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Tales from the ‘Style Wars’ mother-daughter front For years now, my mother and I have been engaged in our own “Style Wars” saga.

My mother has never be accused of being fashionable, on trend or even up on the latest looks. (She can be excused for this; she grew up during the Great Depression and is masterful at making do.)

She was “ahead of her time” when I was a kid, but that would not have been a compliment.

No woman in her 40s should ever be caught dead in polyester pants with elastic waists. But I’m getting ahead of myself.

That’s not to say I am a fashion plate myself.

I’ve seen the pictures from my teen years, when I refused to wear any shoes other than my beloved Nike track shoes. Never mind that they do not go with button-downed shirts and blazers.

Perhaps the hip-hop moguls can get away with sneakers and suits; teen girls, sadly, cannot.

Our styles collided often, particularly when I was in junior high and I “had to have” whatever high-end jeans brand was popular that week.

No go, she would say, steering me toward the knock-off imitators found at our favorite discount stores. (Zayre and Hornsby, anyone?)

I started to get a better grasp of the “style” thing when I got a summer job at Joseph Spiess, one of the anchor stores at the old Crystal Point Mall in Crystal Lake.

I worked in the women’s department and quickly found my niche: helping older ladies match those polyester pants with those multicolored polyester blouses so many of them favored. Mind you, this wasn’t anything close to my own style, but at least these ladies would avoid the dreaded color clash and mixed-pattern disasters.

Then there was the detail that my own mother, who was nowhere close to as old as the clientele to which I was catering, had closets full of these things. I’d seen this all before.

Oh, I tried over and over again to persuade my mother to wear jeans like the rest of the

VIEWS Joan Oliver younger part of the planet. However, she would not be budged.

Imagine my surprise when, years later, she had a complete jeans collection and not a polyester pant to be seen. Of course, they all are “Mom jeans,” but one has to start somewhere.

I also discovered, much to my surprise and a mixture of horror/humor, that she had purloined a number of my college-era items. My penny loafers, a velour batwing top from the late-1980s and a number of T-shirts. Perhaps they were stylish back in the day, but now? Not so much.

Even so, we culled a good portion of my mother’s closet excess when she made the move back to Illinois. A “closet edit,” to put it in fashion terms.

So how did I finally win my mother over to my side? I’d love to attribute it to some epiphany on my mother’s part that I really do know what I’m doing.

However, I think this, too, is a concession made to my mother’s dementia and poor eyesight. It’s just too hard these days for the old girl to coordinate outfits.

Then again, I think she enjoys the compliments she gets when she goes places looking all stylish and put together.

Ah, the joys of a well-edited closet. And a personal fashion stylist-slash-caregiver.

It only took 40 years, but I think I’ve finally won this one.

• Joan Oliver is the former Northwest Herald assistant news editor. She has been associated with the Northwest Herald since 1990. She can be reached at jolivercolumn@gmail.com.

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ON THE COVER Home of the Sparrow holiday helper Dylan Eddy of Wonder Lake prepares items for the Adopt a Family program at the organization’s offices in McHenry. The end of the year typically means a surge in charitable donations for nonprofits.

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A CLOSER LOOK “The holiday season makes people more charitable; they tend to be thinking more about that during the holidays.”

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Sparrow’s Nest volunteers Joyce Sjostrom (left) and Liz Winberg, both of Fox Lake, price donated items Dec. 12 at the thrift store and donation center in McHenry. The end of the year typically means a surge in charitable donations for nonprofits.

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McHenry County nonprofits benefit from end-of-the-year donation surge

By JORDYN REILAND

jreiland@shawmedia.com McHenry County-area nonprofits are feeling the positive effects of the season of giving.

The holiday season, as many charity organizations know, often motivates those to give. Whether it’s the generosity brought on by this time of year or those who are motivated by tax season, many local nonprofits say these endof-the-year donations can account for

a quarter, third or more of an annual budget.

Roughly 31 percent of annual giving occurred in the month of December and 12 percent occurred on the last three days of the year, according to 2014 data from the Digital Giving Index.

“Year-end giving is our biggest time of the year to raise funds to support the agency’s mission,” said Debbie DeGraw, Home of the Sparrow’s vice president of marketing and development. “This is a big, major time for

us to build up what we need to get us through the rest of the year.”

DeGraw said the donations received at the end of the year, whether it be monetary or otherwise, can help to defray expenses for the first few months of the following year. Home of the Sparrow serves about 831 people each year.

Cornelia Trzaska, area manager of the Sparrow’s Nest, said their retail store sees similar trends as people tend to bring in more donations near the end of the year.

“They are getting ready to buy the new, so they bring the old,” Trzaska said.

Kelly Pokharel, executive director at CASA of McHenry County, said endof-the-year donations factor significantly into their yearly budget. Pokharel also said this time of year people will donate items such as winter coats, blankets, toys and gift cards.

“Without these donations, a lot of

See DONATION SURGE, page A7

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WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board approved, with some modifications, a significant set of changes to its rules and structure.

Board members voted Tuesday night, 23-0, to consolidate the number of standing committees in which much of its work gets done. But members approved an amendment to save the Human Resources Committee from being consolidated into the Finance and Audit Committee.

The changes approved Tuesday evening consolidated the number of standing committees from 11 to eight, and reduced the number of voting meetings from two to one, preceded by a Committee of the Whole.

On another 23-0 vote, the County Board approved committee assignments, minus the newly separate Human Resources, but not before an amendment to re- Jack Franks move the board’s sole Democratic member besides Franks from her chairmanship.

County Board Chairman Jack Franks, D-Marengo, told board members in his opening remarks that the changes are opening steps in creating more transparency, efficiency and accountability to the taxpayers. Franks, who is the first popularly elected board chairman, ran on a platform of greater efficiency and a tighter budget.

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“I expect civility.

I work across the aisle, and I expect that same courtesy, and I do believe I didn’t get that.”

Paula Yensen

Democratic McHenry County Board member that in mind,” Franks said.

Board members on a 14-9 vote approved the amendment by Michael Rein, R-Woodstock, to keep Human Resources as a separate entity. Consolidating it into finance, would mean too much on the committee’s plate, and too much consolidation of power, supporters such as member Chuck Wheeler said.

Chuck “Right now, we are in a Wheeler tumultuous time when it comes to employee benefits.

From a political standpoint, everything is in the air,” said Wheeler, R-McHenry.

An attempt by member James Heisler, R-Crystal Lake, to keep the Facilities Management Committee independent, instead of folding it into another, fell short. Most of the committees that were consolidated have only been created in the past decade or so – facilities was created as a standing committee only two years ago.

One proposed change that promised to be a headache – allowing members who will be absent from committee meetings to

be substituted upon request – was pushed to the new Internal Support and Facilities Management Committee for review. The committee’s predecessor, the Management Services Committee, reviews board rules after every November election.

The most uncomfortable portion of the two-hour debate and voting session came when board members on a 14-9 vote removed Paula Yensen, D-Lake in the Hills, as chairwoman of the new Public Health and Community Services Committee, switching her with Wheeler, who was vice chairman under the proposed assignments. New member Craig Wilcox, R-McHenry, made the motion.

Both the recommended rule changes and the committee assignments were approved earlier this month in two separate committees by unanimous votes.

An angry Yensen said she did not receive a single call from board members before the surprise vote. Wheeler told her that he had no idea the motion was going to be made, and did not call around looking for it, and Yensen had told members she had never asked Franks for a chairmanship.

“I expect civility. I work across the aisle, and I expect that same courtesy, and I do believe I didn’t get that,” Yensen said.

She subsequently demanded that she be referred to as “Dr. Yensen” to reflect her Ph.D, noting that Rein, a chiropractor, is referred to as “Dr. Rein” by his fellow Republicans.

The Committee on Committees, which is convened after every November election to rearrange assignments after comings and goings, will meet again to assign members to Human Resources.

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SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR MCHENRY COUNTY SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR McHENRY COUNTY

A storm system will pass by to the north of the area today but will only bring clouds. Any snow from the system will remain well north. High pressure will build in for Thursday and will bring some sunshine to the region. By the end of the week, a storm system will pass by to the south but dry weather will hold across northern Illinois.

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District 200 consolidation talk draws financial, social concerns

By BRITTANY KEEPERMAN

bkeeperman@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Community members and District 200 parents gathered Tuesday to discuss the possibility of consolidating Woodstock District 200 schools in order to save cash and better use facilities.

A subcommittee focused on the district’s facilities recently brought forth an idea to consolidate high schools and close Clay Elementary School, Dean Street Elementary School and Northwood Middle School. The district held a community forum Tuesday to allow the public to voice their opinions on the matter. Many residents brought forward concerns about busing, classroom crowding, social disruption and layoffs.

“It’s a very emotional thing,” District 200 parent Jeremy Kaplan said. “A social strata exists already, and it has taken [the kids] time to get into that. If you take these kids out and put them into a new social situation, you’re going to have excessive bullying.”

Kaplan also expressed concern over the long-term effect of closing schools.

“There are a lot of steps along the way here.

We are at the very start of the process. … Some of these ideas may become options, but that is a process we will go through and create options for the community to weigh in on.”

Michael Moan, Woodstock School District 200 superintendent “Are we planning for a future of no growth?” he said. “It’s going to be just as expensive, if not more expensive, to reopen these facilities five or 10 years later.”

Creekside Middle School and Prairiewood Elementary School opened in 2007 and Woodstock North High School opened in 2008, all after a $105 million referendum passed with the expectation that the district would grow.

Growth in enrollment didn’t happen, and district schools are under capacity without a projected rise in numbers, Woodstock School District 200 Superintendent Michael Moan said.

Teacher layoffs aren’t factored into the estimated $3 million in savings this idea could create, Moan said.

“Our class sizes are such that we can’t lose teachers,” he said. “We have room in other buildings to reconfigure, but the current discussion doesn’t center on cutting teachers.”

No final decisions have been made and members of the public will have numerous opportunities to provide feedback throughout the process. The committee will meet again Jan. 12 and the school board will consider various options in May, Moan said.

“There are a lot of steps along the way here,” he said. “We are at the very start of the process. … Some of these ideas may become options, but that is a process we will go through and create options for the community to weigh in on.”

Cary approves flat property tax levy Trustees decide not to capture new growth

By HANNAH PROKOP

hprokop@shawmedia.com CARY – Cary residents could see a decrease in the amount of property taxes they pay toward the village.

At Tuesday’s Village Board meeting, trustees amended the property tax levy ordinance brought before them and ultimately chose to not take any increase for new growth, as was discussed at a previous Committee of the Whole meeting.

The village could have taken an additional $4,049 to capture new growth, according to village documents, but instead unanimously voted to keep the levy flat at about $2.5 million.

The amount of taxable property in the village increased by about 7 percent, according to an estimate from the McHenry County Assessor’s Office. This allows the village’s tax rate to fall by about 5.8 percent, making the

effect on an average homeowner “almost negligible,” according to village documents.

“You have no change, which means that the rate will go down because the value in the community has gone up,” Village Attorney Adam Simon said at Tuesday’s meeting.

Trustee Ellen McAlpine suggested amending the ordinance brought before the board and instead voting on a property tax levy that doesn’t capture new growth because the increase would be “so minimal.”

“If you want something ... there are times when there will have to be either special assessments or there will have to be increases,” Trustee David Chap-

man said, addressing residents. “But it’s not now, it’s not today.”

Trustee Jeff Kraus was the only trustee who voted “no” to considering an amended ordinance, and said he felt like politics were coming into play – a statement Mayor Mark Kownick said he disagreed with.

The Village of Cary receives about 5 percent of a resident’s total property tax bill, according to the village’s website. Other taxing bodies, such as Crystal Lake-based Community Unit School District 155 and Crystal Lake Elementary District 47, account for about 25 percent and 38 percent of a Cary resident’s property tax bill, respectively.

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Sparrow’s Nest volunteer Lisa Bauman checks clothing for price tags Dec. 12 before taking them to the sales floor at the thrift store and donation center in McHenry. The end of the year typically means a surge in charitable donations for nonprofits.

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Mark Lechowicz, a financial adviser for Exemplar Financial Network in Crystal Lake, said people will meet with an adviser near the end of the year to see where they stand financially and then decide what makes sense to donate.

“The holiday season makes people more charitable; they tend to be thinking more about that during the holidays,” he said.

One of the more popular campaigns out there this time of year is The Salvation Army’s iconic Red Kettle Campaign. Although funds last the agency throughout the year, much of their fundraising is done right now.

Locally, The Salvation Army has a goal this year of $200,000. Because of the extreme cold and snow, the organization has seen fewer donations. With four days left of the campaign, The Salvation Army is more than $73,000 away from its goal.

“I think one of the reasons people wait to donate is to see what needs they are going to have throughout the year,” Capt.

Carol Lewis said. “Once their needs have been met, they can take a look at their dispensable income and look at what their tax consequences and benefits would be.”

And for all area nonprofits, any donation goes a long way.

“There’s nothing too little or too great,” DeGraw said.

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ONGOING OLD COURTHOUSE ARTS CENTER HOLIDAY SALE, through Dec. 30, Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson St., Woodstock. Featuring 3-D objects, fiber arts of all kinds, jewelry and all kinds of clever, offbeat objects with which to stuff stockings for the holiday season. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and Sunday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Free admission. Information: www.oldcourthouseartscenter.org or newsletter@oldcourthouseartscenter.org.

MUSEUM HOLIDAY DISPLAY, through December, McHenry County Historical Society Museum, 6422 Main St., Union.

Along with the monthlong Christmas-themed quilt contest and show visitors can see a display of old sleds from Christmas memorabilia collector Dave Harms. The museum stage and exhibit halls are decked out with Santas, bells, holiday china and more. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Admission: $5 adults, $3 seniors and students, $12 family, free for members. Information: 815923-2267 or www.gothistory.org.

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DEC. 22 “STUFF THE BUS” FOOD DRIVE, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 22, Pub 47, 10400 N. Route 47, Huntley. The Pub is teaming up with the Grafton Food Pantry to host a holiday giving extravaganza event outside the restaurant to benefit those in need. They are accepting monetary donations and other donations such as canned goods, dry food goods, hygiene products, gas cards, gift cards, clothing, shoes and more. Information: 847-6697755 or www.graftonfoodpantry.org.

DEC. 23 JINGLE BINGO, 7 p.m. Dec. 16 & 23, McCullom Lake Village Hall, 4811 W. Orchard Drive, McCullom Lake. Free giveaways, holiday cash and more. Free dinner and desserts. Proceeds benefit pediatric cancer. Information: 815385-2211 or www.frinitebingo.com.

ED HALL’S CHRISTMAS GUITAR NIGHT, 8 p.m. Dec. 23, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. Five internationally acclaimed musicians will present an evening of arrangements for the guitar as well as popular holiday favorites. Performing will be Tim and Myles Thompson, a father/ son duo from Hendersonville, Tennessee; Helen Avakian, a singer/songwriter and “guitar goddess” from Madison, Wisconsin; Brother Yusef, the originator of the “Fattback Blues” guitar style from Altadena, California; and host, award-winning guitarist and songwriter Jeff Friedlander from Pittsburgh. Tickets: $30 all seats. Tickets and information: 815-3385300 or www.woodstockoperahouse.com.

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to noon Dec. 21 McHenry Recreation Center, 3636 Municipal Drive, McHenry. Children ages 5 through 10 will travel through several stations decorating cookies and making holiday ornaments, watch a holiday movie and hang out with Santa Claus. Parents can drop off their children and get some shopping done. Cost: $10 a child. Registration and information: 815-363-2160 or www.ci.mchenry. il.us.

“LIGHT UP” CRYSTAL LAKE HOLIDAY DECORATING CONTEST, 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 21, judging by the Crystal Lake Park District. The winner will receive a Main Beach party package valued at $100. Registration deadline: Dec. 19. Cost: $5. Registration and information: 815-459-0680 or www.crystallakeparks. org.

CRYSTAL LAKE WINTER FAM FEST, 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 21, Willow Creek Community Church, 220 Exchange Drive, Suite A, Crystal Lake. Featuring a petting zoo, inflatables, Christmas karaoke, ugly sweater contest, hot chocolate bar and more. Sing along with “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and take a family picture at one of the photo stations.

Free. Information: 847-765-5000 or www. willowcreek.org.

“WITH US” AN UNTOLD CHRISTMAS STORY, 7 p.m. Dec. 21, Calvary Church, 5906 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake. A production of the ministries and members of Calvary Church.

Refreshments and family Christmas photos follow the event. All are invited to attend.

Free. Information: 815-459-4456 or www. calvarycl.com.

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WOODSTOCK SANTA HUT, through Dec. 23, Woodstock Square. Visits with Santa in Continued from page A10 his hut on the historic square. Schedule: 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 15-16 & 19-23; 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 17CLAYWORKERS GUILD OF ILLINOIS 18. Information: www.woodstockil.gov.

HOLIDAY POTTERY SALE, through Jan. 7, “ROCK AROUND THE QUILTED TREE,” Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson through Dec. 29, McHenry County Historical St., Woodstock. Featuring the work of 15 Society Museum, 6422 Main St., Union. members of the guild. Extended hours: 11 A holiday open house, contest and show. a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 Quilters invited to show their holiday-themed a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. bed, wall and heirloom quilts at this inauto 5 p.m. Sundays. Free. Information: www. gural event. Awards given in six categories. clayworkersguild.com.

The quilts will be on display from 1 to 4 p.m.

HOLIDAY TRAIN DISPLAY, through Dec. 28, Tuesday through Friday (closed Dec. 23 & Prairie Lodge, 12880 Del Webb Blvd., Huntley. 26). Museum admission is $5, $3 for seniors.

Annual model train display presented by Members are free. For information or an entry the Kishwaukee Valley & Eakin Creek Sun form, visit www.gothistory.org.

City Model Railroad Club. Children must be WOODSTOCK OPERA HOUSE ANNUAL accompanied by an adult. Free. Information: CHRISTMAS TREE EXHIBIT, through Dec. 847-669-2392 or www.sccah.com.

31, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE & WREATH St., Woodstock. The community is invited to SALE, Algonquin State Bank, 2400 N. Huncome enjoy the beauty of the holiday season tington Drive, Algonquin. The Algonquin Lions with more than 30 Christmas trees decorated Club will sell Fraser fir trees and wreaths from by local community groups and volunteer 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday organizations. On display during business and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. hours and scheduled events. Free. InformaInformation: 847-877-1221or www.lionsclubo- tion: 815-338-5300 or www.woodstockoperfalgonquin.org. ahouse.com.

SANTA HOUSE VISITS, through Dec. 23, Brink Street Market, 30-40 Brink St., Crystal DEC. 21 Lake. Children and their families invited to visLET’S MAKE HOLIDAY CARDS, 9 a.m. to it with Santa. Bring a camera. Schedule: 6 to 8 9 p.m. Dec. 21, Crystal Lake Public Library, p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. All supplies Saturdays, noon to 3 p.m. Sundays. Hosted provided. No registration required. Free. Inforby Downtown Crystal Lake. Free. Information: mation: 815-459-1687 or www.clpl.org.

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“It’s a nice way to not only give back to the community but add a little fun to the holiday shopping,” said Diana Kenney, Downtown Crystal Lake/Main Street executive director.

Every dollar deposited into a kettle counts as one vote toward the participating business. The business who collects the most money through Dec. 24 will be the winner of the Business Gingerbread Creation contest and will receive a small gift along with bragging rights.

“The real winners though are The Salvation Army and the people they serve,” Kenney said. “All the money collected stays in the county and goes to someone in need.”

The gingerbread fundraiser has raised nearly $10,000 for The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign over the past five years. The Red Kettle Campaign is the nonprofit’s biggest fundraiser of the year.

Local businesses participating in this year’s gingerbread fundraiser are Benedict’s La Strata, 40 N. Williams St.; Crystal Lake Bank & Trust, 70 N. Williams St.; Crystal Lake Natural Health Care, 30 N. Williams St.; Georgio’s Pizzeria, 75 E. Woodstock St.; Kitchen Outfitters, 64B N. Williams St.; Le Petit Marche, 19 N. Williams St.; Material Girl, 21 N. Williams St.; Out of the Box, 71 N. Williams St.; Starbucks Coffee, 40 N. Williams St.; That’s Amore Pizza, 105 N. Main St.; and Yours & Meyn, 33 N. Williams St.

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“With regards to Hannon, he had SYCAMORE – Police said they have taken classes here in his youth and identified three more children who worked part time beginning in Septemwere sexually abused by Joseph R. ber 2015 as a student instructor before Hannon, a former gymnastics instruc- getting hired full time in August 2016,” tor whose employer says was hired Morreale wrote. “After his arrest, we without a criminal background check. checked our records and learned that In a letter sent to a background check had not been persome parents this week, formed on him. He was the only adult Energym owner Andy instructor whose background was not Morreale said the club checked against criminal court re“typically checked the cords.” backgrounds of all of our Hannon has been in custody since noncompetitive adult inDec. 7, when he was arrested on charges structors.” that he sexually abused a 9-year-old girl Joseph R. But it didn’t check Hannon during an open gym session Nov. 25 at Hannon, 21, of SycaEnergym. The incident was captured more, who has been charged with crim- on video, police said. inal sexual abuse of a child and predaDays later, more charges were addtory criminal sexual assault of a child. ed in connection with three incidents Hannon had been arrested several times in DeKalb County and was on felSee SEX ABUSE, page A16 browland@shawmedia.com

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Continued from page A14 with another 9-year-old girl during a tumbling course Hannon taught over the summer at Energym.

Hannon could face as many as 60 years in prison if convicted of the most serious charge, predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. The list of charges against him is likely to grow.

On Monday, Sycamore Police Chief Glenn Theriault told the City Council that three more victims had been identified.

“We’re concerned because we think there are a lot more [victims], but in terms of a prosecutable case, we’re at five right now and continuing to interview children that have been there,” Theriault said. “The building owner, gym owner, has been working with us and cooperating with us. We hope to bring that case to a close within the coming week, week and a half.”

When Hannon first was arrested, prosecutors said he may have inappropriately touched as many as 30 children at Energym’s facilities in Sycamore and Genoa. In addition to employing Hannon, Morreale also rented an apartment to him near the gym.

