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A Muppet with autism soon to join the cast on ‘Sesame Street’

By FRAZIER MOORE The Associated Press NEW YORK – Folks on Sesame Street have a way of making everyone feel accepted.

That certainly goes for Julia, a Muppet youngster with blazing red hair, bright green eyes – and autism. Rather than being treated like an outsider, which too often is the plight of kids on the spectrum, Julia is one of the gang.

Look: On this friendliest of streets (actually Studio J at New York’s Kaufman Astoria Studios, where “Sesame Street” lives) Julia is about to play a game with Oscar, Abby and Grover. In this scene being taped for airing next season, these Muppet chums have been challenged to spot objects shaped like squares or circles or triangles.

“You’re lucky,” says Abby to Grover. “You have Julia on your team, and she is really good at finding shapes!”

With that, they skedaddle, an exit that calls for the six Muppeteers squatted out of sight below them to scramble accordingly. Joining her pals, Julia (performed by Stacey Gordon) takes off hunting.

For more than a year, Julia has existed in print and digital illustrations as the centerpiece of a multifaceted initiative by Sesame Workshop called “Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in All Children.”

She has been the subject of a storybook released along with videos, e-books, an app and website. The goal is to promote a better understanding of what the Autism Speaks advocacy group describes as “a range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication, as well as by unique strengths and differences.”

But now Julia has been brought to life in fine Muppet fettle. She makes her TV debut on “Sesame Street” in the “Meet Julia” episode airing April 10 on both PBS and HBO. Additional videos featuring Julia will be available online.

Developing Julia and all the other components of this campaign has required years of consultation with organizations, experts and families within the autism community, said Jeanette Betancourt, Sesame Workshop’s senior vice president of U.S. Social Impact.

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“In the U.S., one in 68 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder,” she said.

“We wanted to promote a better understanding and reduce the stigma often found around these children. We’re modeling the way both children and adults can look at autism from a strength-based perspective: finding things that all children share.”

Julia is at the heart of this effort. But while she represents the full range of children on the spectrum, she isn’t meant to typify each one of them: “Just as we look at all children as being unique, we should do the same thing when we’re looking at children with autism,” Betancourt said.

It was with keen interest that Stacey Gordon first learned of Julia more than a year ago. “I said, ‘If she’s ever a puppet, I want to BE Julia!’”

No wonder. Gordon is a Phoenix-based puppeteer who performs, conducts classes and workshops, and creates whimsical puppets for sale to the public.

She also has a son with autism, and, before she started her family, was a therapist to youngsters on the spectrum.

Although she figured her chances of landing the dream role of Julia were nil, her contacts in the puppet world paid off: Two friends who worked as Muppeteers on “Sesame Street” dropped her name to the producers.

After submitting tapes, then coming to New York for an audition, she was hired.

“The ‘Meet Julia’ episode is something that I wish my son’s friends had been able to see when they were small,” says Gordon. “I remember him having meltdowns and his classmates not understanding how to react.”

Gordon says her son, now 13, isn’t drawn to puppetry. “He’s more interested in math and science, and plays the piano brilliantly,” she said with pride.

But she’s having a blast being part of the show that helped hook her, as a child, on puppeteering.

“It is so much fun to be on set with everyone, and get to play up all the positive things I’ve seen with the kids that I’ve worked with,” Gordon said. “At the same time, I come at this with a reverence. I don’t want to let the autism community down.

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The number of McHenry High School District 156 students who will travel to sing March 27 at Carnegie Hall in New York See story on page A3

ON THE COVER McHenry High School choir director Derek Galvicius leads students in a rehearsal Thursday. The group will perform for the second time at Carnegie Hall in New York on Monday, March 27.

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McHenry High School choir to return to Carnegie Hall

By NATE LINHART

nlinhart@shawmedia.com McHENRY – McHenry High School choir students are heading back to New York’s Carnegie Hall later this month for the second time in two years.

McHenry students performed at Carnegie Hall in 2015 alongside the Carthage College choir and were led by internationally acclaimed director Eduardo Garcia-Novelli.

Derek Galvicius, director of the McHenry High School choir, said he thought 2015 would be the last time his group would be invited.

Then he got another invitation.

“It seems we’ve made an impression on the people of Carnegie from our trip two years ago,” Galvicius said. “And it must have been that impression and seeing the students’ hard work that they wanted to give us the honor of having our own time on stage.”

About 80 students from McHenry High School District 156 will leave for New York on Friday and will perform at the historic concert venue March 27. The choir is made up of both McHenry East and West students, and the trip will cost about $1,650 for each participating choir member.

The McHenry High School choir first will sing five a cappella pieces on its own, and then will perform a 25-minute piece called “Coronation Mass,” originally composed by Mozart, with a mass choir.

“We have such a talented group here,” Galvicius said. “The songs chosen were ones students voted on that they thought were most powerful to perform on a stage like Carnegie.”

McHenry West seniors Jared Warden and Joe King performed at Carnegie as sophomores and will be going again this year.

“I’m excited. I think this will be a real chance to show how much we’ve improved from the past few years,” said Warden, who has been in choir since he was in sixth grade. “We work very hard every day to push forward and achieve everything that we have. We really earned this from our hard work.”

King said that every person going on the trip next week has been “all

“It seems we’ve made an impression on the people of Carnegie from our trip two years ago. And it must have been that impression and seeing the students’ hard work that they wanted to give us the honor of having our own time on stage.”

Derek Galvicius

McHenry High School choir director in” in preparing for the March 27 performance.

“It really was a phenomenal experience to sing at Carnegie, and I think that this time it will be a little bit more special,” he said. “This time being alone on stage is really a great opportunity for us, and we’re going to shine on that stage.”

ABOVE: Darby McAlpin (center), 17, sings during a rehearsal Thursday at McHenry West High School. BELOW: Micaela Lay, 16, of McHenry sings during a rehearsal Thursday at McHenry West High School. The McHenry High School choir, consisting of both East and West students, will perform Monday, March 27, for the second time at Carnegie Hall in New York.

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Bulldog Ale House opens in McHenry

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Kate Anderson (left) of Cary, Laura Niezgoda of McHenry and Pam Vannerson of McHenry dine Thursday at the Bulldog Ale House in McHenry.

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McHENRY – McHenry just opened a new alehouse that offers customers a selection of beers and house-made foods.

Bulldog Ale House in McHenry officially opened its doors Wednesday at 1501 Route 31, the former location of Marzano’s Wood Fire Italian restaurant, which closed this year.

“We purchased the business from Marzano’s,” director of operations Paul Marrin said. “And when we opened Wednesday, we already saw a huge crowd.”

Owner Matt Ahmeti said business has been great to start. “[Wednesday night], we felt actually like we’ve been here for five years,” Ahmeti said.

The restaurant seats about 280 people.

Food items include pizza, wings, sandwiches and burgers, such as the Sriracha Goat featuring roasted red peppers, fresh goat cheese and Sriracha mayonnaise.

“We know about good burgers and American pub foods,” Marrin said.

“Ninety percent of our food is made from scratch and in-house. You can really tell

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in the finished product the quality is different.”

As for alcohol, Bulldog offers its customers a wide selection of craft beers along with hard liquors.

“We do try and support local businesses as well, as we have Crystal Lake Brewing on tap here,” Marrin said.

The staff is a combination of local residents and people who already worked for

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previous Bulldog locations, Marrin said.

Once training is completed, Marrin said the McHenry location employ about 85 people.

Marrin and Ahmeti contribute their early success to the hardworking staff.

“We’re like a family here, so I think being able to extend that family feeling to

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By Denise Freese If you’ve owned your home for awhile, and haven’t taken cash out with a refinance, you may have a good deal of equity built up in your home. Some homeowners, as they get closer to retirement, look forward to paying off their mortgage and reducing their monthly expenses for when their income is reduced.

The equity in your home, however, can help you accomplish a variety of things that you may not be able to do any other way. By opening up a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC), you have access to money that can be used to remodel or to add on to your home, pay college tuition expenses, consolidate other higher interest rate debt, or even take a vacation. A HELOC considers a portion of the value of your home to be collateral for the credit line, and you can draw on the funds as you desire. The equity you’ve established is the difference between what your home would sell for and what you still owe on your mortgage.

“The HELOC offered by Home State is a great option for borrowers who don’t need a lump sum all at once. It allows them to use the money as they need it,” said Phil Semcken, Vice President and Banking Center Manager for Home State Bank. “The interest rate can be as low as a variable rate of Prime + 0.00%.

Home State Bank’s HELOC program has a rate floor of 3.75% and restricts the APR from ever exceeding 18.00%, which is lower than most credit card maximums..” As of March 8, 2017, the APR (Annual Percentage Rate) is 3.75%.

“We also waive the $50 annual fee for the first year,” added Semcken.

Home State Bank does not charge up-front fees or closing costs. Your HELOC can be accessed by simply writing a check for at least $500, and loan payments can be made by mail, online or at the bank. Consult your tax advisor regarding the deductibility of interest. For more information, please contact:

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McHenry County College offering spring craft classes NORTHWEST HERALD CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College’s Continuing Education Department is offering a series of craft classes this week, including hand-painting Easter eggs and creating fused-glass ornaments.

These classes are available: • Sip and Paint Easter Egg Experience: A evening hand-painting Easter eggs where participants will get three eggs to paint and the instructor will guide class members on how to use bright, brilliant colors and stencils to create a unique style.

All materials are included. The class is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Handmade on Main, 320 S. Main St., Algonquin. The cost is $39 a person.

When registering, use course code NCF S11 001.

• Fused Glass Workshop I: The class teaches basics of kiln-fired glass, which also is called fused glass. Characteristics of fused glass materials, assembling techniques and firing guidelines will be covered in class.

Supply costs are not included in the course fee.

Supplies will be available on-site, ranging from $12 to $55. Several jew-

McHenry County health officials mark March 24 as World TB Day NORTHWEST HERALD WOODSTOCK – McHenry County health officials said Friday is World TB (Tuberculosis) Day, which is a good time to remember that although TB might be forgotten by most, it is not gone.

During 2016, 71 cases of latent or active TB were identified in McHenry County and followed by the McHenry County Department of Health.

In 2015, one case of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR TB) was identified in McHenry County, requiring that the patient be transferred to and treated by the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

About three to four cases of XDR TB are reported each year in the U.S. The McHenry County Department of Health conducts a contact investigation and case management for TB cases, offers TB testing and provides treatment, if needed, to those at high risk for developing TB. The department’s Tuberculosis Clinic in Woodstock makes available chest X-rays, diagnostic studies, laboratory services and medication to any person who works or resides in McHenry County.

Directly observed therapy provided to active cases assures that people take their medication as prescribed to cure and prevent the development of multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), which is a growing international threat, county health officials said.

In the early 1900s, TB killed one out of every seven people living in the U.S. and Europe. Although that is no longer

the case, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that today about one-third of the world’s population is living with TB. Statistics from the CDC say that in 2015 almost 10,000 TB cases were reported in the U.S. Worldwide, 10.4 million people became sick with TB, and the CDC counted 1.8 million TB-related deaths.

TB cannot be transmitted from surfaces such as clothes, drinking glasses, shaking hands or eating utensils.

TB is a bacteria that is spread through the air when someone with active TB of the lungs or throat coughs, laughs, sings or sneezes. People near the sick person can breathe in the germs. TB germs can live in someone without making that individual sick. This is called latent TB. This means the carrier has inactive TB germs in their body that cannot be passed on. However, if the germs become active and multiply, the individual will get sick and can spread the TB germ.

Most often, TB bacteria grow in the lungs, causing symptoms such as a bad cough, chest pain and coughing up blood or sputum. Other symptoms often include weakness, fatigue, weight loss, chills, fever and night sweats. Active TB is treated by taking antibiotics for six to nine months.

Although people can feel better after a few weeks of treatment, they can develop MDR-TB if they stop taking antibiotics early. MDR-TB takes longer to treat with more expensive drugs that have more side effects. XDR-TB develops when MDR-TB second-line drugs are misused or mismanaged.

elry and ornament projects are available, and students will complete a minimum of three projects.

No glass crafting experience is necessary, and tools will be provided. The class is from 7 to 9:50 p.m. Wednesday at Material Things, 103 W. Van Buren St., Woodstock. The cost is $32. When registering, use course code NCF S34 024.

To register, call the MCC Registration Office at 815-455-8588 or visit www.mchenry.edu/myMCC. For information, call Tracy Berry at 815455-8758 or Claudia Terrones at 815455-8782.

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Cary restaurant plans second location in Crystal Lake

CRYSTAL LAKE – A Cary restaurant is looking to open a second location along Route 14 in Crystal Lake.

Breaking Bread Catering and Deli is asking the Crystal Lake City Council for a $10,000 grant from the city’s Retailer Job Creation and Investment program to open a second location in the Country Corners shopping center at 230 W. Virginia Ave., Suite 250, between Pablo’s and Krystal Thai, according to city documents.

The City Council will consider the request at its meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday at City Hall, 100 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake.

Breaking Bread Catering and Deli offers specialty sub sandwiches, burgers, hot dogs and other fare.

Teri and Chris Plazak opened Breaking Bread at 638 Route 14, Cary, in 2013.

Breaking Bread plans to hire one full-time employee and six parttime workers for the new restaurant.

It also plans to spend about $60,000 on equipment and fixtures to outfit the new space.

Under terms of the grant program, if the restaurant closes before the required four-year period, the city would be able to recoup the money, according to city documents.

The city budgeted $80,000 for the program for fiscal 2017.

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Bartender Blaine Shanley pours a drink for a customer while working Thursday at the newly opened Bulldog Ale House in McHenry.

ers have a personal relationship with customers and that they stop by the Continued from page A4 tables and greet them,” Ahmeti said. the community here is what makes The McHenry restaurant is open it most special,” Marrin said. “It from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through sounds cliché, but it’s true. You want Thursday and from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. go someplace where people know you Fridays and Saturdays. and you feel comfortable going in.”

Bulldog Ale House also has restauAhmeti said the establishment rants in New Lenox, Rolling Meadaims to provide that level of comfort. ows and Carol Stream, among other “Here, we make sure our manag- locations.

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McHenry County College is hosting free tax assistance and e-filing of federal and state returns for those who qualify through April 17 through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Clinic. The clinic is closed March 25 to 30.

Walk-in hours are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays and 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesdays in Room A102 at the college, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake. Tax assistance also is available from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays at the Harvard School Administration Building, 401 N. Division St., Harvard, and from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 2 through March 23, at the McHenry County Workforce Center, 500 Russel Court, Woodstock.

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Participants should bring the following: valid photo ID for main taxpayer on tax return, Social Security cards or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number letters for all family members reported on the tax return, all 2016 earnings statements (W2s) and other income/expense documents, a copy of last year’s return, if available, and bank account information for direct deposits. Other documents to bring, if pertinent, are: tuition statements and expenses (1098-T), mortgage interest statements (1098), real estate tax bill and cancellation of debt/bankruptcy information.

For information, call Ann Esarco at 847-260-VITA or email vita@mchenry. edu.

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ATTENTION BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA SUFFERS:

Back by Request... Saturday, March 25, 2017 BACK PAIN & SCIATICA WORKSHOP REVEALS HOW TO NATURALLY HEAL BACK PAIN & 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…

“When I attended a workshop at Diamond, I had a lot of pain in my back and my right leg. After 10 sessions I was pain free. What a relief! My gratitude to Ruth and Andrea,and for the program offered at Diamond and especially for the workshop.”–Joy Martin.

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.

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.

Here at the Sciatica and Lower Back Specialists at Diamond PT, we’ve helped hundreds of people from 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 PT at 1140 E. Algonquin Rd, Algonquin IL, Saturday, March 25, 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.

So if you would like to attend, be sure to register now at 847-854-0196. As a Special Bonus, the first 11 people to call and register for the event will receive a personally signed copy of my book, “Get Back to Living; Relief without Medications, Injections and Surgery”.

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 Sciatica and Lower Back Specialist at Diamond PT PS – 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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gets a prize. Program fees cover the cost of prizes and refreshments. From 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. April 8 at Brookdale Conservation Area’s Paulsen Road shelter, 2105 Paulsen Road, Woodstock. Cost is $4 for county residents, $5 for nonresidents. For infants and kids younger than 13, with a chaperone.

Registration deadline is Thursday.

No refunds issued for cancellations made after Thursday.

• Nature Puppet Shows: Join MCCD for an afternoon of puppet shows and games. Each puppet show has a special lesson about nature. There also will be games based on each concept.

From 2 to 4 p.m. March 31 at the Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glacial Park, Route 31 and Harts Road, Ringwood.

Cost is free for county residents and $5 for nonresidents. For kids ages 6 to 12 years old. Registration deadline is March 27.

• April Fool’s Day Scavenger Hunt: Work as a team to solve the puzzles in this unique scavenger hunt. From 2 to 4 p.m. April 1 at the Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glacial Park, Route

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HIGH MYOPIA LINKED TO BLINDNESS As the incidence of “myopia” (nearsightedness) continues to climb worldwide, health experts are warning of its potential risks. Due to complications such as myopic macular degeneration, early cataract, retinal detachment, and/or glaucoma, nearsightedness is becoming the most common eye disorder to cause blindness in your adults. In particular, “high myopia,” the severe form of nearsightedness characterized by an eyeball that continues to grow in “axial length” (from the front to back), has been linked with vision loss. According to analysis of dada involving more than 15,000 study participants those with high myopia had a 5.7 percent cumulative risk of visual impairment at age 60 and a 39 percent risk at age 75. Myopia should be diagnosed and treated.

A comprehensive eye exam can confirm myopia. You can easily correct the condition with eyeglasses or contact lenses. Regular eye exams are an important tool in maintaining healthy eyes by detecting and preventing disease in both adults and children. To schedule an exam, please call Crystal Lake Ophtalmology at 815-455-4222. With the latest in equipment and procedures available at our office, we will do everything we can to see that you receive top treatment for your eyes. We are located at 280-A Memorial Court.

P.S. While exposure to sunshine and engaging in outdoor activity has been shown to slow the progression of Myopia in children, clinical trials also indicate the low-dose atropine eye drops may also help halt simple myopia.

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31 and Harts Road, Ringwood. Cost is free for county residents and $5 nonresidents. Adults and families ages 6 and older. Registration deadline is March 28.

• Marsh Music: This beginners program will introduce participants to the sights and sounds of wetland life with games, activities and a short hike.

It will include a make-your-own animal instrument craft. From 4 to 5:30 p.m. April 1 at Boger Bog Conservation Area, 2100 Cherry Valley Road, Bull Valley. The cost is free for county residents and $5 for nonresidents. For adults and families. Registration deadline is March 28.

For information, visit the MCCD’s website at www.mccdistrict. org. Register online, by phone (free programs only) at 815-479-5779, by mail-in and drop-off at Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road, Crystal Lake, or drop-off only at the Lost Valley Visitor Center, Route 31 and Harts Road, Ringwood.

By Diane Krieger Spivak Inflammation is the body’s response to injury or illness. Inflammation can be acute, which means shortterm, or it can be chronic, which means long-term.

“When inflammation is chronic, it can lead to organ damage, as well as to chronic disease,” said Julie Holbrook, MS, RD, LDN, registered dietitian at Centegra Healthy Living Institute. “Diet, obesity and insulin resistance all increase inflammation in the body.

Following a healthy diet will decrease inflammation as well as decrease a risk for chronic disease.”

Foodsthatarehighinsugar,saturatedfatandtrans fat are considered pro-inflammatory, Holbrook said.

Examples of these foods would be: Sugar-sweetened beverages - soda Cakes Pies Cookies Refined grains - white bread, white pasta Foods that are anti-inflammatory include:

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Fruits Vegetables Whole grains Beans Fatty fish Nuts Oils

“We know that some foods have the ability to repress inflammation. However, we don’t know how much, or how often we should consume these foods,” Holbrook said.

Holbrook said a good rule of thumb is to try to consumetwotothreecupseachoffruitsandvegetables per day, eat fatty fish multiple times a week and try to choose whole grains, like 100 percent whole wheat bread over refined grains, like white bread.

“You should also eat unsaturated fats, like oils and nuts,moreoftenthansaturatedfats,suchasbaconand bakedgoods.You’llalsowanttoinclude10to25grams of soluble fiber in your diet per day,” Holbrook said.

To read more about a diet that follows the antiinflammatory principles, look at the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, the Mediterranean diet or the Portfolio diet.

To learn more about anti-inflammatory foods and other lifestyle behaviors or help incorporating them, contact 877-CENTEGRA (877-236-8347) to make an appointment with a registered dietitian.

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The McHenry County Conservation District is planning several family-friendly outdoor events this spring, including an Easter egg hunt.

Registration is required for these events: • Welcome Home, Cranes: Welcome the sandhill cranes as they arrive this spring. Learn about their journey north from warmer climes. Discover more about their life habits and why they choose McHenry County as a place to nest and raise their young.

Come prepared for the weather and to listen for their bugling calls.

From 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Lyons Prairie & Marsh Conservation Area, 500 Hickory Nut Grove Lane, Cary.

Free for county residents and $2 for nonresidents. For adults and families with kids ages 8 and older. Registration deadline is Wednesday.

