's suit, size 44L, color blue gray, in great shape. $30.

815-363-8974

3 panels--each panel 65" L x 18" W. Light wood-reed. As seen in World Market. Price $60.00. Ph. 815 356 7750 AM/ P. Heidereich 41 Pine Ct. Crystal Lake.Il 60014

Bench Glider Swing - 3 person wide, green metal frame w/ mesh bench complete w/ new full width cushion, $89. 815-236-1747

Audio/Video Stand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bell'O Model AVS4205M â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 3 individual glass shelves w/ 6 individual compartments, Glass top â&#x20AC;&#x201C; can support 40â&#x20AC;? TV, Like New, Clean $75. 815-459-3962

4 Way Lug Wrench, Beveled Vice Mobile Air Tank Delta Bench Grinder w/stand 2 Âź ton Floor Jack $100/all 815-385-0404

BOOKCASE ~ BIRCHWOOD $75, will email pictures, $75/obo.

630-772-9480

WAHL APPLIANCE Reconditioned Appliances Sales and Service Lakemoor 815-385-1872 WASHER & DRYER - Kenmore.

Good condition. $200.

Call 815-900-1807

COFFEE TABLE

Italian Provincial, oval, solid wood with 1â&#x20AC;? thick Italian marble top.

50â&#x20AC;?Lx22â&#x20AC;?Wx16â&#x20AC;?H, $125.00.

Pics Available. 847-476-6771

Couch 3 Pc Leather Sectional Reclining, ivory color, slightly used, $400. 815-444-0557

DAYBED

1950 Victor Gumball Machine Old Model D, Glass Top, Red & Black, $125.00 815-382-4743 American Girl Doll Long Blonde Hair & Blue Eyes Beauty Shop, Tent & Accessories $50 takes all. 815-648-2382

ANTIQUE OAK CHAIR - 36" H at back & seat x 16-1/2"W. 2 curved accent braces. Chair is in excellent condition & very sturdy. $50.

815-236-1747 BEANIE BABIES - 200 plus some rare Beanie Babies, McDonalds Beanie Babies in original packages, some misprinted tags on Beanie Babies all tags have plastic protectors and all are in MINT Condition asking $150. Call 815-385-6501 or 815-321-3963 CHAIR - Antique Child's Red Wooden Chair 24-1/2" high at back. $28. McHenry.

815-236-1747 Encyclopedias â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 20 Vol. Set, dated 1906, gold leaf edges, Great to look at & read - $65 815-245-0407

Ham Operator, Morse Code

Machine w/original tapes, 1960's, excellent condition, in leather box. $45. 815-578-0212 HIGH CHAIR - Antique Pine, Child's.

39" H x 17" W w/ removable metal tray. Tray arm lifts. $115. McHenry 815-236-1747 JAR - Glass w/Metal Lid. Outside red w/ ridges in glass. Top opening 5" diameter. Jar is 7 1/2" diameter & 7" high. $25. McHenry.

815-236-1747 MIXING BOWLS - 3 matching: "Hall's Superior Quality Kitchenware - Eureka Homewood Pattern".

Lg 8 5/8", Med 7 3/8", Sm 6 1/8" $39. McHenry. 815-236-1747

PICTURE TABLE

Wood, 2 tier, $40. 630-772-9480 Will email pictures VANITY - Beautiful antique pine w/ attached mirror & center drawer.

Brought from England by the dealer, 37-1/4" W, 20" D & 29-1/2" to top of vanity. Mirror 22-3/8" W by 35-3/8" H. Center drawer has metal pull. Legs & side mirror supports have charming decorative sculptured detail. $400. 815-236-1747

WALL CLOCK

Ornate, will email pictures, $75/obo. 630-772-9480

Toddler Bed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Lightning McQueen, Red, Includes Mattress, Pad & 2 Sheets, All in Excellent Condition - Used Very Little $60. 815-459-6837

Bike - Children's Trainer Go-Glider, blue, 16â&#x20AC;?, orig. $120 like new! $60. 847-476-6771 Schwinn Mo-Ab 26â&#x20AC;? $250/OBO 815-451-4744 Scott 26â&#x20AC;? $200/OBO 815-451-4744

White and brass incl black sheet set, animal print bedspread with matching pillow with new mattress. $175. 815-385-4353 DESK - Totally Refinished Desk Mahogany inlays in top 8 drawers - including middle drawer. Brass handles 42â&#x20AC;? width / 29â&#x20AC;? height. $175.