Morreale said that the gym leaders “have always prided ourselves on taking steps beyond what the law requires to ensure that the tens of thousands of

“We’re concerned because we think there are a lot more [victims], but in terms of a prosecutable case, we’re at five right now and continuing to interview children that have been there.”

Glenn Theriault

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students who have participated in our programs are safe.”

While background checks on employees aren’t required by law, the sport’s governing body, USA Gymnastics, encourages the practice.

In April 2015, USA Gymnastics published and distributed a 38-page Clubs Care Campaign Quick Reference Guide in recognition of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The guide includes information about hiring and screening practices along with sample policies and a sample application that asks job seekers about past criminal convictions and pending criminal charges.

Further, it recommended clubs “thoroughly screen each prospective employee before offering employment • Daily Chronicle reporter Stephanie or prospective volunteer before offer- Markham contributed to this report.

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Reached Tuesday, Morreale declined to comment beyond what was included in the letter to parents.

Going forward, Morreale wrote in the letter that Energym would require background checks.

“Beginning immediately, all of our adult instructors are required to obtain certification from USA Gymnastics, which includes criminal background checks conducted by the accredited National Center for Safety Initiatives, which was formed in partnership with the National Council of Youth Sports,” he wrote. “Most of our instructors are already certified by USA Gymnastics.”

Court records show Hannon pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a controlled substance in connection with an October 2013 incident in which he sold the prescription drug Xanax within 1,000 feet of a senior housing complex in DeKalb.

While on probation, he tested positive for marijuana in May 2015, and he failed to submit two other drug tests, according to court records. He also was arrested for petty offenses including retail theft in March 2015 and charges of resisting a police officer and possession of marijuana in August 2015.

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OBITUARIES

EDWARD PAUL MORICOLI

5 years in the early ’80s. He was a member of the Elks Club Lodge 1043 in Woodstock and served as president of the EAA Chapter 932 at Galt Airport in Wonder Lake.

Send obituary information to obits@ Ed loved flying and had recently passed his nwherald.com or call 815-526-4438.

Edward Paul Moricoli, 72, Mona Arend, 60, of Crystal written test. He had 6 perfect landings but Notices are accepted until 3 p.m. for passed away on December Lake passed away on Friday, the next day’s edition. Obituaries also 19, 2016. Edward was born on then grounded himself due to his ongoing December 16, 2016 after a appear online at NWHerald.com/obits, September 7, 1944, in Wood- health issues before he could attain his yearlong battle with cancer. where you may sign the guest book, stock, IL to James and Arlene lifelong dream to fly solo. He loved spending She was born July 1, 1956 send flowers or make a memorial (Wendt) Moricoli. He married time with friends at Galt Airport talking about to Douglas and Rita (nee politics, working on aircrafts, and flying. He donation.

Mary Shales on October 15, Roemer) Arend in Cincinnati, had booked 500 hours working on friend Neil 1989 in Woodstock.

OH. Anderson’s plane. He was a Corvette enthuEdward graduated from Woodstock High Mona spent her life working with children. siast and loved taking his wife, Mary, out in School in 1962 where he played football, HERMINE A. KOHOUT She also cherished her dogs and spending his Corvette for weekend drives to Wisconsin basketball, and baseball. His father James time with her friends. She truly had a heart of Born: March 27, 1921; in Chicago, IL until she passed away in November 2015.

Moricoli was the first president of WoodDied: December 19, 2016; in Barrington, IL gold and will be missed by many.

He had a passion for war history and read stock Little League and one of its founding Mona is survived by her mother, Rita Arend; diligently about our armed forces and air fathers.

His parents owned and ran Moricoli’s Hermine A. Kohout, age 95, was a lifelong brother, Ronald Arend; and sister, Kathy battles that our country fought. Ed loved our restaurant off the Woodstock Square where resident of Fox River Grove and passed away Arend.

December 19, 2016 at Good Shepherd Hospital. Ed spent many hours as a child. Ed continued great country and expressed it when talking She was preceded in death by her father, about its politics and the latest election. He his education at Elgin Community College.

She was born March 27, 1921 in Chicago, Douglas Arend; and her sister, Pamela. will be truly missed by his family, friends, and He began his career with Delta Airlines then the daughter of Jaroslav and Hermine Vajdik.

A time of visitation will be held Friday, for Prudential Insurance Company as a sales community members.

Hermine is survived by her children, Karla December 23, from 5:00 pm until the time He is survived by his daughters, Katherine manager and agent for 30 years. He retired of a funeral service at 7:00 pm at Davenport August, Kurt (Lana) Kohout, Kerry (Rob(Jeff) Karlin and Kristine (Brad) Woodson; from Prudential, began working in 1999 as a ert) Stallard and Kent (Carol) Kohout; her Family Funeral Home and Crematory, 419 E sister, Barbara Fish; brothers, James (Mary) court security officer for the McHenry County grandchildren, Annie Steele, Bonnie Fries, Ben Terra Cotta Ave. (Rte. 176), Crystal Lake.

Moricoli and Daniel Moricoli; brother- inBrunette, Brett Kohout, Tyler Kohout, William Sheriff’s Department, and had continued In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made laws, James (Shirley) Shales, and Tom Shales; Bauer, Charles Bauer, Adam Kohout, Michelle there for 17 years up until his death. in Mona’s name to A Heart for Animals by grandchildren, MacKenzie, Madison, Kara, He followed in his father’s officiating Clark, Jessica Ciotola and Libby Kohout; as visiting www.aheartforanimals.org Kiki, Sam, Ben, Eli; and many nieces and footsteps, becoming an IHSA football and well as five great-grandchildren.

To leave online condolences to the family, basketball official in 1969, and was an active nephews.

Hermine’s parents opened the Fox River please visit www.davenportfamily.com. For He was preceded in death by his wife, member for 34 years and a member for 44 Grove Bakery in 1921, she worked a number information, call 815-459-3411.

Mary; his father, Jim; his mother, Arlene; his years. He was chosen to officiate in the of years in the candy kitchen at Bell’s Apple brother-in-law, John Fish; and mother-in-law, Class 3A (1986), Class 4A (1987 and Class Orchard and was also a member of the Fox 2A (1990) IHSA State Football Championship Hulda Shales.

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A private memorial service will be held at a games in Bloomington, Normal along with his A visitation will be held on Friday, Delater date. lifelong pals John Widmayer, Ken Swanson, cember 23, 2016 beginning at 4:00 PM and In lieu of flowers, donations can be made Jerry Eiserman and Al Jackson. Ed was named concluding with a Service at 7:30 PM at the to EAA Chapter 932 Scholarship Fund, Galt Northern Officials Association Football Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Airport, 5112 Greenwood Rd, Wonder Lake, Rd., Cary. She will be laid to rest at Windridge Official of the Year in 1988 and received the George Young Memorial Award for Outstand- IL 60097 or to JourneyCare Hospice Care Memorial Park.

JEANETTE S. BROUGHTON Center, 527 W. South Street Woodstock, IL For info: 847-639-3817 or kahlemoore.com. ing Football Official in 1995. He received the 60098.

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Jeanette S. Broughton, age 69, passed away He served on the Woodstock District 200 Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at her home in Board of Education as Secretary of Board for • Continued on page A18 Woodstock surrounded by her loving family.

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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS John J. Alesch: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 26, at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. The funeral Mass celebration will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Road, Huntley. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery.

For information, call the funeral home at 847-515-8772.

Timothy R. Barker: The visitation will be from 3 p.m. until the 7 p.m. funeral service Thursday, Dec. 22, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-3817.

Gregory V. Baros: The visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the 10:30 a.m. prayer service Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. A procession will follow to the 11 a.m. funeral Mass celebration at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 451 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. Interment will be in Windridge Memorial Park in Cary.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-1760.

William A. Brackmann: The visitation will be from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, at The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John, 26555 Brickville Road, Sycamore. The funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Interment will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Elm Lawn Cemetery in Elmhurst. For information, call Olson Funeral & Cremation Services at 815-895-6589.

Katie Lynn Kloess: The visitation will be

• Continued from page A17 from 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Zion Lutheran Church, 412 W. Jackson St., Marengo. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Memory Gardens Cemetery, 2501 E. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. For information, call Fredrick Funeral Home at 847-683-2711.

Joann Massoth: The funeral procession will leave Colonial-Wojciechowski Funeral Home, 8025 W. Golf Road, Niles, at 9 a.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 21, for the 10 a.m. funeral at St. Eugene Church, 7958 W. Foster Ave, Chicago. Interment will be in All Saints Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 847-581-0536.

Lucile L. Oakley: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Friday, Dec. 23, at Marengo-Union Funeral Home, 505 E. Grant Highway, Marengo.

Interment will be private in Flora Cemetery.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-568-8131.

Mary Jo Pint: The visitation will be from 4 p.m. until the 6:30 p.m. memorial service Wednesday, Dec. 21, at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. For information, call the funeral home at 847-515-8772.

Richard J. Purdom: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the noon memorial service Thursday, Dec. 22, at Thompson Spring Grove Funeral Home, 8103 Wilmot Road, Spring Grove. For information, call the funeral home at 815-675-0550.

LARRY J. SEAVER

Born: January 5, 1943; in Harvard, IL Died: December 12, 2016; in Belvidere, IL Larry J. Seaver, 73, of Harvard, passed away December 12, 2016 at his sons home, in Belvidere, surrounded by all his children.

Larry was born January 5, 1943 in Harvard to Charles A. and Beverly J. (Goodsell) Seaver.

Larry was a graduate of Harvard High School, class of 1961. He worked in Tool and Die for years at Badger Marine in Harvard, then went into the profession of designing/ making musical instruments at The Getzen Company. While working with Getzen, he designed for and collaborated with Doc Severinsen, Chicago, The Canadian Brass, Snooky Young, Maynard Ferguson, and Wynton Marsalis, just to name a few. He put his personal touch on musical instruments used by professional and amateur musicians alike. After Getzen, he worked for Schilke Music Products until he retired.

He engineered many parts for instruments

that revolutionized the brass industry to this day still. Even after retirement, Larry stayed busy working part-time at Westside Machine and Tool Co. in Elkhorn, WI. He was a member of the NRA, Bristol Sportsman’s/Shooters Club and enjoyed shooting as a hobby. He enjoyed going to the shooting range with his children and friends. He was a gunsmith on the side. He also reveled in many other outdoor events including sports car racing, camping, and golfing with his children.

He is survived by his children, Douglas (Emily Mills) Seaver, Michael (Jonathan Puls) Seaver, and Nicole Seaver; niece, Joey (Michael Dobbs) Seaver; grandchildren, Jessica Leverich and Jameson Seaver; greatniece, Stevie Dobbs; and great-nephew, Mike Dobbs.

He was preceded in death by his father, Charles A. Seaver; mother, Beverly J. (Goodsell) Seaver; and his brother, James M. Seaver.

A luncheon to celebrate his life will be held at the Moose Lodge in Harvard, Illinois on January 14th 2017 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.

Family and friends may sign the online guest book at www.saundersmcfarlin.net.

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

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WHEN: 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 21 WHERE: Willow Creek Community Church, 220 Exchange Drive, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: The familyfriendly event will feature a petting zoo, inflatables, Christmas karaoke, ugly sweater contest, photo station, hot chocolate bar and more. Free.

Information: 847-765-5000 or www.willowcreek.org.

SIGN OF THE TIMES – The Catholic Order of Foresters Chapter No. 594 donated $8,000 to St. Mary Catholic Church for the purchase and installation of a new electronic sign for the front of the church. Pictured (from left) are Dennis Schmitt, Rich Meyers, the Rev. David Austin, Ron Freund, Mike Freund, Ed Condon and Jim Condon.

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COOKIE & ORNAMENT FESTIVAL

WHEN: 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 21 WHERE: McHenry Recreation Center, 3636 Municipal Drive, McHenry COST & INFO: Children ages 5-10 will travel through several stations decorating cookies and making holiday ornaments.

There also will be a screening of a holiday movie and a visit from Santa Claus. Cost: $10 a child.

Information: 815-363-2160 or cwitt@ci.mchenry.il.us.

• 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. – “Let’s Make Holiday Cards,” Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. Drop-in program. All supplies provided. Make one for yourself and one for the senior citizens the library visits. Free.

Information: 815-459-1687 or www.clpl.org.

• 9:30 a.m. to noon – “The Art of Storytelling,” Woodstock Public Library, 414 W. Judd St., Woodstock. Author and storyteller Joy Aavang will help attendees practice the art of storytelling. Listeners are welcome. Free. Information: www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org.

• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Habitat restoration work day, Tryon Creek Conservation Area, Oak Hill Drive, Richmond. The Land Conservancy of McHenry County seeks volunteers to help restore a natural area. Information: www.conservemc.org or 815-337-9502.

• Noon to 2:30 p.m. – Harvard Village Quilters meeting, Trinity Lutheran Church, 504 E. Diggins St., Harvard. Annual potluck Christmas luncheon. Visitors are welcome; bring a dish to pass. Free. Information: 815-943-0922 or sml1935@mc.net.

• 7 p.m. – Chain-O-Lakes Eagles meeting, McHenry Township Senior Center, 3519 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg. Club of radio-controlled aircraft enthusiasts. Visitors welcome. Free. Information: 815-307-5594 or www.coleagles.com.

• 7 p.m. – “With Us: An Untold Christmas Story,” Calvary Church, 5906 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake. A production of the ministries and members of Calvary Church. Refreshments and family Christmas photos after the event. Free. Information: 815-459-4456 or www.calvarycl.com.

YOUNG VOLUNTEERS – The middle school youth group from St. John’s Lutheran Church volunteered Nov. 19 at Feed My Starving Children in Libertyville. They helped pack 59,400 servings of food used to treat children with life-threatening diarrhea. Among those pictured are Isabella Furst, the Rev. Sarah Wilson, Faith Higgins, Madison Kastning, Hannah Stephens, Caitlin Morris, Haylee Schuler, Austin Stephens, Austin Kastning, Dan Higgins, Rylee Micklevitz, Ben Quint, Dan Schuler, Ben Vole, Maddy Vole, Kelly Vole, Tyler Kostapolous, Grace Rogers and Tanya Schuler.

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Girls invited to participate in Bonnie V. Memorial Skate The third annual Bonnie V. Memorial All-Girls Skate will be from 7 to 10 p.m.

Dec. 22 at the Crystal Ice House, 320 E. Prairie St. The Give Bonnie Strong 77 Foundation, in conjunction with the Yellowjackets girls jockey program, welcomes all girl skaters to participate in the event, which will benefit 7-year-old Abby Greene of Crystal Lake, who is fighting pediatric cancer. U.S. women’s hockey Olympians Kendall Coyne and Megan Bozek will coach the girls and provide photo opportunities with the skaters and their families.

Admission $20 for skaters, $5 for spectators or anyone wishing to participate in the family open skate (bring your own skates). Each skater is asked bring a new, unwrapped toy to be donated to the Ronald McDonald House.

For information or to register, visit www.givebonniestrong77.org.

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‘In the midst of chaos,’ 3 remember deadly year

By SHARON COHEN The Associated Press

CHICAGO – In this deadly year of gun violence in Chicago, the tragic became the routine: Teens carried the caskets of friends down church steps. Sobbing mothers huddled at candlelight vigils, praying for an end to the shootings. Police unfurled more yellow tape to cordon off another murder scene.

The city recorded its first fatal gunshot victim just a few hours into 2016.

Month after month, the numbers mounted. More than 100 homicides in January and February. Around Labor Day, another milestone: 500 deaths. By mid-December, Chicago had recorded some 740 homicides.

Most were on the South and West sides. Most victims were young black men. But Chicago’s epidemic of gun violence – more than 3,400 shootings and about 4,200 victims in all – scars a much wider circle.

Three people with close-up views – a pastor, a doctor and a congressman – reflect on the lasting and painful impact:

The pastor

When the Rev. Marshall Hatch arrived at the scene of a double homicide one spring afternoon, he saw one of his parishioners running down an alley toward him, calling his name and clutch-

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Illinois license plate renewal notices to continue for now

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Secretary of State’s Office will continue mailing out license plate renewal notices for now, even if Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Legislature’s Democratic leaders don’t reach a new budget deal.

The office plans to maintain the mailed notices next year, Dave Drucker, a spokesman for Secretary of State Jesse White’s office, told the Springfield Bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers. But he said the office won’t be able to do so indefinitely without additional funding from a budget for the remainder of the state’s fiscal year, which runs through June.

The stopgap spending plan that’s funding most state agencies’ operations is set to expire Dec. 31.

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ing a Bible. It had belonged to her son – the pastor had signed it when the young man was baptized at his church.

She said it was one of his cherished possessions. Now her 23-year-old son, Demetrius Tolliver, was dead. He’d been shot after four gunmen stepped from a van across the street from an elementary school and began firing.

A woman standing nearby was killed, too.

A 17-year-old reputed gang member has been charged with murder.

The motive is unknown.

Hatch prayed with Rev. Marshall Tolliver’s mother near her house. Later, he Hatch wrote a eulogy for her son. In the months ahead, he’d do the same for several other young gunshot victims.

Hatch, pastor of the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, says this year’s bloodshed has left him reeling.

“I’ve been at it 30 years and I don’t know that I can continue at this pace emotionally,” he says. “The only way I can really deal with it is see myself as an outsider. This is not my way of life.

It’s not my family’s way of life. It’s not the way of life of a lot of people that I know who are close to me. But I live in the neighborhood. ... I have to have some sense of detachment in order to serve.”

In the pressure cooker world of pediatric intensive care, Dr. Catherine Humikowski has seen the grievous damage bullets do when they rip into young brains and bodies.

The list is long, the wounds harrowing: A depressed, gaunt-faced 15-yearold, paralyzed from the shoulders down, tubes snaking through his stomach and windpipe. A 6-year-old girl shot in the stomach. Adolescent boys with bullets in their thighs and butt, bewildered by catheters Dr. Catherine and embarrassed by nursHumikowski es poking and prodding at their private parts.

Humikowski is medical director of the pediatric ICU at the University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children’s Hospital. She loves the job, she says, but it’s physically exhausting and has changed what she does outside of work.

She avoids reading the news, talks with a therapist and limits herself to a single dinner drink to avoid “self-medication.” This year, Chicago’s violence also helped prompt a life-changing decision: She’s leaving when her contract expires next summer.

“To walk away from it is really hard,” she says, “but at the end of the day when I recognize in myself that I’ve achieved a

If the secretary of state’s office has to stop sending notices because of lack of funding, a new state law passed in June and signed by Rauner in August will protect vehicle owners from late fees.

was involved. Mendoza said her employees would “do our best over the next few weeks to hopefully find all of these things.”

In response, Munger called Mendoza’s claim “outrageous.”

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New, former comptrollers have battle of words

SPRINGFIELD – A battle of words has broken out between Illinois’ former and current comptrollers after Democrat Susana Mendoza said her new offices felt “looted” and Republican predecessor Leslie Munger threatened a lawsuit.

Mendoza tells WLS-AM radio’s “Connected to Chicago” show in an interview that airs Sunday that when she took over for Munger this month, furniture had been removed, documents were missing and keys didn’t match locks. Mendoza defeated Munger in the November general election.

“There’s not a single piece of paper or paper clip left in any of the offices that have been vacated,” Mendoza said. “It did kind of feel like the place was looted.”

Mendoza said she couldn’t make a “definitive statement” about if “pilfering”

Ex-Ogle County sheriff pleads guilty in theft case

OREGON – A former northern Illinois county sheriff has pleaded guilty to charges he used thousands of dollars of government money for personal items.

The (Dixon) Telegraph reported that a Carroll County judge sentenced 55-yearold former Ogle County Sheriff Michael Harn on Monday to four years of probation and ordered him to immediately pay more than $10,000 in restitution to the county treasurer. Harn’s guilty plea to two counts of felony theft was part of a plea agreement.

Judge Val Gunnarsson told Harn that he “grossly violated” the public trust. Harn also must pay more than $2,300 in court costs and perform 384 hours of public service.

Court documents said Harn bought

degree of numbness ... that desensitizes me to the things that are so important to me. That’s the point where I say I actually need a break.”

The congressman

As a congressman, Danny Davis can debate the need for gun control from a public policy perspective. But as a grandfather, he can’t make sense of the death of his 15-year-old grandson, Javon Wilson, who was shot last month at his South Side home in a fight over clothes and Danny Davis gym shoes. A 16-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl have been charged with murder.

Javon, he says, had been warned not to be out on the streets at night. “Of course, here he was at home,” Davis says. “The streets kind of came to him.”

At Javon’s funeral, Davis mourned his grandson, a basketball fanatic, a lover of blues and rap, a high school student just coming into his own. But the congressman looked beyond his family’s tragedy.

“Somehow with all the technology that we have, with all the know-how ... we have not had the will to stop the flow of guns through inner-city communities,” he told mourners. “You have to ask yourself, ‘How does a 15-year-old get a gun? Who will give it to him?’ ”

electronic and boat equipment, coolers, weapons, clothing and other items with county money. The charges stemmed from an Illinois State Police investigation.

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911 call played at trial of mom accused of murder

ROCKFORD – The eerie 911 call made by a woman accused of stabbing her 8-year-old son to death has been played at her bench trial.

The Rockford Register Star reported that Jody Kossow acknowledged killing her son during the call before also mentioning Satan. She’s pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the September 2013 slaying and waived her right to a jury trial.

Kossow didn’t show emotion Tuesday as the call was played during the trial’s first day. Kossow’s attorney said that psychiatric evaluations will show that Kossow was criminally insane when the child was killed.

However, prosecutors said Kossow understood what she was doing when she got a knife from the kitchen and used it to stab him.

– Wire reports

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Obama is making use of an arcane provision in a 1953 law to ban offshore leases in the waters permanently. The statute says that “the president of the United States may, from time to time, withdraw from disposition any of the unleased lands of the outer Continental Shelf.”

Bomb suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder

ELIZABETH, N.J. – The man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York, injuring more than 30 people, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to attempted murder charges in his first in-person court appearance.

Ahmad Khan Rahimi, who was injured in a shootout with authorities, shuffled slowly into court in Obama bans future oil a dark-green prison jumpsuit and leases in Arctic, Atlantic wearing a white skull cap. He had HONOLULU – President Barack Obama on Tuesday designated the to be helped into his chair in the jury box by court officers. He didn’t bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in speak during the brief proceeding.