• Create a Creature: Bring a pencil and sketchbook to this fun demonstration, and get ready to use your imagination.

Learn about real animal adaptations to their environments and then design different creatures that could live in snow, sand or rainforest homes.

Instructor Susan Sieber has a master’s degree in illustration and teaches art classes at McHenry County College and Creative Arts Inc., a nonprofit art studio. From 1 to 3 p.m.

March 27 at Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road, Crystal Lake. Cost is $12 for county residents, $15 for nonresidents. For kids ages 7 to 13 years old. Registration deadline is Thursday.

• Conservation Egg Hunt: A short hike leads kids to various bird habitats, where they can search for “eggs” of local birds.

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Pictures of the Week Northwest Herald photographers and editors choose some of the most compelling images of the past week

Branches and cattails are coated in snow March 13 at Veteran Acres Park in Crystal Lake.

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Student actors perform during a dress rehearsal March 14 for Crystal Lake Central High School’s production of “Sister Act.”

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Kevin Walter of Wonder Lake closes his eyes March 16 while having his head shaved at the annual St. Baldrick’s McHenry Community Shave sponsored by McHenry High School. The event raises money for pediatric cancer research.

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Marengo’s Carter Olson wrestles with Bloomington’s Patrick Fisher for control of a loose ball March 14 during the first quarter of the Class 3A Super-Sectional championship game. Marengo’s season ended with a loss to Bloomington.

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Jacobs fans cheer on the basketball team March 14 during the third quarter of the Class 4A Supersectional at the Sears Center Arena in Hoffman Estates. Jacobs lost in overtime, 35-36.

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OBITUARIES JOHN A. FORBISH

He is survived by his children, Scott (Eve) McKee, Shelly (Scott) Burshia), Christopher Born: April 4, 1935; in Harvard, IL J. (Hannah) McKee Jr. and Kyle McKee; Died: March 15, 2017; in Harvard, IL grandchildren, Ryan, Regan, Hesston, Sadie Send obituary information to and Clayton McKee, Gabrielle, Chayton and obits@nwherald.com or call 815John Arthur Forbish, 81, of Harvard passed Michante Burshia; two sisters, Cindy (David) 526-4438. Notices are accepted away Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at his home Rudsinski, and Sherrie (Bill) Dawson; brother, until 3 p.m. for the next day’s edisurrounded by his loving family. tion. Obituaries also appear online He was born on April 4, 1935 in Harvard, IL; the Doug (Sherrie) McKee; special companion, at NWHerald.com/obits, where son of the late Arthur V. and Grace M. (Schmid) Rose Cleary.

A brother William also preceded him in you may sign the guest book, Forbish. He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree death. send flowers or make a memorial in piano performance and conducting from the donation.

University of Illinois. He was a musician, teacher, Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 8:00 PM choir director, and entertainer for over 50 years. Wed., March 22, at the James A. O’Connor On December 26, 1992, John married the love Funeral Home, 11603 East Main St., Huntley, IL 60142 ,and from 9:30 am Thursday until of his life, and best friend Barb Britt. John was BETTY JUNE CARPENTER the prayer service at 10:15 in the funeral a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, the Born: November 6, 1927; in St. Louis, MO home to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 323 N. Musician’s Union, the Knights of Columbus and Died: March 15, 2017; in Barrington, IL Taylor St., Marengo, IL 60152, for Mass of the he was the founder of the Queen’s Vagabonds resurrection at 11:00 am. Interment will be in Ecumenical choir.

Betty June Carpenter, age 89, of BarSacred Heart Cemetery Marengo.

Survivors include his loving wife of 24 years rington and previously of Sun City Center, Memorials may be made in his name to the Barb; his children, Larry (Katie) Forbish of RoaLes Turner ALS Foundation 5550 W. Touhy FL and Collinsville, IL passed away on noke, VA, Patricia Forbish of Janesville, WI; and Ave. Ste 302, Skokie, Il 60077.

March 15, 2017 at Alden Estates of BarJennifer (Scott) Morris of Crystal Lake, IL; grandArrangements entrusted to James A. O’Conrington with family by her side. children, Katelyn Forbish, Chris (Diana) Morris, nor Funeral Home 847-669-5111 or visit www.

Betty was born on November 6, 1927 in Ashley, Alex and Vanessa Morris, and Gabrielle St. Louis Missouri, the daughter of Russell Forbish; one sister, Sylvia (Richard) Blee of Bre- jamesaoconnorfuneralhome.com.

P. and Lola E. (Biggs) Berthoux. Betty spent vard, N.C. John and Barb always thought of Keith her career with the United States Aviation (Teri) McCloud as their children, and Samantha, Systems Command in St. Louis, MO, where Kayla and Daniele as their grandchildren. she was a tech writer and editor for the He was preceded in death by his parents and a United States Army. In her spare time she niece, Lisa (Blee) Campbell. was very involved in charitable work with Visitation will be from 4:00 to 8:00 pm on Monday, March 20, 2017 at Saunders & Mcthe Eastern Star (where she held the title Farlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Sumner St. Harvard, LOIS PARISEK of Worthy Matron), the Lions Club, the Loyal Order of Moose, and was a long time IL 60033. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:00 pm Tuesday, March 21 at St. Joseph member of the Sun City Center United Lois “Boots” Parisek, 87, of Huntley passed Catholic Church, 206 E. Front St., Harvard, IL Methodist Church. away Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Alden 60033. Interment will be St. Joseph Catholic Betty is survived by her sisters, Dorothy Terrace in McHenry. (the late William) Noel and Shirley (the late Cemetery.

Arrangements are pending with the James In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Harold) Nye; her nieces and nephews, Terry A. O’Connor Funeral Home in Huntley. For info Lyn (Chip) Miceli, Judy (Ron) Crow, Daniel John’s name for Masses at St. Joseph Church or (847)669-5111. to the family.

(Rebecca) Nye and Ronald (Natasha) Nye; Family and friends may sign the online guest as well as many great-nieces, great-nephbook at www.saundersmcfarlin.net. ews, great-great-nieces and great-greatEVERETT H. PRATT JR. For more information, call 815-943-5400. nephews.

Born: November 25, 1943 She was preceded in death by her parDied: March 15, 2017 ents, Lola Mears and Russell Berthoux; her CHRISTOPHER J. MCKEE SR. husbands, Clarence Funke, Eugene Page Lieutenant General Everett and Clifford Carpenter; and her brothers-inH. Pratt Jr., USAF, Retired, law, William Noel and Harold Nye. Christopher J. McKee Sr., 65, of Marengo 73 of Prairie Grove, was A memorial service will be held at a later passed away Thursday March 16, 2017, at Jourborn on November 25, 1943, date. neyCare Woodstock surrounded by his family. in Covington, Georgia, to The family requests that memorials in BetHe was born on June 5, 1951, in Elgin, the son Everett and Ruth (nee Elty’s name be made to Journey Care Hospice of the late Donald and Barbara (nee Hartman) liott) Pratt and passed away Foundation 2050 Claire Court, Glenview, IL McKee. Chris was a lifelong farmer and truck on March 15, 2017.

60025. driver. A member of Teamsters Local # 731, Ev was the loving husband Arrangements were handled by Colonial Burr Ridge, IL, for 29 years, former member of Joyce (nee Rafferty) for Funeral Home and Crematory, McHenry IL. of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Posse, and a 39 years; proud father of 815-385-0063 or www.colonialmchenry.com. collector of toy tractors and trucks.

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and Stephen Pratt; cherished grandfather of Maeve Pratt; beloved brother of Sue Loiselle and Michael (Marty) Pratt; and uncle to many nieces and nephews.

Ev entered the Air Force in 1964 as a graduate of the Emory University Reserve Officer Training Corps program in Atlanta.

He was a commander at all levels from squadron to numbered Air Force.

He was a command pilot who flew more than 4,000 hours principally in fighter and trainer aircraft and flew as a fighter pilot and high-speed forward air controller in Vietnam.

Ev earned a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from Emory University. He later graduated from the Air Force’s Air Command and Staff College, the Air War College, and the Executive Program in National and International Security at Harvard University.

He earned multiple awards and decorations including the Silver Star, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross with three oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Air Medal with 29 oak leaf clusters, and an Air Force Commendation Medal.

After retiring from the Air Force, Ev consulted for and worked at Northrop Grumman as Vice President of the Defensive Systems Division.

He was an avid golfer and a life long fan of the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Falcons.

In his retirement he enjoyed traveling with Joyce, spending time all over the United States as well as Europe.

During his time as a retired veteran, Ev was on the board of TLS Veterans in McHenry, Illinois, and Leave No Veteran Behind in Chicago; was an advocate for CASA; and a member of the U.S Air Force Retiree Council and Disabled American Veterans.

A visitation for Everett will be held on Tuesday, March 21, from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at 11:00 a.m. at Davenport Family Funeral Homes and Crematory, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave. (Rt. 176), Crystal Lake, IL 60014.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in memory of Everett to Transitional Living Services, McHenry, Illinois (www.tlsveterans.org) or to Leave No Veteran Behind (www.leavenoveteranbehind.org).

For more information, call 815-459-3411 or davenportfamily.com.

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Cut in arts funding creates rocky road for scholars, devotees LOCAL HISTORY Kurt Begalka To those of you who have been quietly grousing about everything from the rising cost of health care to your rising property tax bill, it’s time to actually do something about it.

No more sitting on the sidelines. No more sitting on your hands. No more sitting like ducks on a pond. It’s time – actually, long past time – to stand up and be counted.

The opportunities for you to get involved are many, varied and, above all, immediate. The latest you’vegot-to-be-kidding moment occurred Thursday, when the Trump administration proposed eliminating the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts as part of its preliminary, fiscal 2018 budget.

(Why are the arts always first on the chopping block?)

If approved, the $54 billion saved instead would be used for defense.

Unfortunately, we’ve been through this culture vs. combat debate before.

In his “Chance for Peace” speech on April 16, 1953, general turned President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke to the long-standing debate about whether society is better served spending its finite resources on guns (military complex), butter (goods) or a combination of the two.

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed,” Eisenhower told the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

“This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.”

“While these proposals from the Trump administration were rumored for some time, they are no less alarming and disturbing,” said American Alliance of Museums President and CEO Laura Lott in a written statement. “The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs play an essential role in helping museums make the arts and the humanities accessible to all Americans.”

The president’s budget would eliminate $148 million for both the NEA and NEH – which now represent just .006 percent of the total federal budget.

In addition, $230 million for the IMLS – which ultimately could affect local libraries and museums, as well as the Smithsonian and National Gallery of Art – is on the chopping block.

Funding also is being eliminated for the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, which received $445 million in fiscal 2017.

“There is no viable substitute for federal funding that ensures Americans have universal access to public media’s educational and informational programming and services,” wrote Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of the CPB. She said eliminating federal funding – nearly all of which is used for programming and station support – would “initially devastate and ultimately destroy public media’s role in early childhood education, public safety, connecting citizens to our history and promoting civil discussions – for Americans in both rural and urban communities.”

During the next few weeks, members of Congress will begin to inform the House and Senate Appropriations Committees – which oversee this area of federal spending – which programs they believe should receive funding in fiscal 2018.

They are staffed by some of the most influential movers and shakers in Washington, including Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio,

“Now everybody takes seriously the destruction of heritage and culture as part of this extremist strategy. The protection of culture is a major peace and security issue, inseparable from the protection of human lives.”

Irina Bokova

Director-general of the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Toward that end, there is a survey residents can take at www.cmap.illinois.gov/programs-and-resources/lta/ fox-river-mchenry-lake. After I recently completed the survey, I was pleased to see people identified environmental quality as their top objective. Cooperation between various stakeholders along the river also was identified as a major concern, followed by walking and cycling opportunities. A draft plan is expected in August.

Not only did the Fox River serve as an important transportation route in the early days of the county – as well as a source of power and for ice – it remains a magnet for commerce, tourism and recreation. Many communities along the Fox River also rely on it as a source of fresh water. Needless to say, its future affects all of us.

• President Donald Trump’s draft budget proposal does not specifically target the National Park Service, but it does lop $4.7 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively, from the agriculture and Upcoming events interior departments.

And after you’ve spoken up on Retired Augustana College geograbehalf of the humanities, consider chiming in on these two local planning phy professor Norm Moline is confiefforts: dent our national parks will survive • The McHenry County Planning the fiscal fracas. He will explain why and Development Department is colwe are so lucky to have them, during laborating with Lake County and local the McHenry County Historical Society’s next Sampler Series lecture agencies, governments and organizaat 7 p.m. Monday in the museum, 6422 tions to create a Fox River Corridor Main St., Union. Doors open at 6:30 Plan designed to improve water qualp.m. For details visit www.gothistory. ity, transportation access, recreation org. and open space, as well as river-related commerce. The plan focuses on an 11-mile stretch that extends from • Kurt Begalka is the administrator of Burtons Bridge on the north to the the McHenry County Historical Socieastern boundary of the Fox Bluff ety & Museum. He can be reached at Conservation Area in the south. kurt@mchenrycountyhistory.org.

Patrick Leahy and Tom Udall. As part of this process, U.S. Reps. Paul Tonko and Louise Slaughter, Democrats from New York, as well as New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Republicans Leonard Lance and David McKinley, are circulating letters of support for the IMLS Office of Museum Services.

In the meantime, visit www. congressweb.com/aam to make your voice heard … or suffer the consequences. “… Now everybody takes seriously the destruction of heritage and culture as part of this extremist strategy,” said Irina Bokova, director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization after the destruction of World Heritage sites in the Middle East by Islamic State militants. “The protection of culture is a major peace and security issue, inseparable from the protection of human lives.”

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Voters register objections to parts of budget deal

By JOHN O’CONNOR The Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate’s “grand bargain” budget compromise has had a rough go, with false starts, misfires, a lukewarm Republican reception and Democrats abruptly pulling the plug last month when GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner weighed in against it. And that doesn’t count taxpayers’ reaction.

The 12 disparate measures comprising the grand bargain were cobbled together in an attempt to recharge stalled negotiations over a two-year budget stalemate that has fueled a multibillion-dollar budget deficit. An Associated Press analysis of Senate records shows nearly 4,700 witnesses wanting a say in at least one of the individual measures.

Less than a fifth recorded support.

“If gambling could solve the budget crisis, it would have done so by now,” said Kathy Gilroy, an independent insurance agent and anti-gambling activist from Villa Park, who filed her objection electronically. “Doing the same thing and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.”

It’s that type of opposition that hamstrings hopes of a deal, particularly one so widespread and complex. Even if lawmakers could agree, a “yes” vote could push voters to eject them at the next election. That’s especially true when the critics are well-funded groups with clout, such as labor unions, business interests or teachers.

Shown the numbers, Sen. Heather Steans, an appropriations committee

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News from across the state

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Pipeline connecting Chicago to Detroit now in service

PORTAGE, Mich. – Officials said a fuel pipeline running from the Chicago area to the Detroit area is now in service.

The Wolverine Pipe Line Company has announced that the first commercial volume for the Detroit Metro Access Pipeline shipped earlier this month. The roughly 34 miles of pipeline connects to an existing Wolverine pipeline to transport refined petroleum products.

Construction was completed in January, and the final testing was conducted in

AP file photo

Politicians gather Jan. 14, 2015, in the Senate chambers at the state Capitol in Springfield. chairwoman at the heart of grand bargain machinations, suggested witnesses were focusing on the trees at the forest’s expense. She has found voters’ concerns are mollified when shown the big picture.

“You can rile people up on a particular element, but once they understand the whole package, they tend to be supportive,” said Steans, a Chicago Democrat.

The sheer volume of witnesses reacting to committee hearings earlier this year is attributable to electronic filing, introduced about five years ago.

It makes it easier for taxpayers to have

their say and for groups to organize campaigns.

That’s apparent from reaction to the local property tax freeze Rauner is demanding. That proposal drew more than 1,400 opponents to just six in favor. But more than 600 indicated they were affiliated with public schools, and nearly 100 specifically identified their connection to physical education, the AP’s review found. The legislation allows schools to forgo P.E. for up to six years with legislative permission.

Former Rep. Bill Black, a Danville Republican who served from 1985 to 2011, said parochial concerns melt

February.

Company President Saul Flota said the pipeline responds to a demand for gasoline and diesel fuel in the Detroit metropolitan area. It will create four to six new permanent jobs and generated 250 to 300 construction jobs.

The Michigan-based company operates nearly 700 miles of pipelines in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.

sponsor immigrants for H-1B visas, which apply to highly skilled workers like in the technology industry.

The consortium will let the universities sponsor 10 to 20 visa slots. Companies could create around 150 jobs within three years. Currently, there are limited options for immigrant entrepreneurs. Many enter the H-1B visa lottery, but only about 35 percent are accepted.

Those participating in the program are DePaul, Loyola and Northwestern universities along with Columbia College and the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Massachusetts started a similar program in 2014.

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Chicago creates immigrant entrepreneurs program

CHICAGO – Chicago officials are creating a program to help draw immigrant entrepreneurs they have said will help grow companies and create jobs.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the formation of the Global Entrepreneur in Residence program earlier this month. Five area universities will participate in helping

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Ebert Film Festival announces first 2 films

CHAMPAIGN – Roger Ebert’s film festival this year will include 2016 psycho-

when voters recognize greater need. He once pushed an income tax increase to shift the burden of public-school funding – an issue yet unresolved and part of the grand bargain – which the House approved with only seven Republican votes before a GOP-controlled Senate buried it. Black was told he wouldn’t be back, but he said voters will swallow tough medicine in times of crisis – such as now.

“Most people are saying, ‘Just do something,’ ” Black said.

Despite the budget deficit the state faces, legislation that would raise taxes is hotly contested. But the measure that now would hike the income tax rate originally proposed a tax on sugary drinks, which died amid a critical cacophony from giant cola-makers, movie theater chains, quick-trip stores and more. But on a grand bargain measure to pay state bills for the first half of 2017 – including domestic violence shelters, zeroed out since last summer – 98 percent of witnesses were in favor.

Witnesses converging on the Capitol for major issues flood lawmakers’ offices with rancorous pledges to vote them out, said Patrick Welch, a Democratic senator from Peru from 1983 to 2003.

But even if your neighbors are opposed, some crises require a gut check.

That’s easier said than done, said Richard Winkel, director of public leadership for the University of Illinois’ Institute of Government and Public Affairs.

“You can’t ‘vote your district,’ ” said the Champaign Republican, who served in the House and Senate from 1995 to 2007. “You have to vote the state.”

logical thriller “Elle” and a film delving into the life of TV icon Norman Lear.

Guest appearances associated with the films will include “Elle” actress Isabelle Huppert and “Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, producer Brent Miller and Norman Lear himself. They will participate in Q&As after their respective screenings.

Roger Ebert was a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for the Chicago Sun-Times who died in 2013.

His wife, Chaz, has continued to host the film festival and said this year’s event will be dedicated to empathy, compassion, kindness and forgiveness.

The slate of screenings at the 19th annual “Ebertfest” also will include 10 other films to be announced later. It runs from April 19 to 23.

– Wire reports

NEIGHBORS

15 Creative Arts Inc. student Em Thoreson shows off her artwork in progress in Digital Art class. Thoreson’s artwork will be featured in a display at the upcoming Creative Arts Student Show at the Dole Mansion, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake. The show will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. March 24. Along with art displays, guests can make art on the spot at interactive art stations.

Face-painting, music and refreshments also are included.

Learn about upcoming art classes, art camps and more.

A donation of $5 is suggested. For information, visit www.creativeartsinc.org/ events or call 815-219-9243.

THINGS TO DO IN & AROUND McHENRY COUNTY

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“THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AT AGE 100”

WHEN: 7 p.m. March 20 WHERE: McHenry County Historical Society Museum, 6422 Main St., Union COST and INFO: The second of four Sampler Series programs offered by the museum. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Norman Moline (below, standing in Sequoia National Forest in California), an accomplished cultural geographer from Rock Island, will offer highlights of NPS history and discuss many of the National park Service sites throughout the Midwest, including the Pullman State Historic Site in Chicago and Abraham Lincoln’s home in Springfield.

He will delve into the impact the National Park Service has had on countless generations. Future Sampler Series programs include “Rockford’s Camp Grant and World War 1” April 3 and “General Pershing and World War I” May 15. Tickets: $10 donation. Tickets and information: 815-923-2267 or www.gothistory.org.

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Venture outside with Conservation District programs

Senior Services hosts driving courses

Evening adventures outside are planned throughout March with McHenry County Conservation District. Registration is required for the following program: • Cabin Fever Campfire – 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 25, Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road, Crystal Lake. Take a short night hike through the woods, look at the night sky through a telescope (weather permitting) and warm up around the fire with snacks and games. Cost: Free to residents, $5

nonresidents. Register by March 21.

To view all of the programs, visit www.mccdistrict.org. Register online, by phone at 815-479-5779, by mail-in and drop-off at Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road in Crystal Lake, or drop-off only at Lost Valley Visitor Center, at Route 31 and Harts Road in Ringwood. For the free drop-in programs, check the conservation district website for cancellations due to weather.

