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ShoDeen’s prior work questioned Progress of downtown DeKalb’s ‘square’ is part of Irongate debate By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – As ShoDeen and the DeKalb City Council grapple over the future of the planned Irongate development, some aldermen aren’t keen to move until they get answers about another proposed ShoDeen development. That would be the National Bank & Trust Square the Geneva-based developer touted years ago. So far, the only building to go up there has been the NB&T building at 130 W. Lincoln Highway. Sixth Ward Alderman Dave Baker described the current upkeep of the rest of the area as “disgraceful,” and said ShoDeen should not expect help from the city. ShoDeen

President Dave Patzelt said he needs tax increment financing assistance before he can move forward with the project. “Until a tax increment financing project is brought to the council, they shouldn’t have been expecting any money,” Baker said. I n 2 0 0 8 , S h o D e e n a nnounced its plan to create the “NB&T Square” – a sevenacre, mixed use development along West Lincoln Highway, between Walgreens and Pearl Street. Plans called for 90,000 square feet of retail space and 300,000 square feet of residential space, mostly in the form of condominiums. The plans generated excitement when they were announced, but the onset of the Great Recession changed ev-

erything. City Council members didn’t like ShoDeen’s subsequent proposal to convert the condos into apartments, DeKalb City Manager Mark Biernacki said. They also voiced disfavor with a strip mall at that spot. In public comments and in an interview, Patzelt said he doesn’t know what else to build on the property. “I don’t know what’s left. I need somebody to tell me what you want,” Patzelt said. “I really need them to tell us what they want.” Patzelt said TIF funds will be an absolute necessity. Because of the location, there are increased challenges and costs related to demolition, construction access, utilities and

stormwater. “It’s cheaper to do development in the green field than it is in the redevelopment zones,” Patzelt said. “Why didn’t the Hampton Inn go in downtown DeKalb? Why didn’t Olive Garden?” Not helping matters is the current economy, said Roger Hopkins, the city’s economic development consultant. Hopkins said banks will not make loans for a retail construction project that has an uncertain future. Until the council, developer and a lender can agree, the area likely will stay as it is. However, Biernacki said it was fortunate that the project stalled so early in the process. “In some regards, both the developer and the council are

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A sign Thursday touts a project by ShoDeen at the southeastern corner of the intersection of West Lincoln Highway and Pearl Street in DeKalb. fortunate that the project never did take off,” said Biernacki, referring to how a completed

building would have been affected by a collapsed economy. “We’d have an empty shell.”

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Ill. officials show their frustration The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday he’s as frustrated as most Americans with the repeated “doomsday scenario” involving the federal budget. Appearing with hospital researchers in Chicago on the day that $85 billion in automatic spending cuts were to take effect, the Senate’s No. 2 Democratic leader joined an effort by both political parties to blame each other for the problem when he pointed at House Republicans he said are not willing to negotiate. “You fix it with an election,” Durbin said. “Unfortunately, at this point, there is control in the House of Representatives by a group that invites this. They like this approach. I think it’s a mistake.” Illinois Republicans also were pointing fingers. U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam said in a video on his website that he heard from taxpayers who were worried about President Barack Obama raising taxes and questioned why Obama hadn’t met with leaders until Friday. Roskam said Republicans wanted “more thoughtful” cuts. “We don’t have to go back to the taxpayers yet again when there’s absurd examples of waste and fraud,” Roskam said.

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Lori Phelps (right), a kindergarten teacher at Lincoln School in DeKalb, receives a high-five from fellow teacher Jamie Hartwig during Friday night’s Bowl for Kids’ Sake event at Mardi Gras Lanes in DeKalb.

Fundraiser benefits county’s Big Brothers Big Sisters By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Thirteen-year-old Brandon West spent his Friday night volunteering his time and skills for the community. West, a student at Sycamore Middle School, came to Mardi Gras Lanes at 1730 Sycamore Road in DeKalb to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of DeKalb County during its 32nd annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser. A member of TBC Net’s bowling team, West said the event was the most fun he’s had while doing community service. Cohen Barnes, president and CEO of TBC Net in DeKalb, said contributing to events such as Bowl for Kids’ Sake and organizations such as Big Brothers

“Without a successful event, we really can’t keep a program like this around.” Courtney Dennison Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of DeKalb County

Big Sisters is important to his company and the community. “If the community is strong, it indirectly benefits us [as community members],” he said. Courtney Dennison, director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of DeKalb County, said all the money raised from the event stays in the community. The event continues today and Sunday at Mardi Gras

Lanes and March 10 at Idle Hour Lanes in Sandwhich. Dennison hopes to raise about $55,000 this year. The event brings in 60 percent to 70 percent of Big Brothers Big Sisters’ annual income, so it plays a major role in the future of the organization. “Without a successful event, we really can’t keep a program like this around,” she said. Before the Bowl for Kids’ Sake event, the organization encouraged each bowler to raise at least $75. Jill Tritt, a bowler for the Foster and Buick Law Group team from Sycamore, went above and beyond her goal, raising $205 for the organization.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today NICE Food and Clothing Center: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, by appointment other days at 346 S. County Line Road in Lee. This nondenominational food pantry serves the southwest part of DeKalb County and the southeast area of Lee County. 815-824-2228. It Is What It Is AA(C): 9 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church, 340 S. Stott St., Genoa. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. As Bill Sees It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Learning to Live Al-Anon group: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Newman Catholic Center annex, Normal Road in DeKalb. llc904@ hotmail.com. Narcotics Anonymous: 10 to 11 a.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. www. rragsna.org; 815-964-5959. Knights’ Saturday Burgers and More: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKalb Knights of Columbus Club: 1336 E. Lincoln Highway. Open to the public. Burger buffet: Noon to 2 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. The public is invited for lunch. Group Hope: Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road in DeKalb. This free support and discussion meeting is for NIU students and DeKalb community residents. Community facilitators are sought to volunteer to help others. Contact Dr. Charles Smith, 815-398-9628 or visit www.grouphope.org or www.dbsalliance.org. Lightning games: 1:30 p.m. at Genoa Veteran’s Club, 311 S. Washington St.; www.genoavetshome.us or contact Cindy at crmcorn65@yahoo.com or 815751-1509. Monthly community familystyle dinner: 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. seatings at Kingston United Methodist Church, 121 W. First St. Dessert is included. Donation is $9 for adults and $4 for children. Contact: Kingston UMC at 815-784-2010. Back to Basics AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at Cortland Methodist Church, 45 Chestnut St., Cortland. Last Saturday is open meeting. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. AA Speaker Open Meeting: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Saturday Night AA(C): 10 p.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Sunday 24 Hours a Day AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m. at Nehring Gallery, Suite 204, 111 S. Second St., DeKalb. Free admission and open to all. www. dekalbalumni.org. Sandwich Swings!: 4 to 6 p.m. at Plano American Legion Post 395, 510 E. Dearborn St., Plano. Singles welcome. Casual dress. Cash bar available. Admission is $5 a person. 815-570-9004. Society for Creative Anachronism armored fighting practice: 4:30 p.m. behind Stevenson North at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. For Middle Ages-Renaissance history re-enactors. Visit www.carraigban.org or call 815815-739-5788 or 815-986-5403. Bread & Roses women’s chorus practice: 5:45 to 8 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. For information, call Patty Rieman at 815-758-4897 or visit www.breadandroseschorus.org. DeKalb County Illinois NAACP Adult Chapter: 6 to 7 p.m. at New Hope Church at Twombly and Annie Glidden roads in DeKalb. Attendees discuss political, educational, social and economic equality to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. Contact: Kevin Chambliss at tiger39217@ yahoo.com or 815-501-7583. Steps And Traditions AA(C): 6 p.m. at Masonic Hall, Route 23, Genoa. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com. No Longer Hopeless AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor, DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore, DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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Man behind shirt has a great story Noah Currier, of Poplar Grove, started the company Oscar Mike that donates part of its profits to a foundation that helps disabled veterans. The shirt Currier is wearing in the photo caused some controversy this week when a teacher at Genoa Middle School asked a student to turn it inside-out. School officials have apologized.

EDITOR’S NOTE Eric Olson Noah Currier immediately recognized the T-shirt that 14-year-old Genoa Middle School student Michael McIntyre was made to turn inside-out this week. Currier is a 30-year-old, quadriplegic Marine Corps veteran from Poplar Grove. The company he started in his garage in 2011, Oscar Mike, made the shirt. “The reality is it was a Marines shirt, and everything the Marines do and stand for is about as patriotic as you can get,” Currier said. Currier served in the Marine Corps from 2000 to 2004. He found himself deployed to Afghanistan soon after the Sept. 11 attacks. After almost a year there, he returned for a few months to Camp Pendleton, Calif., then was deployed to Kuwait in Dec. 2002. His unit was one of the first to cross the border March 19, 2003, at the start of the war in Iraq. His deployment lasted only a few months longer before he returned to Camp Pendleton. Only a few days after returning, he was riding in a truck when the Marine driving it fell asleep behind the wheel. The vehicle rolled down a hill. Currier broke his neck. The armed forces paid for his physical therapy, but when it ran out, he and other troops wanted to keep going. Currier and another injured Marine came up with the idea of making T-shirts, which they sold around their hometowns. “We sold enough of those shirts to be able to go to another six months of physical therapy,” Currier said. After he retired from the Marines in 2004, Currier returned to Poplar Grove. The adjustment was difficult, he said. He had been a 6-foot 1-inch Marine in his 20s. He had been active, fit, strong. Now he needed a wheelchair. Then, some buddies talked him into attending the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic put on by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Disabled American Veterans in Colorado. He skied. It was transformative, he said. “It really changed my life forever, because I got to do something I didn’t think I’d be able to do again, and I loved it,” Currier said. “Once I did that, after that I started doing all sorts of stuff, being involved in all sorts of sports, going skydiving, things that got the wind in your face again.” Currier decided he wanted to help other vets in his situation. On Veterans’ Day 2011, he started Oscar Mike clothing company in his garage. Ten percent of the proceeds from T-shirt sales go to the Oscar Mike Foundation, which helps veterans participate in adaptive sporting events, he said. “Oscar Mike” is radio jargon for “On the Move,” which is exactly what Currier and the company’s seven employees want to help veterans do. Five of those working for Oscar Mike are veterans, Currier said. “Guys have to get to these events and it’s not cheap to buy plane tickets to Aspen and afford a week out there,” Currier said. “So where we feel we can pick up the slack is helping guys afford to get to these events.” In January, the company moved from Currier’s garage to a new space in Marengo. They have expanded to offer almost 100 products. The clothing and other merchandise isn’t available at any local retailers yet, but you can order direct from them online at www. OscarMike.org. I’d say that if there’s one good

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thing to come out of this story, it’s that Currier’s company will get some free publicity. Better people buy their armed forces clothing from him, than some outfit that makes them in Indonesia, Cambodia, or wherever. ••• Meeting with McIntyres: On Thursday evening, Currier hosted Michael McIntyre and his father, Dan McIntyre, at Oscar Mike’s office in Marengo. There he talked with them about what happened and gave them some more shirts. Dan McIntyre, 44, of Genoa, said he bought his son the shirt at the Boone County fair where he was gathering signatures on a concealed-carry petition. Dan McIntyre is the president of the DeKalb County Tea Party. “It was amazing, [Currier] gave more to me than I could ever give back to him,” Dan McIntyre said. “He’s already served the country very well. He was very nice and showed us around the building a little bit and introduced us to some of his employees and he gave us a couple of shirts, so it was really nice.” McIntyre said that he’s had no problem with any of his son’s teachers at the school, outside of this episode. He said he posted on the Rockford Tea Party’s Facebook page “GENOA KINGSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL OUT OF CONTROL” with a photo of the shirt and an explanation of what had happened without talking to anyone from the school about it, and the next thing he knew, he was talking to Fox News. McIntyre said his son only told him what happened after school had ended, and he didn’t think he’d be able to reach anyone when he found out. His venting spread like wildfire around the internet, as stories that inspire righteous indignation often do. ••• Give school a break: I love the mission of Oscar Mike. I think it should be OK to wear a “Marines” T-shirt to school (I wore worse.) But let’s take it easy on the teacher and the folks running the GenoaKingston schools, shall we? The school district, like all the others in our area, supports the armed forces and makes a point to honor them around Veteran’s Day. District 424 Superintendent Joe Burgess has said the teacher made a mistake, and the district issued a statement apologizing. They didn’t know about the incident until it hit the news through social media. I’m not naming the teacher in this column. She made a mistake, but there’s

no evidence she hates our freedom. I’m told that there already have been threats made against her. I find that disgusting, and I won’t contribute to it. Today in schools they conduct “lockdown” drills where they simulate a shooter running amok in the building. One Illinois school had deans firing blanks in the building. And the tools these despicable people use to commit these acts look a lot like the rifles displayed on the shirt. That’s the environment in which this mistake was made. Now, wouldn’t having a uniformstyle dress code prevent these kinds of tempest-in-a-teapot battles for all time? Oh, my, we have a bingo. ••• Worth considering: People in DeKalb said in a 2011 survey that they’d love it if they’d open an Olive Garden restaurant here. The city of DeKalb told the operator of Olive Garden, Darden Restaurants, that it would loan them $900,000 to demolish the old Small’s Furniture City building on Sycamore Road and convert the site into something suitable for a restaurant. The money would be repaid with sales-tax proceeds, which means it really wouldn’t have come out of the company’s pocket at all unless they didn’t do a bustling business. (Considering the survey results, it seems likely they would have.) This week, even though the city was willing to front them close to $1 million, Darden said no, thanks. The company has scaled back expansion plans and DeKalb didn’t make the cut. Why? Probably because there aren’t enough people to make it appetizing, even with the city willing to spot them all that cash. (No matter who eventually does try to build something there, they’ll be looking for the same financial assistance, incidentally.) In all likelihood, this was a decision made entirely based on numbers. And the population numbers here aren’t all that enticing. This episode is worth thinking about the next time we question whether DeKalb “needs” more housing. So long as the folks on city councils don’t approve just any collection of crackerboxes and make developers toe the line, making it appealing for more people to move to the area could be a help, not a hindrance.

• Eric Olson is editor of the Daily Chronicle. Reach him at 815-756-4841, ext. 2257, email eolson@shawmedia.com, or follow him on Twitter @DC_Editor.

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8CORRECTIONS An article on page A3 of Thursday’s Daily Chronicle about the Sycamore Rotary Club honoring John “Doc” Ovitz misspelled Eric Stice’s name. Stice is the president of the Sycamore Rotary Club. The Daily Chronicle regrets the error. ••• Accuracy is important to the Daily Chronicle, and we want to correct mistakes promptly. Please call errors to our attention by phone, 815-756-4841, ext. 2257; email, news@daily-chronicle.com; or fax, 815-758-5059.

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8NATION BRIEF Sinkhole swallows Fla. house, man presumed dead SEFFNER, Fla. – In a matter of seconds, the earth opened under Jeff Bush’s bedroom and swallowed him up like something out of a horror movie. About the only thing left was the TV cable running down into the hole.

Bush, 37, was presumed dead Friday, the victim of a sinkhole – a hazard so common in Florida that state law requires home insurers to provide coverage against the danger. The sinkhole, estimated at 20 feet across and 20 feet deep, caused the home’s concrete floor to cave in around 11 p.m. Thursday.

It gave way with a loud crash that sounded like a car hitting the house and brought Bush’s brother running. Jeremy Bush said he jumped into the hole but couldn’t see his brother and had to be rescued himself by a sheriff’s deputy who reached out and pulled him to safety. “The floor was still giving in and the dirt

was still going down, but I didn’t care. I wanted to save my brother,” Jeremy Bush said through tears Friday. Officials lowered equipment into the sinkhole and saw no signs of life, said Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Jessica Damico.

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Forum offers peek at Hopkins Pool plans By ANDREA AZZO news@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – A handful of DeKalb residents learned about plans to rebuild Hopkins Pool with new features, more parking and a new entry walk. Ideas for the new pool, slated to be ready for the 2015 season, also include a handicap-accessible entry into the pool, a diving well and a 10foot raindrop umbrella that will shower swimmers while in the water. DeKalb Park Board members want to spend about $5 million to rebuild Hopkins Pool on its existing footprint starting in August 2014, and are seeking opinions from the public. The money to rebuild the pool will come out of the park district’s capital budget program and will not require a

Local churches observe World Day of Prayer France, immigration featured By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com There will always be strangers and visitors in any community, and Elaine Goodwin wants to welcome all of them with open arms. The coordinator of women’s ministries at First Baptist Church of DeKalb, Goodwin was among the Christian women who marked Friday’s World Day of Prayer. “It’s such a neat time to have women of other churches coming together,” Goodwin said. “We don’t do it enough.” World Day of Prayer is a worldwide ecumenical movement of Christian women who observe a day of prayer on the first Friday in March. Every year, the World Day of Prayer has a different theme written by the women of a different country. This year, the country was France, whose World Day of Prayer committee wrote about immigration, and the effects it has on the country and its culture. As parishioners from eight DeKalb churches gathered at First Baptist, a similar event was held at Salem Lutheran Church in Sycamore. Led by Jenny Ruff, a member of Salem Lutheran’s council, the churchgoers read Bible passages and sang hymns on welcoming strangers into homes, churches and communities.

Carla Vanatta, the choir director and associate in ministry of Salem Lutheran, noted that both the United States and France have had issues with immigration. However, she described it as being her duty and the duty of her congregation to help those in need – whether they are known or not. “As a congregation, we try to not single out strangers, but find them a place of acceptance with no judgment,” Vanatta said. “That’s our calling.” Friday’s event also served as an educational opportunity at First Baptist for participants to learn about France itself. For Ruff, the entire experience served as a reminder of her youth. She lived in France during the summer after high school, and at one time was fluent in French. Now, her daughter is there on a study trip. “I’ve instilled a love of France in my children,” she said. Ruff said she and her family hosted three exchange students from Norway, Germany and Taiwan. “It’s helped us to experience what other cultures are like,” Ruff said. “We are always welcoming people into our home.” Next year, World Day of Prayer will focus on Egypt and the theme “streams in the desert.”

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brother, Matthew Ranken, died Wednesday at Kishwaukee Community Hospital. Their Chevrolet Cavalier was westbound on Route 64 near Peplow Road about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when it stopped for traffic, police said. A 1999 Ford Expedition driven by 28-year-old Benjamin Black of Sycamore crashed into the back of the vehicle. Black was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and driving without insurance, police said. The North School PTO is

collecting money for Ranken’s parents, Tonda and Larry Ranken, Superintendent Kathy Countryman said. Donations can be left at any Sycamore School District 427 school or sent to: North School PTO, 1680 Brickville Road, Sycamore, IL 60178. A memorial fund also has been established in his name: Matthew Ranken, in care of Unger Horner Funeral Home, P.O. Box 87, Rochelle, IL 61068, or in care of First National Bank and Trust of Rochelle. – Daily Chronicle

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proposed Hopkins Pool renovations n When: 9 a.m. today n Where: Hopkins Park Community Center, 1403 Sycamore Road, DeKalb n Info: If you are unable to attend but wish to be heard, email comments to ccapek@dekalbparkdistrict.com or call 815-7586663, ext. 124.

people on the deck, BerkesHanson said. The existing pool has a bathing capacity of 1,400. The new facility will also include more parking spaces, bringing the total to about 168. The DeKalb Park Board also is flirting with the idea of including a lazy river in the future, but it will not be included in the present plan because there is not enough money in the budget. Suggestions from the crowd in attendance Thursday included turning the grass into Astroturf to prevent flooding, adding a ladder to the side of the pool for lap swimmers, and cutting trees down to add more parking spaces. The board also suggested it could add parking on the other side of Dresser Road by the tennis courts.

