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Rauner prepares for tough race for governor in 2018 SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner is loaded VIEWS for bear.

We are two years out from the 2018 elections, Scott and he deposited $50 million into his own camReeder paign coffers. Why so much, so soon?

He’s sending a message. ment of the longtime political boss, who he Whatever Democrat considers taking him on blames for Illinois’ fiscal ills. will be attacked relentlessly.

And he’s right for blaming Madigan. But In 2014, when Rauner was elected, he spent Rauner has done a poor job of messaging about $65 million. why he is engaged in this struggle. I’ve covered Rauner, an ultra-rich venture capitalist, has every governor since James R. Thompson, and money to burn. And the person it will scorch is this administration has done the worst job by far whatever Democrat takes him on. of sharing its vision for the state.

Mike Madigan, who heads the Democratic Because of this, voters view Party and is about as popular this conflict as a personality statewide as tooth decay, is Many voters have taken clash between two egos rather busy recruiting liberal gazillionaires to meet the challenge. to viewing Madigan like than a conflict between divergent political philosophies.

There is Chris Kennedy, mildew on the shower Madigan is hell-bent on the son of the late Sen. Robert making Rauner has no sucKennedy, and then there is J.B. curtain. They don’t like it, cesses tosure run on when he seeks Pritzker, an heir of the Hyatt but it’s hard to get rid of re-election. And the people of hotel fortune. Both men, unlike are suffering for it.

Rauner, were born to great so they just put up with it. Illinois Many voters have taken to wealth. viewing Madigan like mildew It will be interesting if either on the shower curtain. They don’t like it, but it’s of these fellows run. Somehow, I doubt it. hard to get rid of so they just put up with it.

Why? Whoever challenges Rauner should expect to be attacked relentlessly. If you are a rich While they might agree with much of what guy living a comfortable life, why would you put Rauner is trying to accomplish – term limits, yourself through that? And it’s worth noting that independent redistricting and lower property neither Kennedy nor Pritzker have ever run for taxes – they might view Rauner as the more expendable part of the equation in ending the strife office before. in Springfield.

The interesting thing is that despite his loaded campaign coffers, Rauner is vulnerable.

Yes, Rauner is vulnerable.

First of all, midterm elections almost always I anticipate the next two years of the Rauner administration will look pretty much like favor the party that doesn’t hold the White the past two. The state will fall further behind House. And given the animosity Democratic in paying its bills, and we will go four years voters hold toward Donald Trump, particularly in blue states such as Illinois, Rauner likely will straight without a state budget.

The majority in the legislature will do everybe swimming against the tide. thing it can to block any Rauner endeavor.

It doesn’t mean he will drown, but it will be And don’t be surprised if state workers go on a tougher race than when he first captured the strike in the middle of this chaos.

Executive Mansion.

Madigan, who collects power the way some And I make that statement reluctantly. Of all of the governors who have served in my lifetime, grandmothers collect buttons, has every interest in continuing to stir the chaos. After all, Rauner he comes the closest to matching my own libertarian ideology. is a threat to his power.

I want government out of my wallet and out of • Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse our private lives.

But Illinoisans are weary of the constant war journalist. He works as a freelance reporter in the Springfield area and can be reached at between Madigan and Rauner.

ScottReeder1965@gmail.com.

Rauner views his election as a voter indict-

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$269,978 The amount a St. Charles man is required to pay in restitution as part of a federal criminal case.

See story on page A6.

ON THE COVER Topping our list of the local sports stories of the year are Jacob’s grad Evan Jager’s silver-medal win at the 2016 Summer Olympics (top) and Prairie Ridge High School’s football team winning the 2016 state championship (bottom, left). A performance on NBC’s “The Voice” by Riley Elmore (bottom, right), a Dundee-Crown junior, makes our list of top entertainment stories of the year.

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Groomer Connie Smith of Lake in the Hills grooms a cocker spaniel while working Tuesday at the Laundromutt in Woodstock.

Photos by Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com

New Woodstock grooming service offers haircuts, hair dyeing for dogs and cats

By NATE LINHART

nlinhart@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Becky Maxa was a technician at a veterinarian clinic for eight years because she loved working with animals. While looking into other avenues that involved helping pets, she became interested in grooming.

Maxa now owns two pet grooming services in Illinois and has been working in grooming for the past seven years.

“I just love working with dogs,” Maxa said.

Along with her first location in Streamwood, Maxa opened her second Laundromutt shop Oct. 15 at 501 S. Eastwood Drive, Woodstock. Laundromutt is

a full-service groomer offering nail trims, baths, brush outs and full haircuts to dogs and cats.

Unique services provided by Laundromutt include an express service and hair coloring.

“We have semi-permanent and permanent hair dyes here of different colors,” Maxa said. “I love doing colors on dogs, and others seem to really enjoy it as well.”

The location formerly housed pet groomer Dogs in Suds, and Maxa has been renovating the building to install new bathtubs and grooming tables, as well as to apply new paint to the walls, among other upgrades.

“We’ve totally remodeled the place over

See PET GROOMING, page A8

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LOCAL NEWS LOCAL DEATHS OBITUARIES ON PAGE A12

Vincenza A. Iovino 79, formerly of Cary James Arthur Kruckenberg Sr. 78, Harvard June Anne Novak 87, Wonder Lake Carol Lynn O’Leary 76, McHenry Mary Conway Sankey 58, Woodstock Susan M. Stattel 53, McHenry

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Trustee challenges village president in April 4 election

By HANNAH PROKOP

hprokop@shawmedia.com LAKE IN THE HILLS – Lake in the Hills Trustee Russ Ruzanski is challenging Village President Paul Mulcahy for his seat in the April 4 consolidated election.

Ruzanski said the village has suffered from some “negative headlines” recently – referring to Mulcahy’s recent domestic battery charge – and he would like to offer the village a different option for village president.

“When you are in this position, there’s a higher degree of integrity that has to be upheld,” Ruzanski said. “And I feel I’m capable of providing – I know I am.”

However, Mulcahy, 64, maintains he is the best candidate for the position that he has held since May 2013. When asked how his arrest would affect the race, Mulcahy said he is not proud of what happened, and the incident does not have anything to do with his position with the village.

“I don’t think it negates the 20 years of good work in the village,” Mulcahy said.

Mulcahy’s case is ongoing, and he is expected back in court Jan. 24, according to McHenry County Circuit Court documents.

Ruzanski, 70, has been a Lake in the Hills trustee since 2011. Before then, he served on the Planning and Zoning Commission for two years and the Business Relations Committee for four years, leading it for two.

Ruzanski said one of his proudest ac-

“When you are in this position, there’s a higher degree of integrity that has to be upheld. And I feel I’m capable of providing – I know I am.”

Russ Ruzanski

Lake in the Hills trustee and village president challenger complishments on the board so far has been overseeing the Veterans Memorial in the village, which is nearly complete.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1964 to 1968.

For 42 years, Ruzanski said he worked on both the union and management sides for Coca-Cola Refreshments.

“Working with people and building relationships – that’s another strong suit for me,” Ruzanski said.

During retirement, Ruzanski said he spends time volunteering at the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry and is an active member of Living Waters Lutheran Church.

If elected village president, Ruzanski said some of his focuses would include doing more competitive bidding and looking at ways to use alternative energy.

Mulcahy served as a Lake in the Hills

“I don’t think [my arrest] negates the 20 years of good work in the village.”

Paul Mulcahy

Incumbent Lake in the Hills village president trustee from 1997 to 2001 before serving as chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission from 2002 to 2007. He became a trustee again in 2007 before becoming village president.

Mulcahy has lived in Lake in the Hills for 20 years and founded the Summer Sunset Festival. He retired after working for 38 years with the U.S. Postal Service, and also served as a petty officer in the U.S. Navy from 1974 to 1978.

Although he said it was too early to detail some of his plans for changes in the village, there is some unfinished business he’d like to see through.

Nearly the whole administrative staff has been hired since he was in office, Mulcahy said, and now everyone’s in a good position to move the village forward.

“I’d like to be a part of that,” Mulcahy said.

Information about both campaigns can be found on the candidates’ Facebook pages: Elect Russ Ruzanski Lake in the Hills Village President and Paul Mulcahy for Lake in the Hills Village President.

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Trustee Ken Santowski resigns, withdraws from president race

Paul Serwatka will be only candidate for top village job

pull out of the race for the presidency.

Once he submits the official form, that would leave Trustee Paul Serwatka the sole candidate to succeed Erin Smith, who is not seeking re-election.

Santowski, who was first elected 10 years ago, gave no explanation as to his resignation and withdrawal from the April 4 consolidated election.

By KEVIN P. CRAVER “I really don’t want to talk about it kcraver@shawmedia.com at this point,” he said Wednesday.

LAKEWOOD – A longtime Village Santowski, an environmentalist Board member is resigning his seat who is president and co-founder of an and withdrawing his candidacy for vil- Elgin specialized transportation comlage president. pany, is probably best known in the Trustee Ken Santowski submitted village for setting up drop-off points for his resignation Tuesday effective at both electronics recycling and Styrothe end of the year, and said he will foam recycling and underwriting the

costs himself. Both were successful but discontinued earlier this year because of the significant volume and unfavorable market conditions.

The remaining six-member Village Board likely will vote on a replacement next month to fill out the remaining two years of Santowski’s term.

Serwatka and his supporters founded the Lakewood Tax-Fighter Party and are running on a slate. Party candidates Philip Stephan, Richard Ritchie and Amy Fues Odom are running for the three open trustee seats, as are incumbent Gene Furey and former board member John Schrauf. Incumbents Bev Thomas and Jeff Iden are not seeking re-election.

YOUR GUIDE TO HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES IN McHENRY COUNTY AND BEYOND Following are holiday related events and activities in McHenry County and beyond. To have your event listed, visit PlanitNorthwest. com.

ONGOING OLD COURTHOUSE ARTS CENTER HOLIDAY SALE, through Friday, 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: 815-923-2267 or www. gothistory.org.

CLAYWORKERS GUILD OF ILLINOIS HOLIDAY POTTERY SALE, through Jan. 7, Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson St., Woodstock. Featuring the work of 15 members of the guild. Extended hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sundays. Free. Information: www.clayworkersguild.com.

“ROCK AROUND THE QUILTED TREE,” through Thursday, McHenry County Historical Society Museum, 6422 Main St., Union. A holiday open house, contest and show. Quilters invited to show their holiday-themed bed, wall and heirloom quilts at this inaugural event.

Awards given in six categories. The quilts will be on display from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Museum admission is $5, $3 for seniors. Members are free. For information or an entry form, visit www.gothistory.org.

WOODSTOCK OPERA HOUSE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE EXHIBIT, through Dec. 31, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. The community is invited to come enjoy the beauty of the holiday season with more than 30 Christmas trees decorated by local community groups and volunteer organizations. On display during business hours and scheduled events. Free. Information: 815-3385300 or www.woodstockoperahouse.com.

REGIONAL ONGOING GENEVA LAKE ARTS FOUNDATION HOLIDAY SHOW, through Jan. 8, Gallery 223, 223 Broad St., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Presented by members of the foundation. The show will include holiday-themed art of various media including paintings, jewelry, pottery and other 3-D work for purchase. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday through Sunday. Information: 262249-7988 or www.genevalakeartsfoundation. org.

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efit of himself and others, the release stated.

Jansen, who pleaded guilty in October 2008, also admitted he failed to file a federal income tax return for 2002. Jansen used a bank account in the name of a dissolved corporation, Talcott Financial Corp., to receive his income and disburse his expenditures, and intentionally did not have Talcott file informational forms with the IRS. Jansen also admitted he intentionally did not have Baytree and DFCTC file with the IRS, and did not have a bank account in his own name to avoid easy tracing of his income and avoid reporting to the IRS, the release stated.

Jansen was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He was ordered to pay $269,978 in restitution, the release stated.

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CRYSTAL LAKE – “STEM is Fair Game,” a science fair for middle school girls developed by a Crystal Lake South High School senior, will be Feb. 4 at Lundahl Middle School.

The goal of “STEM is Fair Game” is to encourage and inspire middle school girls to become involved in science, technology, engineering and math.

Optional drop-in mentoring sessions are available to guide girls through the steps involved in completing a science fair project. The sessions are facilitated by female scientists, science teachers and high school students. The next session will be from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 21 at the Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St. For information or to register for the fair and/or a mentoring session, visit www.stemisfairgame.com.

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• Thursday, December 29, 2016

A St. Charles man charged with wire fraud and evading income taxes was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after a transaction involving a Huntley business.

Christopher A. Jansen, 64, created a Delaware corporation, DFCTC Holding Inc., to buy DFC Transportation, a trucking company headquartered in Huntley that was up for sale in 2001, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

In a plea agreement, Jansen admitted to arranging for DFCTC to buy DFC with money Jansen would borrow using DFC receivables as collateral, the release stated.

Jansen was the former president of Baytree Investors Inc., a defunct St.

Charles company, the release stated.

He also admitted to arranging for other people to be the owners of DFCTC, some of whom were previous investors in failed Baytree business acquisitions, the release stated.

Jansen pretended to be the corporate secretary in charge of both DFCTC and DFC, without any appointment or authority, the release said. The release also stated he arranged for DFC to use its receivables to borrow more money from a bank and ordered employees to transfer money from DFC to DFCTC. The money was distributed to Jansen and others for personal use and benefits, the release stated, and was not disclosed to the shareholders and directors.

In March 2002, Jansen ordered a $250,000 wire transfer from a DFC account to a DFCTC account for the ben-

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“And renovations aren’t over yet, as we’re in the process of adding opentop kennels for the animals.”

Maxa said another reason she believes her business stands out from her competitors’ is because it is family-oriented.

“My sister helps create all the clients, and my nephew works at the shop as well,” Maxa said. “My kids also come here to help out because we all love dogs.”

“I just work with the best people, because they care for pets so much,” Maxa said. “And they put the pets’ needs above everything else. So that’s what I look for in my employees.”

Even with the addition of the second location, Maxa still continues to plan for the future and said she is looking into potentially owning a mobile grooming van someday.

Laundromutt is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and is closed on Sundays. Visits are asked to be made by appointment, but walk-ins also are welcome.

Laundromutt owner Becky Maxa works at her pet grooming salon Tuesday in Woodstock.

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Actress Debbie Reynolds, 84, dies a day after daughter

By LYNN ELBER

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Debbie Reynolds, who lit up the screen in “Singin’ in the Rain’ and other Hollywood classics despite a tumultuous life, has died a day after losing her daughter, Carrie Fisher. Reynolds was 84.

Her son, Todd Fisher, said Reynolds died Wednesday.

“She’s now with Carrie and we’re all heartbroken,” Fisher said from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where his mother was taken by ambulance earlier Wednesday.

He said the stress of his sister’s death on Tuesday “was too much” for Reynolds. Carrie Fisher, who was 60, had been hospitalized since Friday.

“She said, ‘I want to be with Carrie,’ ” her son said. “And then she was gone.”

Reynolds enjoyed the heights of show business success and endured the depths of personal tragedy. She lost one husband to Elizabeth Taylor and two other husbands plundered her for millions. Fisher, who found lasting fame as Princess Leia in “Star Wars” and struggled for much of her life with drug addiction and mental health problems, died after falling ill on a plane.

Reynolds found superstardom early.

After two minor roles at Warner Bros. and three supporting roles at MGM, studio boss Louis B. Mayer cast her in “Singin’ in the Rain,” despite Kelly’s objections. She was 19 with little dance experience, and she would be appearing with two of the screen’s greatest dancers, Donald O’Connor and Kelly.

“Gene Kelly was hard on me, but I think he had to be,” Reynolds, who more than held her own in the movie, said in a 1999 Associated Press interview. “I had to learn everything in three to six months. Donald O’Connor had been dancing since he was 3 months old, Gene Kelly since he was 2 years old.”

The 1964 Meredith Willson musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” with Molly’s defiant song “I Ain’t Down Yet,” brought Reynolds her only Academy

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Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher arrive Sept. 10, 2011, at the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Reynolds died Wednesday.

Award nomination. She also received a Tony nomination in 1973 for her starring role in the Broadway revival of “Irene,” in which her daughter also appeared.

After her transition from starlet to star, Reynolds became popular with teenage girls and even more so when in 1955 she married Eddie Fisher, the pop singer whose fans were equally devoted.

The couple made a movie together, “Bundle of Joy,” which seemed to mirror the 1956 birth of Carrie. The Fishers also had a son, Todd, named for Eddie’s close friend and Taylor’s husband, showman Mike Todd.

During this period, Reynolds had a No. 1 hit on the pop charts in 1957 with “Tammy,” the Oscar-nominated song from her film “Tammy and the Bachelor.” But the Cinderella story ended after Mike Todd died in a 1958 airplane crash. Fisher consoled the widow and soon announced he was leaving his wife and two children to marry Taylor.

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Fisher’s singing career never recovered, but Reynolds’ film career flourished. She starred with Tony Curtis in “The Rat Race,” Fred Astaire in “The Pleasure of His Company,” with the allstar cast in “How the West Was Won” and Ricardo Montalban in “The Singing Nun.” She also provided the voice of Charlotte in the 1973 animated “Charlotte’s Web.” But over the years, her marital woes continued.

In 1960 Reynolds married shoe magnate Harry Karl. The marriage ended in 1973 when she discovered that Karl, a compulsive gambler, had devastated her assets.

Reynolds’ third marriage, to Virginia businessman Richard Hamlett in 1984, proved equally disastrous. In 1992, against friends’ advice, she paid $10 million to buy and convert a faded Las Vegas hotel into the Debbie Reynolds Hotel and Casino. She performed nightly and conducted tours of her movie memorabilia.

Reynolds, who ended up filing for bankruptcy in 1997 and selling the prop-

erty at auction the next year, accused Hamlett of making off with her money.

“All of my husbands have robbed me blind,” she asserted in 1999. “The only one who didn’t take money was Eddie Fisher. He just didn’t pay for the children.”

In her later years, Reynolds continued performing her show, traveling 40 weeks a year. She also appeared regularly on TV, appearing as John Goodman’s mother on “Roseanne” and a mom on “Will & Grace.” Her books included the memoirs “Unsinkable” and “Make ’Em Laugh.”

In 1996 she won critical acclaim in the title role of Albert Brooks’ movie “Mother.” Reynolds and her daughter were featured together in the HBO documentary “Bright Lights,” scheduled for release in 2017.

Mary Frances Reynolds spent the first eight years of her life in Depression-era poverty in El Paso, Texas, where she was born on April 1, 1932.

Her father, a carpenter for the Southern Pacific Railroad, was transferred to California and the family settled in Burbank, near Warner Bros. studio.

Girlfriends persuaded her to enter the beauty contest for Miss Burbank, and she won over the judges.

Eventually, she teamed up with Taylor and two other veterans, Joan Collins and MacLaine, for the 2001 TV movie “These Old Broads.” The script, co-written by Carrie, was about aging, feuding actresses who get together for a reunion show. Reynolds would look back wryly on the Taylor affair, acknowledging that no man could have resisted her and that she actually voted for Taylor when she was up for best actress in 1960. The former romantic rivals had reconciled years before Taylor died in 2011; Reynolds recalled they had both been passengers on the Queen Elizabeth.

Reynolds received an honorary Oscar in 2015, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, but was too ill to attend the ceremony. Her granddaughter, actress Billie Lourd, accepted the statuette in her honor.

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OBITUARIES VINCENZA A. IOVINO

Born: July 22, 1937 Died: December 27, 2016

Vincenza A. Iovino, nee Carrella, 79 of Aurora, formerly Cary, IL. Born July 22, 1937, in Italy, passed away December 27, 2016.

Beloved wife of the late Mario F. Iovino. Loving mother of Rachel (Gary) Lenell, Fred (Tina) Iovino and Julie (Bill) Biros. Cherished grandmother of Brian, Jenna and Christopher Lenell, and Anthony and Amanda Biros.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Antonio and Ulia Carrella.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to American Diabetes Association, 55 E Monroe St #3420, Chicago, IL 60603.

Family and friends will meet on Friday, December 30, 2016 at Holy Family Church, 2515 W. Palatine Road, Inverness for visitation from 9:30 to 10:15 AM. A Funeral Mass will follow at 10:30 AM. Entombment will be at St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.

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

For information, please call the funeral home at 815-728-0233, or visit www.justenfh.com, where friends may leave an online condolence message for her family.

CAROL LYNN O’LEARY

Born: September 25, 1940; in Chicago, IL Died: December 19, 2016; in McHenry, IL

Carol Lynn O’Leary, age 76, of McHenry, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016, at Centegra Hospital-McHenry.

Carol was born September 25, 1940, to the late Henry Bohan and Frances (née Graves) Morrical.

Carol loved to be social. She was a member of the Red Hat Society and a longtime employee for Oak Industry. Carol will be remembered for her generosity, determination, and chatty nature. She made friends wherever she went.

Every encounter with Carol made you smile.

She enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. Carol was the rock of the family and will be greatly missed.

She enjoyed listening to Moody Radio and books on CD. She loved the Lord and is now JAMES ARTHUR with Him. We hold to the promise that we will KRUCKENBERG SR. be together again. Her greatest desire was Born: January 11, 1938 that everyone would be born again.

Died: December 27, 2016 Carol is survived by her loving children, Tammy Eich (Brian Bishop), and Peggy (Mark) James Arthur KruckenCrutchfield; grandchildren, Robbie, Dustin JUNE ANNE NOVAK berg Sr. of Harvard, IL died (Veronica), Christopher (Mollie), Peter, Randy, peacefully at his residence on Born: September 12, 1929; in Chicago, IL Died: December 26, 2016; in Wonder Lake, IL and Stephanie; and great-grandchildren, December 27, 2016.

Joscelyn, Robert, Ryanna, Reagan, Ryan, BreJames was born January 11, andon, and Sheldon. She is further survived by June Anne Novak, age 87, of Wonder Lake, 1938 in Libertyville, IL to his parents, the late her siblings, Mickey, Terry, and Wende.

Arthur C. and Vivian M. (Umbdenstock) Kruck- died Monday, December 26, 2016, at her Carol was preceded in death by her son, home. enberg. He was baptized as an infant and Frank O’Leary; brother, Skip Shark; and sisterShe was born September 12, 1929 in Chicalater confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church, in-law, Dianna Shark. go to George T. and Harriet (Barszczewski) Harvard, IL. Visitation will be held Friday, December Evans.

He attended Harvard High School. James 30, 2016 from 11:00am to time of service at June was a homemaker for the majority of was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps 12:00pm at Harvest Bible Chapel, 580 Tracy her lifetime, and worked for a time at Woodserving 1956 - 1962. He was a long-standing Trail, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. Interment will be member of the Iron Workers Union. He was a stock Wireworks, a lamp shade manufacturer. private. master craftsman with a welding torch. There She was a longtime member of Christ the King In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made Catholic Church in Wonder Lake. was nothing he couldn’t fix when his tanks in Carol’s name to: Never Give up Ministries June enjoyed knitting and sewing. She was were full. James loved animals. He found great an avid reader and enjoyed treating her family 2205 Seattle Ct. Turlock, CA 95382, In memojoy in his ponies, chickens, goats and dogs ry of Carol O’Leary. This is a ministry that has with her delicious baked goods. over the years. His ponies and dogs accombeen very near and dear to Carol’s heart for Survivors include seven children, Alan (Carpanied him on many excursions. We smile at many years. the fact that James will never run out of Judge rie) Novak, Greg (Debra) Novak, Cheryle Novak, For more information contact the funeral Joseph Novak, Janice Novak, Beth Novak, Brown and Andy Griffith reruns now and will home at 815-385-0063 or log onto www. and David (Leslie) Novak; ten grandchildren, have no trouble finding the right channel.