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CALENDAR March 20

• 10 to 11 a.m. – Beginner Qi Gong and Meditation, First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Lake. This centering combination of movement and meditation offers a gentle, yet full body workout and a deeper connection within.

Chair options available. For those age 18 and older.

Cost: $5 a class, pay onsite cash or check only. Information: lyn@dailyharmony-mae.com or http:// dailyharmony-mae.com.

• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Hennen Conservation Area Restoration Workday, Hennen Conservation Area, 4622 Dean St., Woodstock. Join The Land Conservancy of McHenry County’s volunteers and restoration ecologist to help clear invasive species, and restore the natural habitat of this beautiful conservation site. Wear old clothes, sturdy shoes

McHenry Senior Services will host a two-day driving course from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 23 and 24 at 3519 N. Richmond Road. For reservations, call 815-344-3555.

Crystal Lake Public Library will host a course from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 27 and 28 at 126 Paddock St. Call 815-459-1687 for reservations.

The classroom course is designed for those ages 50 and older to help drivers refine existing skills and develop safe driving strategies. Participants must attend both sessions. Successful completion of the course may provide a discount on your auto insurance. The cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for nonmembers. Registration required.

and prepare for weather conditions. Information: 815-337-9502, mgrycan@conservemc.org or http://conservemc.org.2211.

• 2 to 4 p.m. – Coloring for Adults, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W Paddock ., Crystal Lake. Pages provided from coloring books designed especially for adults, as well as colored pencils and markers.

You also are welcome to bring your own supplies.

Includes light snacks and calming music. Free.

Information: 815-459-1687.

• 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. – Craft Lab: Superhero Magnets, Harvard Diggins Library, 900 E. McKinley St., Harvard. For teens in 6th through 12th grade. Create magnets out of comic book pages. Registration required at 815-943-4671.

Free. Information: leticiag@harvard-diggins.org, www.harvard-diggins.org or www.facebook.com/ events/784724661693303/.

• 3:30 to 5 p.m. – Drop-in Crafts, Grades K-3, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. Make a frog-shaped door hanger.

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

• 7 to 8 p.m. – Classic Literature Book Discussion Group, McHenry Public Library, 809

Front St., McHenry. Read and discuss “Fathers and Sons” by Ivan Turgenev. Copies available at the checkout desk. For ages 18 and older. Free. Information: 815-385-0036, mplref@mchenrylibrary.org or www.mchenrylibrary.org.

• 7 to 8 p.m. – Crohn’s, Lupus or RA Focus Group Meeting, Cary Public Library, 1606 Three Oaks Road, Cary. Do you or someone you love suffer from IBD, Lupus or RA? Do you live in or around McHenry County? A group for support from those who understand. Light refreshments served.

Information: 224-688-4658 or adina.waltershfc@ gmail.com.

• 7 p.m. – TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly), Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, 404 N. Green St., McHenry. Meets every Monday as a self-help group for those wishing to lose weight. All welcome. Free. Information: 815-653-5242.

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

Photos may be emailed to neighbors@nwherald.com.

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about his order and the government can’t ask for a distinction PARIS – Blood tests determined that officials failed to make in earlier briefs and arguments, Sunday that a suspected Islamic according to online court records. extremist consumed drugs and Watson issued the temporary alcohol before a frenzied spree of violence that ended when he took restraining order Wednesday in response to a lawsuit from the a soldier hostage at Paris’ Orly Airport and was shot dead by her state of Hawaii, concluding there was “significant and unrebutted fellow patrolmen. evidence of religious animus” The Paris prosecutors’ office behind the travel ban. said toxicology tests conducted as part of an autopsy found traces U.S. quietly cutting of cocaine and cannabis in the nuclear force blood of the suspect, Ziyed Ben WASHINGTON – The Air Force Belgacem.

He also had 0.93 grams of alco- is quietly shrinking its deployed hol per liter of blood when he died force of land-based nuclear misSaturday, the prosecutors’ office siles as part of a holdover Obama said. That is nearly twice the legal administration plan to comply with an arms control treaty with limit for driving in France.

The 39-year-old Frenchman with Russia. The reductions are nearing completion despite President a long criminal record of drugs and robbery offences stopped at Donald Trump’s argument that the treaty gives Moscow an unfair a bar in the wee hours Saturday morning, around four hours before advantage in nuclear firepower.

The reduction to 400 missiles he first shot at traffic police. Then, 90 minutes later, he attacked the from 450 is the first for the intercontinental ballistic missile, military patrol at Orly, causing or ICBM, force in a decade – when panic and the shutdown of the the arsenal came down from French capital’s second-biggest 500 such weapons. The Air Force airport. said the latest cut in Minuteman 3 missiles will be completed in Judge rejects request to April, leaving the deployed ICBM clarify order halting ban arsenal at its smallest size since HONOLULU – A federal judge the early 1960s. on Sunday rejected the U.S. The shrinking of the ICBM force government’s request to clarify runs counter, at least rhetorically, his temporary order blocking President Donald Trump’s revised to Trump’s belief that the U.S. has fallen behind Russia in nuclear travel ban. muscle.

U.S. District Judge Derrick – Wire reports Watson said nothing was unclear

AP file photo

Documents offer no evidence of spying on Trump Tower

By MICHELE SALCEDO The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – The top two lawmakers on the House intelligence committee said Sunday that documents the Justice Department and FBI delivered late last week offered no evidence that the Obama administration had wiretapped Trump Tower, but the panel’s ranking Democrat said the material offers circumstantial evidence that American citizens colluded with Russians in Moscow’s efforts to interfere in the presidential election.

“There was circumstantial evidence of collusion; there is direct evidence, I think, of deception,” Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said.

“There’s certainly enough for us to conduct an investigation.”

The House intelligence committee is to begin hearings Monday into Russia’s role in cybersecurity breaches at the Democratic National Committee, as well as President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that his predecessor had authorized a wiretap of Trump Tower. FBI Director James Comey and Mike Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, are slated to testify.

Intelligence officials have said that Russia was behind the theft of Democratic National Committee emails last summer. The U.S. government later concluded that the Russian government directed the DNC hack in an attempt to influence the outcome of November’s presidential election.

“For the first time the American people, and all the political parties now, are paying attention to the threat that Russia poses,” committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., said.

“We know that the Russians were trying to get involved in our campaign, like they have for many decades. They’re also trying to get involved in campaigns around the globe and over in Europe.”

Nunes said the committee will also exam-

ine whether the Russians were trying to sow doubt in the U.S. electoral system or whether they were trying to help Trump get elected to the White House.

“We need to get to the bottom of that,” Nunes said.

Nunes and Schiff were among a number of lawmakers who said on Sunday’s news shows they had seen no evidence that the Obama administration ordered wiretaps on Trump during the campaign.

“Was there a physical wiretap of Trump Tower? No there never was,” Nunes said. “The information we received Friday continues to lead us in that direction.”

Nunes added: “There was no FISA warrant I am aware of to tap Trump Tower.” FISA stands for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which requires investigators to seek a warrant from a secret court to wiretap a foreign suspect.

Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Susan Collins of Maine also said Sunday they had seen no evidence that the Obama administration had placed Trump under surveillance at Trump Tower, the Manhattan highrise that houses Trump’s residence, business office and campaign office. Collins encouraged Trump to turn whatever evidence he has of the surveillance over to the congressional intelligence panels looking into the matter.

The president repeatedly insisted last week that former President Barack Obama had Trump Tower put under surveillance late last fall. Trump’s claims widened to two of the U.S.’s staunchest allies. He repeated an unsubstantiated claim that Britain’s cyber intelligence organization conducted the surveillance at Obama’s behest, a claim the agency GBHQ flatly denied; and mentioned during German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s first visit to the Trump White House the Obama administration’s monitoring of Merkel’s cellphone, a bruising incident in German-U.S. relations.

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Ryan: Help for elderly needed in GOP health bill

By HOPE YEN

The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Days before a pivotal vote, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Sunday he will seek changes to a GOP health care bill to provide more help to older people. The new willingness to compromise was a bid for more support from moderate Republicans, who expressed continuing unease about the plan to replace Barack Obama’s health law unless significant changes were made.

Ryan insisted that he felt “very good” about the bill’s prospects but acknowledged that House leadership was “making fine-tuning improvements to the bill to reflect people’s concerns.”

A House vote is scheduled for Thursday.

“We believe we should have even more assistance. And that’s one of the things we’re looking at for that person in their 50s and 60s because they experience higher health care costs,” the Wisconsin Republican said.

Under the GOP plan, older people who are not yet eligible for Medicare stand to be the biggest losers. It would shrink the tax credits they use to help buy insurance, and it would increase their premiums because the bill allows insurers to charge more as people age and become more susceptible to health problems.

A Congressional Budget Office analysis last week said a 64-year-old with income of $26,500 would pay $1,700 out of pocket for insurance under the Afford-

“If it needs more beefing up ... for folks who are low-income, between 50 and 64 years of age, that’s something that we’ve talked about, something that we’ve entertained, and that may happen throughout the process.”

Tom Price

U.S. Health and Human Services secretary

able Care Act, compared with $14,600 under the GOP plan. It estimated that 24 million people of all ages would lose coverage over 10 years.

On Sunday, Ryan said he believed the CBO analysis was not accurate because Obamacare wouldn’t be able to last 10 years. But he said the additional assistance was one of several House revisions to be discussed in advance of Thursday’s vote, along with possible changes to help low-income people more with tax credits and require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to meet work requirements.

“We think that we should be offering even more assistance than what the bill currently does,” he said.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price also said legislative revisions were possible.

“If it needs more beefing up ... for folks who are low-income, between 50 and 64 years of age, that’s something that we’ve talked about, something that we’ve entertained, and that may happen throughout the process,” he said.

Their comments came as President Donald Trump and House leaders seek to win support from GOP skeptics as prospects for the bill remain wobbly.

Last week, Trump agreed to add fresh Medicaid curbs to appease some conservatives. But moderate Republicans are balking over the CBO’s findings that millions more people would lack coverage even while premiums in many cases could rise.

In a Facebook post Saturday night, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., said he couldn’t vote for the bill, stressing a need “to take our time and to get this right.” He joins GOP Rep. John Katko, from a closely divided district in upstate New York, who cited inadequate insurance access and cost controls.

In the Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow 52-48 majority, prospects for the GOP bill also were uncertain as both moderates and conservatives criticized it.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said she would not vote for the measure without additional changes to provide more aid to older Americans. She also

wants an improved proposal that would cover more Americans and offer better Medicaid benefits than the current GOP plan. She joins at least four other GOP senators in opposing the bill after conservative Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said Sunday he wouldn’t vote for it as is.

Sens. Dean Heller of Nevada, Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky also are opposed.

“I cannot vote for any bill that keeps premiums rising,” Cruz said.

Separately, Ryan said he also expected the House to make changes to Trump’s proposed budget, which calls for a boost to military spending but big-time cuts in domestic programs.

Trump’s plan, for instance, would cut $5.8 billion from the National Institutes of Health, an 18 percent drop for the $32 billion agency that funds much of the nation’s research into what causes different diseases and what it will take to treat them.

Ryan said Congress was proud to have passed the Cures Act last year, which calls for additional NIH money for “breakthrough discoveries on cancer and other diseases,” so he expects the proposed NIH cut to be revised.

“I would say, this is the very, very beginning of the budget process,” he said.

“We are encouraged that we’re seeing an increase in defense because we think our military has been hollowed out. But I will say that NIH is something that’s particularly popular in Congress. ... So, that is something that I think in Congress you’ll see probably some changes.”

Tillerson lauds China-U.S. contacts in meeting with leader Xi

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN The Associated Press

BEIJING – The U.S. is looking forward to the first meeting between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday, on the final day of a swing through Asia dominated by concerns over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.

In talks with Xi in Beijing, Tillerson said Trump places a “very high value” on communications with the Chinese president.

Trump looks forward to “the opportunity of a visit in the future,” Tillerson said, in an apparent reference to unconfirmed reports of plans for the two leaders to meet in Florida next month.

Although few details of his talks have been released, Tillerson appeared to strike a cordial tone during his meetings in Beijing, in contrast to Trump’s tough talk on Chinese eco-

nomic competition during his presidential campaign.

Xi told Tillerson that China considered his meetings Saturday with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and top diplomat Yang Jiechi to have been productive and constructive.

“Both [Trump] and I believe that we need to make joint efforts to advance China-U.S. cooperation, and we believe that we can make sure the relationship will move ahead in a constructive fashion in the new era,” Xi said.

Tillerson’s Beijing visit followed his remarks in South Korea on Friday that pre-emptive military action against North Korea might be necessary if the threat from its weapons program reaches a level “that we believe requires action.”

China, the North’s biggest source of diplomatic support and economic assistance, hasn’t responded directly to those comments, although Beijing repeatedly has called for all sides to

take steps to reduce tensions.

China has agreed reluctantly to U.N. Security Council resolutions sanctioning North Korea, but is adamantly opposed to measures that might bring about a collapse of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s regime.

Beijing fears Kim’s fall would send waves of refugees into northeastern China and see South Korean and American forces taking up positions along its border.

Beijing’s patience with Pyongyang appears to be growing thin, however. Last month, China potentially deprived Kim’s regime of a crucial source of foreign currency by banning imports of North Korean coal for the rest of the year.

On Sunday, Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he and his advisers discussed North Korea before returning to Washington from a weekend at his private club in Florida. On that subject, Trump said: “He’s acting badly. He’s acting very, very badly.”

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China’s President Xi Jinping stands near U.S. State of Secretary Rex Tillerson on Sunday during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

By CHRIS EHRMANN The Associated Press

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Work continues March 10 on the water replacement lines in Flint, Mich. Flint residents could still be a few years away from drinking unfiltered tap water as the city makes incremental progress on an ambitious timeframe to replace old water service lines that leached lead into homes and businesses. The project’s coordinator said he has a goal of finishing the pipe replacements for residents in 2019 by fixing 6,000 service lines a year. switching the water supply to a new source didn’t clear up the problem. The overall lead level in Flint’s water still exceeds the federal limit, and authorities require residents to use state-provided faucet filters.

McDaniel said the next phase of the project, expected to start in late April, will replace lines to 4½ homes a day in 10 different zones, which is 225 a week and 900 homes a month.

“That’s a tough goal,” McDaniel said.

“That means we’ve got to have people out there and we don’t have those people on staff for the city yet.”

Because of inaccurate records, a

number of homes that have been targeted turned out to have copper pipes that didn’t need to be replaced.

Then there’s the issue of money.

“We have enough money to do 2017, we’ve got about half the money we need for 2018, we don’t have money for 2019,” McDaniel said. “The plan that we have, we will be able to replace all the lead or galvanized service lines in occupied residences in the city of Flint in the next three years. But we don’t have enough money to do it all, so yes that’s absolutely a concern.”

An estimated $106 million to $108 million is needed to finish replacing the

18,000 to 20,000 service lines. The state gave $27 million toward the effort and the U.S. government on Friday came through with a previously promised $100 million to Flint for water infrastructure needs – $40 million of it specifically for pipe replacements.

Residents have mixed opinions on the speed of the project.

“It’s been slow real slow,” said Jeffrey Jones, who has not had his pipes replaced. “They did these [pipes] a couple of weeks ago and then they just stopped.

I don’t know. Nobody has come around and said, ‘Hey, this is what we’re gonna do.’ ”

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FLINT, Mich. – Flint residents could still be a few years away from drinking unfiltered tap water as the city makes incremental progress on an ambitious – if not overly optimistic – timeframe to replace old water service lines that leached lead into homes and businesses.

Retired National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael McDaniel, who coordinates the FAST Start initiative, said he has a goal of finishing the pipe replacements for residents in 2019 by fixing service lines to 6,000 homes a year. The city has estimated that lines to 20,000 homes need to be replaced.

“So far, I’d say it’s been going slow,” McDaniel said. “We wanted to replace 1,000 service lines in the city of Flint in 2016, and we are still working on that contract even today because we’ve had a fairly warm winter.”

As of last week, lines to fewer than 800 homes had been replaced with new copper pipe. The effort has been plagued by problems that include inaccurate records on the location of pipes and the type of material used in them. Funding for the project beyond this year is also uncertain.

The effort comes as some residents in the impoverished city where 57 percent of the roughly 100,000 residents are black still do not trust the government because of failures that led to the lead-tainted water crisis. To save money while under state control, the city began using water from the Flint River in April 2014 without treating it to prevent corrosion in steel pipes. Residents’ complaints about color, odor and taste were downplayed by the government until elevated levels of lead, a neurotoxin, were detected in children. Twelve people died in a Legionnaires’ outbreak that has been linked to the improperly treated water.

The state finally acknowledged the lead problem in October 2015, but pipes were already so corroded that simply

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Meetup takes risky leap into the Trump resistance

By STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press

NEW YORK – Meetup is taking a leap into the Trump resistance.

The New York-based networking site will unveil plans in the coming days to partner with a labor group – under the guidance of a former Hillary Clinton aide – to coordinate protests among more than 120,000 activists already involved with anti-Trump Meetup groups.

It’s a risky move for a tech company that has helped millions come together to share interests of all kinds, from hiking to languages to President Donald Trump himself. But it reflects an increasing willingness of some major technology firms to push back against the Republican president.

Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman told The Associated Press that the new arrangement, to be known only as #Resist, gives the loosely organized protest movement the infrastructure needed to execute large responses to the new president’s policies.

“It’s one thing for a CEO to say, ‘I’m going to stand up against a politician,’” Heiferman said. “It’s even further for the company itself to mobilize people.”

For Heiferman and other tech leaders, Trump’s push to block immigration from several Muslim-majority countries marked a tipping point.

“When a certain line is crossed,” he said, “we have a civic duty not to be quiet.”

The White House did not respond to a request Friday for comment about Meetup’s plans.

About 40 technology companies met privately this month in New York City to brainstorm ways to push back against Trump policies on immigration, transgender protections, women’s health and arts funding, as well as more traditional technology issues like net neutrality and encryption.

The meeting was designed to “get beyond handwringing and move toward real action,” said Michal Rosenn, general counsel for the Brooklyn-based company Kickstarter.

Kickstarter and Meetup were also among 58 technology companies that signed a friend-of-the-court brief on Tuesday charging that the White House’s revised immigration plan would harm their employees and customers.

Airbnb, Apple, Twitter and Yelp filed a court brief late last month to protest the Trump administration’s decision to rescind guidance that instructed schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.

The car service Lyft recently pledged $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union.

Meetup, which employs 175 people and claims 30 million users worldwide, has gone further than most.

Disturbed by Trump’s initial push for a travel ban, the firm held a company-wide “resist-a-thon” last month and unveiled more than 1,000 new “#resist” Meetup groups that didn’t have to pay the standard $15 monthly fee to advertise their events on the site. Currently, there are more than 1,000 Meetup groups devoted to the Trump resistance across the country.

Meetup hired Clinton’s former digital organizing director, Jess Morales Rocketto, to coordinate the new organizing platform with a group allied with the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

The Meetup software is “ready-made for rapid response,” Morales Rocketto said, and has already been used to mobilize Trump protesters in recent weeks, including resistance events at Boston Logan’s airport and a march in Mississippi.

Such actions alienated customers like Maria Lozinsky, a Trump supporter in Aurora, Colorado. She reacted by disbanding Meetup groups she had led for people interested in interior design and science fiction.

“It’s just so sickening,” she said of the proliferation of anti-Trump groups.

“That’s their right,” she said. “But it’s my right to leave.”

Meetup won’t be restricting the ability of pro-Trump groups to use its main site, which it insists is nonpartisan.

Marketing and branding experts suggest that in the short run, it could be a zero sum game for companies that wade into politics. Inevitably, some offended customers will leave, while others take their place.

Yet, typically, customers who agree with a business’ political stand have short memories, said marketing Professor Larry Chiagouris, of Pace University’s Lubin School of Business.

“Those who are hostile have longer memories and are more likely to hold a grudge,” he said.

Political consultant Liz Mair, who also advises private businesses, warned that the biggest risk in this case “is Trump taking retaliatory action against entities he sees as inherently opposed to him.”

Ultimately, however, political stands by businesses often have little long-term impact on a company’s brand, said Robert Passikoff, president of Brand Keys Inc., a New York customer research firm.

“It’s a little thing at best,” he said.

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Show everyone what you have to offer. If you step into the spotlight, you will alter the way people view you. Interactions with others will pave the way for better days ahead. Have confidence in yourself and make every moment count.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Take hold of whatever situation you face. Engage in talks that will bring about change. Push back if someone tries to pressure you. Control excessive spending and curb your temper.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Use caution when dealing with superiors, and double-check others’ credentials as well as your documen-

tation before you engage in talks that could affect your status. Simplicity and precision are encouraged.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Give your best and don’t take any guff from competitive or pushy people. Stay focused on yourself and try to devise innovative ways to make personal and financial improvements.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Tread carefully when dealing with people you work or do business with. Use your imagination and intuition to counter whatever is thrown your way. Pace yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Make changes for the right reasons, not for someone else’s reasons.

