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DIXON | JANE MARSHALL | FEB. 28, 1926-DEC. 12, 2014

Legacy of giving back built Dixon woman ‘touched a lot of lives around the Sauk Valley’

BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529

DIXON – Jane Marshall’s legacy in Dixon will be more than just the family business.

Marshall, 88, died on Friday, Dec.

12, 2014, at Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon, after a short illness.

As much as the her name is connected to the Marshall Salon Services, her legacy extends to civic involvement and volunteerism,

two things that have been passed to the generations of Marshalls that have followed.

She spent 11 years on the Dixon School Board, including several as the board president, and was involved with the addition to

what’s now Reagan Middle School.

She was active with Dixon Theatre Renovation Inc. and spent 28 years as a member of the KSB Hospital Pink Ladies.

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Cash mob surprises boutique Church group plans more visits, random acts of kindness

BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529

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Rock Falls letter carrier Rick Rodgers not only makes his rounds around town, but recently ran, swam and biked around Kona, Hawaii, in October during the Ironman World Championships.

At 61, letter-carrier qualifies for world championship in Hawaii

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alent and preparation can get us only so far. It’s at the point of exhaustion where inner strength defines us.

Michael Jordan comes to mind. His physical gifts were trumped only by his insatiable ferocity.

I think of Nelson Mandela, the relentless champion of philanthropy.

How about Mick Jagger?

What fuels his tireless pursuit of “Satisfaction”?

It also doesn’t hurt to be a little pants-on-head crazy.

See: exceptional character actors Joaquin Phoenix, Danny DeVito and Christian Bale.

Sterling resident Rick Rodgers is a devastating combination of crackers and courageous. And that couldn’t be more of a compliment.

I mean, the guy has diligently braved rain, sleet, snow and polar vortexes to

christopher HEIMERMAN Heimerman is the Night News Editor at Sauk Valley Media.

He can be reached at cheimerman@ saukvalley. com or 800-798-4085, ext. 5523.

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deliver mail in Rock Falls for 30 years.

Oh, and he elected to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112, and then run 26.2.

But wait. There’s more.

A week later, he went back for more. Sure, it was just 1,500 meters, 40 kilometers and a 10K, respectively.

But seeing as how, just 1 week prior, he’d pushed his body to its limits for a shade under half a day, let’s cut the 61-year-old some slack.

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Despite his “peg legs,” Rodgers blurs across the finish line second in his age group at the Ironman Triathlon on Aug. 3 in Boulder, Colorado, earning him a spot in the World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.

The race of his life Rick Rodgers of Sterling completed the Ironman Triathlon on Aug. 3 in Boulder, Colorado. Here are his times: Swimming leg (2.4 miles): 1:02.47

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STERLING – The Beautiful You Boutique was having a typical quiet Sunday when about 10 customers, who had gathered in the parking lot, flooded the store.

Members of Amazing Grace Church in Sterling, they were there to spend some money, part of the church’s Random Acts of Christmas Kindness (RACK) program.

Owner Amanda Jacobs didn’t know they were coming.

“It was just a very, very nice surprise,” she said, still searching for words after the church members had shopped for about 10 minutes. “I was just so surprised.”

The church members looked at scarves and jewelry. One was in search of a camouflage wallet. The visit – or cash mob – was a way to give back and support a local business, said Sue Nobis, the church member who organized the day.

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Sue Mobis (right), a member of the Amazing Grace Church cash mob, explains the mob’s goal to Amanda Jacobs, owner of The Beautiful You Boutique, on Sunday in Sterling.

Today’s weather High 50. Low 38.

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POLICE Sterling Police Alexsandra M. Calderas, 21, of Sterling, 1:07 a.m.

Friday at West Sixth Street and Avenue J; driving while license suspended; notice to appear.

Girl, 17, of Dixon, 8:40 a.m. Friday at East Fourth Street and 11th Avenue; speeding; driver’s license bond.

Anthony A. Montiel, 18, of Sterling, 10 a.m Friday in the 1600 block of Fourth Avenue; possession of cannabis under 2.5 grams, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver; taken to Whiteside County jail.

Corie M. McCoy, 25, of Dixon, 12:48 p.m. Friday at East Third Street and Sixth Avenue; no insurance; notice to appear.

Jared J. Hernandez, 29, of Sterling, 3:33 p.m. Friday at West Third Street and Avenue C; no insurance; notice to appear.

Tori L. Shelley, 45, of Sterling, 8:37 a.m. Saturday at Sterling Police Department; Whiteside County warrant for obstructing court order; posted bond.

Lydia M. Walker, 25, of Sterling, 2:36 p.m. Saturday at Locust Street and Miller Road; expired registration; driver’s license bond.

Corey J. Gabler, 27, of Sterling, 2:52 p.m. Saturday

Dixon Police Philip B. Tristan, 25, of Rochelle, 1:42 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of North Galena Avenue; driving under the influence; notice to appear.

State Police Virginia M. Vivit, 25, of Des Plaines, 3:07 p.m. Friday on westbound Interstate 88 near exit 36; driving while license suspended; issued individual bond.

Dakota Lee G. Bottoms, 20, of Sterling, 1:54 p.m.

Friday at U.S. Route 30 and Galt Road; no valid driver’s license and speeding; issued individual bond.

Morrison Police John J. Gillen, 27, of Morrison, Dec. 7; operating uninsured vehicle and driving while license revoked; citation issued.

Ganzoric Lkhagvajau, 29, of Batavia, Dec. 8; speeding; citation issued.

Jedediah K. Heck, 30, of Morrison, Wednesday; parking violation; citation issued.

Hilary A. Bultman, 22, of Morrison, Thursday; speeding; citation issued.

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at Locust Street and Sixth Avenue; expired registration; posted bond.

Thomas V. Keller, 20, of Sterling, 3:19 p.m. Saturday in the 2200 block of East Fourth Street; no valid driver’s license and expired registration; notice to appear.

Brent M. Porter, 30, of Polo, 4:44 p.m. Saturday at Lynn Boulevard and 16th Street; disobeying a stop sign; driver’s license bond.

Tara L. Parvin, 18, of Sterling, 5:47 p.m. Saturday at First Avenue and East Fourth Street; one headlight; notice to appear.

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Ashley Meenen, 17, a volunteer from Rock Falls High School, helps Alex Cottrell, 8, of Sterling pick out gifts Saturday during the fifth annual Santa’s Workshop event at the Whiteside County Senior Center in Sterling. Santa was there for breakfast, as well as to hear children’s gift requests during photo opportunities. Kids could shop for relatives with elves, have their gifts wrapped, and get their faces painted, too. A sale of leftover items will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the center, 1207 W. Ninth St. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., with a chicken breast, mashed potatoes with gravy, a vegetable, drink, and dessert for $5. Call the center at 815-622-9230 for more information.

ROCK FALLS

IN BRIEF

Police investigating armed robbery

Police say girl, 17, struck by train

a semi-automatic pistol and demanded the woman re-enter the business. While in the store, the suspect grabbed a bank bag and ran southbound through the alley in the 1200 block of First Avenue.

The woman told police she thought the man was Hispanic, based on his accent.

There were no injuries, and an unknown amount of money was taken, according to the release.

Police are requesting anyone with information about the robbery email tips@rockfalls61071.com or call 815-622-1140.

BY MATT MENCARINI mmencarini@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5529

ROCK FALLS – Police are investigating an armed robbery at Vapor City Outlet on First Avenue.

According to a Rock Falls Police Department news release sent Sunday afternoon: Police received a call from a store employee around 6:35 p.m. Saturday. The woman said a man wearing all black – ski mask, hooded sweatshirt and pants – approached her in the parking lot when she was leaving.

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Coming out of retirement After tackling his first Ironman in 2008, in Madison, Wisconsin, Rick said one was enough. After all, the goal in the first one is simply to finish. And he’d done that.

“At the time, I swore off of it,” Rick said. “This was the hardest thing I’d ever done. I’d never do another one.”

That is, until his daughter, Carolyn Tompkins, called him from Boulder, Colorado, last June. The central hub of triathletes would host its first Ironman this Aug. 3, and she isn’t the sort of girl who opts not to dangle a carrot in front of Dad. More on that in a few.

After a week or so mulling it over, Rodgers decided to dive back in. And he was able to approach this year’s race with a different mindset from the one he took in 2008.

This time, he wouldn’t train quite as relentlessly.

And that’s where his gift comes in. In the ‘90s, he got out of running races so he could place more focus on his family, before his four children flew the nest.

When some old friends coaxed him back into competition in 2001, he says, he hadn’t lost a step. This is a guy who can naturally compete at a high level.

This time, he refined his race day diet, even concocting a baked rice ball recipe that incorporates chocolate, chia seeds, and peanut butter. (See? Triathlons aren’t all bad.)

This time, he’d take some chances – including one that gives me the howling fantods. His bike, the one he’s been riding since 2006, had some lower bracket issues. He kept getting new bearings, and local cycling buff B.J. Fenwick replaced the bracket altogether, but it still “sounded like there was sand in there or something.”

A close look by Bryce Mead and Mead’s Bike Shop – a week before the Boulder race – revealed cracks throughout the housing, meaning it could come apart and unscrew at any time. Sure, the housing was covered by warranty. But it couldn’t be replaced in time. So, what the heck, Rick said.

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ABOVE: Rick Rodgers has been a letter-carrier for 30 years.

About 22 years ago, he switched from a 9-mile walking route to a half-mounted route, to accommodate his training schedule.

RIGHT: Just 2 days after completing the Ironman Triathlon World Championships on Oct. 11, Rodgers went for a run with his daughter, Carolyn Tompkins, on her birthday.

Let’s give it a go.

And how he kept it outof-sight, out-of-mind, this worry wart will never understand.

“I kept saying to myself, ‘My equipment will not fail me,’” Rick said, busting out laughing. “I just kept saying that. I thought that through the first 10 miles on the bike.

Then I forgot about it, accepted it, and trusted it was going to be OK.” He also went with disc wheels, much faster than the ones he had used in Madison, but unable to be patched in the event of a flat. It was part of a grand strategy. Sure, he was going to enjoy visiting his daughter and soaking up the infectious race day atmosphere.

But if he was going to toe his threshold of pain again, he was going to give himself a chance to qualify to compete at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii.

‘I don’t have that kind of fire’ And sure enough, there he was, in prime position, unbeknownst to him.

After all, the perpetually All-American-ranked runner knew there were a few guys ranked ahead of him competing in Boulder, too.

But he got out of the water in second place.

He held it – as his bike held it together, too – through the bike course.

And, after about 23 miles, there was Carolyn to check the pilot light.

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Rick said. “It hurts.”

She saddled up alongside and told him he had a 5-minute cushion on the third-place guy. But that the gap was closing.

His son, Lennon, an MIT grad working a professorship in Switzerland and one of many supporters following online, crunched the numbers.

If both racers’ paces held, Rick would hold down second place by about 7 seconds.

“And I thought, ‘Oh, man, now I’ve got to kick it in, and I’ve got to finish strong,” Rick said.

“I’m much better having somebody chase me, than me chasing them. If he’d been ahead of me, I don’t think I could’ve caught him. I don’t have that kind of fire. But I’ve got pretty good fire when I know somebody’s chasing me.”

After a 13-minute penultimate split, he cranked out an 8:59 clip over the final 1.8 miles, and locked down silver by that 5-minute margin.

The goal is always to crack 12 hours, and Rick finished in 11:46:35.

He’d done it. Now, all that was left was waiting a day to find out whether he was going to Hawaii.

Yeah. For me, that might’ve been the hardest part. What’s that?

You’re in agony from head to toe? Time to hurry up and wait, bub.

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because there’s a glut of great runners in a particular race, or because competitors turn down the invite, it can roll down to sixth, even seventh place at a qualifier.

In Boulder, the first two groups announced, 70-75 (you know – the group Rick will be running with in 10 years) and 65-69 saw only the winner making the cut.

Gulp.

Time for Rick’s group.

“He paused for a while, and he says, ‘For this one, we’re gonna give two places,’” Rick said, cracking up.

His daughter and granddaughter, Ela, went into hysterics. After all, the latter would get to celebrate her Oct. 16 birthday on the big island.

With the championships 2 months away, there was a scramble to get ready. Not training, but accommodations for him, two daughters, three granddaughters, and his wife, Teri.

Hotel rented. Flights booked. Registration paid. All for the low, low price of about $6,000.

“They soak you out there on Ironman weekend,” Rick said. “It’s like you win this prize, and they say, ‘Just give us $6,000, and we’ll give you this prize.’”

But 25 years after completing his first triathlon,

Being there Rick didn’t do so hot in sweltering Hawaii, but that’s kind of beside the point.

He competed among the best of the best. He got a real lei – “Real flowers, not one of those plastic things,” he joked – after finishing. He got lost in the sea of human-

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The top 50 runners in each age group throughout the Ironman qualifiers get invited to Hawaii.

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and on the 4-year anniversary of ACL surgery on his right knee after a motorcycle accident, there was Rick Rodgers. He was stepping into the water in Kona, Hawaii, home of the most cast-iron Ironmen.

“The best two parts of the race are the beginning, when you go out there, you’re treading water, and you know you’re part of it,” Rick said, “and at the very end, when you run back into town, you come down this hill, and there’s about a mile to go. And of course that’s lined with people. They’re all cheering for you. And you hear Mike Reilly, who does all the Ironman races, saying ‘You are an Ironman’ when you finish.

“When I was sitting out there treading water, waiting, I was just kind of going 360. I needed to see everybody involved, everybody around the cove. It’s quite a thing that you go through.”

ity and needed to backtrack for an emotional reunion with his family.

There’s a lot of stuff in this story that might scare a runner like me from taking on a triathlon, let alone an Ironman. But doesn’t it also make you wonder what you’re capable of?

Rick has always loved running and walking.

That’s what got him into carrying mail 30 years ago. He had just walked to Dixon, then to Morrison, for fun.

“When this letter-carrier thing came open, I thought, ‘Hey, I can walk and get paid for it,’” Rick said.

Eight years in, he switched from his 9-mile walking route to a halfmounted route, meaning he drives half the time – rare evidence that Rick Rodgers is, in fact, human.

“I was having a hard time working out all the time, until late at night, then getting up before the sun and walking all morning,” he said. “My body didn’t have time to heal.”

He passed along a superbly eloquent article he wrote on how he became a triathlete. He was as petrified of the swimming portion as you, if you’re like me.

He learned. He worked at it. And now he has a legacy.

For me, though, that legacy is defined by what Rick did 7 days after the best race of his life in Boulder. While most wouldn’t think about moving without motor assistance for a while after such an undertaking, he went to Milwaukee and qualified for the International Triathlon Union World Championships.

Absurd. But he knew the championship event, to be held in Chicago on Sept. 19, might not return to the United States for some time.

So he pushed the limits, yet again, and placed 24th in his group. The top 25 make the cut.

“It was tough,” he said.

“But that was my goal, all summer long. It was qualify for Hawaii: Chapter 1. Qualify for Chicago: Chapter 2.”

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OBITUARIES Kermit C. ‘Chuck’ Modrow OREGON – Kermit C. “Chuck” Modrow, 86, of Grand Detour, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at Serenity Hospice & Home in Oregon.

Chuck was born Sept.

16, 1928, in Melrose Park, to John and Amanda (Oestmann) Modrow. He married Beverly Havemann on Sept.

2, 1950, in Maywood.

Chuck was very proud to have served in the Navy from Oct. 1, 1945, through Sept. 16, 1949.

He worked in sales for at Nicor Gas for 34 years prior to his retirement in 1986, and also worked in real estate for a short time. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dixon. Woodworking was one of his many hobbies, but family was always a top priority in his life. Chuck was loved and will be missed by all.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Beverly Modrow; his seven children, Gary (Janet) Mod-

row, Kimberly (Richard) Horstmann, Denise (Tom) Devitt, Nanette (Gary) Wojdyla, Tamara (Raymond) Liberatore, Michelle (Bret) Hemmer, John (Brenda) Modrow; 20 grandchildren and their spouses; and 21 great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dixon, with the Rev. Frank Langholf, pastor, officiating. Burial with full military graveside services provided by the combined veterans organizations will be at Grand Detour Cemetery in Grand Detour.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dixon, where Chuck had been a member for 34 years.

Arrangements were completed by PrestonSchilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Visit prestonschillingfuneralhome.com to send condolences.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitation: Marian A. Floto of Dixon, 4-7 p.m. at Preston-Schilling Funeral Home in Dixon.

Tuesday visitations: Virgil C. Page Jr., formerly of Dixon, 11 a.m.-noon at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Linda M. Hansen of Dixon, 4-6 p.m., with the rosary recited at 3:30 p.m., at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon.

Tuesday funerals: Virgil C. Page Jr., formerly of Dixon, noon at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Dixon.

Kermit C. “Chuck” Modrow of Grand Detour, 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dixon, with full military graveside services at Grand Detour Cemetery.

Wednesday funeral: Linda M. Hansen of Dixon, 9:30 a.m. prayer service at Jones Funeral Home in Dixon, followed by 10 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dixon.

Dec. 20 funeral: Raymond W. Sargent of Dixon, 1 p.m. memorial service at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Dixon.

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Mary E. Rippentrop MONROE CENTER – Mary E. Rippentrop, 86, of Monroe Center, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford.

She was born Nov. 8, 1928, in Paw Paw, the daughter of Henry and Louise (Groth) Cardot. Mary graduated in 1946 from Amboy High School. She married Glenn Rippentrop on Feb. 21, 1957, in Monroe Center. Mary worked for 40 years at Rockford Products before her retirement in 1996. She was an active member of Monroe Center Union Church.

She is survived by her husband, Glenn of Monroe Center; son, Craig Rippentrop of Rockford; granddaughter,

Amber Crane of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and great-granddaughter, Alicia; brother, Robert (Mary) Olson of Amboy; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, David Crane; and four brothers, Henry, Gilbert, Kenneth, and Forrest Cardot.

Services were Thursday at Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home, 136 W. Roosevelt Road, Stillman Valley. Burial was at Monroe Center Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established to Monroe Center Community Church.

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MORRISON – David A. Webb, 68, of Morrison, died SHANNON – John Alan Weaver, 60, of Shannon, died Friday, Dec. 12, 2014, at Morrison Community Hospital.

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at his home.

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ANALYSIS

Health insurance numbers: Prices vary by region Plans not rising in Chicago, because of competition

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The Amazing Grace Church cash mob enters The Beautiful You Boutique in Sterling Sunday afternoon. The group’s goal is to support local businesses and do random acts of kindness during the holiday season.

Some acts of kindness impromptu MOB

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It was an idea she found online and wanted to bring to the area. When the church members commit one of these random acts of kindness, they pass along a card that says, “You’ve been RACK’ed!”

The goal, Nobis said, is to encourage residents to pass along the kindness to someone else.

“Pastor Loren [Schlomer] has a heart to reach people, and reach the community,” she said. “December

and Christmastime is a perfect time to do that.”

There are more random acts of kindness planned for rest of this month. Some of them will be kept a secret until a group of church members enters an unsuspecting local business to surprise them, or hands a resident a gift card.

But others will be more impromptu.

Church members have paid for meals or grocery bills while in line at stores. They say it’s their way of passing along “Mobsters” shop The Beautiful You Boutique in Sterling some kindness to the on Sunday afternoon. Each member of the group spent money in the store to help support the local business. community.

Marshall won Citizen of Year in 1994 LEGACY

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The Pink Ladies is a volunteer group at the hospital that helps patients and visitors find their destination, and assists families waiting for patients undergoing surgery.

“She loved doing that for years and years and years,” her son, Jim Marshall, said Sunday.