Rahimi faces charges he tried the Atlantic Ocean as indefinitely to kill police officers before they off limits to future oil and gas leasing. captured him Sept. 19 outside a The move helps put some finish- bar in Linden, New Jersey. He’s ing touches on Obama’s environ- also accused of detonating a mental legacy while also testing pipe bomb in New Jersey and a President-elect Donald Trump’s pressure-cooker bomb in New promise to unleash the nation’s York City. untapped energy reserves.

– Wire reports

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Melania Trump (from left), Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. wait Oct. 9 for the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at Washington University in St. Louis.

Trump family drops access offered for charity donations

By JULIE BYKOWICZ The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s children may see his move to the White House as a way to raise money for their favorite causes.

Two recent fundraising pitches featuring the incoming first family were meant to benefit charities, but they also raised questions among ethics experts that the Trumps might be inappropriately selling access.

Last week, Eric Trump tried auctioning a coffee date with his sister Ivanka to raise money for a children’s hospital. Now, Eric and Donald Trump Jr. are part of a venture that initially offered a private reception with their father during inauguration weekend in exchange for $1 million donations that would go to conservation charities. Some of those contributors could later go hunting or fishing with one or both of the sons, the invitation promised.

These events are dissolving as quickly as they become public, suggesting the family is learning on the fly what’s acceptable.

Trump aides say the Trump family has been focused on resolving the perception of conflicts when it comes to Trump’s business; how to handle their charitable endeavors has been a secondary concern. But in light of recent events, the Trump team is looking more quickly for solutions, said a Trump transition official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to share internal discussions.

Eric Trump canceled the coffee with Ivanka after The New York Times reported that some of

the bidders were doing so to gain insight about the Trump administration.

Hope Hicks, a Trump spokeswoman, said the hunting and fishing events reflected “initial concepts that have not been approved or pursued by the Trump family.” She added that the sons “are not involved in any capacity. Additionally, the president-elect is not aware of the event or the details pertaining to it.”

The two previous presidents, Barack Obama and George W. Bush, expressly forbade immediate family members from such fundraising activities to avoid the appearance of selling access.

“We kept it simple. We did not allow the first family to be auctioned off, which is what is happening here,” said Norman Eisen, who served as White House chief ethics counselor as Obama took office in 2009.

Richard Painter, who filled a similar role for Bush, said the White House “strongly discouraged” the president, his family and top aides from fundraising for charities, and avoided altogether charity fundraising that came with any access to those people.

Both said that while there’s nothing explicitly illegal about the charity fundraising, it diverges from the best practices of previous White House administrations.

In an invitation that began circulating last week when the entertainment site TMZ posted it, Eric and Donald Trump Jr. were listed as honorary co-chairmen for a group seeking up to $1 million donations for a Jan. 21 inauguration event dubbed “Opening Day.”

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The Associated Press NEW YORK – The FBI was trying to get a look at thousands of Hillary Clinton’s emails on disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner’s computer partly to see whether anyone had hacked in to steal classified information, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday.

Investigating possible hacking appeared to be a secondary rationale for the email search, which FBI Director James Comey launched in the waning days of the presidential election.

When the FBI asked a magistrate judge in New York to issue a search warrant for Weiner’s computer on Oct. 30, an agent spent pages describing concerns it might contain evidence Clinton had mishandled classified information.

The warrant application, made public Tuesday, was filed two days after Comey informed Congress investigators had discovered email correspondence that could be pertinent to his recently closed probe of Clinton’s use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

In the document, the agent wrote that thousands of emails between Clinton and top aide Huma Abedin had been

FBI Director James Comey testifies Sept. 28 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. discovered on a laptop used by Weiner, Abedin’s estranged husband.

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A magistrate judge signed off on the search warrant that day.

The FBI hasn’t publicly revealed whether it found any evidence of a hacking attempt.

During the presidential campaign, hackers accessed the email accounts of Democratic Party officials and Clinton’s campaign chief, John Podesta, and leaked them to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. U.S. intelligence officials have linked the hacking to Russia’s intelligence agency and its military intelligence division, although Moscow has denied those accusations.

After getting court consent to delve into the newly discovered emails on Weiner’s computer, agents spent several days analyzing them before Comey announced they contained no new evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton.

The surprise restart of the email probe, however, upended the presidential race just days before the election.

Clinton supporters have blamed the investigation for her loss to Republican Donald Trump.

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BERLIN – The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a truck attack on a crowded Berlin Christmas market that German authorities said came right out of the extremist group’s playbook, inflicting mass casualties on a soft target fraught with symbolic meaning.

The Monday night attack on the popular market by the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the heart of former West Berlin left 12 dead and 48 injured – the first mass casualty attack

by Islamic extremists carried out on German soil. German security forces were still hunting for the perpetrator after releasing a man from custody for lack of evidence.

The claim of responsibility carried on the Islamic State group’s Amaq news agency described the man seen fleeing from the truck as “a soldier of the Islamic State” who “carried out the attack in response to calls for targeting citizens of the Crusader coalition.”

Germany is not involved in anti-IS combat operations, but has Tornado jets and a refueling plane stationed in Turkey in support of the coalition fighting militants in Syria, as well as a frigate protecting a French aircraft

police chief Klaus Kandt, whose office urged people to be “particularly vigilant” and report “suspicious movement” using a special hotline.

Although Germany had not seen any successful mass-casualty Islamic extremist attacks until Monday, attempts and recent attacks in neighboring France and Belgium had made many feel it was inevitable.

“We’ve all been prepared that something like this could happen, so we were not surprised,” economics student Maximilian Much said.

The 24-year-old Berliner said the attack hit home because he’d often visited the Christmas market with his girlfriend, but that he wouldn’t let himself be led by emotion.

“I’m not going to change my lifestyle now,” he said. “The chances that I get killed in a car or bike accident are bigger.”

Germany’s top prosecutor, Peter Frank, told reporters the attack on the popular market was reminiscent of July’s deadly truck rampage in Nice and appeared to follow instructions published by the Islamic State group.

“There is also the prominent and symbolic target of a Christmas market, and the modus operandi that mirrors at least past calls by jihadi terror organizations,” Frank said.

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NORTHWEST HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD:

Dan McCaleb

Kevin Lyons

Valerie Katzenstein

John Sahly

OUR VIEW

Christmas gift from Capitol?

The sentiment “Peace on Earth, good will toward all” doesn’t seem to apply to Illinois politics, does it? But in this season of Christmas, we believe it should.

Illinois state government needs a successor agreement to the half-year stopgap budget that took effect July 1 and will run out on Dec. 31.

While the stopgap budget funds K-12 schools through June 30, 2017, other major areas will soon be left out in the cold.

That is, if Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and leaders of the Democratic majority in the Legislature, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton, don’t come to an agreement before the first of the year.

People who face domestic violence, have disabilities, need transportation to medical appointments, or simply need an education have come to rely on the state helping to pay for services, which will be threatened anew if a reliable source of funding isn’t forthcoming in two weeks.

We get it that Rauner and Madigan, who also is the state Democratic Party chairman, are bitter rivals. The governor, who took office in January 2015 with the slogan “Shake up Springfield; bring back Illinois,” might compromise and support an income tax increase –something we oppose – but only if the Democratic-controlled Legislature approves some of his “turnaround agenda” reforms.

Longtime leaders Madigan and Cullerton, who have been party to many legislative deals in the past, don’t want to agree to any of Rauner’s proposals.

Thus, there’s been no annual budget since July 1, 2015.

And now, the 12.8 million residents of Illinois must wait apprehensively for another deal, makeshift or otherwise, that will help state government to run better than it has.

If the spirit of Christmas won’t warm the cold hearts of our state leaders, what will?

We hope they finally see that treating budget victims with Scrooge-like indifference during protracted political standoffs does the public an incredible injustice.

A compromise budget agreement would go a long way toward warming hearts and boosting spirits across our state.

Governor, Mr. Speaker, and Mr. Senate President: In this season of hope and joy, it’s not an unreasonable request that you do your jobs and produce a new budget before the stopgap runs out.

Unless, of course, you believe that peace on earth and good will toward all don’t apply in your line of work.

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AMENDMENT

ANOTHER VIEW

Cop cameras again show worth

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett understands the value of having cameras on his city’s police officers.

The Milwaukee County district attorney last week charged a patrol officer with first-degree reckless homicide in the fatal shooting of Sylville Smith. Video captured by cameras on the patrolman’s and his partner’s uniforms was key to the investigation.

“If this case had occurred 10 years ago, or 15 years ago, we would not have that evidence,” Barrett told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Similarly, if the case had occurred in Madison – not decades ago, but today – video evidence from cop cameras wouldn’t exist, and the officer almost certainly would not be charged. That’s because, unlike Milwaukee and so many other cities, Madison continues to resist even a small test of cameras on police uniforms.

Surveys suggest the public

overwhelmingly supports cameras on officers because they’ve been shown to improve the behavior of police and the public.

The Madison City Council should learn from Milwaukee’s experience. Milwaukee has been equipping all of its patrol officers with body-worn cameras since last year. And when Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown, 24, shot Smith, 23, as Smith ran from a traffic stop, uniform cameras showed Smith was carrying a gun, turned toward the officer and raised the weapon.

But after Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm watched footage from the encounter, he saw something else. The officer’s first shot hit Smith’s arm, and the gun Smith was carrying went over a fence, according to the criminal complaint. The officer’s second and fatal shot hit Smith in the chest while Smith was unarmed.

The officer said he fired a

second time because he thought Smith was reaching for his waistband and possibly another weapon. But according to the criminal complaint: “A review of the body camera footage shows that at no time after the shooting did Heaggan-Brown or any other officer search Smith for a second firearm.

In fact, when Smith demonstrably reaches for his waistband after being shot the second time, Heaggan-Brown does not discharge his weapon, but moves Smith’s hand away with his own hand.”

That doesn’t mean Heaggan-Brown is guilty of a crime.

The officer had to think quickly under a lot of stress.

Ultimately, a jury may decide the officer’s fate. And if it does, it will be able to watch for itself – along with the public – what happened.

That’s about the strongest evidence possible. And cameras on police officers made it possible.

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VIEWS Rich Miller closely to Blagojevich. There was no Pritzker response to that one.

Behind the scenes, Pritzker allies fumed at the absurdly early attack and warned that Rauner was “poking the bear” and would live to regret it. But Gov. Rauner’s people mocked Pritzker for being “thin skinned” and warned that last week’s oppo dump was “a very small appetizer.”

The aim here appears to be to either keep Pritzker out of the race or take him out in the Democratic primary before he can present a clear danger in the fall campaign with his estimated $3.4 billion net worth.

Gov. Rauner has tons of his own money, of course, but he also relies on a couple of super-wealthy friends for additional tens of millions. Pritzker can conceivably fund a race all by himself, although he has recently been meeting with top labor leaders and other party honchos as well.

So, we can probably expect more of this stuff from Rauner’s state party in the coming days as Pritzker makes his final decision on whether to run. Neither side has yet started a proper opposition research book on

the potential Democratic candidate.

Last week’s attacks were mainly based on basic Google and Lexis Nexis searches.

But if they’re going to try to snuff him out in the Democratic primary, Pritzker’s online comments about liberal Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders could eventually come into focus, I’m told. Sanders ended up doing pretty darned well in Illinois’ Democratic primary, so alienating a huge chunk of likely Democratic primary voters would be a smart play.

Pritzker, a loyal Hillary Clinton supporter, referred to the insurgent presidential candidate on Twitter by his initials “BS” and tweeted that Sanders was “outrageously McCarthyite.” Pritzker also retweeted an article about how Sanders “said lack of sex and resenting your mom could cause cancer,” pointed to favorable comments about Sanders by the National Rifle Association, referred to the losing Democratic candidate’s campaign manager as “delusional” and occasionally engaged Sanders’ supporters on the social media platform. And I didn’t even look at the guy’s Facebook account.

Some Democrats pointed out last week that the Republicans’ Blagojevich-based attacks failed miserably in the just-completed U.S. Senate race against Tammy Duckworth.

But the Rauner folks say the issue kept Sen. Mark Kirk in the hunt during the summer, before he was overwhelmed with Duckworth cash in the fall. Indeed, Kirk was polling essentially even with Duckworth throughout the summer.

The Republicans also used the Blagojevich issue in several legislative races, including against state Rep. John Bradley (D-Marion), who once had a public fight with Blagojevich after the then-governor referred to him as a “wall flower” and a pawn of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. That well-covered spat didn’t matter to the GOP, of course.

“For anyone who has a real association with Blago – and I think our argument yesterday is that JB’s history was more than fleeting – it is a potent hit,” was how one Rauner guy put it the day after the robocalls were launched.

The question now becomes whether Pritzker is prepared to expose his children to this sort of nonstop mudslinging for almost two solid years. We will probably know more after the holidays. But don’t expect any lull in the negativity while we wait.

• Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax.com.

IT’S YOUR WRITE Extreme leftist leanings

To the Editor: The editorial cartoon published Dec. 11 shows both the political leanings of the paper and cartoonist, Dave Granlund, and the ignorance about what the Time person of the year is supposed to represent The person selected is the one who has been most influential during the past year, whether good or bad. Donald Trump certainly was influential.

Past selections included people like Martin Luther King, FDR, Pope John XXIII, and Lech Walesa among others. All of which contributed to the betterment of society.

Why weren’t these people included in the cartoon? Simple answer is that Granlund, and the paper to a lesser extent, have extreme leftist leanings.

Putting Trump in with the types shown in the cartoon shows the prejudice of this publication. Trump has not been in office yet. Before including him with evil he deserves a chance to prove that he

represents what is good for America.

Shame on this paper for publishing such a clearly one-sided cartoon.

Mike Hirsch Algonquin

Biblical inadequacies

To the Editor: I feel so inadequate. I’m just a regular old guy, not an erudite Christian or interpreter of the Bible like members of the Barrettsmith clan. Witness Rev. Scott Barrettsmith’s Sept. 27 one-line letter, “No Christian can be a Democrat,” to these pages, and now his Dec. 1 letter, congratulating “Donald J. Trump for being elected by the people and appointed

by God to be … president.”

He goes on to quote Romans 13:1: “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.” Two questions arise out of my Biblical

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inadequacies: First, in Exodus 32, the people of Israel, disheartened by the absence of Moses, make a golden calf and recognize it as their God. In verse 10, God is so angered by this that He wishes to consume them. But Moses reasons with God who repents “of the evil which He thought to do unto His people.”

Interesting. The writer of this portion of Exodus calls God’s intent “evil.” God intends evil? How can this be? But according to Exodus, this happened.

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I am so confused. If God had an evil intent once, was that the only time?

Has God had other evil intents? Could the appointment of Donald J. Trump as president be another incidence of God’s evil intent?

And the second question: If Hillary Clinton had won the election, would Mr. Barrettsmith have written a similar letter?

Don Metivier Woodstock

• Wednesday, December 21, 2016

“This will be the most expensive race of our lifetime,” a Republican friend assured me last week about the apparently already begun 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

If Democratic billionaire JB Pritzker pulls the trigger and decides to run, we can expect that significant campaign spending could begin as early as next month – on both sides. And if last week is any indication, this is gonna be one nasty contest.

The Illinois Republican Party began running robocalls on Dec. 13 to elected Democrats, along with their party’s contributors and activists. The calls sought to tie Pritzker to imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich by using an FBI tape of Blagojevich spit-balling with an aide about getting Pritzker to endow a non-profit organization that the governor could run after leaving office.

The Pritzker camp responded to the robocalls with a statement criticizing Gov. Bruce Rauner for not passing a budget for two years and allowing “human services to be gutted.” The statement from Pritzker’s spokesperson also claimed the governor should have better things to do with his time than to “dredge up the crazy rantings of Rod Blagojevich.” That led to a quickie but rather large opposition research dump that sought to tie Pritzker even more

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Walgreens, Rite Aid sell 865 stores Drugstore chains are one step closer to $9.4B deal

By TOM MURPHY

The Associated Press Walgreens and Rite Aid will sell 865 stores to rival retailer Fred’s for $950 million, potentially removing the final roadblock thwarting a tie-up between the nation’s largest and third-largest drugstore chains.

Wall Street certainly saw it that way, sending shares of all three companies higher in early trading Tuesday.

Walgreens is working to close its $9.4 billion purchase of Rite Aid early next year. It said Tuesday that it’s selling the Rite Aid stores in response to concerns raised by federal anti-trust regulators.

The deal still needs to be approved by the Federal Trade Commission.

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., based in Deerfield, announced in October 2015 that it planned to buy Rite Aid in a deal that would create about 12,000 U.S. locations. That’s several thousand more than the nearest competitor, CVS Health Corp.

The combination is expected to give Walgreens beefed-up negotiating muscle with drugmakers and other suppliers and to help enlarge its presence in the Northeast and in Southern California. But the nation’s largest drugstore chain also knew it would have to drop some stores to ease regulatory worry about competition.

Shortly after announcing the deal, Walgreens said it was willing to divest up to 1,000 stores to win regulatory approval, but it expected it wouldn’t have to sell more than 500.

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A shopper carries her purchases from Rite Aid into her car Sept. 28 in North Andover, Mass. Walgreens and Rite Aid will sell 865 stores to rival retailer Fred’s for $950 million, possibly removing the final roadblock preventing the tie-up between the nation’s largest and third-largest drugstore chains, in news announced Tuesday. stores clustered mainly in the Southeast, and it operates 371 full-service pharmacy departments within its stores. It also runs three specialty pharmacies.

Walgreens said its purchase agreement requires Fred’s to buy additional stores if the FTC requires the divestiture of more than 865.

Shares of Fred’s Inc., based in Memphis, Tennessee, soared 73 percent, or $8.12, to $19.27 Tuesday morning, while broader indexes started off nearly flat. Rite Aid Corp., based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, rose 5 percent, or 42 cents, to $8.59; and Walgreens rose 66 cents to $86.72.

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Amy Schumer has given her father an early holiday gift by buying back the farm her family once owned.

Schumer posted a screengrab on Instagram on Monday of her delivering the news to her father on a video call. She also posted a video of herself as a child walking through a cornfield on the farm. She added in the caption, “We lost the farm when we lost everything else. But today I got to buy it back for him.”

Schumer didn’t say where the farm is located.

The comedian told The New York Times in 2013 that her family went bankrupt when she was 9.

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Joan Baez performs May 3, 2009, at a benefit concert celebrating Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam, Yes to be inducted into Rock Hall NEW YORK – The late rapper Tupac Shakur and Seattle-based rockers Pearl Jam lead a class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees that also include folkie Joan Baez and 1970s favorites Journey, Yes and Electric Light Orchestra.

The rock hall also said Tuesday that it would give a special award to Nile Rodgers, whose disco-era band Chic failed again to make the cut after its 11th time nominated.

Baez will be inducted only months after her 1960s paramour, Bob Dylan, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The hall’s 32nd annual induction ceremony will take place April 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. HBO will show highlights later, with SiriusXM doing a radio broadcast.

Shakur was shot and killed after attending a boxing match in Las Vegas in 1996, a murder that has spawned conspiracy theories but remains unsolved.

“Changes,” “Keep Ya Head Up,” “Ambitionz Az a Ridah” and “Life Goes On” are among his best-known songs. Only 25 when he died, Shakur left behind a trove of music that was released posthumously.

Pearl Jam exploded in popularity from the start in the early 1990s behind songs like “Alive,” ‘’Jeremy” and “Even Flow.” After Nirvana, it is the second band with roots in Seattle’s grunge rock scene to make the hall. Behind singer Eddie Vedder and other original members Mike McCready, Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, Pearl Jam remains active and is a popular live act.

Vedder is no newcomer to rock hall ceremonies, having given induction speeches for Neil Young and the Ramones.

“Radiolab,” hosted by Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, will make it on to SiriusXM. “Freakonomics Radio,” which Margot Robbie has responded to discusses the oddities of human behavior, wedding rumors by giving the finger on and “2 Dope Queens” hosted by PhoeInstagram – the ring finger, that is. be Robinson and Jessica Williams, are The actress posted a picture of a big among the nation’s most popular podcasts. diamond on her extended ring finger on the Actor Baldwin is frequently in the news, photo-sharing platform Monday. She also particularly with his “Saturday Night Live” appeared to be wearing a white dress in the portrayal of Donald Trump. picture, which shows her kissing a bearded The deal also includes some programs man. that currently air on radio, including “The Several British tabloids have reported that New Yorker Radio Hour” and “On the Methe 26-year-old Robbie married director dia,” which is hosted by Brooke Gladstone Tom Ackerley over the weekend in her and Bob Garfield. native Australia.

The podcasts also will be a testing ground for SiriusXM; some shows that prove popuBaldwin, 2 Dope Queens lar podcasts headed to SiriusXM may become regular radio programs of NEW YORK – The satellite giant SiriusXM their own, said Scott Greenstein, the company’s president and chief content officer. is giving a radio home to several popular podcasts, picking up 11 programs produced Queen Elizabeth II to step

by New York’s WNYC Studios, including Alec Baldwin’s “Here’s the Thing” and the down from some groups LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II will step irreverent “2 Dope Queens.” down from her role as patron of more than Starting Jan. 9, the programs will air on 20 charities and organizations at the end of SiriusXM’s Insight channel, a news-talk the year. station that frequently has a comic bent.

Sirius airs a handful of podcasts among its Buckingham Palace said Tuesday that she will follow her husband Prince Philip’s 170 channels that reach 31 million subscribers, including one with Neil DeGrasse example and reduce her charitable work at the end of her 90th birthday year. He did Tyson. The deal with WNYC announced the same when he turned 90 in 2011.

Tuesday aligns the satellite network with The palace stressed the queen will still be the second-most popular producer of podpatron of more than 600 organizations. casts behind NPR, potentially giving those The queen remains in apparent good programs a much wider audience.

The two-time Peabody Award-winning health has reduced her traveling.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Country singer Freddie Hart is 90. Talk-show host Phil Donahue is 81. Actress Jane Fonda is 79. Actor Samuel L. Jackson is 68. Actor Dennis Boutsikaris (“Better Call Saul”) is 64. Singer Betty Wright is 63. Actress Jane Kaczmarek (“Malcolm in the Middle”) is 61.