8LOCAL BRIEF Efforts to help family of Sycamore crash victim SYCAMORE – North Elementary School parents are collecting money for the family of the 11-year-old fifth-grader killed Wednesday in a car crash. An 18-year-old Sycamore woman who also was in the crash remained hospitalized Friday evening. Teale Noble is in serious condition at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford two days after the crash that injured her and Nicholas Weber, 21, of Sycamore. Weber’s

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tax increase, said Cindy Capek, executive director for the DeKalb Park Board. The park district held one public information session Thursday, with a second session planned for 9 a.m. today at the Hopkins Park Community Center, 1403 Sycamore Road, DeKalb. The new pool will be smaller than the existing

one, but it will include more amenities. The tot pool also will be renovated, and more bathrooms will be added in the community center. “This pool addresses more diversity,” said Joan BerkesHanson, president of the DeKalb Park Board. “That big rectangle doesn’t.” The new design will fit about 600 people in the pool at one time, as compared with 750 people in the current pool. On average, only 450 people go to Hopkins Pool during an entire day. “We design the pool for typical use,” said Doug Holzrichter, president of PHN Architects. “When a new church is built, they don’t design for Easter Sunday.” The capacity for the new design would be 1,100 users. This number, called the bathing capacity, adds people who can fit in the pool itself plus

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Families kick up their heels St. Mary School invites parents for square dancing By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Instead of Catholic school uniforms, most of the students and teachers at St. Mary School in DeKalb wore cowboy hats, flannel shirts and jeans Friday. They had a good, old-fashioned hoedown. For the past two weeks, physical education teacher Colleen Tumminaro has been teaching the students how to do-si-do and line dance as a part of their square dancing lessons. Friday was the culmination of their efforts; parents and grandparents could watch or dance with their students. “This requires so much cooperation and coordination that if they don’t do their job, nobody else’s job is done,” Tumminaro said. Like the students, some parents dressed for the part. Al Saucedo came out Friday with his wife, Julie, to dance with their daughter, Maria, a fourth-grader. “She told me last night I had to come out and be her partner,” Saucedo said. “I am really surprised by how much she liked [square dancing].” Saucedo showed up in his red flannel shirt and cowboy hat, which he bought on vaca-

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Third-graders Brendan Sullivan (far left), Jenny Tsaras (center) and her father, John, promenade while square dancing during gym class Friday at St. Mary school in DeKalb. tion with his family in South Dakota. “We had all the gear, and we haven’t been able to use it until now,” Saucedo said. Tyson Shelley also looked like a cowboy while dancing with his daughter, Kennedy. In addition to his brown jacket and cowboy hat, Shelley completed the look with aviator sunglasses and a toothpick. “It’s kind of fun because I am certainly not a cowboy,” Shelley said. “I had

the chance to embarrass our daughter just a little bit and still have fun and keep her smiling and teach me to dance a little bit.” Tumminaro said square dancing had originally started as a joke. “It was just something I had been teasing the kids about, saying, ‘You know if you don’t behave, we’re going to do some square dancing,’ ” Tumminaro said. “And they would grumble and groan,

and I thought: ‘You know, why not? It’s fun, what the heck?’ ” Tumminaro was exhausted after a day of walking the students, teachers and parents through the different aspects of square dancing. She said she was glad to do something in gym that wasn’t competitive. “I’m really proud of all of the students,” Tumminaro said. “They really did a nice job today.”

Ill. House bans phones while driving By REGINA GARCIA CANO The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Drivers would not be allowed to use their cellphones while on the road under a measure the Illinois House endorsed Friday. The measure would force drivers to use hands-free devices or a speaker-phone feature for calls while motoring. A 64-46 vote sent the legislation to the Senate. Such a law could prevent accidents and fatalities by keeping drivers focused on the road, supporters said. “A hand-held cellphone is a huge distraction while driving a car,” said Rep. John D’Amico, a Chicago Democrat. D’Amico said 76 Illinois communities – including Chi-

Voice your opinion Should Illinois drivers be legally required to use speaker phone or a hands-free device if they talk on a cellular phone while driving? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com.

cago – already ban chatting and driving. Police would be able ticket drivers holding a cellphone under the proposed legislation, which makes an exception for motorists during an emergency. Opponents said the bill is unfair to people with hearing problems and those who can’t afford high-tech gadgets such as ear pieces or telecommunications systems built into au-

tomobiles. “Low-income individuals in the state are going to have a hard time, particularly people who are unemployed, because this is not cheap technology,” said Rep. Jim Durkin, a Republican from Western Springs. Others argued the bill represents undue government intervention into private practices. Rep. Dennis Reboletti, R-Elmhurst, said such a law could lead to other regulations restricting motorists. “What about shaving, eating McDonalds, having children in the back seat?” Reboletti said. As many as 80 percent of the more than 220 million people in the United States who subscribe to wireless services use their phones while driv-

ing, according to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Ten states – including California, New York and West Virginia – and Washington D.C. ban hand-held phone use by all drivers. Illinois lawmakers banned texting while driving in 2009. Since then, D’Amico said, more than 3,500 have been cited for violating the law. Critics questioned whether that law and the potential ban on hand-held phone use will be enforced. “Every direction you look there’s people texting while driving,” said Rep. Anthony DeLuca, a Democrat from Chicago Heights. “What reason do we have to believe that it’s going to be enforced.”

IDOT OKs closing Route 38 for Corn Fest DAILY CHRONICLE DeKALB – Corn Fest organizers have cleared their last hurdle to moving the festival back to downtown DeKalb. They received notice Friday that Illinois Department of Transportationofficialsagreed to close Route 38 for the festival during Labor Day weekend, Corn Fest chairwoman Lisa Angel said. Lincoln Highway

will be closed between First and Fourth streets from 3 p.m. Aug. 29 to 9 p.m. Sept. 1. Angel said she and other organizers were thrilled. “We would like to thank the city of DeKalb for their help to make this relocation a success,” Angel said. “We would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to [Airport Manager] Tom Cleveland and all the tenants at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Air-

8POLICE REPORTS Editor’s note: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

DeKalb city Jason H. Webster, 40, of the 500 block of East Main Street in Rockford, was arrested Thursday, Feb. 28, on an Ogle County warrant for traffic violations. Jamika C. Smith, 19, of the 0-99 block of Northernview Court in

port who not only allowed us to hold the fest at their airport but helped in any way possible to make it a success.” Angel works for Shaw Media, which publishes the Daily Chronicle. Corn Fest was held in downtown DeKalb for 30 years until the organizers moved it to DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport in 2008. At that time, the city was renovating down-

town. On Feb. 1, festival organizers announced they wanted to move it back downtown. The festival also was held near move-in day for Northern Illinois University students, but organizers want to push it back this year to Labor Day weekend. City officials wanted the change so they didn’t have to juggle resources between the festival and move-in day.

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CHICAGO – An autopsy on the exhumed body of a Chicago lottery winner poisoned with cyanide yielded no significant new clues about his death, the Cook County medical examiner said Friday. No remaining cyanide was found in samples of Urooj Khan’s body tissue, likely because cyanide breaks down over time, and there was nothing notable from tests on his stomach contents, Stephen Cina told reporters.

CHICAGO – Taxes on cigarettes sold in Cook County are going up by one dollar a pack. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said the tax, which took effect Friday, is expected to generate more than $25 million annually for the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. She said higher taxes also will help lower smoking rates, including by discouraging people from starting.

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8OBITUARIES CHARLES A. HADERER Born: March 28, 1921, in Burlington, Ill. Died: Feb. 26, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Charles A. Haderer, 91, of DeKalb, Ill., formerly of Leland, passed away Feb. 26, 2013, at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb. Born March 28, 1921, on the family farm in Burlington, the son of Albert and Anne (Conro) Haderer, he married Barbara Stahl on May 13, 1939. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Seabee during World War II with the 8th Naval Construction Battalion Special and the 20th North Carolina Regiment. He was an active member of the American Legion for 65 years. Charles worked for Baker Inc. in Shabbona and Leland before pursuing a career in construction. He was an avid golfer who achieved several holes-in-one during his lifetime. He and Barbara retired to Fountain of the Sun in Mesa, Ariz., in 1983, where he enjoyed countless hours on the course with his golfing buddies. He kept busy helping friends and neighbors with odd jobs and always will be remembered as a man who could fix anything. He is survived by his wife of 73 years, Barbara; two daughters, Judith Hogan and Marianne Shepherd; five grandchildren, Jill (Sal) Buhagiar, Kenneth (Michelle Hamby) Hogan, Suzanne (Scott Slagle) Hogan, Lisa (Andrew) Shepherd Jenkins and Kimberly (Edward) Bartels; three greatgrandchildren, Joshua Hogan, Jacob Hogan and Rachel Bartels; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother; sister; and two sons-in-law. Graveside services will be at a future date at Leland Cemetery. Details will be published when arrangements are finalized. Arrangements were completed by Jacobson Funeral Home in Shabbona. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/dailychronicle.

PHYLLIS MARIE LARSON GENOA – Phyllis Marie Larson, 83, of Genoa, Ill., passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. Arrangements are pending at Slater-Butala Funeral Home of Genoa. For information or to sign the online guest book, visit www. View a complete list of Daily Chronicle obituaries by clicking on the calendar dates

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MATTHEW RICHARD ‘MATT MAN’ RANKEN Born: Dec. 15, 2001, in Geneva, Ill. Died: Feb. 27, 2013 SYCAMORE – Matthew Richard “Matt Man” Ranken, born Dec. 15, 2001, in Geneva, Ill., to loving parents Tonda and Larry Ranken, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. He was the beloved younger brother of Nicholas and Christopher Weber and Aaron Ranken. Matthew attended North Elementary School in Sycamore as a fifthgrader. Matthew was a spirited young man who was befriended and loved by all who knew him. He loved playing and watching sports, especially the Chicago Bears, and in his parents’ eyes, he was the greatest football player on the field. He also enjoyed video games, hunting, fishing, sledding and playing in the outdoors. Survivors include his grandparents, Arlene and Wesley Scott and Janice and Ferrell Kennedy; aunts, Tina Scott, Tammy (Bill) Dean, Kathy (Rick) Tyner, Cindy Oleson, Deanne Pratt, Carolyn (John) Schindewolf, Dana (Joe) Williams, Donna (Terry) Johnson and Tyanne Kennedy-Etes; uncles, Steve Scott and John (Barb) Kennedy; and cousins, Valarie, Brandon, Jamie, Robert, Katelyn, Samantha, Farrah, Dwayne, Hayley, Jeremy, Timothy, Terry, Kyle, Melissa, Michael, Carisa, Bryant, Jonathon, Kevin, Dereck, Megan, Jacob, Danielle, Crista, Damon, Alex, Michael, Jeremy II and Tyler. He also was loved and adored by many other friends and family. His parents want him to know that his Mommy and Daddy love him very much. The visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Unger Horner Funeral Home, 400 N. Sixth St., Rochelle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, March 4, at First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle, with the Rev. Bill Landis officiating. Burial will be at Lawnridge Cemetery in Rochelle. A memorial has been established in his name, Matthew Ranken, in care of Unger Horner Funeral Home, P.O. Box 87, Rochelle, IL 61068; or in care of First National Bank and Trust of Rochelle. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/dailychronicle.

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No budging as budget reductions enacted By DAVID ESPO The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Gridlocked once more, President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders refused to budge in their budget standoff Friday as $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts bore down on individual Americans and the nation’s stillrecovering economy. “None

of this is necessary,” said the president after a sterile White House meeting that portended a long standoff. Obama formally enacted the reductions a few hours before the midnight deadline required by law. Yet their impact had been felt thousands of miles away well before then. In Seattle, the King County Housing Authority announced it had stopped issuing housing

vouchers under a federal program that benefits “elderly or disabled households, veterans, and families with children.” The president met with top lawmakers for less than an hour at the White House, then sought repeatedly to fix the blame on Republicans for the broad spending reductions and any damage that they inflict. “They’ve allowed these cuts to happen because they refuse to

budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit,” he said, renewing his demand for a comprehensive deficit-cutting deal that includes higher taxes. Republicans said they wanted deficit cuts, too, but not tax increases. “The president got his tax hikes on Jan. 1,” House Speaker John Boehner told reporters, a reference to a $600 billion increase on higher wage

earners that cleared Congress on the first day of the year. Now, he said after the meeting, it is time take on “the spending problem here in Washington.” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was equally emphatic. “ I will not be part of any back-room deal, and I will absolutely not agree to increase taxes,” he vowed in a written statement. At the same time they

clashed, Obama and Republicans appeared determined to contain their disagreement. Boehner said the House will pass legislation next week to extend routine funding for government agencies beyond the current March 27 expiration. “I’m hopeful that we won’t have to deal with the threat of a government shutdown while we’re dealing with the sequester at the same time,” he said.

Cardinals takeover Vatican, church The camerlengo, or chamberlain, takes over the day-today running the Holy See as soon as the papacy ends.

By NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – The Vatican took the first steps of governing a Catholic Church without a pope on Friday, making some ceremonial and practical moves to formalize the end of one pontificate and prepare for the conclave to start the next. Benedict XVI’s resignation Thursday opened what is known as the “sede vacante” or “vacant see” – the transition period between papacies when a few key Vatican officials take charge of running the church. The dean of the College of Cardinals formally summoned his fellow “princes” of the church to Rome for an initial pre-conclave meeting Monday – something of a formality given that many of them are already here. But in a letter Friday, Cardinal Angelo Sodano also made clear that the conclave date won’t be set until they have all arrived, meaning it may still be some time before

THE DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS: Cardinal Angelo Sodano. The dean is the senior member of the College of Cardinals, the so-called “princes” of the church whose main task is to elect a pope. The dean oversees the pre-conclave meetings, at which the problems of the church are discussed, and has duties inside the conclave itself, including asking the newly elected pontiff if he accepts the job. AP photo

In this photo provided Friday by the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State (at center with red skull cap), officially takes over the vacant See as camerlengo, chamberlain, before sealing Pope Benedict XVI’s apartment. a date is set. Separately, the deputy to the camerlengo – who administers the Vatican during the transition – took symbolic possession of one of the papal basilicas in Rome. For obvious reasons, the camerlengo will not take possession of

the main papal residence outside Rome – Castel Gandolfo – since that is Benedict’s current retirement home. Here are the top figures who will run the church in the coming days: THE CAMERLENGO: Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.

THE MASTER OF LITURGICAL CEREMONIES: Monsignor Guido Marini. The master of liturgical ceremonies runs the religious side of the conclave and the installation Mass for the new pope, all of them carefully choreographed rituals. THE PROTO-DEACON: Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran. The proto-deacon’s main task is to announce to the world that a pope has been elected. Inboden’s Own

2nd arrest in Silver Star Motors case By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com The office manager of Silver Star Motors in Cortland remained in the DeKalb County Jail on Friday afternoon in connection with a handful of identity theft cases. Eric M. Wrigley, 29, of the 1200 block of Christopher Court in Elgin, was arrested Thursday in Palatine by Prospect Heights police. He was arrested on a DeKalb County warrant alleging eight counts of identity theft. His bond was set at $350,000, which requires him to

post $35,000 to be released while the case is pending. His arrest came weeks after Silver Star Motors owner Terry Morrow Jr. was charged with 25 counts of identity theft Jan. 29. Seven of these cases involve DeKalb County residents. DeKalbCounEric M. ty Chief Deputy Wrigley Gary Dumdie said Wrigley was mainly an accomplice to Morrow’s fraudulent activity. Some of Wrigley’s

alleged victims overlapped with Morrow’s, and three were DeKalb County residents, Dumdie said. Morrow also has been charged with 18 cases of identity theft in Missouri, where he lived before opening Silver Star Motors in April. Dumdie said it is still unknown whether Wrigley was involved in Morrow’s identity theft cases in Missouri. But he said the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office would continue to work with the Missouri Attorney General’s Office and Missouri police departments.

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In death, Facebook photos could fade away forever By LAUREN GAMBINO The Associated Press BEAVERTON, Ore. – A grieving Oregon mother who battled Facebook for full access to her deceased son’s account has been pushing for years for something that would prevent others from losing photos, messages and other memories – as she did. “Everybody’s going to face this kind of a situation at some point in their lives,” said Karen Williams, whose 22-year-old son died in a 2005 motorcycle accident. The Oregon Legislature responded and took up the cause recently with a proposal that would have made it easier for loved ones to access the “digi-

tal assets” of the deceased, only to be turned back by pressure from the tech industry, which argued that both a 1986 federal law and voluntary terms of service agreements prohibit companies from sharing a person’s information – even if such a request were included in a last will and testament. Lobbyists agree the Stored Communications Act is woefully out of date but say that until it’s changed, laws passed at the state level could be unconstitutional. “Everybody wants to do the right thing, but the hard legal reality is the federal communications act,” said Jim Hawley, a vice president at TechNet, an industry group that represents companies such as

Google and Microsoft. Oregon lawmakers moved ahead anyway with a proposal that would have given “digital assets” – everything from photos to intellectual property and banking information – the same treatment as material property for estate purposes. “I think it’s time for us to really look at what we can do now,” said Democratic Sen. Floyd Prozanski after hearing Williams testify about her loss last month. Two weeks later, however, language in the bill that would have covered social media accounts, from Facebook to Flikr, was stripped as tech lobbyists said the federal law and company privacy policies trumped anything that the bill

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Continued from page A1 She said the secret to getting pledges was simple: Just ask. “The worst they can say is no,” she said. Big Brothers Big Sisters hit a fundraising low a few years ago, but leaders hope to increase their funds, Dennison said. She also hopes more people will not only donate money but also their time. She said the organization is always looking for volunteers to be “Bigs,” or mentors for nearly 50 children currently on the waiting list. Some of the children have been on the list for more than three years. “I think the need is at a really high point,” she said. Dennison, who’s been a mentor for about six years, said the children in the community greatly benefit from

would have included. “I recognize the emotional toll these types of decisions can have on a family who’s lost a loved one,” Prozanski said Thursday. “But some of these issues may have to be addressed when we have more information than we currently have.” Still, the problem persists and discussions on the issue are gaining momentum. As unlikely as it might be, even if a person willingly gives over login and password information to someone whom they authorize to access a given digital account, it would violate most terms of service agreements and both people could be charged with cybercrimes under current law.