Stay focused on gathering information and gaining experience. Home and personal im-

provements will lead to greater opportunities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – A proactive approach to whatever you want to accomplish is encouraged. Don’t get hung up on trivial matters. Staying focused on what’s important to you will bring the highest returns.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – The pendulum will swing when it comes to emotions and personal relationships. Don’t overreact or get into a tiff with someone over an inconsequential matter.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Don’t let the little things get to you. You won’t make headway if you let your temper get the better of you. Look for a way to use your energy constructively.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – An unexpected opportunity will give you the boost you

need to get back on track professionally and financially. Using your skills in a unique way will bring surprising results.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Dig deep and get the lowdown on anything that may affect your reputation or progress. Don’t let temptation lead to an unfortunate mistake.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Set the stage for advancement. Trust in your judgment and make decisions based on your needs. If you reconnect with past colleagues, an opportunity will develop. Celebrate your good fortune with loved ones.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Keep your personal life simple in order to live up to your full professional and personal potential. Take responsibility and do your best.

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John Sahly

Kyle Nabors

ANOTHER VIEW

Two senseless headscarf bans Je’nan Hayes played all season on her Montgomery County, Maryland, high school basketball team without incident. But when she showed up for a regional final game this month, she was benched when a referee invoked a seldom-enforced rule requiring her to have documentation for wearing a hijab, part of her Muslim faith.

Understandably, she broke down in tears.

A hijab is also the reason that Samira Achbita was fired from her job as a receptionist for a security- services firm in Belgium. She told the company, for which she had already worked for three years, that she wanted to start wearing a headscarf at work, but her bosses refused to allow it, saying there was an “unwritten” rule against it.

She started wearing one anyway, and the day before the company turned the unwritten rule into a written one, Achbita was fired.

The European Union’s highest court this week turned aside her complaint of religious discrimination.

We are shaking our heads at this foolishness. What on earth was that referee thinking in insisting – against the entreaties of the girl’s basketball coach to use common sense - that she needed a signed waiver to prove her head covering was for religious reasons?

Doesn’t that firm in Belgium recognize the harm of judging the value of a person by what they wear? And why didn’t the European Court of Justice give voice to the need for tolerance in the workplace?

It is of some comfort that Maryland school athletic officials didn’t even try to defend the events of March 3 that stranded Je’Nan on the bench. Sheepish about the rigid reading of the rulebook, they agreed the girl should have been allowed to play.

It is of comfort, too, that Dutch voters on Wednesday did not elevate their most intolerant party into a position of power. But these are struggles that will not be ended with one election or one court case.

There are situations when rules about what can be worn make sense, for safety or security reasons.

But banning headscarves, which the European Court of Justice seemed to greenlight as long as they aren’t singled out from other religious garb, serves no purpose other than to separate and penalize. That is harmful not only to the individual being singled out but also to society at large, which is better served by inclusiveness.

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IT’S YOUR WRITE Mahady’s earned vote

To the Editor: It takes a special person to embody an entire community. Mary Mahady, McHenry Township assessor, is one of them. Her concern for the McHenry Township office transcends politics and people are aware of that, as Mary carefully and pleasantly works with each one who comes to her office with questions about tax assessments.

Mary Mahady has earned our votes in the April 4 election.

Bill Bolger McHenry

Franks brings leadership

To the Editor: Reading the headline about newly elected County Board Chairman Jack Franks and his team finding more than $134,000 that was owed to the county and had been sitting in the state’s coffers for years, I knew we had some good news for taxpayers. After reading the article, I want to add that having thoughtful, dedicated and creative people working for us is just as important.

In less than two months on the job, Oliver and Bridget, Franks’ team, found savings equivalent to almost two years of their combined salaries. We owe them a debt of gratitude for being dedicated public servants, and we should give Jack credit for bringing more people to the McHenry County government for whom challenging the status quo is just part of a day’s work.

Jack and his team clearly have jumped into their positions with both feet, with the belief we can always do better. This is the same approach that made Jack such a successful state representative, and we also can see it in his successful push to streamline the board’s standing committee structure and his continuing work to get the board voting electronically, which will make our county

government accessible to residents with disabilities, as well as protecting the county’s access to federal money, and shielding us from potentially huge liability lawsuits.

McHenry County needed new leadership and new ideas, and we elected the right guy who, along with his team, works very hard for us.

Kathy Surges Crystal Lake

Local elections need attention

To the Editor: To my fellow citizens, We live in interesting times. We also live in dangerous times. I would like people to start thinking with their brains and not their feelings. Our country had an election in November that gave us a new president. I would like for President Trump to be given the same opportunity to implement his programs as the previous president.

There is an air of anger and hysteria within the media culture which I never have experienced in my lifetime. We have many problems and issues that need to be debated and acted upon and we don’t have a lot of time to be mired in this nonsensical ill regard for the president.

We had a local election recently which garnered a roughly 9 percent turnout at our polling places. Local elections are the nearest form of government and the most responsible to we the people. As an election judge in Algonquin, I can tell you that my precinct had a less than 4 percent turnout. So, the most local form of government, which controls our property taxes, gets the least amount of attention. As a people, we need to remember we are adults who need to start acting like adults for a better society. Time is getting short.

Terry Doherty Algonquin

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U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren R-14th District 332 Cannon HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-2976 Fax: 202-225-0697 Website: hultgren.house.gov

State Sen. Pamela Althoff R-32nd District 5400 W. Elm St., Suite 103 McHenry, IL 60050 815-455-6330 (M) 815-482-4567 309L State House Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8000 Fax: 217-782-7818 cdanca@pamelaalthoff.net State Sen. Karen McConnaughay R-33rd District 130 Washington St. West Dundee, IL 60118 847-214-8245 103D Capitol Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-1977 State Sen. Dan McConchie R-26th District 325 N. Rand Road, Suite B Lake Zurich, IL 60047 224-662-4544 108B Capitol Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-8010 State Rep. Steve Reick District 63 Office: 1072 Lake Avenue Woodstock, IL 60098 Phone: 815-880-5340 www.repstevenreick.com Capitol office: 230-N Stratton Building Springfield, IL 62706 Phone: 217-782-1717 Fax: 217-782-1275 State Rep. Allen Skillicorn R-66th District 1500 Carlemont Drive, Suite D, Crystal Lake 60014 224-484-0458 allen@allenskillicorn.com skillicorn@ilhousegop.org

State Rep. Barb Wheeler R-64th District 37 E. Grand Ave., Suite 101 Fox Lake, IL 60020 847-973-0064 214-N Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-1664 Wheeler@ilhousegop.org State Rep. David McSweeney R-52nd District 105 E. Main St. Cary, IL 60013 847-516-0052 226-N Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 ilhouse52@gmail.com State Rep. Steven Andersson R-65th District 127 S. 1st St., Suite 204 Geneva, IL 60134 630-457-5460 211-N Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-5457 Fax: 217-782-1138 Jack Franks Chairman McHenry County Board McHenry County Government Center 2200 N. Seminary Ave. Woodstock, IL 60098 Phone: 815-334-4221 Fax: 815-338-3991 jfranks@co.mchenry.il.us President Donald Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500 202-456-1414, Comment: 202-456-1111 www.whitehouse.gov U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin 230 S. Dearborn St. Kluczynski Federal Building Suite 3892 Chicago, IL 60604 312-353-4952 711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-2152 www.durbin.senate.gov U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth G12 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-224-2854 230 S. Dearborn St., Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60604 Phone: 312-886-3506 www.duckworth.senate.gov/

Here’s how to save the GOP health-care plan

By HUGH HEWITT

Special to the Washington Post The American Health Care Act is in trouble, with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., admitting Wednesday the bill must change to make it through Congress. The reason? The Republican right and the Republican center want different things, and the rules under which the proposed Obamacare replacement can pass the Senate by a simple majority make it extremely hard to satisfy both sides.

But the apparently difficult problems of policy reforms are just that: “apparent.” With some outside-the-box thinking, some dealmaking and a little humility, the AHCA can be saved.

The right wants to gut “essential benefits” rules that increase the cost of health care and to encourage interstate sale of insurance policies and tort reform to drive down the medical costs. The center is concerned with how the subsidies for health insurance are structured.

In addition, various senators are worried that their states will be hurt by the bill’s Medicaid revisions. Some Republican governors bet on Medicaid expansion, and others didn’t; the House bill rewards those who did.

Let’s take these in reverse order. The Medicaid problem is a money problem, and here the Congressional Budget Office score helps.

A portion of the billions in projected savings should be used to even out the states’ shares of Medicaid dollars. That’s just arithmetic, and with his dealmaking experience, President Trump can find an agreement. A relatively minor problem cannot be allowed to block the biggest entitlement reform in 30 years.

Next, the tax credits can be fixed by changing how they are calculated. Think of a square divided into four boxes: People are either poor or not poor, old or not old. Under the current bill, the credits are weighted too much toward the “young and not poor.” Instead, the tax credits should be disproportionately aimed at the “poor and old” box and after that the “poor and young” box. Then perhaps some small slice of the credits can be for “the old and not poor” with none for “the young and not poor.”

The toughest puzzle concerns the three policy problems upsetting Republican conservatives. The GOP leadership says their demands cannot be addressed under “budget reconciliation,” the special process that allows bills to pass the Senate with a simple majority. To use this process, everything in the bill must affect the federal budget. Republican leaders say that because tort reform, essential-benefits rules and interstate sales of insurance policies have nothing to do with taxes or spending, they cannot be included in the bill.

But if policy objectives must affect the budget to be passed via reconciliation, then use the taxing power to achieve them. Beltway sharpies often lose sight of the fact that if they simply made something more expensive via a

tax on it - penalizing its existence with the tax – the market would respond quickly. So would the states.

Want tort reform? Add an amendment imposing a mandatory monthly federal tax surcharge to every health insurance policy in every state that does not cap “pain and suffering” damages in medical-malpractice cases.

(Even deep-blue states such as California have the caps.) Want to slice and dice essential-benefit madness? Spell out the new baseline for essential benefits in an amendment and include a tax on every policy in every state that is deemed by the Health and Human Services Department to mandate an overly costly set of essential benefits. Want to encourage selling across state lines? Amend the health-care bill to include a tax surcharge on every health insurance policy of every company that does not offer at least one basic plan with the same coverage parameters in five states (while giving the HHS secretary the power to exempt genuine one-state companies). Incentivize companies to make a basic policy available broadly, and they will appear.

Republicans don’t have a lot of time to fix this bill, but the good news is that the president has done a lot of deals with many moving parts. Unlike President Barack Obama, he enjoys this process. By all accounts, Trump is going “full LBJ” on the AHCA. Great. Keep it up. Convene the top three Republican leaders from both chambers and three of the most vocal critics from each chamber, as well. Put the vice president, Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, HHS Secretary Tom Price, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon in the room.

“No deal” is not an option. Failure now means a collapse, not of Obamacare - though that will follow – but of the GOP majorities in Congress, even with the Senate Republicans’ lopsided 2018 advantage. I remember listening to then-Majority Leader John A. Boehner in the summer of 2006 assure me that the House could not lose its GOP majority – just before he left to play golf. There’s no need to say what happened next. The GOP base will not take “Sorry, we tried, but the other chamber screwed up” for an answer. And Trump should think about what a House in Democratic hands would mean for him in terms of investigations, hearings and even articles of impeachment.

No golf for the president or the GOP congressional leadership now. No Easter recess either. They must deliver. All that is required is a little humility from GOP lawmakers.

That’s asking a lot, but they probably prefer a few moments of modesty to losing their jobs.

• Hugh Hewitt hosts a nationally syndicated radio show and is author of “The Fourth Way: The Conservative Playbook for a Lasting GOP Majority.”

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26 Bladder pain origin remains mystery Dear Doctor: What can be done about interstitial cystitis, or bladder pain syndrome? I’m told there’s no cause or cure, and that some doctors don’t even believe it exists.

Dear Reader: Interstitial cystitis is a chronic condition of the bladder that’s five times more common in women than men. Patients with interstitial cystitis have pain, pressure or bladder spasms, with symptoms worsening when the bladder is full and improving after voiding. The condition also causes an increase in urinary frequency and urgency.

Because people with these symptoms need to use the bathroom frequently, the condition is extremely disruptive to their lives. Further, these symptoms disrupt sleep in 70 percent of patients, creating feelings of fatigue.

Now let’s look at the cause: a disruption in the cellular lining of the bladder. This disruption allows urinary irritants, or chemicals, to penetrate through the lining of the bladder, affecting both the nerves and muscle of the bladder. The nerve irritation can send feedback to the central nerves of the spine. The spinal cord sends signals to the bladder and pelvis relaying pain information, perpetuating the pain in a back-andforth cycle.

Doctors don’t have a clear understanding of the inciting event that causes this inflammation. Interstitial cystitis may originate from a bladder infection, or from bladder irritants, such as caffeine, alcohol, spicy foods and citrus. I’ve seen enough patients with this syndrome to know that interstitial cystitis, or as some call it, chronic bladder pain, is very much real. That said, other causes for the symptoms must be ruled out, requiring urine tests to check for infection or even directly visualizing the bladder with cystoscopy. The first treatment step is to eliminate behaviors and foods/drinks that irritate the bladder, meaning stopping all consumption of caffeine, alcohol and tobacco. You can also

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ASK THE DOCTORS Robert Ashley consider the restriction of spicy foods and citrus. The second step would be to consider behavioral modification to decrease the frequency of urination. One study, published in the Journal of Urology, showed that diet and behavioral changes decreased symptoms in 45 percent of patients.

Physical therapy with a therapist who specializes in interstitial cystitis can relieve some of the pain in the pelvic region by working on tender areas and increasing muscle stability in the lower abdomen. A 2012 study published in the Journal of Urology showed a 59 percent decrease in symptoms compared to 26 percent who did general therapeutic massage.

Amitriptyline, a tricyclic antidepressant with multiple uses beyond depression, has potential as well. In a 2010 Journal of Urology study, the drug -- given at 50 milligrams -- was shown to decrease symptoms in 55 percent of patients with interstitial cystitis. The problem is that many patients cannot tolerate the side effects of this dose, so I would consider doses of 10 milligrams to 20 milligrams.

Pentosan polysulfate sodium, which seems to protect the lining of the bladder, may help as well, and the sedating antihistamine hydroxyzine can aid patients who have symptoms of pain and frequency of urination during the night.

While interstitial cystitis is not a well-understood disease, it is certainly a diagnosable condition.

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

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idea. Tell your wife you’re willing to get some on the condition that she come with you. It’s called marriage counseling, and clearly you both are in need of some. Your doctor can refer you to a licensed therapist. Also, if you have a religious adviser, make an appointment to talk with him or her. If your wife refuses, do both of these things without her. Please don’t wait.

Dear Abby: I’m a 15-year-old sophomore. People in my class openly share their opinions and act disgusted when a slightly older man and a younger woman are together, or vice versa.

I get offended when my classmates make these comments because my mom is 39 and my stepfather is 27. They love each other very much, and I don’t think age should interfere.

Am I oversensitive because I’m offended by these comments? – Age is Just a Number Dear Age: Becoming offended solves nothing, unless the comments are made specifically about your mom and stepdad. It’s my observation that people with little life experience tend to be judgmental about things they know nothing about, and 15-year-olds are no exception.

Perhaps when your classmates are older, they’ll realize that people don’t fall in love “by the numbers” and that it’s a mistake to generalize.

Dear Abby: When I was growing up, I was always told to remove my shoes when visiting another person’s house, especially if they have new flooring. Now that I’m an adult and building a new house, I would like to ask people to remove their shoes upon entering my home.

I have young children and expect family with other small kids will visit. I’d like to keep the floors clean and maintain their good condition. Would it be tacky or rude to ask this of visitors? – Shoeless in St. Louis Dear Shoeless: I don’t think so, but some people may. In Japan, removing one’s shoes before entering a dwelling is customary. The soles of shoes are covered with germs, and if small children crawl around on your floors, it’s not too much to ask. Be sure to warn prospective guests in advance so they can bring their own slippers, or keep a supply of them by your front door.

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MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Mathews Company in Crystal Lake has an immediate need for a Maintenance Technician to be responsible for all maintenance work at our manufacturing facility, which includes the installation, repair, wiring and upkeep of a variety of machines, fixtures, building equipment, process controls, circuits and alarms. Competitive wages and benefits available.

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How should he have planned the play after West led the diamond 10 to declarer’s ace?

South’s two-diamond rebid was New Minor Forcing, showing at least game-invitational values and asking partner to describe his hand further.

Three spades was game-forcing, promising a long suit. North liked his maximum with three aces, so control-bid four clubs. (With an unappealing hand, he would have settled for four spades.) South used Roman Key Card Blackwood and jumped to six spades when he learned that his partner had two aces and the spade king or three aces.

Things looked grim, but hoping for the best, South ran the spade queen. When it won, declarer realized that if trumps were 2-2, he was safe; but if West had started with three trumps, South had to find him with exactly 3-3-3-4 distribution and the club king.

Declarer played a heart to the ace, ruffed a heart, crossed to the spade ace (bad news), ruffed another heart, cashed his other two diamond tricks and exited with a spade to West’s king. Good news -- West had to lead a club away from the king. South won with his queen and claimed his very lucky slam.

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g 10:43:16 AM CDT Bidding Ends: Mar 29, 2017 Leslie Schermerhorn, J. D. Adornments 4 You STATE OF ILLINOIS Ex-Officio Secretary 9:30:00 AM CDT IN THE CIRCUIT COURT (Published in the Northwest Herald Regional Board of School Trustees located at: OF THE TWENTY-SECOND March 20, 2017) 1355699 320 Aberdeen Dr JUDICAL CIRCUIT (Published in the Northwest Algonquin 60102 MCHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE Herald on March 20, 2017) In the Matter of PUBLIC NOTICE the Estate of 1355663 Dated February 21, 2017 LEGAL NOTICE BARBARA E REDDERSDORF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Deceased. /s/ Mary E. McClellan INVITATION TO BID Case No. 17 PR 29 McHenry County Clerk The City of Crystal Lake will be acCLAIM NOTICE cepting sealed bids in accordance Notice is given of the death of: (Published in the Northwest Herald with specifications for Unleaded BARBARA E REDDERSDORF PUBLIC NOTICE on March 6, 13, 20, 2017) of: Gasoline and Diesel Fuel. The City 1270812 MARENGO, IL of Crystal Lake Procurement SerASSUMED NAME Letters of office were issued on: vices, and its service provider PUBLICATION NOTICE 3/7/2017 BidSync, are the only authorized TEXT ALERTS to: sources of bidding information. Public Notice is hereby given that Representative: Bidding instructions are available on February 21, 2017, a certificate Sign up for TextAlerts SANDRA HAUSCHILDT to receive up-to-date on the City's website at www.crys- was filed in the Office of the County 590 STANFORD DR news, weather, prep sports, tallake.org. All bids must be sub- Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, MARENGO, IL 60152 coupons and more sent mitted electronically by 10:00 a.m. setting forth the names and STEVEN REDDERSDORF directly to your cell phone! on March 29, 2017 through post-office address of all of 2547 CONSTANCE DR BidSync.

MARENGO, IL 60152 the persons owning, conducting Register for FREE today at Claims against the estate may be Dates and transacting the business NWHerald.com filed within six months from the Mar 20, 2017 known as date of first publication. Any claim Bid Number: 1703-001 not filed within six months from the Bid Title: Unleaded Gasoline date of first publication or claims and Diesel Fuel not filed within three months from Bidding Starts: Mar 15, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE the date of mailing or delivery of NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice to Creditor, whichever is lat- 10:43:16 AM CDT Bidding Ends: Mar 29, 2017 er, shall be barred.

Sealed proposals for the improvement described below will be received Claims may be filed in the office of 10:00:00 AM CDT at the office of The Village of Huntley 10987 Main Street, Village of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the (Published in the Northwest Herald Huntley 60142 until 10:00 AM on 3/31/17.

McHenry County Government Cen- March 20, 2017) 1355695 Sealed proposals will be opened and read publicly at the office of The ter, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Village of Huntley 10987 Main Street, Village of Huntley 60142 at PUBLIC NOTICE Woodstock, Illinois, 60098, or with 10:00 AM on 3/31/17. the representative, or both.

PRIVATE FOUNDATION Description of Work Copies of claims filed with the Clerk ANNUAL REPORT must be mailed or delivered to the Pursuant to Section 6104 (d) of Name: 2017 Street Program representative and to his attorney the Internal Revenue Code, Length: 13,135 feet (2.48 miles) within ten days after it has been notice is hereby given that the Location: Village of Huntley filed. annual report of the undersigned Proposed Improvement: Grind & overlay of minor arterial and residen/s/ Katherine M. Keefe private foundation, is available for tial roadways including sidewalk, curb & gutter repairs, Clerk of the Circuit Court inspection at the foundation's HMA surface removal, HMA surface course, recessed pavement mark(Published in the Northwest Herald principal office during regular ers, pavement striping & restoration. on March 13, 20, 27, 2017) business hours upon request by 1. Plans and proposal forms will be available in the office of Christo1272857 any citizen within 180 days after pher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd 9575 W. Higgins, Suite 600, Rosemont the date of this publication.