Aimee, Alex, Brian, Christopher, Craig, Michael, colonialmchenry.com.

He now has the eyesight to read all about Aaron, Sara, Davy and Ian; five great-grandthe going-ons of his favorite celebrities or to work on an endless amount of crossword and children, Jennifer, Jordan, Jayde, Declan and MARY CONWAY SANKEY Tanner; and a brother, Eugene Evans. jigsaw puzzles. James cherished time spent Born: November 19, 1958; in Woodstock, IL and memories created with family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Frank T. Novak, in 1972; and her Died: December 27, 2016; in Woodstock, IL His laugh and antics will be missed.

He is survived by his children, James (Karen) brother, Arnie Evans.

Mary Conway Sankey, 58, of Woodstock, Kruckenberg of Harvard, IL, Theresa (Lark) Visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. until passed away on December 27, 2016 at her Sanders of East Dundee, IL, Steven Krucknoon Friday, December 30, 2016, at Justen’s enberg of Dubuque, Iowa, and Carol Long of Wonder Lake Funeral Home, 7611 W. Hancock home.

She was born November 19, 1958 in WoodEast Dundee, IL; 10 grandchildren; 4 great Drive, Wonder Lake, IL 60097. The funeral stock to William C. and Dolores (Holy) Congrandchildren; Siblings, George (Jeanette) blessing will be at noon Friday in the funeral Kruckenberg of Harvard, IL, Kenneth (Sandra) home. Interment will be in Christ the King way. She married Stephen Sankey October 10, Kruckenberg of Harvard, IL, Victor (Sandra) Cemetery.

1980 in Bonita Springs, FL. Kruckenberg of Sunnyvale, CA, Arthur (Meg) Kruckenberg of Harvard, IL, Chester Kruckenberg of Capron, IL, and Eileen Anderson of Harvard, IL; many nieces and nephews.

He was proceeded in death by his parents; sister, Jean Harnish; brother-in-law, Edward Anderson; niece, Pamela Kruckenberg; and great niece, Andi Swenson.

Visitation for James to celebrate life and family will be held at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 West Sumner Street, Harvard, IL 60033 on Friday, December 30, 2016, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. A memorial service will follow at the funeral home at 11:00 a.m.

Internment will be private. Family requests that you remember them in your prayers and would prefer no flowers.

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.

Mary was born and raised in Woodstock.

She graduated from Woodstock High School in 1976. She went on to become a Dental Assistant, and worked for her brother in Woodstock for many years. Mary loved to tend to her flowers, and spoil her pets; her favorite vacation spot was Bonita Springs, Florida. She loved to stay at The Beach and Tennis Club. She was always in contact with her family, and loved spending time with them, and especially her first grandchild.

She is survived by her loving husband of 36 years, Stephen Sankey of Woodstock; her children, Neal (Jenna Baldwin) Sankey of Woodstock, and Ryan Sankey of Ft. Collins, CO; a grandchild, Levin Sankey of Woodstock.

She is also survived by her mother, Dolores (Kenneth) Sporleder of Bonita Springs; her siblings, Dr. Timothy (Kathy) Conway of Woodstock, Kathleen (Michael) Sullivan of Woodstock, Denise (Richard) Gaylord of Mesa, AZ, Diane (Tom) Lord of Johnstown, CO; and also many nieces and nephews.

Her father, William C. Conway; and two brothers, Daniel and Michael Conway, preceded her in death.

Services will be held on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at St. Mary Catholic Church 312 Lincoln Avenue in Woodstock. Visitation from 9:00 am until the Memorial Mass at 11:00 am.

Interment will be private.

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

SUSAN M. STATTEL

Born: November 9, 1963; in Elmhurst, IL Died: December 21, 2016; in McHenry, IL Susan M. Stattel, age 53, of McHenry, passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at Centegra Hospital-McHenry.

Susan was born November 9, 1963, to the late Thomas and Marian (Annala) Chyllo. On June 22, 1998, she married the love of her life, John Stattel, in Las Vegas, NV. Susan was an avid reader. She enjoyed traveling, camping, boating, and spending time up at Grandma’s Lake. Susan loved her fur babies very much.

Susan is survived by her loving husband of 18 years, John, and her dogs Ziva and Lola.

She is further survived by sister, Diane (Mike) Chyllo Schutz, and many cousins.

In addition to her parents, Susan was preceded in death by her in-laws, Charles and Ann Stattel.

A visitation will be held Sunday, January 1, 2017, from 12:00am to 6:00pm, at the Schutz residence, 7915 Pinoak Drive, Wonder Lake, IL. A prayer service will be said at 3:00pm.

In lieu of flowers, memorials in Susan’s name may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1114 N. Arlington Heights Rd, Arlington Heights, IL 60004.

For more information contact the funeral home at 815-385-0063 or visit www.colonialmchenry.com.

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This 1972 photo shows Gordie Tapp, a regular on the American TV variety series “Hee Haw.” The Canadian Broadcast Corp. said Tapp died Dec. 18 from complications of pneumonia at age 94.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS BURLINGTON, Ontario – Canadian entertainer Gordie Tapp, who exercised his comedic chops as a regular on the popular American TV variety series “Hee Haw,” died earlier this month at age 94, the Canadian Broadcast Corp. announced. It said he died Dec. 18 from complications of pneumonia.

Born in London, Ontario, Tapp kicked off his career as a founding member of “Main Street Jamboree,” a radio and TV show broadcast from Hamilton, Ontario, during the 1950s. He went on to host the CBC music-variety program “Country Hoedown” from 1956 to 1965.

Tapp eventually took his act to Nashville to appear on “Hee Haw” as the goofy Cousin Clem.

Fellow comedian Colin Mochrie once paid tribute to Tapp by saying his career was influenced in part by “Hee Haw.” “For me, it was the first show where I realized that Canadians could make it big in America. It was sort of an inspiration,” said Mochrie, who appeared on the U.S. version of the television improvisation show “Whose Line Is it Anyway?”

In more recent years, Tapp was known for appearing in TV commercials and was a committed philanthropist, raising funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the Easter Seals Society.

Despite his successes with “Hee Haw,” Tapp was resolute about staying in Canada, said his daughter, Kate Tapp Mock.

“We were all up here and Dad didn’t really think of himself as American. He was very proudly Canadian and he had enough work here,” she said.

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Former Uruguayan dictator Gregorio Alvarez arrives to court Nov. 5, 2007, in Montevideo, Uruguay. Alvarez, the last de facto president of the dictatorship that ruled Uruguay between 1973 and 1985, died on Wednesday. He was 91.

Hundreds of suspected leftists were arrested and tortured during the dictatorship and historians say an estimated 180 Uruguayans were killed – most of them while in the custody of the government’s Argentine allies.

In 2009, Alvarez was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his responsibility in the death or disappearance of 37

Uruguayans under Operation Condor.

During his trial, Alvarez said he knew nothing of illegal abductions and forced disappearances.

Prosecutors argued that Alvarez was in a position to know what happened to the political prisoners as army commander in chief and later as de facto president.

Rhea J. Lapp: The celebration of life will be Saturday, Jan. 28, at Vivante in Punta Gorda, Florida. The funeral Mass celebration will be Saturday, June 3, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 451 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake.

Diane C. Losinski: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at DeFiore Jorgensen Funeral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Road, Huntley. Burial will be in St. Michael the Arch Angel Cemetery in Palatine. For information, call the funeral home at 847-515-8772.

Donald C. Marski: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry.

The memorial Mass celebration will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, at St. Patrick’s Church, 3500 Washington St., McHenry.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-0063.

June Anne Novak: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the noon funeral blessing, Friday, Dec. 30, at Justen’s Wonder Lake Funeral Home, 7611 W. Hancock Drive, Wonder Lake. Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 815-728-0233.

Carol Lynn O’Leary: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service Friday, Dec. 30, at Harvest Bible Chapel, 580 Tracy Trail, Crystal Lake. Interment will be private.

For information, call Colonial Funeral Home & Crematory at 815-385-0063.

James G. Palek: The visitation will be from 4 p.m. until the 6 p.m. funeral service Thursday, Dec. 29, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake.

Mary Conway Sankey: The visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. memorial Mass is celebrated Saturday, Dec. 31, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 312 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock. Interment will be private. For information, call the Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home at 815-338-1710.

Susan M. Stattel: The visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m. with a prayer service at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1, at the Schutz residence, 7915 Pinoak Drive, Wonder Lake. For information, call Colonial Funeral Home & Crematory at 815-385-0063.

Dolores J. Toscano: The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at Cary United Methodist Church, 500 N. First St., Cary. For information, call Davenport Family Funeral Home at 815-459-3411.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Judith K. Camargo: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, at Marengo-Union Funeral Home, 505 E. Grant Highway, Marengo. Interment will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 815-568-8131.

Paige J. Chavez: The visitation will be from 4 p.m. until the 7 p.m. funeral service Thursday, Dec. 29, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-3817.

Robert C. Haupt: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, with a 7 p.m. funeral service at Colonial Funeral Home & Crematory, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry.

Interment will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-0063.

Vincenzo A. Iovino: The visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. with a funeral Mass celebration at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at Holy Family Church, 2515 W. Palatine Road, Inverness. Entombment will be in St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery.

James Arthur Kruckenberg Sr.: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. memorial service Friday, Dec. 30, at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Sumner St., Harvard. Interment will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 815-943-5400.

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Gordie Tapp, a regular on ‘Hee Haw,’ has died

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – Gen. Gregorio Alvarez, the last leader of Uruguay’s brutal dictatorship of the 1970s and 80s died Wednesday at age 91 while serving a sentence for human rights abuses.

The military’s health service said he died at the Central Hospital of the Armed Forces in Uruguay’s capital.

Under Alvarez, Uruguay was part of the secret alliance of South American dictatorships known as “Operation Condor” in which the military leaders cooperated in persecuting and killing one another’s dissidents.

Alvarez, himself the son of a general, participated in the 1973 coup that dissolved congress after a government crackdown on the Marxist Tupamaro rebels who were trying to seize power by force. One of Alvarez’s brothers was killed by Tupamaro attackers in 1972.

Alvarez became army chief in 1978, finally taking over the presidency in 1981. His government imprisoned democratic critics and censored the press.

Alvarez finally agreed to hand over power to an elected civilian government in 1984 as the wave of dictatorships in the region was starting to recede. Argentina’s military rule ended a year earlier and Brazil’s a year later.

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NEIGHBORS Crystal Lake

THINGS TO DO IN & AROUND McHENRY COUNTY

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“ROCK AROUND THE QUILTED TREE” HOLIDAY DISPLAY

WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 29 WHERE: McHenry County Historical Society Museum, 6422 Main St., Union COST & INFO: Last chance to view the historical society’s 2016 holiday display. Along with the Christmas-themed quilt show (below), visitors can see a display of old sleds from Christmas memorabilia collector Dave Harms. The museum stage and exhibit halls are decked out with bells, holiday china, Christmas bubble trees, a life-sized lighted Santa and some motorized window displays from the Shuster Department Store in Milwaukee and Marshall Field’s in Chicago. Admission: $5 adults, $3 seniors and students, $12 family, free for members. Information: 815-923-2267 or www. gothistory.org.

NEW MEMBERS INSTALLED – The Crystal Lake Lions Club recently welcomed new members. Pictured (from left) are Crystal Lake Lions Club secretary John Landon; sponsor Randy Funk; new members Ashley Funk and Meghan Davies; and sponsor Bill Davies.

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CALENDAR Dec. 29

• 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. – “Marshmallow Madness,” Community Center, 255 Briargate Road, Cary. The Cary Park District offers marshmallow-themed crafts, games and more. Cost: $35 a child. Information: 847-639-6100 or www.carypark.com.

• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Kids Club, McHenry Recreation Center, 3636 Municipal Drive, McHenry.

Children ages 5-10 may participate in games, arts and crafts and outside activities. Cost: $40 a child for residents, $50 nonresidents. Before and after care available for an additional fee. Information: 815363-2160 or cwitt@ci.mchenry.il.us.

• 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. – “Let’s Make New Year’s Cards,” Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. All supplies provided. Make a card for yourself and one for the senior citizens the library visits. Drop-in program. Free. Information: 815-4591687.

• 1 to 2 p.m. – “Close Encounters of the Chemical Kind,” Wauconda Area Library, 801 N. Main St., Wauconda. Children in kindergarten and older will experiment with color changes, a mysterious genie, gooey Gak, springy Superballs and more. The free drop-in program is presented by the Science Alliance. Information: www.wauclib.org or 847-526-6225.

• 6 to 9 p.m. – Christmas Manor drive-through display, Mack residence, 1150 Algonquin Road, Fox River Grove. Continues 6 to 9 p.m. through Jan. 3.

Traditional 2-acre Christmas display. Free. Information: mackmanor13@gmail.com.

BLACKHAWKS BLOOD DRIVE – McHenry resident Emily Szontagh shows the Chicago Blackhawks cap she won during the annual LifeSource/Blackhawks blood drive Dec. 10 at the Westin O’Hare Hotel.

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Size up your situation and only make a move if you feel it will benefit you personally.

Too much of anything will work against you.

If you use your imagination, you will discover you don’t need to rely on others. Change should come from within.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Consider what you might do in the new year to improve your health, finances or current environment.

Having a plan will give you the push you need to excel.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – An unexpected gift or financial gain is headed in your direction. Be grateful and consider how you can

make someone else’s life easier. What you do for others will bring high rewards.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Get together with peers for a celebration. Networking will prove valuable and could lead to greater opportunities in the coming months. Focus on getting ahead.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – You’ll be anxious for change. Stay focused on the here and now and how you can make personal and professional improvements that will set you up for a brighter future.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Making travel plans or offering to help an organization you believe in will make your day. The people you encounter along the way will be informative and influential to your thinking.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Expand your interests, and research how you can master something that will help you get ahead. Don’t feel you have to overspend. Work with what you already have going for you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Travel, entertainment and time spent with people you find mentally stimulating will help you determine what you want to pursue over the upcoming year. An unusual partnership looks promising.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Improving your surroundings, adding to your entertainment center or planning a party for friends and family will turn out well. Leave time for pampering and personal shopping.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Sales will be tempting, but don’t go over budget or make a

purchase without doing your research. What you think is a good deal is likely to fall short of your expectations.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Controversy must be put aside. Don’t struggle with negativity when you can just walk away from it. Focus on the people you love. Positive change comes from doing what’s best for yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Make adjustments to where or how you live. Talk to people who can offer advice that will help you with your fear of failure. Trust and believe in yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Someone from your past will have an impact on the changes you make heading into the new year. Romance is highlighted and will improve your life.

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STATE Student wraps cancer patients in blankets of hope

By MAGGIE HRADECKY Rockford Register Star

ROCKFORD – When Ryan Anderson, 12, of Roscoe needed a community service project earlier this year for his sixth grade class at Roscoe Middle School, his mom told him to let his imagination go wild.

“I said, ‘Go ahead. Think big,’ ” said Anderson’s mom, Terra. “ ‘Don’t worry about the money. I’ll fund the project.’ ” It didn’t take long for Anderson, a creative and athletic preteen, to come up with an idea.

“My sister was making some blankets for her friends for their birthdays, so I thought that would be a good idea for my community service project,” Anderson said. “We recently had a family friend pass away from cancer and he was at SwedishAmerican Hospital. ... I wanted to do something with that cause.”

Using seed money from his mom, Anderson bought enough fleece for 10 blankets for patients at the SwedishAmerican Regional Cancer Center.

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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ budget impasse has put a hold on millions of dollars in payments to former inmates who’ve been exonerated of crimes.

Fourteen men are owed a total of $2.5 million as compensation for the years they served in prison before they received certificates of innocence from the state, The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reported.

The payments range from $5,000 to a maximum $220,732. The claims weren’t approved as part of a short-term budget that expires Friday. The payments are based on the length of time in prison.

John Hanlon, director of the Illinois Innocence Project, is urging lawmakers to approve the claims as part of a special awards bill.

He said the money is recognition that the state wrongfully imprisoned the exonerated former inmates.

“This is a unique situation,” he said.

“These are people who had to suffer the

He matched the main sections, cut the fringe, tied the edges and added a note: “Hi, my name is Ryan. I made this blanket for you to remind you that you are not alone in the fight against cancer. Hopefully this blanket makes you feel better when you do not feel the best. Sincerely, Ryan.”

And while the project’s creation came from a school assignment, the project’s longevity comes from Anderson’s heart.

“It was a requirement – at first,” he said. “Now I don’t have to do it; I want to.”

Anderson, now a seventh-grader, is the vice president of his school’s student council.

And he’s enlisted the help of his fellow council members to keep the blanket project going.

Council members usually meet in the mornings, but periodically get together in the afternoon to discuss business and tie up loose ends with the project.

“We’ve done eight blankets so far,”

Anderson said. “We still have a lot of fabric to deal with. With the blankets I [recently] turned in, we’ve made almost 40.”

Once word got out about Anderson’s project, a handful of donations floated in – both financial and fabric.

Anderson and his mom choose the extra fabric together, trying not to use the same pattern twice, in order to accommodate a patient’s tastes.

“We’ve spent quite a bit of money on it, but is there any money better spent?” Terra said. “It’s hopefully teaching him and his friends some wonderful life lessons. It’s easy to do, but it seems to have a really big impact.”

Anderson has received a couple of letters from patients and a note from a community member who wanted to thank him for his generosity.

And he’s stolen the hearts of staff members at SwedishAmerican’s Regional Cancer Center, said the center’s director, Diane Scoville.

“He is such a special young man, we love him.”

ultimate nightmare.”

One exonerated former inmate is Angel Gonzalez, who served 20 years for a rape conviction. Gonzalez was convicted in 1994 of abducting a 35-year-old woman from her Waukegan home and raping her.

The victim later identified Gonzalez as her attacker. But DNA tests on forensic evidence collected from the victim and crime scene found two male profiles.

Neither of them matched Gonzalez.

Lauren Kaeseberg, co-counsel on Gonzalez’s case, said he is fortunate to have family support but his independence has been postponed by the lack of financial resources.

She referred to the overdue payments as “salt in the wounds and an insult to an egregious injury.”

the release of a squad-car video last year ago showing a white officer fatally shooting black teenager Laquan McDonald 16 times.

The Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation and Emanuel pledged sweeping reforms. The city launched its body-camera program in 2015 and expanded it after protest over the McDonald video.

Wednesday’s statement didn’t include costs or camera numbers.

But police said in September that 2,000 body cameras were in use and that 5,000 more would be bought for around $8 million.

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Chicago speeds up plan for officers to have body cams

CHICAGO – Chicago authorities said all police officers will be equipped with body cameras by the end of 2017, a year ahead of schedule.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a Wednesday statement announcing the sped up schedule that body cameras “improve transparency while building trust.”

Scrutiny of police intensified after

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Board reprimands town president over middle finger

CHATHAM – Trustees in a village near Springfield have reprimanded the town’s president for extending his middle finger at a public meeting.

A resolution, approved 5-0, said Chatham President Tom Gray’s conduct was “unprofessional” and will only “further divide the community.” Chatham has had problems with water quality.

Gray didn’t attend the meeting Tuesday. The State-Journal Register said he has apologized for giving the finger to a man who was livestreaming a meeting earlier this month.

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In this Dec. 18 photo, Ryan Anderson shows two of the blankets he and Roscoe Middle School student council members put together for cancer patients at the Swedish American Regional Cancer Center in Roscoe.

Trustees Nina Lindhorst and Mark Clayton want Gray to resign. Gray said he won’t quit. His term ends in April.

Trustee Matthew Mau said the board needs “to get over this” and work on issues important to Chatham.

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Student government: Make SIU an immigrant santuary

CARBONDALE – Student groups at Southern Illinois University are asking school leaders to declare their campuses a sanctuary for students who are in the U.S. without legal permission.

Randy Dunn, president of the SIU system, said staff members are studying the issue. SIU has campuses in Carbondale and Edwardsville and a medical school in Springfield.

Brad Colwell, interim chancellor in Carbondale, said a sanctuary designation is “complex and brings with it a number of legal questions.” He said a possible consequence is the loss of federal financial aid.

The Southern Illinoisan said student government groups fear President-elect Donald Trump will deport students, based on his campaign statements.

They’re calling for an “unequivocal public declaration” of support for students from SIU administrators.

– Wire reports

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U.S. official: Top IS commander killed in Syria Police were searching for two

WASHINGTON – A senior U.S. defense official confirmed that a top Islamic State military commander was killed by a coalition airstrike Monday in Syria.

The official said that Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti was killed near Tabqa Dam. He was a key leader of the group in Raqqa. No other details were available.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said earlier this week that he had been targeted by U.S.-led coalition aircraft. And IS supporters on social media had indicated on Tuesday that he had been killed.

The U.S. confirmation was the first official coalition acknowledgment of his death.

Video appears to show man walking away from cop

DALLAS – A police dashcam video released five months after a Texas officer shot a black man appears to show the man walking away as the officer fired, and the man’s lawyer said he was not a threat.

David Collie was shot in the back, leaving him paralyzed, lawyer Nate Washington said Wednesday.

Police said at the time of the July encounter that a Fort Worth officer fired twice, striking Collie “once in the lower torso.”

The officer and a Tarrant County sheriff’s deputy with him were off duty at the time and working a security detail at an apartment

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about Israeli-Palestinian policy Wednesday at the State Department in Washington, D.C. In his farewell speech, Kerry addressed Israel’s settlement-building, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of dragging Israel away from democracy.

shirtless black men who they believed had committed a robbery near a gas station, Washington said. Authorities said in a news release they issued at the time that Collie pulled a box cutter from his pocket and pointed it at the officers.

Collie was charged with aggravated assault on a public servant but a grand jury declined to indict him.

Trucker faces terrorist threat charge in standoff

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An armed trucker whose hours-long standoff at a Missouri rest stop snarled a freeway’s traffic for miles heading into the holiday weekend has been charged with making a terrorist threat with what turned out to be a pellet gun.

Platte County prosecutors charged 25-year-old Khurshed Haydarov on Saturday with the felony, a day after the disturbance along Interstate 29 north of Kansas City.

Haydarov required a Russian interpreter during a brief court appearance Tuesday. Authorities said he lives in Philadelphia but said he’s from Uzbekistan and speaks little English. A judge entered a plea of not guilty on Haydarov’s behalf and scheduled a Jan. 3 hearing to decide whether his $100,000 bond can be reduced, online court records show.