“We need to be better, smarter and more clever about how we’re spending the money,” he said. Durbin’s remarks came at a news conference focusing on the impact of $1.6 billion in automatic spending cuts at the National Institute of Health, just one of the many agencies affected by the federal budget reduction. Illinois is the 10th largest recipient of NIH money and could lose roughly $38 million, Durbin said. The cuts could lead to the loss of

727 jobs, he said. “We have lived the last two years and three months with this doomsday scenario recurring time after time: threatened government shutdowns, threatened economy shutdowns, threats on the fiscal cliff, threats on sequestration,” Durbin said. “This is no way to run a government and it’s no way to run a great nation.” Researchers from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Lurie Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago joined Durbin in calling for a compromise

ers Big Sisters is extremely important to our community,” she said. To become a “Big,” fill out an online application at realsolutionstoday.org or contact Laura Nolan at 815-758-8616.

that preserves funding for research. “For basic research, the sequester is a move in the wrong direction,” said Jay Walsh, vice president of research at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, who urged the president and Congress to more strategically deal with the budget deficit. Durbin said there was “no doubt in my mind that some of the cuts to medical research will have a direct impact on lives and the quality of life. We’re talking about cancer research. We’re talking about treating diabetes. These are deadly diseases.”

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California dreamin’ of ‘level playing field’ LOS ANGELES – It was Academy Awards weekend in the nation’s entertainment capital, and the 1 percenters were out in force. Wealth displays were running riot; robust consumption was the philosophical standard. I stayed at the legendary Hotel Bel-Air, a place where a cheeseburger and fries costs more than $30. Business is good. For most guests, money is no concern. They have it; they spend it. Life for the swells is sweet – or at least they want you to think it is. President Obama has little use for these wealthy people, but strangely, many of them fervently love him for despising their circumstances. Unlike Bill Clinton, who couldn’t get enough West Coast “hospitality,” Obama takes their political donations and gets out of town faster than Wile E. Coyote. He knows show business is a shallow pit where almost everyone is disposable. Above all, the president is a social justice man. And despite all the liberal celebrity blather, social justice is not exactly a top priority in the elegant salons of Beverly Hills, where hair treatments can run a thousand bucks.

VIEWS Bill O’Reilly It must be hard for the president to cozy up to people who spend $20,000 on a weekend vacation after his experience living on the South Side of Chicago. True compassion for the underprivileged must extend further than celebrity fundraisers at Spago, and the president knows it. It is certainly difficult for good, selfless people to defend the excesses of capitalism, and Obama has capitalized on the resentment. He has seized the greed to fund his dream of a level playing field by demanding the wealthy pay “their fair share.” The president is going to take as much money from the affluent as he can before he leaves office. He has turned the White House into Sherwood Forest – taxing the rich and redistributing the cash to the less well off. But the unintended consequences of the money grab have escaped the president. The folks who drive the economy don’t

trust him. Banks continue to sit on billions in cash that could be loaned to expand the economy. Many small-business owners are actually cutting back their payrolls because of the massive Obamacare regulations. So instead of encouraging the private marketplace to create opportunities for Americans, Obama is actually strangling upward mobility. This defeats his purpose of economic justice, and the rising debt he is championing may, in the end, crush the underclass. All of this is far too complicated for many show-biz types to absorb. It is much easier to feel than to think. And they feel much better about their $100,000 cars when they cheer for the social justice president. But like Hollywood itself, America’s current fiscal situation is primarily smoke and mirrors. And believe me, there is no wizard behind the curtain.

• Veteran TV news anchor Bill O’Reilly is host of the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” and author of the book “Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama.”

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Thumbs up: To John “Doc” Ovitz, whom the Sycamore Rotary Club honored this week for his lifetime of service to the club and community by giving him the Rotary Foundation District Service Award. Rotary Club members complimented the 99year-old retired physician for his philanthropy with community causes such as Sycamore’s log cabin project and Pumpkin Festival. In addition to the Sycamore Rotary, he was a member of the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the local school board. The Rotary Club also designated its award for Rotarian of the Year as the John W. Ovitz Rotarian of the Year award. Such recognition seems beyond appropriate for his contributions, and we tip our hats to him as well. Thumbs down: To our “boy who cried wolf” federal government. We’ve endured years of inaction, months of talk about the fiscal cliff, sequestration and the possibility of a government shutdown. Enough is enough. Everyone in this mess needs to stop campaigning, get off the talk show circuit and get real work done. The United States is a great country being turned into a laughingstock by a government so collectively inept it defies explanation. Thumbs up: To 12-year-old Matthew Rogers who correctly spelled “megalopolis” to win the DeKalb County Spelling Bee last Saturday at Kishwaukee College. This year’s competition included 21 thirdthrough eighth-grade students from DeKalb County schools and lasted 14 grueling rounds. Matthew, a seventh-grader at Sycamore Middle School, will travel to Washington D.C. for the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Way to go Matthew. Good luck in D.C. Thumbs down: To fewer places to shop. In the shadow of the shuttered Old Navy store on Sycamore Road, the Hallmark store and Caribou Coffee closed their doors recently, and Deals is slated to close March 17. As the sluggish economic recovery drags on, it’s a tough climate for doing business. There is always concern over empty downtown storefronts, but judging by the number of empty spots along the Route 23 business corridor, it’s hard to maintain the old argument that Sycamore Road is stealing businesses from downtown DeKalb. Thumbs down: To the lost opportunity to bring Olive Garden to Sycamore Road in DeKalb. Darden Restaurants, the corporation that operates Olive Garden, announced this week it was halting plans to open a new location at 2211 Sycamore Road, on the site of the now-closed Small’s Furniture City. The City of DeKalb had offered Darden a $900,000 tax increment financing loan to demolish the old building and make the site suitable for a restaurant location. Olive Garden is the restaurant that most residents said they would like to see in the city in a 2011 survey.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Democrats must be smarter on entitlements Banks no help By JONATHAN ALTER In a season of depressing budget news, the worst may have been that a majority of U.S. House Democrats signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to oppose any benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicare, Medicaidandotherentitlements. That’s the last thing we need. To hold the line on harmful cuts to discretionary spending, Obama and the Democrats must educate the public about the necessity of entitlement reform. Otherwise, the poor and needy – largely spared by the automatic reductions under sequestration – will get hit much harder down the road. Liberals are right to reject Republican proposals that would slash social-welfare programs even as they refuse to consider closing tax loopholes for the wealthy. And I agree that the sequestration will cut into the bone of important government functions and investments in the future. That makes two more reasons to start talking seriously about how we will pay for the insanely expensive retirement of the baby boomers. How expensive? Anyone reaching retirement age in the next 20 years (including me) will take more than three times as much out of Medicare as he or she contributed in taxes. By 2030, the United States will have twice as many retirees as in 1995, and

Social Security and Medicare alone will consume half of the federalbudget,withtheotherhalf going almost entirely to defense and interest on the national debt. It’s unsustainable. If Democrats don’t want to talk about these programs, they can say goodbye to every other pet program. We can preserve Medicare in amber only at the expense of investments in prekindergarten programs or cancer research. To reform entitlements, we should assess what these programs were meant to do in the first place. President Franklin D. Roosevelt didn’t have strong feelings about benefit levels, retirement ages or eligibility standards. He focused on what he called guaranteed return. By that he meant that having paid into the system through a kind of insurance premium (though in fact it was merely a payroll tax), Americans should rest easy that some money would be there for them if they lived long enough to need it. The whole point was “insurance against need.” “Guaranteed return” and “insurance against need” should continue to be the two guiding principles of social-insurance reform. “Guaranteed return” means no privatization or voucher system for these programs. FDR would have strongly opposed President George W. Bush’s plan to allow Social Security

contributions to be invested in the stock market. He thought subjecting retirement income to what he called “the winds of fortune” was a breach of the social contract. Imagine what would happen to someone who retired in 1929 or 2008? No guaranteed return. “Insurance against need” suggests keeping the focus on poor and middle-class recipients who depend on the money most. That means means-testing, giving wealthier retirees less. FDR, who favored high levels of taxation on the rich, would have been fine with taxing their benefits, too, as long as they were guaranteed to get at least something back. Liberals generally oppose means-testing social-insurance programs. For decades they’ve argued that if the wealthy don’t get a heaping portion of Social Security and Medicare, it will undermine the political support of the programs and turn them into a form of welfare. Once that happens, the theory goes, the programs will be ended. Like the word entitlements, this hoary idea should be retired. Social Security and Medicare are now so deeply in the marrow of the American middle class that they will never be seen as welfare. The question is not whether to reform them, but how. Roosevelt structured Social Security as an insurance program with “contributions” through the tax code “so no damn

politician can ever take it away.” He didn’t specify anything about the level of taxation or cost-ofliving increases, which weren’t an issue in the 1930s but would become one shortly after World War II. Today, only the first $110,000 in income is subject to the 7.65 percent tax that pays for Social Security and Medicare. Lifting the cap to higher income levels (say $250,000 or $400,000) could eventually generate hundreds of billions of dollars. Republicans consider this a tax increase. For lifting the cap to have any chance, it would have to be matched by reforms such as adopting the chained consumerprice index, a new way to measure cost-of-living adjustments that Obama apparently favors. Liberals oppose chained CPI because it would theoretically result in lower benefits. But less frequent cost-of-living increases aren’t the same as cuts, especially if the current system is, as many experts believe, based on an inaccurate assessment of inflation. Maybe there are better ideas for social insurance reform. The point is, we better start talking about them. Otherwise, Grandpa and Grandma and their fellow Grateful Dead fans are going to eat all the food on the table.

• Jonathan Alter, a Bloomberg View columnist, is the author of “The Promise: President Obama, Year One.”

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A year ago, when the nation’s biggest banks settled with state and federal officials over claims of foreclosure abuses, the public was led to believe that the deal would allow millions of hard-pressed borrowers to escape the threat of foreclosure. It still hasn’t happened. A third progress report was issued recently by the monitor of the settlement, which, among its terms, required the banks to grant $25 billion worth of mortgage relief, much of it by reducing the principal balances on troubled loans. The report showed that through the end of 2012, 71,000 borrowers had their primary mortgages modified, versus 170,000 who received help on their second mortgages, including home equity loans. Both types of assistance can help struggling borrowers – to a point. But as Jessica SilverGreenberg reported in The Times, housing advocates say that in many cases, banks are not helping with troubled primary mortgages, which often leaves the homeowners facing foreclosure. Instead, the banks are forgiving the second mortgages, which allows them to say that they have met their obligations under the settlement. In other words, banks are structuring the debt relief in ways designed to tidy up their balance sheets, rather than to keep as many people from losing their homes as possible. Banks often do not own the primary mortgages; they only service them for investors who own them. But they do often hold second liens on their books. In general, the holder of a second lien gets nothing when a home is worth less than the mortgage balance or is sold in foreclosure. But by forgiving the second liens, the bank at least gets credit for “helping” the borrower. In the report, the settlement monitor, Joseph Smith, said the banks still had much work to do on the borrowers’ behalf. We’ll believe it when we see it. The New York Times

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WEATHER

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7-DAY FORECAST

High pressure to our north will continue to bring a fairly cold air mass into the region. Northwest winds will keep high temperatures a good 10 degrees below normal, but at least the sun will return. The sunny and chilly weather will hang around Sunday, with another storm system passing through Monday and Tuesday with a slight chance of light snow.

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Sports

The Blackhawks win again. The Hawks win, 4-3, in overtime against Columbus in Chicago at the United Center. PAGE B2

SECTION B Saturday, March 2, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

CLASS 3A BURLINGTON CENTRAL REGIONAL: SYCAMORE 51, HAMPSHIRE 44

‘MATURATION PROCESS’ AP photo

Former NIU running back Turner released Former Northern Illinois running back Michael Turner was released by the Atlanta Falcons on Friday. Turner was set to make $5.5 million next season and was cut along with cornerback Dunta Robinson and defensive end John Abraham to save the Falcons salary-cap space. Turner, 31, was limited to only 800 rushing yards last season and averaged a career-low 3.6 yards per carry while dealing with injuries. He had rushed for more than 1,300 yards in three of four seasons as a Falcon. In 2012, the Falcons gave more playing time and touches to RB Jacquizz Rodgers and finished the season at 13-3. Turner rushed for a careerhigh 1,699 yards in 2008.

– Staff report

8WHAT TO WATCH Auto racing NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Dollar General 200, at Avondale, Ariz., 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 Gymnastics American Cup, at Worcester, Mass., noon, NBC Men’s college basketball Louisville at Syracuse, 11 a.m., CBS Alabama at Florida, 11 a.m, ESPN Butler at VCU, 11 a.m., ESPN2 Jacksonville State at Belmont, noon, ESPNU West Virginia at Kansas, 1 p.m., CBS Notre Dame at Marquette, 1 p.m., ESPN Wichita State at Creighton, 1 p.m., ESPN2 Youngstown State at Wright State, 1 p.m., CSN Penn St. at Minnesota, 2 p.m., BTN Kentucky at Arkansas, 3 p.m., CBS Texas at Oklahoma St., 3 p.m., ESPN Colorado at California, 4 p.m., ESPNU Indiana State at Evansville, 4 p.m., CSN Nebraska at Illinois, 4:15 p.m., BTN Miami at Duke, 5 p.m., ESPN Kansas St. at Baylor, 6 p.m., ESPN2 South Carolina at Texas A&M, 4 p.m., ESPNU Iowa at Indiana, 6:30 p.m., BTN Illinois State at Northern Iowa, 7 p.m., CSN Arizona at UCLA, 8 p.m., ESPN Vanderbilt at Auburn, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Pro basketball Brooklyn at Bulls, 7 p.m., WGN Track and field Men’s and women’s track and field, Big Ten Championships, 11 a.m., BTN

See page B4 for a weekend schedule.

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Sycamore’s Scott Nelson (40) celebrates the Spartans’ 51-44 victory over Hampshire on Friday with teammates and fans after the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional final in Burlington. Go to Daily-Chronicle.com to see a photo gallery and purchase photos from the game.

Spartans quickly turn around their program

Spartans capture first regional title since 2004 By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com BURLINGTON – The Sycamore boys’ basketball season has been imperfect, full of peaks and valleys, a few close losses and a failed bid to win a conference championship. None of that matters now. The Spartans (19-10) won their first regional title since 2004 in a 51-44 upset win over top-seeded Hampshire on Friday, using 20 points from junior Devin Mottet to put the Whip-Purs (23-6) away. “Early in the season, we wouldn’t have finished these games,” Mottet said. “Right now, I think we’re playing our best basketball, and it’s the

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Sycamore’s Devin Mottet puts up a shot over Hampshire’s Shane Hernandez in the first quarter Friday during the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional final. greatest time to do it … Everyone on this team has found their role, we share the ball and have great team chemistry.” The game looked like it was slipping away early in the second half, when Hampshire hit two 3-pointers out of the gate to take a 34-26 lead. Then, Scott Nelson took over. The 6-foot-6 senior scored

eight consecutive points during a 15-0 Sycamore run that gave the Spartans the lead for good. “We saw that [eight-point deficit] and said, ‘We’ve got to turn it on or our season is over,’” Mottet said. “It was just fun. We played as a team and everything was clicking in that second half.”

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BURLINGTON – Sycamore seniors Scott Nelson and David Compher experienced the worst of Spartan basketball. As sophomores, Nelson and Compher were moved up to the varsity late in the 2010-11 season. They only played late in games. The Spartans ended that season at 5-20, dragging through a year that couldn’t have seen much enjoyment. “It definitely wasn’t fun,” Compher said. “When you’re in that position you don’t even want to play for a regional championship, you just want the season to end.” That was only two years ago, but it must seem like an eternity considering where Sycamore is now. The Spartans defeated Hampshire, 51-44, in the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional

VIEWS Ross Jacobson final Friday night to take home their first regional championship since 2004. At the forefront of the change is second-year coach Andrew Stacy, who inherited a program that couldn’t go much lower after that 5-20 season. Last year the Spartans nearly doubled their win total, going from five wins to nine. It was progress up the mountain, but nowhere near the destination. Improbably, they doubled the win total again in year two, recording their 19th win on Friday night.

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NIU FOOTBALL SCHEDULE ANALYSIS

Huskies only have five home games this season By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com There’s still six months until college football season kicks off, but Northern Illinois fans got a little taste of it when the Huskies’ 2013 schedule was released Friday. Quite frankly, it’s not the best schedule for fans of a team coming off of an Orange Bowl appearance. There’s only five home games, and just one the first seven weeks of the season. Only two of them stand out – the Nov. 13 game against Ball State, a team which should contend for a MAC West title, and the Nov. 26 contest against Western Michigan in P.J. Fleck’s return. We’re still a long way from kickoff, and there’s plenty we’ll learn about the Huskies and NIU’s opponents leading up to the season. For now, here is a look at each team on the Huskies schedule and took a shot at giving a Vegas line for each contest.

AUG. 31 – AT IOWA Last meeting: Iowa 18, NIU 17 on Sept. 1 at Soldier Field

erything speedster Dri Archer does return to Kent State’s backfield. Nitz’s early line: NIU - 3

Scouting the Hawkeyes: Iowa gave the Huskies their lone regular-season defeat last season, but it was one of just four victories for a Hawkeyes team which struggled to score all season. While Iowa is coming off its worst season since 2000, winning at Kinnick Stadium won’t be easy. Nitz’s early line: Iowa - 3

OCT. 12 – AKRON Last meeting: NIU 37, Akron 7 on Oct. 20

SEPT. 14 – AT IDAHO Last meeting: Idaho 34, NIU 31 on Sept. 26, 2009

Scouting the Vandals: Idaho was actually the last team to beat NIU at Huskie Stadium. These days, the Vandals are in a tough situation as they will begin play as an independent this season while looking for a conference home. In 2013, first-year head coach Paul Petrino takes over a program coming off a 1-11 campaign. Nitz’s early line: NIU - 33.5

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Northern Illinois tight end Jason Schepler (87) gains 23 yards on a pass from Jordan Lynch (not pictured) during the first quarter in DeKalb. NIU defeated Toledo, 31-24. lead, EIU gets a late score or two and the Huskies’ starters are on the bench in the fourth quarter. Nitz’s early line: NIU - 42

SEPT. 28 – AT PURDUE Last meeting: NIU 28, Purdue 21 on Sept. 19, 2009

Scouting the Boilermakers: SEPT. 21 – EASTERN ILLINOIS Last meeting: Eastern Illinois 24, NIU 10 on Sept. 19, 1998 Scouting the Panthers: Expect this one to go like your normal contest against an FCS program. NIU jumps out to a quick

This year’s Purdue squad will be led by a familiar face – former Kent State coach Darrell Hazell. He’ll have some work to do as the Boilermakers have been a staple of mediocrity lately.