815-825-2275

DINETTE SET ~ WROUGHT IRON Glass top table, 42", 4 wheeled chairs, Like new - $300.

815-444-0557

DINING ROOM SET

Traditional, incl table, 4 chairs, hutch, padded seats w/cane back.

Excellent condition, $125 or can be sold separately. 815-451-4162

2 Lots, Spaces 1 & 2 of Lot C, Sect 3, Block E-30. (Floral garden # 235) $4000/pr. 870-577-2815

Grandfather Clock, Quartz Movement, made by the Pulaski Furniture Co., 6 hidden shelfs, 79â&#x20AC;? tall, Beautiful clock Must See! $200 OBO. Call 847-658-4134

LOFT BED/FULL Over twin trundle bed. Desk, chest and ladder reversible. Solid pine, cinnamon unfinished wood, 57Wx78Ix72H. Storage closet under top bed. 4 drawer chest w/pull out shelf. Pull out desk w/2 media drawers & bookshelf/hutch with adjustable shelves. Chair incl, mattresses not. The perfect bed for a small room or a college dorm. $599/obo 815-344-1476

LONG CHEST ~ LOW

Gold leaf color, 2 drawers, 2 doors, $75/obo.

815-444-0557 Oakt Chest/Antique, 2 drawer, good cond, $125. End table w/big drawer, colonial style, $25.

X-lrg goose down chair, gold & green, $60. Wood display cabinet, 4 shelves, good cond, $35.

Hospital bed, 6 yrs, good cond, no matt, $80.

815-337-0749

Student Desk 2 drawers, $45.

815-444-0557 Toddler Sleigh Bed w/pull out drawer & mattress - $40 - Local pickup only - 815-575-0504

TWIN LOFT BED Over twin. Lower bed is not attached to unit. Solid pine, clear finish. 43Wx78Ix65H. Built in 5 drawer chest on right and desk with 3 drawers on left. Built-in shelf on inside wall of chest side, perfect for a TV and/or alarm clock.

Ladder and chair incl, mattresses not. 599/obo 815-344-1476 Twin Sofa Bed (LoveSeat) 54â&#x20AC;?wide Brown Suede Cloth Good Condition $125.00 224-678-9979

Cassette Recording Tapes Curtains black and grey $10/each 815-404-8173

Monitor - Acer 18.5"

Like new condition, paid $90, selling for $50. 815-444-0557

Stereo Receiver & Speakers

$60/all, $30/ea. KLH2400 AM/FM, 100watts/channel. Pair of insignia, 4â&#x20AC;?3-way, 40 watts.

815-337-0749 Texas Instruments TI85 graphic calculator, works great. $35 815-477-7916

TV ~ SONY WEGA 27â&#x20AC;?, not a flat screen, works great.

Best Offer. 815-444-0557 TVs 2 TVs w/built in VCR, works great $30/each 815-404-8173 WII - Blue WII with two controllers and 13 games/exercise videos.

Used twice. $100.

815-814-3669

WEIGHTS, BARS & BENCH Olympic bar, Curl bar, Plates, Dumbells and Bench $250 847-404-6114 Don't See What You're Looking For Today?

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IMPACT DIRVE

Makita, 2 batteries, 1 charger in a case, barely used. $80/obo.

708-363-2004 Metal cutting chop saw 12â&#x20AC;?, great shape, used very little. $85 708-363-2004

1 1/2 year old female Black DSH To reverse morning grogginess, I do a 10 minute dance party.

I put on some music and shimmy around the room. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

PORTABLE HEATER

Natural Gas, Vertical Salimander Heater with hose, $50.

847-476-6771 Quality Tools, Auto & Household Impact-Std.Metric100# AirTank, 2 PortableTanks will sell all or sep. $10 - $400 847-997-9639 Shop Vac, 8 gallon, wet & dry, and blower, $35 708-363-2004

Disposable Absorbent Pads

MERLIN 1 year old male Pit Bull mix

WICKER CHEST

Comforter - Queen, JC Penny's good condition, red w/pink, red, purple flowers, $25.

815-337-0749

Electric Food Slicer Rival Model 1030V/3, Like New, Clean - $15 815-459-3962 MARGARITAVILLE DM1000 Frozen Margarita maker, used once, bought new for $359 from Bed Bath & Beyond, Asking $175 Excellent Condition - Call Bob at 815-321-3963 or 815-385-6501

Mirror - Entry Hall

gold plated Beveled 66â&#x20AC;?x 26â&#x20AC;?. $90.