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In farewell address, Kerry criticizes Israeli settlements

By JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW DALY The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry tore into Israel on Wednesday for settlement-building, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of dragging Israel away from democracy and forcefully rejecting the notion that America had abandoned Israel with a controversial U.N. vote. Netanyahu accused the Obama administration of a biased bid to blame Israel for failure to reach a peace deal.

In a farewell speech, Kerry laid out a twostate vision for peace that he won’t be in office to implement, but that the U.S. hoped might be heeded even after President Barack Obama’s term ends. He defended Obama’s move last week to allow the U.N. Security Council to declare Israeli settlements illegal, the spark that set off an extraordinary and deepening diplomatic spat between the U.S. and its closest Mideast ally.

“If the choice is one state, Israel can either be Jewish or democratic, it cannot be both, and it won’t ever really be at peace,” Kerry said in a speech that ran more than an hour, a comprehensive airing of grievances that have built up in the Obama administration over eight years but were rarely, until this month, discussed publicly.

Netanyahu pushed back in a hastily arranged televised statement in which he suggested he was done with the Obama administration and ready to deal with President-elect Donald Trump, who has sided squarely with Israel. The Israeli leader faulted Kerry for obsessing over settlements while paying mere “lip service” to Palestinian attacks and incitement of violence.

“Israelis do not need to be lectured about the importance of peace by foreign leaders,” Netanyahu said from Jerusalem.

The dueling recriminations marked a low point for U.S.-Israel relations, and a bitter end to eight years of frustrated ties between Obama and Netanyahu, who quarreled repeatedly over settlements, the peace process and Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.

Trump, who has assured Israel it merely needs to “hang on” until he takes over, told reporters that Kerry’s speech spoke for itself. It was unclear whether Israel came up in a phone call Obama, while vacationing in Hawaii, placed to Trump on Wednesday morning. Nor was it clear what effect Kerry’s speech, coming in the final days of the administration, might have.

Netanyahu expressed concern that a French-hosted summit next month could lead to an international framework that the U.N. Security Council might then codify with Obama’s assent, boxing Israel in. Yet Kerry seemed to rule out the possibility Obama would take more parting shots, such as promoting that type of U.N. resolution or recognizing Palestinian statehood.

The diplomatic fracas erupted last week when the U.S., in a departure from past policy, decided to abstain rather than veto a U.N. Security Council resolution calling Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem a violation of international law. Israel was incensed, and on Wednesday, Netanyahu claimed Israel has “absolute, indispensable evidence” the U.S. actually spearheaded the resolution.

Netanyahu offered what he called proof of U.S. collusion: a document, leaked to an Egyptian newspaper, that purports to be a Palestinian account of a December meeting between top U.S. and Palestinian officials. But White House spokesman Ned Price called it a “total fabrication” and added: “This meeting never occurred.”

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Trump takes credit for jobs from Japanese mogul

By VIVIAN SALAMA and JOSH BOAK The Associated Press

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Donald Trump on Wednesday touted plans by a Japanese mogul to bring 8,000 jobs to the U.S. They could be the first of the 50,000 jobs tech billionaire Masayoshi Son promised to create after meeting with the president-elect earlier in December.

In the grand scheme of the economy, the jobs announcement is unlikely to have a major impact. Still, it’s another example of how Trump is trying to stoke voters’ belief that he is actively fighting for their well-being.

The announcement came during a whirlwind day in which Trump accused President Barack Obama of throwing up “inflammatory” roadblocks during the transition of power and said his administration was treating Israel with “total disdain.”

Son is the founder and chief executive of SoftBank, one of Japan’s largest technology outfits. He owns the U.S. mobile carrier Sprint, which Trump said Wednesday would be moving 5,000 jobs “back” to the U.S. Son also controls OneWeb, which Trump said would hire 3,000 workers.

It was unclear whether the president-elect was referencing the Dec. 6 commitment by Son to invest $50 billion in the U.S. and create 50,000 jobs.

Trump said the addition of 8,000 jobs was “because of what’s happening and

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President-elect Donald Trump stands with boxing promoter Don King as he speaks to reporters Wednesday at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. the spirit and the hope.”

Still, the U.S. job market has been robust for much of 2016. Employers have added more than 2.2 million jobs over the past 12 months – a sign of economic health that pre-dates Trump’s presidential victory.

Sprint has struggled since its 2013 acquisition by SoftBank. The carrier shed roughly 9,000 workers between 2012 and 2016, reducing its staff to 30,000, according to annual reports.

Sprint’s attempt to join with rival T-Mobile failed in 2014 after regulators objected to combining two of the four largest mobile telecom companies in the United States. Analysts say a Trump administration would be more likely to approve telecom mergers, including a deal between Sprint and T-Mobile.

Sprint Chief Executive Marcelo Claure said in a statement that the company is “excited” to work with Trump.

“We believe it is critical for business and government to partner together to create more job opportunities in the U.S. and ensure prosperity for all Americans,” Claure said.

The Sprint jobs announcement came after tensions rose and fell Wednesday between Trump and Obama. Trump has made it clear that it didn’t sit well with him when Obama recently boasted that he would have won the election if he’d been running.

“Doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory President O statements and roadblocks,” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. “Thought it was going to be a smooth transition – NOT!” Later, however, journalists at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida asked him about the tweet and how he thought the transition was going.

He said: “I think very, very smoothly. It’s very good. You don’t think so?”

Even later Wednesday, Trump told reporters he had spoken by phone with Obama and said the two “had a very nice conversation.”

Trump also took direct issue with the Obama administration’s decision to let a United Nations Security Council resolution critical of Israel pass.

“We cannot continue to let Israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect,” he said in a two-part tweet.

“They used to have a great friend in the U.S., but ... not anymore. The beginning of the end was the horrible Iran deal, and now this (U.N.)! Stay strong Israel, January 20th is fast approaching!”

Dylann Roof won’t work to spare his life after church massacre

By JEFFREY COLLINS The Associated Press

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof said he won’t call any witnesses or present evidence while representing himself during the punishment phase of his death penalty trial, but he is working hard to keep secret potentially embarrassing evidence about himself and his family.

Just exactly what that evidence is remains a mystery. Roof, the judge and prosecutors carefully tiptoed around describing it during a hearing Wednesday. The judge has indicated that it may be allowed during the penalty phase of the trial, which starts next week.

The same jurors who convicted Roof earlier this month of killing nine black church members in a racially motivated attack will hear from Roof as well as testimony from the families of victims.

At the end of the penalty phase, the panel will decide whether Roof, who is white, should be put to death or spend

the rest of his life in prison.

Roof was warned by U.S. Judge Richard Gergel that being his own lawyer was a bad idea.

“That’s your decision,” Gergel said.

“I think that highlights my advice to you that you aren’t served by being your own counsel.”

Gergel told Roof to talk to his grandfather, who is a lawyer, and other family members one last time. He told Roof he has until the start of the penalty phase Tuesday to change his mind and rehire his high-powered, publicly funded defense team.

Roof spoke for less than 10 minutes of the 35-minute hearing. He told Gergel he does plan an opening and closing statement. He also told the judge he objects to prosecutors’ plans to present a photograph of evidence in the court’s possession. Roof, Gergel and assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson talked about it without saying what it is.

Gergel said there was a hearing in which he decided it could be admitted in the penalty phase.

Roof also wanted a jailhouse statement left out of the penalty phase and evidence that involved his mother. No specifics were given. Gergel told Roof to go back to jail and write a motion for him to consider. Roof’s ankle chain clanked as he walked back to the defense table in his jail jumpsuit.

Roof’s defense attorneys wanted to call mental health experts, but Roof has indicated he will not. In his hate-filled, racist journal read to the jury during his trial, Roof said his doesn’t believe in psychology.

“It is a Jewish invention and does nothing but invent diseases and tell people they have problems when they don’t,” Roof wrote.

Prosecutors also laid out their case Wednesday. Most of the penalty phase will involve up to 38 people related to the nine people killed and the three people spared when Roof went into Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June 17, 2015, sat through a 45-minute Bible study in the fellowship hall, then fired 77 shots as many of the wor-

shippers hid under tables.

Gergel, who complained during the guilt phase that prosecutors were repeating themselves at times with witnesses, said he will allow Richardson to call as many witnesses related to the victims as he wants.

“The statute provides broad leeway for the victims to be heard, and I plan on honoring that,” the judge said.

Richardson said he also will call the chief FBI agent on the case to tie up loose ends and refresh jurors’ memories.

Gergel spent much of the hearing going over the format of the penalty phase with Roof, warning him several times he was likely doing himself no favors leaving his defense team as just advisers to file briefs.

After saying he planned no witnesses, Roof told Gergel he was just answering the same question the judge had asked prosecutors. Gergel said that wasn’t necessary.

“Don’t do them any favors,” the judge said. “They aren’t going to do you any.”

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By PHILIP ISSA and SUZAN FRASER The Associated Press

BEIRUT – Turkey and Russia are discussing a broader Syrian cease-fire after brokering the deal that evacuated rebel-held eastern Aleppo, Syrian opposition factions said Wednesday, but a number of rebel groups say they won’t agree to anything until they get more details.

All previous attempts at enforcing a nationwide cease-fire in Syria have failed. The recent warming of ties between Russia and Turkey, who provide crucial support to opposing sides of the war, may prove to be a game changer, but the challenges are immense.

The foreign ministers of Turkey, Russia and Iran met in Moscow last week for talks on Syria that pointedly included no Syrians, indicating they prefer to pursue a grand bargain among great powers with stakes in the conflict rather than a domestic settlement between the government and the opposition.

An official with one of the factions confirmed to The Associated Press that Russian and Turkish officials were debating a cease-fire proposal that would encompass the whole of Syria. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were ongoing.

Rebels have opposed previous proposals that would allow the government to continue its offensives around the outskirts of the capital, Damascus.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said later Wednesday that its embassy in the Syrian capital was hit by mortar fire, blaming the attack on “extremists” opposed to a peaceful settlement. It said a mortar round landed in the embassy courtyard without exploding, and another fell in

the vicinity.

Turkey’s Anadolu Agency said Wednesday morning that Ankara and Moscow had reached an agreement, and Turkish media reports quoted Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying that a lasting cease-fire and political solution in Syria are “close.” But no details were announced, and there was no confirmation from state officials.

Yasin Aktay, the spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, said the government is pushing for a cease-fire to be in place “as we enter 2017.”

The Syrian opposition official said factions were holding vigorous discussions over the possibilities, while an official with a different group said the proposal has not been formally presented to the opposition.

“It is difficult to accept or refuse the matter before we look at the details, of course,” said the official, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to prejudge intra-opposition talks.

The Anadolu report quoted unnamed officials as saying a plan for a ceasefire “in all regions” would be presented to the warring parties. The cease-fire would exclude terrorist organizations, it said, without elaborating on which groups would be left out.

It said peace talks in Kazakhstan would proceed under Russia and Turkey’s leadership if the cease-fire holds, with the two acting as “guarantors” of any deal.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman confirmed Russia and Turkey were in “constant contact” to prepare for planned Syria peace talks in Kazakhstan, but did not comment about the possibility of a cease-fire.

• Thursday, December 29, 2016

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a New Year’s reception Wednesday in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

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NORTHWEST HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD:

Dan McCaleb

Kevin Lyons

Valerie Katzenstein

John Sahly

OUR VIEW

One giant disappointment Looking back at the election of 2016, the results brought joy to some and disappointment to others.

For many reform-minded Illinoisans, one of the biggest disappointments had to do with a decision they never got the chance to make in the voting booth.

That’s because a lawyer friend of powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan, 74, D-Chicago, succeeded in having the Independent Map Amendment thrown off the ballot.

The Independent Map Amendment had the potential to reform the Illinois political scene immensely.

It would have taken the once-a-decade redistricting process out of politicians’ hands (namely Speaker Madigan’s for the past four decades) and placed it in the hands of an 11-member citizen redistricting commission.

Those bipartisan commissioners would not have been permitted to use political and incumbency considerations in drawing new state House and Senate districts. (The next ones are due to be created in 2021.)

The idea was to increase the number of competitive districts, and hence the accountability of lawmakers elected from those districts. The result would have weakened Madigan’s power to block other needed reforms in our financially troubled state.

The Independent Maps group got farther than two previous redistricting reform efforts in 2010 and 2014. This year’s well-organized effort actually succeeded in gathering enough petition signatures (more than 563,000) and getting enough of them certified by state elections officials that the proposed constitutional amendment was well on its way to being placed on the ballot.

But a lower court judge ruled the proposed amendment unconstitutional, and by a 4-3 vote in August, the Illinois Supreme Court agreed.

The decision, with four Democratic judges voting against the Independent Map Amendment and three Republican judges voting for it, shook the faith of many in our so-called independent judiciary.

We’re disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision.

We’re greatly disappointed that justices provided so little legal guidance that any future redistricting reform petition efforts likely have minimal chance of success.

And we’re greatly, greatly disappointed that Illinois voters on Nov. 8 were denied the opportunity to institute a far-reaching reform that could have brought real accountability to the Madigan-dominated Illinois General Assembly.

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AMENDMENT

ANOTHER VIEW

Post-prison ID cards a good step

Sometimes, little things can be big things.

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed bipartisan legislation this month that’s designed to make it easier for former prison inmates to make a smoother transition back into society.

It might seem like a small thing – but a valid identification card is only minor if one already has one. Many inmates don’t.

That’s why new legislation provides that the Secretary of State’s Office issue a standard identification card to those released from either adult or juvenile corrections facilities.

To qualify for a state ID card, recipients must present a birth certificate, Social Security card or some other form of identification.

Frankly, that ought not to be

too hard to come up with. After all, our prisons presumably know who they’re holding.

Rauner acknowledged the IDs represent a “simple step” for the state to provide proper identification for parolees. He expressed the hope that the move “will help us end the cycle of recidivism and give former offenders more tools necessary to be successful.”

That, of course, is easier said than done. Most inmates wouldn’t be inmates if they had what it takes to be successful in the real world.

Many have drug, alcohol or mental health issues. They come from abusive homes and lack education.

No wonder recidivism rates are so high.

Nonetheless, Rauner and legislators of both parties are

committed to taking the steps necessary to move nonviolent inmates out of prisons and into society.

The governor is committed to reducing the state’s prison population by 25 percent before 2025.

If that effort is going to be successful in a way that does not pose a safety threat to the public, many of society’s least successful people are going to have to make big changes in their lives.

That, naturally, will require an ID card, whether it’s to get a job or open a bank account.

One could ask, of course, why something so easy to do wasn’t done earlier. Well, at least it’s done now, and it’s on to the much harder stuff.

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

– The (Champaign) News-Gazette

Illinois can’t right its fiscal ship with Michael Madigan still in power VIEWS Austin Berg House, all dictated by the legislative rules. A new speaker could decide to change these rules and bring power back to the other 117 state representatives.

For this reason alone, rumors of a Democrat challenger to Madigan for the speakership are tidings of comfort and joy.

First, Madigan controls what bills make it to a vote.

The speaker controls the Rules Committee, which is supposed to serve as a traffic cop, directing each bill to the appropriate committee for a proper hearing. It instead serves as a straightjacket for reforms Madigan loathes.

This is why Illinoisans don’t hear about their lawmaker taking a substantive vote on term limits, a property tax freeze or mapmaking reform.

More than 40 states don’t require bills to pass through a rules committee at all. Not here. In Illinois, the only way to get a bill out of Madigan’s Rules Committee without his consent is to have a supermajority of House members become sponsors of the bill. This is virtually impos-

sible.

Second, Madigan appoints all 49 committee chairs and the $10,000 stipends that come with them.

This tucks dozens of representatives neatly into Madigan’s pocket, oftentimes for little work. Nine of those committees had fewer than five meetings in 2015. Two didn’t meet at all: Intermodal Infrastructure and International Trade and Commerce. Vote against Madigan’s wishes on an important piece of legislation – or the speakership – and he strips the chairmanship with a flick of his wrist.

Illinois is one of only nine states that pay bonuses to the chairs of every standing legislative committee.

Third, Madigan controls who votes in those committees. In addition to the leadership bonus, committee chairs don’t even have to take tough votes that could haunt them in their districts.

Madigan simply swaps out committee members at will, often replacing them with a Democrat holding a safe seat who votes Madigan’s way.

Only 29 of the 99 legislative chambers in the U.S. explicitly allow this practice. The Illinois House is one of them. Legislative committees there made more than 600 substitutions in 2016.

Fourth, Madigan controls when a bill is called for a vote.

There is no strict calendar showing when bills will be called for a vote in Illinois. Only Madigan knows. Catching lawmakers flat-footed with a complex piece of legislation is commonplace, and the resulting lack of substantive debate suits Madigan just fine. Knowledge is power.

There’s a lot at stake in the upcoming vote for speaker. But House Democrats aren’t being honest about their options.

Most frame the vote as Madigan against a Republican. But what if a brave Democrat emerged to challenge the speaker? One who could, at the very least, change the legislative rules to allow for healthy decision-making in the House?

If the House Republicans decide to reach across the aisle and vote for a Democrat speaker replacement, all it would take is nine brave Democrats to end Madigan’s tenure as speaker.

As things stand, deliberative democracy is dead in Illinois. Madigan killed it. But a Christmas miracle on Jan. 11 could bring it back to life.

• Austin Berg is a writer for the Illinois Policy Institute. He wrote this column for the Illinois News Network, a project of the Institute.

Austin can be reached at aberg@ illinoispolicy.org.

IT’S YOUR WRITE McHenry County Board embarrassment

To the Editor: I attended the McHenry County Board meeting on Dec. 20, and I was amazed to witness a group of board members spontaneously propose to remove Dr. Paula Yensen as chairman of the Public Health and Community Services Committee.

This was after unanimously selecting her for that position in the preceding Committee on Committees and before she even had an opportunity to hold the first committee meeting of her new term.

I am not suggesting Mr. Chuck Wheeler, the person selected to replace her, will not be an excellent chairman for that committee, but Dr. Yensen is herself eminently qualified by both training and experience for the chairmanship,

and she hardly deserved to be upended before she even began.

She was clearly both surprised and distressed by the action. It was embarrassing if not insulting to her, and, in my opinion, embarrassing for the board itself.

This action appeared to me to be off-agenda, and the apparent level of coordination among a cadre of board members suggested they had previously gotten together to carry it out – two factors that could also suggest possible violations of the open meetings law.

As to the rationale behind this move, I can only speculate that there may have been a partisan component, as Dr. Yensen is a Democrat in a sea of Republican Board members.

Robert Beltran McHenry

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Special angels

To the Editor: Kind, caring people, I am a senior citizen who lives in McHenry. I want to publicly thank everyone of you who has helped me in any way, at the stores, in the parking lots, and putting things into my car.

To the person who found my purse in a shopping cart and turned it in and

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to the three men who helped me when the electric cart I was stuck in wouldn’t work: I don’t think it was because of the Christmas season, that you did this. I think you are special angels who care about others all the time.

God bless you always.

Linda Schmidt McHenry

• Thursday, December 29, 2016

The holidays are a time to reflect, give thanks and prepare for the unbounded, nameless future ahead.

For Illinois politicians, that should look something like this: • Reflect on the perverse power dynamics of the Statehouse.

• Give thanks for your hardworking constituents.

• Steel yourself for a future without the Grinch of Springfield: House Speaker Mike Madigan.

Members of the House will vote for speaker on Jan. 11. If Democrats choose Madigan for the 17th time, he will be crowned the longest-serving House speaker in U.S. history.

This longevity has not yielded a jolly, old elf.

Rather, it has left Illinoisans with a legislative body controlled by the will of a single man. Forthcoming research from the Illinois Policy Institute reveals Madigan has more in common with a Latin American caudillo, a despotic strongman, than he does with any legislative leader in this country.

Like the green creature looking down upon Whoville, Madigan plays by his own rules. And those rules serve to pummel those below him.

No other state in the country grants so much power to one legislative leader.

There are four pillars of Madigan’s cartoonish power in the

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BUSINESS

Where to sell your unwanted stuff online

Facebook Marketplace, eBay, Poshmark among places to cash in as you clean out old items

list designer bags, shoes and clothing, with Tradesy taking as much as 17.8 percent of the sale price.

You also sell used clothing on eBay, which may charge some listing fees.

Furniture

For couches, mirrors and other household items, try Craigslist or Facebook marketplace. Some good photos in the listing, and measurements of the items, can help them better attract a buyer. But with those options, only accept cash or online payments such as PayPal, since requests to pay by check can be a sign of a scam.

By JOSEPH PISANI

The Associated Press NEW YORK – If you’re cleaning out your closets for the new year, or need some spare cash after the holidays, your old stuff can help fill up your wallet.

A number of websites and apps make it easier to sell used smartphones, furniture and clothes. Here’s where to go to sell your unwanted stuff and earn some extra bucks:

Gift cards

Gadgets

If you got the latest tablet or smartphone during the holidays, don’t let the old ones go to the forgotten junk drawer. Gazelle and NextWorth will buy your unwanted electronics depending on its condition. Recently, Gazelle was offering $215 for an iPhone 6s in good condition on Verizon’s cellphone network.

Other options include Apple, which will pay you in Apple Store gift cards for some products. And retailers Target and Best Buy will take your electronics online or at some of its stores in exchange for gift cards. You also can try selling unwanted electronics on eBay, which may charge listing

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If you know you won’t be using a gift card, you can sell them at a number of sites, including CardCash, Cardpool and Giftcard Zen. How much money you get depends on a number of factors, including how likely someone else will want to buy it from the gift card seller. You can also trying selling it on your own through eBay. fees, or Facebook’s recently launched less than $15 and takes 20 percent for marketplace, which is free, and found items sold for more than $15. within the social media company’s With ThredUP, the website will app. send you a box to fill with brand-name women’s or children’s clothing that it tries to sell for you. You can keep 5 Clothing For women’s, men’s or children’s percent to as much as 80 percent of the clothing, there’s Poshmark. The com- amount an item is sold for, depending pany charges $2.95 for items sold for on the sell price. At Tradesy, you can

If you got a gift card over the holidays you know you won’t use, you can sell them at a number of sites including CardCash, Cardpool and Giftcard Zen. How much money you get depends on a number of factors, including how likely someone else will want to buy it from the gift card seller. Recently, CardCash was offering $87 for a $100 gift card from Target, a $13 loss. You also can trying selling it on your own through eBay.

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For unopened toys such as Lego sets or American Doll dresses, try the Brian’s Toys website. It will quote you the price it will pay on its site, or download the Brian’s Toys app, which lets you scan the toy’s barcode for a quote.

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LONDON – Prince Philip has been saying since he turned 90 five years ago that he’s cutting back on his public schedule to reflect his advancing years.

Perhaps Philip has slowed down some. But Queen Elizabeth II’s husband certainly is no slouch. Figures released Wednesday show he made 110 public appearances this year, compared to the 80 royal engagements racked up by his grandson Prince William.

The figures compiled by Britain’s Press Association from official court circulars show that the royals who are older than 60 seem to be working harder than the next generation.