Nitz’s early line: NIU - 4.5 OCT. 5 – AT KENT STATE Last meeting: NIU 44, Kent State 37 in the 2012 MAC Championship Game

Scouting the Golden Flashes: Kent State surprised everyone last year in its run to the MAC title game, and the Flashes would have gotten the Orange Bowl berth ahead of NIU with a win in Detroit. This season, first-year head coach Paul Haynes will have to rebuild a defense which lost a lot off last year’s strong unit. Do-ev-

Scouting the Zips: Coming off a 1-11 season, Terry Bowden’s team still has a long way to go. The Zips haven’t won a MAC game since 2010, and have to replace starting quarterback Dalton Williams. Nitz’s early line: NIU -31 OCT. 19 – AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN Last meeting: NIU 55, Central Michigan 24 on Sept. 29

Scouting the Chippewas: Central Michigan took a step forward in 2012, winning four out of its last five games before beating Western Kentucky in the Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl to finish the season at 7-6. The Chippewas are probably still a team that will finish in the lower half of the MAC West. Nitz’s early line: NIU - 7.5

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SPORTS

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Blackhawks win 4-3 in overtime

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 37 22 .627 Bulls 33 25 .569 Milwaukee 28 28 .500 Detroit 23 38 .377 Cleveland 20 39 .339 Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 35 20 .636 Brooklyn 34 25 .576 Boston 31 27 .534 Philadelphia 22 34 .393 Toronto 23 36 .390 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 41 14 .745 Atlanta 33 23 .589 Washington 18 39 .316 Orlando 16 43 .271 Charlotte 13 44 .228

Boys Track and Field DeKalb at Glenbard North Invite, 9 a.m. Girls Track and Field Sycamore at Plainfield North Invite, 9 a.m. DeKalb, Kaneland at Hononegah Invite, 10 a.m.

TUESDAY Girls Track and Field DeKalb at St. Charles East Quad, 4:30 p.m. Sycamore at Sycamore Indoor Invitational, 4 p.m.

Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 45 14 .763 Memphis 38 18 .679 Houston 32 28 .533 Dallas 26 32 .448 New Orleans 21 39 .350 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 42 15 .737 Denver 37 22 .627 Utah 31 27 .534 Portland 26 31 .456 Minnesota 20 35 .364 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 43 18 .705 Golden State 33 26 .559 L.A. Lakers 29 30 .492 Phoenix 20 39 .339 Sacramento 20 39 .339

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McIlroy leaves, Guthrie leads and Woods struggles PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Luke Guthrie had the best round of the tournament. He is in the lead going into the weekend at the Honda Classic. And hardly anyone noticed. Not on a day when defending champion Rory McIlroy walked off the course in the middle of his round. He told reporters he was “not in a good place mentally,” and then released a statement saying his wisdom tooth was sore. Tiger Woods was in danger of missing the cut, only to make a birdie and a tough par to barely make it.

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Blackhawks’ Sheldon Brookbank (left) fights Columbus Blue Jackets’ Nick Foligno during the first period Friday at the United Center. The Hawks won, 4-3, in overtime. Go to Daily-Chronicle.com for a story from the game.

MLB SPRING TRAINING

Samardzija pitches 3 innings in Cubs’ loss The ASSOCIATED PRESS MESA, Ariz. – Cubs righthander Jeff Samardzija pitched out of enough trouble to get through three innings with the lead in the Cubs’ 6-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday. Samardzija – a candidate to start opening day at Pittsburgh on April 1 – walked three, including two when he loaded the bases with none out in the second inning, was making his second spring start and became the first Cubs pitcher to get through three innings. “I feel like Arizona always does a great job of having a game plan against your pitchers,” he said. “Every time I pitch against them, they do make me work. They make you pound the zone.

“The splitter was a little off, but I thought I got some good work in and they put some good at-bats out there. I got out of a couple jams, and that felt good, too.” Samardzija, who made a successful transition from the bullpen to starting rotation last season, allowed a single and two walks to load the bases in the second, but a double play and strikeout limited the damage to one run allowed. “To get out of there with one run, especially with a tworun lead, that’s important,” he said. “You don’t want to be in those situations, but you’re going to be in those situations during the year, and when it happens, like today, you just take a deep breath and understand, ‘Let’s work on getting out of this situation so when it

happens during the season, we have a little better idea how to do it.’ “You definitely will go back to those things and see how you got out of them.” Arizona starter Trevor Cahill pitched two innings in his first start of the spring, allowing the first three batters he faced to reach in a two-run first before retiring the final six he faced. “I was just trying to throw strikes and get a feel for the game again,” Cahill said. “Just trying to get those cobwebs off and feel comfortable.” Indians 9, White Sox 7: At Goodyear, Ariz., Chris Sale struck out three over 2⅓ scoreless innings in his spring training debut Friday as the White Sox lost to the Cleveland Indians 9-7.

Reds sign RHP Mark Prior to minor league contract SURPRISE, Ariz. – Mark Prior is making yet another pitch to return to the big leagues. The 32-year-old Prior has signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds, marking the fourth straight spring the oft-injured righty has tried a comeback. Prior has not been in the majors since 2006. He pitched for Boston in Triple-A last season, making 19 relief appearances with a 3.96 ERA. This move reunites Prior and Reds manager Dusty Baker. They were together with the Cubs several years ago, and Prior was an All-Star in 2003 when the team came close to reaching the World Series. –Wire reports

Sale, a 17-game winner last year, allowed two hits – both singles – struck out one and walked none. The Sox took a 4-0 lead against Justin Masterson, Cleveland’s opening-day starter, who gave up six hits in 2⅔ innings. Dayan Viciedo homered leading off the second and, two batters later, Brent Morel hit a two-run drive. Hector Gimenez added an RBI single in the third. Cleveland rallied on a pair of three-run homers. Matt Carson connected off Erik Johnson in the fourth for his third home run of the exhibition season, and Mike McDade went deep against loser Leyson Septimo in the sixth. David Huff won despite giving up Marcus Semien’s threerun homer in the sixth.

Sycamore finding its system works • JACOBSON Continued from page B1

NBA receives bid for Kings from Sacramento group The Seattle vs. Sacramento showdown is set. The NBA received an official offer Friday from 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov and billionaire Ron Burkle to buy the Sacramento Kings and keep the team from moving to Seattle, league spokesman Tim Frank said. No financial details of the proposal have been released. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson announced the MastrovBurkle bid during his State of the City address Thursday night, calling it a “competitive offer.” Johnson tweeted Friday: “The proposal is IN!! A proud day for Sacramento!!” The Associated Press has reported since Jan. 22 that Mastrov and Burkle were working on a plan to keep the Kings from relocating to Seattle.

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8SPORTS SHORTS ATLANTA – An Atlanta woman has filed a lawsuit saying basketball Hall of Famer and Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is the father of her teenage son. The lawsuit was filed Feb. 6 by Pamela Smith in Fulton County Superior Court. It requests Jordan take a paternity test, pay child support and share medical, dental and hospital costs that are not covered by insurance. The lawsuit also requests the boy’s last name be changed to Jordan, and for a judge to order the Georgia Department of Vital Records to issue him a new birth certificate. Publicist Estee Portnoy says Jordan has no comment and calls to Smith’s home and office were not immediately returned Friday afternoon. According to court documents, Smith does not have an attorney and a court date is scheduled for March 12.

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Sycamore’s Devin Mottet (left) puts up a shot over Hampshire’s Tyler Crater in the fourth quarter during the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional final in Burlington.

Spartans trail at halftime, rebound • TITLE Continued from page B1 Stopping Hampshire sharpshooter Tyler Crater, who scored Hampshire’s first 11 points, was instrumental in the turnaround. After hitting a 3-pointer to start the second half, Crater scored just five of his 23 points down the stretch. The Spartans trailed, 28-26, at the end of the first Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com half, but Ben Niemann al- Sycamore’s Curtis Buzzard (2) takes a shot near the end of the first ways knew a win was with- quarter Friday during the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional final. in reach. “We were like, ‘We’re the stretch to close out the lieving.” The Spartans will play only down two and we’re win. After a topsy-turvy sea- Wheaton St. Francis at not playing our best basketball,’ ” Niemann said. son, coach Andrew Stacy 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the “We knew if we just played has seen his team come to- Class 3A Freeport Sectional semifinal. how we were capable of, we gether. “It seemed out of reach “It’s a maturation procould pull away and that’s cess,” Stacy said. “These [last year], but we came in what we did.” After making just 13-of- guys are starting to figure and put a lot of hard work 32 free throws in a semifi- it out. I’m just proud of in the offseason, and when nal win over Rochelle on them because they never we made our goals, one of Wednesday, Sycamore shot stopped believing, even them was to win the re9 of 10 from the line, in- last year when they were gional,” Mottet said. “We cluding three makes down 9-20, they never stopped be- accomplished that goal.”

Did Stacy even think the rebuilding process – one any Northern Illinois basketball fan would gladly take in a heartbeat – would take off this quickly? “Not really,” Stacy said. “I thought we’d take some time.” Not many, myself included, picked Sycamore to be the last area boys basketball team remaining in the playoffs. DeKalb came into the season as the defending Northern Illinois Big 12 East champions and Kaneland also had a solid nucleus back. Hinckley-Big Rock even had preseason hopes of going to the state finals. Yet it’s the Spartans who play on, advancing to the Freeport Sectional semifinals Wednesday against Wheaton St. Francis. “As well as these guys have played and as hard as they’ve practiced,” Stacy said, “we started having a good feeling after Christmas that it was possible.” All Sycamore has done since the holiday is stop an 11-game losing streak to rival DeKalb, come within one game of a conference championship and put up the most wins by a Sycamore boys basketball team in eight seasons. Sycamore executed in the half court and stayed calm in the face of Hampshire’s late pressure defense. The Spartans played their best two games of the season at the right time, something every team seeks to do. They’ve clearly found a system that works and a leader they trust. “He said we were going to start from new, rebuild from the bottom and see where we can go,” Nelson said. “That was the number-one thing, going in to try and turn around that program.

Ross Jacobson is the sports editor of the Daily Chronicle. He can be reached via email at rjacobson@ shawmedia.com and follow him on Twitter @RossJacobson.

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Friday’s Results Indiana 93, Toronto 81 Houston 118, Orlando 110 New York 96, Washington 88 Boston 94, Golden State 86 L.A. Clippers 105, Cleveland 89 New Orleans 100, Detroit 95 Dallas 98, Brooklyn 90 Memphis at Miami, (n) Sacramento at San Antonio, (n) Charlotte at Utah, (n) Atlanta at Phoenix, (n) Oklahoma City at Denver, (n) Today’s Games Golden State at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Bulls, 7 p.m. Toronto at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 9 p.m. Today’s Games Miami at New York, noon Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m. Charlotte at Sacramento, 5 p.m. Memphis at Orlando, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 5 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 6 p.m. Detroit at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Bulls at Indiana, 7 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Blackhawks 21 18 0 3 39 St. Louis 20 11 7 2 24 Detroit 21 10 8 3 23 Nashville 21 9 7 5 23 Columbus 21 5 12 4 14 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts Vancouver 19 10 5 4 24 Minnesota 19 10 7 2 22 Edmonton 20 8 8 4 20 Colorado 19 8 8 3 19 Calgary 19 7 8 4 18 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 18 14 3 1 29 Dallas 21 10 9 2 22 Los Angeles 18 10 6 2 22 San Jose 19 9 6 4 22 Phoenix 20 9 8 3 21

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 21 13 8 0 26 70 58 New Jersey 20 10 6 4 24 49 52 Philadelphia 22 10 11 1 21 64 67 N.Y. Rangers 19 9 8 2 20 48 49 N.Y. Islanders 21 8 11 2 18 61 73 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 20 13 4 3 29 58 43 Boston 17 13 2 2 28 51 36 Ottawa 21 12 6 3 27 49 39 Toronto 22 13 9 0 26 64 55 Buffalo 21 8 12 1 17 54 67 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 19 10 8 1 21 54 55 Winnipeg 20 10 9 1 21 55 61 Tampa Bay 20 9 10 1 19 71 64 Florida 20 6 9 5 17 51 73 Washington 19 7 11 1 15 52 59 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss. Friday’s Results Blackhawks 4, Columbus 3, OT St. Louis 4, Edmonton 2 Minnesota at Anaheim, (n) Today’s Games Ottawa at Philadelphia, 11 a.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 12 p.m. New Jersey at Buffalo, 2 p.m. Washington at Winnipeg, 2 p.m. Pittsburgh at Montreal, 6 p.m. Florida at Carolina, 6 p.m. Anaheim at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Nashville at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Blackhawks at Detroit, 11:30 a.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Colorado at Columbus, 2 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 2 p.m. Carolina at Florida, 5 p.m. Montreal at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m.

MLB SPRING TRAINING Friday’s Results Arizona 6, Cubs 2 Cleveland 9, White Sox 7 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 4 Baltimore 6, Pittsburgh (ss) 5 Philadelphia 10, N.Y. Yankees 5 Minnesota 8, Miami 7 Houston 8, St. Louis 8, tie N.Y. Mets 6, Detroit 2 Kansas City 3, Cincinnati 2 San Diego 7, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 5 L.A. Angels 16, L.A. Dodgers (ss) 8 San Francisco 13, Oakland 9 Seattle 8, Texas 6 Colorado 5, Milwaukee 2 Today’s Games Pittsburgh vs. Detroit (ss), 12:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs. Toronto, 12:05 p.m. Detroit (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m. Washington vs. St. Louis, 12:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. Houston, 12:05 p.m. Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay, 12:05 p.m. Boston vs. Minnesota, 12:05 p.m. Miami vs. N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m. Cubs vs. San Francisco (ss), 2:05 p.m. San Francisco (ss) vs. Kansas City, 2:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. White Sox, 2:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. Colorado vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. Seattle, 2:05 p.m. Texas vs. Arizona, 2:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games – Chicago teams only White Sox vs. San Diego, 32:05 p.m. Milwaukee vs. Cubs (ss), 2:05 p.m. Cubs (ss) vs. L.A. Angels, 2:05 p.m.

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Saint Mary’s penalized for recruiting violations By ANTONIO GONZALEZ The Associated Press MORAGA, Calif. – One of the most powerful mid-major programs in college basketball has been found guilty of breaking some big-time rules. The NCAA put Saint Mary’s on four years of probation Friday for a “failure to monitor its men’s basketball program,” reducing scholarships and placing other penalties on the team after the governing body said the tiny Catholic college committed several recruiting violations. A report by the NCAA Committee on Infractions found that Gaels coach Randy

Bennett “failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance,” particularly over the recruiting practices of a former assistant. Bennett will not be allowed to recruit off campus and will be suspended for the first five West Coast Conference games next season. Saint Mary’s will still be allowed to participate in the league tournament and the NCAA tournament but can’t play in preseason or in-season tournaments not already contractually obligated to attend. The team also will have a reduction in scholarships from 13 to 11 for the 2014-15 and 201516 seasons and an elimination of all foreign tours until the

start of the 2017-18 season. Bennett said he takes “full responsibility” for the mistakes but thought the penalties were too harsh. “I regret in any of those areas coming up short in any way,” Bennett said at an afternoon news conference on the chapel lawn. “We’ve had some great moments here at Saint Mary’s, a lot of great moments ... this isn’t one of them, and I’m not proud of it. We’re not perfect. I’m not perfect. I’ve made some mistakes along the way here. If I could do it over, I’d do it differently.” In addition, the NCAA charged an unnamed former assistant with unethical con-

duct, saying he “knowingly committed violations during the recruitment of three prospects.” The report said that the assistant arranged for travel to the United States and lodging with a local family for at least one recruit and that Bennett was aware of the activity. “These should have been red flags,” Britton Banowsky, chairman of the Committee on Infractions and commissioner of Conference USA, said during a conference call explaining the findings. Saint Mary’s President, Brother Ronald Gallagher, said the university accepts the findings in the report but

will consider an appeal on the penalties. The school has two weeks to file an appeal, he said. “Saint Mary’s was founded on principles of integrity, service and Catholic values and we expect all in our community to act according to those values,” Gallagher said. Saint Mary’s athletic director Mark Orr and Bennett both declined to name the assistant but said the coach started working at the university in 2008 and resigned in August 2009. The report also said the coach previously worked for a professional sports agency. Keith Moss, who has

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FANS TAKING CENTER COURT By AARON BEARD The Associated Press With so many upsets in college basketball, there seems to be daily highlights of fans storming the court to celebrate. No team has separated itself from the pack and there have been 15 instances when top-five teams in The Associated Press Top 25 poll lost to unranked squads on the road, according to STATS LLC. That’s led to a lot of postgame mayhem – and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said it’s not all fun and games when it happens. He would know. His thirdranked Blue Devils have lost on the road to start courtstorming celebrations four times this year, including Thursday when his team had to battle through the surge at Virginia. The coach said afterward that fans should celebrate, but the focus should be getting the visiting team off the court first. “Put yourself in a position with one of our players or coaches,” Krzyzewski said. “I’m not saying anybody did this but the potential is there all the time for a fan to come up to you and say, ‘Coach, you’re a ... .’ Or push you or hit you. What do you do? What if you did something? That would be the story, right? So we deserve that type of protection.” There had been only seven instances in each of the past two seasons in which AP top-five teams lost to unranked teams on the road. But the past week has shown just how wild this season has been by comparison. First No. 5 Miami – ranked No. 2 at the time – lost at Wake Forest last weekend. Then top-

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Fans celebrate Thursday after Virginia’s win over No. 3 Duke by storming the court in Charlottesville, Va. Virginia won the game, 73-68. ranked Indiana lost at Minnesota on Tuesday. The next night, No. 4 Michigan fell to a Penn State team that was 0-14 in Big Ten play. And in each of those cases, fans gathered around the edges of the court to count off the final seconds before charging in to celebrate at the sound of the horn. While BCS conferences typically leave it to host schools to manage postgame celebrations, the Southeastern Conference fines its members when fans storm the court. The fines range from $5,000 for the first offense, $25,000 for the second and $50,000 for a third. Karl Hicks, the ACC’s senior associate commissioner for men’s basketball, said his league doesn’t allow unauthor-

ized personnel on the court before, during or after the game as a general rule. But the ACC doesn’t have a policy in place to fine or sanction a school if its fans rush the court. In those moments, the first challenge for the host school is getting the officials and visiting team off the court safely and as quickly as possible. “We do share best practices between and amongst schools, and advise where appropriate,” Hicks wrote in an email Friday. Hicks also said he hadn’t received any complaints from Duke on Friday regarding the Virginia postgame rush, which created a bottleneck and stalled the Blue Devils as they tried to get to the tunnel and into the locker room as

NIU in contention for MAC title game • GAMES Continued from page B1 OCT. 26 – EASTERN MICHIGAN Last meeting: NIU 49, Eastern Michigan 7 on Nov. 23 Scouting the Eagles: Many thought Eastern Michigan could be a surprise team in the MAC West last season. That didn’t happen as the Eagles took a step back, winning just two games after nearly becoming bowleligible in 2011. Nitz’s early line: NIU -24

NOV. 2 – AT UMASS Last meeting: NIU 63,

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coming team in the MAC, the past two seasons. Last year, the Cardinals led by nine points in the third quarter. Ball State returns a lot of talent, including 2012 second-team All-MAC quarterback Keith Wenning. My early line: NIU -3.5

UMass 0 on Nov. 3,

Scouting the Minutemen; UMass was expected to have a rough transition to FBS last season, and it certainly was. The Minutemen won just one game and received a 63-0 trouncing at the hands of the Huskies. This year’s game will be played at Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots. Nitz’s early line: NIU - 35

NOV. 13 – BALL STATE Last meeting: NIU 35, Ball State 23 on Oct. 6

Scouting the Cardinals: NIU has had its hands full with Ball State, an up-and-

NOV. 20 – AT TOLEDO Last meeting: NIU 31, Toledo 24 on Nov. 14

Scouting the Rockets: The annual rivalry game once again takes place during the week, and Toledo should be strong once again this year, with players like running back David Fluellen, quarterback Terrance Owens and wide receiver Bernard Reedy coming back. Winning at the Glass Bowl will be a nice challenge. My early line: Toledo -1 NOV. 26 – WESTERN MICHIGAN

Last meeting: NIU 48, Western Michigan 34 on Oct. 27 Scouting the Broncos: The biggest story of this game will be the return of Sugar Grove native, Kaneland graduate and former Huskies wide receiver P.J. Fleck, who will be concluding his first regular season as Broncos’ head coach. Western Michigan, expected to compete for a division title in 2012, is coming off a disappointing season where the Broncos finished 4-8, leading to Bill Cubit’s firing. My early line: NIU -13 DEC. 6 – MAC CHAMPIONSHIP AT FORD FIELD Last appearance: NIU 44,

Cavaliers fans ran in. Jon Jackson, an associate athletic director for media relations and public affairs at Duke, wrote in an email that the university’s position is that “the safety of the players and coaches should be paramount at any venue.” He declined to comment when asked whether Duke would file a complaint to the league about anything that happened at Virginia or bring up court storming for discussion at offseason ACC meetings. As the horn sounded, Virginia security staff wearing yellow jackets formed a line where the teams were shaking hands, while other security staff escorted the Blue Devils to the tunnel on the way to the locker room where the brief delay occurred.

