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A cloudy and mild day will wrap up the weekend with a little rain and drizzle at times. High temperatures will rise into the lower 60s.

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Solving the mystery of the car door opener The first clue should have been the automatic car-door opener that didn’t work.

But who would have thought?

Personally, I take the door opener for granted. I just expect it to work. And it always does.

Almost.

I have no idea how the door opener works. You just press a little round button, and the doors unlock. Just like that. It saves fumbling for the key and putting it in the lock and twisting it to unlatch the mechanism. That, I kind of understand. It has something to do with tumblers.

But the door opener is a mystery. I’ve come to conclude it must be done by radio waves.

The thing is, there is no battery to operate it. I’ve looked the fob over and don’t see how it could be opened to replace the battery that powers the radio waves.

I could look it up on the Incredible Internet, but I prefer some things to remain a mystery and left to my imagination. The garage-door opener works on the same principle, I would guess, but it definitely has batteries, and there’s a little code that goes along with them by positioning little nubs to match those in the actual opener.

Not only does the car-door opener unlock the doors, press an oblong button, and it will lock all the doors with a satisfying little beep. A smaller button operates the trunk latch. And an oblong red one sounds the emergency beeping of horns and flash of lights.

I’m not sure why I need that power. It’s unlikely I’m going to happen upon a prowler trying to break into my 14-year-old Impala.

What is likely to happen is I will mistakenly depress that button and sound the alarm, much to my embarrassment. And it most frequently happens when my keys are in my pocket, and I am some distance from the car, not immediately realizing that the horns are blaring and the lights are flashing. Egad.

But the first clue was the automatic door opener that didn’t work. I thought to myself, standing there in the cold, that’s never happened before. And I fumbled for the key and opened the door the old-fashioned way. The only time I’ve done that is when I’ve locked my keys in the car.

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VIEWS Dick Peterson But I carry a spare in my wallet. Just in case. It happens.

When I put the key in the ignition and turned it, nothing happened. Absolutely nothing. Not even a click. And that never happened before because we keep our cars well-serviced, and new batteries are routinely installed by the mechanic. You don’t want to have a dead battery when it’s cold.

Or when it’s hot, for that matter.

And I didn’t waste any time dithering over a diagnosis. I had a dead battery, and I had to be at work. No time to waste time.

My good wife had already left for work, so I was left to my own devices. And under T for towing in my cellphone directory, I have a list of towing services from across McHenry County.

I called the closest one – one in Woodstock – and, as luck would have it, the tow master was available and could be dispatched immediately, which surprised me.

I was expecting to be told to wait an hour.

We’re always being told to wait, especially when we are in a hurry.

But I didn’t even have to wait 15 minutes.

Did I say I was surprised? He pulled up in a mammoth vehicle – a flatbed trailer to hoist broken-down cars onto – and exited with a hard plastic case that he could carry with one hand. I popped the hood, he attached the cables to the battery, and I was suddenly in business. My car was ready to roll. I wasn’t even late for work.

Maybe the dead-battery thing was happenstance.

It hasn’t failed me since then, and I think it’s going on a couple of weeks. But now, each time I pull out my key fob to automatically open the doors, I wait for nothing to happen. The suspense is killing me. Certainly, happenstance. Right?

• Dick Peterson, who lives in Woodstock, is a mental-health advocate. He is a freelance writer and a former Northwest Herald Opinion Page editor. He can be contacted at dickpeterson76@gmail.com.

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By JORDYN REILAND

jreiland@shawmedia.com Christina Fredricksen tried to save her father from heroin addiction.

For many years, she did whatever she could to help him get sober, whether it was getting him into treatment, giving him a place to stay or just simply being a shoulder to lean on. Eventually, she kicked him out of her house because she didn’t want him using drugs around her children.

Erik Fredricksen then moved in with his 36-year-old son, Josh Fredricksen, and started taking steps to turn his life around.

He got a job. He bought a truck. He sought treatment and stayed sober. He was even on his way to a promotion.

“He was doing all the right things,” Christina Fredricksen of Harvard said. “He turned himself around.”

But his progress was derailed after he got into a car crash and was let go from his job. Then the holidays came.

Erik Fredricksen of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, died Jan. 11 of a heroin overdose after 15 years of addiction. He was a father to three adult children, Christina Fredricksen, 31, Savannah Fredricksen, 18, of Richmond and Josh Fredricksen, 36, and a grandfather to Elyza, 5, and Alexander Fredricksen, 10.

“He was, I would consider, a closet addict. He was still able to function and do all the responsibilities he needed to do,” Christina Fredricksen said.

“My kids don’t have their father, so he took on that role. He made sure they bathed at night, he helped my son with his homework, he made sure they were getting to school on time.

“He was there. He was there for all of us.”

Erik Fredricksen is one of 18 people who died of drug overdoses in McHenry County as of the first week of March. Among those overdoses were six heroin deaths, three fentanyl deaths and three fentanyl analog deaths, according to statistics from the McHenry County Coroner’s Office.

In 2012, there were 31 drug overdose deaths in McHenry County. Last year, there were 56.

After the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office investigated Erik Fredricksen’s death, deputies arrested the man they believe supplied him with heroin that day.

Glen Miculinic, 65, of McHenry was

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Christina Fredricksen (left) of Harvard, Lisa Boden of Richmond, Elyza Fredricksen, 5, of Harvard and Savannah Fredricksen of Richmond talk to a Northwest Herald reporter March 16 at the General Store in Greenwood. Their family member Erik Fredricksen died of a drug overdose in January. charged in February with drug-induced homicide and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.

Drug-induced homicide is a Class X felony in Illinois, punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office has filed charges in overdose deaths 17 times since 2003, including two so far this year.

Prosecutors say they hope the cases send a message to dealers.

Alternatively, more defendants who identify as drug addicts are receiving community-based sanctions and alternative sentencing, such as drug court, treatment and Good Samaritan laws that provide legal immunity in some situations for those who seek help for someone who has overdosed.

At a time where community advocates are pushing for more rehabilitation options, some believe the increase in drug-induced homicide charges in McHenry County seems to swing the pendulum in the other direction.

McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said more people are being charged with drug-induced homicide because more people are dying of overdoses.

“If you are engaging in unnecessarily selfish and risky behavior and something horrible happens from that, well, justice demands a more heightened response,” Kenneally said.

He said people often think drug-induced homicide means someone is being charged with murder and that’s not the case. Many times, those convicted of the crime serve five to 25 years in prison. In fact, most get less than 10 years.

Of three cases where charges were filed in 2016, each person was sentenced to less than 10 years in prison.

Jessie Brown, who was accused of selling morphine pills to a Wonder Lake woman who died, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and was sentenced to three years in prison; West

Chicago man Joshua Manthei was charged with drug-induced homicide but his charges were later dismissed; Elias Ramos-Ortiz was charged in connection with a Crystal Lake man’s death, and he also pleaded guilty to an amended charge and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Earlier this year, James Linder, a Zion man who was charged in connection with an Algonquin woman’s overdose death, was sentenced to 28 years in prison after McHenry County jurors found him guilty of drug-induced homicide. Judge Sharon Prather said his extensive criminal record was a factor in the sentence.

Kenneally said that while he understands the seriousness of drug addiction and believes the community has done a “pretty good job” making resources available to those who want to get clean, dealers need to be accountable.

See OVERDOSE, page A19

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FIGHTING ADDICTION As deaths mount, McHenry County prosecutors target drug dealers

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WOODSTOCK – A huge fire that broke out early Saturday in Woodstock sent one person to the hospital and displaced about 30 families, a fire official said.

Woodstock Fire/Rescue District Capt. Brendan Parker said crews were dispatched at 3:18 a.m. to a reported structure fire at Willow Brooke Apartments, in the 2100 block of Willow Brooke Drive. Upon arrival, crews discovered fire showing from the apartment building’s second-floor balconies with extension into the attic.

“There was a large explosion at 3 a.m.

We heard sirens and people were knocking on the doors. It was chaos,” said a witness who was a resident of the building.

Parker said approximately 30 families had to be displaced and one person was sent to Centegra Hospital – Woodstock

A view of Willow Brook Apartments in Woodstock after a fire broke out early Saturday. Fire officials say one person was sent to the hospital and about 30 families were displaced. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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for smoke inhalation. That person later was released.

No firefighters were injured as a result of the fire, and damage is estimated at $2.3 million.

“I don’t know if the building is a total loss yet, but it is definitely uninhabit-

able at this time,” Parker said.

A MABAS Box was activated to the second alarm for additional manpower. The fire was under control at about 4:30 a.m., Parker said, and approxi-

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

A cloudy and mild day will wrap up the weekend with a little rain and drizzle at times.

High temperatures will rise into the lower 60s. It will remain cloudy tonight into Monday. More rain and drizzle is likely on Monday. The sun will return Tuesday as temperatures fall to more seasonable levels.

TODAY

MONDAY

61 46

56 40

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WEDNESDAY

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Times of clouds and sun

Periods of rain

Occasional rain and drizzle

51 36

Cloudy and mild with Mostly cloudy, a little rain rain

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Lake Geneva

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Galena

Freeport

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60/43

Belvidere

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Rockford

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8 am 10 am Noon 2 pm 4 pm 6 pm The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.

AIR QUALITY TODAY Main offender ................. particulates

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Clinton

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Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

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Aurora

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Orland Park 62/49 Hammond

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Joliet

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Gary

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Ottawa

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Fld: flood stage. Prs: stage in feet at 7 a.m Saturday.

Chg: change in previous 24 hours.

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3 11 -4 13 11 -6

1.43 7.98 2.79 1.81 11.75 7.66 2.87 3.35

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Sunset today ........................... 7:12 p.m.

Moonrise today ........................ 6:08 a.m.

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Sunrise tomorrow .................... 6:44 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ..................... 7:13 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow ................. 6:42 a.m.

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MCC nursing, EMT students work together on simulated emergencies

By NATE LINHART

Saturday’s xxxx results as of 10 p.m.:

When you think Congress will be xxx to do ready take a vote on health care?

36% Never

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Nursing teacher Kristie Brokaw (left) watches as nursing student Kara Fish of Wonder Lake takes care of Caleb Wessel, 4, of Marengo during a simulation lab Saturday at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.

“We need to know what goes on in the field or else we’ll have no idea what to do when we get there.”

EMT student

Tabitha Kelly said.

Meanwhile, nursing students were assigned with helping guide EMT students questions to improve communication skills.

“Interdisciplinary collaboration is a big thing right now throughout health care. We’re having students really learn that they have to work with other people,” MCC nursing lab manager Ann Stauche said.

This is MCC’s fourth year conducting the simulations, and MCC nursing instructor Mary CaDavid said this one of the the few times where the students make their own decisions without any help before entering the field.

“So the people get to work on their real critical-thinking skills and they are really forced really make the right decisions,” CaDavid said.

Authorities investigating domestic incident where woman was allegedly shot in one arm

By JORDYN REILAND

OAKWOOD HILLS – Authorities are investigating a domestic incident that occurred overnight Saturday which resulted in a woman allegedly being shot in the arm.

Members of the Oakwood Hills Police Department and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded about 1:32 a.m. to the 5500 block of Green-

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17% Within a few months

Tabitha Kelly

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While they were checking his blood pressure, he said he started feeling dizzy and eventually went into cardiac arrest, or so it appeared. The patient was not actually having a heart attack, as he was acting as part of a simulation training for MCC students.

“Students learn a lot from a textbook, but they never truly get immersed into a scenario where they have to be leaders and make decisions on their own. So this gives them that opportunity without it being a real-life patient,” EMT instructor Scott Wessel said.

MCC’s nursing program and Emergency Medical Services program teamed up Saturday morning to hold interdisciplinary simulations at the college’s campus. The simulations were broken up into two sessions, with a total of eight MCC nursing students and more than 50 EMS students participating.

Students were tasked with three scenarios, including a heart attack, stroke and pediatric anaphylactic shock.

In the the heart-attack scenario, students assessed the situation, gave a mannequin CPR, put it in a stretcher and loaded it into a simulated ambulance, all while updating the nursing students on the situation.

“This is just a great hands-on training because it’s not all by the book,” EMT student Sam Duggan said.

“We need to know what goes on in the field or else we’ll have no idea what to do when we get there,” EMT student

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Preliminary investigations found that there was an alleged domestic dispute between a male and female involving alcohol and at least one shot was fired, Nash said.

The female involved was shot in one arm and was transported to Northern Illinois Medical Center in McHenry.

She was later taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge in critical but stable condition, she said.

Two guns were removed from the home and police had not previously responded to the residence for domestic incidents before this, she said.

Nash said the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office is reviewing the incident and charges are pending.

No one is in custody at this time.

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“If this is something where someone hasn’t filed for in 20 years, that’s a slightly different subject,” McConville said. “But I don’t know that.”

McConville said the Secretary of State’s records are put online after they are filed, which could take up to 10 business days. He confirmed that according to their records, Action Building Maintenance has been registered since January with Scott.

There also was a corporation with the same name that was involuntarily dissolved in 1996, McConville said; however, he cannot tell whether there is any connection between the two corporations. Kownick said the the person who registered that business, Linda M. Barrett, was the owner before he took over the business.

Not filing with the state is “not criminal in nature, in any way shape or form,” McConville said, and an owner of an existing business could go back and file, but would have to pay penalties.

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SPRING GROVE – Spring Grove Bible Fellowship Church is inviting the public to attend a “Conservative Christian Sunday” on April 23. The service will start at 10 a.m. at the church, 7664 Wilmot Road, Spring Grove. After the service, the church will host a question-and-answer session featuring special guests, including former Congressman Joe Walsh. For information, call the church at 815-675-0041.

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CARY – A campaign volunteer for Cary mayoral candidate Jim Cosler said she wanted to hold Mayor Mark Kownick accountable for not registering his business with the state – so she registered it under her name.

According to the Secretary of State’s online records, Action Building Maintenance Corp. has been registered since January under Kathleen Scott of Cary.

Questions about whether Kownick properly registered the Cary-based business were brought up Tuesday at the Cary Committee of the Whole meeting during public comment, and by Cosler when the Northwest Herald editorial board interviewed him and Kownick on Wednesday. Cosler, a Cary trustee, is challenging Kownick in the April 4 consolidated election.

“Back in 2012, it was brought to my attention that my corporation lapsed,” Kownick said Wednesday. “And at that time, I hired a group of attorneys to rep-

resent me to bring this back into good standings.”

Kownick said he’s been a partner with Action Building Maintenance since 1988, and Mark became sole owner in Kownick 1998. A paperwork error led to the business not being registered with the state, Kownick said, and he has the documents to show he fixed it in 2012.

“I went to great lengths to make sure Jim Cosler it was taken care of,” Kownick said.

Kownick said he has paid taxes for the business, and he is looking into why the business is not showing up in the Secretary of State’s recent records.

Terrence McConville, assistant general counsel to the Secretary of State, said not filing a business with the Secretary of State is common, and something

McHENRY – The McHenry VFW is hosting a 50/50 raffle April 11 to keep up the organization’s building. The drawing will be at 8:30 p.m. at the McHenry post, 3002 Route 120. Proceeds will be used for any future upkeep and renovations for the VFW building. Dwane Lungren, senior vice commander with VFW Post 4600 McHenry, said the post is in the process of selling 3,000 tickets for $10 each. Participants will have the chance to win either $10,000, $3,000 or $2,000. Winners do not need to be present to win. Tickets are available at the post leading up to the raffle. The drawing will be April 11, regardless of tickets sold.

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The item was brought before the Summer classes Committee of the Whole on Tuesday. start May 15 “The Village Board felt that it was an appropriate use for that location, and they look forward to seeing it deVisit www.mchenry.edu/summer veloped,” Brown said.

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CRYSTAL LAKE – Residents can learn more about stories from the Bible with a new class at McHenry County College.

MCC’s Continuing Education Department is offering “Bible Basics, Old and New” from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays, April 3 and 10, in Room A242.

The course will go over major historical, narrative and geographical aspects of the Bible.

The first session will cover the Old Testament stories, while the second session will focus on the New Testament.

The two sessions also will feature clips from biblically based films.

The cost to attend is $35. To register, use course code: NPL S55 001.

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WOODSTOCK – Inmates at the McHenry County Jail now are able to attend substance abuse recovery support meetings while in custody.

The newly developed program was designed to help those dealing with addiction through support meetings that use Narcotics Anonymous. The weekly meetings are run by Drug Court program graduates and Specialty Court staff.

The meetings are offered to men and women.

“Providing substance abuse services to jail inmates, the vast majority of whom will rejoin society in the foreseeable future, is a simple way to reduce recidivism by providing inmates with an understanding of sobriety principles they can apply on

the outside when working to reclaim their lives,” McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said.

About 65 percent of the nation’s inmates meet certain medical criteria for substance abuse and addiction, but only 11 percent received treatment, according to the American Public Health Association.

The program is a collaboration between the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and the McHenry County Specialty Courts of the 22nd Judicial Circuit.

Jason Sterwerf, director of the Office of Special Projects for the Circuit Court, said the program so far has been well received.

“It’s exciting to work with other departments to create a helpful response for our clients engaging in recovery,” he said.

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McHenry County state’s attorney it,” Sugden said. “It’s a waste of taxpayers’ money and a waste of time.”

Sugden said he advocates for programs such as drug court, but it is difficult to help those facing mandatory prison sentences.

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addict who made a bad decision and needs help ends up facing 30 years in prison.

“There’s not a heroin hub in Crystal Lake where someone is throwing out heroin bags and sending out hot deadly doses,” he said. “So the question becomes, ‘Does the person who went and picked up the heroin for that day become responsible for everyone else’s lives?’ ” Ultimately, Reed said, putting people in prison is not going to fix the bigger problem.

“If I lost my son or daughter from a heroin overdose, I can’t say I wouldn’t want the person to face a consequence,” he said. “I think the main question is does that law fit the solution to the problem.”

A prison sentence is not a cure for addiction, defense attorney Hank Sugden said.

“These people come back out into the community and hang in the same areas, they put themselves in the same situation and they get right back into

loss of a man who “who would do anything for his family.” Family members are following Miculinic’s case, and they feel at least a little solace knowing he’s in jail.

All three children and two grandchildren spend much of their time reminiscing about the times they shared to ensure they never forget: Trips to the beach, walks, birthday parties. Savannah Fredricksen has a constant reminder of her father tattooed on each of her wrists – his birth and death date.

“We tried over and over again to help my dad and unfortunately we couldn’t,” Christina Fredricksen said.

“If we could reach one person and save their life that’s what it’s all about.”

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“When you are dealing with family members of people who have died because somebody made the decision to pass this filth around this community, that needs to be met sternly,” he said.

Kenneally also said the idea that the state’s attorney’s office will charge a group of people who go and buy drugs for each other is a misconception.

“We are charging people if they are profiting from the sale of the drugs,” he said.

McHenry County is not alone in dealing with the throes of addiction in the community. Since 1999, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids nationally, which include prescription drugs and heroin, has quadrupled, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Experts say that several factors likely have contributed to the severity of the opioid epidemic, including the increasing number of prescriptions for addictive painkillers such as hydrocodone and oxycodone.

Chris Reed, a former addict and owner of The Other Side in Crystal Lake, said drug-induced homicide charges are necessary, but they need to be meant for dealers, not addicts. He said he believes there are certain cases in McHenry County where a drug

“When you are dealing with family members of people who have died because somebody made the decision to pass this filth around this community, that needs to be met sternly.”

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Candidates say village growth a priority

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bkeeperman@shawmedia.com HEBRON – Growth and building up a reputable village image are top priorities for Hebron village president candidates Kimberly Martinez and Frank Beatty.

Beatty, a former village president and local business owner, and Martinez, a real estate agent, are joined by village Trustee Mark Mogan in challenging incumbent Village President John Jacobson. Jacobson and Mogan didn’t fill out candidate questionnaires and declined to take part in editorial interviews with the Northwest Herald.

Martinez and Beatty agreed that Hebron needs both residential and commercial growth, but disagreed on which should come first. Beatty said that his top priority would be to start with building affordable housing in Hebron so that first-time homebuyers and young families would move to the village.

“Once you start seeing rooftops, you will see the possibility of some commercial coming in,” he said. “The industrial growth could be started immediately.”

