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Hastert shouldn’t be spared from prison Dennis Hastert is “profoundly sorry” for the harm his misconduct has caused.

Hastert, the former U.S. House speaker from Yorkville, is “deeply sorry and apologizes” for said misconduct. He also “regrets that he resorted to structuring the withdrawal of his money from banks in an effort to prevent the disclosure of that misconduct.”

Because he is sorry, because of his health and because he’s already paid a large price for his misconduct, Hastert wants to be spared prison time in exchange for probation in his hush-money case.

No, thanks.

Hastert, who pleaded guilty in October to violating bank laws as he sought to pay $3.5 million in hush money for reported sexual abuse that dates back to his wrestling coach days at Yorkville High School, should get prison time, and he should serve it.

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LT. JOSEPH GLINIEWICZ’S WIDOW PLEADS NOT GUILTY

MAN WITH FLORIDA TATTOO CHARGED WITH BURGLARY

Melodie Gliniewicz, the widow of disgraced Fox Lake police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to additional misuse of charitable funds and conspiracy charges that were brought against her in early March, officials said.

See story on page A6.

HAMPSHIRE GRAD GOEBBERT CLAIMED BY RAYS

The Tampa Bay Rays claimed Hampshire grad Jake Goebbert, a 28-year-old first baseman/outfielder off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday. He was placed on the 40-man roster and optioned to the Triple-A Durham Bulls.

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The number of women accepted worldwide into Julliard’s Dance Division for the 2016 school year.

ON THE COVER Catherine Lasak, 17, of Crystal Lake takes a ballet class Tuesday at Chicago Ballet.

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Catherine Lasak, 17, of Crystal Lake takes a ballet class Tuesday at Chicago Ballet. With a modified school schedule, she’s been taking the train to Chicago six days a week for 30 hours of practice for the past two years. Lasak, who dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, is one of 12 women worldwide accepted into Juilliard’s Dance Division for the 2016 school year.

CL TEEN ACCEPTED TO JUILLIARD Prairie Ridge senior one of 12 worldwide chosen by dance school

By KATIE DAHLSTROM

kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Catherine Lasak felt sick the morning of her Juilliard audition.

The 17-year-old Prairie Ridge High School senior hadn’t gotten much sleep or food, and questioned whether she could handle the physical demands of a six-hour audition that combined ballet and modern dance classes, a two-minute solo and an interview.

Lasak’s mom, Amy Bates, drove her into Chicago on Jan. 29 with the hope that adrenaline would push her through the audition.

“Once I started ballet class, it took over,” Lasak said. “Taking class is like being at home. It’s comforting. I always feel better when I’m in a ballet class.”

She pushed through round after round, watching as the group of dancers was cut down from 59 to 10. And she kept making the cut after the audition was over.

Lasak was one of 12 women worldwide accepted into Juilliard’s Dance Division. Along with a dozen men, the group will make up the entire class admitted as dance students for the 2016 school year.

Her acceptance into the elite arts

school is the culmination of more than seven years dedicated to the craft of ballet. Lasak has practiced for the past five years at the Judith Svalander School of Ballet in Crystal Lake and spent the summer of 2014 and 2015 at the School of American Ballet in New York City learning a more disciplined style of ballet. With a modified school schedule, she’s been taking the train to Chicago six days a week for 30 hours of practice for the past two years.

During that time, she’s sacrificed having a social life, attending school events or participating in school sports.

But she said she knew it was worth

it when she was pulled from class while making up an anatomy test on March 21 to accept a call from the director of Juilliard.

“It feels good knowing that hard work does pay off and knowing that all the hours spending Friday nights, Saturday nights, all day Sunday, not being able to go to typical high school things were worth it,” said Lasak, who dreams of becoming a professional ballerina.

“It feels good to be rewarded with something that actually really means something.”

See BALLERINA, page A8

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Crystal Lake reverses video gambling ban, approves more restrictive rules

By KEVIN P. CRAVER

kcraver@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – The City Council reversed its ban on video gambling, approving a more restrictive ordinance that would allow certain local businesses to have the machines.

Council members voted Tuesday evening, 5-2, to pass the ordinance, which was presented to the City Council last month by a coalition of local business owners who have long sought to have the ban overturned. They argue that the ban put them at a disadvantage against bars and eateries in neighboring jurisdictions.

Mayor Aaron Shepley opened the hourlong debate by saying that the ordinance proposed by Paul Leech, owner of The Cottage, and Brian Coli, owner of Georgio’s Chicago Pizzeria and Pub, was stringent enough to reverse his long-standing opposition.

“I believe, on balance, that this is about the best solution that we could come up with that would allow our businesses to thrive and not feel like they’re suffering at the hands of something that puts them at a competitive disadvantage, while at the same time addressing all of the concerns that I personally have had with video gaming in Crystal Lake,” Shepley said.

Restrictions under the ordinance include a limit of three machines – state law allows for five – and no signage visible from the outside that advertises video gambling. The machines must be segregated at establishments that allow customers younger than 21 years old, and also cannot be visible from outside. The ordinance limits the machines to places where alcohol is con-

How they voted The Crystal Lake City Council voted Tuesday evening, 5-2, to reverse the city’s ban on video gambling and impose a restrictive ordinance allowing it.

Mayor Aaron Shepley and council members Ellen Brady, Haig Haleblian, Ralph Dawson and Cameron Hubbard voted yes, while members Cathy Ferguson and Brett Hopkins voted no. sumed on premises.

The city will charge establishments two annual fees totaling $1,100, and charge a permit fee of $500 a machine.

Applicants for licenses also must sign a hold harmless clause promising that they will not go to court to get the city’s ordinance softened.

City ordinance also limits the machines to places where alcohol is consumed on premises, and does not allow for the creation of video gambling parlors.

Tuesday’s vote leaves Lakewood as the sole remaining McHenry County government that bans video gambling.

Illinois legalized it in 2009 to help generate revenue to pay off the bonds for a $31 billion capital plan, although the machines didn’t start appearing in local establishments until late 2012.

The state gets 30 percent of the proceeds, 5 percent of which is given back to the local government on top of whatever annual fees it charges. The remaining 70 percent of the proceeds are split between the machine owner and the establishment.

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“It did give us revenues in a lot of places to reinvest in the business,” Rosato said. “In Lake in the Hills, we remodeled and put in a lot of stuff. In the McHenry location, video gaming gave us enough money to buy all-new garden furniture, which we probably [otherwise] wouldn’t have done.”

Council members Cathy Ferguson and Brett Hopkins voted against the ordinance, and against amending existing city code to allow for video gambling. Ferguson said she has seen the “ugly downside” of gambling’s consequences.

“I think when you serve alcohol, and people’s inhibitions are down, this is the poor man’s tax to me, and the people who can least afford it are the ones filling your coffers,” Ferguson said.

But Leech said that the public doesn’t see it as a concern, and pointed out the lack of opponents in the audience as well as the fact that Tuesday’s vote was written about in the newspaper and on social media.

“I don’t see anybody here standing up and objecting to it,” Leech said. “I don’t see people knocking down the door with pickaxes, handles and pitchforks demanding we all resign.”

Crystal Lake was one of six local governments that took advantage of an opt-out under the law and banned video gambling, and is the fifth to change its mind. Woodstock reversed its ban in 2012; and Cary, Algonquin and the McHenry County Board reversed their bans the following year.

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Lt. Joe Gliniewicz’s widow pleads not guilty to conspiracy charges Melodie Gliniewicz is accused of misusing police explorer funds

By KATIE DAHLSTROM

accounts. She pleaded not guilty to those charges. kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com Prosecutors have alleged the couple The widow of disgraced Fox Lake used more than $10,000 police Lt. Joseph Gliniewicz pleaded of Explorer funds to pay not guilty Wednesday to additional for items such as food, misuse of charitable funds and conspirgym memberships and a acy charges that were brought against vacation. Officials have her in early March, officials said. said Joseph Gliniewicz Melodie Gliniewicz, 51, was origistaged his Sept. 1 suicide nally indicted in late January on four Melodie to look like a homicide as counts of felony disbursing charitable Gliniewicz he feared the new village funds without authority and for peradministrator would unsonal benefit, and two counts of felony cover years of theft. Gliniewicz’s attormoney laundering in connection with neys have said she was a victim of her the Fox Lake Police Explorer Post 300 husband’s actions.

Prosecutors in March charged Gliniewicz with an additional misuse of charitable funds for personal or business use count, as well as three counts of conspiracy. She appeared in Lake County court Wednesday to formally deny those charges, said state’s attorney’s office spokeswoman Cynthia Vargas.

Online court records also show a motion to dismiss was filed Tuesday.

Gliniewicz’s attorney, Donald Morrison, could not immediately be reached for comment.

A May 17 case management conference is scheduled for the case.

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As Meyer Material vote approaches, village trustees discuss site plan, annexation of land

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cswieca@shawmedia.com CARY – As the vote on a requested extension of mining activities by Meyer Material draws nearer, the Committee of the Whole discussed a possible annexation of land from Algonquin and looked at a conceptual plan for a park that could eventually be built on that property.

Village Administrator Chris Clark said at Tuesday’s meeting that Algonquin officials have expressed a willingness to de-annex the southern portion of the property along Route 31 that is within Algonquin.

The villages would likely have to work out a revenue sharing agreement for a piece of commercial property within that area, Clark said. He said Cary owning the land would make it easier for the village to build roads to enter the planned park on the south end.

Clark also presented a conceptual plan from Hitchcock Design Group for a low-impact, passive use park that could eventually be built on the Meyer Material site.

The plan would include a lake with a path around it, and Clark said the site

“It’s nice to see this plan and it gives us an idea of what it could be. I don’t feel like we need to spend more money on design until we find out what may happen. I think we need to focus on what the mining agreement is or isn’t.”

Jim Cosler

Village trustee could have amenities such as a disc golf course or a space to hold a farmers market or other special events.

While trustees said the plan looked nice, some expressed concerns about what it might cost and said they wanted to see other options for what the park could look like if a mining extension is not approved.

“It’s nice to see this plan and it gives us an idea of what it could be,” Trustee Jim Cosler said. “I don’t feel like we need to spend more money on design

until we find out what may happen.

I think we need to focus on what the mining agreement is or isn’t.”

A vote on the mining agreement is planned for the next Village Board meeting April 19. Meyer Material’s agreement with the village calls for mining to be finished June 1 and restoration activities to be finished by 2018.

The company is requesting an extension of mining and restoration activities on the site until 2020, citing the economic recession and unforeseen difficulties with the land.

Residents who have spoken at recent zoning board and Village Board meetings have unanimously opposed the extension, and the zoning board gave the extension a negative recommendation.

The most recent fee structure proposal from Meyer would have the company pay the village a total of $2.1 million by 2018.

Clark said Tuesday he feels the mining extension could logically be reduced to three years. Village Board members have previously mentioned the idea of limiting the extension to the two-year period currently allotted for restoration.

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Catherine Lasak, 17, of Crystal Lake takes a ballet class Tuesday at Chicago Ballet. With a modified school schedule, she’s been taking the train to Chicago six days a week for 30 hours of practice for the past two years. Lasak, who dreams of becoming a professional ballerina, is one of 12 women worldwide accepted into Juilliard’s Dance Division for the 2016 school year.

Continued from page A3 Statistically speaking, Lasak’s chances of getting into the prestigious school were slim. The school’s acceptance rate sits at 6.7 percent. The school accepted only 4.8 percent of the 497 applicants who applied to the dance division, officials said.

“The Juilliard School Dance Division has a competitive audition process, and Catherine Lasak rose to the top of our applicant pool this year,” said Lawrence Rhodes, artistic director of Juilliard’s Dance Division. “Like all students who are admitted to the school, she exhibited a great deal of talent in the audition, and we look forward to seeing her talent develop here over the next four years.”

Founded in 1905, the Juilliard School boasts more than 800 students from 44 states and 42 foreign countries. They come to New York City’s Lincoln Center to earn bachelor’s or master’s degrees in dance, drama or music.

Before leaving for school in late August, Lasak will attend the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle.

Bates said she’ll miss her daughter, but she’s proud of the teen’s hard work and discipline that has led her onto this path.

“I’m just really excited for her,” Bates said. “I think it’s going to open doors and opportunities she can’t even imagine.”

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WOODSTOCK – A T-bone crash near Woodstock at Charles and Raffel roads sent one woman to the hospital Wednesday, officials said.

Woodstock Fire Rescue District Capt.

Scott Nieman said the department responded about 10:45 a.m. to the intersection for a two-vehicle crash.

A 2012 Mazda sedan traveling east on Charles Road struck a 1999 GMC van traveling south on Raffel Road when it entered the intersection, McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy Aimee Knop said.

The driver of the GMC, 43-year-old Sherri A. Gottlieb of Lake in the Hills, was sent to Centegra Hospital – Woodstock in stable condition, Knop said. She said there were no passengers in either vehicle.

Gottlieb was cited for disobeying a stop sign, Knop said.

A $2.6 million project to replace the intersection of Charles and Raffel roads with a roundabout was sent back to the Transportation Committee by McHenry County Board members on Tuesday.

Improving the intersection has been on the county’s five-year highway improvement plan since 2009.

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WOODSTOCK – A fire Wednesday morning destroyed a camper parked outside a Woodstock-area residence, a fire official said.

Woodstock Fire Rescue District Capt.

Brendan Parker said the department responded about 3:50 a.m. to the 2200 block of Edgewood Drive for a camper parked in a driveway that was in flames when crews arrived.

The camper was a total loss, Parker said. There also was minor damage to the garage of the residence with the camper, and the neighbor’s garage, he said.

No one was in the camper, and no one was injured in the fire, Parker said. He Provided photo said the fire was called in by a neighbor.

A fire Wednesday morning destroyed a camper parked outside a Woodstock-area resThe McHenry County Sheriff’s Office idence, a fire official said. also responded, Parker said, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

706 Dartmoor Drive, Crystal Lake. lane use, Crystal Lake Police Sgt. Dan A car had run over a tree that was in Porzezinski said. He said there were no Michigan man cited after crashing into tree in Crystal Lake between the street and sidewalk outside passengers in the car, and no one was injured in the crash.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake police cit- of the residence, Pollnow said. He said the crash knocked over the tree, which Porzezinski said Sanahurskyj fell asleep ed one man Wednesday morning after he was about 6 inches in diameter. at the wheel, and drugs and alcohol crashed his car into a tree, officials said.

The driver of the 2012 Hyundai Sonata, were not a factor in the crash.

Crystal Lake Fire Rescue District Battal41-year-old Andriy Sanahurskyj of WarThe car had substantial damage and ion Chief Tom Pollnow said the department responded a little before 6 a.m. to ren, Michigan, was cited with improper was towed, Porzezinski said.

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T-bone crash sends 3 teens, another driver to area hospitals

ALGONQUIN – Four people were taken to area hospitals after a T-bone style crash Wednesday, a fire official said.

An Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District crew was dispatched about 3:30 p.m. to the intersection of Algonquin and Crystal Lake roads for a crash with injuries. Battalion Chief John Knebl said when crews arrived they found two cars, one that had been carrying three teens, and another with an adult driver.

Fire officials requested an ambulance from the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department and the Huntley Fire Protection District to assist with the call. Three ambulances took the patients, who Knebl said suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, to Centegra Hospital – Woodstock and Advocate Sherman Hospital.

Fire officials did not have information on the ages, genders or residences of those injured. Algonquin police did not immediately return a request for comment.

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By HANNAH PROKOP

hprokop@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – The city of Woodstock has approved an intergovernmental agreement to join the McHenry Police Department dispatch center.

It costs about $856,000 a year to operate the existing Woodstock dispatch center, and operation costs with the new dispatch center are estimated to be $502,000 in the first year.

The city also will have to make two one-time payments for the transition, including about $144,000 for dispatch equipment and $189,000 in payouts for Woodstock dispatchers whose positions are being eliminated, according to the agreement.

Woodstock Police Chief Robert Lowen said the negative part of the change is that the Woodstock dispatch center staff will no longer be staffed at the police department 24/7,

and new dispatchers might not be as familiar with the city.

“We’re going to lose some of that connection; however, over time the consolidated dispatch center will become more familiar with the intimacies of town,” Lowen said.

The expanded center will be called the McHenry County Northeastern Regional Communications Center, or NERCOMM. It currently dispatches for McHenry police, Johnsburg police, McCullom Lake police, the McHenry Township Fire Protection District, Marengo fire, Marengo rescue and Union fire, and is in the process of expanding to also include Harvard and Marengo in response to a state mandate to cut the number of dispatch centers in half.

Eight full-time and two part-time dispatchers work at Woodstock’s dispatch center. Of the eight full-time employees, one will transfer to a re-

cords clerk position with Woodstock police, and five will become NERCOMM dispatchers, according to the agreement.

The city of Woodstock receives about $84,000 from the Woodstock Fire Rescue District to provide its dispatching services, and the district’s costs are expected to increase to $120,000 with the new dispatch agreement, City Manager Roscoe Stelford said.

For the next five years, the city will subsidize the fire district up to $36,000 a year, Woodstock Finance Director Paul Christensen said.

“The city is seeing savings, and so we’re willing to share some of our savings for the first five years to help them mitigate the increase,” Christensen said.

The agreement was approved unanimously at Tuesday’s Woodstock City Council meeting.

Firefighter training in Crystal Lake

ALGONQUIN – The Illinois State Police and Algonquin Police Department will conduct a joint roadside safety check this weekend.

Algonquin Police Sgt. Rob Salazar said the check would be on Route 62 near Ryan Parkway.

Officers working the checkpoint will be watchful for drivers operating vehicles in an unsafe manner, driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license, transporting open alcoholic beverages or driving under the influence, according to a news release from the Illinois State Police.

The project is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation Division of Traffic Safety, police said.

Crystal Lake fire department Battalion Chief Jerry Larson observes as firefighters maneuver equipment Wednesday through a cone course at a parking lot at 100 S. Main St. The challenge is part of a comprehensive driving program conducted annually for 65 members of the department.

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

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

VIOLET MAY CARTER

Born: May 31, 1924; in Peoria, IL Died: April 5, 2016; in McHenry, IL Violet May Carter (nee Belcher), of McHenry, IL, died April 5, 2016. She was born in Peoria, IL on May 31, 1924. She was raised in Decatur, IL. She was an avid reader and corresponded profusely with family and friends through cards and letters. She also enjoyed singing and bingo.

She traveled extensively, both internationally and throughout the United States. She cultivated loving relationships with her extended family and others.

Violet is survived by her husband of almost nineteen years, Alfred Carter; daughter, Judy Kavourgia; son, Bud Alexander; step-children, Carolyn Carter, Jeri Ballantyne and Roger Carter; grandchildren, Aaron Marks and Bronwen Meyers; and great-grandchildren, Devan, Riley, and Bryce Marks and Zachary and Madalyn Metzger.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Ray and Dorothy Belcher; and her first husband, Carl A. Alexander, to whom she was

married for more than fifty years.

Cremation will be handled privately. Memorials and flowers are not requested.

RAYMOND DONAHUE Raymond Donahue, age 73, of McHenry, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Bay Front Health Center in Port Charlotte, Fl. Arrangements are pending with Colonial Funeral Home & Crematory. For information call 815-385-0063 or log on at www.colonialmchenry.com

DEBBRA J. SPITZBART

Born: July 3, 1953; in Woodstock, IL Died: April 5, 2016; in Woodstock, IL Debbra J. Spitzbart, 62, of Woodstock, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2016, at Centegra Hospital in Woodstock surrounded by her loving family.

She was born on July 3, 1953, in Woodstock to Martin and Lucille (Berkley) Knuth. She married David Spitzbart on Sept. 15, 1973, in Crystal Lake.

Debbra was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Woodstock. She worked for many years as a teacher’s aide, book seller, and house manager at the Woodstock Opera House. She loved the theatre and worked in many capacities behind the scenes as well as Producer. She served as a board member for the Woodstock Musical Theatre Company and was very active with the Town Square Players. She was an avid reader and home decorator. She had the uncanny ability to

make friends with everyone she met. Most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her loving family.

She is survived by her loving husband of 42 years, David Spitzbart; her children, Brad Spitzbart and Ellen Spitzbart; a grandson on the way; her twin sister, Barb (Armold) Diedrich; her mother-in-law, Edna Spitzbart; her sister-in-law, Barb (Craig) Zivic; as well as several beloved nieces and nephews, and many dear friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her father-in-law, Gus Spitzbart; her sisterin-law, Norma Spitzbart; and her nephew, Jeremy Spitzbart.

A memorial gathering and celebration of Debbra’s life will be held at a later date.

For more information, contact Schneider Leucht Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home at 815-338-1710, or visit our website at www. slmcfh.com

Visitation will be Thursday, April 7, 2016, from 4:00 until 8:00 pm at Kisselburg-Wauconda Funeral Home 235 N. Main St., Wauconda, IL 60084. On Friday, April 8, 2016, prayers will start at the funeral home at 8:30 am, proceeding to St. Peter and Paul Parish 410 N. 1st St., Cary, IL 60013, for Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 am. Interment will follow at Windridge Memorial Park, Cary, IL. In lieu of flowers, masses appreciated.

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The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m.

Friday, April 8, at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Windridge Memorial Park.

For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-3817.

Jeffrey L. Mitchell: The visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m., with a 7 p.m. chapel service, Thursday, April 7, at Grove Memorial Chapel, 1199 S. Arlington Heights Road, Elk Grove Village. For information, call the chapel at 847-640-0566.

Ronald Hubert Paul: The celebration of life will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the home of Geoffrey and Rebecca Paul, 41W105 Campton Trail Road, St. Charles.

Helena T. Rozner: The visitation will be from 2 p.m. until the 4 p.m. funeral service Saturday, April 9, at DeFiore-Jorgensen Fu-

neral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley.

Richard Shermach: The celebration of his life will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Nicolino’s Restaurant, 621 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry.

Edward W. Stipulin: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 7 at Kisselburg-Wauconda Funeral Home 235 N. Main St., Wauconda. At 8:30 a.m. on Friday, April 8, prayers will start at the funeral home, proceeding to St. Peter and Paul Parish 410 N. First St., Cary, for Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 am. Interment will follow in Windridge Memorial Park, Cary. For information, call 847-526-2115.

William P. Wolff: A celebration of life will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at Plumbers Local Union 93/130 Hall in Volo.

WILLIAM P. WOLFF

William P. Wolff, 61, of Nashville, Tennessee, formerly of Chicago, passed away on April 5, 2016. He was an owner of 312 Pizza Company and Tempered Café & Chocolate.

He was a plumber and was a member of Plumbers Local Union 93/130.

Preceded in death by his parents, Dorothy EDWARD W. STIPULIN and William E. Wolff; and niece, Jennifer.

Born: Dec. 21, 1940 Survived by his loving wife of 35 years, Died: April 4, 2016 Stormy Wolff; daughters, April (Aaron) Bowers, Staci (Daniel) Bockman and Kimberly Wolff; brothers, Edward and John Wolff; Edward W. Stipulin, age 75, was a resident sister, Ellen Krail; grandchildren, Mollie and of Oakwood Hills, IL for 43 years.

Tyler; nieces and nephews, Heather, ChristoEdward was the beloved husband of the late Annamae; loving father of Karen (Joseph) pher, Keith, Kameron, Kurtis, Amber, Megan, Vogelsberg; cherished grandfather of Jennifer Kenneth Jr., Anthony, Stephanie, Rachel, Kelly and Corrie. and Steven Vogelsberg; dear brother of the A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, late Lynn Perry and wonderful uncle to many.

April 9, 2016 from 2:00 until 6:00 pm at Edward was born December 21, 1940 in Plumbers Local Union 93/130 Hall in Volo, IL. Chicago and passed away Monday, April 4, In lieu of flowers, please make donations 2016, at Karen’s home, surrounded by his to the William Wolff Medical Fund at Avenue loving family.

Edward was an avid Civil War Buff and was Bank, 209 10th Avenue South, Suite 250, a member of the McHenry County Emergency Nashville, TN 37203.

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

Russell R. Crundwell: The visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the 3 p.m. funeral service Saturday, April 9, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-2400.

Leo Donati: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at Willow Funeral Home, 1415 W. Algonquin Road, Algonquin. Private interment will follow.

John E. Dower: The visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the 10:30 a.m. memorial service Saturday, April 9, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2107 Three Oaks Road, Cary. For information, call Kahle-Moore

Funeral Home at 847-639-3817.

Robin Franz Freeman: A memorial will be April 30. For information, call Jessi at 224-829-2825.

Laurence R. Hall: The visitation will be from 3:30 p.m. until the 6:30 p.m. funeral service Friday, April 8, at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral & Cremation Service, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. For information, call the funeral home at 847-515-8772.

Adeline Joan Jackson: The visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. Mass celebration Saturday, April 9, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 206 E. Front St., Harvard.

Interment will be private. For information, call Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home at 815-943-5400.

Carol A. Lynn: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at Kahle-Moore

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Merle Haggard performs at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tenn., in 1977. Haggard died of pneumonia Wednesday in Palo Cedro, Calif. He was 79. chronicles as “If We Make It Through December” and “Workin’ Man Blues.”

“We’ve lost one of the greatest writers and singers of all time. His heart was as tender as his love ballads,” said Dolly Parton. “I loved him like a brother.”

Few faces in country were as recognizable as Haggard’s, with its wary, sideways glance and chiseled, haunted features that seemed to bear every scar from his past.

General audiences knew him best for “Okie From Muskogee,” a patriotic anthem released in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War that quickly became a cultural touchstone for its anti-hippie lyrics proclaiming “we don’t burn our draft cards down on Main Street; we like living right and being free.”

“Okie from Muskogee” made him a hero among conservatives, but he softened on the counterculture and released the lighthearted “Big Time Annie’s Square,” a tribute to a hippie girl and her “crazy world.” More recently, he was a backer of prominent Democrats. In 2007 he unveiled a song to promote Hillary Clinton and two years later he penned “Hopes Are High” to commemorate Obama’s inauguration.

In “America First,” he even opposed the Iraq War, singing “Let’s get out of Iraq, and get back on track.”

In 1970, Haggard was named entertainer of the year by the Country Music Association, and “Okie From Muskogee” won best album and single. The No. 1 hits “Mama Tried” and “Workin’ Man Blues” also broke onto the charts around that time, sealing his reputation as one of country’s defining voices. He picked up another CMA album of the year in 1972 for “Let Me Tell You About a Song.”

Still, Haggard referred to the improvisations of his band, the Strangers, as “country jazz,” and in 1980, became the first country artist to appear on the cover of the jazz magazine “Downbeat.”

“Merle Haggard was an original.

Not just a singer, not just a songwriter, not just another famous performer. He was your common everyday working man,” said Hank Williams Jr. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994, the same year he won a Grammy for best male country vocal performance in “That’s the Way Love Goes.”

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as “Okie From Muskogee” and “Sing Me Back Home,” died Wednesday at 79, on his birthday.

Haggard’s manager, Frank Mull, said the country icon died in Palo Cedro, California, of pneumonia that he had been battling for months. His publicist, Tresa Redburn, said no official cause of death has been determined.

He had kept up an ambitious touring schedule, but the pneumonia in both lungs had forced him to cancel several shows this year. Mull said Haggard’s family was by his side when he died at home and they were planning a funeral for Saturday at his home.

A masterful guitarist, fiddler and songwriter as well as singer, the Country Music Hall of Famer with the firm, direct baritone recorded for more than 40 years, releasing dozens of albums and No. 1 hits.

“He was my brother, my friend. I will miss him,” said Willie Nelson, his longtime friend, in a statement. Tanya Tucker recalled fondly the time they ate bologna sandwiches by the river: “I just can’t imagine a world without Merle. It’s so hard to accept, but I’ll continue honoring him on stage just as I do during every show.”

The White House called Haggard a “legend” and said President Barack Obama was sending his thoughts and prayers to Haggard’s family. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Haggard told stories that people from all walks of American life could relate to.

“His passing is a loss for country music, but obviously is a loss for all the people who got to know him personally, too,” Earnest said.

Haggard – along with fellow California country star Buck Owens – was a founder of the twangy Bakersfield Sound, a direct contrast to the smooth, string-laden country records popular in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1960s.

His music was rough yet sensitive, reflecting on childhood, marriage and daily struggles, telling stories of shame and redemption, or just putting his foot down in “The Fightin’ Side of Me” and “I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink.”

His most beloved songs included the prison ballad “Sing Me Back Home,” the tributes to his mother “Mama Tried” and “Hungry Eyes,” the romantic lament “Today I Started Loving You Again” and such blue-collar

Farm Aid, the benefit founded by his longtime friend Willie Nelson, and started touring with Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones.

Along with his albums of original songs, he recorded tributes to such early influences as country pioneer Jimmy Rodgers and Western swing king Bob Wills, and paired up with Nelson and George Jones among others. He also resisted the slick arrangements favored by some pop-country stars.

“I’ll tell you what the public likes more than anything,” he told the Boston Globe in 1999. “It’s the most rare commodity in the world – honesty.”

The Byrds, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Grateful Dead, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams and Reba McEntire all covered his songs, while many others paid tribute to him in theirs. In the Dixie Chicks’ “Long Time Gone,” which criticizes Nashville trends, the trio crooned: “We listen to the radio to hear what’s cookin’ / But the music ain’t got no soul / Now they sound tired but they don’t sound Haggard.”

His childhood was out of a John Steinbeck novel; his family migrated from Oklahoma to California and lived as outsiders in their adopted state. Born in 1937 near Bakersfield, Haggard was raised in a converted railway boxcar, the only dwelling his parents could afford. When Haggard was 9, his beloved father suddenly fell ill and died, leaving Haggard with lasting grief. He turned to petty crime and spent several years in and out of institutions.

He served three years in San Quentin as inmate 845200 for burglarizing a cafe during a drunken spree. It was during that stint he saw Johnny Cash play, and he returned to Bakersfield at age 22 in 1960 ready to write music. Singer-bandleader Wynn Stewart was an early patron, hiring Haggard to play bass in his group. Haggard’s first hit was a cover of Stewart’s “Sing a Sad Song” and by 1966 he had been voted most promising vocalist by the Academy of Country and Western Music. He became a superstar in 1967, first with a cover of Liz Anderson’s “I’m a Lonesome Fugitive,” then with such originals as “Sing Me Back Home” and “The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde,” featuring Glen Campbell on banjo.

Fame brought him unexpected respectability. His criminal record was erased by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan, who pardoned him in 1972, and he was invited by President Richard Nixon to sing at the White House. Officials in Kern County, where he spent his boyhood years, have since honored his legacy by renaming a portion of road Merle Haggard Drive.

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NEIGHBORS McHenry County

THINGS TO DO IN & AROUND McHENRY COUNTY

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THE SATURDAY GIANT

WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. April 7 WHERE: D.C. Cobb’s, 226 Main St., Woodstock COST & INFO: Live dinner show. Featuring Philip Cogley (below), the Saturday Giant sculpts layers of guitars, drums, bass lines, beat boxing, keyboards and vocals into towering walls of sound, without the aid of prerecorded samples. Tickets: $30, includes dinner.