Virginia athletic director Craig Littlepage said Friday it took about a minute from those handshakes until Duke arrived in its locker room. Littlepage said he felt arena staff “did a very good job” of managing the situation Thursday night, down to an announcement discouraging fans from rushing the court. “I know having been in that situation as a player and as a coach, you feel an urgency to want to get to the locker room,” Littlepage said. “I understand that, but the key is to make sure that you get to the locker room safely so there are decisions made to ensure the safety and to make sure that there are no interactions that could lead to somebody being hassled verbally, physically hassled, that sort of thing.” At Penn State on Wednesday night, an arena official had ushers go down to the floor to be ready and make sure Michigan coaches and players were able to leave without incident. The school said the potential of fans rushing the court is monitored and discussed, especially before games of note, and that the safety of visiting coaches and players is a priority. North Carolina State coach Mark Gottfried has been on both sides this year. His team had to make its way off the court after losses at Maryland and Wake Forest. N.C. State also savored a home win against then-No. 1 Duke in January with its own court storming fans – though that celebration led to a fan in a wheelchair being knocked to the floor and Wolfpack junior C.J. Leslie having to get him back in his wheelchair amid the chaos.

worked for sports agencies, coached at Saint Mary’s for the 2008-09 season and resigned in August 2009. Bennett still shouldered the blame for not doing more when he had the chance. “This is on nobody else,” Bennett said. “This is on me.” If the assistant seeks employment at an NCAA member school in the next two years, he and the school must appear before the committee to determine if the school should be subject to the show-cause procedures. The NCAA also said Saint Mary’s received “impermissible training and coaching sessions from trainers not employed by the school.”

8UP NEXT FOR NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL WHO Central Michigan (9-18, 2-11 Mid-American Conference) at Northern Illinois (5-21, 3-10 MAC) WHEN 7 p.m. today WHERE NIU Convocation Center RADIO 1360 WLBK, 98.9 FM LAST MEETING NIU defeated CMU, 74-61, on Jan. 23 SCOUTING THE CHIPPEWAS Central Michigan has lost 10 straight games, a streak that started with the loss to NIU in Mt. Pleasant. Senior guard Kyle Randall is CMU’s leading scorer at 17.8 points per game. The Chippewas are last in the MAC in scoring defense, giving up 73 points a contest. OUTLOOK Tonight will be the Huskies’ final game at the NIU Convocation Center. Like CMU, the NIU has put together a losing streak of its own, as the Huskies haven’t won since beating Kent State, 67-65, on a last-second Abdel Nader jumper back on Jan. 30. Wednesday’s loss to Eastern Michigan was the NIU’s seventh straight. Freshman guard Mike Davis scored a careerhigh nine points in the loss to the Eagles.

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College basketball regular season NFL Female kicker set for combine tryout games, Big Ten titles on tap for TV By DAN GELSTON

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Daily Chronicle sports copy editor Kevin Murphy picks his top sports events to watch this weekend:

DON’T MISS IT Men’s college basketball: Butler at VCU, 11 a.m. today, ESPN2 Louisville-Syracuse is intriguing, but I like ButlerVirginia Commonwealth a little bit more. Why? Well, because both are new to the Atlantic-10 this season and in contention for the conference title. Both are ranked in the USA Today’s Coaches Poll and both coaches (Butler’s Brad Stevens and VCU’s Shaka Smart) can get their clubs deep in postseason runs this month.

Men’s college basketball: No. 5 Miami at No. 3 Duke, 5 p.m. today, ESPN The Hurricanes can win the Atlantic Coast Conference outright. That’s right Miami. The U. It can win a conference title in men’s hoops. And the win would have to come in Durham. OK. Easier said than done. The Blue Devils are coming off a loss Thursday to Virginia on the road. Can the Hurricanes win the ACC title outright? Duke lost at Miami, 90-63, on Jan. 23. Good luck to the U.

NHL: Blackhawks at Detroit, 11:30 a.m., Sunday, NBC Corey Crawford injured?

MURPH’S ’MOTE Kevin Murphy No problem. Ray Emery doesn’t miss at beat completing the shutout Thursday night. The Hawks won 2-1 in overtime against the Red Wings on Jan. 27. The Hawks killed all six of Detroit’s power plays in the first of four meetings between the Central Division rivals.

SET THE DVR Men’s college basketball: Wichita State at Creighton, 1 p.m. today, ESPN2 A regular season, a No.1 seed for the conference tournament and better seeding for the NCAA Tournament. Wow, that’s a lot on the line for two teams that have stumbled in the Missouri Valley Conference. Should be a dandy.

Bulls at Indiana, 7 p.m., Sunday, ESPN So, the Bulls struggled against Cleveland, which was without Kyrie Irving. But then, Joakim Noah goes off for a triple-double against the 76ers? And Derrick Rose is practicing with ease before the game?

CATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS LATER MLS, Fire at Los Angeles, 4 p.m., Sunday, Univision Are you ready for some futbol? The Fire open up the

MLS season on the road.

Men’s college basketball: Michigan St. at Michigan, 3 p.m., CBS Once undefeated before Big Ten play began, the Maize and Blue continue to slide. Can the Wolverines right the ship and bounce back from a loss to Penn State?

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Lauren Silberman has a scant chance at making the NFL. Silberman never kicked anything more than a soccer ball in an organized game and she just started practicing longrange field goals. Even so, the first female kicker scheduled to try out at an NFL regional scouting combine would like to see where

Nope, can’t get excited. The Americans don’t event start until Friday. Plus, games are on at 4 a.m. At least there will be highlights for people who work strange hours.

her new hobby will take her. In an era where Danica Patrick can contend against men in motor sports, Silberman is about to take a big kick forward for female athletes, even if the odds are clearly stacked against her. The 28-year-old Silberman will kick Sunday at the New York Jets’ training facility in Florham Park, N.J. “I realize that I may not make an NFL team this year,” Silberman told NFL.com. “But

for me, I’m expecting to have fun, to meet really interesting people and hopefully perfect my technique from the other tremendous kickers that will be in attendance.” Her goal for the weekend is a true long shot – perfect 60-yard field goals. Odds are, though, that scouts will want to see her connect on extra points and chip-shot field goals with some consistency before moving on to the heavy kicking.

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OF NOTE Men’s college basketball: Illinois State at Northern Iowa, 7 p.m. today, CSN Get a chance to check out DeKalb graduate Jordan Threloff as the Redbirds finish off the regular season in the Missouri Valley Conference.

College swimming: women’s Big Ten Championships, 9:30 a.m., Sunday, BTN Also watch Sycamore native, Rosary graduate and Penn State junior Mackenzie Powers finish fourth in the 100-yard butterfly and assist with two top-five replay finishes for the Nittany Lions.

• Agree? Disagree? Is someone from the Daily Chronicle coverage area going to be on TV? Let Kevin Murphy know at kmurphy@shawmedia.com.

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8WEEKEND TV SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Auto racing NASCAR, Nationwide Series, Dollar General 200, at Avondale, Ariz., 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 Golf PGA Tour, The Honda Classic, third round, at Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 2 p.m., NBC Gymnastics American Cup, at Worcester, Mass., noon, NBC Men’s college basketball Louisville at Syracuse, 11 a.m., CBS Alabama at Florida, 11 a.m, ESPN Butler at VCU, 11 a.m., ESPN2 Jacksonville State at Belmont, noon, ESPNU Memphis at UCF, noon, FSN West Virginia at Kansas, 1 p.m., CBS Notre Dame at Marquette, 1 p.m., ESPN Wichita State at Creighton, 1 p.m., ESPN2 Youngstown State at Wright State, 1 p.m., CSN Penn St. at Minnesota, 2 p.m., BTN Valparaiso at Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2 p.m., ESPNU Kentucky at Arkansas, 3 p.m., CBS Texas at Oklahoma St., 3 p.m., ESPN Colorado at California, 4 p.m., ESPNU Indiana State at Evansville, 4 p.m., CSN Nebraska at Illinois, 4:15 p.m., BTN Miami at Duke, 5 p.m., ESPN Kansas St. at Baylor, 6 p.m., ESPN2 South Carolina at Texas A&M, 4 p.m., ESPNU Iowa at Indiana, 6:30 p.m., BTN Illinois State at Northern Iowa, 7 p.m., CSN Arizona at UCLA, 8 p.m., ESPN Rutgers at Georgetown, 8 p.m., ESPNU

Vanderbilt at Auburn, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Brigham Young at LoyolaMarymount, 10 p.m., ESPNU Pro basketball Brooklyn at Bulls, 7 p.m., WGN Track and field Men’s and women’s track and field, Big Ten Championships, 11 a.m., BTN

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Newfangled patty-cake game goes viral among young girls

By ROBERT SAMUELS The Washington Post

gh, those cups. Several months ago, Diedre Neal, the sixth-grade assistant principal at Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, started noticing them all over the cafeteria. During lunch, the children – notably the girls – were clapping their hands, beating out a rhythm on upturned plastic cups, then flipping them over and slamming them onto the table. Over and over again. Clap, clap, ba-da-boom, boom, boom, slam. Boom slam. Boom slam. “Put them away,’’ Neal would say, annoyed by the racket. It didn’t help. If they didn’t have cups, the girls hammered out the rhythm with their fists. Or on empty yogurt containers. Neal soon realized the girls weren’t just being just rambunctious - they were all banging out the same pattern, singing the same song. “When I’m gone, when I’m gone, you’re gonna miss me when I’m gone . . .” A new hand-clapping game – similar to schoolyard classics such as “Miss Mary Mack” and “Slide” and “Down by the Banks” – was spreading through the school. It was being transmitted from student to student, face-to-face, like in the old days. Inside of a week, the rhythm became ubiquitous. The flulike spread of “Cups” allowed Neal to experience something that social scientists are just beginning to understand. The games are encoded with sociocultural significance, said Elizabeth Tucker, a folklorist and English professor at Binghamton University in New York. They have existed since at least the late 19th century and their functions include teaching dexterity and serving as tools for forming friendships. And somehow, new research is showing, these primitive clapping and chanting games have endured around the world, despite competition from handheld technology. Before Cups, Neal said she hardly ever saw hand games at Deal, a 1,200-student school that has clubs for everything from board games to Rubik’s Cubes. “What we see are Kindles,’’ Neal said. Until now. The game’s swift ascendancy at Deal suggests an alternative theory: Technology might not be what kills hand-clapping games. Instead it could be what saves them. Kyra Gaunt, a social science professor at Baruch College in New York, researches hand games. There are so many distractions these days, Gaunt said, that hand games are harder for children to master. And as playtime has become more structured – soccer leagues and play dates – students are discovering them in different ways, through Web searches or in music classes. The history of Cups at Deal Middle School, researched with a bunch of 11-year-olds over apple slices and hot dogs in a single lunch period: It starts with Adam: “I learned it because I liked the beat. I was taught by this girl named Libya.” Libya could not be reached for comment, because she was out playing. False start. Edmee learned it from Suzanna. And Suzanna, she thinks, learned it from Sophie. And Sophie learned from Anne. And they all saw Jalen doing it. Says Jalen Ciagne, 11, “I saw it in the movie,

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TOP: Gabby Anifantis (from left), Edmee Brown-Egue and Katie Cunningham play a cup game in the cafeteria at Alice Deal Middle School in Washington on Feb. 6. The hand game is a newfangled version of patty-cake that’s gone viral among young girls. ‘Pitch Perfect,’ and I thought it was really cool.’’ “Pitch Perfect,” a 2012 comedy about a female college a cappella team competing for a national title, came out last fall and was released on DVD in December. It was not long after the DVD release that Neal starting seeing all those cups. In the film, a character played by Anna Kendrick auditions for the team by singing and performing the Cups rhythm. Kendrick declined to be interviewed for this article, but she told David Letterman that she learned the rhythm by watching a video on the Internet. Jalen, being industrious, found on YouTube the video that Kendrick mentioned. It was a home-shot recording by two young Londoners from a band called Lulu and the Lampshades. Luisa “Lulu” Gerstein is 27. She couldn’t strum a guitar when she started the Lampshades, but she could flip over a cup. She liked the chorus of an American folk song, “You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone,” and she added some lyrics to goad her friends into joining her on a 10-day bike trip to Berlin. “I’ve got a ticket for the long way ‘round / Two bottles of whiskey for the way / And I sure would like some sweet company / And I’m leaving tomorrow, what d’ya say?” Gerstein posted the no-frills video in 2009 on a lark. It became the band’s biggest hit. Three years later, the rhythm appeared in a Hollywood movie. Now children at Deal – and all over the Web – are singing and banging down cups to her song. Only it’s not really hers. She didn’t make up the Cups rhythm, she learned it in a percussion class. At school. Fifteen years ago.

“I just figured it was one of those things that everyone knew,” she said. “I had no idea. “ (Since then, the band has changed its name to the Landshapes, in part to disassociate itself from the tune.) So, who invented Cups? No one really knows. And it doesn’t matter. That’s just how clapping games are. Gaunt, the professor and author of “The Games Black Girls Play,” said two truisms have emerged from her research. Like other products of our oral culture, hand games are almost impossible to trace to the source. And they are incredibly durable. “They are the original social media,’’ Gaunt said. Hand games were originally passed from friend to friend on playgrounds and “go viral,” spreading from school to school and from state to state. She points to “Miss Mary Mack,” the clapping and chanting game whose titular character dresses in black-black-black with silver buttonsbuttons-buttons all down her back-back-back. That game, she discovered, can be found in most every English-speaking country. It also is more than 120 years old. In Boston, the rhyme is a little more bluesy; in New York, the pace is a little faster. But the clapping pattern is the same – arm crossed over the chest, palms slapping the thighs and then a patty-cake clap. Games like Miss Mary Mack stay intact, Gaunt says, because they involve something called “embodied language.” Years after adults first played them, they remember the rhythm, which enables them to re-create the rest. At a recent class at Cherokee Lane Elementary School in Adelphi, music teacher Emily Koons made an announcement after her fourth-graders diligently practiced F’s and D’s on their recorders. “Let’s play Hambone!” she told them. “Yea!” they responded, giggling. The children slap their hands on their thighs so fast that they begin to blur. They make fish mouths and slap their cheeks, making a hollow sound. They clasp their hands as if they are about to pray, then move them back and forth and rub them together. No one knew how to play the game – whose Southern roots extend to the days of slavery – until Koons taught them. She thought the game would help the class understand jazz improvisation, while preserving a fading part of American culture. Afterward, they all started practicing in the school yard. “It’s not that kids don’t want to play” hand games, Koons said. “They just need to be taught.” A few weeks ago, a student came up to Koons and asked whether she knew any games with cups. The craze is still going strong at Deal. Students recently learned a variation using the Robyn song “Call Your Girlfriend.” For Neal, this means more noise in the cafeteria as hundreds of students flip Solo cups and sing. “Stop! Stop!” Neal commanded a group of friends one recent day. “Do you realize you’re off rhythm? You realize that?” The girls fell silent. Neal smiled. “Try it again.”

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FAMILY TIME | TV tip-overs a hazard for young children

Tip of the week Many homes have new TVs decorating the living room, bedroom, den and even the kitchen. These TVs often feature the latest wide, flat screens. While they provide a beautiful viewing experience, flat screen TVs are topheavy on a narrow base, and they can easily be pulled off an entertainment center or other piece of furniture.

Many families might be surprised to know that every three weeks a child dies from a television tipping over. And nearly 13,000 more children are injured in the U.S. each year. Alarmingly, over the last 10 years there has been a 31 percent increase in TV tip-over-related injuries. A recent report by Safe Kids Worldwide and SANUS revealed that young children are at greatest risk of TV tip-overs. The study, A Report to the Nation on Home Safety: The Dangers of TV Tip-Overs, includes data from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and new findings from Safe Kids Worldwide primary research. The research shows that seven out of 10 children injured by TV tip-overs are 5 years old or younger. Sadly, this age group also accounts for nine out of 10 serious injuries requiring hospitalization. According to the research, three out of four parents reported they don’t secure their TV to the wall, either because they are not aware that securing a TV is an important safety

measure, or they have concerns about damaging the wall or installing the TV incorrectly. What can parents do to ensure that their children stay safe? • Check your TV. Assess the stability of the TVs in your home. Remember, a curious, determined child can topple a TV. Children playing with friends or pets could knock a TV over, while other kids might be tempted to climb up to reach items placed on or near a TV, such as remote controls or candy. • Secure your TV. Securing your TV to the wall is a safe solution. Much like child-proofing with a toddler gate or electrical socket cover, TV mounts and furniture straps are necessary precautions for keeping your family safe. – Brandpoint

Family movie night “Escape from Planet Earth” Rated: PG Length: 89 minutes Synopsis: Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a

notoriously dangerous alien planet. Violence/scary rating: 3 Sexual-content rating: 2 Profanity rating: 2 Drugs/alcohol rating: 2 Family Time rating: 2.5. This is a good family film – check it out if you can. (Ratings are judged on a five-point scale, with 5 being “bad for kids” and 1 being “fine for kids.”)