Martinez said that her priority would be to bring in commercial development first because she thought that amenities would attract people to town.

“As we grow commerce, hand-inhand it will bring in more people,” she said. “I will actively pursue industrial, office and sales businesses because this is what the town needs. … Once we have increased sales tax revenues, we have the possibility of lowering the [property tax] levy for our residents.”

Sitting Hebron Village President John Jacobson is facing drug possession and firearms charges after a March incident where police were called to his home and he was found unconscious.

Police reports detail a night of drinking and smoking crack cocaine.

Trustee Mark Mogan was accused in December of being intoxicated when he struck and killed 29-year-old Samantha L. Norris in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.

Mogan refused to take a breath test or field sobriety test at the scene and at the police station. The Walworth County, Wisconsin, district attorney decided earlier this month not to file criminal charges against Mogan after a blood test

showed there was no alcohol in his system.

The village’s reputation needs to be cleaned up, Beatty and Martinez agreed.

“Unfortunately we have had some really bad press over the past few years, and it’s a shame. … We have a great little town.” Martinez said. “We need someone upstanding in office. If you are in public office, you are in public view. …

You need to be open with people. You need to be willing to talk to people. You need to be willing to help them, listen to them.”

Beatty said that during his prior terms as village president, he was transparent and open and wanted to bring back integrity to Hebron.

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“We have to bring that respect back,” he said. “We have lost a lot of character from our village. … This has got to change. Once we bring respect back, we are going to see development and we are going to see a positive future for Hebron.”

In April 2013, Jacobson unseated Beatty, who had served as village president for 16 years. Jacobson had pending drug charges for possession of crack cocaine at the time he was elected in 2013. Jacobson has been arrested twice since that time, once for drunken driving in Wisconsin and again for crack cocaine in 2016. The charges from his 2016 arrest are pending.

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Parker said the cause of the fire is under investigation.

Fire officials were still on the scene hours after the fire to assist people with getting their personal be-

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Sue Rose, community service director with the McHenry County Housing Authority, and community service assistant Kayla Prendergast were there all day helping out.

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CRYSTAL LAKE – Seventh-grade students Will Hough and Alyssa Zagroba said they didn’t know a lot about farming before Friday.

“Now I know how much agriculture can actually mean to us and if we didn’t have it we really wouldn’t be living right now,” Zagroba said.

“More kids need to understand how important agriculture is and need to learn about it more,” Hough said.

On Friday, Lundahl Middle School students were given the chance to learn about farming from the McHenry County Farm Bureau. For nearly 20 years, the Crystal Lake school has been involved in Agriculture Day, which is part of a program called Ag in the Classroom (AITC), supported by the McHenry County Farm Bureau Ag Foundation.

The program’s goal is for students to recognize and appreciate the many ways that farmers provide food, fuel,

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“This event teaches the students where their food comes from, how important plants are and gives them background knowledge on how important and difficult farming is,” Lundahl science teacher Annette Rafferty said.

“The kids love it and the farm bureau really does a fantastic job,” Rafferty added.

Throughout the day, students rotated through eight different presentations about agriculture. Topics include farm energy, crop rotation, beekeeping and cattle raising, among other subjects. In one presentation, students got to see a live cow and calf while learning about raising cattle from birth until it hits the market.

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Reinhard also talked about how soybeans are used to make biodiesel, which is clean-burning and a non-toxic form of diesel fuel.

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CARY – Community garden plots at Hoffman Park are now available for rent.

Gardeners may rent a 20-by-30-foot garden plot and grow their own fruits, vegetables, herbs, plants, and flowers for the 2017 season.

Garden plots are available on a firstcome, first-served basis with rental fees ranging from $42 to $75 for the season. Rentals are taken at the Cary Park District Community Center, 255 Briargate Road, Cary.

The Cary Park District also hosts six demonstration gardens at Hoffman Park. The demonstration gardens are maintained by local volunteers where all of the harvest is donated to the Cary Grove Food Pantry. Last year, more than 1,000 pounds of organic produce was harvested from the demonstration gardens and donated to the Cary Food Pantry to help families in the area.

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OBITUARIES JOAN R. BLACK

Travis Walsh; Evan, Jolie and Eme Gres; and an immeasurable number of dear friends for whom Born: September 22, 1945; in Chicago, IL she was extremely grateful. A celebration of her Died: March 20, 2017; in Barrington, IL life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on April 8 at RidgeJoan R. Black, 71, of Crystal Lake, passed away field Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church, 8505 Church St., Crystal Lake, IL 60012. A reception peacefully March 20, 2017 in Barrington.

Born September 22, 1945, in Chicago; she was will follow. In lieu of flowers, memorials may the daughter of Olaf Mikal and Flora Lillian (Elia- be made in Joan’s name to Stand Up to Cancer at www.standup2cancer.org or to Ridgefield son) Rasmussen. Joan was a devoted wife and Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church, to the loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. A retired teacher and librarian, Joan had address above. a deep passion for reading and inspiring children Arrangements were entrusted to Querhamin their love of reading and learning. She was mer and Flagg Funeral Home in Crystal Lake. also a member of two longstanding book clubs and an active member of the RCLPC community.

A proud Norwegian, Joan’s passions included ARTHUR W. DAFGARD gardening, puzzles and games, and most of all, Born: Sept. 27, 1955 spending time with her family.

Joan was preceded in death by the love of her Died: March 11, 2017 life, John H. “Jack” Black, Jr.; and her parents, Arthur William Dafgard, Olaf Mikal and Flora Lillian Rasmussen.

61, of Midlothian and forShe is survived by her brother, Ralph (Dianne) merly of New Jersey, passed Rasmussen; her two sons, Gardner (Stacey) away on March 11, 2017, Hjerpe and Adam (Heidi) Hjerpe; her nieces, surrounded by his loving Tiffany (John) Kees and Lara (Roger) Anderfamily. Artie was born Sept. son; three stepdaughters, Jackie Torres, Pat 27, 1955, in Somerville, New Breeding-Black and Laurie (Lewis Toda) Black; 10 grandchildren, Matt (Christy) Hjerpe, Megan, Jersey, to Elizabeth and Alfred Edward (Jr.) Dafgard. He worked as a football coach and Rachael, Emily, Ella and Nicole Hjerpe; Renee as a car salesman.

Thomas; Chris Torres; Vicki (Mark) Gres; and He was a member of the First Church of Courtney (David) Tucker; 11 great-grandchildren, God in Oak Lawn. He was funny, loving and Leiah and Landon Hjerpe; Kendall Thomas; generous to all who knew him.

Chelsea, Wesley and Paige Torres; Taylor and

He is survived by his wife, Terri Sowles-Dafgard; daughters, Kristyn (Gerry Glowienke) Surprenant, Melani (Mike) Belpedio and Danielle (fiancé Akeem Gbeleyi) Dafgard; and sons, Mitchell (partner Juliette Beaulieu) Surprenant and Benjamin (Samantha) Dafgard. Artie is also survived by his four grandchildren, Colin, Rayna and Cierra Belpedio and Madeline Stocks; his mother, Elizabeth Dafgard; a sister, Linda Luna; brothers, Alfred “Spike” E. Dafgard III and Gary Dafgard; a nephew, Billy Maciborski; and a brother-in-law, Carmine Mastromarino.

He was preceded in death by his father, Alfred Edward Jr.; and his sister, Gloria Mastromarino.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 8, at the First Church of God, at 4600 W. 111th St., Oak Lawn, IL 60453.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to the juvenile dermatomyositis foundation (http://www.curejm.org) in Artie’s memory would be appreciated.

CONSTANCE ANN GIACOMO Constance Ann Giacomo, age 87, of McHenry, died Friday, March 24, 2017, at JourneyCare of Woodstock. Funeral arrangements are pending at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry, IL 60050. For information, please call the funeral home at 815-385-2400, or visit www.justenfh.com.

MELVA HORTON Born: August 18, 1927 Died: March 1, 2017

Melva “Mel” Horton, 89, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, died March 1, 2017. She was born August 18, 1927, in Wadena County, Minnesota to Nels and Helmie Pulju. Mel worked for American Airlines and TWA as a teletype operator. She lived in Queens, Phoenix, Memphis and Chicago, where she met her loving husband of 64 years and best friend, Clifford “Cliff” Horton. They lived in Cary for 40 years before moving to Bella Vista, AR, in 1999. Mel was an avid gardener who believed “My garden is my earthly paradise.” A dear friend lovingly referred to her as the “General” or as the “Finns” would say, “She has sisu.”

Preceded in death by her husband, Cliff Horton, and one brother, Marvin Pulju. She is survived by her two children, Jeff Horton of Corvallis, Oregon, and Jennifer Horton of Chicago; a sister, Millie Hendrickson of Menahga, Minnesota; and granddaughter, Cheryl Horton of Corvallis, Oregon. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 5434 Walsh Lane, Rogers, AR, 72758 or at www.cancer.org. Bella Vista Funeral Home and Crematory handled arrangements.

Online condolences may be made at www. funeralmation.com.

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• Continued from page A26 Born: June 21, 1934; in Chicago, IL Died: March 22, 2017; in Wonder Lake, IL

Born: June 25, 1951 Died: March 24, 2017

Born: April 24, 1957 Died: March 19, 2017

Katherine L. Oliver born April 24, 1957 in Elgin to Jo and Jack Oliver, she passed away on March 19, 2017 at the age of 59. Katherine was proud of her education from NIU and Elgin Community College. Additionally, she was proud of her work as a hospice nurse with JourneyCare Hospice. Katherine also loved animals, especially horses.

Katherine is survived by her father, John H. Oliver of Lake in the Hills; brothers, John M. Oliver of Harvard, IL and James M. Oliver of Minneapolis, MN; nieces, Nicole Swanson of Harvard, and Brittany Oliver of Lilly Moor, IL; nephews, Nathan Oliver of Wonder Lake, and Austin Oliver of Tucson, AZ; and her grandnephews, Axel Swanson of Harvard and Adam Oliver of Tucson. She was preceded in death by her mother, Joanne Oliver.

A memorial for Katherine will be held at a later date. For online condolence please visit www. davenportfamily.com or call the funeral home at 815-459-3411 for information.

MARILYN C. PLATT

Born: October 14, 1936 Died: March 22, 2017

Marilyn C. Platt, 80, of Harvard passed away at home surrounded by her family on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Marilyn was born on October 14, 1936 in Chicago, IL; the daughter of the late Emil and Martha (Ozmina) Potempa.

She enjoyed sewing, gardening, crafts, slot machines and old movies. Although, her true passion in life, was spending time with her family. On February 11, 1956 Marilyn married the love of her life Ronald Platt in Chicago, IL. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and the rosary and alter society at the church.

Survivors include her husband, Ronald; children, Timothy (Debbie) Platt of Chicago, Amy (Robert) Dapper of Harvard, Michael (Claudia) Platt of Harvard, and Melissa (Edward) Parisi of River Grove, IL; 13 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren and 1 due in September; 2 brothers, Thomas and Joseph Potempa. She was preceded in death by her parents, children, Mary Beth Platt, Joseph Platt and Judith Platt; sister, Elvira Bell; and brother, Richard Potempa.

Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11:00 am Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 206 E. Front St. Harvard, IL 60033. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11:00 am. Interment will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests Masses for the family at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Family and friends may sign the online guest book at www.saundersmcfarlin.net.

For more information, call Saunders & Mc-

Farlin Funeral Home at 815-943-5400.

KATHRYN M. STEBBINS Kathryn M. Stebbins (nee Perona), age 54, most recently of Wonder Lake, died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at JourneyCare of Woodstock.

Funeral arrangements are pending at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry, IL 60050. For information, please call the funeral home at 815-3852400, or visit www.justenfh.com.

ROBERTA M. STRICKLAND Born: June 3, 1930 Died: March 23, 2017

Roberta M. Strickland, 86, of Glendale Heights, passed away Thursday, March 23, at Alden Valley Ridge nursing home in Bloomingdale.

She was born June 3, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Henry and Edna (Scheithe) Daleiden. She was a longtime resident of Huntley, Illinois, and worked for many years at the Huntley Supermarket.

Surviving are her 4 sons, Dennis (Wilma), Douglas, David (Susan), Donald (Julie); 8 grandchildren, Matthew, Andrew, Peter, Rebeccah, Carrie, Patrick, Michael, Phillip; and 4 great-grandchildren, Gavin, Lucas, Cassidy and Madelyn. Brother, Richard (Kathy) Lovins. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Eugene.

Visitation will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Rd in Huntley on Monday, March 27, 2017, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. with Mass immediately following. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s cemetery. Memorials may be made to JourneyCare Hospice.

James A. O’Connor Funeral Home is assisting the family. For more information 847-669-5111 or visit www.jamesaoconnorfuneralhome.com.

THOMAS NATHANIEL TRASK

Born: April 6, 1954; in Woodstock, IL Died: March 20, 2017; in Fort Atkinson, WI Thomas Nathaniel Trask, of Fort Atkinson, WI, formerly of Fond du Lac, WI, and Crystal Lake, IL, passed away March 20, 2017 in Fort Atkinson.

Born April 6, 1954 in Woodstock, he was the son of Russell F. and LeElda M. (Kufahl) Trask.

Survivors include his brothers, Fredric (Barbara) Trask of Marengo, IL, Mark (Tracy) Trask of Fort Meyers, FL and John Trask of Crystal Lake, IL; aunts, Joyce Kufahl of Wausau, WI, Marie Kufahl-Krohn of McHenry, IL and June Harbath of Colorado; numerous nieces and nephews.

His parents preceded him in death.

A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date. Online condolences may be submitted at querhammerandflagg.com.

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Linda Claire Montemayor, 65, of Huntley, died, March 24, 2017 peacefully at her home James A. LaGreca, age with her family by her side.

82, of Wonder Lake, passed Visitation will be Tuesday, from 4:00 away Wednesday, March to 8:00pm at DeFiore Jorgensen Funeral 22, 2017, at his home, surHome-10763, Huntley. A funeral Mass will be rounded by loving family. celebrated Wednesday 10:00am at St. Mary James was born June 21, Catholic Church-10307 Dundee Road, Hunt1934, in Chicago to Arthur ley. Burial will be in Hampshire Cemetery. and Edna (Johnson) LaGreLinda was born June 25, 1951 the daughter ca. A veteran of the United of William and Evelyn Beaman. On October 11, States Marine Corps, he 1969, she married Jose Montemayor. In 1988 served stateside from 1951 she and her husband started Montemayor - 1954. On November 10, Construction Co. She was an integral part 1954, he married Barbara of the family business and was the office/ Alexis Hagan at Nativity business manager. Linda enjoyed raising her Lutheran Church in Wonder three children. She was creative and had an Lake. artistic flair to all she did, especially with her Formerly a resident of never ending DIY projects. She was strong, Chicago, James was a resident of Wonder caring and always put others before herself.

Lake for over 50 years.

When she was given her cancer diagnosis, she He began his career as a firefighter with exceeded that diagnosis with her courageous the Chicago Fire Department, where he lat- fight that lasted 2 years and 3 months. Linda er served as Battalion Chief. After 17 years enjoyed traveling, shopping and her greatest of service, James incurred a serious injury joy was her grandchildren. She was a loving while fighting a fire, and subsequently took and devoted mother, grandmother and friend, an early medical retirement from the CFD. she will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

His second career was in real estate, She is survived by her children, Joe (Marcewhere he was well-known throughout the la) Montemayor, Gina (John) Seaton and Wonder Lake community and affiliated Anna (Rick) Hummel; and by her grandchilwith Sullivan Realty in Wonder Lake for dren, Joey, Autumn, Alex, Breanna, Mia and many years. James was a longtime member Adella. She is also survived by her fiancé, of Nativity Lutheran Church in Wonder Bruce Sarna.

Lake.

She is preceded in death by her parents; her An avid outdoorsman, James enjoyed husband, Jose; and a brother, Wayne. hunting and fishing.

For further information please call the In his younger years, he also enjoyed funeral home at 847-515-8772 or on-line racquetball. Above all, James was devoted condolences maybe directed to www.defioreto his family. He was a loving husband and jorgensen.com. father who delighted in spending time with family.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Barbara; three children, Susan LaGreca of Wonder Lake, Anthony (Kay) LaGreca of Cornell, IL, and David (Alice) LaGreca of Georgetown, TX; his daughter-in-law, Chris LaGreca of Fountain Hills, AZ; his sister, Sharon Doyle of Branson, MO; 10 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

EDITH J. NICHOLS In addition to his parents, James was preceded in death by his son, Scott on June Edith J. Nichols, beloved 15, 2013; and his sister, Barbara Fiala. wife of the late Burnett W.; Friends may gather to visit with his famloving mother of Sue and the ily from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Saturday, late John Nichols; devoted April 1, 2017, at Justen Funeral Home & grandmother of Erica Escamilla, Crematory, 3700 Charles J. Miller Road, Jordanne, Grace, and Isabel McHenry, IL 60050. The memorial service Nichols. will be at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home.

Edith retired after 20 years as an adminisInurnment will be private. trative assistant at McHenry County College For those wishing to send an expresand would be remembered for her creative sion of condolence, his family suggests memorials to St. Jude Children’s Research Halloween displays at the college. She loved animals, reading, sewing, and art, but most of all Hospital, Memorials & Honors Program, loved spending time with her family.

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U.S. immigration judge grants asylum to Singapore teen

By SOPHIA TAREEN

He created controversy in 2015 as the city-state was mourning the death of its first prime minister and he posted an expletive-laden video about Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew just after his death.

Such open criticism of political leaders is discouraged in Singapore.

The case raised questions about free speech and censorship and has been closely watched abroad.

Cole said testimony during Yee’s hearing showed that while the Singapore government’s stated reason for punishing him involved religion, “its real purpose was to stifle Yee’s politi-

cal speech.” He said Yee’s prison sentence was “unusually long and harsh” especially for his age.

Singapore’s government criticized the decision.

“Yee had engaged in hate speech against Christians and Muslims. The U.S. adopts a different standard, and allows such hate speech under the rubric of freedom of speech,” the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement Saturday.

“It is the prerogative of the U.S. to take in such people who engage in hate speech,” the ministry said. “There are many more such people around the world who deliberately engage in hate speech, and who may be prosecuted.

Some of them will no doubt take note of the U.S. approach, and consider applying for asylum in the U.S.” The ruling was praised by others.

“I think this is a major embarrassment for the government, that all along claimed Amos’ persecution was not political,” Kenneth Jeyaretnam, an opposition politician who gave testimony supporting Yee’s asylum, told The Associated Press.

Yee’s attorney Sandra Grossman said her client was elated.

“He’s very excited to begin new life in the United States,” Grossman said.

of positions that rightfully belong in Sangamon County, the location of the capital of the state of Illinois,” Hoffman said in the memo.

The General Assembly adopted a resolution last year directing agencies under the governor to report on where their jobs are and the potential for relocating some of them to Springfield.

police officials say investigators are looking into the threats.

Police learned of the attack on the girl when her mother approached Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson on Monday.

No arrests have been made in the case.

Authorities say the investigation is making progress.

Authorities announced the connection between overdoses and gun violence as they revealed the arrest of more than 50 people in a joint investigation by the police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Guns, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine were seized during the arrests.

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CHICAGO – A blogger from Singapore who was jailed for his online posts blasting his government was granted asylum to remain in the United States, an immigration judge ruled.

Amos Yee, 18, has been detained by federal immigration authorities since December when he was taken into custody at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Attorneys said he could be released from a Wisconsin detention center as early as Monday.

Judge Samuel Cole issued a 13-page decision Friday, more than two weeks after Yee’s closed-door hearing on the asylum application.

“Yee has met his burden of showing that he suffered past persecution on account of his political opinion and has a well-founded fear of future persecution in Singapore,” Cole wrote.

Yee left Singapore with the intention of seeking asylum in the U.S. after being jailed for several weeks in 2015 and 2016. He was accused of hurting the religious feelings of Muslims and Christians in the multiethnic citystate. Yee is an atheist.

Many of his blog and social media posts criticized Singapore’s leaders.

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News from across the state Vacant agency jobs could move to Springfield area

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois agencies under Gov. Bruce Rauner have been told to decide whether vacant positions can be moved to the Springfield area as part of the process to fill the jobs.

