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Mariano’s plans to build store on site in Crystal Lake / A4

Woodstock weighs in on possibility of school closures, consolidations / A3

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Guilty plea Man shot by Crystal Lake cop admits to assault, burglary / A6 SPORTS

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Expect areas of fog during the morning. The fog should lift, resulting in a mild afternoon. Winds will shift out of the southwest and could gust up to 20 mph.

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Congratulations on generous holiday season donations Congratulations to McHenry County residents for stepping up this past holiday season and giving back to the community.

The Salvation Army of McHenry County recently reported that its Red Kettle Campaign raised more than $230,000, surpassing its goal of $200,000 by 15 percent.

Those donations will be turned around to help local residents in situations where they can’t afford some of life’s most basic necessities.

After a careful screening process, The Salvation Army provides assistance for things such as paying rent or utility bills, medical prescriptions, winter coats, food and more.

Many of our social service agencies require the generosity of local residents to continue to provide much-needed services for our most atrisk neighbors. And the holiday season is when many are feeling the most generous. According to 2014 data from the Digital Giving Index, about 31 percent of annual donations occurred in December.

With Illinois again operating without a

FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Dan McCaleb budget, the state owes vendors more than $11 billion for work already performed. A significant portion of that backlog is owed to already financially strapped social service agencies.

Donations from the community are more important now than ever.

And while it’s understandable that a large percentage of donations are made during the holiday season, there’s never a bad time of the year to give.

There are dozens of nonprofit agencies doing tremendous work in McHenry County. Consider helping any one or more of them if you are able.

• Dan McCaleb is executive editor of the Northwest Herald. Email him at dmccaleb@shawmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @dan_mccaleb.

New report: Abortions in U.S. drop to lowest level since 1974

By DAVID CRARY The Associated Press NEW YORK – Even as the election outcome intensifies America’s abortion debate, a comprehensive new survey finds the annual number of abortions in the U.S has dropped to well under 1 million, the lowest level since 1974.

The report, which counted 926,200 abortions in 2014, was released Tuesday by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. It is the only entity that strives to count all abortions in the U.S.; the latest federal survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacks data from California, Maryland and New Hampshire.

The 2014 total represented a drop of 12.5 percent from Guttmacher’s previous survey, which tallied 1.06 million abortions in 2011. The decrease was spread nationwide; in only six states did abortions increase over the three-year span.

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Sarah Wedin

posted on a story about two people being injured in a McHenry rollover crash off Curran Road.

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“I can’t believe there are people commenting that would rather have nothing than a Mariano’s. Insanity.

Whether or not you choose to shop there is irrelevant.

What matters is that another store of interest is moving into Crystal Lake. You should be counting your blessings.”

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According to the report, the abortion rate was 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44, the lowest rate since abortion was legalized nationally in 1973 by the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision.

Following that ruling, the number of abortions in the U.S. rose steadily – reaching a peak of 1.6 million in 1990 – before starting a decline.

The authors of the new report, Guttmacher researchers Rachel Jones and Jenna Jerman, said the latest phase of the decline was likely the result of two main factors: the increased availability of affordable, long-lasting contraceptives that have reduced unintended pregnancies, and the surge of abortion restrictions in many states that have forced some clinics to close and hindered many women’s access to the procedure.

Guttmacher’s state-by-state breakdown showed big declines in abortions in some liberal states that protect abortion rights, and also in some conservative states that have passed laws to restrict abortions.

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on Mariano’s announcing plans to build a new store on the Sears site in Crystal Lake See story on page A4

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the number of assistedliving units in a proposed senior living facility called Melody Living, according to a concept plan submitted to Lake in the Hills.

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ON THE COVER Superintendent Randy Moan addresses the crowd during Tuesday’s community forum to discuss the possibilities of closing school buildings at Woodstock High School.

See story on page A3.

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We hope for as many participants as possible in the next week for the survey to get a voice that really represents our community.”

Mike Moan, Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 superintendent

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Woodstock High School is seen before a community forum Tuesday to discuss the possibility of closing some District 200 schools, including Clay Elementary School, Dean Street Elementary School and Northwood Middle School.

FLOOD OF FEEDBACK

Community discusses possible Woodstock School District 200 changes

By BRITTANY KEEPERMAN bkeeperman@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Concerned taxpayers and Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 board members and parents gathered Tuesday for a community forum to discuss a potential plan to consolidate Woodstock schools.

A District 200 facilities committee has focused on how to better use district

ly brought forth an idea to consolidate high schools and close Clay Elementary School, Dean Street Elementary School Sign up for school district text alerts from and Northwood Middle School. the Northwest Herald at shawurl.com/ A survey has been created for the textalert. Message and data rates apply. public to give input on the importance of various criteria that will be considresources and space while maintaining ered while the district moves forward quality education that meets the needs with its decision. The survey is availof all of its students. A subcommittee fo- able on District 200’s website. cused on the district’s facilities recentAbout 1,000 people have contributed

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to the survey so far, Superintendent Mike Moan said.

“We hope for as many participants as possible in the next week for the survey to get a voice that really represents our community,” Moan said.

Some parents said closing schools wouldn’t send a good message to potential Woodstock residents.

See DISTRICT 200 CHANGES, page A8

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District 154 students can apply for scholarship MARENGO – The Marengo Woman’s Club will award one $1,500 scholarship to a 2017 graduating high school senior in District 154, including Marengo Community High School, Faith Lutheran High School, Marian Central Catholic High School and home-schooled students.

Application forms are available in the high school guidance offices. The application deadline is March 17.

For information, call Cynthia Tomczyk, Marengo Woman’s Club scholarship chairwoman, at 815-568-1776.

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The Sears store at 105 Northwest Highway in Crystal Lake is closing. Specialty grocery store Mariano’s plans to open a store at the site.

Paula Meyer 86, Huntley

Mariano’s announces plan for new store at Sears site

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By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Goodbye, Sears; hello, Mariano’s.

City leaders announced Tuesday afternoon that the Chicago-area specialty grocer chain will be opening a new store at the location of the Sears at 105 Northwest Highway.

Plans call for a 74,800-square-foot building at the current Sears site, which will close in March. Demolition of the old building and construction of the Mariano’s will begin this year, with an expected 2018 grand opening.

Sears Holding Corp. and national retail developer Continental Properties Co., which are joint venture partners in the project, have been working with the city to locate a Mariano’s at the address.

“We are excited to welcome Mariano’s

to the Crystal Lake business community.

Mariano’s is a premier grocer that offers quality products, variety, exceptional service and convenience, and this is a perfect location for them,” Mayor Aaron Shepley said.

The new building, like other Mariano’s stores, will feature its signature glass rotunda that houses the customer cafe. The amenities offered differ by store, but include specialties such as an Italian coffee shop with gelato bar, wood-fired pizza, a sit-down sushi bar, a juice bar and others.

The first Mariano’s opened in 2010 in Arlington Heights. There are now 40 stores, with the nearest ones in Lake Zurich, Palatine and Hoffman Estates.

City staff and Mariano’s have been talking for several years about a Crystal Lake location, said Shepley, who added that the location will have the bonus of helping “re-energize” the older part of the

city’s Route 14 retail corridor.

Steve Wagner, senior vice president for Continental Properties Co., said the city has been “very responsive and helpful” in assisting the company and its plans.

While Mariano’s still will have to go through the city’s permit and design process, the property already has the appropriate business zoning.

Mariano’s is a subsidiary of Milwaukee-based Roundy’s, which operates a number of grocery stores in Wisconsin and the Chicago area under the Mariano’s, Pick n’ Save, Copps and Metro Market retail banners. Roundy’s was bought in 2015 by Cincinnati-based grocery giant The Kroger Co. Sears Holdings Corp., which has been struggling for years, began looking for a retailer to share the space in 2013. Sears announced 16 store closings last month and 26 more this month.

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That fog should lift, resulting in a mild afternoon. Winds will shift out of the southwest and could gust up to 20 mph. Mild conditions are expected through the weekend along with periods of wet weather. The first system will arrive Thursday night into Friday with the next one arriving Sunday.

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Man shot by police officer admits to assault, burglary

By JORDYN REILAND jreiland@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – A man shot by police in 2015 after prosecutors said he lunged at a Crystal Lake officer faces prison time after he admitted to assault and burglary charges.

Joseph A. Laudicina, 31, whose last known address was in Addison, entered a blind guilty plea Tuesday to charges of residential burglary and aggravated assault Joseph A. after prosecutors filed a Laudicina superseding indictment.

The new indictment negated the original charges. He faces up to 15 years in prison on the residential burglary charge – a Class 1 felony – and up to three years in prison on the aggravated assault charge – a Class 4 felony.

McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather will determine Laudicina’s sentence March 3.

Police were called June 21, 2015, to a Crystal lake address for an alleged domestic battery. Authorities said that Laudicina punched his mother several times and choked her. Officers then were called hours later on June 22, 2015, to a Crystal Lake home in the 800 block of Boxwood Drive for an “unwanted subject” in the home. Prosecutors said Laudicina brandished a knife and placed Crystal Lake police Officer Kris Krol in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.

Krol shot at Laudicina and hit him at least once, authorities have said.

Laudicina was in the hospital for more than two weeks recovering before being transferred to the McHenry County Jail. He faced charges including home and vehicular invasion, aggravated do-

• 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday – Crystal Lake South High School, 1200 S. McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake.

Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-271-2910 or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday – Zion Lutheran Church, 412 Jackson St., Marengo. Appointments and information: Camille Piazza, 847-305-9998 or www.heartlandbc.org.

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

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

• 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Monday – Riverwood Elementary School, 300 S. Driftwood Trail, McHenry.

Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-271-2910 or www. heartlandbc.org.

• 2 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday – Marengo Community High School, 110 Franks Road, Marengo. Appointments and information: Camille Piazza, 847-3059998 or www.heartlandbc.org.

Log on to www.NWHerald.com and vote on today’s poll question:

How often do you buy lottery tickets?

Tuesday’s results as of 8 p.m.:

Did you work on Martin Luther King Jr. Day?

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31% Retired or not working

24% Day off

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mestic battery and attempted murder of a police officer, a charge that carries a possible sentence between 20 and 80 years.

Assistant Public Defender Angelo Mourelatos, Laudicina’s attorney, has said the knife his client brandished was a butter knife.

Laudicina also pleaded guilty to a 2013 charge of aggravated domestic battery. Prosecutors said he caused great bodily harm to his then-girlfriend by choking her. All remaining charges were dismissed by the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office. He faces up to seven years on the aggravated domestic battery charge – a Class 2 felony – or probation.

The defendant was out on bond on the 2013 charges when he was arrested in 2015; therefore, any prison time sentenced in both cases must be served consecutively.

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• 8 a.m. to noon Jan. 28 – Resurrection Catholic Church, 2918 S. Country Club Road, Woodstock.

Appointments and information: Carrie Futchko, 815-271-2910 or www. heartlandbc.org.

Blood service organizations • American Red Cross of Greater Chicago – 800-448-3543 for general blood services; 312-729-6100 general questions.

• Heartland Blood Centers – 800786-4483; 630-264-7834 or www. heartlandbc.org. Locations: 6296 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, 815356-0608; 1140 N. McLean Blvd., Elgin, 847-741-8282; 2000 W. State St., Unit 1E, Geneva, 630-208-8105; 1200 N. Highland Ave., Aurora, 630-892-7055.

• LifeSource Blood Center – Crystal Lake Community Donor Center, 5577 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, 815-356-0672; 815-356-5173 or www. lifesource.org. Hours: noon to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

• Rock River Valley Blood Center – 419 N. Sixth St., Rockford, 877778-2299; 815-965-8751 or www. rrvbc.org. Hours: 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Mondays through Thursdays, 6:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Fridays; 7 to 11 a.m. second Saturdays.

Fire causes about $15K in damage to home, official says

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Bill Hartmann

NORTHWEST HERALD WOODSTOCK – Fire officials continue to investigate a structure fire that caused between $15,000 to $20,000 in damage to a Woodstock home Monday.

The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District was called about 3:41 p.m. to a report of a structure fire in the 15000 block of South Street.

First-arriving units reported smoke from the single-story residence, a fire official said. After attack crews entered the building, they immediately saw that a hole had burned through the floor just inside the main entrance, prompting an “emergency traffic” call to alert additional crews.

The fire was brought under control within about five minutes, and the cause of the fire is under investigation.

No one was inside the building at the time of the incident, a fire official said.

Harvard, Huntley, Marengo and Union fire departments also were called to the scene to assist.

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Back By Request… Saturday January 28, 2017 BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA WORKSHOP REVEALS HOW TO NATURALLY HEAL BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA FOR GOOD. • Do you suffer with back pain or leg pain when you stand or walk?

• Do you have pain when you sit for long periods or drive?

• Do you experience pain, numbness or tingling into your butt, groin or down your leg?

• Does your back ever “go out” if you move the wrong way?

• Are you afraid your pain will get worse if you don’t do anything about it?

If you have answered YES to any of the above questions (or have a stubborn spouse who is in denial) – the Lower Back and Sciatica Workshop may be a life changing event for you…

“Chuck and his staff were very friendly and helpful. I was experiencing some lower back pain and they were direct in telling me what I needed to do. Their direction got me back to my regular work outs and life quickly.” D.W.

And less movement and less enjoyment of life can lead to depression, increased stress and a sedentary lifestyle (mostly sitting… not moving much) which leads to bigger health problems… and life problems.

The sciatica and low back pain specialists at Diamond physical Therapy have helped 100’s of people right here in Algonquin… and the rest of McHenry County… who have suffered needlessly with lower back pain and sciatica… it’s our specialty.

So by request, I’m hosting a Sciatica and Lower Back Pain Workshop here at Diamond Physical Therapy at 1140 East Algonquin Rd, Algonquin IL 60102, Saturday, January 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

If you’re confused about what to do and are looking for answers, here’s some of what you’ll learn: • The Single Biggest #1 Mistake back pain and sciatica sufferers make which actually stops them from healing…

• The 3 Most Common Causes of Lower Back Pain and Sciatica…

• A Sure-Fire Way to Pick the Right Treatment for the Cause of Your Pain (and save you a ton of time and money) • How a problem in your back can cause pain, numbness or tingling in your leg…

• What successful treatment and permanent relief looks like without the side effects of medications, injections or surgery.

How Do I Register for the Lower Back Pain and Sciatica Workshop? Call Nicole at our office at 847-854-0196 How Much Is It to Attend? Nothing… the event is FREE! When you register, we will mail you The Lower Back Pain and Sciatica Worksheet which you will bring with you to the event. We only have 30 seats available for this event… and this invitation will be mailed to 3,000 people in the Algonquin area. If you would like to attend, be sure to register now at 847-854-0196.

As a Special Bonus, the first 10 people to call and register for the event will receive a copy of my new book Get Back To Living. All 30 attendees for the Sciatica and Lower Back Pain Workshop will receive a Special Report: “The Top 10 Burning Questions for Sciatica” Looking forward to seeing you there, CHUCK SCHULTE, PT, ATC PS – The first 10 people to call and register at 847-854-0196 will receive a copy of my new book Get Back To Living PPS – This event is limited to the first 30 people to register. When you register, you can bring a guest (we do this because many people request to bring their spouse or other family member).

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Hello, Back pain and sciatica can completely ruin your life… I’ve seen it many times.

It can make you lean on the shopping cart when walking through the grocery store… It can take your focus away on enjoying your life…like spending time with your children or grandchildren… It can mess up your work or force you to do a job you don’t want to do… It can ruin your travel plans… And it can take away your ability to live life… having to rely on others… or to wait for you to sit down for a minute.

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Attention Back Pain and Sciatica Sufferers:

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“If we look to consolidate schools in anticipation of declining enrollment over time, that seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy. By consolidating schools or closing Woodstock North or whatever is on the table, you are telling future residents that might look to move here that we don’t want them. That stops the economic growth right there.”

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John Metze, Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 parent

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“If we look to consolidate schools in anticipation of declining enrollment over time, that seems like a self-fulfilling prophecy,” District 200 parent John Metze said. “By consolidating schools or closing Woodstock North or whatever is on the table, you are telling future residents that might look to move here that we don’t want them.

“That stops the economic growth right there.”

Some residents who live in neighborhoods near the schools being considered for closure worried about property values crashing, which they said might happen if schools are shuttered.

“My wife and I live in the neighborhood of the Dean Street (Elementary) School,” Woodstock resident Blake Mueller said. “It’s a nice neighborhood school. … Our No. 1 concern is what is going to happen to Dean Street School if it does close down.

“Is it going to be boarded up? Our property values will come down. Graffiti will go on. It could really be a nightmare so close to the Square. The neighbors would really like to see it continue.”

No options have been put on the board’s table as of now, and the community will have ample opportunity to provide feedback before a final decision is made, Moan said.

John Metze of Woodstock asks a question during Tuesday’s community forum at Woodstock High School to discuss the possibility of closing some District 200 schools.

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The McHenry County Continuum of Care to End Homelessness will be conducting its annual survey to count and gather information on the homeless population in the county.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requires the continuum of care program to complete the National Street and Shelter Point-in-Time Count. Continuums are made up of area agencies, organizations and businesses that meet to combat homelessness.

Outcomes of the survey help show what the needs are for the homeless population in a community so that services can be available to help reduce the number of homeless people, according to a news release from the McHenry County Continuum of Care to End Homelessness.

The survey has been done in January in McHenry County for the past 15 years, the release stated. This year’s

survey will be conducted in 24 hours from Jan. 25 to Jan. 26.

Committee members on the continuum will visit locations including shelters, train stations and libraries.

Homeless individuals are encouraged to take a survey and will receive a goody bag for his or her time, the release stated. Forms also can be provided at places including food pantries, outreach programs, churches and police departments.

“Not only do we get the numbers, we also get why are they homeless, where were they found, and then what HUD does is provide programs and fund programs in order to address that particular area,” New Life Transitions Executive Director Charles Sprague said.

Groups interested in participating in the count or continuum of care can contact Sprague at charlessprague@ comcast.net or Pioneer Center for Human Services co-CEO Sam Tenuto at stenuto@pioneercenter.org.

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ones came out of the 1950s and ’60s is because a lot of them were being made.

The list of musicals in the 1930s and ’40s also is pretty impressive.

Of course, even the marginal ones from the past can make for an interesting afternoon’s viewing, as my elderly mother and I have found. Give us a Hollywood musical any day, and we’ll happily while away the hours.

We’ve bonded over many a Fred Astaire picture, with both of us singing along to numbers such as “Cheek to Cheek,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” and “The Way You Look Tonight.” We’ve crooned along with Gene Kelly to “I’m Singing in the Rain” and soft-shoed to “ ’S Wonderful.”

Really, we’d much rather watch Ginger Rogers or Cyd Charrise glide across the screen than deal with any number of the current plotlines that require a scorecard to keep track.

One of my favorite musicals didn’t even crack AFI’s top 25 list. “Guys and Dolls,” starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Jean Simmons, showed what a young Brando was up to before he portrayed “The Godfather.”

So I suppose this is why I’m hopeful that “La La Land” might bring us a new crop of movie musicals. C’mon, Hollywood, some of us are ready for something other than the same old song and dance.

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Is anyone else excited about the awards season success the film “La La Land” seems to be having? Could this mean a renaissance of sorts for Hollywood musicals?

Let us hope.

The film, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone and directed by Damien Chazelle, is an honest-to-goodness musical, the like we haven’t seen in a long while.

Sure, it’s set in Hollywood, where so many of them are. But, hey, who doesn’t appreciate “Singin’ in the Rain,” starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor? Of course, that was about the birth of “talking” pictures and featured some of the best dance numbers ever filmed.

In “La La Land,” the tale is more about the struggle for success of an aspiring actress (Stone) and a jazz musician (Gosling) and the toll it takes on their romance. Call it an update of the Hollywood musical.

A glance at the American Film Institute’s list of the 25 greatest movie musicals of all time hints at why some of us are so excited about the critical and commercial success of “La La Land.” Only two – “Moulin Rouge” (No. 25) and “Chicago” (No. 12) – were even made in this century.

No, the heyday for the best of the musicals seems to have been the 1950s and ’60s, which account for 12 of the top 25, and have seven of the top 10.

“Singin’ in the Rain” (1952) tops the list, with “West Side Story” (1961) at No. 2.

Oh, sure, there have been some wonderful animated musicals in the years since, but the live-action musical has been hard to come by. And quality ones have been even harder to come by.

Maybe the reason so many good

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Senior living facility eyeing Lake in the Hills

By HANNAH PROKOP hprokop@shawmedia.com LAKE IN THE HILLS – Village trustees heard plans for a senior living facility that would be built in an 8-acre lot in the northwest corner of West Algonquin Road and Harvest Gate.

Cedarwood Development Inc. has submitted an application for a concept plan for the project, called Melody Living, which would hold 70 independent apartments, 60 assisted-living units and 26 memory care units.

An informational presentation on the development was given at the Jan. 10 Committee of the Whole meeting and received positive feedback, Lake in the Hills Community Development Director Michael Brown said. “[Trustees] felt that it was an important project and were on board,” Brown said.

Project leaders will move forward with creating detailed development plans, Brown said, and submit the necessary zoning requests, including an amendment to the comprehensive plan, rezoning and conditional use permit.