Information: 815-206-5580 or www.dccobbs.net/saturday-giant.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY – The McHenry County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee celebrated longtime member Helen Stroner’s 97th birthday March 24 at Valley Hi Nursing Home. Pictured (back row, from left) are Charlotte Johnson and Geri Alten; (middle row) Ella Martin, Pat Biggus, Marion Spiniolas, Sue Swinford and Jean Schiller; and (front row) Leona Wilkening, Stroner and Andrea Johnson.

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BALLROOM DANCE II LESSONS

WHEN: 7 p.m. April 7 through May 26 WHERE: McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Intermediate lessons for the swing, American waltz, fox trot and rhumba.

Popular Latin dances included.

Cost: $149 a couple, course code: NSDS09002. Registration and information: 815-4558588.

April 7

• 5 to 7 p.m. – Spring rummage sale, First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Lake. Continues 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 8 and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 9. Featuring clothing for babies, children and adults, housewares, small appliances, antiques, art, books, jewelry, linens, sports equipment, tools and toys. Proceeds benefit church programs and missions. Information: 815-459-6010 or phyllis@fcc-cl.org.

• 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – “Forces in Motion,” Cary Public Library, 1606 Three Oaks Road, Cary.

Family-oriented science show with audience participation presented by Steve Belliveau.

Topics include Newton’s laws of motion and simple machines. Free. Registration required.

Information: www.caryarealibrary.org.

Have an event to share? Submit your information online at PlanitNorthwest.com.

Photos may be emailed to neighbors@nwherald.com.

McHenry County

Environmental organization offers two scholarships

The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County is offering Entering College scholarships of $1,000 each to two high school seniors planning to pursue careers directly related to environmental studies.

To be eligible, applicants must live in and attend high school in McHenry County, have a respectable grade point average, two letters of

recommendation and plan to attend an accredited college or university.

Applications are available at www. mcdef.org/what-we-do/environmental-scholarship and at the EDMC office, 110 S. Johnson St., Suite 106, Woodstock. The application deadline is April 15.

For information, visit www.mcdef.org or call 815-338-0393.

Wonder Lake

Virginia’s Birthday Challenge to benefit food pantry

Virginia Hartung, a longtime volunteer at the Neighbors Food Pantry of Wonder Lake, annually coordinates a food and monetary drive for the pantry in conjunction with her birthday. In honor of her 97th birthday in April, she is challenging the community to donate $9,700 and 9,700 pounds of food.

Checks may be mailed to WLNFP, P.O. Box 293, Wonder Lake, IL 60097.

Contributions also may be made using Paypal by clicking on the link provided at www.wlfoodpantry.com. For infor-

mation, call Kim Halper at 815-355-5459.

Virginia’s Birthday Challenge activities include: • McHenry High School West Campus Key Club members will host a food drive April 11 through 15 at the school, 4724 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry.

Donations may be dropped off in the main office.

• McDonald’s, 4411 W. Route 120, McHenry, will donate a percentage of sales to Virginia’s Challenge from 5 to 8 p.m. April 28.

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Look for an opportunity and make your move. You will need to be ready to make a clear decision while on the go. If you act quickly and confidently, you will handily best any rivals. If you trust in your ability, you will rise to the top.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – You need to face emotional issues head-on. Settle any differences you have so you can freely move forward. Compromise will help you maintain a relationship.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – An aggressive tone will help you get what you want. Offering an incentive will be enough to keep everyone happy

and allow you to maintain a favored position.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Do what you can to make a difference. Suggest reforms that will bring about a superior work or home environment. Don’t feel you have to make a cash donation, as your suggestions will be sufficient.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Work alone until you are sure what you have to present is perfect.

If you leave room for criticism, someone will interfere and ruin your plans. Treat your responsibilities seriously.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Take a chance to get what you want up and running. Recognize what you are up against and plan ahead to counteract anyone or anything that may get in your way.

Romance should be scheduled.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Size up what’s going on around you. Someone will overreact if you are too revealing. Bide your time and make subtle changes that won’t be detected by someone looking for a fight.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – You’ll be questioning others’ actions or feelings. Don’t be too quick to divulge your concerns. Diplomacy is encouraged if you want to eventually get your way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Express your thoughts and find out those of others. Sharing will encourage you to follow through with the changes you’ve been contemplating. A simple solution will make a big difference.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Strive for greater personal security. Don’t let anyone per-

suade you to follow a path that doesn’t suit you.

Don’t feel guilty. Do what makes you happy.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Keep an open mind, but don’t let anyone railroad you into something that isn’t in your best interest. You may want to please, but that doesn’t mean you should jeopardize your reputation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You should aim to make personal changes that will result in compliments. A trendy look will impress someone you love. Romance will result in a better relationship and a promising future.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Stick to promises you know you can handle. You’ll be working long hours if you underestimate the extent of a job. Patience and planning will be required.

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STATE Democrats push to overhaul Ill. education funding

By IVAN MORENO

The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Democrats are attempting to overhaul public schools funding for the first time since 1997 with a plan that gradually would shift money from wealthy districts to poorer areas in an effort to ensure the amount of money spent on education across the state is more equitable.

Schools largely have been spared the consequences of the state operating without a budget since July 1, thanks to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signing a spending plan for education while vetoing the rest of the funding package.

Here are some ways school funding would change under a proposal introduced Wednesday by Democratic Sen. Andy Manar:

REASONS TO REVAMP

A 2015 study from The Education Trust, a nonpartisan advocacy group, found Illinois has the most unfair school funding system in the nation, with poor students receiving nearly 20 percent fewer state and local dollars

ILLINOIS ROUNDUP

News from across the state

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Hastert asks court to spare him prison; cites shame, health

CHICAGO – Dennis Hastert’s lawyers asked a federal judge Wednesday to spare the former U.S. House speaker time behind bars in his hush-money case and sentence him to probation, saying the 74-year-old has already paid a steep price in shame and disgrace.

A filing in federal court in Chicago – where the Illinois Republican is scheduled for sentencing on April 27 – said Hastert “apologizes for his misconduct that occurred decades ago” and is “overwhelmed by the guilt.” Notably, it contains no detail about that misconduct. Attorneys and the judge spoke recently about someone possibly testifying at sentencing who says Hastert sexually abused him years ago.

It highlights the removal of his

than their wealthier peers.

During the past 20 years, the gap between poor and wealthy schools has only grown.

Part of the challenge is that state education funding is comprised of a variety of grants, many of which don’t account for resources some districts already have, so a property-tax rich district may get large grants from the state even though poorer districts may be more in need.

erty tax base to supplement funding like wealthier districts such as those in Chicago’s suburbs.

The bill would require an initial $400 million investment on top of the $10 billion education budget to make sure that wealthier school districts don’t lose money the first year – a move intended to ease concerns from suburban lawmakers. After the first year, the funding shift toward needier school districts would be phased in over four years.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES

WHAT ABOUT CHICAGO?

Under state law, districts are supposed to get a minimum amount of state money per student, though they haven’t been receiving that full amount in recent years because of the budget crisis.

On top of that money, some districts get additional funds for other things, such as transportation and for serving high numbers of low-income students, and make up the rest with property taxes.

Manar’s bill would change districts’ reliance on property taxes, taking local wealth more into account when distributing funds. Advocates for change say the poorer districts don’t have the prop-

portrait from the U.S. Capitol and the elimination of his name from public landmarks.

The document also cites a list of ailments, some of which stem from his hospitalization days after he pleaded guilty on Oct. 28 to violating bank structuring laws as he sought to pay $3.5 million to ensure an “Individual A” stayed quiet about past misconduct by Hastert against Individual A. The misconduct dated back decades to around the time Hastert was a high school wrestling coach.

Hastert’s legal team said he nearly died from a severe blood infection in November.

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Carjacking suspect dies after leading police on chase

DeKALB – A man stole an SUV at gunpoint in DeKalb on Wednesday and later shot himself to death after leading police on a miles-long chase that ended near Lincoln Highway and Interstate 39, authorities said.

Police received a report of a carjacking about 1:30 p.m. in the 900 block of Ridge Drive in

The financially struggling Chicago Public Schools would see changes, too.

Instead of the doling out the annual grant that CPS receives, the state would cover pension contributions for Chicago teachers. CPS is the only Illinois district where local taxpayers, rather than the state, pay the employer’s contribution.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel long has argued the city’s funding system is unfair because it means Chicago taxpayers get hit for pensions twice: once when they pay state taxes that help fund pensions for teachers outside Chicago, and again

DeKalb. Police were told a man stole a Chevy Equinox after pointing a gun at the driver, DeKalb Police Chief Deputy John Petragallo said.

Police spotted the stolen vehicle headed south on Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb and a chase began, Petragallo said.

The suspect headed west on Lincoln Highway, and police pursued the Equinox into Ogle County, where officers dropped “stop sticks,” special equipment used to puncture tires, onto the road near the entrance to Interstate 39.

Authorities say the man shot and killed himself sometime after being stopped by police near the stop sticks.

Police wouldn’t confirm the man’s identity.

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Illinois bill to ease access to police videos delayed

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers delayed a vote on a plan to ease public access to police dashboard and body cameras under state open record laws.

Chicago Democratic Rep. Art

when they pay for the city’s teacher pensions.

Senate President John Cullerton has said the changes could provide about $300 million more annually to CPS, although his spokesman cautioned that number is preliminary because the Illinois State Board of Education has not yet calculated how much districts would receive.

RAUNER’S STANCE

He urged lawmakers to make education funding a priority during his February budget address and asked for a “clean” bill for him to sign – a comment that highlights his anxiety that Democrats who control the Legislature won’t pass an education bill unless it includes reforms. That could prompt another budgetary standoff, with devastating results for schools come the 2016-17 school year.

“I don’t think the current system works well and I support changing it,” Rauner said Tuesday. But, he added that lawmakers shouldn’t hold up funding for schools if the formula is not changed.

Turner, the bill’s sponsor, said Wednesday his proposal still could be heard on a later date.

His bill was spurred by the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald, 17, in Chicago in October 2014.

The shooting was captured by a Chicago police cruiser’s dashboard camera.

Turner said releasing police videos would restore public trust. But police officials argue releasing a video could compromise ongoing investigations.

At least 20 states and the District of Columbia have laws addressing body cameras. Only 10 put the videos under open records laws.

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Ex-Deere employee from Iowa charged with $250,000 fraud

ROCK ISLAND – A federal judge in Illinois has set a June trial for a former employee of Deere and Co. from Iowa who is accused of defrauding at least $250,000 from the Moline company.

Harvey Ulfers, 62, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, appeared Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Sara Darrow in Rock Island. She

scheduled his trial on wire fraud and money laundering charges for June 6. He was allowed to remain free on bond.

The March 22 indictment against Ulfers claims he defrauded Deere from 2004 to early 2013 in his position as a purchasing supervisor at the company’s Waterloo, Iowa, facility. The fraud involved the sale of scrap metal.

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Illinois delays daily fantasy sports legislation

SPRINGFIELD – A measure to legalize daily fantasy sports betting in Illinois is being delayed as lawmakers continue working to craft the proposal.

The bill is among dozens of proposals that lawmakers are trying to get out of committees before a Friday deadline. But Democratic state Rep. Michael Zalewski asked for an extension Wednesday to hear the bill later.

Illinois is among several states with pending legislation this year on whether to regulate daily fantasy sports betting.

– Wire reports

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April 2014 to cut costs. The move was supposed to be temporary, until Flint could join a new water BERLIN – The fallout from authority that would pipe water a massive leak of records on from Lake Huron. offshore accounts dragged a The lawsuit accuses Snyder and growing number of leaders and others of hatching a “wrongful celebrities into the spotlight scheme” to reduce Flint’s indebtWednesday, with a Bollywood edness by stopping the impovactor, a race car driver and Ukraine’s president among those erished city from buying treated Lake Huron water from Detroit, denying they evaded taxes.

The reports center on millions instead of “invoking time tested, of documents detailing how the well-honed federal bankruptcy rich and powerful use shell com- protections for restructuring the panies in low-tax states such as debts of municipalities.”

Snyder spokesman Ari Adler Panama or the Cayman Islands. declined comment on the suit.

The suspicion that such accounts are used to skirt taxes Nominee Garland smiles, prompted a rush of denials, statements and, in some cases, stays quiet in public view WASHINGTON – “Cubs or media blackouts.

Ukrainian President Petro Poro- White Sox?” As a circuit court judge, Merrick shenko was the latest high-proGarland is used to speaking at file politician to face scrutiny length on arcane legal topics. over the issue, denying he had meant to evade taxes by putting For now, baseball preference is about as complicated a queshis candy company offshore. tion President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee – and Gov. faces racketeering suit over Flint water crisis Illinois native – will answer in public. (He’s a Cubs fan.)

FLINT, Mich. – Hundreds of It’s a thankless routine that residents of Flint, Michigan, every Supreme Court justice has filed a racketeering lawsuit Wednesday targeting Gov. Rick to endure. It’s beneficial for the Snyder and other state and local senators, who can highlight their officials over lead contamination courtesy to voters back home.

Garland is making the rounds of the city’s drinking water. despite the GOP opposition, Filed in U.S. District Court in Flint, the suit is one of many aris- visiting Democrats and a few Republican senators who have ing from the decision to switch the Flint supply from the Detroit agreed to meet with him.

– Wire reports water system to the Flint River in

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Trump eyes shift to policy ‘meat’ as GOP convention fight looms

By STEVE PEOPLES and JONATHAN LEMIRE The Associated Press

NEW YORK – Republican Donald Trump declared it’s “great to be home” at a massive rally in the New York City suburbs Wednesday, shrugging off a defeat in Wisconsin a day earlier and instead, predicting victory in his delegate-rich home state.

“I love these people. These are my people,” he said to thunderous cheers.

Dozens of police officers amassed outside the soundstage venue on Long Island as protesters chanted “your hats are made in China” and “dump Trump.”

Trump supporters retaliated, declaring “socialism sucks!” and “leave this country!”

The rally comes as the GOP front-runner signaled a shift toward “more meat on the bone” in his policy speeches amid new signs of campaign discord after his stinging Wisconsin loss to rival Ted Cruz emboldened his critics and pushed the GOP closer to its first contested national convention in four decades.

Former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, one of Trump’s state co-chairs, said the campaign received 18,000 requests for Wednesday’s event, although the venue holds just 3,000 people.

Said Paladino, a Buffalo-based businessman: “We’ve seen people just coming up saying, ‘Where has he been?’

Thank God he’s here.”

As for possible friction in the campaign, Paladino said he’s had no problems with Trump’s campaign manager.

“They do have a small staff – probably smaller than they should have – but these guys work 24/7,” he said. “I don’t know how they keep their senses about them.”

Both parties shifted toward New York’s April 19 primary elections, where Democrat Hillary Clinton and Trump hold big leads in early polls.

Clinton embraced a tough-

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a rally Monday at the Milwaukee Theatre in Milwaukee. er approach with liberal rival Bernie Sanders Wednesday after her defeat in Wisconsin.

Still, Sanders’ string of recent primary victories has done little to erode the former New York senator’s overwhelming delegate lead as the 2016 primary season lurches toward a high-stakes contest in two weeks in New York.

“The core issue in his whole campaign doesn’t seem to be rooted in an understanding of either the law or the practical ways you get something done,” Clinton said in an interview on MSNBC. She suggested Sanders “hadn’t done his homework” on specific prescriptions needed to address economic inequality.

As the Democratic front-runner tried to undercut Sanders’ recent momentum, Trump’s grasp on his party’s presidential nomination appeared far more tenuous. Senior Trump adviser Barry Bennett shrugged off Tuesday’s loss to Cruz, but he also said the billionaire businessman would soon begin to deliver a series of “presidential, substantive” speeches on his policy priorities. That list likely includes immigration, trade, defense and taxes.

“That’s coming,” Bennett said of the shift. “There will be more and more meat on the bone as we go forward.”

At the same time, Trump’s team quietly worked to resolve problems with its young delegate outreach operation, a critical tool as the primary campaign speeds toward the possibility of a contest convention. The tension centers on campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, whose management style has alienated some would-be allies on the ground in key states.

For example, the campaign over the weekend fired the person running its Colorado operation ahead of the state’s convention on Saturday. The move was confirmed by a person with direct knowledge of the staffing situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

The issues come as leading Democrats and Republicans acknowledge a growing likelihood that Cruz could wrestle the presidential nomination away at the GOP national convention in July.

Trump maintains a big delegate lead, but Cruz took a big step forward with his win in Wisconsin. Cruz has no realistic path to claim the nomination by the end of the primaries on June 7, but he might force a contested convention by blocking Trump from getting a majority of delegates in the state-by-state voting.

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A top haven for tax cheats that may surprise you: the U.S.

By PAUL WISEMAN and MARCY GORDON The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – The U.S. lambastes and strong-arms countries that help drug lords and millionaire investors hide their money from tax collectors.

Critics say it should look closer to home.

America itself is emerging as a top tax haven alongside the likes of Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and Panama, those seeking reform of the international tax system say. And states such as Delaware, Nevada, South Dakota and Wyoming, in particular, are competing with each other to provide foreigners with the secrecy they crave.

“There’s a big neon sign saying the U.S. is open to tax cheats,” says John Christensen, executive director of the Tax Justice Network.

America’s openness to foreign tax evaders is coming under new scrutiny after the leak this week of 11.5 million confidential documents from a Panamanian law firm. The Panama Papers show how some of the world’s richest people hide assets in shell companies to avoid paying taxes.

Christensen’s group, which campaigns for a global crackdown on tax evaders, says the United States ranks third in the world in financial secrecy, behind Switzerland and Hong Kong but ahead of notorious tax havens such as the Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.

Under a 2010 law, passed after it was learned that the Swiss bank UBS helped thousands of Americans evade U.S. taxes, the United States demands that banks and other financial institutions disclose information on Americans abroad to make sure they pay their U.S. taxes.

But the U.S. doesn’t automatically return the favor.

More than 90 countries have signed on to a 2014 information-sharing agreement set up by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; the U.S. is among the few that haven’t joined. American banks don’t even collect the kind of information foreign

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The entrance of the regional head office of Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, one of the world’s biggest creators of shell companies, is seen Tuesday in Hong Kong. countries would need to identify tax dodgers.

“The banking lobby has resisted changes in the law that would allow more sharing of data,” says Peter Cotorceanu, a Zurich-based lawyer who specializes in private banking.

In a report last year, the Tax Justice Network complained that “Washington’s independent-minded approach risks tearing a giant hole in international efforts to crack down on tax eva-

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Pascal Saint-Amans, head of the OECD’s Center for Tax Policy and Administration, says the U.S. often makes information available to other countries upon request. But that means countries can get details only on those they already suspect of tax evasion.

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that “many of their tax-dodging clients are talking about moving to the U.S. You go to Switzerland, and that’s all they’re talking about.”

Individual states, including Nevada, Wyoming and South Dakota, are making things worse, critics say.

They compete with each other to make it easier to set up corporations — few questions asked about who’s behind the business. “We have states that set up corporations where there’s no information about ownership,” says Jack Blum, a Washington lawyer who specializes in financial crime. “The states make a lot of money doing that.”

Nevada, for instance, makes it easy to incorporate secretly and charges a $500 annual business license fee for corporations and $200 for other businesses.

Lawmakers granted business entities greater protection against lawsuits in 2001, hoping to attract more of them and use incorporation filing revenue to raise teacher salaries.

“Nevadans will continue to see nefarious business practices like those reported in the Panama Papers if state officials don’t change the laws of incorporation,” says Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nevada. “It is time for the state to tighten its disclosure and liability laws and remove the sign from our front yard that says: ‘Sleazeballs and rip-off artists welcome.’”

Nevada’s registered agent industry, which helps businesses incorporate in the state, supports about 1,000 jobs and pumps $110 million into the state economy every year, says the Nevada Registered Agents Association. The group opposed an effort last year to raise the business license fee.

“Nevada has promoted itself for decades as a ‘business friendly’ state, and that benefit is critical to keep new entities incorporating in Nevada,” says Matthew Taylor, a former association president and current board member.

But doubts are rising, even in Nevada. Many of the businesses are mere shells, financial contrivances that don’t employ people or make any investments.

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• Thursday, April 7, 2016

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Republican lawmakers upset about the Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage have advanced measures in about a dozen states this year that could strengthen protections for those who refuse on religious grounds to provide services to same-sex couples.

The bills could benefit court clerks, photographers, florists, bakers, wedding-hall operators and others who say gay matrimony goes against their beliefs.

For a party already being torn apart by the presidential contest, the state legislative efforts have exposed deep rifts between the GOP’s social conservatives and its pro-business wing. Business leaders worry that such measures will allow discrimination and scare away companies and major events.

So far, only a few proposals have become law. Those include narrowly tailored protections shielding Florida clergy from having to perform same-sex weddings and college religious organizations in Kansas from losing aid.

A far more sweeping one was signed into law Tuesday by Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, despite objections from some major corporations. It creates a religious shield from government penalties for an array of people and organizations, including marriage-license clerks, adoption agencies, counselors and more than a dozen categories of businesses that provide wedding-related services.

It applies not only to those with religious beliefs about gay marriage, but also to those who believe that sex outside marriage is wrong and that sexual identity is determined at birth.

Other proposals have failed, stalled or are still working their way through legislatures. Some examples: • In Tennessee, the House passed a bill Wednesday letting counselors turn away patients based on “sincerely held principles.” The vote came despite an online ad campaign from a coalition that includes the American Counseling Association, asserting: “Businesses won’t come to a state that discriminates.” The bill needs only a final vote from the Senate, which previously passed a different version.

• Republican Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia last week vetoed a religious pro-

tection bill passed by the GOP-led House, siding with top business executives who threatened boycotts and dire economic consequences.

• A GOP-passed bill shielding clergy and religious groups from participating in gay marriages was vetoed last week

by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, who cited opposition from corporate leaders.

• In Missouri, scores of activists recently rallied at the Capitol to protest a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit penalties against those who decline on religious grounds to provide wedding-related services to same-sex couples. The state Chamber of Commerce and Industry also came out against it.

“This is a unique issue because two of the primary bases of the Republican Party are both the business interest and the social conservative. It’s rare, but occasionally those interests are not aligned,” said Missouri state Rep. Elijah Haahr, chairman of the committee considering the measure.

In several states, major businesses and sports organizations – including Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Walt Disney Co., the NFL and the NCAA – have joined lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists in raising concerns that such measures could legalize discrimination.

Some religious leaders have countered that it is the faithful who face discrimination for living according to their beliefs. They cite government fines and lawsuits against florists, bakers and photographers who declined to do work for same-sex weddings.

“Good and commonsense bills that simply underscore or protect freedoms that we’ve had since the founding of our country are being attacked by large corporations seeking to thwart the democratic process,” said Kellie Fiedorek, an attorney for Alliance Defending Freedom, a Scottsdale, Arizona-based group that has backed religious-objection legislation and led court fights in various states.

More than 60 state legislative measures allowing for religious refusals at the expense of LGBT rights have been introduced, according to the Washington-based Human Rights Campaign.

“We’re seeing definitely a greater number this year,” including many with consequences that would be far-reaching, said Sara Warbelow, the campaign’s legal director.

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Speaking truth to the autocrats Last week, some of the world’s autocrats came to Washington for the Nuclear Security Summit, men who have thrown their critics in prison and destroyed the fabric of civil society.

They got polite treatment from the Obama administration. They deserved worse.

Take President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, who regularly has imprisoned his critics. He released a batch of prisoners before the summit, perhaps thinking that would take the edge off, although investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova remains behind bars for no good reason and rights activists Leyla and Arif Yunus are barred from leaving the country. When Secretary of State John Kerry appeared in the Treaty Room with Aliyev, the secretary offered praise for his guest as a leader in a complex region who has been “very studious and thoughtful.” Kerry and Aliyev spoke about energy, the conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan’s role in Afghanistan. About democracy and human rights, they said nothing.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey also has been attempting to silence his critics, including by means of a steadily closing vise on press freedom with the prosecution of journalists Can Dundar and Erdem Gul. Vice President Joe Biden has spoken out against the press crackdown previously, but it was not mentioned in the statement issued by the White House after his meeting with Erdogan at the St. Regis Hotel. Nor did the crackdown come up in the White House’s description of President Barack Obama’s meeting with Erdogan on Thursday evening. After the summit ended Friday, Obama said he warned Erdogan against the “repression of information and shutting down democratic debate.”

President Xi Jinping of China discussed climate change, cyber-conflict and nuclear security with Obama, according to the White House statement that followed their meeting. Obama “reiterated America’s unwavering support for upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms in China,” the statement said. Xi does not share those values; he leads a party-state that does not respect individual rights or freedom. Obama might have named a few names, such as that of his fellow Nobel Peace laureate, Liu Xiaobo, who is rotting in prison for having sought freedom of expression and respect for human rights. Such direct talk might have offended Xi, but it also would have bolstered the spirits of brave dissidents everywhere who are repeatedly told by their jailers that the world has forgotten them.

Freedom is under siege from China to Russia to the Middle East. Now more than ever, the U.S. should speak up for individuals who continue to fight for liberty.

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The anti-Trumps unite in Wisconsin Thanks to Wisconsin, a contested Republican convention just got more likely.

Donald Trump led in the Marquette University poll of Republican primary voters in January, and led bigger in February. In Tuesday’s primary, though, Ted Cruz won big. It was a broad as well as big victory for the Texas senator (who is an old friend of mine): According to the exit polls, Cruz won among men and women, among post-docs and high school graduates, and among all age groups.

As much as Trump’s opponents hoped his campaign manager’s arrest for grabbing a female reporter and his verbal stumbles over abortion would finally cause some of his supporters to leave him, that doesn’t appear to be what happened.

Instead, the anti-Trump vote consolidated behind Cruz. If those controversies had an effect, it was to prevent on-the-fence voters from falling to Trump’s side.

Cruz also had an advantage he has lacked in most states: the support of the governor. Scott Walker’s backing may have been more valuable than the backing

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru of other governors would have been. Walker became a nationally controversial figure from his first weeks in office, when he successfully pushed to scale back unions’ collective bargaining powers. He was subject to a recall election.

The state’s conservatives bonded with him during those fights.

In other states, many conservative voters view the Republicans they have elected as wimps and sellouts. Not in Wisconsin.

Primary voters who consider themselves “moderate” backed Trump. A common argument for Cruz – that he is a true conservative and Trump is not one – naturally did not do much to attract them. But self-described conservatives outnumbered those moderates three to one, and they unified behind Cruz just as he had been urging them to do.

Trump still could finish the primaries with a majority of delegates, but that is less likely after his defeat in Wisconsin. Since

Cruz is even further away from a majority than Trump is, that defeat also raises the probability the delegates will have to select a nominee without a clear mandate for anyone.

For weeks, Trump and his surrogates have been preparing for this eventuality. They are engaged in a dual campaign.

They would like to persuade Republicans that the candidate who wins the most votes and delegates deserves the nomination, even without a majority of either. Failing that, they want to persuade them that passing over the plurality winner will lead to an epic, and maybe even a violent, split in the party.

As the candidates continue their long slog to the Cleveland convention, we can expect continued wishful speculation the convention could end up nominating someone else. If Paul Ryan is getting sick of answering questions about his interest in running for president this year, his home state’s primary Tuesday did not do him any favors.

• Ramesh Ponnuru is a Bloomberg View columnist.

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Protect our liberty

To the Editor: It is time for people of faith to speak out in defense of religions and to live out our faith in the public square.

Recall Kim Davis, a county clerk in Kentucky. Adhering to the tenets of her faith, Davis refused to affix her name to the marriage license of same-sex couples. Her conviction cost her five days in jail. Thankfully for Davis, the newly elected Kentucky governor provided an accommodation. He issued an executive order removing the name of the county clerk from marriage licenses.

Closer to home, in 2011, Jim Walder, owner of an inn in Paxton, declined to host a civil union ceremony for a samesex couple. Mr. Walder did not decline this service based on who the couple is, but rather on the type of service requested.

A same-sex ceremony is contrary to Mr. Walder’s religious beliefs. The couple brought its case to the Illinois Human Rights Commission. Last month, the commission’s administrative judge, Michael Robinson, ordered Mr. Walder to pay an $81,128 fine.

Where is the religious and accommodation protection for Mr. Walder under the Illinois Freedom of Religion and Marriage Fairness Act or the Illinois Freedom of Religion and Civil Union Act? Residents of Illinois, it is time to speak up and inform your fellow citizenry and

VIEWS Scott Reeder merely because of who their parents or grandparents were.

We live in a nation that is better than that. At least I’ve always thought we were.

Trump’s plans would uproot 11 million people, shatter families and destroy neighborhoods based solely on where some people happened to be born.

We need to create a path to citizenship for those who already are here and have a more open immigration policy for those yearning to come here.

For those who believe I have been overcome by sentimentality, I haven’t.

Immigration makes for a stronger

leaders where you stand on religious liberty. Many have sacrificed much to secure these freedoms. Let us do our part to protect our liberty.

Linda Burmeister Lake in the Hills

Tragic comedy

To the Editor: A presumptive nominee for the highest office in the land, arguably the most powerful elected official on the planet, cannot pass a basic trustworthiness test presented to Cub Scout applicants.

Amazingly, many among us would vote for this candidate, felony indictments notwithstanding.

In the meantime, a flim-flam artist, utterly starved for attention while void of any core principles and sustained simply by personal wealth, sucks the oxygen out of the room easily manipulating a pitifully fawning press desperate for headlines/ratings and box-office glitz; birds of a feather.

Collectively, these developments serve as an unmitigated indictment of us all, having permitted politics to deteriorate into cheap entertainment and soap opera outrage dominated by circus clowns.

Nevertheless, it remains so very critical we all pay attention to this self-inflicted comic nonsense, with the basic survival of this great nation riding in the balance for our children and grandchildren. It

United States.

It’s a matter of demographics.

Like most Western societies, the native-born U.S. population is aging.

Folks are retiring from the workforce and no longer contributing to our nation’s economic vitality.

Look no further than Japan or France to see how aging societies become declining ones, but the U.S. isn’t in decline.

Immigrants are keeping us great.

Not only do they add to the U.S. population when they come here, but they are more likely to have children.

A recent article in The Atlantic noted that white American women have on average 1.8 children, while Mexican-American women have 2.5.

Immigrants also are slightly more likely to become entrepreneurs than native-born people.

So they enter this nation not just

as future employees but as future employers. Those who “want to make America great again” need to keep this in mind.

I believe in American exceptionalism, but this nation isn’t made exceptional by the accident of our place of birth. It is exceptional because of the democratic values we hold dear and our willingness to absorb the ideas and people of many different cultures.

Our first national motto after all was E pluribus unum – out of many one.

That is what has made us great and will keep us great.

• Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse journalist, who has covered government for almost 30 years. He works as a freelance reporter in the Springfield area. He can be reached at ScottReeder1965@gmail.com.

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William G. Parrot McHenry

Uncontrollable dog

To the Editor: My wife, who is blind, and her guide dog were attacked by a pit bull March 29 as they were out walking two blocks from our house.

It is a shame when a legally blind woman can’t walk in her own neighborhood without the fear of being attacked by an uncontrollable dog.

The owner could not control the dog, and it got away from him and it attacked my wife and her dog. A couple of neighbors heard her scream and came out to

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help her. There have been problems with that pit bull before.

We took the dog to our vet, who treated her for puncture wounds on the neck and ear.