She was recognized for her volunteerism in 1994, when she was named the Dixon Citizen of the Year.

“I think it is a team effort,” she told the Telegraph after receiving the award. “There is no way I could get anything done without everyone’s help.”

The efforts and involvement that led to the honor didn’t stop.

“It instilled in my sister and I a desire to be civil-minded and some volunteerism,” Jim Marshall said, adding that his sister, Robin Canode, has been involved with planting petunias in Dixon and with the Dixon Public Schools Foundation.

Jim Marshall was part of the Committee to Change City Government, which advocated for the switch to the managerial form. It passed with the approval of 76 percent of voters in the November general election.

Jim’s son, Ryan Marshall, Jane’s grandson,

was a member of the Lee County Board and is considering a campaign for City Council. And the civic- and volunteer-minded Marshalls haven’t stopped there.

“I think it’s done well,” Jim Marshall said. “She has done well to instill volunteering and helping people.”

Marshall was born in Sublette and moved to Dixon for her junior year of high school, where she met her future husband, Robert D. Marshall. They married Feb. 22, 1947. He preceded her in death June 28, 1989.

Jim Marshall said education was always important to his mother, who was a member

of the School Board and Parent-Teacher Association. It was that emphasis on education, he said, that led Marshall Salon Services to add a continuing education aspect for its hairdressers.

“She touched a lot of lives around the Sauk Valley area,” he said.

And even when she was honored as Dixon’s 13th Citizen of the Year, those she worked with and the city were on her mind.

“This award really belongs to the community, but I am happy to have received it,” she said in 1994. “My experiences have brought me into contact with a lot of people I normally would not have met if I had not gotten involved.”

CHICAGO (AP) – An analysis conducted for The Associated Press found that average insurance prices are rising in some parts of Illinois, but not in Chicago, where competition is strong. The review conducted by independent consulting company Stonegate Advisors used a sampling to determine the average monthly insurance costs for three hypothetical households – a fast-food cook, a teacher and a family of four – in Chicago, Springfield and Belleville.

Here’s a look at the analysis:

Fast-food cook A 30-year-old fast food cook living in Chicago and making $18,000 a year could expect to pay, on average, $66 a month of a bronze plan after receiving financial assistance. The same worker could expect to pay $111 a month for a silver plan, also after a subsidy. Those average prices are cheaper for 2015 – by 33 percent and 29 percent – than the average of what’s available this year to the same worker.

In Springfield, the fastfood cook could get a bronze plan for $52 a month or a silver plan for $106 a month, after subsidies. In Belleville, the cook could get a bronze plan for $46 a month or a silver plan for $93 a month, after the tax credit. Those 2015 prices are higher than this year – by 68 percent and 100 percent for the bronze plans, and by 5 percent and 4 percent for the silver plans.

Preschool teacher A 50-year-old preschool teacher living in Chicago and making $30,000 a year could expect to pay $210 a month for a bronze plan, or $281 a month for a silver plan, after qualifying for a tax credit. Those average prices are cheaper than this year by 20 percent.

In Springfield, the preschool teacher would pay $188 a month for a bronze plan or $274 a month for a silver plan.

In Belleville, the teacher would pay $180 a month for a bronze plan or $254 a month for a silver plan. The 2015 prices are higher, by 20 and 25 percent for the bronze plans in Springfield and Belleville, on average. The 2015 price for the average silver plan is higher by 3 percent in Springfield and by 2 percent in Belleville.

Family A Chicago 40-year-old freelance writer making $60,000 a year with a stay-at-home spouse and two children would pay $413 a month for a bronze plan or $565 a month for a silver plan after financial assistance.

Again, the average Chicago prices got cheaper compared to this year, by 21 percent, for this hypothetical family.

In Springfield, the family would pay $367 a month for a bronze plan or $549 a month for a silver plan, more expensive than in the first year by 36 percent and 11 percent.

In Belleville, the family would pay $348 a month for a bronze plan and $508 a month for a silver plan. Here, the hypothetical family would pay more for the average bronze plan by 18 percent, but the average silver plan went down in price by 5 percent.

IN BRIEF Police investigate beating death QUINCY (AP) – Police in western Illinois’ Quincy are investigating the death of a man they say was pummeled with a metal pipe.

Investigators say emergency responders dispatched Saturday night

to a Quincy apartment found 41-year-old Jason Tournear’s body.

Authorities say Tournear died of head injuries.

Police say they have a suspect in custody in the Adams County Jail, but there was no immediate word Sunday on any charges.

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ILLINOIS

Hunting of bobcats up to outgoing governor Quinn must sign bill for it to become law ST. LOUIS (AP) – Ken Staley spends days setting traps in pursuit of beavers, otters, raccoons and muskrats. Yet the southwestern Illinois man for years has craved the chance to catch a more exotic prey: bobcats.

“I’m not sure what an Illinois bobcat is worth, but a western one fetches a really nice price – upwards of $100-plus,” said Staley, who pursues trapping to supplement his windowcoverings business in Millstadt, a village just southeast of St. Louis.

Soon, he might get his chance.

On the threatened species list for more than 2 decades until 1999, the nocturnal, pointy-eared cats have made enough of a comeback that Illinois lawmakers approved a measure this month allowing bobcat hunting in the state for the first time in more than 40 years.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources supports the move, believing the state’s bobcat population has rebounded to about 5,000 and that regulated hunting will help in long-term management of the species.

While advocates say bobcats have become nuisances in some places, opponents question the science behind declaring them recovered and argue that bobcat hunting is all about trophies, not food.

Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn, who leaves office next month, must sign the bill for it to become law, though he has given no indication if he will support it. Spokesman Grant Klinzman said last week that he’s still reviewing it. Under the state’s Constitution, any bill not returned to the General Assembly by veto or isn’t acted upon by

the governor within 60 days after it reaches his or her desk automatically becomes law.

“The bobcat’s recovery is a true conservation success story,” said Chris Young, an IDNR spokesman, noting department research that supports a hunting season.

“Hunters play a valuable management role in regulating populations of many species of wildlife, including deer, turkeys, river otters and more.”

Opponents aren’t buying the argument, contending the legislation lacks adequate controls to halt the hunting if the species again nears endangered status.

AP

This 1996 photo shows a bobcat in a tree at Wildlife Prairie Park in Peoria. Once on the threatened species list for more than 2 decades until 1999, the nocturnal, territorial big cats have made such a comeback that Illinois lawmakers approved a measure this month allowing bobcat hunting in the state for the first time in more than 40 years.

ALGONQUIN

DIXON

Teen writes song about chronic pain

Bathroom fire Saturday at apartment complex

Guitarist aims to bring awareness to rare disorder

BY ELENA FERRARIN Daily Herald Distributed by the Associated Press

ALGONQUIN (AP) – Imagine the pain of trying to walk with a broken foot that just wouldn’t heal.

Except nothing is wrong with your foot – nothing doctors definitively can point to, anyway. And other people, your parents included, have a hard time believing your pain is real.

That’s been 14-year-old Danielle Stratton’s experience for the past 4 years with a chronic condition that produces off-thecharts pain. She was diagnosed with the disease only in the past year.

The Algonquin teen has poured all her feelings and emotions into “Kryptonite,” a song she wrote to raise awareness about her disease, called complex regional pain syndrome, or reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome.

“Either we launch ourselves forward and be strong, or we’re just going to let something silly hold us back,” she said. “Pain isn’t silly, but it’s something you have to overcome yourself. It’s your own weakness – no one else’s.”

Danielle recorded the song, available on iTunes, in October with the help of James Currie, a sound

AP Photo/Daily Herald, Laura Stoecker

Danielle Stratton, 14, plays her guitar Nov. 26 at her home in Algonquin. Stratton wrote, recorded and released a song on iTunes and a music video on YouTube to create awareness for a rare chronic pain disorder from which she suffers. engineer who works at Algonquin Middle School, where her little sister Jamie, 12, goes to school.

The song’s video was shot by Andy Burns, video director for The Chapel church in Mundelein, with the help of Danielle’s 16-year-old brother, Jack.

These days, Danielle is doing much, much better, thanks to a recent intensive 3-week therapy program at a pain management clinic in Cleveland.

Before that, the pain was so bad she couldn’t

wear shoes; she resigned herself to staying home from school and keeping up with her peers via online schooling.

By the time she left Ohio, she could run for a few minutes on the treadmill.

“We did a lot of physical therapy that helped get the sensitivity down. You take things like towels and brushes, and you go over [the pain area] until you can handle it.

You also learn coping skills like deep breathing, and things like, ‘Don’t

think about your pain or talk about it in negative ways,’” she said. “I feel a lot better than before.

And emotionally, it feels a lot better.”

Danielle returned to class Dec. 1 at DundeeCrown High School in Carpentersville, where she’s a freshman.

To mark the disease’s awareness month in November, DundeeCrown students and staff members wore orange – the color representing the disease – on Nov. 3, and many teachers showed Danielle’s music video in class.

“She’s really an amazing young woman. She’s incredibly courageous,” said vocal music teacher Lisa Bettcher. “She’s happy she’s feeling better, but she was very concerned about the many other people who go undiagnosed with this disease. How mature is that for someone who’s 14? That’s pretty commendable.”

Danielle’s video was also featured on the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association’s website.

“I think it’s fabulous [what Danielle did],” said Jim Broatch, RSDA executive vice president and director.

“CRPS is probably one of the more painful syndromes there is. It’s a 42 on the McGill pain index [which goes up to 50]. It’s greater than cancer pain or amputation of a digit.

You’re basically talking about 24/7 pain.”

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DIXON – A failed exhaust fan led to a small apartment fire in Dixon on Saturday morning, according to the Fire Department.

Crews responded to the apartment complex at 722 Assembly Pl in Dixon at 3:20 a.m. Saturday after getting reports of smoke coming from an apartment,.

According to the news release: The Dixon Police Department arrived at the com-

plex first and reported no fire showing. The first fire crews on scene found a small amount of smoke coming from the roof vents.

The apartment’s power was turned off.

A small fire in the bathroom ceiling exhaust fan was found. Minimal water was used to put out the fire, and a thermal imaging camera was used to make sure there were no other fires.

No other fire damage was reported, according to the news release.

WASHINGTON

Report: CIA medics aided, complained about tactics WASHINGTON (AP) – From the early stages of the CIA’s coercive interrogations of terror detainees, the agency’s health professionals were intimately involved.

Front-line medics and psychologists monitored and advised on abusive tactics, even as they sometimes complained about the ethical dilemmas gnawing at them, according to this week’s Senate intelligence committee report. Senior CIA medical officials helped the agency and the White House under President George W. Bush.

The report describes rare moments when CIA health professionals openly

balked and objected. But for 4 years, until Bush shuttered the CIA prison program in 2006, medical teams at each “black site” observed almost every step of procedures that President Barack Obama now calls torture.

They oversaw water dousing to ensure detainees suffered but did not drown. They inserted feeding tubes and improvised enemas. They took notes when detainees were body-slammed and forced to stand for hours – intervening only to ensure that the brutal measures were not crippling enough to prevent the next round of interrogations.

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Weird things happening in U.S. economy Got cash? Some banks shooing away deposits

Dave Granlund, GateHouse News Service

EDITORIALS FROM YESTERYEAR | 1939

From our archives: End of an era; Charles Walgreen dies Note to readers – Sauk Valley Media reprints editorials and articles from the past as a regular Monday feature. The following items appeared in the Telegraph on Dec. 14 and 15, 1939.

What we thought: 75 years ago

respect or attention than Mount Morris.

All right, Mount Morris wants a road connecone feel that he, himself, tion with the White Pines A kind and had really very little to do State Park. Mount Morris good man with it, and the other was is entitled to that road Charles R. Walgreen that Mr. Walgreen really and should have it. And we have a notion that the had been taken from this loved his friends. state highway department life. His close friends had Body of Charles Charley Walgreen … gathered in thoughtful made his friends without will recognize the merits Walgreen rests sorrow. The any regard as to whether of Mount Morris’ claim in Oakwood plot and arrange things so that minister that friendship might this year’s road program of his faith Brief and simple rites benefit him later. Dr. will include a paved highhad read mark funeral of famed Hutchins made a point way from Mount Morris the ScripDixon citizen that probably eclipsed south to the White Pines tures and anything he or anyone harles R. WalState Park. said his else could say, and that green, head and The state of Illinois has prayer.

Charles R. was that Mr. Walgreen founder of one built a road to the White And then Walgreen never would forsake a of America’s greatest Pines State Park from a youngfriend.

1873-1939 business enterprises, Polo, from the west, from looking A direct and honest The founder of who died at his Chicago the Walgreen man with man, Dr. Hutchins called Oregon from the east, home last Monday night and from Dixon from bristly, drug store him, but Hutchins canafter an illness of many chain, who the south, all of which shortnot claim to be the only had strong months, was laid to rest roads will bring travelers cropped one who knew him thus. connections yesterday in Oakwood to that delightful haven. black hair to Dixon, died All those who had the Cemetery after brief and Dec. 11, 1939, and an The far north in this state, privilege of knowing simple funeral services at in Chicago. to whose heritage White inward this man Walgreen were He was 66. his Dixon home, HazelPines Park should belong, rather than inspired and will always A Telegraph wood. must go ’round about a seeing editorial on be inspired by the charThe services were Dec. 14, to find the sport their look in his acter of this friend who attended by several 1939, praised dark eyes has gone away; this kind taxes helped to build. We Walgreen’s hundred close friends submit to the highway stood up and sane and simple and from Dixon, Chicago and character department that this is an before a success. sage who was a patriot elsewhere who joined unfair situation. ... hushed and a builder and an the sorrowing family in The Dixon Telegraph roomful of Charley Wal- inspiration and such a the rites that marked the green’s friends yesterday suggests and offers to the splendid American. end of a very notable afternoon at Hazelwood.

Illinois State Department Charles R. Walgreen and beautiful life. Many And this young fellow, of Highways this solution of those who came were “Bob” Hutchins to Char- grew up in Dixon, to local traffic problem received his education associates of Mr. Wallie Walgreen – Dr. Robert here, and had the inspithat surely must be met green in his life’s work.

Maynard Hutchins, pres- ration and the ambition and which will bring a All over the United ident of Chicago Univer- to get his start and “take very satisfactory answer States, the chain of nearly sity to ’most everyone to a statewide and an off” from Dixon. He 500 stores of the far-flung else, said: intra-state problem. – loved Dixon well enough Walgreen organization “Mr. Walgreen was my Dec. 15, 1939 to come back and build in all of the great cities of friend. He was the friend America closed their doors of everyone in this room.” his home here after he Christmas had won success. Now from 2 until 5 o’clock in And then he finished up bargains his final resting place is honor of their chief. his choked and difficult Advertisement – Ford in Dixon and to this illusRev. Dr. Floyd L. Blew- and beautiful eulogy to Hopkins Drug Store, 123 trious Dixonite all of us field, pastor of the Meth- his friend by saying: “We First St., Phone 988 odist church in Dixon, shall never look upon his do homage. ...

May the Dixon of the 8-light Christmas tree read the services at kind again.” ... future look upon his kind light set, 25 cents Hazelwood and at OakTwo things might be again. – Dec. 14, 1939 Christmas candy, 11 wood and inspired his said of Mr. Walgreen cents full pound audience with his elo(said Dr. Hutchins), Mount Morris Double barrel pop quence and sincerity. and they were that he needs this road guns; safe, harmless fun, At Hazelwood, the ser- belittled his genius in 49 cents vices were marked by a There may be combuilding up his busiSturdy, all-metal brief eulogy delivered by ness empire and tried munities in Ogle County Christmas tree stands, 57 a famous university head to give all credit to luck that have a larger popuand one of Mr. Wallation, but there certainly cents and providence and to Tractor, plow and trailgreen’s closest personal is no center of populahis business associates, er set; has strong, windfriends, Dr. Robert May- and he liked to pretend tion in that county that up motor, 98 cents nard Hutchins, president to his friends and even contributes more to its Cutex jewel case kit, of Chicago University. – surrounding territory or leaned over backward $1.23 – Dec. 14, 1939 Dec. 14, 1939 should demand more in his attempt to make

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THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Jennifer Baratta Jim Dunn Sam R Fisher Sheryl Gulbranson Larry Lough

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.

Jeff Rogers

WASHINGTON – This is a short compendium of weird stuff that is happening in our economy as 2014 draws to a close.

• • • Weird thing No. 1. U.S. banks say they have too much money on hand and are whispering to their most favored customers to find somewhere else to stash the cash.

It’s hard for ordinary mortals to know how to respond to such news, reported by The Wall Street Journal, the authority on all things financial with special expertise on Big Greed.

You would think banks would like to have money so they can lend it out at profitable rates. Apparently, that’s so yesterday.

Banks are telling insurance companies, hedge funds and large corporations that if they don’t remove their dollars, fees will be imposed on them.

Naturally, some cashstuffed companies are getting come hither looks from foreign banks. Or the corporations may put their money in more sophisticated kinds of instruments, which, of course, will lead innovative (conniving) people to come up with new ways to make money.

If you listen to Wall Street, the fault, as always, is with Washington and new regulations that are designed to keep banks from getting so much federally uninsured money, or else another 2008 kind of economic catastrophe could occur.

Up until now, it has just been us, the little guys, paying ridiculous bank fees on our paltry savings deposits and checking accounts.

Now the federal government wants the banks to hold reserves worth as much as 40 percent against corporate deposits and as much as 100 percent of some financial institutions such as hedge funds. Thus, the banks are proposing fees on gigantic deposits that were free.

The real problem is that corporations are sitting on piles and piles of money because they don’t want to hire new people. Thus, jobs are not being created, and middle-class Americans don’t have much money to spend, so the economy isn’t expanding as fast as it should. Meanwhile, corporations are amassing huge amounts of money they don’t know what to do with. Aarrgghh.

• • • Weird thing No. 2. The United States is putting great faith in expanding oil and natural gas production and fracking, giving lots of tax incentives and other goodies to spur energy development companies to ramp up pro-

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duction, just as the price of oil is falling.

Republicans are gleefully counting on pushing the final stretch of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada through Congress and getting rid of a lot of environmental regulations that have allegedly stymied research and development in the energy field.

But the fall in the price of oil may mean that the global economy will improve as manufacturers and consumers have more cash (the big guys looking for places to put it). Since big oil importers such as Europe, Japan and China all are struggling economically right now, this is good news. Right?

But big oil exporters, including the United States, oil companies and oil-rich states such as Texas and Louisiana will feel the pinch. Oil-exporters such as Russia are getting desperate and can’t pay their debts.

Previous drops in the price of oil usually came with recessions or serious economic downturns. As the oil prices fell sharply this month, the stock market fell.

The problem with a complicated global economy is that nobody really knows whether the oil price drop will continue well into 2015 or who the winners and losers will be.

The Federal Reserve Bank and the Bank of England are preparing to raise interest rates, despite nervousness around the globe. As we learned in 2008, when the dismal scientists (economists) start predicting one way or another, be afraid.

Be very, well, you know.

• • • Weird thing No. 3. With the housing situation still trembly, the federal government is lowering down payment rates from 20 percent to as little as 3 percent. This sounds like a good thing, right? More people will buy houses.

But wait! Low down payments fueled the subprime mess that caused worldwide havoc just 6 years ago. We’re still struggling to climb out of that slough of despond.

Don’t worry, the feds assure us. That won’t happen again. This time we will monitor to assure “safe and sound lending practices.”

Because whether it’s torturing prisoners or restructuring weak economic underpinnings or shutting down the government or reducing debt or protecting the environment, we learn from our mistakes, right?