Plans again would come before trustees before being finalized, Brown said.

The facility would include a great

“We look at communities that have a lot to offer. In that area, you have the Randall Road corridor, where you have a lot of entertainment, a lot of shopping – so you’re really immersed in the community.”

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The independent living units would have one-, two- and three-bedroom options, all with full kitchens, Hester said, and prices would start at $3,500.

Units would be furnished to a luxury apartment standard, she said.

Hester said if final plans for the project are approved, the goal is to start construction late in the fall. The project would be broken into two phases, with the assisted-living and memory care units being built first, she said.

With nearly 10,000 households with people older than age 75 within 10 miles of the site, there is a significant demand for senior housing, Hester said, citing the Nielsen Claritas demographic profile for 2016.

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Both Franks and McClellan called it a matter of not only getting with the times, but also increasing transparency and conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, such as the visual vote tally catering to hearing-impaired constituents who cannot follow the voice vote or streaming.

“It’s not hard. It’s not rocket science.

It really isn’t,” McClellan told board members.

However, several members alleged that they had not received training on top of downloading the software.

Board member Chuck Wheeler, R-McHenry, unsuccessfully attempted at the start of the meeting to make a motion to suspend using the system until it went through committee, and until board rules are amended to reflect electronic voting.

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WOODSTOCK – A new electronic voting system for the McHenry County Board sparked an hourlong fight with Chairman Jack Franks to start Tuesday evening’s meeting.

The meeting was the first to incorporate electronic voting, paid for from the budget of County Clerk Mary McClellan, who takes the minutes at the board’s voting meetings. But County Board members complained about a lack of training, a lack of board oversight and an incompatibility with the board’s existing rules that still refer to voice vote.

In a compromise, Franks, D-Marengo, agreed to call the voice vote as well as use the new system, which displays voting results online and on a new flatscreen TV behind the chairman’s seat.

“Guys, it’s really not that hard,” Franks said to audience applause about 45 minutes into the meeting.

But most of the 24-member County Board felt differently, and they let the new chairman know it.

Member Yvonne Barnes, R-Cary, brought up at the start of the meeting

that the County Board rules explicitly state that a voice vote is required, and they have not been updated to reflect a new system that did not go through the committee process. Barnes is chairwoman of the Internal Support and Facilities Committee, which reviews board rules after every November election.

Others, such as Donna Kurtz, R-Crystal Lake, said the process should have gone through committee to be properly vetted, and that members needed more training time. She said rushing the process to Tuesday night would jeopardize the most important function of elected officials, namely casting votes on behalf of their constituents.

“I just think that conducting voice voting tonight is the most appropriate way to do it,” Kurtz said.

Maintaining the software costs about $12,000 a year, or about $1,000 a month, not counting the one-time $2,700 cost of the hardware, McClellan said. The software allows County Board members to vote or abstain on their county-issued iPads.

McClellan told board members that the project did not get bid out because it had to be a module of the board’s

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NORTHWEST HERALD CRYSTAL LAKE – Lottery officials on Tuesday announced that a Crystal Lake couple won a $2,250,000 Lotto jackpot prize when their ticket matched all six numbers – 2-11-31-36-3748 – in a recent drawing.

Roy and Gail Voigt won the prize in the Nov. 17 drawing, Illinois Lottery officials said.

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McHenry Township Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Mike Majercik said crews responded about 11:13 a.m. to the 1500 block of Curran Road in McHenry.

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OBITUARIES Born: July 12, 1928; in Chicago, IL Died: January 15, 2017; in Crystal Lake, IL William Harold Brasie of Crystal Lake, formerly of Elmhurst, Illinois, passed away at age 88 on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at The Fountains of Crystal Lake.

William “Bill” was born in Oak Park, Illinois the son of Harold and Dorothy Brasie. He was a graduate of Oak Park High School and attended Indiana University.

Bill was a second generation owner of Middlewest Pet Foods, Inc. When he retired, he devoted himself to volunteer work with The Salvation Army and was named Volunteer of the Year in 1999. He was also a member of Lions International and received the Lions Committee Chairman Award for Crystal Lake in 2005.

Bill was the loving husband for 64 years to the late Helen Brasie. He was the devoted father of the late Stephen (Jeannie) Brasie, Kathleen (Bill) Marciniak and Phillip (Cindy) Brasie. He leaves loving grandchildren, Scott Shenefelt, Mark (Esther) Shenefelt, Stephanie (Steve) Iwanski, Jason (Gail) Brasie, Emily (Kevin) Foerster, Donald (Sarah) Brasie and Michael (Maggie) Brasie. He was blessed with great-grandchildren Madison and Olivia Brasie, Katie Foerster, Finnley Iwanski, Angel and Dianna Salinas.

He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; and his oldest son.

Visitation will be from 9:30 am until the 11:30am service on Saturday, January 21st at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave. Crystal Lake. Interment will be in Crystal Lake Memorial Park, Crystal Lake.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Salvation Army - Crystal Lake, 290 W. Crystal Lake Ave, Crystal Lake, IL 60014.

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great delight. She also loved participating in church activities, flower arranging, quilting and sewing. All of her passions revolved around kindness, love and service to her Send obituary information to obits@ family and friends. nwherald.com or call 815-526-4438.

Cherished wife of (the late) Andy; loving Notices are accepted until 3 p.m. for mother of William F. (Vickie) Meyer and the next day’s edition. Obituaries also Karen (Bruce) Palmer; proud grandmother appear online at NWHerald.com/obits, PAULA MEYER of Jason and Brian Meyer; dear sister of the where you may sign the guest book, Born: March 26, 1930 late Leni Hahlbeck and the late Ken (Marilyn) send flowers or make a memorial Died: January 13, 2017 Johannsen; loving aunt to many nieces and donation. nephews.

Paula Meyer (nee HahlVisitation will be on Thursday, January 19 beck), 86, of Sun City Huntley known to be a good jokester. She was loved from 3:00 to 8:00 pm at the James A. O’Conand formerly of Chicago, and will be dearly missed. nor Funeral Home, 11603 E. Main St. in Huntrejoined her loving husband, She is survived by a son, Blaine (Brenda) ley.

Visitation also on Friday at the church Andy on Friday, January 13, Feezel; 3 daughters, Debra (Lawrence) Feezel from 10:00 to 11:00 am. Funeral Services will 2017.

Paula passed peacefully Nichols, Dawn (Adelfo) Gonzalez, and Rhonda be held on Friday, January 20 at 11:00 am at surrounded by family at the Feezel Parsons; a brother, Alan (Ceda) Wirth Shepherd of The Prairie Church,10805 E. Main and a sister, Janice Lehman; 13 grandchildren hospital due to heart failure.

St, in Huntley with Pastor Mark Boster officiShe was born March 26, 1930 in Husum, and 27 great-grandchildren. ating. Burial will be in Huntley Cemetery.

Germany, the daughter of Willy and Mimi She was preceded in death by her parents Memorial contributions in Paula’s name (Johannsen) Hahlbeck. On May 3, 1949 she and husband; a sister, Barbara Hansing; a may be directed to Shepherd of The Prairie married Andy Meyer. brother, Frank Wirth.

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Paula and Andy were an incredible team, Visitation will be Friday January 20, 2017 at For Info call (847)669-5111 or visit www. they owned and operated Meyer Import the Schneider, Leucht, Merwin & Cooney fujamesaoconnorfuneralhome.com. neral home 1211 N. Seminary Ave. Woodstock Delicatessen on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago starting at 10:00 am until the funeral service for 38 years. They loved sharing their enthusiat 12:00 pm. Burial will be at McHenry County asm for gourmet food with their many loyal customers. Paula had many passions. She Memorial Park. loved preparing specialty dishes, particularly In lieu of flowers donations to the family ALL of Julia Child’s recipes to her family’s would be appreciated.

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Richard L. Gilbertsen, age 59, of McHenry, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2017 in McHenry. He was born on December 15, 1957, son of the late Chester and June (Corwin) Gilbertsen.

Richard worked as a union painter, retiring ALEXA P. FEEZEL after 30 years. He had a love for hockey, fishBorn: December 1, 1937; in Chetek, WI ing, and feeding the birds. Richard enjoyed Died: January 16, 2017; in Woodstock, IL bicycling and taking long trips to Lake Geneva. He will always be remembered as a loving Alexa P. Feezel, 79, of father and as a caring and giving man. He will Woodstock died Monday be greatly missed by all who knew him.

January 16, 2017 at JourneyHe is survived by his children, Olivia Care Hospice Inpatient Unit in Ruggero Gilbertsen (Alex Forgette) and Logan Woodstock.

(Sophia) Gilbertsen; his granddaughter, She was born in Chetek, Claire Gilbertsen. He is further survived by his Wisconsin on December brother, Edward Gilbertsen; ex-wife, Margaret 1, 1937 to Otto and Pearl (Hoeft) Wirth.

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By MICHAEL GRACZYK and SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press HOUSTON – Former astronaut Gene Cernan, who as the last person to walk on the moon returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” died on Monday, his family said.

He was 82.

Cernan was with his relatives when he died at a Houston hospital after ongoing heath issues, family spokeswoman Melissa Wren told The Associated Press. His family said his devotion to lunar exploration never waned.

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by NASA. Cernan was commander of NASA’s Apollo 17 mission and on his third space flight when he set foot on the lunar surface. On Dec. 14, 1972, he became the last of only a dozen men to walk on the moon – and he traced his only child’s initials in the dust before climbing the ladder of the lunar module the last time. It was a moment that forever defined him in both the public eye and his own.

“Those steps up that ladder, they were tough to make,” Cernan recalled in a 2007 oral history. “I didn’t want to go up. I wanted to stay a while.”

Cernan called it “perhaps the brightest moment of my life. ... It’s like you would want to freeze that moment and take it home with you. But you can’t.”

Decades later, Cernan tried to ensure he wasn’t the last person to walk on the moon, testifying before Congress to push for a return. But as the years went by he realized he wouldn’t live to witness someone follow in his footsteps – still visible on the moon more than 40 years later.

“Neil (Armstrong, who died in 2012) and I aren’t going to see those next young Americans who walk on the moon. And God help us if they’re not Americans,” Cernan testified before Congress in 2011. “When I leave this planet, I want to know where we are headed as a nation.

That’s my big goal.”

Cernan died less than six weeks after another American space hero, John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962. Their flights weren’t the first or last of the Mercury and Apollo eras. Yet to the public they were the bookends of America’s space age glory.

On Dec. 11, 1972, Cernan guided the lander, named Challenger, into a lunar valley called Taurus-Littrow, with

Harrison “Jack” Schmitt at his side. He recalled the silence after the lunar lander’s engine shut down.

“That’s where you experience the most quiet moment a human being can experience in his lifetime,” Cernan said in 2007. “There’s no vibration. There’s no noise. The ground quit talking. Your partner is mesmerized. He can’t say anything.

“The dust is gone. It’s a realization, a reality, all of a sudden you have just landed in another world on another body out there (somewhere in the) universe, and what you are seeing is being seen by human beings – human eyes – for the first time.”

Three days earlier, Cernan, Schmitt and Ronald Evans had blasted off atop a Saturn rocket in the first manned nighttime launch from Kennedy Space Center. Evans remained behind as pilot of the command module that orbited the moon while the other two landed on the moon’s surface. Cernan and Schmitt, a geologist, spent more than three days on the moon, including more than 22 hours outside the lander, and collected 249 pounds of lunar samples.

“In that whole three days, I don’t think there’s anything that became routine,” Cernan recalled. “But if I had to focus on one thing ... it was just to look back at the overwhelming and overpowering beauty of this Earth.”

“To go a quarter of a million miles away into space and have to take time out to sleep and rest ... I wished I could have stayed awake for 75 hours straight.

I knew when I left, I’d never have a chance to come back.”

Completing their third moon walk on Dec. 14, Schmitt returned to the lunar module and was followed by Cernan.

“We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind,” Cernan said.

He later acknowledged that he had

grasped for words to leave behind, knowing how the world remembered Neil Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind” on stepping on the moon in 1969.

Before heading home, Cernan said he drew the letters “TDC” – the initials of his then 9-year-old daughter, Teresa Dawn – with his finger on the dusty gray lunar surface. He said he imagined someone in the distant future would find “our lunar rover and our footprints and those initials and say, ‘I wonder who was here? Some ancient civilization was here back in the 20th century, and look at the funny marks they made.’”

Eugene A. Cernan was born in 1934 in Chicago and graduated from Indiana’s Purdue University in 1956 with a degree in electrical engineering. (Armstrong also was a Purdue grad.)

He had been a Navy attack pilot and earned a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering when NASA selected him in October 1963 as one of 14 members of its third astronaut class.

Cernan had the looks of an astronaut from central casting. “He’s your classic sort of handsome debonair flyboy,” said space historian Roger Launius, associate director of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.

A documentary about his life, “The Last Man on the Moon,” was released in 2016.

In all, Cernan logged 566 hours and 15 minutes in space, more than 73 hours of them on the moon’s surface.

“I can always walk on Main Street again, but I can never return to my Valley of Taurus-Littrow, and that cold fact has left me with a yearning restlessness,” he wrote in his 1999 autobiography, also titled “The Last Man on the Moon.”

“It was perhaps the brightest moment of my life, and I can’t go back,” he said. “Enriched by a singular event that is larger than life, I no longer have the luxury of being ordinary.”

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TRANSITION PROGRAM TOUR – Members of the Richmond Spring Grove Area Rotary Club toured Richmond-Burton High School’s Transition Program classroom Dec. 21. The club donated appliances and exercise equipment for the classroom, which has been designed as a “home living center” where students learn and practice skills of daily living and are provided with vocational training opportunities. Pictured (back row, from left) are Tom Straley, Larry Jones, Jan Jetel, Jerry Turner, Ron Erdmann and Adrianne Adams; and (front row) George Richardson, Wendy Richardson, Brad Petts and David Domenella.

The McHenry County Conservation District offers the following programs. Unless otherwise noted, registration is required at www. mccdistrict.org.

• Winter Bird Hike will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Jan. 28 at Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glacial Park, Route 31 and Harts Road, Ringwood. Bring a field guide and binoculars if you have them. No registration is required for the free drop-in program. Cancellations may occur due to weather or staff emergencies, and will be posted under Site Advisories at www.mccdistrict.org.

• “A Very Chilly Chili Crawl,” open to ages 8 and older, will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Jan. 29 at Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glacial Park, Route 31 and Harts Road, Ringwood. The event will include a hike, discovery of how animals survive winter and a family-friendly game. Participants then will enjoy three types of chili and a dessert cooked over a campfire.

Dress for the weather. The cost is $8 for county residents, $10 for nonresidents. The registration deadline is Jan. 25.

Conservation district offers nature programs

THINGS TO DO IN & AROUND McHENRY COUNTY

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“SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN” 65TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING

WHEN: 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Jan. 18 WHERE: Regal Crystal Lake Showplace Stadium 16, 5000 Route 14, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor star in the 1952 musical. Musician Don Lockwood (Kelly) rises to stardom during Hollywood’s silent-movie era, paired with the beautiful, jealous and dumb Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen). When Lockwood becomes attracted to young studio singer Kathy Selden (Reynolds), Lamont has her fired. But with the introduction of talking pictures, audiences laugh when they hear Lockwood speak for the first time – and the studio uses Selden to dub her voice.

The screening will include Ben Mankiewicz, Turner Classic Movies host, providing special content. Cost: $12.50. Information: www.regmovies.com.

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• 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Quilt Cutting Day, McHenry County Historical Society Museum, 6422 Main St., Union. Get the instruction/materials needed to sew blocks for the historical society’s 2018 raffle quilt featuring a World War I theme and a “rolling stone” pattern.

Bring scissors, pencil, ruler, chalk to mark dark fabrics, needle and white or off-white thread.

All skill levels welcome. Free. Information: 815923-2267 or www.gothistory.org.

• 9:30 a.m. to noon – “The Art of Storytelling,” Woodstock Public Library, 414 W. Judd St., Woodstock. Author and storyteller Joy Aavang, coordinator of the Memory Makers Storytelling Group in Richmond, will encourage those interested to tell their stories. Listeners are welcome. Information: www.woodstockpubliclibrary.org.

• 1 to 2:30 p.m. – Harvard Village Quilters meeting, Trinity Lutheran Church, 504 E. Diggins St., Harvard. The monthly projects for the year will be introduced. Visitors welcome.

Free. Information: 815-943-0922 or sml1935@ mc.net.

• 6 to 8 p.m. – Yoga for Beginners, Harvard

Diggins Library, 900 E. McKinley St., Harvard.

Those of all athletic abilities are welcome to participate in a beginner’s yoga class with a representative from Natural Balance Massage and Wellness of Harvard. Free. Registration required. Information: 815-943-4671 or leticiag@ harvard-diggins.org.

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

• 7 to 8 p.m. – “ACT vs. SAT: Learn the Difference,” Algonquin Area Public Library, 2600 Harnish Drive, Algonquin. Presented by representatives of Huntington Learning Center.

Open to high school students and parents. Free.

Registration required. Information: 847-4583141 or www.aapld.org.

• 7 to 9 p.m. – ShutterBugs Nature Photography Club, Volo Bog State Natural Area Visitor Center, 28478 W. Brandenburg Road, Ingleside.

Meetings include guest speakers, competitions and more. Nonmembers welcome. Information: www.shutterbugsofvolobog.com.

• 7 to 9:30 p.m. – Art Attack! Sip and Paint BYOB Night, Grand Oaks Recreation Center, 1401 W. Route 176, Crystal Lake. Open to ages 15 and older. Local artist Julie Kukreja will give stroke-by-stroke instruction on making an acrylic painting on canvas. Bring a beverage and snacks. All materials provided. Cost: $35.

Information: www.crystallakeparks.org.

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VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR – McHenry resident Steve Domski was recognized by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources as the 2016 Volunteer of the Year for Moraine Hills State Park and McHenry Dam. He is a leader in the Volunteer Veterans Conservation Corps at Moraine Hills State Park, McHenry Dam and Volo Bog State Natural Area. Domski also is a member of the Run for the Hills steering committee, the Friends of Moraine Hills State Park’s major fundraiser. He also helps with special events, including International Migratory Bird Days, Family Fishing Day and Discover Archery, and he serves on the Friends of Moraine Hills State Park Board of Directors. All these tasks added up to Domski contributing 252 volunteer hours in 2016.

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STATE Rauner recommends Chicago State board chairman

By CARYN ROUSSEAU The Associated Press CHICAGO – Gov. Bruce Rauner said Tuesday that he wants former political rival and veteran school administrator Paul Vallas to be chairman of Chicago State University’s Board of Trustees as part of efforts to help the struggling school overcome academic and financial problems tied to the state budget crisis.

Rauner on Tuesday formally introduced four new appointees to the school’s board, including the former Chicago Public Schools CEO, who he called a “seasoned veteran.” Rauner also said the state should give more money to Chicago State and Illinois’ other public universities, despite the state’s budget impasse.

“I am an advocate for that,” Rauner said at a news conference announcing the creation of an advisory board for the university. “We will get that done.

We will find a way to do it.”

In the last year Chicago State has declared a state of financial emergency and laid off about 40 percent of its employees.

In September trustees approved a separation agreement with the school’s

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Illinois short 600 substitute teachers a day, study finds

SPRINGFIELD – Public school administrators are scrambling to find substitute teachers for as many as 600 Illinois classrooms a day, a survey finds.

The review released Tuesday by the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools revealed that teachers call in more than 16,500 absences each week. School officials have trouble finding replacements for nearly 20 percent of them.

Association president Jeff Vose, who is regional school superintendent for Sangamon and Menard counties, said that a 2012 increase in substitute teacher certification requirements may have discouraged some educators from applying to be fill-in teachers. The law increasing certification requirements raised the application fee to $100, bringing applicants’

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Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas (center), joined by Gov. Bruce Rauner and Chicago State University interim President Cecil B. Lucy, speaks at a news conference Tuesday at Chicago State University in Chicago. Rauner said he wants Vallas to be chairman of the Board of Trustees at the struggling university. president that included a $600,000 payment.

Others, including current Chicago State trustee the Rev. Marshall Hatch, called for a bipartisan approach to

funding that would benefit the school.

“The reality is that without the resources this university cannot do the job,” Hatch said. “So we hope today means that there will be bipartisan

total registration costs to around $200. It also added a background check to ward off concerns about “educator misconduct with students,” which accounts for roughly $50 of the total fee.

“Districts are desperate to get quality individuals,” Vose told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday. “However, at some point, they’re just searching for a body to be in front of the classroom.”

He said that when schools cannot find a teacher, principals and administrators often step in and that takes time away from them working on administrative duties.

The review of nearly 400 school districts found that teacher absences are especially common in the more populated Chicago suburbs. But substitute shortages are most prevalent in southern and western Illinois.

near Western Avenue. According to a preliminary investigation, the 42-yearold man driving the car lost control, went off the roadway and hit a utility pole.

Police said the driver was taken to a hospital in serious condition. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, and a third was pronounced dead at a hospital. The dead were identified as two 42-year-old men and a 29-year-old woman. All were from Chicago.

Names of those involved weren’t immediately released. Police said alcohol is believed to be a factor in the crash, which is under investigation.