Book report “Under the Never Sky,” by Veronica Rossi Ages: 14-17 Pages: 376 Synopsis: Since she’d been on the outside, she’d survived an Aether storm, she’d had a knife held to her throat, and she’d seen men murdered. This was worse. Exiled from her home, the enclosed city of Reverie, Aria knows her chances of surviving in the outer wasteland-known as The Death Shop-are slim. If the cannibals don’t get her, the violent, electrified energy storms will. She’s been taught that the

very air she breathes can kill her. Then Aria meets an Outsider named Perry. He’s wild-a savage-and her only hope of staying alive. A hunter for his tribe in a merciless landscape, Perry views Aria as sheltered and fragile-everything he would expect from a Dweller. But he needs Aria’s help too; she alone holds the key to his redemption. Opposites in nearly every way, Aria and Perry must accept each other to survive. Their unlikely alliance forges a bond that will determine the fate of all who live under the never sky. In her enthralling debut, Veronica Rossi sends readers on an unforgettable adventure set in a world brimming with harshness and beauty. – HarperCollins Publishers

Did You Know A study published in Pediatrics found that children who switched to educational TV programming had fewer problems in preschool than when they watched violent shows.

– GateHouse News Service

8MILESTONES

80th birthday

Marian Baars of DeKalb will celebrate her 80th birthday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St., DeKalb. She was a teacher for DeKalb CUSD 428 and was married to the late Donald Baars. She has two children, Kandi Baars (Tim) Talley of DeKalb and Michael Baars (Kathryn Combo) of DeKalb; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Please omit gifts.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Skelton of Maple Park will celebrate his 80th birthday on March 16. A card shower is planned. Frank is otherwise known as: Frankie, farmhand for John Gorenz, truck driver for the Co-op and Floits Sand & Gravel and Sycamore school bus driver. Cards can be sent to Frank Skelton, 50W762 Ramm Road, Maple Park, IL 60151.

8IN UNIFORM Mazza returns from deployment

Lang-Giles Jessica Lang and Vincent Giles, both of Rockford, are engaged to be married June 28, 2014, in DeKalb. The daughter of Roger Lang and Debbie Lang of Malta, the bride-to-be studied theater at Kishwaukee College, Malta, and received CNA certification from CNA First in Rockford. She is employed as a CNA at Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford. She also is a Home Care Aide at Lutheran Social Services of Illinois in Rockford. The son of Mary Jenkins and Freddie Giles of Chicago, the groom-to-be is a graduate of Lincoln College, Lincoln, and Kishwaukee College, Malta. He is employed as an Instructor Assistant at Legacy Academy of Excellence in Rockford.

8NEW ARRIVAL Velazquez Travis and Evangeline Velazquez of Sycamore announce the birth of a son, Bradley Joseph Velazquez, born Feb. 16, 2013, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb. He weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and was welcomed by Allie, 3, and Travis II, 2 Grandparents are Sergio and Veronica Renteria of Sycamore, Randy and Nancy Edwards of Sycamore and Anthony Velazquez of Lyndon. Great-grandparents are Cleo Edwards of DeKalb, Jose Velazquez of Lyndon, Francisco Almanza of Hidalgo, Texas, and Adela Renteria of Sycamore.

Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Joseph Mazza has returned to the U.S. after being deployed overseas at a forward operating base to serve in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Operation Enduring Freedom is the official name given to anti-terrorism military operations involving U.S. troops and allied coalition partners. Active duty and reserve component members from all branches of the U.S. armed forces have been deployed to support the war against global terrorism outside the borders of the United States. U.S. troops serve in South, Southwest and Central Asia, the Arabian peninsula, the Horn of Africa, islands in the Pacific, and Europe. Mazza is a senior electronics system maintenance technician assigned to the 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. He has served in the military for 19 years. He is the son of Diane Orn of Wyoming, Pa. His wife, Tanya, is the daughter of George and Christine Gould of Shabbona.

Larkins awarded Bronze Star Major Rob Larkins of Sycamore was awarded a Bronze Star for service in Afghanistan in 2009 and 2010 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During that period, Larkins served with a joint Special Operations Task Force. As a Special Operations physical therapist, Larkins provided medical care for the soldiers in his task force and served with operational A-teams on bases throughout northeastern Afghanistan. In addition to caring for U.S. soldiers, Larkins helped plan and execute village medical outreach missions in remote areas of Afghanistan. He conceived and executed a wheelchair campaign that provided more than 300 wheelchairs to improve the lives of civilians with disabilities. During one medical outreach mission in the Wardak Province, Larkins was part of a small team that served more than 1,900 people, including 425 children, over three days. Despite heavy insurgent efforts to disrupt the mission by launching 107mm rockets into the area, the Special Operations medical team continued helping the villagers, many of whom had walked for miles to be seen for the first time by a medical professional. Larkins works full-time as a physical therapist at Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists in DeKalb.

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Altrusans Diane Musilek, Wenke Hanson and Betsy Rychlewski cut pillowcases for the Million Dresses Pillowcases Program for little girls in Africa.

Altrusa serves local and international community DeKalb/Sycamore Altrusa, a service organization comprised of professional and executive women, decided this past year to work on one service project each month. August was school supplies for The Salvation Army, September was underwear and black or blue sweat pants or shorts for DeKalb school nurses’ offices, and February was to make pillowcases for the Million Dresses Pillowcases Program. Several of the months were devoted to working on Born to Read bags which Altrusa

donates every November and April to the newborn babies at Kishwaukee and Valley West community hospitals. Another project was the Feed My Starving Children program with The Suter Co. Altrusa’s main ongoing project is literacy and the profits from its fall fundraiser, the DeKalb County Community Spelling Bee, co-sponsored by the Daily Chronicle, are donated to literacy grants and literacy activists at the Charter Dinner held each year in May. For information, visit www.altrusa.org.

8BRIEFS Kish Hospital sets teen volunteering meeting A meeting is planned for area high school students and their parents to learn more about Teen Age Group Service (TAGS) at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, a program that provides teens volunteer opportunities. The parent and student information meeting will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Kish Hospital’s Roberts Conference Center. Current high school students and eighthgraders who will enter high school in the fall are encouraged to attend to learn about the requirements for volunteering at the hospital, to find out about the various tasks that TAGS perform, and to receive the application, recommendation forms and information about interviews. To register, call Kish Hospital’s Volunteer Services at 815-756-1521, ext. 153373.

Park district schedules swim lesson instructor course The DeKalb Park District has started a new course for older teens and adults interested in teaching swim lessons in and around the DeKalb County area. Successful completion of this course will help people become more marketable when applying for a swim instructor position. Instruction will be given on the basic strokes taught in lessons and will include age appropriate skills, vocabulary, tools and equipment, safety and more. Attendees will work as teams, individuals and one-on-one as they develop skills on how to teach groups and private programs. They will learn from classroom lectures and in-water practices. Several park districts in the DeKalb County area have expressed an interest in students who successfully complete this course. Just knowing how to swim or even being a

lifeguard does not qualify one as a good swim instructor. Participants should be able to swim 25 yards of the front stroke, back crawl, side stroke and breast stroke. Participants will learn how to clean those strokes up and refine them during the class. The new session runs from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Mondays, March 18 through April 29, at Huntley Middle School. Registration can be completed at Haish Gym, 303 S. Ninth St., or Sports and Recreation Center, 1765 S. Fourth St. The course fee of $60 for residents and $75 for nonresidents includes a detailed handbook and course completion certification. Call 815-756-8560 for more information.

Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes offered at hospice If you regularly take time to help a loved one with errands, personal care, living arrangements, financial and legal concerns or activities, you are a caregiver. Care giving can be stressful – physically, emotionally and financially. DeKalb County Hospice is sponsoring a six-week class, titled Powerful Tools for Caregivers, to be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, March 19 through April 23, at the DeKalb County Hospice office, DeKalb. In the class, caregivers learn how to reduce stress, improve self-confidence, better communicate feelings, and locate helpful resources. Attendees also learn how to increase their ability to make tough decisions and balance their lives. The 90-minute sessions are designed to be especially helpful for caregivers with limited time. There is no cost for class participation. Each participant receives a copy of “The Caregiver Helpbook.” For more information or to register, contact Helen Maurer or Val Heintz at the DeKalb County Hospice, 815-756-3000. Class size is limited, advance registration needed.

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Grant helps Oak Crest worker pursue education

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The Genoa Lions Club recently donated $100 to Genoa Girl Scout Troop 1620 to help defray the costs for a Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser being held tonight at Crosswinds Church, 13100 Cherry Road in Genoa. The dinner will be served from 4 to 7:30 p.m. The meal costs $5 for adults, $3 for children ages 6 to 12 and is free for children younger than 6.

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Twice a year for the past 15 years, the Community Relations Committee of the Oak Crest Board of Trustees has awarded a $300 grant to a deserving employee to pursue educational or enrichment programming. This grant is in addition to the annual employee scholarship for employees or their dependents pursuing an undergraduate degree or program of study. The grant is to allow additional opportunities for employees to pursue their individual goals. This year’s grant was awarded to Molly Meier, a certified nurse’s aide who has worked at Oak Crest since June 2009. She is pursuing a nursing degree at Kishwaukee College. She is looking forward to applying all that she has learned and her work experiences into the growing field of medicine. “Oak Crest’s commitment to the people working at Oak Crest extends beyond the workplace,” executive director Stephen Cichy said in a

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Molly Meier (left) accepts the Oak Crest Employee Grant from Oak Crest board member Mary Jo McAdams. news release. “This grant provides employees with financial support to pursue their interests, whether they are in the areas of academics or life enrichment. Oak Crest employees have applied the grant to everything to music lessons to language courses.

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“Our organizational vision is to be recognized as the innovative leader in long-term care and services. This vision applies not only to the people who make their homes here, but to the people who make Oak Crest home,” he said in the release.

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Members of Venture Crew 32 and Boy Scout Troop 32 went on their annual skiing trip on Feb. 9. This year, the group of 23 young adults and advisers traveled to Wilmot Mountain in Wilmot, Wis. Venture Crew 32 is a co-ed group for ages 14 to 21 who like to have fun and work with each other and in the community. March activities will include the annual food drive and laser tag. The crew welcomes new members. They meet at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St. in DeKalb. For more information, email dekalb_venture32@yahoo.com.

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March 2 Lewis Black Egyptian Theatre, DeKalb Grammy Award-winning stand-up comedian Black’s live performances provide a cathartic release of anger and disillusionment for his audience. He is the rare comic who can cause an audience to laugh themselves silly while making compelling points about the absurdity of the world. There are limited tickets left, starting at $ 39.75.

egyptiantheatre.org March 3 Book Quest Book Club Sycamore Public Library, Sycamore This is a monthly book club for third-fifth graders to meet and discuss books they have read, along with a craft or other activity. This time kids are asked to bring any juvenile mystery book of their choice to share with the group. Starts at 2 p.m.

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8ASTROGRAPH By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Your possibilities for achieving success in the year ahead will be greatly enhanced through proper planning and the right colleagues. Before making any major moves, establish what you want, how to do it and with whom. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – One of your greatest assets is your ability to effectively communicate with others regarding difficult subjects. You’ll be good at disseminating information and retaining it. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – It’s good to be optimistic about a joint endeavor that you’re considering, but keep your expectations reasonable and realistic. Don’t get carried away by pie-in-the-sky prognostications. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – You could badly need some information from others today, so it pays to be a good listener at all times. This is especially so when in the presence of someone who gets around. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – When your intentions are in proportion to your abilities, success is likely to follow. Don’t place demands on yourself that you’re not experienced enough to fulfill. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – You’ll have what it takes to be a good organizer. You’ll not only know what to do and how to do it effectively, but you’ll be smart enough to know which person should handle each task. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Small details could take on unusual significance, particularly when it comes to domestic matters. Be sure that each person involved in a project pays appropriate attention to every tiny part. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Keep in mind that friends warmly welcome company when a person’s visit is brief. Remember this rule and follow it when putting in a personal appearance or even talking on the telephone. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – A small but significantly profitable development could open up, in conjunction with an ongoing matter. However, first you must recognize it and then be clever enough to carry it off. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Be sure to devote some time to a recreational activity that you thoroughly enjoy. Getting away from everyday happenings will refresh your outlook and make you more industrious. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – If you’re hoping to gather some information about a matter that’s none of your business but that you’re curious about, it’ll pay to ask indirect questions. Subtlety will pay off. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Quality, not quantity, is what you should look for in your companions. Being with a comfortable, compatible pal will be more enjoyable than hanging out with a large group. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – If you need to make a choice between profit and accomplishment, you’d be smart to choose the latter. Selfesteem has greater value than gold.

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High-achieving home-schooler suffers bullying Dear Abby: I am a 14-year-old female from the West Coast. I am home-schooled and don’t have many friends because I score high in tests, meaning I retain more information than the average person. On the rare occasion that I mingle with children my own age, they call me unpleasant names, play pranks on me and otherwise torture me. I had to change my emergency cellphone number and start using my sister’s because there have been so many immature and insulting prank calls. I hate it. I can’t help that I am smart, and I refuse to degrade myself by dumbing down my actions and speech because they can’t handle their insecurities. – High IQ Dear High IQ: Being “different” isn’t easy, and clearly you are very intelligent. But you and your parents should understand that crank calls are not “pranks” – they are a form of bullying and should have been reported when they happened. Most parents who homeschool also network with other home-schooling parents so their children can socialize with peers. If your parents haven’t done this, I recommend you discuss it with them. You might also meet more intellectually advanced young people if you joined special-interest groups for

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips older students. Your high IQ might be less threatening to the students who have given you trouble if you volunteer to tutor some of them who need help with their schoolwork. (Just don’t fall into the trap of doing it FOR them.) Dear Abby: I have been with my boyfriend, “Dan,” for almost five years. He’s wonderful and we have a great relationship. We have talked about spending our lives together, but had mutually agreed in the beginning that marriage wasn’t a priority for either of us. He has said for years that he never wanted to marry – which is fine with me. I now suspect that he’s planning to propose to me on our fifth anniversary. (He has never been great at hiding surprises.) I’m thrilled that he wants to make that kind of commitment, and I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with him, but the thought of marriage scares me. I don’t know if it’s nerves about the pending proposal or that I have never planned on marriage and now I have to think about all the stress and strife that comes with plan-

ning a wedding. I want to say yes, but I love the way things are right now, and I know that marriage will change things. What, if anything, do I say to him? – Cold Feet? in Salt Lake City Dear Cold Feet?: I wish you had mentioned why you think being married to Dan would “change things.” If you’ve been happy together for five years, it’s unlikely that making a formal commitment would damage the special relationship you have together. Perhaps this is “old school,” but I feel that if couples plan to bring children into the world, they should be married. Because you want nothing more than to spend the rest of your life with Dan, and are concerned about the stress of planning a wedding, when he pops the question, I suggest you say, “Yes – why don’t we elope?” Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for 30 years and will be visiting my mother-in-law again soon. Even though he is 50, she is obsessed with dressing him. As soon as we arrive, she searches through our luggage and announces that his clothes are not “good enough.” Then she wants to put her son in her dead husband’s clothes. She always threatens that she will have a fit if he won’t wear the clothes she chooses. What should I do? – Baggage Check

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Dear Baggage Check: Your mother-in-law may still be in deep mourning for her husband. If your husband bears a strong resemblance to his father, it’s possible that seeing him in those clothes in some way brings her husband back to her. Frankly, her behavior is quite bizarre – including the threatened tantrum if she doesn’t get her way. (Could she be losing it?) When the subject comes up again, as it will when you arrive, you AND your husband should stand your ground and let her throw her fit. It might be the beginning of some healing. Dear Abby: I have a question regarding what to do when someone pays you a compliment. I was always taught that a compliment should be answered with a polite “thank you.” So when my husband compliments me on a nice meal, I say, “Thank you.” He believes that you are not being humble enough when you say thank you, since it is recognizing that you did a good job. He thinks you should say, “I’m glad you like it,” instead of thank you. What is the correct response? – Grammatically Perplexed Dear Perplexed: You are not a robot, and your husband should not attempt to program your responses by “correcting” you. Saying thank

you for a compliment is the appropriate response when one is offered. When paid a compliment, I see no reason to feign humility by saying anything that lessens it, especially if it is deserved. Dear Abby: About a year ago my sisters, a daughter and several nieces and nephews decided to get the word “family,” in my mother’s handwriting, tattooed on their bodies to memorialize her. I didn’t do it because Mom didn’t like tattoos and would not have approved of anyone getting one for any reason. I do a number of other things in her memory. Should I feel guilty for not joining them in their endeavor to remember Mom, or is it OK to remember her in a way she would approve of? – No Tats For Me Dear No Tats: The process of mourning is an individual one. There is no requirement that families do it “en masse.” If you prefer to memorialize your mother in your own way, then do it and don’t feel guilty about it. However, because your relatives chose to do something else in the spirit of family harmony – which your mother would not approve of – be careful not to criticize the path they took.

• Write Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Baby’s umbilical cord stump should heal on its own Dear Dr. K: I’m expecting my first baby. Can you tell me how to care for the umbilical cord stump? How long will it remain? Dear Reader: Why does every baby have an umbilical cord in the first place? Just as with every cell in your body, every cell in your baby’s body requires a constant supply of energy and sustenance, and disposes of its waste material, through the circulation of the blood. However, during the time your baby is a fetus in the womb, your baby isn’t eating or breathing. The energy comes from the food you eat and the oxygen in the air you breathe.

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff The circulation of blood in and out of the fetus comes through the umbilical cord. One end of the cord enters the baby through its “belly button”; the other end is in the placenta – tissue inside your womb. When your baby is born, the placenta and umbilical cord will leave your body with the baby. Once your baby is born, he or she no longer needs the umbilical cord and will be eating and breathing on his or

her own. So, soon after birth, a doctor or nurse will clamp your baby’s umbilical cord, then cut it, leaving a small umbilical stump. The umbilical stump usually falls off within two weeks or so after birth. Here are the best ways for you to help the natural healing of the cord: • Keep the area clean and dry. • Avoid wetting the area when you bathe your baby. Give sponge baths rather than tub baths until the cord has totally separated and fallen off. If the area gets wet, dry it gently. • Do not cover the umbilical cord area with a diaper.