Country singer Lee Roy Parnell is 60. Entertainer Jim Rose of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow is 60. Actor-comedian Ray Romano is 59. Country

singer Christy Forester of the Forester Sisters is 54. Actor-comedian Andy Dick is 51. Actor Kiefer Sutherland is 50. Actress Karri Turner (“JAG”) is 50. Country singer Brad Warren of The Warren Brothers is 48. Actress Julie Delpy is 47. Contemporary Christian singer Natalie Grant is 45. Singer-guitarist Brett Scallions (Fuel) is 45. Actor Steven Yeun (“The Walking Dead”) is 33.

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HEALTH Stress of holidays – and 2016 – may make perfect time to try meditation

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FROM LEFT: Unreal Candy’s Milk Chocolate Quinoa Peanut Butter Cups, Gaiam’s Yoga for Beginners Kit and Frankincense, the main ingredient in De-Stress Frankincense Pure Essential Oil are gifts for a healthier new year.

The perfect gift after a turbulent year? A little health, tranquility

By MEGAN BUERGER The Washington Post

There’s no doubt about it: 2016 was a doozy. It was so grueling, in fact, that late-night television host John Oliver dedicated an entire segment of his show to recapping the year’s perils – including Zika, the crisis in Syria and the presidential election – before ceremoniously setting a 2016 installation on fire.

“Thanks for watching,” he said, “and let’s all try harder next year.”

Despite all the doomsday theatrics, it’s an important closing sentiment. Everyone has off years, but the power to bounce back is in our hands. It’s in this spirit that we shift our focus to the year ahead, resolving to break bad habits, form good ones, spend less, give more. For most of us, resolutions include health and fitness goals.

The good news is we’re living in a golden age for wellness, with a renewed passion for self-improvement from the inside out. As you wrap up your holiday shopping, consider gifts that offer a little bit more, whether it’s rejuvenation, stress relief or help sleeping. Everyone could use a little serenity in the new year, including you.

De-Stress Frankincense Pure Essential Oil ($43, aromatherapyassociates.com): Founded in 1985 by two

aromatherapy pioneers, Geraldine Howard and Sue Beechey, Aromatherapy Associates called Princess Diana a loyal client. Frankincense, the main ingredient in this formula, is said to help relieve anxiety and soothe skin.

Unreal Candy’s Milk Chocolate Quinoa Peanut Butter Cups ($18 for three bags, getunreal.com): This Michi-

gan-based company is striving to reinvent popular candy with real, organic ingredients and less sugar.

Gaiam’s Yoga for Beginners Kit ($30, target.com):

Founded in Boulder, Colo., almost 30 years ago, the company is one of the largest providers of yoga equipment in the country and even has a streaming video service with programs hosted by Deepak Chopra and the Dalai Lama.

Calm meditation subscription (one year $60, calm. com): Many meditation apps offer gifting options, so

you can nudge your friends and family to give one a try. Calm members get access to mindfulness programs and guided sessions designed for everyone, including commuters and anxious types, with tips for managing stress and staying centered.

Chalait matcha tea and bamboo whisk ($40, chalait. com): Nutritionists have long extolled the health

Set of six aromatherapy herbal soaps ($34, plantlife. benefits of tea, but this year, one particular type net): You’d be forgiven for assuming soap is the kind became a full-blown trend. Matcha, a finely ground

Plantlife’s aromatherapy oils, salts and soaps are 100 percent vegan.

of thing handed out in corporate gift baskets, but there’s a modern way to do it.

Plantlife’s aromatherapy oils, salts and soaps are 100 percent vegan and pack plenty of beauty benefits thanks to ingredients such as coconut oil (moisturizing), patchouli (antibacterial), lemon grass (toning) and oatmeal (exfoliating).

powder made from green-tea leaves that’s said to increase metabolism and offer a caffeine kick without the jitters, is everywhere. For stylish stocking stuffers, check out Chalait, which sources directly from the Uji fields in Kyoto, Japan, and sells teas and wares in sleek, minimalist packaging.

Muji diffuser ($69.50, muji.us): This Japanese lifestyle brand is beloved for its less-is-more approach to home organization. Its best-selling ultrasonic aroma diffuser spreads the scent of essential oils throughout a room and doubles as a soft light.

Spire Mindfulness and Activity Tracker ($100, apple. com): Seasoned yogis are well aware that breath-

ing exercises can reduce stress, but the science is spreading. Spire, an attachment developed at Stanford University in 2014, clips to a belt or bra and analyzes your body’s tension by monitoring your breathing patterns. As a bonus, it syncs with your calendar, camera roll and location so it can tell you when you’re most stressed out.

If we can agree on one thing, it’s that this holiday season is especially stressful. This year it’s not just about the crush of shopping, decorating, cooking and traveling, but the whirl of emotions about getting together with friends and family, some of whom may disagree with you on matters more weighty than whose holiday sweater is ugliest. It may be the year to spike the eggnog.

Better yet, it may be the year to try meditation.

We spoke to Tara Brach, a psychologist, teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C., about how mindfulness and meditation can help you cope with this special brand of holiday stress.

How can meditation help with stress, holiday-related and otherwise?

There’s a real power to just pausing. Meditation helps us to get out of our thoughts about the future and really be in the present moment.

It helps us gain the capacity to relax, to connect with what is going on right here and right now, to connect with other people, to re-access our resourcefulness, our clarity and our ability to focus and keep an open heart.

It may sound lovey-dovey, but there’s research showing the positive effect of meditation on parts of the brain that control emotion. Meditation can change the flavor of the season.

What do you say to doubters?

The resistance is typically “I will never have the time for 45 minutes a day.” But you don’t have to do that. You are just going to start with three minutes each day.

Can you offer some motivation to give it a try?

Start by saying to yourself, “OK, I am going to sit still each day.” Find a comfortable way of sitting. First scan through the body and relax obvious areas of tension like the shoulders. Place your hand on your belly as a way of focusing attention and finding breath. Then when the mind wanders you just say, “OK, come back.”

Do I need to do a full meditation – go to a class, listen to a recording – to get into this frame of mind?

No. You can just do it at the dinner table. Take an internal time out. Feel your breath, offer a message to yourself that is comforting and kind and take three cleansing breaths.

Tell us about these breaths.

Take three deep breaths and with each out breath, slowly let go.

With the first out breath, you are releasing worries, plans, mental tensions.

With the second out breath, you are releasing physical tightness and tension.

With the third out breath, you are releasing difficult emotions.

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was about the same in 2004 – about 1 in 1,000 births were affected. But by 2013, the rural rate had climbed to almost 8 in 1,000. In urban areas, it reached 5 per 1,000 births.

The rates correspond with women’s use of opioid drugs during pregnancy.

This includes use or misuse of oxycodone and other prescription opioid painkillers, and use of illegal narcotics.

Newborns whose mothers use these drugs during pregnancy are at risk for seizures, excessive crying, problems with breathing, sleeping and feeding and other withdrawal symptoms. Treatment sometimes includes methadone, and babies may need to be hospitalized for weeks or months.

The study, led by University of Michigan researchers, found about 21 percent of U.S newborns with withdrawal symptoms in 2013 were from rural counties, up from 13 percent in 2004.

To come up with their estimate, the researchers analyzed a dataset of U.S. hospital discharges compiled by the government’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The results were published in JAMA Pediatrics.

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is a risk” for infected women who never seemed to get sick, she said Wednesday.

CHICAGO – A decline in chubby babies The study came from a U.S. registry and toddlers is providing a glimmer of that the CDC started earlier this year to good news in the fight against childmonitor pregnant women with Zika. All hood obesity.

Birth defects seen in 6 percent of the women included were infected The trend was found in a study of of U.S. pregnancies with Zika while in a Zika outbreak country or had children up to age 2 enrolled in a NEW YORK – A U.S. study of Zika-insex with someone who got Zika overU.S. nutrition assistance program for seas. Zika primarily is spread through low-income women and children. Half of fected pregnancies found 6 percent of them ended in birth defects. The rate mosquito bites. all U.S. infants up to 12 months old are was nearly twice as high for women Out of the 442 pregnancies, 26 had enrolled in the program. birth defects linked to Zika, or 6 perThe rate of youngsters at risk for obe- infected early in pregnancy. cent. Among women who were infected sity fell during the study, from almost 15 It’s the first published research on percent in 2010 to 12 percent overall in outcomes in the United States, and the in the first three months, the figure rose to 11 percent.

2014, researchers from the federal Cen- authors say the findings echo what’s Twenty-one babies were born with ters for Disease Control and Prevention been reported in Brazil and other countries with Zika outbreaks. birth defects, including microcephaly, reported in the journal Pediatrics.

It also showed the rate of birth defects in which a baby’s skull is small because The rate declined in all ages studied. was the same for women who didn’t the brain hasn’t developed properly.

It was lowest – about 8 percent in 2014 – for the youngest infants, from 3 show any signs of infection during their Surge in drug-affected newborns pregnancy as those that did. That’s to 5 months, versus almost 15 percent driven by rural opioid use important because most people who among toddlers. The results were CHICAGO – A surge in U.S infants born unexpected, given rising rates earlier in get infected don’t have any symptoms, said Margaret Honein of the Centers for with symptoms of withdrawal from the decade, said CDC researcher David Disease Control and Prevention, one of heroin or strong prescription painkillFreedman, the lead author. the study’s authors. Symptoms include ers is driven largely by rising drug use “People are thrilled,” he said. among women in rural areas, a new fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes.

Freedman said reasons are uncertain study found.

“Pregnant women and their health for the decline, but it came amid changcare providers need to understand there The problem in urban and rural areas es designed to improve nutrition and

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Solutions can be found and the gap closed if you are willing to work with people who hold opposing views. Choose love and peace over chaos and discord.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – A physical improvement will add to your appeal. Preparing for the festive season and doing something nice for someone special will have an impact on your personal and professional lives.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Stay within your budget. Spending too much will be stressful

when the bills arrive. Put more emphasis on being sincere and offering solutions instead of paying for others.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You must make a change to a pending settlement, investment or medical issue that needs attention. Looking forward and preparing for the future will contribute to your success. Romance is highlighted.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Discussions will help you get a better view of a situation that could end badly if too much time or money will be required. Stick to what is doable.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Your emotions will be difficult to control. Don’t let the past bring you down or allow what someone says to cause you grief. Remember the good things and make thoughtfulness, love and peace your mission.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – You need to live within your means. It’s important to know where you stand financially. Moving into the new year with a strategy in place will help you keep your overhead to a minimum.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Socialize with friends or go shopping with someone who can help you find bargains. Love is in the stars.

Don’t hesitate to make a romantic gesture.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Be careful not to take on too much. Make it very clear what you can and cannot do. Refuse to let anyone take advantage of you, your time or your generosity.

Don’t overspend.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Update your appearance or take better care of yourself and improve the way you treat others. A personal promise will

bring positive change and stability.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Something you were counting on isn’t likely to unfold the way you expected. Remain calm and think strategically how best to handle the outcome or disappointment. Choose intelligence over discord.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Emotions will rise to the surface if you discuss your plans. Someone will not be happy with the choices you make.

Stick to your decision if it’s what you really want.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Emotionally charged spending will cause stress when the bills come in. You cannot win someone’s heart with an extravagant purchase. Kindness and consideration should be good enough. Use your imagination.

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34 Mammogram advice continues to evolve Dear Doctor: Do I really need a yearly mammogram?

Dear Reader: This might be hard to accept, but if you’re a woman at low to average risk of breast cancer, you probably don’t need a yearly mammogram.

That’s not to say we shouldn’t give mammograms their due. Studies have found a decreased death rate from breast cancer among women who have had mammograms compared with those who didn’t.

Now let’s look at just how much benefit mammograms offer. The public health advocacy group the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force calculated if 10,000 women between the ages of 39 and 49 had regular mammograms for 10 years, it would prevent three breast cancer deaths. For the same number of women between the ages of 50 and 59, there would be eight fewer breast cancer deaths. And for women between 60 and 69, there would be 21 fewer breast cancer deaths.

In short, the overall death rates were not significantly different between those women who had mammograms and those who didn’t. This especially has been shown in studies in Canada and Sweden that compared the impact of annual mammograms with yearly breast exams from a health professional. In a 22-year Canadian study of 89,000 women, no difference in death rate was seen among women who had regular mammograms compared with those who had yearly breast exams with a health professional. This may point more to the importance of getting a yearly breast exam than the benefit of getting a mammogram.

Mammograms also have downsides.

A primary one is they have many false positives, leading to more imaging, breast biopsies and significant anxiety for patients.

Another is many breast cancers, such as ductal carcinoma in situ, would never be of clinical significance, so finding them on a

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ASK THE DOCTORS Robert Ashley mammogram is of little benefit.

If you’re a woman who has a mother or a sister with breast cancer, or if you have the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation that increases breast cancer risk, then a yearly mammogram after the age of 40 is a good idea. If you have a combination of risk factors – such as having had your first baby after the age of 30, having later-onset menopause or earlier-onset menstruation – then a mammogram likely is a good idea.

However, if you’re at average risk of breast cancer and between the ages of 40 and 49, there is only a small statistical benefit in having a mammogram. If you are between the ages of 50 and 69, the benefit of a mammogram may overcome risk. At that age, you should get a mammogram every two years.

If you’re older than 70, keep in mind breast cancer rates increase up to the age of 80, so the screening could have a benefit.

But that benefit must be weighed against the likelihood of dying from something else. Here again, the recommendation is for a mammogram every two years, but you should discuss your individual needs with your doctor.

Breast cancer screening still is evolving, with newer 3-D types of mammograms, breast MRIs and the possibility of biochemical markers to detect breast cancer. We’ll need studies of these technologies to assess their effectiveness at detecting breast cancer.

The recommendations may change yet again.

• Robert Ashley, M.D., is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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the reason for your sexual issues with your fiancé, you need to explain the reason for them.

From your letter, I am guessing you never had counseling. If that’s correct, I am advising you to contact RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network; www.rainn.org) or a local rape crisis organization and ask for some help now. The counselors are specially trained to help victims of various kinds of abuse, and the place to start resolving your issues would be there.

Dear Abby: I’m a woman in my 30s. My father has been in prison since I was a tot. I was raised by my mother, who did a great job. My relationship with my father has been damaged for as long as I can remember. He will never get out, and I am angry he made such poor life choices.

When I was a teenager, he struck me once during a visit. He also is manipulative and sometimes does hurtful things. For example, a few years ago he wrote me letters to which I never responded. When I finally got around to writing him back, he mailed my letters back to me (unopened) and said I deserved to see how it felt to have letters go unanswered.

He has said he’s convinced he will die within five years because he’s nearing the ages when his parents died. I’m afraid after he passes on I’ll feel like I didn’t make enough of an effort.

How do I proceed with my relationship with my father? – Cautious In The South Dear Cautious: I don’t blame you for feeling anger at your father’s inability to parent you.

However, before advising you to write him off, I would need to know why he lashed out at you during your prison visit, even though hitting is unacceptable. I don’t think the way your father handled your ignoring his letters was bad or wrong. If his silence stung you, imagine how yours affected him.

Whether or not your father is dying is beside the point. I think on some level you know you have to treat him with more compassion, or you wouldn’t have written to me. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t made mistakes. Your father made a doozy. But you say your mother raised you right, and if that’s true it couldn’t hurt to treat him with some compassion.

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I love him very much and don’t want to mess up this relationship because of my sex issues. Can you advise me how to handle this? –

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By JOHN WILKINSON

jwilkinson@shawmedia.com McHenry wrestling coach Jake Guardalabene heard about Jaden Glauser a few years ago, sometime around when Jaden was a sixth-grader.

His older brother, Alec, had been in one of the coach’s classes at McHenry and had wrestled some before switching to other sports, but Guardalabene heard the kids talking about a younger Glauser brother.

“I looked him up and said, ‘We got to make sure this kid gets to McHenry,’ ” Guardalabene said.

This year, Jaden arrived as a freshman and quickly has made the kind of impression Guardalabene thought he would. Through his first 15 high school matches, Glauser is 15-0 with eight pins and five tech falls. He has been taken down only twice, while taking opponents down 51 times.

“He definitely doesn’t carry himself like a freshman,” Guardalabene said.

“If you didn’t know he was a freshman,

“I’ve had some pretty good freshmen the last few years come through McHenry … they all had some deer in the headlights (looks), but Jaden hasn’t yet.”

Jake Guardalabene

McHenry wrestling coach, on Jaden Glauser

you’d think junior, senior. One, the way he looks: He doesn’t look like a freshman. Two, the way he acts: He’s mature beyond his years. He doesn’t come across like a 15-year-old kid; he comes across definitely as a veteran, and that’s just from the hundreds of matches that he’s wrestled coming in.

All that experience at the kids club is huge, winning a couple IK state titles and wrestling those big national tournaments that he has just helped him make the transition pretty easy.”

Glauser began wrestling around 6 years old and began getting competitive a couple of years later. He won two Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation state titles, placed twice more at IKWF state tournaments and competed in numerous national youth tournaments.

“I’ve had some pretty good freshmen the last few years come through McHenry … they all had some deer in the headlights (looks), but Jaden hasn’t yet,” Guardalabene said. “He has some freshman questions every now and then, but that’s to be expected. He’s definitely mature beyond his years.”

Usually the lower weight classes are the realm where younger wrestlers might be able to step directly into a varsity lineup, but Glauser has jumped right in at 170 pounds, facing mostly upperclassmen.

“The biggest adjustment is just wrestling like a high schooler,” Glauser said. “Just being a lot more physical than in the IKWF. … I don’t want to say

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By JOE COWLEY

The dialogue is wide open between Bulls head coach and front office these days.

A brand-new frontier compared with the cold war that went on a few years ago.

Then again, as a player, a coach, and even when Fred Hoiberg was an assistant general manager with the Minnesota Timberwolves, open dialogue was never listed as one of his weaknesses.

“It goes both ways,” Hoiberg said of the line of communication when it comes to trying to improve the roster.

“You get together and talk about your roster. Ask questions from us and also from the front office. There is a constant dialogue. You’re always looking to do what’s best for your organization.”

That might have to come into play with this group if the Bulls want to take advantage of a mediocre Eastern Conference.

There’s the Cleveland Cavaliers at the top, Toronto shadowing them, and then everybody else. The win over the Detroit Pistons on Monday was just another reminder of how average life in the East really is.

The problem for the inconsistent Bulls is that the way they are constructed, mediocre might be their ceiling this season.

The bench just isn’t reliable right now.

On nights when Nikola Mirotic and Doug McDermott can be outside threats like they were in the Detroit win, all is

the basket. We need them to keep shooting, taking and making shots with confidence.”

Hoiberg obviously had a similar observation coming out of that win, especially when he uses starter Dwyane Wade with that second unit to cause even more potential match-up problems.

“It opens up the floor for everybody, especially with that second unit with Dwyane getting into the paint and making plays,” Hoiberg said. “If he can

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on the rest of the season.

“Keep adjusting to the high school style, being more physical but staying calm and keeping my composure,” he said. That’ll be my biggest thing this year, still making that transition from wrestling 14-year-old kids to 17-, 18-yearold guys most of the time.”

In the practice room, Glauser goes up against McHenry’s No. 9-ranked 182-pound junior Jake Leske. Guardalabene credited the leadership of Leske and other upperclassmen, including 2016 state qualifier Lucas Busse, Matt Gutierrez and AJ Sweeney, with helping Glauser’s transition. Guardalabene said he’s seen more personality coming out of the freshman, and Glauser said he’s enjoying the familial bond of a high school team.

“I’ve seen a lot of determination from him,” Leske said. “I think from all his hard work back in his club days, that really paid off in how he pans out right now. He’s going to be doing some good stuff.”

Recently, in the span of a week,

Glauser beat three other ranked wrestlers, and then beat one of them again, ending the week with a title at a tournament hosted by Prospect. It was a victory that proved something for the freshman.

“Winning the Prospect tournament just kind of reassured myself that I’m a freshman, but I’m in this thing,” Glauser said. “Ignoring the fact that I’m a freshman and realizing that I’m right up there with everyone else.”

The final bout of the Prospect tournament was also a proving moment because it was Glauser’s first six-minute match of his career. Glauser had won his first 12 matches either by fall or technical fall, but to beat Barrington’s Jake Meyer, he had to go all six minutes for a decision, 1:30 longer than a fulllength IKWF match.

“It was a pretty grueling, intense six minutes, so I just had to keep myself calm and not put myself in any bad positions,” Glauser said.

Now the aim, Guardalabene said, is to work on the mental challenges and

his gas tank: “Get in shape, try to peak in February and make a run for that title.”

When Guardalabene asked the wrestlers to write down their goals at the beginning of the season, Glauser didn’t mince words.

“I want to be a state champ this year,” Glauser reiterated recently.

McHenry has never had a state champion, only four runners-up, and although his coach knows how tough it is, he doesn’t think it’s out of the question.

“If things fall right – to win a state title, to get to the finals, even to place, you’ve got to get a little bit lucky,” Guardalabene said. “You’ve got to fall on the right side of the bracket; you’ve got to get some breaks along the way. If anybody can do it, he can. … He could do it if things go right.

“And there’s so much potential for him to grow. He’s only the tip of the iceberg right now. He’s going to continue to get better, which is scary to think about because he’s already, in my opinion, one of the best kids in the state.”

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more rough, but you’re dealing with guys at 170 pounds, 90 percent of the time are seniors, so the style is just a lot more physical for me in particular.

That’s what I’ve noticed.”

Glauser was ranked No. 8 in Class 3A at 170 as of Tuesday morning, by illinoismatmen.com. Everyone ranked above him is an upperclassman, and he is one of only three freshmen (along with Huntley’s David Ferrante) ranked in 3A at any weight class above 138.

“It felt pretty good,” Glauser said about the first time he saw himself in the rankings. “No. 8, it isn’t really where I want to be, but it still felt good to see my name up there because, you know, I’ve been tracking and following high school wrestling since I was like in sixth grade, so it’s kind of cool to see your name in there.”

Glauser said physicality is the biggest area of growth he’s wants to work

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well. Mirotic scored 13 points and was a plus-15 in the plus/minus category after a two-game benching. McDermott added 13 points and was a plus-17 in plus/ minus.

“We’re a different team when everybody is making shots,” Jimmy Butler said of his bench. “When they’ve got to guard everyone out there on the floor, there’s no matchup you can key in on.

I’m glad to see [McDermott and Mirotic] doing what they do best, put the ball in

do that with the floor space, he’s pretty darn good at making the right read.