The Department of Central Management Services issued a memo Wednesday outlining the procedures needed for agencies to transfer vacant or currently occupied jobs to the state capital in Springfield, The State Journal-Register reported.

The department’s acting director, Michael Hoffman, says the memo was issued in response to a legislative resolution last year that asked agencies to identify jobs that could potentially be relocated to Sangamon County, which includes Springfield, from other parts of the state.

“Based on this workforce study, agencies identified a significant number

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Singapore teen blogger Amos Yee speaks May 12, 2015, to reporters while leaving the Subordinate Courts after being released on bail in Singapore.

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Chicago teen apparently raped on Facebook relocated

CHICAGO – The 15-year-old Chicago girl who authorities say was raped while around 40 people viewed it live on Facebook has been relocated with her family.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in an email Friday that the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office offered the girl and her family relocation services. He added the girl “is in a safe place.”

The mother told The Associated Press on Wednesday her daughter was scared to return home and the family is being harassed by neighborhood kids. She also says that since the attack, people have posted threats on Facebook. Chicago

Maps show drug overdoses, shootings go hand in hand

CHICAGO – Maps released by the Chicago Police Department show shootings and ambulance runs for heroin overdoses on the city’s West Side overlap almost exactly.

Police analysts reviewed 2016 Chicago Fire Department calls for opioid overdoses on the West Side. They looked at cases in which paramedics administered a heroin-treatment drug called Narcan.

Narcotics investigator Lt. Matthew Cline said the use of Narcan is in areas where the city has the largest concentrations of open-air markets.

Cline said the markets have been the main sources of the violence on the West Side, with some of the shootings linked to turf battles among gangs.

Authorities say officer rescued woman from pond

GLEN ELLYN – Authorities said a police officer rescued a woman by swimming out to her car submerged in a retention pond at a suburban Chicago community college.

Glen Ellyn police said Officer Kevin Riggle was one of the first to arrive at the College of DuPage pond Friday night and swam out to the car about 30 yards from the shore. He was able to pull the unconscious 61-year-old woman from the car and keep her above water until firefighters reached them.

Officials said the woman regained consciousness and was taken to a hospital in stable condition. Police didn’t immediately know what caused the crash.

– Wire reports

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Trump,” Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., said at the New HampLAS VEGAS – A man riding on a shire Democratic Party’s annual double decker bus on the Las Ve- meeting.

Ellison, who lost his bid for chairgas Strip pulled a gun and started man of the Democratic National shooting, killing one person and Committee to former Labor Secrewounding another before barricading himself inside in a standoff tary Tom Perez, said the party had that lasted hours before he finally lost focus on state legislatures and governorships. Democrats, surrendered.

The standoff began about 11 a.m. he said, need a cohesive national Saturday on the bus when it was message that can inspire ordinary stopped on Las Vegas Boulevard Americans. near the Cosmopolitan hotel-caAirstrikes across Syria sino. Two people were taken to kill and wound scores the hospital after the shooting, University Medical Center spokes- BEIRUT – Airstrikes hit a women’s prison and a clinic in rebwoman Danita Cohen said. el-held parts of Syria on Saturday, For hours, crisis negotiators, robots and armored vehicles sur- killing and wounding scores of rounded the bus with authorities people amid clashes on multiple uncertain whether there were any fronts between government forces and insurgent groups in some more victims inside. Meanwhile, of the country’s worst violence in officers swept into the casinos weeks, opposition activists said. to warn tourists to bunker down The airstrikes, of which some until further notice, leaving these activists said included Russian normally bustling pedestrian air raids, concentrated on the areas and a road notorious for rebel-held northwestern province taxi-to-taxi traffic completely of Idlib, the central province of empty.

Hama and suburbs of the capital Ellison: Dems must fight Damascus that have come under attack by insurgent groups over Republicans at all levels the past week.

MANCHESTER, N.H. – DemOne of the airstrikes hit a main ocrats need to prepare for an ongoing fight against Republicans street in the Damascus suburb of Hamouriyeh killing at least 16 and at all levels of government, not just the White House, their newly wounded more than 50, activists appointed deputy national chair- said. The airstrikes caused wide destruction in the area. man said on Saturday.

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Failure on health bill also hurts prospects for tax overhaul

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – House Republicans’ failure to repeal Barack Obama’s health care law deals a serious blow to another big part of President Donald Trump’s agenda: tax reform.

Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., say they will soon turn their attention to the first major rewrite of the tax code in more than 30 years. But they will have to do it without the momentum of victory on health care.

Just as important, the loss on health care will deprive Republicans of $1 trillion in tax cuts.

The GOP health plan would have repealed nearly $1 trillion in taxes enacted under Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The bill coupled the tax cuts with spending cuts for Medicaid, so it wouldn’t add to the budget deficit.

Without the spending cuts, it will be much harder for Republicans to cut taxes without adding to the federal government’s red ink.

“Yes this does make tax reform more difficult,” Ryan said. “But it does not in any way make it impossible.”

“That just means the Obamacare taxes stay with Obamacare. We’re going to go fix the rest of the tax code,” he added.

House Republicans couldn’t round up enough votes Friday to repeal and replace a law they despise, raising questions about their ability to tackle other tough issues.

“Doing big things is hard,” Ryan conceded as he vowed to press on.

Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, acknowledged that Friday’s turn of events made him doubtful about the Republicans’ ability to tackle major legislation.

“This was my first big vote and our first big initiative in the line of things to come like tax reform,” the freshman said. “I think this would have given us tremendous momentum

and I think this hurts that momentum.”

Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., said, “You always build on your last accomplishment.”

Nevertheless, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday that the administration plans to turn quickly to tax reform with the goal of getting an overhaul approved by Congress by August.

“Health care is a very complicated issue,” Mnuchin said. “In a way, tax reform is a lot simpler.”

Don’t tell that to House Republicans who have been struggling with the issue for years.

The general goal for Republicans is to lower income tax rates for individuals and corporations, and make up the lost revenue by reducing exemptions, deductions and credits.

Overhauling the tax code is hard because every tax break has a constituency. And the biggest tax breaks are among the most popular.

For example, nearly 34 million families claimed the mortgage interest deduction in 2016, reducing their tax bills by $65 billion.

Also, more than 43 million families deducted their state and local income, sales and personal property taxes from their federal taxable income last year. The deduction reduced their federal tax bills by nearly $70 billion.

Mnuchin said he had been overseeing work on the administration’s tax bill for the past two months. He said it would be introduced soon.

Mnuchin said the White House plan would cut individual and corporate tax rates, though he didn’t offer specifics.

House Republicans have released a blueprint that outlines their goals for a tax overhaul. It would lower the top individual income tax rate from 39.6 percent to 33 percent, and reduce the number of tax brackets from seven to three.

The House plan retains the mortgage interest deduction but repeals the deduction for state and local taxes.

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Trump son-in-law’s ties to Israel raise questions of bias

By DANIEL ESTRIN

The Associated Press

JERUSALEM – Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has deep business and personal ties to Israel that could raise questions about his ability to serve as an honest broker as he oversees the White House’s Mideast peace efforts.

But some say these ties, which include a previously undisclosed real estate deal in New Jersey with a major Israeli insurer, may give Kushner a surprising advantage as he is expected to launch the first peace talks of the Trump era. Having the trust of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the thinking goes, could make Kushner well positioned to extract concessions from the hard-line Israeli leader.

Kushner’s family real estate company has longstanding and ongoing deals with major Israeli financial institutions. These relationships, along with a personal friendship with Netanyahu and past links to the West Bank settler movement, could emerge as potential stumbling blocks by creating an appear-

ance of bias.

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. confirmed that it shares ownership and profits on a New Jersey apartment building with the Kushner Companies. Harel informed The Associated Press of the joint investment and said it had not previously announced it publicly. In addition, the Kushner Companies confirmed longstanding relationships with two major Israeli banks that have been investigated by U.S. authorities for allegedly helping wealthy clients evade U.S. taxes.

“Financial investments in Israel would seem to only further complicate conflicts of interest issues,” said Larry Noble, senior director of regulatory programs and general counsel at Campaign Legal Center, a group that advocates for strong enforcement of campaign finance laws.

Jared Kushner headed the billion-dollar family firm before joining the White House as a senior adviser in January. As a condition to taking the job, Kushner has agreed to file a financial disclosure report and divest some holdings that could create a conflict of

East African bloc: Members to allow Somali refugees to work

By TOM ODULA

The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya – East Africa’s regional bloc said Saturday that it gradually will allow the hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees sheltering in its countries to work and will include them in planning efforts.

It is a step forward for nations such as Kenya, which hosts the world’s largest refugee camp and where refugees are not allowed to work, but it’s not enough, said an Amnesty International expert on refugees, Victor Nyamori.

“It must be backed up by concrete action,” he said. East African countries already are signatories of U.N. treaties that say refugees should be allowed to work, but that has not been put into practice, he said. Only Uganda seems to have progressive legislation to let refugees work and settle, he said.

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development summit on Somali refugees comes as Somalia again faces the threat of famine, with about half its estimated 12 million population threatened.

Droughts and instability already have displaced more than 2 million Somalis in recent decades, with about 900,000 sheltering in regional countries.

Even as the region faces the prospect of a fresh wave of Somali refugees,

there have been efforts to urge existing ones to return home. The summit comes weeks after a court blocked Kenya’s plan to close the world’s largest refugee camp in May. The camp, Dadaab, shelters more than 200,000 Somalis.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday repeated his government’s allegation that Dadaab has become a training ground for al-Shabab extremists, though authorities have not provided proof. The Somalia-based al-Shabab group has launched more than 100 attacks on Kenya as retribution after it sent troops to Somalia to fight the extremists.

The U.N. refugee agency has urged Kenya to look alternative means of settlement, while human rights groups have accused Kenya of pressuring the Somalis to return home.

“Countries hosting Somali refugees have to find alternative solutions for them locally, focusing on the socio-economic inclusion of refugees,” said George Okoth-Obbo, the U.N. refugee agency’s assistant high commissioner for operations. Though voluntary returns to Somalia continue, insecurity and other constraints are restricting their number, he said.

The regional bloc on Saturday committed to finding alternative means of settling refugees.

interest.

The Trump administration has faced repeated conflict of interest accusations since taking office. Although the billionaire real estate magnate says he’s no longer managing his global financial interests, critics say these businesses still stand to profit from the prestige or policy decisions of the presidency. In addition, they note that Trump’s children continue to manage many of these ventures, opening the door for the president to continue to wield his clout behind the scenes.

While Kushner’s role in Mideast diplomacy remains unclear, Trump has said his son-in-law will work to “broker a Middle East peace deal.”

Last week, Jason Greenblatt, a White House envoy who reports to Kushner, paid his first official visit to the region, conducting a series of meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials on what was billed as a listening tour to sound out the sides.

As the U.S. pushes forward, Kushner’s family’s business and personal ties to Israel have raised questions over his ability to mediate.

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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner arrives Jan. 24 for a meeting between President Donald Trump and automobile leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.

Ex-CIA chief: Michael Flynn’s firm discussed removing cleric from U.S.

By CHAD DAY

The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Former CIA Director James Woolsey has accused the Trump administration’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, of participating in a discussion with Turkish officials about possibly subverting the U.S. extradition process to remove a Turkish cleric from the United States.

The Wall Street Journal first reported Woolsey’s comments and posted a video interview with him late Friday. A Flynn spokesman said Friday that Woolsey’s claims are “false” and that “no such discussion oc- MIchael Flynn curred.”

In the Journal interview, Woolsey says he walked into the middle of a discussion between Turkish officials and members of Flynn’s firm, Flynn Intel Group, late in the evening of Sept. 19 at Essex House hotel in New York City.

Woolsey said the discussion generally involved removing cleric Fethullah Gulen from the U.S. without going through the lengthy extradition process, though he said it stopped short of outlining a specific plan to sweep the cleric out of the country. Turkish

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought Gulen’s extradition from the U.S. after accusing the cleric of directing a failed coup last summer. The U.S. government has rebuffed that request, and Gulen, who has a green card and lives in Pennsylvania, has denied involvement.

Woolsey described the discussion as “brainstorming, but it was brainstorming about a very serious matter that would pretty clearly be a violation of law.” Though, Woolsey noted that the discussion “did not rise to the level of being a specific plan to undertake a felonious act.”

Flynn spokesman Price Floyd told The Associated Press that Flynn Intel Group’s work never involved discussing removing Gulen from the U.S. by any means other than the extradition process. He confirmed that Woolsey attended the meeting but denied that it involved subverting the legal process.

“The claim made by Mr. Woolsey that General Flynn or anyone else in attendance discussed physical removal of Mr. Gulen from the United States during a meeting with Turkish officials in New York is false,” Floyd said.

“No such discussion occurred, nor did Mr. Woolsey ever inform General Flynn that he had any concerns whatsoever regarding the meeting, either before he chose to attend and afterward.”

EU puts pen to paper, signs unity pledge on 60th anniversary The Associated Press

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Anti-Brexit campaigners carry flags and banners Saturday as they march toward Britain’s parliament in London. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to start the process of leaving the European Union on Wednesday.

Thousands protest Britain’s EU departure The ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON – Tens of thousands protested Saturday under sunny skies in London against plans for Britain to withdraw from the European Union.

The Unite for Europe march, which saw many people carrying bright blue EU flags, came just days before Britain is expected to begin its formal separation from the other 27 nations in the EU.

The crowds observed a minute of silence at Parliament Square as a tribute to the four victims killed and dozens wounded in an attack Wednesday on Parliament. Many bowed their heads as Big Ben chimed and placed flowers at Parliament’s gate to honor the victims.

Police did not provide a crowd estimate. Organizers said more than 25,000 people were present.

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• Sunday, March 26, 2017

ROME – With Britain poised to start divorce proceedings, the 27 remaining European Union nations put pen to paper Saturday in Rome to renew their vows for continued unity in the face of crises that are increasingly testing the bonds between members.

The EU nations marked the 60th anniversary of their founding treaty as a turning point in their history, as British Prime Minister Theresa May will officially trigger divorce proceedings from the bloc next week – a fact that European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called “a tragedy.”

Determined to show that unity is the only way ahead in a globalized world, the EU leaders were able to walk away from a summit without acrimony, which was already sort of a victory.

“We didn’t have a major clash or conflict, contrary to what many thought,” Juncker said.

EU Council President Donald Tusk said that sustained unity was the only way for the EU to survive.

“Europe as a political entity will

either be united, or will not be at all,” he told EU leaders at a solemn session in the same ornate hall on the ancient Capitoline Hill where the Treaty of Rome, which founded the EU, was signed on March 25, 1957.

To move ahead though, the EU leaders recognized that full unity on all things will be unworkable. Pushed by several Western European nations, they enshrined a pledge to give member nations more freedom to form partial alliances and set policy when unanimity is out of reach.

“We will act together, at different paces and intensity where necessary, while moving in the same direction,” said the Rome Declaration signed by the 27 nations.

The EU has often used a multispeed approach in the past, with only 19 nations using the shared euro currency and not all members participating in the Schengen borderless travel zone. The approach has already been extended to social legislation and even divorce rules among EU nationals.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to assuage fears that it would lead to a further unraveling of unity.

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NORTHWEST HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD:

Kevin Lyons

Brett Rowland

Valerie Katzenstein

John Sahly

Kyle Nabors

OUR VIEW: McHENRY COUNTY ENDORSEMENTS

McHenry mayor: Jett McHenry is fortunate to have two strong candidates seeking to lead the city after Mayor Sue Low decided not to seek another term.

Former mayor and lawyer Steve Cuda and local businessman Wayne Jett both have deep roots, but different visions for McHenry and different levels of experience in city government.

Cuda, 63, was mayor of McHenry from 1993 to 2001, and stepped down to spend more time with his family. He has maintained a successful law practice in McHenry County for three decades.

Cuda’s main campaign point is reducing McHenry’s property tax by 10 percent and says it’s time for McHenry to start tapping into its $7 million reserve fund and give taxpayers a break.

Jett, 34, opened his first business at age 19, now has several thriving businesses and is well known for sharing his success with the community and area non-profits.

Jett cautions against further cutting McHenry’s levy because he says the town needs some infrastructure improvements, mainly $45 million in road repairs, that are needed if it hopes to attract businesses.

There’s no question that Cuda has the city experience over Jett, but McHenry voters had a chance to put Cuda back in office four years ago and chose not to do so. McHenry seems ready for some new ideas and a fresh perspective.

Our endorsement goes to Jett.

Woodstock mayor: Sager There’s a lot of interest in the Woodstock mayor’s seat this year where challengers Michael Rein and Gregg Hanson are taking on longtime incumbent Brian Sager.

Rein, a chiropractor and Woodstock native, also is a McHenry County Board member. He says he’s running as a fiscal conservative and objects to a potential City Council plan to raise the sales tax to 8 percent to make up for a recently approved 10 percent property tax cut.

Hanson, a Square business owner, is concerned about both homeowners and businesses in Woodstock who still face economic difficulties and the need for improved infrastructure in Woodstock.

Both make valid points, and we particularly agree with Rein that Woodstock voters should be asked via referendum about any sales tax increase despite its recent home rule status, which would not require it.

Sager, a retired professor, has served as mayor since 2005 and said he is running for one more term. He also serves as chairman of the McHenry Council of Governments and has strong relationships with both county and state officials.

While Woodstock faces the same issues other towns face, road repair needs, police pension costs, the city has kept its property levy flat for five years and recently reduced it by 10 percent. Sager has been a strong and visible leader.

We endorse Sager.

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AMENDMENT

ANOTHER VIEW

AHCA vote delay gives GOP an opportunity

Despite a frenzied campaign by the White House and Speaker Paul Ryan, House Republicans failed to vote on the American Health Care Act on Thursday. So much the better: A badly flawed bill that in its original conception would have done far more harm than good got steadily worse as the GOP leadership tried to buy conservative support.

The AHCA underwent several major revisions this week that lawmakers had little time to process. Then, in their determination to keep to their vote schedule, Republican leaders discussed adding a massive health-care regulatory rollback designed to attract votes from the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus- changes that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the nation’s chief legislative scorekeeper, would have been unable even to fully analyze before a Thursday vote.

In the process, GOP leaders threatened to commit the sort of legislative malpractice Republicans had accused Democrats of perpetrating in passing Obamacare seven years ago: rushing through a far-reaching reform without any buy-in

from the other party and without giving anyone a fair chance to evaluate its effects.

House Republicans might still make irresponsible hypocrites of themselves by voting on the measure Friday or early next week. Instead, they - and President Donald Trump should take a deep breath.

The longer the GOP bill has been on the table, the clearer its disastrous implications have become. First was a CBO report on the initial draft, finding that it would result in 24 million more people without health coverage within a decade and that it would concentrate the pain on the aging and the low- income. A rollback of Medicaid would have left many extremely vulnerable people at the mercy of a market that was unlikely to serve their needs.

Though Republican leaders decided to devote more money to helping aging people purchase insurance, it was unclear as of Thursday whether that would increase enrollment, let alone the quality of insurance that older and poorer buyers would be able to afford.

Rather than waiting for the picture to clear up, GOP leaders

discussed even larger changes aimed at mollifying House conservatives. One would have repealed Obamacare’s “essential health benefits,” which require that insurers cover things such as prescription drugs, preventative care, addiction treatment and maternity services. Without these rules, the individual health-care market would return to its preObamacare Wild West days – when insurers often sold flimsy policies designed to protect them from paying for their customers’ major health problems - except under the GOP bill, the federal government would also subsidize the purchase of skimpy plans.

Obamacare could use some reforms. But neither the public nor the actual state of the health system demands a destabilizing repeal. Thursday’s setback provides Trump with the opportunity to adopt a new course, moving away from intransigent conservatives and pragmatically working with Democrats as well as Republicans to improve the health-care system without depriving millions of people of coverage.

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

– The Washington Post

By JEFF GUO

The Washington Post

The gap in mortality between white middle-aged Americans and middle-aged Germans is about 125 deaths per 100,000 people now. Every year, of 100,000 Germans between the ages of 45 and 54, about 285 die. In the United States, it’s more than 410.

Out of those 125 additional American deaths, only about 40 might be explained by the spike in deadly drug use, drinking and suicides. And the rest? It’s hard to say. In their latest paper, Case and Deaton show that heart disease is part of the problem. While other countries have cut down heart disease deaths by over 40 percent in the past 15 years, heart disease remains a significant killer for white middle-aged Americans.