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Flowers and candles adorn an impromptu memorial created on a blank Hollywood Walk of Fame star Wednesday by fans of late actress and author Carrie Fisher, who does not have an official star on the world-famous promenade, in Los Angeles.

Fans create impromptu Walk of Fame star for Carrie Fisher LOS ANGELES – Fans seeking to pay tribute to Carrie Fisher have created an impromptu star for the actress on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

Fisher fans took over a blank star on Hollywood Boulevard and used pasteon letters to spell out her name and the phrase “May the force be with you always.” Candles and flowers surround the star.

Fisher did not have an official star on the Walk of Fame, but administrators of the Los Angeles tourist attraction are allowing the tribute temporarily to give fans a place to mourn.

Walk of Fame stars are granted by a committee overseen by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Celebrities must apply to be considered and be willing to pay a $30,000 fee.

There also has been a run on Fisher’s books since the “Star Wars” actress and humorist died on Tuesday.

Fisher, the daughter of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, had been hospitalized since Friday, when paramedics responded to a report of a patient in distress at Los Angeles airport.

Reynolds died a day after her daughter after being rushed to the hospital Wednesday, said her son, Todd Fisher. She was 84.

Fisher’s most recent book, “The Princess Diarist,” was on top of Amazon’s list of best-selling books on Wednesday. “Wishful Drinking” and “Postcards From the Edge” also were in Amazon’s top 10, with “Shockaholic” ranked as No. 57. Five of the top 10 books on Amazon’s “Movers and Shakers” list, which measures titles that show the greatest upward movement in sales over a 24-hour period, were by Fisher.

DENVER – The older brother of JonBenet Ramsey is suing CBS and others for $750 million over a series that concluded he killed his sister.

In the lawsuit filed Wednesday, Burke Ramsey claims that the network, its production company and the experts interviewed in the series on the unsolved murder permanently ruined his reputation. The six-part series aired in September ahead of the 20th anniversary of JonBenet’s death.

The 6-year-old was found dead in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado, the day after Christmas in 1996.

CBS spokesman Dustin Smith declined to comment on the lawsuit.

Ramsey also previously filed a lawsuit against a forensic pathologist who said Burke Ramsey bludgeoned his sister to death. He also is named in the latest lawsuit, which was filed in Michigan, where Burke Ramsey lives.

Resurgent ‘Today’ show has December ratings milestone

NEW YORK – In what could signal a changing of the guard in morning television, NBC’s “Today” show has eclipsed ABC’s “Good Morning America” in popularity for the first month that did not include the Olympics in four and a half years.

“Today” averaged 4.79 million viewers in December to 4.69 million for “Good Morning America,” the Nielsen company said. CBS’ resurgent “CBS This Morning” had 3.77 million.

(Nielsen counts the current week as January because Sunday is the first of that month).

The last Olympics-free month NBC won was June 2012. But it was on June 28, 2012 that Ann Curry made her tearful exit as co-host, and two decades of dominance for “Today” evaporated instantly.

In the past year, “Today” has been quietly gaining on ABC’s struggling show, consistently winning among the 25-to-54-year-old demographic that advertisers crave.

“It’s been an extraordinary year, and I couldn’t be more proud of our team, both on-air and off,” said Noah Oppenheim, NBC News senior vice president and executive in charge of “Today.”

One reason for the show’s December success can actually be found in the prime-time ratings. A network morning show traditionally gets a boost when its prime-time lineup is strong, and NBC has carried NFL games on Sunday and Thursday nights the past month.

“GMA” won on Friday mornings for nine of 10 weeks before NBC began airing Thursday night games; “Today” has since won every Friday in December, Nielsen said.

“GMA” also is strong on mornings after ABC airs “Dancing With the Stars,” particularly among the female viewers that dominate both shows’ audiences. But the most recent “Dancing With the Stars” season ended in November.

ABC’s prime-time lineup has given the morning show next to no help. Its most popular 10 p.m. show last week, “The Great American Baking Show” on Monday, had only 2.9 million viewers, Nielsen said.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Actress Mary Tyler Moore is 80. Actor Jon Voight is 78. Country singer Ed Bruce is 77.

Flutist Ray Thomas (Moody Blues) is 75. Singer Marianne Faithfull is 70. Actor Ted Danson is 69. Singer-actress Yvonne Elliman is 65. Actress Patricia Clarkson is 57. Comedian Paula Poundstone is 57. Guitarist-singer Jim Reid of the Jesus and Mary Chain is 55. Actor Michael

Cudlitz (“The Walking Dead”) is 52. Singer Dexter Holland of The Offspring is 51. Singer-guitarist Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) is 46. Actor Kevin Weisman (“Alias”) is 46. Actor Jude Law is 44. Actress Maria Dizzia (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 42. Actor Mekhi Phifer is 42. Country singer Jessica Andrews is 33.

Actress Jane Levy (“Suburgatory”) is 27.

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CPR training just may save a life Dear Doctors: A woman in the mall near our home collapsed and wasn’t breathing. A shopper performed CPR until the paramedics showed up. Later, my friends and I realized none of us could have helped her. Should we get trained in CPR? Dear Reader: Only a small percentage of the population in the United States knows how to perform CPR, so the woman you and your friends saw was lucky. As you can probably guess, our answer is yes; learning proper CPR technique is a very good idea.

More than 350,000 people a year in the U.S. suffer from sudden cardiac arrest, which is when the heart abruptly stops beating. Although heart arrhythmias and heart disease are the major causes of sudden cardiac arrest, heart function also may stop due to near drowning, smoke inhalation, asthma attack, poisoning or even a severe allergic reaction.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, really does make a difference. It consists of two separate components – chest compression and mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing.

(According to the latest American Heart Association guidelines, only individuals who are trained in CPR should attempt rescue breathing.)

When someone goes into cardiac arrest and stops breathing, the first few minutes are critical. Studies show the survival rate of someone in cardiac arrest can double or triple when prompt and high-quality CPR is performed.

So what happens when you perform CPR? Your body needs oxygen to survive. When your heart suddenly stops beating, the biological chain of events that provides you with oxygen also stops. Without that oxygen, cells begin to die. Brain damage can occur in just 4 or 5 minutes, and death in 8 to 10 minutes.

The purpose of CPR is to keep oxygenated blood flowing to the victim’s brain and

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ASK THE DOCTORS Elizabeth Ko and Eve Glazier other vital organs. This is done by chest compressions, in which you’re essentially providing an artificial heartbeat. Although by itself CPR will not restart someone’s heart, it can help the person survive until medical aid arrives.

When shown on TV or in films, CPR may look easy. However, where and how you place your hands on a victim’s chest to perform compressions is very important. So is the rate and depth at which you press on the chest, as well as exactly how and for how long you release.

That’s why it’s critical to get certified training. Classes, which are offered throughout the nation, are interesting and easy. The American Red Cross offers classes, and the American Heart Association has a list of other training centers.

You’ll learn proper CPR technique and also may get trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator, or A.E.D. Although attending an in-person class with fellow students and a mannequin to practice on is optimal, a video on the AHA’s updated method of hands-only CPR is available online.

A final thought: Between 70 and 80 percent of sudden cardiac arrests occur in or near the home. Why not make CPR certification a family, neighborhood or even community project? Everyone will be just that much safer.

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twin sister and I were raised by a single mom.

Because Mom received welfare benefits, she was required to list “potential” fathers to receive aid. After a time, the state required paternity tests be given to the men she had listed, so we had no idea who our biological father was until we were 16.

Although paternity was proven, he never attempted to contact us. I recently learned he died several years ago at a relatively young age (mid-50s). I also discovered he had at least two other children, one of whom I was able to locate on Facebook.

I don’t want to cause any undue distress by reaching out to them. However, I’m curious about any historical information they could provide, particularly medical or hereditary issues I should know about. All of a sudden I have this overwhelming need for information, especially now that I have a child.

Should I try and contact my half-siblings, or let it go and hope there’s nothing there to find out? I don’t want to hurt anyone, but I feel I just have to know. – Need To Know Dear Need To Know: The revelation that you and your sister exist may come as a shock to your half-siblings, so be prepared. Ideally, the way to go about asking for the information you’re seeking would be through an intermediary such as a lawyer. However, if you can’t afford one, then write a letter explaining who you are, and being a parent you would like any information that can be provided about genetic illnesses that run in your father’s side of the family, including his cause of death.

While you’re at it, be sure to mention you are not trying to intrude – only to find information that may be pertinent to you, your twin sister and your child.

Dear Abby: I have been separated from my ex-wife for a year and I’m still depressed. I can’t eat, I sleep only a couple of hours a night and since the split I have lost 40 pounds.

I’m in my late 20s. My wife and I were together since high school. We have two children. We separated because of her infidelity and immaturity. I was the one who decided to leave and I don’t regret my decision, but a part of me can’t move on.

I’m still nice to her and cater to her sometimes, but I want to stop. I feel she uses me because she knows I will always love her.

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DECHOW’S FINAL CAMPAIGN

Richmond-Burton graduate Jack Dechow wrestles at Old Dominion. He is a redshirt senior and will compete this week in Evanston.

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will try to reclaim his title beginning Thursday in Evanston.

“I’m more excited than ever,” When he was younger, Jack Dechow Dechow said. “It’s going to be [like] naand his dad would make the trip to tionals. I’m super excited just to be able Evanston for Northwestern’s Midlands to compete with some of the best kids Championships to watch his cousin in the country and compete in front of compete. Dechow’s cousin, Jordan my family and friends who are coming Blanton, was a three-time All-Ameriout to see me.” can at Illinois.

Dechow said about 20 friends and A fifth-year senior at Old Dominion family members will be in attendance in Norfolk, Virginia, Dechow is now this week. competing at the Midlands himself for He enters the Midlands ranked the fourth time. He won the 184-pound No. 11 in his weight class. Last year title in 2014, becoming the first wreshe reached the quarterfinals in the tler from Old Dominion to win a title at 184-pound bracket, losing an 8-7 decithe Midlands. sion to Princeton’s Abram Ayala.

The 2012 Richmond-Burton graduate At Richmond-Burton, Dechow was shammond@shawmedia.com

a state runner-up at 160 pounds in 2010, a state runner-up at 171 pounds in 2011 and a state champion at 182 pounds as a senior in 2012.

As a running back, his IHSA Class 4A state championship game rushing record of 244 yards still stands from R-B’s loss in the 2011 state title game.

He said competing in the IHSA wrestling championships in Champaign prepared him for events like the Midlands and the NCAA championships.

“It prepares you big time,” Dechow said. “If you can’t perform under the spotlight when the pressure is on, then

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“I’m more excited than ever. It’s going to be [like] nationals. I’m super excited just to be able to compete with some of the best kids in the country and compete in front of my family and friends who are coming out to see me.”

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you’re probably not going to be performing at a high level when the fans are watching.”

In his time at Old Dominion, Dechow has qualified for the NCAA Championships three times.

He finished fourth at 184 pounds in 2013-14 as a redshirt freshman, earning All-American accolades.

He’s a two-time Mid-American Conference champion at 184 pounds. He has an 80-14 record entering his senior year.

He called Old Dominion coach Steve Martin a “great mind.” Martin is in his 13th year coaching the Monarchs.

Dechow said his goal entering college was to be a four-time All-American, which hasn’t happened, but he still has goals he can attain before his career is over.

“I’ve still got a chance to get a national title and I’m just doing everything in my power to get better every day, take it one day at a time, one practice at time,” Dechow said. “When March comes around, I’ll be ready to compete for a national title.”

The Midlands feature 71 ranked wrestlers, 38 of whom are ranked in the top 10 of their weight classes.

The 184-pound weight class features 10 ranked

wrestlers, including seven of the top 12.

Other top contenders include No. 3-ranked TJ Dudley of Nebraska, No. 5 Myles Martin of Ohio State and No. 7 Patrick Downey of Iowa State.

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MARENGO – Marengo’s game plan against Antioch on Wednesday was to force the Sequoits to make long-range shots. During a stretch in the second and third quarters, that plan wasn’t panning out.

Antioch hit four 3s during an 18-10 run to pull within one, but never held a lead in the second half. The Indians staved off the barrage with a strong fourth quarter for a 51-38 victory in the fifth-place game at the E.C. Nichols Holiday Classic.

“They don’t have that one guy, but they have a bunch of guys that do a lot of things well,” Marengo coach Nate Wright said. “We wanted to match their intensity and try to keep everybody contained as much as we could and force them to have to knock down the 3, which they did.”

Mike Volkening scored 23 points for the Indians in the victory, making five 3-pointers and eight total field goals.

“My threes were falling,” Volkening said. “I’d like more of my 15-footers to fall, but it was a good night.”

Alexander Schirmer and Blaine Borhart each contributed eight points. For Antioch, Daniel Filippone scored 16 points and Reece Eldridge scored 10.

Marengo (9-3) finished the tournament 3-1, with the only loss coming to Rochelle in the semifinals. This year was the 67th year Marengo has hosted the tournament. The Indians last won it in 2014.

“We did well; we had a rough game against Rochelle,” Volkening said.

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Marengo’s Alejandro Rodriguez lost a contact lens on the court during the second half. The game stopped momentarily as players searched for it. The contact was not found, and the game resumed. At the next stoppage in play, a spectator came out of the stands from a few rows up and pointed out exactly where the lost contact was on the court. The good Samaritan earned a rousing ovation.

“Defensively we didn’t play as well as we wanted to. Other than that we came back strong after the loss to finish out the tournament. That’s all we could do.”

In addition to leading his team in scoring, Volkening grabbed 10 rebounds in the victory.

Wright said that is common for the 6-foot-3 guard.

“He’s a 10-rebound guy almost every single night, or at least close to it,” Wright said. “He’s got that nose for the basketball. He’s in there most of the time and guards some of the bigger guards who are crashing the boards.”

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Marengo’s Michael Volkening shoots during the second quarter of Wednesday’s game against Antioch at the E.C. Nichols Holiday Classic. Marengo won, 51-38.

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Dundee-Crown and Alden-Hebron are winners NORTHWEST HERALD

Dundee-Crown’s Tariq Burns scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Chargers to a 51-43 win over Clemente on Wednesday at the Wheeling Hardwood Classic.

Jack Orndahl hit a 3-pointer and was a perfect 5 of 5 at the free-throw line, finishing with 12 points, while Bradley Stec added seven points for the Chargers.

Alden-Hebron 57, Faith Lutheran 36: At the Alden-Hebron Christmas Tournament, Logan Grove hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored a game-high

16 points, while Taylor Glenn added 15, and the Giants beat the Saints.

Juan Castaneda scored eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers, and Mason Mindham also knocked down two 3s to finish with seven points.

Jorden Warrener led the Saints with 13 points, including going 6 of 10 at the free-throw line and making a 3-pointer. Josh Rolnicki added eight points and hit a 3, as did Chris Chapel, who finished with three points.

Riley Tumlinson added six on three field goals.

New Jerusalem 64, Harvard 50: At the Alden-Hebron Christmas Tourna-

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Marengo tops Antioch for 5th place

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ment, Roy Amaya Jr. scored 13 points Belvidere 56, Woodstock North 54: and Andrew Cooke scored 12 to lead At the E.C. Nichols Holiday Clasthe Hornets in a loss. sic in Marengo, Vic Ortiz scored a Elgin 59, Crystal Lake Central 41: team-high 20 points, including five At the E.C. Nichols Holiday Classic of the Thunder’s 11 3-pointers, but in Marengo, Crystal Lake Central’s Woodstock North lost on a last-secAdam Pump made three 3-point- ond basket in the tournament’s 11thers and finished with a team-high place game. Colin Mergl also was in 19 points, but the Tigers lost in the double-digit scoring, hitting three 3s tournament’s ninth-place game. Alex and finishing with 13 points. Gauge Timmerman added 12 points for Cen- Gavers made a pair of 3s and ended tral. up adding nine points in the loss for The Tigers were tied with Elgin af- the Thunder. ter one quarter, but were outscored, Wauconda 61, Woodstock 40: At 37-18, over the next two and couldn’t See BOYS BASKETBALL, page 4 make up the deficit in the fourth.

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R-B gives full effort to take 3rd place

By SEAN HAMMOND

shammond@shawmedia.com MARENGO – In Tuesday’s semifinal loss to Genoa-Kingston at the E.C. Nichols Holiday Classic, Richmond-Burton put forth one of its most lackadaisical performances of the season. The Rockets squandered a 10-point lead and let any chance at a tournament title slip away.

They followed it up with what coach Brandon Creason called their best effort of the season in a 64-38 win over Rockford Christian in Wednesday’s third-place game.

“I don’t think there was any difference between last night and tonight’s game other than effort,” Creason said. “We ran the same stuff: same defense, same offense. Nothing was

different. We just gave effort. We’ve been looking for this kind of performance, good to see it.”

R-B jumped out to a 20-8 lead by the end of the first quarter and led by double digits most of the way. Guard Jake Kaufman scored 11 points, all in the first half. Then in the third quarter junior Mark Marzahl went on a tear, knocking down a trio of 3-pointers.

Marzahl finished with 14 points, including four 3s.

“It feels really good; my teammates got me open and I put it up and it went in,” Marzahl said. “I have all the confidence the world. We focused on effort a lot this game.”

R-B (7-6) has now won four of its last five games. Center Joey St. Pierre led the Rockets on Wednesday with

17 points. Point guard Blaine Bayer scored 10. Shane Byrne led the way with six rebounds.

“People were just making things happen,” Creason said. “We’ve been waiting for these guys. They’ve been playing half asleep. I liked what I saw tonight. This is the first time I’ve felt this good after a game based on effort all the way through.”

Rockford Christian’s Matt Glogowski led his team with 17 points. Malik Marshall scored nine.

The third-place finish was not what the Rockets were hoping for, but they did earn a plaque for their effort.

“It’s bittersweet because we put ourselves in this position,” Creason said. “The ability is there and the effort has been lacking. Tonight we put it all together.”

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Kaufman led the Rockets in scoring through the first half with 11 points. He also pulled down four rebounds in the game.

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Richmond-Burton made eight 3-pointers in the game.

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Rochelle beat Genoa-Kingston in the E.C. Nichols Holiday Classic championship game. The Hubs won, 63-46, at Marengo for their first title in the 67-year history of tournament.

YORK JACK TOSH CLASSIC: WAUBONSIE VALLEY 53, McHENRY 45

McHenry falls short as Waubonsie Valley surges late

By JOE STEVENSON

ELMHURST – McHenry was looking for that spurt, that one quick run to pad the lead in the fourth quarter and help put the game away.

The Warriors saw it, but again it came from the opponents.

Waubonsie Valley’s surge to open the fourth quarter was what it needed to get past McHenry, 53-45, in their consolation bracket game of the 43rd York Jack Tosh Classic on Wednesday. That win lifted Waubonsie Valley (6-6) into the consolation semifinals on Thursday.

Waubonsie Valley, which also is the Warriors, opened the fourth quarter with a 12-1 run behind a pair of 3-pointers from point guard Eric Cannon, who did not have a field goal in the first three quarters.

“It really comes down to finishing,” said McHenry forward Gavin Markgraff, who scored a game-high 15 points. “We need that 8-0 run to pull away and we

haven’t gotten that yet.”

McHenry (5-6) held slim leads for most of the game until Cannon started the fourth quarter with a 3 and a 16-footer. McHenry did not shoot poorly, but did not make enough shots that quarter to keep pace.

“It was just a grind,” McHenry coach Tim Paddock said. “We have a good team, and we like coming down here;every game is tough. We had trouble against Brother Rice [on Monday] scoring all the way through the fourth quarter. You don’t want to make excuses, but we’re still trying to adjust without Colton [Klein]. He’s a huge part, not just scoring, but getting everyone involved.”

Klein suffered a broken bone in his left hand in Friday’s practice and is out indefinitely.

“Their No. 25 [Cannon] made plays and we didn’t,” McHenry forward Matthew Mohr said. “Defensively, we were pretty sound for the most part. Offensively, we didn’t make plays at the end, and that makes a big difference.”

The teams were tied at 33-33 after three quarters before Cannon and forward Chuck Robinson sparked Waubonsie Valley. Robinson and Luke Gregorio finished with 14 points each, while Cannon had 12, 10 coming in the fourth.

“We actually hit a couple shots,” Waubonsie Valley coach Luke Mead said. “That was probably our best game in terms of executing our defensive game plan and moving the ball well on offense.

The real reason we won was defensively.

We made sure No. 3 [Markgraff] didn’t get what he wanted. There’s a reason we were following him around the floor; he’s a really good player.”

Waubonsie Valley forward Brian Phillips drew the assignment of checking the 6-4 junior.

“He was a really tough defender,” Markgraff said. “In the first half, I had some back cuts open, but they defended that pretty well in the second half.”

McHenry faces Thornton-Fractional South at 3 p.m. Thursday in the consolation bracket.

game. Justin Leith and Michael Gardner each hit two 3-pointers and Continued from page 3 finished with nine and eight points, respectively. the E.C. Nichols Holiday Classic in Blake Brainard added four points Marengo, Josh Turner led the Blue while Carl Anderson Jr., David ShinStreaks with 10 points in a losing ef- herr and Alex Mueckenhoff each fort in the tournament’s 13th-place made a 3-pointer.

West Chicago 58, Hampshire 38: At the DeKalb Chuck Dayton Holiday Tournament, Frederick Powell hit three 3-pointers and finished with 13 points to lead the Whip-Purs in a loss to West Chicago. Hampshire’s Nathan Cork and Nathan Gomez each added eight points, with Cork making

a pair of 3s.

The Whip-Purs only trailed by eight heading into the fourth quarter, but West Chicago outscored them, 164, in the final period.

Hampshire will face Grayslake Central in a consolation fifth-place bracket game at 9 a.m. Thursday.

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Andrew Rupcich McHenry, sr., F

Rupcich, a 6-foot-4 forward, came off the bench to score two first-half baskets as the Warriors took a 22-20 halftime lead. Rupcich is receiving interest from NCAA Division I Missouri State for football, along with D-II schools Winona State and St. Joseph’s (Indiana) College.

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Rebounds for McHenry forward Matthew Mohr, a game-high.

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McHenry forward Colton Klein is out indefinitely with a broken bone in his left hand. Klein suffered the injury in practice on Friday and has a cast on the hand. He will revisit his doctor in three weeks and hopes at that point he might be cleared to come back with some kind of soft padding.

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C-G’s Koeppel into semis at Whitewater Mid-States Classic

satisfied with how he wrestled to his fourth-place finish.

“My neutral game I was getting a little better at my shots than usual which is something I’ve been working on,” Spencer said. “And I’ve been tough on top.

Three people picked neutral against me because of my top game, which I think is a compliment to how good I’m doing on top.

On bottom I was getting escapes. Just not making a lot of mistakes.

“I came really close actually being top two, maybe winning it. … It happens sometimes, but I think next time I see that kid (Burnoski) I’ll beat him. And really this doesn’t matter, getting those matches are good because state is where it matters.”