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Police: 3 dead, 1 hurt after crash on Chicago expressway

CHICAGO – Illinois State Police said three people have died after an early-morning crash on the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago.

Police said the single-vehicle crash happened about 2:15 a.m. Tuesday on the outbound lanes of Interstate 290

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Illinois to get $3.6M in fed funds to develop parks

CHICAGO – Illinois will get roughly $3.6 million in federal grants for local governments to increase public access to outdoor parks and recreation.

The six recipients include the Chicago Park District, which will get $375,000 to buy property along the Little Calumet River to be developed into a park. A $750,000 grant will go to the Kendall County Forest Preserve District to buy

support in Springfield for this institution. This is not a time to shrink. It’s a time to expand.”

Chicago State’s trustees will choose their own chairman, but Rauner recommends Vallas, who in 2014 was Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn’s running mate when Quinn lost to Rauner.

Vallas on Tuesday said he is optimistic about Chicago State’s future despite its past troubles.

“In short order this university can move forward dramatically,” Vallas said. “I wouldn’t have taken the job otherwise.”

Rauner also said he thinks a turnaround at Chicago State “can be done pretty expeditiously.”

State Sen. Donne Trotter, a Chicago Democrat whose district includes Chicago State and who is a graduate, said he is supportive of the new advisory board and Vallas.

Trotter previously has described the school as being “at war” and said Tuesday that it still faces challenges.

“One of the challenges is building up the confidence of the future and present attendees of the university to let them know the school remains viable,” Trotter said. “But also the certainty that the dollars will be there.”

135 acres along the Little Rock Creek to develop parking, a shelter, trails and signs.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced the funds earlier this month. Agency director Wayne Rosenthal said the grants are a “win-win” for local governments and people living in nearby communities.

The money is being distributed through a National Park Service fund for land and water conservation.

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2 charged after exchanging gunfire with off-duty officer

CHICAGO – Two men face attempted murder charges after gunfire was exchanged with an off-duty Chicago police sergeant.

Police said 22-year-old Fernando Brieto-Solano and 26-year-old Juan Ramirez were due in bond court on Tuesday.

Authorities said the sergeant shot and wounded Brieto-Solano after Brieto-Solano opened fire on the sergeant and his companions on the city’s northwest side. The sergeant and his companions were not wounded.

– Wire reports

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NATION & WORLD BRIEFS Nearly 50 House Dems vow in May, was one of 209 inmates whose sentences Obama was to boycott inauguration WASHINGTON – The roster of House Democrats planning to boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration grew to about 50 on Tuesday in a protest of the New York businessman’s policies and his repeated criticism of legendary civil-rights activist John Lewis.

The Georgia congressman made headlines over the weekend for challenging Trump’s legitimacy to be the next president and erroneously claiming that Trump’s inauguration would be the first he will have missed since coming to Congress three decades ago.

Trump struck on Tuesday morning, as is typical, on Twitter: “WRONG (or lie)!” Trump tweeted, citing a 2001 Washington Post report that noted Lewis had skipped George W. Bush’s inauguration.

Lewis said last week that he would skip Trump’s swearing in, telling NBC News he doesn’t view Trump as a legitimate president.

Obama commutes most of Manning’s sentence

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning on Tuesday, allowing the convicted Army leaker to go free nearly three decades early as part of a sweeping move to offer clemency in the final days of his administration.

Manning, who will leave prison

shortening, a list that includes Puerto Rican nationalist Oscar Lopez-Rivera. Obama also pardoned 64 people, including retired Gen. James Cartwright, who was charged with making false statements during a probe into disclosure of classified information.

Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst, has been serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified government and military documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

Airport shooting suspect cites ‘mind control,’ IS ties

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The man suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding six others at a Florida airport told investigators initially he was under government mind control and then claimed to be inspired

by Islamic State websites and chatrooms, authorities said at a hearing Tuesday.

FBI agent Michael Ferlazzo also confirmed that the 9mm Walther handgun used in the Jan. 6 shooting rampage at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is the same weapon Anchorage, Alaska, police seized and later returned to 26-year-old Esteban Santiago last year. U.S. Magistrate Judge Lurana Snow set a Jan. 30 arraignment hearing for Santiago to enter a formal plea.

– Wire reports

DeVos defends options when public schools fail

By MARIA DANILOVA The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Education secretary pick Betsy DeVos said Tuesday that American parents must be able to send their children to high-quality schools, including charter, magnet and religious schools, if public schools are failing.

Responding to fierce criticism from teachers unions that the Republican donor and school choice activist is working against public education, DeVos told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that she will be “a strong advocate for great public schools.”

“But,” she added, “if a school is troubled, or unsafe, or not a good fit for a child – perhaps they have a special need that is going unmet – we should support a parent’s right to enroll their child in a high-quality alternative.”

Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a former education secretary, expressed confidence that DeVos is an “excellent” choice for the job. “She is on the side of our children,” he said.

But Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, the top Democrat on the committee, said she was “extremely disappointed” that DeVos has not yet finalized her financial and ethics disclosures ahead of the hearing.

DeVos, 59, also said she will seek to address rising higher education costs and massive student debt, but also advance trade and vocational schools as well as community colleges because “craftsmanship is not a fallback – but a noble pursuit.”

Another priority for DeVos will be weakening “burdensome” federal regulations and giving local communities greater control over education policies.

“President-elect Trump and I know it won’t be Washington, D.C., that unlocks our nation’s potential, nor a bigger bureau-

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Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos testifies Tuesday at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. cracy, tougher mandates or a federal agency,” DeVos said.

“The answer is local control and listening to parents, students and teachers.”

DeVos, the wife of Dick DeVos, the heir to the Amway marketing fortune, has spent more than two decades advocating for charter schools in her home state of Michigan, as well as promoting conservative religious values.

Labor unions, Democrats and civil-rights groups have opposed her appointment. She and her family have donated millions of dollars to Republican politicians and groups over the years, including campaign contributions to several committee members.

Murray, in a statement, said she wants DeVos to answer questions about her “extensive financial entanglements and potential conflicts of interest” and also to provide additional information about her finances, calling her disclosures incomplete. The senator lamented that DeVos has spent her career and wealth “fighting to privatize public education and gut investments in public schools.”

In a letter addressed to the committee, 38 prominent education groups and teachers’ organizations expressed concern that DeVos’ track record bodes

ill for public education.

“Over the course of her career as a major campaign contributor, soft-money donor and lobbyist, DeVos has used her considerable wealth to influence legislation and the outcomes of elections to advance policies that have undermined public education and proved harmful to many of our most vulnerable students,” the letter said.

LGBT groups also have protested Trump’s choice of DeVos, saying she has funded conservative religious groups that promote what they consider to be traditional family values, including one organization that supports conversion therapy – counseling of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people with the aim of changing their sexual orientation.

In an apparent response to that criticism, DeVos said in her statement, “Every child in America deserves to be in a safe environment that is free from discrimination.”

DeVos supporters, meanwhile, applauded her nomination. Eva Moskowitz, CEO of Success Academy Charter Schools, said that American public education “is in deep crisis,” with 35 countries outranking American schools in math and 20 in reading.

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18M more uninsured if Obamacare is killed

By ALAN FRAM The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Insurance premiums would soar for millions of Americans and 18 million more would be uninsured in just one year if Republicans scuttle much of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul without a replacement, Congress’ budget analysts said Tuesday.

Spotlighting potential perils for Republicans, the report immediately became a flashing hazard light for this year’s effort by Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers to annul Obama’s law and – in a more complicated challenge – institute their own alternative.

It also swiftly became political fodder in what is expected to be one of this year’s biggest battles in Congress.

Republicans have produced several outlines for how they’d redraft Obama’s 2010 statute, but they’ve failed to unite behind one plan. President-elect Trump and GOP congressional leaders have at times offered clashing descriptions of their shared top goal, so eventual success is hardly guaranteed.

Tuesday’s evaluation came from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, joined by Congress’ Joint Committee on Taxation.

Together, they analyzed a Republican-written bill, vetoed by Obama last January, that would have erased major portions of his overhaul. Those included tax penalties for people who fail to buy insurance and for larger companies that don’t cover workers, federal subsidies to help consumers buy policies on the law’s online marketplaces and an expansion of Medicaid coverage for low-income people.

The new report said under such a measure, premiums for individual policies – excluding the coverage many workers get from employers – would swell by up to 25 percent the first year after enactment and double by 2026.

The number of uninsured would reach 32 million over the decade, the analysts said.

However, Republicans say there’s a big difference between that 2016 bill and this year’s plan: Last year’s version would not have replaced Obama’s statute with a GOP alternative, while Republicans insist replacement will be an integral part of their new health care drive.

Citing that difference, Donald Stewart, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the report “assumes a situation that simply doesn’t exist and that no one in Congress advocates.” AshLee Strong, spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., called the estimates “meaningless” because they ignore plans for legislation and regulatory actions by the incoming Trump administration for revamping

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President Barack Obama stops to greet a group of Senate pages Jan. 4 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., after his meeting with House and Senate Democratic leaders to give congressional Democrats advice on how to combat the Republican drive to dismantle his health care overhaul. how people could obtain coverage.

“Nonpartisan statistics don’t lie,” countered Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who said the report showed Republican plans to void Obama’s overhaul “will increase health care costs for millions of Americans and kick millions more off of their health insurance.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said it illustrated that the GOP effort “will be nothing less than a nightmare for the American people.”

Trump seemed to complicate the GOP drive last weekend when he told The Washington Post that a forthcoming Republican plan would provide “insurance for everybody.” In contrast, some congressional Republicans have described their goals more modestly, saying they will offer “universal access.”

In one sign of how GOP plans continue proliferating, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., are planning legislation that would let states retain coverage under Obama’s law or choose different options.

The CBO analysis has particular weight because Republicans have cited last year’s bill as a starting point for their 2017 drive to erase Obama’s law.

For Senate procedural reasons, that 2016 GOP bill also had to leave intact some mandates that Obama’s law has imposed on insurers. Those include requiring coverage of certain services and barring insurers from denying policies to sick people or charging them higher rates.

Those same Senate procedures could make it hard for Republicans to erase the mandates this year, too. That would make things tough for the GOP because

those insurance requirements tend to drive insurers’ costs higher, and leaving them in force while other parts of Obama’s statute are erased could wreak

havoc on markets.

CBO said that under the 2016 Republican bill, the number of insured people would fall mostly from annulling the tax penalties Obama’s law imposes on people who don’t buy policies: Some people would simply drop out if not forced to buy insurance. In addition, some insurers would leave individual insurance markets as consumers stopped buying coverage.

Some 59 million people under age 65 – about 1 in 5 – would be uninsured by 2026, the report said, compared to 28 million under Obama’s law.

Premiums would rise because without a tax penalty to fear, many people would stop buying insurance. Since disproportionate numbers of sicker people would be likely to retain coverage, insurers’ costs would rise and higher premiums would follow.

The report estimated that half of Americans live where no insurers would sell individual policies in the first year after marketplace subsidies were eliminated. That would grow to 3 in 4 people by 2026.

At her last official session with reporters, Obama’s outgoing health secretary, Sylvia Burwell, said a GOP repeal without a replacement would push the market into a “negative spiral.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a news conference Tuesday in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Putin accused the outgoing U.S. administration of trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump by spreading fake allegations.

Trump has rejected the sexual allegations as “fake news” and “phony stuff.”

The statements by Putin and Lavrov reflected the Kremlin’s deep anger at President Barack Obama’s administration in a culmination of tensions that have built up over the crisis in Ukraine,

the war in Syria and allegations of Russian meddling in the U.S. election.

Putin said the allegations were part of efforts by the Obama administration to “undermine the legitimacy of the president-elect” despite his “convincing” victory.

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MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin took a parting shot at the Obama administration Tuesday, accusing it of trying to undermine Donald Trump’s legitimacy with fake allegations and “binding the president-elect hand and foot to prevent him from fulfilling his election promises.”

In his first public remarks about an unsubstantiated dossier outlining unverified claims that Trump engaged in sexual activities with prostitutes at a Moscow hotel, Putin dismissed the material as “nonsense.”

“People who order such fakes against the U.S. president-elect, fabricate them and use them in political struggle are worse than prostitutes,” Putin said. “They have no moral restrictions whatsoever, and it highlights a significant degree of degradation of political elites in the West, including in the United States.”

Separately, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the dossier, compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, was a “rude provocation.” The diplomat contemptuously called its author a “runaway swindler from MI6,” Britain’s foreign intelligence agency.

Asked about Putin’s remarks, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said it “was not the first time the intelligence community has had some uncomfortable things to say about Russia.”

“These are the kind of things I’m sure the Russians would rather not to hear, but ultimately, and this is something that the next administration is going to have to decide, there’s a pretty stark divide here,” he added.

Putin voiced hope that “common sense will prevail” and Russia and the United States will be able to normalize relations once Trump takes office Friday.

“I don’t know Mr. Trump,” Putin said. “I have never met him and I don’t know what he will do on the international arena. I have no reason whatsoever to assail him, criticize him for something, or defend him.”

Putin ridiculed those behind the dossier for alleging Russian spy agencies collected compromising material on Trump when he visited Moscow in 2013 for the Miss Universe pageant.

“He wasn’t a politician. We didn’t even know about his political ambitions,” Putin said at a news conference.

“Do they think that our special services are hunting for every U.S. billionaire?”

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NORTHWEST HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD:

Dan McCaleb

Kevin Lyons

Valerie Katzenstein

John Sahly

ANOTHER VIEW

Carson has a good idea Washington is in dire need of blunt debate about the future of housing finance, and there was a flash of it during – of all things – Ben Carson’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, which is considering his nomination as housing secretary.

Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., asked Carson if the mainstay product of the American mortgage market – the 30-year, fixed-rate loan – still would be widely available without some form of government backing. “Yes, I think it is possible,” Carson said, thus questioning the entire raison d’etre of the government-sponsored mortgage-guarantee duopoly known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “Truthfully, I don’t see how it can happen,” Tester countered. Decades of conventional wisdom and, to be sure, a fair interpretation of economic and political reality favor Tester’s view. The relevant economic theory is lenders are loath to extend families’ credit at fixed, moderate interest rates for 30 years, for the simple reason financial institutions don’t want to tie up money that long in low-rate loans, lest they lose out when interest rates rise. The relevant political theory is households, which contain voters, also don’t want to shoulder this “interest rate risk,” in the form of higher rates and shorter loan terms.

Washington’s response was to have Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac assume the interest rate risk, by buying loans from originators and bundling them into what were understood to be government-guaranteed securities for sale to investors. This went on for so long, and at so little visible cost to taxpayers – until the 2008 financial crisis – that people came to accept the 30-year mortgage as practically a Godgiven right, despite the fact it hardly exists in the industrialized world outside the United States. On the other hand, experience since the crisis supports Carson’s hypothesis “the private sector” could provide 30-year loans – or at least doesn’t refute it.

First, there’s the question of whether guaranteeing mass access to 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages is still a worthy federal priority, given competing needs. Second, there is the fact the spread between interest rates on government-guaranteed 30-year loans and purely private “jumbo” loans for expensive houses has not always been very large.

We were, and are, skeptical of Carson’s credentials to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development. However, to the extent the nominee is willing to rethink programs such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, we’ll give him credit for being a fast learner.

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ANOTHER VIEW

Trade promises are dangerous Even by his standards, President-elect Donald Trump’s statements on trade have been stunning in their recklessness.

His proposals essentially amount to the repudiation of a system that has fostered global stability and lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty over the past several decades – and if he actually intends to execute his radical agenda, there’s little to stop him.

In other areas of economic policy, such as budget matters, Congress will make the crucial choices. On trade, the White House has wide discretion. The stakes could hardly be higher.

During the campaign, Trump threatened to rip up existing trade pacts, withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement and put punitive tariffs on imports from Mexico and China.

He’s called the World Trade Organization, which promotes liberal trade and adjudicates disputes, “a disaster,” and he has said the U.S. might “pull out.” Congratu-

lating Britain on its decision to quit the European Union, he says the U.K. and the U.S. can design a new trade deal – but that it makes no difference to the U.S. whether the EU, “a vehicle for Germany,” stays together or falls apart.

Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, meanwhile, appears to believe in the topdown management of trade: “We should treat ourselves as the world’s biggest customer and treat nations that are selling to us as suppliers to us,” Wilbur Ross told the Financial Times.

The global economy, according to this thinking, is not about myriad firms competing across borders to give consumers everywhere the best products at the lowest cost; it’s a zero-sum battle between two monolithic collectives: us and them.

Trump’s other trade appointments aren’t reassuring. Peter Navarro, named as head of the new National Trade Council, seems opposed to imports on

principle. He says they subtract from economic growth, which is nonsense. The nominee for U.S. trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, brings his experience as an advocate for restrictions on imports of cars and steel – restrictions that made U.S. consumers worse off and impeded the ability of U.S. manufacturers to compete.

Congress wouldn’t be able to do much to restrain the new team’s trade measures, especially in the short term. Trump’s moves surely would face a legal challenge, but before the cases were resolved, he very well could kill or cripple NAFTA, the WTO and any prospect of orderly market-driven trade arrangements.

If Trump follows through on trade, it won’t be long before he and his supporters regret it.

Declaring a trade war on the world only can lead to collapsing confidence and recession.

Mr. President-elect: Just don’t do it.

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VIEWS Scott Reeder people will think they aren’t really spending $3,000.

Give me a break.

Make no mistake, this plan calls for the state of Illinois taking a nickel of every dollar you earn. That’s about a 33 percent tax hike.

I might feel better about the taxes if there was some assurance new revenue would be used to pay down the state’s debt. But I’m not seeing much in the way of guarantees.

Back when Pat Quinn was governor, the legislature temporarily jacked up the income tax to 5 percent, and the General Assembly spent the next four years increasing spending and did little to pay down bills.

In fact, unpaid bills were almost at the same level when the income tax dropped as when it began four years earlier.

And our state’s pension debt rocketed upward. The General Assembly

failed to pass a constitutional pension reform plan.

In fact, it seems the legislature is incapable of making tough calls when it comes to cutting spending.

There are some half measures included in the “compromise.” For example, in exchange for permanently hiking our income taxes by one-third, the fiscal conservatives were thrown a bone: property taxes won’t go up for two years.

That’s hardly much of a trade.

I’m told the plan also calls for a special tax on soda pop.

But according to the Associated Press, the plan calls for the state taking on some of the Chicago Public Schools pension obligations to the tune of more than $200 million a year.

The AP also reports a new pension reform plan will be pushed through that would save Illinois taxpayers $1 billion a year.

I’m skeptical. Very skeptical of this.

It looks to me like a spoonful of sugar to make the tax hike easier to swallow.

I’ve seen past pension plans get

shot down by the Illinois Supreme Court.

And I’m not holding my breath that this will pass constitutional muster.

Instead of banking on the pension reforms being constitutional, pass them now and wait for the Illinois Supreme Court to rule. If the reforms are upheld as constitutional, then we can look at other elements of the package to consider.

In other words, don’t even consider raising my taxes until you’re certain of cost savings.

Other aspects of the plan, such as expanding gambling, may help the state gain more revenue. But the state will never get its financial house in order until it brings its spending under control. This plan does little in that regard.

The people of Illinois deserve better.

• Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse journalist. He works as a freelance reporter in the Springfield area and can be reached at scottreeder1965@gmail.com.

IT’S YOUR WRITE Drain the newsroom swamp

To the Editor: Down three games to one in a World Series dominated by huge momentum swings, Cubs faithful despaired as self-proclaimed sports gurus gleefully crafted a requiem mass for the North Siders.

Days before the most consequential presidential election in modern history, smugly arrogant political charlatans confidently expounded upon the GOP nominee’s “extremely narrow path” to 270 electoral votes in pursuit of the Oval Office.

With the so-called conventional wisdom on life support exposed as deeply flawed, criminally biased and largely irrelevant, “experts” check themselves in for major reconstructive surgery while Americans across the fruited plain consciously reassess the role of media in their lives.

With objective journalism buried alongside Socrates, enter pretty celebrity icons married to cheesy sensationalism and shallow entertainment supplanting dedicated journalists committed to factual truth and some semblance of professional integrity. Americans devoted to remaining informed wade thru

the daily minutia with great frustration.

Ultimately, we the people armed with amazing technology enable our own unfettered news journey; bring on CSPAN, BBC and alternative sources absent the shameless editorializing and disingenuous hyperbole.

Let the long-awaited draining of the swamp begin in earnest across an obscenely obese Beltway and most assuredly inside the newsrooms of Hometown, U.S.A. William G. Parrot McHenry

No thanks, Meryl Streep

To the Editor: Please let me preface this comment by saying I did not vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. It irritates me to no end that celebrities keep choosing nonpolitical formats to ambush the rest of us with their political views. I didn’t plan to watch the Golden Globes to get a political commentary. I should be able to choose when and where I get that. I strongly believe in the First Amendment, but are celebrities so self-centered that they really think they have any credibility? It is incredibly presumptuous for

HOW TO SOUND OFF We welcome original letters on public issues. Letters must include the author’s full name, home address and day and evening telephone numbers.

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them to believe the general public wants to hear their views.