The vet told us we had to file a police report, which we did. The officer gave the owners a ticket, and they will have to appear in court. The officer was kind enough to stop back and let us know the results and to see how my wife was doing. He told me we can’t have dangerous animals running around McHenry.

He also said Animal Control would call us back, but it didn’t. We called them, and the woman we talked to didn’t seem very interested in what happened.

My wife was very shook up and frightened. She no longer can walk in the neighborhood.

My wife went for a tetanus shot, and she also had to go for counseling.

Edward A. Hanus McHenry

• Thursday, April 7, 2016

SPRINGFIELD – For some politicians, immigrants seem to be the new scapegoats for America’s woes.

When I hear Donald Trump talk about building a fence along the Mexican border or speak of mass deportations of illegal immigrants, I just cringe.

After all, this isn’t ancient China or Cold War East Germany. We don’t build walls along our borders, and deportation is just a nice word for “ethnic cleansing.”

Twenty years ago, I was a reporter tromping around the still fresh battlefields of the Balkans and saw the terrible toll ethnic cleansing took in that region.

Catholics were uprooted and sent to Croatia. Muslims were shoved into Bosnia, and Eastern Orthodox Christians remained rooted in Serbia.

Many died during that war; targets

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By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ The Associated Press

NEW YORK – The three largest U.S. airlines have changed the way they price multi-city trips, forcing those who book such itineraries to pay hundreds of extra dollars in airfare.

Most fliers buy simple roundtrip tickets and won’t be affected. But travelers visiting several cities on one trip, especially those flying for business, are seeing airfares six or seven times the normal price. Many might not know of the new policy or that there is a way to avoid the higher fares.

The simultaneous adoption of new pricing rules by all three carriers has led the Business Travel Coalition to accuse the airlines of illegally coordinating on this “complicated and comprehensive scheme.” The advocacy group asked the Department of Justice to add this to its ongoing investigation of possible airline collusion. The group’s chairman, Kevin Mitchell, said “fliers will no doubt be blindsided by this new policy and pay dearly when shopping at airline websites.”

To get the best prices, fliers stopping at two or more cities now need to book several individual tickets.

The change came about because American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are starting to match low-cost carriers like Spirit Airlines on more routes. Some savvy fliers figured out that booking a multi-city ticket instead of one connecting ticket could

save them money. Multi-city tickets contain several one-way legs under the same reservation.

For instance, flying American oneway from New Orleans to Los Angeles with a connection in Dallas might cost $289. But breaking those two legs up into a multi-city ticket would cost $79 for the first leg and $94 for the second, for a savings of $116.

To halt that practice, American, Delta and United stopped allowing individual nonrefundable tickets to be combined. Their websites now only offer fully refundable tickets when combining one-way legs, which are often several times more expensive than the non-refundable tickets most people buy.

American spokesman Joshua Freed said the change was made in mid-March to stop fliers from paying fares lower than the airline had intended for certain markets.

However, the new booking rule was “broader in some cases than we wanted it to be” and the airline has since “made some changes because of customer feedback and are watching it closely.”

United offered a similar explanation and Delta refused to comment.

Brett Snyder, who runs an air travel assistance company called Cranky Concierge, put it differently: “They haven’t found a way to solve it eloquently so they solved it with a sledgehammer.”

“They’re making you overpay,” Snyder added. “Airlines for years have made it clear that when you book a

roundtrip it would be cheaper or the same price as a one-way. Now they are flipping that, penalizing you and not even telling you.”

Sometimes the differences can be extreme. Take a mid-May trip from Orlando to Detroit, then two days later to New York followed with a flight two days later back to Orlando.

Priced as three separate one-way flights, Delta Air Lines wanted a total of $282.30 for the itinerary. But try to book it as one ticket – as most travelers do – and Delta was charging $2,174.70 for the exact same flights.

The airline’s website automatically offered the more-expensive fully refundable tickets and no other option.

A similar search on American Airlines for a trip from Miami to Chicago to San Francisco and back to Miami yielded similar results. Booked at three one-way trips, American was charging a total of $664.30. But if booked on one ticket, American wanted $1,064.70.

United Airlines was also charging extra for trip from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Chicago and back to New York. Bought as one ticket, it cost $507.70, compared to a total of $308.30 if purchased as three separate tickets.

And if travelers need to modify their trips, they are going to pay even more.

If booked as a traditional multi-city trip, there would be a $200 change fee.

But if fliers choose to book three oneway segments instead, that change fee could skyrocket to $600.

BRIEF ALGONQUIN – The Algonquin Commons shopping center hosts a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, representatives said.

For every blood donation, shoppers earn a free gift card to the mall, 1900 S. Randall Road, Algonquin.

Interested donors can visit the mall Saturday and look for the LifeSource donor coach to give blood, or they are encouraged to make an appointment beforehand at https://donateblood.lifesource.org.

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Top U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and Irish rival Allergan are charting independent futures after scrapping a record $160 billion deal torpedoed by new Treasury Department rules meant to block American companies from moving their corporate addresses overseas – on paper – to avoid U.S. taxes.

The rules issued Monday, aimed at stopping the companies’ “tax inversion” deal, wiped out its financial incentives and rationale for Pfizer Inc., although they had no impact on Allergan PLC. That led Pfizer and Allergan to walk away “by mutual agreement” on Wednesday. Pfizer, which is based in New York, will pay Allergan $150 million as reimbursement for its deal-related expenses.

It was Pfizer’s third, and most expensive, failed attempt at an inversion, leaving analysts to speculate Pfizer will drop the strategy for good. The merger would have moved Pfizer’s address, but not its operations or headquarters, to Ireland, where it would have paid hundreds of millions of dollars less in annual U.S.

corporate taxes.

Tax inversions, in which a big U.S. company buys a smaller one in another country with a lower tax rate, and then moves the combined company’s address there on paper, are a hot issue in the presidential race. President Obama on Tuesday called them “one of the most insidious tax loopholes out there,” adding that Treasury’s new rules are meant to make wealthy corporations shoulder their tax responsibility like working-class Americans.

Pfizer and Allergan regrouped Wednesday and began touting their prospects as solo companies. They are far from being in dire straits as they contemplate their next moves: Both are highly profitable, have multiple lucrative medicine franchises and strong pipelines of experimental drugs, and each have enough cash to quickly do another deal.

Shares of Pfizer rose 4.8 percent to $32.87, while Allergan shares jumped 7.7 percent to $244.20 Wednesday afternoon.

“We can pivot very quickly from combination planning to independent planning,” Allergan CEO Brent Saunders told The Associated Press, adding

that both companies were prepared for a Treasury move to block their deal but considered it a small risk.

Saunders already is focused on closing Allergan’s $40.5 billion deal to sell its generic drug business to Israel’s Teva Pharmacueticals Industries Ltd., the world’s top generic drugmaker. He expects that to close by the end of June, bringing Allergan about $36 billion after taxes to invest in “opportunities.”

Those include mergers and acquisitions, buying rights to experimental drugs, share repurchases and paying down part of Allergan’s $40 billion in debt, Saunders told The AP. Best known for its Botox anti-wrinkle injections and Restasis drops for dry eye disease, Allergan had a profit of $3.7 billion on revenue of $15 billion last year.

The company is the result of multiple inversions, and despite its Dublin address operates from offices in Parsippany, New Jersey.

“Allergan will continue to invest in the United States,” Saunders said, with a focus on jobs creation, expanding factories and research facilities, and doing research on cures for diseases with huge unmet need.

Beat the competition with effective public relations With all the low cost or complementary tools available to us today, a public relations policy can be used to build credibility and awareness of an organization in ways no other marketing can accomplish.

It’s never been easier for an owner of a small organization to create a public relations policy. This doesn’t have to be an insurmountable task, even though many feel otherwise.

What are some of the tools available to keep our name out in front of our competition?

Activities such as press releases, blogs and social media, from Twitter to Snapchat to Facebook to Instagram, readily are available – and let’s not forget about chamber opportunities.

Consider press releases. Written releases are sent to the media, informing people and businesses of new products, special events, donations, awards, grand reopenings, anniversaries, new staff hires and other information about an organization.

With social media, an organization first needs to decide whom to reach.

Some social media, such as Twitter, has greater male activity while Facebook has greater appeal with females. LinkedIn is business focused. Social Media provides opportunities for organizations to share events, business tips, start a conversation and, on a personal level, build relationships.

Scramble from 11:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.

April 22 at the McHenry Country Club, 820 N. John St., McHenry. Attendees at the event move from table to table for each course, introducing themselves to about 30 non-competing businesses.

Ah, blogs. A blog is one of the best In-person registration for the scramavenues to build a great reputation, ble starts at 11 a.m. The event costs $25 and one I admit I don’t use as often as I for members, with a special offer for should. We all are authorities on what nonmembers. Register online at mchenwe do in our jobs. We know our business ryscramble.com. better than anyone else. A blog can share The chamber invites women to attend tips that showcase us all as experts. the WINGs luncheon presented by Paula Lastly, an organization could use Ripple from OrganizeWell on “Clutter is chambers better. Beyond networking, Part of Life: Organization is not Letting a chamber provides much in the way of Clutter Rule Your Life!” The event is low-cost marketing. Specifically with May 18. Visit mchenrychamber.com to public relations, the McHenry Area register.

Chamber of Commerce’s newsletter pubLimited to 128 golfers, the chamber lishes articles, testimonials and news hosts its 64th annual Golf Outing on May releases for free.

25. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. with a The McHenry chamber and others breakfast followed by golf and dinner. have unique ways of informing members To learn more, make reservations or beabout organizational events and special come a tee, green or hole-in-one sponsor promotions. Websites are used for video, visit www.mchenrychamber.com. links and, of course, the McHenry chamUpcoming mixers include McHenry ber’s social media sites are available to Bank and Trust on April 12, American members.

National Insurance Company on April Public relations should be used by not 19 and a multi-chamber mixer hosted by just the big guys, but the smaller organi- Exemplar on May 3. zation as well. If used, a smaller organization will be one of the few among its • Kay Rial Bates is president of the competitors to use this forgotten tool.

McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce.

In other McHenry chamber news, Reach her at 815-385-4300 or visit mchenrychamber.com. we are hosting the Spring Networking

CHAMBER NEWS Kay Rial Bates

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NEW YORK – The humble chair J.K. Rowling sat on while writing the first two books of the Harry Potter series was auctioned in New York City on Wednesday for $394,000.

An anonymous private collector made the winning bid, Heritage Auctions said.

The chair is one of four mismatched chairs given to the then little-known writer for her flat in Edinburgh, Scotland, and which she used while writing “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”

The seller, Gerald Gray, of Worsley, England, said the winning bid far exceeded his expectations.

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Judge nixes singer Kesha’s sexual abuse claims

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Jackson accepts the ultimate icon: music dance visual award on June 28, 2015 at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Janet Jackson delays tour; planning family, ordered to rest Janet Jackson is delaying her “Unbreakable” tour, saying Wednesday that she and her husband are planning their family and that she is under doctor’s orders to rest.

The 49-year-old singer announced in a clip on her Twitter account Wednesday morning that there has been a “sudden change” to the second leg of her tour, which started in August.

She didn’t say she was pregnant with her first child, only that she needed to rest up. The youngest child of the Jackson family, she turns 50 in May. “We’re in the second leg of the tour, and there actually has been a sudden change,” a smiling Jackson said. “I thought it was important that you be the first to know.

“My husband and I are planning our family, so I’m going to have to delay the tour. Please, if you can, try to understand that it’s important that I do this now. I have to rest up; doctor’s orders. But I have not forgotten about you.”

Jackson married Wissam Al Mana in 2012. It is her third marriage. She married singer James DeBarge in 1984, when she was 18. That marriage lasted three months. In 1991, she married Rene Elizondo Jr. They separated in 1999.

In the one-minute, 46-second video clip, Jackson thanked her fans for their love and loyalty. She went on to thank her dancers, her band and her crew. She said she couldn’t wait to get started again.

NEW YORK – A New York judge has thrown out pop star Kesha’s hate-crime and human-rights claims that producer Dr. Luke drugged, sexually abused and emotionally tormented her.

State Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich ruled Wednesday that those claims by the platinum-selling singer can’t go forward because the alleged rape and abuse happened outside New York and beyond the legal time limit. The judge also said “every rape is not a gender-motivated hate crime.”

But the judge said the lawsuit can proceed on Kesha’s contract issues.

Dr. Luke has denied the allegations.

Spike Lee’s Mizzou documentary to premiere

COLUMBIA, Mo. – A Spike Lee documentary about protests at the University of Missouri this fall, which were spurred by what activists said was administrators’ indifference to racial issues on campus, is making its premiere Wednesday night at a theater near the campus.

Lee worked with ESPN to make the documentary, which examines how the Black Lives Matter movement sparked activism at the University of Missouri – including the football team – and the rest of the county.

Lee contacted the university to set up a screening of a one-hour version of the film, which is being shown at the Missouri Theatre in downtown Columbia, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported.

The documentary was initially slated to premiere May 31 as part of a package of short films by Lee collectively called “Spike Lee’s Lil’ Joints.” Jennifer Cingari, a publicist for ESPN Films, said the network still plans to premiere a 22-minute version of the documentary on the network’s platforms around that time. A third 30-minute version of the documentary will also be shown at the Tribeca Film Festival this month in New York City.

Lena Dunham to help oversee imprint at Random House

NEW YORK – Lenny, the feminist newsletter co-founded by author and “Girls” creator Lena Dunham, is becoming Lenny the publishing imprint.

Random House announced Wednesday that Dunham and Jenni Konner will oversee a line of books featuring “exciting, emerging voices” in fiction and nonfiction.

The imprint will launch in 2017, with a “select” number of titles each year.

Actress Helen Mirren to present “Jewish Nobel”

JERUSALEM – Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren has agreed to host the award ceremony of Israel’s Genesis Prize in Jerusalem.

Organizers of the award, known as “the Jewish Nobel,” announced the selection of Mirren on Wednesday. The $1 million prize is being awarded to Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman for his accomplishments as a musician, teacher and advocate for the disabled.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Country singer Bobby Bare is 81. Singer Charlie Thomas of The Drifters is 79.

Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 77. Singer Patricia Bennett of The Chiffons is 69. Singer-guitarist John Oates of Hall and Oates is 68. Drummer John Dittrich of Restless Heart is 65. Singer

Janis Ian is 65. Actor Jackie Chan is 62.

Actor Russell Crowe is 52. Singer Mark Kibble of Take 6 is 52. Singer-bassist John Cooper of Skillet is 41. Bassist Ben McKee of Imagine Dragons is 31.

Actor Conner Rayburn (“According to Jim”) is 17.

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Charlie Sheen, a cast member in “Scary Movie V,” poses on April 11, 2013 at the Los Angeles premiere of the film at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles. porting news and information,” Dylan Howard, editor in chief of The National Enquirer and editorial director of RadarOnline.com, wrote in a statement.

RadarOnline has not posted the audio, but has described it as being recorded by one of Sheen’s former lovers.

The website states the LAPD warrant wants the audio not only for evidence

against Sheen, but because it might also yield information that would exonerate him.

There was no immediate comment from Sheen’s lawyer or publicist.

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LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles police said Wednesday that actor Charlie Sheen is the subject of a criminal investigation headed by detectives from an elite stalking unit.

Officer Matthew Ludwig said Sheen was listed as a suspect in a criminal investigation report received on March 31. He declined to detail the allegations or identify the alleged victim, but he said detectives from the department’s Threat Management Unit have obtained a search warrant in the case.

The celebrity news site RadarOnline reported Wednesday that it had been served a subpoena from Los Angeles police for a 35-minute audio recording purportedly of Sheen that includes Sheen threatening his ex-fiancee, Scottine Ross. She performed in porn films under the name Brett Rossi and is suing Sheen for having sex with her without disclosing he is HIV positive.

“We believe the search warrant is illegal and violates federal and state law prohibiting the use of search warrants against media companies who are re-

victim.

Ross sued Sheen in December for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress claims. Her lawsuit states she and Sheen had sex five times before the actor told her he was HIV positive, and that the actor repeatedly threatened to kill her during their relationship, which ended in 2014. She also accused Sheen of physical abuse, including kicking her on the ground during one incident.

Although Ross’ lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, a judge has ruled that it is up to a private arbitrator to decide how it will be resolved.

The “Two and a Half Men” star publicly disclosed he was HIV positive on the “Today” show in November, but he said he disclosed his status to all his sexual partners. He also vowed during the appearance that he would not pay to settle any claims from sexual partners claiming he exposed them to the virus that causes AIDS. Sheen recently requested that child support payments to his four young children with ex-wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller be reduced, citing changed financial circumstances.

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Sleep duration key to good health Dear Dr. K: I’ve heard a lot about the harmful effects of insufficient sleep. But are there any dangers of sleeping too much?

Dear Reader: Over the years, we’ve learned sleep is important for a variety of reasons. It appears to be vital for forming long-term memories. It also helps you to digest what you have learned the previous day. Sleep promotes concentration and restores energy; it helps to keep your immune system functioning well and to regulate eating patterns.

The average adult needs seven to nine hours a night. Does it matter whether you get more or less than the ideal amount of sleep? That’s tough to answer – in part, because the effects of sleep are difficult to separate from other factors that can affect the quality or duration of your sleep.

Studies have linked short sleep duration – five hours or fewer each night – with a number of health problems, including high blood pressure and diabetes. Sleep deprivation also is a major contributor to car accidents, accounting for an estimated 100,000 accidents a year in this country.

Surprisingly, there also might be health problems associated with too much sleep.

Large, well-designed studies have analyzed the relationship between amount of sleep and length of life. Thousands of people have answered detailed questionnaires about their sleep habits and their health status over many years.

In these studies, the death rates for people who sleep the least – and the most – are higher than those people whose sleep time falls in the middle.

The reason isn’t clear. It’s possible a related factor might be responsible. Specifically, people with certain diseases and conditions may both sleep longer and die sooner. In other words, it might not be the

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For example, people who sleep excessively might be drinking too much, and it could be the drinking that’s impairing their health. As another example, some people suffering from major depression sleep longer. Depression, in turn, is linked to heart disease and to suicide.

There are other common health problems that also cause people to sleep more and that may shorten life. These include: • thyroid disease; • kidney or liver disease; • a sleep disorder such as obstructive sleep apnea; • dementia.

Some medications used to treat serious illnesses also can make a person groggy and sleepy. That’s another way sleeping long hours might be linked to dying sooner.

In summary, I’d say there is little evidence that simply sleeping unusually long hours – such as more than nine hours a night – actually shortens your life. And there are plenty of healthy people who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night.

But if you asked your question because you’ve found yourself sleeping a lot more than you used to, check it out with your doctor. The long hours might not be hurting you, but they could be a sign of an underlying medical condition that could hurt you.

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

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would allow you to stay in a room they knew was infested with “critters” is appalling.

Could they have been too embarrassed to speak up?

If you must replace rugs, mattresses, bedding, etc., ask them to reimburse you.

If they refuse, you could take them to small claims court and get a judgment if you could prove you picked the bugs up there. But first you should let your relatives know other family members told you about their “sin of omission.” In the future, if you plan to visit this couple again, stay elsewhere. Once bitten, twice shy.

Dear Abby: I have been married to “George” for 20 years. We have a solid relationship except for one thing that drives me crazy: He insists on having his ex-wife cut his hair.

I have told him over and over I really dislike it and I wish he would go elsewhere, but he refuses. Now he’s going behind my back and waiting for me to notice he’s had a haircut. He used to at least tell me beforehand. It would take an entire column to describe her past behavior, but it’s not all that different from many exes.

I think what he’s doing is disrespectful to me. I would never continue doing something he asked me not to if it bothered him. There are a lot of hairstylists in this town, and her haircuts aren’t that great. Am I being unreasonable? – Bothered In Idaho Dear Bothered: Your husband has been doing this for 20 years and you are only writing to me about it now? Because it bothers you, the next time he goes over to get his hair cut, volunteer to go with him. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em – and maybe get a manicure in the process.

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wondering how to approach a situation following a visit with some relatives.

We enjoyed a wonderful visit, and they were very nice to put us up in their guest room. A few days into our stay, I woke up with strange and very itchy bites on my legs and shoulders.

When I mentioned it to our host, she quickly supplied me with some itch cream and changed the subject.

After we returned home, we met a few of our relatives, and they mentioned this particular household was experiencing a bed bug problem. I was shocked and a little hurt they didn’t mention the infestation or warn us ahead of time.

We’re in the process of making sure we didn’t bring any of these critters home, but if we must hire an exterminator or replace furniture, we will be in a bind financially.

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Crystal Lake South’s Jenna Ross (center) celebrates with Jessica Schoenfeldt after Schoenfeldt scored a goal during the second half Wednesday at Canlan Sportsplex in Lake Barrington. South defeated Marian Central, 1-0.

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Tweet from last night (Huntley football player Olalere) Oladipo has been mainly speaking with LB coach/ area recruiter Tim McGarigle when he speaks w/ Illini. Said he’s been impressed w/ new staff – @JonStyf Follow our writers on Twitter: Joe Stevenson – @NWH_JoePrepZone Mike DeFabo – @MikeDeFabo Jon Styf – @jonstyf

What to watch St. Louis at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m., CSN The Hawks still have a chance to beat out the Blues, who are tied with Dallas for first place in the Central Division, for second place. That would earn the Hawks home ice in the first round of the playoffs.

Oklahoma offers Richmond-Burton offensive tackle Dalton Wagner visited Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon. Now, the hope would be for a scholarship offer. The past two McHenry County players with Dalton Wagner Oklahoma football offers are believed to be Crystal Lake South grad Fahn Cooper, as he was set to transfer from College of DuPage, and Marian Central grad and Packers offensive lineman Bryan Bulaga, who ultimately picked Iowa.

Area ties Prairie Ridge grads Nick Martini (Triple-A Memphis) and Michael Heesch (Double-A Springfield) are set to start their seasons Thursday in the Cardinals organization. DundeeCrown grad Elliot Soto (Triple-A New Orleans) Nick Martini is now with the Marlins, while Crystal Lake Central’s Connor Sadzeck (Double-A Frisco) is with the Rangers. CaryGrove’s Eric Aguilera (Double-A Arkansas) is with the Angels. Prairie Ridge grad Kevin Kaczmarski (Class A Columbia) plays for the Mets. Hampshire grad Jake Goebbert (Triple-A Durham) was acquired Wednesday by the Rays. More on Goebbert, page 4

GIRLS SOCCER: CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH 1, MARIAN CENTRAL 0

Defenses dominate

Gators hold off Hurricanes at Canlan Sportsplex

By JOHN WILKINSON

jwilkinson@shawmedia.com LAKE BARRINGTON – Every kick echoed inside the cavernous field house Wednesday, but the game-winning touch was relatively quiet, coming quickly from a restart and redirecting cleanly off the head of Crystal Lake South’s Jess Schoenfeldt.

“Whenever I’m going in on those, I just think about me and the ball, getting myself in there,” Schoenfeldt said. “It was really nice that I wasn’t pressured too highly, but they’re a great team, so it definitely was a challenge and it was good to put one in.”

The Gators beat Marian Central, 1-0, Wednesday in a nonconference girls soccer game at the Canlan Sportsplex. Schoenfeldt scored in the 60th minute with an assist from Jenna Ross on a free kick.

The deciding goal came after the referee stopped play for Marian’s Tiffany Teubert to leave the field with an injury. The referee ruled South had clear possession when he blew the whistle, so he awarded an indirect free kick in the center of the field, just inside the halfway line.

Ross took the kick and served a well-placed ball into the center of the box, where an unmarked Schoenfeldt headed it home for her fourth goal of the season.

“Jenna, she always plays a good ball when you put her in a position like that,” South coach Jay Mueller said. “Putting Jess in front of the goal with her head, that’s her bread and butter right there. And it was sort of a lucky opportunity for us to get that, but the way they capitalized on it you’ve got to like that.”

The Marian sideline was upset with the decision, feeling the referee shouldn’t have given a free kick and instead should have allowed them to play the ball back to the Gators on their own.

The first half had passed scoreless with South (5-1) holding most of the possession. The Gators utilized the wide, artificial turf field to work on their ball movement.

“In the past couple games ... we haven’t been connecting very well, we’ve just been playing kickball. So it was nice to come out and finally start connecting,” Ross said. “I think the turf helped out a little with that because our body and feet and mind had

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Crystal Lake South’s Brandie Minogue (center) gets a foot on the ball during the first half Wednesday against Marian Central at Canlan Sportsplex in Lake Barringron. South won, 1-0.

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Marian Central goalkeeper Kersten Green made 13 saves to keep the Gators at bay. “Her last two games were shutouts,” Marian coach Karl Smith said. “She’s done a good job coming off her line, and she wasn’t as busy as she was in this game, but she really handled the game well. She managed the area; she knew when to come off her line. The backline also did a really good job in front of her, really blocking opportunities and cutting out opportunities.

Between her and the four defenders, they played really well.”

to move a lot quicker as well.”

The Hurricanes (2-2), coming off two consecutive shutout wins, fo-

cused on being sound defensively, coach Karl Smith said.

“We have some youthful athleticism and we’ve got a really good attitude to want to defend,” Smith said.

“We knew this was going to be a very good team in terms of how they handle the ball, athletically, we haven’t seen a team like that athletically. So we know that we’ve got to defend and we’re not afraid to defend against teams like that. ...

“I’m not displeased to hold a team 1-0. We were questioning the call, but we’re not going to make excuses. The reality is, they were probably a little bit better than us and we didn’t get the goal. We can’t win without scoring, so that’s the reality.”

Mueller was impressed by what he saw from Marian and how his team responded.

“I think this was the best that we’ve moved together as a team and the best we’ve moved the ball all year and the fastest that we’ve played all year,” Mueller said. “I was really happy with the way that they played from the beginning of the game.

“The way Marian came out and played forced us to do that. They surprised me with how quick and aggressive they were.”

HUNTLEY FOOTBALL

Junior maps out college visits as D-I offers mount

By JON STYF

jstyf@shawmedia.com

While he has plenty of film from playing defensive tackle last season, coaches are busy trying to evaluate how his technique will be at defensive end.

They’ll get more looks in morning 1-on-1 drills at Huntley during the evaluation period later this month, when coaches can visit the schools a total of two times. Then he’ll be at Nike’s The Opening, where Crystal Lake Central’s Romeo McKnight made a name for himself last year, on May 14 in Chicago.

“I feel like I have to work more, knowing that, but I have the capability of (playing DE),” he said. “I do have the football IQ and with these morning workouts I can prove it. … The physical part is not an issue, but they want to see if I have the technique for it.”

Oladipo has visited Northwestern and Iowa State, two schools that have yet to offer him. And he has stayed in

ROCKIES 4, DIAMONDBACKS 3

Inside Girls Soccer ATHLETE OF THE WEEK TARYN JAKUBOWSKI Huntley, sr. F/M Jakubowski scored six goals and assisted on two more in four wins for the Red Raiders the past week. She had four goals and an assist in the first game of the Huntley Invitational and then provided the game-winner in the semifinals, helping the Red Raiders go on to win their tournament.

NORTHWEST HERALD POWER RANKINGS 1. Crystal Lake South (5-1): More than a week off didn’t seem to bother the Gators, who returned to action Tuesday with a 6-0 Fox Valley Conference crossover win over Hampshire. Jess Schoenfeldt continued to power the Gators, providing three assists, while Daisy Ochoa and Emily Warren each had a pair of goals and Brandie Minogue and Katherine Siavelis also scored.

2. Huntley (4-1-1): What a difference a week makes. Huntley coach Kris Grabner was not happy with his team’s play in starting 0-1-1, but the Red Raiders found their fire and rattled off four consecutive wins, including Grabner’s 200th in the Huntley Invitational championship and an FVC crossover against Crystal Lake Central. They outscored their opponents 14-1 over the four games.

3. Woodstock (4-2): The Blue Streaks returned to action Monday with an 11-0 win over North Chicago. It was the Blue Streaks’ fourth consecutive win and second consecu-

close contact with Illinois, speaking with the staff about four times a week, he estimates, including four phone calls with new coach Lovie Smith.

“He’s a really cool coach,” Oladipo said.

From afar, he said, it appears things are going very well with the Illini, but he also is looking forward to his next unofficial visit for the spring game so he can see for himself.

Ultimately, he hopes to have his college decision made by the end of spring or early summer.

“In the back of my head, I know they are only taking so many recruits at my position,” Oladipo said of the schools recruiting him. “I know I can’t wait too long. I would love to have as much time as possible.

“That’s why I’m trying to make all these visits now, so I can have all of that information and then sit around at home and talk to my family and make that decision.”

tive shutout. Freshman Emma Dorn had a hat trick for the second consecutive game and added a pair of assists. She has nine goals this season.

4. Jacobs (2-1): The Golden Eagles went 1-1 on the week, losing, 2-0, to Bartlett before picking up a 3-0 win over Grayslake North on Tuesday with all three goals coming in the second half. The FVC crossover win marked the Golden Eagles’ first shutout of the year.

5. Johnsburg (3-1-1, 2-1 Big Northern Conference East): After going unbeaten in their first four matches, the Skyhawks lost for the first time Tuesday. Johnsburg’s 3-0 loss to Burlington Central provided a look at the top two teams in the BNC East, as the Rockets have yet to lose in the early going.

NOTEWORTHY Jakubowski the roaming Red Raider: Without a true striker, Huntley has been deploying its most creative force, Jakubowski, further up the field than she played last year.

Even when she’s listed as a forward, Jakubowski has been more of a false nine, given license to roam wherever she wants, from the forward line back into the midfield, in order to create offense for the Red Raiders.

After her four-goal, one-assist performance against Belvidere, Huntley coach Kris Grabner said, “She’s so smart out there. We talked about what I want to see her really thinking about on the field, and I think she already does it, but giving her the freedom to make a lot of decisions out there because she’s so smart with the game. So she has the ability to go wherever she needs to when she sees

a matchup that favors her, let’s go take advantage of it.”

PepsiCo Showdown: Prairie Ridge, Crystal Lake South, Dundee-Crown, Jacobs and Huntley are scheduled to participate in the 80-plus team PepsiCo Showdown tournament, which begins Saturday at Olympic Park in Schaumburg. The tournament continues with games on school campuses Tuesday and April 14 and then back at Olympic Park on April 24. Complete brackets and information can be found at pepsicoshowdown.com/girls.

Dundee-Crown keeper returns: DundeeCrown goalkeeper Taylor Gonio missed more than two weeks after the season opener because of injury but returned with 10 saves in the team’s 5-0 loss to Sycamore on Thursday.

She made one save Tuesday in a 5-0 win over Woodstock North.

THIS WEEK’S TOP MATCHES Jacobs at Woodstock, 4:30 p.m. Thursday This FVC crossover matchup showcases two teams off to impressive starts. The Blue Streaks have scored 17 goals and conceded none in their past two games, while Jacobs just got its first shutout in a 3-0 win.

Richmond-Burton at Johnsburg, 4:30 p.m. Monday The two BNC East rivals meet in a rematch of last year’s Class 1A regional final. The Rockets won that postseason meeting, 2-1, in a thrilling game, but Johnsburg dominated the regular-season meetings last season.

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Story makes history with another HR

By BOB BAUM

The Associated Press PHOENIX – Look out Denver! Here comes Trevor Story.

The 23-year-old rookie made baseball history by becoming the first player to hit a home run in each of his first three big-league games, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-3, Wednesday.