The researchers describe a double whammy hitting white America: Around the same time that the three “diseases of despair” really took off, improvements in heart disease also slowed down.

There’s still much left unexplained, but the latest data tell a larger - and more troubling - story. Most of the increase in white deaths is concentrated among those who never finished college. These are the same people who have been pummeled by the economy in recent decades. It’s gotten more difficult for them to find jobs, and what jobs they do come across nowadays don’t

jobs. They utterly failed our most vulnerable residents and cost the county hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Wheeler and Heisler were correctly terminated from their oversight positions and, with this record of negligence, they should be terminated from their jobs as county board members at the next election, too.

road district. Who also are afraid to put their names on their political signs.

I encourage all to vote for the independent candidates who have proven their fiscal responsibility by holding the annual levy flat for the past six years and reducing the levy by 10 percent this current year.

pay as well.

Yet, it’s not entirely a matter of income either. Some of these same economic trends - driven by globalization and automation - afflicted countries like the U.K. and Germany. Besides, according to a Washington Post analysis of recent Census Bureau data, white American men without a college degree still earn 36 percent more than their black counterparts. But the death rate among less-educated black Americans has actually been decreasing. In recent years, the two groups have converged - they are dying at about the same rate - even though white Americans still earn more.

So the theory comes back to despair.

Case and Deaton believe that white Americans may be suffering from a lack of hope. The pain in their bodies might reflect a “spiritual” pain caused by “cumulative distress, and the failure of life to turn out as expected.” If they’re right, then the problem will be much harder to solve. Politicians can pass laws to keep opioids out of people’s hands or require insurers to cover mental health costs, but they can’t turn back the clock to 1955.

• Jeff Guo is a reporter covering economics, domestic policy, and everything empirical. He’s from Maryland, but outside the Beltway.

IT’S YOUR WRITE Lack of Valley Hi oversight

To the Editor: McHenry County taxpayers are fortunate that Jack Franks is the newly elected chairman of the county board. He has vowed to take on the entrenched special interests and smash the status quo while fearlessly keeping his promises.

Franks’ choices for board member liaison positions prove this point. They are bold: for the first time, non-county board members have been selected. He picked the best people for the job, not connected insiders.

Franks also removed board members Chuck Wheeler and Jim Heisler from the ValleyHi Operating Board. This is the first time sitting board members have been stripped of their positions. Wheeler and Heisler did nothing to expose cover up of the scabies outbreak last year by ValleyHi’s administration and once it was brought to the public’s attention, were apologists for a broken system.

Under their watch, ValleyHi was closed to all new admissions for more than 50 days.

Leadership, including Heisler and Wheeler, were unresponsive and refused to do their

Parker Happ Woodstock

Don’t drink the Kool-Aid

To the Editor: Don’t Drink the Good Old Boys Green Kool-Aid – vote independent for McHenry Township.

I am amazed the supposed McHenry Township Republican party thought it was OK to take away our vote for Republican candidates for McHenry Township. Their backroom deals and election caucus eliminated the average voters opportunity to have a fair vote. I cannot think of a more disturbing antic to ensure the good old boys lock voters out.

The result is a slate of people who have no experience in the multiple services provided by McHenry Township and the

John H. Morris McHenry

Murry for Hartland road

To the Editor: Having lived on a Hartland Township road for 33 years, I highly recommend Michael Murray for Hartland Highway Commissioner. The roads are plowed and maintained in a timely manner for all users of our township roads.

Hartland Township has been fortunate to have Mike Murray as a highway commissioner who has diligently seen to the myriad responsibilities of the position, all the while keeping costs down by his skillful maintenance of equipment and management of employees and other assets.

Mike Murray is without a doubt the most qualified candidate for this position. I urge you to join me in re-electing Mike Murray

as Hartland Township highway commissioner.

Richard T. Sweeney Woodstock

Hardworking road commissioner

To the Editor: I have lived on a Hartland Township road for many years. I have known Michael Murray as a friend of our family and hardworking road commissioner.

The position of township highway commissioner is very important as it affects the everyday lives of all its residents. I worked as the elected assessor for the township from 2001-2009 and saw firsthand the many responsibilities of the road commissioner. Maintaining 45 miles of road and keeping cost in line with the limited budget at hand. Always repairing and keeping the equipment maintained without having to outsource repairs.

I urge you to join me April 4 in re-electing Michael Murray as Hartland Township highway commissioner.

Marjorie Emricson Woodstock

• Sunday, March 26, 2017

In rich countries, death rates are supposed to decline. But in the past decade and a half, middle-aged white Americans have actually been dying faster. Princeton economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton first pointed out this disturbing trend in a 2015 study that highlighted three “diseases of despair”: drugs, drinking and suicide.

On Thursday, the pair released a deeper analysis that clears up one of the biggest misconceptions about their earlier research.

The problem of dying whites can’t only be blamed on rising rates of drug overdoses, suicides and chronic alcoholism, they say. More and more, middle-aged white Americans are dying for all kinds of reasons - and the underlying issue may have less to do with opioids and more to do with how society has left behind the working class.

“Ultimately, we see our story as about the collapse of the white, high school educated, working class after its heyday in the 1970s, and the pathologies that accompany that decline,” they write.

This is slightly different than what they said in their first paper, where

they emphasized that the trend of rising white mortality was “largely accounted for by increasing death rates from drug and alcohol poisonings, suicide, and chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis.” That’s technically correct but by focusing only on the increase in death rates, Case and Deaton distracted from the larger picture.

The alarming fact isn’t just that middle-aged whites are dying faster, but also that mortality rates have been dramatically declining in nearly every other rich country. The United States is getting left behind.

In the last 15 years, a chasm opened up between middle aged whites in America and citizens of European countries like France, Germany and the United Kingdom. While white death rates in America rose slightly, death rates in those other countries continued to plummet. In comparison to what happened in Europe, the situation for American whites starts looks much more dire - and it’s a bigger problem than opioids or suicides can explain.

It’s not just about what went wrong in America, but what stopped going right.

Fifteen years ago, middle-aged whites in the United States were neck and neck with their German counterparts. Now, middle-aged white Americans are 45 percent more likely to die than middle-aged Germans.

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BUSINESS WikiLeaks: CIA hacked devices in ways users can’t fix

By ANICK JESDANUN The Associated Press

NEW YORK – New documents from WikiLeaks point to an apparent CIA program to hack Apple’s iPhones and Mac computers using techniques that users couldn’t disable by resetting their devices.

Security experts say the exploits are plausible, but suggest they pose little threat to typical users. They say that many of the tricks are older – the iPhone hack involves the 3G model from 2008, for instance. The techniques also typically require physical access to devices, something the CIA would use only for targeted individuals, not a broader population.

“The most notable part of this latest WikiLeaks release is that it shows the CIA doing exactly what we pay them to – exploit specific targets with limited attacks to support our national interests,” said Rich Mogull, CEO of the security research firm Securosis.

Apple didn’t respond to a request for comment. The CIA has not commented on the authenticity of this and earlier WikiLeaks revelations, but has previously said it complies with a legal prohibition against electronic surveillance “targeting individuals here at home, including our fellow Americans.”

The agency declined further comment Thursday.

DOCUMENT DUMP

The leaks Thursday come about two weeks after WikiLeaks published thousands of alleged CIA documents describing hacking tools it said the government employed to break into computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung.

The latest disclosures are much more

In this June 18, 2016, photo, customers try out Apple iPhone 6s models on display at an Apple Store in Beijing. focused and consist of just 12 documents, all involving Apple products. The documents describe techniques for rewriting devices’ firmware in ways that would maintain a hacker’s access even if a user resets a phone or computer to factory settings. Doing so wipes out all apps and the operating system and installs a clean version; it is an extreme measure sometimes used to deal with technical problems, but is also the sort of step that someone suspicious of surveillance might take when getting a brand new phone.

A December 2008 document describes “NightSkies,” a tool apparently designed to target the iPhone 3G; the document claims it can retrieve files such as contact lists and call logs and execute other commands. WikiLeaks suggested in a press release that the “CIA has been infecting the iPhone supply chain of its

targets since at least 2008.”

However, the document describes only how to install the malware on a “factory fresh” version of the 3G – specifically, the iPhone 3G running the 2.1 version of Apple’s operating system, both of which are now nine years old.

CAVEATS GALORE

But infecting all phones somewhere in the manufacturing process would be extremely difficult, said Mogull, especially given multiple layers of inspections conducted by Apple and its contractors. At most, he said, the CIA might have shipped a rogue phone individually to a target.

And while it’s possible that the CIA developed similar techniques for later iPhone models, Mogull said iPhones from the past few years have much greater security, including digital security

AP file photo

certificates that cannot be overwritten.

A flag would be raised during the setup process if certificates do not match.

Johannes Ullrich, director of the Internet Storm Center at the SANS Institute, said NightSkies might not even be a current project given that the document was last updated in 2008, while the leaks appear to have come in 2016.

Other documents released describe similar exploits for Mac computers.

One hides in the firmware of Apple’s Thunderbolt-to-Ethernet adapter and requires someone to plug in that adapter to install the malware. Another targets a specific Mac model, the MacBook Air with the Leopard version of the Mac OS system – current at the time, but now seven generations old.

Ullrich said the Mac exploits all appear old. He added that some of the Thunderbolt issues have been fixed to make the hack more difficult to pull off.

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• Sunday, March 26, 2017

Stateline SHRM will host a breakfast program April 13 at the McHenry County College Shah Center titled “HR Communications: How to Get Culturific!” presented by Tim Padgett, CEO of Pepper Group, a marketing and public relations strategy firm named one of 2015’s best places to work in Illinois.

This program will discuss the power of engaged employees and how using evolving communication practices will promote more trust, empathy and collaboration in organizations. Padgett will discuss how improving communication can help in recruiting and retention, as well as how to motivate all employees.

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That’s Amore Pizza celebrates opening of second location

In a weeklong event that began on Feb. 15, That’s Amore Pizza hosted the grand opening of its McHenry Avenue location at 1024 McHenry Ave. in Crystal Lake.

The celebration also marked the fiveyear anniversary of its original debut in the area. While known for its New Yorkstyle pizza made from scratch, handtossed and cut by the slice, the family owned pizzeria also sells signature and custom whole pies.

Owner Tom Nestelberg and his wife, Kim, first brought the concept to Crystal Lake in 2012 and opened their Main Street location in 2014.

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The Wonder Lake Chamber of Commerce joined Goodmark Nurseries at its newly renovated facility at 8920 Howe Road, Wonder Lake, for a ribbon-cutting celebration and open house March 3. Goodmark Nurseries has been a member of the Wonder Lake community and Chamber of Commerce since 1985. Over the years, Goodmark has grown from 160 acres at its founding to 540 acres in Wonder Lake as well as the 100 acres in Union that make up its South Branch Nursery. They focus on industry best practices and innovation to produce specimen-quality trees, shrubs and perennials. At the ribbon-cutting were Nursery Director Mike Scheitz, Goodmark’s office manager Cheri Dvorchak, Wonder Lake Chamber Board Vice President Tom Cooper, Kenny Fiantago with sales, owner Jim Schwantz (holding the scissors), sales manager Paul Ayers, Wonder Lake Chamber Treasurer Sue Draffkorn, Wonder Lake village trustee Larry Reinhard, chamber President Jim King and office specialist Lori Samano.

Welders Supply Company plans open house in April

Throughout April, Welders Supply Company of Crystal Lake is celebrating its new Crystal Lake store and service center with a monthlong open house.

Meet staff and learn about new products and processes and watch demonstrations. Bring a business card and enter to win drawings for free merchandise.

There will be various demonstrations planned throughout the month. For information on upcoming demonstrations, call 815-261-9100.

Store hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Mondays through Fridays, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Welders Supply Company is at 189 S. Main St. in Crystal Lake.

For information, visit www.weldersupply. com.

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The Marengo Union Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting for WildHeartland Studio & Gallery in Marengo. Pictured are (front row, from left) Paul Turnbaugh, owner WildHeartland Studio & Gallery; Jacquie Webster, gallery manager WildHeartland Studio; Denise Swanson, Prairie Community Bank; Gina Webster, Louise Reed; Colleen Helfers, executive director, Marengo Union Chamber of Commerce; Tim Sebastian, Century 21 New Heritage; Deborah Sosnowski, MCLA; (back row, from left) Col. Curt Ames, USMC (ret.); Josephine Larsen, MCLA president; Cathy Siatta, MCLA; Amy Thiede, Prairie Community Bank; Pam Gitta, president WXMR 94.3 Marengo Community Radio; Joe DeMay, Prairie Community Bank and Pat Lawlor, owner, HyperStitch.

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| FUN & GAMES

YORK TIMES CROSSWORD 36 111NEW – ACROSS! • By Grant Thackray ACROSS 1. Poor-weather driving aid 7. Pale-faced 11. Texting format, for short 14. Indonesian island 18. Possible weapon in a bar fight 19. Resting place for a polar bear 20. “I totally crushed that!”

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Work assignment abroad makes waves back home Dear Abby: I took an assignment with my company that posted me to Hong Kong for two years. My adult children, ages 21, 26 and 29, were supportive, although my youngest was not especially happy about it. We video chat with our kids, trying to stay involved as much as possible. We also have visited multiple times. It’s not always ideal, but we try.

We also have offered to pay for them to visit us as often as they would like.

My company has asked me to stay one more year because I haven’t completely finished what I was sent here to do. I’m inclined to do it. My youngest child, however, is so angry at me for even considering it she won’t talk to me. She refuses to come and visit, and is punishing me for needing to stay an additional year. Am I choosing my job over my children? – Professional Woman From Michigan Dear Professional Woman: Yes, you

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips are, but there’s a practical reason for it. Also, your adult “children” aren’t children anymore, even though your youngest is acting like one. As a career woman, if you feel you should stay in Hong Kong to complete your assignment, that is what you need to do.

Dear Abby: I am responding to the letter from “Unsure in the West” (Oct. 9). You advised you “see nothing wrong with what she did” in opening a box in a grocery store and eating some of the contents before paying at the checkout. You should know that legally, eating or using the contents of an unpaid item in the aisle is considered “shoplifting.” The perpetrator

can be prosecuted to the fullest extent er be condoned. – Allan in Yonkers of the law.

Dear Allan: I apologize for saying otherwise and thank you for your letter.

I am a certified protection professional. While the intent may not be Other readers also responded to that to “steal,” retailers – whose industry column citing firsthand experiences loses billions of dollars to theft each working in the retail field. year – require that items in their stores Several of them mentioned it is be paid for before they can be used or impossible to correctly charge for food eaten. that is sold by weight if someone has An employee of mine was assigned eaten some, such as fruit. Others said to work in a major grocery chain. He that customers sometimes get to the took a bottle of eye drops and used them register to pay and realize they have left their wallet at home, or their credit while he was in the aisle. He had taken card is rejected. the exact change from his pocket and A reader also suggested if someone was holding it in his hand as he walked wants to pay for food after consuming to the checkout. Before he could get there, he was arrested by store security. it, that’s what restaurants are for. In restaurants, if the customer can’t pay, As a courtesy to me, the chain agreed there are dishes to be washed. to reinstate him if he passed a lie-detector test determining his “intent to steal.” (He passed the test.) I strongly • Write Dear Abby at www.dearabrecommend that the practice of using or by.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, eating items before paying for them nev- CA 90069.

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – If you do the work yourself, you won’t be disappointed with the results. Take on responsibility, but don’t lose sight of your personal goals.

If you talk directly and freely and are willing to incorporate constructive criticism, you will avoid pitfalls, save time and ease your stress.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Change can be good, as long as you know what you are doing and what you want to accomplish. Impulsive decisions will be your downfall. Look before you leap.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Contain any disappointment you feel and refrain from taking on too much, overspending or overreacting. Let your intu-

ition guide you and your experience and knowledge help you overcome adversity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Emotional disillusionment will overwhelm you if you believe everything you are told. You’ll get the wrong impression. Ask questions if you feel uncertain about the information someone gives you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Partnerships can be developed and ideas shared. A chance to do something different will be exciting and will bring you in contact with people who share your concerns and dreams.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Making travel plans, getting together with friends or attending a reunion will give you something to think about and look forward to. An old acquaintance will spark your imagination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Don’t limit what you can get done at home. Gather the facts and find out exactly what’s required to make your personal surroundings more convenient and comfortable.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Catch up on jobs you left unfinished. Get your paperwork in order and deal with taxes, investments and health issues.

A physical attempt to make your life better looks promising.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Show how much you care. Do something special for a loved one. Explore new pastimes that you can share with him or her.

The effort you put in will motivate you to make personal improvements.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Emotional deception is present. If you feel uncertain, ask questions.

Someone will challenge you if you overreact or fail to live up to your promises. Handle personal situations carefully.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Stick close to home and make innovative changes to your lifestyle. Do the work yourself to cut costs, gain satisfaction and receive compliments for your efforts.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Make sure your papers are in order if you travel or deal with a government agency or institution. Question anything that sounds too good to be true.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Focus on what you can do, not on what you can’t. Personal improvements will require precision, energy and the motivation to get up and get moving. Strive for good health.

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Crystal Lake South third baseman Brian Fuentes, a Venezuela native, warms up before the start of the Gators’ home opener against Palatine on Monday.

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Crystal Lake South third baseman Brian Fuentes greets a teammate has he heads to the field against Palatine in the Gators’ home opener Monday. Fuentes is batting .333 with two doubles and three RBIs through the Gators’ first four games

Talented Fuentes escapes dangers of Venezuela

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rystal Lake South’s baseball players and coaches wondered about the muscular Latino kid they saw taking hacks in the batting tunnels last summer.

It was evident he knew what he was doing. The Gators were excited about the prospect of adding this new teammate.

Later, when he was practicing with the team, came a real eye-opening moment. One that was, in essence, legendary.

Gators coach Brian Bogda instructed then-17-year-old Brian Fuentes, who had moved here from Venezuela, to hit a soft-toss pitch to the opposite field from home plate on South’s varsity field.

Fuentes, a right-hander, launched a prodigious shot that not only cleared the right-field fence, but also the batting

tunnels behind it. The ball traveled about 350 feet … to the opposite field … off a soft toss.

“That’s a pretty good shot,” Bogda said with a grin. “I know he’s special, but that’s remarkable. He’s a good one.

He’s fun to watch.”

TOUGH TRANSITION

Fuentes, a senior, came to the U.S. in May from Caracas, Venezuela, looking for a better, safer life, and to play baseball. His uncle, Damil Reyes, came to the States in 2009 and lives in Crystal Lake. Brian, who recently celebrated his 18th birthday, came with his mother, Scarlett, who is back in Venezuela with her husband, Uvencio Fuentes Jr., and their other son, 16-year-old Beiker.

Fuentes’ infectious personality, along with his baseball prowess, have helped him fit in and make friends. It was difficult because Fuentes spoke no English when he arrived here, but he is

learning the language quickly.

“My first month, it was pretty hard because I didn’t understand nothing … anything,” he says, correcting himself. “I have to pay attention. I can ask my teachers. When I come here, the guys included me; they received me.

They were excited for me to be with the team. I love it.”

Reyes said Brian’s biggest challenges were learning English and dealing with cold weather. Senior outfielder Nick Wolski tweeted a picture from an early game with Fuentes bundled up that read: “Our Venezuelan experiencing baseball in Illinois.”

Reyes, who is Scarlett’s brother, had a friend playing at Marshalltown (Iowa) Community College. Reyes’ friend told the Marshalltown coaches about him, and Reyes sent them a video, which helped him land a scholarship. After

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Fuentes, who is 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, has decided to play next year at Wabash Valley College in downstate Mount Carmel. He aspires to eventually be drafted and play professionally.

Fuentes realized after playing games with South later in the summer that he was joining a strong team. The Gators returned many of their key players from last year’s Fox Valley Conference Valley Division co-champion team.

“I was amazed (when I saw him),” senior outfielder Michael Swiatly said. “He’s a very good hitter, a very good ballplayer overall. It was exciting to know that we had him for a teammate. Brian’s a pretty cool person.”