815-385-4353 MIXER - Black KitchenAid Mixer.

Includes 3 different beaters. Great condition. Countertop style. $60.

815-814-3669 Princess Curtains and Valances-2 sets for 2 standard bedroom windows; white and lavender primarily with Disney princess pictures. All hardware/double rods included!

Ready to hang! $49 or best offer.

815-546-8741 See web for picture.

STEP LADDER - 2 FOOT. Rated for 300 lb, made by Werner. $15.

Call / text Katy 815-409-9261 TRASH CAN LINERS OR GARBAGE BAGS - $45 for 225 bags.

Text or call Katy 815-409-9261

12 Outfits for goose statues $100/all 815-385-0404

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FRI, SAT, SUN 10AM - 4PM

#'s @ 9:30

6N724 Mallard Lake Road

~ CASH ONLY ~

3705 WEST ELM NEW VENDOR'S WELCOME SAT & SUN 8-5 815-363-3532

200 ASH ST. Antiques, framed art, Limoges china, dining set, china & curio cabinet, full bed, chairs, recliner, 1920's wagon & scooter, DeWalt radial saw, Pac 'N Play, Marantz turntable, Grundig radio, electric stove, Oneida silver service & MUCH MORE! See pics @ www.gsalr.com

Sat 2/8 9am-6pm 164 N. Main St Crystal Lake BUSINESS CLOSING. EVERYTHING MUST GO!!

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 815-455-4800

Sat. Feb 8th 9am-2pm

The Mixin Mingle 124 Cass St. Woodstock

(Heritage Oak Sub.)

Corner of McHenry Ave & Ash St.

Eunice's Eggery Closeout Sale

CUPID'S ARROW SHOPPING EVENT AND FOOD DRIVE

8000 Sq Ft High End Contemporary, Vintage, Antiques Oriental Rugs, Custom Furniture, Art glass, Artwork, Jewelry, Sterling, 14K, Tools & Yard Art Pics @ estatesales.net

KATHY'S ESTATE SALES 847-363-4814 McHenryCountySports.com is McHenry County Sports

Find the help you need

Get your shop on with 25 of the area's hottest vendors, and support a good cause at the same time! Admission is FREE, and there will be giveaways, samples, and prizes! We will also be collecting non-perishables & canned goods for the Harvest Bible Chapel Food Pantry, and there will be a 50/50 raffle.

The pantry is in DIRE NEED of the following items: Soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toilet paper, canned fruit & canned meat.

At Your Service In print daily Online 24/7 PlanitNorthwest.com/business

I know that deep down in every heart there is mercy and generosity. I don't hate anyone and love comes more naturally to me. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

3 Acorn Lane Barrington Hills POP

9am - 3Pm

2 month old male Lab mix

Numbers at 8:30am Cash, Visa & MasterCard

Girl's Aeropostale Jeans 1/2 & 3/4, $5 ea. 847-736-3127 andyjill@sbcglobal.net

I want a relationship based on trust. Not "trust me."

I trust myself. I am honest with myself. Life should be joyful. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

Stainless steel, 2 shelves, 20â&#x20AC;?x39â&#x20AC;?x24â&#x20AC;?H, $125.

815-728-0655

Magazines: loaded w/advertisements, great shape, $5/book Look, Post, & Companion 847-515-8012

MIRROR ~ BEAUTICIAN

Oblong, 18â&#x20AC;?Wx20â&#x20AC;?H on art deco stand, glass on both sides, $75.

847-515-8012 Pink Girls North Face Pullover Jacket, $25. 847-736-3127 andyjill@sbcglobal.net Pony Blanket For Sale. Good cond. No rips, approx 51â&#x20AC;? Older style $25 815-382-7209 before 10PM.

R/C Airplanes & Equipment 4 Sale *Too Much To List* Lot *$395 Complete* Tom 815-236-4427

SNOWPLOW

Myers, 7.5' plow and A frame. $275.