Here is an idea: Any celebrity that would like a platform to communicate to us common folk easily can put together a speaking tour, sell tickets and travel the country wowing us with their political acumen. Let’s see how many people show up for that. Please, stop insulting my intelligence.

Bob Saley Prairie Grove

Words of wisdom from dear friend, veteran

To the Editor: The recent election brought memories of a dear friend of mine, a highly decorat-

editor.

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ed World War II veteran.

He thought America was the greatest country, warts and all. We would discuss politics, and he would tell me that there were two maxims to keep in mind.

First was, “Never, never underestimate the stupidity of the American electorate.

The Second was, “All politicians running for office will show, and talk about, the compassion they have for the poor and underprivileged of our society. The truth is, they could care less because.

“The poor and the underprivileged of our society have no money and don’t vote. “’Nuff said.”

Bob Martin McHenry

• Wednesday, January 18, 2017

SPRINGFIELD – For a few minutes earlier this month, I received a dollop of hope when word trickled out of the statehouse that the Republican and Democrat leaders in the state Senate had been negotiating a compromise behind the backs of Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Maybe just maybe, the two could reach an agreement that would not only be palatable to head honchos Madigan and Rauner, but also be good for the people of Illinois.

And then the details of the plan leaked out.

It’s a stinker.

It is no compromise. It’s an acquiesce that would leave fiscal conservatives groveling at the feet of the big spenders who got us in this mess in the first place.

I’m sorry, but there is little in this agreement worthy of praise.

It permanently would raise our income tax to 4.95 percent of our income.

Oh, gee, 4.95 percent?

It reminds me of a car salesman pricing a used Pontiac at $2,999.95 so

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BUSINESS As U.S. looks inward, China seeks lead role on world stage

By JAMEY KEATEN and GILLIAN WONG The Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland – With the U.S. increasingly looking inward and China eager to take a lead on the global stage, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday cast his country as a champion of free trade and stability, a rebuke to the isolationist urges that helped carry Donald Trump to power.

Some of the elites listening in Davos, Switzerland, hailed a statesmanlike, even Barack Obama-like speech from Xi as the first Chinese head of state to attend the World Economic Forum – even if it depicted a Chinese commitment to open markets that falls short of reality.

The speech, rife with metaphor and allusions to Ali Baba, Chinese proverbs and even Abraham Lincoln, highlighted a high-brow effort to make a contrast with an incoming U.S. leader whose own words regularly stirred controversy at home and abroad and created new doubts about U.S. leadership in the world.

“We must remain committed to promoting free trade and investment through opening up and say no to protectionism,” Xi told an opening meeting of the WEF. “Pursuing protectionism is like locking oneself in a dark room.

While wind and rain may be kept outside, so are light and air.”

“No one will emerge as a winner in a trade war,” he said.

During his campaign, Trump promised to raise tariffs on Chinese goods and declare Beijing guilty of keeping its currency artificially low. That would be a first step toward imposing sanctions.

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China’s President Xi Jinping speaks Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

But in fact, for the past couple of years China has been intervening in markets to prop up its currency, not push it lower.

“China has no intention to boost its trade competitiveness by devaluing the renminbi, still less will it launch a currency war,” Xi said Tuesday.

Xi made no direct reference to Trump, but his vocal support for free trade could appear rich to other Western countries who have grumbled about commercial restrictions in China.

Foreign companies complain Beijing is reducing access to its markets for electric cars, computer security technology and other promising fields or pressing them to give know-how to potential Chinese competitors. Some say they are blocked from acquiring assets in China, just as Chinese companies have been on a foreign buying spree.

“The political leadership of China never ceases to assure us that further opening toward foreign investment ... is a priority,” Germany’s ambassador to

China, Michael Clauss, said this week.

“However, many companies keep telling us that their difficulties in these areas have increased.”

“It often appears that somewhere down the line, political assurances of equal treatment give way to protectionist tendencies,” he said in a statement.

Beijing also faces U.S. and European complaints it is exporting steel, aluminum, solar panels and other goods at improperly low prices, threatening thousands of jobs abroad.

“These are very nice words,” said Nariman Behravesh, IHS chief economist, of the Xi speech. “What specific things is China going to do in terms of opening up, becoming a true engine of globalization? ... I like the commitments but in English we have an expression, ‘Actions speak louder than words.’ Let’s see what the actions are.”

Xi also stepped into other areas of international consensus, calling the Paris accord to fight climate change a “hard-won achievement,” and urging signatories to “stick to it.”

Trump, who has called climate change a Chinese hoax, has raised speculation that he might pull the U.S. out.

The visit by Xi caps the largest-ever Chinese delegation to Davos, including over 100 officials and scores of business executives and embodying a tectonic shift at an event that started nearly a half-century ago among Europeans and Americans.

Speaking Monday, WEF Founder Klaus Schwab said this year’s event is “not just a Western meeting.” One-third of participants are from developing economies.

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WORTH TALKIN’ ABOUT WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017

Betty White said the best thing about being 95 is that she’s still employed.

The actress is celebrating her birthday Tuesday. She told Yahoo’s Katie Couric that she’s “most grateful” for still getting job offers. She said she appreciates “the fact that people have been so kind to me all these years.”

After a series of high-profile celebrity deaths in 2016, one fan started a tongue-in-cheek fundraiser to help keep the “Golden Girls” star safe until 2017. White said fans “spoil me rotten” and added that she enjoys “every minute of it.”

White was a trending topic on social media Tuesday.

BUZZWORTHY

Katherine Heigl announces birth of baby boy

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Sam Moore, of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame soul duo Sam and Dave, has been added to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. He will perform at the Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration on Thursday.

Soul singer Sam Moore to sing at Trump inaugural event NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Sam Moore of the soul duo Sam and Dave has been added to the list of performers for President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural events.

Moore told The Associated Press on Tuesday that he felt that the criticism leveled at singer Jennifer Holliday, which led to her to back out of the event, was unfair. Several other musicians have also backed away from performing.

The 81-year-old Moore will perform at the Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration on Thursday. Others expected to play include country stars Lee Greenwood and Toby Keith.

Moore said he initially planned to attend the event at the Lincoln Memorial because he wanted to see Holliday sing, but when she backed out last week, he asked if he could sing in her place.

“I am not going to let them, the left side, intimidate me from doing what I feel is the right thing to do for the country and that (presidential) seal,” Moore said in a phone interview Tuesday.

Moore and his late musical partner, Dave Prater, were hit singers in the late 1960s with Isaac Hayes-penned hits like “Hold On, I’m Comin’” and “Soul Man,” which earned them a Grammy award. Prater died in 1988, but Moore continues to perform and record as a solo artist.

Moore, who has performed for five other U.S. presidents, said he doesn’t know Trump personally and sometimes he’s been surprised by opinions expressed by Trump.

“He’s got a big mouth, like me,” Moore said. “Whether you agree with him or not, he’s going to say what’s on his mind.”

History of Racist Ideas in America.”

Margaret Atwood, the celebrated Canadian author known for such novels as “The LOS ANGELES – Katherine Heigl has given Handmaid’s Tale” and “Cat’s Eye,” will rebirth to a baby boy. ceive a lifetime achievement prize. Honorary A representative for the Heigl tells People awards also will be presented to Yaa Gyasi magazine the actress and husband Josh for best debut novel, “Homegoing,” and to Kelley welcomed Joshua Bishop Kelley Jr. Michelle Dean for excellence in reviewing. on Dec. 20. Joshua is the couple’s first son Winners will be announced March 16. and Heigl’s first biological child. She has two Patchett’s “Commonwealth,” Chabon’s adopted daughters, 4-year-old Adalaide and “Moonglow,” and Smith’s “Swing Time” 8-year-old Naleigh.

Heigl said she and Kelley were “full of high were all fiction finalists, along with Erdrich’s “LaRose” and Adam Haslett’s “Imagine Me hopes and bubbling anticipation” when Gone.” announcing the pregnancy in June.

The 38-year-old Heigl shot to stardom on the ABC hit “Grey’s Anatomy” and in movies Streep, Meyers, ‘Moonlight’ to be honored at LGBTQ gala like “Knocked Up” and “27 Dresses.”

NEW YORK – Actress Meryl Streep, She’s currently set to play a defense lawyer in the upcoming CBS drama, “Doubt,” TV host Seth Meyers, and the Golden Globe-winning movie “Moonlight” will be which premieres next month. honored next month by the Human Rights Patchett, Chabon nominated Campaign, the LGBTQ civil-rights organization. for book critics prizes The award for “Moonlight,” a coming-ofNEW YORK – Ann Patchett, Michael age film about a black gay youth, will be Chabon and Zadie Smith were among accepted by Tarell Alvin McCraney, the the nominees announced Tuesday for the author of the play on which the film is based.

National Book Critics Circle Awards.

Meyers, the host of “Late Night with Seth Books by Louise Erdrich and former U.S. Meyers” on NBC, is being honored at the poet laureate Robert Pinsky also were among 30 finalists in six competitive catego- Feb. 11 gala for raising awareness about ries selected by the 42-year-old organization. LGBTQ issues, including drawing attention to The critics circle bypassed Colson White- discriminatory legislation.

Streep, who gave an impassioned speech head’s “The Underground Railroad,” winner at the Golden Globes criticizing Presiof the National Book Award for fiction and one of last year’s most highly praised novels. dent-elect Donald Trump for mocking a disabled reporter and calling for the defense It did include the winner of the National Book Award for nonfiction, Ibram X. Kendi’s of a free press, will be honored for a career “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive of advocating for LGBTQ equality.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro is 76.

Comedian-singer Brett Hudson of the Hudson Brothers is 64. Actor-director Kevin Costner is 62. Country singer-actor Mark Collie (“Nashville”) is 61. Actor Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies,” “The Other Boleyn Girl”) is 57. Actress Jane Horrocks (“Absolutely Fabulous”) is 53.

Comedian Dave Attell (“Insomniac”) is 52.

Actor Jesse L. Martin (“Law and Order”) is 48.

Rapper DJ Quik is 47. Singer Jonathan Davis of Korn is 46. Singer Christian Burns of BBMak is 43. Actor-screenwriter Jason Segel (“How I Met Your Mother,” “Freaks and Geeks”) is 37.

Singer-actress Samantha Mumba is 34.

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FANS CELEBRATE WHITE ON HER 95TH BIRTHDAY

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HEALTH

Tread lightly Don’t take your treadmill so seriously – use it for more than a boring walk

By KELLI KENNEDY

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The Associated Press

ust because it’s too cold for your normal 3-mile outdoor run doesn’t mean the treadmill has to be a monotonous exercise in staring at a blank wall. Los Angeles-based trainers Jeanette Jenkins and Massy Arias offer the following tips for getting out of the treadmill rut. Vary the speed and incline, add arm weights and use the treadmill when it’s not running for circuit training moves.

Massy Arias (below) has more than 2 million Instagram followers, offering up various moves and inspirational messages on how working out has helped heal her depression. And even though she’s nearly eight months pregnant, she’s still doing some seriously hardcore workouts.

“Treadmills don’t have to be boring and don’t need to keep you stagnant. If you are creative, you can turn your steady cardio run into effective workouts that can push even the most advanced athletes.”

Speed training: Sprinting can be one of the best exercises for building muscle and decreasing body fat.

Try sprinting for one-minute intervals at a speed between 10 and 12 mph. Use a two-minute jog at 4 mph to recover. Repeat eight times.

Treadmill push-offs: The treadmill doesn’t have to be running to be effective. Incorporate treadmill push-offs by holding onto the treadmill heart beat sensors and pushing off the belt as fast as you can for 60 seconds. It is extremely challenging and works the legs and glutes.

Circuit train: Grab a mat and some moderate- to high-resistance dumbbells. Pair two strength exercises with sprint intervals or a simple fast run. Here are two options: • Perform 12 to 15 repetitions of dumbbell squats followed by 12-15 reps on each leg of one-legged lunges with your back foot resting on the treadmill. Follow it with a 30-second run at 10 mph. Repeat three times.

• Perform eight to 10 wide pushups with feet on the back of the treadmill followed by planks or tricep dips using the treadmill handle bars or modify it using the back of the treadmill.

Follow it with a one-minute run at six mph with a 2.0 incline. Repeat three times.

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Founder of The Hollywood Trainer Club with clients such as Pink and Alicia Keys, Jeanette Jenkins (above) loves to mix up her treadmill routines with various speeds, inclines and weights. She has more than a dozen workout DVDs, including “Sexy Abs” with her client Kelly Rowland.

“Changing up your pace, speed, incline and exercises every two to five minutes keeps the workout interesting so the time flies and before you know it you will have completed a total body kick butt workout.”

Jenkins suggests the following 45- to 60-minute workout: 1. Jog at a speed between six and eight mph or at a comfortable warm-up pace for one mile 2. Walk uphill at a 10.0 incline for two minutes then add dumbbell exercises using three- to five-pound weights. As you walk, do 25 repetitions of each: shoulder press, tricep kickbacks and upright rows 3. Pause treadmill, step off and do 25 pushups 4. Get back on the treadmill and sprint for 30-45 seconds at a speed of 10 to 12 mph or your best pace. Recover for 30-60 seconds. Repeat five times.

5. Pause the treadmill, step off and do 25 regular squats or 25 jump squats using only your bodyweight. Stand on the side rails or step off the treadmill for more intensity.

6. Get back on the treadmill and walk uphill at an incline of 10.0 for two minutes then grab a pair of weights. While walking, do 25 reps of shoulder presses followed by 25 reps of tricep kickbacks and finish off with 25 reps of upright rows.

7. Sprint 30 to 45 seconds at a speed 10 to 12 mph or your best pace. Recover for 30-60 seconds. Repeat five times.

8. Pause treadmill, step off and do 25 pushups 9. Walk at an incline of 10.0 for two minutes then grab a set of weights. Do 10 to 16 reps each of rotating overhead press. Set your weights down and do 50 to 100 boxing jabs, alternating with each arm. Finish off with 10 to 16 reps of tricep extensions.

10. Pause the treadmill, step off and do 25 jump squats or regular squats using only your bodyweight.

11. Sprint 30 to 45 seconds at a speed 10 to 12 mph or your best pace. Recover for 30 to 60 seconds. Repeat five times.

12. 25 pushups 13. 25 jump squats or regular squats 14. Finish strong with a 1-mile jog between six and eight mph or your best pace. For the last half mile, increase your speed by 0.5 every 30 seconds going to 6.5, seven, 7.5 etc. Listen to your body and only increase the speed to a pace you can maintain with good form.

15. Finish with abs by doing 100 bicycle crunches.

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A man with deadly brain cancer that had spread to his spine saw his tumors shrink and, for a time, completely vanish after a novel treatment to help his immune system attack his disease – another first in this promising field.

The type of immunotherapy 50-yearold Richard Grady received already has helped some people with blood cancers such as leukemia. But the way he was given it is new, and may allow its use not just for brain tumors but also other cancers that can spread, such as breast and lung.

Grady was the first person to get the treatment dripped through a tube into a space in the brain where spinal fluid is made, sending it down the path the cancer traveled to his spine.

He had “a remarkable response” that opens the door to wider testing, said Dr. Behnam Badie, neurosurgery chief at City of Hope, a cancer center in Duarte, California, where Grady was treated.

The case was reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Each year in the United States, about 20,000 people are diagnosed with a type of brain tumor called glioblas-

ing a second tube in his brain, into a cavity where spinal fluid is made, and putting the cells there.

“The idea was to have the flow of the spinal fluid carry the T cells to different locations,” along the route the cancer had taken, Badie said.

After three treatments, all tumors had shrunk dramatically. After the 10th treatment, “we saw all the tumors disappear,” and Grady was able to cut back on other medicines and return to work, Badie said.

New tumors, though, have now emerged in different spots in his brain and spine, and he is getting radiation treatment. But his response to imAP photo munotherapy lasted more than seven This March 2016 photo provided by the City of Hope hospital shows patient Richard months, and “for him to live more than Grady in Duarte, Calif., who suffered from a deadly brain cancer that spread to his spine. a year and half” after starting it is amazing for a situation where survival often is measured in weeks, Badie said. toma. Grady, who lives in Seattle, had is unknown. City of Hope has been Side effects of the treatment were the usual surgery, radiation and chetesting injecting the cells directly into manageable, including headaches, motherapy, but the cancer came back. the brain.

He enrolled in a clinical trial at First, Grady had more surgery to re- fatigue and muscle aches, and some move three of his largest tumors. Then may have been due to other medicines City of Hope and had some of his own Grady needed, doctors reported. blood cells, called T cells, removed and he got six weekly infusions of the cells It’s early research, but it’s an adthrough a tube into his brain, where genetically modified in the lab to turn the biggest one had been. No cancer re- vance for the field “that they showed them into specialized soldiers to seek curred there, but the remaining tumors this is safe, at least in this patient,” and destroy cancer. said Dr. Donald O’Rourke, a neurosurcontinued to grow, new ones appeared The treatment, called CAR-T cell geon heading a similar study at the and cancer spread to his spine. therapy, has been used for blood Doctors decided on a bold step: plac- University of Pennsylvania. cancers, but its value for solid tumors

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Doing too much too fast will jeopardize your chance to improve your life financially, emotionally and physically.

Be a leader, not a follower, if you want to avoid disappointment and loss.

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Putting in extra hours will lead to unexpected

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30 Video games can negatively impact health Dear Doctor: My son is obsessed with electronic gaming. He spends hours a day doing this. Is this unhealthy?

Dear Reader: When I was younger, in the infancy of computer games, the games were of low resolution and the goal was simply to develop enough skill to master them. To me, this was a fun activity, often separating me from the mundane and stressful activities of everyday life.

Today’s games are more complex, requiring a variety of skills in complex reasoning and hand-eye coordination. Proficient players record their techniques on YouTube, and the truly elite compete in auditoriums, watched online by hundreds of thousands of people. Is there a downside to this? Definitely – if parents don’t manage it properly.

The first potential problem with these games is the prolonged sitting required.

This type of sedentary behavior can lead to obesity.

A 2004 study performed in Switzerland compared obesity rates and the hours people spent either playing electronic games or watching television. Researchers found a significant correlation between playing electronic games and obesity, with a connection especially likely among people who spent more than two hours a day playing games.

On the plus side, the obesity rates were not as high among game-players as among people who watched television, supposedly because of the passive nature of watching television and the greater amounts of unhealthy food consumed while watching it.

In a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2009, children and teens who said they played more than 45 minutes of video games a day were more likely to report poorer health and increased psychological distress than those who played less than that amount. Those gamers also were found to have more behavior problems.

ASK THE DOCTORS Robert Ashley And consider this: In an Australian survey study of 3,000 adolescents ages 11 through 17, those who had the highest levels of psychological distress were those who spent the most time playing electronic games or roaming the internet. It might be gaming itself is not the full problem. Rather, the gaming might be an outlet for children with emotional issues.

However, the biggest problem with gaming is it can be addictive. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders identifies Internet Gaming Disorder as a condition that warrants further studies.

My feeling is electronic games can have benefits for children and adolescents, but exposure to them must be limited.

I recommend you watch for addictive behavior from your son in connection to these games and you limit the amount of time he spends with them each day. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no more than two hours of screen time a day.

If your son is playing these games and in addition watches television, he may have an increased risk of obesity, poorer health and behavior problems.

When it comes to activity, keep two other pieces of advice in mind. One, encourage your son to substitute more active video games over the more passive variety and, even better, encourage him to pursue sports and other forms of exercise.

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relieve your frustration without taking it out on your children. There are healthy ways of managing frustration without exploding.

The first is to recognize you are becoming upset. Leave the room and, if your husband is home, go for a walk or a short run to help you to regain your perspective. Another technique is to “stall” before reacting. Pause for a moment and say a prayer, “Please Lord, don’t let me lose my temper,” before opening your mouth.

My booklet, “The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It,” contains a number of healthy ways of dealing with frustration and other negative emotions. It can be ordered by sending your name and mailing address, plus a check or money order for $7 in U.S. funds, to Dear Abby – Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price. It’s important you get a handle on your temper so your children won’t grow up thinking verbal abuse is a normal way to handle their own emotions.

Dear Abby: My 25-year-old daughter suffers from Peter Pan Syndrome. Three years out of college, she has an “extended dorm” lifestyle with other young men/women (and their girlfriends/boyfriends) instead of settling down and moving out with her boyfriend of two years.

She says she has “a high need for affiliation” (she needs a lot of people around 24/7). But she also has a high need for change/variety and rotates roommates every two to three years.

Looking for a “mini commune” in a crowded city like San Francisco is very difficult. What makes matters worse is she also has hobbies, such as sewing, that require a lot of space.

Is there something wrong with this lifestyle preference? – Worried Dad In California Dear Dad: At 25, your daughter is an adult.

Many people her age live communally because it’s less costly than living independently, and San Francisco has become so expensive it’s often their only option.

If she’s already living in an “extended dorm” situation, it’s her life to live and she’ll learn lessons. If you feel compelled to offer her advice, suggest they relocate to a less expensive and crowded area, which may entail a longer commute, but with fewer roommates she will have more room for her hobbies.

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GATORS DOMINATE

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Crystal Lake South’s Blake Kuffel shoots during the third quarter Tuesday against Hampshire at Hampshire. South won, 70-37.