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Marriage idea loses its luster after delay Dear Abby, Recently, our state became one that allows same-sex couples to wed. My partner, “Alex,” and I have been together for 18 years. We had planned to be married last spring, but a death in the family put our wedding on hold.

When I found out about the ruling, I expected Alex to be excited and suggest we go ahead and marry. To my disappointment, he didn’t seem to care. He hasn’t mentioned marriage once, and when I bring it up, he’s quiet and doesn’t respond.

We’re older, and because

I feel like I’m too old to start over, but I have to admit that suddenly feeling like the relationship I thought I had may be an illusion has me very depressed.

– Let Down in Arizona

dearABBY Abigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appears during the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

of health issues, we don’t have an active sex life. I’m wondering if my relationship with him has been downgraded to “roommate” without me realizing it. Do I push this? Do I let it alone and settle for what I have now?

Dear Let Down, The most important ingredient in any relationship is communication, and you and Alex have been together long enough that you should be able to level with each other. His reluctance to move forward may be something as simple as a case of cold feet. It could also be that he’s had a change of heart and

doesn’t want to be married. Not all gay people do.

I don’t think it would be pressuring him to calmly ask if the idea of being married is something that no longer interests him. If this level of commitment is what you want and he can’t give it to you, you deserve to know.

Dear Abby, I have a teenage grandson with an upcoming birthday. For several years, we have taken him to a major sporting event for his birthday. I get complimentary tickets for this from work.

Last year, he noticed that the tickets were complimentary and acted very disappointed. We had spent more than $50 on refreshments and souvenirs. Should we take him to the game again this year, or opt for something else?

– Can’t Win for Losing in Wichita Dear Can’t Win, Your grandson’s reaction was disappointing.

He should have been grateful to have been invited to share the experience. It would have been best to discuss his reaction at the time it happened.

Before making up your mind about what to do this year, ask him why he acted the way he did.

Feel free to tell him it hurt your feelings. If it turns out he was looking a gift horse in the mouth, make plans to do something else for his birthday this year, at your discretion. Shame on him.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS, AND SERVICES Tuesday, Dec. 16 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Late clinics for family case management, WIC, and immunizations, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815284-3371.

Kiwanis Club of Sterling, 6:45-7:45 a.m., Ryberg Auditorium, CGH Medical Center, 100 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling, 815499-4866.

Sisters in Christ, 9 a.m., Congregational Church, 1602 13th Ave., Rock Falls.

Golden K Kiwanis, 9 a.m., Dixon Senior Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Gaffey Home Nursing and Hospice blood pressure clinic, 9 a.m.-noon, Kroger, 2301 Locust St., Sterling, 815-6263467.

Weight Watchers, 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Blood pressure check, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

La Leche League, 10 a.m., Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., No. 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Free blood pressure clinic, 10-11:30 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Blood pressure check, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3253.

Commodities, 10 a.m.-noon, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Veterans employment representative, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815589-3925.

Facing the Challenge Cancer Support Group, 11 a.m., Home

of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815288-4673.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, open; 6 p.m., open, women’s; 7:30 p.m., open, 90-92 Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Sterling Rotary Club, noon-1 p.m., YWCA of the Sauk Valley, 412 First Ave., Sterling.

Dixon Noon Lions, noon, private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon. Public welcome.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, tradition; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, Big Book, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Lunch and Learn, noon, Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815288-4673.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214.

Downstairs, west door.

Caregivers Support Group, 1:30 p.m., Franklin Street Room, Polo Area Senior Center, 101 E. Mason St., Polo.

Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, 2 p.m., 502 Woodburn Ave., Sterling.

Bureau Valley Area Hospice Grief and Loss Support Group, 2:30 p.m., Perry Memorial Hospital chapel, 530 Park Ave. E., No. 201, Princeton, 815-8764482.

Disabled American Veterans Chapter 88, 2:30 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 540, state Route 38, Dixon.

Kids Coping with Cancer, 3:30 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-2884673.

Dixon TOPS IL617 meeting, 5 p.m., Eells meeting room, St. Luke Episcopal Church, 221 W. Third St., Dixon, 815-2848321.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group, 5:307:30 p.m., Whiteside County

Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Mothers’ Breast-feeding Group, 6 p.m., lower level conference room, Perry Memorial Hospital, 530 Park Ave., E., Princeton, 815-876-2282.

Parents and Grandparents Grief Support Group, 6 p.m., St. John Lutheran Church, 703 Third Ave., Sterling, 815-9907066 or 815-625-2634.

Group Hope for Depression and Bipolar Disorder, 6-7:30 p.m., Sinnissippi Center, 326 state Route 2, Dixon, 815-5900822.

TOPS 253, 6-7:30 p.m., Good Neighbor Care, 2705 Avenue E, Sterling, 815-622-2820.

School Of Love In Deliverance Substance Abuse Group, 6:30 p.m., closed, The Worship Center, 403 N. Ottawa, Dixon, 815-284-1340.

Stroke Support Group, 6:30 p.m., White Oak classroom, Perry Memorial Hospital, 530 Park Ave. E., No. 201, Princeton, 815-876-4449.

Big Bureau Creek Watershed, 7 p.m., United States Department of Agriculture Service Center meeting room, 312 E. Backbone Road, Princeton, 815875-8732, ext. 3.

River Cities Quilters Guild, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 311 N. Ninth St., Fulton, 563-243-7621 before noon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 606 Brown Ave., Ashton.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Rolling Hills Center, 201 state Route 64, Lanark.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, step, 304 Seventh Ave. W., Lyndon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous Beginners, 7 p.m., closed; 8 p.m., closed, First Presbyterian Church, 410 Second Ave., Sterling.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, 7 p.m., open, As Bill Sees It, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Monday, Dec. 15 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Mexican Train dominoes, 9 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Quilting, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Wii Bowling and card games, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave, Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Situation Room, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th Ave., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center,

1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Card games, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Hand & Foot cards, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Pinochle, 12:30-3 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Duplicate bridge, 12:30 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Friendly Mexican Train dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Rummy, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St.,

IN BRIEF Chicken pox keeps Jolie from promotions LOS ANGELES – Angelina Jolie is reluctantly calling in sick for “Unbroken” promotional duty.

Universal Pictures said Friday that Jolie is suffering from “a mild bout of chicken pox” that will keep her from making public appearances in the coming days to support the film, which she directed. “Unbroken,” about former Olympian Louis Zamperini, is set to premiere today in Los Angeles.

Universal said Jolie’s children and her husband, Brad Pitt, will represent her at the premiere. The studio added that she’s “in very good spirits” regardless. The actress also explained her plight in a YouTube post.

Jolie’s illness comes days after she was maligned by top Hollywood executives in private emails made public by the Sony cyberattack and her film was ignored by the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, All Saints Lutheran Church, 624 Luther Drive, Byron.

Al-Anon-Alateen, 8 p.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Volunteer Care Center of Lee County, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

Appointment: 815-284-9555.

Wednesday, Dec. 17 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, all by appointment only, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

WIC, nutritional, education, and coupon pick-up, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Dixon Kiwanis Club meeting, 7 a.m., private dining room, KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St., Dixon.

The Breakfast Club, 8:30 a.m., River’s Edge Inn, 2303 W. First St., Dixon. Serenity Hospice & Home: 815-732-2499.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9-11 a.m., Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Rules of the Road class, 9 a.m., Dixon Senior Center, 100 W. Second St., 815-288-6563.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., closed, Church of the Brethren, 215 North Court St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., women’s group; noon; 3:30 p.m.; 7 p.m., Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Nurturing Program, 9:15 a.m., Sinnissippi Centers Inc., 2611 Woodlawn Road, Sterling, 815625-0013 or 800-782-1584.

Representative from Rock River Center in Oregon, 9:3011 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Sharing Life’s Memories Program, 10 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Lee County Health Department blood pressure clinic, 10-11:30 a.m., Amboy Community Center, 280 W. Wasson Road, 815-284-3371.

Whiteside County Health Department free blood pressure clinic, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Sullivan’s Foods, 300 N. Madison St., Morrison, 815-772-4213.

Blood pressure check, 10:3011:30 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.

-noon, Dixon Food Center – Red Fox, 500 Chicago Ave., Dixon.

BorgWarner retiree lunch, 11:30 a.m., River’s Edge Inn, 2303 W. First St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Big Book; 6 p.m., closed, Big Book, tradition, 90-92 S. Hennepin Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, Grapevine; 6 p.m., closed, Spanish; 3:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed; Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Reality Check Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779-245-8214.

Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Big Book; 8 p.m., open, Big Book, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, 12:15-1:15 p.m., Countryside Manor, 625 Countryside Lane, Dixon.

Free blood pressure check, 1-3 p.m., Amboy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, 15 W. Wasson Road, Amboy, 815-8572550.

Woodworkers, 1-3 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Lee County Health Department blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., McReynolds Towers, 100 Washington Ave., Dixon, 815-284-3371.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1:30

p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. American Red Cross blood drive, 2-6 p.m., 112 W. Second St., Rock Falls. Appointments: 800-733-2767.

Free blood pressure clinic, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Community Room, Odell Library, 307 S. Madison, Morrison.

Women’s Support Group, 5-6:30 p.m., Choices Domestic Violence Program office, 114 W. Market St., Mount Carroll.

YWCA sexual abuse survivors women’s group, 5:30-7 p.m., second floor, 115 W. First St., Dixon, bbraid@ywsauk.or or 815-625-0333.

Walnut Board of Directors, 5:30 p.m., Walnut Public Library, 101 Heaton St., 815-379-2159.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 5:30 p.m., closed, step, tradition, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Special Needs Parent Support Group, 5:30-7:30 p.m., conference room, Sterling Public Library, 102 W. Third St. Pearl, a self-esteem support group of the YWCA Domestic Violence Program, 6 p.m., 815625-0333.

Men’s Cancer Group, 6 p.m., Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center, 1637 Plock Road, Dixon, 815-288-4673.

AWANA, 6:30 to 8 p.m., 3 years through sixth grade, Northside Baptist Church, 598 River Lane, Dixon, 815-288-5212.

American Legion Post 12, 7 p.m., 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

Dixon Area Detachment Marine Corps League, 7 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1560 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin.

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Bingo, Dixon Elks Lodge No. 779, 4:30 p.m. doors open, 5:30 p.m. kitchen opens and 6:30 p.m. bingo begins, 1279 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, 815-2883557. No computers.

Loaves and Fishes, 5-6 p.m., Holloway Center, St. Patrick Catholic Church, 612 Highland Ave., Dixon, 815-284-7719. A free, hot meal for the needy.

Tuesday, Dec. 16 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

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Morning Whittle, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Line dancing, 9 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Reading by Sarah, “Call Me Mrs. Miracle,” 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Monthly chair exercise class, 10 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Line dancing, 10-11 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Community coffee and doughnuts, 10 a.m. Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St., 815-732-7994.

Lifescape lunch, 11:30 a.m., Lee County Council on Aging,

100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Card games, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Euchre, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Lee County Council on Aging, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Euchre 101, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925.

Chadwick Junior High School winter concert, 7 p.m., 19 School St. Bingo, 7 p.m., Sterling Moose Family Center, 2601 E. Lincolnway, Sterling, 815-625-0354.

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Zits® by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman

Arlo & Janis by Jimmy Johnson Garfield by Jim Davis

Stone Soup by Jan Eliot Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley

Blondie by Dean Young & John Marshall

Wizard of Id by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis Rose is Rose by Pat Brady and Don Wimmer

Pickles by Brian Crane Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce

Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom

Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman

Soup To Nutz by Rick Stromoski

Family Circus by Bil Keane

The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn

Alley Oop by Dave Graue and Jack Bender

Bridge Frank & Ernest by Bob Thaves

Trick target may need inventions

Grizzwells by Bill Schorr

We have all heard the expression “necessity is the mother of invention,” penned by Jonathan Swift. It was amended by Mark Twain (“necessity is the mother of taking chances”) and Thorstein Veblen (“invention is the mother of necessity”).

How does Swift’s line apply to this deal? South is in three no-trump. After West leads his fourth-highest spade, what should declarer do?

North was aggressive in jumping straight to three notrump. But he decided that if his diamond suit was worth five tricks, the contract would probably make.

Alternatively, if partner could not get more than two or three tricks from the suit, probably even two no-trump would be too high. Also, by not inviting

game, he kept the defenders in the dark about the strength of South’s hand.

Note that if North had raised to two no-trump, South would have had a close decision.

Yes, he had only 15 high-card

points, an apparent minimum, but he had three aces, one king and respectable spot cards. So it would have been reasonable to bid game, especially when vulnerable.

Now back to the play in three no-trump. South started with eight top tricks: two hearts, five diamonds and one club.

He needed a ninth from somewhere.

At the table, South played a low spade from the dummy at trick one. East won with his jack and returned the suit, giving the defenders the first five tricks.

It was a necessity for South to call for dummy’s spade queen. His best chance of not only a spade trick but also his ninth winner was that West had underled the ace-king. If East had either of those honors, the contract was almost certainly unmakable. © 2014 UFS

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STERLING HIGH SCHOOL

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Zachary Alston, 17, of Sterling, is one of Sterling High School’s October Students of the Month. He plans to attend the University of Illinois and major in chemical engineering.

October Student of the Month: Zachary Alston

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achary Alston, 17, of Sterling, is one of Sterling High School’s October Students of the Month. He is the son of Ted and Jill Alston and has a brother, Jake, 15.

Favorite class: AP calculus BC. It is difficult, but the class as a whole has a lot of fun with it.

Least-favorite class: Spanish. I am not planning on going to Mexico anytime soon.

Favorite teacher: Stephen Johnson, AP chemistry. He really loves his job and you can tell by the way he teaches every day.

School activities: Cross country, swimming, track, Key Club, and National Honor Society Civic, church, volunteer or other activities: I volunteer at the animal shelter and am involved in my church’s youth group.

Do you have a job? I detassel in the summer.

What will you do after high school? I plan to attend the University of Illinois and major in chemical engineering.

What is your favorite: App: Twitter Food: Pasta Game or activity: Disc golf Actor: James Franco Movie: “Old School” TV show: “Seinfeld” Sports team: Da Bears What is something you learned in high school that you think you will never use? Conjugation of irregular Spanish verbs What kind of music are you listening to? Classic rock Do you have a hobby? I like to run.

What’s the one thing in your life you can’t do without? Although I have only had it for a few months, probably my MacBook!

What is your advice for surviving high school?

Have a little fun with it.

What scares you? The dark. You never know what is lurking.

If you could ask President Obama any question,

what would it be? What are you hiding from us?

If you could try any job for a day, what would it be? Retirement If you could go anywhere in the world for free, where would it be?

Amsterdam – there are no rules!

What is the last good book you read? “Once a Runner” by John Parker What is your proudest moment? When the cross country team was fourth out of about 55 teams at first to the finish invite, because that gave us a lot of confidence for the rest of the season.

Who is your hero/role model? Galen Rupp. He won silver in the Olympic 10k, he was able to beat all the East African runners.

Is there anything else you would want people to know about you? My life’s philosophy is, “You win some, you lose some.”

Is there someone you’d like to send a shout out to? Ethan Rocha, Peter Delafuente, and Javier Quiroz

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Abbey Zacharski, 17, of Sterling, is one of Sterling High School’s October Students of the Month. She participates in theater productions at the school and is a member of the band. Pharmacy is in her future.

October Student of the Month: Abbey Zacharski

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bbey Zacharski, 17, of Sterling, is one of Sterling High School’s October Students of the Month.

She is the daughter of Brad and Lisa, and she has a sister, Kinsey, 15.

Favorite class: AP literature, because the teacher, Laura Carbaugh, spices up lit and keeps us on our toes.

Favorite teachers: Steve Johnson, AP chemistry, Dana Francis, AP language and composition, Alexis Rivera, AP BC calculus, and Taylor Jackson, AP U.S. History. I enjoyed every minute of their classes.

School activities: Speech team, group interpretation, contest play, band, fall play, spring/summer musical, National Honor Society, football/basketball poms, Young Doctor’s League, WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering)

What is your favorite: App: TED Talks Food: Bagels Game or activity: Mario Kart Actor: Sutton Foster Movie: “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

TV show: “Mad Men” Civic, church, volunteer or activities in which you participate: “Volunteen” at CGH Medical Center, member of First Presbyterian Church in Sterling Do you have a job?

Intern at the Sterling Schools Foundation What will you do after high school? I plan to attend a 4-year university and pursue a degree in pharmacy.

What kind of music are you listening to?

Broadway show tunes or alternative/indie

Do you have a hobby?

Reading One thing in your life you can’t do without?

Chapstick, definitely Advice for surviving high school? Get involved in the theater department. Do it.

What scares you?

Making decisions, but I’m not sure why.

If you could try any job for a day, what would it be? A movie producer with Clarissa Worcester as the director What is the last good book you read? “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini Who is your hero/role model? Emma Watson, because unlike other young celebrities, she uses her fame to make a difference.

Is there someone you’d like to send a shout out to? To my little sister and to my favorite kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Mekeel

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Tyler Stepp, 4, of Chadwick, peeks over the steering wheel of a John Deere 5100E Tractor while his sister, Teagan, 1, sits on the lap of their grandfather, Keith Kloepping.

The Northwestern Illinois Farm Show at Westwood Fitness and Sports Center in Sterling gave farmers a chance to see some of the newest equipment (right), talk with local equipment and seed dealers, and see some of the services available for farmers.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – As soon as Mark Kim found out his personal information was compromised in a data breach at Target last year, the 36-year-old tech worker signed up for the retailer’s free credit monitoring offer so he would be notified if someone used his identity to commit fraud.

Someone did. The first monitoring report showed crooks opened accounts in his name at Macy’s and Kohl’s department stores, where they racked up more than $7,000 in charges.

“My heart basically sank,” he said.

Over the next 7 months, the New York City resident spent hours on the phone, most of a day in a police station filing a report, and countless time sending documents to banks and credit reporting agencies to clear his credit history.

He’s hardly alone.

The Target hack during last year’s Black Friday shopping weekend was just one in a wave of data breaches that have exposed more than 100 million customer records at U.S. retailers, banks and Internet companies.

The latest high-profile hack, at Sony Pictures Entertainment, resulted

in Social Security numbers and other personal details of nearly 50,000 current and former Sony employees and film actors being stolen and posted online for anyone to see.

While cases are difficult to trace, analysts at Javelin Strategy & Research estimate that one in three Americans affected by a data breach ultimately became the victim of fraud last year – up from one in nine in 2010.

Although banks often absorb bogus charges, it’s up to victims to clean up their credit histories and recover stolen funds. On top of lost time, money and emotional energy, victims face the frustration of rarely seeing anyone pay for the crimes.

Identity theft cases are rarely prosecuted, said Avivah Litan, an analyst who studies fraud and identity theft for the research firm Gartner.

Local police have limited resources, and criminals are often overseas, “so unless it’s part of a bigger pattern, they’re not going to spend much time pursuing it.” Kim said a police detective who took his complaint later told him the accounts were opened by someone in California, but Kim never heard any more about the investigation.

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STERLING – Canaan Gillihan was a question mark heading into the 37th Carson DeJarnatt Wrestling Tournament held Saturday at Musgrove Fieldhouse.

In the end, the Sterling senior delivered an emphatic exclamation point.

Gillihan’s title at 220 pounds concluded a perfect run for the Golden Warriors in the finals, and capped off Sterling’s first DeJarnatt championship since 2008.

The Warriors amassed 238.5 points, comfortably ahead of Clinton, Iowa, which had 204.

Rounding out the top five in the nine-team field were Fenton with 173.5, Burlington Central with 154, and Dixon with 92.