That’s one of our better spread lineups when we get those guys out there together.”

Wade might even have more help coming, as Michael Carter-Williams (left wrist) is eyeing a return by the end of the week, adding perimeter defense to go along with Wade, Mirotic, McDermott and, right now, Cristiano Felicio in the middle.

But will that be enough, especially when it comes to how inconsistent Mirotic and McDermott can be? More importantly, is there even a move for the Bulls to make to strengthen that young bench?

Likely not.

Mirotic can help a team, but expiring contracts haven’t been the gold standard in years, and the hope that the free agent-to-be can turn it around outweighs adding an unknown. Former first-round pick Bobby Portis is an option because he’s in and out of the rotation, but again the return on a player who is still developing hardly would change the balance of power in the conference.

That’s what the Bulls have to weigh the next six weeks. Is developing a young bench standing in the way of being a playoff team?

“You’re talking to 29 teams and seeing who is talking about different things,” Hoiberg said. “Sometimes things pop up with rosters. Sometimes they don’t.

“We’ll continue to keep those guys ready, and hopefully they’ll help us win some games and produce.”

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Uncertainty around Fuller about to end

By KEVIN FISHBAIN

kfishbain@profootballweekly.com LAKE FOREST – The mystery that has been cornerback Kyle Fuller’s knee injury and his availability for the season will come to an end Wednesday.

Bears coach John Fox would not acknowledge any decision on Fuller, who has been on injured reserve but practicing for the past three weeks.

Wednesday afternoon is the deadline for the Bears to activate the 2014 firstround pick for the final two games of the season.

Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said Fuller is medically cleared from his knee injury, but not yet ready to play.

“Any time a guy’s hurt, there’s three stages to getting back to the field,” Fangio said. “One is you’ve got to get medical clearance. Two, the player’s got to say he’s ready to go and feels confident and he’s champing at the bit to go play. And then the coaches get involved and see if he’s better than what the other choices are and if he really is back to being able to play.

A has happened. B hasn’t, so C is a nonissue.”

Fuller had arthroscopic surgery on his knee in the summer and then was shut down Sept. 27 to go on IR. Coincidentally, Fuller’s last inter-

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Bears cornerback Kyle Fuller signs an autograph before a preseason game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Aug. 27 at Soldier Field. Fuller has not played this season, and a decision on his availability for the final two weeks of the season will come Wednesday. ception came in Week 14 last season hurt us.” against Saturday’s opponent, Kirk The Bears’ inability to bring down Cousins and Washington. running backs Ty Montgomery and Freeman returns as tackling needs a Christine Michael led to 224 rushing boost: Fox called Sunday’s loss against yards for the Packers. Getting linethe Packers the team’s “poorest tack- backer Jerrell Freeman, their leading ling game, for sure.” Fangio called it tackler, back on the field this week “our worst tackling game. It really after a four-game suspension should

help.

Freeman is not concerned about his reputation after the performance-enhancing-drugs ban.

“People know me. People know who I am. People know what I’m about,” he said. “I wouldn’t do that on purpose, do you know what I mean? But it is what it is. I made a mistake, and that’s what it is. It’s not like I was going out of my way to do something. But it happened. It’s my fault, and I take responsibility for it.”

Kwiatkoski impresses: The one sure tackle the Bears did make Sunday that stood out to Fox and Fangio was rookie Nick Kwiatkoski’s stop on a second-down screen play by the Packers on their final drive.

“Those are always hit-or-miss plays, those screens,” Fangio said.

“The linebacker has to make a split-second decision. Can he go knife in and make it or do I need to soft play it and buy time for everybody else to get there? You have to make a decision right then and there and he made it and he was right, and it was a great play by him.”

Injury report: Eddie Goldman (ankle), Pernell McPhee (knee), Willie Young (knee), Cre’Von LeBlanc (knee) and Tracy Porter (knee) did not practice Tuesday as the Bears moved their schedule up a day to get ready for a Saturday game vs. Washington.

NFL: PRO BOWL SELECTIONS

7 Raiders, 6 Falcons, 0 Bears selected to Pro Bowl

By SIMMI BUTTAR

The Associated Press

NEW YORK – The Oakland Raiders lead the NFL with seven players selected for the Pro Bowl.

Quarterback Derek Carr, wide receiver Amari Cooper, center Rodney Hudson, defensive end Khalil Mack, safety Reggie Nelson, guard Kelechi Osemele and tackle Donald Penn were picked from the Raiders, who are in first place in the AFC West going into Week 16.

The Raiders had three players selected from their offensive line, a big reason the team has finally ended its long playoff drought.

“It means a lot. It’s a great honor to be recognized for what you do,” Hudson said. “It’s very humbling. I give a lot of thanks to our teammates because you can’t do any of it by yourself.”

Six members of the Atlanta Falcons

were selected, most among NFC teams.

Outside linebacker Vic Beasley, kicker Matt Bryant, running back Devonta Freeman, wide receiver Julio Jones, center Alex Mack and quarterback Matt Ryan were chosen from the NFC South leaders.

No Bears were selected.

Despite missing the first four games of the season because of his “Deflategate” suspension, New England quarterback Tom Brady was picked for the 12th time in his career. Cleveland tackle Joe Thomas and Arizona wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald were selected for the 10th time.

Twenty-six of the 32 teams had at least one player picked. Twenty players were chosen for the first time, including three rookies: Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott from Dallas, and Kansas City’s Tyreek Hill.

Among the notable omissions was Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford.

The first-place Lions, who lead the NFC North at 9-5, did not have a single representative.

Carolina’s Cam Newton, last season’s NFL MVP, was not picked, either.

Other star quarterbacks left out were New Orleans’ Drew Brees and Indianapolis’ Andrew Luck.

After the Raiders and Falcons, the Cowboys, Steelers and Titans were next with five players selected each.

In addition to Prescott and Elliott, offensive linemen Travis Frederick, Zack Martin and Tyron Smith were picked from Dallas.

For the Steelers, running back Le’Veon Bell, wide receiver Antonio Brown, guard David DeCastro, center Maurkice Pouncey and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger were selected. Roethlisberger, Pouncey and Brown were all chosen for the fifth time.

For the surprising Titans, tied with Houston for first place in the AFC

South, it’s their most players picked for the Pro Bowl since they had six in 2008.

Running back DeMarco Murray leads the group. He has 1,224 yards rushing, second in the NFL behind Elliott.

Left tackle Taylor Lewan earned his first Pro Bowl honor in his third season, while linebacker Brian Orakpo earned his fourth Pro Bowl trip overall and first since signing with Tennessee in March 2015. Tight end Delanie Walker and defensive lineman Jurrell Casey were both elected to start for the first time in their second career appearance.

The Pro Bowl will be played Jan. 29 in Orlando, Florida. The game will return to the NFC vs. AFC format after three years. Former stars Jerome Bettis, Tony Gonzalez, Ray Lewis and Charles Woodson will serve as “Legends Captains.”

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Hossa leaves ice in first period; no explanation given

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Ottawa goalie Mike Condon makes a save on a shot by the Blackhawks’ Andrew Desjardins as Marc Methot also defends during the first period Tuesday at the United Center. some of those games we won, maybe we didn’t deserve to. We had to address it, we had to get better, because that only lasts for so long, trying to get lucky and get bounces that way. So I think we’ve done that and I think as a whole, we’re playing a much better overall game.”

But they’re still not whole. Toews and Seabrook returned last week, but Ani-

simov was injured Saturday in St. Louis. And Tuesday night, Marian Hossa played only 2:37 before leaving the game for good for undisclosed reasons.

“We’ve missed guys for certain periods of time, and the rest of our guys have picked up the slack,” Toews said.

Despite another feverish third-period pace, they couldn’t quite do it again

against the Senators, who snapped the Hawks’ five-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory – their first in Chicago since 2001, a game that Hossa scored in while wearing an Ottawa jersey.

Ottawa jumped out to an early lead on Bobby Ryan’s goal at 4:30 of the first.

Artemi Panarin tied it on a power-play one-timer from his usual spot in the left circle later in the period, but the Senators got second-period goals from Derrick Brassard and Tom Pyatt only 10 seconds apart to take a 3-1 lead. At that point, they were outshooting the Hawks, 22-10.

HAWKS NOTES

Crawford back with team, likely to play Friday

By MARK LAZERUS

mlazerus@suntimes.com CHICAGO – Corey Crawford was back on the ice with his teammates Tuesday morning for the first time since undergoing an appendectomy Dec. 3 in Philadelphia. He looked like his old self, lunging for shots, popping back to his feet after hitting the ice for a save, and snatching pucks out of the air with his usual panache.

Crawford likely will reclaim his net Friday, against the Colorado Avalanche.

But he might have to share it a little more going forward.

Scott Darling’s outstanding play in Crawford’s absence might have changed the Blackhawks’ goaltending dynamic.

Ever since Crawford established himself as the Hawks’ No. 1 goalie in the latter half of the 2010-11 season, he’s been a workhorse. Basically, the only way Crawford sits is if the Hawks are playing on back-to-back nights, or if he’s injured.

And Crawford is still the Hawks’ unquestioned No. 1. But entering Tuesday’s game against Ottawa, Darling had gone 6-2-1 in Crawford’s absence, including the current 6-0-1 stretch. He has a .938 save percentage in that stretch, and has given up one goal or no goals in five of his past seven starts.

“It will get some discussion, knowing that Corey we’ll keep an eye on Crawford Corey,” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “Going into the season, you anticipate [Darling] playing all the back-to-backs, and getting more based on performance, and how [Crawford] is handling it, as well. That will [factor] into the decision. Certainly, he’s enhanced how we view the opportunity – him getting a little bit more, and making it tough when we’re making decisions on who’s in net.”

Crawford has played either 57, 58 or 59 games in his five full-length seasons in the NHL (he played 30 of 48 during the lockout-shortened 2013 campaign). Had it not been for injuries, he likely would have played closer to 65 each season. As does any goalie, he wants to play as often as possible. But he could only rave about how well Darling has played in his absence.

“Unbelievable,” Crawford said. “He’s been great for us ever since he came here. He’s just looking for a chance. He’s been great. He stole a few games there, some great performances. Made some big saves in the other games, too, at key points in the game. You can’t ask for more than that.”

Crawford’s play could dictate just how much of a timeshare it becomes.

Before the surgery, he was playing brilliantly, with a 12-6-2 record, a .927 save percentage and a 2.27 goals-against average. He had won his past three starts, making 30, 38 and 34 saves in the pro-

cess. He’s hoping it won’t take long to find that groove again.

“It’d be nice to get the feeling back right away,” Crawford said. “That’s the plan. That’s what I’m trying to do, or build in practice. I can’t wait to get back in there.”

Crawford said he felt fortunate that his appendix didn’t actually burst. He had flu-like symptoms, including a fever, but not much pain when head athletic trainer Mike Gapski and team doctor Michael Terry realized he needed to go to the hospital. Crawford was able to fly home from Philadelphia with the team that night, and said he was feeling better just three or four days after the surgery.

After almost two weeks off the ice, Tuesday was Crawford’s fifth straight day practicing, but his first with his teammates.

“I feel good, it’s nice to see them again,” he said. “That road trip felt like an eternity.”

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First Period–1, Ottawa, Ryan 7 (Turris), 4:30. 2, Chicago, Panarin 15 (Kane, Seabrook), 11:17 (pp). Penalties–Methot, OTT, (tripping), 10:14; Desjardins, CHI, (tripping), 17:41.

Second Period–3, Ottawa, Brassard 7 (Ryan, Wideman), 7:31. 4, Ottawa, Pyatt 4 (Smith, Pageau), 7:41. 5, Chicago, Motte 4 (Hartman, Hinostroza), 12:00. 6, Ottawa, Phaneuf 5 (Turris, Karlsson), 14:22 (pp). Penalties– Toews, CHI, (hooking), 5:30; Seabrook, CHI, (tripping), 14:06; Phaneuf, OTT, (holding), 17:05.

Third Period–7, Chicago, Panik 9 (Kane, Keith), 1:42.

Penalties–Panik, CHI, (interference), 7:48; Ceci, OTT, (holding), 11:19; Hartman, CHI, (high sticking), 14:42; Phaneuf, OTT, Penalty Shot (interference on breakaway (penalty shot)), 15:08.

Shots on Goal–Ottawa 15-11-4–30. Chicago 9-6-11–26.

Power-play opportunities–Ottawa 1 of 5; Chicago 1 of 3.

Goalies–Ottawa, Condon 7-3-2 (26 shots-23 saves).

Chicago, Darling 10-3-2 (30-26).

A–21,614 (19,717). T–2:31.

Referees–Chris Schlenker, Brad Watson. Linesmen– Scott Driscoll, Brian Mach.

mlazerus@suntimes.com CHICAGO – The Blackhawks spent much of the first quarter of the season stealing games through sensational goaltending or frantic third-period scrambles. They’ve spent the past few weeks winning despite the absence of some of their biggest stars – Corey Crawford, Jonathan Toews, Brent Seabrook and Artem Anisimov.

Somehow, the Hawks find themselves atop the entire NHL. And they still have hardly ever been at their best and at full strength at the same time.

In other words, it’s possible they can only get better.

“I think we’re mature enough in the room to realize that even if we are getting results, it’s just about the process and about our standard and how we approach every game, every single day,” Toews said before Tuesday’s game against the Ottawa Senators. “And there’s no doubt that early in the season,

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Rutgers probe finds 7 potential violations The ASSOCIATED PRESS

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The NCAA has informed Rutgers that an 18-month investigation into the department of athletics has found seven potential violations.

The NCAA issued a notice of allegations Tuesday, stating that the department had not been operating in full compliance with NCAA and university standards. The investigation and potential violations focused on former football coach Kyle Flood, a student-athlete host/ hostess program and inconsistencies in the administration of drug testing procedures and policies.

Rutgers has 90 days to reply.

In a letter to the university community, Rutgers President Robert Barchi said the university has retained outside counsel for the investigation and has cooperated fully with the NCAA enforcement staff in its investigation.

Rutgers has done some things to try to fix the problems, including firing Flood after the 2015 season.

The NCAA felt Flood violated its bylaws by having impermissible contact with a professor in an effort to help cornerback Nadir Barnwell improve a grade. In addition, he is charged with failing to promote an atmosphere of compliance in the football program, violating the principles of NCAA head coach responsibility legislation.

The NCAA also said a former assistant football coach is accused of having improper off-campus recruiting contact with a prospective student athlete in 2014. The coach also was accused of unethical conduct for providing false or misleading information to the NCAA and the institution during the investigation.

Flood was suspended for three games and fined $50,000 after a university investigated the allegations that he tried to influence’s a player’s grade.

Athletic director Julie Hermann was also fired in the wake of the controversy and replaced by Patrick Hobbs.

The NCAA alleged that between the 2011-12 academic year and the fall of 2015, the Rutgers football host/hostess program, staffed by student workers, was not properly operated and supervised.

Two student hostesses had impermissible off-campus contact and electronic correspondence with prospective student athletes, while the former football director of recruiting impermissibly publicized the recruitment of prospective student-athletes, the NCAA said.

The university and its director of

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Former Rutgers football coach Kyle Flood is part of the focus of an NCAA investigation that has revealed seven potential violations by the school’s athletic department. sports medicine are also accused of violating drug testing policy by failing to notify the athletic director of positive tests. The NCAA alleged that the official along with the coach also didn’t follow through on discipline or identify certain drug tests as positive, as required by university policy.

Because of the violations, the NCAA also said that the university failed to properly monitor its football program between 2011 and 2016.

Rutgers implemented a new drug testing policy in August and hired a new chief medical officer in October.

“Despite my disappointment over these allegations, I believe we are a stronger university because of our immediate and transparent response to them, and you have my word that we will continue to strive for excellence with integrity,” Barchi said.

Prosecutors review Minnesota assault investigation report: At Minneapolis,

prosecutors said they’re reviewing a report prepared by University of Minnesota investigators on allegations of sexual assault by several members of the football team.

In a statement Tuesday, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said his office will review the report and has no further comment for now. His spokesman, Chuck Laszewski, declined to comment on whether the review means they might reopen the investigation.

Minneapolis police spokeswoman Sgt. Catherine Michal told the St. Paul Pioneer Press the case is closed and there are no plans to reopen it.

The prosecutor’s office said in October it had insufficient evidence to charge anyone after a police investigation of the September incident. The university conducted its own investigation, which led to last week’s suspensions of 10 players and a brief boycott of football activities by the team.

SPORTS BRIEFS Webber leads Alden-Hebron girls past Westminster Christian

is 81-61 with a 3.96 ERA in parts of 10 big league seasons. He was 8-10 with a 4.78 ERA this year.

The 24-year-old Tobias has hit .301 in 188 minor league games since being selected by the Phillies in the 10th round of the 2015 amateur draft.

Alden-Hebron’s girls basketball team topped Westminster Christian, 59-44, in Northeastern Athletic Conference play Tuesday in Hebron with the help of 17 points from Emily Webber.

Tally Lalor added 15 points, including three 3-point baskets. Eden Wanderer also U.S. women’s soccer’s Morgan leaves Orlando, joins Lyon finished in double figures with 10 points.

The Giants improved to 6-4 overall and With the lure of Champions League foot2-1 in the NAC. ball proving too strong to resist, United States forward Alex Morgan is joining Alden-Hebron boys drop home European champion Lyon in a move she game to Westminster Christian hopes will help her become the world’s Alden-Hebron lost to Westminster best player.

Christian, 75-42, in Northeastern Athletic Lyon announced Tuesday that Morgan, Conference boys basketball action Tues27, is arriving from the NWSL’s Orlando day in Hebron. Cameron Norton led the Pride on a six-month deal, with an option Giants (2-8, 0-2 NAC) with 10 points. for her to play a further season.

Brad Judson scored nine points. Taylor Her move to club football in Europe will Glenn and Mason Mindham each added have a short-term effect on the Pride. six points.

“We are obviously disappointed that Westminster Christian made nine Alex will miss the beginning of the Pride 3-pointers in the game and led by 25 at season but understand her wishes to halftime. play in Europe and we look forward to her rejoining her teammates after Lyon’s Sager remembered for love of season,” said Phil Rawlins, president of family, sports, flashy attire Orlando City SC, the MLS club affiliated ATLANTA – Longtime TNT broadcaster with the Pride.

Craig Sager, a native of Batavia, was remembered for his love of family, sports Giants fined $150,000, McAdoo and colorful attire at a memorial service $50,000 for walkie-talkie use Tuesday that produced laughs and tears.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The NFL has Among those attending the service were fined the New York Giants and coach San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich Ben McAdoo and moved the team’s and members of Sager’s Turner Sports TV fourth-round pick in next year’s draft to family, including Ernie Johnson and Reggie the end of the round because the rookie Miller. coach used a walkie-talkie for about five The Rev. Randy Mickler, former senior plays during the fourth quarter of a game pastor of Mount Bethel United Methodagainst Dallas a little more than a week ist Church in Marietta, Georgia, led the ago. service. Mickler noted he decided against The league notified the Giants on Tueswearing his normal black robe and instead day that the franchise was fined $150,000 wore a purple shirt and colorful jacket he and McAdoo was fined $50,000. said would have made Sager “extremely The Giants’ fourth-round selection in proud and pleased.” the 2017 draft will be moved to the end of The 65-year-old Sager died Thursday the fourth round, after any compensatory after a two-year fight with acute myeloid picks in that round, but no more than 12 leukemia. selection spots from where they finished in draft order for that round.

Red Sox trade pitcher Buchholz to Phillies for prospect Tobias

BOSTON – The Red Sox have traded right-hander Clay Buchholz to the Philadelphia Phillies for minor league second baseman Josh Tobias.

Buchholz was the odd man out in a Boston rotation that added Chris Sale this offseason.

Now 32, Buchholz pitched a no-hitter in 2007 in his second major league game.

He is a two-time All-Star but he has been inconsistent through his career. In all, he

W. Kentucky wins Boca Bowl; Wales runs for 245 yards

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Senior Anthony Wales gained 329 yards from scrimmage, and Western Kentucky (11-3) earned a bowl victory for the third year in a row by beating Memphis, 51-31, Tuesday night in the Boca Raton Bowl.

Wales ran for a career-high 245 yards on 35 carries, added 84 yards on four catches and scored three times.

– Staff, wire reports

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Wednesday LINE 24 1 OFF 7½ 7½ 7½ 20 11 7½ 19 3 5 5 12 19½ 5 27½ 1 10½ 6 1½ 6 5½ 9

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OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Wednesday Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego 7½ 10 (56½) Wyoming Thursday Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, ID 13 14 (64½) Idaho Friday Bahamas Bowl At Nassau, Bahamas +1 4 (64½) E. Michigan Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, TX +1 6 (67½) Navy Dollar General Bowl At Mobile, Ala. 5 4 (49) Ohio Saturday Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu OFF OFF (OFF) Middle Tennessee

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Monday St. Petersburg Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. 11 13½ (58½) Quick Lane Bowl At Detroit +2 1 (43½) Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. 4 4 (44) Tuesday Heart of Dallas Bowl At Dallas 9½ 10½ (49) Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md. 12 11½ (41) Holiday Bowl At San Diego 4½ 10 (61) Cactus Bowl At Phoenix 9½ 7 (67) Wednesday, Dec. 28 Pinstripe Bowl At New York 3 5½ (65½) Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. 1½ 2½ (57) Texas Bowl At Houston 2½ 3 (58) Foster Farms Bowl At Santa Clara, Calif.