Wolski had heard about Fuentes by searching websites before he joined the Gators for the summer. Bogda wanted to be certain every IHSA rule was followed to the letter before Fuentes played, and they were thrilled when he joined them during the summer.

“The first day he comes in and starts playing catch with us,” Wolski said. “He starts showing off, doing these quick-hands things, catching balls behind his back and barehanded. He still does it. It’s like a circus watching him in practice, in a good way.”

The fancy fielding was stuff Fuentes learned from older players in Venezuela.

He asked them how they did it, then prac-

Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, and its suburbs have a population of about 5 million people, along with one of the highest murder rates in the world. A Time. com article last year cited the Venezuelan government’s statistics of 18,000 murders for the year in the country. That is a rate of 58 homicides per 100,000 people, compared with four per 100,000 in the U.S. According to the article, the Venezuelan Violence Observatory reported Caracas had 119 homicides per 100,000 people in 2015, the highest rate for a city outside of a war zone.

Reyes said many of his friends from high school have left the country for better, safer lives. The Fuentes family plans on doing the same. Scarlett has an online business that sells women’s accessories. Reyes said Scarlett, Uvencio and Beiker hope to move to the U.S. permanently within the next year or two.

Bogda heard stories from Fuentes about people being kidnapped, and one time his baseball equipment was stolen from the trunk of their car while they ate at a restaurant.

Because of Reyes’ favorable experience coming to the U.S., Fuentes did the same.

Bogda senses that Fuentes appreciates aspects of his new home, such as the better-manicured playing fields and indoor facilities for winter workouts.

“He’s terrific. He comes with a super attitude,” Bogda said. “It’s perspective. For him, here it’s like Christmas every day. It’s a new gift. There’s a lot of things we take for granted. We talk about it with our guys.”

A sign of how well Fuentes has acclimated to his new surroundings comes from his teammates, who no longer hold back with some good-natured ribbing.

“We’ll mess with him like everyone else,” Wolski said. “He’s not off-limits in that respect.”

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The Team Carone Foundation, founded by former Cary-Grove football and baseball player Rick Carone, who was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in 2013, will offer eight $2,000 scholarships this year to athletes from all four District 155 schools.

TEAM CARONE FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIPS

D-155 scholarship money quadruples

By SEAN HAMMOND

shammond@shawmedia.com Ever since the Team Carone Foundation was formed about four years ago, its purpose has been three-pronged. Cary-Grove graduate and former minor league baseball player Rick Carone wanted his foundation to give back to Chicago-area cancer research, give a “gift of love” to a community member fighting cancer and to give back in the form of scholarships.

Once again, graduating seniors at all four District 155 high schools will have an opportunity to earn scholarships. This year, the Team Carone Foundation has quadrupled the scholarship money awarded.

One boy and one girl from each District 155 high school can earn a $2,000 scholarship this spring.

“The kids are our future,” said Carone, who was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in May 2013. “My message was to try and get the awareness out there to giving back.”

Carone played football and baseball at Cary-Grove in the late 1980s.

He played baseball at Illinois State and Ole Miss before playing in the

White Sox’s minor league system.

When he was first diagnosed with cancer, Carone was told he had six months to live. It has been almost four years.

Team Carone originally awarded scholarships to Cary-Grove students only. Last year, the scholarships were opened for all District 155 students. The foundation has increased the scholarship to $2,000 for a total of $16,000 across all four schools combined.

There are five criteria for the scholarships: • Be involved in sports • Exhibit good character and community leadership • Have a sense of faith • Be a respectful student in the classroom • Have a passion for the outdoors The deadline to apply is April 14.

Students can apply online through their school’s student services website. Scholarship winners are selected by the Team Carone Foundation scholarship board.

“We just want to do what we can to give back to the community and give back to all the people that are there as part of what we do with the foundation,” Carone said.

Huntley, Palatine draw in girls soccer Huntley’s girls soccer team played Palatine to a 1-1 draw Saturday in Palatine. Avery Fitzgerald’s goal, assisted

by Lauren Talesky, in the 65th minute

tied the score after Palatine scored in the 30th minute. Abbey Brown made 12 saves for Huntley (1-0-1).

– Northwest Herald

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two years, he transferred to Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa, and played for two years. He then did a year of master’s work at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, and served as an assistant coach.

“When I came here, I was afraid to talk because people would make fun of me and my accent,” Reyes said. “I told him you have to talk, and you have to learn. If you say the wrong word, that’s OK. It’s important to talk and get involved and meet new people. I’m very proud of him. He’s adjusted pretty well.”

Bogda grew up around Spanish-speaking children in Wheeling and took Spanish at Elmhurst College. He can interpret for Fuentes, but he encourages Fuentes to speak English to help him learn. Fuentes attends District 155’s Language Academy at Crystal Lake Central for the first four hours of each school day, then finishes at South.

In addition to the classes, Fuentes gets English help from his teammates, his aunt Morgan (Schmitz) Reyes (a 2011 South graduate) and from listening to music and watching TV. As he runs down names of his family members, he says his mother is “Scarlett, like Scarlett Johansson.”

His teammates chuckle.

“He knows her,” Wolski said.

“Before I come here, I was thinking like, ‘It’s going to be hard, a big change,’ ” Fuentes said. “When my mind is always positive, I’ll do my best and see what happens.”

ticed with a ball off the wall in his house, over and over and over.

Then there’s the swing, which Fuentes says he honed with 500 to 700 swings a day to get better.

“It’s natural,” he said. “When I was a kid, I always have my same swing all the time. I made some corrections to my mechanics. Everything’s like natural. This is my dream to play professional.”

The other South players marvel at Fuentes’ natural ability to produce backspin that makes his hits carry farther. After four games, Fuentes is hitting .333 with two doubles and three RBIs and the Gators are 4-0.

“He gets so much backspin, you think it’s a pop-up and the next thing you know it’s over the fence,” Wolski said.

Fuentes is a shortstop by trade, but the Gators already had Kory Olsen returning at that position after a strong junior year.

Bogda considers it a good problem. In the first week, Fuentes was hitting cleanup and playing third base.

“I didn’t think anything of it,” Olsen said. “I didn’t know anything at all about him until he showed up and was doing all that (quick hands) stuff. I was happy at that point – another player, doesn’t matter what position he plays. We can all make a play.”

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NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP

Oregon knocks off Kansas

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CL South’s Peschke 2nd in pole vault

Gonzaga thumps Xavier to reach first Final Four

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Crystal Lake South senior Sam Peschke is taking up this track and field season where he left off last year.

Peschke cleared 15 feet Saturday to grab second place in the Class 3A pole vault at the Illinois Prep Top Times Indoor Track and Field Classic at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center in Bloomington, widely considered the indoor state meet.

It marked the second time this spring Peschke has made 15-0, the height he made in the Class 3A pole vault at last year’s IHSA state meet, where he was seventh.

Huntley junior Dubem Anikamadu took fifth in the Class 3A 60 meters in 6.93, a personal-best time. Anikamadu had a tough time later in the 200 when he suffered a leg cramp and jogged to the finish line in 37.37. Red Raiders coach Jim Rolando did not consider the injury to be serious and said he thought Anikamadu will be ready for the outdoor season in two weeks.

In Class 2A, Woodstock senior Will Maidment went 6-3 to take third place in the boys high jump. Woodstock North’s Matt Haynes went 6-1 for sixth place.

In the girls competition Saturday, Woodstock senior Cora Uidl made her season-best effort at 11-9 for third place in the 2A pole vault. That was her second-best competitive jump after a 12-0 effort last season.

Prairie Ridge’s Natasha Schaffer went 36-11 to take fourth in the Class 3A triple jump. Huntley’s McKenzie Krich cleared 5-1 for sixth in the 3A high jump.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tyler Dorsey poured in 27 points, Dillon Brooks added 17, and plucky Oregon ended Kansas’ romp through the NCAA tournament with a 74-60 victory Saturday night that gave the Ducks their first Final Four trip in almost 80 years.

Dylan Ennis added 12 points for the Ducks (33-5), who took the lead with 16 minutes left in the first half and never trailed again, giving coach Dana Altman his first trip to the national semifinals.

They’ll face the winner of Sunday’s game between North Carolina and Kentucky in Glendale, Arizona.

Player of the year front-runner Frank Mason III had 21 points in his final game for the Jayhawks (31-5), who had rolled to the Elite Eight by an average margin of 30 points. But their dream season ended with a thud only 40 minutes from campus.

Star freshman Josh Jackson was mired in early foul trouble. Sharpshooting guard Devonte Graham never got on track. And the swagger that the Big 12 champs showed in humiliating Purdue in the Sweet 16 quickly became a distant memory on a night that belonged to the Pac-12 champions.

Altman had never been to the Final Four in 13 appearances in the NCAA tournament. And the last time the Ducks were on the big stage, it was 1939 and the Tall Firs took home the

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Oregon forward Jordan Bell celebrates during the first half of the Midwest Regional final against Kansas on Saturday in Kansas City, Mo. title.

Jordan Bell added 11 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks for Oregon, while Jackson was held to 10 points for the Jayhawks in what was almost certainly his final college game.

The bus carrying the Ducks to Sprint Center on Saturday passed right by the Power and Light District in downtown Kansas City, where thousands of Jayhawk fans were rallying hours before the tipoff.

In other words, they knew they were facing a de facto road game.

But the torrid shooting of Brooks, Ennis and Dorsey quickly riled up the small section of Oregon fans while deflating the rest of sold-out Sprint Center. And foul trouble that sent Jackson to the bench for much of the first half helped allow the Ducks carve out a

comfortable lead.

Dorsey finished the half with backto-back 3s, including a deep bank shot at the buzzer, as the Ducks pranced to their locker room relishing in a 44-33 advantage.

They kept right on dancing in the second half, beating the Jayhawks at their own game: Getting into transition, passing up good shots for better ones and knocking down 3-pointers.

Gonzaga 83, Xavier 59: At San Jose, California, Nigel Williams-Goss scored 23 points while orchestrating Gonzaga’s efficient offense, and the Zags finally shook their overrated tag by routing Xavier to reach the Final Four for the first time.

Gonzaga (36-1) has been dogged by criticism through the years despite winning consistently, in part for playing in a weak conference but also for never making the Final Four.

On the cusp of history, the Zags took it head on with a superb all-around game to give coach Mark Few the one missing piece of his résumé.

Gonzaga found the range from the perimeter after struggling in the first three NCAA games, making 12 of 24 from 3-point range. The defense, a soft spot in the past, shut down the underdog and 11th-seeded Musketeers (24-14) to win the West Regional.

J.P Macura led the Musketeers with 18 points.

The Musketeers brought their turnthe-page jar of ashes to the NCAA tournament, where they burned through a string of upsets to reach their third Elite Eight and first since 2008. They beat Maryland, Florida State and took down No. 2 Arizona in the regional semifinals, setting up a matchup of small Jesuit schools seeking their first Final Four.

JOHNSBURG ATHLETICS

Athletic director Ross accepts offer to fill same role at Grant

By JOE STEVENSON

joestevenson@shawmedia.com Johnsburg Principal Kevin Shelton had people telling him four years ago he was lucky to find Tom Ross to hire as athletic director with the start of school less than one month away.

Former Skyhawks AD Trevor Leopold left to be with his mother, who was ill, and the Johnsburg administration needed someone to step in quickly.

Ross, the former Jacobs AD, became that person, and eventually people at Johnsburg were thrilled with the hire.

Now, they are disappointed that Ross

will leave Johnsburg to take the AD job at Grant.

“It is very difficult to leave Johnsburg with all their recent success and all the relationships that were developed,” Ross said. “The memories of Johnsburg will be how friendly Tom Ross and caring the entire student body was and how supportive the community was.”

Shelton said it did not take long with Ross on the job to see what people were talking about when he was hired.

“I couldn’t be happier with the experience our school and community had with Tom,” Shelton said. “He was an example of what you want as a professional. He was so well-liked and respected by everyone. I feel blessed and fortunate to have had the chance to work with him.

We’re going to miss him. We wish him well over at Grant.”

Shelton commended Ross for the effort he made to attend every sporting event he possibly could to support all athletes. Ross said he just wanted to support everyone, starters or reserves, regardless of the sport.

Ross was at Johnsburg for four years,

and in that time the Skyhawks transitioned from the Fox Valley Conference to the Big Northern Conference East Division to the new Kishwaukee River Conference. He also started the Johnsburg Hall of Fame, similar to the one he started while he was AD at Jacobs.

“I like [Grant’s] recent move to a new (Northern Lake County) conference and the challenge to make them the best they can be,” Ross said. “I’m proud of the addition of some of the great coaches (at Johnsburg) to go along with the great coaches who were already there, and the relationships with all the student-athletes.”

PANTHERS 7, BLACKHAWKS 0

By MARK LAZERUS

PANTHERS 7, BLACKHAWKS 0

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First Period–None. Penalties–Desjardins, CHI, (hooking), 6:27; Marchessault, FLA, (slashing), 15:10; Trocheck, FLA, (roughing), 18:58; Panik, CHI, (roughing), 18:58.

Second Period–1, Florida, Barkov 21 (Huberdeau, Demers), 0:17. 2, Florida, Huberdeau 7 (Yandle, Barkov), 10:21 (pp). 3, Florida, Marchessault 26 (Huberdeau, Barkov), 11:40. Penalties–Hartman, CHI, (hooking), 7:20; Hartman, CHI, (unsportsmanlike conduct), 7:20; Kruger, CHI, (interference), 9:38; Trocheck, FLA, (interference), 12:23; Jokinen, FLA, (roughing), 14:45; Kane, CHI, (roughing), 14:45; Marchessault, FLA, (tripping), 16:15; Kruger, CHI, (unsportsmanlike conduct), 18:33.

Third Period–4, Florida, Marchessault 27 (Sceviour), 4:59. 5, Florida, Marchessault 28 (Trocheck, Huberdeau), 7:13 (sh). 6, Florida, Bjugstad 6 (Sceviour, Pysyk), 7:53 (sh). 7, Florida, Smith 13 (Trocheck), 11:45 (sh). Penalties–Desjardins, CHI, Major (fighting), 6:19; Thornton, FLA, Major (fighting), 6:19; Mackenzie, FLA, Major (fighting), 6:19; Mackenzie, FLA, Misconduct (misconduct), 6:19; Panik, CHI, Major (fighting), 6:19; Panik, CHI, Misconduct (misconduct), 6:19.

Shots on Goal–Chicago 9-8-8–25. Florida 8-14-9–31.

Power-play opportunities–Chicago 0 of 4; Florida 1 of 5.

Goalies–Chicago, Darling 18-5-3 (6 shots-3 saves), Crawford 30-16-3 (25-21). Florida, Reimer 16-14-5 (25-25).

A–18,625 (17,040). T–2:31.

Referees–Eric Furlatt, TJ Luxmore. Linesmen–Darren Gibbs, Tim Nowak.

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In the grand scheme of things, it won’t mean much, as the Hawks are comfortably ahead in both the conference and the division. Fighting complacency is now as big a goal as winning the Presidents’ Trophy.

“It’s more of a wake-up call for all of us,” said Ryan Hartman, who earned himself a double-minor and a benching

after mouthing off to a referee. “We haven’t been playing good hockey at all lately. Just need to step it up.”

Coach Joel Quenneville called it an “ugly, ugly game,” but mostly shrugged it off. He pinpointed a moment in the second period as the turning point – when a Dennis Rasmussen breakaway chance turned into a Marcus Kruger interfer-

Cubs 11, Reds 7 (Las Vegas); Rockies 7, Cubs 4 (Scottsdale, Ariz.)

HENDRICKS MORTAL In Las Vegas, Kyle Hendricks pitched three

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Blackhawks right wing Ryan Hartman falls over the pads off Florida Panthers goaltender James Reimer as he skates after a loose puck in the second period Saturday in Sunrise, Fla. ence penalty, with Hartman already in

CUBS SPRING TRAINING

SZCZUR TO GET LAST SPOT? Consider outfielder Matt Szczur on the inside and infielder Tommy La Stella among the first four out when it comes to the Cubs’ roster bubble for the final bench spot.

“I love Matt,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Saturday, making Szczur sound like the favorite. “Listen, this guy as a teammate, you’re not gonna get a better one – and nobody’s gonna get a better one on any team, for any reason. … He is a Major League Baseball player.”

Szczur is out of minor-league options, which Maddon said helps his chances. La Stella has options left.

“This is the kind of rule that is a good rule,” he said, “because it does benefit the player eventually.”

The Cubs won’t let La Stella’s behavior last year – he refused to report to the minors for three weeks – influence their willingness to send him down. He was hitting .267 with two homers and three RBIs entering Saturday, while Szczur was hitting .342 with one homer and seven RBIs.

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scoreless innings but issued four walks – his first walks in five starts this spring. Joey Votto drew two of the walks, including one on a call Hendricks disagreed with. “Votto always walks. He’s just the toughest at-bat that I have,” Hendricks said. “It’s the funnest at-bat I have, too, just the cat-and-mouse, the kind of chess game with him.”

ALMORA’S QUICK RETURN Center fielder Albert Almora still felt a little soreness Saturday morning after a slight “whiplash” effect on a diving play forced him from Friday’s game. But a quick trip to the trainer’s room, and Almora “felt great.” He played most of Saturday’s game in Vegas, batting four times.

ON DECK Split squad: Padres at Cubs, 3:05 p.m.

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the box for hooking and unsportsmanlike conduct. Instead of a penalty on Florida, as Quenneville wanted, the Panthers got a 5-on-3 power play.

Up, 1-0, the Panthers cashed in on the two-man advantage, and were off to the races. Jonathan Marchessault had a hat trick, Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and three assists, and Aleksander Barkov had a goal and two assists.

WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING

White Sox 10, Indians 7 (Goodyear, Ariz.)

COVEY COMES THROUGH Dylan Covey’s Cactus League start against the Indians had been on the schedule for several days. It took on added significance Friday when Carlos Rodon became doubtful to open the season in the starting rotation. Enter Covey, a Rule 5 Draft pick taken from the A’s in December who had pitched to a 10.13 ERA but was a candidate to fill the void nonetheless. Against the Indians, Covey finally looked serviceable, attacking the strike zone and pitching 3 2/3 scoreless innings (44 pitches) with three strikeouts.

“My last couple of outings I was definitely feeling the stress,’’ Covey said.

“I was pitching a little passive, to not make a mistake instead of going right after guys. So I thought, ‘I’m just going to throw every pitch with conviction and see what happens.’ I got a lot of weak contact and some swings and misses.’’

DEEP SIX The Sox hit a spring-high six homers,

including four against Josh Tomlin and a go-ahead grand slam by Triple-A first baseman Danny Hayes (batting .351 and co-leader with Yoan Moncada with 13 RBI) in the ninth against Joe Colon.

Jose Abreu, Jacob May (.365), Cody Asche, Nicky Delmonico and Everth Cabrera also homered. Asche (.316), who could make the team, and Delmonico have a team-high four homers each.

BULLPEN BEATINGS Michael Ynoa (6.08), fighting to make the team, gave up three runs in 1 1/3 innings, and 2016 first-rounder Zack Burdi had his second straight rough one, giving up four runs, two on a homer to Carlos Santana.

ON DECK Giants vs. Sox in Glendale, Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Sunday, CSN+, Ty Blach vs.

James Shields

– Daryl Van Schouwen dvanschouwen@suntimes.com

• Sunday, March 26, 2017

SUNRISE, Fla. – In late March 2015, the Blackhawks stumbled their way through a miserable stretch of hockey, suffering three lopsided defeats to Dallas, Philadelphia and Columbus – three nonplayoff teams – in a four-game stretch.

It raised concerns about complacency, about playoff readiness, about how the Hawks were groping in the dark for that switch they have to flip every April.

Less than three months later, they were Stanley Cup champions.

So take this following Jonathan Toews comment – spoken with poise but with purpose after Saturday night’s abysmal 7-0 loss to the Florida Panthers – with that in mind.

“If we continue to play like that and think we’re going to turn it on come playoff time, we’ve got another thing coming,” Toews said.

History lesson aside, there certainly are some red flags being raised by the Hawks’ poor efforts over the past week.

They fell behind, 3-1, to lowly Colorado before rallying for a win. And they fell behind, 4-1, to Vancouver, another team playing out the string, before salvaging a point. Then came Saturday’s effort, an all-around team failure against another team with nothing to play for.