“We knew Clinton was going to be the one to fight,” Sterling senior Isaac Anderson said, “and that’s exactly what we went out there to do. This feels great.”

The Warriors went 6-for-6 in the finals, and had wrestlers finish in the top four in 13 of 14 weight classes, something that brought a smile to the face of head coach Charlie Bishop. He stressed that each team point earned would be important.

“Even if you lose that first one, you needed to come back and go hard,” Bishop said. “Places are going to matter, and that’s what made the difference.”

Gillihan wrapped up the tourney in style. He had flu-like symptoms on Thursday, with a 101-degree fever. On Friday, he managed to attend school for a half-day, and struggled through a practice. When he saw he was the top seed in his bracket, he decided to give it a go.

After a bye, he gutted out a 2-0 decision against Burlington

Character through all the chaos Tough weeks for both Bears, Saints

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Sterling’s Isaac Anderson (right) wrestles during the DeJarnatt Tournament on Saturday afternoon at Musgrove Fieldhouse. Anderson won the 132-pound title to become the 26th three-time champion in tournament history.

Top 5 teams 1. Sterling 238.5 points 2. Clinton (Iowa) 204 3. Fenton 173.5 4. Burlington Central 154 5. Dixon 92 Central’s Matt Overstreet in the semifinals, then beat Fenton’s Rodrigo Castaneda in the finals.

Castaneda led 3-1 after an

escape with 1:19 to go in the second period, but Gillihan tied it up with an escape late in the period.

In the third, Gillihan (9-2) scored a reversal to go up 5-3 with 1:38 to go, then rode out Castaneda the rest of the way. It’s his first tourney title in high school.

“During the match, I had no strength,” Gillihan said. “My lungs were shot. The only thing

that kept me going were heart and determination to help my team.”

The first weight-class title for the Golden Warriors went to 120-pounder Isaac Figueroa (6-4), who pinned both of his opponents. In the final, he polished off DeWitt, Iowa’s Bryant Woodford in 3:46.

LAKE FOREST – If the New Orleans Saints are looking for comfort, they can take some in this: Their week was almost smooth compared to their opponent’s.

And unlike the Bears, they’re still in the playoff hunt.

The Saints will try to shake off their most lopsided loss of the season, and give their playoff hopes a boost when they visit Chicago tonight. It’s a matchup between two of the league’s most disappointing teams.

They come in with identical records (5-8), and are trying to put difficult weeks behind them. The Saints got blasted 41-10 at home last week by Carolina. The Bears got hit with another round of turmoil, with offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer acknowledging he was a source behind a critical report by the NFL Network about quarterback Jay Cutler.

“Man, this is a humbling league,” New Orleans coach Sean Payton said.

The Saints come into the game with a half-game lead in the NFC South over Atlanta – which lost 27-20 to the Steelers on Sunday – despite dropping four of five. They allowed 497 yards and got pounded by a Carolina team that came in with six straight losses.

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Emotional aloha for Heisman Hawaii native Mariota wins top trophy going away

BY RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer

NEW YORK – Marcus Mariota wrote it all down, every word of his Heisman Trophy acceptance speech. It was a good thing, too, because getting through it might have been tougher than sprinting away from a linebacker or tossing a touchdown pass for Oregon’s understated star.

The junior quarterback became the Ducks’ first Heisman winner going away Saturday night, capping a 3-year climb to college football’s most prestigious individual award.

“I’m humbled to be standing here today,” Mariota said moments

Last 5 Heisman winners 2014: Marcus Mariota, Oregon junior QB 2013: Jameis Winston, Florida State freshman QB 2012: Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M freshman QB 2011: Robert Griffin III, Baylor junior QB 2010: Cam Newton, Auburn junior QB after he was announced as the winner.

Mariota isn’t a big talker, but he steadily worked through his speech, thanking his teammates, teachers, friends, and his home state of Hawaii. He finally hit a snag when it came time to thank his mother and father. He needed to take two deep breaths, and still he got choked up.

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where I am today, it’s all due to all those people,” Mariota said later. “It’s hard not to get emotional. It’s been a long journey. My emotions got the best of me.”

A pinpoint passer with wide-receiver speed, Mariota came into this season as the favorite to win the 80th Heisman, and delivered a performance that turned the presentation ceremony at a theater in Times Square into a foregone conclusion.

Mariota had twice as many points (2,534) as second-place finisher Melvin Gordon (1,250), the recordbreaking running back from Wisconsin. The other finalist, Alabama receiver Amari Cooper, was third with 1,023 points.

Mariota received the second-highest percentage of possible points (90.92) in Heisman history, behind only Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith, who had 91.63 in 2006.

Southern California tailback Reggie Bush received 91.77 percent of possible AP points in 2005, but his vicOregon quarterback Marcus Mariota poses with the tory was later vacated for Heisman Trophy that he won Saturday night in New violating NCAA rules.

York City. Mariota is the first Oregon Duck, and the first Hawaii native, to win the prestigious award.

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Passing MJ Kobe Bryant Lakers superstar moves past Michael Jordan into third place on NBA’s alltime score list Sunday; Bryant has 32,310 points.

Tough break Ryan Fitzpatrick Texans QB will miss rest of season after breaking left leg Sunday in Indy. Backup Ryan Mallett is already out for year with torn pectoral.

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Illini lose to Ducks at United Center Rayvonte Rice scored a game-high 29 points, but Illinois lost 77-70 to Oregon on Saturday night in Chicago.

Nnanna Egwu added 10 points and seven rebounds for the Illini (7-3), who led by as many as 13 points in the first half.

Dillon Brooks had 24 points to lead the Ducks.

Today Boys basketball 6 p.m.

• Forreston tournament, Newman vs. Milledgeville • West Carroll tournament, West Carroll vs. Galena, at Mount Carroll 6:30 p.m.

• East Moline Christian at Faith Christian

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Auburn freshman shot to death Auburn football player Jakell Lenard Mitchell was shot and killed in the early hours of Sunday morning at an off-campus apartment complex.

The 18-year-old Mitchell suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the chest, at the same apartment complex where two former football players and a third man were slain in 2012. No one else was reported shot or hurt, police said.

Markale Deandra Hart, a 22-year-old from Camp Hill, Ala., was arrested Sunday afternoon in connection to the shooting.

No additional arrests were anticipated.

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Former Packer Thurston dies Fuzzy Thurston, an offensive guard from the great Green Bay teams of the 1960s, died Sunday after several years of health issues. He was 80.

Thurston, whose given name was Fred, helped the Packers win five NFL championships. He also won a title with Baltimore in 1958.

He retired in 1967, and was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1975.

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Richards WR commits to NIU Spencer Tears verbally committed to Northern Illinois during an official visit to DeKalb on Sunday.

Tears is a 6-foot-2, 180pound wide receiver from Richards High School in Oak Lawn. He is ranked as the No. 12 player in Illinois in the Class of 2015.

He had originally pledged to Nebraska in April, but decommitted. He also had offers from Indiana, Louisville, Purdue, Syracuse, Toledo, and Bowling Green.

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Crosby diagnosed with mumps Penguins star Sidney Crosby is the latest NHL player to catch the mumps, as the team announced the diagnosis Sunday after holding the two-time MVP out of games Friday and Saturday as a precaution when swelling developed on the right side of Crosby’s face.

Crosby, who received a booster shot against the virus before traveling to Russia for the Winter Olympics in February, underwent further testing Saturday. The team says Crosby should be through the infectious stage by today, but will not play tonight when Pittsburgh hosts the Lightning.

Blackhawks trade Morin to Blue Jackets The Blackhawks traded forward Jeremy Morin to the Blue Jackets for defenseman Tim Erixon on Sunday. Erixon made his Chicago debut in Sunday’s 2-1 win over the Flames.

On Tuesday, the Blackhawks sent Morin down to the Rockford IceHogs for a conditioning assignment.

He was a healthy scratch the last eight games.

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Packers running back Eddie Lacy (27) is tackled by the Bills in the end zone during a bizarre play toward the end of Sunday’s game in Orchard Park, N.Y. Buffalo was awarded a safety, and won 21-13.

Opportunities lost Packers can’t come up with big plays on the road

BY NICK MENDOLA Associated Press

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. – Aaron Rodgers, Jordy Nelson and the Green Bay Packers may have watched home-field advantage in the playoffs slip through their fingers.

Rodgers was intercepted twice by third-string safety Bacarri Rambo, and Nelson dropped a wide-open pass late in the third quarter in a sloppy, inefficient 21-13 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

“It wasn’t my best day by any stretch of the imagination,” Rodgers said. “I gotta play better for us to win. I expect more of myself.”

Rodgers was 17 of 42 for 185 yards, and didn’t get much help from his receivers, either. Trailing 16-10 and facing second-and-6 at his own 6, Rodgers found Nelson in stride down the right sideline, but the normally sure-handed receiver dropped the ball with nothing but field in front of him.

“We had all sorts of chances and just didn’t make them for whatever reason,” Nelson said. “My drop could’ve won the game for us, so I’ve gotta make those no matter how easy or hard they are.”

Star of the game: Bacarri Rambo, Bills, 2 INTs Key performers: Marcus Thigpen, Bills, 75-yard punt return TD; Dan Carpenter, Bills 4-for-4 FGs; Eddie Lacy, Packers, 15 rushes, 97 yards, TD Up next: Packers at Buccaneers, noon Sunday The Packers (10-4) had a fivegame win streak snapped, and squandered an opportunity to get closer to their sixth consecutive playoff berth.

The Bills (8-6) stayed in the thick of a jumbled AFC playoff hunt. Marcus Thigpen scored on a 75-yard punt return, while Dan Carpenter hit all four field-goal attempts, including three in the second half.

Eddie Lacy scored on a 1-yard plunge, while Mason Crosby hit two field-goal attempts, and had a 53-yard attempt blocked by Mario Williams.

The game wasn’t decided until the Packers’ final possession, which ended with yet another turnover by Rodgers.

On first-and-10 at his own 10, Rodgers dropped back and had

the ball knocked out of his hand

by Mario Williams. The ball rolled into the end zone, and lay untouched before being scooped up by Lacy with 1:51 left.

The play was whistled dead for a safety at that point, because only Rodgers was allowed to advance the ball with under 2 minutes left.

Rodgers had thrown only three interceptions this season – and none since throwing two in a 44-23 loss at New Orleans on Oct. 26.

The Packers were held to 333 yards offense – their lowest total since managing 320 in a 42-10 win over Minnesota on Oct. 2. And the Bills held Green Bay to 10 points on eight first-half possessions.

The Packers entered the game having scored six touchdowns and four field goals on their previous 10 first-half drives spanning the past two games.

Green Bay travels to play Tampa Bay next weekend, before closing the regular season at home against NFC North rival Detroit.

“Everything’s right in front of us. If we win out, we still win the North,” Rodgers said. “This is an important time for us to see what kind of chemistry we have on this team.”

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Payton said during the week he would not rule out lineup changes, and safety Kenny Vaccaro said Thursday his role is changing. He would not say exactly how, and his coach offered few details.

Payton also made some roster changes this week, cutting receiver Joe Morgan on Tuesday and promoting receiver Seantavius Jones from the practice squad.

“A lot of it is the expectation that showing up and playing is enough,” right tackle Zach Strief said. “It’s not: ‘OK, I put my uniform on, I look good, I walk out on the field and now that we’re here and we’re the Saints and we have this history where we’ll win games, now we’re just going to win this game.’ ... That’s not the reality of this league.”

For the Bears, this season has been one harsh reality check. They came in with visions of a playoff run, only to fall out of contention for the seventh time in 8 years.

The situation with Kromer was just another in a line of distractions.

He owned up in public to what he did on Friday after asking players and coaches for forgiveness on Monday.

That happened after he complained to the NFL Network about

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Bears wide receiver Marc Mariani (80) avoids a pair of Lions defenders during their Thanksgiving game. The Bears and Saints have both dealt with plenty of distractions leading up to tonight’s game.

Cutler’s ability to audible out of run plays that might not work.

The story also suggested the Bears had “buyer’s remorse” for signing their quarterback to a contract extension after last season. But according to the Chicago Tribune, Kromer insisted in his apology to the team that he never mentioned that.

Kromer said he never considered quitting over this, and coach Marc Trestman insisted he did not think about firing him. But the episode raised more questions about the leadership and the direction of the franchise in a season when there were already more than a few.

The Kromer situation was just another log

in a fire that includes linebacker Lance Briggs missing practice to open a restaurant near Sacramento in the week leading up to the opener; defensive end Lamarr Houston suffering a season-ending injury celebrating a meaningless late sack at New England; and some eyebrow-raising incidents involving Brandon Marshall. Among them was a long, rambling news conference over past allegations of domestic abuse; flying to New York weekly to record Showtime’s “Inside The NFL” program; and challenging a Detroit fan on Twitter to a boxing match for charity.

Kromer’s leak cuts to one of Trestman’s pillars, which is building

relationships based on trust. There appeared to be a breach even if Cutler insisted the offense came away from Monday’s meeting in a better position.

“He owned up to it,” Cutler said. “He let everyone know, ‘Hey, I made a mistake. This is where we stand. And this is where we need to move on to.’ I wish more guys were like that.”

He said the Bears have to “continue on,” and that the offense “will come together.”

But they have looked more like a broken bunch.

The Bears have been hit hard by injuries, with Briggs, Charles Tillman, and Marshall among the key players on injured reserve. Chicago joined the 1923 Rochester Jeffersons as the only teams to give up 50 or more points in consecutive games when it got pounded by New England and Green Bay. The struggles on defense and regression on offense have added up to the most disappointing season in recent memory.

“We know the [offensive] system works,” Kromer said. “It worked last year. And it’s worked in the past in places both myself and Marc have been.”

Question is: Who will be around to fix the Bears after this season?

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• Polo tournament, Prophetstown vs. West Carroll 6:30 p.m.

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• Mendota at Dixon • Hinckley-Big Rock at AFC 7:30 p.m.

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Boys swimming 5 p.m.

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Wrestling 5:30 p.m.

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• Elon at Duke, ESPNU

College hockey 9:30 a.m.

• Women, Mercyhurst at Penn St., BTN

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NFL 7:15 p.m.

• Saints at Bears, ESPN

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• Premier League, Queens Park at Everton, NBCSP

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Comets fourth at Plano Panthers third in Port Byron; Marcos cruise in Ashton

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Paced by 132-pound champion Hunter Webb, the Newman wrestling team finished fourth in the 21-team Reaper Classic on Saturday in Plano.

The Comets amassed 140 points, behind Plainfield South (201), Plainfield East (173), and Coal City (145).

Webb finished off a 4-0 run through the bracket by pinning Durand’s Alex Hoffman in 5 minutes, 50 seconds.

Elias Edmondson (145) and Brandon Ahlgrim (152) each placed second for Newman, Logan Whitman (170) was third, and Noah Leffelman (220) was fourth.

Amboy wound up 12th as a team with 73 points. Leading the Clippers was Ryan Leffelman, who placed fourth at 182 pounds.

Fifth-place finishers included Collin Doege (126), Damian Ullrich (160), and Dallas Appleman (195).

Saturday’s stars Hunter Webb, Newman, 132pound champ at Plano Austin Shoup, Noah Eads, EP, won titles at Riverdale Tristen Dudley, RF, won title at Riverdale Garrett Rude, Oregon, won title at Riverdale Ali Scheidecker, Oregon bowling, first place at L-P only contested bout.

Sam Hahn won a decision over Polo’s Tim Cholke at 113 pounds, while all other 13 matches were decided by forfeit.

Polo also beat North Boone 42-30.

No matches were contested.

AFC earned a 30-24 win against North Boone, as Riley Stephens pinned his opponent at 152 pounds in the only contested bout.

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Erie-Prophetstown third at RiverHawks second at L-P: AJ Nordman dale Invite: Erie-Prophetstown fin- and Joe Miranda placed fifth and

ished third out of 15 teams at the Jim Boyd Riverdale Invite.

The Panthers earned 156 points, Rock Falls (122 points) finished in fourth place, and Oregon (98) was sixth.

The Panthers had two champions, as Austin Shoup won via pin at 195 pounds, and Noah Eads won at 220. Chris Bonnell finished in third place at 113, and Grady Todd was third at 138.

Tristen Dudley was a champion for Rock Falls at 113 pounds. Konner Smith was third at 132, and Niles Ager (160) was also third.

Oregon’s Garrett Rude was a champion at 170 pounds. The Hawks had four third-place finishers in Dominic Marchetti (152), John Ghibellini (182), David Labash (220), and Matthew Crandall (285).

Polo 2-0 at AFC: The Marcos cruised to victory over AFC 42-21, despite the Raiders winning the

sixth, respectively, to lead Oregon to second place in the eight-team LaSalle-Peru Invitational held at the IV SuperBowl in Peru.

The host Cavaliers won with 6,279 pins, with Oregon (5,740) and Dixon (5,677) taking the next two spots.

Nordman finished with a pinfall of 1,282, highlighted by a tournament-ending 277 game. Miranda had a 1,211 total.

Leading the way for Dixon was Lucas Bonnette, seventh overall with a 1,206 total. Also for the Dukes, Brandon Hamburg was 10th at 1,170.

The top bowler was L-P’s Nate Stubler, who had a 1,445 total pinfall.

Girls bowling Scheidecker leads Hawks: Ali

Scheidecker took first place individually to lead Oregon to third place at the seven-team LaSallePeru Invitational.

Rochelle (4,889), L-P (4,807), and Oregon (4,777) were the top three squads.

Scheidecker had a total pinfall of 1,158 pins, 24 more than runner-up Marina Eraas of Rochelle.

Scheidecker’s top game was a 225.

Also for the Hawks, Abi Scheidecker placed seventh overall with a total pinfall of 1,020.

Dixon third, Sterling fifth at UT Invite: Dixon finished third, while

Sterling took fifth out of eight teams at the United Township Panther Invite.

The Duchesses had a 5,537 pinfall, and Sterling finished with a 4,551.

Katlyn Bay led Dixon with a 1,281 six-game series, including a high game of 235. Five of her six games were in the 200s. Ashley Currier added a 1,092 series.

Sterling was led by Magan Tintori’s 1,088 series; she had a high game of 204. Erin Tabor was next for the Golden Warriors with a 932 series.

Rock Island freshman Lindsey Quade won the individual title with a 1,334 series.

Boys swimming Sterling third at Freeport Invite:

The Golden Warriors finished third out of nine teams in Freeport with 233 points. Rock Island won the invite with 341, while DeKalb was second with 309. Morrison was ninth with 73 points.

Sterling’s Lucas Campbell was fourth in both the 50-yard freestyle (24.04 seconds) and the 100 freestyle (52.87). Brandon Pillars took third in the 100 butterfly with a sub-minute time in 59.90. Pillars was also eighth in the 200 indivudal medley (2:22.50).

Morrison was led by Kyle Workman, who finished seventh in the 500 freestyle (5:56.80), and had a 10th-place finish in the 50 freestyle (25.22).

Warriors claim six titles, Dukes take one DELIVERY

CONTINUED FROM B1

At 132 pounds, Sterling’s Isaac Anderson dominated three opponents with two technical falls and a pin on his way to being named the tournament’s outstanding lower-weight wrestler. He pinned Belvidere North’s Jordan Perez in 3:12 of the finals.

It was the third DeJarnatt title for Anderson (4-1), who missed his junior season due to ineligibility.

He is the 26th three-time champ in tourney history.

“I had to sit out last year, so this wasn’t my fourth one,” Anderson said, “but I’m very happy that I got my third one.”

The next title for Sterling came at 138 pounds, where Andrew Garcia was a 10-7 winner against Rochelle’s Dan Metzger. Garcia (102) trailed 7-6 entering the third period, but scored a reversal and two back points to take control.