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North W L T Pct PF Detroit 9 5 0 .643 301 Green Bay 8 6 0 .571 363 Minnesota 7 7 0 .500 264 Bears 3 11 0 .214 248 East W L T Pct PF x-Dallas 12 2 0 .857 366 N.Y. Giants 10 4 0 .714 272 Washington 7 6 1 .536 345 Philadelphia 5 9 0 .357 316 South W L T Pct PF Atlanta 9 5 0 .643 469 Tampa Bay 8 6 0 .571 313 New Orleans 6 8 0 .429 406 Carolina 6 8 0 .429 337 West W L T Pct PF y-Seattle 9 4 1 .679 298 Arizona 5 8 1 .393 340 Los Angeles 4 10 0 .286 197 San Francisco 1 13 0 .071 264 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

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PA 285 339 259 320 PA 258 250 343 299 PA 358 322 392 352 PA 235 325 328 434

WEEK 15 Thursday’s Result Seattle 24, Los Angeles 3 Saturday’s Result Miami 34, N.Y. Jets 13 Sunday’s Results Green Bay 30, Bears 27 Indianapolis 34, Minnesota 6 N.Y. Giants 17, Detroit 6 Buffalo 33, Cleveland 13 Tennessee 19, Kansas City 17 Baltimore 27, Philadelphia 26 Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 20 Houston 21, Jacksonville 20 Atlanta 41, San Francisco 13 New England 16, Denver 3 New Orleans 48, Arizona 41 Oakland 19, San Diego 16 Dallas 26, Tampa Bay 20 Monday’s Result Carolina 26, Washington 15

East W L T y-New England12 2 0 Miami 9 5 0 Buffalo 7 7 0 N.Y. Jets 4 10 0 South W L T Houston 8 6 0 Tennessee 8 6 0 Indianapolis 7 7 0 Jacksonville 2 12 0 North W L T Pittsburgh 9 5 0 Baltimore 8 6 0 Cincinnati 5 8 1 Cleveland 0 14 0 West W L T x-Oakland 11 3 0 Kansas City 10 4 0 Denver 8 6 0 San Diego 5 9 0

Pct .857 .643 .500 .286

PF 365 315 358 242

PA 233 314 314 358

Pct .571 .571 .500 .143

PF 250 340 362 260

PA 294 323 339 359

Pct .643 .571 .393 .000

PF 341 306 288 220

PA 276 263 293 408

Pct .786 .714 .571 .357

PF 377 319 299 366

PA 336 274 258 366

WEEK 16 Thursday’s Game N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 7:25 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Washington at Bears, noon N.Y. Jets at New England, noon San Diego at Cleveland, noon Miami at Buffalo, noon Tennessee at Jacksonville, noon Minnesota at Green Bay, noon Tampa Bay at New Orleans, noon Atlanta at Carolina, noon Indianapolis at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Arizona at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.

San Francisco at Los Angeles, 3:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at Houston,7:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m.

Denver at Kansas City, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game Detroit at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Blackhawks 35 22 9 4 48 101 84 Minnesota 31 19 8 4 42 91 60 St. Louis 34 18 11 5 41 96 98 Nashville 32 15 12 5 35 94 90 Dallas 34 13 14 7 33 86 104 Winnipeg 35 15 17 3 33 91 104 Colorado 31 11 19 1 23 65 99 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 33 20 12 1 41 84 73 Edmonton 34 17 12 5 39 100 92 Anaheim 34 17 12 5 39 95 97 Calgary 35 17 16 2 36 90 102 Los Angeles 32 16 13 3 35 81 81 Vancouver 33 14 16 3 31 84 101 Arizona 32 11 16 5 27 72 101

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Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 32 21 7 4 46 101 70 Ottawa 33 19 11 3 41 86 88 Boston 34 17 14 3 37 80 83 Tampa Bay 33 16 14 3 35 95 92 Florida 33 15 13 5 35 81 90 Buffalo 31 12 11 8 32 69 83 Detroit 33 14 15 4 32 79 93 Toronto 31 12 12 7 31 87 94 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 33 21 7 5 47 116 92 N.Y. Rangers 35 23 11 1 47 115 82 Columbus 30 21 5 4 46 101 63 Philadelphia 34 19 11 4 42 107102 Washington 30 19 8 3 41 81 66 Carolina 31 13 11 7 33 82 87 New Jersey 32 12 13 7 31 75 98 N.Y. Islanders 32 12 14 6 30 85 101 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Results Ottawa 4, Blackhawks 3 N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 2 Nashville 5, New Jersey 1 Columbus 3, Los Angeles 2, SO Pittsburgh 7, N.Y. Rangers 2 Florida 4, Buffalo 3, SO Montreal 5, Anaheim 1 Tampa Bay 4, Detroit 1 Minnesota 2, Colorado 0 St. Louis 3, Dallas 2, OT Vancouver 4, Winnipeg 1 San Jose 4, Calgary 1 Wednesday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Pittsburgh at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 20 6 .769 Bulls 14 13 .519 Milwaukee 13 13 .500 Indiana 15 15 .500 Detroit 14 16 .467 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 20 8 .714 Boston 16 12 .571 New York 15 13 .536 Brooklyn 7 20 .259 Philadelphia 7 21 .250 Southeast Division W L Pct Charlotte 16 13 .552 Atlanta 14 14 .500 Washington 12 15 .444 Orlando 13 17 .433 Miami 9 20 .310

GB — 6½ 7 7 8 GB — 4 5 12½ 13 GB — 1½ 3 3½ 7

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Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 23 5 .821 Houston 21 8 .724 Memphis 18 12 .600 New Orleans 10 20 .333 Dallas 7 21 .250 Northwest Division W L Pct Utah 18 11 .621 Oklahoma City 16 12 .571 Portland 13 117 .433 Denver 12 17 .414 Minnesota 8 19 .296 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 25 4 .862 L.A. Clippers 21 8 .724 Sacramento 11 17 .393 L.A. Lakers 11 20 .355 Phoenix 8 20 .286

GB — 2½ 6 14 16 GB — 1½ 5½ 6 9 GB — 4 13½ 15 16½

Tuesday’s Results Charlotte 117, L.A. Lakers 113 New Orleans 108, Philadelphia 93 New York 118, Indiana 111 Orlando 136, Miami 130, 2OT Toronto 116, Brooklyn 104 Boston 112, Memphis 109, OT Cleveland 114, Milwaukee 108, OT San Antonio 102, Houston 100 Golden State 104, Utah 74 L.A. Clippers 119, Denver 102 Sacramento 126, Portland 121 Wednesday’s Games Washington at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Houston at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Portland, 9 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Boston at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

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

L.A. Lakers at Miami, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Girls basketball: Dundee-Crown vs.

Waukegan at Grant Christmas Tournament, 5:30 p.m. Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South, Johnsburg, Prairie Ridge, McHenry, Marengo, Marian Central, Richmond-Burton, Woodstock, Woodstock North at Northern Illinois Holiday Classic, TBA Boys bowling: Huntley at Belvidere North, 4 p.m.

Girls bowling: Huntley at Belvidere North, 4 p.m.

Wrestling: Dundee-Crown at Wauconda Quad, 5 p.m.

THURSDAY Boys basketball: Crystal Lake South vs. Zion Benton at Jacobs Tournament, 1:30 p.m., Cary-Grove vs. Rockford Jefferson at Jacobs Tournament, 3 p.m., Johnsburg vs. Barrington at Jacobs Tournament, 4:30 p.m., Jacobs, Marian Central, Prairie Ridge at Jacobs Tournament, Crystal Lake Central, Marengo, Richmond-Burton, Woodstock, Woodstock North at Marengo Tournament, TBA Girls basketball: Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South, Johnsburg, Prairie Ridge, McHenry, Marengo, Marian Central, Richmond-Burton, Woodstock, Woodstock North at Northern Illinois Holiday Classic, TBA Boys bowling: Woodstock at McHenry 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling: Crystal Lake Central, Huntley, Jacobs at Al Dvorak Harlem Tournament, 9 a.m., Prairie Ridge at Harvard Triangular, 3:30 p.m.

NCAA BASKETBALL TOP 25 SCHEDULE

Tuesday’s Results No. 9 Creighton 98, Arizona State 85 No. 11 West Virginia 84, Radford 57 No. 17 Xavier 85, Eastern Washington 56 No. 18 Arizona 77, New Mexico 46 No. 19 Saint Mary’s 67, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 46 No. 20 Oregon 75, Fresno Stat 63 Wednesday’s Games No. 1 Villanova vs. American, 5:30 p.m.

No. 2 UCLA vs. Western Michigan, 10 p.m.

No. 4 Baylor vs. Texas Southern, 6:30 p.m.

No. 5 Duke vs. Elon at Greensboro (N.C.) Coliseum, 5 p.m.

No. 6 Kentucky at No. 10 Louisville, 6 p.m.

No. 7 Gonzaga vs. South Dakota, 8 p.m.

No. 8 North Carolina vs. Northern Iowa, 7 p.m.

No. 12 Virginia at California, 9 p.m.

No. 13 Butler vs. Vermont, 6 p.m.

No. 15 Purdue vs. Norfolk State, 6 p.m.

No. 22 South Carolina vs. Clemson, 8 p.m.

NCAA FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE MONDAY Miami Beach Bowl Tulsa 55, Central Michigan 10 TUESDAY Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Western Kentucky 51, Memphis 31 WEDNESDAY Poinsettia Bowl San Diego BYU (8-4) vs. Wyoming (8-5), 8 p.m.

(ESPN) THURSDAY Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Idaho (8-4) vs. Colorado St. (7-5), 6 p.m. (ESPN) FRIDAY Bahamas Bowl Nassau Eastern Michigan (7-5) vs. Old Dominion (9-3), noon (ESPN) Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Navy (9-3) vs. Louisiana Tech (8-5), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dollar General Bowl Mobile, Ala. Ohio (8-5) vs. Troy (9-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) SATURDAY Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Hawaii (6-7), 7 p.m. (ESPN) MONDAY St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Mississippi State (5-7) vs. Miami (Ohio) (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Boston College (6-6) vs. Maryland 6-6), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. NC State (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 4 p.m. (ESPN2)

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Kvitova injured by knife-wielding attacker

By KAREL JANICEK

The Associated Press

PRAGUE – Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was injured by a knife-wielding attacker Tuesday at her home and had to undergo surgery on her left hand.

An operation that took 3 hours, 45 minutes revealed that the left-handed player’s injuries were “serious,” but “there’s no reason to think she wouldn’t be able to play tennis,” her spokesman Karel Tejkal said.

Kvitova will, however, miss the Australian Open and a significant part of the season as she won’t be able to fully train for at least three months, Tejkal said.

Kvitova suffered damage to the tendons in her left hand, along with injuries to all five fingers and two nerves, Tejkal added.

The 2011 and 2014 champion at the All England Club said she considered herself lucky to have survived the attack Tuesday morning in the eastern Czech town of Prostejov.

“In my attempt to defend myself, I was badly injured on my left hand. I am shaken, but fortunate to be alive,”

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Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova suffered injuries to her left hand Tuesday during an attack in her home in the Czech Republic. She will miss the Australian Open.

Kvitova wrote on Twitter. “The injury is severe, and I will need to see specialists, but if you know anything about me I am strong and I will fight this.”

In an earlier statement on the Facebook page of the Czech Republic’s Fed Cup team, Kvitova said: “What hap-

pened to me was certainly not pleasant, but it’s behind me. I have the best possible care, and I’m in touch with my loved ones. The worst is behind me.”

It was not immediately clear how the injury could affect Kvitova’s play.

She underwent surgery “because of

her condition and future career,” said Tejkal, who described the incident as a burglary. Prostejov police spokesman Frantisek Korinek said the attacker, a man who is about 35 years old, escaped from the scene and was at large. He said police have launched a manhunt.

Kvitova was scheduled to participate in a charity event Tuesday in the city of Brno with another Czech player, Lucie Safarova.

“It’s horrible,” Safarova told Czech public radio. “Things like that are shocking to all of us. It can happen to any one of us. That’s really terrible.”

In April 1993, Monica Seles was at the height of her success when she was stabbed in the back during a changeover at a tournament in Hamburg. A man reached over a courtside railing and knifed her, leaving an inch-deep slit between her shoulder blades.

Seles returned to the game 27 months later and reached the 1995 U.S. Open final.

In an unrelated move earlier Tuesday, Kvitova withdrew from the Czech Republic team at next month’s Hopman Cup mixed-team tennis tournament because of an earlier foot injury.

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Northwestern won, 87-65.

Jordan Lauf added 11 points with 13 rebounds for Toledo (6-6) for his first career double-double. Jaelan Sanford added 11 points and Steve Taylor. Jr. 10 points and 10 boards.

Aundre Jackson led Loyola (10-3) with 22 points, his 11th straight game in double figures, but the Ramblers saw a five-game winning streak come to an end. Jackson scored 14 points early in the second half as Loyola cut into an 11-point Toledo halftime lead.

Illinois-Chicago 75, N. Arizona 65: At Chicago, Tai Odiase scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Illinois-Chicago over Northern Arizona.

Godwin Boahen scored seven of his nine points as the Flames (6-6) used an 11-point run to go up 47-34 with 14:05 to play and the Lumberjacks (3-10) never got inside double figures again.

The Flames reeled off their points in barely two minutes. Boahen had a 3-pointer to cap the run, and the other four baskets were all layups, Odiase went 8 of 10 from the floor and 8 of 12 from the line. Dominique Matthews added 11 points off the bench, and Tarkus Ferguson had nine assists. The Flames shot 57 percent (16 of 28) from the field after the break.

• Wednesday, December 21, 2016

EVANSTON – Northwestern enjoyed a dominant effort from its big men on both ends of the floor Tuesday night in an easy 87-65 victory over IUPUI. Led by Gavin Skelly and Barret Benson, the Wildcats’ interior stifled the Jaguars from start to finish, winning the rebound battle, 47-37, while recording 12 blocked shots. Northwestern (10-2) never trailed.

Skelly had a career-high six blocks, including the 50th of his Northwestern career, and Benson had five, also a career best. The Wildcats entered the game ranked among the top 10 nationally with 6.5 blocks a game.

A balanced scoring effort paced Northwestern’s offense. Skelly again led the way with 19 points, as six players scored in double figures. Scottie Lindsey, who had 11, has scored at least 10 in all 12 games this season.

Skelly also grabbed 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season.

IUPUI (5-8) shot 35.8 percent from the field, its lowest mark of the season.

The Jaguars shot better than 60 percent while scoring more than 100 points in each of their last two games.

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Sanjay Lumpkin had 13 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double and third this season, and Bryant McIntosh had nine assists.

N. Illinois 59, S. Florida 48: At Tampa, Florida, Levi Bradley scored 12 points, and Northern Illinois beat South Florida for its third straight win.

Bradley was 5 of 12 from the floor.

Aaric Armstead and Marshawn Wilson added 11 points apiece for NIU (7-5).

Michael Bibby and Bo Zeigler each had 10 points to lead South Florida (5-5), which shot 3 of 13 from long range, 11 of 21 from the free-throw line and had 21 turnovers.

The game was tied at 31 early in the second half before the Huskies jumped out to a nine-point lead midway through.

South Florida used a 7-2 spurt to pull to 49-45 with about five minutes left, and NIU closed on a 10-3 run. The Bulls missed nine straight field goals, and the Huskies made 6 of 8 free throws to end it.

Toledo 74, Loyola 70: At Toledo, Ohio, Jonathan Williams scored 24 points – his fifth straight game of 20 or better – including a 3-point jumper with 42 seconds left that put the game just out of reach as Toledo held on to defeat Loyola.

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Study challenges ideas about kids’ concussions Waiting for symptoms to disappear before any exercise may not help

By LINDSEY TANNER The Associated Press

CHICAGO – Strict rest may not be the best medicine for kids with concussions, a Canadian study found, challenging the idea that physical activity should be avoided until symptoms disappear.

A month after their concussions, ongoing or worse symptoms were more common in children and teens who were inactive during the week after injury, compared with those who engaged in physical activity during that first week. Activity was mostly light exercise, including walking and swimming.

The results were similar even among those who early on had three or more concussion symptoms, which can include nausea, headaches and confusion. Physical activity still seemed to reduce chances for linger-

Until there are clear answers, doctors and parents “should use common sense about allowing limited physical activity as tolerated and be cautious about resting a previously active athlete for prolonged periods.”

Editorial accompanying Canadian study on kids’ concussions

ing symptoms a month after the concussion.

“It’s still important to have caution in the immediate post-injury period,” said lead author Dr. Roger Zemek, an emergency medicine specialist at Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. After a sports-related concussion, kids “should always be removed from play and not return that day.”

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The researchers surveyed about 2,400 kids ages 5 to 18 treated for concussions in nine emergency departments in Canada. Most were sports-related injuries, and most kids had at least one concussion symptom in the first week.

Results from the 2013-15 study were published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Current guidelines recommend rest until symptoms disappear to avoid additional concussions, which can increase chances for permanent brain damage. But an editorial published with the study says that advice “has resulted in some athletes resting for weeks or months, at which point rest may be less helpful and perhaps even harmful.”

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These waffles are a smile-inducing way to get you back in gear the morning(s) after your holiday feast, and to use up leftover pumpkin purée and cranberries while you’re at it. But more than that, they have so much holiday spirit – bejeweled with cranberries and fragrant with homey pumpkin spices – and they are so easy to make, you’ll want to enjoy them throughout the holiday season.

You can feel good about eating them often, because they give you all the comfort-food satisfaction you expect yet are considerably better for you than a typical waffle. First, they are made with whole-grain flour; I use whole-grain pastry flour to create an exceptionally soft, tender texture, but you could use regular whole-wheat flour if you prefer. A few tablespoons of wheat germ in the batter add a hearty texture, toasty flavor and concentrated nutrition. Pumpkin purée provides quintessential holiday flavor and hue and also contributes moisture and richness, allowing for less added fat in the batter. Cranberries heighten the seasonal cheer healthfully, and rather than being laden with white sugar, these waffles are gently sweetened with deeply flavorful pure maple syrup.

Pumpkin Cranberry Waffles

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You can make the batter a day ahead and keep it in the refrigerator; or cook the waffles, allow them to cool, wrap them individually and freeze them in a zip-top bag. Then just pop them into the toaster for a convenient, warm and satisfying way to fuel you through the holidays.

Pumpkin Cranberry Waffles

4 servings (makes 4 large or 8 small waffles) 1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour 3 tablespoons toasted wheat germ 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup well-shaken low-fat buttermilk

Whisk together the flour, wheat germ, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and salt in a mixing bowl.

Whisk together the buttermilk, pumpkin purée, eggs, 3 tablespoons of maple syrup and 1 tablespoon of oil in a separate bowl until well combined. Pour into the flour mixture, stirring just enough so no dry ingredients are left, then stir in the cranberries.

Brush a waffle iron with oil and preheat it according to the manufacturer’s directions. Ladle enough of the batter to cover three-fourths of the surface of the waffle iron, close it, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until golden brown. Repeat with remaining batter.

Serve hot, with maple syrup passed at the table.

Nutrition per serving: 270 calories, 8 g protein, 42 g carbohydrates, 7 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 95 mg cholesterol, 350 mg sodium, 6 g dietary fiber, 15 g sugar.

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By the time you read this, I’ll be in Paris, where every pastry shop, grand or small, will give pride of place to its Buches de Noel, the sweet of the season.

The French await the appearance of yule log cakes with the same gleeful anticipation of kids awaiting Santa.

Weeks before the confections show up in the shops, you find them previewed in glossy magazines and in every newspaper. There are traditional logs, the kind made to look like tree stumps with meringue mushrooms and chocolate leaves; logs in a pastry chef’s signature flavors; and fantastical logs created for particular shops by artists and fashion designers.

And, unlike in the States, where the yule log appears only at Christmas, the cake is served through the New Year in France, after which it is retired to make room for the galettes des rois, the king cakes that celebrate Epiphany.

But that’s another story.

Whether you call the cake a bûche or a yule log, at its heart it’s the simple cake we know as a jellyroll: a thin sponge-cake spread with jelly or another filling and then rolled up. Mine is just that, a very simple sponge-cake covered with cookie spread (or peanut butter or Nutella) and jam (apple or pumpkin butter), rolled up, “frosted” with whipped cream and then sprinkled with colored sugar, chocolate bits, cookie crumbs or whatever crunchies you like. Sure, you can add the mushrooms and leaves, but the cake is lovely without embellishment. Easy, too. In fact, I think of this as the easiest Buche de Noel ever.

Dorie Greenspan’s Ginger and Jam Buche de Noel AP photo

2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 2 tablespoons sour cream Sprinkles, colored sanding sugar, Biscoff cookie crumbs, chocolate shavings, toasted nuts or anything that strikes your fancy

ingredients together as best as you can. It’s better to have a few patches of egg white than to deflate the batter, so work quickly and carefully, and don’t aim for perfection.

Turn the batter out and smooth it evenly over the pan, making sure to fill the corners.

Bake (middle rack) for 8 to 10 minutes or until the cake is uniformly puffed, feels just set and For the cake: Preheat the oven to 400 is lightly golden. Transfer to a cooling rack, but degrees. Line a 12-by-17-inch rimmed baking don’t let it sit for longer than 5 minutes. sheet with parchment paper. Have a clean Spread the towel out on the counter and kitchen towel at hand. dust it with confectioners’ sugar; be generous.

Sift together the flour, cornstarch and spices Run a table knife around the sides of the warm Dorie Greenspan’s Ginger and in a bowl. cake, then invert the cake onto the sugared Jam Buche de Noel Separate the eggs. Combine the whites and cloth. Gently peel away the parchment paper.

12 to 14 servings salt in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a Dust the cake with confectioners’ sugar, flip balloon-whisk attachment (or in the bowl for over the parchment and place the clean side For the cake a handheld electric mixer), and place the yolks against the cake. Position the cake so you’ve 1/2 cup all-purpose flour in a medium bowl. got a long side running parallel to the counter, 1/4 cup cornstarch Beat the whites at medium-high speed until and roll the cake up snugly in the towel, mak1 teaspoon ground cinnamon they are opaque and just start to thicken and ing the roll as tight as you can. Twist the ends 1 teaspoon ground ginger hold their shape. Little by little, whip in the of the towel to secure the roll, and let the cake Pinch allspice granulated sugar and then continue to beat for come to room temperature on the rack.

6 large eggs another minute or so. The meringue should be For the filling: Place the cookie spread in a Pinch sea salt glossy and very firm. bowl and stir vigorously to loosen it (so it will 2/3 cup granulated sugar Whisk the yolks by hand until they are well be easier to spread). Do the same with the Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting blended. Scoop out about one-quarter of the preserves.

For the filling meringue and whisk it into the yolks. The Unroll the cake and remove the parchment, About 1/2 cup spice cookie spread, such as whites will deflate a little, but that’s fine. keeping the cake on the kitchen towel. Spread Biscoff (may use peanut butter or Nutella) Scrape the lightened yolks onto the meringue, the cookie evenly across the cake, leaving About 1 cup thick preserves, jam or fruit then pour the flour mixture over the yolks. a margin of about an inch around the cake’s butter Use a large, flexible spatula to gently fold perimeter. Cover the cookie spread with a all the ingredients together. Work with a light layer of jam.