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

at Tampa Bay 6:30 p.m.

CSN, NBCSN AM-720

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THURSDAY

at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.

NBCSN AM-720

at Milwaukee 2:30 p.m.

CSN AM-890

CLEVELAND 7 p.m.

TNT AM-890

CINCINNATI* 3:05 p.m.

WGN, AM-670 SAN DIEGO* 3:05 p.m.

at Cleveland* 8:10 p.m.

MLBN

SAN FRANCISCO* 3:05 p.m.

CSN

OAKLAND* 3:05 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO* 3:05 p.m.

CSN+

at L.A. Dodgers* 3:05 p.m.

CSN

at Kansas City* 3:05 p.m.

SAN DIEGO* 2:05 p.m.

CSN AM-890

at Houston* (Minute Maid Park) 7:10 p.m.

WGN

*–Spring training

WHAT TO WATCH Pro basketball 2:30 p.m.: Bulls at Milwaukee, CSN 2:30 p.m.: Oklahoma City at Houston, ABC 8:30 p.m.: Portland vs. L.A. Lakers, NBATV College basketball 1:20 p.m.: NCAA tournament, East Regional final, South Carolina vs. Florida or Wisconsin, CBS 4:05 p.m.: NCAA tournament, South Regional final, North Carolina vs. Kentucky, CBS Pro baseball Noon: Spring training, Atlanta vs. N.Y. Mets, MLBN 3 p.m.: Cincinnati vs. Cubs (SS), WGN 3 p.m.: San Francisco vs. White Sox, CSN+ Pro hockey 11:30 a.m.: Minnesota at Detroit, NBC 6 p.m.: Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, NBCSN Women’s basketball 11 a.m.: NCAA tournament, Lexington Regional final, Notre Dame vs. Stanford, ESPN 6:30 p.m.: NCAA tournament, Oklahoma City Regional final, Mississippi St. vs. Baylor, ESPN Auto racing 2:30 p.m.: NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, Auto

Club 400, FOX

Golf 9 a.m.: PGA Tour-WGC, Dell Match Play, semifinals, TGC 1:30 p.m.: PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, final round, TGC 2 p.m.: PGA Tour-WGC, Dell Match Play, championship, NBC 4:30 p.m.: LPGA Tour, Kia Classic, final round, TGC Special Olympics 1 p.m.: Special Olympics World Winter Games, Best of the Games, ABC (taped) Soccer 10:50 a.m.: FIFA, World Cup 2018 qualifying, Azerbaijan vs. Germany, ESPN2 11 a.m.: FIFA, World Cup 2018 qualifying, England vs.

Lithuania, FS2 1:30 p.m.: FIFA, World Cup 2018 qualifying, Montenegro vs. Poland, FS2 College baseball 1 p.m.: Oklahoma St. at TCU, ESPN2 College softball 6 p.m.: Auburn at Florida, ESPN2 Rugby 8:45 a.m.: English Premiership, Saracens vs. Bath, NBCSN

BETTING ODDS NBA

FAVORITE at ATLANTA at CHARLOTTE at LA CLIPPERS at HOUSTON at MILWAUKEE at BOSTON at INDIANA at GOLDEN STATE at DENVER Portland

Sunday LINE O/U OFF (OFF) 12 (215) 13½ (211) 6 (232) 6½ (204) OFF (OFF) 8½ (211) 10 (208) 5 (226½) 6 (223)

UNDERDOG Brooklyn Phoenix Sacramento Oklahoma City Chicago Miami Philadelphia Memphis New Orleans at LA LAKERS

COLLEGE BASKETBALL FAVORITE Florida

Sunday LINE 3

UNDERDOG South Carolina

North Carolina at UMBC IPFW at COASTAL CAROLINA at GEORGIA TECH TCU

2½ 3 1½ Monday 1 Tuesday 2 2½

Kentucky Liberty at TEXAS A&M CORPUS Wyoming Cs Bakersfield at UCF

NHL

FAVORITE at DETROIT at NEW JERSEY at PITTSBURGH at WINNIPEG at ANAHEIM

Sunday LINE UNDERDOG OFF Minnesota OFF Dallas -215 Philadelphia -160 Vancouver -140 NY Rangers

Updated odds available at Pregame.com

LINE OFF OFF +195 +150 +130

AUTO RACING NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY CUP

Auto Club 400 Lineup Friday qualifying; race Sunday At Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif.

(Car number in parentheses) 1. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 187.047 mph 2. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 186.979 3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 186.5 4. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 186.384 5. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 186.123 6. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 186.037 7. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 185.998 8. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 185.72 9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 185.4 10. (19) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 184.814 11. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 184.71 12. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 183.96 13. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 184.833 14. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota, 184.743 15. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford, 184.592 16. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 184.379 17. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 183.899 18. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 183.767 19. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 183.641 20. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 183.271

21. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 183.104 22. (10) Danica Patrick, Ford, 183.015 23. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 183.594 24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 183.486 25. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 182.704 26. (34) Landon Cassill, Ford, 182.699 27. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 181.635 28. (72) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 181.324 29. (15) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, 179.874 30. (83) Corey LaJoie, Toyota, 179.825 31. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 175.833 32. (33) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 175.063 33. (55) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 173.682 34. (51) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, 172.319 35. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 0.000 36. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 0.000 37. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 0.000 38. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 0.000 39. (23) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 0.000

NASCAR XFINITY

Service King 300 Results Saturday At Auto Club Speedway Fontana, Calif.

Lap length: 2.00 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (7) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 150 laps, 0 rating, 0 points.

2. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, 150, 0, 0.

3. (16) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 150, 0, 0.

4. (3) Erik Jones, Toyota, 150, 0, 0.

5. (6) William Byron, Chevrolet, 150, 0, 39.

6. (10) Darrell Wallace Jr, Ford, 150, 0, 31.

7. (14) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 150, 0, 45.

8. (13) Brennan Poole, Chevrolet, 150, 0, 35.

9. (20) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 150, 0, 28.

10. (9) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 150, 0, 0.

11. (2) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 150, 0, 27.

12. (11) Blake Koch, Chevrolet, 150, 0, 25.

13. (17) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 150, 0, 24.

14. (19) Casey Mears, Ford, 150, 0, 23.

15. (15) Ryan Reed, Ford, 150, 0, 22.

16. (23) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 150, 0, 21.

17. (22) Matt Tifft, Toyota, 150, 0, 20.

18. (26) Corey LaJoie, Toyota, 150, 0, 0.

19. (18) Spencer Gallagher, Chevrolet, 150, 0, 18.

20. (21) Dakoda Armstrong, Toyota, 150, 0,

NHL

PREPS

NBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division GP W L OT Pts x-Hawks 75 48 21 6 102 Minnesota 74 44 24 6 94 Nashville 74 38 25 11 87 St. Louis 74 40 28 6 86 Winnipeg 75 33 35 7 73 Dallas 74 30 33 11 71 Colorado 74 20 51 3 43 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 74 40 23 11 91 San Jose 75 42 26 7 91 Edmonton 75 41 25 9 91 Calgary 75 42 29 4 88 Los Angeles 73 35 31 7 77 Vancouver 74 30 35 9 69 Arizona 75 27 39 9 63

EASTERN CONFERENCE

GF 225 238 222 207 223 204 145

GA 192 187 205 199 240 237 249

GF 193 201 223 207 180 171 180

GA 182 182 195 202 183 217 240

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 75 42 24 9 93 204 187 Ottawa 74 41 25 8 90 194 191 Toronto 74 35 24 15 85 227 219 Boston 75 39 30 6 84 214 202 Tampa Bay 74 36 29 9 81 205 206 Florida 74 33 30 11 77 193 209 Buffalo 75 31 32 12 74 188 216 Detroit 73 29 32 12 70 181 215 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Washington 74 49 17 8 106 238 163 x-Columbus 74 48 19 7 103 232 171 x-Pittsburgh 74 46 17 11 103 256 205 N.Y. Rangers 74 45 25 4 94 235 195 N.Y. Islanders 74 35 27 12 82 218 225 Carolina 73 33 27 13 79 193 208 Philadelphia 74 34 32 8 76 191 218 New Jersey 74 27 35 12 66 170 218 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. x-clinched playoff spot Saturday’s Games Florida 7, Blackhawks 0 Vancouver 4, Minnesota 2 Columbus 1, Philadelphia 0 Calgary 3, St. Louis 2 (OT) Carolina 3, New Jersey 1 Boston 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Buffalo 5, Toronto 2 Montreal 3, Ottawa 1 Washington 4, Arizona 1 Nashville 7, San Jose 2 Edmonton 4, Colorado 1 N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles (n) Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Detroit, 11:30 a.m.

Dallas at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

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

Monday’s Games Florida at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

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

Detroit at Carolina, 6 p.m.

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

Arizona at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Calgary, 8 p.m.

z-Cleveland x-Boston x-Washington Toronto Atlanta Milwaukee Indiana Miami

W 47 47 45 44 37 37 36 35

L 25 26 28 29 35 35 36 37

Pct .653 .644 .616 .603 .514 .514 .500 .486

GB — ½ 2½ 3½ 10 10 11 12

Bulls Detroit Charlotte Philadelphia New York Orlando Brooklyn

34 34 32 27 27 27 15

39 39 40 45 46 46 57

.466 .466 .444 .375 .370 .370 .208

13½ 13½ 15 20 20½ 20½ 32

WESTERN CONFERENCE Pct .806 .778 .694 .603 .595 .577 .556 .486

GB — 2 8 14½ 15 16½ 18 23

Portland 34 38 .472 Dallas 31 41 .431 New Orleans 30 42 .417 Minnesota 28 44 .389 Sacramento 27 45 .375 Phoenix 22 51 .301 L.A. Lakers 21 51 .292 x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched division

24 27 28 30 31 36½ 37

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

W 58 56 50 44 44 41 40 35

L 14 16 22 29 30 30 32 37

Saturday’s Games L.A. Clippers 108, Utah 95 Washington 127, Cleveland 115 San Antonio 106, New York 98 Toronto 94, Dallas 86 Portland 112, Minnesota 100 Sunday’s Games Bulls at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Atlanta, noon Phoenix at Charlotte, noon Oklahoma City at Houston, 2:30 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m.

Miami at Boston, 5 p.m.

Philadelphia at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Golden State, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Denver, 7 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Detroit at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Cleveland at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Utah, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA BASKETBALL MEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT EAST REGIONAL At Madison Square Garden New York Regional Championship Sunday South Carolina (25-10) vs. Florida (27-8), 1:20 p.m.

SOUTH REGIONAL At FedEx Forum Memphis, Tenn.

Regional Championship Sunday UNC (30-7) vs. Kentucky (32-5), 4:05 p.m.

MIDWEST REGIONAL At The Sprint Center Kansas City, Mo. Regional Championship Saturday Oregon 74, Kansas 60 WEST REGIONAL At SAP Center San Jose, Calif.

Regional Championship Saturday Gonzaga 83, Xavier 59 FINAL FOUR At University of Phoenix Stadium Glendale, Ariz.

National Semifinals Saturday, April 1 East champion vs. Gonzaga (36-1) South champion vs. Oregon (33-5) National Championship Monday, April 3 Semifinal winners

NIT

At Madison Square Garden, New York Tuesday Georgia Tech (20-15) vs. CS Bakersfield (25-9), 6 p.m.

TCU (22-15) vs. UCF (24-11), 8:30 p.m.

Championship Thursday Semifinal winners, 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL Regional Semifinals Saturday, March 25 At Bridgeport, Conn.

Oregon 77, Maryland 63 UConn 86, UCLA 71 Regional Championship Monday, March 27 Oregon (23-13) vs. UConn (35-0), 6 p.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY REGIONAL Regional Semifinals Friday, March 24 At Oklahoma City Mississippi State 75, Washington 64 Baylor 97, Louisville 63 Regional Championship Sunday, March 26 Mississippi State (32-4) vs. Baylor (33-3), 6:35 p.m.

LEXINGTON REGIONAL Regional Semifinals Friday, March 24 At Lexington, Ky. Notre Dame 99, Ohio State 76 Stanford 77, Texas 66 Regional Championship Sunday, March 26 Notre Dame (33-3) vs. Stanford (31-6), 11:05 a.m.

STOCKTON REGIONAL Regional Semifinals Saturday, March 25 At Stockton, Calif.

South Carolina 100, Quinnipiac 58 Florida State 66, Oregon State 53 Regional Championship Monday, March 27 South Carolina (30-4) vs. Florida State (28-6), 8 p.m.

SCHEDULE

SUNDAY Softball: Dundee-Crown at Southern Warrior Classic (Tennessee), TBA Baseball: Johnsburg vs. Ringgold (PA) at ESPN Zone Orlando, 8 a.m.

MONDAY Softball: Marian Central at Wauconda, 10 a.m., Hampshire at Yorkville (DH), noon, Dundee-Crown at Southern Warrior Classic (Tennessee), TBA Baseball: Johnsburg vs. Dublin Jerome (OH) at ESPN Zone Orlando, 8 a.m.; Johnsburg vs. St. Charles Prep (OH) at ESPN Zone Orlando, 10:30 a.m.; Prairie Ridge at Bremen, Elgin at Marengo, Woodstock vs. Rockford East at Lippold Park, 11 a.m.; Cary-Grove vs. Grant at Rent One Park, noon; Jacobs vs. Homewood-Flossmoor at Rent One Park, 3 p.m.; Alden-Hebron at Christian Life, Hampshire at Belvidere, McHenry at Boylan Catholic, 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer: Jacobs at South Elgin, noon

GOLF WGC

DELL MATCH PLAY RESULTS Saturday At Austin Country Club Austin, Texas Yardage: 7,108. Par: 71 Fourth Round (Seedings in parentheses) Bill Haas (42), United States, def. Kevin Na (46), United States, 1 up.

Phil Mickelson (14), United States, def.

Marc Leishman (28), Australia, 4 and 3.

Jon Rahm (21), Spain, def. Charles Howell III (61), United States, 6 and 4.

Soren Kjeldsen (62), Denmark, def. William McGirt (48), United States, 5 and 4.

Hideto Tanihara (54), Japan, def. Paul Casey (12), England, 2 and 1.

Ross Fisher (47), England, def. Bubba Watson (13), United States, 4 and 3.

Alex Noren (8), Sweden def. Brooks Koepka (20), United States, 3 and 1.

Dustin Johnson (1), United States, def.

Zach Johnson (44), United States, 5 and 4.

Quarterfinals Bill Haas (42), United States, def. Phil Mickelson (14), United States, 2 and 1.

Jon Rahm (21), Spain, def. Soren Kjeldsen (62), Denmark, 7 and 5.

Hideto Tanihara (54), Japan, def. Ross Fisher (47), England, 4 and 2.

Dustin Johnson (1), United States, def.

Alex Noren (8), Sweden, 3 and 2.

MLB SPRING TRAINING

Saturday’s Results White Sox 10, Cleveland 7 Cubs 11, Cincinnati (ss) 7 Colorado 7, Cubs (ss) 4 Boston (ss) 7, Tampa Bay 5 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 4 N.Y. Mets 3, Atlanta 0 Philadelphia 3, Boston (ss) 3 Miami 1, St. Louis 0 N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto (ss) 5 Washington 4, Houston 1 Toronto 16, Canada Jr. 0 L.A. Angels 7, Arizona 4 Cincinnati (ss) 11, Oakland 6 Kansas City 1, Milwaukee 0 (10 inn.)

L.A. Dodgers 11, Oakland (ss) 6 Seattle 3, Texas 1 Baltimore 6, Minnesota 3 San Francisco 8, San Diego 7 Sunday’s Games Cincinnati (ss) vs. Cubs at Las Vegas, Nev., 3:05 p.m.

San Diego (ss) vs. Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

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

Houston vs. Washington at West Palm Beach, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Miami vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Toronto (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Toronto (ss) at Dunedin, Fla., 12:07 p.m.

Atlanta vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Cincinnati (ss) at Goodyear, Ariz., 3:05 p.m.

Cleveland vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Colorado vs. San Diego (ss) at Peoria, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:10 p.m.

SPORTS BRIEFS

NBA bans Knicks’ Noah 20 games for drug violation

Joakim Noah of the New York Knicks was suspended 20 games without pay for violating the league’s anti-drug policy.

He tested positive for a substance found in some over-the-counter supplements,

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Dustin Johnson, Rahm advance to semifinals of Match Play

AUSTIN, Texas – Dustin Johnson had reason to be rattled.

As he walked off the 12th green Saturday afternoon, the match referee said five words that Johnson heard for the first time all week in the Dell Technologies Match Play.

“The match is all square.”

Until then, Johnson had led after each of the 71 holes he had played at Austin Country Club.

He wasted little time responding to a rare challenge. Johnson birdied three of the next four holes for a 3-and-2 victory over Alex Noren to advance to the semifinals and stay on track for a potential

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showdown between No. 1 in the world and Jon Rahm, golf’s brightest young star.

Rahm lost only one of the 27 holes he played in his 6-and-4 victory over Charles Howell III and his 7-and-5 victory over Soren Kjeldsen in the quarterfinals.

Rahm faces a semifinal match Sunday morning against Bill Haas, who ended Phil Mickelson’s hopes with a 2-and-1 victory.

Mickelson had advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time in 13 years with a victory against Marc Leishman.

Johnson, going after a third straight PGA Tour title, faces one of this tournament’s biggest surprises in Hideko Tanihara of Japan.

UConn women defeat UCLA, advance to regional final

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – After watching UConn’s NCAA tournament dominance mostly from the bench for three seasons, Saniya Chong finally made her mark.

Chong scored 16 points and came up with big plays on both ends of the court, and the top-seeded Huskies beat UCLA, 86-71, Saturday to advance to the Bridgeport Regional final.

It was the 110th straight victory for the No. 1 Huskies, who will face 10th-seeded Oregon on Monday night. The Ducks

pulled off another surprise, topping third-seeded Maryland, 77-63, to advance to their first Elite Eight.

Napheesa Collier had 27 points and 14 rebounds for UConn (35-0), which shot 55.6 percent (30 for 54) from the field.

In Stockton, California, top-seeded South Carolina defeated No. 12 seed Quinnipiac, 100-58, and third-seeded Florida State beat second-seeded Oregon State, 66-53.

Arrogate comes from last to win $10M Dubai World Cup easily

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Arrogate showed his class again as he came from dead last out of the stalls to win the Dubai World Cup by an impressive 21/4 lengths Saturday.

With the win, 4-year-old Arrogate became the highest-earning racehorse ever, surpassing California Chrome, winner of the same race last year. Arrogate has grossed $17,084,600 for winning seven races out of eight in his career.

In the second-richest horse race in the world at $10 million, run over dirt and 2,000 meters at Meydan Racecourse, Arrogate produced a powerful finish under jockey Mike Smith to beat Gun Runner and Neolithic in a 1-2-3 finish for the U.S.

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Fred Glass wanted to hire a proven winner for Indiana’s next men’s basketball coach. The athletic director didn’t have to wait long – or travel far to find what he was looking for.

On Saturday, less than 24 hours after UCLA coach Steve Alford pulled his name out of the sweepstakes, Glass announced he had hired Archie Miller from Dayton.

Miller replaces Tom Crean, who was fired March 16 after missing the NCAA tournament five times in nine seasons.

Miller will be introduced at a Monday afternoon news conference.

The 38-year-old Miller put together a solid track record in six seasons with the Flyers – earning a school-record four straight NCAA tourney bids, winning 24 games in each of those seasons and claiming the past two Atlantic 10 regular-season titles.

the league said Saturday.

Noah has not played since Feb. 4 and likely was to miss the Knicks’ final 10 games this season because of a left knee injury. The NBA said Noah’s suspension will begin with the first regular-season or playoff game for which he is “eligible and physically able to play.”

At minimum, that means the suspension will carry over into at least the first 10 games of next season and likely longer, since Noah is not currently able to play.

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News stories that could only come from Florida Sometimes it’s just too easy.

Take the jury’s decision in the recent Miami court case of Claudy Charles, a 48-year-old man charged with arson for setting his car on fire. His lawyer, Stephen Gutierrez, argued his client was innocent because the car had spontaneously combusted.

But as the lawyer wound up his closing arguments, his pants caught fire. I swear I’m not making this up.