EVENT TO WATCH 56th William Red Schmitt Holiday Tournament Thursday and Friday at Granite City High School Huntley and Harvard compete in the perennially competitive 24-team tournament facing teams from Illinois, Missouri and Tennessee. The Red Raiders are coming off a good showing at the Dvorak, while Harvard is ranked in 2A and recently finished fourth at its own tournament.

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Six other Trojans – Colin Suyko Cary-Grove’s Cadin Koeppel won (106), Ronald Gruen (113), Adam both of his matches by first-round Pinter (120), Wally Marsh (126), pin on Wednesday at the Whitewa- Hayden Hill (152) and Andrew Stokes ter Mid-States Classic at University (285) – are still alive in consolation of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Koeppel’s brackets heading into Thursday’s ac56-second pin in the quarterfinals tion. sent him into Thursday’s 195-pound Dundee-Crown has four wrestlers semifinals, making him the only loSee WRESTLING ROUNDUP, page 8 cal wrestler still alive in the tourna-

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placers. Lucas Busse (126), Andrew Hertel-Pence (138), Kerick Mesa (145), Jaden Glauser (170), Jake Leske (182) and Geoff Cagle (285) all won their brackets for the Warriors. Then on Wednesday they went 2-1 in the Antioch Winter Duals, beating Saint Viator and Carmel, and losing to the Proud Sponsor of hosts.

The loss to Antioch was highlighted Athlete of the Week by freshman 170-pounder Jaden Glauser beating Pat Schoenfelder, the top-ranked at the Dvorak, with Lenny Petersen and Seamus O’Donnell both taking second, and 160-pound wrestler in 2A, by a 10-9 as a team they finished ninth overall. Liam decision.

5. Marengo (7-1): The Indians weren’t in O’Donnell placed sixth after dislocating a action this week, but will return to wresfinger and having to forfeit his fifth-place tling on Thursday and Friday at the Lincoln match. They are not in action the rest of the week. The Tigers remain ranked second Tournament. Marengo remains ranked No. NORTHWEST HERALD POWER RANKINGS in 2A. 16 in 2A. 1. Huntley (11-6, 4-0 FVC): The Red Raid3. Jacobs (9-3, 3-2): The Golden Eagles ers are in the midst of a challenging winter were pleased with the way they competed NOTEWORTHY break, taking on two big tournaments in Spencer strong at Dvorak despite against top competition at the Dvorak, the span of nine days. They are riding high, finishing 18th out of 35 teams. Jacobs had semifinal stumble: After two state however, after taking fifth at Dvorak with qualifying seasons, Huntley 126-pounder four wrestlers place, with Jacob Sabella six place winners (Josh Stenger in third at (152) and Loren Strickland (170) in fourth Zach Spencer has once again started well 120, Zach Spencer fourth at 126, Sammy this season and he was just seconds away place, Jake Harrier (113) winning his Spencer fifth at 106, Christian Benitez fifth fifth-place match and David Dudych (145) from reaching the finals of the Dvorak. In at 285, Luke Loprieno eighth at 138 and winning an eighth-place match. The Golden the semifinals, Spencer was up 4-1 and in Michael Jernigan eighth at 195). This week Eagles are ranked as an honorable mention control against eventual champion Dylan they compete at the Granite City tournaBurnoski in the final minute of the match, team in 3A. ment. The Red Raiders are ranked as an when he got caught, turned and pinned 4. McHenry (11-6, 3-2): The Warriors honorable mention in 3A. with 54 seconds left. He ended up being took second at the 17-team Evanston 2. Crystal Lake Central (7-2, 5-0): The overmatched in the third-place match Holiday Tournament on Tuesday with Tigers had the only two local finalists by a wrestler from Ohio, but Spencer left six individual champions and four more

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK SEAMUS O’DONNELL Crystal Lake Central, jr., 195 O’Donnell reached the finals of the Al Dvorak Memorial Invitational with a pair of pins and a major decision, beating the bracket’s No. 1 and No. 4 seeds on his way there. O’Donnell, originally seeded fifth, ended up losing by fall to the No. 3 seed and finishing second at the tournament. He is now 17-3 on the year and ranked No. 4 at 195 in 2A by illinoismatmen.com.

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Prairie Ridge wins Class 6A football state championship

Prairie Ridge football coach Chris Schremp sat at the table in the Memorial Stadium press box with a half dozen players, all wearing state championship medals around their necks and

smiles.

Their journey, one that started 54 weeks earlier, was complete.

The Wolves, who had been close in 2015, perfectly rolled through 14 games to take the Class 6A state championship with a convincing 48-17 victory over Sacred Heart-Griffin.

“It’s been an unbelievable season for our team,” Schremp said. “This game showed what a solid team we are. [Quarterback] Samson [Evans] had another unbelievable, record-setting game, but he’d be the first to tell you about the rest of the group on offense. And the defense this game, you really got to see what a great group of 11 guys being really good today.”

Prairie Ridge fell behind 10-0 early, then outscored the state’s top-ranked 6A team all season, 48-7, the rest of the game. It was the Wolves’ second state title in six seasons, and the fifth in the history of the Fox Valley Conference.

Everyone expected Prairie Ridge to be a force, and the Wolves did not disappoint. Their closest margin all season was against Huntley in a 31-20

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victory in Week 2.

Prairie Ridge’s state championship season was voted the Northwest Herald’s top local sports story of the year by the sports staff.

Evans, so masterful at quarterbacking the Wolves’ triple-option offense, was the Northwest Herald Player of the Year for the second consecutive year.

Evans rushed for a 6A title game-record 274 yards and the Wolves also set the 6A title game record with 544 team rushing yards.

Prairie Ridge was a determined group after losing its 6A semifinal to Montini, 35-27, last season. The Broncos went on to beat Crete-Monee, 38-15, for the state title. The Wolves had beaten C-M, 52-33, in Week 9.

That just added more motivation for Prairie Ridge, which was led by a group of juniors that included Evans, lineman Jeff Jenkins, linebackers Joe Perhats and Jacob Ommen and running back Zach Gulbransen.

In that postgame news conference, Schremp was asked about the possibilities for 2017.

“Geez, we just finished this year, come on,” he said.

But the Wolves know the score. They will come back next season with another talented team ready to make it back-to-back titles.

Johnsburg football

The Skyhawks had built toward this for two seasons in which they finished 9-2 and 8-3. With six returning players who had started since they were sophomores, Johnsburg had everything in place.

Running back Alex Peete ran for 2,529 yards to lead the area in rushing for the second straight year. The Skyhawks went 13-1, losing to Rochester, 38-14, in the Class 4A state title game for their best season in school history.

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Prairie Ridge’s Samson Evans runs 38 yards against Huntley on Sept. 2.

Marian Central volleyball

The Hurricanes went 79-4 in two seasons and almost pulled off back-to-back Class 3A state championships. Marian Central fell to Marian Catholic, 25-22, 22-25, 25-22, in the 3A state title match this season.

McKayla Wuensch, Sydney Nemtuda and Lauren Hanlon led the Hurricanes, who beat Marian Catholic, 25-12, 25-21 in the regular season. Marian Central had only 10 matches all season go to three sets.

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The United States’ Evan Jager is seen with his silver medal after the award ceremony for the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase Aug. 17 during the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

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Jager gets silver

Evan Jager, a 2007 Jacobs graduate, ran the second-fastest 3,000-meter steeplechase in Olympics history in 8:04.24, to take the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Kenya’s Conseslus Kipruto won the race in 8:03.24.

Jager, 27, was running in his second Olympics and pushed the pace throughout the race, not allowing the Kenyans, who have dominated the steeplechase, to make it a two-lap race. His strategy worked well, but Kipruto just had a little bit more in the final lap. Jager was thrilled as he passed the finish line, looking almost as of he had won gold.

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Johnsburg’s Nico LoDolce reacts to his first-quarter touchdown against Woodstock North on Sept. 30. Johnsburg won, 56-0.

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Four state champs

Dundee-Crown’s Christian Brunner (3A, 195 pounds, 48-0) and Prairie Ridge’s Travis Pitrowski (2A, 126, 40-0) finished their careers as undefeated state champions. Brunner is now wrestling at Purdue, Pitrowski is at Illinois.

Also winning state titles were Crystal Lake Central’s Lenny Petersen (2A, 138, 41-4) and Alden-Hebron’s Colten Cashmore (1A, 170, 28-2). Cashmore was the first individual state champion in his school’s history and the first state champion of any type since the Giants won the Illinois boys basketball state title in 1952 as the smallest school to ever win in the one-class system.

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Marian Central Catholic’s McKayla Wuensch pops the ball up against Joliet Catholic Academy during their IHSA Class 3A state championship match Nov. 14, 2015, at Illinois State University’s Redbird Arena in Normal.

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Huntley graduate Ali Andrews scored more points than any basketball player in McHenry County area history, boys or girls, when she finished with 2,548 for her career.

Andrews played on three regional championship teams and the Red Raiders won 111 games over her career. She was a unanimous Class 4A All-State first-team selection by The Associated Press. Andrews, a 6-foot-2 forward, now plays at Illinois.

Nikki Freeman’s state title

The Cary-Grove graduate popped her best throw in the Class 3A discus at the IHSA Girls Track and Field State Meet with her second attempt in the finals at 142 feet, 5 inches. It stood through the final round, and Freeman joined her older brother, Josh, as a state champion.

Freeman also took fifth in the shot put, although the discus was always her best event. She now throws at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, where Josh had an outstanding throwing career.

Sarah Nader file photo – snader@shawmedia.com

Huntley’s Ali Andrews was the Northwest Herald’s 2016 Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

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Runners-up again

Prairie Ridge senior Ethan Farman and Richmond-Burton senior Mackenzie Hahn both had seasons similar to their junior years as they took state runner-up finishes in their respective state tournaments.

Farnam repeated as Class 3A state runner-up and also repeated as Northwest Herald Boys Golfer of the Year.

Hahn was again the Class A state runner-up and also grabbed Northwest Herald Girls Golfer of the Year again.

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Marian Central girls soccer

The majority of teams the Hurricanes played in the regular season were from larger schools, which paid dividends when they got to the Class 1A postseason. The Hurricanes (14-6-2) outscored their postseason opponents, 32-6, and finished as 1A state runner-up.

Marian fell to Wheaton Academy, 2-1, in the state championship game.

Huntley’s Taryn Jakubowski was the 2016 Northwest Herald Soccer Player of the Year.

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Marian Central’s Alyssa Sutherland reacts to her second half goal to tie the score at 1 against Wheaton Academy on May 28 in the Class 1A state championship game at North Central College in Naperville.

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Huntley girls soccer

The Red Raiders had their best season in school history (22-5-2) and took fourth in the Class 3A state tournament.

Northwest Herald Player of the Year Taryn Jakubowski led the way with 30 goals and 11 assists. Huntley lost to New Trier, 4-0, in the semifinals, then fell to Glenbard East, 1-0, in the third-place match.

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Hawks extend Panarin for 2 years, $12M

By MARK LAZERUS

mlazerus@suntimes.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The summer of 2017’s biggest concern just became the summer of 2019’s biggest concern. In the meantime, the Blackhawks will keep one of the best lines in hockey intact.

The Hawks agreed to a twoyear contract extension with Artemi Panarin, according to a source. The deal is worth $6 million a season. Both the length and the cost of the deal are below market value for Panarin, already one of the most prolific scorers in the league in just his second season. The surprising bridge deal was a concession for both sides.

At 25 years old, Panarin was in line for a career-defining contract, and was believed to be asking for a six-year contract worth up to $7 million a

season. But Panarin has made no secret of his desire to stay in Chicago and to continue playing alongside Patrick Kane.

For the Hawks, the short-term nature of the contract gives them some flexibility, but it means Panarin will be an unrestricted free agent after the 2018-19 season.

Tom Lynn, Panarin’s agent, said the hope is the Canadian dollar will rebound and the cap will go up and the Hawks will be able to offer something more long term in two years.

“It was eventually the logical place to land after every other option was discussed at length and ruled out over the last six months,” Lynn said. “[The] Blackhawks have been willing to do in contracts and trades what some other teams AP file photo have not over the last five years to manage their peculiar situa- Blackhawks left wing Artemi Panarin skates against the Los Angeles Kings on Nov. 26 in Los Angeles. Panarin tion of too many good players.” and the Hawks agreed to terms on a $12 million, two-year contract extension Wednesday.

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D-C, Jacobs, C-G win in hoops tourney play NORTHWEST HERALD Dundee-Crown’s Paige Gieseke scored a game-high 13 points to lead the hosting Chargers to a win over Barrington, 39-33, in the consolation semifinals of D-C’s Charger Christmas Classic. Gieseke hit the Chargers’ only 3-pointer and went 6 of 8 at the freethrow line. Allison Michalski added nine points, Madilyn Tripp contributed seven and Kennedy White added six for the Chargers.

Dundee-Crown advances to face St. Charles North in the consolation bracket championship at 2 p.m. Thursday.

Maine West 48, Hampshire 26: At the Dundee-Crown Charger Classic, Rachel Dumoulin scored 12 points to lead

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still competing Thursday, all in consolation brackets. Chase Raap (182) and Gabriel Scales (113) both reached the quarterfinals before dropping down to the consolation bracket. Brandon Rico (126) and Isaiah Ziegler (285) also will wrestle in consolation matches Thursday.

Cary-Grove sits in 17th place out

the Whip-Purs, while Maggie Goad added eight points in a semifinal loss.

Dumoulin and Goad each hit a 3-pointer. Lauren Herrman, Samantha Johnson and Kiera Guerrero-Gay added two points apiece.

The Whip-Purs will face Stevenson in the third-place game at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday. Naperville Central and Maine West will play for the tournament championship at 8 p.m. Thursday.

Jacobs 50, Elk Grove 47: At the Wheaton North Holiday Classic, Carly Sidor scored 19 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, to lead the Golden Eagles in a win over Elk Grove. Jacobs hit seven 3s, with Nicole Durben and Elizabeth Schwartz each hitting two and Kerri Healy hitting one as well. Kyra Cabof 42 teams after the first day, while Dundee-Crown is in 21st as a team.

Antioch Winter Duals: McHenry and Woodstock North both went 2-1 in duals on Wednesday at Antioch.

McHenry started the day with a narrow loss to the hosts, Antioch. The Warriors lost, 36-33, to the No. 12 team in illinoismatmen.com’s 2A team rankings.

McHenry came back to beat St. Viator, 69-8, and Carmel, 50-24.

The Warriors were led by Lucas

usao added nine points for Jacobs.

fourth in Flight A at Deerfield’s Don

the Libertyville Tournament, the Trojans topped Vernon Hills. Cary-Grove will face Hoffman Estates at 11:30 a.m.

Thursday in their tournament finale.

St. Joseph 48, Huntley 36: At the Montini Christmas Tournament, Morgan Slausen scored 12 points and Abbey Brown added nine, including the team’s only 3-pointers, to lead the Red Raiders in a loss. Janelle Allen added eight points for Huntley.

The score was tied at halftime, but St. Joseph outscored the Red Raiders, 29-17, in the second half.

SWIMMING McHenry fourth in top flight at Deerfield Invitational: McHenry finished

with 417 points, third in Flight B (378) and fifth in Flight C (186).

The meet consisted of three classes, made up of six swimmers from each team, swimming 50-yard races in the four strokes plus a 150-freestyle race. Saint Ignatius won Flight A with 522 points.

McHenry’s Riley Hedberg took third in the Flight A 150 freestyle (1:19.85) for the Warriors plus sixth in the 50 freestyle (23.10) and 50 butterfly (25.6). Also for McHenry, Josh Zabor was fifth in the 50 free (23.05).

In Flight B, McHenry’s Tyler Hemphill and Bryce Williams tied for second in the overall individual results.

Busse (126), Andrew Milner-Pence (138), Jaden Glauser (170/182) and AJ Sweeney (220), who all won three times on the day.

Busse won all three of his matches by first-round pin while Milner-Pence won all three of his matches by pin as well, never having to go beyond the second period. Glauser (170/182) won with a 34-second pin, a tech fall and a one-point decision over Antioch’s Pat Schoenfelder, the No. 1-ranked 160-pounder in

2A. Sweeney won three times with a pair of pins and a forfeit.

Also for the Warriors, Ailton Rodriguez (106) won twice with a pin and a forfeit, Ricardo Baustista (160) won twice with a pin and a forfeit, and Jake Leske (182) won both of his matches by pin.

Woodstock North started the event with a 48-30 win over St. Viator, lost 5112 to Carmel and ended the day with a 41-36 win over Highland Park.

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OUTDOORS Steve Sarley holic beverage before hunting or shooting. If I have lunch at a pheasant club, it will be an iced tea with my burger unless I choose not to pick up my gun again that day. I won’t drink and fish again, either.

My reaction time is slow to begin with.

A couple of beers and I’ll never be able to react to the quick and subtle bites from Chain walleyes. As far as drinking and boating, that thought is so ludicrous that I shouldn’t have to mention it.

I resolve to ... take better care of my equipment. I will clean, lube and maintain my fishing reels and equipment. I will clean my gun more often and more thoroughly.

I resolve to ... be kind and courteous to others while on my outdoors excursions.

The way that I behave reflects on the entire sport in which I participate. I also vow to be honest and open when strangers ask me about how I am doing or what equipment I am using.

I resolve to ... not be judgmental of other outdoorsmen. If someone has a license and decides to keep, rather than release, a legal fish, that is his right.

Don’t harass him for it. When someone says they caught a certain sized fish, don’t automatically say that they are stretching the truth.

I resolve to ... read all of the outdoors magazines that show up in my mailbox every month. I have a tendency to let them pile up and then skim through them. There is an awful lot of good information available and to let it go to waste is a shame. That said, I will either send them overseas to a service member when I am finished or drop them off at a retirement center.

I resolve to ... introduce hunting, shooting and fishing to more people this year. There is nothing more satisfying

than taking a child fishing. We often overlook the fact that there are plenty of seniors and disabled folks who don’t get the opportunity to enjoy the world of the outdoors.

Happy New Year to all! Let’s make 2017 our best year in the outdoors to date.

FISHING AND HUNTING Northern Illinois: Dave Kranz from

Dave’s Bait, Tackle and Taxidermy in Crystal Lake reports: “I was able to get out on the west end of Crystal Lake this week. I stopped when I had caught enough gills and one crappie to make up a nice evening meal. I caught all of them on wigglers, which are an incredible ice bait. I put the wigglers on a gold jig and worked it in 5 feet of water. The ice was a touch over 6 inches thick and was very slick on the top. Don’t even think about going out without wearing creepers, at least until we get some more snow. I saw one flag go up while I was out and the people pulled in a 22-inch northern pike.”

Illinois: The IDNR offers fishing reports on a number of waterways across the state. The fishing reports for lakes, rivers and streams are updated weekly at www.ifishillinois.org/fishing_reports/fishing_report_selector.php.

IDNR’s Illinois Recreational Access Program is a major benefit to hunters looking for access to places to hunt.

IDNR works in cooperation with private landowners to make their property available for hunters to use. IDNR has added turkey hunting for adults to its growing list of activities in the IRAP. Adult turkey hunting for third and fourth season is available in Christian, Clark, Fayette, Greene, Macoupin, McDonough, Sangamon and Schuyler counties to any registered hunter. In addition, first-time adult turkey hunters, an individual that hasn’t hunted turkey in the past five years, can apply for Brown and Fulton counties as well.

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To apply for an IRAP spring turkey hunting site, the hunter must go to IRAP’s website and download an application and liability waiver, complete and sign and mail to IDNR. Deadlines for applications are Feb. 23 for youth season and March 10 for seasons three and four. In order to apply for seasons three and four, the applicant must first apply for a turkey permit through IDNR’s lottery system.

The next lottery deadline is Jan. 11.

For information, visit www.dnr. illinois.gov/conservation/IRAP/Pages/ default.aspx or contact Tammy Miller at 217-524-1266 or Tammy.Miller@illinois. gov.

••• Attention muskie anglers: This one is a must to attend! The Fox River Valley Chapter of Muskies Inc. proudly presents top pro anglers Tony Grant and Gregg Thomas as special guests at their next meeting Wednesday at the Schaumburg Golf Club. Grant and Thomas will be talking “Musky Fishing Through the Seasons.” Admission is $10 a person at the door. The buffet dinner begins at 6 p.m., and the cost is $16 a person. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. The Schaumburg Golf Club is located at 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg. All meetings are open to the public.

• Mark your calendars, if you please.

Muskie Expo Chicago is coming fast. It will be from 2 to 9 p.m. Jan. 6, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Jan. 7 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Jan. 8 at the Pheasant Run Expo Center on Route 64 in St. Charles. Information on the show will be here next week.

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

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• Thursday, December 29, 2016

It’s that time of the year for New Year’s resolutions. I’m addressing New Year’s resolutions we ought to think about concerning the outdoors.

I resolve to ... apply for my permits and buy my licenses in a timelier manner this year. Have you been shut out of a turkey permit before? I have, and it hurts. Do you really want to find yourself standing in a 30-minute line on the morning that fishing season opens? I bet that you do not.

I resolve to ... pick up a new skill this season. I have a neighbor who is quite skillful at the use of a recurve bow.

He has offered to teach me, but I have turned him down. Why? I really don’t have a valid excuse. I’m going to take him up on his offer. Maybe shooting arrows old-school style will be something that I really get to enjoy. I think muzzle loading is also going to go on my list of new things to try.

I resolve to ... actually read the entire rules and regs booklet I’m handed whenever I buy a license or permit. You know that the laws do change occasionally. Why should I have to pay a fine for breaking a law I was unaware of because I was too lazy to read the rule book?

I resolve to ... not feel it’s someone else’s responsibility to call the proper authorities when I see violators of outdoor laws. It isn’t confrontational to approach someone hauling in a bucket of 10-inch walleyes and saying, “You probably aren’t aware that those fish are under the size limit. I don’t think you would want a warden writing you an expensive citation if he catches you.” Make sure that you have the phone numbers of the local police and Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police in your wallet when you hunt and fish.

I resolve to ... put in a little extra effort to make up for the people who litter and pollute. I am going to make sure I fill up a pocket with trash on every hunting and fishing trip I take next year.

I resolve to ... never consume an alco-

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Butler scores 40, hits buzzer-beater Bulls erase seven-point deficit in final 3 minutes

By JOHN JACKSON

The Associated Press CHICAGO – With just less than five minutes left, Jimmy Butler had to be helped to the bench and couldn’t seem to put any weight on his right ankle.

It appeared his night was over. He was far from finished, however.

Butler matched his season high with 40 points and hit a 20-footer at the buzzer Wednesday to give the Bulls a 101-99 comeback victory over the Brooklyn Nets.

Butler scored nine points in the final 2½ minutes to rally the Bulls. He finished 11 for 11 from the free-throw line and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Bulls overcame a seven-point deficit in the final three minutes for their second consecutive win.

“He was phenomenal, obviously,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said. “He put the team on his shoulders. He willed them to the finish line.”

Butler also willed himself because he acknowledged his ankle – hurt when he landed on the foot of Brooklyn’s Randy Foye – still was aching after the game. But with Dwyane Wade already in the locker room because of a migraine, Butler never doubted he would return.