At 145 pounds, the Golden Warriors’ Keegan Kaye held on for a wild 11-9 decision against Fenton’s Oscar Ledezma. It was 7-7 after one period, then Kaye rode out Ledezma the entire second period.

In the third, Kaye scored a reversal with 1:22 remaining, only to be reversed himself 10 seconds later.

With 51 seconds to go, Kaye scored another reversal to go up 11-9.

Kaye (7-1) then rode out Ledezma the rest of the way, though he found himself on his back for a brief instant after a latematch scramble.

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Dixon’s Mason Rhodenbaugh (right) wrestles during the DeJarnatt Tournament on Saturday in Sterling.

Rhodenbaugh won the 113-pound championship.

“I was really nervous,” Kaye said, “but I knew in my head I had to try to gain control and ride him out for the rest of the time.

I looked up and saw there was about 10 seconds left.

Right there, I knew I won the match.”

At 160 pounds, Nick Terronez (11-1) was dominant the whole way in rolling to a 9-2 decision against Burlington Central’s Chris Quiles.

Noah Garcia (106), Tyson Hall (152), Reiley Cornwell (182), and Cariel Beasley (285) placed third for Sterling, while Colton S ta g e ( 12 6 ) , T a nn e r Massey (170), and Brian Folsom (195) were fourth.

Dixon’s lone champion was 113-pounder Mason Rhodenbaugh, who gained a bizarre 7-6 win against Fenton’s Ecclesias Fambro.

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After a scoreless 1-minute overtime session, Fambro chose down to begin the first of two 30-second double overtime periods.

He was awarded a penalty point when Rhodenbaugh was called for locked hands, and another point after an escape.

With Fambro now ahead 8-6 entering the second part of double OT, he was called for stalling. In the process of confirming whether it was Fambro’s

second stalling call, which would result in a penalty point, it was discovered he had indeed been cautioned three times during regulation time.

After a lengthy discussion among coaches, mat officials and bench officials, Rhodenbaugh was retroactively awarded a penalty point from the end of the third period, rendering whatever took place in OT meaningless.

“I knew that I should have gotten that point,” Rhodenbaugh said, “but I just wanted to keep trying hard and fight it out until the very end.”

Dixon’s other finalist was 126-pounder Jakob Johnson, who dropped a 9-7 decision to Fenton’s Antoine Bess in the title bout.

Johnson was down 8-5 with 5 seconds to go when he took down Bess on the edge of the circle, and had the makings of a dramatic pin. Johnson got the two points for a takedown, but unfortunately was unable to go for the pin as they had drifted out of bounds.

Johnson (8-2) allowed an escape to make it 9-7, but Bess avoided trouble the rest of the way to secure the win.

Also for the Dukes, Connor Sperling was third at 195 pounds, and Ryan Troutman was fourth at 285.

Clinton 170-pounder Dillon Chase won his third DeJarnatt title and was voted the tournament’s outstanding upper-weight wrestler. He pinned two opponents in a combined 25 seconds.

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Lions seize share of NFC North lead Patriots claim AFC East again By the Associated Press

the AFC playoffs by Matt Prater’s 33-yard beating the New York field goal with 3:38 Jets and Buffalo Bills.

Broncos 22, Charremaining lifted Detroit gers 10: Peyton Manto a 16-14 victory against the visiting Vikings, and ning played through a into a tie for first place in thigh injury and flu-like symptoms in San Diego, the NFC North.

The Lions (10-4) are a n d C o n n o r B a r t h now even atop the divi- kicked five field goals to sion with Green Bay, lead Denver to a fourth which lost to Buffalo straight AFC West title. earlier in the day. But Manning came out of Detroit didn’t have an the game late in the seceasy time, spotting the ond quarter. He apparVikings (6-8) a 14-0 lead ently hurt his thigh before a pair of second- while blocking linebackquarter interceptions er Donald Butler on a helped the Lions start run by C.J. Anderson.

He returned for the their rally.

Even at the end, start of the third quarter, Detroit had to sweat and on Denver’s secout a 68-yard field goal ond possession, threw a attempt by Minneso- 28-yard touchdown pass ta’s Blair Walsh on the to Demaryius Thomas game’s final play. The to give the Broncos a 16-3 lead. kick was short.

Colts 17, Texans 10: Patriots 41, Dolphins 13: New England Andrew Luck threw

clinched the AFC East title for the sixth straight season, as Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in a big third quarter in Foxborough, Mass.

Leading 14-13 at halftime, the Patriots scored on four straight series while piling up 24 points, the most in any third period in team history.

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BOYS ROUNDUP

Dukes get it done in Genoa Dixon wins behind Jarrett’s 24 points, Roby’s triple-double

By SVM Sports Staff

Cal Jarrett led Dixon on offense and defense in a Big Northern crossover road win against GenoaKingston, 62-38 Saturday in Genoa.

Jarrett scored a gamehigh 24 points, and held the Cogs’ leading scorer, point guard Tommy Lucca, to nine points.

Lucca entered Saturday’s game averaging more than 20 points per game.

Isaiah Roby had a tripledouble with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks, while Laron Carr added 15 points for the Dukes (6-0, 1-0) in the win.

Sterling 78, Rochelle 42: Sterling Thornton

and Dimitric Young each scored 16 points as the Golden Warriors cruised to a win in Rochelle.

Also for Sterling (4-1, 2-0 NIB-12 West), Zach Monica Synett/Shaw Media Springman had 12 points, Dixon’s Kyle LeBlanc shoots in traffic Saturday night and Juan Gomez had 11. in Genoa-Kingston. The Dukes won 62-38.

Princeton 63, Amboy 33: The Clippers dropped

a Three Rivers East game on the road.

Logan Thake led Amboy with 13 points, and Sam Klein added five points.

Amboy (0-9, 0-2) trailed 35-17 at halftime and couldn’t recover. Princeton’s largest lead grew to 33 at one point, behind a 16-0 scoring run.

Bureau Valley 68, Galva 42: The Storm improved

in a win at the Forreston tournament.

Jordan Harris scored 14 points, while Blake Kappes and Zach Schmidt each added 10 points for the Missiles (2-6).

Morrison was led by Kaleb Church’s 16 points.

Mason Sitzmore finished with 14 points, and Hunter Hamstra added 13 for the Mustangs (5-3) in the loss.

Newman 47, Oregon 44:

to 10-0 with a road win Noah McCarty had 12 points, 10 rebounds and against the Wildcats.

Prophets drop two: four steals as the Comets Prophetstown (1-6) lost held off the Hawks. twice in the Monmouth Also for Newman (3-3), United Tournament, Jacob Barnes and Trev52-32 to Peoria Quest and or Bolin each had nine points. Barnes also had six 42-38 to United. boards and four assists.

Forreston tournament Trevor Otten led Oregon Milledgeville 58, Mor- (2-6) with 20 points. rison 55: Luke Ebersole Polo 70, Lena-Winslow scored a game-high 18 45: The Marcos (7-1) beat points for Milledgeville the Panthers in a blowout.

Matthew Handel hit five 3-pointers and led Polo with 20 points, while Brad Cavanaugh added 14 points.

West Carroll tournament Fulton wins twice: The Steamers cruised to a 55-37 win over Galena, and also defeated Scales Mound 49-42 to improve to 4-4 on the season.

Zach Barber poured in 20 points in the win against Galena, and he had 15 in the win against Scales Mound.

Erie goes 1-1: The Cardinals (1-7) earned a fivepoint win over Fulton Unity 67-62, after losing to Stockton 51-36.

Bransen Rosenow tossed in 21 points for Erie in the win against Unity, Vinny Bramm had

19, and Andrew Pyse added 11.

Rosenow had 15 points against Stockton, and Bramm added 10.

West Carroll splits: The Thunder beat Tilden 86-81, and lost to Scales Mound 56-49.

Jordan Bracero tossed in 29 points for the Thunder against Tilden, and Kaleb Plattenberger added 22.

Plattenberger had 21 points in the loss to Scales Mound.

Faith wins two: Faith Christian capped off a 3-0 performance in its initial Winter Classic with a pair of wins in Grand Detour.

The Falcons (4-4) opened with a 54-20 win over Rivermont Collegiate of Bettendorf, Iowa.

Hayden Sweet led Faith with 19 points, Ben Bierdeman had 16 points and 12 rebounds, and Andrew Robertson scored 10.

Faith Christian won 60-55 over Cornerstone Christian of Sycamore.

Bierdeman paced a balanced attack with 18 points and 11 rebounds.

Robertson had 16 points, Sweet had 15 points and eight boards, and Johnson added 11 points.

Men’s basketball Skyhawks take third:

AJ Dollmeyer scored a career-high 18 points to lead Sauk Valley to a 76-66 win against Highland in the third-place game of the Highland Tournament in Freeport.

James Trice III finished with 17 points for the Skyhawks (9-3), and Jacoby Posley added 14.

Sauk began the day with a 69-49 loss to Moberly in the semifinals. Posley had 15 points, and Trice III added 12.

Warriors handle Hubs in Rochelle Bureau Valley, AFC both win nonconference contests at home

By SVM Sports Staff

Rashel Robinson poured in 16 points to lead Sterling to a 43-35 road win over Rochelle on Saturday in a NIB-12 West game.

Erin Stroup added nine points, Makenzie Barnhart finished with seven, and Lauren Fritz scored six for Sterling (5-4, 2-1).

Rochelle (1-7, 0-3) was led by Abby Kerns’ 12 points.

Bureau Valley 48, Galva 41:

Bureau Valley won a nonconference game in Manlius behind Darcy Kepner’s team-high 10 points, while adding nine rebounds.

Savannah Dean scored nine points and finished with 11 rebounds, with Heaven Bennett adding nine points and 13 rebounds in the win for the Storm (6-4).

AFC 70, LaMoille-Ohio 19: Alisyn Essex hit five 3-pointers on her way to a team-high 18 points as the Raiders rolled past the Lions in Ashton.

Also for AFC (9-0), Allison Prestegaard had 13 points, 13 blocked shots and four rebounds, and Hope Friday added 10 points. Lauren Meurer and Cassidy Koning combined for 11 assists and eight steals.

score a point in the fourth quarter.

Jade Graff led the Missiles (3-8) with seven points, while Jenna Bibler added five points.

Polo Tournament

Pearl City Tournament Eastland 57, Fulton 47: Lexis Macomber tossed in 24 points to lead the Cougars past the Steamers at the Pearl City Tournament.

Mackenzie Doubler added nine points for Eastland.

Faith Kennedy and Autumn Hutton each had 11 points for Fulton (2-6).

Prophetstown 49, Milledgeville 12: The Prophets had nine players

score points in a tournament win.

Mikayla Bolton led Prophetstown (10-1) with 12 points, Kassi Henrekin added 10 points, while Corrie Reiley finished with eight.

Milledgeville trailed 22-4 at the end of the first quarter, and didn’t

Polo 51, Leland-Earlville 30:

Alex Sterenberg paced a balanced attack with 15 points as the Marcos rolled in the first round of their own tournament.

Also for Polo (5-6), Hannah Grobe had 13 points, and KeeLey Meyer added 12.

Mariota is 5th straight QB to win Heisman CONTINUED FROM B1

Mariota, the first Hawaii native to win the Heisman, has accounted for a Pac12-record 53 touchdowns (38 passing, 14 rushing and one receiving) while directing the Ducks’ warpspeed spread offense.

“In Hawaii, if one person is successful, the entire state is successful,” he said, draped in leis at his news conference.

It will be a matchup of Heisman-winning quarterbacks in the College Football Playoff’s Rose Bowl semifinal Jan. 1, with Mariota and the Ducks facing Florida State and Jameis Winston.

“I’m just looking forward to getting back on the field and playing again,” Mariota said. “We do have a team goal.”

Boys basketball Conf.

Sterling 2-0 Ottawa 1-0 LaSalle-Peru 1-1 Geneseo 1-1 Rochelle 0-2 Saturday’s results • Geneseo 58, LaSalle-Peru 50 • Sterling 78, Rochelle 42

All 4-1 3-3 3-2 3-3 1-5

Tuesday’s games • Geneseo at Kewanee, 7:30 • LaSalle-Peru at Plainfield Central, 6:30

All 6-0 5-1 2-6 7-2 1-1 5-1 6-2 1-6

Wednesday’s games Forreston tournament • Byron, Oregon, Winnebago vs. TBD

Three Rivers East All 10-0 8-1 5-2 3-2 4-5 3-3 0-9

In an era when so many Heisman winners seemingly come from out of nowhere – the last two were the first freshmen winners – Mariota’s rise was slow and steady.

Three of the last four Heisman winners were in their first seasons as starters, including Cam Newton, who won the award in his only season at Auburn after transferring from a junior college.

Before Newton, three straight sophomores won the award (Tim Tebow of Florida, Sam Bradford of Oklahoma, and Mark Ingram of Alabama).

Tebow was the first sophomore winner.

Like Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and Winston, the previous two winners, Mariota started as a redshirt freshman. He quickly established himself as a

star, but unlike Johnny Football and Famous Jameis, Mariota wasn’t the face of college football in his first season.

In his second season, he put up numbers that rivaled those of Heisman finalist quarterbacks Winston, Manziel, AJ McCarron, and Jordan Lynch, but when it came time to vote for the Heisman, Mariota was forgotten. He didn’t even finish in the top 10 in 2013.

This season, Mariota would not be ignored.

He leads the nation in passer rating (186.2), is fifth in total offense (342.5 yards per game), and led the Ducks to a Pac12 title, with a chance to play for their first national championship.

Of course, patience and poise have defined Mariota’s career. He didn’t start for his high school

team until he was a senior – then led Saint Louis in Honolulu to a state title.

A quiet leader with a nice-guy reputation, Mariota brought no offfield baggage to this Heisman ceremony. After a season beset by off-field troubles, including a school hearing into sexual assault allegations, Winston wasn’t a finalist this time around. He finished sixth.

Oregon’s only Heisman finalists before Mariota were quarterback Joey Harrington in 2001, and running back LaMichael James in 2010.

“If you have your punch list of things as a program, the most iconic individual award would be the Heisman Trophy.

But like Marcus said, I know he’d trade all that to win as a team,” Oregon coach Mark Helfrich said.

All 6-0 3-3 4-1 5-3 2-4 1-4 2-5 0-6

Today’s game Forreston Tournament • Morrison vs. Oregon, 7:30

NUIC East All 7-1 5-1 5-0 2-0 2-6 2-5 0-3 1-4 0-5 0-4

Today’s games Forreston tournament • Milledgeville vs. Newman, 6 Tuesday’s games Forreston tournament • Aquin vs. Polo, 6 • Pecatonica vs. Christian Life, 6 • Dakota vs. Lena-Winslow, 7:30 Wednesday’s games Forreston tournament • Aquin, Dakota, Milledgeville, Pecatonica, Polo vs. TBD Holiday tournaments Forreston tournament Saturday’s results • Game 1, Byron 60, Orangeville 21 • Game 2, Forreston 65, River Ridge 51 • Game 3, Milledgeville 58, Morrison 55 • Game 4, Newman 47, Oregon 44 • Game 5, Winnebago 58, Pecatonica 31 • Game 6, Pearl City 68, Christian Life 61 • Game 7, Aquin 53, Dakota 24 • Game 8, Polo 70, Lena-Winslow 45 Today’s games • Game 9, Orangeville vs. River Ridge, 6 • Game 10, Morrison vs. Oregon, 7:30 • Game 11, Byron vs. Forreston, 7:30 • Game 12, Milledgeville vs. Newman, 6 Tuesday’s games • Game 13, Pecatonica vs. Christian Life, 6 • Game 14, Dakota vs. Lena-Winslow, 7:30 • Game 15, Winnebago vs. Pearl City, 7:30 • Game 16, Aquin vs. Polo, 6 West Carroll tournament Pool A: East Dubuque, Stockton, Erie, Warren, Fulton Unity Pool B: Tilden, Fulton, Scales Mound, Galena, West Carroll Saturday’s results at Mount Carroll • Warren 45, Stockton 42 • East Dubuque 59, Unity 46 • Stockton 51, Erie 36 • East Dubuque 54, Warren 31 • Erie 67, Unity 62 at Savanna • Scales Mound 56, West Carroll 49 • Fulton 55, Galena 37 • West Carroll 86, Tilden 81 • Fulton 49, Scales Mound 42 • Tilden 74, Galena 61

Thursday, Dec. 18 at Mount Carroll • West Carroll vs. Fulton, 6 • Scales Mound vs. Tilden, 7:30 at Savanna • Unity vs. Stockton, 6 • Erie vs. East Dubuque, 7:30 Friday, Dec. 19 at Mount Carroll • Warren vs. Erie, 6 • Stockton vs. East Dubuque, 7:30 at Savanna • Galena vs. Scales Mound, 6 • Fulton vs. Tilden, 7:30 Saturday, Dec. 20 at Mount Carroll • Games TBD

All 9-0 6-3 5-1 7-3 6-3 3-5 5-4 4-7

Conf.

Amboy 3-0 Kewanee 2-0 Newman 2-1 Hall 1-1 Bureau Valley 1-2 St. Bede 1-2 Princeton 0-4 Saturday’s results • Kewanee 69, AlWood 54 • LaSalle-Peru 54, St. Bede 43 • Bureau Valley 48, Galva 41

All 8-1 8-1 2-7 4-4 6-4 2-7 2-7

Today’s games • Kewanee at Putnam County, 7:30 • Marquette at Hall, 7:30

Three Rivers West Conf.

Prophetstown 4-0 Sherrard 4-0 Erie 3-1 Rockridge 2-1 Orion 1-2 Morrison 1-2 Fulton 0-3 Riverdale 0-3 Saturday’s results • Rockridge 26, Orion 21 Pearl City tournament • Eastland 57, Fulton 47 Polo tournament • Prophetstown 49, Milledgeville 12

All 10-1 9-1 6-4 8-2 2-4 4-3 2-6 0-8

NUIC East Conf.

Aquin 4-0 AFC 3-0 Dakota 3-1 Milledgeville 3-1 Polo 2-2 Durand 1-1 Forreston 1-1 Orangeville 1-3 Pecatonica 0-3 South Beloit 0-4 Saturday’s result • AFC 70, LaMoille-Ohio 19

All 7-2 9-0 5-4 3-7 4-6 1-3 1-7 1-5 2-7 0-5

Today’s games • Hinckley-Big Rock at AFC, 7 Pearl City tournament • Orangeville vs. Eastland, 5 • Aquin vs. Lena-Winslow, 8 Pecatonica tournament • Durand vs. Genoa-Kingston, 6 Polo tournament • Milledgeville vs. Oregon, 5 • Forreston vs. Polo, 7:30

Tuesday’s games • Ridgewood at Orion, 7:30 • Rockridge at Riverdale, 7:30 Forreston Tournament • Morrison vs. TBD

Today’s games at Mount Carroll • West Carroll vs. Galena, 6 • Unity vs. Warren, 7:30

Conf.

Mendota 3-0 Stillman Valley 2-1 Rockford Lutheran 2-1 Byron 2-2 Oregon 2-2 Dixon 1-1 Rock Falls 0-2 Winnebago 0-3 Saturday’s results Pecatonica tournament • Winnebago 46, Durand 43 OT Polo tournament • Byron 62, Forreston 17

Today’s games • AlWood at Riverdale, 7:30 • Rockridge at Erie, 7:30 • Wethersfield at Sherrard, 7:30 Pearl City tournament • Fulton vs. Pearl City, 6:30

Three Rivers West

Conf.