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What to watch College basketball: Illinois State at Bradley, 8 p.m., CBSSN The nearby rivals meet for the 123rd time in a series that dates to the 1904-05 season.

Illinois State (144, 6-0 Missouri Valley Conference) is alone in first place in the MVC. Bradley (8-11, 3-3) is tied for fourth. Bradley leads the all-time series, 63-59, but ISU leads, 41-35, since joining the MVC in the 1981-82 season.

BOYS BASKETBALL: CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH 70, HAMPSHIRE 37

Complete performance Gators sink 11 3s, force Whips to make 24 TOs

By ALEX KANTECKI akantecki@shawmedia.com HAMPSHIRE – An 11-point scoring burst by Crystal Lake South to overtake Hampshire and end the first quarter Tuesday night was a sign of things to come for the Gators.

The Gators enjoyed one of their best shooting performances of the season, knocking down 11 3-pointers, and forced the Whip-Purs into 24 turnovers in a 7037 Fox Valley Conference boys basketball victory, the team’s second straight conference win after a 1-3 start.

“It’s always good when shots are going in,” Gators coach Matt LePage said.

“It sets your defense and it gets you juiced up down there. I thought we rode that momentum on the defensive end because we were making shots. It was that simple.”

Junior Tyler Haskin led the inside attack for South (7-10, 3-3 FVC) with 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting, while senior forward Luke Nolan had the hot hand from beyond the arc, hitting four 3s to account for all 12 of his points.

“Our passing was on point,” Haskin said. “We had 20 assists, so credit to my teammates. I feel like its finally jelling.”

Nolan also finished with a game-high five assists as the Gators had their second-best offensive output of the season.

South finished with 20 assists on 26 field goals. They were 26 of 59 (44.1 percent) for the game.

“I would say ball movement, and us moving well off the ball,” Nolan said of the Gators’ success. “I was just wide open and hit them. If we shot like that, we’d probably win every game.”

The Gators took the lead on Hampshire (4-14, 1-5 FVC) with an 11-0 run to end the first quarter, and led, 18-8, going into the second quarter. South then doubled the Whips’ scoring, 18-9, in the second quarter for a 36-17 halftime lead.

Nolan had two 3s in the second quarter, while Blake Kuffel (eight points) and Jonathan Holloway each had one.

Kuffel, Holloway and Rrahim Sadiku all finished with two 3s, and Matt Meyers added one.

Meyers finished with 10 points and four assists, and Kyle Leva added eight points and five rebounds.

LePage tweaked some things defen-

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Crystal Lake South’s Matt Meyers shoots during the third quarter Tuesday at Hampshire.

South beat the Whip-Purs, 70-37.

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Six of South’s 11 3s came off the bench. Blake Kuffel (eight points), Jonathan Holloway (six points) and Rrahim Sadiku (six points) each connected on two 3s for South. sively to hopefully bring out more energy from his players, and the fifth-year

coach was happy with the effort.

“We changed a few things up defensively, and so far they’ve been working out,” LePage said. “They’re just playing harder, flying around a little bit more.

But when you’re making shots, you tend to look a little bit better.”

Once the Gators got flowing offensively, the Whips were unable to keep up. Hampshire shot 12 of 46 (26.1 percent) from the field. Tre Powell led the way with 12 points, including a pair of 3s, and Nathan Gomez added 10 points. Nathan Cork and JD Shaw had five points apiece in the loss.

“We just did not rotate defensively,” Hampshire coach Ben Whitehouse said. “And they were open shots, and they (South) hit them. We’re going to be watching the film tomorrow and breaking it down. We were not OK with not rotating across, and that part was tough to swallow.”

CARY-GROVE GIRLS SOCCER

Purdue commit to rejoin C-G after playing club

By SEAN HAMMOND shammond@shawmedia.com

The 17-year-old from Cary said she is considering majoring in engineering.

She first met Purdue assistant coach Jim Schneiderhahn at a camp in Wisconsin a few years ago. He later became an assistant for the Boilermakers and helped recruit Jones to West Lafayette. Purdue head coach Drew Roff will enter his third season in charge of the program next season.

But before she turns her attention to the college ranks, Jones still has goals she hopes to achieve in high school.

“I hope that this high school season we can make it just as far as we were freshman (year) and hopefully further,” Jones said. “It was really exhilarating and fun and a cool thing to be a part of.

“I feel extremely blessed to have this opportunity to play soccer in college, and I’m really excited to return and play for Cary-Grove because there’s something about playing for your school – I’m sure both in college and high school – that makes it just a little different than when you’re doing something for a club (team).”

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Cary-Grove’s Teagan Jones (left) slides to kick the ball while being challenged by Jena Berkland of Prairie Ridge during the second half April 7, 2015, at Prairie Ridge in Crystal Lake. Jones, who played only club soccer last season, will return to play with the Trojans in the spring as a junior.

WRESTLING: MARENGO 45, PRAIRIE RIDGE 23

Indians’ Mier wins matchup of ranked wrestlers

By JOHN WILKINSON jwilkinson@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Marengo’s Joe Mier knew that sitting out the recent Sycamore tournament was a good idea for his health, to rest up and heal some injuries before the final few weeks of the regular season. Knowing that, however, didn’t make it any easier to pass up a bracket filled with some of his weight class’ best.

That missed opportunity made the Marengo senior even more excited for Tuesday’s nonconference dual at Prairie Ridge. Mier, the No. 6-ranked 160-pounder in Class 2A by illinoismatmen.com, wrestled up a class to match up against Prairie Ridge’s Nick Fetzner, the No. 6-ranked 170-pounder in 2A. “There was so many ranked kids in my bracket (at Sycamore), I saw it and I really missed that, that really competitive nature,” Mier said. “Knowing that I was going to wrestle [Fetzner] tonight got me really excited. I wanted that competitiveness, not like a regular match.

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Prairie Ridge coach Eric Hunt had a purple bruise under his right eye, which he said he got from working as Nick Fetzner’s training partner.

Sometimes it’s not as competitive.”

The match lived up to expectations.

Fetzner got an early takedown, but Mier bounced back and, after each led at one point, Mier pulled away in the third period with a reversal and takedown for a

10-5 decision. Mier’s victory helped lead the Indians to a 45-23 victory.

“He hit me right away with that fireman’s, and it shocked me and kind of lit a fire underneath me,” Mier said. “Even in practice, when someone takes me down I get really upset, and that’s when I really start going. It lit a fire underneath me, and I got that reversal right away, and then that escape toward the end of the first period kind of got me angry again, and it just rolled from there. I was motivated to win.”

Despite losing the match, Fetzner said he felt “pretty good about it. It was a close match, and he just came out on top.”

It was a bout Fetzner could have avoided, his coach said, but they wanted the competition.

“I think they both have good mindsets. Both of them are going to get better from it,” Wolves coach Eric Hunt said.

“We had the option to forfeit that or to have him wrestle up or down, but I was like, we’re not in the business of that, we need to go against the best competition

as much as possible, so when it counts in regionals, sectionals and in state – those two might meet at state, and we might look back to this.”

That was the theme of the night for the Wolves, Hunt said, not worrying about the result but learning something from facing another ranked team they will see in the postseason.

Both teams will be at the Class 2A Woodstock North Regional in 21/2 weeks.

Marengo is ranked No. 20 in 2A, and Prairie Ridge is honorable mention.

Marengo won the night with victories in six of 10 contested bouts and the help of three Prairie Ridge forfeits. In addition to Mier, the Indians got wins from Joe Resendez (pin at 113), Jake Doyle (pin at 126), Cameron Miller (decision at 132), Michael Vega-Perez (decision at 182) and James Mier (pin at 195).

Prairie Ridge got wins from Jace Sparks (major decision at 120), Trey Piotrowski (major decision at 138), Drake Regenhardt (pin at 152) and Dean Reid (decision at 160), plus one Marengo forfeit.

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When her club soccer team, Sockers FC Chicago in Palatine, required year-round participation to play at the highest level, Teagan Jones didn’t hesitate.

For Jones, that meant forgoing her sophomore soccer season at Cary-Grove in the spring of 2016.

It paid off in the form of a scholarship offer from Purdue, which Jones quickly accepted.

“I was completely willing to do that to develop as a player,” Jones said.

This year, with changes to the U.S. Soccer age rules taking effect, Jones plans to return to the Trojans.

Historically, players born between Aug. 1 and July 31 played in the same age group on the club circuit. In 2016, that changed to a calendar year cutoff, with players born from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 playing together.

At Sockers FC, seniors have the option of playing with their high school teams. Having a birthday late in the year, Jones plays with mostly seniors on her club team, and the

junior midfielder/forward was given the same opportunity as her club teammates.

“I’m really excited to come back,” Jones said. “I love playing high school soccer so much. Just the social aspect and playing with my friends.”

The Trojans reached an IHSA Teagan Jones Class 3A sectional final with Jones on the roster as a freshman in 2015. She earned a Northwest Herald all-area honorable mention that season.

Jones said one of her biggest strengths is creating goal-scoring opportunities, although she admitted she has to work on her finishing ability.

She committed to Purdue in September 2015 as a sophomore, and she didn’t wait for any more offers to come in after Purdue presented her an opportunity.

“It was definitely appealing because it took a lot of stress off of me and my parents,” Jones said. “I knew right away.”

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Arellano made most of opportunity Woodstock grad found success in soccer, business

By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com

CRYSTAL LAKE – Rafael Arellano remembers how frustrating it was at Woodstock High School in the early 1990s.

Arellano was living in a new country, having moved with his mother, Victoria, from Mexico. He spoke no English, making communicating the simplest thought a difficult task.

Some school days he was still awake at 3 a.m. struggling with homework.

“It made me stronger,” Arellano said.

“It made me realize the importance, that I had to learn.”

By his junior year, Arellano flourished not only on the soccer field for the Blue Streaks, but he better grasped English. He found bilingual students to hang out with and constantly bugged them for help.

Arellano earned an athletic scholarship to play soccer at McHenry County College. From there, he attended Northern Illinois University, paying his own

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McHenry County College Athletic Hall of Fame inductees are Rafael Arellano (from left), Tom Carle, Kelly (Freund) Heider, Michelle (Crosby) Loeding and Rick Peterson. way, and today he owns his own businesses, RAF Interpreting and Rafael Real Estate and Brokerage.

Arellano was one of five new members of MCC’s Athletic Hall of Fame inducted Tuesday night between the women’s and men’s basketball games against Elgin Community College. Also inducted were former men’s basketball player and women’s basketball coach Rick Peterson, former basketball and softball player Michelle (Crosby) Loeding, former volleyball player Kelly (Freund) Heider and Tom Carle, who was

inducted for his years of service, often volunteering as scorekeeper and assistant coach with the Scots.

Victoria Arellano was a single mother when she brought her family to Woodstock in 1990. She died two years ago but always had supported her children. Rafael had to give up playing soccer at NIU but is proud to be the first in his family to graduate from college.

“I’m very humbled by this recognition,” Arellano said. “It means a lot to me because I have two boys (Julian, 13 and Fabian, 11) and I’m always telling

them to work hard and have passion for everything they do. It’s a great feeling of satisfaction that this is a country that gives opportunity to anybody who’s hungry. To me, the message is that this country opens doors to anybody who’s willing to respect the law and do good and work hard for it. I was given that opportunity, and I’m thankful.”

Arellano noticed how much demographics have changed in McHenry County. He estimated there were five Hispanic students when he graduated from Woodstock in 1994, and when he attended his niece’s graduation, he felt like half the enrollment was Hispanic.

While at MCC, he and Christina Perez started Latinos Unidos, a club that promoted cultural awareness and provided support for Latino students. The organization still is going today.

“We wanted to make a support team for them and kind of guide them and do cultural activities,” Arellano said.

“It’s a great satisfaction knowing I was co-founder of that organization. There’s a lot more Hispanic students than when I was here in ’96.”

MCC athletic director Karen Wiley introduced each of the inductees, who then spoke briefly about their experiences with the Scots.

Carle joked about being 0-2 as head baseball coach. “The head coach and

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Woodstock North, A-H boys basketball teams win NORTHWEST HERALD Vic Ortiz scored 19 points and led Woodstock North’s boys basketball team past Stillman Valley, 62-30, in nonconference play Tuesday at Stillman Valley. Ortiz made four 3-pointers. Collin Mergl added 14 points and Ryan Medina scored eight for the Thunder (4-10).

Alden-Hebron 69, Berean Baptist 49:

In Rockford, Taylor Glenn scored 18 points and Logan Grove contributed 15 for the Giants in a nonconference win over Berean Baptist. The Giants made 17 of 36 free-throw attempts. Austin Stauss added 13 points for A-H (4-14).

“We caught fire on our free throws,” Giants coach Todd Mathis said. “We’re starting to get things put together, had three in double digits and saw a lot of positive things.”

BOYS SWIMMING Cary-Grove co-op 134.5, Huntley 35.5:

At Sage YMCA in Crystal Lake, the Trojans swept every event in a victory over Huntley. C-G’s Ethan Hare and Omid Babakhani each won two individual events.

Hare won the 100-yard freestyle (50.92) and the 100 breaststroke (1:04.48).

Babakhani won the 50 freestyle (23.02) and the 100 backstroke (59.67).

Hare also teamed up with Connor Dolezal, Cameron Castro and Kolin Fadden to win the 200 free relay (1:34.34). Noah Siegmeier, Jacob Manley, Peyton Richardson and Charles Hartnett won the 200 medley relay (1:47.97). Castro, Fadden and Dolezal teamed up with Cole Seeger to win the 400 free relay (3:35.18).

Seeger won the 200 individual medley (2:12.91). Dolezal won the 500 freestyle (5:10.94).

Other C-G victories included Donovan Phipps in the 200 freestyle (2:00.29) and Jonathan Gorak in the 100 butterfly (1:00.69).

Richmond, the Rockets lost a nonconGIRLS BASKETBALL Woodstock 40, Marengo 24: At ference game against Antioch.

Marengo, Diana Spokas led the Blue Streaks with nine points in a Kishwaukee River Conference win over Marengo. Emma Brand contributed seven points. Julia Vosburgh and Sophia Shinherr each scored six for Woodstock (8-10, 5-3 KRC).

A day after scoring 37 points with a school-record eight 3-pointers, Marengo’s Marissa Knobloch was held to two 3s for six points. Lauren Aubry also scored six points for the Indians (8-11, 3-4).

Alden-Hebron 73, Berean Baptist 19: At Rockford, Alden-Hebron beat Berean Baptist behind 14 points apiece from Tally Lalor and Rachel Pahl. Lalor made two 3-pointers. Pahl scored her 14 on seven field goals. Emily Webber scored 13 points. Anna Webber and Brittney Standish each scored eight points.

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GIRLS BOWLING Belvidere North 2,697, Huntley 2,540:

At Bowl-Hi Lanes in Huntley, Shaelyn O’Rilley led Huntley with a 559 series, but it was Belvidere North that came out on top. O’Rilley bowled games of 192, 185 and 182.

Also for Huntley, Nicole Ciccione bowled a 539 series, Marissa Bousk bowled a 526, Caroline Piske bowled a 442, and Hailie Nosek and Kaytlen Clutter combined for a 474 series.

Belvidere 3,059, Marengo 2,669:

At Glo-Bowl in Marengo, Belvidere topped Marengo despite a 578 series from the Indians’ Megan Anthony. Anthony bowled games of 191, 204 and 183.

Also for Marengo, Leah Secor bowled a 520 series, Haley Minogue bowled a 415, Rachael Jasinski bowled a 408, Sapna Patel bowled a 399 and Amanda Underwood bowled a 349.

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By JOE COWLEY

MAVERICKS 99, BULLS 98

jcowley@suntimes.com

DALLAS (99) Barnes 8-17 2-2 20, Nowitzki 3-9 4-6 10, Williams 5-11 0-0 11, Curry 7-10 1-2 18, Matthews 4-10 0-0 11, Finney-Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Powell 3-4 0-0 6, Mejri 1-2 1-2 3, Barea 5-8 0-0 12, Harris 1-7 6-6 8. Totals 37-78 14-18 99.

CHICAGO (98) Zipser 2-5 0-0 5, Lopez 10-15 1-1 21, Carter-Williams 4-6 0-0 10, Wade 8-21 1-3 17, Butler 5-12 14-16 24, McDermott 3-10 0-0 7, Felicio 3-3 2-2 8, Mirotic 2-4 0-0 6, Portis 0-1 0-0 0, Rondo 0-4 0-0 0, Grant 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-82 18-22 98.

Dallas Chicago

24 30 22 23 — 99 28 19 27 24 — 98

3-Point Goals–Dallas 11-28 (Matthews 3-5, Curry 3-5, Barnes 2-3, Barea 2-4, Williams 1-5, Powell 0-1, Harris 0-2, Nowitzki 0-3), Chicago 6-14 (Carter-Williams 2-2, Mirotic 2-3, Zipser 1-2, McDermott 1-4, Wade 0-1, Butler 0-1, Grant 0-1). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Dallas 36 (Nowitzki 10), Chicago 43 (Butler 9). Assists–Dallas 27 (Williams 9), Chicago 23 (Butler 12). Total Fouls–Dallas 21, Chicago 22.

Technicals–Matthews. A–21,294 (20,917).

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Bulls guard Jimmy Butler drives to the hoop and is fouled by the Mavericks’ Devin Harris in the second half Tuesday night at the United Center. The Bulls lost, 99-98. third trip, it again was met with defiance.

“And?” Butler asked sarcastically.

“That doesn’t mean it means anything to me right now. If I’m there, I’m there.

If I’m not, I’ll be in Barbados enjoying the weather.”

Butler’s chase is bigger than a free trip to New Orleans in mid-February

these days. It’s about not only returning his now 21-22 Bulls team back to the playoffs after missing out last season, but making a deep run.

First thing’s first. Playing with some consistency would be nice.

Since missing 21/2 games with flulike symptoms last week, Butler hasn’t shown any signs of a guy who wasn’t able to keep any food down and lost about 10 pounds. He returned against New Orleans on Saturday to drop 28 points on it in 39 minutes.

Then Sunday, he played late-game hero in the win in Memphis, scoring nine points in the final quarter to pull off the upset.

The hope was a third straight win against Dallas, and it looked as though

BULLS NOTES

Mirotic returns; Gibson out with ankle injury

By JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com CHICAGO – The Bulls finally had a healthy roster Tuesday.

Well, for about five hours.

After the morning shootaround, coach Fred Hoiberg gladly announced that Nikola Mirotic finally was over a flu-like illness that cost the stretchfour 8 pounds and four games. By the time the team reconvened for the pregame workout, however, Taj Gibson’s left ankle went from just sore to unplayable.

“It’s something that kind of popped up,” Hoiberg said of the injury to his starting power forward. “He did have a little bit of soreness in the [Memphis] game. Again, it’s not to the point where you’re going to say that this is something that’s going to hold him out awhile. We hope to sit him, have a couple days off for rest and then get

him back in the lineup in the next one (against Atlanta on Friday).”

Coincidentally, the sore ankle was the same one that Gibson had offseason surgery on before the 2015-16 season.

So while Hoiberg tried to pass it off as a separate issue, Gibson’s ankle problems have never seeming- Nikola Mirotic ly been separate. The hope is this was just a bump in the road and not a bigger problem to come. Gibson, who will be a free agent this summer, had played in all 42 regular-season games until Tuesday, and was the third leading scorer on the team with 12 points a game.

In his absence, the Bulls started rookie Paul Zipser.

They did play with the idea of starting Mirotic, but the concern was that

he would have to be eased into the next few games, as they try to get his wind back.

“The biggest thing is building the strength back up,” Hoiberg said. “I think he lost 8 pounds with the virus he had. Now it’s about getting him back in game shape and getting his timing back.”

Hoiberg reiterated that Mirotic was dealing with a different strain of illness than Butler, because Butler came back from missing a few games, as well as 10 pounds, and picked up right where he left off before the illness caught up with him – heavy minutes and heroic late-game scoring.

“Obviously, Jimmy was unbelievable,” Hoiberg said of Butler’s return.

“The one luxury Jimmy had was he had a full practice where we scrimmaged, went up and down. He was able to blow out his lungs a little bit. We haven’t had that opportunity yet with

Niko. He did some conditioning and running on his own. We have to gradually get him back as we continue to move forward.”

Endorsed: Butler was thrilled to have Mirotic back, and thinks that the thirdyear player’s inconsistencies will end soon because of all the extra work he’s been doing in the gym the past month.

“Another guy that we love having out there on the floor, a guy that can make shots, space the floor,” Butler said, despite the fact Mirotic was only shooting 38 percent from the field this season. “I think he’s consistent if he stays in the gym; it’s only going to come easier.”

Birthday wishes: Dwyane Wade turned 35 on Tuesday, and Butler claimed he had a special present for his new teammate.

“I’m going to punch him 35 times and give him one to grow on,” Butler said.

• Wednesday, January 18, 2017

CHICAGO – Jimmy Butler didn’t want to think about being an All-Star for a third time in his career.

Not on Tuesday.

Not yet.

There still was work to do in his eyes. Specifically, figuring out how they can beat a playoff-bound team such as the Grizzlies in Memphis just two nights earlier, and then lose to a 14-27 Dallas team for the second time this season.