Fiscal year ended December 31, IL 60018 for the sum of Thirty-Five ($40.00) Non-refundable payable PUBLIC NOTICE to Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. 2016.

LEGAL NOTICE Joseph F. Firnbach, St. Francis De 2. Prequalification FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sales Foundation, 335 Chancery If checked, the 2 low bidders must file within 24 hours after the letting INVITATION TO BID Lane, Lake Zurich, Illinois 60047. an “Affidavit of Availability” (Form BC 57), in duplicate, showing all unThe City of Crystal Lake will be The principal manager of the completed contracts awarded to them and all low bids pending award accepting sealed bids in accor- foundation is Joseph V. Salvi. for Federal, State, County, Municipal and private work. One original dance with specifications for Tree (Published in the Northwest Herald shall be filed with the Awarding Authority and one original with the Removal Services. The City of Crys- March 20, 2017) 1355082 IDOT District Office. tal Lake Procurement Services, and 3. The Awarding Authority reserves the right to waive technicalities PUBLIC NOTICE its service provider BidSync, are the and to reject any or all proposals as provided in BLRS Special Provision only authorized sources of bidding for Bidding Requirements and Conditions for Contract Proposals. information. Bidding instructions NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE 4. The following BLR Forms shall be returned by the bidder to the are available on the City's website REGIONAL BOARD OF Awarding Authority: at www.crystallake.org. All bids SCHOOL TRUSTEES a. BLR 12200: Local Public Agency Formal Contract Proposal must be submitted electronically by FOR McHENRY COUNTY b. BLR 12200a: Schedule of Prices 9:30 a.m. on March 29, 2017 The regular meeting of the Regional c. BLR 12230: Proposal Bid Bond (if applicable) through BidSync.

Board of School Trustees for d. BLR 12325: Apprenticeship or Training Dates McHenry County is scheduled for Program Certification (do not use for federally Mar 20, 2017 April 3, 2017 at 6:00pm in the funded projects) Bid Number: 1702-006 McHenry County Administrative e. BLR 12326: Affidavit of Illinois Business Office Bid Title: Tree Removal Services Building, 667 Ware Road, 5. The quantities appearing in the bid schedule are approximate and Bidding Starts: Mar 15, 2017 Woodstock, IL 60098. are prepared for the comparison of bids. Payment to the Contractor will be made only for the actual quantities of work performed and accepted or materials furnished according to the contract. The scheduled quantities of work to be done and materials to be furnished may be increased, PUBLIC NOTICE decreased or omitted as hereinafter provided.

6. Submission of a bid shall be conclusive assurance and warranty the ANNUAL bidder has examined the plans and understands all requirements for the TOWN MEETING performance of work. The bidder will be responsible for all errors in the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN proposal resulting from failure or neglect to conduct an in depth examiTo the legal voters, residents of Dorr Township in the County of McHenry nation. The Awarding Authority will, in no case be responsible for any and State of Illinois, that (pursuant to State Statutes (60 ILCSS 1/30-5 costs, expenses, losses or changes in anticipated profits resulting from [c]) the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will take place on such failure or neglect of the bidder.

Tuesday, April 11, 2017 7. The bidder shall take no advantage of any error or omission in the being the second Tuesday of said month at the hour of 7 o'clock p.m. proposal and advertised contract. at Dorr Township Office, 1039 Lake Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 8. If a special envelope is supplied by the Awarding Authority, each 60098, for the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said proposal should be submitted in that envelope furnished by the AwardTownship; and after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to ing Agency and the blank spaces on the envelope shall be filled in corhear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as rectly to clearly indicate its contents. When an envelope other than the may, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting; and especially to special one furnished by the Awarding Authority is used, it shall be consider and decide the following: AGENDA: 1) Pledge of Allegiance; marked to clearly indicate its contents. When sent by mail, the sealed 2) Election of Moderator; 3) Call of the Meeting; 4) Reading of the proposal shall be addressed to the Awarding Authority at the address and in care of the official in whose office the bids are to be received. All 2016 Annual Meeting Minutes; 5) Financial Reports; 6) Remarks by Supervisor; 7) Remarks by Highway Commissioner; 8) proposals shall be filed prior to the time and at the place specified in the Remarks by Assessor; 9) Remarks by Electors; 10) Disposal of Surplus Notice to Bidders. Proposals received after the time specified will be reTownship Assets; 11) Set time for the April 10, 2018 Annual Town turned to the bidder unopened.

Meeting; 12) Adjourn.

9. Permission will be given to a bidder to withdraw a proposal if the DATED: March 14, 2017 bidder makes the request in writing or in person before the time for BRENDA E. STACK, Town Clerk opening proposals.

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY Steven R. Servant, et al.

Plaintiff, vs.

Intervest Commercial Mortgage Fund Defendant.

Case No. 2016 CH 1028 NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Unknown and Non-Record Owner(s) Claimant(s) defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for an order and decree quieting title to the property commonly known as 9316 Beaver Pond Court, Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, extinguishing the liens of the Defendants and for other relief.

LOT 185 IN TURNBERRY UNIT NO. 6, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 4, 1979 AS DOCUMENT NO. 764138 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS PIN 18-11-255-008 UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the office of the McHenry County Clerk of Court, McHenry County Government Center, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Room C380, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, on or before April 7, 2017, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Courtroom Barone Law Group, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiffs 635 Butterfield Road, Suite 145 Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181 630-472-0037 (Published in the Northwest Herald on March 13, 20, 27, 2017) 12728909

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McHenry senior pitcher Bobby Miller delivers during practice March 7 at Pro Player Consultants in McHenry.

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BASEBALL: SEASON PREVIEW

Miller has low-key approach Baseball: 5 to watch

Mike Addante Jacobs, sr., CF The left-handed-hitting leadoff man wreaked havoc with his speed for the Golden Eagles. Addante, who is signed with Nebraska, hit .354 with 30 runs scored, 17 extra-base hits, two homers and 15 RBIs. He is one of the area’s best defenders, with an arm that makes coaches think twice before sending runners.

Bobby Miller McHenry, sr., P-1B Miller is committed to Louisville, but is likely to be hounded by major league scouts all spring after a couple of his offseason showcase performances. He throws in the low 90s, is 6-foot-5 and added 15 pounds. He is a twotime All-Area first-team pick and should be one of the Warriors’ best hitters.

Matt McCumber Cary-Grove, sr., P McCumber is a 6-4 right-hander who is heading to Northern Illinois University next season. He was instrumental in the Trojans winning a share of the FVC Valley Division championship. He was 8-4 with a 2.07 ERA and 64 strikeouts in 641/3 innings, with 19 walks.

Tyler Pennington Cary-Grove, sr., C Pennington was one of three finalists for the Northwest Herald Baseball Player of the Year last season after hitting .398 with 30 RBIs and 17 extra-base hits. He struck out only nine times in 128 plate appearances and had an OPS of 1.187. Pennington was selected the Northwest Herald Male Athlete of the Year for 2015-16.

Jake Rosing Richmond-Burton, jr., P Rosing compiled some amazing numbers last season with an ERA of 0.61, a 7-3 record and 88 strikeouts in 572/3 innings. He only walked 16 batters. The right-hander is committed to Louisville and will lead a team that could challenge for the Kishwaukee River Conference title.

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McHenry’s ace focused on season, not draft prospects

By JOE STEVENSON

joestevenson@shawmedia.com The attention is coming, whether McHenry senior Bobby Miller is ready or not.

Every time he steps on the mound for a start, there will be scouts with speed guns aimed his direction, analyzing the 6-foot-5 right-hander’s every move.

The approach Miller is taking could not be more low-key, although the next three months might determine whether Miller takes his scholarship to Louisville or is selected high enough in Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft on June 12 to turn professional.

“Honestly, the season hasn’t even started, so I don’t even know exactly where I’m at right now,” Miller said.

“As of right now, I’m just trying to focus on this high school season.”

With Miller and Mike Lasiewicz, who is signed with Northern Illinois, at the top of the rotation, McHenry expects to contend in the Fox Valley Conference and be a team that can make a deep run into the Class 4A state tournament.

Miller, a two-time Northwest Herald All-Area first-team selection, just wants to take care of his business on the field and let the rest work itself out.

“It’s pretty exciting. It’s great for Bobby, but he really doesn’t want to think about that stuff, he just wants us to be good,” Warriors coach Brian Rockweiler said. “Bobby really downplays that stuff. You try to talk to him about it and he doesn’t really talk about it much. He just says, ‘We’re going to be really good.’ ” Miller was 5-2 with a 1.98 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 55 innings last season. He struck out nine and homered as the Warriors beat Cary-Grove, 4-0, in their C-G Regional opener.

Miller gained about 15 pounds and now weighs 208. He worked on mechanics with pitching coach Dan Durst at Players Choice Academy in Algonquin about trying to stay taller so he throws more downhill. He was hitting the low 90s last season and was clocked in preseason workouts at 92 mph, Rockweiler said. The thing is, Miller said he was pacing himself

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McHenry senior pitcher Bobby Miller warms up during baseball practice March 7 at Pro Player Consultants in McHenry. The right-hander, who is 6-foot-5 and weighs 208 pounds, is committed to Louisville, but could be a first- or second-round draft pick, one major league scout said.

“Honestly, the season hasn’t even started, so I don’t even know exactly where I’m at right now. As of right now, I’m just trying to focus on this high school season.”

Bobby Miller

McHenry senior pitcher

and not yet throwing at 100 percent.

“He’s gotten a lot better,” Rockweiler said. “He’s always been good, but on a consistency level, he looks like he’s in midseason form. His offspeed pitches are great.”

Another FVC coach, Hampshire’s John Sarna, coached the Chicago Scouts Association team at the 2016 WWBA World Championships in October in Jupiter, Florida. “[Miller] has really taken it to another level,” Sarna said. “Our last day there, Bobby pitched two innings, and that’s the best many people have seen him. He was outstanding. His stuff was electric. There was a White Sox scout there glowing about Bobby’s progress. He said, ‘I’m really looking forward to seeing him in the spring because this is the last opportunity before his first draft.’ ” Sarna said he thinks Miller will be drafted somewhere. Then comes what money the drafting team will offer, and whether Miller and his parents will consider forgoing college.

Rockweiler said Miller has had four in-home visits from major league teams.

“We hear different things,” Rockweiler said. “I talked to the Dodgers, they said they didn’t want to upset Louisville because they have respect for their coach (Dan McDonnell), but he might be upset this time. Another scout was saying they have a firstround pick, but they don’t take high school kids in the first round, but he didn’t see Bobby there when they pick in the second round. If he continues to throw like he has thrown in front of some of those guys, he can definitely help himself.”

Miller enhanced his status more last month at the Prep Baseball Report Super 60 showcase in Mokena.

Again, he showed great command with his velocity that grabbed scouts’ attention.

Miller has worked with Durst in the offseasons since he was 14. He has pitched with Elite Baseball Training in recent summers, but will not pitch with that team this year.

“Things have been going pretty well,” Miller said. “I think they liked my size and my offspeed, the way my mechanics have changed.”

Rockweiler appreciates Miller’s even-keel attitude and his work ethic, along with his ability.

“He’s always led by example; he’s always first in sprints, he never takes anything off,” Rockweiler said. “He lifts hard in the weight room, he does all the extra stuff. He’s taking a more active role of being a leader.”

Baseball: Season preview team capsules Coach: Don Sutherland (30th season) Last year’s record: 22-11, 12-5 FVC Valley (co-champion) Key returning players: Tyler Pennington, sr., C; Matt McCumber, sr., P-OF; Collin Walsh, sr., OF; Ben Levicki, sr., OF; Tom Neilson, sr., DH; Mike Eleftheriou, sr., P Key newcomers: Quinn Priester, so., P; Ryan Ignoffo, jr., P-OF; Matt Breig, jr., C; Luc Bressett, jr., IF Noteworthy: The Trojans tied Crystal Lake South for the FVC Valley Division title last season. … Pennington and McCumber were All-Area firstteam selections and are back to lead this year’s group. C-G will look to McCumber (a Northern Illinois signee) and sophomore Quinn Priester atop their rotation. … Pennington is one of the area’s top catchers and most dangerous hitters.

Crystal Lake Central

Crystal Lake South

Coach: Brian Bogda (10th season) Last year’s record: 26-7, 12-5 FVC Valley (co-champion) Key returning players: Michael Swiatly, sr., C-OF; Griffin Bright, sr., OF; Kory Olsen, sr., IF; Nick Wolski, sr., 1B-OF-P; Ryan Parquette, sr., C; Brent Chubb, sr., OF; Andrew Engelking, sr., P; Luke Dunham, sr., P; Kyle Lang, jr., P; Eric Helm, sr., IF; Aaron Watkins, sr., P Key newcomers: Brian Fuentes, sr., IF; Scott Skwarek, jr., IF; Kyle Hetherington, so., OF-P; Noah Tyrrell, jr., 1B-P; Blake Kuffel, jr., 1B-P Noteworthy: The Gators tied Cary-Grove for the FVC Valley Division championship last season and return several of their position players. They also add Fuentes, who moved last summer from Venezuela. He should provide power at the top of the lineup and strong defense, possibly at shortstop. …

Bright, Swiatly, Wolski, Olsen and Parquette were regulars last season who return. … Engelking and Dunham are the Gators’ top two pitchers coming back this season. … Bogda said he thinks he might use several different lineups because of his team’s versatility.

Dundee-Crown

Coach: Matt Mueller (first season) Last year’s record: 16-16 overall, 8-9 FVC (tie for fifth place) Key returning players: Erik Hedmark, jr., OF-P; Ryan Denz, sr., IF; Jon Mays, sr., C-OF; Sean Jay, sr., IF; Brett Buske, sr., P-OF; Matt Marczyk, sr., C; Conor Ryan, sr., P-IF; Scott Wojcik, sr., OF; Greg Williams, sr., OF; Remington Stewart, sr., P Key newcomers: Jack Waldron, jr., P-IF; Jackson Prigge, jr., IF; Zach Hahn, jr.,C-IF; Henry Smith, jr., P-OF; Tim Boston, jr., OF Noteworthy: Mueller takes over a team with 13 seniors as the nucleus. … The Chargers’ best player might be Hedmark, a strong left-handed

Hampshire

Coach: John Sarna (sixth season) Last year’s record: 18-15 overall, 9-9 FVC Fox (third place) Key returning players: Carter Lawler, sr., P-UTIL; Noah Schrader, sr., OF; Christian Puente, sr., P Key newcomers: Matt Jachec, so., P-IF; Trevor Laffin, so., OF Noteworthy: The Whip-Purs must replace their top two pitchers in Michael Kruse and Jake Manning. Kruse also was one of their best hitters at the top of the lineup. … Lawler and Schrader are the top returning players from Hampshire’s everyday lineup. … The Whips will host McHenry at Elgin’s Trout Park on May 19 in their annual Strike Out Cancer Game to benefit the Jason Motte Foundation. The teams will use 20 bats furnished by Hoosier Bat Company, painted in different colors to represent different kinds of cancer. Each team will have 10 of the bats to use.

Huntley

Coach: Andy Jakubowski (12th season) Last year’s record: 25-15 overall, 9-8 FVC Valley (tied for third place) Key returning players: Jeff Heinrich, sr., 3B; Noah Konie, sr., 1B-P; Joe Rizzo, sr., C; Mark Smylie, sr., P; Cameron Reed, sr., P; Brad Maurer, sr., OF; Eric Maurer, sr., 2B-UTIL; Logan DeWulf, sr., P; Cole Raines, sr., P; Brad Model, sr., OF; Nick Laxner, jr., P; Kyle Morgan, sr., P; Tyler Koss, jr., C-OF; Joe Boland, sr., 2B-SS Key newcomers: Ethan Sund, sr., P; Jordan Goldstein, jr., SS-UTIL; Keegan Garcelon, jr., P; Grant Yakimisky, jr., P-3B; Chris Costantino, jr., OF-P Noteworthy: Huntley was one win from reaching the Class 4A state semifinals last season after tying for third place with Jacobs in the FVC Valley Division. … When Jakubowski moved Heinrich and Konie to the Nos. 1-2 spot in the order in the second half of the season, the Red Raiders played their best ball. Heinrich hit .461 and stole 23 bases, while Rizzo (at No. 3) hit .402 and knocked in a team-high 36 runs. … Smylie and Laxner provide a strong 1-2 for the rotation, which is deep. … “We have always prided ourselves on pitching and defense as a program,” Jakubowski said. “This team is full of character guys who are unselfish, and the expectation is to go further than the 2016 team.”

Jacobs

Coach: Jamie Murray (sixth season) Last year’s record: 21-13 overall, 9-8 FVC Valley (tied for third place) Key returning players: Mike Addante, sr., OF; Adam Kale, sr., OF; Ryan McGorian, sr., 1B-DH; Brad Demkovich, sr., P; Ian Oreskovich, sr., 3B; Dylan Cummings, sr., P; Justin Lavrisa, jr., P Key newcomers: Daniel Murray, jr., 1B-P; Braeden Wegner, jr., OF-P; Matt Camp, jr., P-UTIL; Cory Dennison, jr, P; Liam Oreskovich, jr., C; Austin Aspien, jr., P; Nolan Johnson, jr., P-UTIL Noteworthy: The Golden Eagles are 100-51 over the past four seasons and have won a Class 4A regional title in all of those years. … Addante, a Nebraska signee, is terrific at the top of the lineup with his speed and also produces some power. … The Eagles lost three of their top four pitchers to graduation. Lefty Brad Demkovich (542/3 innings, 4-1, 2.17 ERA) returns to the top of the rotation. … “There are a lot of talented players that no one really knows about,” coach Jamie Murray said. “Personally, I love this team, their athleticism and passion to compete.

We have some seniors who are looking forward to taking advantage of their opportunity.”

McHenry

Coach: Brian Rockweiler (11th season) Last year’s record: 20-14 overall, 8-9 FVC Valley (tied for fifth place) Key returning players: Bobby Miller, sr., P-1B; Mike Lasiewicz, sr., P-OF; Owen Patzin, jr., SS; Colton Klein, sr., OF; Dylan Honkala, jr., 3B-P; Nick Finley, sr., 2B; Ian Grubich, jr., P Key newcomers: Jarod Wojcik, jr., OF; Chase Grasso, jr., C; Zac McMichael, sr., C; Joe Kaminski, so., P Noteworthy: The FVC has plenty of strong pitching, and Miller and Lasiewicz might be the best of any team’s top two. Miller signed with Louisville, Lasiewicz signed with NIU. … Miller is a two-time All-Area first-team selection. … Patzin is back for a third year as the starting shortstop. … Klein and Honkala both were All-FVC Valley selections last season, along with Miller and Lasiewicz. … “The pitching will definitely be our strength,” Rockweiler said. “I have been impressed with our ability to hit the ball early on this season. I feel as though we have the talent, work ethic and mindset to contend for a conference title.”

Prairie Ridge

Coach: Glen Pecoraro (17th season) Last year’s record: 31-7 overall, 16-2 FVC Fox (champion) Key returning players: Bryce Thelander, sr., 2B; Ryan Schmit, sr., P-1B; Scott Nygren, sr., P; Robbie Masini, sr., 3B-P; Gus Arellano, sr., 3B-P; Scott Stetz, jr., C; Colin Lamb, jr., OF Key newcomers: Zach Teegen, sr., OF; Joe Hansen, jr., P-1B; Nick Sargeant, jr., C-OF; Roth Mizell, jr., P-IF; Zach Gulbransen, jr., OF; Brogan O’Connor, sr., OF Noteworthy: The Wolves are 62-13 over their past two seasons and won the FVC Fox championship both years. … They were hit hard by graduation with their top three starting pitchers – Jon Tieman, Ethan Routzahn and Joey Hanley – all gone now. … Thelander returns as an everyday player at second base, while Stetz saw a lot of time behind the plate. … Teegen transferred from Marian Central and gives the Wolves some extra power in the lineup.

KISHWAUKEE RIVER CONFERENCE Harvard

Coach: Donnie Nolen (sixth season) Last year’s record: 14-12 overall, 4-10 BNC East Key returning players: Josh Whaples, sr., P-IF; Sam Nolen, sr., IF; Ben Overlee, sr., OF-P; Zach Froelich, sr., OF; Brandon Most, sr., C-IF Key newcomers: Chad Nelson, jr., P-IF; Brett Lehman, jr., P-IF; Dylan Stephens, jr., P-IF; Ryan Stephens, jr., C-OF; Alec Garza, jr., OF-P; Josh Peterson, jr., P-OF Noteworthy: The Hornets will be more inexperienced than in recent seasons and have no starting pitchers with any varsity innings. That means Harvard has a lot of unknowns with the IHSA’s new pitch count rule. … “Our season will depend on how the pitching and team defense comes together,” Nolen said.