After running from the courtroom to douse the blaze, he returned to explain a faulty e-cigarette in his pocket had self-ignited – further proof spontaneous combustion can happen when you least expect it. Even in a pocket. Or a car. It was compelling evidence, he felt, that his client was innocent.

But the jury decided “pants on fire” was compelling evidence of a lie being told, and that made their decision just too easy.

The arsonist was found guilty. The lawyer is now in the hot seat, facing possible contempt-of-court charges for a stunt that torched the truth.

And of course jokesters came away with all the just-too-easy “lawyer, lawyer, pants on fire” jokes they could handle – jokes made even easier because this happened, of course, in Florida, where wacky people making news is just another day at the office.

Wackiness is so common in Florida that humor authors such as Dave Barry, Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey have built a career writing about it.

And when asked if it’s hard to come up with ideas for their loony characters involved in wacky plots, the three Florida humorists will tell you, “Sometimes it’s just too easy.”

That’s because all of them worked as reporters for Florida newspapers – Barry and Hiaasen for the Miami Herald, and Dorsey for the Tampa Tribune – where it’s hard to tell whether you’re reading the funny pages or the daily

crime report. Many of their loopy plots and characters, the authors say, came straight from the daily Florida news.

Take Hiaasen’s most recent novel, “Razor Girl,” features a young lady rear-ending another car because she was busy shaving her “intimate” area while driving. A wacky detail like that could only happen in fiction – or in Florida, which (it pays to remember) has the Bermuda Triangle right in its front yard.

It turns out Hiaasen took the “razor girl” idea from a daily crime report of 37-year-old Megan Maria Barnes, who in 2010 was driving to Key West to meet her boyfriend and wanted to be properly groomed for the visit. Sitting next to her in the passenger seat at the time of the crash was her ex-husband, who was just along for the drive, I guess. Because this is what supportive ex-husbands do when their ex-wives need a wingman to go with them on a clean-shaven visit to their boyfriends. At least, that’s what they do in Florida.

And just like that, author Hiaasen was off and running with his newest Florida novel.

Because sometimes it’s just too easy.

There’s no telling whether lawyers with charred chinos will show up anytime soon in a novel by Dave Barry, Carl Hiaasen or Tim Dorsey, but it’s likely – unless something wackier pops up in the news before they get around to it.

Like the 2015 news story of the church in Panama City Beach known as The Life Center, which held naked paint parties and hosted all-night rages for spring breakers, exempt from local 2 a.m. closing-time laws because they were a church. Once word got out to the rest of the world, though, government officials stripped the church of its tax-exempt status. So much for freedom of religious expression, Florida-style.

Or the Tampa couple in 2015 that had to be rescued from inside a garbage

truck after hammering on the walls and screaming for help. In their defense, they weren’t crazy enough to climb into the truck in the first place. That’s just where they woke up after falling asleep in a Dumpster after a fun Florida night out at the casino.

Or the story of Emma Bartelt, the fourth-grader who in 2013 borrowed three drug-sniffing dogs from the Narcotics Bureau, where her father is a detective, and brought them to school to enter them in a science fair. But of course, to show the dogs at work, she also brought along 28 grams of cocaine.

A fourth-grade kid in Washington, D.C., did that and was charged with drug possession. But this was Florida, so Emma won first place in her science fair.

Or the story of Florida Gov. Rick Scott announcing the toll-free number of the Florida Department of Health when an outbreak of fungal meningitis infections erupted in Florida in 2012, except – oops – he gave out the number of an adult phone-sex hotline instead.

A governor’s Rolodex can get pretty confusing, I guess.

In any case, it shouldn’t be hard for Florida humor writers such as Barry, Hiaasen or Dorsey to come up with wacky ideas for their next novel. All they have to do is keep checking the local news, where they’re sure to find an unhinged treasure trove of loony characters – such as the 70-year-old guy in Palm Beach waking up before sunrise to tweet that his phone is being tapped

by President Barack Obama. He did it in his pajamas because if he had been wearing pants, they would have been ablaze.

See, sometimes it’s just too easy.

• Tom “T. R.” Kerth is a Sun City resident and retired English teacher from Park Ridge. He is the author of the book “Revenge of the Sardines.” He can be reached at trkerth@yahoo.com.

EnvironmentTip Unplug, get back to nature

Nature is for refuge and retreat, or so preached Theodore Roosevelt, famous for his conservation efforts as president.

Under his authority, five national parks were created, as well as 51 wildlife refuges, 18 national monuments and

150 new national forests.

Go Teddy!

On a smaller scale, we can regularly recharge by immersing ourselves in nature. Studies show disconnecting from electronic devices – even for a short time – can boost our creativity and improve well-being.

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Former Fox River Grove resident Meg Fleming finds success as children’s book author in California

By LINDSAY WEBER

editorial@nwherald.com Many have dreamed of picking up, moving out and following their passion. For most, that’s exactly what it is – a dream.

Children’s book author Meg Fleming, however, hit the ground running, with a husband and three children in tow, to Pleasanton, California.

The former Fox River Grove resident taught in Elmhurst for two years before becoming a stay-at-home mom. Fleming has a background in voice that she said unknowingly led her down the writing path.

“I never realized how much I loved words,” Fleming said. “As a singer, you pay attention to lyrics and words quite a bit. When I had kids, I had to stop performing because that happened in the evening. I don’t think I even noticed it happening, but when I stopped going to rehearsals, I just started writing more.

“If you’re in the arts, you’re drawing from the same well. I don’t see a line between a writer and a singer. A picture book has a unique opportunity to open and close a curtain every time you turn a page. I see a picture book as a performance with 32 scenes.”

Fleming originally started outside the children’s literature genre but found her way to it through her own children.

“I started out writing slices of life humor but realized more and more in reading so much to my kids, I fall into and relate to a children’s voice,” Fleming said. “It’s an easy, comfortable place for me. I was a music teacher and taught drama. I find children really relatable, and they’re a great audience. Their imaginations are so intense.”

Fleming started focusing specifically on children’s books in 2005 and sold her first book, “I Heart You,” in 2012. Beach Lane Books published the book in 2016 with illustrations by Sarah Jane Wright. Her next book, “Ready, Set, Build!,” published by Little Bee Books and Bonnier will be released April 4. “Sometimes Rain,” featuring Chicago illustrator Diane Sudyka, and “Ready, Set, Sail!” are scheduled for a spring 2018 release. “ ‘I Heart You’ came out of me being so overwhelmed with love for my kids,” Fleming said.

“I was working on another manuscript, and my mentor had me pull the verbs out.

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Former Fox River Grove resident and teacher Meg Fleming signs copies of her new book due out in April, “Ready, Set, Build!” Fleming spoke to students on how to be creative with words to create stories. Fleming moved to southern California more than two years ago to pursue her dream of being a children’s book author.

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Continued from page 3 “I started playing with them and moving them around. It was sort of a challenge for myself. I wanted to see if I could say ‘I love you’ without saying, ‘I love you.’ It uses all verbs and actions that show love. Love is an abstract thing, and I wanted to concretely show how you love. It turned into a story itself. It was truly born out of writing.”

Though an already established KidLit writer in the Chicago area, Fleming and her husband, Kevin Lentz, both were looking for something more, on the other side of the Mississippi.

“We had lived here all of our lives, and we were at a point where we wanted to go after life and expose our kids to something different,” Fleming said.

“We wanted to create a living metaphor for them and show them you can pick up and go somewhere else and be totally fine.”

Fleming remembers leaving Illinois three years ago June 30. That same night there were six tornadoes, and the Mississippi River flooded.

“It was a good lesson for our family.

It was good for our kids to see that you can persevere and chase after what it is you want to shake out of life,” Fleming said.

Fleming and her family left their

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Retired Algonquin Road Elementary School teacher Pat Beebe (left) greets children’s author Meg Fleming on March 17 at the school. Beebe’s daughter, Andrea Beebe Welch, is Fleming’s editor.

2-acre home in Fox River Grove and settled outside of San Francisco in a more modest home.

“We’re willing to focus on the dream instead of the size of the house or the backyard,” Fleming said. “I’m not going to say it was easy. For me in the end, it’s about getting to know the peo-

ple, and it’s more about being around people that are real and interesting and artistic. The children’s literature community is pretty happening out there [San Francisco].”

Although she loves her new community in California she has enjoyed for the past three years, Fleming admits

the people is one of the things she misses most about Fox River Grove.

“I miss the people, my family, my friends and their kids,” Fleming said.

“And I do love the seasons. There’s something about a start and a finish that happens four times a year that is so clear. While I don’t miss the snow, I do miss the first snow. ‘Sometimes Rain’ is really my love letter to the seasons.”

Fleming recently returned to the area for a series of appearances and readings, including at the Algonquin Road Elementary School, where she taught extra-curricular choir, Magic Tree Bookstore in Oak Park and Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville. She also visited her alma mater, Naperville High School, where she was given the Learners to Leaders Award, an alumni award for literature.

Fleming is working on a handful of manuscripts and has a novel in the works she says slowly is making its way into her computer. No matter the project, Fleming believes in the honesty and openness of a voice.

“Don’t censor yourself. Write what comes out and worry about editing later,” Fleming said. “Be as free and as loose as possible. There’s no reason to question what you have to say and how you’re saying it. And find a community that is supportive to your craft, not competitive.”

Prepare for spring growing season with advice from Master Gardeners and professionals at Gardenfest 2017

By LINDSAY WEBER

editorial@nwherald.com CRYSTAL LAKE – The snow has melted and the temperatures are bringing in the feel of spring. Your landscape might be looking a little bare, or maybe you’re ready to grow that garden you’ve always wanted.

But where to start? With a little advice from a master, or several.

From 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 8, McHenry County College and the University of Illinois Extension McHenry County Master Gardeners will host Gardenfest 2017.

The event will feature more than 30 breakout sessions presented by gardening experts covering topics such as prune your blooms, marvelous and mysterious mushrooms, dormant deciduous tree identification and composting. The popular cooking with herbs session also is on the list again this year. The array of classes is fit for gardeners of all levels, whether you are an expert or just starting out.

Master Gardener and Woodstock Master Gardeners Publicity Committee member Sandy Drevalas said she is looking forward to this year’s fest for the opportunity to interact with other gardeners who share her passion.

“Gardening just makes you feel good,” Drevalas said. “You can do a little each day. You don’t have to be out there all day unless you want to.

It’s great to hear what other gardeners have accomplished; try something new and see what worked and what didn’t – that’s half the fun of it. It’s very rewarding.”

This year’s keynote speaker, Melinda Myers, comes equipped with an extensive résumé and a green thumb.

Myers, a horticulturist and gardening expert, author, columnist, lecturer and TV and radio host, will cover the topic of Garden Renovations for Any Size Landscape.

“Whether you have a small or large, or new or existing space, we often have fixes we would like to make. I try to take people through the process,” Myers said. “To think of things like design with maintenance in mind and budget-wise fixes. The wiser you spend, the more you can accomplish.

I’m like everyone else. There’s more I want to do than time available. Look for ways to achieve two-fers. Identify sustainable and functional aspects of the landscape and learn to be water wise. Make every space and every season count.”

Myers said she was led down the dirt road starting in the ’70s, when she was caught up in the plant power of the decade. We’re not talking flower power, but houseplants. In her teens, Myers worked at a plant store.

Myers said her father always had a beautiful garden as well, but would never let her or her siblings inside.

“I think that’s one of the secrets if you want your kids to get interested in gardens. Make it a mystery,” Myers said.

She majored in horticulture as an undergraduate at Ohio State University and received her master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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GARDENFEST 2017 WHEN: 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 8 WHERE: McHenry County College, Luecht Conference Center, 8900 Route 14 Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Includes more than 30 breakout sessions presented by gardening experts and keynote speaker Melinda Myers. Cost: $45 by March 28, includes lunch. Tickets will be sold for $50 at the door on a first-come, first-served basis but do not include lunch. Information: Visit www.mchenry.edu/gardenfest, email conferencecenter@ mchenry.edu or call 815-479-7570 for information on Gardenfest. For gardening tips, videos and information on Melinda Myers, visit www.melindamyers.com.

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“I have the best job. I get to talk about something I love doing with people that are equally excited about the topic.

Gardeners are so optimistic, otherwise you’d never do it two years in a row. There’s a passion and a joy that I find not only in the garden but in the community that I can share it with.”

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Continued from page 5 Myers said she needed the type of connection horticulture provides between people and hands-on practical experience.

During her college years, Myers worked in greenhouses and even at a poinsettia ranch.

“I really found my joy outside digging in the soil. It’s very energizing,” Myers said.

With more than 20 gardening books to her credit, including “Midwest Gardener’s Handbook,” Myers also hosts “Melinda’s Garden Moment” as well as a DVD series, “The Great Courses’ How to Grow Anything,” and is a columnist and contributing editor for Birds & Blooms.

When asked about the one tool she does not go to the garden without, Myers was quick to answer.

“A weed knife. The blade is about 8 inches long. It’s serrated on one side and great for digging weeds, dividing perennials and loosening soil for planting bulbs. I have four of them,” Myers said. “They’re like reading glasses; you never have them where you need them, so I have them all over. It is the tool I use the most because it’s so versatile. I always find I need it while I’m out in the garden for one thing or another.”

Myers said she is not only looking forward to speaking about her favorite topic, but she also is eager to speak to others in the gardening community.

“I have the best job,” Myers said.

“I get to talk about something I love doing with people that are equally excited about the topic. Gardeners are so optimistic, otherwise you’d never do it two years in a row.

There’s a passion and a joy that I find not only in the garden but in the community that I can share it with.”

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Master gardener training creates volunteers across the country

By DEAN FOSDICK

The Associated Press

Like gardening? Want to share your skills with your community or family?

Master Gardener programs are creating an army of volunteers who contribute hours of stewardship.

Specialties run the gamut, although most focus on nutrition. There are Master Food Preservers, Master Beekeepers, Master Recyclers, Master Naturalists, Master Wellness Volunteers, Master Financial Volunteers, Master Clothing Construction Volunteers, Watershed Master Volunteers and many more.

Certified Master programs usually are provided by university Extension services and their county-run offices.

The programs require several months of science-based training in classrooms and in the field. Volunteers, who pay a fee for the instruction, are certified

upon graduating and committing to a specified period of service.

They share what they’ve learned about skills ranging from safe canning practices to raising organic vegetables, from restoring streambeds to energy conservation.

Some specialties address regional or consumer interests. Kentucky’s Master Clothing Construction program was designed to foster family sewing skills.

The Master Wellness program run by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension provides health and nutrition tips.

Montana State’s Master Family & Consumer Science Volunteer program helps teach volunteers the history of Cooperative Extension and consumer sciences, program manager Barbara Allen said.

“We need volunteers to have good backgrounds on their mission. They in turn will help folks at the county level launch Master Volunteer programs,”

she said.

Public funding for Extension services has dropped sharply over the years while information requests have risen, often overwhelming staff, Allen said.

“Our hope is these volunteers help alleviate some of that Extension workload,” she said. “That they provide more outreach. The idea is to empower and educate the general public.”

The Oregon State University Extension Service’s Master Beekeeper program has 145 volunteer mentors who train apprentice-level beekeepers, spokeswoman Kym Pokorny said.

“Many of these mentors are also in the advanced level [program],” she said.

“This level emphasizes community service.”

Mentor beekeepers have contributed more than 4,200 volunteer hours since beginner-level training began in 2013, Pokorny said.

The 398 volunteers in Oregon State’s Master Food Preservers program donated 21,250 hours last year, while the state’s 1,900 active Master Gardeners recorded 71,221 direct public interactions, she said. Master Gardeners “volunteered nearly 145,000 hours of service valued at $3.3 million,” Pokorny said.

“They gave food banks approximately 65,000 pounds of fresh produce harvested from community and demonstration gardens that they manage.”

Arizona recently incorporated a Master Naturalist program that is being tested in Tucson and will go statewide, said Peter Warren, with University of Arizona Cooperative Extension.

“We’re trying to generate a place for volunteers to be trained to work with schools and parks and many other organizations,” Warren said. “The problem in the West is that we’re really spread out. It’s hard to serve the population that way. Our Masters really help.”

Author Spotlight

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CHARLENE WEXLER

Hometown: Richmond Latest Book: “Elephants in the Room” Publisher: Createspace.com Release Date: 2016 Available: Amazon and Barnes and Noble What’s your new book about?

Short stories and essays on life. Laughter and tears. Divided into five sections. Coming of Age. Family and Friends. Pets Passing. Parade. Senior Moments.

Where did the idea come from?

After receiving awards and great reviews on my short stories and essays, I decided to put them into a book. My stories have been compared to Erma Bombeck and Mary Schmidt What genre is your book?

Fiction Who is the intended audience?

[Ages] 5 to 100. My stories are for all ages and all people. The stories will pluck at your heartstrings and tickle your funnybone.

Why is this story important to you?

So many of the stories are about things that happened in my life, yet they are universal events that everyone can identify with, such as life without your cell phone; the collie that became my therapist; the hoarder in my family; Thanksgiving in the 21st century; feeding a stray cat; a night in an inner city hospital; senior shopping together; the temperature games we all play; a letter to my parents from a 70-year-old; and of course the story about the elephant in the room, the one we all have hidden.

How long did it take you to write? What

was your process?

I’ve written four other novels that took forever.

This book is a gathering of essays and short stories I’ve written over the past seven years.

What did you enjoy most about writing this book? What was the hardest part?

It was fun going over essays and stories I wrote through the years. The hard part was picking which stories and essays to use and the organization of those stories.

How are you publishing this book and why (traditional/indie/self-publishing)?

Self-published through Createspace. I tried a publisher with an earlier book and had some difficulties.

What is your education/background?

[I have a] teaching degree from The University of Illinois. I taught school for several years, then I worked in my husband’s dental office for years.

In retirement, I started to write professionally.

How/why did you decide to write a book?

I always wrote for myself. In retirement, I started to write professionally. My message to anyone who has a dream is: It’s never too late to follow that dream!

Who are your favorite authors?

There are so many. Edith Wharton, J.D. Salinger, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Mary Schmidt, Albert Camus, Shel Silverstein, Erma Bombeck, Stephen Hawkins, Anna Quinlin, Katherine Stockett, Libby Fischer Hellman and Jodi Picoult.

Pick one: Danielle Steel or John Grisham?

John Grisham Pick one: Stephen King or Nicholas Sparks?

Nicholas Sparks

Pick one: Ebooks or hard/paperbacks?

Hard/paperbacks Have you written anything else?

Four books: “Murder Across The Ocean,” “Lori,” “Murder On Skid Row,” “Milk And Oranges” and many essays and short stories What’s next for you?

More essays and short stories, and another novel

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‘ELEPHANTS IN THE ROOM’ AUTHOR: Charlene Wexler AVAILABLE: Amazon and Barnes and Noble INFO: Website: Charlenewexler.com; Facebook: Facebook.com/charlenewexle; Twitter: Twitter. com/search.q-Charlenewexler; Amazon Author Page: charlenewexler

LITERARY EVENTS

To have an event featured in this calendar, fill out the form at READ “FUR” FUN, 10 a.m. to noon April 1, McHenry Public FAMILY BOOK CLUB: “THE THING ABOUT GEORGIE,” 6 PlanitNorthwest.com. For assistance, email calendars@nwherald. Library, 809 Front St., McHenry. Bring a book and read to a to 7 p.m. April 5, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHencom. licensed therapy dog. For early readers, reading practice or to get ry. Read a book with your family and join other families in fun BEAUTY AND THE BOOK, 10 to 11:30 a.m. March 29, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry. Excited about the recent release of the new live-action “Beauty and the Beast” movie?

Join us for a storytime, crafts and a special visit from your favorite book-loving princess. Children are encouraged to dress up in their favorite prince/princess attire. For ages 2-7 with adult.

Free. Information: 815-385-0036, mplyps@mchenrylibrary.org or www.mchenrylibrary.org.

comfortable reading out loud, or for kids who just want to cuddle with a dog. Sign up at the questions desk or call for a time slot.

Free. Information: 815-385-0036, mplyps@mchenrylibrary.org or www.mchenrylibrary.org.