“It’s just kind of surreal right now,” he said. “It’s hard to explain. I can’t really put words to it.”

Story also is the first player in baseball history to hit a home run for each of his first four hits, according to information provided to the Rockies by the Elias Sports Bureau.

“It was fun to watch him,” Rockies manager Walt Weiss said, “a young kid who has dreamt of this his whole life and shows up and is probably better than his dream was – that first game, that first series. ... It is quite a story – pun intended.”

Next up for the slugging shortstop, Friday night’s home opener against San Diego.

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Olalere Oladipo knows he’ll have to choose sooner rather than later.

So, as the college football offers pile up, the Huntley junior is making his best effort to quickly visit the schools that have made him offers.

On Saturday, the 6-foot-4 235-pounder is headed to Purdue with three of his teammates. The next weekend, he’ll be visiting Indiana and Illinois.

And, soon enough, he hopes to visit with the team that most recently offered him Monday: Penn State.

Most of his trips are car rides, but places such as Penn State, Buffalo and Syracuse might involve needing to fly.

“It was really good to get that offer (from Penn State),” Oladipo said. “It was a school I’ve been interested in. [Setting up an unofficial visit is] im- Olalere Oladipo portant now.

“My weekends now are always traveling.”

Oladipo has 16 Division I offers, from Illinois, Illinois State, Central Michigan, Miami (Ohio), Western Michigan, Wyoming, Toledo, Indiana, Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, Buffalo, New Mexico, Minnesota, Syracuse, Purdue and Penn State.

He said Penn State took its time evaluating him, watching full game tapes and having tons of conversations, before handing out the offer.

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Goebbert goes to Rays, optioned to Triple-A team

By MIKE DeFABO

mdefabo@shawmedia.com Hampshire graduate Jake Goebbert is on the move again.

On Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Rays claimed the 28-year-old first baseman/ outfielder off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was placed on the 40man roster and optioned to the Triple-A Durham Bulls.

“I was really excited to be part of the Pittsburgh organization, but I truly feel God has a plan for us,” Goebbert said.

“When we start making plans, he kind of laughs at us. I can’t wait for the opportunity.”

The move marks Goebbert’s fifth organization since he was drafted in 2009 and his third in the past year.

After playing in 2015 with the Padres organization, Goebbert signed a one-year contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates in November. He spent spring training with the Pirates in Bradenton, Florida, where he hit .167 with four RBIs in 17 games. On March 29, he was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis, setting the stage for the move.

“It’s been a fun ride for sure,” Goebbert said. “We definitely have been around the country. We’ve seen a lot of things. My wife, Heather, and I have had the opportunity to see and meet people we wouldn’t have without this opportunity.”

Goebbert, a 13th-round pick by Houston in the 2009 draft, debuted in the major leagues with the Padres on June 20, 2014. During two big-league stints with the Padres in 2014, he hit .218 in 101 atbats with three triples, a double and a home run in 51 games.

The 6-foot, 210-pound Northwestern product played the 2015 season in El Paso for the San Diego Padre’s Triple-A team. He hit .294 with an .844 OPS, 10 home runs and 62 RBIs. “I just want to get another opportunity at the big leagues,” Goebbert said.

“Last year was a little bit of a frustrating year for me after coming off the 2014 that I had. Just to have the opportunity to be part of a big-league roster and being on the 40-man allows me a little bit more peace of mind to play loose and relaxed and have fun.”

Goebbert will move Thursday to North Carolina and likely will be active this weekend, when the Bulls host Charlotte.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jake Goebbert of Hampshire connects with a pitch from the Boston Red Sox’s Joe Kelly during a spring training game March 14 in Fort Myers, Fla. Goebbert was claimed off waivers Wednesday by the Tampa Bay Rays.

Feeling a bit like ‘Crash’ Davis When Hampshire High School graduate Jake Goebbert was claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday and optioned to the Triple-A Durham Bulls, there was one obvious question to ask.

Have you seen “Bull Durham”?

“Of course,” Goebbert said. “It’s one of the all-time greats.”

For those unfamiliar with the 1988 film, Kevin Costner stars as “Crash” Davis, a 12-year minor league veteran who spent 21 days in the major leagues – “the 21 greatest days of my life.”

The movie has become a classic, a relatable tale that is as much about minor league baseball as it is about the struggles we all face to achieve success and pursue our passions.

But for Goebbert, the movie resonates in a different way.

“Sometimes, I feel like [Davis],” Goebbert admitted. “Just a traveling man.”

As he enters his ninth season of minor league baseball, Goebbert has bounced around with five different organizations, enduring the bus rides, the trades and the uncertainty that comes with chasing the dream.

The 28-year-old has shown consistent growth throughout his career and earned promotions through the ranks.

Yet, like Davis, Goebbert’s time in the majors has been fleeting.

He was called up to the San Diego Padres’ big league club for 51 games in 2014. He got an RBI-single in his

VIEWS Mike DeFabo first at-bat and a base hit at Wrigley Field in front of hundreds of fans who made the trip from Hampshire.

But after the stint in the majors, Goebbert spent the 2015 season in Triple-A, where he batted .294 with 10 home runs.

Had he put up those numbers at the major league level, he’d be a star.

Instead, he remains on the cusp of his major league dream.

“It’s an emotional roller coaster,” Goebbert said. “There are a lot of good players that I played with that never got the opportunity to play in the big leagues.

“It can be mentally testing, a little bit. It can be physically frustrating. But that’s all part of the joys of baseball. I wouldn’t be in this position if I didn’t enjoy the game and love playing.”

On Monday, while America celebrated Opening Day, Goebbert was back where his dream started, on the baseball field at Hampshire High School. He had just been designated for assignment by the Pittsburgh Pirates, his future again uncertain, while around the majors ceremonial first pitches were thrown.

That day, Goebbert took batting practice with the Whip-Purs, spraying

the ball around the field and imparting wisdom to players more than a decade younger than him.

“He and I were talking, and he said that he wasn’t the best athlete,” senior Michael Kruse said. “He wasn’t the most talented athlete. But how he got to where he is today is through his hard work.”

When students at Hampshire walk into the school, Goebbert’s framed Padres jersey stares back at them. When Goebbert was picked up by Tampa Bay, Hampshire coach John Sarna tweeted they all have a new favorite MLB team.

They surely are rooting for his career to end up more like “Nuke” LaLoosh’s from “Bull Durham” than Davis’.

But no matter how Goebbert’s story ends, and no matter what his final stat line reads, his journey should serve as a lesson on perseverance. In a sport where failure is such a central piece of the game, Goebbert has succeeded with his will to continue to compete.

“The baseball team definitely looks up to him,” Kruse said. “He’s probably the best athlete to come out of Hampshire High School and the most known just because of how hard he’s worked and where he is now. I know a lot of people look up to him as a role model.”

• Northwest Herald sports reporter Mike DeFabo can be reached at mdefabo@nwherald.com or on Twitter @ MikeDeFabo.

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Three Crystal Lake South senior baseball players announced they will play college baseball.

Nick Van Witzenburg (Knox College), Jason DeCicco (Monmouth College) and Ethan Weinandy (Central College, Iowa) all recently made their choices.

“I am very proud of these young men and all the hard work they have put in to continually improve their game each season,” Crystal Lake South coach Brian Bogda wrote in an email regarding the players. “I know they will continue to excel at the next level, and I look forward to continuing to work with them throughout the rest of the spring season.”

Van Witzenburg is a three-year varsity catcher and outfielder who participated in the Chicagoland Classic this past summer. He hit .330 with two home runs and nine RBIs while hitting leadoff last spring.

DeCicco is a left-handed pitcher and first baseman who saw most of his varsity time on the mound last year and continues to pitch out of the bullpen this year while playing first base, as well.

Weinandy is a right-handed pitcher and outfielder who also wrestles and is thinking about competing in both sports at the next level. Weinandy is a versatile player who may play catcher at Central. He picked up a big save recently against Mount Vernon.

FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE

Admission fee to rise in ’16-17 NORTHWEST HERALD

Starting next fall, the Fox Valley Conference will have a new look, and a new price.

The FVC is moving to one division with nine schools – Crystal Lake South, Crystal Lake Central, Prairie Ridge, Cary-Grove, Jacobs, DundeeCrown, Hampshire, Huntley and McHenry – as several schools leave to form the new Kishwaukee River Conference.

And with the new structure, the league will be introducing a new admission fee structure, per a post on Hampshire’s athletics website.

For sports events that charge admission, the cost will be $5 for adults, up from $4 currently.

The other fees will remain $3 for students between seventh and 12th grade and $2 for students from kindergarten to sixth grade or senior citizens. Freshman volleyball and basketball games will charge the same prices. Previously, those events were free.

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Cubs: Fast start matters

By GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com

PHOENIX – The Cubs’ obsession with the moment, this fixation on present tense – in many ways it can be boiled down to one word.

April.

If the Cubs learned anything from their surprising surge to October last year, it is that the baseball sages are wrong when Ben Zobrist they say pennants can’t be won in April but can be lost in April.

“This first week of the season is important, just as important as the last week of the season,” said 34-yearold newcomer Ben Zobrist, fresh off a championship with the Royals and the closest thing in the Cubs’ clubhouse to a sage these days. “When it’s crunch time, everybody knows it’s important at the end of the season.

But right now it’s just as important.

We’ve got to remember that.”

They certainly seemed to do that during the opening series in Anaheim, where they outscored the Angels, 15-1, in a two-game sweep before heading to Arizona for Thursday’s opener of a four-game series against MVP candidate Paul Gold-

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“I think it’s just a testament of everything coming together,” said first baseman Anthony Rizzo, one of three Cubs to homer in Tuesday night’s 6-1 victory. “Our confidence level’s high, obviously. This is what we can do, and we know what we can do. Now it’s just about doing it every day.”

Specifically now. In April.

Last year, when little was expected of a team coming off five consecutive fifth-place finishes, the Cubs were 15-15 roughly a month into the season.

Which was considered good. It certainly seemed like progress – and reason for optimism in longer-term growth.

But then they went 82-50 the rest of the way, earned the league’s final postseason berth, fought through a wild-card playoff game and a division series they were forced to open on the road, before their season was extinguished by the Mets in a four-game, NLCS sweep.

“Last year we learned how to

win,” Rizzo said.

They also learned how a few games in the first month of a season can impact opportunities in October.

Their 97 wins were good for third in the National League Central, three games behind the division-winning Cardinals. Three or four more victories early, and they avoid the wild card and secure home-field advantage through the NL playoffs.

In fact, two games would have made the difference if the reversals came against the Cardinals (who beat the Cubs in four of six games that first month).

“That’s obviously something that we’re going to try to be effective at, just to not have to climb out of a hole or come back from five or six games back,” said ace Jake Arrieta, who toyed with the Angels for seven innings in Monday’s 9-0 victory in the season opener.

“We know, especially after the experiences we had last year with the teams in our division,” he said, “that it’s going to be even more important for us to try and jump ahead of the pack quickly.”

The Cubs also have an advantage this season in spending the first week in temperate climes instead of going from Arizona spring training straight into the body shock of the frigid confines.

WHITE SOX

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN

dvanschouwen@suntimes.com

OAKLAND, Calif. – Sonny Gray pitched seven strong innings, Mark Canha homered, and the Oakland Athletics beat the White Sox, 2-1, Wednesday night.

Sox starter Carlos Rodon gave up two runs on seven hits over seven innings. He walked one and struck out six.

Jed Lowrie also had an RBI for the A’s and Jimmy Rollins drove in a run for the Sox. The Sox’s Adam Eaton singled twice and walked, reaching base safely in 25 consecutive games dating to Sept. 9.

Gray, scratched from the Opening Day start because of a stomach flu, gave up a run on three hits, walking four and striking out five.

John Axford pitched a scoreless eighth, and Ryan Madsen got the final three outs for his first save. Madsen’s past four saves have come against the Sox.

– The Associated Press

BOX SCORE ATHLETICS 2, WHITE SOX 1 Chicago Eaton rf Rollins ss Abreu 1b Saladin pr-1b Frazier 3b MeCarr lf Shuck pr AvGarc dh Lawrie 2b Avila c AJcksn cf Totals Chicago Oakland

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Umpires–Home, Dan Bellino; First, Gabe Morales; Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Phil Cuzzi.

T–2:54. A–16,468 (35,067).

“There are times you can look for a home run, but they aren’t easy,” said Rollins, who has 230 homers among his 2,424 career hits.

“I knew if I got a ball to hit, I was going to be able to hit it hard. You could hit a line drive over the shortstop’s head and gets in the gap for a double.

Or just a single. But that one was a pitch out over the plate and down and I got just enough of it.”

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN

dvanschouwen@suntimes.com

OAKLAND, Calif. – Brett Lawrie has been bouncing around the White Sox’s dugout like it’s the postseason, but you’ll have to excuse him if you think it’s a little much.

“These games have been tight games.

Duty calls,” Lawrie said Wednesday.

Jimmy Rollins’ homer in the ninth inning Tuesday ignited the dugout, as you Brett Lawrie might expect after the bullpen gave up a two-run lead in the eighth. Lawrie would be wound tight washing his car, so his display of exuberance in that moment shouldn’t come as a surprise. He said it’s no act.

“I’m just excited right now, and that’s how I am,” Lawrie said. “I just try to be me and only be me. That’s going to be perceived the way it is, and hopefully it’s in a good way.”

However it’s perceived, it’s not going to end if the Sox keep winning close games. Their first two wins were by one run.

“The baseball will allow that to happen,” Lawrie said. “You get in tight games and games that mean a lot, we’re in the beginning of the year here and everybody wants to get out of the gate.

There’s going to be a lot of energy.”

Whenever Lawrie is around, that is for sure.

Day game of rest for Rollins: Manager Robin Ventura went with the same lineup Wednesday that won the first two games, but he said Tyler Saladino will play shortstop in the series finale, an afternoon game Thursday, to give Jimmy Rollins a day off.

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“It’s not a set program for him, but we’ll be able to tell how he’s doing and having discussion with him on how he’s doing physically,” Ventura said of Rollins, 37. “There will be some days where I [give him the day off] and there will be some days he probably does it.”

Avi in the outfield: Ventura said Avisail Garcia, who played most of 2015 in right field but was the designated hitter in the first three games of 2016, will play right field Thursday. The Sox have fielded a stronger defense with Austin Jackson in center and Adam Eaton moving to right. “[Garcia] needs to work on it,” Ventura said. “That’s no secret. But he has the ability to do it.”

Ventura said Garcia covers more ground than meets the eye because of his long strides, but “he’s got some work to do” and should be motivated to do so because “we have guys who can play it.”

Man in the middle: Jackson plays a bit shallower in center than Eaton does, which is where Ventura wants to see it played.

“He can cover some ground,” Ventura said.

“He’s been able to come in and get to some shallow line drives. Really, if somebody is going to hit it over his head, then it was probably a bad pitch.”

Coming home: The home opener Friday (3:05 p.m.) against the Cleveland Indians is a sellout.

• Probables for the weekend series: Friday, Cody Anderson vs. John Danks; Saturday, Josh Tomlin vs. Chris Sale; Sunday, Corey Kluber vs. Jose Quintana.

• The Sox get right back on the road for the Minnesota Twins’ home opener Monday on a trip that continues at the Tampa Bay Rays.

• Thursday, April 7, 2016

OAKLAND, Ariz. – It took Jimmy Rollins all of two games to make a huge impact on the White Sox, but the 37-year-old’s presence has been felt ever since he was signed to a minor league contract a couple of days into spring training.

A former National League MVP who starred for the Philadelphia Phillies for 15 seasons before playing with the Dodgers last season, Rollins did good things for the Sox just by being within earshot of shortstop Tim Anderson, the Sox’s top prospect not named Carson Fulmer. He gave tips to Tyler Saladino, who will play enough at shortstop to keep Rollins fresh at his advanced age – that’s the plan, anyway – and Saladino listened.

And although he may no longer have his 20s-something range, Rollins’ heady presence gives the Sox a needed leader in the middle of the infield.

“He’s a true pro,” said third base coach Joe McEwing, who as a New York Met played against Rollins in the early 2000s. “He brings true professionalism to this clubhouse as a mentor.

He has so much knowledge, it would be foolish not to tap into that. I love being around him, talking to him, he has so much to give. What he brings is special.”

If you’re getting the idea that McEwing is a big fan, you’re on the right track.

“I appreciated competing against him so much,” said McEwing, an old NL East rival of Rollins, “and as someone who grew up in Philly, I thanked him for the championships he brought.’’

There was no doubt Rollins would bring intangibles to the Sox, but there was – and the jury still may be out less than a week into the season – on what he can give on the field after he hit .224/.285/.358 with 13 homers over 563 plate appearances with the Dodgers in 2015. But so far, so good. After having an excellent spring, complete with four home runs, the 5-foot-7 Oakland-area native hit a game-winning homer Tuesday night against Oakland A’s closer Sean Doolittle, a solo shot with two outs in the ninth inning.

Batting right-handed, Rollins, who had hit into a double play in a run-scoring position in the previous at-bat, got a pitch over the plate he could drive.

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WHITE SOX NOTES

Where are all my guides?

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Jason Day runs with his son Dash during the par-3 competition Wednesday at the Masters in Augusta, Ga.

THE MASTERS

Odds against favorite Day

By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Jason Day was lurking just outside Augusta National Golf Club, wondering if he wanted to go in.

The game just wasn’t fun anymore.

Even though he was set to play in his first Masters in 2011, Day thought it might be time to do something else.

“Golf is a very, very frustrating game,” Day recalled.

Whether he was really serious about quitting, no one will ever really know. Certainly, it’s not a consideration these days.

As the 28-year-old Aussie prepares to tee off in the Masters for the sixth time Thursday, he’s ranked No. 1 in the world and coming off his first major championship, one of the favorites along with defending champion Jordan Spieth and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy.

“I feel comfortable around this course,” Day said. “I know it sets up well for me. It’s a golf course where I can compete and play well and win.”

Working against Day? The last top-ranked player to win at Augusta was Tiger Woods in 2002.

Indeed, this might be the most wide-open Masters since the pre-Tiger days.

Spieth captured the first two majors of 2015 and nearly won the other two. McIlroy is missing only the Masters from a career Grand Slam. Day and 2013 Masters champion Adam Scott are both two-time winners on the PGA Tour this year. Two other Masters champs, Bubba Watson and Charl Schwartzel, also have victories in 2016. So does rising Japanese star Hideki Matsuyama, and let’s not forget Phil Mickelson, a three-time Masters winner and hardly ready to fade away at age 45.

“There’s a lot of guys who have a lot of success here that really brought some strong finishes and motivation and some momentum into this week,” said Spieth, who tied for second in his Masters debut in 2014 before cruising to victory with an 18-under score a year ago. “I know that the people who are down maybe a few – three, four, five shots after the first couple of rounds – are capable of making up a lot of ground here.”

Coming off one of the greatest years in golf history, Spieth isn’t even rated the favorite.

That would be Day.

This year, when I started compiling my annual list of northern Illinois fishing guides, I felt a sense of sadness creep over me. My list seems to be getting shorter and shorter with every passing year.

Some guides have passed away, some have moved away from our area and some simply seem to have given up the vocation for whatever reason.

My guides are disappearing, and it seems as if there is no one coming in to take their places.

I know being a fishing guide is really hard work and not the most profitable profession in the world, but is it a job that is disappearing from the outdoors landscape? I hope not.

Many people think a guide’s life is a dream.

I hear people say, “Look at that lucky guy!

He gets paid to go fishing every day!” I think people who think that are not getting the entire picture.

I once talked to an Illinois Department of Natural Resources conservation cop who, in my opinion, was harassing a particular northern Illinois fishing guide. I questioned his motives, and he told me, “Come on! This guy gets 250 bucks a day to fish or hunt ducks and geese.

That’s over 15 hundred bucks a week. That’s over $75,000 dollars a year! I bet he doesn’t even declare most of it on his taxes.”

This was an obvious case of jealousy. The jealousy was misplaced, however.

First of all, I am certain the guide had the right to be jealous. He was probably jealous of the DNR guy’s ample pension and insurance benefits. I bet the guide would have loved to be getting the DNR guy’s paid vacation days, paid sick days and paid holidays. I know I would be.

Outdoor guides have no benefits package whatsoever. They have to pay their own taxes and don’t have an employer who contributes to their social security fund or even to a workman’s compensation fund. A guide gets hurt on the job and it is merely tough luck for him. $75,000 a year would mean that a guide would have to be working every single week of the year on a six- or seven-day-a-week basis. Sure, some guides work six or seven days a week, but that doesn’t happen every week.

Consider how many times a guide loses a day of work because of weather. If it storms, a guide is out a day of income, to be sure. Too windy?

No money! There are many reasons that cause a day’s booking to get canceled, including clients who are simply too rude to not show up.

Now take a look at the time between seasons.

Even if a guide is fortunate enough to do waterfowl guiding, and few do that, there is definitely a lag time between duck and goose season and the fishing seasons. A guide probably loses a month in the fall and two months in the spring.

That $75,000 number probably looks more like $40,000 when you look seriously. And that number is for a guy who can guide for fishing as well as hunting and maybe do a little ice fishing, to boot.

Now, please subtract, if you will, the cost of doing business. Licenses, boat, bait, gas and equipment all come off the bottom line. Guiding is an expensive proposition to get into. There is no way to skirt the costs.

Sure, some guides make more than three-hundred bucks a day, but the number of them is very small. There are far more who

OUTDOORS Steve Sarley struggle with rates closer to two-hundred a day. There are no guides out there who are getting rich by anybody’s standards.

Oh yes. One thing I forgot about: tips.

Guides are supposed to get tips, are they not? Well, I can’t believe the stories I hear about miserly clients who get taken out for a day of tremendous fishing who develop a case of “alligator arms” when it comes time to show their financial appreciation to their guides.

I guess all things considered, I can see why the roster of working guides in northern Illinois is shrinking. I just hope this trend turns around.

We need guides because they surely help to bring people into our sports.

FISHING REPORT Northern Illinois: Dave Kranz from Dave’s

Bait, Tackle and Taxidermy in Crystal Lake reports, “Cool nights have keep the water from warming to get the fish in a more active mode.

We have heard of some good late afternoon bites for panfish and bass. The put-and-take trout are hitting Berkley power bait and small spinners.”

Call 815-455-2040 for an updated report.

Fox Chain: Chris Taurisano of T-Bone Guide Service (tboneguideservice.com – 630-330-9090) sends word, “Fishing has been up and down with the weather so far this spring. Right now the panfish are the best bet for action. With warmer temps the fish will be in channels and shallows. Small plastics or crappie minnows are very good. If temps are cooler, the fish tend to stage up in deeper water and can be caught on jigs and blade baits. Walleyes are near current and gravel bottoms.

As of Tuesday, the Upper Fox River and the Fox Chain were deemed to be open for boating by the Fox Waterway Agency, with the Lower Fox River deemed to be a “no wake” area. Get up-to-the-minute water conditions on the Fox Chain and Fox River at foxwaterway.state.il.us/ or call 847-587-8540.

NOTES Wisconsin’s panfish plan: The Wisconsin DNR

has made an effort to improve panfish size on 93 lakes with the potential for bigger fish by installing new regulations that took effect April 1.

There is no change to bag limits on most general inland waters, which will still have the statewide bag limit that provides for a harvest of 25 fish a day for species including bluegill, pumpkinseed, sunfish, crappie and yellow perch.

Here’s an interesting fact to consider. With panfish, fewer, larger fish can produce significantly more fillet meat than many smaller fish.

In fact, just four 8 inch bluegills produce more fillet meat than 25 bluegills measuring 5 to 6 inches For a complete list of lakes that will be governed by the experimental regulations, check out dnr.wi.gov and click on “panfish plan.”

• Steve Sarley writes about the outdoors for Shaw Media. Write to him at sarfishing@yahoo. com.

BLACKHAWKS

Hawks have shot at 2nd place, home ice to start playoffs

By MARK POTASH

mpotash@suntimes.com

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Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews (left) is checked by Arizona Coyotes defenseman Klas Dahlbeck on Tuesday at the United Center.

I think every one in this (locker) room probably thinks the same way.”

With five victories in their past six games, the Hawks seem ready to move onto the playoffs and deal with whatever scenario ensues – regardless of who they

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tent offensive team with shaky goaltending and defense, might not be built for the postseason – where offense is often muted by tight checking and defense and goaltending are at a premium.

• As well as the Hawks have played recently, they need to beat a top-tier team. The Hawks haven’t beaten a current playoff team since beating the Red Wings, 4-1, March 6. They have beaten a team playing as well as the Blues since beating the Capitals, 3-2, Feb. 28. Goalie Scott Darling is 6-3-1 in place of injured starter Corey Crawford, but he hasn’t beaten a playoff team since a 3-1 victory over the Penguins on Jan. 6.

The Hawks are most concerned with maintaining their late-season roll.

They’ve scored 17 goals in their past three games, with their top six forwards combining for 14 goals and 14 assists.

They’re 6 for 12 on the power play in the past three games and 17 for 17 on the penalty kill in the past six. “[We want to] keep playing the same way we are right now, and we’ll remind ourselves that these points matter,” Toews said. “So we use it as another game to prepare ourselves for the playoffs. We’ll get up for it, because we know they will be.”

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• Thursday, April 7, 2016

Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews is in playoff mode already. Even when discussing his personal disappointment in a subpar season – he is on a pace for career lows in assists per game and points per game – he sounded ready to move on to the postseason.

“It was at times frustrating,” Toews said of his 2015-16 regular season, which still has two games to go. “It is what it is.

I’ve obviously got to assess my game and look at ways I can improve and produce more consistently over 82 games.

“The best news is I have a great chance at playing my best hockey of the year. That’s always my focus – trying to trend upwards as the playoffs come around. That’s what I’m looking forward to. I’m excited for that opportunity, and

play and whether they have home-ice advantage. Still, their showdown with the St. Louis Blues on Thursday night at the United Center has a bit of intrigue on several levels: • The Hawks (47-26-7, 101 points) still can beat out the Blues (48-23-9, 105 points) for second place in the Central Division and home ice for a first-round playoff matchup by beating the Blues in regulation, then beating the Blue Jackets on Saturday in Columbus while the Blues lose in regulation at home to the Capitals, who will have nothing to play for.

• Even if the Hawks finish third in the Central Division, they can leave a calling card for the playoffs with a convincing victory that reminds the Blues – who have lost in the first round of the playoffs the past three seasons, despite having home-ice advantage – the Hawks still are the Hawks and the Blues are still the Blues.

• If the Hawks lose to the Blues on Thursday night, it could help bump the Blues into first place in the Central and push the Dallas Stars (43-28-9, 105 points) into second place and a first-round matchup with the Hawks that arguably could be more favorable. The Stars, a po-

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Butler, Rose will work out together

Offseason plan won’t help this season

By JOE COWLEY

jcowley@suntimes.com MIAMI – What Jimmy Butler wants, Jimmy Butler gets.

That was again on display Wednesday afternoon, after Butler and Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg revealed Butler and Derrick Rose have plans to spend some time working out together this offseason.

There is a much bigger story underneath the surface.

It was in January that Butler raised some eyebrows in a Sun-Times story, stating that like he did in taking Doug McDermott under his wing last summer, putting the forward through his excruciating workout program, he was willing to do the same with Rose.

That came across as a slap to Rose’s work ethic, and maybe it was.

The Sun-Times also reported early in the season that Butler, as well as several other teammates, did not respect the work ethic of Rose, especially after last year’s fiasco of the point guard given permission by management to sit out of many of Tom Thibodeau’s practice drills while the rest of them went through them.

A source pointed out that Butler still considered Rose a friend and had no issues with him on that front, but just wanted more from his teammate.

Rose and Butler have downplayed any sort of rift between the two all season, but in talking about the two having plans to work out together this offseason, Butler showed his cards a bit more.

“That’s more time that we can just spend together,” Butler said. “I mean, we know each other’s games pretty well from being around each other on the court, but I think in the offseason it will really let me know where he really wants the ball, what he’s really, really good at and the same way him with me.

“I think that when you’re seeing each other work out and train you gain a lot of respect for the individual because you see them putting in their time, you know what I mean? I’m not saying that I don’t respect him, but if he sees how much I’m in the gym every single day and I see how much he’s in the gym every single day you know that you rhyme with that individual and I think that’s a very important thing.

“I think it’s going to be great for both

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Jimmy Butler plays against the Grizzlies in the first half Tuesday in Memphis, Tenn. He scored five points in the Bulls’ 108-92 loss. of us.”

Maybe it will be.

However, that still might not be enough to save this season.

The loss Tuesday in Memphis was soul crushing in many ways, as the Bulls’ playoff hopes continued to fade.

What stood out most in that defeat, however, was Butler coming off huge backto-back games with Rose sidelined, and then with Rose’s return against Memphis, completely disappearing.

Just a 2-for-8 performance for five points and looking completely uninterested.

Butler continued to say it had nothing to do with having to play alongside Rose again.

“We’re not winning right now the way that everybody expected us to, so there’s a problem with me and him, just like it was at the end of last year,” Butler said. “There’s no problem. I didn’t play well.

“It has nothing to do with him, it has nothing to do with them, it has nothing to with my coaches, it has everything to do with me. So it’s not if we can co-exist, it’s Jimmy Butler has to play better, Jimmy Butler has to do whatever it takes to help his team win. … I’m not being selfish, but it’s the truth.”

Note: The Bulls announced Horace Grant was named special adviser to president and COO Michael Reinsdorf.

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Phoenix at Houston, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

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Detroit at Boston, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Washington, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Florida at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

PREPS SCHEDULE Thursday Baseball: Richmond-Burton at Johnsburg, Barrington at Cary-Grove, Harvard at Genoa-Kingston, Marengo at Burlington Central, Woodstock at Belvidere North, IMSA at Alden-Hebron, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: Marengo at Richmond-Burton, Cary-Grove at Palatine, Crystal Lake Central at Belvidere North, Huntley at Fremd, Jacobs at Marian Central, Johnsburg at North Boone, 4:30 p.m.; IMSA at Alden-Hebron, 4:45 p.m.

Girls Soccer: Marengo at Richmond-Burton, McHenry at Prairie Ridge, Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake Cen-

tral, Crystal Lake South at Woodstock North, Huntley at Hampshire, Jacobs at Woodstock, Johnsburg at Rockford Christian, 4:30 p.m.; Dundee-Crown at Grayslake North, 6:30 p.m.

Boys Track and Field: Hampshire at Huntley Invite, 4:30 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: McHenry at Lake Forest, 5 p.m.; Crystal Lake South at Prairie Ridge, 6 p.m.; Crystal Lake Central at Vernon Hills, 7 p.m.

Boys Tennis: Cary-Grove at McHenry, Woodstock North at Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South at Jacobs, Hampshire at Dundee-Crown, Grayslake North at Johnsburg, 4 p.m.; Huntley at Prairie Ridge, St. Edward at Marengo, Woodstock at Grayslake Central, 4:30 p.m.