A lot of work to do for the entire team, as a matter of fact, after the latest 99-98 loss.

“Coming off one of our better performances of the year in Memphis, but again, you’ve got to play 48 minutes in this league,” coach Fred Hoiberg said.

Maybe that’s why All-Star talk is almost off-limits for Butler these days.

It wasn’t like he was thumbing his nose at the process. It was more that he feels like there’s a bigger whale for him to pursue at this point in his career.

“I don’t care,” Butler said, when asked about being voted an All-Star.

Asked what being in next month’s All-Star Game would mean to him, he’s even less impressed with the idea.

“Absolutely nothing,” Butler said.

When reminded this would be his

Butler would deliver that, not only scoring a game-high 24 points, but being the main facilitator the entire second half, handing out 12 assists and still managing to grab nine rebounds.

So much for being bedridden last week.

“You got to maintain your body through the grind, that’s what this job calls for,” Butler said. “This is the dream that we wanted. Now that you have it, it’s what you have to put up with.”

What Butler also has to put up with is accepting the idea that little comes easy for this year’s team.

Trailing by two with a minute left in the game, Butler found a cutting Doug McDermott for the lay-in, and a game that was knotted up.

After the Dallas timeout and missed shot, Butler drained a jumper with 22 seconds left to put the Bulls on top. It was short-lived, however, as Wesley Matthews nailed a wide-open 3-pointer to give the Mavs the one-point lead with 11.7 seconds left.

It looked like it would be Butler’s to win or lose, but he lost control of the ball, as it landed in the hands of birthday boy Dwyane Wade. There would be no late-night gift for the now 35-yearold, however, as his shot clanked off the rim at the horn.

“We wanted to get it to Jimmy on the top of the floor,” Hoiberg said.

“Just let him make a play.”

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Kane looks more like 2016 MVP Offense returns for forward after sluggish start

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com

DENVER – When discussing Patrick Kane’s season so far, it’s important to note that a humdrum season for the Blackhawks star would be a career season for all but a handful of players in the NHL. So a little more than a week ago, when Kane sheepishly was lamenting the fact that his goal-scoring was way down and that the points were a little harder to come by, and that he wasn’t entirely happy with his game, it was worth nothing that he was second in the league in scoring at the time.

That’s how high Kane raised the bar last year with his 46-goal, 106-point season, which earned him the scoring title and the Hart Trophy as league MVP.

goes along here.”

Sure enough, Kane has shifted back up from very good to really good again, and is starting to look like the guy who spent 82 games toying with almost every team in the league last season. Entering Tuesday night’s game against the Colorado Avalanche, Kane had three goals and seven assists in his previous six games. And he was coming off his best performance of the season, a twogoal effort in a 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild in which he played an eye-popping 27 minutes and fired a career-high 12 shots on goal.

Lately, Kane has been more daring offensively, deferring a little less to Artemi Panarin and bringing back the bold dangles and creative moves that have marked much of his career. He still has only 14 goals through 46 games, AP photo Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane celebrates with teammates after his goal against but he’s back over a point a game with 47 points. And the dip in goal producthe Minnesota Wild during the first period Sunday at the United Center. Kane’s scoring tion isn’t for a lack of trying – Kane, has picked up recently. once the consummate playmaker and “It’s easy to judge your game on num- scoring chances I’m creating, and how passer, is fourth in the league with 160 bers, and I think we all do that, wheth- much I have the puck, and if I’m cre- shots on goal.

“You see the way he played [against er we want to or not,” Kane said at the ating on more shifts than not. There’s time. “At the same time, I think it’s definitely room for improvement, and better for me to judge [my play] on the hopefully we’ll see that as the season See KANE, page 7

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• KANE Continued from page 6

Hinostroza rallies Hawks

By PAT GRAHAM

BLACKHAWKS 6, AVALANCHE 4

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2 1 3 — 6 1 3 0 — 4

First Period–1, Chicago, Schmaltz 2, 2:38. 2, Colorado, Duchene 14 (Mackinnon, Barrie), 7:39 (pp). 3, Chicago, Seabrook 3 (Schmaltz, Rasmussen), 12:50.

Penalties–Panik, CHI, (hooking), 6:42.

Second Period–4, Colorado, Comeau 7 (Mackinnon, Grigorenko), 9:03. 5, Colorado, Nieto 1 (Landeskog), 10:06. 6, Chicago, Kero 2 (Van riemsdyk, Hossa), 10:25. 7, Colorado, Duchene 15 (Barrie, Beauchemin), 14:08. Penalties–Rantanen, COL, (tripping), 2:31; Seabrook, CHI, (hooking), 4:29; Hartman, CHI, (slashing), 15:34; Zadorov, COL, (unsportsmanlike conduct), 15:34.

Third Period–8, Chicago, Hinostroza 5, 5:10. 9, Chicago, Hinostroza 6 (Hossa, Kero), 8:11. 10, Chicago, Kero 3 (Toews, Hossa), 19:49. Penalties–None.

Shots on Goal–Chicago 11-4-12—27. Colorado 10-8-5—23.

Power-play opportunities–Chicago 0 of 1; Colorado 1 of 2.

Goalies–Chicago, Crawford 17-10-3 (23 shots-19 saves). Colorado, Varlamov 6-17-0 (26-21).

A–18,007 (18,007). T–2:25.

Referees–TJ Luxmore, Brad Watson. Linesmen– Darren Gibbs, Vaughan Rody.

AP photo

Avalanche defenseman Nikita Zadorov runs into the boards while pursuing the puck with Blackhawks left wing Richard Panik in the second period Tuesday night in Denver. The Hawks won, 6-4.

scoring came from the forwards on the third and fourth lines.

“Whenever you can get that secondary scoring, it’s going to help the team,” Kero said. “Both of our lines were going a little bit, and it’s nice certainly worked with Hinostroza, to contribute offensively.”

Kero and Hossa combining for eight Matt Duchene had two goals, and points. Hossa had three assists.

Blake Comeau and Matt Nieto also Except for Seabrook’s goal, the scored for the last-place Avalanche.

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DENVER – Five goals by players all 24 and younger – just the sort of youthful infusion the Blackhawks were searching for.

That takes some of the pressure off Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and the rest of the veterans.

Vinnie Hinostroza scored twice in the third period, including the go-ahead goal with 11:49 remaining, and the Hawks rallied for a 6-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.

Tanner Kero had two goals, and Nick Schmaltz and defenseman Brent Seabrook also scored for the Hawks, who snapped a two-game skid.

“To come in here and come from behind and win, and the younger guys to chip in, it’s nice,” said the 22-year-old Hinostroza, who entered the game with four career goals.

The Hawks shuffled their line combinations, breaking up the Toews-Marian Hossa tandem in an effort to spark the offense. It

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Minnesota], the puck was just following him,” Jonathan Toews said. “Once he got it, he just didn’t give it up. Twelve shots on net. I don’t know how many legitimate scoring chances he had, but it had to be quite a few. I think he was back to his old form, for sure.”

Good thing, too, because with Toews still struggling and Marian Hossa cooling off, the Hawks again have been a one-line team.

Panarin, Artem Anisimov and Kane are the only trio giving the Hawks a chance in some games.

But Kane always says he is never satisfied with his game, and that’s especially true after last season. Now that he knows he can be a 40-goal and 100-point guy, he expects to be.

And so far this season, despite trailing only Edmonton’s Connor McDavid, Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby (who has a 2015-16 Kane-like 50 points in 37 games) and Evgeni Malkin, Kane hasn’t been producing at that rate.

But if he can keep scoring the way he has over the past six games, he again could threaten 100 points, if not 40 goals. And although Kane doesn’t want to be defined solely by his numbers, they’re nice to have, all the same.

“I don’t know (whether I’m at that level yet),” Kane said. “You still want to produce more and create more every night you’re out there. So sometimes you look at the season as a whole, and that’s not the way to go about it. You just try to take it a game at a time and keep improving.”

BLACKHAWKS 6, AVALANCHE 4

Patriots happy to be home for AFC title game

By KYLE HIGHTOWER The Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Patriots have had what seems like an annual spot in the AFC Championship Game over the past decade.

But the fact that this year’s game is at home could factor into whether they are able to make a return trip to the Super Bowl.

The Patriots became the first team since the 1970 merger to advance to the AFC title game in six straight seasons with their win over the Houston Texans last week.

The Patriots are 5-1 at home in AFC title games, with their lone loss coming in 2013 against the Ravens in Ray Lewis’ final trip to Foxborough.

Although being at home doesn’t guarantee victory, playing the game at Gillette Stadium is welcomed by a team that has been on the road in two of their past three trips to the AFC title game. Both of those road games ended in losses to Denver, including a 20-18 defeat last season.

“It’s the energy. You get out there and everyone is really energetic. The fans are really intense,” receiver Chris Hogan said Tuesday.

“At the end of the day, it’s another football game, and I just have to approach it like that, just the way I’ve been approaching every single game this year. Go out there, play my best, play good football and try to help this team win as much as I can.”

Special teams captain Matt Slater acknowledged that New England’s performance against the Texans could have been better, but said no one is taking anything for granted about this latest shot at a Super Bowl berth.

“Anytime you win a playoff game, whether you play well or not, if you win the game, that’s all that matters,” Slater said.

“I think we all appreciate the opportunity that we have. Could we have played better? Certainly. But we could also be at home.”

The Steelers – and coach Mike Tomlin specifically – can expect to get an even more hostile reception than usual from the Patriots fans.

This comes after Tomlin was broadcast using a derogatory expletive to describe the Patriots during a postgame speech to his team after Pittsburgh’s divisional-round win over Kansas City.

Unbeknownst to Tomlin, the speech was aired on a social media livestream

by Pittsburgh receiver Antonio Brown.

BEARS

Bears place 3 on All-Rookie Team

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@profootballweekly.com Ryan Pace’s second draft class had three players make the 2016 Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team.

Running back Jordan Howard, center Cody Whitehair and outside linebacker Leonard Floyd were honored Tuesday as some of the Cody top rookies at their poWhitehair sition in the NFL. Howard, who joined PFWA Rookie of the Year Ezekiel Elliott as the other running back on the All-Rookie Team, ran for a Bears rookie record 1,313 yards, averaging 5.2 yards a carry. Howard was the team’s third-string back heading into the season but took over as a starter in Week 4 after Jeremy Langford’s ankle injury and never looked back.

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The repositories for these documents and the application are at the Illinois EPA’s offices at 9511 West Harrison in Des Plaines, 847/294-4000 and 1021 North Grand Avenue East, Springfield, 217/782-7027 (please call ahead to assure that someone will be available to assist you). The draft permit and project summary may also be available at http://www.epa.gov/caa-permitting/region-5electronic-permits. Copies of the documents may also be obtained upon request to the contact listed above.

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Bears running back Jordan Howard (right) celebrates his 2-yard touchdown run with center Cody Whitehair during the first half against the Minnesota Vikings on Oct. 31 at Soldier Field. Howard, Whitehair and linebacker Leonard Floyd earned All-Rookie honors. playing center in college or much of the preseason, Whitehair flourished, starting all 16 games at the pivot.

Floyd, the Bears’ top pick and one of three linebackers named to the All-Rookie Team, was third in the league among rookies with seven sacks.

He played in 12 games and had a safety

and a strip-sack-recovery that resulted in a touchdown.

Pace has had five draft picks receive All-Rookie honors. Defensive tackle Eddie Goldman and safety Adrian Amos made the team after the 2015 season.

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PITTSBURGH STEELERS

By WILL GRAVES The Associated Press

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: PACKERS AT FALCONS, 2:05 P.M. SUNDAY, FOX

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High-scoring offenses ready to duke it out in Atlanta

By CHARLES ODUM The Associated Press FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – The high-scoring offenses of the Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers appear poised to provide a memorable send-off for the Georgia Dome.

Factor in the teams’ leaky defenses, and Sunday’s NFC Championship Fame could surge past the unusually high over/under of 60½ points set by the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook.

The Falcons led the NFL in scoring. Even so, they know it won’t be easy to keep up with the scoring pace set by quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.

“It’s obvious they’ve got a stud at quarterback,” Falcons left tackle Jake Matthews said Tuesday. “We’ve played a lot of great teams with great players at quarterback. ... Whatever it takes, we just have to put up as many points as we need to.”

Matthews said the weekly message from offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan is “I don’t know if we’re going to have to win 6-3 or 40-37.”

Of those alternatives, 40-37 appears to be the more likely target, in part because the Atlanta and Green Bay defenses don’t dominate the sta-

“The things that he can do, it’s just amazing to see. There’s no one I can compare him to.”

De’Vondre Campbell Atlanta Falcons linebacker, on Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers

tistics like their offensive counterparts.

Shanahan is a leading candidate in the San Francisco 49ers’ coaching search.

The game will be the Falcons’ farewell to the Georgia Dome, which will be demolished in the offseason. The Falcons will move into the $1.5 billion Mercedes-Benz Stadium next season.

The Falcons and Packers finished the regular season ranked 28th and 31st, respectively, in pass defense.

The Falcons allowed 25.4 points a game to rank 27th, only a few spots below the Packers (24.2) at 21st.

The Falcons beat the Packers, 3332, Oct. 30 in Atlanta. Atlanta led the NFL with 33.8 points a game.

Green Bay linebacker Nick Perry said the goal will be to prevent big

plays.

“They are very explosive,” Perry said. “When we look at the film, we have to make sure we don’t give up those explosive plays. Everything lives off that. They are good at what they do. We are going to look at the film and go over it and make sure we prevent as much as we can of those guys giving up explosive plays.”

The Falcons advanced with a 3620 divisional playoff win over Seattle last week. Green Bay’s offense also rolled in a 34-31 win over Dallas.

The Falcons have faced Russell Wilson, Cam Newton and Drew Brees in their past three games.

Asked who compares with Rodgers, Falcons linebacker De’Vondre Campbell had a quick answer.

“Nobody. It’s just that simple,” Campbell said. “The things that he can do, it’s just amazing to see.

There’s no one I can compare him to.”

The Falcons are led by MVP candidate Matt Ryan , the All-Pro who ranked second in the NFL in yards passing and TD passes. Atlanta’s offense featured depth, as Ryan threw scoring passes to a record 13 players during the season, and balance with running back Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman.

• Wednesday, January 18, 2017

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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (left) talks to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers after a game Dec. 8, 2014, in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers and Falcons play in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday in Atlanta.

PITTSBURGH – The father in Mike Tomlin regrets the language he used to describe the New England Patriots during the postgame speech Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown opted to livestream on social media after a taut playoff victory over Kansas City.

The coach in Tomlin has just as big an issue with one of his team’s biggest stars forcing the Steelers to talk about something other than trying to find a way to finally beat Tom Brady when it counts.

A characteristically blunt Tomlin called Brown’s decision to broadcast to the world more than 17 minutes of Pittsburgh’s giddy locker room celebration – a move that caught Tomlin using a handful of profanities – “foolish,” ‘’selfish” and “inconsiderate.”

“Not only is it a violation of our policy, it’s a violation of league policy, both of which he knows,” Tomlin said Tuesday.

“So there are consequences to be dealt with from his perspective. We will punish him. We won’t punish us.”

Tomlin took responsibility for his choice of words, although he was unaware of being filmed as he spoke.

During Tomlin’s postgame remarks, he attached an expletive to the Patriots, who earned a full day’s head start on preparing for the Steelers by virtue of beating Houston on Saturday night, 24 hours before Pittsburgh outlasted Kansas City, 18-16.

“The responsibility associated with being in this thing, just from a role model standpoint, it’s something that I personally embrace,” Tomlin said.

“It’s something that we as a team and organization embrace. So that’s why the language, specifically, in terms of the content, is regrettable.”

So, too, is the action of the talented if sporadically diva-like Brown. The former sixth-round pick has evolved from a raw project into one of the NFL’s best wide receivers.

This season he became only the second player in league history to post four consecutive 100-catch seasons.

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Sean King or Shaw Media

NIU guard Dontel Highsmith crashes into Miami (Ohio) guard Dion Wade while shooting Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb. The Huskies won, 62-58.

DeKALB – The Northern Illinois men’s basketball team is making a habit of four-point wins.

The Huskies led the entire second half and managed to hold on for a 62-58 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Tuesday night at the NIU Convocation Center.

It’s the third time in conference play the Huskies (12-6, 4-1 Mid-American Conference West) have eked out a four-point win – along with an 87-83 win over Central Michigan and an 77-73 overtime victory at Kent State.

“They try to take what we do well away and you just have to find a way,” NIU coach Mark Montgomery said.

Against the RedHawks (8-10, 1-4 MAC East) on Tuesday, freshman guard Eugene German was the leading scorer with 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting in 18 minutes off the bench. He was one of four players in double figures for the Huskies, along with senior big man Marin Maric (11 points, 12 rebounds), sophomore Jaylen Key (10 points) and senior guard Dontel Highsmith (10 points).

NIU outscored Miami, 28-6, in bench points.

Maric split a pair of free throws twice in the final 20 seconds of the game, but sank the second of two to give the Huskies the 62-58 cushion with seven seconds remaining.

“We executed down the stretch and made some free throws,” Montgomery said. “It wasn’t a pretty game, but sometimes it isn’t.”

The Huskies finished with a season-high 22 turnovers, but forced the RedHawks into 17.

Miami has been the only team to beat the Huskies five games into conference play, surviving for a 69-67 victory Jan. 3 in Oxford, Ohio, to start MAC play.

It marks the first time the Huskies have started 4-1 in conference play in back-to-back seasons since 1979-80, when they were in their first stint with the MAC. Last season, NIU started 5-1 before finishing 9-9 in conference – good for seventh place – and 21-13 overall in its best campaign in two decades. After winning five of their first six conference games, the Huskies went on a six-game losing skid.

By the numbers: It’s the sixth consecutive game the Huskies have shot worse than 30 percent from 3-point range, finishing 5 for 17. However, German and sophomore guard Laytwan Porter hit critical back-to-back 3s midway through the second half to give the Huskies a 4539 lead.

Beyond the stats: The Huskies stayed tied atop the standings in the MAC West with Eastern Michigan, which improved to 4-1 with an 86-80 win over Western Michigan on Tuesday.

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Illinois has no answer for Purdue’s big men in rout The ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Center Isaac Haas had 24 points and six rebounds, and power forward Caleb Swanigan added 22 points and 10 rebounds in No. 21 Purdue’s dominating 91-68 victory over Illinois on Tuesday night.

Haas scored 13 points in the second half when the Boilermakers (15-4, 4-2 Big Ten) led by as many as 27. Swanigan had a four-point first half but was almost unstoppable during the second half, accounting for 18 points and five rebounds.

Purdue placed five players in double figures, also getting 14 from freshman guard Carsen Edwards, 11 from forward Vince Edwards – no relation – and 10

from point guard P.J. Thompson.

Illinois (12-7, 2-4) got 15 points from Maverick Morgan and 12 from Malcolm Hill but had no answer for the Boilermakers’ two post players, each of whom had his way around the basket.

With this victory, Purdue leads the all-time series with Illinois, 100-87.

No. 17 Wisconsin 68, Michigan 64: At Madison, Wisconsin, Bronson Koenig scored 16 points, 10 in a key run that turned the game around, and Wisconsin survived a scare from Michigan.

Michigan (12-7, 2-4 Big Ten) seemed to have Wisconsin (15-3, 4-1) on the ropes at one point in the second half. Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ went to the bench with his third foul early and could largely only

watch as the Wolverines went on a 17-2 run that put them up, 38-30.

The Wolverines even hit 3s on consecutive possessions after Wisconsin tied the game at 43.

Then Koenig took over.

Zak Showalter got the run started with a tough putback before Koenig reeled off the next 10 points. He scored on Duncan Robinson with a nice reverse to tie the game, dropped a 3 from well beyond the arc and then hit another from the corner, and suddenly the Badgers were up 55-49. Nigel Hayes added a 3-pointer to cap the run.

Wisconsin had to hold off a final rally from the Wolverines.

Illinois-Chicago 71, Milwaukee 57: At

Chicago, Tai Odiase scored 20 points, grabbed 12 rebounds and swatted away six shots as Illinois-Chicago (11-8, 4-2 Horizon League) defeated Milwaukee (514, 1-5), leading from start to finish.

Odiase pulled down an offensive rebound and went back up for a lay-in to start the scoring with less than a minute gone, and later dunked after grabbing another offensive board. He blocked back-to-back layup tries by Milwaukee’s Brock Stull to prevent the Panthers from getting closer than three.

Stull, who averages 12.6 points a game, finished 3 of 11 from the field and scored six points. Odiase has 205 career blocks for the Flames. Bryce Nze led Milwaukee with 22 points.

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• MCC Continued from page 4 assistant coach both got thrown out of games,” he said, raising his arm. “We lost them both.”

Carle was employed by the college but often stayed after work to help prepare fields, assist with coaching or work the scorebook or scoreboard.

“Some people asked me why I’d work all day and then stay around for a few more hours,” he said. “To me, it was fun. I didn’t consider it work.”

Heider, a Crystal Lake Central graduate, went on to play volleyball at NIU after achieving NJCAA All-America honors with the Scots in 1998. MCC qualified for the NJCAA national tournament. Among those she thanked was her older brother, Travis Freund, who let her tag along for activities, thus increasing her competitiveness.