Johnsburg

Coach: Sam Lesniak (fifth season) Last year’s record: 12-21 overall, 4-10 BNC East Key returning players: Chris Krennrich, sr., P-1B; Dillon Pokuta, sr., 2B; Casey Wilson, sr., C; Mike Crow, sr., P; Ryan Kordik, sr., P-OF; Adam Jayko, jr., 3B-P; Nico LoDolce, jr., SS Key newcomers: Hunter Rodgers, jr., OF-P; Ryan Linkletter, so., P-OF; Eli Alanis, jr., 1B-P; Noah Alanis, jr., C-OF Noteworthy: The Skyhawks were not ready to compete last season in the Big Northern Conference East Division, but they might be ready this spring in the new KRC. They have a load of returning players and a pitching staff led by Krennrich,

Kordik and Crow, their top hurlers last season. … “Our junior class is deep with talented players that had success last season,” Lesniak said. “Our pitching staff will be deep. The expectations are high for this group. We are looking forward to competing at the highest level this season.”

Marengo

Coach: Josh Maas (sixth season) Last year’s record: 5-25 overall, 1-13 BNC East (eighth place) Key returning players: Dan Larson, sr., 1B-C; Jarrett Burno, sr., 3B-P; John Henning, sr., SS-P; Brayden Quick, sr., OF-P; Jake LaSota, jr., C; Cody Wilcox, jr., 2B-P Key newcomers: Matt Fischer, jr., OF-P; Cristian Correa, jr., OF-IF-P; Matt Meranda, jr., 1B-OF-P Noteworthy: Maas said the Indians need to play better defense and hit better in run-producing situations to improve on their record from last season.

One factor that should help with defense is having Quick (CF), Henning (SS), Wilcox (2B) and LaSota (C) back to bolster the defense up the middle. …

“We had a lot of young guys last year, so, hopefully, they will take a step forward this year,” Maas said. … The Indians are looking for someone to step into the roles as starters at the top of the rotation.

Richmond-Burton

Coach: Mike Giese (12th season) Last year’s record: 18-12 overall, 10-4 BNC East (third place) Key returning players: Jake Rosing, jr., P-IF; Jake Kaufman, sr., OF; Mike Wojcik, sr., SS Key newcomers: Bobby Bannon, sr., OF; Brandon Bannon, jr., C-IF; Jake Rybarski, jr., P-IF Noteworthy: Rosing has been one of the area’s most dominant pitchers for two seasons and has two more to go. He is committed to Louisville and recorded a 0.61 ERA last season. … Giese moved Wojcik from catcher to shortstop in the middle of last season and liked what that did for the defense, so Wojcik is there again. … The Bannon brothers are transfers from Marian Central and players Giese said he thinks will be key to the Rockets’ lineup. … “Pitching is our strength, and we believe if we can manufacture some runs, we can compete at a high level,” Giese said.

Woodstock

Coach: Matt Prill (first season) Last year’s record: 5-23, 2-16 FVC Fox (seventh place) Key returning players: Joey Brown, sr., 1B-OF-P; John Kubacha, sr., 3B-P; Lance Lewis, sr., OF; Jake Rowan, sr., IF; Jacob Sumner, sr., OF; Josh Turner, sr., IF-P; Blake Waterson, sr., C Key newcomers: Kyle Dehn-Franklin, jr., P-IF; Evan Geske, so, SS-P; Dylan Grisolia, jr., IF; Tyler Peake, jr., OF; Jacob Waryck, so., P-IF; Tyler Waterson, fr., C-IF Noteworthy: Prill takes over as coach for John Oliveira, who resigned after nine seasons. … Prill said he thinks the Blue Streaks have the ability to play strong defense and pitch well. “We have what it takes to compete at a high level and are working hard to make that happen day in and day out,” he said. … Kubacha was the Streaks’ best player last season and is back.

Woodstock North

Coach: John Oslovich (second season) Last year’s record: 12-22 overall, 4-14 FVC Fox (sixth place) Key returning players: Cory Busse, sr., 3B-P; Nate Harris, sr., SS; Brandon Amann, sr., OF-2B; Dain Glaves, sr., 1B-P; Jake Busse, jr., P-1B-OF Key newcomers: Will Taylor, sr., OF; David Mertz, jr., OF; Aaron Montgomery, fr., C

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Coach: Tom Mueller (second season) Last year’s record: 17-14 overall, 10-8 FVC Fox (second place) Key returning players: Adam Wittenberg, sr., C-3B; Anthony Novy, sr., P-OF; Anthony Ruffalo, sr., P-1B; Anthony Mann, sr., C-1B; Richie Hintz, jr., SS-2B; Camden Nisenson, jr., P-OF Key newcomers: James Cormier, jr., P-OF-1B; Jake Staples, jr., P-OF; Connor Burns, jr., 2B-SS; Jordan Daugherty, so., P-3B Noteworthy: Mueller likes the Tigers’ depth of the pitching staff, where he has five right-handers and five lefties. … Central also is deep at catcher and in the outfield. … Nisenson missed time last season with an elbow injury, so having him near the top of the lineup for a full season will be most beneficial. Having Hintz returning as the starting shortstop also will be key.

hitter and their top pitcher. Hedmark, a junior lefty, committed to Northern Illinois in the fall. Mueller said Hedmark and Ryan will top a rotation that he considers deep.

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FOX VALLEY CONFERENCE Cary-Grove

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4 MEN’S BASKETBALL: CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY

Bradshaw thrives in sixth-man role

PR alum plays key role in Eagles’ run to NAIA D-II final

By BARRY BOTTINO

sports@nwherald.com Michael Bradshaw’s basketball season didn’t start exactly as he had planned.

“Coming into this year, I was hoping for a starting role, but they gave it to somebody else,” said Bradshaw, a junior guard at NAIA Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “It was a little disappointing.”

How Bradshaw handled the disappointment, and thrived in a different role, helped his team make an impressive run that ended with a No. 2 national ranking, a 34-4 record and advancement all the way to the NAIA Division II national championship game.

“The coaches decided they wanted me to be the sixth man,” said Bradshaw, a Prairie Ridge graduate. “I flipped (emotionally) right away. I wanted that role. I wanted to attack it the best I could. That was key for me, accepting my role and doing what I could with it.”

What Bradshaw did with it was become the team’s second-best 3-point shooter, making 51 3s at a 37.5 percent clip in less than 20 minutes a game.

Late in the season, Bradshaw was at his best, including at the national tournament in Missouri, where he helped the team advance to Tuesday’s title game, a 72-69 loss to top-ranked Union College from Kentucky.

“That run we had was amazing,” said Bradshaw, who averaged 6.6 points a game this season. “Going that far was a blast. Getting a lot more minutes and learning how to play in that kind of environment, it was fun. My shots started falling a little more at the end of the season and my confidence shot up.”

Over the season’s last 12 games, Bradshaw hit 43 percent of his 3s.

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Noteworthy: The Thunder set the school record for wins last season, and many of the top players return. Harris and Cory Busse were North’s top hitters. … The Busse brothers and Glaves picked up significant innings for the Thunder last year. Oslovich is excited to have all his top pitchers back as North starts in the KRC.

Photo provided by Cornerstone University

Prairie Ridge graduate Michael Bradshaw (left) came off the bench as the sixth man this season at Cornerstone University. Bradshaw averaged 6.6 points a game as the Golden Eagles reached the NAIA Division II national championship game.

He proved to be a valuable outlet when defenses smothered Cornerstone’s powerful front line of junior forward Kyle Steigenga, a first-team All-American, and sophomore center Sam Vander Sluis, who averaged 12.1 points and 10.3 rebounds.

“Being able to space the floor was key,” Bradshaw said. “Being on a team with a lot of great players, it made a lot of opportunities for me.

I was trying to be that spark and contribute to the team the best I could.

That was shooting the ball and putting points on the board.”

To get Cornerstone into last week’s Final Four, they needed a big night from Bradshaw.

With senior point guard Michael McLaughlin in foul trouble, Bradshaw

EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Marian Central

Coach: Tom Kruse (second season) Last year’s record: 9-23 overall, 3-15 ESCC (10th place) Key returning players: James Raffauf, sr., P-IF; Jack Schneider, sr., UTIL; Matt Schneider, sr., UTIL; Jordan Rodriguez, sr., P; Colin Rebenstorf, sr., C; Justin Carlton, sr., IF; Brett Seegers, sr., P; Ricky Monbrod, sr., P-OF Key newcomers: Isaac Kaufmann, jr.,

played a season-high 28 minutes. In that time, he poured in 24 points to send the Golden Eagles to a 97-87, third-round victory against Indiana University East.

“Scoring the ball is always fun,” he said. “Having the confidence from my teammates, who were always encouraging me, has been great.”

Perhaps nothing was greater about Cornerstone’s postseason than its opening game at nationals, an 89-83 victory against California’s Pacific Union College.

The Pioneers made 63.3 percent of their first-half shots to build a 25-point halftime lead at 55-30.

Cornerstone chipped away in the second half, thanks in part to five points from Bradshaw and runs of 13-0

P-IF; A.J. Golembiewski, jr., P-OF; Josh Taylor, jr., P-IF; Harrison Beck, jr., P-IF Noteworthy: Kruse said the Hurricanes will benefit from lineup flexibility, especially with the pitching staff. He said he thinks as many as 10 pitchers could figure into the rotation in some form. …

“Our focus this year is to finish strong, not only in the tournament, but on a game-by-game basis,” Kruse said. … The Hurricanes not only suffered graduation losses, but lost transfers with Zach Teegen (Prairie Ridge) and brothers Bobby

and 14-0.

“That was one of the best comebacks I’ve ever been a part of,” Bradshaw said. “That second half, we came out together and really worked as a team. After that, we felt like we could do whatever we wanted the rest of the tournament.”

In a raucous postgame locker room, players jubilantly celebrated the win before coach Kim Elders delivered a message.

“Our coach was ecstatic,” Bradshaw said. “We were all really pumped. Then he said, ‘We celebrate for two minutes, and then we put it behind us and focus on our next game.’

“It was a very quick turnaround, but we did really enjoy it for that little bit,” Bradshaw said with a laugh.

and Brandon Bannon (Richmond-Burton).

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE Alden-Hebron Co-op

Coach: Brian Engelbrecht (seventh season) Last year’s record: 10-22 overall Key returning players: Brad Judson, so., P-2B-SS; Kyle Judson, so., P-3B-2B; Jack Wagner, so., P-SS-C; Josh Rolnicke, jr., P-1B-OF; David Reiter, jr., OF-P; Tomi Moore, so., OF

Key newcomers: Austin Stauss, sr., 1B-OF; Logan Groves, so., P-SS-3B; Bjorn Held, so., P-OF; Tyler Oman, fr., C-PUTIL; Tommy McCallion, so., OF Noteworthy: The Giants have six returning starters, which has boosted their expectations. … Along with the returning players, transfers Groves and McCallion will help, as will Held (who attends Faith Lutheran). …

“We think that a better-than-.500 record is possible,” Engelbrecht said.

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of an apparent replay-review

Avalanche goalie Jeremy Smith gives up a goal to Blackhawks right break to open the floodgates. wing Patrick Kane in the first period Sunday night at the United Center.

“Anybody in the league The Hawks won, 6-3. who follows hockey knows this

as the Hawks (47-20-5) won for the 17th time in their past 20 games to take a seven-point lead over the fading Minnesota Wild, who lost 5-4 to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.

“Toots (Jordin Tootoo) was the first one to say it – we just need one goal to wake us up, give us some energy, get the crowd into it,” said Toews, who has 20 goals and 53 points for the season. “And we collective-

ly made that decision that we had to play better. We were just looking for that first bounce, and maybe we could put some pressure on them and see if they make a few mistakes, and. obviously. we got a few bounces around their net to get ahead.

Once we got that first one, things started clicking for us.”

The Hawks trailed 3-1 and appeared headed for a listless loss when they took advantage

team’s done it before, and they know to never let their foot off the gas against these great players that are in this room,” said goalie Scott Darling, who kept the Hawks in it with two dazzling saves after the Avs took a 3-1 lead. “We have no quit, and we have confidence that we’re going to come back.

It’s just another reaffirmation that we’re never out of a game.”

Toews scored in front of the

BLACKHAWKS NOTES

Rookie Schmaltz struggling to win faceoffs

By MARK POTASH

mpotash@suntimes.com CHICAGO – Rookie forward Nick Schmaltz has been a productive fill-in for injured center Artem Anisimov, with one glaring exception – faceoffs.

After going 1-11 on faceoffs against the Maple Leafs on Saturday night, Schmaltz is only 5 of 30 in three games in place of Anisimov as the center on the line with Artemi Panarin and Patrick Kane. Anisimov is expected to be out until at least the final week of the regular season with a leg injury.

“He’s got to get better at it,” coach Joel Quenneville said when asked about Schmaltz’s faceoff woes. “Obviously, starting in your own end, sometimes against dangerous faceoff guys, the matchup could be a little heavier.

So it’s something he’s got to get better at. But we still like him in the middle with those guys.”

Despite going 18 of 40 in the faceoff circle (31 percent) against the Leafs, the Hawks still outshot Toronto, 39-26.

But even the Hawks don’t want to play with that kind of fire.

Experience is such a big part of winning faceoffs – especially knowing your opponent – that Schmaltz will have to learn quickly to improve.

“Repetition is part of it,” Quenneville said.

“Younger guys, it’s Nick Schmaltz a tough league when those guys have been taking so many draws over their histories – they know a lot of things that are going to happen prior to the puck being dropped.

Strength and quickness and experience (are the biggest factors).”

Hossa, Oduya out: Forward Marian Hossa (lower body) missed his second straight game, and Johnny Oduya (day

off) also did not play against the Avalanche.

Quenneville is pacing Oduya into the playoffs. Oduya also did not play in the second game of a back-to-back against the Red Wings on March 10.

The Hawks are 4-1 in games in which Oduya has played since he was acquired from the Dallas Stars – including four consecutive victories. Oduya has one goal and two points, with a plus-2 differential in five games.

“I would say Johnny is comparable to where he was (in 2015),” Quenneville said. “He’s pretty excited about being back here with some of his good friends and an organization he enjoyed being a part of. Johnny is reliable, steady.

(The) system is very comparable to where he was when he was here. Play to your strengths and keep it simple, and that’s kind of what you get from him.”

Defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson

said Oduya is “exactly the same” player he was in 2015. “Just a couple more gray hairs in his beard,” Hjalmarsson said. “He’s still probably in the best shape on the whole team, and maybe in the whole league.”

Welcome, rookie: Northbrook native J.T. Compher, who made his NHL debut with the Avalanche against the Senators on March 2, played his first NHL game in his hometown Sunday.

The 21-year-old Compher, a second-round draft pick (35th overall) in 2013 from the University of Michigan, scored his first NHL goal – a game-winner – in a 3-1 victory over the Red Wings at Pepsi Center.

“He’s been pretty good for us,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “We like the development we’ve seen from him. (We’re) putting him in all situations, and he’s handled it well. He’s a smart, intelligent player, and he plays with good pace.”

• Monday, March 20, 2017

First Period–1, Chicago, Kane 32 (Schmaltz, Panarin), 4:33. 2, Colorado, Grigorenko 8, 8:14. 3, Colorado, Grigorenko 9 (Barrie, Tyutin), 15:36. Penalties–Colborne, COL, (holding), 10:34.

Second Period–4, Colorado, Andrighetto 4 (Barberio, Rantanen), 16:24. Penalties–None.

Third Period–5, Chicago, Toews 19 (Hayden, Keith), 10:17. 6, Chicago, Panik 19 (Seabrook, Hayden), 10:34. 7, Chicago, Panarin 24 (Schmaltz, Kane), 10:51. 8, Chicago, Toews 20 (Van riemsdyk, Hjalmarsson), 13:19. 9, Chicago, Kruger 3 (Kero), 19:58. Penalties–None.

Shots on Goal–Colorado 7-9-9—25. Chicago 10-10-14—34.

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

Goalies–Colorado, Smith 1-5-0 (33 shots-28 saves). Chicago, Darling 18-5-2 (25-22).

A–22,070 (19,717). T–2:29.

Referees–Frederick L’Ecuyer, Francois St Laurent. Linesmen–Greg Devorski, John Grandt.

mpotash@suntimes.com CHICAGO – No matter how direthecircumstance,theBlackhawks always think they’re one goal from an onslaught that will save their hide – they’re conditioned to think that way after three Stanley Cups and a number of improbable victories in the Joel Quenneville era.

But for a regular-season game, they might have outdone even themselves this time.

Trailing the last-place Colorado Avalanche by two goals midway through the third period, the Hawks buried the Avs with a historic barrage – three goals in 34 seconds and four in 3:02 – to slingshot their way to a 6-3 victory before 22,070 on Sunday night at the United Center.

Jonathan Toews scored the first and last goals of the flurry, and Richard Panik and Artemi Panarin also scored

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net on a deflection of a Duncan Keith shot from the point at 10:17 of the third period. The play was challenged by the Avalanche for offsides, and replays seemed to clearly indicate that Toews indeed was offside before the puck entering the Hawks’ offensive zone. But officials ruled it a good goal.

“It’s nice to get a break with those calls,” Toews said. “It gave us some energy.”

“I thought it was the right call,” Quenneville said.

Panik scored on a rebound of a Brent Seabrook shot 17 seconds after to tie the score at 3. Panarin gave the Hawks the lead 17 seconds after that with a shot that was deflected

by Avalanche goaltender Jeremy Smith and went in the goal off Smith’s back at 10:51.

As the crowd still was buzzing over three goals in a 34-second span, Toews beat Smith with a wrist shot to give the Hawks a 5-3 lead at 13:19.

“It was super impressive to watch,” Darling said. “That was the whole thing from my mindset – just keep us in it. I know our team can do something like that and they did. It was pretty impressive.”

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Michigan Louisville 69

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Buffalo, N.Y. Orlando, Fla. Salt Lake City

7 Saint Mary’s 85 10 VCU 77 2 Arizona 100 15 North Dakota 82

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Notre Dame 71

15 Jacksonville St. 63

Middle Tenn. 65

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Arizona

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Arizona 69

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11 Kansas St. 61 3 UCLA 97

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12 Middle Tenn. 81

6 Cincinnati 75 Cincinnati 67

UCLA 79

Florida St. 66

9 Seton Hall 71

4 Butler 76 Butler 74

UCLA

Xavier

16 Texas So. 64

5 Minnesota 72

Butler

W. Virginia

3 Florida St. 86 14 FGCU 80

10 Oklahoma St. 91

8 Arkansas 77 Arkansas 65

6 Maryland 65 11 Xavier 76

14 Iona 77

14 Kent St. 80 7 Dayton 58 10 Wichita St. 64 2 Kentucky 79

Kentucky 65

15 N. Kentucky 70

Indianapolis

Stephen F. Austin, got Oklahoma State to the NCAA tournament in his one season in Stillwater, and now comes to Champaign hoping to put some life in a decidedly beige program. He was a longtime assistant at Western Illinois. Does that mean he can recruit the Chicago area? I don’t know. A skeptical everyone waits to find out.

Northwestern should be very good next season. Bryant McIntosh, Scottie Lindsey, Vic Law and Pardon will be back. There are two ways to win in the NCAA tournament: have one or more gifted players who will go to the NBA after their freshmen seasons; or have talented, but not too talented, players who can grow together to the point where they are very dangerous by the time they’re juniors and seniors. Northwestern is in the latter camp, a good camp to be in.

Illinois is in neither camp, but perhaps Underwood will find the answer that has been missing for too long in Champaign. Lots of people are excited about his hire.

Lots of Illini fans are excited every time a new coach is hired. Winning will tell the only story that matters.

Nobody knows that better than Northwestern now.

N. Carolina

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4 West Virginia 86 13 Bucknell 80

6 Creighton 72 11 Rhode Island 84

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quick death most everyone thought it would. You can’t teach that sort of resolve, and it’s the most impressive thing about the Cats. For the longest time, theirs was a downtrodden program, and a history such as that doesn’t just go away because they happened to find some good players for a change.

Northwestern’s lot in life had been compared with the Cubs’, which wasn’t completely fair because the Cubs were the Michelangelos of losing before they won the World Series last season. There were seasons when the North Siders had the talent to win it all but didn’t, often because of a pervasive feeling that they had no business doing so.

That wafted throughout the clubhouse and Wrigley Field. So when some poor soul reached out for a foul ball during a playoff game, the team reacted as if a nerve agent had been released upon the populace.

These Cats saw no reason why they shouldn’t win. They expected to win, even when history seemed to be snickering at them. The players believed, and Collins believed.

The students started believing, and then a bunch of J-school grads got their diplomas framed.

Maybe Illinois grads can soon follow suit. Over the weekend, the Illini hired Oklahoma State’s Brad Underwood as their coach. From a distance, it looks like an inspired move. He was hugely successful at

12 Princeton 58

13 Vermont 70

Milwaukee

Northwestern coach Chris Collins reacts after a call against his team during the second half of an NCAA tournament second-round game against Gonzaga on Saturday in Salt Lake City. The Wildcats lost, 79-73.

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Greenville, S.C.

Gonzaga 79

8 Northwestern 68 9 Vanderbilt 66

9 Michigan St. 78 5 Iowa St. 84

1 North Carolina 103

1 Gonzaga 66 16 So. Dakota St. 46

8 Miami 58

2 Louisville 78

April 3

Duke 81

16 UC Davis 62

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By PETE IACOBELLI The Associated Press

GREENVILLE, S.C. – South Carolina is heading to Madison Square Garden – and not for the NIT. A Gamecocks program known largely – and mocked often by some – for its back-to-back NIT championships in 2005 and 2006 is now heading to the world’s most famous arena as part of the NCAA’s Sweet 16. They are making their first appearance in the regional semifinals since the bracket expanded after an 88-81 victory Sunday night over No. 2 seed Duke in the East Regional.