Polo 2-0 AFC 2-0 Aquin 1-0 Forreston 1-0 Milledgeville 1-1 South Beloit 1-2 Dakota 0-1 Pecatonica 0-2 Orangeville 0-2 Durand 0-2 Saturday’s results • South Beloit 72, Clinton, Wis. 56 Forreston tournament • Aquin 53, Dakota 24 • Milledgeville 58, Morrison 55 • Polo 70, Lena-Winslow 45 • Byron 60, Orangeville 21 • Winnebago 58, Pecatonica 31 • Forreston 65, River Ridge 51

Today’s game • Minooka at Ottawa, 7

Three Rivers East

Tuesday’s games • Stillman Valley at Dixon, 7 Forreston tournament • Winnebago vs. Pearl City, 7:30

Conf.

Rockridge 2-0 Orion 2-0 Riverdale 1-0 Morrison 1-1 Fulton 1-1 Prophetstown 0-1 Sherrard 0-2 Erie 0-2 Saturday’s result Forreston Tournament • Milledgeville 58, Morrison 55

All 5-4 4-5 6-2 1-7 2-7

Today’s games • Mendota at Dixon, 7:15 • Stockton at Stillman Valley, 7:15 Pecatonica tournament • Winnebago vs. Pecatonica, 7:30 Polo tournament • Oregon vs. Milledgeville, 5

Today’s games • Lutheran at Mendota, 7:15 Forreston tournament • Byron vs. Forreston, 7:30 • Oregon vs. Morrison, 7:30

Conf.

Bureau Valley 2-0 Princeton 2-0 Kewanee 0-0 St. Bede 0-0 Hall 0-1 Newman 0-1 Amboy 0-2 Saturday’s results • Princeton 63, Amboy 33 • Bureau Valley 68, Galva 42 • Streator 72, St. Bede 56 Colmone Classic • Hall 62, Mooseheart 59 Forreston Tournament • Newman 47, Oregon 44 Today’s game Forreston Tournament • Newman vs. Milledgeville, 6 Tuesday’s games • Geneseo at Kewanee, 7:30 • Putnam County at Hall, 7:30 Forreston Tournament • Newman vs. TBD Wednesday’s game Forreston Tournament • Newman vs. TBD

Conf.

Sterling 2-1 LaSalle-Peru 2-1 Ottawa 1-1 Rochelle 0-3 Geneseo 0-3 Saturday’s results • Galesburg 57, Geneseo 30 • Sterling 43, Rochelle 35 • LaSalle-Peru 54, St. Bede 43

BNC West

BNC West Conf.

Dixon 1-0 Winnebago 3-1 Oregon 1-1 Mendota 0-0 Stillman Valley 0-0 Rockford Lutheran 0-1 Byron 0-1 Rock Falls 0-1 Saturday’s results • Dixon 62, Genoa-Kingston 38 • Stillman Valley 53, North Boone 52 Forreston tournament • Newman 47, Oregon 44 • Byron 60, Orangeville 21 • Winnebago 58, Pecatonica 31 Colmone Classic • Fieldcrest 66, Mendota 49

Girls basketball NIB-12 West

NIB-12 West

Wednesday’s games Forreston Tournament • Morrison vs. TBD

GIRLS ROUNDUP

ALOHA

Monday, December 15, 2014

Holiday tournaments Pearl City tournament Pool 1: Aquin, Lena-Winslow, River Ridge-Scales Mound, Warren Pool 2: Eastland, Fulton, Orangeville, Pearl City Saturday’s results • Eastland 57, Fulton 47 • Aquin 57, Warren 36 • RR-SM 49, Lena-Winslow 32 • Pearl City 60, Orangeville 15 Today’s games • Orangeville vs. Eastland, 5 • Pearl City vs. Fulton, 6:30 • Aquin vs. Lena-Winslow, 8 Polo tournament Pool A: Forreston, Polo, Byron, LelandEarlville Pool B: Milledgeville, Oregon, Prophetstown, West Carroll Saturday’s results • Prophetstown 49, Milledgeville 12 • Polo 51, Leland-Earlville 30 • Byron 65, Forreston 17 Today’s games • Milledgeville vs. Oregon, 5 • Prophetstown vs. West Carroll, 6:15 • Polo vs. Forreston, 7:30 Tuesday’s games • Forreston vs. Leland-Earlville, 5 • Oregon vs. West Carroll, 6:15 • Byron vs. Polo, 7:30 Wednesday’s games • West Carroll vs. Milledgeville, 5 • Leland-Earlville vs. Byron, 6:15 • Prophetstown vs. Oregon, 7:30 Thursday’s games • Games TBD

Wrestling Saturday’s results 37th Carson DeJarnatt Tournament at Musgrove Fieldhouse, Sterling Team scores 1. Sterling 238.5, 2. Clinton, Iowa 204, 3.

Bensonville Fenton 173.5, 4. Burlington Central 154, 5. Dixon 92, 6. DeWitt, Iowa 78, 7. Belvidere North 70, 8. Rochelle 64.5, 9. Guilford 21 Championship bouts 106 – Austin Macias (Burlington) tech. fall Corey Muniz (Fenton) 5:49; 113 – Mason Rhodenbaugh (Dixon) dec. Ecclesias Fambro 7-6; 120 – Isaac Figueroa (Sterling) pin Bryant Woodford (DeWitt) 3:46; 126 – Antoine Bess (Fenton) dec. Jakob Johnson (Dixon) 9-7; 132 – Isaac Anderson (Sterling) pin Jordan Perez (Belvidere North) 3:12; 138 – Andrew Garcia (Sterling) dec. Dan Metzger (Rochelle) 10-7; 145 – Keegan Kaye (Sterling) dec. Oscar Ledezma (Fenton) 11-9; 152 – Grayson Kaspar (Fenton) tech. fall Alex Harvey (Rochelle) 5:48; 160 – Nick Terronez (Sterling) dec.

Christian Quiles (Burlington) 9-2; 170 – Dillon Chase (Clinton) pin Drew Durant (DeWitt) :10; 182 – Juan Alfaro (Fenton) dec. Luke Larkin (Clinton) 5-2; 195 – Justin Guilliams (Clinton) major dec. Kyle Blankenburg (Burlington) 13-5; 220 – Canaan Gillihan (Sterling) dec. Rodrigo Castaneda (Fenton) 5-3; 285 – Tyler Clark (Clinton) dec. Jake Rodgers (Belvidere North) 5-3 Third-place bouts 106 – Noah Garcia (Sterling) pin Justin Hernandez (Rochelle) 1:17; 113 – Isaac Payne (DeWitt) dec. Joey Brewer (Clinton) 6-3; 120 – Sam Cruthis (Clinton) dec.

Nathaniel Miller (Fenton) 15-8; 126 – Dan Dunn (Clinton) pin Colton Stage (Sterling) 1:35; 132 – Adam Mengel (Burlington Central) dec. Amani Larson (Clinton) 2-1; 138 – Ray Rushing (Burlington Central) dec. Angel Nava (Fenton) 11-6; 145 – Jess Chapman (Clinton) pin Ignacio Avila (Belvidere North) 1:15; 152 – Tyson Hall (Sterling) pin Ray Coklan (Burlington Central) 3:17; 160 – Joe Oweina (Fenton) pin Emmanuel Wari (Guilford) 4:43; 170 – T.J. Titock (Burlington Central) pin Tanner Massey (Sterling) 3:21; 182 – Reiley Cornwell (Sterling) pin Ryan Ehrhardt (Guilford) :29; 195 – Connor Sperling (Sterling) pin Brian Folsom (Sterling) 3:33; 220 – Trevor Barry (Clinton) pin Darryl Williams (Rochelle) 2:53; 285 – Cariel Beasley (Sterling) dec.

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Monday, December 15, 2014

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WEEKEND SCOREBOARD NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE W x-N. England 11 Buffalo 8 Miami 7 N.Y. Jets 3 x-Indianapolis Houston Tennessee Jacksonville

W 10 7 2 2

Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 9 9 9 7

x-Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

W 11 8 8 2

East L T 3 0 6 0 7 0 11 0 South L T 4 0 7 0 12 0 12 0 North L T 4 1 5 0 5 0 7 0 West L T 3 0 6 0 6 0 12 0

Pct .786 .571 .500 .214

PF 442 302 327 230

PA 280 254 301 360

Pct .714 .500 .143 .143

PF 424 324 231 211

PA 317 277 390 376

Pct .679 .643 .643 .500

PF 311 389 376 276

PA 289 339 267 300

Pct .786 .571 .571 .143

PF 407 322 303 213

PA 303 254 294 381

NATIONAL CONFERENCE Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington

W 10 9 5 3

Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay

W 5 5 5 2

Detroit Green Bay Minnesota Chicago

W 10 10 6 5

East L T 4 0 5 0 9 0 11 0 South L T 8 1 8 0 9 0 12 0 North L T 4 0 4 0 8 0 8 0 West L T 3 0 4 0 7 0 8 0

Pct .714 .643 .357 .214

PF 381 416 317 257

PA 328 347 339 370

Pct .393 .385 .357 .143

PF 288 333 348 254

PA 358 359 369 367

Pct .714 .714 .429 .385

PF 281 436 277 281

PA 238 325 297 378

W Pct PF PA Arizona 11 .786 287 244 Seattle 10 .714 339 242 San Francisco 7 .500 251 285 St. Louis 6 .429 291 297 x-clinched division Sunday’s results Kansas City 31, Oakland 13 Pittsburgh 27, Atlanta 20 N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 13 New England 41, Miami 13 Indianapolis 17, Houston 10 Baltimore 20, Jacksonville 12 Buffalo 21, Green Bay 13 Carolina 19, Tampa Bay 17 Cincinnati 30, Cleveland 0 Denver 22, San Diego 10 N.Y. Jets 16, Tennessee 11 Seattle 17, San Francisco 7 Detroit 16, Minnesota 14 Dallas 38, Philadelphia 27 Today’s game New Orleans at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday’s game Tennessee at Jacksonville, 7:25 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 20 Philadelphia at Washington, 3:30 p.m.

San Diego at San Francisco, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 21 Baltimore at Houston, noon Detroit at Chicago, noon Atlanta at New Orleans, noon Minnesota at Miami, noon Cleveland at Carolina, noon Green Bay at Tampa Bay, noon Kansas City at Pittsburgh, noon New England at N.Y. Jets, noon N.Y. Giants at St. Louis, 3:05 p.m.

Buffalo at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 22 Denver at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s box scores

BILLS 21, PACKERS 13 Green Bay Buffalo

3 7 0 3 — 13 7 3 6 5 — 21 First Quarter GB–FG Crosby 45, 4:27.

Buf–Thigpen 75 punt return (Carpenter kick), 2:09.

Second Quarter GB–Lacy 1 run (Crosby kick), 14:14.

Buf–FG Carpenter 27, 8:04.

Third Quarter Buf–FG Carpenter 51, 9:21.

Buf–FG Carpenter 35, 4:18.

Fourth Quarter Buf–FG Carpenter 48, 9:23.

GB–FG Crosby 34, 4:51.

Buf–Robey safety, 1:51.

A–70,214.

GB Buf First downs 21 13 Total Net Yards 333 253 Rushes-yards 25-158 33-113 Passing 175 140 Punt Returns 2-5 2-75 Kickoff Returns 1-8 2-27 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 2-44 Comp-Att-Int 17-42-2 14-27-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-10 3-18 Punts 6-42.8 6-40.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 9-70 10-75 Time of Possession 27:02 32:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Green Bay, Lacy 15-97, A.Rodgers 3-27, Starks 4-19, Cobb 3-15.

Buffalo, Jackson 20-71, Dixon 6-26, B.Brown 4-20, Orton 3-(minus 4).

PASSING–Green Bay, A.Rodgers 17-422-185. Buffalo, Orton 14-27-1-158.

RECEIVING–Green Bay, Cobb 7-96, Nelson 5-55, Lacy 2-11, Starks 1-10, Quarless 1-7, D.Adams 1-6. Buffalo, Jackson 3-27, Chandler 2-22, Woods 2-22, Smith 2-1, B.Brown 1-40, Watkins 1-28, Gray 1-7, Hogan 1-6, Dixon 1-5.

MISSED FIELD GOALS–Green Bay, Crosby 53 (BK).

LIONS 16, VIKINGS 14 Minnesota Detroit

7 7 0 0 — 14 0 10 3 3 — 16 First Quarter Min–Asiata 2 run (Walsh kick), :16.

Second Quarter Min–Jennings 8 pass from Bridgewater (Walsh kick), 10:05.

Det–Tate 7 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 3:42.

Det–FG Prater 29, :00.

Third Quarter Det–FG Prater 30, 3:45.

Fourth Quarter Det–FG Prater 33, 3:38.

Min Det First downs 21 11 Total Net Yards 360 233 Rushes-yards 21-76 22-80 Passing 284 153 Punt Returns 2-37 2-14 Kickoff Returns 2-74 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-58 Comp-Att-Int 31-41-2 17-28-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-31 0-0 Punts 2-50.5 6-44.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 5-35 Time of Possession 34:43 25:17 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Minnesota, Asiata 11-36, Bridgewater 3-30, Tate 5-8, Banyard 2-2.

Detroit, Bell 15-62, Bush 3-7, Tate 2-5, Riddick 1-4, Stafford 1-2.

PASSING–Minnesota, Bridgewater 31-412-315. Detroit, Stafford 17-28-0-153.

RECEIVING–Minnesota, Rudolph 7-69, Asiata 7-50, Charle.Johnson 5-72, Wright 4-49, Jennings 3-43, Patterson 2-16, Ellison 2-9, Ford 1-7. Detroit, Tate 7-38, C.Johnson 4-53, Bell 4-41, Ebron 1-11, Bush 1-10.

MISSED FIELD GOALS–Minnesota, Walsh 53 (WR), 26 (BK), 68 (SH).

COWBOYS 38, EAGLES 27 Dallas Philadelphia

14 7 7 10 — 38 0 10 14 3 — 27 First Quarter Dal–Murray 1 run (Bailey kick), 12:46.

Dal–Bryant 4 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 3:04.

Second Quarter Dal–Bryant 26 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 11:56.

Phi–Polk 5 run (Parkey kick), 8:32.

Phi–FG Parkey 47, 1:48.

Third Quarter Phi–Polk 1 run (Parkey kick), 8:48.

Phi–Sproles 1 run (Parkey kick), 5:42.

Dal–Murray 2 run (Bailey kick), :39.

Fourth Quarter Dal–Bryant 25 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 12:48.

Phi–FG Parkey 43, 10:45.

Dal–FG Bailey 49, 4:37.

NBA | BULLS 93, HEAT 75

Dal Phi First downs 26 19 Total Net Yards 364 294 Rushes-yards 42-115 21-75 Passing 249 219 Punt Returns 1-(-1) 1-1 Kickoff Returns 5-94 5-75 Interceptions Ret. 2-8 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-31-0 17-28-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 4-33 Punts 5-41.0 3-52.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 11-79 8-95 Time of Possession 41:55 18:05 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Dallas, Murray 31-81, Dunbar 5-22, Randle 2-13, Romo 4-(minus 1). Philadelphia, McCoy 16-64, Polk 2-6, Sproles 3-5.

PASSING–Dallas, Romo 22-31-0-265.

Philadelphia, Sanchez 17-28-2-252.

RECEIVING–Dallas, Witten 7-69, Bryant 6-114, Beasley 4-42, Williams 2-19, Hanna 1-12, Dunbar 1-6, Murray 1-3. Philadelphia, Maclin 4-98, Celek 4-52, Ertz 3-32, Cooper 2-17, Sproles 2-8, Huff 1-44, McCoy 1-1.

College football Heisman Finalist Voting Player 1st 2nd 3rd Marcus Mariota, Ore. 788 74 22 Melvin Gordon, Wis. 37 432 275 Amari Cooper, Ala. 49 280 316 Trevone Boykin, TCU 8 45 104 J.T. Barrett, Ohio St. 0 19 40 J.Winston, Fla. St. 4 10 19 Tevin Coleman, Ind. 2 8 22 Dak Prescott, Miss. St. 2 4 28 Scooby Wright III, Ari. 0 4 13 Bryce Petty, Baylor 1 3 4

Total 2,534 1,250 1,023 218 78 51 44 42 21 13

Heisman Winners (x-vacated) 2014–Marcus Mariota, Oregon, QB 2013–Jameis Winston, Florida State, QB 2012–Johnny Manziel, Texas A&M, QB 2011–Robert Griffin III, Baylor, QB 2010–Cam Newton, Auburn, QB 2009–Mark Ingram, Alabama, RB 2008–Sam Bradford, Oklahoma, QB 2007–Tim Tebow, Florida, QB 2006–Troy Smith, Ohio State, QB 2005–x-Reggie Bush, Southern Cal, RB 2004–Matt Leinart, Southern Cal, QB 2003–Jason White, Oklahoma, QB 2002–Carson Palmer, Southern Cal, QB 2001–Eric Crouch, Nebraska, QB 2000–Chris Weinke, Florida St., QB 1999–Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, RB 1998–Ricky Williams, Texas, RB 1997–Charles Woodson, Michigan, CB 1996–Danny Wuerffel, Florida, QB 1995–Eddie George, Ohio State, TB 1994–Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, RB 1993–Charlie Ward, Florida State, QB 1992–Gino Torretta, Miami, QB 1991–Desmond Howard, Michigan, WR 1990–Ty Detmer, Brigham Young, QB 1989–Andre Ware, Houston, QB 1988–Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State, RB 1987–Tim Brown, Notre Dame, WR 1986–Vinny Testaverde, Miami, QB 1985–Bo Jackson, Auburn, TB 1984–Doug Flutie, Boston College, QB 1983–Mike Rozier, Nebraska, TB 1982–Herschel Walker, Georgia, HB 1981–Marcus Allen, Southern Cal, TB 1980–George Rogers, South Carolina, HB 1979–Charles White, Southern Cal, TB 1978–Billy Sims, Oklahoma, HB 1977–Earl Campbell, Texas, FB 1976–Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh, HB 1975–Archie Griffin, Ohio State, HB 1974–Archie Griffin, Ohio State, HB 1973–John Cappelletti, Penn State, HB 1972–Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska, FL 1971–Pat Sullivan, Auburn, QB 1970–Jim Plunkett, Stanford, QB 1969–Steve Owens, Oklahoma, HB 1968–O.J. Simpson, Southern Cal, TB 1967–Gary Beban, UCLA, QB 1966–Steve Spurrier, Florida, QB 1965–Mike Garrett, Southern Cal, TB 1964–John Huarte, Notre Dame, QB 1963–Roger Staubach, Navy, QB 1962–Terry Baker, Oregon State, QB 1961–Ernie Davis, Syracuse, HB 1960–Joe Bellino, Navy, HB 1959–Billy Cannon, LSU, HB 1958–Pete Dawkins, Army, HB 1957–John David Crow, Texas A&M, HB 1956–Paul Hornung, Notre Dame, QB 1955–Howard Cassady, Ohio State, HB 1954–Alan Ameche, Wisconsin, FB 1953–John Lattner, Notre Dame, HB 1952–Billy Vessels, Oklahoma, HB 1951–Dick Kazmaier, Princeton, HB 1950–Vic Janowicz, Ohio State, HB 1949–Leon Hart, Notre Dame, E 1948–Doak Walker, SMU, HB 1947–John Lujack, Notre Dame, QB 1946–Glenn Davis, Army, HB 1945–Doc Blanchard, Army, HB 1944–Les Horvath, Ohio State, QB 1943–Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame, QB 1942–Frank Sinkwich, Georgia, HB 1941–Bruce Smith, Minnesota, HB 1940–Tom Harmon, Michigan, HB 1939–Nile Kinnick, Iowa, HB 1938–Davey O’Brien, Texas Christian, QB 1937–Clint Frank, Yale, HB 1936–Larry Kelley, Yale, E 1935–Jay Berwanger, Chicago, HB

Bowl Schedule Saturday, Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl Nevada (7-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (8-4), 10 a.m. (ESPN) New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque UTEP (7-5) vs. Utah State (9-4), 1:20 p.m.

(ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl Colorado State (10-2) vs. Utah (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ABC) Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise Western Michigan (8-4) vs. Air Force (9-3), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) Camelia Bowl At Montgomery, Ala. Bowling Green (7-6) vs. South Alabama (6-6), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 22 Miami Beach Bowl BYU (8-4) vs. Memphis (9-3), 1 p.m.

(ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 23 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Marshall (12-1) vs. Northern Illinois (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego Navy (6-5) vs. San Diego State (7-5), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl At Nassau Western Kentucky (7-5) vs. Central Michigan (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Rice (7-5) vs. Fresno State (6-7), 7 p.m.

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College basketball Saturday’s results EAST Albany (NY) 77, Siena 68 Georgetown 76, Radford 49 Iona 91, Indiana St. 84 La Salle 65, Drexel 55 Pittsburgh 58, St. Bonaventure 54 Providence 79, Stony Brook 61 Rhode Island 83, Delaware St. 44 Robert Morris 75, Duquesne 59 UMass 75, Canisius 58 SOUTH Alabama 65, Tennessee Tech 53 Davidson 78, Niagara 58 Kentucky 84, North Carolina 70 LSU 76, Sam Houston St. 67 Maryland 67, SC-Upstate 57 Oklahoma St. 73, Memphis 55 Richmond 54, Howard 41 UNC Greensboro 80, ETSU 79 VCU 93, N. Iowa 87, 2OT VMI 92, Marist 77 Vanderbilt 81, Purdue 71 W. Kentucky 81, Mississippi 74 MIDWEST Bowling Green 67, Cleveland St. 57 E. Illinois 59, N. Illinois 55 E. Kentucky 73, IUPUI 64 Green Bay 64, Drake 48 Indiana 94, Grand Canyon 66 Kansas 63, Utah 60 Loyola of Chicago 58, Jackson St. 46 Middle Tennessee 62, Akron 61 Missouri St. 73, SE Missouri 61 Murray St. 81, Evansville 79

Saturday’s results Golden State 105, Dallas 98 Orlando 100, Atlanta 99 Portland 95, Indiana 85 Brooklyn 114, Charlotte 87 Milwaukee 111, L.A. Clippers 106 Memphis 120, Philadelphia 115, OT Houston 108, Denver 96 Detroit 95, Sacramento 90 Sunday’s results Golden State 128, New Orleans 122, OT Washington 93, Utah 84 Chicago 93, Miami 75 Oklahoma City 112, Phoenix 88 L.A. Lakers 100, Minnesota 94 Toronto 95, New York 90, OT San Antonio 99, Denver 91 Today’s games Boston at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Portland, 9 p.m.

Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s games Minnesota at Washington, 6 p.m.

Miami at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Dallas at New York, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

N. Dakota St. 71, North Dakota 42 Nebraska 56, Cincinnati 55, 2OT Notre Dame 83, Florida St. 63 Ohio 66, Alcorn St. 55 Ohio St. 87, Morehead St. 71 Oregon 77, Illinois 70 S. Dakota St. 87, Idaho 85 Saint Louis 67, SIU-Edwardsville 61 Saint Mary’s (Cal) 71, Creighton 67, OT Toledo 73, Arkansas St. 65 UNLV 75, South Dakota 61 Valparaiso 65, Ball St. 62 W. Illinois 78, Alabama St. 68 Wichita St. 77, Detroit 68 Wisconsin 86, Nicholls St. 43 Xavier 74, Missouri 58 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 69, Dayton 55 Oklahoma 87, Tulsa 68 Oral Roberts 86, New Mexico St. 83 TCU 68, McNeese St. 50 Texas 59, Texas St. 27 Texas A&M 81, Youngstown St. 63 FAR WEST Arizona 80, Michigan 53 Arizona St. 81, Pepperdine 74 Army 85, Southern Cal 77, OT BYU 76, Weber St. 60 Cal St.-Fullerton 65, Nevada 55 California 67, Princeton 57 Colorado 93, N. Colorado 68 Colorado St. 88, Ark.-Fort Smith 60 Fresno St. 63, Cal Poly 57 Gonzaga 87, UCLA 74 New Mexico 54, Louisiana-Monroe 46 Oregon St. 59, Mississippi St. 49 San Diego 85, New Orleans 60 Santa Clara 76, Washington St. 67 Seattle 54, San Jose St. 38 Stanford 49, Denver 43

Sunday’s box score

BULLS 93, HEAT 75 CHICAGO (93) Dunleavy 8-11 2-2 22, Gibson 5-8 5-5 15, Gasol 4-13 1-2 9, Rose 6-14 1-2 14, Butler 4-10 9-10 17, Hinrich 0-0 0-0 0, Mirotic 2-7 0-0 5, Brooks 3-6 0-0 8, Snell 0-1 0-0 0, Mohammed 0-0 0-0 0, Bairstow 0-0 0-0 0, Moore 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 33-71 18-21 93.

MIAMI (75) Deng 6-14 4-4 17, Haslem 0-1 0-0 0, Hamilton 5-11 0-0 10, Cole 3-10 4-4 10, Wade 7-18 2-2 17, Williams 1-4 1-2 4, Chalmers 4-12 2-4 11, Granger 1-6 2-2 4, Andersen 1-1 0-0 2, Ennis 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 28-80 15-18 75.

Chicago 14 25 33 21 — 93 Miami 18 14 16 27 — 75 3-Point Goals–Chicago 9-18 (Dunleavy 4-5, Brooks 2-3, Moore 1-1, Rose 1-3, Mirotic 1-5, Butler 0-1), Miami 4-22 (Wade 1-2, Williams 1-3, Deng 1-3, Chalmers 1-6, Ennis 0-1, Cole 0-2, Hamilton 0-2, Granger 0-3). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Chicago 51 (Gibson, Gasol 9), Miami 45 (Deng 10). Assists–Chicago 21 (Butler 5), Miami 12 (Cole 6). Total Fouls–Chicago 18, Miami 22. A–19,600 (19,600).

Sunday’s results EAST Boston College 63, Binghamton 49 Boston U. 71, Quinnipiac 68 LIU Brooklyn 65, NJIT 49 New Hampshire 63, Colgate 57 Penn St. 64, George Washington 51 Rutgers 63, Manhattan 55 Seton Hall 67, St. Peter’s 52 St. John’s 74, Fordham 53 Syracuse 71, Louisiana Tech 69 UConn 106, Coppin St. 85 UMBC 58, Longwood 53 Vermont 61, Wagner 47 Villanova 85, Temple 62 West Virginia 69, Marshall 66 SOUTH Clemson 72, Auburn 61 Coastal Carolina 57, SC State 43 Coll. of Charleston 58, Campbell 47 FIU 69, Florida Gulf Coast 63 Florida 79, Jacksonville 34 Jacksonville St. 79, Dartmouth 67 Louisville 68, UNC Wilmington 57 Old Dominion 85, NC A&T 48 Tennessee 67, Butler 55 UAB 79, UNC Asheville 71 Virginia Tech 65, Alabama A&M 55 Wake Forest 86, Samford 68 Wofford 55, NC State 54 MIDWEST Illinois St. 78, DePaul 72 Iowa St. 88, Southern U. 78 Kansas St. 73, Savannah St. 53 Michigan St. 87, Oakland 61 Milwaukee 73, Montana 58 Northwestern 101, MVSU 49 S. Illinois 65, Chicago St. 50 Wright St. 68, Miami (Ohio) 59 SOUTHWEST Kent St. 60, UALR 55, OT Stephen F. Austin 59, North Texas 48 Texas Tech 79, Prairie View 51 FAR WEST Boise St. 79, S. Utah 60 Portland 80, Sacramento St. 75 W. Michigan 80, Pacific 72 Washington 81, E. Washington 77 Wyoming 70, Montana St. 61

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 19 9 3 41 105 Detroit 17 7 7 41 92 Montreal 19 10 2 40 83 Toronto 18 9 3 39 103 Florida 12 8 8 32 64 Boston 15 13 2 32 76 Ottawa 12 12 5 29 76 Buffalo 12 16 2 26 56 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 19 6 4 42 94 N.Y. Islanders 20 10 0 40 96 Washington 14 10 5 33 85 N.Y. Rangers 13 10 4 30 82 Philadelphia 11 13 5 27 79 New Jersey 11 15 5 27 72 Columbus 12 15 2 26 71 Carolina 8 18 3 19 61

OREGON 77, ILLINOIS 70 OREGON (6-3) Benjamin 5-12 0-0 13, Cook 5-9 0-1 10, Brooks 9-15 6-7 24, Rorie 4-8 3-3 11, AbdulBassit 0-2 0-0 0, Bell 1-3 0-0 2, Benson 1-4 0-1 2, Young 5-12 3-3 15, Jensen 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 30-65 12-15 77.

ILLINOIS (7-3) Egwu 3-10 4-4 10, Hill 3-11 0-0 6, Rice 9-16 6-8 29, Nunn 2-5 2-2 6, Starks 2-6 0-0 5, Tate 2-4 0-0 4, Cosby 1-9 0-0 3, Black 1-3 3-4 5, Morgan 0-0 2-2 2, Colbert 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 23-64 17-20 70.

Halftime–Illinois 39-35. 3-Point Goals– Oregon 5-12 (Benjamin 3-5, Young 2-4, Brooks 0-1, Benson 0-2), Illinois 7-19 (Rice 5-7, Starks 1-4, Cosby 1-5, Egwu 0-1, Nunn 0-2). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Oregon 40 (Bell, Cook 7), Illinois 40 (Egwu, Hill 7). Assists–Oregon 20 (Young 5), Illinois 17 (Nunn, Starks 4). Total Fouls–Oregon 18, Illinois 18. Technical–Cook. A–13,759.

Top 25 fared 1. Kentucky (11-0) beat Columbia 56-46; beat No. 21 North Carolina 84-70.

2. Duke (8-0) did not play.

3. Arizona (10-0) beat Utah Valley 87-56; beat Michigan 80-53..

4. Louisville (9-0) beat Indiana 94-74; beat UNC Wilmington 68-57.

5. Wisconsin (10-1) beat Milwaukee 93-54; beat Nicholls State 86-43.

6. Virginia (9-0) did not play.

7. Villanova (10-0) beat Illinois 73-59; beat Temple 85-62.

8. Texas (8-1) beat Texas State 59-27.

9. Gonzaga (9-1) beat Washington State 81-66; beat UCLA 87-74.

10. Kansas (8-1) beat Georgetown 75-70; beat No. 13 Utah 63-60.

11. Wichita State (7-1) beat Seton Hall 77-68; beat Detroit 77-68.

12. Ohio State (8-1) beat High Point 97-43; beat Morehead State 87-71.

13. Utah (7-2) beat BYU 65-61; lost to No. 10 Kansas 75-70.

14. Iowa State (8-1) beat UMKC 73-56; beat Iowa 90-75; beat Southern 88-78.

15. Butler (8-2) beat Kennesaw State 93-51; lost to Tennessee 67-55.

16. Oklahoma (6-2) beat Tulsa 87-68.

17. Washington (8-0) beat Eastern Washington 81-77.

18. San Diego State (7-2) beat Long Beach State 60-59.

19. Maryland (10-1) beat North Carolina Central 67-56; beat South Carolina-Upstate 67-57.

20. Miami (9-1) beat Savannah State 70-39.

21. North Carolina (6-3) lost to No. 1 Kentucky 84-70.

22. West Virginia (9-1) beat Marshall 69-66.

23. Northern Iowa (9-1) beat Denver 65-55; lost to VCU 93-87, 2OT. 24. St. John’s (8-1) beat Fairleigh Dickinson 74-52; beat Fordham 74-53.

25. Notre Dame (10-1) beat Mount St. Mary’s 93-67; beat Florida State 83-63.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE GB — 7 9½ 14 15½ GB — 1 6½ 8½ 11 GB — 1½ 3½ 8½ 10½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 19 4 .826 Houston 18 5 .783 San Antonio 17 7 .708 Dallas 17 8 .680 New Orleans 11 12 .478 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 18 6 .750 Oklahoma City 11 13 .458 Denver 10 14 .417 Utah 6 18 .250 Minnesota 5 18 .217 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 21 2 .913 L.A. Clippers 16 7 .696 Phoenix 12 13 .480 Sacramento 11 13 .458 L.A. Lakers 8 16 .333

GA 69 87 79 77 87 91 95 83

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Saturday’s box score at Chicago

Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 18 6 .750 Brooklyn 10 12 .455 Boston 7 14 .333 New York 5 21 .192 Philadelphia 2 21 .087 Southeast Division W L Pct Washington 17 6 .739 Atlanta 16 7 .696 Miami 11 13 .458 Orlando 10 16 .385 Charlotte 6 17 .261 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 15 8 .652 Cleveland 13 9 .591 Milwaukee 12 12 .500 Indiana 7 17 .292 Detroit 5 19 .208

GA 82 79 79 85 74 78 81 91

GB — 1 2½ 3 8 GB — 7 8 12 12½ GB — 5 10 10½ 13½

Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 21 9 1 43 95 61 St. Louis 20 8 2 42 89 70 Nashville 19 8 2 40 78 57 Winnipeg 15 10 6 36 73 74 Minnesota 16 11 1 33 81 70 Dallas 11 13 5 27 85 103 Colorado 10 13 7 27 78 98 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 21 6 5 47 95 83 Vancouver 18 10 2 38 89 86 San Jose 17 11 4 38 90 82 Los Angeles 15 10 6 36 82 73 Calgary 17 13 2 36 95 85 Arizona 10 16 4 24 70 99 Edmonton 7 18 5 19 65 102 Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s results Ottawa 3, Boston 2, SO Columbus 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO Minnesota 4, Arizona 3, SO Philadelphia 5, Carolina 1 Buffalo 4, Florida 3, OT Toronto 4, Detroit 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Chicago 2 Washington 4, Tampa Bay 2 Anaheim 4, Winnipeg 1 Dallas 4, New Jersey 3 St. Louis 3, Colorado 2, OT N.Y. Rangers 5, Vancouver 1 San Jose 2, Nashville 0 Sunday’s results Toronto 4, Los Angeles 3, SO Chicago 2, Calgary 1 N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, late Today’s games Ottawa at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Tuesday’s games Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Carolina at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Boston at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

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

Edmonton at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s box score

BLACKHAWKS 2, FLAMES 1 Calgary 0 1 0 —1 Chicago 0 1 1 —2 First Period–None.

Second Period–1, Calgary, Hudler 12 (Gaudreau, Brodie), 4:27. 2, Chicago, Sharp 4 (Toews, Kane), 8:43 (pp).

Third Period–3, Chicago, Saad 7 (Toews, Hjalmarsson), 12:57.

Shots on Goal–Calgary 9-10-5–24. Chicago 7-11-10–28.

Goalies–Calgary, Hiller. Chicago, Raanta.

A–21,572 (19,717). T–2:17.

Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed OT Jah Reid on injured reserve. Signed RB Fitzgerald Toussaint from the practice squad.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Released LB Horace Miller. Signed LB Kevin Reddick from the practice squad.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed DE Kenneth Boatright from the practice squad.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released OT Curtis Feigt from the practice squad. Signed G Jarrod Pughsley to the practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINS — Placed DT Anthony Johnson on injured reserve. Signed DB T.J. Heath from the practice squad.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed NT Glenn Dorsey and LB NaVorro Bowman on injured reserve. Signed DB Marcus Cromartie and G Andrew Tiller from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Traded F Jeremy Morin to Columbus for D Tim Erixon.

Reassigned D Klas Dahlbeck to Rockford (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Reassigned G Jussi Rynnas to Texas (AHL). Recalled G Anders Lindback from Texas.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Recalled F JeanGabriel Pageau from Binghamton (AHL).

ECHL ALLEN AMERICANS — Released G Raphael Girard.

GREENVILLE ROAD WARRIORS — Released G James Beaver as emergency backup.

QUAD CITY MALLARDS — Loaned D Benjamin Dieude-Fauvel to Iowa (AHL).

COLLEGE DUKE — Announced men’s basketball F Semi Ojeleye is leaving the program.

MISSOURI STATE — Named Dave Steckel football coach.

TENNESSEE — Announced TE Daniel Helm, DE Dewayne Hendrix and RB Derrell Scott will transfer.

VMI — Named Scott Wachenheim football coach.

AP

Bulls guard Jimmy Butler (21) drives to the basket past Heat forward Chris Andersen (11) in the second half of Sunday’s game in Miami. The Bulls won 93-75.

Bulls find a way to beat the Heat Chicago now 11-3 on the road

BY STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer

MIAMI – Derrick Rose was fouled on a fast break, staggered off the court, and kept going out a tunnel.

He came back unhurt, but the Chicago Bulls hardly needed him.

Mike Dunleavy led a balanced attack with 22 points, and the Bulls overcame a sloppy start Sunday to beat the offensively challenged Miami Heat 93-75.

The Bulls had their lowest-scoring game since Nov. 21 and still won easily, building a 26-point lead in the second half. Dunleavy said the makeup of the team lends itself to scoring consistency.

“With what we have, there shouldn’t be many nights where we struggle offensively,” he said. “If the outside shots aren’t going, we have many ways to get inside, and we can push the ball. We’ve got a lot of options.”

Jimmy Butler had 17 points, Taj Gibson 15, and Rose 14 for the

Star of the game: Mike Dunleavy, Bulls, 22 points Up next: Bulls at Hawks, 6:30 p.m. today (CSN/1000 AM) Central Division-leading Bulls. They improved to 11-3 on the road, best in the Eastern Conference.

Miami leading scorer Chris Bosh (calf strain) missed a game for the first time this season, which left the Heat without enough punch or size to challenge Chicago.

Miami shot a seasonlow 35 percent, including 4 for 22 from 3-point range.

“A guy like Chris is irreplaceable,” said Dwyane Wade, who had 17 points for Miami.

The Heat’s point total matched their season low.

Chicago pulled away in the third quarter thanks to Dunleavy. He was shut out in the first half, but scored 19 points on eight shots in the third period, when Chicago outscored Miami 33-16.

NHL | HAWKS 2, FLAMES 1

AP

Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad (20) scores against Flames goalie Jonas Hiller (1) during the third period of Sunday’s game in Chicago. The Blackhawks won 2-1.

Blackawks extinguish Flames with late goal Chicago bounces back from loss

BY MATT CARLSON AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – Brandon Saad scored with 7:03 left in the third period, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Sunday night for their 12th victory in the last 14 games.

After motoring past Calgary defenseman Mark Giordano, Saad took a centering pass from Jonathan Toews and lifted a shot past Jonas Hiller’s glove.

Toews also set up Patrick Sharp’s powerplay goal, as the surging Blackhawks dealt the Flames their fifth straight loss. Chicago had won eight in a row before Saturday night’s 3-2 loss at the New York Islanders.

Jiri Hudler had his team-leading 12th goal for Calgary, which has

scored just eight times during its slide.

Sharp’s goal was his first since returning Tuesday from a knee injury that sidelined him for 14 games.

Sharp, who led Chicago with 34 goals last season, has four this year – all on the power play.

Chicago’s Antti Raanta made 23 saves while subbing for Corey Crawford, who is out with a foot injury. Rookie Scott Darling had started the Blackhawks’ last four games.

Hiller finished with 26 saves.