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giate Conference both years she played basketball and went on to play two more years at Illinois-Chicago. She played on some of the Scots’ most successful teams, one that was coached by Peterson.

“Ever since Karen called me last spring, I thought about the life lessons that made me who I am,” Loeding said.

“I wouldn’t be here without all the people who were around me. We had a lot of good teams.”

Peterson, who is 6-foot-6, did not play basketball at McHenry High School but was talked into playing at MCC. He was one of the most prolific scorers in Scots men’s basketball history, averaging 30 points a game as a freshman and earning a scholarship to D-II Regis College in Colorado. His MCC women’s teams were 41-10 in his two seasons as coach.

Along with Loeding, there were four of Peterson’s other former players in attendance, although they were reluctant to stand and be recognized.

“You have to stand up,” Peterson said. “I”m still your coach.”

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NFL PLAYOFFS

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 43 28 10 5 61 141 96 Blackhawks 47 28 14 5 61 132 120 St. Louis 45 23 17 5 51 128 135 Nashville 44 20 17 7 47 119 115 Dallas 46 19 19 8 46 126 144 Winnipeg 47 20 23 4 44 129 145 Colorado 42 13 28 1 27 86 143 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 47 25 13 9 59 125 117 Edmonton 46 24 15 7 55 131 122 San Jose 44 26 16 2 54 117 102 Calgary 47 24 20 3 51 124 127 Los Angeles 44 22 18 4 48 111 110 Vancouver 46 21 19 6 48 112 130 Arizona 43 13 24 6 32 91 137

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 45 27 12 6 60 138 113 Boston 47 23 19 5 51 117 117 Ottawa 42 23 15 4 50 111 111 Toronto 42 21 13 8 50 132 123 Florida 46 20 18 8 48 108 127 Tampa Bay 46 21 20 5 47 126 135 Detroit 44 19 19 6 44 112 127 Buffalo 44 17 18 9 43 104 124 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Columbus 43 30 9 4 64 145 96 Washington 44 29 9 6 64 138 94 Pittsburgh 43 27 11 5 59 153 131 N.Y. Rangers 45 28 16 1 57 158 123 Philadelphia 46 22 18 6 50 132 148 Carolina 44 21 16 7 49 122 121 New Jersey 46 19 18 9 47 105 132 N.Y. Islanders 42 17 17 8 42 120 128 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Results Blackhawks 6, Colorado 4 Columbus 4, Carolina 1 Dallas 7, N.Y. Rangers 6 Toronto 4, Buffalo 3 Ottawa 6, St. Louis 4 New Jersey 4, Minnesota 3 Calgary 5, Florida 2 Vancouver 1, Nashville 0 Anaheim 2, Tampa Bay 1 (OT) Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Winnipeg, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Florida at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 29 11 .725 — Indiana 21 19 .525 8 Milwaukee 20 20 .500 9 Bulls 21 22 .488 9½ Detroit 19 24 .442 11½ Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 28 13 .683 — Boston 26 15 .634 2 New York 18 24 .429 10½ Philadelphia 13 26 .333 14 Brooklyn 8 33 .195 20 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 24 17 .585 — Washington 21 19 .525 2½ Charlotte 20 21 .488 4 Orlando 17 26 .395 8 Miami 12 30 .286 12½

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Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 32 9 .780 — Houston 32 12 .727 1½ Memphis 25 18 .581 8 New Orleans 16 26 .381 16½ Dallas 14 27 .341 18 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Utah 27 16 .628 — Oklahoma City 25 18 .581 2 Denver 17 23 .425 8½ Portland 18 25 .419 9 Minnesota 14 28 .333 12½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 35 6 .854 — L.A. Clippers 29 14 .674 7 Sacramento 16 24 .400 18½ Phoenix 13 28 .317 22 L.A. Lakers 15 31 .326 22½ Tuesday’s Results Dallas 99, Bulls 98 Miami 109, Houston 103 Toronto 119, Brooklyn 109 San Antonio 122, Minnesota 114 Denver 127, L.A. Lakers 121 Wednesday’s Games Memphis at Washington, 6 p.m.

Portland at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Detroit, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 7 p.m.

Orlando at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

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Conference

W L PCT Maryland 4 1 .800 Wisconsin 4 1 .800 Purdue 4 2 .667 Northwestern 4 2 .667 Michigan St. 4 2 .667 Penn St. 3 2 .600 Nebraska 3 2 .600 Minnesota 3 3 .500 Iowa 3 3 .500 Indiana 2 3 .400 Michigan 2 4 .333 Illinois 2 4 .333 Ohio St. 1 4 .200 Rutgers 0 6 .000

Overall W L PCT 16 2 .889 15 3 .833 15 4 .789 15 4 .789 12 7 .632 11 7 .611 9 8 .529 15 4 .789 11 8 .579 12 6 .667 12 7 .632 12 7 .632 11 7 .611 11 8 .579

Tuesday’s Results Purdue 91, Illinois 68 Wisconsin 68, Michigan 64 Wednesday’s Games Indiana at Penn St., 6 p.m.

Ohio St. at Nebraska, 8 p.m.

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Conference Overall

W L PCT W L PCT Akron 5 0 1.000 15 3 .833 E. Michigan 4 1 .800 12 6 .667 N. Illinois 4 1 .800 12 6 .667 Ohio 3 2 .600 11 5 .688 Ball St. 3 2 .600 12 6 .667 Toledo 3 2 .600 10 8 .556 Buffalo 2 3 .400 8 10 .444 W. Michigan 2 3 .400 6 11 .353 C. Michigan 1 4 .200 11 7 .611 Kent St. 1 4 .200 9 9 .500 Miami (Ohio) 1 4 .200 8 10 .444 Bowling Green 1 4 .200 7 11 .389 Tuesday’s Results N. Illinois 62, Miami (Ohio) 58 Toledo 85, Bowling Green 73 Buffalo 82, Kent St. 69 Akron 83, Ohio 68 Ball St. 98, Central Michigan 83 E. Michigan 86, W. Michigan 80

TOP 25 SCHEDULE

Tuesday’s Results No. 5 Kentucky 88, Mississippi St. 81 No. 6 Baylor 74, Texas 64

No. 17 Wisconsin 68, Michigan 64 No. 21 Purdue 91, Illinois 68 Wednesday’s Games No. 7 West Virginia vs. Oklahoma, 6 p.m.

No. 10 Florida St. vs. No. 15 Notre Dame, 6 p.m.

No. 16 Virginia at Boston College, 7 p.m.

No. 19 Florida at No. 24 South Carolina, 5:30 p.m.

No. 20 Cincinnati vs. Temple, 6 p.m.

Thursday’s Games No. 3 UCLA vs. Arizona St., 10 p.m.

No. 4 Gonzaga at Santa Clara, 10 p.m.

No. 11 Oregon vs. California, 8 p.m.

No. 12 Louisville vs. Clemson, 8 p.m.

No. 14 Arizona at Southern Cal, 8 p.m.

No. 23 Saint Mary’s vs. Pacific, 10 p.m.

No. 25 Maryland at Iowa, 6 p.m.

Friday’s Schedule No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 1 Villanova vs. Providence at Wells Fargo Center, 11 a.m.

No. 2 Kansas vs. Texas, 1 p.m.

No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 14 Arizona, 3 p.m.

No. 4 Gonzaga vs. Portland, 7 p.m.

No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 24 South Carolina, 5 p.m.

No. 6 Baylor at TCU, 7 p.m.

No. 7 Creighton vs. Marquette, 1:30 p.m.

No. 7 West Virginia vs. Kansas St., 5 p.m.

No. 9 North Carolina at Boston College, 11 a.m.

No. 10 Florida St. vs. No. 12 Louisville, 1 p.m.

No. 11 Oregon vs. Stanford, 5 p.m.

No. 13 Butler at DePaul, 1 p.m.

No. 15 Notre Dame vs. Syracuse, 11 a.m.

No. 16 Virginia vs. Georgia Tech, 1 p.m.

No. 17 Wisconsin at Minnesota, 3:30 p.m.

No. 18 Duke vs. Miami, 7:15 p.m.

No. 19 Florida vs. Vanderbilt, 11 a.m.

No. 20 Cincinnati at Tulane, 3 p.m.

No. 21 Purdue vs. Penn St., 11 a.m.

No. 23 Saint Mary’s vs. Pepperdine, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Game No. 22 Xavier vs. Georgetown, 1 p.m.

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday NFC Green Bay at Atlanta, 2:05 p.m.

AFC Pittsburgh at New England, 5:40 p.m.

PRO BOWL Sunday, Jan. 29 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m. (ESPN) SUPER BOWL Sunday, Feb. 5 At Houston TBD, 5:30 p.m. (FOX)

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OFFENSE QB: Dak Prescott, Dallas RB: Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas; Jordan Howard, Bears WR: Sterling Shepard, N.Y. Giants; Michael Thomas, New Orleans TE: Hunter Henry, San Diego C: Cody Whitehair, Bears G: Joe Thuney, New England; Laremy Tunsil, Miami T: Jack Conklin, Tennessee; Taylor Decker, Detroit DEFENSE DL: Joey Bosa, San Diego; DeForest Buckner, San Francisco; Chris Jones, Kansas City; Yannick Ngakoue, Jacksonville LB: Jatavis Brown, San Diego; Leonard Floyd, Bears; Deion Jones, Atlanta CB: Vernon Hargreaves III, Tampa Bay; Jalen Ramsey, Jacksonville S: Karl Joseph, Oakland; Keanu Neal, Atlanta SPECIAL TEAMS PK: Wil Lutz, New Orleans P: Riley Dixon, Denver KR: Tyreek Hill, Kansas PR: Tyreek Hill, Kansas ST: Tyreek Hill, Kansas

PREPS WEDNESDAY Boys basketball: Prairie Ridge at Lake Forest Academy, 6 p.m., North Boone at Richmond-Burton,, Marian Central at Johnsburg 7 p.m.

Girls basketball: Harvard at South Beloit, 6 p.m., Prairie Ridge at McHenry, Jacobs at Hampshire, Dundee-Crown at Crystal Lake South, Crystal Lake Central at Cary-Grove, 7 p.m.

Boys swimming: Jacobs co-op at McHenry, 4:30 p.m.

Girls bowling: Larkin at DundeeCrown, 4:30 p.m.

THURSDAY Boys basketball: Harvest at Faith Lutheran, 7 p.m., Girls basketball: Harvest at Faith Lutheran, 5:30 p.m., Woodstock North at Richmond-Burton, North Boone at Harvard, Johnsburg at Woodstock, Marengo at Burlington Central, 7 p.m.

Boys swimming: McHenry at Woodstock co-op, 4:30 p.m.

Girls bowling: Jacobs at Sycamore, 4 p.m., Marengo at Woodstock, Huntley at Dundee-Crown, 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling: Richmond-Burton at Marengo Triangular, 5:30 p.m., Huntley at Prairie Ridge, Hampshire at McHenry, Jacobs at Dundee-Crown, CaryGrove at Crystal Lake South, 6:30 p.m.

NCAA FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE

SATURDAY East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. West vs. East, 2 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif.

National vs. American, 3 p.m. (FS1) SATURDAY, JAN. 28 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. South vs. North, 1:30 p.m. (NFLN)

MLB CALENDAR

Wednesday: BBWAA Hall of Fame voting announced Feb. 1-21: Salary arbitration hearings, St. Petersburg, Fla. Feb. 2-3: Owners meetings, Palm Beach, Fla. Feb. 17: Voluntary reporting date for pitchers, catchers and injured players Feb. 22: Voluntary reporting date for other team’s other players Feb. 28: Mandatory reporting date March 6-22: World Baseball Classic March 15: Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days

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Ask my daughter Océane what her favorite food is, and she will shoot back, without hesitation, “braised ribs.” Who doesn’t love the comforting meaty aroma that fills the house from ribs cooking slowly in a Dutch-oven full of savory, gently-bubbling liquid?

That’s wintertime comfort-in-bowl if you ask me.

My whole family loves braised beef ribs, but I wondered how easily I might be able to swap out a leaner cut of meat without alienating my little fans?

Turns out: cutting out a bunch of fat was pretty easy. I sliced up a bottom round roast (about 1½ inch-thick) into chubby sticks, about the size and shape of ribs, and I just called them “boneless ribs” at the dinner table. The kids marveled at the ease of eating without the bones and no one was the wiser on the lower-fat swap. Plus, I saved money too, which was a bonus.

ON THE COVER

Braised Beef Ribs

Start to finish: 3 hours, including about 2 hours inactive braising time Servings: 6

Braised Beef Ribs AP photo

2½-pound bottom round, (or eye of round) about 1½ inches thick 1 tablespoon grapeseed or other neutral cooking oil 2 tablespoons flour 1 yellow onion, chopped, about 1 cup 1 carrot, finely chopped, about 1/2 cup 1 stalk celery, finely chopped, about 1/3 cup 5 cloves garlic, smashed 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, minced, or 1 teaspoon dried thyme 4 ounces baby bella mushrooms, wiped clean, trimmed and halved or chopped Dash of red pepper flakes (optional) 3 tablespoons tomato paste 1 cup red wine 1½ cup beef broth 1 bay leaf Water, as needed Salt and pepper Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Pat the meat dry gently with a paper towel and slice crosswise into boneless “ribs.” Season with salt and pepper and then sprinkle all over with flour, rubbing the flour gently with your fingers to coat meat on all sides. Heat the oil in a large, heavy Dutch oven or braising pot over medium heat.

Brown the meat on all sides until golden and crusty, about 3-4 minutes per side. Remove the meat with tongs and place on a plate and set aside.

Add the onion, carrot and celery to the Dutch over (do not wipe it out) and cook, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until vegetables begin to soften, about three minutes. Add the garlic, thyme, mushrooms and pepper flakes and cook, stirring until very fragrant, about two more minutes.

Add the tomato paste, and cook for another minute so it caramelizes and deepens in flavor. Deglaze the pan with wine and broth, and let bubble for a minute or two to let most of the alcohol evaporate. Add the meat back into the pan, along with any juices. Add another 1/2 cup or so of water so the liquid covers the meat about halfway. Cover the Dutch oven with a lid and bake until meat is tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Check the meat halfway through and add a little water if the braising liquid gets low. Serve the meat with the braising liquid spooned on like gravy.

Nutrition information per serving: 280 calories; 69 calories from fat; 8 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 95 mg cholesterol; 223 mg sodium; 10 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 36 g protein.

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Hamburger Barley Soup

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Hamburger Barley Soup 1 pound ground beef 6 cups water 3 beef-flavored bouillon cubes 2 cups sliced carrots 1 cup coarsely chopped onion 1 cup coarsely chopped celery 1/3 cup Quaker Quick Barley 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon pepper 2 bay leaves

1/2 cup ketchup 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce 1 28-ounce can of tomatoes, undrained and cut up In a 5-quart Dutch oven, brown the ground beef and drain. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Lower heat to medium-low and cook, covered, for about 1 hour, or until vegetables and barley are tender. Remove bay leaves and throw away before serving.

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f there’s anything more comforting than boiled pasta in a sauce, it’s got to be baked pasta in a sauce. The baking adds a crispy crust that is such a delicious contrast to the tender goodness of the dish.

The challenge is how to get the pasta to turn out just right.

Most baked pasta recipes instruct you to boil the noodles until cooked halfway before baking them. This allows the pasta to finish cooking in the oven as it bathes in the sauce. But this method has challenges. If you boil the noodles more than halfway, they’ll be overcooked by the time you pull the finished dish out of the oven. I find it hard to get the precooking time right.

And precooking the pasta, even halfway, takes work and dirties a large pot and colander. Then again, if you don’t precook the pasta and instead add it dry to the sauce for baking, it will take much longer to become tender in the oven, even as it absorbs all the liquid in the sauce. Dry pasta needs to hydrate.

So what’s a home cook to do? Use my simple no-cook method of precooking the pasta. Just soak the pasta in warm salted water before adding it to the other ingredients and sliding the mixture into the oven. Presoaking is a way to begin hydrating the pasta and washing away some of its starch, even as the salt in the water pre-seasons the pasta.

Yes, you’ll dirty a bowl, but given that that’s the same vessel in which you’ll combine all the dish’s ingredients, it’s the only bowl you’ll need. The soak requires 45 minutes, but it’s hands-off time, freeing you to prep the rest of the ingredients.

Then it takes no time at all to assemble the dish and pop it into the oven.

Just 20 or so minutes later you can collect your reward: deeply flavored baked pasta, creamy on the bottom and crispy on top. Add a salad and some crusty bread and be happy.

Baked Penne with Prosciutto and Fontina Start to finish: 1 hour 15 minutes (20 minutes active) Servings: 6

1 pound penne pasta Kosher salt Butter, for coating the baking pan 2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 cup heavy cream 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth 1 cup crushed tomatoes 1 to 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes, to taste (optional) 1½ ounces finely grated Parmesan cheese 4 ounces coarsely grated fontina cheese 4 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto, chopped

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In a large bowl, combine the pasta with enough lukewarm, well-salted water to cover. Let stand for 45 minutes.

Heat the oven to 450 degrees F. Lightly butter a shallow baking dish (12-cup capacity with 2 to 2½-inch sides).

Drain the pasta and set aside. In the same bowl, combine all remaining ingredients, stirring well. Add the pasta, toss to combine, then season with a pinch of salt. Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish, pressing it down evenly. Bake on the oven’s middle shelf until bubbly and browned, 20 to 22 minutes.

Nutrition information per serving: 590 calories; 240 calories from fat (41 percent of total calories); 27 g fat (15 g saturated; 0.5 g trans fats); 100 mg cholesterol; 1060 mg sodium; 63 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 24 g protein.

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Master an easier Moussaka Filling dish a fitting gift for new parents

By KATIE WORKMAN The Associated Press A friend recently became a firsttime grandmother, and when we went out to lunch, she was exhausted. She had been cooking meals for the new parents, and collapsed into her chair saying she hadn’t finished making a moussaka before she had to leave.

“You,” she said, “could do the world a big service by coming up with a quick and easy moussaka.”

Moussaka is, in short, an eggplant and meat casserole, one of Greece’s national dishes. I did ask why she picked such a labor-intensive dish to make the young couple, who probably would have been grateful with a baked ziti. But the notion of a simple moussaka stuck in my mind.

I started looking at moussaka recipes, and remembered why I never make it. The bechamel sauce; the slow-simmered tomato sauce; the thinly sliced, salted and fried eggplant (in some cases lining the casserole pan!); the sliced, sautéed or mashed potatoes; the finely chopped lamb shoulder. I started to feel tired just thinking about it.

But I owed my friend a recipe.

Traditional Greek cooks probably will flinch and shake their heads when they see some of the shortcuts I’ve taken. The potatoes are diced and baked, and then get a casual mush in the casserole pan. I used Japanese eggplants, which have few seeds and less bitterness, thus eliminating the need to salt them, and they are diced and baked alongside the potatoes (less oil, less hands on time). The tomato sauce is created right into the sautéed lamb, which is bought pre-ground.

And the bechamel is replaced with a quickly stirred-together sauce made from eggs, creme fraiche and yogurt.

A sprinkle of kashkaval cheese (a Greek sheep’s milk cheese) finishes it off, but if you can’t find that, grated Parmesan will do just fine.

You can make all the components a day ahead and then assemble and bake.

This dish is comforting and indulgent at the same time, and you can assemble the casserole early in the day and bake it just before dinner.

Serve with a big, leafy, green salad.

I can’t yet picture the day I am cooking as a grandmother. But for the first time, I can envision making moussaka without needing a vacation

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Shortcut Moussaka Serves 8 Start to finish: 2 hours

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Greek yogurt, preferably whole milk 1/2 cup half and half 1/3 cup grated kashkaval cheese or Parmesan

liquid, but enough to bubble slightly), and cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes.

Stir in the balsamic vinegar and chopped parsley.

While the lamb sauce is simmering, in a Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease small bowl combine the eggs, creme fraiche a 2- or 3-quart shallow baking dish. Spray or yogurt and half and half. Season with salt two rimmed baking sheets with nonstick and pepper and stir to blend well. cooking spray and place the cubed eggplant Place the cooked potatoes in the prepared on one of the baking sheets, the potatoes on baking dish, spreading them out over the the other. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of the olive bottom, and use a fork or potato masher oil over each of the sheets and toss well. to lightly crush them. Remove the bay leaf Spread out the vegetables in a single layer, and discard, then distribute the lamb in the and sprinkle with salt and pepper. tomato sauce over the potatoes. Finish with Roast for about 40 minutes, until golden an even layer of the baked eggplant. Evenly and tender. pour the cream mixture over the casserole, Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over methen sprinkle the grated cheese over it. dium heat, add 1 more tablespoon olive oil Bake for about 45 minutes, until bubbly and and sauté the onion and garlic until tender, browned on top. Serve hot. about 4 minutes. Add the ground lamb and Nutrition information per serving: 516 sauté until the lamb is completely browned, about 6 minutes. Add the cinnamon, nutmeg calories; 262 calories from fat; 29 g fat 11 g saturated; 1 g trans fats); 33 mg cholesterol; (if using) and season with salt and pepper.