And Sindarius Thornwell said he believes bigger things are ahead.

“We’re not satisfied,” he said.

“We’re in it, so why not win it?”

The Gamecocks (24-10) seem capable of anything after this one.

Thornwell had 24 points, Chris Silva scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half and Duane Notice had 17 points, 14 in a 65-point second half, as South Carolina rallied from 10 points down for a second straight NCAA victory.

The 65 points were the most given up in a half by a Mike Krzyzewski-coached Duke team.

The Gamecocks shook off a 20 percent shooting first half for the win.

“I told the guys at halftime, someone’s got to have the courage and make shots,” South Carolina coach Frank Martin said.

When the horn sounded, South

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South Carolina’s Rakym Felder reacts after making a 3-pointer against Duke in the second half of an NCAA tournament second-round game Sunday in Greenville, S.C., The Gamecocks upset the Blue Devils, 88-81.

Carolina players, coaches and staff rushed to the fans at Bon Secours Wellness Arena to celebrate – a crowd that included Houston Texans Pro Bowl defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, a former Gamecock.

Next up is the East Regional, where South Carolina takes on third-seeded Baylor, an 82-78 winner over Southern Cal earlier Sunday.

Duke (28-9) was trying to reach the round of 16 for the sixth time in eight seasons. The Blue Devils, however, could not surmount South

Carolina’s stifling defense. Leading scorer Luke Kennard had his second straight subpar shooting game, finishing 1 of 6 for 11 points before fouling out.

The Blue Devils made five of their eight 3-point attempts in the first half, yet only 5 of 19 after the break. They had tied a season high with 18 turnovers against the relentless Gamecocks attack.

Silva added 10 rebounds for his fourth double-double this season.

Grayson Allen led Duke with 20 points.

NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP MIDWEST REGION Michigan 73, Louisville 69 INDIANAPOLIS – Moe Wagner scored a career-high 26 points and spurred a furious second-half rally to send Michigan past second-seeded Louisville onSunday and into the Sweet 16.

The seventh-seeded Wolverines (2611) have won seven straight – six since a frightening plane accident before the Big Ten tournament. They also earned a ticket to the Midwest Regional in Kansas City, Missouri, their first since 2014.

Donovan Mitchell scored 19 points and Deng Adel had 16 points to lead Louisville (25-9), which had made the Sweet 16 in its past four NCAA tournament appearances.

Oregon 75, Rhode Island 72 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Tyler Dorsey

hit a contested go-ahead 3-pointer from the top of the arc with 38.4 seconds to play, E.C. Matthews airballed a long 3 in the waning moments trying to force overtime, and third-seeded Oregon rallied in the second half to beat upstart No. 11 Rhode Island and reach the Midwest Regional.

Dorsey also tied the score with a 3 with 1:45 remaining on the way to 27 points before teammate Dillon Brooks took a charge on the other end for Oregon (31-5).

Stanford Robinson matching his career high of 21 points as the Rams (25-10) had their nine-game winning streak snapped to end the season.

help Kansas pull away late and reach the Sweet 16 for a second straight year.

Frank Mason III added 20 points for the top-seeded Jayhawks (30-4), who have advanced to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament in nine of coach Bill Self’s 14 seasons.

Miles Bridges scored 22 points to lead Michigan State (20-15).

EAST REGION Baylor 82, Southern California 78 TULSA, Okla. – Johnathan Motley had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 3 seed Baylor defeated No. 11 seed Southern California.

Terry Maston scored 19 points, King Kansas 90, Michigan St. 70 McClure added 17 and Manu Lecomte TULSA, Okla. – Josh Jackson scored scored all 12 of his points in the final 14 of his 23 points in the second half to five minutes for the Bears (27-7), who

advanced to play South Carolina in the Sweet 16.

Chimezie Metu scored 28 points and Bennie Boatwright added 16 for USC (26-10), which was trying to make its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2007.

The Trojans had rallied from secondhalf deficits to win their first two NCAA tournament games.

help it survive a wild game.

North Carolina led by 17 points after a dominating start, blew that lead and trailed, 65-60, with about 31/2 minutes left then came up with a response befitting its veteran experience.

Daryl Macon scored 19 points to lead the eighth-seeded Razorbacks (26-10).

Shamet’s 3-pointer shot at the buzzer.

UCLA 79, Cincinnati 67 SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Lonzo Ball scored 19 points and ignited UCLA’s rally from a poor start with nine assists, lifting the third-seeded Bruins over Cincinnati.

UCLA (31-4) had a hard time solving sixth-seeded Cincinnati’s active Kentucky 65, Wichita St. 62 defense in the first half, unable to get INDIANAPOLIS – Bam Adebayo had SOUTH REGION shots to drop or get out in transition. a double-double and swatted away North Carolina 72, Arkansas 65 the final shot as Kentucky (31-5) sent The Bruins found a new gear in the GREENVILLE, S.C. – Kennedy Meeks second half, breaking out for dunks Wichita State (31-5) to yet another had 16 points and a huge tip-in with and dropping in strings of 3-pointers to second-round heartbreak.

44.2 seconds left to help North quickly push the lead to double digits.

Adebayo had 13 points and 10 Carolina barely avoid a huge upset by Cincinnati (30-6) had no real answer rebounds. De’Aaron Fox had 14 points, rallying to beat Arkansas. when the Bruins got rolling, falling including a late steal and dunk. Malik Justin Jackson added 15 points for Monk blocked a shot and made a pair short of their first Sweet 16 appearthe Tar Heels (29-7), including the dunk that capped a game-closing 12-0 of free throws in the final 13 seconds. ance since 2012. run by the South Region’s No. 1 seed to Adebayo clinched it by blocking Landry – The Associated Press

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S. Carolina

1 Kansas 100

7 Michigan 92 Michigan 73

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Thurs.-Fri.

3 Oregon 93

Baylor 82

Gamecocks upset Blue Devils

First Round

4 Purdue 80

Phoenix

Florida 65

2 Duke 87 15 Troy 65

Kansas 90

Virginia 39

7 South Carolina 93 10 Marquette 73

Sat.-Sun.

Kansas

8:59 p.m.

Friday

3 Baylor 91 14 New Mex. St. 73

Second Round

Indianapolis

Greenville, S.C.

Tulsa, Okla.

6 SMU 65

11 USC 75

March 23-24

4 Florida 80 13 East Tenn. St. 65

16 UC Davis 67

NCAA TOURNAMENT

Wisconsin

NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: SOUTH CAROLINA 88, DUKE 81

Wednesday

11 Providence 71

Villanova 62

5 Virginia 76 12 UNC Wilmington 71

Wednesday

16 N.C. Central 63

Sat.-Sun.

16 Mt St. Mary’s 56 8 Wisconsin 84

Tues.-Wed. Dayton, Ohio

Sacramento, Calif.

Before we get to the bigger picture, the one of Northwestern finally kicking down the NCAA tournament door, let’s look at a smaller one that people naturally have made into the size of an Imax screen.

The Wildcats were the victims of a terrible noncall Saturday by officials who missed an obvious goaltending VIEWS violation on a Rick shot by Morrissey center Dererk Pardon. The NCAA later acknowledged what everybody saw live and later on replay: that Gonzaga’s Zach Collins had put his hand through the rim to block that shot.

I don’t know whether it cost Northwestern the chance to win the secondround game, and neither does anyone else. But if that play is how Cats fans are going to remember this season, then welcome to the big time, folks.

You’ll be like every other fan base that thinks it got jobbed somehow.

“In my heart, do I think if Dererk gets that call and we cut it to three, we have a great chance to win? Yes,” coach Chris Collins said.

But you can make the argument that Collins’ ensuing technical cost NU just as dearly as the missed call.

If the coach didn’t lose his cool after the error, didn’t give the Zags two made technical free throws, perhaps the Cats would have made another defensive stand against Gonzaga.

If so, wouldn’t Northwestern have been in the exact same spot it was before the blown call – down 63-58 with a chance to cut the lead to three points with a great chance to win? Yes. But with the technical, the Cats were down seven.

It’s too bad the game has been reduced to this controversy. The officiating shouldn’t have been the story. The Cats put themselves in a huge hole Saturday, and then, instead of completely caving in, they valiantly fought back and made a game of it. What an amazing response from a school that never had tasted March Madness before.

Think about it. Northwestern, which hadn’t been in the NCAA tournament, wins its first game and then scares the bejabbers out of a No. 1 seed rather than dying the

Thurs.-Fri.

16 New Orleans 66

First Four

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Tuesday

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Tulsa, Okla.

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KYLE SCHWARBER: TRUE BLUE How Cubs slugger’s blue-collar roots helped him stay connected to Middletown, Ohio, and grounded in Chicago

By BRUCE MILES

bmiles@dailyherald.com

F

ew things can evoke images of middle America as a city called Middletown.

Middletown, Ohio, nestled in southwest Ohio between Cincinnati and Dayton, is such a place.

Middletown has seen its share of boom, bust and attempts at revitalization over the years. It also was central to a best-selling book of 2016, “Hillbilly Elegy,” by J.D. Vance, whose family migrated from eastern Kentucky to Middletown.

The Cubs feature a son of Middletown: outfielder-catcher Kyle Schwarber, who played baseball and football at Middletown High School and who has seen firsthand the effects of economic change in a rust belt city.

Schwarber speaks with pride of his home city and its more than 48,000 residents.

“I say that the town we live in, they’re a bunch of grinders, kind of like the term we use in baseball,” Schwarber said during Cubs spring training in Mesa, Arizona. “I think that was the good part of growing up there: You work for what you get. Everyone there are hard workers. It might not be much, but they’re going to work and support their family. I think that’s why that town is a special town. We’ve pulled out some good athletes from there, too. I think that (the work ethic) has a lot to do with it.”

Like Middletown, Chicago has blue-collar roots, and the hard-driving Schwarber has built quite a cult following despite havMark Welsh – mwelsh@dailyherald.com ing limited major league experience. Part of Kyle Schwarber celebrates after hitting a home run in the bottom of the seventh

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inning against the Cardinals in a National League Division Series on Oct. 13, 2015, at Wrigley Field.

Royals 6, Cubs 2 (Mesa, Ariz.)

KENNEDY SILENCES CUBS Right-hander Ian Kennedy allowed only three hits – just one out of the infield – in six scoreless innings Sunday, striking out seven, including MVP Kris Bryant twice.

He didn’t walk a batter and induced a pair of inning-ending double plays – facing just one over the minimum.

KID POWER Shortstop Addison Russell, 22, lined his team-leading fifth homer of the spring over the left-field wall leading off the eighth. Russell said he thinks he can hit for more power after his 21-homer sophomore season.

KEEP AN EYE ON …

South Carolina against Duke, said South Carolina native Carl Edwards Jr. before his scheduled relief outing against the Royals.

Edwards was right in more ways than one.

The hard-throwing right-hander pitched a 1-2-3 fourth inning just a few minutes before the Gamecocks’ upset over Duke finished. Edwards will get the chance this year to take a significant role in the Cubs’ late-inning plans as the season progresses.

SOLER ECLIPSE In his return to Sloan Park, former Cubs OF Jorge Soler struck out twice against Mike Montgomery and once against Brett Anderson. That’s 15 strikeouts this spring for Soler.

ON DECK Cubs at Rockies, 3:10 p.m. Monday in Scottsdale, Arizona, cubs.com audio, Kyle Hendricks vs. Tyler Anderson

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Schwarber’s hometown has connection to Babe Ruth

By BRUCE MILES

bmiles@dailyherald.com Two home runs. Two common threads.

In October 2015, Kyle Schwarber hit a mammoth home run to help the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Division Series. The ball landed on top of the right-field video board at Wrigley Field, and the Cubs left it there.

In October 1932, Babe Ruth is said to have “called his shot” and hit a home run in Game 3 of the World Series at Wrigley Field.

Ruth’s home run is the stuff of legend. Schwarber, perhaps because of his 6-foot, 235-pound body and powerful

swing, has drawn some comparisons to the Babe. The home run against the Cardinals and Schwarber’s comeback last year from major knee surgery have created a small legend of their own.

Schwarber, 24, hails from Middletown, Ohio. The pitcher who gave up Ruth’s “called shot” was Charlie Root.

His hometown?

“He was from Middletown, let me guess,” Schwarber said. “Really? It’s a small world.”

Middletown is a city of just fewer than 50,000 people between Cincinnati and Dayton. Despite its size, Middletown has turned out more than its share of prominent athletes in addition to Schwarber and Root.

Basketball Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas

won a state high school championship, an NCAA title at Ohio State, an Olympic gold medal and an NBA championship.

Kayla Harrison won Olympic gold medals for judo in 2012 and 2016.

Football players from Middletown have included Hall of Famer Cris Carter, former Bears safety Todd Bell and current New York Jets player Jalin Marshall.

As for Schwarber, he said he never would do something as audacious as calling his shot. (Root always maintained Ruth didn’t do it either and that the Babe might have taken a pitch from Root in the ribs if he had.)

“That’s a little bit too much out of my league right there,” Schwarber said. “I’ll take the home runs when they come. I

don’t think that I would ever do that.”

As for his own “legend,” Schwarber seems to enjoy it while taking it in stride.

“Me, as I am, I really don’t want to take it to heart,” he said. “If you take it to heart, you start getting a big head, and you won’t be the teammate that you want to be. I think it’s really cool that fans look at me that way. Your goal as a baseball player is to, obviously, one, go out there and win. But, two, be loved by your city that you play for.

“I feel that just being able to have the fans see me playing, see the way that they see me grind it throughout the injury to make it back, things like that, I feel like I’m going in the right direction there.”

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destined to begin the season at Triple-A Charlotte, but figures to be up before long.

In 46 plate appearances, Moncada owns a .317/.391/.683 slash line with 13 RBIs. He’s tied for the team lead in homers with Cody Asche and Tyler Saladino and is 10 for 22 with three homers, four doubles and 11 RBIs in his past seven games after a slow start.

ON DECK White Sox at Giants, 3:05 Monday, CSN, Reynaldo Lopez vs. Johnny Cueto – Daryl Van Schouwen

TEMPE, Ariz. – White Sox manager Rick Renteria and pitching coach Don Cooper want to see Carlos Rodon take the next step.

For them, that would be more efficiency, as in fewer pitches and deeper outings.

“He tends to get a very elevated pitch count early,” Renteria said.

“Five innings, he’s already at 100 pitches sometimes. At six innings, he’s at 110 or 115. We want him to become more efficient, trust his stuff a bit more.”

Rodon took a needed step Sunday by appearing in a game against the Angels, his first of the spring after pitching simulated games and working on the back fields, as he eases into a season

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it no doubt stems from a now-fabled home run he hit to help the Cubs close out the hated St. Louis Cardinals in a 2015 National League Division Series.

And part of it, no doubt, is based on the comeback he made from last year’s major knee surgery, as he willed himself into the World Series, won by the Cubs.

Schwarber’s accomplishments haven’t gone unnoticed in his hometown.

The Middletown Historical Society will name its annual History Maker during a dinner April 8. Schwarber is one of the nominees for the award.

“He is a very, very positive role model for the younger generation,” said Sam Salmon, a trustee of the society and its website director.

“We’re very proud to have him. We’re just very proud of our past and our heritage and excited for the future and what history the younger generation will make for Middletown.

“Middletown, in my lifetime, has changed quite a bit. We hit a real downturn in the economy like everybody else did in the United States. But we have a lot of hardworking blue-collar workers with AK Steel and other manufacturing firms in Middletown,” Salmon said.

“Middletown was hit hard when the economy took a turn for the worse. But Middletown stayed strong, and right now, with the downtown Middletown area especially, you see a lot of revitalization, the members of the younger generation coming back in and starting businesses downtown

Photo courtesy of Dayton Daily News/Nick Daggy

Middletown senior catcher Kyle Schwarber walks teammate Nick Henry to the dugout in a game against Lakota West on April 6, 2011. That season, Schwarber led the Greater Miami Conference with a .474 batting average and a .643 on-base percentage. and really revitalizing that area.”

In addition to family, Schwarber credits his former high school football coach, Jason Krause, for helping to shape him. Schwarber went on to play baseball at Indiana University before the Cubs took him with their first pick of the 2014 draft.

Krause since has moved on to Fairfield (Ohio) High School, where he serves as football coach and dean of students. He recalls Schwarber coming back from a knee injury in high school.

“He came back just in time for the tournament and hit a home run his first at-bat in the tournament,” said Krause, who had a chance to visit with his protégé this spring in Mesa. “Me being the head football coach at the time, I’m thinking, ‘Well, he’s committed to In-

that begins two weeks from Monday. He struck out five, including Mike Trout looking, and walked one over four scoreless innings – the only hit a cue-shot single through the right side of the infield

by Albert Pujols.

Rodon, who threw 65 pitches (38 for strikes), didn’t throw his slider for a called Carlos Rodon t h i r d s t r i k e t o Trout where he wanted and had more 3-1 counts than he would care to see, but overall, this was a strong first outing.

“We mixed in a little bit of everything,” Rodon said. “Mostly fastball, slider, but we threw some change-ups and some cut-

diana to play baseball. He’s had a knee injury. He may not play his senior year of football.’ He never wavered on that.

“He came out and was our team captain his senior year. We went 10-0 that year. Just an awesome example for kids – just his effort, his hard work, his tenacity, his no-quit attitude.”

Oftentimes it can be a stretch to call a professional athlete a “blue-collar” guy, but in Schwarber’s case, his former coach says the label fits.

“He appeals to blue-collar people, the fans, because he’s a worker,” Krause said. “He does his job. He’s not flashy. He wears his blue jeans and his cowboy boots. That’s the kind of guy he is, and that’s the kind of guy he was at Middletown. He was a leader for us in the entire building. He was in the core leaders. He was on the football team, the baseball team. He was team captain in both voted by his teammates. His dad was the police chief of the town. He’s definitely blue collar.”

Schwarber has witnessed the effects of hard times in his town, whether it be unemployment or the drug epidemic that has hit communities from coast to coast.

“It is tough,” he said. “It’s sad when you see in the news that maybe a friend that you know passed away because of a drug overdose or something like that. It is a shame. I guess it’s a part of how it is in the States.

“If we could clean that up, we set an example for the young kids growing up there and having dreams of being a professional athlete or something like that, whatever it is, a scientist.

Let them have the best opportunity.

Don’t bring that into their lives. I’ve had plenty of friends who fell into

ters.”

The plan is for Rodon to get another start Friday against the A’s, and then March 29, the Sox’s last day in Arizona.

The hope when the season begins is to get those pitch counts down.

“His ball has explosive life that moves on both sides of the plate,” Renteria said. “We want him to attack the strike zone, let it do its stuff, and maybe we can use him deeper in the ballgame.”

“Nine innings, 90 pitches would be awesome,” Rodon said last week. “Everyone wants to do that. But that doesn’t happen all the time. I think of it in innings.

Get six, seven innings under the belt, preferably leave with the lead and let the bullpen take over.”

that trap, too, who were some of the best athletes I’ve ever seen, and just couldn’t really put it together and fell into the trap. You just wish the best for them. You just hate to see it.”

Schwarber was back in his hometown after the Cubs won the World Series. He said he didn’t want his talks to the schools to only focus on his baseball exploits.

“It was really cool because I didn’t want to talk about athletics,” he said.

“I just really wanted to talk about life, how people face adversity. They’re going to have failure, and then they’re going to have success.

“That’s how it is (in Middletown).

Things go up. Things go down. I just feel it’s a never-quit attitude there.

Those people are always going to try to find a way. It can be tough on people there. It might not be ideal, but they’re going to try to find a way to support their family. At the end of the day, that’s what it’s all about, trying to give your kids the best possible chance to succeed. I feel that’s what they do.”

For Schwarber’s former football coach, that gets to the heart of something else.

“One of the big things that I noticed when I was coaching there was just the pride in being a Middletown Middie,” Krause said. “There’s a lot of pride. I haven’t seen it at a lot of other schools that I’ve been at. Kids take pride in playing for the football team or whatever. There, across the board, the entire community, their kids grow up wanting to be a Middletown Middie. People would ask me, ‘What’s a Middie?’

People’s answer in Middletown is, ‘I’m a Middie.’ That’s all you need to know: ‘I’m a Middie.’ And I think that’s it.”

• Monday, March 20, 2017

TO THE WALL Top prospect Yoan Moncada was all over the wall Sunday at Tempe Diablo Stadium, hitting his third homer of the spring against Kirby Yates to right, bouncing a ground-rule double over the 420-foot sign on the center-field wall and banging a double off the right-center-field wall. Moncada’s hits all came from the left side and raised his spring slash line to .317/.391/.683.

He drove in four runs.

No matter how well Moncada, baseball’s No. 2-ranked prospect by MLBpipeline. com, does this spring, he is

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TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

VANCOUVER 7:30 p.m.