GOLF PGA MASTERS TEE TIMES At Augusta National Golf Club Augusta, Ga. a-amateur Thursday-Friday 7:20 a.m.-10:16 a.m. — Jim Herman, Steven Bowditch 7:31 a.m.-10:27 a.m. — Trevor Immelman, Robert Streb, a-Derek Bard 7:42 a.m.-10:38 a.m. — Larry Mize, Victor Dubuisson, Kevin Streelman 7:53 a.m.-10:49 a.m. — Sandy Lyle, Bernd Wiesberger, Vaughn Taylor 8:04 a.m.-11 a.m. — Webb Simpson, Chris Wood, Thongchai Jaidee 8:15 a.m.-11:22 a.m. — Tom Watson, Charley Hoffman, Lee Westwood 8:26 a.m.-11:33 a.m. — Zach Johnson, Rickie Fowler, a-Cheng Jin 8:37 a.m.-11:44 a.m. — Louis Oosthuizen, Jason Dufner, Patrick Reed 8:48 a.m.-11:55 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, Paul Casey, a-Bryson DeChambeau 8:59 a.m.-12:06 p.m. — Justin Thomas, Emiliano Grillo, Dustin Johnson 9:21 a.m.-12:17 p.m. — Vijay Singh, Hideki Matsuyama, Chris Kirk 9:32 a.m.-12:28 p.m. — Harris English, Andy Sullivan, Kevin Na 9:43 a.m.-12:39 p.m. — Phil Mickelson, Marc Leishman, Henrik Stenson

9:54 a.m.-12:50 p.m. — Justin Rose, Jamie Donaldson, Daniel Berger 10:05 a.m.-1:01 p.m. — Adam Scott, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka 10:16 a.m.-7:20 a.m. — Mike Weir, Cameron Smith, a-Sammy Schmitz 10:27 a.m.-7:31 a.m. — Ian Woosnam, Troy Merritt, Byeong-Hun An 10:38 a.m.-7:42 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Billy Horschel, Matthew Fitzpatrick 10:49 a.m.-7:53 a.m. — Mark O’Meara, David Lingmerth, a-Paul Chaplet 11 a.m.-8:04 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, Brandt Snedeker, Kiradech Aphinbarnrat 11:22 a.m.-8:15 a.m. — Charl Schwarzel, Davis Love III, Rafael Cabrera-Bello 11:33 a.m.-8:26 a.m. — Danny Lee, Russell Knox, Smylie Kaufman 11:44 a.m.-8:37 a.m. — Bubba Watson, Branden Grace, Ian Poulter 11:55 a.m.-8:48 a.m. — Bernhard Langer, Hunter Mahan, a-Romain Langasque 12:06 p.m.-8:59 a.m. — Jason Day, Matt Kuchar, Ernie Els 12:17 p.m.-9:21 a.m. — Graeme McDowell, Fabian Gomez, Scott Piercy 12:28 p.m.-9:32 a.m. — Jimmy Walker, Soren Kjeldsen, Anirban Lahiri 12:39 p.m.-9:43 a.m. — Danny Willett, Sergio Garcia, Ryan Moore 12:50 p.m.-9:54 a.m. — Angel Cabrera, Shane Lowry, J.B. Holmes 1:01 p.m.-10:05 a.m. — Martin Kaymer, Bill Haas, Rory McIlroy

Central Division W L Pct 3 0 1.000 2 0 1.000 2 0 1.000 1 2 .333 0 3 .000 East Division W L Pct Washington 2 0 1.000 New York 1 1 .500 Atlanta 0 2 .000 Miami 0 2 .000 Philadelphia 0 2 .000 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 3 0 1.000 Colorado 2 1 .667 San Francisco 2 1 .667 Arizona 1 2 .333 San Diego 0 3 .000

Pittsburgh Cubs Cincinnati Milwaukee St. Louis

GB — ½ ½ 2 3 GB — 1 2 2 2 GB — 1 1 2 3

Wednesday’s Results Milwaukee 4, San Francisco 3 Colorado 4, Arizona 3 Detroit 7, Miami 3 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 1 Cincinnati 3, Philadelphia 2 Washington 3, Atlanta 1 L.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 0 Thursday’s Games Cubs (Lackey 0-0) at Arizona (R.De La Rosa 0-0), 8:40 p.m.

Philadelphia (Morton 0-0) at Cincinnati (Stephenson 0-0), 11:35 a.m.

Miami (Conley 0-0) at Washington (Roark 0-0), 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (A.Wood 0-0) at San Francisco (Peavy 0-0), 3:35 p.m.

Friday’s Games Cubs at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

San Diego at Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Atlanta, 6:35 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s Results Cubs 6, L.A. Angels 1 N.Y. Mets 2, Kansas City 0 Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5, 11 innings Detroit 8, Miami 7, 11 innings San Francisco 2, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 11, Colorado 6 L.A. Dodgers 3, San Diego 0

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Central Division W L Pct 2 0 1.000 2 1 .667 1 1 .500 1 1 .500 0 2 .000 East Division W L Pct Baltimore 2 0 1.000 Tampa Bay 2 2 .500 Toronto 2 2 .500 Boston 1 1 .500 New York 1 1 .500 West Division W L Pct Seattle 2 1 .667 Houston 1 1 .500 Oakland 1 2 .333 Texas 1 2 .333 Los Angeles 0 2 .000

Detroit White Sox Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota

GB — ½ 1 1 2 GB — 1 1 1 1 GB — ½ 1 1 1½

Wednesday’s Results Oakland 2, White Sox 1 Tampa Bay 5, Toronto 3 Seattle 9, Texas 5 Detroit 7, Miami 3 Cleveland 7, Boston 6 N.Y. Yankees 16, Houston 6 Baltimore 4, Minnesota 2 Thursday’s Games White Sox (Latos 0-0) at Oakland (Graveman 0-0), 2:35 p.m.

Houston (Fiers 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 0-0), 3:05 p.m.

Boston (Kelly 0-0) at Cleveland (Salazar 0-0), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Hughes 0-0) at Baltimore (Jimenez 0-0), 6:05 p.m.

Texas (Holland 0-0) at L.A. Angels (Santiago 0-0), 9:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Cleveland at White Sox, 3:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Results White Sox 5, Oakland 4 Cubs 6, L.A. Angels 1 Houston 5, N.Y. Yankees 3 Boston 6, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Mets 2, Kansas City 0 Detroit 8, Miami 7, 11 innings Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2 Seattle 10, Texas 2

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

ST. LOUIS 7:30 p.m.

CSN AM-720

at Columbus 6 p.m.

WGN AM-720

at Miami 7 p.m.

WGN AM-1000

CLEVELAND 7:30 p.m.

ABC AM-1000

SUNDAY

MONDAY

at New Orleans 7 p.m.

CSN AM-1000

at Arizona 8:40 p.m.

CSN+ AM-670

at Arizona 8:40 p.m.

WGN AM-670

at Arizona 7:10 p.m.

CSN AM-670

at Arizona 3:10 p.m.

WGN AM-670

CINCINNATI 7:05 p.m.

WGN AM-670

at Oakland 2:35 p.m.

CSN AM-890

CLEVELAND 3:10 p.m.

CSN AM-890

CLEVELAND 1:10 p.m.

WGN AM-890

CLEVELAND 1:10 p.m.

CSN AM-890

at Minnesota 3:10 p.m.

CSN AM-890

WHAT TO WATCH

Pro baseball White Sox at Oakland, 2:30 p.m., CSN Cubs at Arizona, 8:40 p.m., CSN+ Houston at N.Y. Yankees or Miami at Washington, 3 p.m., MLBN Minnesota at Baltimore or Boston at Cleveland, 6 p.m., MLBN Texas at L.A. Angels, 9 p.m., FS1 Pro basketball Bulls at Miami, 7 p.m., TNT San Antonio at Golden State, 9:30 p.m., TNT Pro hockey St. Louis at Hawks, 7:30 p.m., CSN

Detroit at Boston, 6 p.m., NBCSN Golf The Masters, first round, 2 p.m., ESPN Auto racing NASCAR Xfinity Series O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 practice, 4 p.m., FS1 NASCAR Sprint Cup Duck Commander 500 practice, 4:30 p.m., FS1 College hockey Frozen Four, Boston College vs. Quinnipiac, 4 p.m., ESPN2 Frozen Four, Denver vs. North Dakota, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2

SPORTS BRIEFS Former Bulls guard, coach Sloan reveals he has Parkinson’s disease

SALT LAKE CITY – Hall of Famer Jerry Sloan, who spent 10 seasons with the Bulls as a player and four more as a coach, said Wednesday he has Parkinson’s disease and a form of dementia.

The 74-year-old Sloan, who coached the Utah Jazz from 1988 to 2011, told The Salt Lake Tribune in an interview Wednesday that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia last fall.

He told the Tribune that he decided to go public about his illness because the Parkinson’s symptoms have become noticeable.

Symptoms include tremors and a hushed voice. Lewy body dementia is a neurological disorder whose symptoms include difficulty with memory and problem solving.

Sloan was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. He holds the title of senior basketball adviser with the Jazz and regularly attends games.

Sloan played 11 years in the NBA. He was a two-time All-Star with the Bulls and was selected to the first-team all-defensive team four times and to the second team twice.

Sloan coached four years with the Bulls, the first as an assistant, after a knee injury forced him to retire in 1976. The Bulls retired his

jersey in 1978.

Long scores first 2 goals as U.S. women cruise past Colombia

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. – Allie Long scored her first two international goals, and the United States routed Colombia, 7-0, Wednesday night in the Americans’ first exhibition since five players filed a wage-discrimination action against the U.S. Soccer Federation.

Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Hope Solo, Megan Rapinoe and Becky Sauerbrunn filed an action last week with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, accusing the USSF of unlawfully paying them less than members of the U.S. men’s national team.

The union for the women’s national team is in a legal battle with the USSF, claiming it can terminate its labor contract. The USSF claims the deal runs through December.

The U.S. team was not the only one fighting money issues. The Colombian team has not been paid in two months, Philly.com reported last week.

Crystal Dunn, Mallory Pugh, Lloyd, Tobin Heath and Christen Press also scored for the Americans, who are preparing for this summer’s Olympics, where they will try to win their fourth straight gold medal.

– Wire reports

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OUR REVIEWS OF RICHMOND’S NEW THEATREVOLT PLAY & ‘MATILDA’

DESPITE FLAWS, JAKE GYLLENHAAL FILM NOT A WRECK

Beyond ‘Idol’

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FEATURES

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CONCERT GUIDE

A listing of concerts and shows coming to McHenry County in the coming weeks.

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PLANIT 10

There are a lot of events taking place in the county this weekend. We choose the top 10.

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ON THE COVER

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MOVIES

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ON STAGE

“American Idol” doesn’t come up in conversations these days for Crystal Lake native David Radford, a Season 5 finalist.

With his wife, Licia, joining him to form The Gray Havens, he’s more focused on the Friday release of the group’s sophomore album.

Read a review of the new movie “Demolition” and find area showtimes.

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Read our reviews of “Matilda The Musical” at Oriental Theatre in Chicago and “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” produced by the newly created Theatrevolt in Richmond.

DEPARTMENTS Concert guide...............................................4 Go Guide........................................................8 Movies..........................................................12 On the Cover...............................................10 Planit 10.........................................................6 Theater.........................................................14

ON THE COVER Featuring David Radford, a Season 5 finalist on “American Idol,” and his wife, Licia, The Gray Havens are releasing their sophomore album, “Ghost of a King,” Friday.

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Jake Gyllenhaal appears in a scene from “Demolition.”

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AREA CONCERTS & BANDS

McHENRY COUNTY THE SATURDAY GIANT, 7 to 10 p.m. April 7, D.C. Cobb’s, 226 Main St., Woodstock. Live dinner show. The Saturday Giant sculpts layers of guitars, drums, bass lines, beat boxing, keyboards and vocals into towering walls of sound, without the aid of prerecorded samples. Tickets: $30 includes dinner. Information: 815-206-5580 or www.dccobbs.net/ saturday-giant.

LAVA ROCK, 8 p.m. April 9, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. LAVA Rock is an acronym for four rock legends that dominated the an era in rock history – Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Van Halen and AC/DC. The theateronly show features Kerry Devine impersonating Robert Plant, Steven Tyler, David Lee Roth and Brian Johnson in full costume, conjuring the sights, sounds and energy of these four legendary bands in the prime of their careers. Tickets start at $15. Tickets and information: 815-3569212 or www.rauecenter.org.

KEVIN AND THE CREASYS, 9 p.m. April 9, Trio Grille at Glo-Bowl Fun Center, 101 Franks Road, Marengo. Information: www.globowlfuncenter. com.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT, 2 to 3 p.m.

April 10, Woodstock Pubic Library, 414 W. Judd St., Woodstock. The duo Small Potatoes, featuring Rich and Jacquie, offers a “mixed bag” show with a variety of musical styles blended with stories and humor. Free. Information: 815-338-0542 or www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org.

WOODSTOCK FOLK FESTIVAL FIFTH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL PERFORMANCE, 2 p.m. April 10, Unity Spiritual Center of Woodstock, 225 W. Calhoun St., Woodstock. A travel-themed concert titled “Journeys – Music that Moves You & Brings You Back Home” featuring a group of local performers. Admission: $10 suggested donation. Proceeds will benefit the 31st annual Woodstock Folk Festival on July 17. Information: 815-338-2080 or www. woodstockfolkfestival.org.

SESSIONS JAZZ QUARTET, 3 p.m. April 10, Luecht Conference Center at McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Pianist Al Skaronea returns with his sons and friends for an afternoon of jazz and more. A Second Sunday Concert Series event. Information: www.facebook.com/ events/1807358142824207 or www.mchenry. edu.

VOICES IN HARMONY: “A WORLD OF PEACE AND LIGHT,” 4 p.m. April 10, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. A 90-minute concert of inspiring and powerful music, both sacred and secular. The event is Voices in Harmony’s 50th performance at the Raue. McHenry County College students once again will participate in the concert. Tickets: $18 adults, $15 seniors and students, free for children 12 and younger with paying adult. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www. rauecenter.org.

CHARLIE PARR, 9 p.m. April 13, Mackey’s Hideout, 2601 S. River Road, McHenry. Fingerpicking,

foot-stomping blues and folk music. Information: 815-363-7040 or www.mackeyshideout.com.

TRAVIS MORRIS SHOW, 7:30 p.m. April 15, McHenry Moose Lodge, 3535 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg. Elvis tribute artist performance. Tickets: $10 available in advance or at the door. Dinner also available for purchase starting at 5:30 p.m. Tickets and information: 815-385-9770.

DJ/DRUM DUO MARC ESSES AND DJ NEW VINTAG, 10 p.m. April 16, Duke’s Alehouse and Kitchen, 110 N. Main St., Crystal Lake. Information: www.thedukeabides.com.

GEORGIA RAE FAMILY BAND, 7:30 p.m. April 16, Stage Left Café, 125 W. Van Buren St., Woodstock. A fundraising concert to raise money for the band’s travel expenses, which include a trip to Atlanta to audition for “America’s Got Talent,” along with performances in Idaho, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota and throughout Illinois. The band will play in May in Branson, Missouri. Georgia Rae, 17, holds grand champion fiddle titles in Illinois and Minnesota. Donations will be taken at the door. Information: www.offsquaremusic.org or www.georgiaraefamilyband.com.

VIVA VOCE, 7 to 9 p.m. April 23, the Listening Room at Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake. The 18-voice, select ensemble of Voices In Harmony will present its first-ever solo concert.The chorus will honor 400 years of choral music with a variety of a cappella pieces, both sacred and secular. Tickets: $18 adults, $15 seniors and students. Tickets and information: 815-455-8000 or www.lakesideartspark.org.

REGIONAL ARCADA THEATER, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles.

Schedule: 8 p.m. April 8, “Rock the 80’s” featuring The Tubes, The Motels and The Smithereens; 7:30 p.m. April 10, Giada Valenti; 8 p.m. April 15, Tax Day Blues with Robert Cray; 8 p.m. April 16, Randy Bachman; 8 p.m. April 17, John Waite; 8 p.m. April 22, A Night of Prince with The Purple Experience; 10:15 p.m. April 23, Cowboy Mouth; 8 p.m. April 30, The Rod Experience. Ticket prices vary for each event. Tickets and information: 630-962-7000 or www.arcadalive.com.

CSN SONGS, 7 p.m. April 9, Elgin Community College Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.

The seven seasoned musicians of CSN Songs celebrate the music of famed super group Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young in concert. Tickets: $34.

Tickets and information: 847-622-0300 or www. tickets.elgin.edu.

JUDSON CIVIC ORCHESTRA, 2 p.m. April 10, Herrick Chapel at Judson University, 1151 N. State St., Elgin. A community/student orchestra.

Tickets: $10 adults, $8 seniors, free for students.

Tickets and information: 847-628-1110 or www. judsonu.edu.

A VIENNESE CONCERT, 3 p.m. April 10, First Congregational Church, 256 E. Chicago St., Elgin.

Performance with Chamber Music on the Fox featuring selections from operettas by Franz Lehar, Johann Strauss, Wolfgang Korngold, famous waltzes and more. Suggested donation: $15-$30 a person. Reservations and information: 224-595-1526 or www.soireelyrique.org.

WESTERN CRESCENT CHOIR FESTIVAL, 4 p.m.

April 10, Rockford Unitarian Universalist Church,

MIKE ZABRIN’S FUNKTASTIC WHEN: 8 p.m. April 9 WHERE: Duke’s Alehouse & Kitchen, 110 N. Main St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Considered a bass phenom, Zabrin (above) has become a producer and

bandleader of the soul-infused Funktastic. Information: www.thedukeabides.com.

4848 Turner St., Rockford. The festival will feature singers from area Unitarian Universalist congregations including the adult Choir of the Tree of Life Congregation in McHenry. Open to the public. The concert will end with a 75-voice mass choir performing several classic choral works. A free-will offering will be taken. Information: 815-322-2464 or www.treeoflifeuu.org.

JUDSON UNIVERSITY RECITALS, Thulin Performance Hall in the Thompson Fine Arts Center, Elgin. Schedule: 7 p.m. April 12, Percussion Ensemble recital; 7 p.m. April 15, Chamber Singers and Guitar Ensembles combined recital. Free.

Information: 847-628-1110 or www.judsonu.edu.

KATIE’S CUP MUSICAL SERIES, 502 Seventh St., Rockford. Featuring a Thursday concert each month. Schedule: 7:45 p.m. April 14, Jim Green and Justin Gates. Free admission. Donations accepted. Information: 815-986-0628 or www. katiescup.com.

J-A-SI-PROJECT, 7 p.m. April 15, JustGoods Listening Room, 201 Seventh St., Rockford. Hear Jason Simmon, Jose Suarez and Demorris Flannigan perform a collection ranging from classic jazz to original fusion. Free admission. Donations

accepted. Information: 815-965-8903 or www. justgoods.info.

PILLARS OF FREEDOM ROCKIN’ WITH THE VETERANS, 6 p.m. to midnight April 16, Penny Road Pub, 545 Penny Road, Barrington. Featuring Amelia Presley, Pirate Radio and Saloonatics. A $10 cover charge will go to the Pillars of Freedom Foundation to support veterans. Veterans enter free. Information: www.pennyroadpub.com.

AMERICAN ENGLISH – THE COMPLETE BEATLES TRIBUTE, 8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.) April 16, Round Lake Cultural & Civic Center, 2007 N. Civic Center Way, Round Lake Beach. A tribute to Liverpool’s Fab Four with a musical excursion journey. The concert will begin with the early years of Ed Sullivan through the psychedelic era of The Beatles to the final years. Tickets: $20.

Information: 847-546-2351, www.villageofroundlakebeach.com or http://americanenglishcc. peatix.com.

WAR, 8 p.m. April 22-23, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. Legendary funk band concerts. Tickets: $65 or $75 for stage tables. Tickets and information: 847-577-2121 or www.metropolisarts.com.

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WHEN: 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. April 9 WHERE: McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Presented by University of Illinois Extension McHenry County Master Gardeners and McHenry County College. Featuring more than 30 breakout sessions, dozens of exhibitors and more. Registration will be accepted the day of the conference at a cost of $50, includes lunch. Space is limited. First come, first served. Registration and information: 815-455-8794 or http://mchenry.edu/ gardenfest.

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“INTO THE WOODS”

WHEN: April 8-24 WHERE: Woodstock Opera House, 121 W. Van Buren St., Woodstock COST & INFO: Presented by Woodstock Musical Theatre Company, the musical that inspired the movie. James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a rare modern classic. Schedule: 8 p.m. April 8-9, 15-16 & 22-23, 3 p.m. April 10, 17 & 24.

Tickets: $24 adults, $21 students/seniors. Tickets and information: www.woodstockoperahouse. com or 815-338-5300.

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WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. April 8 WHERE: Volo Auto Museum, 27582 Volo Village Road, Volo COST & INFO: Hosted by Costumers with a Cause, with the money raised going to St Jude Children’s Hospital. Be greeted by several characters in costume, from cosplay enthusiasts dressed up as superheroes from The Avengers to Disney princesses and more, on the only night of the year the museum opens after hours. Includes raffle ticket sales, with comic book collectibles as prizes. Minimum donation is $15 for adults and $9 for children. Information: 815-385-3644, www.facebook.com/ events/985203031547503 or www.volocars.com.

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GREAT LAKES STEELPAN FESTIVAL

WHEN: 9 a.m. (free performances begin), 8 p.m. (concert), April 9 WHERE: Hannah Beardsley Middle School, 515 E. Crystal Lake Ave., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: The only steelpan music festival in the Chicago area, featuring performers and educators from six states across the country, Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Denmark, with guest artists Ellie Mannette, Gary Gibson, Gregory Boyd (right) and Potts & Pans. The morning workshops are free, while the cost to attend all workshops is $10 a person. The cost to attend the concert is $17.50 a person at www. steelpanfestival.com or $25 a person ($20 for seniors, $10 for students and free for children ages 10 and younger) the day of the event. Tickets and information: 815-245-3624 or www.steelpanfestival.com.

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LAVA ROCK: LEGENDS OF ROCK

WHEN: 8 p.m. April 9 WHERE: Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: LAVA Rock is an acronym for four rock legends that dominated the an era in rock history – Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Van Halen and AC/DC. The theater-only show features Kerry Devine impersonating Robert Plant, Steven Tyler (above), David Lee Roth and Brian Johnson in full costume, conjuring the sights, sounds and energy of these four legendary bands in the prime of their careers. Tickets start at $15. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www.rauecenter.org.

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WHEN: 11 a.m. April 10 WHERE: Holiday Inn, 800 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: A 24th annual Senior Services of McHenry County fundraiser featuring a silent auction, three-course luncheon and raffles. The stores that will be showing their spring line include Black Orchid Boutique, Kathryn’s Bridal & Dress Shop, Kohl’s, Lulu’s Wiggin Out, Maurices and Wear Did You Get That.

Tickets: $42. Information: 815-344-3555 or www. seniorservicesasoc.org.

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PARK PLACE BRIDAL FAIR

WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. April 9 WHERE: Park Place, 406 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Multiple vendors in all categories, raffle prizes, cash bar, ballroom dancing instruction and more. Information: 815-477-5871 or www.crystallakeparks.org.

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“JOURNEYS-MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU & BRINGS YOU BACK HOME”

WHEN: 2 p.m. April 10 WHERE: 225 W. Calhoun St., Woodstock COST & INFO: The Woodstock Folk Festival’s fifth annual invitational performance, with a travel-themed concert featuring a group of local performers. Admission: $10 suggested donation. Funds will benefit the 31st Annual Woodstock Folk Festival on July 17. Information: 815-3382080 or www.woodstockfolkfestival.org.

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WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. April 7 WHERE: D.C. Cobb’s, 226 Main St., Woodstock COST & INFO: Live dinner show. Featuring Philip Cogley (above), the Saturday Giant sculpts layers of guitars, drums, bass lines, beat boxing, keyboards and vocals into towering walls of sound, without the aid of prerecorded samples. Tickets: $30, includes dinner. Information: 815-206-5580 or www.dccobbs.net/saturday-giant.

WHEN: 12:30 p.m. April 9 WHERE: Crystal Lake Country Club, 721 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Annual fundraiser for Assisi Animal Foundation featuring spring fashions courtesy of the Dress Barn, gourmet luncheon with special guest narrator Nancy Loo from WGN TV News, raffles and prizes. Tickets: $39 a person. Tickets and information: 815-455-9411 or www.assisi.org.

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ART FOR THE PAWS, second annual fundraiser for Helping Paws Animal Shelter in Woodstock. Featuring exhibits of community artwork available to buy. Schedule: through April 7, public viewing at the Woodstock Public Library; through April 9 online art auction at http://bit.do/artforthepaws2016 and public viewing at Mixin Mingle, 124 Cass St., Woodstock, with 7 to 9 p.m. April 9 art reception at Mixin Mingle ($5 admission includes appetizers).

Information: 815-338-4400, www.helpingpaws.net or www.facebook.com/artforthepaws.

“SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR,” 8 p.m.

April 8-9 & 15-16, Richmond Memorial Hall, 10308 Main St., Richmond. A play written by Luigi Pirandello and performed by the newly created Theatrevolt, a theater company based out of Richmond. Adapted and directed by Theatrevolt co-founder Tim Vance, the production is set in Hollywood in the 1920s. As a group of actors begin to rehearse, they unexpectedly are interrupted by a group of six strange people.

Tickets cost $15 at the door. Information: 872-239-VOLT or www.theatrevolt.com.

VILLAGE OF ALGONQUIN’S 5TH ANNUAL STUDENT ART EXHIBIT, through April 30, Algonquin Area Public Library, 2600 Harnish Drive, Algonquin. Organized by the village’s Public Arts Commission. Featuring 95 pieces created by middle school students in a variety of media. Viewing hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Information: 847-48-6060 or www.aapld.org.

“WOMEN’S WORKS,” through April 30, Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson St., Woodstock. The 28th annual juried fine art exhibit presented by the Northwest Area Arts Council and the Old Courthouse Arts Center. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Information: www. womensworks.org, 815-338-4525 or www.oldcourthouseartscenter.com.

“SHORELINE SYMPHONY,” through May 15, Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glacial Park, Route 31 and Harts Road, Ringwood. Experience 42 artworks from the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s collection from Wausau, Wisconsin. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends through March; 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily April through October. Information: 815-678-4532 or www.mccdistrict.org.

LIVE PRO WRESTLING, 7:30 to 10 p.m. every Saturday, Premier Studio, 1230 Davis Road, Woodstock. Tickets: $10 adults general or $12 ringside, $5 children age 12 and younger. Information: 847-347-6632 or www.premierprowrestling.com.

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“INTO THE WOODS,” April 8-24, Woodstock Opera House, 121 W. Van Buren St., Woodstock. Presented by Woodstock Musical Theatre Company. Schedule: 8 p.m. April 8-9, 15-16 & 22-23, 3 p.m. April 10, 17 & 24. Tickets: $24 adults, $21 students/seniors. Tickets and information: www. woodstockoperahouse.com or 815-338-5300.

MASTERS-FULL VIEWING EVENT, 12:30 to 5 p.m. April 8, Bull Valley Golf Club, Woodstock. Hosted by Adult & Child Therapy Services with a Masters-themed lunch buffet, drink specials, golf contests on two simulators, raffles, silent auction and live viewing of the Masters Golf Tournament.

Tickets are $75, of which $45 is tax deductible. Tickets and information: 815-338-1707 or www.adultchildtherapy.org.

“NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM” ST. JUDE CHARITY WALK, 7 p.m. April 8, Volo Auto Museum, 27582 Volo Village Road, Volo. Hosted by Costumers with a Cause, with the

money raised going to St Jude Children’s Hospital. Be greeted by characters in costume. Minimum donation is $15 for adults. Information: www.facebook.com/ events/985203031547503 or www.volocars.com.

WOODSTOCK SQUARES DANCE CLUB DANCE, 8 to 10:15 p.m. April 8, McHenry Township Senior Center, 3519 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg. Admission: $7. Information: 815-385-4503; woodstocksquares@gmail.com or www. woodsocksquare.wix.com/woodstocksquares.

APRIL 9 GARDENFEST 2016, 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. April 9, McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Presented

by University of Illinois Extension McHenry County Master Gardeners and McHenry County College. Featuring more than 30 breakout sessions, dozens of exhibitors and more.

Admission is $50 the day of the conference. Space is limited. Registration and information: 815-455-8794 or http:// mchenry.edu/gardenfest.

HARVARD CHAMBER 2016 BUSINESS SHOWCASE AND INDOOR GARAGE SALE, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 9, Crosby Elementary School, 401 Hereley Drive, Harvard, and Harvard Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 40 N. Ayer St., Suite 1, Harvard. Featuring area businesses, demonstrations, food, prizes and more. Take your picture with Harmilda the Cow from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Crosby Elementary School.

Information: 815-943-4404 or www.harvcc.net.

PARK PLACE BRIDAL FAIR, 5 to 8 p.m. April 9, Park Place, 406 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake. Multiple vendors in all categories, raffle prizes, cash bar, ballroom dancing instruction and more. Information: 815-477-5871 or www. crystallakeparks.org.

GREAT LAKES STEELPAN FESTIVAL, 9 a.m. (free performances begin), 8 p.m. (concert), April 9, Hannah Beardsley Middle School, 515 E. Crystal Lake Ave., Crystal Lake.

Featuring guest artists Ellie Mannette, Gary Gibson, Gregory Boyd and Potts & Pans. The morning workshops are free, while the cost to attend all workshops is $10 a person.

The cost to attend the concert is $17.50 a person at www. steelpanfestival.com or $25 a person ($20 for seniors, $10 for students and free for children ages 10 and younger) the day of the event. Tickets and information: 815-245-3624 or www.steelpanfestival.com.

ANNUAL FASHION SHOW LUNCHEON BENEFIT, 12:30 p.m.

April 9, Crystal Lake Country Club, 721 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake. Fundraiser for Assisi Animal Foundation featuring spring fashions courtesy of the Dress Barn, gourmet luncheon with guest narrator Nancy Loo from WGN TV News, raffles and prizes. Tickets: $39 a person. Tickets and information: 815-455-9411 or www.assisi.org.

GREENROOM PRODUCTIONS IMPROV SHOW, 7 p.m.

April 9, Cosman Cultural Center, 12015 Mill St., Huntley.

Shows include competing improv teams, improvised songs, audience members onstage and live music. Tickets: $12 adults, $10 seniors and students available only at the door.

Information: 815-814-4045 or www.greenroomimprov.com. day of the event.

“CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: AN EVENING WITH JOE DIAMOND,” 10 to 11 p.m. April 9, Paranormal Studio 215 in the Dole Mansion, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake. Limited tickets available with only 13 people admitted to Diamond’s studio. All 13 people will be given a quick personal “reading” during the show. Tickets are $20 and must be bought in advance. Email tickets@joediamondlive.com to get a secret phone number to call for tickets. Information: www.joediamondlive.com.

APRIL 10 RUN THRU THE HILLS, 8 a.m. April 10, starting at AMC Lake in the Hills 12 Theaters, 311 Randall Road, Lake in the Hills.

Featuring a 5K/10K run and 5K Ruck run/walk. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Lake in the Hills Parks and Recreation Department, a complimentary post-race breakfast is included for all race participants. Additional breakfast

tickets are available to buy. Cost: $28-$40. Information: 847-960-7460 or www.lith.org.

“CELEBRATE THE USA” 24TH ANNUAL FASHION SHOW, 11 a.m. April 10, Holiday Inn, 800 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake.