498 mg sodium; 33 g carbohydrate; 5 g Add the crushed tomatoes and bay leaf, fiber; 8 g sugar; 33 g protein. bring to a simmer (there won’t be much

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1/2 cup Israeli couscous 12 to 16 ounces cooked chicken sausage, halved lengthwise and sliced

The Associated Press This makes a ton of soup, and you can freeze it at will. It’s the kind of soup that sells itself, hits the spot and has so much flavor and such a high level of comfort-foodness that you instantly feel better about life while eating it.

If that’s overstating it, I’m sorry, but my family never can get enough of these bean-grain-sausage concoctions.

You’ll see two different starches are called for: rice and Israeli couscous.

There is no reason for this other than I had a bit of couscous left, but not enough for the whole batch of soup.

Also, I love soups with a bounce-up of textures in them. You could use all rice, or all couscous, or any other grain you want to play with from spelt to farro. Just look at the cooking times of the grain you want to use, and work backward to figure out when to add it.

There are lots of flavored chicken sausages on the market these days – I went with the basic Italian-seasoned versions, hot or sweet, but you could try any version that seems compatible with this simple soup.

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In a very large soup pot or Dutch oven, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the leeks, season with salt and pepper, and sauté for about 8 minutes until they are wilted. Raise the heat to high, add 10 cups of the broth and the crushed tomatoes, and bring to a simmer.

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Short ribs, long braise Learn to love a slow braise to make tough meat awesome

By SARA MOULTON

2 teaspoons lemon juice

The Associated Press How do you transform a tough, less expensive cut of meat into something tender and delicious? You braise it.

Braising is a wonderful and basic cooking technique that uses a slow, wet heat in a covered pot. It’s great for cuts such as chuck, flank, brisket, rump and round. In fact, cooked properly, these cuts can be more delicious than more tender cuts. I’m using short ribs in this recipe, but the method can be used to wonderful effect on any other tough cut of meat.

Short ribs can be butchered three ways: English, flanken or boneless. In English style, the ribs are cut parallel to the bone, with one bone per cut. In flanken style – which originated with the Jews of Eastern Europe – the ribs are cut across the bone. With English style, you get relatively uniform chunks of beef. With flanken style, you get a sauce with more body and flavor because the cut bones enrich it.

You also can get boneless, which we used in this recipe. They cook a little faster than ribs with bones, and you get more meat for your money (you’re not paying for the bone weight).

We start by browning the ribs in a pan. During browning, the meat will give off juices that form tasty little brown bits on the bottom of the pan.

Reconstituted with wine once the meat has finished browning, these bits end up enriching the sauce. I also brown the vegetables, which amps up their natural sweetness.

This recipe requires two bottles of beer, though you also could use a full bottle of red wine. But whether beer or wine, please choose bottles for which you feel some real affection. It doesn’t have to be expensive, but it also shouldn’t be the dollar special.

You won’t end up tasting the beer or wine, but you will be astonished by and grateful for the soulful taste of the ribs, which will boast an acidity and depth they’d otherwise lack.

Combine the browned meat, vegetables, beer and chicken broth in a Dutch oven, covered tightly. I place a piece of kitchen parchment right on top of the meat to make sure no liquid escapes. Then it is cooked low and slow. You’ll know you’re done when the tip of a knife slides into the meat with no resistance. If you became antsy and try to speed up the process by boiling the meat, you’ll end up with hockey pucks for dinner.

Beer Braised Beef Short Ribs AP photo

Assuming you have the time, try to prepare this dish a day ahead, then allow it to cool off and chill overnight.

It also freezes beautifully. Not only will the ribs taste better the next day, but by then the fat will have solidified at the top of the pan, allowing you to scoop it off with ease. Then you can warm up the contents and proceed with the recipe.

Beer Braised Beef Short Ribs Start to finish: 4 hours (1 hour active) Servings: 8

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil,

divided 5 pounds boneless beef short ribs Kosher salt and ground black pepper 2 cups thinly sliced yellow onions 2 medium carrots, coarsely chopped 1½ tablespoons minced garlic 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 sprig fresh thyme (or 1 teaspoon dried thyme) 1 bay leaf Two 12-ounce bottles beer 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 1½ tablespoons Dijon mustard 1/2 cup water

Heat the oven to 325 degrees F. In a large Dutch oven over medium-high, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil. Use paper towels to pat the ribs dry, then season them on all sides with salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to medium, add a quarter of the ribs to the pot and brown on all sides, about 10 minutes.

Transfer them to a large platter or bowl.

Repeat with the remaining oil and short ribs, transferring them to the platter or bowl when finished.

Return the pot to the heat and add the onions and the carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.

Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomato paste, thyme and bay leaf, then sauté for 2 minutes. Transfer the vegetable mixture to the bowl with the ribs. Return the pot to the heat and add the beer. Bring to a boil and simmer until the beer is reduced by about three-quarters.

When the beer is reduced, add the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Return the meat and vegetables to the pot and cover with a piece of kitchen parchment. Put the lid on the pot and set in the oven on the lower shelf and cook until the meat is very tender, 4 to 5 hours.

Use tongs to transfer the ribs to a platter.

Let them stand until cool enough to be handled.

Meanwhile, strain liquid in the pan into a bowl. Discard the solids and return the liquid to the pot. Let stand for several minutes, then skim off any fat that floats to the surface (or use a fat separator).

In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and water. Set the pot over medium-high heat and bring the cooking liquid to a boil.

Add half of the flour mixture in a steady stream, whisking. Bring the sauce to a boil, check the consistency and if you would like it thicker, whisk in more of the flour-water mixture. Simmer for 8 minutes. Whisk in the mustard and lemon juice, then season with salt and pepper.

Add the meat to the pot along with any juices from the platter. Cook gently, just until heated through. To serve, arrange some rib meat on each plate and spoon some of the sauce over each portion.

Nutrition information per serving: 620 calories; 290 calories from fat (47 percent of total calories); 32 g fat (13 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 170 mg cholesterol; 15 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 3 g sugar; 57 g protein; 820 mg sodium.

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Start to finish: 45 minutes, plus marinating Servings: 6 1 cup cider vinegar or white vinegar 1 tablespoon sugar Kosher salt 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium butternut squash (about 2 pounds) 1 cup vegetable oil, or as needed 20 fresh basil leaves In a small saucepan over high heat, mix together the vinegar, sugar and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Simmer until the sauce is reduced by half. Remove from the heat, drop in the garlic slices, then set aside to cool. Stir in the olive oil.

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In a large, nonstick skillet over medium-high, pour a thin layer of vegetable oil.

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PART TIME PRODUCTION/ SANITATION POSITIONS

Kikkoman Foods, Inc. is currently in search of candidates to fill 1st shift part-time production/ sanitation positions in our Walworth,WI plant.

Applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent, a strong work ethic, an excellent attendance record and a safety-conscious attitude. Applicants must be able to lift over 50 lbs.

Kikkoman Foods, Inc. is a growing company and we are offering an excellent starting wage of $13.33 per hour, along with paid holidays.

Interested candidates can apply in person at:

Walworth County Job Center

400 County Rd. H • Elkhorn, WI 53121 Apply on-line at: www.kfijobs.com Or email/fax your resume to: bhertel@kikkoman.com Fax: 262-275-1475 Kikkoman Foods, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer

10 CLASSIFIED • Wednesday, January 18, 2017 BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

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ANTIQUE SHOP LIQUIDATION AUCTION January 22nd 10am 1504 Mulford Rd.Lindenwood, IL Furniture, Toys, Trunks,Lanterns, Advertising, 1940's Phone Booth, Pool Table, Primitives, Vintage Items, MORE! WE ACCEPT ABSENTEE BIDS! Details & Photos at www.kitsonauctions.com#uctions.com LOCAL DRIVERS WANTED! Be your own boss.

Flexible hours.

Unlimited earning potential.

Must be 21 with valid U.S. driver's license, insurance & reliable vehicle.

Call 855-401-1161#1161 The Illinois Classified Advertising Network (ICAN) provides advertising of a national appeal. To advertise in this section, please call ICAN directly at 217-241-1700. We recommend discretion when responding. Please refer questions & comments directly to ICAN.

READER NOTICE:

Today’s deal occurred during a Camrose Trophy match last year. (The Camrose is an annual competition among the member countries of the British Isles.) Sitting North-South were David Price and Colin Simpson, world senior champions from England.

Notice that South correctly opened one diamond, bidding his longer suit even though it was a minor. West reasonably intervened with one heart. (Yes, this promised a five-card suit, but you may overcall in a strong four-bagger at the one-level when your hand is unsuitable for a takeout double, which normally means you are short in an unbid major.) North responded two notrump, game-invitational with hearts held. Then, after South rebid three spades, North control-bid four clubs.

Typically, this would have said that he was raising spades and really liked his hand, but he had denied four spades by failing to make a negative double on the first round. So, this bid said that he had the club ace, diamond support, probably a high spade and a suitable hand for a diamond contract.

After South control-bid in hearts, North bid what he thought his partner could make.

West led the heart king (king from ace-king at the five-level and higher, asking for a count signal from partner) and shifted to a trump.

Simpson won on the board, cashed the spade king, played a spade to his ace, ruffed a spade, led a club to his king, trumped another spade, ruffed a club, drew trumps and claimed.

None of the other 11 pairs found six diamonds.

As a service to you, our valued readers, we offer the following information.

This newspaper will never knowingly accept any advertisement that is illegal or considered fraudulent. If you have questions or doubts about any ads on these pages, we advise that before responding or sending money ahead of time, you check with the local Attorney General's Consumer Fraud Line and/or the Better Business Bureau.

They may have records or documented complaints that will serve to caution you about doing business with these advertisers. Also be advised that some phone numbers published in these ads may require an extra charge. In all cases of questionable value, such as promises or guaranteed income from work-at-home programs, money to loan, etc., if it sounds too good to be true, it may in fact be exactly that. Again, contact the local and/or national agency that may be able to provide you with some background on these companies. This newspaper cannot be held responsible for any negative consequences that occur as a result of you doing business with these advertisers.

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MOTORCYCLES WANTED Crystal Lake Lower Apt, 2BR + LR Carpeted

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Restored or Unrestored Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Cars: Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari's, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang & Mopars, $$ Top $$ all makes, Etc.

Efficiency $575/mo + sec, 1BR $700/mo + sec. All 3 furnished with all util incl, no pets. 815-509-5876 MCHENRY - 2 BR, 2 Bath, Newer,- Quiet Bldg, Balcony, $900/mo. Inc'ls Water, No Pets 847-343-4774

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Cary - 2BR Apts with Heat, Parking, Water Dancer, 3 month old male. Large Mixed Breed I hope to accomplish in 2017 a renewed sense of worth, to reach a place of tranquility and to laugh as much as I possibly can.

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Antiques, Video Games, Outboard motors, Fishing Gear, Motorcycles or Mopeds, Chainsaws, Tools etc. Cash on the spot.

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Parklike setting in breathtaking golf community Turnberry this 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 3 car garage stately home with everlasting water views.

Publisher's Notice: All real estate advertising in this Tranquil setting amongst the mature landscaping newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which this 3400+ sq ft home with 187 ft of shoreline makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, with private pier. Large country kitchen with handicap, familial status or national origin, or an island/lots of cabinets/desk area, family room intention, to make any such preference, limitation of discrimination." Familial status includes children under w/wet bar & masonry fireplace, first floor den/5th the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, bedroom , formal living room & dining room pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. freshly painted, screened in room to enjoy the This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that summer evenings, first floor laundry room, all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal master suite w/luxury bath, generous sized opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. secondary bedrooms w/lots of closet space, The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275 much desired 3 car side load garage, circular driveway, huge deck for summer entertaining w/gorgeous views of Turnberry Lake and Crystal Lake Brick Home, 2 Lots, 3BR, 1BA, C/A memorable sunsets - bring your personal Finished basement, Fireplace, 2 Car Gar, $136,900/obo. decorating ideas but everything is PUBLICelse NOTICE 815-307-5881 there for you to enjoy!

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF

THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT $418,000

MC HENRY COUNTY, Sharon Gidley WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL RE/MAX Unlimited Northwest ASSOCIATION 847-812-5081 Plaintiff,

Crystal Lake 1BR Condo, Prof Painted, New Carpet 1 bath, appl, WD, patio, pond, walking path, swimming pool, fitness facil, storage, $975/mo. 815-355-3887

Fox Lake, Studio - Vacation Village R.E. Broker Owner $575/mo + security & util, non-smoker.

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RENT TO BUY 815-814-6004 Gary Swift Berkshire Hathaway Starck Realty McHenryCountyRentToOwnHomes.com

vs.

CATHERINE R. PLUNKETT AKA CATHERINE PLUNKETT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 16 CH 136 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the conference room, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 19-05-156-011.

Commonly known as 291 Grove Street, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960.

For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16020079 I711636

Crystal Lake Wanted / By Owner

Randall Village Condo 815-337-9525

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs.

CATHERINE R. PLUNKETT AKA CATHERINE PLUNKETT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 16 CH 136 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the conference room, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the (Published in the Northwest following described mortgaged real Herald, January 4, 11, 18, 2017) estate:

PUBLIC NOTICE

license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and 13the CLASSIFIED foreclosure sale room in Cook

County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-05183.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-05183 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00485 TJSC#: 36-13389 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I711658

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.APOLONIA RESZKE, et al Defendant 16 CH 00485 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 8, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 10, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 103 GEORGINE STREET, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 Property Index No. 18-02-404-004.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third (Published in the Northwest party checks will be accepted. The Herald, January 4, 11, 18, 2017) balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, Share your which is calculated on residential photos with real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the McHenry County! amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real NWHerald.com estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to gener/myphotos al real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied Upload photos against said real estate and is ofof your family and friends fered for sale without any represen- with our online photo album. tation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff Share your sports team, and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale birthday party, big catch, pets, is further subject to confirmation by or vacation! the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR The Northwest Herald 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN OR- reaches 137,000 adult readers DER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORin print every week, and DANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 259,000 unique visitors on (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE NWHerald.com every month.

FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by Call to advertise in the a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to At Your Service directory. gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook 877-264-2527 County and the same identification for sales held at other county classified@shawsuburban.com

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS RICHARD KUSZ, Plaintiffs vs.

ELSBETH RAILTON; DEBRA MINDHAM; WONDER LAKE MASTER PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION INC; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD LIEN CLAIMANTS Defendants.

No. 16CH001051 PUBLICATON NOTICE The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREIN GIVEN YOU, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD LIENCLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled action, that an action is now pending in this Court as shown above, wherein the Plaintiff seeks to foreclose a mortgage made to RICHARD KUSZ, with respect to the following described real estate: LOTS 11, 12, 13, 14, AND 15 IN BLOCK 9 IN WONDER CENTER UNIT NO. 1, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 7, AND OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 4, 1930 AS DOCUMENT NO. 95063, IN BOOK 8 OF PLATS, PAGE 16, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PROPERTY INDEX NUMBER: 09-07-459-010 Conunonly known as: 4117 E. WONDER LAKE ROAD, WONDER LAKE, ILLINOIS 60097 NOW, THEREFORE, you are further notified to file your appearance in the Office of the Clerk of the Court above statedon or before 2-8, 2017, and if you fail to do soor do not otherwise make your appearance on or before said date, this cause may be heard and judgment entered as prayed for in said Complaint without further notice.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at mv office in Woodstock, Illinois, this 28th day of December, 2017. /s/ Katherine M Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court McHenry County, Illinois FRANKS, GERKIN & McKENNA, P.C. File No. 18560.000 Attorney for Plaintiffs 19333 E. Grant Hwy. PO Box 5 Marengo, IL 60152 (815) 923-2107 (Published in the Northwest Herald on January 4, 11, 18, 2017) 1256149

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs.

CATHERINE R. PLUNKETT AKA CATHERINE PLUNKETT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 16 CH 136 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 9, 2017, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the conference room, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: THE S.E. 1/2 LOT 7 BLOCK 3 DIVISION STREET, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF BLOCK 4 POMEROYS ADDITION TO VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF CRYSTAL LAKE, PART OF THE N.W. 1/4 SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE 3RD P.M., ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 25, 1907 AS 8398, PAGE 3 OF PLATS, PAGE 17, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. ALSO THAT PART OF THE N.W. 1/4 SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE 3RD P.M. DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT AN IRON STAKE AT THE MOST N.E. CORNER OF LOT 7 BLOCK 3 DIVISION STREET, THENCE IN A S.E. DIRECTION ALONG SOUTHERLY STREET LINE OF GROVE STREET 60.5 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE, THENCE S.W. 215.7 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE, LOCATED ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF LOT 2 IN BLOCK 1 OF KROEGER'S ADDITION TO CRYSTAL LAKE; THENCE N.W. ALONG THE NORTHERLY LINES OF LOTS 2 AND 3 KROEGER'S ADDITION TO CRYSTAL LAKE 53.3 FEET TO AN IRON STAKE WHICH IS ON THE NORTHERLY LOT LINE OF LOT 3 BLOCK 1 KROEGER'S ADDITION AND WHICH IS 17.9 FEET EASTERLY FROM THE N.W. CORNER OF SAID LOT 3, THENCE NW. 202.5 FEET TO THE P.O.B., IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-05-156-011.

Commonly known as 291 Grove Street, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960.

For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F16020079 I711636

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.APOLONIA RESZKE, et al Defendant 16 CH 00485 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 8, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 10, 2017, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 25 AND THE NORTH 12 FEET OF LOT 24 IN BLOCK 32 IN WESTMOOR GARDENS, A SUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER, ALSO THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 20, 1931 AS DOCUMENT NO. 97824 IN BOOK 8 OF PLATS, PAGE 46 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 103 GEORGINE STREET, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 Property Index No. 18-02-404-004.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee (Published in the Northwest shall pay the assessments required Herald, January 4, 11, 18, 2017) by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR PUBLIC NOTICE 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE THE TWENTY- SECOND FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC license, passport, etc.) in order to Plaintiff, gain entry into our building and the -v.foreclosure sale room in Cook APOLONIA RESZKE, et al County and the same identification Defendant for sales held at other county 16 CH 00485

a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-05183.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-05183 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 16 CH 00485 TJSC#: 36-13389 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com • Wednesday, January 18, 2017 •

The Illinois Department of Transportation (Department) cordially invites you to attend an open house public hearing concerning the preliminary engineering and environmental study (Phase I) for the improvement of IL 31 from IL 176 to IL 120 in McHenry County. The scope of work for this improvement is anticipated to consist of roadway widening and reconstruction to provide two lanes in each direction separated by a median, intersection and drainage improvements, and pedestrian and bicycle improvements. The details of the public hearing are as follows: Date: Time: Location:

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The EA has been completed and will be presented at the public hearing. The EA describes the purpose and need of the proposed project, alternatives considered, the recommended preferred alternative, anticipated environmental impacts, project benefits, and potential mitigation measures. It will be available on January 18, 2017 for public review and comment on the project website at www.idot.illinois.gov/projects/il31, the Prairie Grove Village Hall, McHenry Public Library, and the Department’s District One office in Schaumburg. A complete list of these locations can be found on the project website. Comments will be accepted through March 10, 2017.

The improvement is anticipated to impact 1.53 acres of wetlands, and encroach into the floodplain at two locations for the replacement of the structures carrying IL 31 over Sleepy Hollow Creek and the Tributary to the Fox River. The Department will process a permit for construction in the regulated floodway at these two locations.

This hearing will be accessible to people with disabilities. Anyone needing special assistance should contact Scott Czaplicki, Project Manager at (847) 705-4107. Persons planning to attend who will need a sign language interpreter or other similar accommodations should notify the Department’s TTY/TTD number (800) 526-0844/or 711; TTY users (Spanish) (800) 501-0864/or 711; and Telebraille (877) 526-6670 at least five (5) days prior to the meeting.

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY

All correspondence regarding this project should be sent to:

NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT)

Illinois Department of Transportation 201 W. Center Court Schaumburg, IL 60196-1096 Attn: Bureau of Programming Scott Czaplicki

Request of PETER PANAYOTOV DRAGIN Case Number 17 MR 4

(Published in the Northwest Herald on January 11, 18, 25, 2017) 1257992

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To present the Environmental Assessment (EA) To present the preferred alternative To obtain public input

Interested persons may attend anytime between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Exhibits will be on display and an audio-visual presentation will be shown continuously during the hearing.

Project team members will be present to discuss the project and answer questions. A public forum will begin at 6:00 p.m., where the public will be invited to make a statement to a court reporter. Right-of-way acquisition and relocation assistance information will be available.

PUBLIC NOTICE

/s/ Peter Panayotov Dragin Petitioner

Wednesday, February 8, 2017 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

McHenry County College Shah Center 4100 W. Shamrock Lane McHenry, IL 60050

Purpose of the hearing:

(Published in the Northwest Herald, January 4, 11, 18, 2017)

Public notice is hereby given that I have filed a Petition for Change of Name and scheduled a hearing on my Petition on March 8, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., in the Circuit Court of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois in Courtroom #201, praying for the change of my name from Peter Panayotov Dragin to the new name of: Peter Panayotov Draginov pursuant to the Illinois Compiled Statutes on Change of Names.

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or submitted through the project website: www.idot.illinois.gov/projects/il31 SM-CL0412576

NWHerald.com • Wednesday, January 18, 2017

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