847-302-7009 Starbucks Coffee Cups, 8 ounce for Valentine's Day, case of 12 $25 815-578-0212 Weather Vane, metal 5' H x 19â&#x20AC;?W reproduction $45 815-578-0212 Wedding Dress & other wedding items, all brand new, never worn dress is $400, if interested, please call 815-388-6451 Wind Mill 7 feet tall, beautiful metal construction $85 815-578-0212

PUPPIES, AKC Boxer, 3M, 3F, mix of brindle & fawn. Up-to-date on shots, dewormer, tails docked, dew claws removed, vet checked as healthy. Litter is registered with AKC & ready to go to good homes on March 1. Both parents on site family pets w/ great temperment.

Please call 847-669-5326 for info or to arrange visit. $650

Aaron's Snowblower 4 cycle

Never used, 76 full size keys, 32 Polyphony, touch sensitive with stand, $225.

847-659-1944 Lv Msg

Drum Set ~ 8 Piece Full Size drum set complete $350/obo or trade for Gibson or Martin 6 Accoustic String Guitar.

708-363-2004 PIANO - Antique Mehlin & Sons Upright Player Piano. Early 1900s.

With player rolls. $390.

847-373-0614

UPRIGHT PIANO Upright piano with player bench in good condition. Needs tuning. $300 as-is. Buyer must pick up from Crystal Lake residence.

Contact Rob at 847-612-9957.

AQUARIUM and STAND for sale.

37 gallon glass tank with black trim. Full glass top with light. Hang on power filter, powerhead with undergravel filter, heater, gravel. Oak tone wood stand with 2 shelves, 2 doors for storage. Good condition.

Its up and running. Asking $145.

Call 224-308-0051 after 10 am

King Bedroom, Queen Bedroom, Twin Bedroom, Assorted Leather Chairs, Deacons Bench, Marble Top Tables, Vanity, Lamps (Berger, Stiffel, Cooper And Others), Rosewood Chairs, Gilded Mirrors, Extensive Office Furnishings, Butlers, White Wicker, Shaving Set, Danish Modern Pieces, Windsor, Tiered Tables, Library Chairs, Japanese Tea Chests, Bentwood Florida Room, Childs Lectern, 6 Panel Asian Screen, Birdcage, Hitchcock Rockers, Lighted Display Cabinets, Wash Stand, Lane Chest, Bamboo Table & Chairs, Directors Chairs, Meilink Safe, Steelcase Cabinets And Much More!

Snowblower ~ Ariens

Porcelain & Pottery

24â&#x20AC;? electric start, 8HP, model 921001, works great! $150.

815-385-8447

Batchelder, Limoges, Crown Royal, Wedgwood, Longchamp, Walter Williams, Royal Copenhagen,

SNOWBLOWER ~ MCKEE

Asian Pottery, Royal Worcester, Old Castle, Coalport, Winrose, Schieholz, B & G, Spode, Oaxaca,

2 stage, 6' with 3 point hitch and 540 PTO. Fits 40 - 60HP tractor. $1,025.

815-382-1963

Kendall And More.

SNOWBLOWER ~ MTD

33â&#x20AC;? cut, 2 stage, 10HP. Electric start, looks like new! $950/obo. 815-482-0171

SNOWBLOWER ~ MTD

With new belt and extra set of belts.

Brand new auger cable, works good! $225 815-861-8155

SNOWPLOW Cub Cadet International Harvester 42â&#x20AC;?, will fit narrow frame - $125.

815-575-3797

Crystal & Glassware Tiffany & Co., Murano, Mary Gregory, Balboa, Elegant, Paperweights, Dresser Sets, Orrefors, Depression, Gorham, Perfume Bottles, Barware And More.

Metals Bronze Sculptures, Couzon, Cloisonne (Old & New), Cathedral Lamps, Dragon Sculpture Umbrella Stand, Bronze & Brass Bookends, Platters, Model Cannon, Arthur Court, Stieff Pewter, K & Co.,

DOWN HILL SKIS AND BOOTS: 170cm ELAN SKIS AND LANGE BOOTS SIZE 8 MENS, PARABOLIC SKIS GREAT COND. $350. CALL 815-236-1355 Downhill Skis â&#x20AC;&#x201C; K2 Four, 178cm, Salomon 850 bindings, 16 yrs. old, used about 75 times, Good Condition - $25 815-459-6616 Ice Hockey Skates Mens Bauer Panther, Size 10, In box, skate guards $10. 815-459-3962

Bronze & Silver Coins, Revere Ware, Bar Ware, Statuary, Meilink Safe (4') And More.