READ TO THE DOG, 10 to 11:30 a.m. April 1, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. Volunteer dogs will sit quietly and listen to young readers. For ages 5-10, CLPL cardholders only. Registration required. Free. Information: 815-459-1687 or www.clpl.org.

activities relating to the book. For grades 2 and older. Free. Information: 815-385-0036, mplyps@mchenrylibrary.org or www. mchenrylibrary.org.

CHAT ‘N CHEW TWEEN BOOK GROUP, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. April 6, Jimano’s Pizza, 366 Bank Drive, McHenry. “Roller Girl” by Victoria Jamieson. For kids in grades 4-6. Free. Information: 815-3850036, mplyps@mchenrylibrary.org or www.mchenrylibrary.org.

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College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake.

“Permanent agriculture” is more than a gardening system and includes planning, design and farming sustainability that can be used in many different contexts. Cost: 25 CLEVER WAYS TO REPURPOSE $19. Course code: NPGS56002. InformaMASON JARS, 1 to 2:30 p.m. March 27, tion: 815-455-8588 or www.mchenry.edu/ University of Illinois Extension Auditorium, mymcc.

1102 McConnell Road, Woodstock. Learn GARDENFEST 2017, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. how to decorate those old canning jars.

April 8, McHenry County College, 8900 Cost: $5. Information: 815-338-3737 or Route 14, Crystal Lake. Sponsored by kovalovs@illinois. edu.

McHenry County College and the UniverCONFETTI GOURMET-3 DAY SPRING sity of Illinois Extension McHenry County BREAK CAMP, 9 to 11:30 a.m. March 28, Master Gardeners. Cost: $45 by March 28, Confetti Gourmet Academy, 8505 RedTail includes lunch, $50 at the door. InforDrive, Lakewood. For ages 9-16. Learn mation: www.mchenry.edu/gardenfest fundamental kitchen skills, focusing on or 815-479-7570 or conferencecenter@ measuring, mixing, working cleanly and mchenry.edu. safety in the kitchen. Explore new foods MASTER GARDENERS’ CLINIC, 7 to 8 while following recipes geared for your age p.m. April 12, Fox River Grove Memorial group. Cost: $163 residents, $168 nonresi- Library, 407 Lincoln Ave., Fox River Grove. dents. Information: www.crystallakeparks. A Q&A session with master gardeners from org. the University of Illinois Extension proA STUDY IN CHEESE, 11 to 2 p.m. April gram. Ask and learn everything you need to 1, Loyola University Retreat and Ecology know to grow a gorgeous lawn and garden Campus, 2710 S. Country Club Road, Wood- this season. Sponsored by Friends of the stock. A fun, hands-on class with Laura Library. Registration is required. Free.

Jacobs-Welch from the American Cheese Information: 847-639-2274 or jgehin@ Society. Learn about wine pairings as well frgml.org. as cooking, selecting and storing cheeses.

COOKING DEMO – GLUTEN FREE!, 7 to Cost: $55 a person. Information: 815-3388:30 p.m. April 13, McHenry Public Library, 1032 or www.luc.edu/cookingclasses.

809 Front St., McHenry. Chef Denise SanINTRODUCTION TO PERMACULTURE Filippo will show you how easy it is to shop CLASS, 6:30 p.m. April 6, McHenry County and cook gluten free. She’ll provide tips

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CAKE DECORATING: EASTER, 9 a.m. to noon April 15, Woodscreek Park Building, 1420 Willow Tree Drive, Crystal Lake. For ages 8-18. Decorate cakes and cookies like a pro for the holiday. Cost: $40 residents, $45 nonresidents, includes supplies.

Information: www.crystallakeparks.org/ vw-systems/calendar/sys-cal-details. asp?id=4759.

BEST NEW PLANTS, 6 to 8 p.m. April 17, Harvard Diggins Library, 900 E. McKinley St., Harvard. See what’s new in tress, shrubs, annuals, perennials, roses, vegetables and herbs. Kim Hartmann, landscape designer at Countryside Nursery, will share more than 50 new plants that are proven for our area and add color, texture and diversity to the landscape. Free. Registration required. Information: 815-943-4671, leticiag@harvard-diggins.org or www.facebook.com/events/1144832245633379/.

A FAIRY GARDEN TEA PARTY, 1 to 3 p.m. April 22, Tom’s Farm Market, 10214 Algonquin Road, Huntley. Tom’s very own fairy, “Miss Peggy,” will be there with glitter and her helpers for pictures and a fairy parade. The event will feature sweets and finger sandwiches, along with tea and lemonade. Those who attend are encouraged to bring their cameras. Cost: $14 (plus tax).

Information: www.tomsfarmmarket.com.

GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK CLUB, GRADES 6-8, 4 to 5 p.m. April 6, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. A book club for grades 6-8 where we discuss only graphic novels. This month we will be discussing “Amulet #1: The Stonekeeper”

by Kazu Kibuishi. For CLPL cardholders only.

Registration required. Free. Information: 815459-1687 or www.clpl.org.

MYSTERY BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 6, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry. Read and discuss “Still Life” by Louise Penny. Copies available at the checkout desk. Free. Information: 815-385-0036, mplref@mchenrylibrary. org or www.mchenrylibrary.org.

I’M GONNA BE A BIG SISTER (OR BROTHER)! STORYTIME, 1:30 to 2 p.m.

April 8, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry. A special storytime for new, or soon to be new, big brothers and big sisters!

For ages 2-6 with an adult. Free. Information: 815-385-0036 or mplyps@mchenrylibrary. org.

SECOND SATURDAY SENSORY STORYTIME, 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. April 8, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. For ages 3-8 with an adult. In this storytime for children with special needs we engage children through movement, music, stories and hands on-activities. For ages 3-8 with adult. Siblings are welcome. Registration required. No library card required. Free.

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

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Adult children of alcoholics not alone “Joan” wasn’t happy when she was with other people, and she was scared to death to be alone. Her father, who had just recently passed away, had been a heavy drinker for many years, but had stopped alcohol in his later years because his wife threatened to leave him and his various alcohol-induced medical conditions prevented him from being able to drink and survive.

Joan was an only child and had been the buffer between her mom and dad’s ongoing, years-long feuds about everything from what channel to watch to when to sell the house.

The fundamental problem was the alcohol, but that rarely was discussed except in terms of how much of the grocery budget to spend on it.

Joan loved her parents and prayed they would solve their problems, never understanding she was dealing with alcoholism. She and her dad had a special bond forged by her ongoing willingness to protect him from what she perceived as her mom’s irrational and mean-spirited outbursts. These outbursts, she reasoned, were the cause of her dad’s unhappiness and the cause of his drinking. She had been breaking up verbal sparring matches with distractions, perfectionism and “logical arguments” since her grade school years.

Now in her mid-20s, she both wanted to leave the craziness of her house and felt compelled to stay to make sure her parents were OK.

She had very little social life with the exception of a few old school friends, whom she had coffee with occasionally. She felt uncomfortable and abnormal around them and always was afraid they would want something from her and she’d have to say “no.” Equally distressing, she felt increasingly afraid to go out, but uncomfortable being alone.

Feeling hopeless and stuck, she tentatively called a therapist, who, after a few sessions and some astute questions and observations, suggested along with therapy, Joan try a 12-step recovery group called ACA or Adult Children of Alcoholics. She told Joan she knew it would be difficult to get started because of her fears, but there was a solu-

tion, and she wasn’t, by any means, alone.

Joan agreed and went to a local meeting. When they read the characteristics of an ACA, Joan cried and cried. She never knew there were people like her. She never even knew what had been at the root of the troubles she had been experiencing her whole life, and, most of all, she never dreamed there was an answer.

• Rick Atwater is a licensed clinical professional counselor. He hosts the weekly radio show Straight Stuff on Addictions at recoveryinternetradio.com. He can reached by email at rickatwater@northwestcommunitycounseling.com.

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DENTAL ASSISTANT

Friendly family practice is looking for a pleasant FT experienced Dental Assistant.

HOURS: Mon. 12:45-8pm, Tues.9:30 -8pm.

Thurs. & Fri, 7:30-5pm.

Apply in person: Dr. Candace Opon DDS 690 N. Rt. 31 Crystal Lake, IL. 815-477-2177

AUTOCAD DRAFTER

A large commercial sheet metal and roofing contractor located in McHenry, that Is seeking a candidate for an immediate, full time position of AutoCAD Drafter.

Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years experience with Auto CAD design and be proficient in AutoCAD LT or higher, Microsoft Word, Excel and Adobe Acrobat. Attention to detail with strong work ethic / self motivated & possess excellent communication / organizational skills. Ability to read, print and sort blueprints and specifications, complete submittals, and knowledge of construction details and LEED information is beneficial.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer & offer a full benefit package that includes 401(k) and health insurance.

Email resume to: HR@snogem.com

CAREGIVERS Now Hiring... Always Caring Seeking experienced caregivers to provide companionship and assistance with personal care.

Available Shifts Weekdays and/or Weekends 3-12 Hour Days &/or Nights. 24-Hour Sleep-Overnight Shifts.

Apply online: https://va175.ersp.biz/employment Visiting Angels is an EEO employer

CUSTODIANS - Seeking 2nd shift (3pm - 11pm) substitute

custodians to work 40 hours per week on a temporary basis. $13.98/hr. Apply at: www.d155.org

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FABRICATOR / WELDER

Brake, Roller, Shear, Mill, Lathe and TIG Welding S.S. polished sheet metal experience preferred but willing to train.

Must have valid D.L. Excellent Benefits.

Fax: 847-381-7688 or email: sales@lakeprocess.com Food Service

BARTENDERS HOST(ESS) BUSSERS

RUNNERS SERVERS DATA ENTRY

Call 847-526-9993 ask for Lisa or walk in to apply: Docks Bar & Grill, 313 E. Liberty St, Wauconda

Food Service

Retreat House in Barrington has openings for:

WAIT STAFF & DISHWASHER

Where:

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KNAACK IS HIRING ASSEMBLERS!

ROOFING AND SIDING SERVICE TECH

Do you know how to use hand tools? We have a job for you!

KNAACK in Crystal Lake is seeking full time, long term assemblers.

1st & 2nd Shift. Pay:$12-12.50/hr.

Prev. manufacturing exp. Pref'd.

Start your career by calling Emily at 815-356-4634, texting #PutMeToWork to 815-788-8556

or emailing henniej@wernerco.com.

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN - FULL TIME

Garden Place Apartments in Cary, IL. is seeking a full-time Maintenance Technician. This position maintains the physical needs of the property which includes service requests as well as following the preventative maintenance schedule for the property.

Email resume to gardenplace@pedcor.net

We offer competitive wage & benefits package including health, dental, vision, life & disability; flex-spending plan; 401(k); 529 plan; generous paid holidays, vacation, & sick time. We also offer flex work schedule; partial remote work opp; company-wide incentive plan; paid professional development & memberships; tuition & fitness reimbursements.

FMA is an educational association, magazine publisher, tradeshow producer & charitable foundation located in Elgin, IL. We advocate for the growth & sustainability of North America's metal processing, forming, & fabricating industries via our publications, including The FABRICATOR, as well as through manufacturing summer camps & scholarships offered by our foundation, Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs. Founded in 1970, FMA brings metal fabricators & equipment manufacturers together through educational programs, technology councils, networking events & our tradeshow FABTECH.

Visit our websites: thefabricator.com; fmanet.org; fabtechexpo.com; nutsandboltsfoundation.org; canadianmetalworking.com.

When applying, include a cover letter with your wage requirements & send with resume to hr@fmanet.org.

equipment. Experience a plus. (2nd and 3rd shift)

Fax Resume to: 815-459-4741 or email: Knaack.HRMail@wernerco.com

Minimum 5 years experience required.

Must be a self starter. Pay commensurate with experience.

Jarvis Exteriors

Crystal Lake, IL. Call: 815-482-3675 email: rob@jarvisexteriors.com SEASONAL STAFF - Garden Center. Friendly staff, beautiful environment, great customers. Apply at: www.thegrowingscene.com or call 815-923-7322

WOODWORKING Door fabricator. Hardware machining.

Router & beam saw experience a plus. Benefits. First shift.

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Assemblers (1st and 2nd shift) Maintenance Technicians (2nd and 3rd shift) CNC Salvagnini Operators for punching and forming

Competitive pay and benefits.

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Duties: Develop front-end HTML, CSS & JavaScript; design UI assets, graphics & other media; manage WordPress installs; collaborate with stakeholders on design & delivery of website content & create mockups &/or wireframes; help improve UX & optimize conversions; respond to support requests from web help desk.

Crystal Lake Manufacturer looking to hire for the following positions:

When: Tuesday, March 28th, from 9 am to 3 pm Thursday, March 30, from 9 am to 6 pm Who: New applicants ONLY! What: We have clerical professional positions & factory positions!

We will provide refreshments please bring your resume!

Don't worry about rain!

Seeking person who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming. Will lead the design & front-end development of our websites & bridge the gap between graphic design & technical implementation.

Manufacturing

14 N. Walkup Avenue, Crystal Lake & 28 E. Grand Avenue, Fox Lake

Starting pay $10-$12 per hour. Full Time & Part Time needed. Experience welcome but will train.

Call for more information 815-276-7109 or fill out application at ceresfood.com

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CLERICAL POSITION

Seasonal, part-time position taking applications for utility assistance program. Job is seasonal and part-time. www.mchenrycountyhousing.org EO/AAE

Custodian

The Village of Huntley, IL is hiring for the position of part time Custodian. Apply at: www.huntley.il.us

OFFICE ASSISTANT Job Description: Proficient Computer Skills. There will be an abundance of internet research, input and follow up.

Hotel

HOUSEKEEPERS NEEDED Comfort Inn of Crystal Lake is seeking to fill full & part time positions.

Must be over 21. Experience preferred but not necessary, will train.

Must be able to work weekends.

Please apply in person: 595 E. Tracy Trail, Crystal Lake.

No phone calls please.

Flexible Hours: Choose your own hours.

7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Monday thru Friday.

Part Time to Full Time (FT summer months) Beginning Wage: $12.50 per hour Contact: Linda Hall 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. e-mail: linda@nepsa.com Phone: 847-464-4211 SM-CL1354806

PEST CONTROL TECHNICIAN

Start Part Time with potential to Full Time.

Experience preferred, but not required. Must have valid drivers license with good driving record. Minimum age 21.

Call 815-814-2880 Armns Pest Management, Crystal Lake

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Public Works - Seasonal Support Staff

The Village of Huntley has an opening for a Seasonal Support Staff position in our Public Works Department.

Apply at: www.huntley.il.us

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Early Childhood Teacher needed for a growing daycare center in Marengo. Applicants must have at minimum an Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development. Hours are Monday through Friday from 12 PM-6:15 PM.

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pipe wrench & ratchet pipe threader, w/die set $65 /obo 815-344-4238

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: SHERRIE LYNN HURLEY AND DANIEL JOHN HURLEY, Petitioners vs.

A.M.C., a minor, and GARY LEE HINES, the father of the child sought to be adopted, Respondents Case No. 17 AD 04

Michael C. Poper (Atty. No. 2233010) Michael C. Poper, P.C. 130 Cass Street Woodstock, IL 60098 (815) 334-8294 mcplaw@sbcglobal.net (Published in the Northwest Herald March 19, 26, April 2, 2016) 1355700

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that

on February 22, 2017, a certificate NOTICE BY PUBLICATION was filed in the Office of the County ADOPTION NOTICE TO: GARY LEE HINES, the natural Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and father of the minor child, A.R.H. 877-264-2527 TAKE NOTICE that a Petition was post-office address of all of classified@shawsuburban.com filed in the Circuit Court for the the persons owning, conducting 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry and transacting the business known as County, Illinois, for the adoption of a female child named A.R.H. HAASE WOOD CONCEPTS NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, PUBLIC NOTICE GARY LEE HINES, the father of the ANNUAL TOWN MEETING minor child, file your Answer to the located at: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Petition in said suit or otherwise file 2413 W. Algonquin Rd #327 To the legal voters, residents of Marengo Township in the County of your Appearance therein in said Algonquin, IL 60102 McHenry and State of Illinois, that the Annual Town Meeting of said Circuit Court for the 22nd Judicial Dated February 22, 2017 Town will take place on Circuit, 2200 North Semiinary Woodstock, Illinois Avenue, Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 /s/ Mary E. McClellan Being the second Tuesday of said month at the hour of 7 o'clock PM at 60098, on or before April 26, McHenry County Clerk 2017, a DEFAULT MAY BE ENthe Marengo Township located at TERED AGAINST YOU AND A JUDG4010 North State Route 23 MENT ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE (Published in the Northwest Herald Marengo, Illinois 60152 on March 26, April 2, 9, 2017) For the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said town; and WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID 1392103 after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and PETITION. www.HuskieWire.com consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as may, in Dated: March 10, 2017. pursuance of law, come before the meeting; and especially to consider All NIU Sports... All The Time and decide the follow: 1) Town Clerk of Marengo Township calls meeting to order. 2) Pledge of Allegiance. 3) Introductions of Township Officials. 4) Nominations for Moderator. 5) Election and swearing in of Moderator and Salary Set. 6) PUBLIC NOTICE Approval of Minutes. 7) Financial statements of Supervisor. 8) Transfer GRAFTON TOWNSHIP Funds. 9) Sale of Land or Equipment. 10) Set the Time of Annual Town Meeting. 11) To consider any other business that may come before the 2017 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING electors. 12) Reports. 13) Adjournment.

APRIL 11, 2017 7:00 PM Dated: March 15th, 2017 HUNTLEY PARK DISTRICT REC CENTER THEATER (Published in the Northwest Herald March 26, 2017) 1354959 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, to the legal voters, residents of Grafton

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Before the Planning and Zoning Commission Of the Village of Johnsburg In the Matter of the Application of Gerald and Maureen Harker Legal Notice The Village of Johnsburg hereby gives notice that the Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Johnsburg Village Hall, 1515 Channel Beach Avenue in Johnsburg to hear the application of Gerald and Maureen Harker relating to the property at 1921 Sunnyside Beach Drive, Johnsburg, Illinois.

The applicant requests that the Planning and Zoning Commission for the Village of Johnsburg recommend that variances be granted to Section 7, Accessory Buildings and Structures to accommodate the construction of an accessory building as follows: 1) Section 7.1-5, permitting a rear yard setback of 3 feet in lieu of the otherwise required 10 feet setback; Section 7.1-7, permitting maximum square footage for a detached garage of 1,873 square feet in lieu of the otherwise allowable 864 square feet; Section 7.1-7, permitting a maximum height of 28 feet in lieu of the otherwise maximum allowable height of 10 feet; and Section 10.4-7 entitled Lot Coverage, permitting maximum lot coverage of 37% in lieu of the otherwise allowable 35%. Said variances are to accommodate the construction of a three car detached garage for personal use with living area above the garage. Utilization of the living area shall be limited as an accessory use to the principal structure and shall not be utilized as a single family home dwelling.

Interested persons may examine copies of the proposed petition, map, ordinance or other submitted documents, if any, at the Village Hall during normal business hours.

Submitted by: Claudett E. Peters, Village Administrator Village of Johnsburg (Published in the Northwest Herald on March 26, 2017) 1391507

Township in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, that the Annual Town Meeting of said Township will take place on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, being the second Tuesday of said month, at the hour of 7:00 PM at: The Theater of the Huntley Park District REC Center Facility 12015 Mill Street Huntley IL, for the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said Township; and after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting; and especially to consider and decide the following: I. Call to Order II. Pledge of Allegiance III.Explanation of Procedures IV.Selection/Oath of Moderator A. Nominations for Moderator B. Close of Nominations for Moderator C. Election of Moderator D. Moderator's Oath of Office E. Signing of Moderator's Oath V. Adoption of Rules A. Adoption of rules of order for the Grafton Township 2016 Annual Town Meeting.

VI.Approval of the Minutes of the April 12, 2016 Annual Town Meeting.

VII.Presentation of Annual Township Financial Reports A. Presentation of Supervisor's Annual Financial Report: Discussion and potential action to waive the reading.

B. Presentation of Highway Commissioner's Annual Financial Report: Discussion and potential action to waive the reading.

IX.Old Business X. New Business A. Motion to set Annual Town Meeting for Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

XI.Public Comment XII.Adjournment (Published in the Northwest Herald March 26, 2017.) 1391363

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