Senior Services of McHenry County fundraiser featuring a silent auction, three-course luncheon and raffles. Tickets: $42.

Information: 815-344-3555 or www.seniorservicesasoc.org.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK KICK-OFF PARTY, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 10, Johnsburg Public Library, 3000 N. Johnsburg Road, Johnsburg. Storyteller Ben Rosenfield at 1:30 p.m. for ages 5 and older. From 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., there will be face-painting courtesy of the library’s Teen Advisory Group and Balloon Art by Holly Nagel. Get a mini-balloon sculpture to take home. Free. Information: 815-344-0077, mzawacki@ johnsburglibrary.org or www.johnsburglibrary.org/event.

APRIL 14 ANNUAL SPRING CONSUMER SHOWCASE, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 14, Prairie Lodge at Sun City, Huntley, 12880 Del Webb Blvd., Huntley. Residents and the general public will have an opportunity to meet more than 130 businesses showcasing their products, goods and services. There also will be prizes and drawings. Free admission. Information: 847-515-7241 or www.sccah.com/events.

GET LIT(ERARY), 7 to 8 p.m. April 14, La Petite Marché Café, 19 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. A reading series presented

by Williams Street Repertory in which poetry, prose and plays are read and performed. Free. Information: 815-3569212 or www.rauecenter.org.

“JOE DIAMOND: MIND READING, MAGIC & MYSTERY,” 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 14, Johnsburg Public Library, 3000 N. Johnsburg Road, Johnsburg. Program not intended for children younger than age 12. Free. Information: 815-344-0077 or www.johnsburglibrary.org/event.

“SHREK THE MUSICAL,” 7 p.m. April 14-16, 2 p.m. April 17, Dundee-Crown High School, 1500 Kings Road, Carpentersville. Tickets: $12 adult, $10 students and seniors. Tickets and information: www.greateventseats.com/dc.

APRIL 15 “THE ADDAMS FAMILY,” April 15-23, Woodstock North High School Performing Arts Center, 3000 Raffel Road, Woodstock. Spring musical comedy presented by Woodstock North High School and Woodstock High School Theatre.

There also will be a silent auction for all performances.

Come dressed as an Addams family character April 15, with prizes going to the top three costumes. Schedule: 7 p.m.

April 15-16; 3 p.m. April 17; 7 p.m. April 22; 2 & 7 p.m. April 23. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Tickets and information: 815-334-2127 or www.seatyourself.biz/ woodstocknorth.

McHENRY B&B SQUARE DANCE CLUB DANCE, 8 p.m. April 15, McHenry Township Complex, 3703 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg. Cost: $6 members, $7 visitors. Information: 815344-2975 or 847-395-1108.

“OLD TIME RADIO SHOW,” 7 p.m. April 15, Ulysses S. Grant Intermediate School, 816 E. Grant Hwy., Marengo. Presented

by Marengo Community Radio. Tickets are $10 in advance at the Chamber of Commerce and Glo-Bowl Fun Center or $12 at the door. Children ages 5 and younger are free.

Information: 815-572-8344 or email info@wxmr.org.

APRIL 16 “IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO” DANCE, 7:30 to 11 p.m. April 16, St. John Lutheran Church Activity Center, 300 Jefferson St., Algonquin. Sponsored by the Greater Fox Valley Chapter of USA Dance. Dress code is dressy casual. No jeans or gym shoes. Cake, coffee and prizes. Admission: $8 members, $10 seniors, $12 nonmembers. Doors open 7 p.m. Information: 847-639-8699, www.dancefoxvalley.org or www.dancewithfrankandjackie.com.

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STAR PARTY, 7 to 10 p.m. April 16, Marengo Ridge Shelter #2 parking lot, 100 N. Route 23, Marengo. Look at stars, galaxies and nebulae with the help of telescopes from Northwest Suburban Astronomers. Free. Information: 815-338-6223 or www.mccdistrict.org.

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CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL COLOR DASH 5K RUN/WALK, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. April 17, Crystal Lake South High School, 1200 S. McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake. Hosted by the Wellness Department at Crystal Lake South High School. Proceeds will be used for new wellness equipment. Cost: $40-$130. Registration and information: 815-455-3860, ext. 3233, or www. newcolordash5k.ticketmob.com.

BE-YOU-TIFUL SPRING FASHION SHOW LUNCHEON, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 17, Boulder Ridge Country Club, 350 Boulder Drive, Lake in the Hills. Hosted by GiGi’s Playhouse McHenry County featuring a luncheon, silent auction and fashion show. Tickets: $50. Tickets and information: 815-385-7529 or wwwgigisplayhouse.org/mchenry/fashion-show.

AN AFTERNOON WINE TASTING, 3 to 5:30 p.m. April 17, Tapas Calpe, 133 W. Main St., Cary. Fundraiser hosted

by Voices in Harmony with wine, a tapas buffet and entertainment by Viva Voce, a Voices in Harmony ensemble. Tickets: $35 available at the door or www. voices-in-harmony.org.

CREATIVE LIVING SERIES WITH PADDY CALISTRO, 10 a.m. April 21, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. Featuring the award-winning fashion writer for the Los Angeles Times and author of “Edith Head’s Hollywood.” Tickets: $24. Tickets and information: 815-338-5300 or www.woodstockoperahouse.com.

WSR REP COMEDY SHOW, 8:30 p.m. April 21, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake.

Hosted every third Thursday, a mixed set based on audience suggestions and original sketches. Doors open 8 p.m. Tickets: $10 at the door. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www.rauecenter.org.

APRIL 18 “THE HISTORY OF MEXICAN RAILROAD BOXCAR COMMUNITIES IN THE CHICAGO AREA & THE

APRIL 22 “PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ” ANNUAL GALA, 6 p.m. April 22, Holiday Inn, 800 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake. A Family Health Partnership Clinic annual fundraiser featuring dinner and a silent auction. No live auction this year.

Business casual or 1920s fashion attire. Tickets: $100 a person. Tickets and information: Liz Annetti, 779-2209305 or lannetti@hpclinic.org.

“DEATH OF A SALESMAN,” April 22 through May 15, Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Presented by Williams Street Repertory. Play-

wright Arthur Miller examines how far one man will go to provide for his family and achieve the American dream. Schedule: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m.

Sundays. Tickets: $32.50-$38.50. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www.rauecenter.org.

APRIL 23 5K ECORUN, 8:15 a.m. April 23, Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road, Crystal Lake. A chip-timed certified event to benefit the McHenry County Conservation District, Environmental Defenders of McHenry County and Woodstock Morning Rotary Foundation.

Race starts at 10 a.m. Rain or shine. Cost: $25 before April 20, $35 thereafter. Information: www.rotaryecorun.org, 815-479-5779 or www.mccdistrict.org.

“ON THE RUN WITH WHIW” 5K RUN/WALK FUNDRAISER, 7 a.m. April 23, start and finish at the Starline Factory parking lot, 300 W. Front St., Harvard.

Benefiting the WHIW 101.3 FM Harvard Community Radio station. Race begins at 8 a.m. Register by April 7 to be guaranteed a race shirt. Cost: $35 a person.

Registration and information: 815-943-415 or www. whiwharvard.com.

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 23, Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road, Crystal Lake. Co-hosted by the McHenry County Conservation District and the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County, the event will include indoor and outdoor activities with guided nature hikes, games and crafts, live music by Ken Lonnquist with Dave Adler (11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.), puppet shows, environmental exhibitors, food and more. Rain or shine. Visit the website for a list of household recycling items that will be accepted. Free admission. Information: 815-479-5779, www.mccdistrict.org, 815-338-0393 or www.mcdef.org.

TURNING POINT 35TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER &

AUCTION, 5:30 to 10 p.m. April 23, Boulder Ridge Country Club, 350 Boulder Drive, Lake in the Hills. Net proceeds will benefit Turnign Point’s efforts to confront violence against women and children. The event includes an open bar, dinner, 50/50 raffles, silent and live auction and guest speaker Carolyn Cox Mahoney.

Music will be provided by Martini Lunch. Cost: $110 a person. Tickets and information: 815-338-8081, ext.

265, or www.mchenrycountyturningpoint.org.

4TH ANNUAL MASQUERADE BALL, 6 to 11 p.m. April 23, Holiday Inn, 800 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake. A charity event to benefit Make-A-Wish Illinois. This is a formal event, and a mask is a must. Featuring a butler/ buffet-style dinner, silent auction, live entertainment

by Lowdown Brass Band and Baticua Entertainment, surprise balloons, mystery boxes, wine pull and more.

Tickets: $50-$75. Tickets and information: Yvonne McMillon, 815-482-4796 or www.helpmakeawish.org/ tickets.html.

APRIL 24 McHENRY COUNTY HUMAN RACE, 6:30 to 11:30 a.m.

April 24, McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. A 5K run/walk fundraiser sponsored by Volunteer Center McHenry County to support more than 50 charities serving McHenry County. There also will be an expo of nonprofits, music, food and more inside MCC. Race fee: $15 to $45. Information: 815344-4483 or www.mchumanrace.org.

CFK BLUE RIBBON RIDE, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 24, Horse Fair Park, 8105 Bliven St., Spring Grove. Cycling For Kids bicycle fundraiser ride to benefit McHenry and Lake County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for children. Options available to ride 30 or 60 miles. Cost: $40 for the 30-mile ride; $50 for the 60-mile ride. Register at www.cyclingforkids.net.

Information: 815-575-6374.

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MIDWEST,” 3 p.m. April 18, McHenry County Historical Society and Museum, 6422 Main St., Union. The third in the museum’s 30th annual Sampler Lecture Series. Antonio Delgado will discuss how railroads employed a large number of Mexican immigrants to lay track between 1910 and the 1950s in the United States, particularly the Midwest. A $10 donation is requested for this program. Tickets and information: 815-923-2267 or www.gothistory.org.

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Featuring David Radford, a Season 5 finalist on “American Idol,” and his wife, Licia, The Gray Havens are releasing their sophomore album, “Ghost of a King,” Friday.

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It’s a topic that doesn’t come up much these days, but Crystal Lake native David Radford always will be known as one of “American Idol’s” Top 20 finalists.

As the Fox television show wraps its 15-year run Thursday, Radford is more focused on the Friday release of his sophomore album with The Gray Havens (www.thegrayhavensmusic.com), the critically acclaimed duo he formed with his wife, Licia Radford.

Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, the album, “Ghost of a King,” features nine of the couple’s most personal songs “with flares of pop and pop/ folk,” said Radford, who recently has moved to Nashville with Licia and the couple’s 9-month-old son, Simon.

With a singer/songwriter feel, the album reflects the style of Radford’s favorite storyteller singers, such as Simon and Garfunkel and James Taylor, moreso than the influences of the big band singers, such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, he emulated on “American Idol” as “the crooner.”

Only 17 years old at the time, Radford earned a finalist spot in 2006 in the fifth season of the show, auditioning in Chicago – at the urging of a friend who didn’t want to audition alone – with his rendition of “Summer Wind” by Frank Sinatra.

“That’s almost entirely evaporated from conversations, which is fine totally with me,” he said of his “American Idol” days. “I did keep in contact with [‘American Idol’] people via Facebook and things like that and Twitter, but not regular interaction, not frequent, not anything consistent.”

And no, he hasn’t regularly watched the show, including this season’s final run.

“It’s so funny, every time I get asked [about ‘American Idol’], the memories are foggier and foggier,” he said.

“I think, on the whole, it was a great experience to be a part of. It opened my eyes to some of the backstage or behind-the-scenes inner workings of the entertainment industry, some good things and some not good things.

“I don’t mean this negatively, but in a good way, it sort of disenchanted me with fame a bit, and it’s so funny because now I’m in a band and obviously we’d like to spread out and not just sing for our families, so there’s a degree of self-promotion that needs to take place, but big fame was certainly exposed a bit as a bit empty.”

After “American Idol,” Radford earned a degree in music education from the University of Illinois School of Music and returned to Crystal Lake, where he taught private voice lessons.

He also helped form the dueling piano act Felix and Fingers with Mike Potts, also of Crystal Lake, but left the act in August “on great terms” to focus solely on The Gray Havens.

“It was more this was my passion, kind of chasing the dream of performing and writing original music,” he said.

Since its beginning in 2013, The Gray Havens has developed a following, releasing an EP and, in 2015, the duo’s first full-length album, “Fire and Stone.”

“I think some of the production on this [latest] record is a bit of a departure in some sense from our last two projects,” Radford said of “Ghost of a King.” “We took a lot of chances musically on this record. It feels in a lot of ways very new and fresh and differ-

ent, but at the same time cohesive and still like us. It felt like a natural step forward.”

The duo goes on tour this month, with performances scheduled throughout the country, including Chicago.

The two perform acoustically, each playing various instruments “to incorporate all these parts to create an invisible third person in the room,” Radford said.

They share a base love of musical theater.

“That’s where we both fell in love with music,” Radford said. “[Licia] has a rich kind of background and listened to that music growing up. Her voice, in a lot of ways, is old-school. … She’s got a classic sound, and I love that. She brings that warmth in her voice, just a classic style to the harmonies.”

The two have written songs together, but much of their collaboration involves Radford alone in a room with a guitar and a notebook, coming out 30 minutes later for Licia to give a thumbs up or down to what he’s created.

Radford said the new album reflects various longings, such as the desire to do something important, love well, spend time with friends and family and not get caught up chasing money.

“We’re just excited to be on the brink of things,” he said.

The Gray Havens, “GHOST OF A KING”

REVIEWS Jason Pfrommer Emotion is probably one of the most important components of any formula used to create good music. Emotion and music exist in this almost symbiotic relationship.

As important as emotion is to the artist who is spilling an incredibly personal life record across a track, it is arguably more important to the listener processing that emotion. The Gray Haven’s latest album, “Ghost of a King,” has emotion oozing out of the corners of every song.

David Radford, a Top 20 “American Idol” finalist in Season 5, and his wife,

Licia, have grown as artists since the release of their first album, “Where Eyes Don’t Go,” and it’s apparent they are pushing themselves to try new things. Listening to the Gray Havens’ library will paint a clearer picture of the musical transcendence that has brought them to “Ghost of a King.”

There have been many folk rock/pop groups flooding the music industry for the past decade, and some of them fall flat or end up producing the same sound over and over, sometimes continuously on the same album. The Gray Havens do not stick to a formula, which is what makes them unique. Each song on this album holds something new to discover.

The Radfords’ voices fortify each track on “Ghost of a King,” but work hauntingly well together on the title track, “This My Soul,” and “Go.” The opening track, “Shadows of the Dawn,” perfectly sets the tone for the entire album. There’s lightness to the song, but you can hear a harsh determination as the beat persists, especially through the chorus. The song closes

with a reverb of voices, giving a drifting end to this uplifting first track.

The title track is the second song on the album, which, although still sounding epically inspirational, has a much darker tone to it than the previous track. “Ghost of a King” swells, rises and falls perfectly. I see images of a person crawling and clawing, determined to reach a goal. The Gray Haven’s ability to tell stories through their songs is enhanced by the piano reprise at the end of the track.

The album’s tone shifts a bit with “Band of Gold” and “Take This Slowly.”

“Band of Gold” features a bit more of the traditional folksy elements of guitar picking and tambourine shaking, while “Take This Slowly” sounds almost like it could have been a Joe Cocker song.

“Diamonds and Gold” pulls the album in yet another direction, giving a poppy, synth-heavy detour to break up the rest of the album just before moving back into heavier subject matter with “This My Soul,” a song that sounds a bit sad until the chorus kicks in and gives

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Duo’s new album takes troubles away for awhile

you the feeling of a warrior rising.

“A Living Hope” ushers us into the final two tracks with an almost fully instrumental interlude. It starts off slow with only piano, swells and finally crescendos shortly before the song fades out, trailing into the next track.

“At Last a King” provides a head-on view of how the Radfords’ faith is a driving force behind their music. “At Last a King” and “Go” are both fantastic ways to bring this album to a close. They are both triumphant songs from the same vein as the title track. The tone seems to be something along the lines of, “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”

Immersing myself in this album has been an uplifting experience, and I honestly can say I never thought I’d feel this kind of power from a folk pop album.

All nine songs on “Ghost of a King” cast forth an intense amount of inspiration.

If I were ever to leave my home, fashion a raft to carry me away from the troubles of society and into an endless adventure, I would want my soundtrack to be “Ghost of a King.”

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Heather Lind appear in a scene from “Demolition.”

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Grief gets weird in ‘Demolition’ The Associated Press

What if a young man who just lost his young wife in a car accident experienced none of the stages of grief? What if he felt nothing? What if he, instead, started writing letters to a vending machine company and dismantling every object in sight?

Perhaps that’s just a person coasting in denial, but, to buy that, you would have to believe the person also had some sort of humanity in the first place. In the case of Davis Mitchell (Jake Gyllenhaal) in director Jean-Marc Vallée’s ambitious, flawed and whimsically sinister “Demolition,” let’s just say that’s not entirely clear.

Davis, for much of the movie, is like the Patrick Bateman of widowers. He is incredibly wealthy, cold, unfeeling and vaguely sociopathic. Instead of bodies, though, it’s objects he’s dissecting.

At first, it’s actually quite captivating as you drift with Davis in the aftermath of his wife Julia’s (Heather Lind) death. He was in the car with her when it got broadsided. He came out without a scratch. She died that night.

He can’t even muster up any emotion as her grieving father (Chris Cooper) breaks down. And then at the wake, instead of socializing, he goes into a study to compose a letter to the vending machine company whose hospital unit failed to give him the Peanut M&Ms he paid for. It’s in this handwritten complaint letter where Davis starts to really dish – about how he only got this job at a $6 billion investment firm because of his father-in-law, about his daily routines in his magazine-ready glass and steel cube of a house, about the time he lied to a fellow passenger on the commuter train about what he did for a living and about how he never really loved his wife.

Davis starts writing letters to the vending machine company on the regular, and, in his free time, decides to take everything apart including, but not limited to, a fridge, a bathroom stall, a bathroom light fixture and a random house. Of course his life falls apart with it. Subtlety is not what this movie is going for.

It’s quirky, but also menacing, and Vallée and

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“DEMOLITION” STARRING: Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper PLOT: As an investment banker struggles after losing his

wife in a tragic car crash, his increasingly confessional series of letters to a vending machine company catch the attention of a customer service rep with whom he forms an unlikely connection.

RATED: R for language, some sexual references, drug use and disturbing behavior RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 40 minutes Gyllenhaal find the dark humor in this man’s odd behavior. Davis might not be someone who exists in the real world, but Gyllenhaal wears his unconventionalities well.

We’ve seen this character type before in slightly different iterations – the man with the wild look in his eyes who is just disconnected enough from reality, as though he’s the only living person who can see the truth of our daily hypocrisies. Gyllenhaal elevates it too, but that should be no surprise at this point.

Then the eccentric working class side characters arrive – Karen (Naomi Watts), a customer service rep at the vending machine company who was moved by his confessional letters, and her angst-ridden pre-teen son Chris (Judah Lewis). Suddenly Davis is finding solace in this single mom stoner with a heart of gold and a young boy with glam rock predilections who is questioning his gender and sexuality. It’s a bit much for something that had been so focused and streamlined at first.

The movie is infinitely more interesting when Davis is an unredeemable sociopath. Cloying plot revelations aside, the film is a stimulating step forward for Vallée, who, with “Wild” and “Dallas Buyers Club,” inadvertently has become the go-to director for actors craving that Oscar nomination.

Perhaps “Demolition” should have stuck with its original premise until the bitter end, or made Davis just a little more human at the outset.

As it stands, “Demolition” doesn’t quite come together, but it’s far from a wreck.

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“THE BOLSHOI BALLET: DON QUIXOTE”

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“THE BOSS”

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“DEADPOOL”

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“DEMOLITION”

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“THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT – PART 1”

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“EYE IN THE SKY”

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“GOD’S NOT DEAD 2”

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“HARDCORE HENRY”

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“HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS”

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“MEET THE BLACKS”

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“MIDNIGHT SPECIAL”

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“MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN”

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The company of “Matilda – The Musical.”

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‘Matilda’: hilarious fun for the whole family REVIEWS

“MATILDA THE MUSICAL”

Richard Pahl

WHEN: Through April 10 WHERE: Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St., Chicago COST & INFO: Tickets and information: www.broadwayinchicago.com.

“Matilda The Musical” is a stage musical based on the 1988 children’s novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.

It opened on London’s West End in 2011 and won a record seven Olivier Awards.

The subsequent Broadway production premiered in 2013 and won five Tony Awards. The national tour finally has arrived in Chicago.

Its diminutive heroine, 5-year-old Matilda Wormwood, was born to greedy, scheming, vulgar parents but finds comfort in books and learning. She escapes from her unhappy home to spend time at the local library, where she thrives under the watchful eye of the librarian, Mrs. Phelps (Chicago’s Ora Jones). In an amusing reversal, Matilda becomes an accomplished storyteller with Mrs. Phelps as her rapt audience.

Matilda (Lily Brooks O’Briant at this performance) yearns to escape her abusive parents and start school, but soon learns Crunchem Hall Elementary is no better than home. Head Mistress Agatha Trunchbull, a former Olympic hammer throwing champion, is a fearsome disciplinarian. In the British pantomime tradition, Miss Trunchbull hilariously is played by a man (David Abeles). Her feats of physical prowess are some of the most amusing moments.

Outspoken Matilda is unafraid to stand up to Miss Trunchbull’s bullying.

In fact, she develops special powers in her crusade to help others. Fortunately, her teacher Miss Honey (Jennifer Blood) appreciates Matilda’s precociousness and befriends her. Miss Honey also has endured bullying. They give each other encouragement.

This vivid tale is sweetened by broadly drawn comic characters. Mr. Wormwood (Quinn Mattfeld) is a used-

car salesman and TV addict, and the superficial, ballroom dancing-obsessed Mrs. Wormwood (Cassie Silva) usually is working with her partner, Rudolpho (Michael Graceffa). Dennis Kelly has crafted a funny book. Australian comedian/actor/musician Tim Minchin has contributed music and lyrics.

Director Matthew Warchus weaves together a fantastic tale of hilarious comedy and high drama. The set design was inspired by colorful, stylish illustrations of children’s books. The technical team provides some amazing lighting and sound effects. A minor complaint is the children were sometimes difficult to understand. Also, the sightlines are not ideal; some of the action takes place too far upstage for audience members seated at the sides of the auditorium.

“Matilda” showcases a cast of nine children and 15 adults. Musical highlights are the playful “When I Grow Up” and the final song, “Revolting Children.” This show deserves an award for the staging of its amusing curtain call.

“Matilda the Musical” is top-notch Broadway entertainment for the entire family. This show about bullying is timely, and its combination of broad comedy and worrisome drama provides a satisfying experience for all ages.

• Richard Pahl has been a working actor and director for 35 years. Most recently, he appeared in “Backwards Broadway,” performed “The London Mosquitoes” at Side Street Studio in Elgin and directed “Ordinary Days” at Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles.

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Dominic Donato of McHenry (from left), as Son, Corey Keane of McHenry, as Father, Lynn Sciaraffa Homeier of Woodstock, as Mother, and Trace Gamache of Crystal Lake, as Step Daughter, star in “Six Characters in Search of an Author.”

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‘SIX CHARACTERS’: A COURAGEOUS ENDEAVOR REVIEWS Regina M. Belt-Daniels

“Six Characters in Search of an Author” has all the makings of a “Twilight Zone” episode. Written by Sicilian playwright Luigi Pirandello in 1921, the play itself always is identified as an “absurdist metatheatrical” piece, and is a classic theater study staple.

The plot is intriguing and clever. As an acting company prepares to rehearse “The Game of Role Playing,” a Pirandello play, (“The French no longer send us good plays” proclaims the director), six masked and grim people interrupt the rehearsal. The director, furious, demands an explanation, and the Father character explains the six are unfinished characters in search of an author to finish their drama.

The rehearsing acting company retires to watch as the story of the six characters wordily unfolds with complexity until it abruptly ends in Act Two after two horrific events are foretold.

“Six Characters in Search of an Author” is the inaugural production of the new, nonprofit community theater company Theatrevolt. Kudos to director Tim Vance for courageously undertaking such an endeavor.Vance brilliantly has adapated and set “Six Characters” in 1920s Hollywood, and costumer Patty Halajian has captured the satins, silks and

“SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR” WHEN: 8 p.m. April 8-9 & 15-16 WHERE: Richmond Memorial Hall, 10308 Main St., Richmond COST & INFO: A play written by Luigi Pirandello and performed by the newly created Theatrevolt. Running time is 2 hours, with one 15-minute intermission. Tickets cost $15 at the door. Information: 872-239-VOLT or www. theatrevolt.com. stiff collars of the era beautifully. Vance, to his credit, cast well and keeps the pacing at an energetic level.

The actors of the acting company (Vince Calucci, Jessica Dawson, Jessi Miller, Karla Reinfhofer, Phil Denofrio and Joshua Szeszol) particularly look and act their parts and are extremely attractive in Halajian’s costumes. Of the six characters, Trace Gamache is outstanding as the enigmatic Step Daugher. Her gracefulness, seductiveness and lust for revenge are richly and rewardingly showcased. Domic Donato portrays the tense, haunted, explosively removed character of the Son. He is always in the moment despite his aloof silence, and the physicality of his body, especially his hands, is superb.

Corey Keanne, as the Father, deserves much admiration – just for the amount of lines he delivers, but as well for the sliding, knock-down fall he takes after a

fight with the Son. As with any new production on opening night, there are issues that need to be resolved. Lighting is dim and often fuzzy, some lines are delivered in a continued William Shatnernesque style and blocking has the potential of being a traffic jam (undoubtedly due to a cramped stage of 13 characters and lovely set pieces).

One scene in particular, a strong scene between the Director (Dan Pegarsch) and the Step Daughter, is done on the auditorium floor below the stage and, although effective, sadly can’t be seen beyond the second row of the audience. (Seats are set out padded chairs, all on the same level). There also is no curtain call, just a snap black-out, which caused confusion for waiting audience members who truly wanted to applaud the efforts of the ensemble.

It is difficult to truly pinpoint exactly what Pirandello meant to convey with “Six Characters.” Is it a criticism or homage to the theater? Or is it a disguised view of relationships, an expression of the tragedy and disillusionment based on his own adult life? Perhaps the answer lies best in the lines of the Director: “This is the theater, and our motto is the truth... up to a certain point.”

• Regina Belt-Daniels is a working actress and director who began her career onstage in 1985 at the Woodstock Opera House. Currently serving on the Raue Center for the Arts Board, she also is a lifetime member of TownSquare Players and a retired District 47 teacher.

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New Construction Value and Large Homesite Bring Lake in the Hills Family to Woodland Hills In Lakewood

Lakewood, Ill –February 15, 2016– Matt and Beth Saip started their family of five in a duplex they currently use as a rental property in Lake in the Hills. As the needs of their children, now 6, 8 and 10 years old, grew their living space seemed to shrink so they began looking for a new home.

“We wanted the kids to stay in the same great Crystal Lake school district but needed more living space,” Beth Saip said. “When we started the process we were looking at existing homes that were 8 to 15 years old.

We hadn’t planned on new construction but after visiting Woodland Hills we realized we could build our dream home and have the large yard we wanted. When we sat down and

weighed new construction versus an existing home we realized new construction was the way to go.”

Located just east of Route 47 and south of Route 176 in Lakewood, Woodland Hills is an established community where Taylor Morrison is building 47 executive-style homes on ½ to one-acre homesites with prices starting at $369,990. Top-ranked schools in Crystal Lake School Districts 47 and 155 as well as the Crystal Lake Park District serve the neighborhood. Metra train service is available nearby at the Crystal Lake station and easy access to Routes 47, 176 and 14 make daily commuting a breeze.

The Saip Family (Matt, Ella, Kiley Beth and Connor) in their Fordham design at Taylor Morrison’s Woodland Hills in Lakewood.

“We chose the Fordham design,” Beth said. “It ‘s a great family home with lots of space dedicated to the kitchen and family room. We really liked the open staircase and two-story foyer and we added an additional full bath upstairs.”

The Fordham is a 3,115-square-foot, two-story home with four bedrooms, 2 ½ baths and a three-car garage as standard. The home also includes a large island kitchen open to a breakfast room and the great room. Also on the first floor, buyers will find a flex room, which can be utilized as

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Three secondary bedrooms served by a hall bath and the convenient second-floor laundry room completes the Fordham.

In addition to the Fordham, buyers may choose from a collection of ranch and two-story plans, including a two-story design with first-floor owner’s suite. Homes range from 2,905 to 3,832 square feet in size with three or four bedrooms; 2 ½ to 3 ½ baths; open island kitchens; spacious family rooms; formal living and dining rooms; owner’s suites with private luxury baths; flex space, lofts and studies per plan, and attached three-car garages.

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“This is a very family-friendly community,” Beth said. “We love that it is secluded and surrounded by the nature preserve yet is within 10 minutes of anything you need. Matt works downtown so he’s glad to be close to the train station.”

Woodland Hills with its quiet, conservation areas, lake views and one-half to nearly one-acre homesites, creates a peaceful, neighborhood setting.

However, outside the community, buyers are within minutes of beautiful Crystal Lake and its beaches, three golf clubs, including the Crystal Lake and Turnberry Country Clubs as well as Red Tail Golf Club, shopping along Routes 47 and 176 and nearby Metra train service in Crystal Lake.

“From the first time I was in the sales office we felt important,” Beth said.

“I got a call back and had an appoint-

ment within a half hour when I first called and Todd Lesher (Taylor Morrison Sales Professional) spent two hours with me answering questions.

He and the superintendent (John Howie) educated us and walked us through the entire building process start to finish. The process seemed seamless and they went out of their way to make sure we were happy. We would absolutely recommend Taylor Morrison. They’re wonderful people.”

Woodland Hills is located at 6495 Woodland Hills Drive in Lakewood.

The sales center and model are open Sundays and Mondays from noon to 5 p.m. and Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information or to, please call (888) 710-6422 or visit www.taylormorrison.com/ new-homes/illinois/chicago.

About Taylor Morrison Taylor Morrison Home Corporation (NYSE:TMHC) is a leading national homebuilder and developer who was recently recognized as America’s Most Trusted™ Home Builder. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona we operate under two well-established brands, Taylor Morrison and Darling Homes.

We serve a wide array of consumer cohorts from coast to coast, with a focus on first-time, move-up, luxury, and 55 plus. In Texas, Darling Homes builds communities with a focus on individuality and custom detail while delivering on the Taylor Morrison standard of excellence.