“When the adrenaline kicks in and the crowd’s getting into it, I was ready

to go,” he said.

Brook Lopez had 33 points – including a career-high five 3-pointers – as the Nets dropped their 12th straight road game.

“Chicago made a great push; they hit a lot of tough shots,” Lopez said.

“I’m disappointed in myself. I definitely should have converted on a few of those last possessions, but I let them get back in the game.”

Lopez had 19 first-half points to spark Brooklyn to a 49-46 halftime lead. The 7-footer was 4 for 5 on 3-pointers in the first 24 minutes and celebrated by holding up three fingers as he ran down the court after each one.

Brooklyn had a 97-90 lead with just more than two minutes to play and appeared headed for a comfortable win, but the Bulls stormed back. Michael Carter-Williams tied the game at 97 with 1:22 left.

After a Nets turnover, Butler gave the Bulls their first lead of the second half with a 15-footer with 27.7 seconds to go. Lopez, however, tied it with 12.6 seconds left on a dunk over his brother, Robin Lopez.

That set the stage for Butler’s stepAP photo back winner.

“That was a big-time shot,” Wade Bulls forward Jimmy Butler shoots against Brooklyn Nets guard Bojan Bogdanovic during the first half Wednesday at the United Center. said. “I’m just proud of him.”

BULLS NOTES

Hoiberg denies playing mind games with Mirotic

By JOE COWLEY

jcowley@suntimes.com CHICAGO – Fred Hoiberg really isn’t into playing mind games.

It’s never really been his coaching style, and he wasn’t going to start now with Nikola Mirotic.

So when he benched the third-year player in back-to-back losses to Milwaukee two weeks ago, the purpose wasn’t to light a fire under the underachieving Mirotic. But if lighting a fire happened to be one of the outcomes, so be it.

“The big thing was I felt we needed a change, and that was the reason we went the other direction,’’ Hoiberg said Wednesday. “And again, Niko took it the right way. He handled it properly.

He got himself into the gym early the

next morning, working on his game, and like I said, had a great practice, and has been the first guy [in the gym] really ever since. He was in early again [Tuesday] on our off day, so yeah, he handled it the right way and got himself back into the rotation.’’

Mirotic has done more than just that.

He’s again made himself useable off the Bulls’ bench, which wasn’t the case far too often at the start of the month.

Since that benching, Mirotic has scored double digits in all six games he’s played in, even closing out the fourth in the win over Indiana on Monday.

Hoiberg’s hope is that Mirotic not only found his confidence once again, but understands how to keep it from game to game.

“I didn’t have an exact number on how long [the benching was] going to

be,’’ Hoiberg said. “We felt after a couple days, and we had a great opportunity to practice before that Detroit game.

It’s been pretty documented how that practice was, and Niko was one of our best performers in that practice. So I put him back in the rotation that next game. It wasn’t something when the day it happened, I said it would be two games, three games, eight games, 10 games. We felt it was the right time to get him back in the lineup, and he has been playing very well since.’’

Even on the defensive end.

“Trying to be more aggressive defensively,’’ Mirotic said, when asked about his newfound confidence. “I’m learning. I know that’s one area that I can improve a lot because I’m not an expert. The same way I’ve been more aggressive on offense, I can be more

aggressive on defense.’’

Youth movement: In a radio interview on The Score conducted on Christmas Day, VP of basketball operations John Paxson mentioned looking to play the younger guys more minutes later in the year.

Whether he meant that as a plan or just in case things go poorly was unclear, but it sounded like news to Hoiberg based on his reaction to it.

“We’ll see how this progresses, but right now the most important game for me [was Brooklyn],’’ Hoiberg said.

“We’ll worry about Indiana on Friday and then move onto Milwaukee. But that’s our job right now, to put a game plan together for the next one.’’

Asked if he had that conversation with Paxson, he responded, “No, we have not had that conversation.’’

FIVE-DAY PLANNER TEAM

THURSDAY

NFL FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

MONDAY

at Nashville 7 p.m.

CSN AM-720

at Carolina 6:30 p.m.

WGN AM-720 at Indiana 3 p.m.

CSN AM-890

at St. Louis noon NBC AM-720 MILWAUKEE 6 p.m.

WGN, NBATV AM-890

CHARLOTTE 7 p.m.

CSN, NBATV AM-890

WHAT TO WATCH Men’s basketball 6 p.m.: Georgia at Auburn, ESPNU 6 p.m.: Butler at St. John’s, FS1 6 p.m.: Tennessee at Texas A&M, SEC 7 p.m.: Kentucky at Mississippi, ESPN2 8 p.m.: Vanderbilt at LSU, ESPNU 8 p.m.: Florida at Arkansas, SEC 10 p.m.: Saint Mary’s (Cal) at Loyola Marymount, ESPNU Women’s basketball 5 p.m.: UConn at Maryland, ESPN2 Skiing 10:30 a.m.: FIS Ski World Cup, Alpine Skiing, Women’s Slalom, at Semmering, Austria, NBCSN

BRIEF

Jackson powers Northwestern past Jackson was the straw that stirred Northwestern’s offense in the Bronx and helped Pitt in Pinstripe Bowl NEW YORK– Justin Jackson ran for 224 yards and three touchdowns to power Northwestern to only its third bowl victory, 31-24 over No. 22 Pittsburgh in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night.

etch this performance alongside the 1948 Rose Bowl and 2012 Gator Bowl victories in the program’s oft-futile history. He had touchdown runs of 8 and 16 yards in the second quarter.

–Wire report

BETTING ODDS NBA

FAVORITE at CHARLOTTE at CLEVELAND at MEMPHIS at UTAH Toronto at LA LAKERS

LINE 6 6 1½ 12 8½ 2½

Thursday O/U (199) (215) (198½) (194½) (220½) (203)

UNDERDOG Miami Boston Oklahoma City Philadelphia at PHOENIX Dallas

COLLEGE BASKETBALL FAVORITE at E. MICHIGAN at YOUNGSTOWN ST at OAKLAND Green Bay Butler at ARKANSAS Kentucky at AUBURN at OLD DOMINION N. Kentucky Loyola of Chicago at ILLINOIS ST at BRADLEY at TEXAS A&M at LSU at BYU at GONZAGA at SAN FRANCISCO at PACIFIC Saint Mary’s (Calif.)

Thursday LINE UNDERDOG OFF Long Beach St 4½ Milwaukee 9½ Wright St 1 at CLEVELAND ST 9½ at ST. JOHN’S 1½ Florida 12½ at MISSISSIPPI 3 Georgia 6 William & Mary 3½ at DETROIT 6½ at DRAKE 9 Evansville PK S. Illinois 9½ Tennessee 2 Vanderbilt 15 Santa Clara 27½ Pepperdine 11 San Diego 1½ Portland 11½ at LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

NHL

FAVORITE at WASHINGTON Boston at TAMPA BAY at FLORIDA at OTTAWA at NASHVILLE Columbus at MINNESOTA at DALLAS at EDMONTON NY Rangers at CALGARY

Thursday LINE UNDERDOG -205 New Jersey -124 at BUFFALO OFF Toronto OFF Montreal -140 Detroit -125 Chicago -119 at WINNIPEG -193 NY Islanders -195 Colorado -130 Los Angeles -165 at ARIZONA -121 Anaheim

LINE +185 +114 OFF OFF +130 +115 +109 +178 +180 +120 +155 +111

COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAVORITE South Florida Virginia Tech Colorado

TCU Stanford Air Force Tennessee Michigan

Thursday Bowls OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Birmingham Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. 11 10 (62) South Carolina Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. 6 7 (61) Arkansas Alamo Bowl At San Antonio 4½ 3 (62½) Oklahoma St Friday Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn.

1½ PK (48½) Georgia Sun Bowl At El Paso, TX +1 3 (54) North Carolina Arizona Bowl At Tucson, Ariz.

15 13½ (57½) South Alabama Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.

3 6½ (58) Nebraska Orange Bowl At Miami Gardens, Fla. 8 7 (52½) Florida St

NFL

Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at TENNESSEE 3 3 (40) Houston Buffalo 5 3½ (42) at NY JETS at CINCINNATI 5½ 2 (41½) Baltimore at WASHINGTON 5 8 (44) NY Giants Green Bay 3½ 3 (49½) at DETROIT at INDIANAPOLIS 7 4½ (47½) Jacksonville at PHILADELPHIA 6½ 4 (44) Dallas at MINNESOTA 6½ 5 (41) Chicago at TAMPA BAY 3½ 6 (46) Carolina at PITTSBURGH 12½ 6 (43) Cleveland at ATLANTA 6½ 6½ (56) New Orleans New England 6 10 (44½) at MIAMI Arizona 7½ 6 (41) at LOS ANGELES Kansas City 4½ 5½ (44½) at SAN DIEGO Seattle 9 10 (43) at SAN FRANCISCO at DENVER 3½ 1 (40) Oakland

Updated odds available at Pregame.com

PA 364 327 297 361 PA 279 274 364 318 PA 374 353 416 385 PA 269 356 350 455

WEEK 16 Thursday’s Result Philadelphia 24, N.Y. Giants 19 Saturday’s Results Washington 41, Bears 21 New England 41, N.Y. Jets 3 Jacksonville 38, Tennessee 17 Green Bay 38, Minnesota 25 Cleveland 20, San Diego 17 Atlanta 33, Carolina 16 Miami 34, Buffalo 31 (OT) Oakland 33, Indianapolis 25 New Orleans 31, Tampa Bay 24 San Francisco 22, Los Angeles 21 Sunday’s Results Pittsburgh 31, Baltimore 27 Kansas City 33, Denver 10 Monday’s Result Dallas 42, Detroit 21

East W L T Pct PF y-New England 13 2 0 .867 406 x-Miami 10 5 0 .667 349 Buffalo 7 8 0 .467 389 N.Y. Jets 4 11 0 .267 245 North W L T Pct PF y-Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 372 Baltimore 8 7 0 .533 333 Cincinnati 5 9 1 .367 298 Cleveland 1 14 0 .067 240 South W L T Pct PF y-Houston 9 6 0 .600 262 Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 357 Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 387 Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 298 West W L T Pct PF x-Oakland 12 3 0 .800 410 x-Kansas City 11 4 0 .733 352 Denver 8 7 0 .533 309 San Diego 5 10 0 .333 383 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 35 21 9 5 47 107 80 Ottawa 35 20 12 3 43 91 93 Boston 37 18 15 4 40 88 91 Tampa Bay 36 18 15 3 39 104101 Toronto 34 15 12 7 37 100 97 Florida 36 15 14 7 37 87 100 Buffalo 34 13 13 8 34 75 94 Detroit 35 15 16 4 34 86 100 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 37 24 8 5 53 129104 Columbus 33 24 5 4 52 114 68 N.Y. Rangers 37 24 12 1 49 123 92 Washington 33 20 9 4 44 90 73 Philadelphia 37 20 13 4 44 113114 Carolina 34 15 12 7 37 90 93 N.Y. Islanders 34 14 14 6 34 94 105 New Jersey 35 13 15 7 33 82 107 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s Results Pittsburgh 3, Carolina 2 Toronto 3, Florida 2, SO Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 3, OT St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 3 Vancouver 2, Los Angeles 1 Thursday’s Games Blackhawks at Nashville, 7 p.m.

New Jersey at Washington, 6 p.m.

Boston at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Friday’s Games Blackhawks at Carolina, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 9 p.m.

PA 236 345 348 399 PA 303 294 305 425 PA 304 361 372 376 PA 361 284 291 386

WEEK 17 Sunday’s Games Bears at Minnesota, noon New England at Miami, noon Cleveland at Pittsburgh, noon Carolina at Tampa Bay, noon Dallas at Philadelphia, noon Houston at Tennessee, noon Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon Jacksonville at Indianapolis, noon Seattle at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 3:25 p.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 3:25 p.m.

Arizona at Los Angeles, 3:25 p.m.

Oakland at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 3:25 p.m.

Green Bay at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

End of regular season

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Blackhawks 37 22 10 5 49 103 89 Minnesota 34 22 8 4 48 105 68 St. Louis 36 19 12 5 43 104106 Dallas 36 15 14 7 37 92 108 Winnipeg 37 17 17 3 37 98 106 Nashville 34 15 13 6 36 96 97 Colorado 34 12 21 1 25 70 112 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 35 22 12 1 45 90 77 Edmonton 36 18 12 6 42 105 97 Anaheim 36 17 12 7 41 98 102 Calgary 37 19 16 2 40 100106 Los Angeles 35 17 14 4 38 88 86 Vancouver 36 15 18 3 33 88 110 Arizona 35 11 19 5 27 77 111

SCHEDULE

Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 23 7 .767 Milwaukee 15 15 .500 Bulls 16 16 .500 Indiana 15 18 .455 Detroit 15 19 .441 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 22 9 .710 Boston 19 13 .594 New York 16 15 .516 Brooklyn 8 23 .258 Philadelphia 7 23 .233 Southeast Division W L Pct Charlotte 18 14 .563 Atlanta 16 16 .500 Washington 15 16 .484 Orlando 15 19 .441 Miami 10 22 .313

GB — 8 8 9½ 10 GB — 3½ 6 14 14½ GB — 2 2½ 4 8

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 26 6 .813 Houston 24 9 .727 Memphis 20 14 .588 New Orleans 13 21 .382 Dallas 9 23 .281 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 20 12 .625 Utah 19 13 .594 Denver 14 18 .438 Portland 14 20 .412 Minnesota 10 22 .313 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 28 5 .848 L.A. Clippers 22 12 .647 Sacramento 14 18 .438 L.A. Lakers 12 23 .343 Phoenix 9 23 .281

GB — 2½ 7 14 17 GB — 1 6 7 10 GB — 6½ 13½ 17 18½

Wednesday’s Results Bulls 101, Brooklyn 99 Charlotte 120, Orlando 101 Washington 111, Indiana 105 Atlanta 102, New York 98, OT Milwaukee 119, Detroit 94 New Orleans 102, L.A. Clippers 98 San Antonio 119, Phoenix 98 Denver 105, Minnesota 103 Portland 102, Sacramento 89 Golden State 121, Toronto 111 Thursday’s Games Miami at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Boston at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Utah, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Dallas at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

THURSDAY Boys basketball: Dundee-Crown at Wheeling Hardwood Classic, Alden-Hebron, Faith Lutheran, Harvard at Alden-Hebron Christmas Tournament, Hampshire, Huntley at DeKalb Chuck Dayton Holiday Tournament, McHenry at York Jack Tosh Holiday Tournament, TBA Girls basketball: Aurora Christian vs. Harvard at A-H Tournament, 9 a.m., Cary-Grove vs. Hoffman Estates at Libertyville Tournament, 11:30 a.m., Harvard vs. Harvest Christian at A-H Tournament, 3 p.m. Durand vs. Alden-Hebron at A-H Tournament, 6 p.m.

Jacobs at Wheaton North Holiday Classic, Huntley at Montini Christmas Tournament, Hampshire, Dundee-Crown at Charger Christmas Classic Girls bowling: McHenry, Johnsburg, Jacobs, Huntley, Dundee-Crown at Grayslake North Tournament, 9 a.m.

Wrestling: Cary-Grove, DundeeCrown at Whitewater/Mid-States Classic, 8:30 a.m., Marengo at Lincoln Tournament, 9 a.m., Huntley, Harvard at Granite City Tournament, 9:30 a.m., Crystal Lake South, Hampshire, Johnsburg at Don Flavin Dual Team Tournament at DeKalb, 4 p.m.

NCAA BASKETBALL TOP 25 SCHEDULE

Wednesday’s Results No. 1 Villanova 68, DePaul 65 No. 20 Oregon 89, No. 2 UCLA 87 No. 12 Virginia 61, No. 6 Louisville 53 No. 9 North Carolina 102, Monmouth (N.J.) 74 No. 10 Creighton 89, Seton Hall 75 No. 15 Purdue 89, Iowa 67 Nebraska 87, No. 16 Indiana 83 No. 17 Xavier 82, Providence 56 No. 20 Florida St. 88, Wake Forest 72 No. 22 Southern Cal at Oregon St. (n) No. 23 Cincinnati 56, Temple 50 No. 24 Notre Dame 63, St. Peter’s 55 Thursday’s Games No. 7 Gonzaga vs. Pepperdine, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Kentucky at Mississippi, 7 p.m.

No. 13 Butler at St. John’s, 6 p.m.

No. 18 Arizona at California, 10 p.m.

No. 19 St. Mary’s at Loyola Marymount, 10 p.m.

No. 25 Florida at Arkansas, 8 p.m.

Friday’s Games #2 UCLA at Oregon State, 10 p.m. #3 Kansas at TCU, 8 p.m. #4 Baylor at Oklahoma, 6 p.m. #21 Oregon vs. #22 Southern Cal, 9 p.m.

NCAA FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Northwestern 31, Pittsburgh 24 Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. Miami 31, West Virginia 14 Foster Farms Bowl Santa Clara, Calif.

Utah 26, Indiana 24 Texas Bowl Houston Kansas St. 33, Texas A&M 28 THURSDAY Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl South Florida (10-2) vs. South Carolina (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. Virginia Tech (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl San Antonio Oklahoma St. (9-3) vs. Colorado (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) FRIDAY Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn.

Georgia (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 11 a.m.

(ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas North Carolina (8-4) vs. Stanford (9-3), 1 p.m. (CBS) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn.

Tennessee (8-4) vs. Nebraska (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson, Ariz.

Air Force (9-3) vs. South Alabama (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (CSN+)

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Pro hockey 7 p.m.: Blackhawks at Nashville, CSN 6 p.m.: New Jersey at Washington, NBCSN Pro basketball 7 p.m.: Boston at Cleveland, TNT 9:30 p.m.: Dallas at L.A. Lakers, TNT College football 1 p.m.: Birmingham Bowl, South Carolina vs. South Florida, at Birmingham, Ala., ESPN 4:30 p.m.: Belk Bowl, Arkansas vs. Virginia Tech, at Charlotte, N.C., ESPN 8 p.m.: Alamo Bowl, Colorado vs. Oklahoma St., at San Antonio, ESPN

North W L T Pct PF 9 6 0 .600 401 9 6 0 .600 322 7 8 0 .467 289 3 12 0 .200 269 East W L T Pct PF y-Dallas 13 2 0 .867 408 x-N.Y. Giants 10 5 0 .667 291 Washington 8 6 1 .567 386 Philadelphia 6 9 0 .400 340 South W L T Pct PF y-Atlanta 10 5 0 .667 502 Tampa Bay 8 7 0 .533 337 New Orleans 7 8 0 .467 437 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 353 West W L T Pct PF y-Seattle 9 5 1 .633 329 Arizona 6 8 1 .433 374 Los Angeles 4 11 0 .267 218 San Francisco 2 13 0 .133 286 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Green Bay Detroit Minnesota Bears

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

Read a review of the new movie “Fences” starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis.

Northwest Herald staff choose the top five local and national entertainment stories of the year.

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Wilson’s words, Washington hurdle ‘Fences’

By JAKE COYLE

The Associated Press The blue music of “Fences” sings with a ferocious beauty in Denzel Washington’s long-in-coming adaptation of August Wilson’s masterpiece of African-American survival and sorrow. Transfers from stage to screen often serve up only a pale reflection of the electric, live-wire theater experience. But Washington, in his good sense, has neither strained to make August’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play particularly cinematic nor to “open it up” much from the confines of the staged settings.

What we have, instead, is a meatand-potatoes drama, delivered with full-bodied, powerhouse performances and an attuned ear to the bebop rhythms of Wilson’s dense, musical dialogue. The 1957-set “Fences” surely doesn’t call for anything like a Stanley Kubrick treatment. Just give us the words and the people, with passion.

“Death ain’t nothing but a fastball on the outside corner,” says Troy Maxson (Washington), a 53-year-old garbage man in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Primarily from the hemmed-in backyard of his brick house he pours forth a torrent of rage, bitterness, pride and anguish.

“Fences,” part of August’s celebrated 10-part, decade-by-decade Century cycle, ought to have been made decades ago. It nearly was once, but Wilson’s insistence a black director

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Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in “Fences.”

STARRING: Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson PLOT: An African-American father struggles with race relations in the United States while trying to raise his family in the 1950s and coming to terms with the events of his life.

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make it was deemed impractical by a backward Hollywood.

So Washington’s “Fences,” the first big-screen adaptation of any of Wilson’s plays, is righting a wrong.

The upside to the timing is it would be difficult imagining better performers than Washington and Viola Davis, who starred together in a 2010 Broadway revival.

Wilson claimed to have never seen or read Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” before writing “Fences,” but the two works undeniably are linked in their grand, wrenching portraits of bone-tired mid-century American men coming to the realization of how little their lifetime of work has gotten them.

Maxson, an illiterate former Negro League baseball star who spent 15 years in prison, is a nine-to-five, bluecollar patriarch in loud revolt against

a life that’s ground him down. With almost unrelenting bombast, he’s at war with the racism that’s boxed him in his whole life, with the changing world around him and with his own mortality. Feeling the devil near, Maxson is building a fence to keep him out – though there are other reasons he’s closing himself off.

The other characters operate in reaction to the verbal force that is Maxson. First and foremost is his wife, the demure but formidable Rose (Viola Davis), who gradually moves from the

kitchen toward the center of the film.

The heart of the drama, though, is its father-son story. Jovan Adepo plays Cory, whose college hopes rest on his football skills. Washington’s performance is titanic, surely one of the best of his career. Maxson’s deluge of dialogue – all its tall tales, braggadocio and pain – just flows out of him.

“Fences” may never lose the look and sound of a play, but Washington’s close-up focus on the characters only heightens the dignity Wilson bestowed on them.

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Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 11:40 a.m., 2:00, 4:20, 6:40 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 10:20, 11:10 a.m., 2:10, 5:10 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 11:00 a.m., 12:15, 1:45, 3:00, 4:30, 7:20, 9:00, 10:05 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 2D: 10:15 a.m., 12:30, 1:00, 1:30, 4:15, 4:45, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:30, 10:45, 11:15 p.m.; 3D: 12:00, 3:15, 3:45, 6:30, 9:45, 10:15 p.m.

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The following are showtimes for Dec. 30 – Jan. 1 unless otherwise noted.

Regal Cinemas – 9:50, 11:50 a.m., 4:10, 7:15 p.m.

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AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 9:40 a.m., 12:45, 4:00, 7:15, 10:20 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 10:10 a.m., 1:05, 4:00, 6:55, 9:00, 9:50 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 11:30 a.m., 2:40, 5:50, 9:10 p.m.

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – Dec. 30: 2D: 10:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m.; 3D: 4:50, 7:45, 10:40 p.m.; Dec. 31-Jan. 1: 2D: 4:50, 10:40 p.m.; 3D: 10:45 a.m., 1:45, 7:45 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 11:00 a.m., 12:05, 1:30, 2:30, 4:00, 5:00, 6:30, 7:30, 9:00, 10:00 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 2D: 12:50, 5:30 p.m.; 3D: 10:10 a.m., 9:30 p.m.

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AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – Dec. 30, Jan. 1: 10:20 a.m., 7:05, 9:35 p.m.; Dec. 31: 8:10, 10:30 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 6:20, 8:30 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 6:30, 8:40 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 10:40 p.m.

“FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – Dec. 30, Jan. 1: 12:40, 3:45 p.m.; Dec. 31: 2:20, 5:15 p.m.

“FENCES”

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Regal Cinemas – 9:50 p.m.

“LA LA LAND”

Regal Cinemas – 10:50, 11:40 a.m., 1:50, 3:20, 4:50, 7:50, 10:50 p.m.

“LION”

Regal Cinemas – 1:15, 3:40, 6:50, 8:30 p.m.

“MANCHESTER BY THE SEA”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 9:50 a.m., 3:40, 6:50 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 1:10, 4:30, 7:40, 11:00 p.m.

“MOANA”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:10 a.m., 1:00, 3:50, 6:45, 9:30 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 11:40 a.m.,

“OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 1:05, 10:15 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 8:10, 10:55 p.m.

“PASSENGERS”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 2D: 11:00 a.m., 1:15, 7:00 p.m.; 3D: 4:15, 10:00 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 11:30 a.m., 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 11:30 a.m., 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 2D: 9:45, 11:00 a.m., 2:00, 6:00 p.m.; 3D: 9:05 p.m.

“ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – Dec. 30: 2D: 10:00, 11:00 a.m., 1:30, 2:30, 5:00, 6:15, 9:15 p.m.; 3D: 9:30 a.m., 12:30, 4:00, 7:30, 8:30, 10:40, 11:30 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 10:00, 10:45, 11:30 a.m., 12:50, 1:35, 2:20, 3:40, 4:25, 5:10, 6:30, 7:15, 8:00, 9:20, 10:05 p.m.

“SING”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 2D: 9:30 a.m., 12:15, 2:00, 3:00, 6:00, 7:20, 9:00 p.m.; 3D: 11:15 a.m., 4:40, 9:45 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 10:20, 11:00 a.m., 12:00, 12:45, 1:25, 2:25, 3:10, 3:50, 4:50, 6:15, 7:15, 8:40, 9:40 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 11:00 a.m., 12:00, 1:25, 2:25, 3:50, 4:50, 6:15, 7:15, 8:40, 9:40 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 2D: 10:00, 11:35 a.m., 12:40, 2:15, 5:00, 6:20, 7:45, 10:10 p.m.; 3D: 10:30 a.m., 3:00, 4:00, 6:45 p.m.

“WHY HIM?”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:30 a.m., 2:30, 5:15, 8:00, 10:45 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 11:40 a.m., 2:05, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 p.m.

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“PIANO MAN – A TRIBUTE TO BILLY JOEL & ELTON JOHN”

WHEN: 8 p.m. Dec. 30 WHERE: Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock COST & INFO: Presented by Piano Man Productions, “Piano Man” brings the music of Elton John and Billy Joel to life with some of the most versatile musicians and the uncanny ability to mimic the voices of these two megasuperstars. Tickets: $28 adults, $18 seniors and students.

Tickets and information: www.woodstockoperahouse. com or 815-338-5300.

“A ROCKIN’ NEW YEAR’S EVE WITH JIMMY NICK & DON’T TELL MAMMA”

WHEN: 8 p.m. Dec. 31 WHERE: Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Featuring Nick, an old-fashioned, guitar-slinging blues prodigy who began developing his chops in Chicago clubs when he was 16. The show also will feature comics Mike Toomey, Pat Tomasulo and Ana Bleval from WGN’s morning show. Tickets start at $25. Tickets and information: www.rauecenter.org or 815-356-9212.

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STEVE COCHRAN’S NEW YEAR’S EVE COMEDY SHOW

WHEN: 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 31 WHERE: Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Radio 720 WGN’s Steve Cochran (right) and special guest John DaCosse from WGN Radio, with Pat McGann and Tim Benker, will visit the Raue Center for a New Year’s Eve stand-up comedy show to enjoy and still make it home for bedtime.

Tickets start at $52. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www.rauecenter.com.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 31 WHERE: D’Andrea Banquets and Conference Center, 4419 Route 14, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Includes hors d’oeuvres and an open bar from 6:30 to 8 p.m., plus a live DJ and dancing from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., with a champagne toast and balloon drop at midnight. At 8 p.m., a filet and lobster dinner with unlimited wine will be served.

Cost: $90 a person. Reservations suggested.

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OFF SQUARE MUSIC’S NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY

WHEN: 7 p.m. Dec. 31 WHERE: 125 W. Van Buren St., Woodstock COST & INFO: Presented by Off Square Music, the event begins with pizza at 8 p.m. followed by music at 8:30 p.m., with a champagne toast at midnight. Includes an open mic. Those interested in performing are asked to call Keith Johnson at 815-385-5162 to reserve a slot. Information: www.woodstockoperahouse.com.

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WHEN: 7 p.m. Dec. 30 WHERE: Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Featuring Lisa Rock and her six-piece band as they pay tribute to the music of Karen and Richard Carpenter. The show will include holiday classics alongside the music of The Carpenters. Tickets start at $27. Tickets and information: www.rauecenter.org or 815-356-9212.

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WHEN: 8 p.m. Dec. 31 WHERE: Mackey’s Hideout, 2601 S. River Road, McHenry COST & INFO: Featuring Miles Over Mountains, Under the Willow and River Valley Rangers. For ages 21 and older. Cost: $10. Information: www. mackeyshideout.com.

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NOON YEAR’S EVE PARTY

WHEN: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 31 WHERE: Village Hall, 600 Harvest Gate, Lake in the Hills COST & INFO: Children ages 8 and younger with their parents will make party hats and noise makers, dance to music, play games, enjoy snacks and welcome the new year with a balloon drop. Hosted by the Village of Lake in the Hills. Cost: $8 residents, $10 nonresidents. Registration and information: 847-960-7460 or www.lith.org.

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WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 31 WHERE: Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5603 Bull Valley Road, McHenry COST & INFO: Featuring conversation, board games, hats, noisemakers and refreshments, with champagne at 9 p.m. (midnight in Greenland). Free admission, though donations accepted. Information: 815-322-2464.

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WHEN: 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 31 WHERE: Grand Oaks Recreational Center, 1401 W. Route 176, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Party for ages 5 and older with a parent featuring a disc jockey, refreshments, noise makers and balloons. Hosted by the Crystal Lake Park District.

Cost: $8 a person. All family members must be registered. Registration and information: 815-459-0680 or www. crystallakeparks.org.

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THE TOP 5 LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT STORIES

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Compiled by Jami Kunzer – jkunzer@shawmedia.com

t was a year of firsts, celebrations and accomplishments for McHenry County’s world of entertainment. The area saw several inaugural festivals begin and celebrated the 75th anniversary of one of the longest-running hometown festivals in Illinois. With natives behind a successful horror movie,

“Lights Out,” and appearing on television shows, including “The Voice,” “The Amazing Race” and the newly created “State Plate,” McHenry County had its claim to fame on small and big screens in 2016. The area’s stages shined, as well. Following are our picks for the Top 5 entertainment stories in McHenry County in 2016.

Harvard Balloon Fest soars

A fan of hot air balloon festivals, Harvard alderman Mike Kelly set out this past year to bring one – along with more people and tourist dollars – to town. He did just that.

Harvard’s inaugural Balloon Fest drew 45,000 to 50,000 people to Milky Way Park, and plans are underway to host another one next year, again during Labor Day weekend.

“We’re going to increase the number of balloons we’re going to have next year,” said Kelly, now the town’s mayor.

“We’re going to try to have about twice as many.”

The upcoming festival likely will include the same attractions, such as inflatables, a craft fair, a beer garden,

night glows of the balloons and more, with plans for additional entertainment and music. The event not only drew Harvard residents, but hot air balloon fans from Chicago and beyond as crowds filled the park, traveling both by train and roadways. Kelly said he anticipated the large draw, although others were a bit surprised.

“I kept saying they would come,” he said. “No one believed they would drive two hours for a balloon fest in Harvard, and they did.”

Organizers hope to work out any kinks, addressing concerns about traffic congestion and improving communication about the logistics of getting to the event, the schedule and other issues, Kelly said.

A balloon coasts at the inaugural Harvard Balloon Fest.

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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: A scene from “Lights Out,” starring Teresa Palmer (right) and Gabriel Bateman. A Crystal Lake native is the executive director of the film, released this past summer. Riley Elmore, who advanced to the Top 20 of NBC’s “The Voice,” performs at DundeeCrown High School, where he’s a junior. Taylor Hicks, the 2006 “American Idol” winner, visited Von Bergen’s Country Market in Hebron for an episode of his new television show “State Plate” on INSP.

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McHenry County natives succeed on big, small screens

What began as a small-budget horror film backed by a Crystal Lake native grew into an unexpected success, grossing more than $148 million and receiving generally positive reviews.

A sequel is now in development for “Lights Out,” released July 22 among major summer blockbusters. A 2002 graduate of Crystal Lake South High School now living in Los Angeles, Ben Everard was the executive producer of the film, based on a 3-minute short film of the same name that went viral about a woman haunted by a creature when the lights go out. Everard’s father, Lloyd, of Crystal Lake, was one of the film’s coproducers. Upon release of the film, Ben Everard said he knew the premise was solid. It was just a matter of turning the concept behind the short into a worthy feature release with a solid story.

“At the end of the day, that was the key,” he said. “That was where we were doing our job. We weren’t going to develop it just to have a movie. We wanted it to be special.”

The Everards weren’t the only McHenry County natives making names for themselves in entertainment this past year.

Reality TV saw its share of area residents, with Dundee-Crown High School junior Riley Elmore advancing on “The Voice” and McHenry native Rachel King joining her husband, Zach, on “The Amazing Race.”

At age 16, Elmore joined Adam Levine’s team on Season 11 of “The Voice,” making it to the Top 20 playoffs before being eliminated in an episode that aired Nov. 7. As for Zach and Rachel King, the couple – competing as one of 11 “socially savvy” teams in this past season of CBS’ “The Amazing Race” – was the sixth team to get eliminated, going home in an episode that aired in late April. A 2009 graduate of McHenry High School West Campus, Rachel King jumped at the chance to audition for the show with her husband, known as “Magic Viner” for his popular videos digitally edited as if he is doing magic on the online video app, Vine.

“It was definitely harder than we thought it would be,” Rachel King said of the experience. “There were definitely times when we had to l earn how to communicate. … I think this was good for our marriage. You have to figure out how to do life together.”

For Mike Von Bergen of Von Bergen’s Country Market in Hebron, it was all about the popcorn this past year. Von Bergen appeared on an Oct. 28 episode of the new “State Plate,” a culinary travel series from INSP hosted by Taylor Hicks, the 2006 winner of “American Idol.” Hicks taped part of the episode at the family-owned farm, interviewing Von Bergen and his wife, Tracie, about their popcorn. The segment aired in an episode about the culinary highlights of Illinois.

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Taking center stage

It was a grand year for theater in McHenry County. Among the many notable accomplishments: Williams Street Repertory – the in-house theater company for the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake – became professional, Cary-Grove High School’s “Cinderella” topped musicals throughout Illinois to earn an award for “Best Production,” and a couple OF new theater companies formed.

Williams Street not only became part of the Actors Equity Association, making it the only professional theater company in McHenry County, it expanded its summer offerings with an inaugural street festival and a theater fest, with multiple shows running simultaneously for the very first time.

Another first came in the form of Cary-Grove High School’s June 6 award from the Illinois High School Musical Theatre Association. The spring production of “Cinderella” was chosen from more than 70 participating productions in Illinois in the first year nominations for full high school productions were included along with nominations for high school actors and actresses.

“It was such a thrilling evening, and I was truly overwhelmed with pride and gratitude. I work with the best kids and production team, and it is so nice for all to be recognized for their efforts, dedication, expertise and passion,” Rob Boncosky said at the time. Boncosky directed the show based on a 2013 Broadway adaption of “Cinderella.”

On stages elsewhere, the new community theater groups Theatrevolt, based at Richmond Memorial Hall, and Film Stripped Productions, which provides an immersive experience at area cafés, worked to expand the county’s theater offerings. Theatrevolt describes itself as a group of artists seeking a renaissance in McHenry County, while Film Stripped Productions, created by Jeff Cook, adapts classic films for live, staged readings.

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A 75th celebration for Harvard Milk Days

Harvard had the chance to “Relive the Memories” as an extra day of festivities and added attractions were added to the town’s – and perhaps Illinois’ – longest-running festival. To celebrate, organizers brought together memorabilia, trophies, posters, pictures and more and sold copies of a 75th Milk Day History Book.

Former students of the late Gary Gerdt, a high school band director who wrote “Harmilda’s Night Out” about the fiberglass cow that has stood downtown Harvard since 1966, performed

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Karla Rennhofer performs in “Six Characters in Search of an Author,” a play by the newly created Theatrevolt in Richmond.

Haley Gustafson stars in Cary-Grove High School’s “Cinderella.”

The musical won a best-in-state award.

Jeff Cook created Film Stripped Productions.

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the song. The cow’s name is from the words “Harvard MILk DAys.” It’s hard to believe the four-day festival, drawing thousands with its carnival, fireworks, parade and more, began in 1942 with a simple gathering at Ayer and Brainard streets to pay tribute to local dairy farmers in a town deemed at the time the “Milk Center of the World.” At the time, residents danced and drank 500 gallons of milk.

Over the years, the crowds steadily have increased, along with the festival’s attractions, which include the unique and popular Bed Races, along with live entertainment and an annual whitewashing of Ayer Street.

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Larry Weidner of Harvard helps take care of the cow during the 75th Harvard Milk Days this past summer.

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Musicians bring Mozart back to Woodstock

When the group behind Woodstock’s Mozart Festival announced it wouldn’t be able to continue after 29 years, a group of musicians who’d performed at it for years stepped in.

The Midwest Mozart Festival was born, ensuring 30 years of Mozart in Woodstock.

The group hosted concerts in July and August at both the Sanfilippo Estate in Barrington Hills and the Woodstock Opera House. Plans are to continue the festival, even expand it in years to come.

“It was driven by this deep desire to not let that aspect of something so wonderful just disappear,” said Zachary Dylan, one of the event’s organizers.

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ur politics often are reflected in our popular culture, and vice versa – especially in an election year. That relationship seemed closer than ever in 2016, when a TV personality was elected president, reality shows and beauty contests were referenced in presidential debates and even a Broadway show ignited partisan sparring.

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Election invades pop culture landscape

Celebrities always turn out in election years, and 2016 was no different, with endorsements, “go vote” PSAs and convention speeches and performances by Katy Perry, Alicia Keys, Carole King, Scott Baio and others.

Late night television hosts found plenty of material during the campaign, from Jimmy Fallon famously mussing Donald Trumps’s hair to Stephen Colbert welcoming his former boss Jon Stewart out of retirement to share some desperate words about the political climate.

The candidates themselves often entered the fray, with memes such as the “Hillary Shimmy” and Trump’s “nasty woman” remark going viral and spawning merchandise. The candidates also used social media more aggressively than ever

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At times, it seemed like the election overshadowed everything, but of course there was more. Fans said goodbye to several music and pop culture icons, a game app swept the country and that previously mentioned Broadway show made history with its award wins and policy influence.

before to speak directly to voters, especially president-elect Trump’s unprecedented use of Twitter for everything from releasing policy decisions to disparaging dissenters.

But no election-related moment reached the pop culture level of “Saturday Night Live.” With Kate McKinnon honing her acclaimed, manically ambitious portrayal of Clinton and the inspired casting of Larry David as Bernie Sanders, once Trump clinched the nomination audiences were eager to see who the show would pick as his doppelganger. Although Trump himself hosted “SNL” in 2015, it was Alec Baldwin’s impersonation that brought the show its highest ratings and most viral online presence in eight years. In response, Trump – the real one – tweets: “Alec Baldwin portrayal stinks,” and later follows up that the show is “Totally biased, not funny.”

Icons from music, movies leave us too soon

Ground Control to Major Tom: We shall miss you. The death of David Bowie (right) cast a pall over the pop culture scene Jan. 10 as the year began. The elegant rock star succumbed to cancer – an illness he fought in secret – just after his 69th birthday and the release of his final music video, “Lazarus,” which begins with the line: “Look up here, I’m in heaven.” January also took actor Alan Rickman (Jan. 14), Eagles lead singer Glenn Frey (Jan. 18) and actor Abe Vigoda (Jan. 26).

Harper Lee, Feb. 19 at 89, whose book “To Kill a Mockingbird” was voted the best novel of the 20th century, and Elie Wiesel, 87 on July 2, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, are among notable authors who died. Comedian and actor Gary Shandling died March 24 at 66, and Patty Duke followed March 29.

April showers brought Purple Rain as rock legend Prince (below) died a shocking death April 21 at 57 of an accidental opioid overdose, launching countless poignant tributes.

Actor Anton Yelchin, best known for independent films and as Chekov in the rebooted “Star Trek” movies died June 19 in a freak accident at age 27. TV and film legend Gary Marshall died July 19. Goodbye, Willy Wonka and Leo Bloom: Actor Gene Wilder died Aug. 29 at 83 of complications of Alzheimer’s. Fans across the country sang “Hallelujah” in tribute to Leonard Cohen, who died Nov. 7 at 82.

Beloved television parents Florence Henderson, Nov. 24 at 82, and Alan Thicke, Dec. 13 at 69, also died this year. Actress and lifestyle icon Zsa Zsa Gabor died Dec. 18. But 2016 wasn’t done yet. Singer-songwriter George Michael, who sold millions of albums as a member of the duo Wham! and in his solo career, died on Christmas day, Dec. 25, of heart failure, according to his manager.

American royalty died Dec. 27 when Carrie Fisher (above), known to the world as Princess Leia of “Star Wars,” died at age 60, four days after reportedly suffering a heart attack.

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‘Hamilton’ dominates

Lin-Manuel Miranda – The Associated Press Entertainer of the Year (see page 12) – took his shot and won big. “Hamilton,” for which Miranda did the music, lyrics and book, as well as starred in, received a record-setting 16 Tony nominations, winning 11, including Best Musical. It was the recipient of the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It also won the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History and inspired a best-selling book, a best-selling album of “Hamilton” covers and a popular PBS documentary. In February, Barack Obama hosted a White House concert performance of “Hamilton,” and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew reversed a plan to bump Hamilton from the $10 bill after fans kicked up a fuss – undoubtedly the first time a Broadway show influences currency policy, but possibly not the last.

The musical opened in Chicago in September to sold-out crowds, where it again entered national political discourse. Vice president-elect Mike Pence attended a show, and the cast appealed to him directly from the stage to work on behalf of all Americans. Pence said he didn’t mind, but Trump tweeted: “Apologize!”

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Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton sparred and made waves on “Saturday Night Live.”

Social media’s growing pains

Facebook and Twitter were in the news a lot this year, but not always in a good way. The websites that started as a home for college students’ oversharing and pictures of breakfast food became are they needed to take some responsibility for the power they wield. Twitter became a late-night campaign tool for Donald Trump to hit back at anything that irked him, from climate change to “SNL,” as well as for his supporters and opponents to hit back – and at each other. After relentless harassment of “Ghostbusters” star Leslie Jones by the newly dubbed alt-right, as well as Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas and others, the company reversed positions to step up its “quality filter” that attempts to automatically remove threatening, abusive and repeated tweets, and banned account users such as Milo Yiannopoulos, the professional troll who has spearheaded many an online harassment campaign. Meanwhile, Facebook also reversed positions by stepping up efforts to limit misinformation on its site after many blamed its proliferation of fake news for influencing November’s election results.

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Pokemon Go gets people moving

Have you played Pokemon Go lately? It may seem hard to believe now, but this simple scavenger hunt that involved walking around capturing small creatures on our phones was the overnight hit of the summer.

The mobile phone app was an instant hit when it debuted in July. Crowds stampeded after a Vaporeon in Central Park, and people fell off cliffs playing it in California. At an Apple event on Sept. 7, Niantic CEO John Hanke said 500 million people had downloaded the game in just two months. People of all ages and backgrounds started playing. Some built weight-loss goals around its – admittedly very basic – walking requirements. It was the first mobile game to go mainstream in a big way since “Candy Crush” in 2014 or “Angry Birds” in 2012. It also was the first to incorporate augmented reality, a blending of the real and virtual worlds.

The buzz decidedly has cooled, leaving the app feeling very 2016, but developers are looking for ways to evolve the game to recapture that initial magic. Until then, users will just have to try to recapture that pikachu.

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AP ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

Lin-Manuel Miranda

By MARK KENNEDY The Associated Press

NEW YORK – Winning a Pulitzer Prize and a clutch of Tony Awards in a single one year would be enough for anyone. Not Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Not in 2016.

The “Hamilton” writer-composer picked up those honors and also earned a Golden Globe nomination, won the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, wrote music for a top movie and inspired a best-selling book, a best-selling album of “Hamilton” covers and a popular PBS documentary.

A new honor came Dec. 21, when Miranda bested Beyoncé, Adele and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, among others, to be named The Associated Press Entertainer of the Year, voted by members of the news cooperative and AP entertainment reporters.

“There’s been more than a little good luck in the year itself and the way it’s unfolded,” Miranda said after being told of the honor. “I continue to try to work on the things I’ve always wanted to work on and try to say yes to the opportunities that I’d kick “[Miranda] made myself forever if I didn’t jump at them.” the whole world Miranda joins the list of previous AP Entertainer of the sing, dance and Year winners who in recent think.” years have included Adele, Taylor Swift, Jennifer LawJulio D. Diaz rence, Lady Gaga, Tina Fey Pensacola News Journal and Betty White. The animated Disney juggernaut “Frozen” captured the prize in 2014, and “Star Wars” won last year. (By the way, Miranda wrote one of the songs in “The Force Awakens.”)

When he hosted “Saturday Night Live” in October, he somewhat tongue-in-cheek acknowledged the rarity of having a theater composer as host, saying: “Most of you watching at home have no idea who I am.”

They surely must by now.

Miranda was virtually everywhere in popular culture this year – stage, film, TV, music and politics, while engaging on social media as he went.

Julio D. Diaz, of the Pensacola News Journal, said Miranda “made the whole world sing, dance and think. Coupled with using his prestige to become involved in important sociopolitical issues, there was no greater or more important presence in entertainment in 2016.”

Among the things Miranda did this year are asking Congress to help dig Puerto Rico out of its debt crisis, getting an honorary doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, performing at a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton on Broadway, lobbying to stop gun violence in America and teaming up with Jennifer Lopez on the benefit single “Love Make the World Go Round.”

He and his musical “Hamilton” won 11 Tony Awards in June, but perhaps his deepest contri-

bution that night was tearfully honoring those killed hours before at an Orlando nightclub with a beautiful sonnet: “Love is love is love is love is love is love is love is love, cannot be killed or swept aside,” he said. “Now fill the world with music, love and pride.”

He started the year onstage in the Broadway hit “Hamilton” (which in 2015 had won a Grammy and earned Miranda a MacArthur genius grant) and ended it with a Golden Globe nomination for writing the song “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana,” which was on top of the box office for three weeks this month, earning $165 million.