For the frosting hand, knowing it’s impossible not to knock Using the towel to help you, gently lift 3/4 cup cold heavy cream some air out of the meringue, and blend the and roll the cake, starting at a long side and

finishing so the seam is on the bottom. Again, try to get a snug roll. Transfer the cake to a serving platter (or cutting board) and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours or, better yet, for up to 1 day. The log is better when the filling has had time to meld with the cake.

For the frosting: Pour the heavy cream into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a balloon-whisk attachment (or in a bowl with a handheld electric mixer); beat on medium speed until the cream just starts to thicken.

Little by little, add the confectioners’ sugar followed by the vanilla extract.

You want to beat the cream until it is thick and holds its shape. Use a flexible spatula to fold the sour cream into the stiffly beaten whipped cream.

Use a serrated knife to cut off the uneven ends of the cake. (Reserve for a baker’s treat.)

Use an offset spatula or a kitchen knife to generously cover the cake with the whipped cream mixture; you’ll use all of it. If you’re not serving the cake immediately, return it to the refrigerator. (The frosted cake can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 12 hours.)

When you’re ready to serve the cake, top it with sanding sugar, sprinkles or other decorations of your choice.

Nutrition information per serving (based on 14): 260 calories, 4 g protein, 38 g carbohydrates, 10 g fat, 5 g saturated fat, 100 mg cholesterol, 80 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber, 26 g sugar.

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Looking past latkes at Hanukkah

By SUSAN BAROCAS

The significance of oil in Hanukkah food

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I like latkes. All kinds: starchy potato, sweet potato, zucchini, cheese, apple, leek, even vegan and gluten-free ones. But for too long in this country, Hanukkah has been all about the latkes – and I’m just about over it.

Sure, there are the games of dreidel, the chocolate gelt and sugary doughnuts with the fancy Hebrew name sufganiyot. But it’s almost as though guests won’t even know they’ve arrived at a Hanukkah party – the first of the Jewish holiday’s eight nights falls on Christmas Eve this year – unless they’re greeted by that telltale oily fried smell. From synagogue preschool parties to an annual celebration at the White House, the potato pancake is the guest of honor.

At their best, latkes are a crunchy, savory delight, just snatched from hot oil, perfectly golden brown and ready to be topped with sour cream or applesauce or, even better, eaten straight up.

But even if a distant cousin from the supermarket freezer case shows up, a bit soggy and barely warm, it doesn’t seem to matter. People feel compelled to consume.

Such iconic food status is hard to dismiss – not that I want to. But latkes aren’t the only oil-involved foods appropriate for the holiday. If you’re looking for alternatives to latkes, it’s easy to find your way to some versions of syrup-soaked, deep fried dough or fritters perfect for Hanukkah.

Expanding my horizons of Hanukkah foods even more, I realize frying isn’t required. Olive oilpoached Turkish green beans (recipe at NWHerald. com), an omelet or frittata and even a salad with olive oil dressing or a really good olive oil for dipping crusty bread all could bring welcome variety to any Hanukkah celebration. Suddenly, cheese-filled blintzes browned in some oil and butter also seem a perfect dish for this holiday.

While I am reconciled to latke love, this year I plan to invite other food friends to the party, establishing some new Hanukkah traditions with a full roster of co-stars alongside that iconic latke.

Cheese Blintzes

5 or 6 servings (makes 10 to 12 blintzes) Serving blintzes for Hanukkah is not such a common thing, although many Jewish cuisines around the world do feature cheese-filled fried dough for the holiday, as oil and dairy products both play parts in the Hanukkah story. The cheese filling here is closer to the original Eastern European blintzes, which were not as sweet as many versions today.

For the crepes 1 cup all-purpose flour or potato starch 1/2 cup cold water 1 cup whole milk 2 large eggs, beaten Pinch sea salt 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 tablespoon vegetable oil Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting (optional) Sweet chili sauce, for dipping (optional) For the cheese filling 2 cups farmer cheese

Hanukkah commemorates the victory in 165 B.C. of the rebellious Jewish Maccabees over the Syrian Greeks. Once back in control, the victors were able to clean up and rededicate the Temple in Jerusalem. As the story goes, they needed purified, sacred olive oil to light the lamps in the Temple but found only enough for one day rather than the eight days needed to purify more oil. By a miracle, that little bit of oil lasted until more could be made. We eat foods with oil in a starring role during this Festival of Lights, as Hanukkah also is known. Find more history at NWHerald.com.

Cheese Blintzes with Chunky Berry Sauce Washington Post photo

1 large egg 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon sea salt Finely grated zest from 1 small lemon (2 to 3 teaspoons) For the vegetable filling 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or vegetable oil 1 medium onion, diced 1 cup thinly shredded green cabbage 1/2 teaspoon sea salt, or more as needed 1/2 cup peeled or scrubbed shredded carrot 1/2 cup seeded, thinly sliced green bell pepper Dash ground cayenne pepper (optional) For the crepes: Whisk together the flour or potato starch, water and milk in a mixing bowl until smooth. Whisk in the eggs and salt to form a smooth and thin batter. (The batter can also be mixed in the blender.) Refrigerate for 15 to 30 minutes.

For the cheese filling: Whisk together the farmer cheese, egg, melted butter, sugar, salt and lemon zest in a mixing bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.

For the vegetable filling: Heat the butter or oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Once the oil shimmers, stir in the onion and cook for about 5 minutes or until softened. Stir in the cabbage and salt; cook for about 2 minutes, then add the carrot, green bell pepper and the cayenne pepper, if using.

Cook for 5 or 6 minutes, just long enough so the carrot and bell pepper are still crisp-tender. Drain off any liquid in the pan and let the vegetables cool. Taste, and add more salt, as needed.

When you’re ready to cook the crepes, heat the 8-inch crepe pan or nonstick skillet over on medium to medium-low heat. Grease with cooking oil spray or brush lightly with vegetable oil before making each crepe.

Pour in 1/4 to 1/3 cup of the batter for each crepe, working quickly to swirl and coat the bottom of the pan. Cook for 45 to 60 seconds, until the top looks dry and the bottom is golden brown. Gently lift part of an edge to loosen the crepe, then turn it out of the pan, with the browned side up. Continue making crepes (a total of 10 to 12), stacking finished ones on a plate.

To fill, place one crepe browned side up on a clean work surface. Spoon a scant 1/4 cup of filling in a line across the lower third, then fold the crepe up over the filling to cover it.

Next, fold in both sides, then continue to roll to form a fairly tight blintz. Repeat to fill all the crepes.

Heat the butter and oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Once the butter has melted, add about half of the blintzes, seam sides down. Cook for about 10 minutes, without turning them over, until lightly browned.

Serve the cheese blintzes dusted with confectioners’ sugar, if using, and the accompanying Chunky Berry Sauce. Serve the vegetable blintzes with a sweet chili sauce for dipping.

Nutrition information per serving (based on 6, using all-purpose flour and cheese filling): 370 calories, 20 g protein, 20 g carbohydrates, 21 g fat, 11 g saturated fat, 145 mg cholesterol, 600 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber, 4 g sugar.

Nutrition information per serving (based on 6, using all-purpose flour, vegetable oil and vegetable filling): 220 calories, 6 g protein, 22 g carbohydrates, 12 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 70 mg cholesterol, 270 mg sodium, 2 g dietary fiber, 4 g sugar.

Chunky Berry Sauce Makes 2 cups

About 4 cups fresh or frozen cranberries (from one 12-ounce bag) or fresh or frozen blueberries (2 pints) 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon cornstarch Finely grated zest (1 tablespoon) and 1/3 cup juice from 1 orange, or more juice as needed Stir together the fruit, butter, sugar, cornstarch and orange zest and juice in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Once the mixture begins to bubble at the edges, stir gently until the berries pop and release their juices.

Remove from the heat; the sauce will thicken as it cools. If it thickens too much, stir in a little orange juice to loosen it.

Serve warm, at room temperature or chilled.

Nutrition information per 2-tablespoons serving: 70 calories, 0 g protein, 16 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 0 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber, 14 g sugar.

By KATIE WORKMAN The Associated Press

Whether or not you celebrate the Jewish holidays, a good brisket recipe is a nice thing to have in your winter repertoire. Brisket is a tough and fairly inexpensive cut of meat that gets amazingly tender after some quality time in the oven, and it requires little attention or care while it cooks. That’s a nice characteristic in a piece of beef.

Make sure to serve this with egg noodles or potatoes to soak up all the sauce. If you want a more subtle mushroom flavor, mix in some sliced button or cremini mushrooms with the wild mushrooms.

Beef Brisket with Wild Mushrooms Serves 6 Start to finish: 4 hours

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Meanwhile, heat a large, deep ovenproof pan about 8 minutes. Sprinkle in the balsamic vinegar and stir to release any browned bits from or stockpot with a lid over medium high heat. the bottom of the pan. Skim and discard any fat Add the oil. Season the brisket on both sides that has accumulated on the braising liquid. Stir with salt and pepper. Sear the brisket on both sides for about 4 minutes a side, until browned. the sautéed mushrooms into the pot.

When the meat has finished resting, cut it Transfer the brisket to a large plate. into slices as thin or thick as you like, across the Return the pan with the oil to medium heat. grain. Transfer the slices neatly back to the pot, Add the onions, season with salt and pepper, and nestle them into the sauce and mushrooms. and sauté for 5 minutes until softened and Serve hot. Alternately, you may place the meat lightly browned. Add the wine and stir, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom, until the on a deep serving platter with sides, and ladle the sauce with the whole garlic cloves and wine is reduced by half. Add the beef broth, mushrooms over the top. Sprinkle over the the chopped soaked mushrooms, the strained parsley or arugula. mushroom soaking liquid, and the thyme to the pot. Tuck the brisket back into the pot; the meat Nutrition information per serving: 446 calories; will be about halfway submerged. Tuck the 249 calories from fat; 28 g fat (10 g saturated; 1 g remaining garlic cloves in their skins around the trans fats); 91 mg cholesterol; 264 mg sodium; 10 meat into the liquid. Cover the pot and transfer g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 33 g protein.

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Our Volunteers help provide • Transportation • Friendly visits & phone calls • Respite relief for family caregivers and much more.

We are always looking for volunteer drivers some mileage reimbursement available

For more information

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or to make a donation online visit:

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Since 1998, Senior Care Volunteer Network has been a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping seniors remain independent in their own homes.

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CLASSIFIED 7

For Better or For Worse

WAREHOUSE POSITIONS

Production

A leading McHenry County Building Material and Door Millwork Company has several positions available.

Benefits include Health Care, 401K matching & Paid Vacations.

FREE ESTIMATES, Great References. 224-858-4515

Please apply online: https://www.follett.com/careers-apply-now

LOST CAR KEYS! Lost In Angelos & Dollar Tree Parking Lot On 120 In Mchenry! Keys On Red Lanyard.

224-656-4932

Follett School Solutions in McHenry is hiring!!

Open positions include stocker, picker, book processor and shipper. Hourly pay + potential for production bonus for some positions. No experience necessary. We will train.

Millwork Customer Service

Prior experience in interior / exterior door estimating with construction knowledge is a plus.

New Year's Day Gun Auction January 1st 9:00 am 950 Firearms inc/Colt, Win. S&W, Browning, Military, Antique to NIB 2601 Lake Land Blvd Mattoon, IL Bauer Auction Service, LLC See complete sale bill & 6,000 photos at twww.bauerauction.com#ction.com

Building Material Customer Service Knowledge in home construction, building material and computer basics.

Caregiver

Millwork Production Floor Manager Give Care

Bring Joy

Experienced Caregiver Positions Seasonal & On-Going Flexible Work Schedules Days, Nights, Weekends 10 to 40 hours per week HOLIDAY HIRING BONUS Use code HERALD Apply at: http://va175.ersp.biz/employment Visiting Angels is an EEO employer

Health Care

Prior experience in door assembly or Skilled Labor construction a must.

Successful applicants must be customer oriented, have a positive attitude and work well with others.

★ CERTIFIED MARINE TECHNICIAN - FT

Looking for a Mercruiser and Mercury certified technician.

Volvo Penta & Yamaha certifications a plus. Full time with benefits.

★ JR. MARINE MECHANIC - FT

No marine certifications required, we will train the right candidate. Must have mechanical aptitude and willingness to become Mercruise marine certified. Full time with benefits.

Jerry's Majestic Marine Service Please email resume and cover letter to: customerservice@jerrysmajestic.com

GENERAL LABOR

at Marengo Farm & Grain Elevator, CDL a plus.

Call 815-568-6655

JANITOR

HHDC, a multi-state leader in quality affordable housing and community development is seeking a full time Janitor for an apartment complex in Woodstock, IL.

Please email resume to: recruiting@hhdevcorp.com Fax to: 312-268-1035 Online: https://app.hireology.com/jobs/9716/details# EOE Principals only -- No Recruiters.

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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.

Prior experience in managing a production team.

Skilled labor in Building construction.

Motivated and willing to learn.

Millwork Production Assembler

Woolf Distributing

If qualified send resume to: Email woolf-hr@woolfdistributing.net or Fax 815-477-9751

POLISH LADY Will Clean Your Home/Office

FULL-TIME TEMP AM & PART-TIME REGULAR PM

Florence Nursing Home A small 5 star facility is looking for caring & compassionate

Nurses and C.N.A'S

1st shift PT Nurse every other weekend 2nd shift FT Nurse PT Nurse 3rd shift FT/PT C.N.A's Ask about hire on bonus. Come work where caring matters most. Please contact Kathi Miller 815-568-8322 kmfnh1@sbcglobal.net

RN / LPN

Immediate Openings!

FT Days/Nights/PMs

Excellent pay.

Pediatric experience.

$750 Sign On Bonus!

READER NOTICE:

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.

$1,000 additional bonus per month McHenry & Lake Co. 815-356-8400

ROOFING & SHEET METAL SERVICE ESTIMATOR / SALES

Metalmaster Roofmaster is a large commercial sheet metal & roofing contractor located in McHenry, IL, that is seeking a candidate for an immediate, full time position of entry-level or experienced service estimator and salesman.

Candidates must have a great attitude, strong dedication to learning and growing within the company. Duties include: Review plans and specifications, obtaining material quotations, estimating, while possessing excellent organizational skills. This is an office position and must be proficient with Microsoft programs. Familiarity with construction detail knowledge and reading blueprints is a plus. We offer a full benefit package that includes 401K and health insurance.

Email resume to: HR@Metalmaster.us

School Bus Drivers and Attendants for Crystal Lake School Districts 47 & 155

We are proud to offer:

Paid Training ★ Retirement Plan ★ Paid Holidays

To qualify for bus driving position, you must be at least 21 years of age, have a valid driver's license, a safe driving record and be able to pass a background check and drug test.

Apply in person at 1204 S. McHenry Ave, Crystal Lake 815-455-0558

See more jobs ads on the next page

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

MAILBOX & POST SALES & INSTALLATION 815-653-7095 ~ 815-341-7822 www.mailboxpostman.com

HANDYMAN

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We can Fix or Replace Doors and Windows

Kathy's Office & Home Cleaning Service

Licensed, Bonded, Insured.

815-355-5297

Call 877-264-2527

Boys Bike - Mongoose, Model Stormer

Silver, very good condition. 815-236-5076 FREE SOFA Gray – Like New 847-854-0194

Organ - Baldwin, Works Good

You pick-up. 847-639-9156 Lv Msg

TV - Sony 44” Rear Projection

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VHS Movies - 1500 To Choose From 847-515-1890 Find !t here!

PlanitNorthwest.com

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OPEN POSITIONS NOW ! YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Allendale Association

learn.

grow.

SPECIALIZED EDUCATION SERVICES

RESIDENTIAL CARE & TREATMENT SERVICES

P.O.Box1088,GrandAvenue&OffieldDrive,LakeVilla,IL 60046

!

847-356-2351

heal.

CLINICAL & COMMUNITY SERVICES !

www.Allendale4kids.org

REGISTERED NURSE

WAHL APPLIANCE

Reconditioned Appliances Sales and Service Lakemoor 815-385-1872

ALLENDALE ASSOCIATION Attn: HR Dept P.O. Box 1088, Lake Villa, IL 60046 Fax: 847-356-0290 careers@allendale4kids.org AA/EEO

Maple, 2 month old male Black DSH

48 - Star Flag Collection 3 x 5 Framed – Mint Condition. 5 x 9 Folded Casket Flag of WWII KIA & Gold Star Patch W/ Provenance From President FDR; Includes Map Of Original Interment In Attu, Aleutians. A Few Other 10in x 14in Framed. ALL For $200; Will Split.

Tony 847-354-1580

Allendale Association, a Child Welfare, Mental Health and Special Education facility currently FIREWOOD - 100% SEASONED OAK has full time 2nd shift positions for Registered $125 Delivered, $100 Pick Up. 815-477-1742 Nurses at our Lake Villa IL, location. Candidates Firewood - Mix Cord/Maple, Ash & Oak Regular Cord/Oak, Cherry & Birch. 815-943-6960 will be responsible for health services and first Coffee Table - Large & Heavy aid to residents, students and staff in accordance Mahogany stained with hidden storage area. with standard nursing procedures, regulatory Mint condition, paid $425, asking $200. standards and Allendale guidelines. Candidates Electric Lounge Chair, Cranberry Fabric

by Best Furnishings, good condition, musthaveanAssociate’sDegreeinNursing,Illinois paid $800, asking $250. 815-322-2678 RN licensure and ability to obtain Wisconsin state Living Room Furniture 3 Piece Brown Leather Set - Sofa, Chair RN licensure, CPR and Red Cross certification in & Ottoman, VGC, no rips or tears, $300/all.

815-354-0281 first aid, and knowledge of JCAHO standards, Media Tower – Cost $149, Holds 390 CD's, Or OSHA BBP rules, Illinois and Wisconsin Nursing 240 DVDs, New Cond. $40. 815-385-1432 Practice Acts, and Illinois and Wisconsin Code Queen Size Water Bed W/ $100 Headboard & Drawers Underneath. Needs Matress. $50 related to schools and health care. Per DCFS 815-385-1432 regulations, must have valid driver’s license with CRAFTSMAN TOOLS - CAPRON a good driving record and be at least 21 years All New, Less Than Retail! 815-236-2205 of age. We offer a competitive salary, excellent Wheelchair/Medline, 18”W, High Quality benefits and an education assistance program.

815-701-7369 Never used, $125.

Please visit www.allendale4kids.org to download our application, and email or send it with a copy of your resume to:

HELPING PAWS PET OF THE WEEK

I like to fill my heart with some of my favorite things like: Sleeping till my body wants to wake up and embracing silence.

www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400 HELPING PAWS PET OF THE WEEK

Phoebe, 5 ½ year old female Beagle/Dachshund mix

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy. Love also makes life more colorful.

www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

HELPING PAWS PET OF THE WEEK Peggy, 3 month old female Torbie DSH

Blankets - Medical

74”x100”, very warm, brand new.

Cost $35, sell $10/ea. 815-701-7369

Christmas Tree - Flip-It

7.5 ft with white lights, like new! $75.

847-967-7455

Flea Market Merchandise

Worth many times over cost, $250/all.

815-385-1432

Guitar - Electric Fender Squire

Has Marshall AMP comes with Korg Auto Tuner, Stand, Case & Accessories, $300.

815-756-0333 Place your Classified ad online 24/7 at: www.NWHerald.com/PlaceAnAd

To subscribe to the Northwest Herald,call (815) 459-8118.

I can't be bored unless I'm boring.

Thatis what I say when I whine about having nothing to do.

I need to use my imagination.

www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

Just In Time For Chirstmas: Kittens Free To Good Home. Up To Date On Shots & De Worming, Plus Chipped For Indentification. 815-206-0149

Kittens

2 male and one female, all black and white.

815-276-3827

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Golf Travel Bag with wheels, like new!

Holds a bag, clubs, shoes, etc, $55.

847-639-2961

ALL COLLECTIONS, AUTOGRAPHS, MUSIC OLD INVENTORY CASH 815-354-6169

Antique and Modern Guns

Old Lever Actions, Winchesters, Marlins, Savages, etc.

Old Pistols and Revolvers. Cash for Collection.

FFL License. 815-338-4731

Buying Old & Unusual Toys, Antiques Comics, Records, RR Items, Meadowdale Raceway Memorabilia. 815-351-4387

Lionel & American Flyer Trains 815-353-7668

WANTED TO BUY: Vintage or New, working or not.

Antiques, Video Games, Outboard motors, Fishing Gear, Motorcycles or Mopeds, Chainsaws, Tools etc. Cash on the spot.

Cell: 815-322-6383

Marcel Marceau, a French mime expert, said, “To communicate through silence is a link between the thoughts of man.”

That certainly applies to bridge players, who must communicate with Powered by: their partners, both during the auction and on defense, without using 1991 Pontiac Bonneville – 120k miles, good with snow, any explanatory words. However, $1,250/OBO, 1 owner, 847-271-6678 even with good communication, the 1996 Chrysler Sebring Convertible – Good Cond. information available must be pro$1800 815-354-4321 cessed and applied correctly.

In today’s deal, for example, 2003 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER – AWD, LEATHER, South is in three no-trump. What LOADED, HEATED SEATS, ONE OWNER, 94K, FREE 3MO WARR. FINANCING AVAIL. $5200/OBO should happen after West leads his 815-344-9440 fourth-highest heart?

2003 Toyota Corolla LE- 1 Owner. Looks/Runs Declarer starts with six top tricks: GREAT. 93K Only. Free 3mo Warranty. Financing three spades, one diamond and two Avail. $4200. 815-344-9440 clubs. He will get a heart trick and can gain three or four more winners 2005 Nissan Altima SE – 1 Owner, V6, Loaded, from the diamond suit. But if that fiLooks & Runs GREAT, 95k ONLY, Free 3mo nesse is losing, he could concede one Warranty, Financing Avail. $5300 815-344-9440 diamond and four hearts to go down 2006 Chevrolet Malibu Max SS $3800. one.