If the diaper rubs against it, irritation and inflammation may develop. Fold back the top edge of the diaper to expose the cord. • If urine or stool gets on the stump, carefully clean the area with mild soap and water. Then dry the area thoroughly. • If instructed by your doctor, clean the area around the cord with a cotton-tipped swab or piece of gauze dipped in rubbing alcohol. Some doctors no longer recommend this practice because alcohol does not necessarily prevent infection or speed up healing. • The stump may bleed a little just before it falls off. This is normal.

• Let the cord fall off by itself. Do not try to pull or twist it off. • After the cord falls off, the belly button (navel) area may look pink or yellow. It can take several more days or even weeks to heal completely. Continue to keep the area clean and dry. You may give tub baths, but dry the belly button thoroughly afterward. In some infants, the belly button area seems to heal slowly and looks moist, pink and lumpy. This is usually harmless. Still, if this occurs, tell your baby’s doctor.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.

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Certified Medical Assistant Clinical Experience Required Great Schedule Great Place to Work

Kishwaukee Medical Associates 954 W. State Street Sycamore, IL 60178 Send Resume or Apply in Person

Monsanto Waterman Research 8350 Minnegan Rd, Waterman, IL (near DeKalb) Temporary employees for late Spring & Summer field work. Multiple positions are available in Corn Research including pollination and data collection. No experience necessary, training provided. Working some weekends & overtime may be required. Pay is competitive. Apply in person at address above M-F 8-4:30. EOE/AA Employer M/F/D/V

BAKERY COUNTER HELP Works well with public. Hours are Tue-Fri 11a-4p and Sat 8a-2p. This is a non smoking company. Permanent PT Position available. Application at: 2205 Pleasant St The Neighborhood Bakery.

Sycamore Child Care is seeking a Part Time Teacher. Must have 2 years college with 6 hours ECE. EOE. Call Katie at 815-895-2484

Food Service Northern Illinois University is accepting applications for Holmes Student Center Food Service Director. The preferred candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in hospitality management or related field and demonstrated food service management experience with a proven track record delivering high-level catering. For application and position information, visit: www.hr.niu.edu. EEO/AA. Pre-employment criminal background investigation required.

HOUSEKEEPING AIDE DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center has a full time position available in our Housekeeping Department. Experience preferred. Starting wage is $8.25 per hour. No phone calls please.

CLEANING HELP NEEDED IN PRIVATE HOME. $18/hr. References required. Call: 815-895-4071 eves.

Reward for Ring lost at Walmart on Tuesday, Feb. 26 around noon. (815) 756-2013

COMMERCIAL CLEANING

~DeKalb & Sycamore~ PT Evenings/weekends Must pass bkrnd check.

Apply online @ www.petersoncleaning.com

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DeKalb. Legal services firm seeks PT Office Assistant. M-F day shifts. Must be 18+, valid DL and clean driving record/criminal background. Send resume to: mda20132@gmail.com

Health Care Busy Orthopaedic practice with offices located in Sycamore, DeKalb, Sandwich & Rochelle, IL seeking highly motivated

PHYSICAL THERAPISTS.

Competitive salary and benefits. Qualifications: IL licensed or eligible. Send resume to: jobopening@m-o-i.com.

RN Nursing Supervisor Apply within, no phone calls

Lincolnshire Place

710 Vellagio, Sycamore

225 S. Washington St Fri 3/1 & Sat 3/2 9am – 3pm Beautiful solid maple wood dining room table w/ 2 arm chairs & 4 side chairs, 1 leaf. 2 couches, 1 loveseat w/ottoman, 2 living room chairs, floor lamp, sofa table, end table, microwave, toaster, canister set, dishware, christmas items & iron patio bench. Too much to list.

PROM DRESS - Lilac, Size 8. Sweetheart neckline with full beading on top and a full skirt with beautiful detailing. Asking $65 or best offer. Can send pictures. Call/Text 815-252-6514 PROM DRESS - Red, satin, strapless, size 10. Perfect condition. Asking $60. Call 815-761-7747

Dryer. Maytag. Gas. White. Great condition. $299. 630-973-3528

Beanie Baby Collection

41 Regulars, 32 Teanies, 4 Boxed commemoratives, Big Red (Bulls) Princess Diana boxed, all original tags in excellent condition! Starting at $80.00. 815-786-3283 309-238-4265 Sandwich area

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DESK - Work surface desk No drawers. See online photo. 5' by 2.5' by 30”. $20. Local delivery possible Contact Sue 815-758-0940 FILE CABINET - All metal file cabinet. Five drawers 5'6” tall, 42” wide. $25. Local Delivery possible Contact Sue 815-758-0940

TVs – (2) 20" TVs with built in DVD player. Older, box style TV. Works great! Great for kids bedroom. $15 each or both for $25. 847-489-0254

Desk – Roll Top – Old But Not Antique – Good Condition - $195 815-756-1028 Afternoon

NIGHT STAND – Flowered Frosted Mirrored Glass Night Stand. Single drawer & 2 front doors. 27 1/2” h x 22” w x 16” d. $145. 847-515-8012 Huntley area Waterman Men's Softball League has an opening for the upcoming Summer season. 12" slow pitch with games on Tues., Wed. or Thur. night each week. Games are double headers each week. For more info call Steve: 630-330-7990

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Respo sibilities i clude e suri g product safety, complia ce with regulatory a d quality sta dards, co ducti g audits a d i spectio s, evaluati g fi ished product, assisti g the Quality Assura ce Ma ager i thirdparty audits a d i spectio s as well as with various Quality Assura ce activities. Direct supervisio of hourly productio workers i a u io e viro me t as well as various seaso al perso el. A BA or BS i a related field is required. Previous experie ce i the food i dustry is preferred. We offer a competitive wage a d excelle t be efits. I terested applica ts ca apply i perso or may se d their resume with wage requireme ts i co fide ce to Del Mo te Foods, c/o Huma Resources, P.O. Box 140, 347 N. 43rd Rd., Me dota, IL 61342. “Please be advised your applicatio is ot complete u til you fill out, sig , a d submit a Del Mo te Applicatio for Employme t for a specific positio for which Del Mo te is actively recruiti g. Your applicatio must reflect that you possess the required qualificatio s for the positio .” Post-Offer Substa ce Testi g Required. EEO – M/F/D

PUBLIC NOTICE !!!!!!!!!!!

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs Will beat anyone's price by $300.

China - Service for 24

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7 piece setting, Crest Wood Bridal Rose Pattern incl platters, serving pieces, etc. Approx 150 pieces. $150 815-786-3283 309-238-4265 Sandwich area DEER ANTLER RACK – 10 POINT $75. 847-515-8012 Huntley area

2 rescued cats need home: bi color female, long haired orange neutered male, FREE to good home please call in the early afternoon 815-756-5434

WANTED! I Buy Old Envelopes Stamps Collections 815-758-4004

815-814-1224 !!!!!!!!!!!

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MOST CASH

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23rd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY ILLINOIS OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs. PETER A. HOYE, GUADALUPE HOYE, DONALD OETTER, UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN TENANTS IN POSSESSION and N ON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. IN CHANCERY Case No. 11 CH 592 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is given that pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered by this Court in the aboveentitled action, the property described below, or so much of it as shall be sufficient to satisfy the judgment, shall be sold to the highest bidder. Further notice should be taken of the following: 1. The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information concerning the property is: SMITH & MEYER LLC, 1958 Aberdeen Ct., Suite 1, Sycamore IL 60178, (815) 7877033. 2. The common address and other description, if any, of the property is: 215 St. Andrews Drive, DeKalb, Illinois 60115. 3. A legal description of the property is: LOT 4 OF SOUTH POINTE GREENS P.U.D. UNIT ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 11, 2003, IN PLAT CABINET 9 AT SLIDE NO. 75-A AS DOCUMENT NO. 2003026998 AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED OCTOBER 16, 2003 AS DOCUIVIENT NO. 2003030653, ALL SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DEKALB, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

5. A description of any improvements on the property is: Singlefamily residential dwelling.

NO TITLE...... NO PROBLEM 815-575-5153

6. The time, date and place ofthe sale are: March 28, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Sheriffs Office, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

$$ WANTED $$ Daily Chronicle Classified

Dated: February 20, 2013. SMITH & MEYER LLC By: /s/ Peter Thomas Smith Peter Thomas Smith, one of its attorneys Peter Thomas Smith SMITH & MEYER LLC 1958 Aberdeen Ct., Suite 1 Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 787-7033 - phone (815) 748-1020 - fax (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 23, March 2 & 9, 2012.)

DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR

Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118

DEKALB 1BR & 2BR

Available now, variety of locations. Appliances, clean and quiet. 815-758-6580

DeKalb 2BR 2nd Floor of House Laundry hook-up, storage. Off-St prkg, pets OK. $700+util, 1 st & sec. AVAIL NOW! 630-878-4192 DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location! No pets/smoking. Agent Owned. 815-758-6712

DeKalb Quiet Studio,1 & 2BR Lease, deposit, ref. No pets. 815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

DeKalb Remodeled Upper 2BR Near NIU, no pets/smoking. $650/mo + security + references. 815-501-8671

DEKALB UPPER 2BR

Newly decorated, lots of storage, great yard, NO PETS. $575/mo, utilities not incl. 815-751-2937

DeKalb ~ Pardridge Place Modern 2BR, LR, A/C, D/W, lndry. Near I-88, $670 + 1st, last sec. Available April. 815-751-3806

DEKALB ~ SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS Starting @ $432,1BR $599, 2BR, $683, 3BR

Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.

University Village Apts. 722 N. Annie Glidden Rd. 815-758-7859

GENOA ~ 1 BEDROOM No pets, $425/mo + security dep. Agent Owned 815-766-1513

Genoa~Country View Apts. SYCAMORE - Reduced! A Bargain at $62,500! 2 BR Penthouse! Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845

Now leasing 1 & 2 Bedroom All remodeled, new appl, carpet. Large Apts, Country Lifestyle. 815-784-4606 ~ 815-758-6580

Kingston Upper 1 Bedroom Close to town, appliances, no pets. $385/mo + security + 1 yr lease. 815-975-4601

DeKalb - Small Apt Complex Wanted! Have good buyer!! Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845 See Paul Paying Top Dollars For Your Manufactured Home Call Immediately 847-321-1674

One Month Free Rent in Waterman Upper 2BR. $625/mo. Available now. 815-970-2533

ROCHELLE LRG 2BR DUPLEX Clean and quiet. Basement, laundry, 1 car garage, no pets. $550/mo + sec. 847-809-6828

Rochelle ~ Spacious 2BR TH

7. The terms of the sale are: Purchaser shall pay ten (10%) percent down by certified check on the date of the sale, the balance in cash at the time of closing. Closing shall take place within thirty (30) days after the date of sale at Chicago Title Insurance Company, 2128 Mid-

New carpet, fresh paint, W/D hook-up. $595/mo,1 year lease. 815-751-4440

COMPLETE FARM EQUIPMENT RETIREMENT AUCTION AFTER 40 YEARS OF FARMING I HAVE DECIDED TO RETIRE AND SELL THE FOLLOWING LISTED ITEMS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS ON RT. 64. GPS & MAP QUEST ADDRESS 5009 RT 64 CLARE, ILLINOIS.

2005 Saturn Ion3

SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2013 STARTING AT 10:30 A.M.

Send your Help Wanted Advertising 24/7 to: Von Schrader, Mach 12, excellent condition, $4700. 815-895-9276

8. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes for the years 2011 and subsequent years, including penalties and interest, special assessments, if any, easements, covenants and conditions of record, and rights of way for drainage tiles, ditches, feeders and laterals, if any.

DeKalb - 3BR 3BA Apartment W/D, Central A/C, Dishwasher AVAIL. NOW $975/mo Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

877-264-2527

4 door. $7600. 67,600 mi 815-354-6843

Carpet Cleaning Machine

mpany lands Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178. Purchaser shall be furnished with a commitment for title insurance in the full amount of purchase price subject to all easements, covenants and conditions of record; right-ofway for drainage tiles, ditches, feeders and laterals, if any; real estate taxes and penalties and interest thereon for the year 2011 and all subsequent years, and existing unrecorded leases and all right there under of the lessees and of any person or party claiming by, through or under the lessees. Rents of current tenants will be prorated to date of closing. Subject to the rights of tenants, the Property will be available for inspection prior to the date of sale at stated times on reasonable request. Property will be sold subject to all current leases. Copies of leases and title commitment are available for inspection at the offices of Smith & Meyer LLC, 1958 Aberdeen Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178; telephone (815)787-7033 and, facsimile (815)748-1020. All bids shall be payable at closing with interest thereon at the rate of Nine percent (9 %) per annum from the date of sale to the date the purchase price is paid in full. Possession and a certificate of sale shall be delivered to the purchaser at closing. The sale will not be complete until payment in full is made and received and entry of an order confirming the sale.

4. P-I-N: 11-03-126-004.

WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000

Cars, Trucks & Vans $500 Cash. Free Towing. 815-739-9221

Email: helpwanted@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898

2 - COMMERCIAL BUILDING AUCTIONS THE FOLLOWING BUILDINGS KNOWN AS THE DEKALB CLINIC AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE OFFERED FOR AUCTION ON SITE LOCATED AT 217 FRANKLIN STREET AND 302 GROVE STREET, DEKALB, ILLINOIS. WATCH FOR ALMBURG AUCTION SIGNS.

THURSDAY MARCH 21ST 11:00 A.M. * 2 PARCELS WITH PARKING LOTS *

Del Monte Foods, i Me dota, IL, is curre tly seeki g a Quality Assura ce Supervisor. This positio reports to the Quality Assura ce Ma ager a d will be required to work o a off shift duri g productio . I dividuals committed to teamwork, quality, safety, a d who are highly motivated, are e couraged to apply.

847-529-2693

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

Q ality

QUALITY ASSURA CE SUPERVISOR

$2500/obo

Newer Invacare Pronto M51 Sure Step wheelchair $1200, older electric wheelchair $275, older wheelchair $45, new portable commode $50, Nova Cruiser deluxe walker with seat $50, Invacare walker $15, shower chair $5. (815) 756-8785

BOOK – Boy Scouts on the Air, of the Great Lakes, by Gordon Stuart. 1914. Hardcover. $25. 847-515-8012 Huntley area

Apply at:

2600 North Annie Glidden Rd DeKalb, Illinois 60115 EOE

164K miles, runs good, no rust. Leather, 3 seats, dual heat and a/c.

CUBS MEMORABILIA – First Day Cover Stamp. Wrigley Field CubsPadres 1984. Framed. $35. 847-515-8012 Huntley area

Must be dependable Excellent benefits Every other weekend Uniform allowance Attendance incentive

DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center

DESK - Large metal 4 drawer desk 5' by 2.5' by 30”. Decent condition $25 Local delivery possible. Contact Sue 815-758-0940

ESTATE SALE

NURSES & CNAs Looking for dedicated & energetic Nurses & C.N.A's to join our team at Prairie Crossing Living & Rehabilitation Center, under new management & ownership. Please apply at: 409 W. Comanche Ave. Shabbona, IL 60550 815-824-2194

2002 DODGE DURANGO

1990 & Newer

Cleaning

Office Assistant (PT) Education

Receiving Assets Per A Q.D.R.O. Make sure you structure the assets properly. Call TRINITY FINANCIAL 815-288-5800 Or e-mail amber@trinityifs.com To schedule a free consultation

DeKalb. Dry cleaning equipment for sale! Call Adolph Miller RE. See Paul. 815-756-7845

THESE 2 BUILDINGS WERE IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE DEKALB CLINIC, THE MAIN CLINIC LOCATED AT 217 FRANKLIN ST IS ZONED CENTRAL; BUSINESS DISTRICT AND HAS 36,150 SQ.FT. THE BUILDING HAS A BASEMENT AND FULLY FUNCTIONING UTILITY’S WITH CITY WATER, SEWER AND 3PH ELECTRIC. THE BUILDING IS FULLY COMPLIANT FOR THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY’S ACT AND HAS 3 PARKING LOTS. THE SOUTH LOT HOLDS 32 CARS AND MEASURES 66X156. THE NORTH LOT HOLDS 27 CARS AND IS 66X165. THE EAST LOT HOLDS 20 CARS. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND IS FULLY OPERATIONAL. CALL AUCTIONEERS FOR A DETAILED SHOWING AND INSPECTION OF THIS 36,000SQ.FT FACILITY. THE EAST CLINIC BUILDING IS LOCATED AT 302 GROVE ST. AND IS 14,285 SQ.FT. WITH A PARTIAL UNFINISHED BASEMENT. THE ROOF IS IN NEED OF SOME REPAIR AS SOME LEAKING IS OCCURRING. THE BUILDING IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE THE MOVE OUT THIS BUILDING HAS A LARGE 80+ CAR PARKING LOT. THE BUILDING IS ALSO IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WITH FULL CITY WATER, SEWER AND 3PH ELECTRIC. CALL AUCTIONEERS FOR A DETAILED SHOWING AND INSPECTION OF THE BUILDING. DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES OF THIS SIZE AND WITH PARKING LOTS DON’T COME ALONG VERY OFTEN. NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE! TALK TO YOUR LENDER TODAY, COME WITH A VISION TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A PROPERTY LIKE THIS AND BID YOUR PRICE AT AUCTION! TERMS FOR AUCTION: $10,000.00 DOWN ON AUCTION DAY. BALANCE DUE ON APRIL 15TH 2013. A 10% BUYERS PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL BID TO DETERMINE THE FINAL CONTRACT PRICE. AUCTIONEERS WILL GLADLY COOPERATE WITH OTHER REAL ESTATE OFFICES OR BROKERS IF YOU REGISTER ANY BIDDER BEFORE THE AUCTION OR ON AUCTION DAY. PROPERTY BEING OFFERED AS-IS, WITH OUT ANY CONTINGENCIES TO FINANCING, APPRAISAL OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF CONTINGENCIES. SELLERS WILL PAY FOR DEED PREPARATION AND TITLE COMMITMENT FOR SELLERS. TAXES ARE TO BE PRO-RATED TO CLOSING DATE. ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE AUCTION DAY TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ALL OTHER.