“I’ve been jumping from thing to thing and what’s been thrilling is to see the projects that happen very quickly kind of exploding side-by-side with the projects I’ve been working on for years,” Miranda said.

Although theater fans long have cherished his fluency in both Stephen Sondheim and Tupac, “Hamilton” helped Miranda break into the mainstream in 2016.

The groundbreaking, biographical hip-hop show tells the true story of an orphan immigrant from the Caribbean who rises to the highest ranks of American society, told by a young African-American and Latino cast.

The cast went to the White House in March to perform songs from the show for the first family and answer questions from school children. A version of the show opened in Chicago in October, and a production is slated to land in California next year and in London soon.

The show’s effects were felt across the nation this year, cheered by politicians, stars and rappers alike and even helping shape the debate over the nation’s currency.

Erin O’Neill of The Marietta Times said Miranda dominated entertainment news this year but, more importantly, “opened a dialogue about government, the founding of our country and the future of politics in America.”

There’s more Miranda to come in 2017, including filming Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns” with Emily Blunt (due out Christmas 2018) and an ambitious TV and film adaptation of the fantasy trilogy “The Kingkiller Chronicle.”

“I’m back in a planting mode after a harvest,” Miranda said, laughing.

“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda gestures during his final performance curtain call in New York.

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When friends and family in Crystal Lake ask Maddy Curley about her film career, she can tell them to head to Netflix, where the movie she co-wrote, produced and stars in, “Chalk It up,” has found an audience.

Curley, whose mother, Marilyn McDermand, has lived in Crystal Lake for the past 16 years, recently spent Christmas here and talked about her latest success, which combines two of her passions – acting and gymnastics.

“It’s been incredible,” said Curley, born in Tallahassee, Florida, and now living in Los Angeles, where she also coaches CrossFit. With an action slant, the comedy – www.chalkitupmovie.com – tells the story of Apple, played by Curley, a fashion-forward university student determined to get married. To draw back a boyfriend, she makes it her mission to build a women’s gymnastics team at her university, which has no gymnastics.

She forms a makeshift team out of a bunch of misfit athletes, soon discovering there’s more to life than finding a husband.

As Curley puts it, “It’s ‘Legally Blonde,’ but with gymnastics. It’s like a girlie girl trying to find herself, and she realizes that teammates are really what makes life worth living, especially college life.”

Curley herself competed in gymnastics nationally, both in high school and with the North Carolina Tar Heels, after earning a full scholarship to the University of North Carolina for gymnastics.

Her first acting gig was a co-starring role in 2006’s gymnastics comedy “Stick It” with Jeff Bridges.

She since has appeared in numerous television shows, including “The Office,” “Cold Case,” “The Event,” “CSI: NY” and most recently NBC’s “Grimm” and “Casual” on Hulu.

Curley began working on the concept for “Chalk It Up” nearly nine years ago with her writing partner, Brooke Buffington. The two met doing gymnastics at the University of North Carolina.

Their goal was to make a familyfriendly film in a similar vein to “Stick It,” a teen comedy-drama that tells the story of a woman forced to return to an elite gymnastics program after a run-in with the law.

A scene from “Chalk It Up,” starring Maddy Curly (right) and Nikki SooHoo. Photo provided

“CHALK IT UP”

(Available at Netflix, Amazon and iTunes) STARRING: Maddy Curley, John DeLuca, Nikki SooHoo PLOT: When a super girly-girl is dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to do everything she can to get him back by building a college gymnastics team, quickly learning she is capable of a lot more than just getting an Mrs. degree.

RATED: G RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 30 minutes

“We grew up loving movies like ‘Bring it On’ and ‘Clueless,’ so we wanted it to have that sort of feel,” Curly said of “Chalk it Up.” “We had to learn to actually become writers,” Curly said.

By the time “Chalk It Up” was filmed – in 12 days – as an independent film, it was on its 26th draft. It found its home on Netflix, iTunes and Amazon several months ago and recently has been released internationally on Netflix.

“To have an indie film and be able to pay back your investors,” Curly said,

“only 4 percent of [independent] movies do that. We feel very pleased we’ll be able to do that.”

Curly said she and Buffington have written numerous films and a television pilot since co-writing “Chalk It Up.” She describes the pilot as “sort of like a ‘West Wing,’ but set in an athletic department.” Similar to “Shakespeare in Love,” another comedy film they’ve written tells the story of Michelangelo’s relationship with The Pope at the time of the painting of the Sistine Chapel.

As for Curly, she said comedy is what drew her into the film industry.

“It’s funny because I feel like I’m better at drama,” she said.

“But I love comedy. Nothing makes me happier than making people laugh.”

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LIVE PRO WRESTLING, 7:30 to 10 p.m. every Saturday, Premier Studio, 1230 Davis Road, Woodstock.

Tickets: $10 adults general or $12 ringside, $5 children age 12 and younger. Information: 847-3476632 or www.premierprowrestling.com.

OLD COURTHOUSE ARTS CENTER HOLIDAY SALE, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 29, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 30, Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson St., Woodstock. Featuring 3D objects, fiber arts of all kinds, jewelry and all kinds of clever, offbeat objects. Free admission. Information: www. oldcourthouseartscenter.org or newsletter@ oldcourthouseartscenter.org.

WOODSTOCK OPERA HOUSE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TREE EXHIBIT, through Dec. 31, Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock. The community is invited to enjoy the beauty of the holiday season with more than 30 Christmas trees decorated by local community groups and volunteer organizations. On display during business hours and scheduled events. Free. Information: 815-338-5300 or www.woodstockoperahouse.com.

CHRISTMAS MANOR DRIVE-THROUGH DISPLAY, 6 to 9 p.m. through Jan. 3, the Mack residence, 1150 Algonquin Road, Fox River Grove. A traditional 2-acre Christmas display with a drive-through portion. Free. Information: mackmanor13@gmail.com.

CLAYWORKERS GUILD OF ILLINOIS HOLIDAY POTTERY SALE, through Jan. 7, Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson St., Woodstock. Featuring the work of 15 members of the guild. Extended hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. Free. Information: www.clayworkersguild.com.

“THIS MUST BE THE PLACE” PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, through Jan. 19, Satellite Gallery inside the Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson St., Woodstock. Featuring recent photographic work from McHenry County College student artists surrounding the theme of home. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday through Wednesday.

Information: Matt Irie, 815-455-8552 or mirie@ mchenry.edu.

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KIDS AND FAMILY PAINT-A-LONGS, Dec. 29, Amber’s Art Place, 9243 S. Route 31, Lake in the Hills.

Kids paint 10 a.m. to noon and families paint 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Paint a penguin. Cost: $15 includes snacks and punch. Registration and information: 815-4046520 or www.ambersartplace.com.

NOON YEAR’S EVE PARTY FOR SENIORS, 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 29, Grand Oaks Recreational Center, 1401 W. Route 176, Crystal Lake. Enjoy a breakfast brunch catered by Colonial Cafe and entertainment

by Larry Breidenbach. Hosted by the Crystal Lake Park District. Optional gift exchange if you bring a $5 wrapped gift. Cost: $15. Registration and information: 815-459-0680 or www.crystallakeparks. org.

“ROCK AROUND THE QUILTED TREE,” 1 to 4 p.m.

Dec. 29, McHenry County Historical Society Mu-

CARY LIBRARY GRAND RE-OPENING: GEORGIA RAE BAND, WINE & BEER TASTING WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. Jan. 13 WHERE: Cary Area Public Library, 1606 Three Oaks Road, Cary COST & INFO: As part of the library’s grand re-opening celebration, patrons age 21 and older are welcome to sample wine and local beers from 7 to 9 p.m. Registration and show of ID required. The event also will include a performance by the Georgia Rae Family Band (above) with a mix of the band’s folk, bluegrass, contemporary folk rock and more from 7 to 10 p.m.

Free. Information: 847-639-4210 or www.caryarealibrary.info. seum, 6422 Main St., Union. A holiday open house, contest and show. Featuring 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. Cost: $5 adults, $3 seniors and students, $12 family, free for members. Information: 815-923-2267 or www. gothistory.org.

JIM AND JUSTIN, 9 to 10 p.m. Dec. 29, Duke’s Alehouse and Kitchen, 110 N. Main St., Crystal Lake.

An acoustic duo from the Chicago area mixing all genres from Tom Petty and Paul Simon to Taio Cruz and Mumford & Sons. Every show is different because the sets and crowd involvement play off of who is attending. They also have a mix of comedy songs for the adult shows. Information: www. thedukeabides.com/events.

DEC. 30 NOON YEAR’S EVE PARTY, 11 a.m. to noon Dec. 30, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry.

Ages 3 through 6 with an adult will celebrate the new year with stories, games and crafts. Free. Information: 815-385-0036 or www.mchenrylibrary.org.

GUY DOMINIK OF HI INFIDELITY, 8 p.m. Dec. 30, Broken Oar, 614 Rawson Bridge Road, Port Barrington. Free. Information: www.brokenoar.com.

DEC. 31 PATIO DADDY-O NEW YEAR’S EVE, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Dec. 31, Kief’s Reef, 3505 S. Wright Road, McHenry.

Tony G, Tony C and Ron will be playing classic rock

and roll. Free. Information: 224-622-0472 or www. facebook.com/patiodaddyo.

JAN. 2 ART FOR THE PAWS 2017, Jan. 2-30, Helping Paws Animal Shelter, 2500 Harding Lane, Woodstock.

Third annual event where artists of all abilities and skill levels are encouraged to create works of art in a variety of mediums on 6-inch-by-6-inch canvases.

Individuals can buy up to two blank canvases for a donation of $5 each at Helping Paws, Material Things in Woodstock, The Studio Art School in McHenry and Fiber & Finds in Crystal Lake.

Completed canvases are due by 4 p.m. Feb. 28. Canvases will be displayed at Read Between the Lynes in Woodstock and Woodstock Public Library from March 20 through April 22, with an April 22 public reception at Mixin Mingle in Woodstock. Artwork will be available to buy through an online auction with proceeds to benefit Helping Paws. Information: 815-338-4400 or www.helpingpaws.net.

JAN. 5 FREE INTRODUCTION TO SQUARE DANCING, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 5, McHenry Township Complex, Building B, 3519 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg.

Hosted by the McHenry B&B and Woodstock Squares square dance clubs. Learn some basic steps and be able to dance to a singing call. Snacks.

Information: 815-322-9799, www.mchenrybnbsquaredance.com or www.woodstocksquares. wixsite.com/woodstocksquares.

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New neutrals dominate the color trends of 2017

(BPT) - From furniture to walls, new homes to remodels, cool grays have dominated home design palettes for the last five years. Look to 2017 to gently shake things up with a focus on fresh neutrals that bring warm and cool tones together to create versatile color with timeless appeal.

One of the most notable trends of the year is the transition of neutrals from monochrome gray to warmer hues, including complex taupe, beige, khaki and brown colors. These warmer tones create an inviting feeling, and while grays will continue to be popular, look for hybrid hues that blend the best of gray with warmer undertones for colors that are unique, yet familiar.

The perfect example of this trend is Poised Taupe (SW 6039), the Sherwin-Williams 2017 Color of the Year.

Earthen brown combines with conservative gray resulting in a weathered, woodsy and complex neutral that fits well in virtually any room.

“Poised Taupe celebrates everything people love about cool gray as a neutral, and also brings in the warmth of brown, taking a color to an entirely new level,” says Sue Wadden, director of color marketing for Sherwin-Williams. “Not cool or warm, nor gray or brown, Poised Taupe brings a sense of coziness and harmony that people are seeking.”

If you’re looking to refresh your space with this new color trend, there are countless opportunities. Here are four stunning home decor themes using this up-and-coming color:

Cornflower hues With its cool-yet-warm vibe, Poised Taupe is an ideal complement to cornflower hues. For example,

when paired with the faded indigo of Stardew (SW 9138), it creates a charming palette ideal for French countryside aesthetics. This fun twist on a classic is sure to produce timeless results in the kitchen or living spaces.

Organic re-imagined Create an updated nature-inspired palette in your home with citrus green, weathered bronze, mustard yellow and light, cool-toned blue paired with earthy neutrals like Poised Taupe. This contemporary organic look is perfectly re-imagined for the modern world with just the right amount of visual appeal.

Wine and taupe Saturated color pairings that evoke deep moods are gaining popularity.

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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS ALGONQUIN $133,000, 1351 Essex St, Algonquin 60102-5301, 19-28302-081-0000, Marcia A Haas To Emily Borton & Robin Borton, November 21 $235,000, 750 Lilac Dr, Algonquin 60102-4291, 1935-201-019-0000, David T Echols To Brian Wiebe & Lisa Wiebe, November 21 CARY $68,000, 6602 Pheasant Trl, Cary 60013-1336, 19-01402-001-0000, Edward Dale Dedina To Robert Johnson & David Macarthur, November 18 CRYSTAL LAKE $163,000, 9511 Georgetown Ln, Crystal Lake 600143335, 18-14-253-012-0000, Roger J Karvel To David T Echols & Geraldine G Echols, November 21 HARVARD $111,000, 704 W Brink St, Harvard 60033-2763, 06-02101-006-0000, M And A Investment Group Llc To Abel G Vela Ii, December 9 HUNTLEY $344,000, 12499 Elliot Ln, Huntley 60142-7043, 18-32405-018-0000, Drh Campridge Homes Inc To Richard G Robotham & Carly Sue Robotham, November 18 JOHNSBURG $500,000, 1204 Old Bay Rd, Johnsburg 60051-9671,

ONLY $329,900

10-19-276-010-0000, Cataldo Trust To Chris Edmonds & Michelle D Edmonds, November 18 LAKE IN THE HILLS $216,500, 201 Crystal Lake Rd, Lake In The Hills 601561210, 19-29-103-008-0000, Robert H Mueller To John A Turner & Janet M Turner, November 21 $150,500, 137 Plum St, Lake In The Hills 60156, 1920-401-019-0000, Charles Colbert To Dawn Carbajal, December 9 MCHENRY $345,000, 1807 Mason Corte Dr, Mchenry 60051-3781, 10-30-153-004-0000, Chad Seedore To Johnny M Trice Jr & Karol R Trice, November 21 SPRING GROVE $270,000, 8404 Saint Moritz Dr, Spring Grove 600819246, 04-23-429-005-0000, First Midwest Bank To James C Mcfarlene & Susan A Mcfarlene, November 21 VILLAGE OF LAKEWOOD $800,000, 7155 Fairway Dr, Village Of Lakewood 60014-6612, 18-11-101-006-0000, John L Daniels To Michael Wilkinson & Anne Wilkinson, November 18 $263,500, 363 Meridian St, Village Of Lakewood 60014-5413, 19-06-305-007-0000, David Davis To Jay E Scherer, December 6

WONDER LAKE $193,000, 3618 Fawn Ln, Wonder Lake 60097-8450, 09-18-256-011-0000, Franklin C Muse Jr To Dee L Prestwich & Rebecca H Prestwich, November 18 $90,000, 3407 Lake Vista Ln, Wonder Lake 600979477, 08-13-407-012-0000, Karen L Johnson To Justin H Seeberger & Jacqueline J Seeberger, November 21 $167,500, 8604 Acorn Path, Wonder Lake 60097-8867, 08-13-181-018-0000, Courtney Clark To Jodi A Bennett, November 17 $130,000, 8903 Ramble Rd, Wonder Lake 60097-8416, 08-13-304-012-0000, Susan M Schlachter To Elizabeth Castaneda, December 8 $103,000, 3206 Park Dr, Wonder Lake 60097-8508, 0918-377-002-0000, Kevin Murata To Jeffrey Metropoulos & Kelsey Moehling, November 18 $167,500, 4805 E Lake Shore Dr, Wonder Lake 600979794, 09-07-178-020-0000, Prace Trust To Eric Adams, December 9 $94,500, 8610 Eamble Rd, Wonder Lake 60097, 08-13-327-010-0000, Bailey L Daggett To Cynthia Joplin, December 7 $235,000, 5119 E Lake Shore Dr, Wonder Lake 600978702, 09-06-451-022-0000, Randolph Watkins To Braden B Hall, November 30 $115,000, 7715 Cedar Rd, Wonder Lake 60097-8625, 09-18-179-011-0000, David E Woolwine To Arne Brage, November 10 $188,000, 3505 Fawn Ln, Wonder Lake 60097-8448, 09-18-402-012-0000, Marcus Menge To Charles K Hyatt,

November 15 WOODSTOCK $58,000, 727 Elm Ln 208, Woodstock 60098-6702, 13-06-205-016-0000, Mort T Bretsnyder To Yasmina Bouhafa, November 14 $133,000, 108 Stewart Ave, Woodstock 60098-3843, 13-08-151-008-0000, House Account Llc To Trey D Casper, November 17 $170,000, 1904 Roger Rd, Woodstock 60098-2284, 08-03-101-028-0000, Jeanne Richmond To Clay Taylor, November 18 $440,000, 1627 Bull Valley Dr, Woodstock 60098-8087, 13-10-403-006-0000, Louis Gebler To William G Osborne Jr, November 21 $80,000, 1125 Greenwood Cir, Woodstock 60098-2985, 13-05-210-004-0000, Daniel B Breckenridge To Marion Alicia Knieling, November 10 $60,000, 412 Saint Johns Rd C, Woodstock 600982785, 08-32-405-003-0000, Soct W Tillman To Deborah K Servantes, November 14 $303,000, 747 S Eastwood Dr, Woodstock 600984634, 18-21-430-019-0000, Brian Fluhler To Faizan Haider & Sabeen Mahmood Haider, November 18 $165,000, 1945 Quierl Ct, Woodstock 60098, 0832-155-006-0000, Alberrt G Wilson To Jason A Barnes, November 17

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When you are in a trump suit, the number of rounds of that suit you play may determine whether the door opens -- you make the contract -- or stays closed -- you go down.

South is in four hearts. West leads the spade queen, which wins the trick, and continues with the spade 10. After declarer ruffs that, how many rounds of trumps should he immediately draw: zero, one, two or three?

When North rebid one no-trump, South just went with the known eight- or nine-card heart fit. (North would not have bid no-trump with a singleton heart. With, for example, 3-1-5-4 distribution, he would have rebid two clubs.) In this deal, a raise to three no-trump would have worked fine too, but that was far from obvious with the singleton spade.

Declarer might concede four tricks: one spade, one diamond and two clubs. He must eliminate a club loser. One chance is to find the suit splitting 3-3, but that happens only one time in three. If the clubs are 4-2, South has to ruff his last club on the board. Since this requires only one trump, some players would think that they could afford to draw two rounds of trumps -- but not here. When East wins a club trick, he leads his last trump to kill the ruff.

Declarer should draw one round of trumps, then play three rounds of clubs.

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PAULY TOYOTA

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800/720-7036

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BILL JACOBS MINI

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23 N US Highway • Fox Lake, IL

13900 Automall Dr. • Huntley, IL

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PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of Kelsey Margaret Houlihan Case Number 16 MR 774 Public notice is hereby given that I have filed a Petition for Change of Name and scheduled a hearing on my Petition on February 14, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., Room 204, in the Circuit Court of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, praying for the Illinois, change of my name from Kelsey Margaret Houlihan to that of Kyle Alexander Houlihan pur-

Ky pur quisite suant to the Illinois Compiled publication having been filed, Statutes on Change of Names. notice is given you, Doheny Properties, Inc., Thomas Doheny, /s/ Kelsey Margaret Houlihan Elizabeth Doheny, Unknown Owners and Non-Record (Published in the Northwest Herald Claimants, defendants in the on December 29, 2016, January above-entitled action, that this 5, 12, 2017) 1254839 action has been filed in the Circuit Court of McHenry County by the above-named plaintiff against you and other defendants to foreclose a PUBLIC NOTICE certain mortgage, conveying the following-described premises: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EAST 553.3 FEET OF THE THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY NORTH 267 FEET (EXCEPT THE NORTH 102 FEET THEREOF) OF COUNTY, ILLINOIS ABC BANK F/K/A AUSTIN BANK OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION CHICAGO, 29, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE Plaintiff, 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL v.

DOHENY PROPERTIES, INC.; MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, THOMAS DOHENY; ELIZABETH ILLINOIS DOHENY; UNKNOWN OWNERS Commonly known as: 4035 Roberts Rd, Island Lake, IL 60042 AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, PIN: 15-29-200-010 Defendants. and for other relief A smmnons was Case No. 16CHOO 1031 duly issued out of the court against Common address: you as provided by law and the 4035 Roberts Rd action is still pending.

Island Lake, IL 60042 Unless you, Doheny Properties, NOTICE OF PUBLICATION ABC Bank f/k/a Austin Bank of Inc., Thomas Doheny, Elizabeth Doheny, Unknown Owners and Chicago, as mortgagee under Non-Record Claimants, defendants mortgage filed with the McHenry in the above-captioned action file County Recorder, Illinois, as Docuyour answer to the complaint in the ment No. 2003R0162376.

The requisite affidavit for action or otherwise make your ap-

gular Meeting on January 12, 2017 as On agenda Item. Sealed bids canbe presented to the attention of the Clerk of McHenry Township, or in person, by the start of the meeting. Bids can also be submitted before said meeting by mail, or faxed to arrive by January 11, at 1815-385-5671. Bid open address and mail address, for McHenry Township is 3703 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg, Illinois 60051: The Township Meeting Hall is located at that same address. Bid Specifications can be picked up at the above /s/ Katherine M Keefe address at the reception Clerk of the Circuit Court desk. 1-815-385-5605 before January 12,2017.

(Published in the Northwest Herald on December 29, 2016, January Marsha Nelson 5, 12, 2017) 1254822 McHenry Township Clerk

yo ap pearance in the Circuit Court of McHenry County, at 2200 N. Seminary Ave, Woodstock, IL 60098 within 30 days of this publication, default may be entered against you any time after that day, entered in and a judgment accordance with the complaint.

Attorneys for plaintiff: David T. Arena Jordan A. Finfer DiMonte and Lizak, LLC 216 W. Higgins Rd Park Ridge, IL 60068 Tel. 847-698-9600

CLASSIFIED 23 p. in the Hills Village Hall, 600 Harvest Gate, Lake in the Hills, Illinois 60156. The petitioner is requesting approval of a conditional use permit for a Pet Care Facility for the subject site. The subject site is zonedB-3 PD Business-General Planned Development and located at 61 Polaris Suites 5 & 6 and has a PIN of 19-30-232-001.

Any questions regarding this notice please call the Lake in the Hills Community Development Department at 847-960-7440 or visit the Community Development Department at 600 Harvest Gate, Lake in the Hills, IL. Joe DeMay, Chairman Planning and Zoning Commission (Published in the Northwest Herald on December 29, 2016) 1254738

PUBLIC NOTICE

(Published in the Northwest Herald on December 29, 2016) 1254711

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The McHenry Township Board of Trustees shall accept bids for Its Mosquito Abatement Program for year 2017. All bids will be opened at the Township Hall during the regular scheduled 7:00 Board

Notice of Public Hearing A public hearing by the Lake in the Hills Planning and Zoning Commission will be held regarding this property on Monday, January 16, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lake 600

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