For more information about Taylor Morrison and Darling Homes please visit www.taylormorrison.com or www.darlinghomes.com.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS ALGONQUIN $213,000, 560 Flora Dr, Algonquin 60102-4347, 19-32229-005-0000, Myrna L Hanisch To Julio A Otero, March 15 $240,000, 509 Skyline Dr, Algonquin 60102-2150, 19-33276-011-0000, Daryl J Pinter To Annette E Stock, March 10 $188,500, 430 Somerset Ct, Algonquin 60102-1940, 1933-102-008-0000, Fischer Family Investments Llc To Linda S Rose, March 21 $138,000, 2122 Teton Pkwy, Algonquin 60102-5430, 1935-476-011-0000, Donna Koeppen To Catherine Costanza Dillon, March 16 $183,000, 326 S Hubbard St, Algonquin 60102-2812, 1934-180-010-0000, Four Stars Corp To Kathleen M Nocchi, March 14 $127,000, 804 Rosemarie St, Algonquin 60102-3546, 1928-327-002-0000, Hmw Series Of Lotus Real Estat To Rene Lopez, March 14 $307,500, 3660 Persimmon Dr, Algonquin 60102-5958, 18-36-202-003-0000, Michael P Bachrodt To Patrick G Pokorny & Christina A Pokorny, March 17 $155,500, 816 Oceola Dr, Algonquin 60102-2972, 19-34357-009-0000, Hud To Matthew K Dusckett, March 9 $243,000, 800 Surrey Ln, Algonquin 60102-2057, 1933-326-003-0000, Maria A Stockley To Celina R Avelino & John Avelino, March 18 $164,000, 415 S Hubbard St, Algonquin 60102-2813, 19-34-327-001-0000, Nenn Trust To Lorraine Muellner & Kenneth Gall, March 17 $121,500, 1501 N Harrison St, Algonquin 60102-2323, 19-26-161-001-0000, Todd R Laughman To Christopher A Woods, March 16 BARRINGTON $815,000, 18 Braeburn Ln, Barrington 60010-9619, 20-31-176-004-0000, Scott A Schaefer To Deborah Woods, March 9 CARY $77,000, 76 Bright Oaks Cir, Cary 60013-1551, 19-12-103080-0000, Jillian S Giese To Fang Li, March 17 $132,000, 24 Willow Cir, Cary 60013-1557, 19-12-201070-0000, North Shore Holdings Ltd To Danka Milesic, March 15 $135,000, 1582 New Haven Dr, Cary 60013-1818, 19-15230-019-0000, Kevin Healy To Susan Clark, March 10 $290,000, 1251 Sagebrush Trl, Cary 60013-3325, 19-11379-014-0000, Whitworth Trust To Richard Lauwers, March

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$172,500, 816 1st St, Cary 60013-2112, 19-12-428-0150000, Leslie Bukowski To William A Brettman & Rachel A Nardi, March 9 $200,000, 21 Deerpath Ct, Cary 60013-2475, 19-14-377018-0000, Pearson Trust To David L Krizanovic & Debra L Krizanovic, March 15 $350,000, 1068 Dove Way, Cary 60013-6092, 20-07278-011-0000, Flessner Trust To Scott R Schulz & Patricia Schulz, March 15 $178,500, 101 Charlotte Ct, Cary 60013-2656, 19-13-258028-0000, Christine L Johnson To Tierni Lurie, March 8 $240,000, 235 W Main St, Cary 60013-2720, 19-13253-002-0000, Richard A Adams To William J Kennicott & Deborah Ann Kennicott, March 14 $155,000, 427 Park Ave, Cary 60013-2738, 19-12-456016-0000, Geraldine M Demodica To Nicholas R Zentefis & Tracy J Slaga, March 17 $187,000, 852 Blazing Star Trl, Cary 60013-3305, 1911-477-026-0000, Mark A Rupp To Stephen Townsend & Allison A Townsend, March 17 CRYSTAL LAKE $700,000, 2813 Bergren Ct, Crystal Lake 60012-1093, 14-17-325-011-0000, W Michael Riordan To Mitchell Smith & Jana Smith, March 10 $144,000, 155 Lill Ave, Crystal Lake 60014-6021, 19-05181-007-0000, Daniel R Brown To Ryan P O Neill & Caitlin W O Neill, March 15 $210,000, 1556 Magnolia Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-2960, 18-13-483-008-0000, Malgorzata Myslek To Barbara B Frosik & Marek Ignacy Myslek, March 9 $315,000, 6917 Foxfire Dr, Crystal Lake 60012-1635, 14-20-353-004-0000, Crystal Lake Series Of Lotus R To Joseph Boscarino & Melissa Boscarino, March 16 $262,500, 6129 Hidden Oak Dr, Crystal Lake 60012-1260, 14-20-276-009-0000, Ratzek Trust To Erik D Morimoto & Stacie J Morimoto, March 10 $108,500, 844 Chasefield Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-8464, 19-07-328-046-0000, Robert M Maronde Jr To Michael Berdis & Debra Berdis, March 15 $312,500, 6227 S Blue Ct, Crystal Lake 60014-4764, 1902-127-011-0000, David C Evans To Paul Demarco & Nicole Demarco, March 16 $294,000, 3513 Oakleaf Ln, Crystal Lake 60012-2084, 14-22-251-018-0000, Joseph Boscarino To Mark D Olson & Terri L Olson, March 17

$130,000, 4902 Stone Ridge Dr, Crystal Lake 600142611, 15-30-477-011-0000, Michael E Graham To Daniel Herron & Janette Herron, March 15 $181,500, 1730 Becker Ct, Crystal Lake 60014-2011, 19-19-276-031-0000, Kathryn Diane Scharrenberg To Brock L Fisher & Kelli M Fisher, March 18 $330,000, 3917 Acacia Dr, Crystal Lake 60012-1898, 14-21-451-009-0000, Mark D Milford To Daniel Ranieri & Amanda Ranieri, March 17 $330,000, 1709 Moorland Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-2982, 18-24-204-027-0000, Right Residential Ii Fund 3 To Chad M Heeren & Courtney C Heeren, March 10 $500,000, 580 Glenn Rdg, Crystal Lake 60014-1300, 14-33-481-008-0000, Anthony J Ebel To Timothy Glen Havenhill, March 16 $115,000, 6712 Rose Ave, Crystal Lake 60014-4972, 1802-433-004-0000, Va To Dariusz Gorski, March 15 $95,500, 905 Golf Course Rd 1, Crystal Lake 600141630, 19-07-331-005-0000, Richard M Bryant To Susan Kruse, March 8 $160,000, 718 Savannah Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-4574, 14-34-301-017-0000, Mark D Olson To Brenda L Othick, March 15 $246,000, 1043 Colony Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-8391, 1812-476-004-0000, Steven Sassman To Linda E Del Vescovo, March 14 $330,000, 2483 Achilles Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-3942, 13-34-102-002-0000, Michele R Lause Corpolongo To Mark Christ, March 17 $55,000, 4314 W Shamrock Ln 3f, Crystal Lake 60014, 14-03-456-043-0000, Susan M Schmidt To Jonas Leonas, March 17 $205,000, 1055 Barlina Rd, Crystal Lake 60014-8307, 18-12-429-025-0000, Fannie Mae To Dillon Rosch, March 10 $159,000, 107 Maple St, Crystal Lake 60014-5918, 1905-131-005-0000, Zachary Romme To Karla Larson, March 8 $232,000, 1040 Colony Dr, Crystal Lake 60014-8389, 18-12-430-020-0000, Richard A Koopman Ii To Anthony J Lazzara & Karen E Rodgers, March 17 $322,000, 2368 Achilles Ln, Crystal Lake 60014-3933, 13-34-101-013-0000, Norman H Carson To Richard T Prislinger, March 15 FOX RIVER GROVE $232,000, 271 Yorkshire Dr, Fox River Grove 60021-1883,

20-20-153-005-0000, Littel Trust To Mark P Haugen & Stephanie C Haugen, March 11 HARVARD $375,500, 17914 Hebron Rd, Harvard 60033-9389, 0209-100-006-0000, Joseph Trust To Dean Emil Beck & Ariel Beck, March 15 $110,750, 1305 9th St, Harvard 60033-3685, 01-26-360001-0000, Hud To Sandra Meza, March 15 $85,000, 7144 Ryan Rd, Harvard 60033-8472, 01-30400-003-0000, Christina Brown To Robert M Johnsen, March 16 $123,000, 1209 Primrose Ln, Harvard 60033-3705, 01-27-430-004-0000, Basis Investments Llc To Maria Mercado & Monica Villagomez, March 8 $86,000, 325 W Front St, Harvard 60033-2711, 01-35403-032-0000, Paul E Laudick To Timothy O Leary, March 15 HEBRON $118,000, 1865 Leatherleaf Trl, Hebron 60034-8508, 03-17-453-033-0000, Syed Trust To Dana Gomez, March 14 HUNTLEY $225,000, 10348 Scott Dr, Huntley 60142-2378, 18-22-401-003-0000, White Door Rentals Llc To Ryan Schweikhofer & Vanessa Schweikhofer, March 18 $306,000, 10706 Capitol Ln, Huntley 60142-4002, 18-27-303-005-0000, Fannie Mae To Bradley Nerem Jr & Jacqueline Nerem, March 17 $202,000, 13770 Wilshire Way, Huntley 60142-7858, 18-31-379-025-0000, Home State Bank To John D Zeller & Jo Anne Zeller, March 10 $235,500, 9390 Diana Ln, Huntley 60142-2456, 18-21282-015-0000, Goshen Mortgage Reo Llc To Juan A Saenz & Aurelia Saenz, March 16 $316,500, 9633 Schaffner Dr, Huntley 60142-0077, 18-20-403-051-0000, Calatlantic Group Inc To Joseph S Pilarski & Katarzyna Pilarski, March 8 $313,500, 12324 Ferris Ln, Huntley 60142-0135, 18-17428-021-0000, Calatlantic Group Inc To Matthew G Palys & Aimee L Palys, March 8 $310,000, 10839 Cambria Ct, Huntley 60142-4049, 18-27-153-030-0000, Brent T Mitchell To R Scott Parsons & Carrie J Parsons, March 14 $309,000, 12332 Winne Ln, Huntley 60142-0120, 18-17426-004-0000, Calatlantic Group Inc To Tyler R Towns & Lauren E Weaver, March 8

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS $255,000, 13502 Wildwood Ln, Huntley 60142-7782, 1831-452-091-0000, Boris Zabikow To Michael J Accomando & Sherrie A Rago Accomando, March 14 $180,000, 11702 Evergreen Ln, Huntley 60142-6311, 18-31-402-020-0000, Degroot Trust To Mary Lou Steele, March 17 $318,500, 8820 Pearsall Dr, Huntley 60142-0046, 18-17426-018-0000, Calatlantic Group Inc To Jason P Duncan & Stephanie N Duncan, March 8 $345,000, 11521 Beacon Ave, Huntley 60142-8190, 18-34-277-026-0000, Peter Ruscheinsky To Shoaib Jilani, March 11 $197,500, 11907 Borhart Dr, Huntley 60142-6218, 18-31358-003-0000, Deimel Trust To Margareth Kleiner, March 11 $230,000, 9701 Longfield Dr, Huntley 60142-2358, 18-22-405-037-0000, Bradley Nerem Jr To Angel Luis Rodriguez Jr, March 10 ISLAND LAKE $84,500, 3305 Hyacinth Ter, Island Lake 600429402, 15-20-232-010-0000, Alan R Hiller To Jonathan P Schroeder, March 10 $130,000, 3807 Hale Ln, Island Lake 60042-9685, 1519-426-072-0000, Juvenal Escobar To Elizabeth Knigge & Jason Knigge, March 8 $144,000, 1025 Wembley Dr, Island Lake 60042-9578, 15-19-476-015-0000, Justin T Clark To Amy M Loverde, March 17 JOHNSBURG $163,500, 1918 Church St, Johnsburg 60051-6304, 1018-102-008-0000, Harry Vosnos To Michael A Grillo, March 10 $80,000, 1006 Oeffling Dr, Johnsburg 60051-7994, 10-08-151-009-0000, Citifinancial Servicing Llc To Douglas

Heasley & Sharon Heasley, March 18 $525,000, 3110 Weingart Rd, Johnsburg 60051-7589, 10-18-479-039-0000, Kendall Trust To Joseph E Schiller & Kimberly N Schiller, February 26 $56,000, 1406 Acre Ln, Johnsburg 60051-9608, 10-18451-002-0000, Barbara J Ropiequet To Cathy Anne Brown & Nancy S Scheidt, March 3 LAKE IN THE HILLS $263,000, 4810 Highwood Ln, Lake In The Hills 60156-6346, 18-14-379-030-0000, Bradley R Simpson To Christopher Laughlin & Stefanie Laughlin, March 17 $134,000, 12 Woodland Rd, Lake In The Hills 60156-1269, 19-20-382-002-0000, Fannie Mae To Juana Rodriguez & Jose G Rodriguez Torres, March 17 $140,000, 880 Noelle Bnd, Lake In The Hills 60156-5651, 18-23-330-011-0000, Hsbc Bank Usa Trustee To Terry Diegel & Kathrin Diegel, February 26 $212,000, 3021 Hillsboro Ln, Lake In The Hills 601565687, 18-14-378-001-0000, Sheila A Nichols Lappe To Chad Hullinger & Amanda A Hullinger, February 26 $255,000, 1187 Prides Run, Lake In The Hills 601564864, 19-19-326-029-0000, Steve Henquinet To Chad Spencer & Anna Marie R Spencer, March 4 $110,000, 4607 Courtney Dr, Lake In The Hills 601566276, 18-14-455-067-0000, Jori Serine To Ronald N Nishimoto & Mary E Nishimoto, March 1 $220,000, 3336 Montgomery Dr, Lake In The Hills 60156-5816, 18-15-328-014-0000, Christopher Wiltshire To Collin J Andrews & Bridget E Andrews, March 14 $182,000, 10 Tenneyson Ct, Lake In The Hills 601565843, 18-26-301-006-0000, Owb Reo Llc To Luis Diaz & Fabian Diaz, March 14 $180,000, 418 Thunder Rdg, Lake In The Hills 601564827, 19-30-129-009-0000, Fannie Mae To Gaston Nunez & Rosa Nunez, March 17

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MARENGO $95,000, 904 Hale St, Marengo 60152-2345, 11-25-351008-0000, 904 North Hale Street Llc To Robert S Bradbury & Diane M Bradbury, March 10 $200,000, 826 Doral Dr, Marengo 60152-3365, 16-01106-014-0000, Suvad Basic To Christine Reiser Giertz, March 9 $275,000, 20415 Kishwaukee Valley Rd, Marengo 601529213, 11-12-200-021-0000, Visionary Properties Inc To Mark A Wiaduck, March 10 $220,000, 860 Stanford Dr, Marengo 60152-3067, 11-35-451-026-0000, Bauman Trust To David M Jaramillo & Leeroy Jaramillo, March 15 $208,500, 17213 Millstone Ct, Marengo 60152-8129, 17-33-227-011-0000, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To John T Clausen & Kristina N Clausen, March 10 MCHENRY $58,000, 5408 Christine Ave, Mchenry 60050-7723, 10-05-432-006-0000, Hsbc Bank Usa Trustee To Richard Kozak, February 29 $170,000, 816 Wright Ave, Mchenry 60051-9402, 1529-302-013-0000, Adam E Mercadante To Roger A Gadea Castillos, March 8 $395,000, 4418 N Riverdale Dr, Mchenry 60051-8995, 10-08-304-022-0000, Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp To

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$774,000, 201 Boulder Dr, Lake In The Hills 60156-4435, 08-25-251-002-0000, Pinter Trust To Kenneth Hein & Michelle Hein, March 15 $81,000, 11 Deer Path, Lake In The Hills 60156-1218, 19-29-134-013-0000, Bank Of America Na To Anthoula Arvanitis, March 17 $235,000, 5720 Lucerne Ln, Lake In The Hills 601566748, 18-15-353-003-0000, Marsha A Broughton To Jeffrey L Lawson, March 8

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James R Vondrasek, March 8 $185,000, 308 N Huntington Dr, Mchenry 60050-5164, 09-33-481-016-0000, Dieter E Strangl To Kristie M Alcala, March 7 $53,000, 908 Wiltshire Dr 1, Mchenry 60050-4919, 0934-176-077-0000, Thomas Milbratz To Renee Schmidtlein, March 7 $113,500, 3801 Anne St, Mchenry 60050-5572, 09-35327-003-0000, Sandust Llc To Juan Carlos Zavala, March 9 $105,000, 4408 Parkway Ave, Mchenry 60050-3782, 09-27-203-025-0000, Leonard Blatz Jr To Jason E Wessel, March 9 $170,000, 1008 Monroe Ave, Mchenry 60050-2438, 14-04-455-007-0000, Mary J Mellander To Jacqueline M Ashmore, February 29 $115,000, 2057 Concord Dr 13 4, Mchenry 60050-8324, 14-10-479-076-0000, Mark T Hogan To Deborah Kraus, February 29 $59,000, 5425 W Highland Dr, Mchenry 60050-3325, 09-21-405-002-0000, Hien Ly To Susan M Jastrowski, February 29 $154,000, 713 Christine Dr, Mchenry 60051-3222, 1505-182-006-0000, Paul Wigutow To Cornelius Deyoung, February 26 $160,000, 1926 Hemlock Dr, Mchenry 60050-2652, 0925-105-013-0000, Chrysoula Gould To Edward J Donahue, March 15 $146,000, 5116 Springdale Ln, Mchenry 60050-4047, 09-28-426-008-0000, Charlotte Miller To Diane Sorensen, March 17 $192,000, 3608 W Clover Ave, Mchenry 60050-5689, 09-35-327-028-0000, North Shore Holdings Ltd To Margaret A Hansen, March 1 $87,000, 313 N Kent Rd, Mchenry 60051-3413, 10-31330-015-0000, Supel Trust To Kyle Pearson, February 29

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Johnsburg

$275,625 COLONIAL COUNTRY CHARM Full wrap around porch on this home on an acre in Chapel Hill Estates. Highly rated Johnsburg schools. Spacious rooms incl. master w/updated bath & sitting area.Basement has full bath/ office/bedroom/craft area & yard access.

MLS#09167133 CENTURY 21 Sketchbook

Gary J Koopman

847-639-8700

Lake Zurich

$224,900 LOOKING FOR A GREAT VALUE? Raised ranch with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, walk-out basement, 2 car garage and tons of potential! Home sits on a double lot with mature trees, very picturesque setting. Don’t let it get away, call now!

MLS#09182816 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Pam Wagner/Maureen Forgette

847-745-9101

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Marengo

Joe Kozlowski

815-405-2194

Crystal Lake

815-354-4236

Marengo

$244,500 1009 Hale St Single family, 4 br, 3 ba. Just the ranch you were looking for finished basement too/ fenced yard, 2 car garage, fireplace, breakfast bar/ walk in mast/closet: Call today

Laura Heinberg

RE/MAX Connections II

815-814 6200

McHenry

$173,000 COUNTRY CLUB ESTATES! Welcoming home with 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, full basement with in-law arrangement, 2 car garage, eat-in kitchen, 3 season room. Convenient location, close to schools and the city pool.

Call for more details!

MLS#09082127 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews Maureen Forgette

815-354-4236

McHenry

$95,900 PRICED TO SELL! Adorable home with three bedrooms, one bath, cozy fireplace. Many updates including: tankless water heater, LED lights, fresh paint, new blinds. Kitchen has new cabinets & floor.

Bath has granite counter & new floor.

MLS#09086280 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Debbie Lovatt-Berggren

815-236-9733

McHenry

$299,900 READY TO WOW YOU Open concept in Legend Lakes boasts 2-story foyer, eat-in kitchen w/dark cabinets, granite, SS appl, brkfst. bar, huge master w/his&her closets, pvt balcony, 3-car gar. Access to ball fields, MLS#09169946 courts, soccer field & lakes.

CENTURY 21 Sketchbook

Blake Bauer

847-639-8700

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815-558-1204

McHenry

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847-745-9101

$137,999 SYMPHONY MEADOWS! Gorgeous townhome with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, partial basement, 2 car garage, open floor plan with living/dining room combo, private balcony. In-unit laundry, all appliances included.

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$72,500 JUST MOVE IN! The work has already been done! Adorable cottage with two bedrooms. Updated bath with claw foot tub. New roof, new septic, well is only five years old! Lake rights for summer fun!

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815-354-4236

$175,900 WELCOME HOME! Charming cottage with four bedrooms, two baths, full basement, one car garage, eat-in kitchen, formal dining & living rooms. Hardwood floors & decorative nooks add to the comfort of home.

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815-245-3918

$220,000 SUNRISE RIDGE ESTATES! Gorgeous ranch with 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, partial basement, 3 car garage, fireplace, formal living & dining rooms, master suite with private bath, first floor laundry. Relax outside on the covered porch or brick patio!

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Sandy Etten

815-405-2194

McHenry

$39,900 BUILD THAT DREAM HOME NOW! This is the perfect spot! One acre lot with beach rights. Electric and gas to site. Call for more information!

MLS#09145407 Anna Schweder

CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

815-558-1204

Mount Prospect

$289,900 FABULOUS FARMHOUSE! Unique home with everything you want! Four bedrooms, 2 baths, full basement, 2 car garage, in-law arrangement. New siding, roof, most doors and windows. Spacious deck with awning, above ground pool, too much to list!

MLS#09092026 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Debbie Lovatt-Berggren

815-236-9733

Wonder Lake

$96,500 BRING YOUR IDEAS! Great 2 story with 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, partial basement, 2 car garage, fireplace, screenedin porch, separate dining room and lots of potential! Recent roof and well pump. Come make it your own!

MLS#09060328 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Jean Botts/Debbie Lovatt-Berggren

815-236-9733

Woodstock

$199,900 THE SEARCH STOPS HERE! Gorgeous 2 story townhome with 3 bedrooms including 2 master suites, 2.5 baths including 2 master baths, 2 car garage, fireplace, vaulted ceilings, ample storage. Enjoy the clubhouse & community pool! Hurry!

MLS#09171020 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Pam Wagner/Maureen Forgette

847-745-9101

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For Better or For Worse

Education

READER NOTICE:

McHenry daycare is now seeking a...

TEACHER QUALIFIED PERSON and a TEACHERS AID for afternoons and evenings. The hours will be 2:00pm to 8:00pm. Director qualified a plus.

For information call Jackie or Brittany at: 815-385-1008

ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN UniCarriers Americas Corporation - Marengo, IL.

Responsible for maintaining the facility and equipment.

Requirements: 5 years' industrial/ electrical experience, troubleshooting skills with schematic and blue print reading.

1st shift, hourly rate + OT with full benefits package!

Please call Stephanie Jones: 815-568-4934

Job Fair: Sat. April 9th, 9 am - 1 pm

Free Hot Dogs! Come for the food, stay for a job!

Variety of manufacturing positions available in McHenry County, e.g. machine operator, inspector, assembler, etc.

Pay: $10-16/hr. Interview at: Express Employment Professionals

SECURITY OFFICERS

Security Guards needed for night and weekends for special events in and around McHenry area. Must have Perc Card.

Call K's Security 815-385-3310

SERVERS AND BARTENDERS need for Thursday's at Fishermen's Inn in Elburn. Ph: 630-365-9697.

580 E Terra Cotta Ave, Crystal Lake Questions?

Call 815-788-8556 or visit expresspros.com/crystallakeil.

SERVICE ADVISORS

AUTOMOTIVE PARTS PULLER - FT

Experienced Preferred, but will train.

Apply in person: Route 14 Auto Parts Woodstock, IL. Call: 815-338-2800 ext. 16 or email: rt14kimr@gmail.com

BUS DRIVERS WANTED

McHenry Elementary School District 15 Flexible Scheduling, paid training, “Child ride along” program. EOE

Apply: Transportation office 5805 W. Route 120 McHenry 815-385-6622 or D15.org

CAREGIVERS

3 Days On / 4 Days Off 24 hours (9am to 9am) caring for seniors. $150-$187 per shift includes sleep time.

Provide assistance with personal hygiene, companionship, and light housekeeping MUST have at least 1 year adult care-giving experience. C.N.A a plus. https://va175.ersp.biz/employment Visiting Angels of Crystal Lake / Barrington is an EEO employer CDL DRIVER / MACHINE OPERATOR CDL A, Dump, Lowboy, Flat Machine operator inc tractors, loaders.

Shop work also. Send resume Dispatch@dahmco.com

Commercial Loan Processor

Seeking individual to handle all aspects of commercial loan processing duties. Full time position. Must have strong computer skills. Minimum 2 years' experience in commercial banking.

Bank Teller

Rosen Hyundai is looking for a Full Time Service Advisor at: 771 S. Randall Rd. Algonquin IL 60102

NURSE PRACTITIONER

The Reason You Went Into Nursing:

Northwest Herald Classified It works.

Call today to place your ad

877-264-2527

ROSEN HYUNDAI

Family Nurse Practitioner for clinic in Crystal Lake. Part time, great work environment, making a real difference in the lives of many.

Resumes to pmontemurro@hpclinic.org www.hpclinic.org

SR QUALITY ENGINEER

Kenmode Tool & Engineering (a metal stamping company) in Algonquin is looking for a Sr. Quality Engineer. This person will be responsible for planning and directing activities concerning with the development, application and maintenance of quality standards. Assist with PPAP and annual re-submissions of active parts. Control suppliers ISO and TS certifications making sure that suppliers are up to date. The person must have a strong background in ISO/TS 16949, direct corrective action and problem solving, PPAP submissions, MSA, SPC, FMEA; Bachelor's degree in Engineering is preferred; Minimum of 8-10 years experience in QA in a manufacturing environment.

STAFFING COORDINATOR

We're GROWING and looking to add another Staffing Coordinator to add to our office family!

4 days from 9-5 in the office PLUS on-call weekday / weekend rotation. $31,500 plus incentive opportunity. MUST have 2 years office and ADULT caregiving experience. C.N.A a plus.

If you live in the Crystal Lake or Barrington area, we invite you to apply at https://va175.ersp.biz/employment.

Visiting Angels of Crystal Lake is an EEO employer.

KENNEL HELP WANTED

Permanent Part Time position.

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

Must be a dependable person who cares about dogs & has transportation. We will train the right person. Serious inquires only to: FOSTERS TRAINING CENTER, Antioch Phone: 847-838-0523 Place your Classified ad online 24/7 at: www.NWHerald.com/PlaceAnAd

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RN / LPN

Immediate Openings!

FT Days/Nights/PMs / Peds.

$32 / hour Top Rate

$500 Sign On Bonus!

McHenry & Lake Co. 815-356-8400

PRAIRIE GRANGE

40th ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT AUCTION

SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH, 2016 9:30am Sharp

LOCATION: To Be held at the Boone County Fairgrounds. 8791 Il. Rt. 76, Belvidere, Illinois 61008 1 mile north of Belvidere, IL

Send resumes to: HR@kenmode.com or via fax at: 847-658-9150

Full-time or part- time position. Includes some Saturdays. Responsible for performing all teller functions. Experience required.

Submit resumes via email to rick@harvardsavingsbank.com or mail to Harvard Savings Bank, ATTN: HR, 58 N. Ayer, Harvard, IL 60033.

Please contact Jeff Harris: 847-854-6700 Please email resumes to: jeffh@rosencars.com

As a service to you, our valued readers, we offer the following information.

This newspaper will never knowingly accept any advertisement that is illegal or considered fraudulent. If you have questions or doubts about any ads on these pages, we advise that before responding or sending money ahead of time, you check with the local Attorney General's Consumer Fraud Line and/or the Better Business Bureau.

They may have records or documented complaints that will serve to caution you about doing business with these advertisers. Also be advised that some phone numbers published in these ads may require an extra charge. In all cases of questionable value, such as promises or guaranteed income from work-at-home programs, money to loan, etc., if it sounds too good to be true, it may in fact be exactly that. Again, contact the local and/or national agency that may be able to provide you with some background on these companies. This newspaper cannot be held responsible for any negative consequences that occur as a result of you doing business with these advertisers.

PRAIRIE GRANGE, SPONSOR

SALE MANAGER: John Henninger 815-509-9227

MAILBOX & POST SALES & INSTALLATION

815-653-7095 ~ 815-341-7822 www.mailboxpostman.com BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY - CONTRACT SALESPERSON Selling aerial photography of farms on commission basis. $4,225.00 first month guarantee. $1,500-$3,000 weekly proven earnings. Travel required. More info msphotosd.com or 877/882-3566 CARS/TRUCKS WANTED!!! Sell Your Used or Damaged 2000-2016 Vehicle Fast! Running or Not. Nationwide FREE Towing.

Same Day Pick-up And Pay Available. Call 888-896-5412 The Illinois Classified Advertising Network (ICAN) provides advertising of a national appeal. To advertise in this section, please call ICAN directly at 217-241-1700. We recommend discretion when responding. Please refer questions & comments directly to ICAN. Get the job you want at NWHerald.com/jobs

Small list of some items: 1994 Chevy WT1500 p/u work truck, v6, runs; Gravity wagon w/good gear; Cushman work cart; Vibramatic ride on roller; wood duplicator; small wood lathe; 300’ of 6’ high chain link fence; lawn ornaments; (2) Minkota trolling motors; portable chicken house; McCullogh gas chain saws w/xtra bars & chains; Pallet wood crafts inc. indoor/outdoor bar, table w/benches, indoor & outdoor shelves & plant stands; saddle; bird houses & feeders; carpenter belt & tools; pedal bike trailer; coaster wagon; box of pony leather (tack); saddle bag; hanging tree stand w (4) rails; ground stand; garden tools; small game traps; (2) Korey running gears. Nursery stock- Arborvitae’s- Emerald green, Green Giant, Goldie, Techney &Colorado Blue Spruce.

Always a huge sale. Way too much to advertise. Bring your trucks & trailers & tell a friend!

Auctioneers: Al & John Henninger, Lyle Lee, Bob Goad, Jeff Marrs, Kris Bryan, Kenny Freeman & John Edwards TERMS: Cash or checks w/proper ID. Visa, Mastercard & Discover will be accepted. 3% Buyer’s premium w/3% discount for cash or check. No property to be removed until settled for. Not responsible for accidents or items after purchase. Announcements day of sale prevail over written material.

NOTE: Check in time as follows: Thursday, April 7th from 9-6, Friday, April 8th from 9-4.

NO SATURDAY MORNING ENTRIES!

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

BULL VALLEY

CRYSTAL LAKE ESTATE SALE

FRI, SAT, SUN 9-3 1065 Wheatland Drive

POWERS AUCTION & EQUIPMENT SALES LLC.

SPRING EQUIPMENT AUCTION

SATURDAY APRIL 9TH, 2016 @ 8:30 AM 1017 TRAKK LANE, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 NO BUYERS PREMIUM

A LIMITED NUMBER OF QUALITY CONSIGNMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED ITEMS ALREADY CONSIGNED INCLUDED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: 17 SKID LOADERS, 5 EXCAVATORS, UTILITY TRACTORS, LOADER BACKHOES, SCISSOR LIFTS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, STUMP GRINDERS, CHIPPERS, TRENCHERS, LIGHT TOWER/ POWER BUGGY TRUCKS, TRAILERS, LANDSCAPE & CONSTRUCTION RELATED ITEMS MOWERS, SKID LOADER ATTACHMENTS, SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND MUCH MORE!!

MARK YOU CALENDAR!!!

Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman, lawyer and orator who died in 43 B.C., said, “It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.”

We have various inquiry bids, the best-known being Blackwood and Stayman. Also useful is New Minor Forcing. If the auction starts one of a minor - one of a major - one no-trump, responder’s rebid of two of the unbid minor promises at least game-invitational values and asks opener to describe his hand further.

Opener’s priority is to indicate threecard support for responder’s major.

Without that, he shows four cards in the unbid major, or usually continues with two diamonds or two no-trump.

In this deal, South answers two clubs with two hearts, showing a doubleton spade and four hearts.