Before the game, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said he expected Crawford to return next weekend. Raanta and Darling have filled in quite nicely since Crawford was hurt while leaving a concert 2 weeks ago.

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CASA 15th Judicial Circuit (Lee/ Carroll/Ogle Counties) is seeking volunteers to advocate for children in the court system involved in abuse and neglect cases.

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BEAUTIFUL RIVER FRONT COTTAGE In Grand Detour on 1 acre in a beautiful secluded area on the Rock River.

Fully furnished 3BR, 1 ba. (new), 2 car garage. New roof on garage & house. Extra ½ acre lot, $40,000.

Will sell on contract with good credit, reasonable down payment. $145,000. No realtors please. Tell your Chicago friends about this river property as it is truly a special location. Call Jim 815-441-5179.

APARTMENTSFURNISHED 305 APARTMENTS UNFURNISHED 306 Attractive 1 & 2 apts. with BR. some utilities. Sterling & Rock Falls.

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ROCK FALLS FSBO- 8850 Winter St. RF, IL. 3BR, 2.5 Baths, partially finished basement, 1850 sq. ft. home.

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1 acre lot. Montmorency area.

815-441-2218

DIXON RIVER APARTMENTS 2 BR, 1 BA Starting at $505

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815-284-6782

WALNUT For Sale Real Estate 3.8 acres w/ 4BR house, barn, heated corn crib & heated 24'x75' machine shop. All for $110,000. Machine equipment shop also for sale. 815716-0328

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Newer 2 BR, apartment Fieldstone area: W/D hookup, appls. incl. Fireplace, garage w/opener. $625 mo., $500 dep.

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815-626-1431 or 815-631-5855 2 - 2BR apts., water & garbage included. No pets, Call 815-973-1743 2BR, $425/mo. + dep. & lease, No Pets, Call Vickie at 815-973-4444 Broker Owned 2BR, stove refrig., 1 car garage, $500/ mo. + dep. No pets 815-284-2921

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Avail. Jan. 1st. 2BR, Stove, refrig., heat & water inc. $550/ mo + dep. No pets.

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2BR in Prophetstown. $500/mo.

Renter pays utilities. Comes with garage and laundry in bsmt. Kophamer & Blean Realty 815-772-2728.

Sterling Rentals

Spacious 2BR apt.

Stove, refrig. furn.

Lease/dep. Req. $460/mo. Inc. sewer & garbage P/U. H&H Rental Properties LLC 815-625-7995

4BR 2BA full basketball court, pool, trampoline, $850 / mo. + utilities 815499-5548 Beat New Year Rush! 3 BR Ranch Nice! $650/mo.

Why Rent?™ 815-878-7399 Large, clean, quiet 2 story, 2BR, 1.5 bath. 1 car garage.

C/A. All applcs. incl. W/D. Nice area, walk to library & park. 521 W. 11th St. Sorry, no pets or Sec. 8. $650 + sec. dep.

630-902-1060

DIXON MANOR APTS- 2BR CLEAN QUIET, WALK TO DOWNTOWN, ONSITE LAUNDRY, APPLIANCES INCLUDED, HEAT, WATER INCLUDED. CALL ERICK 815-739-5806 Quiet 2BR, 2nd floor, new carpet, new paint, near downtown, $485/ mo. 815-262-0756 Quiet, 1BR. $375/ mo. + dep. 815440-1390.

MILLEDGEVILLE 2BR, In Milledgeville lower level, new carpet, W&D H/U, immediate occupancy, $375/ mo.+ dep. & ref.

Required. Call 815275-6600

ROCK FALLS 1 BR $375 Hampton Apts.

815-625-7043 Lg. 1BR. + appl.

No pets. $425 + dep. 815-718-1784 THICKSTEN APTS. 1 & 2 BR houses 815-499-4217

STERLING

1BR Studio Apartment.

Main St. Morrison. $550 everything included.

Kophamer & Blean Realty 815-7722728.

MT. MORRIS

(815)626-1431 1 BR Apts. No pets. Call 815-7160367.

1BR, $400 815-562-7368 Rochelle Realty

2 Bedroom Great Location

2 BR for $500 Water, sewer, garbage incl.

Coin W/D, No pets/ No parties.

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NORTHLAND PARK APARTMENTS Studio, 1 & 2 Bedroom Washer & Dryer Units Fitness Center Balconies / Patios Open House Daily

1 Br. All utilities, plus cable/Internet incl., $550/mo., Single room occupancy $400/mo.

Call Dave 815-732-7135

PROPHETSTOWN 2BR, 1 bath 109 E. 2nd St. Prophetstown. $500/mo.

Renter pays utilities. Kophamer & Blean Realty 815772-2728.

606 W. Lefevre 2 BR $535.00 1 BR $465.00 1 Studio $390.00 Partial Heat, Water, Sewer, Refuse Removal, Laundry Facilities, Satellite

RIVER RIDGE APARTMENTS

MORRISON 1BR Studio in.

Morrison. $550 everything included.

All appliances there! Kophamer & Blean Realty 815772-2728.

Newer 2 Bedroom $599.00 & Up Applcs., Fireplaces 2002 3rd Ave. 1836 First Ave.

1st Month FREE! Ca l Me 2-Rent 815)632-7368 (Loc ted d Behind Northland Mall)

2BR downstairs apt, stove & fridge furn., water & garbage fees incl., C/A, no pets, 1401 E. 4th St., $500/mo. + $500 dep. 815441-1912.

Efficiency, $370/ No pets. mo.

Close to down town and good location. Call 815632-9602 Free 1st mo. Rent.

Remodeled 1BR W/D $399/mo. + dep. No utilities inc. 815-757-6011 Near CGH & Rec. Cent. Nice 1BR garage, applcs., $425/mo. 1830 3rd Ave. 815-499-0199 Sinnissippi Townhomes First Mo. Free!

Spacious 2 BR. 2 story townhomes.

Central air, good location. Laundry hookup. (815)6261130.

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DIXON 2-3BR, garage, basement, applcs. furn., $545/mo.

815-562-7928 2BR Duplex w/gar.

Appl. + W/D & C/A, 815-973-0942 4 BR 2 BA, close to school, 3 car garage, some applcs., laundry hook-ups, fireplace, no smoking, no pets, $800 mo+ util, dep, ref, lease 815-652-3158 740 N.Jefferson.

2BR. $475 plus deposit. 815-5357153 Avail. Now! 4BR, 1.5 bath, 1 car garage.

Clean. $700/mo. + dep. due up front. Refs. req. 713 Washington, Dixon. Call 815-973-3078.

STERLING 907 Wilson. 2 BR. $550 plus deposit.

815-535-7153 Available Dec.13th 3BR Duplex, 111 7th Ave. $600/mo. + dep.

815-626-4776 Nice 3BR $700 2BR $600 svla.org 815-718-5488 Remodeled sm.

3BR 1BA a car garage, bsmt, no pets. $550/mo. + dep. 815-564-7669 RTO 2BR $49,900 $5,000 down.4413515.Agent owned.

MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

For sale or rent, redone 4BR, 2BA, Victorian, garage, C/A, corner lot. $93,900 or $850/ mo. **Be in by Christmas!** 815973-9641

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MORRISON Tall Pines Mobile Home Community

has a mobile home available for rent! $350$450. Call Kristine for details.

815-772-8943

Nice 3BR, 1 ba.

NE side. $725/mo. + dep. Non smoking, no pets. Call 815-284-1707

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ROCK FALLS 2BR Ranch, no garage, $600/mo. + dep., ref. required not pets.

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Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

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EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

Brechon Farm Services, Inc. is Now Hiring for Mechanics FT or PT $30/hr.

Send resumes to: 1270 IL. State Route 26 S. Dixon, IL 61021

Assistant Manager needed by the Dixon Branch of World Finance. Valid drivers license and auto required. This is a Manager Trainee position and career opportunity that offers excellent salary and a complete fringe benefit package. Promotion to manager possible within 15 mo. No experience necessary. For applications, visit World Finance at 106 S. Peoria Ave Dixon, IL 6021. EOE M/F/D/V Busy tax practice looking for fulltime Secretary from mid- January until April 15th.

Must be detail oriented, able to multi-task and enjoy working with people. Computer skills also required.

Please email resumes to: officejob@ comcast.net CNAs Wanted in Dixon & Sterling area. Contact Peak Medical Home Care 815-677-9223 Looking for fulltime help for snow removal (physical labor) Dixon area 815-288-6578

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Farm Worker A full time, entry level position mowing, string trimming, pressure washing, sweeping, cleaning, loading grain trucks, cleaning out grain binds, shoveling snow, etc.

M & R Farms 815-288-3136

Group exercise instructor with a focus on Silver Sneakers. M/W/F 8-11:30am. Temp position Jan-Mar, with substitute possibilities the remainder of the year.

Apply by 12/19 at www.srfymca.org or in person at SterlingRock Falls YMCA. EOE

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While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

We strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, when particularly dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is lispecifically censed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

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AREA GARAGE SALES 624 DIXON GARAGE SALES 624 9-5 Monday thru Saturday 217 Railway Road ½ mile E. of Nelson watch for signs, in heated barn, something for everyone!

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 Arlington Glass punch bowl, ladle, 9 cups & hooks $75 815-732-6530 Hand carved picture frame w/ glass Tramp Art 17”x15” $100 815732-6530 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

815-445-6151.

GUNS & ARCHERY

706

1960s Sheridan Blue Streak pellet rifle, very excellent, enjoyable shooting, a collectible, $250 815-499-5146

APPLIANCES

710

FOR SALE: Chest Freezer, elect.

Stove, refrigerator w/ freezer, Electric washer and dryer.

815-946-3765 or 779-348-4817 GE 30” freestanding convection gas range, self-clean, slate color $600 815-535-1866 Reliable, LIKE NEW used appliances, cmsappliance.net (815)626-1003

WOOD / FUEL

746

Firewood, Hardwoods, split & delivered. Call 815626-6875

FURNITURE

755

All Mattress Sets New in plastic.

Twin $99, Full $129, qu. $159, King $259. W/ Warr. Can deliver.

815-703-3688 FOR SALE: Craftmetic1 adjustable bed w/ heat in message, living room couch & chair,2BR dressers 1, 4 drawer, 1 6 drawers w/ mirror, end table/ cabinet, metal office desk, misc. lamps. Wall shelves and cabinets. Call for additional items. 815946-3765 or 779348-4817 Mattress sets: Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $199. Will deliver! Kern Mattress Outlet, call 309452-7477.

MUSIC INSTRUCTION

765

Give the gift of Music at Aireloom Studio in Mt. Morris Private lessons for guitar, violin, voice, harp, and more!

815-973-5697

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 PEEK-A-CHIN puppies, 3 sm. tricolored females left. $300 OBO. 815-994-0436 Wanted: Tea Cup Chihuahua, size adult, short hair, reasonably priced or free 815-5649022 after 2:00.

PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775 WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

Your pet will thank you!

TOOLS & MACHINERY

KRINGLE'S KORNER

Full/part-time, All Shifts Available Current IL License Required

To apply, contact Christy DeHaven, Director of Nursing 3601 16th Avenue • Sterling, IL 61081 (815) 626-0233 www.petersenhealthcare.net EOE

2 Harley's w/ Taz and Bugs cookie jar. $90 815-2845042 Pink Cadillac cookie jar, w/ 5 characters. $80.

815-284-5042

MISCELLANEOUS 796 FOR SALE (2) Sylvania portable color DVD players, like new. $95. 815-625-1606

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS

22” Evergreen Christmas wreath, like new $7 815441-4543 3 old Barbies 1962 & 1968 w/case & clothes. $50 all.

815-973-8899.

4 heavy metal gates (4x8), $90.

Call 815-631-6678

No person or business, unless properly licensed by the Illinois Secretary of State, may sell ticket(s) for any sporting event or otherwise, for more than the price printed upon the face of the said ticket(s).

Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

5 Anderson Windows, 68 1/2 L 33 1/2”W, (2x6 walls) $300 815-9463572 Antique doll- Germany marked, Walkure 1-46. $50.

815-973-8899.

Columbia Coat women's medium weight w/ hood green/gray like brand new. $40 815-441-4543 Complete 45 gal. aquarium set-up, well maintained $80 815-494-4591

SNOWBLOWERS 782 Snowblower 5 hp self-propelled electric start, 2 stage 20” width, $250.

815-625-1606

Commencing at a point on the Northerly line of Park Street, in the City of Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois, 83.6 feet Westerly from the intersection of the Westerly line of Hall Street and the Northerly line of said Park Street; thence Northerly parallel with the Westerly line of said Hall Street, 150 feet to the Southerly line of an alley; thence Westerly parallel with the Northerly line of said Park Street, 83.6 feet; thence Southerly parallel with the Westerly line of said Hall Street, 150 feet to the Northerly line of said Park Street; thence Easterly along the Northerly line of said Park Street to the place of beginning, being a part of Lot 4 Block 60 in Johnson's Addition and a part of Block “D” in Hall and Angell's Addition, all in the City of Morrison, Whiteside County, Illinois.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 502 W. Park St., Morrison, Illinois 61270 and which said Mortgage was made by: Caroline A. Schoaf and Charles N. Schoaf, Mortgagors, to Community State Bank of Rock Falls-Morrison, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Whiteside County, Illinois, as Document No. 2014-02455; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court: Clerk of the Circuit Court Whiteside County Courts Facility, Eastern Division 101 E. Third St. Sterling, IL 61081 on or before December 31, 2014, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. Dated: November 18, 2014.

Susan E. Ottens Clerk of the Circuit Court Whiteside County, Illinois Douglas E. Lee Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger Lee & Considine, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 215 E. First St., Suite 100 P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 (FAX) lee@egblc.com Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2014

Hot tub cover, Redwood color.

Good cond. $95 815-652-7655 Ice Fishing, hunting & camp equip., 2 compound bows, custom golf cart, 50 amp arc welder, 6 HP outboard, elec. tools, 2 kerosene heaters, gas space heater 815-677-3725 Jazzy power wheel chair. $2,400. Ex-

cellent condition.

630-709-1954

Karaoke Machine including new mic and 6 CDs, tv compatible. $60 815441-5612 Like new treadmill $200. Call 815631-6678 Meat slicer. $30 815-631-6678 New horse halter6ft. Matching lead rope. $10. 815772-3865.

Oak plant stand, 22”x15” dia., spiral legs, claw feet. $75 815-275-3131.

Sterling Pavilion is currently seeking caring, energetic, responsible individuals to work in the following departments: • CNA, RN/LPN • Housekeeping/laundry

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That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit:

Girls bike, Hello Kitty 16”. $30. Call 815-626-1878

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GE Refrigerator $95. 815-631-6678

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DVD player, portable for car w/case. $20. Call 815-973-8899.

Sterling Pavilion 105 E 23rd St Sterling, IL 61081

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CAROLINE A. SCHOAF, CHARLES N. SCHOAF, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 14 CH 126 ST NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY - MORRISON, ILLINOIS

Citifinancial Services, LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Dale W. Richardson; Penny Richardson; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; William P. Butcher, as Special Representative for Dale W. Richardson (deceased); Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Gregory W. Richardson; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Andrew J. Richardson; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Edward W. Richardson DEFENDANTS 11 CH 00219 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Gregory W. Richardson, Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Andrew J. Richardson, Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Edward W. Richardson That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 7 IN BLOCK 51 WALLACE AND GALT'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF STERLING, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 808 W. 6th Street Sterling, IL 61081 and which said Mortgage was made by: Dale W. Richardson executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to Citifinancial Services Inc, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Whiteside County, Illinois, as Document No. 6824-2008; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Susan E. Ottens Whiteside Courthouse 200 E. Knox Street Morrison, IL 61270

In Re the Estate of Patricia A. Folkers, Deceased, No. 2014-P-133 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Patricia A. Folkers. Letters of Independent Administration were issued on November 14, 2014 to Gary L. Folkers, whose attorneys of record are shown below.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Circuit Clerk of Whiteside County, 200 East Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois 61270, or with the representative, or both, on or before May 14, 2015, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/18-3), the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed.

GARY L. FOLKERS Independent Executor Thomas J. Potter Ludens Potter & Melton Attorneys for Executors 600 W. Lincolnway P.O. Box 360 Morrison, Illinois 61270-0360 Telephone: (815)772-2161 Fax: (815) 772-7440 E-mail: tipotter@lincolnwaylaw.com Dec. 1, 8, 15, 2014

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on or before December 31, 2014, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT.

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Ltd., exc. condition., new tires/brakes, leather int., power windows/ seats. 90,100 mi. $5,600

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601 IL Route 2, Dixon, IL 61021 Hours: Monday - Friday: 9am - 6pm Saturday: 9am - 3pm

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20+5 Gooseneck, 14,000lb. rated.

Good shape. $3500. Call 815716-0475.

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*Plus tax, title, license & doc fee. **75 Months @ 2.9%, includes tax, title, license & doc fee with approved credit.

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2002 Honda 350 Rancher, like new, w/ pwr. snowblade & chains $1,999; Wolverine 8 1/2 x 10 tilt snowmobile trailer $299. 815499-3200

Call, Stop in or visit our website saukvalley.com classifieds Janet of Dixon sold her 2001 Buick Century

Under $12,999!*

815-625-9600

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• 6-Industrial H.D. wall or pole mount 24” & 34” fans • 1-26” floor fan H.D. on stand - 2 - 110v A.C.’s • 2 ton port. floor jack - 2 48” chain link styled gates - metal window flower boxes - nice old time stair hand rail - old time (reddish) marble sink.

• 2-pair field glasses - 1 - Kirby upright vacuum • 100+ outdoor boxes of nicknacks, dolls, glassware out of the estate we’ve been working on!

• Breaker box & meter base • Ryobi roll-a-round “paint station” system - 6 amp battery charger, 12 volt oil changing unit • Large collection of misc. knives case - Sheffield etc.

• Large collection of beer steins - Old Style, Coors, Heineken, Budweiser, etc. Over 60 - all very nice!

• 2-tables full misc. new items - 20+ Barbie dolls • Large cardboard Pabst wall poster 41/2’ x 7’ • George Jr. rotisserie machine. 2 George Forman grill machines.

Auction City Sales Auctioneer: Lee Hollingsworth Phone 815-288-5814 IL. License #40000730

MOTORCYCLES

(815)499-3543 $$$$$$$$$$$$$

Maytag “Bravos” auto washer H.D. stainless steel tub, only 2 years old, very nice, 31 day “Windsor” grandfather’s clock 7 1/2’ tall like new! Dehumidifier, fancy Victorian styled cream colored sofa with carved walnut trim; baker’s rack, antique 4 drawer chest, vacuum, over-stuffed chair, Howard Miller grandfather clock, 4 pc. oak bedroom group (no box or matt), drop-lid writing desk, 54” Mitsubishi color T.V. ok, lots of silver-plated serving pieces, nice selection lamps & pictures, lots of misc. items

• 12 Volkswagen Jetta PZEV

• 06 BMW 525XJ All Wheel Drive, Like New $12,999* • 09 Mazda 6 Grand Touring New Tires, Like New $10,999* • 02 Chevy Traverse LT 5.3 Liter, Leather, New Rubber, No Rust! Very Clean, Won’t Last, Hurry!! $10,999* • 06 Mitsubishi Endeavor Diamond White, In Nice Shape $7,999* • 07 Pontiac Torrent Alloys, Extra Clean $7,999* • 06 Buick Rendezvous Super Clean $7,999* • 06 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T, 30+ MPG,Very Clean $6,999* • 04 Pontiac Montana Leather, Power Doors, New Tires, Local Trade $6,999* • 97 Oldsmobile 88 Sedan 3800 V6, Reliable Transportation, Local Trade $3,999*

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