Call 847-471-2822 Andy East wins the first trick with the More people read the Northwest Herald each day than heart king, under which South drops all other papers combined in McHenry County! the jack, let’s say. East returns the heart six, and declarer smoothly plays his queen. At this point, West will be tempted to take the trick, hoping that South started with only two hearts. But if West does win with his ace and return a heart, declarer takes the trick, runs the diamond queen and comes home with an overtrick.

If East had started with K-10-6-2 of hearts, he would have led back the two: low from three remaining cards.

When he actually played the six (high from an extant doubleton), West should realize that he must duck this trick to keep communication with his partner. Then, when East gets in with the diamond king, he leads his third heart, and the contract fails.

2006 Chrysler Town & Country – Limited, 1 Owner, Loaded, Heated Seats, Sto & Go, Power Windows/Doors, FREE 3mo Warranty, Financing Avail. $5300 815-344-9440 2007 Ford Escape LXT – 1 owner, 4x4, looks/runsgreat, free 3 mo warranty, financing available, $6200 815-344-9440 2007 Mitsubishi Endeavor – 4x4, loaded, V6, Leather looks/runs great, sattelite radio, free 3 mo warranty, financing available. $6200.

815-344-9440

2005 Chevy Silverado Z71, Off-Road Package Ext Cab 4x4, Leather, Loaded, Bose Stereo, On Star, Heated Seats, 1 Owner, Looks & Runs Great! Free 3 Mo Warranty, Financing Available. $9,300.

815-344-9440 2005 Ford F150 Fx4 – Extended Cab. 1 Owner.

Well Maintained. Looks/Runs GREAT. Free 3mo Warranty. Financing Avail. $9500 815-344-9440 2004 Ford Freestar – front & rear heat, 75k only, looks/runs great, free 3mo warranty, financing available $4200. 815-344-9440

CLASSIFIED 9

A-1 AUTO

CAR, TRUCK, SUV

MOST CASH

WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!!

$400 - $2000

“don't wait....call 2day”!!

815-575-5153 ★★ ★★ ★★★ ★★ ★★

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan.

815-814-1964

or

847-997-6106

★★ ★★ ★★★ ★★ ★★

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

CLASSICS WANTED

MOTORCYCLES WANTED

Restored or Unrestored Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Cars: Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari's, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang & Mopars, $$ Top $$ all makes, Etc. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST! Northwest Herald Classified Call 877-264-2527 or www.NWHerald.com

2002 Polaris XCE 700 – 5,297 miles electric start, garage kept, new helmets included. $1300 or best offer, dolphin0253@aol.com 815-385-5113

Efficiency $575/mo + sec, 1BR $700/mo + sec. All 3 furnished with all util incl, no pets. 815-509-5876

With storage, laundry and parking, $875/mo.

847-401-3242

Cary - 2BR Apts with Heat, Parking, Water From $875.

847-846-9597

nd

CRYSTAL LAKE ~ 3BR, 2BA 2 Floor Condo

Kitchen has eating area, W/D, attach gar, storage. $1500/mo + security deposit. 630-605-2776

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Wonder Lake - Roommate Wanted House privileges, W/D, $550/mo, utilities incl.

224-361-1607 Harvard Lrg Studio $640, 1BR $750, Frplc

W/D, C/A, Fish/Swim, Pets OK.

815-648-2716

Village of Lakewood

CRYSTAL LAKE Office Space for rent, 3 rooms, conference room, can customize, approx 1250 sq/ft, $1750/mo, 2 yr lease, available 1/1. 815-444-6724

Crystal Lake LOW RENT! Approx 200 SF, Great Office Suite incl all util and high speed DSL, $350/mo.

MARENGO LRG 1BR $700 & LRG 3BR $850

Sewer and water included.

815-575-2446 Twin Lakes, WI Lakefront 4BR, FREE MO! $850 Pier, Beach,18 min to Rt 120 & 31. 847-256-0986

815-790-0240

Publisher's Notice: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation of discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275

Parklike setting in breathtaking golf community Turnberry this 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 3 car garage stately home with everlasting water views.

Tranquil setting amongst the mature landscaping this 3400+ sq ft home with 187 ft of shoreline with private pier. Large country kitchen with island/lots of cabinets/desk area, family room w/wet bar & masonry fireplace, first floor den/5th bedroom , formal living room & dining room freshly painted, screened in room to enjoy the summer evenings, first floor laundry room, master suite w/luxury bath, generous sized secondary bedrooms w/lots of closet space, much desired 3 car side load garage, circular driveway, huge deck for summer entertaining w/gorgeous views of Turnberry Lake and memorable sunsets - bring your personal decorating ideas but everything else is there for you to enjoy!

$418,000

Sharon Gidley RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest 847-812-5081

Algonquin – Unique Buildable Lot. Dead End. Private. Border 2 Sides Wooded. Southern View.

1312 Merrill Ave. Lots 11, 12, 13. Fox River View Sub-Div. $99,000. 715-453-8548

MARENGO - 2BR TH, 2 BATH, REC ROOM No pets/smkg, $850/mo + dep. 815-558-6924

WOODSTOCK 2BR Multiple Units to choose.

Options for Laundry, Dishwasher, Garage. $850 and up/month+move-in. Call for showing 847-514-0775

Woodstock Nice 2BR TH, 1.5BA, 2 Story, Near Sq. Appl, W/D, basement, $950/mo. 815-790-0780

RENT TO BUY 815-814-6004

Gary Swift Berkshire Hathaway Starck Realty McHenryCountyRentToOwnHomes.com Northwest Herald.

Giving you more!

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC., BEAR STEARNS ARM TRUST, MORTGAGE CERTIFICATES, PASS-THROUGH SERIES 2006-2, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.DAVID P. SEDLOCK, et al Defendants 11 CH 1597 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 14, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 12, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 15517 NELSON ROAD,

WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 Property Index No. 07-23-400-017.

The real estate is improved with a two story single family home with three car attached garage..

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representatio to alit quantity of

any pr tation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 10881.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. 10881 Case Number: 11 CH 1597 TJSC#: 36-13608 I709420 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.MARK F. WURST, et al Defendants 12 CH 01828 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 19, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 20, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

ng Commonly known as 17708 STATE ROUTE 176, UNION, IL 60180 Property Index No. 12-28-300-022.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-11-14390.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-11-14390 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 12 CH 01828

Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com • Wednesday, December 21, 2016 • TJSC#: 36-12606 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I709418 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC Plaintiff, -v.DOUGLAS MACE, et al Defendants 12 CH 2893 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 13, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 17, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8616 HICKORY AVENUE, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Property Index No. 18-12-131-032 & 18-12-131-033.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $179,750.92.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU

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ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 2630003 Please refer to file number C16-34467.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com Attorney File No. C16-34467 Case Number: 12 CH 2893 TJSC#: 36-12270 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I709409 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs.

CESAR FLORES; JACOBY'S ASSOCIATION HOMEOWNERS UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 1275 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, January 12, 2017, 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 4821 South Little Drive, Mchenry, Illinois 60051.

P.I.N. 15-29-353-035-0000.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

sp For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960.

For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F14110829 I709406 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

ERIC WITOWSKI; ANNA WITOWSKI; WALKUP AT THE PARK ASSOCIATION, HOMEOWNERS' INC. Defendants, 15 CH 757 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the conference room, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 333 Talismon Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60012.

P.I.N. 14-32-130-022.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

15-010710 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I709407 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR BRAVO MORTGAGE ASSET TRUST BRAVO MORTGAGE 2006-1 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1 Plaintiff, -v.CRAIG C. KUHNS, et al Defendants 16 CH 000020 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 19, 2016, an agent for The Judicial

age Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 20, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11725 NIAGRA LANE, Huntley, IL 60142 Property Index No. 18-34-403-001.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $198,018.61.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 2630003 Please refer to file number C13-79160.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com Attorney File No. C13-79160 Case Number: 16 CH 000020 TJSC#: 36-12440 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I709422 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS II INC., BEAR STEARNS ARM TRUST, MORTGAGE CERTIFICATES, PASS-THROUGH SERIES 2006-2, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.DAVID P. SEDLOCK, et al Defendants 11 CH 1597 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 14, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 12, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE NORTH HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 6 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 15517 NELSON ROAD, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 Property Index No. 07-23-400-017.

The real estate is improved with a two story single family home with three car attached garage..

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The

pay Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN OR-

DER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 10881.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. 10881 Case Number: 11 CH 1597 TJSC#: 36-13608 I709420 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

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NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE is hereby given that Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12, “the Seller” will sell at public sale by taking sealed bids (delivered in person or by U.S. Mail) until 4 p.m. on January 4, 2017, at 2222 W. Church St., Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois, 60051 which bids will be opened at the same address on January 6, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., the following described property for a minimum sale price of $900,000.

The East half of Lot 18 and all Lot 19 and the West quarter of Lot 20 of the “Assessor's Plat of Johnsburg or of Section 13, Township 45 North, Range 8 East of the Principal Meridian”, according to the plat thereof recorded in the said Recorder's Office, in Book 43 of Deeds, Page 300; said Lots being located in and being a part of the South East quarter of the North East quarter of Section 13, Township 45 North, of Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian, (excepting and reserving there from that part thereof conveyed by Emma Michels and Joseph J. Michels, her husband, to John J. Pitzen and Margaret Pitzen, his wife, by Warranty Deed recorded in Deed Record Book 184 of Deeds, page 182), in McHenry County, Illinois.

P.I.N. 09-13-276-038, and commonly known as a portion of the James C. Bush Elementary School, 2117 W. Church St., Johnsburg, McHenry County, Illinois 60051 (hereafter referred to as the “Parcel”).

1. Two percent (2%) of the bidder's offered price is required as earnest money in cashier's check or certified check supplied with the sealed bid (payable to “Board of Education, Johnsburg Community Unit School District 12”); 2. The balance of the purchase price is payable in cash, cashier's check, or certified check, plus or minus the usual and customary prorations, at the time of Closing; 3. The Closing shall take place in McHenry County, IL; 4. Sale to be by Quitclaim Deed; 5. Seller will provide a commitment for title insurance policy issued by a title insurance company duly authorized to issue such title insurance in the State of Illinois.

6. Title may be subject to easements, restrictions, and covenants of record, and taxes assessed subsequent to the date of sale, including both real estate and special assessments; 7. The Uniform Vendor-Purchaser Risk Act shall apply; 8. Bidders will submit a signed Contract for Sale, in the form provided by the School District, inserting the terms where appropriate. All additions and modifications to the form Contract for Sale must be initialed by the Bidder; 9. Closing to be conducted through escrow, the costs of which shall be paid by the Purchaser; and 10. The Seller reserves the right to reject all bids, to determine in its sole judgment who are “qualified” bidders, and which, if any, bid it may choose to accept in the best interests of the School District, including but not limited to consideration of price, time to close, and any other terms determined by the Seller to be relevant to its selection of the successful bid.

Bid Forms and the form of contract may be picked up, and further information may be obtained at 2222 W. Church St., Johnsburg, Illinois, or by calling Dr. Dan Johnson at (815) 385-6916.

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF JOHNSBURG COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT 12 (Published in the Northwest Herald on December 7, 14, 21, 2016) 1250042

MARK F. WURST, et al Defendants 12 CH 01828 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 19, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 20, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE WEST 330.29 FEET OF THE EAST 990.87 FEET OF THE SOUTH 660.18 FEET (EXCEPT THE SOUTH 60.00 FEET OF THE WEST 22.37 FEET, AS MEASURED ALONG AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE SOUTH LINE THEREOF, AND EXCEPT THE SOUTH 50.00 FEET LYING EAST OF SAID WEST 22.37 FEET), OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE WEST 1/2 OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 6, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 17708 STATE ROUTE 176, UNION, IL 60180 Property Index No. 12-28-300-022.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification fo le held othe

y for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-11-14390.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-11-14390 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 12 CH 01828 TJSC#: 36-12606 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I709418 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE

pai by gage acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 2630003 Please refer to file number C16-34467.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com Attorney File No. C16-34467 Case Number: 12 CH 2893 TJSC#: 36-12270 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I709409

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC Plaintiff, -v.DOUGLAS MACE, et al Defendants 12 CH 2893 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 13, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 17, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOTS 16 AND 17 IN BLOCK 7 IN CRYSTAL WOODLANDS, BEING A SUBDIVISION, OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 10, 1928 AS DOCUMENT NO. 85076 IN BOOK 6 OF PLATS, PAGE 77, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 8616 HICKORY AVENUE, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Property Index No. 18-12-131-032 & 18-12-131-033.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $179,750.92.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third (Published in the Northwest party checks will be accepted. The Herald, December 7, 14, 21, balance, including the Judicial sale 2016) fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each PUBLIC NOTICE $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE to exceed $300, in certified 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT funds/or wire transfer, is due within MC HENRY COUNTY, twenty-four (24) hours. No fee WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS shall be paid by the mortgagee

Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com • Wednesday, December 21, 2016 • WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs.

CESAR FLORES; JACOBY'S ASSOCIATION HOMEOWNERS UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 1275 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, January 12, 2017, 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 5 IN JACOBY'S SECOND FOX RIVER ADDITION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE THEREOF RECORDED PLAT AUGUST 31, 1923 AS DOCUMENT NO. 60326, IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS, PAGE 103, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4821 South Little Drive, Mchenry, Illinois 60051.

P.I.N. 15-29-353-035-0000.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960.

For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F14110829 I709406 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

ERIC WITOWSKI; ANNA WITOWSKI; WALKUP AT THE PARK HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendants, 15 CH 757 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the conference room, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot 35 in Walter's Addition to Walkup at the Park, 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 September 26,

pt 2002 as Document Number 2002R0085375, in McHenry County, Illinois.

Commonly known as 333 Talismon Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60012.

P.I.N. 14-32-130-022.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

15-010710 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I709407 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS HOME STATE BANK, N.A., Plaintiffs vs.

JAMES SCOTT STEELE; NICOLE NOEL TESON A/K/A NICOLE STEELE; HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, if any; DISCOVER BANK; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN OWNERS NON-RECORD LIEN and CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 16CH001002 PUBLICATON NOTICE The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREIN GIVEN YOU, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, if any, DISCOVER BANK,UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD LIEN CLAIMANTS, Defendant$ in the above-entitled action, that an action is now pending in this Court as shown above, wherein the Plaintiff seeks to foreclose a mortgage made to HOME STATE BANK, N.A., with respect to the following described real estate: THE EAST 80 FEET OF THE WEST 223.75 FEET OF LOT 96 OF THE ASSESSOR'S PLAT OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 22, 1867 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 40 OF DEEDS, PAGE 525, SAID LOT 96 BEING LOCATED IN AND BEING A PART OF THE EAST 9 CHAINS AND 61 LINKS OF THE EAST- 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PROPERTY INDEX NO.: 11-35-478-005 Commonly known as: 111 W. FOREST STREET, MARENGO, ILLINOIS 60152 NOW, THEREFORE, you are further notified to file your appearance in the Office of the Clerk of the Court above stated on or before 1/24/2017, and if you fail to do so or do not otherwise make your

yo appearance on or before said date, this cause may be heard and judgment entered as prayed for in said Complaint without further notice.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Woodstock, Illinois, this 13 day of December 2016. /s/ Katherine M Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court McHenry County, Illinois FRANKS, GERKIN & McKENNA, P.C. File No. 18635.002 Attorney for Plaintiffs 19333 E. Grant Hwy. PO Box 5 Marengo, IL 60152 (815) 923-2107 (Published in the Northwest Herald on December 21, 28, January 4, 2016) 1253358

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR BRAVO MORTGAGE ASSET TRUST BRAVO MORTGAGE 2006-1 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1 Plaintiff, -v.CRAIG C. KUHNS, et al Defendants 16 CH 000020 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 19, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 20, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 29, BLOCK 3, IN WING POINTE PHASE ONE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, RECORDED JANUARY 12, 1999 AS DOCUMENT 99R2749, IN THE VILLAGE OF HUNTLEY, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 11725 NIAGRA LANE, Huntley, IL 60142 Property Index No. 18-34-403-001.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $198,018.61.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of

qu y quantity title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 2630003 Please refer to file number C13-79160.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw.com Attorney File No. C13-79160 Case Number: 16 CH 000020 TJSC#: 36-12440 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I709422 (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF Wendy Tripoli, DECEASED. 16 P 361 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of office were issued to Anthony Tripoli, 791 Crabapple Drive, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is Marny E. Kravenas, Law Offices of Steven J. Malman & Associates, P.C., 205 West Randolph Street, Suite 610,

andolph Chicago, Illinois 60606.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act Ill. Compiled Stat.

1992, Ch. 755, par. 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the clerk Katherine M. Keefe 2200 North Seminary Avenue Room 352 Woodstock, Illinois 60098-2837 or with the representative, or both, on or before June 7, 2017, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice.

Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Marny E. Kravenas Law Offices of Steven J. Malman & Associates, P.C. 205 West Randolph Street, Suite 610 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 629-0099 I709713 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 7, 14, 21, 2016)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS CitiMortgage, Inc. PLAINTIFF Vs. Jonathon K. Markoff; Oakwood Manor Homeowners Association, Inc.; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 16 CH 00812 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Jonathon K. Markoff Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2920 Walnut Manor Court Crystal Lake, IL 60012 and which said Mortgage was made by: Jonathon K. Markoff to the Mortgagor(s), CitiMortgage, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as Document No. 2008R0051278; 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 January 6, 2017, 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

age Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-16-12172 Public notice is hereby given that I NOTE: This law firm is a debt have filed a Petition for Change of collector.

Name and scheduled a hearing on I707904 my Petition on January 10, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., in the Circuit Court of (Published in the Northwest the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, Herald December 7, 14, 21, McHenry County, Illinois in Court2016) room #204, praying for the change of my name from Eniola Samuel Abu to the new name of: Samuel Eniola Abu pursuant to the Illinois PUBLIC NOTICE Compiled Statutes on Change of Names.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY /s/ Eniola Samuel Abu WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS Petitioner Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent (Published in the Northwest Herald Inc., Asset-Backed on December 21, 28, 2016, Securities Pass-Through Certificates, Series January 4, 2017) 1253431 2004-W8 PLAINTIFF Vs. Pat Bolin; Maria C. Bolin; First PUBLIC NOTICE Midwest Bank; Lakemoor Farms Homeowner's Association, Inc.; STATE OF ILLINOIS Unknown Owners and Nonrecord IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF Claimants THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICAL DEFENDANTS CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY 16 CH 00858 -IN PROBATE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Maria C. Bolin In the Matter of the Estate of Unknown Owners and Nonrecord LINDA W STITTGEN Claimants Deceased That this case has been Case No. 16PR000275 commenced in this Court against CLAIM NOTICE you and other defendants, praying Notice is given of the death of: for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises LINDA W STITTGEN of: JOHNSBURG, IL described as follows, to-wit: Letters of office were issued on: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 10/19/2016 456 Deer Run Road to: Lakemoor, IL 60051 and which said Mortgage was Representative: made by: ANTHONY CIURA Pat Bolin 542 CROSS RD Maria C. Bolin GURNEE, IL 60031 the Mortgagor(s), to Argent whose attorney is: Mortgage Company, LLC, as ANDERSON, NEIL J Mortgagee, and recorded in the 1927 MAIN ST Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as SPRING GROVE, IL 60081 Document No. 2004R0027462; Claims against the estate may be and for other relief; that summons filed within six months from the was duly issued out of said Court date of first publication. Any claim against you as provided by not filed within six months from the law and that the said suit is now date of first publication or claims pending. not filed within three months from NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU the date of mailing or delivery of file your answer or otherwise file Notice to Creditor, whichever is your appearance in this case in the later, shall be barred.

Office of the Clerk of this Court, Claims may be filed in the office of Katherine M. Keefe the Clerk of Circuit Court at Clerk of the Circuit Court the McHenry County Government 2200 N. Seminary Center, 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, IL 60098 Illinois, on or before January 6, 2017, A Avenue, Woodstock, DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED 60098, or with the representative, AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER or both.

THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY Copies of claims filed with the Clerk BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE must be mailed or delivered to the WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID representative and to his attorney COMPLAINT. within ten days after it has been CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. filed.

Attorneys for Plaintiff /s/ Katherine M Keefe 15W030 North Frontage Road, Clerk of the Circuit Court Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (Published in the Northwest Herald (630) 794-5300 on December 14, 21, 28, 2016) DuPage # 15170 1251572 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-16-12665 NOTE: This law firm is a debt PUBLIC NOTICE collector.

I709690 Notice NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY (Published in the Northwest OF AUDIT REPORT OF Herald December 7, 14, 21, HAMPSHIRE TOWNSHIP 2016) PARK DISTRICT Hampshire Township Park District PUBLIC NOTICE hereby provides public notice that STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE an audit of its funds for the period CIRCUIT COURT OF THE May 1, 2015 through April 30, 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 2016 has been made by Ogorek & McHENRY COUNTY Associates, and that a report of such audit dated November 21, NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR 2016 has been filed with the NAME CHANGE (ADULT) County Clerk of Kane County, in accordance with 30 ILCS 15/0.01 Request of et seq. The full report of the audit is Eniola Samuel Abu available for public inspection at 390 South Avenue, Hampshire, IL Case Number 16MR728 during regular business hours

CLASSIFIED 15 g gu Monday's Closed, Tuesdays 9am-3pm, Wednesdays 10am4pm, Thursdays 11am-5pm, Fridays-Closed.

Closed on holidays.

(Published in the Northwest Herald on December 21, 2016) 1253446

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 36 COUNTY OF MCHENRY STATE OF ILLINOIS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a hearing will be held on January 10, 2017, at 6:45 p.m., at the Harrison School District No. 36 Library Media Center, 6809 McCullom Lake Road, Wonder Lake, Illinois 60097 to discuss the intention of the Board of Education of Harrison School District No. 36, McHenry County, Illinois, to transfer Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($2,500,000.00) from the Educational Fund to the Operations and Maintenance Fund pursuant to Section 17-2A of the School Code (105 ILCS 5/17-2A).

Dated at Wonder Lake, Illinois, this 21st day of December, 2016.

(Published in the Northwest Herald on December 21, 2016) 1253448

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 8, 2016, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as BL ENTERPRISES located at: 3710 W ELM ST, MCHENRY, IL 60050, PO BOX 551, CARPENTERSVILLE, IL 60110 Dated December 8, 2016 /s/ Mary E. McClellan McHenry County Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald on December 14, 21, 28, 2016) 1251773

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