When North supports diamonds, which is game-forcing (no stopping on dimes), South, without a club stopper or honor-doubleton in spades, continues with three hearts.

North now knows that his singleton club is excellent. It is effectively a 34-point deck (10 points in each of three suits and 4 for the club ace). To make a small slam, you typically need 33 out of 40 points; using this ratio gives 28 out of 34. So, North uses (Roman Key Card) Blackwood and puts South into six diamonds.

West leads the club king, then shifts to his spade to dummy’s ace.

How should South continue?

Declarer should play a trump to his hand, ruff a club high on the board, draw trumps, and claim. He takes four spades, three hearts, four diamonds and the club ruff.

AUCTION YARD WILL OPEN ON MONDAY, APRIL 4TH @ 8:00AM FOR EQUIPMENT DROP OFF OUR SPRING AUCTION HAS BEEN VERY POPULAR & WELL ATTENDED FOR OVER 20 YEARS. BUYERS AND DEALERS FROM A SEVEN STATE AREA WILL ATTEND! DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BUY AND BEAT THE RUSH! MARK YOUR CALENDAR TODAY!!!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AUCTION, PLEASE CONTACT:

POWERS AUCTION & EQUIPMENT SALES

@ PHONE: 815-338-9700 or FAX INFO: 815-338-9766 Email: Mpowersequip@msn.com Please go to our web site to see a more complete listing; www.mikepowersauctions.com

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LOTS of AUDIO EQUIPMENT

FRI & SAT, SUN #'s @ 8:30 CASH ONLY

207 S. Fleming Rd. Leather Sofa, Howard Miller Wall Clock, DR Set with China Cabinet, Kitchen Table & Chairs, Dressers, Northwoods Bed, Desks, Pool Table, Unusual Office Desk, Bookcases, Many, Many Books, Glass Chandelier, Many Garage Items, Patio Furniture, China, Glassware, Many Kitchen Items, Linens, CD's, VHS, Large TV & SO MUCH MORE!

Windfall Antiques www.estatesales.net CARY MOVING/ESTATE SALE FRI & SAT, APR 8 & 9 10-3 423 GALWAY DRIVE

Piano, dining room, living room, bedroom furniture, antiques, antique books, glassware, household items and more, file cabinets & steel case desks, costume jewelry and more + 1937 Ford Coup

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Audio recorders; Mixing Consoles; Speakers, Amplifiers, Monitors, Effects Pedals, & Microphones. Cables & Albums too.

Atari ST-1040 Computer w/Hybrid Arts SMPTE-TrackMidi Sequencer; Silvertone (Harmony) & Guild Star vintage guitars.

Antiques & Collectibles, Household items, books, vintage cookbooks, furniture, clothes, metal shelving, 2 snow blowers, lawnmower, yarn & misc craft books

& MUCH MORE!!

Crystal Lake Estate Sale FRI & SAT, APR 8 & 9 10-3

6205 Running Iron Dr. Lovely Furnishings for Every Room!

Thomas Kincaid framed canvas, glass, china, collectibles, Craftsman riding lawn mower, lawn & garden tools, hand & power tools, outdoor furniture, 2011 GMC Arcadia SUV

See pix & details @ www.recollectionsltd.com

HARVARD ESTATE SALE Sat, April 9 Sun, April 10

8am - 3pm 8am - 2pm

1605 Wildflower Lane HO train sets, parts, Lionel trains, and more.

Thomas Kincaid Hawthorn Village & complete train set, collectible model cars, Vintage Dolls; Terri Lee doll,Terri Lee outfits, Campbell's Doll, Lulu Doll,many more collectible dolls. Collectible and vintage glass Dog figurines, Depression glass, china, milk glass, collectible beer steins.

Antique photo equipment, Original Snow Village, Antique microscope, projector,trunks, books, wall art, stained glass, sewing table & machine.

Furniture including life size doll house bedroom set, antique type writer, silver, porcelain figurines + many house hold items incl tools NO HOLDING or DELIVERY OPTIONS CASH ONLY PLEASE

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WOODSTOCK ESTATE SALE FRI & SAT 9-4, SUN 9-2 17422 US ROUTE 14 Lots of Vintage - Erector & Gilbert Chemistry Set Parts, Lionel Train, vinyl records, children's organ, children's table & chair, Games - Atari, Pong, dolls, kitchen items, furniture, school desk, lift recliner, motorized scooter, new wheelchair, oak dining table & chairs, Living room furniture, bedroom set, corner hutch, TV's, electronics, tools, Cessna 182 sports scale model set & MUCH MORE!

JOHNSBURG GARAGE SALE SAT ONLY, APRIL 9 9-3 3910 North Pitzen Rd. Everything Must Go! Tables, chairs, dining room & kitchen tables, hutches, tools, piano, dryer, stove, fridge, dishes, dressers, Christmas decorations LEMAX Christmas houses, American Girl doll items & MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Cash Only

Lake In The Hills HUGE Tool Sale

WOODSTOCK ESTATE SALE Fri 9-4 & Sat 9-3 1026 Tappan Street

SAT, APRIL 9 9-3

Bev Doolittle "Sacred Ground" signed #1464/69996 matted & framed - $300. 815-363-8974

(2) Sun 7 speed Bicycles, model Ruskin, for Adults.

Garage kept, in good condition. These were $349 new each, selling for $150 each. Call 815-690-0235 26 in. Woman's Diamondback - 21 speed, purple/white, great condition $125. 630-835-5694 File Cabinet (HON) Series 600 Black, 2 drawer, 36"W x 19"D x 28.5”H, Very good condition with a few scratches on the top. $175. 815- 337-0632

HAIR SALON CLOSING – 3 HYDRAULIC CHAIRS. EXCELLENT COND. $125 each. Call: 815-385-7550 10am-5pm Mon. - Sat. Book - Titled “Legally Sane” 1972 First Edition

Tool Collector, Blacksmith, Garage Loaded, Household, Some Antiques, Furniture, OLD TOYS & Much More NUMBERS AT 8:30am

11 STANTON COURT

Good Condition, $250. 815-404-1587 NO texts 7a-7p

Carpentry & Woodworking Tools, Some Antique Tools & Wrenches

Laser Disk / Karoke Player - Pioneer CLD-D504, Includes Microphone, Remote and 11 movies, Excellent Condition, $125. 815-337-0632

WOODSTOCK ESTATE SALE

WOODSTOCK

THURS, FRI, SAT, APR 7, 8, 9 8-4 3130 Boerderij Way R U Kidding Sale, Bring Your Truck!

Furniture, Household Items, Clothes, Tools

WOODSTOCK

4218 Billingsgate Lane (Crestview Estates)

Moving Sale

FRI & SAT. 9AM-5PM

Lots of Furniture, Kitchen items and Household items.

Lots of Lawn and Barn items.

Woodstock

First United Methodist Church

Sat & Sun, Apr 9 & 10 9-3 ~ CASH ONLY ~ 1411 Savanna Lane

Follow signs from Rt 47 & Southview Great furniture for every room, kitchen, household, Xmas & Halloween, yard accessories, tools, bikes, Radio Flyer wagon

Thurs, April 7 3pm - 7pm Fri, April 8 8am - 4pm Sat, April 9 8am-NOON Saturday $3/Bag Day

201 W. South St. Clothing & Many Household Items Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Crystal Lake

Call 877-264-2527

First Congregational Church

FREE! ENTERTAINMENT UNIT – Solid oak, Exc. Cond. Heavy. 60” w x 76” h x 16” d.

Algonquin. Call: 847-658-3638

NEW HOURS

FREE: WOOD PIER PIECES 847-401-7613 OR 815-728-8507 Parakeet (2) and Cage 815-725-3800

Rummage Sale

Opens Thurs, Apr 7 Fri, Apr 8 Sat, Apr 9

5pm - 7pm 9am - 5pm 9am - 1pm

★ Sat is Bargain Day, ½ Price or $5/Bag

461 Pierson St. Use Side Entrance

Wonderful Items & Well Organized!

HARVARD GARAGE SALE THURS, FRI, SAT, APR 7, 8, 9 8-2

1210 Willow Lane Child's Dresser, Misc Household & More!

Stereo -The Wedge, 1970's, works great, $240/obo.

847-602-1230 Stereo Equipment, Teac A2300 S Reel to Reel Tape Recorder w/misc tapes, $135.00. 815-337-0632 K-Cups for Keurig Coffee Maker - Assorted Flavors Regular & decaf,60 cups - $25 - 815-459-5204

815-790-1896

DIAMOND GRINDING WHEELS - Mounted on hubs for a surface grinder, call for details. $75 obo 630-835-5694 HEIGHT GAUGE - Brown and Sharp height gauge, very good shape & accurate, 0 to 9". Indicator stand & wooden case included. $250/obo. 630-835-5694 PORTER CABLE framing nailer kit w nailer, case, wrench, manual & almost full new box of collated 30 deg nails. $140 for all, 815-444-0504 Sears/Craftsman Industrial Electric Screwdriver – Variable Speed, Reversible, Mainly used for drywall - $9. 847-658-3436

Table Saw, With All Attachments, Good Condition $75.00. 815-385-4295

Powered Wheelchair, Invacare-Promto 31 Brand New, $1100/obo. 815-759-9361 Chain Link Fence, Black, Heavy Duty, 5' + assorted poles, caps, etc, $1.50 per foot. 815-385-5145 Advanced Placement Study Aids: Boxed Card sets for A/P Biology & Chemistry, $10/each. Excellent condition.

Boxed sets of dog & cat anatomy cards. $9/each. Saunders Veterinary Anatomy Cards - $30. 815 276-1479 Home Wine Making Equipment – Wine press, crusher, 3 & 5 gal. carboys, corker plus miscellaneous equipment $100 for all. Call 815-385-7686

Bedroom Set, Vintage Dresser with Mirror, Chest of Drawers, exc cond! $350. 815-790-5040

KAWAI UPRIGHT PIANO - From Japan 1970's. Good condition.

Includes matching bench. Piano has traveled the world. Perfect for child who wants to learn, $350- you move. 815-276-1479. Text for photos.

CABINETS - GLASS FRONT: Larger 42" H, 25" W, 16" D. Smaller 22" H, 28" W, 16" D. Each has 1 fixed & 2 movable shelves. $35 for set. 815-271-2647

Barbara 3 month old female Gray DSH My best nickname is Munchkin.

It's what my sisters call me.

Chairs, Armless, Upholstered, Stackable, Nice! $8 815-477-5301

CRAFTER OR OTHER STORAGE UNIT - Beautiful solid wood with many storage cubbies & pull out flat drawers.

Unit is 42"T, 43"W & 16"D. $50. Call 815-271-2647

Glass Table, marble base and glass top w/6 Chairs

Black & grey upholstered chairs, $400. 815-276-7635 Living Room Upholstered Chairs (2) Excellent condition! $100/both.

815-790-5040 Oak Corner TV Cabinet – Glass & Wood Doors, center opening 52”diagonal, 82”H x 58”W x 30”D Like New $85. 815-236-0463 Recliner Sofa & Chair – Leather, full size, 3 seat sofa w/ recliners at each end, Includes matching Leather Reclining Rocking Chair. $250 OBO. 815-349-0206

Sofa Bed with Matching Love Seat, $150/obo.

815-385-9603

TV Cabinet Set – 3 piece, white, has glass doors at top & solid doors at bottom. Makes a great storage/display set for books, toys, games, etc. $50. 815-276-1479 Crystal Lake WICKER CHAIRS - Very sturdy, large, high back antique, cushioned, 2 available, made in Sheboygan Wisc. $200/obo 630-835-5694

Jewelry Making - All sizes, shapes & colors of beads and pendants, chains, pins, clasps and findings in both gold and silver. Also, earring display cards, black velvet necklace stands, jewelry bags, jewelry organizers & more. Some brand new! All for $100. 815-575-0411 or klutz@d47.org

BAKERS' RACK - Ironwork is dark green and black speckle. Wood top is 19" x 31" rack 77" H x 21.5"D x 31"W $75. 815-271-2647

WAHL APPLIANCE

Chipper/Shredder, 5HP Engine + Extras, $400.

815-535-2279

Bama, James Riding The High Country signed, framed,COA #959/1250 - $250. 815-363-8974

ALUMINUM BRAKE, $1000

Trailer Hitch - Volvo S60, V70 and XC70 (2001 - 2009), Hidden Hitch Class II with 2" ball receiver, excellent Condition, $85. 815-337-0632

Wicker Desk & Matching Hanging Lamp - Wood desk has wicker overlay. includes glass top & 3 large drawers on one side, both painted purple, but easy to change color. $30 for the set. Crystal Lake (815) 276-1479

ANTIQUE STEAMER TRUNK - EARLY 1900s. Eagle Lock Co. Wood, brass, leather, on original small casters. $75. 815-271-2647

Air Compressor/Bostich Gas, Dual Tank, 8HP, $300/obo 815-861-3699

K-CUPS for Keurig Coffee Maker - assorted flavors, regular & decaf, 60 cups for $25 - 815-459-5204

CHICAGO CUBS lined jacket - Gently used, lightly quilted & padded. size adult medium. excellent condition $25; Cubs polo shirt, size large, new w/ tags - $20. Call or text 8l5-27l-2647

Reconditioned Appliances Sales and Service Lakemoor 815-385-1872

CLASSIFIED 25

Cub Cadet Riding Mower - 16 hp, 2 stage snow blower, tire chains, weights, and lawn sweeper $350. Crystal Lake (815) 276-7110

Lawn Mower, Snapper 22" Variable speed, self-propelled Briggs & Stratton engine. Bought new in July '13 for $325, minimal use. $200/firm.

815.482.0521

3500 HONDA GENERATOR, $900 815-790-1896

I guess because I'm pretty little. I'm a small package but I'm growing. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400 Brownie 2 year old female Brittany mix Every once in a while, life presents an uncanny coincidence that seems too meaningful to be pure chance. When you realize you are on the right path. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400 CANARY - TRI-COLOR, 10 MONTHS OLD FREE TO GOOD HOME! 815-648-2501 Northwest Herald Classified It works.

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Dark Brown Premium Mulch $40 per cubic yard

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Honest ~ Reasonable ~ Free Estimates All Work Guaranteed, Bathrooms~Kitchens~Basements~Drywall Tile & More. 847-791-2354

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• Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com Lionel & American Flyer Trains 815-353-7668

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

★★ ★★ ★★★ ★★ ★★

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer

1999 Terry Travel Trailer, 33' Slide-Out

Sleeps 8-10, VGC! $5000 815-893-0210 2004 JAYCO JAY FEATHER 23B, EXC COND!

Stored inside, sleeps 6-8, very light weight, under 4000 lbs + many upgrades, $6,499.

815-477-0386

Camper for rent - Pop-Up, Sleeps Six, $395/Week $195/weekend.

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan.

815-814-1964

or

Call for Details 815-337-3601

MOTORCYCLES WANTED

815-814-1224

★★ ★★ ★★★ ★★ ★★

A-1 AUTO

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1999 Mazda 626 LX, 1 Owner, 79K, Clean Carfax

Sunroof, ice cold A/C, great heat, pw, pdl, newer brakes and tires, looks and runs great! Free 6 mo warranty. $3600/obo MPR Auto Sales 815-344-9440

All makes, cash paid, reasonable. Will pick-up.

630-660-0571

Will BUY UR USED

2002 Chrysler Sebring LXI Convertble, 1 Owner

a

POWER

Tree & Stump Removal, Inc.

10% OFF, Exp Mar, '16

Also Mulch & Firewood

815-943-6960 Fully Insured 24 Hour Emergency Ce ll 815-236-5944 *Trimming & Removal *Specializing Large & Dangerous Trees *Storm Damage *Lot Clearing *Stump Grinding *Pruning

Leather, loaded, looks and runs great!

Free 6 mo warranty, $3500.

MPR Auto Sales 815-344-9440

2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser GT Turbo,1 Owner

Fully loaded, 78K, black, custom wheels, free 6 mo warranty, $4900. MPR Sales 815-344-9440

CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH

WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!!

$400 - $2000 “don't wait....call 2day”!!

2005 Dodge Neon SXT, 4 Door, 77K Only

Looks and runs great! $3500, free 6 mo warranty.

MPR Auto Sales 815-344-9440

2004 Chevy Silverado 1500 2WD EXT CAB

Trailer pkg, bedliner & cover, $5200. 847-899-5909

Woodstock Studio $600/mo + sec. Efficiency

815-575-5153

$575/mo + sec, 1BR $700/mo + sec. All 3 furnished with all utilities included, no pets.

815-509-5876

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2004 Mercury Monterey, 1 Owner, 72K

7 passenger, new brakes, newer tires, front and rear heat and A/C, looks and runs great! Free 6 mo warranty. $5300.

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2006 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT

Donovan 1 year old male Golden mix My earliest happy memory is taking a family photo when I was 2 months old.

I was laughing with my mother and siblings. What a joyful day. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400 Parrot Cage ~ 32"W x 23"D x 53"H

On wheels w/playtop, exc cond, $125/obo. 815-568-7730 PUTTER - Taylor Made Ghost Spider SI Putter Excellent Condition - $75. 847-322-9588

1 Owner, 71K Only, Loaded, leather, stow and go seating, power sliding doors and rear hatch, DVD, sunroof, navigation, free 6 mo warranty, $6500.

MPR Sales 815-344-9440

Music & Military CASH 815-354-6169

Antique and Modern Guns

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

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CALL STEVE 847-542-5713

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Restored or Unrestored Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Cars: Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari's, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang & Mopars, $$ Top $$ all makes, Etc.

Putter - Tour Edge Backdraft GT-Pro with Superstroke Fatso 5.0 Grip. Excellent Condition $15. 847-322-9588

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% Down

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com • Thursday, April 7, 2016 • McHenry 1BR, Clean, Quiet, Close to Everything. $735/mo + sec dep, Sect 8 OK. 815-385-1311

The Villas

Open House

WOODSTOCK

Newly Constructed Townhomes

Sat & Sun, April 16 & 17 10am - 4pm 829 Ross Lane, McHenry

Walnut Ridge Apartments New Construction Non-Smoking Units Available In Unit Washer & Dryer Willow Brooke Apartments Garages Pet Friendly

1 Month Free At $1299.00 Limited Time Only!

All units include Clubhouse Membership

Visit today to take a tour of our community Call For Details & Specials:

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815-575-6869

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Rents starting at $805 per month

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Woodstock – Farmette 4 bedroom, Large Barn, 5 Acres, $1800.

Hometown Realty 815-347-1712

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Crystal Lake - Randall Village, 2 BR, 2 BA, 2nd Floor, Frplc, W/D, Exercise Room, Pool, $1,200/mo. Avail. June 1st 815-953-5434

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No smoking/ No pets.

815-459-0361 -

Crystal Lake Approx 400 Sq FtWith Waiting Area. Clean, nice office suite incl all util + high speed DSL, $545/mo. 815-790-0240

CRYSTAL LAKE Office Space for rent, 3 rooms, can customize, approx 600 sq/ft, $1100/mo 2 yr lease, available 4/1. 815-444-6724

Lake In The Hills 1119 W. Algonquin & Pyott Rd.

Street front location, great visability, approx 3100 sq ft. $2000/mo gross + utilities, available now. 847-854-2670

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PRE-OWNED ANDERSON BMW

360 N. Rte. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/682-4485

www.andersoncars.com

BILL JACOBS BMW

MARTIN CHEVROLET 5220 W. Northwest Highway Crystal Lake, IL

815/459-4000

www.martin-chevy.com

1564 W. Ogden Ave. • Naperville, IL

RAY CHEVROLET

www.billjacobs.com

847/587-3300

800/731-5824

KNAUZ BMW

407 Skokie Valley Hwy. • Lake Bluff, IL

847/604-5000

www.KnauzBMW.com

MOTOR WERKS BMW

Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

800/935-5913

www.motorwerks.com

MOTOR WERKS CERTIFIED OUTLET Late Model Luxury PreOwned Vehicles

1001 W. Higgins Rd. (Rt. 71) or 1000 W. Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) • Hoffman Estates, IL

800/935-5909

www.motorwerks.com

39 N. Rte. 12 • Fox Lake, IL

www.raychevrolet.com

RAYMOND CHEVROLET 118 Route 173 • Antioch, IL

847/395-3600

www.raymondchevrolet.com

BULL VALLEY FORD

1460 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

800/407-0223

www.bullvalleyford.com

BUSS FORD

TOM PECK FORD

13900 Auto Mall Dr. • Huntley, IL

847/669-6060

www.TomPeckFord.com

2525 E. Main Street • St. Charles, IL

www.zimmermanford.com

888/800-6100

GARY LANG GMC

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

FENZEL MOTOR SALES Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

REICHERT BUICK

2145 S. Eastwood Dr. • Woodstock, IL

815/338-2780

www.reichertautos.com

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE 888/800-6100

877/226-5099

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

Route 120 • McHenry, IL

815/385-7220

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

119 Route 173 • Antioch, IL

224/603-8611

www.raymondkia.com

815/385-2100

BILL JACOBS LAND ROVER HINSDALE

300 East Ogden Ave. • Hinsdale, IL

www.garylangauto.com

MOTOR WERKS CADILLAC

200 N. Cook St. • Barrington, IL

800/935-5923

www.motorwerks.com

CRYSTAL LAKE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE

881 E. Chicago St. • Elgin, IL

www.elginhyundai.com

LAND ROVER LAKE BLUFF

www.clcjd.com

ROSEN HYUNDAI

847/604-8100

GURNEE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM

771 S. Randall Rd. • Algonquin, IL

866/469-0114

www.rosenrosenrosen.com

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

AL PIEMONTE CHEVROLET 770 Dundee Ave. (Rt. 25) • Dundee, IL

847/426-2000

www.piemontechevy.com

Route 120 • McHenry, IL

815/385-7220

www.sunnysidecompany.com

KNAUZ MINI

409A Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

847/604-5050

www.Knauz-mini.com

www.knauzlandrover.com

LAND ROVER HOFFMAN ESTATES

landroverhoffman.com

MOTOR WERKS INFINITI

Barrington & Dundee Rds. Barrington, IL

800/935-5913

www.motorwerks.com

1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

GARY LANG SUBARU

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

815/385-2100

www.garylangauto.com

EVANSTON SUBARU IN SKOKIE 3340 Oakton St., Skokie, IL

847/869-5700

www.EvanstonSubaru.com

GARY LANG MITSUBISHI

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

LIBERTYVILLE MITSUBISHI

1119 S. Milwaukee Ave.• Libertyville, IL

847/816-6660

www.libertyvillemitsubishi.com

ELGIN TOYOTA

1200 E. Chicago St. Elgin, IL

847/741-2100

www.elgintoyota.com

PAULY TOYOTA

1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050 www.paulytoyota.com

375 Skokie Valley Hwy • Lake Bluff, IL

866/346-0211

www.gurneedodge.com

SUNNYSIDE COMPANY CHRYSLER DODGE

www.billjacobs.com

MOTOR WERKS PORSCHE

Barrington & Dundee Rds., Barrington, IL

800/935-5913

www.motorwerks.com

1051 W. Higgins • Hoffman Estates, IL

888/471-1219

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

800/295-0166

www.billjacobs.com

5404 S. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

7255 Grand Avenue • Gurnee, IL

GARY LANG CHEVROLET

888/204-0042

847/888-8222

888/800-6100

1564 W. Ogden Ave. • Naperville, IL

www.garylangauto.com

www.oharehonda.com

ELGIN HYUNDAI

847/234-1700

815/385-2100

888/538-4492

www.sunnysidecompany.com

Route 31, between Crystal Lake & McHenry

KNAUZ CONTINENTAL AUTOS

www.arlingtonkia.com

River Rd & Oakton, • Des Plaines, IL

GARY LANG CADILLAC

www.motorwerks.com

www.st-charles.mercedesdealer.com

BILL JACOBS MINI

1107 S Rt. 31 between Crystal Lake and McHenry

RAYMOND KIA

O’HARE HONDA

800/935-5909

GARY LANG KIA

800/935-5913

SUNNYSIDE COMPANY CHRYSLER DODGE

“Home of the $1,995 Specials”

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050

MOTOR WERKS HONDA

www.motorwerks.com

www.steves-auto-sales.com

www.gurneedodge.com

1400 E. Dundee Rd., Palatine, IL

www.gurneedodge.com

225 N. Randall Road • St. Charles, IL

847/838-4444

www.Knauzcontinentalauto.com

847/202-3900

888/471-1219

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS SELENE FINANCE LP; Plaintiff, vs.

BARRY A. HANSEN; CAROLYN M. HANSEN A/K/A CAROLYN HANSEN; CRYSTAL RIDGE HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. D/B/A WALKUP AT THE PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS, INC., D/B/A BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE CO. OF ILLINOIS; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BARRY A. HANSEN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CAROLYN M. HANSEN, IF ANY; OWNERS AND UNKNOWN NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 1749 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that a Judgm of

by gi that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the conference room, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 225 Crystal Ridge Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60012.

P.I.N. 14-32-182-006.

The improvement on the property consists of a mixed use commercial and/or residential Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call sales department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Wirbicki Law Group, The 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455.

For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. W12-3616

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/s/ Mary S. Kleven

(Published in the Northwest Herald, March 24, 31, 2016 April 7, 2016)

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS SELENE FINANCE LP; Plaintiff, vs.

BARRY A. HANSEN; CAROLYN M. HANSEN A/K/A CAROLYN HANSEN; CRYSTAL RIDGE HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. D/B/A WALKUP AT THE PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; BENEFICIAL ILLINOIS, INC., D/B/A BENEFICIAL MORTGAGE CO. OF ILLINOIS; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BARRY A. HANSEN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CAROLYN M. HANSEN, IF ANY; OWNERS AND UNKNOWN NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 1749 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the conference room, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 3 IN WALKUP AT THE PARK UNIT ONE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 1, 1999 AS DOCUMENT NO. 1999R-075300, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 225 Crystal Ridge Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60012.

P.I.N. 14-32-182-006.

The improvement on the property consists of a mixed use commercial and/or residential Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call sales department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Wirbicki Law Group, The 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455.

For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. W12-3616 I688567 (Published in the Northwest Herald, March 24, 31, 2016 April 7, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN RE TO THE ESTATE OF ELEANOR L. MUNGLE Case No. 15 PR 98 as of October 23, 2015, I, Mary S. Kleven is now the Executor of the Estate. Any of Eleanor L. Mungle Debt can be sent to: Mary S. Kleven 9011 Pine Ave. Wonder Lake, IL 60097 I, myself, will not be responsible for paying her Debt, the Estate itself will be.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY – GENEVA, ILLINOIS CitiMortgage, Inc. Plaintiff, vs.

Ian M. Johnson, AKA Ian Johnson; Heidi J. Johnson, aka Heidi Johnson; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Sunrise Ridge Estates Defendants.

Case No. 16 CH 148 3806 West Meadow Lane Wonder Lake, IL 60097 Judge Suzanne C. Mangiamele PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit(s) having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the plaintiff(s), naming you as a defendant(s) therein and praying for a judgment of foreclosure and sale and other relief, that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending and undetermined in said Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action in this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before May 9, 2016, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on March 29, 2016. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Email: MDKIllinoisFilings@manleydeas.com (Published in the Northwest Herald on April 7, 14, 21, 2016) 1175648

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COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 4 Hastings Court Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 and which said Mortgage was made by: Community Savings Bank as Trustee, u/t/a dated 12/12/2005 a/k/a Trust No. LT-2067 the Mortgagor(s), to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as Document No. 2010R0020211; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court 2200 N. Seminary Woodstock, IL 60098 on or before May 9, 2016, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-16-03158 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO SUBDIVIONS WITH On April 19, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., a NONDEDICATED ROADS WITHIN McHENRY TOWNSHIP meeting conducted by Fox River Grove School District 3 will take place at 403 Orchard Street, Fox SUBDIVISIONS eligible for receipt River Grove, IL. The purpose of this and expenditure of motor fuel tax meeting will be to discuss the dis- funds during the calender year trict's plan for providing special ed- 2016-2017 for maintenance and ucation services to students with or improvement of nondedicated disabilities who attend private roads established prior to July 23, schools within District 3 boundaries 1959, must make application in or are being home schooled for the writing from a delegated represen2016-17 school year. If you are the parent of a home-schooled stu- tative to the Township Road Comdent who has been or may be missioner on or before Friday, April identified with a disability, and you 29, 2016. Such expenditures are reside within the boundaries of Fox governed by the provisions of River Grove School District 3, you Chapter 605 ILCS 5/6-701/8 of the are urged to attend. The deadline Illinois Highway Code. for notifying the District of your attendance will be 04/14/2016. If /s/ James E. Condon, P.E. you have further questions pertain- Township Road Commissioner ing to this meeting or would like to attend, please contact Angela Ko, /s/ Marsha Nelson Special Needs Coordinator, at Township Clerk (847) 462-2415.

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CARPENTERSVILLE STORAGE, 250 Williams Street, Carpentersville, IL 60110, will sell on April 28, 2016 (Published in the Northwest at 10:00 a.m. the following propHerald April 7, 14, 21, 2016) erty: Unit 22 ( 10 x 10 ) Property of Jarrett & Diana Lopez.

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Before the Planning and Zoning Commission Of the Village of Johnsburg In the Matter of the Application of William and Pamela Dvonch Legal Notice The Village of Johnsburg hereby gives notice that the Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Johnsburg Village Hall, 1515 Channel Beach Avenue inJohnsburg to hear the application of William and Pamela Dvonch relating to the vacant property commonly known 1604 Sunnyside Beach Drive, Johnsburg, Illinois PIN I 0-18-126-025.

The applicants request that the Planning and Zoning Commission for the Village of Johnsburg recommend that a variance be granted to Section 7.1-2 Accessory Buildings and Structures, to permit the placement of an accessory structure on a parcel prior to the establishment or construc tion of the main building to which it is an accessory.

Said variance is to permit the construction of a storage shed on a vacant parcel for personal, residential use.

Interested persons may examine copies of the proposed petition, map, ordinance or other submit ted documents, if any, at the Village Hall during normal business hours. Submitted by: Claudett E. Peters, Village Administrator Village of Johnsburg

(Published in the Northwest Herald April 7, 14, 2016) 1175486

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of intent to dispose of abandoned and unclaimed property.

HIGHWAY 20 SELF STORAGE, 1030 E, Grant Highway, Marengo, IL 60152, will sell on April 29, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. the following property: Unit 642 ( 10 X 10 ) Property of Michelle Friedli (Published in the Northwest Herald April 7, 14, 2016) 1175482

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Public Hearing Township Budget Notice is hereby given that the Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance of the Marengo Township, McHenry County, IL for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2016 and ending March 31, 2017 will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at the office of the Marengo Township, 4010 N IL State Route 23, Marengo, IL from April 12, 2016 and after.

Notice is further given that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance will be at 7pm on April 18, 2016 at the Marengo Township, 4010 N IL State Route 23, Marengo, IL and that final action on this ordinance be taken at a meeting to be held at 4010 N IL State Route 23, Marengo, IL at 7pm on May 16, 2016.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Wendy A. Heffner; Community The Northwest Herald Savings Bank as Trustee, u/t/a reaches 137,000 adult readers dated 12/12/2005 a/k/a Trust No. in print every week, and LT-2067; Unknown Owners and 259,000 unique visitors on Nonrecord Claimants NWHerald.com every month.

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