Textiles Burberry And Other Ladies' Clothing With Accessories, Antique Blankets & Quilts, Wedding Slippers, Carriage Blanket, Gowns & Ladies Coats, Kimono, Crazy Quilt, Fabric, Rugs And More.

Fine & Decorative Art Bronze Sculptures, Porcelain Sculpture, Framed Antique Pages, Etchings, Mezzotints, Eskimo Art,

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, Robots, Radios, Books & Posters. 815-351-4387

AKC SHELTIE PUPS! Cute! Smart! 1st shots, Vet checked.

Mom has Rally Title, CGC, Dad shown in Conf. OFA Home Raised, Socialized, email for more info.

Celticshelties@sbcglobal.net

Furnishings

2 stage, 5HP, 24â&#x20AC;?, low miles, electric start $400 815-337-0078

AUTOHARP

Casio WK3800

Beautiful, dark, rich gold floral 54x78â&#x20AC;? $80. 815-459-3822

FRI, SAT, SUN FEB 7, 8, 9 10AM - 4PM

ECKEL'S MCHENRY FLEA MARKET

FOOD CART ~ ROLLING

WING CHAIR ~ QUEEN ANNE

SHOOTING BENCH

ST. CHARLES

Saturday & Sunday

Works well, $50.

815-728-0655

Portable, metal, 90 degree turning radius and swivel seat, $80.

708-363-2004

CRYSTAL LAKE

For beds, 30â&#x20AC;?x36â&#x20AC;?, 100 for $35.

815-578-0212

23Wx16Dx16H, like new! $48 815-459-3822

BEDSPREAD ~ NEW, FULL

Chrome and metal, Maxwell new, 20 for $40. 815-578-0212

Combination 6â&#x20AC;? Disk

and 4x36 Belt Sander. Like new. $95. 708-363-2004

MERCY

Advertising Display - Gatorade, 2 sided cardboard featuring Eli & Peyton Manning - $100 815-382-4743 before 8pm

Velour, terra cotta color. $80/obo. 815-444-0557

Cary Windridge Memorial Park

Chain Saw Parts & Gas WeedWhip 2 Saws, Bars, Chains, Gas Weedwhip 1 Homelite, 2 McCovhahs in parts,some new chains 16â&#x20AC;? $75 cash 815-569-2277

Medium size airline dog crate, $35 used once 815-338-9121

Lionel & American Flyer Trains 815-353-7668020114 Wanted â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1995 - 1999 Wreaked Plymouth 4 Door Neon w/ Clear Title - $100 to $500.

815-459-1975 after 12pm WANTED TO BUY: Vintage or New, working or not.

Bicycles, Outboard motors, fishing gear, motorcycles or mopeds, chainsaws, tools etc. Cash on the spot. Cell: 815-322-6383

Nautical Prints (pre - 1900), Stone Carvings, Wood Carvings, Vintage Photos And Much More.

Outdoors & Toys Golf (Cobra, Bertha, Callaway, Sentry And More), Corgi Cars, Fishing (Pfleuger, Wright & McGill, Orvis ...), Concrete Garden Decor, Winross Trucks, Sled, Patio Sets (Brown Jordan) And More.

Electronics, Optics & Time Stereoscope With Pictures, Yamaha Home Theatre Complete, Simplex Time Recorder, Daguerrotypes, Mantle Clocks, Turler, Relide, Omega Watch, Projectors, Binoculars, Vintage Phones And More.

Miscellaneous Dansk Danish Modern, Concrete â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cigar Indian,â&#x20AC;? Walking Sticks, Numerous Hand Carved Boxes,

Basset Hound pups AKC $725 www.bentleybassets.com delivering to IL on 2/23/14

Books, Antique Dolls, Portable Desk, United Airlines, Pens (Cross, Parker, Mirage Concept), Gym,

DOG CRATES (2)

Perfumes, Pocket Knives, Jewelry, Luggage, Extensive Kitchen, Vintage Posters,

Large Petco, excellent condition for medium size dog, $50/each.

815-477-8485

German Nutcrackers, Holiday, Workshop And Much, Much More.

DOG KENNEL

For medium-large dog, vinyl and chrome, like new! Used 2 weeks. $50.

815-648-2501 FREE TO GOOD HOME ONLY 8 month Old female, Shepherd Border Collie Mix, great w/kids & other animals, housebroken, electric fence trained, 815-271-0641

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