CSN+ AM-720

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DETROIT 7 p.m.

WGN AM-890

at Colorado* 3:10 p.m.

at Texas* 8:05 p.m.

PHILADELPHIA 7 p.m.

WGN AM-890

at Cincinnati* 8:05 p.m.

CSN AM-670

at Arizona* 3:10 p.m.

OAKLAND* 3:05 p.m.

CINCINNATI* 3:05 p.m.

CSN

CLEVELAND* 3:05 p.m.

*–Spring training

WHAT TO WATCH

Pro basketball 7 p.m.: Golden State at Oklahoma City, TNT 9:30 p.m.: New York at L.A. Clippers, TNT Pro hockey 6:30 p.m.: Buffalo at Detroit, NBCSN Pro baseball Noon: Spring training, N.Y. Yankees vs. Washington, MLBN 3 p.m.: Spring training, San Francisco vs. White Sox, CSN 3 p.m.: Spring training, Cincinnati vs. Kansas City, MLBN 8 p.m.: World Baseball Classic, semifinal, Netherlands vs. Puerto Rico, MLBN Men’s basketball 6 p.m.: NIT, second round, Central Florida at Illinois St., ESPN 7 p.m.: NIT, second round, Akron at Texas-Arlington, ESPNU

8 p.m.: NIT, second round, Boise St. at Illinois, ESPN 10:15 p.m.: NIT, second round, CS Bakersfield at Colorado St., ESPN2 Women’s basketball 5:35 p.m.: NCAA tournament, second round, Syracuse vs. Connecticut, Kansas St. vs. Stanford, Oregon vs. Duke or Tennessee vs. Louisville, ESPN2 8:05 p.m.: NCAA tournament, second round, Oklahoma vs. Washington, California vs. Baylor or Quinnipiac vs.

Miami, ESPN2 9 p.m.: NCAA tournament, second round, Texas A&M vs.

UCLA, ESPNU Special Olympics 5 p.m.: Special Olympics World Winter Games, ESPN2 (same-day tape)

SPORTS BRIEF

MCC baseball splits doubleheader innings, allowing three hits and an earned run, but picking up the victory in the secat Joliet Community College

one game. Nick Vasic went 3 for 3, scoring a pair of runs and driving in another.

Tyler Jones (1-1) took the loss in the opener. Nick Heidenthal was 1 for 2 with a double and two runs, and Justin Blasinski went 2 for 4 with an RBI. – Staff report

The McHenry County College baseball team split a doubleheader series with Joliet Community College on Sunday in Joliet. The Scots lost the first game, 6-5, before winning the second, 9-6, to move to 7-2-1 on the season.

Larkin Hanselmann (1-1) pitched two

GOLF ARNOLD PALMER INVITATIONAL

Sunday At Bay Hill Lodge & Resort in Orlando, Fla. Purse: $8.7 million Yardage: 7,419; Par 72 Final Marc Leishman (500), $1,566,000 71-66-71-69—277 -11 Charley Hoffman (245), $765,600 68-66-71-73—278 -10 Kevin Kisner (245), $765,600 70-67-68-73—278 -10 Tyrrell Hatton, $382,800 72-69-67-71—279 -9 Rory McIlroy (123), $382,800 74-71-65-69—279 -9 Adam Hadwin (100), $313,200 70-70-69-71—280 -8 Lucas Glover (85), $271,150 68-69-72-72—281 -7 Emiliano Grillo (85), $271,150 67-68-78-68—281 -7

Francesco Molinari (85), $271,150 Tommy Fleetwood, $226,200 Hudson Swafford (73), $226,200 Rickie Fowler (65), $200,100 Matthew Fitzpatrick, $163,125 Brian Harman (56), $163,125 Billy Horschel (56), $163,125 Justin Rose (56), $163,125 Greg Chalmers (46), $117,740 Michael Kim (46), $117,740 Danny Lee (46), $117,740 Luke List (46), $117,740 Pat Perez (46), $117,740 Kyle Stanley (46), $117,740

70-68-74-69—281 78-66-70-68—282 73-72-69-68—282 74-72-65-72—283 67-69-72-76—284 72-70-73-69—284 72-73-67-72—284 71-70-70-73—284 69-72-69-75—285 72-71-70-72—285 75-70-73-67—285 71-71-72-71—285 74-70-69-72—285 73-68-69-75—285

-7 -6 -6 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3

BETTING ODDS NBA

Monday LINE O/U 5 (211) 5½ (204) 2½ (192) OFF (OFF) OFF (OFF) 2 (221) OFF (OFF)

FAVORITE at ORLANDO at CHARLOTTE Utah at BOSTON at HOUSTON Golden State at LA CLIPPERS

UNDERDOG Philadelphia Atlanta at INDIANA Washington Denver at OKLAHOMA CITY New York

at WYOMING George Washington UT Martin at LIBERTY at TEXAS A&M CORPUS Gonzaga Arizona Florida

FAVORITE at ILLINOIS ST at TEXAS-ARLINGTON at ILLINOIS at COLORADO ST at COASTAL CAROLINA at RICE

Monday LINE 5½ 5 7½ 5½ 6½ 4½

9 5½ 1 PK PK Thursday 3 7 Friday 1½

Umkc at ILL.-CHICAGO at CAMPBELL Samford Weber State West Virginia Xavier Wisconsin

NHL

COLLEGE BASKETBALL UNDERDOG UCF Akron Boise St Cs Bakersfield Loyola Maryland Utah Valley

FAVORITE at DETROIT Boston at NASHVILLE San Jose at EDMONTON

NBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

GF 218 232 197 209 217 195 138

GA 178 178 193 201 230 233 234

Cleveland Boston Washington Toronto Atlanta Indiana Milwaukee Miami

W 46 44 42 41 37 35 34 34

GF 196 186 201 207 175 161 172

GA 165 178 193 186 179 207 227

Detroit Bulls Charlotte New York Philadelphia Orlando Brooklyn

34 33 30 27 26 25 13

Monday LINE UNDERDOG -140 Buffalo -121 at TORONTO -250 Arizona -140 at DALLAS -128 Los Angeles

Updated odds available at Pregame.com

LINE +130 +111 +220 +130 +118

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 72 41 23 8 90 199 180 Ottawa 71 39 24 8 86 188 185 Boston 71 38 27 6 82 205 188 Toronto 70 32 23 15 79 212 208 Tampa Bay 71 34 28 9 77 194 197 Florida 71 31 29 11 73 180 204 Buffalo 72 29 31 12 70 180 210 Detroit 70 28 31 11 67 177 210 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Columbus 71 47 18 6 100 228 164 x-Washington 71 46 17 8 100 228 159 Pittsburgh 71 45 17 9 99 249 198 N.Y. Rangers 72 45 24 3 93 231 189 N.Y. Islanders 71 33 26 12 78 210 218 Philadelphia 71 33 30 8 74 186 213 Carolina 70 30 27 13 73 182 203 New Jersey 71 26 33 12 64 164 209 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. x-clinched playoff spot Sunday’s Results Blackhawks 6, Colorado 3 Columbus 4, New Jersey 1 Pittsburgh 4, Florida 0 Winnipeg 5, Minnesota 4 Philadelphia 4, Carolina 3 (OT) Montreal 4, Ottawa 1 Calgary 5, Los Angeles 2 Monday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Nashville, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

L 23 26 27 29 32 34 35 36

Pct .667 .629 .609 .586 .536 .507 .493 .486

GB — 2½ 4 5½ 9 11 12 12½

36 37 39 42 43 45 56

.486 .471 .435 .391 .377 .357 .188

12½ 13½ 16 19 20 21½ 33

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

at Oakland* 3:05 p.m.

CSN AM-890

PREPS

NHL Central Division GP W L OT Pts x-Hawks 72 47 20 5 99 Minnesota 71 43 22 6 92 St. Louis 71 38 28 5 81 Nashville 71 35 25 11 81 Winnipeg 72 32 33 7 71 Dallas 71 28 33 10 66 Colorado 71 20 48 3 43 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts San Jose 71 42 22 7 91 Anaheim 72 38 23 11 87 Calgary 72 41 27 4 86 Edmonton 71 38 24 9 85 Los Angeles 71 34 30 7 75 Vancouver 71 28 34 9 65 Arizona 71 26 36 9 61

DALLAS 7:30 p.m.

CSN AM-720

at Toronto 6 p.m.

CSN, ESPN AM-890

SAN FRANCISCO* 3:05 p.m.

CSN

FRIDAY

Pct .797 .768 .686 .614 .586 .580 .571 .478

GB — 2 7½ 12½ 14½ 15 15½ 22

Portland 32 37 .464 Dallas 30 39 .435 New Orleans 29 41 .414 Minnesota 28 41 .406 Sacramento 27 43 .386 Phoenix 22 48 .314 L.A. Lakers 20 50 .286 x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched division

23 25 26½ 27 28½ 33½ 35½

z-Golden State x-San Antonio x-Houston Utah L.A. Clippers Oklahoma City Memphis Denver

W 55 53 48 43 41 40 40 33

L 14 16 22 27 29 29 30 36

Sunday’s Results Dallas 111, Brooklyn 104 Philadelphia 105, Boston 99 Detroit 112, Phoenix 95 New Orleans 123, Minnesota 109 Portland 115, Miami 104 Toronto 116, Indiana 91 San Antonio 118, Sacramento 102 Cleveland 125, L.A. Lakers 120 Monday’s Games Atlanta at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Utah at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Washington at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Denver at Houston, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

New York at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA BASKETBALL NIT

Second Round Saturday Mississippi 85, Syracuse 80 Sunday Georgia Tech 71, Belmont 57 TCU 94, Iowa 92 (OT) Richmond 87, Oakland 83 Monday UCF (22-11) at Illinois St. (28-6), 6 p.m.

Akron (27-8) at Texas-Arlington (26-8), 7 p.m.

Boise St. (20-11) at Illinois (19-14), 8 p.m.

CS Bakersfield (23-9) at Colorado St. (24-11), 10 p.m.

Quarterfinals Tuesday Mississippi (22-13) vs. Georgia Tech (19-

15), 8 p.m.

TCU (21-15) vs. Richmond (22-12), TBA Wednesday CS Bakersfield-Colorado St. winner vs.

Texas-Arlington-Akron winner, TBA UCF-Illinois St. winner vs. Boise St.-Illinois winner, TBA

CBI

Quarterfinals Monday UIC (16-18) vs. George Washington (20-14), TBA Loyola (Md.) (16-16) at Coastal Carolina (17-17), 6 p.m.

Utah Valley (16-16) at Rice (23-11), 7 p.m.

UMKC (18-16) at Wyoming (19-14), 8 p.m.

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD 500

Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.

Lap length: 1.00 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (22) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 314 laps, 0 rating, 42 points 2. (4) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 53 3. (9) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 314, 0, 47 4. (21) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 314, 0, 33.

5. (6) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 314, 0, 46 6. (23) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 314, 0, 32 7. (27) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 314, 0, 30 8. (8) Erik Jones, Toyota, 314, 0, 33 9. (14) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 38 10. (19) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 314, 0, 29 11. (16) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 314, 0, 26 12. (7) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 42 13. (13) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 314, 0, 24 14. (3) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 24 15. (5) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 33 16. (15) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 21 17. (28) Aric Almirola, Ford, 314, 0, 20 18. (17) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 19 19. (24) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 314, 0, 18 20. (10) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 17 21. (18) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 314,

0, 16 22. (26) Danica Patrick, Ford, 314, 0, 15 23. (2) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 314, 0, 21 24. (25) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 13 25. (11) Kurt Busch, Ford, 314, 0, 12 26. (20) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 11 27. (33) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 314, 0, 10 28. (29) Landon Cassill, Ford, 313, 0, 9 29. (30) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 313, 0, 8 30. (35) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 312, 0, 7 31. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, accident, 307, 0, 16 32. (39) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 307, 0, 0 33. (37) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 307, 0, 4 34. (32) Cole Whitt, Ford, accident, 256, 0, 3 35. (34) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 204, 0, 2 36. (36) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, accident, 201, 0, 1 37. (12) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, accident, 190, 0, 1 38. (31) Corey Lajoie, Toyota, accident, 115, 0, 1 39. (38) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, transmission, 9, 0, 1

MONDAY Softball: Round Lake at Woodstock North, Crystal Lake South at Richmond-Burton, Belvidere at Crystal Lake Central, Cary-Grove at Carmel, 4:30 p.m.

Boys tennis: Mundelein at Hampshire, 4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Crystal Lake Central at Marian Central, Palatine at Crystal Lake South, Prairie Ridge at Barrington, McHenry at Antioch, Belvidere North at Harvard, Jefferson at Marengo, Round Lake at Woodstock North, 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer: Harvard at Woodstock North, Hampshire at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m., Dundee-Crown at Wauconda, 6:15 p.m., Cary-Grove vs. Downers Grove North at Elk Grove Tournament, DundeeCrown at Elk Grove Tournament, TBA Girls badminton: McHenry at Fenton, 5 p.m.

TUESDAY Softball: Rockford East at Woodstock North, Rockford Guilford at Woodstock, Antioch at Johnsburg, Rockford Auburn at Harvard, Marian Central at Prairie Ridge, Belvidere at Dundee-Crown, Hoffman Estates at Crystal Lake Central, 4:30 p.m., Harlem at Huntley, 5 p.m.

Boys tennis: Marian Central at Rockford Boylan, Elgin at Marengo, Hampshire at Belvidere North, Dundee-Crown at Wauconda, 4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Berean Baptist at Alden-Hebron, Prospect at Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake Central at Belvidere, Crystal Lake South at Elgin, Schaumburg at Dundee-Crown, DeKalb at Hampshire, Huntley at Belvidere North, Jacobs at Zion Benton, Wauconda at Prairie Ridge, Crossroads Christian at Harvard, Woodstock at Antioch, Boylan at Richmond-Burton, 4:30 p.m.; Woodstock North at Larkin, 4:45 p.m.

Girls soccer: Marian Central at Boylan, Woodstock at Richmond-Burton, Huntley at Crystal Lake Central, 4:30 p.m., Marengo at Byron, 5 p.m., Johnsburg at Burlington Central, 6 p.m., McHenry at Lake Zurich, 6:15 p.m., Prairie Ridge at Antioch, Crystal Lake South at Belvidere North, 6:30 p.m.

MLB SPRING TRAINING

Sunday’s Results White Sox 11, L.A. Angels 2 Kansas City 6, Cubs 2 Detroit 7, Baltimore 1 Minnesota 13, Boston 8 N.Y. Yankees 6, Houston 4 Tampa Bay 8, Philadelphia 0 St. Louis 5, Atlanta 2 Toronto 11, Pittsburgh 11 Washington 10, Miami (ss) 4 Miami (ss) 7, N.Y. Mets 5 L.A. Dodgers 3, Japan 2 Arizona 4, Cleveland 4 Milwaukee 6, San Francisco 4 Texas 3, Seattle 2 TBD at L.A. Dodgers, cancelled Cincinnati 9, San Diego 4 Colorado 9, Oakland 2 Monday’s Games San Francisco vs. White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cubs vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Miami vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 12:07 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Houston at West Palm Beach, Fla., 5:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Oakland at Mesa, Ariz., 9:05 p.m.

Texas vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 9:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games White Sox vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 8:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Washington, 12:05 p.m.

Houston vs. Miami, 12:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Minnesota, 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m.

Toronto vs. Baltimore, 12:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Cincinnati,, 3:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. L.A. Dodgers, 3:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

Boston vs. N.Y. Yankees, 5:35 p.m.

Oakland vs. Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY CUP SERIES

Decision to not pit ends 127-race winless streak

The ASSOCIATED PRESS

By BOB BAUM

The Associated Press

AP photo

Ryan Newman celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series race Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz. to screw it up,” Newman said. “You’ve got to get your tires cleaned off right, you’ve to get a good launch, you’ve got to run through the gear box right, and then you’ve got to hold everybody off.”

Larson, with two new tires on his Chevrolet, came out of the late pit stop with two new tires ahead of Busch’s Toyota and had the best chance to catch Newman.

“I thought he was going to be all over me,” Newman said. “I don’t think he could get going as good as he wanted to.”

Larson blamed his failure to get that victory three races in a row on “little mistakes or inexperience or whatever you want to call it.”

Once again, Logano’s misfortune foiled Busch, who was leading up until that tire blew.

Last week, Logano’s car knocked Busch’s into the wall on the final stretch in Las Vegas. That led Busch to storm down pit row and throw a punch at Logano, creating a scuffle with the crews and a meeting for the drivers with NASCAR officials Friday.

Busch took the lead Sunday with a quick pit stop during a caution flag and

led for 113 laps before heading to the pits after Logano’s crash.

The series of runner-up finishes gave Larson the Cup points lead, the first time Chip Ganassi Racing has led the points race this late in the season since 2002.

Logano won the first stage and Chase Elliott the second in NASCAR’s new three-stage system.

Elliott dominated the second stage but lost the lead after Matt Kenseth, like Logano, blew a right front tire and slammed into the wall on the 193rd lap of the 314-lap race. In the ensuing pit stop, Busch got out quicker than Elliott to take the lead.

Blown tires were a common sight on the hot pavement, but Newman was able to negotiate the treacherous surface when it mattered most.

“There’s guys that go their whole career and never win, and good drivers,” he said. “You’ve just got to stay humble. This sport ... there’s one guy that wins, 39 losers. You’ve got to be humble walking into that that you’re probably not going to win that day.”

He felt that way until those last couple of laps Sunday.

SPORTS BRIEF

Schaefer, Holmes lead Mississippi St. past DePaul

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Blair Schaefer scored 18 points, Jazzmun Holmes added 14 and Mississippi State beat DePaul, 92-71, Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

Second-seeded Mississippi State (31-4) used a 14-0 run in the middle of the third quarter to turn a tight game into a 61-43 advantage.

DePaul, the seven seed, scored the next seven points to cut the lead to 61-50 by the end of the third quarter, but Missis-

sippi State responded with the first eight points of the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach and advance to the Sweet 16 for the second straight season.

DePaul (27-8) was led by Jessica January, who scored 18 points.

– Wire report

ORLANDO, Fla. – Marc Leishman of Australia holed a 50-foot eagle putt on the 16th hole to take the lead, and he stayed there with two tough pars to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday at Bay Hill and earn a trip to the Masters.

Leishman’s pitch from 45 yards short of the 18th green rolled out to 3 feet, and he made the par putt for a 3-under-par 69.

Kevin Kisner had Marc a three-shot lead at Leishman the turn, but he didn’t make a birdie over his final 11 holes.

Rory McIlroy made a late charge and tied for the lead with a wild birdie around a tree and over the water on the 16th hole, only to three-putt the final hole from 30 feet.

It was the first Arnold Palmer Invitational since the death last September of the tournament host.

LPGA TOUR Bank of Hope Founders Cup: At Phoe-

nix, Anna Nordqvist caught up with some college friends – and left everyone else behind on another hot afternoon.

The 29-year-old former Arizona State player shot a 4-under 68 to hold off fellow major champions Ariya Jutanugarn, Stacy Lewis and In Gee Chun by two strokes in record 96-degree heat at Desert Ridge.

Nordqvist finished at 25-under 263, two strokes off the LPGA Tour record that Sei Young Kim matched last year at Desert Ridge. The 6-foot Swede had a tournament-record 61 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead into the final round.

Jutanugarn and Lewis also shot 68, and Chun had a 66.

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS Tucson Conquistadores Classic: At

Tucson, Arizona, Tom Lehman took advantage of senior newcomer Steve Stricker’s late mistakes to win his 10th PGA Tour Champions victory.

Two strokes behind Stricker with three holes to play, Lehman closed with two birdies and a par for a 7-under 66 and a one-stroke victory over playing partner Stricker. The 58-year-old Lehman is coming off arthroscopic surgery on his right knee.

• Monday, March 20, 2017

AVONDALE, Ariz. – A big gamble in the desert heat ended a long victory drought for Ryan Newman.

When just about everybody else decided to take a tire-changing pit stop in the final few laps Sunday, Newman figured he would be going in with them.

His crew chief, Luke Lambert, thought otherwise.

It was a decision that earned Newman a victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race, ending his 127-race winless streak.

“Just a heck of a gutsy call by Luke Lambert,” Newman said. “It’s his first win as a crew chief in the Cup series, and I think making a gutsy call like that makes it that much more special for him.”

While the leaders were in the pits, Newman moved from seventh to first, and for the final two laps held off Kyle Larson, the second-place finisher for the third straight race.

Kyle Busch, the leader for nearly all of the final stage of the race, was third on a day when the temperature soared to 97 degrees at Phoenix International Raceway.

Like nearly all the rest of the field, Larson and Busch went to the pits on the late caution caused when Joey Logano’s car blew a right tire and slammed into the wall six laps from the finish.

Newman won his 18th Cup race, but his first since the 2013 Brickyard 400.

He gave Chevrolet its first victory of the season and ended a 112-race losing streak for Richard Childress Racing.

“I can’t say enough about what it means,” Newman said.

When the caution ended, two laps separated him from the win.

“You’re on old tires. It’s really easy

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