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TRACTORS AND COMBINE: CASE-IH 9330 TRACTOR, 1996 ROW CROP SPECIAL, 4 HYD, 3PT, 18.4-38 DUALS, ONE OWNER WITH ONLY 2,900 HRS! THAT’S LESS THEN 200 HRS PER YEAR!! JOHN DEERE 8100 MFWD TRACTOR, REAR WTS, 18.4-42 TIRES, 5035 HOURS, 16 SPEED POWER SHIFT, 540-1000 PTO BIG & SMALL. 18.4-42 10 BOLT JD HUB DUALS AND JD QUICK HITCH SOLD AFTER TRACTOR. JOHN DEERE 4640 TRACTOR, POWERSHIFT, FRT WTS, 3PT, PTO DUAL HYD, 7260 HRS, ONLY 1500 HRS ON FACTORY REBUILT ENGINE, 18.4-38 TIRES AND CLAMP ON DUALS. JOHN DEERE 4020 DIESEL TRACTOR, ONE OWNER, 1968 YEAR, SYNCRO RANGE TRANS, 3PT, PTO, DUAL HYD, WIDE FRONT, ONLY 135 HRS ON COMPLETE ENGINE OVERHAUL. JOHN DEERE 2640 DIESEL TRACTOR W/ JD 620 LOADER, ONE OWNER, 84” BUCKET, 3PT, PTO, HYD, REVERSER, R.O.P.S. CANOPY, 1500 HRS ON NEW COMPLETE ENGINE. PALLET FORKS & BALE SPEAR TO SELL AFTER TRACTOR. JOHN DEERE 9510 COMBINE, 1999 YEAR, 3642/2725HRS. 18.4-38 DUALS, MAUER TOPPER, LONG AUGER, VITETOE CHAFF SPREADER, $9,000 SPENT THROUGH JOHN DEERE SHOP ON COMBINE, READY TO HARVEST. JD 893 8 ROW CORN HEAD; FLOATING HEAD W/ POLY SNOUTS, KNIFE ROLLS AND HYD STRIPPER PLATES; UNVERFERTH 25FT HEAD TRAILER SOLD AFTER HEAD. JD 920F GRAIN PLATFORM; WITH FULL FINGER AUGER; UNVERFERTH 25FT HEAD TRAILER SOLD AFTER HEAD. CASE 420 LOADER-BACKHOE, 1958 YEAR, GAS ENGINE, SHUTTLE SHIFT TRANS. IH FARMALL M TRACTOR WITH GM 2-71 DIESEL KIT INSTALLED. TRACTOR HAS WIDE FRONT AND RUNS. ALL ORIGINAL, THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR IH COLLECTION. ALL IT NEEDS IS YOUR RESTORATION TOUCH. IH FARMALL H TRACTOR, RUNS AND LOOKS GOOD. IH M GAS TRACTOR, 9 SP, 12VOLT, NARROW FRONT. TRUCK AND GRAIN HANDLING EQUIPMENT: 1977 IH 1700 TRUCK W/16FT GRAIN BOX & HOIST, ONLY 30K MILES!; BRENT 420 GRAIN CART, REPLACED AUGERS; 2-LIKE NEW UNVERFERTH 530 SIDE DUMP GRAVITY WAGONS W/ LIGHTS, BRAKES, EXT HITCH, ONE RED, ONE GREEN; FICKLIN 450 CENTER DUMP GRAVITY WAGON; BRADFORD 250 GRAVITY WAGON ON JD 720 GEAR; F&F 250 GRAVITY WAGON ON JD 1065 GEAR; 4-STEEL BARGE WAGONS 12FT W/ HOISTS ALL ON JD 1065 GEARS; FETERL 10” TRUCK HOPPER AUGER, HYD DRIVE; SHEYENNE 10” X 60FT AUGER; WESTFIELD 10” X 41FT AUGER W/ 10HP ELEC MOTOR; KEWANEE 8X56 AUGER; MAYRATH 6X21W/ ELEC MOTOR; PLANTING AND TILLAGE EQUIPMENT: KINZE 3500 INTREPLANTER 8 ROW/15 ROW W/ KPM II MONITOR, SMART BOX INSECT, TRASH WHEELS AND NO-TILL COULTERS; JD 750 NO-TILL DRILL W/MARKERS, MONITOR;JD 235 DISC, 25FT, 7-1/2 SPACE, REMLINGER DRAG; JD714 MULCH TILLER, 11 SHANK; M&W 1125 MULCHMASTER 5SHANK W/ DRAG; LANDOLL 850 SOIL FINISHER 27FT; LANDOLL 2325 WEATHERPROOFER II DISC RIPPER; JD RM 830 ROW CULTIVATOR; JD 430 ROTARY HOE, FLAT FOLD, 30FT; KEWANEE MULCHER; IH 720 PLOW 5-18; 40FT 7 SECTION DRAG & CART; PEPIN 29FT DRAG & CART; 2- H&S CAGE BALE WAGONS ON JD 1065 GEARS; 500 GAL SKID FUEL TANK W/ ELEC PUMP; 130 GAL FUEL TANK ON JD 963 GEAR; 2BTM OLIVER? 3PT. PLOW; SEVERAL HAY RACKS LOADED WITH GOOD FARM TOOLS, SUPPLIES AND PARTS. TERMS: CASH, CHECK VISA, MC. ALL ITEMS SETTLED FOR ON SALE DAY. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS, INJURY OR THEFT. LOADER TRACTOR AVAILABLE ON SALE DAY. LUNCH BY CLIFF’S DONUTS, YUM!

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Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT. Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center. Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

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Hillcrest Place Apts.

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Brand New Homes Available. Only $616.15/mo. Only $750 Down. 0% interest. Cortland Community 815-895-9177

If qualified, the monthly payment for this home $616.15 based on a total price of $24,001.25 including applicable taxes and title fee, 0% APR and a term of 132 months. Monthly payment includes principal and interest. Financial information provided by Green Hill Financial, an Illinois residential mortgage licensee #333677 and John McCarthy, Director of Credit, NMLS #304348. Pricing, terms and availability of offer are subject to change without notice.

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2 State St. Entrances, 2 Bathrooms, Parital Kitchen, Updated Mechanicals, Over 2000 sq. ft. CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR

815-739-9997

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Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE ROOM Available immediately. Utilities included. $75/Wk. 630-426-9806

Sycamore 2 Bedroom Home 650 sf, updated kitchen, incl W/D. Utilities paid by tenant, $725/mo. 630-443-9072

DeKalb PRIME LOCATIONS! 5 4 Storefronts Size & Price vary! Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845 Sycamore Near courthouse. Furnished, attractive, large office space. Great for professionals. $575/mo incl utilities, shared kitchenette & reception area. 815-739-6186 Sycamore. 22X29' Shop/Storage 9' overhead door. $400/mo. Heat & Electric incl. J&A RE 815-970-0679

yer Aberdeen Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178; telephone (815)787-7033 and, facsimile (815)748-1020. All bids shall be payable at closing with interest thereon at the rate of Nine percent (9 %) per annum from the date of sale to the date the purchase price is paid in full. Possession and a certificate of sale shall be delivered to the purchaser at closing. The sale will not be complete until payment in full is made and received and entry of an order confirming the sale. 8. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes for the years 2011 and subsequent years, including penalties and interest, special assessments, if any, easements, covenants and conditions of record, and rights of way for drainage tiles, ditches, feeders and laterals, if any. Dated: February 20, 2013.

Sycamore E. State St. AVAILABLE NOW! Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521

Sycamore Quiet Area on 4 Acres Newly Renovated 2BR. $675/mo, pay elec only, W/D, no pets/smkg. 815-501-1378

GENEVA, ELGIN, OFFICE / WAREHOUSE, 1500 sf. 10x12 overhead door. For sale/lease, $1200/mo. Dearborn, 630-894-1277 ext 11 Sycamore. Prime. Brick. Very light. Newer. Handicap accessible. Kitchenette. Great storage. $750+utils. 815-895-2488.

DeKalb Approx 800 sq. ft. dowtown DeKalb on Lincoln Hwy. Lve. msg. 630-202-8836

2900 DeKalb Ave. Laundry, non-smoking, all utilities except electrical, $675. 815-758-2911

DeKalb Golf Course Community

3BR TH, 2.5BA, gar, front porch. All appliances, very nice, no pets. $1050/mo. 815-761-8639 www.dekalb-rental.com SYCAMORE Condo. 3BR, 1.5BA, gar, lrg deck, w/d. Recent upgrades! N/S. $950/mo. 815-739-0652 rentinsycamore@gmail

The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes. 2 & 3 Bedrooms. Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?

Starting at $645

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DEKALB - Large 4 BR, 3BA 2 Story Duplex, Full basement, W/D, 2.5 Car Gar, 803 S. 2nd St. Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

Dekalb/South 3BR, 1.5BA Avail starting Feb. Lease, refs req. No pets. $900/mo + utils. More info & appt call. 815-751-2546

3BR ~ MUST SEE! New hardwood floors, new kitchen & baths, full bsmt, W/D, 3 car. No pets/smoke. $1150 815-762-4730 DEKALB - Nice 4BR, 3BA House Tri-Level, 2 Car Gar, W/D 1205 University Drive, Avail 3/15 Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

DeKalb 3BR, Available March Garage, basement, W/D hook-up, patio, no pets/smoke. $885. 815-762-4730

DeKalb ~ 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Recently updated, appl, W/D 1 car garage, no pets. $900/mo, utilities not included. 630-470-2623 Dekalb, North Side, avail. immed., house for rent $900, 3BR, 2.5 BA, 2 car. gar., fenced yrd, must have reference (s) 815-793-1895

DeKalb/South Side 3BR, 1BA Enclosed patio, fenced yard. 1.5 car garage, full basement. No pets/smoking. 815-758-2365

PLANO SMALL 2 BEDROOM Newly remodeled, 1.5 car garage. $800/mo + $800 sec dep + utilities. 630-546-2150 Sycamore. 3BR, 1BA Ranch. 413 E. Lincoln. Fenced yard, garage. $1100/mo. Avail NOW! 630-247-2655

Between Genoa & Belvidere Full house privileges, non-smoker. Animal friendly. $300/mo. 815-761-2242

DeKalb - Furnished Room Student or employed male $370. includes utilities . Need References. 815-758-7994

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 23, March 2 & 9, 2012.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF ASHLEIGH N. BRAUN Petitioner vs DAVID J. FIELD Respondent

PUBLIC NOTICE

DeKalb - 2BR 2BA Townhomes W/D, Central A/C, Dishwasher AVAIL. NOW $800/mo Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

Peter Thomas Smith SMITH & MEYER LLC 1958 Aberdeen Ct., Suite 1 Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 787-7033 - phone (815) 748-1020 - fax

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Sycamore Upstairs 2BR, 1BA

CORTLAND- 2 Bed / 2 Bath Condominium for rent. $900/month plus utilities. For information contact Donna 708-277-3417.

SMITH & MEYER LLC By: /s/ Peter Thomas Smith Peter Thomas Smith, one of its attorneys

3. A legal description of the property is: LOT 4 OF SOUTH POINTE GREENS P.U.D. UNIT ONE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 11, 2003, IN PLAT CABINET 9 AT SLIDE NO. 75-A AS DOCUMENT NO. 2003026998 AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED OCTOBER 16, 2003 AS DOCUIVIENT NO. 2003030653, ALL SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DEKALB, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 4. P-I-N: 11-03-126-004. 5. A description of any improvements on the property is: Singlefamily residential dwelling. 6. The time, date and place ofthe sale are: March 28, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Sheriffs Office, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178. 7. The terms of the sale are: Purchaser shall pay ten (10%) percent down by certified check on the date of the sale, the balance in cash at the time of closing. Closing shall take place within thirty (30) days after the date of sale at Chicago Title Insurance Company, 2128 Midlands Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178. Purchaser shall be furnished with a commitment for title insurance in the full amount of purchase price subject to all easements, covenants and conditions of record; right-ofway for drainage tiles, ditches, feeders and laterals, if any; real estate taxes and penalties and interest thereon for the year 2011 and all subsequent years, and existing unrecorded leases and all right there under of the lessees and of any person or party claiming by, through or under the lessees. Rents of current tenants will be prorated to date of closing. Subject to the rights of tenants, the Property will be available for inspection prior to the date of sale at stated times on reasonable request. Property will be sold subject to all current leases. Copies of leases and title commitment are available for inspection at the offices of Smith & Meyer LLC, 1958

815-756-1436 815-756-4958 (Fax) (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 16, 23 & March 2, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANCES P. PESUT, DECEASED. CASE NO. 13 P 24 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Frances P. Pesut of DeKalb County, Illinois. Letters of Office as Administrator were issued to Anna Marie Coveny on February 13, 2013, whose attorneys are KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 2045 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, IL 60178. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the representative, or both, within six months from the date of issuance of Letters of Office and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: February 20, 2013 /S/ Maureen Josh CIRCUIT CLERK OF DEKALB COUNTY, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Ronald G. Klein Attorney for the Estate of Frances P. Pesut KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite A Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-0380

Case No. 12 D 306 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS SS COUNTY OF DEKALB

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 23, March 2 & 9, 2013.)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS Ashleigh N. Braun, Plaintiff, David J. Field, Defendant Case No. 12 D 306 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the plaintiff, naming you as defendant therein and praying For Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage and for relief; that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending and undetermined in said Court. NOW, THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action in this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before March 7, 2013, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. DATED: FEBRUARY 14, 2013, DEKALB, ILLINOIS, DEKALB COUNTY CLERK OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT. KIRSTEN R. BECKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 921 LEWIS STREET, DEKALB, IL 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 16, 23 & March 2, 2013.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RINEHOLD O. DAHMS, DECEASED.

PUBLIC NOTICE DOCUMENT 001113 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PART 1 - GENERAL 1.1 NOTICE A. Sycamore Community Unit School District #427 will receive sealed bids for the 2013 Boiler Replacement Work at North Elementary School located in Sycamore, IL, according to Bidding Documents prepared by FGM Architects Inc., 1211 West 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523. FGM Project No. <project number>131585.0qwrewewqe12-1551.01 B. PROJECT INFORMATION C. Notice to Bidders: Qualified bidders may submit bids for project as described in this Document. Submit bids according to the Instructions to Bidders. 1. Regulatory Requirements: AIA Document A701, "Instructions to Bidders"1997 Edition shall govern submittal, opening, and award of bids. D.Project Identification: 2013 Boiler Replacement Work at North Elementary School, 1680 Brickville Road, Sycamore, , IL, 60178. E. Owner: Sycamore Community Unit School District #427. 1. Owner's Representative: Mr. Kreg Wesley, Director of Operations. 2. Architect: FGM Architects Inc., 1211 West 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523. F. Project Description: Project consists of replacement of boiler. G.Construction Contract: Bids will be received for the following Work: 1. Single Prime Contract.

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pm time. Prospective prime bidders are requested to attend. 1. Bidders' Questions: Architect will provide responses at Prebid conference to bidders' questions received up to two business days prior to conference.

y lowed will be those approved by the Owner.

B. Pre-bid Tour: Following the Pre-bid meeting there will be a tour of the project site or work area. Additional tours may be scheduled by contacting the School District Director of Operations, Mr. Kreg Wesley at 815-899-8106.

G.As part of their bid, all contractors are required to sign, notarize and return the contractor certificates included with this bid packet.

1.6 DOCUMENTS A. Printed Procurement and Contracting Documents: Obtain after February 14, 2013, by contacting reprographic house listed below. A set is made up of two (2) sets of Drawings and one bound Project Manual. Documents will be provided to prime bidders only; only complete sets of documents will be issued. 1. Deposit: $50 made payable to Sycamore CUSD #427. 2. Deposits are non-refundable. B. Viewing Procurement and Contracting Documents: Examine or obtain after March 4, 2013, at the locations below: Tree Towns Repro Service 542 Spring Road Elmhurst, IL 60126 phone: 630-832-0209 fax: 630-832-8631 e-mail: treetowns@treetowns.com 1.7 BIDDER'S QUALIFICATIONS A. Bidders must be properly licensed under the laws governing their respective trades and be able to obtain insurance and bonds required for the Work. B. The Contractor bidding the project shall be actively engaged in work of the nature of the project described, and have adequate specialized men and machines to do the work. Each bidder shall submit with his proposal a list of no less than five (5) different educational construction projects that have been completed within the last five years that relate to the type of work specified. The educational projects identified on the list must each have a construction value of at least $100,000.00 C. The Contractor bidding the project shall submit qualifications in the form of AIA document A305 "Contractor's Qualification Statement". 1.8 BID STIPULATIONS A. Within ten (10) days after notification of award of contract, the successful Contractor shall furnish a Performance Bond, separate Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Insurance in a form acceptable to Owner. The Performance Bond shall be in the amount of 100 percent of the contract. The performance bond will become a part of the contract. B. The Contractor submitting bids is capable of providing a bonding capacity of BEST RATING of A. C. The failure of the successful bidder to enter into contract and supply the required bond and Certificates of Insurance within ten (10) days after the prescribed forms are presented for signature, or within such extended period as the Owner may grant, shall constitute a default. D.The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities and irregularities in any bid, or to make awards in the best interests of the Owner. The Owner also reserves the right to award a partial amount of the Work rather than the entire amount. E. All bids submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty days from date of bid opening; the only alterations which will be al-

F. All contractors submitting bids must be in compliance with the Prevailing Wage Act as enacted by the State of Illinois.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 2, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed proposals will be received for the 2013-2014 Mowing Contract for the Village of Waterman by the Village Clerk's office of the Village of Waterman, 215 W. Adams Street, Waterman, IL until noon on April 4, 2013 and publicly opened and read at the Building and Grounds Committee Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on April 4, 2013. Bid specs may be obtained by contacting Village Hall at 815264-3652 or clerk@villageofwaterman.com The Village Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technicalities and irregularities. By order of: The Village of Waterman Christina Bystry-Busch Village Clerk (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 2, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids will be received by the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb at their administrative offices located at 310 North 6th Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, until 2:00 p.m., local time, on March 21, 2013, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following: EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS Golden Years Plaza HUD Project No. IL 89-1 Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb DeKalb, Illinois SCOPE OF WORK Proposals are desired for a single, lump sum General Construction contract which shall include all work related to the following: The restoration, cleaning and sealing of concrete masonry; replacement of exterior sealant; concrete repair; application of concrete coating at concrete columns and floor slab edges, brick replacement, and floor slab tendon pocket repair. As described and shown on the Contract Documents, prepared by Alliance Architects, 929 Lincolnway East, Suite 200, South Bend, Indiana 46601. PRE-BID SITE VISIT/ACCESSIBILITY In order to facilitate site examinations, the Architect will be available to accompany bidders starting at 11:00 a.m., local time, March 7, 2013. The tour will begin at Golden Years Plaza located at 507 E.Taylor Street, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115 All principal subcontractors are strongly encouraged to visit the site to review the scope of work. Interested parties are to call the office of the Architect (574-288-2052) to confirm attendance. CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS Drawings, specifications and other bidding documents will be available starting at noon on February 21, 2013, at Alliance Architects, 929 Lincolnway East,

ay Suite 200, South Bend, Indiana, and may be inspected during normal business hours at this location. There will be a refundable deposit charge of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for every set of documents for all bidders. Deposits shall be made payable to the Owner and will be refunded in full if the following conditions are complied with, viz: 1. Return of the Project Manual and Drawings in good reusable condition within ten (10) days after the date of receiving bids and, 2. The delivery of a bonafide bid at the time and place fixed for receiving bids. Should any bidder fail in the observance of either condition, he shall forfeit the full amount of his deposit. Note: Subcontractors submitting bids to General Contractors who, in turn, submit a bonafide bid do not meet the requirements stated above and, as such, do not qualify for deposit refunds. Each contractor may obtain a maximum of three sets of Contract Documents. No partial sets will be issued. Instructions to Bidders and Plans and Specifications are on file in the Offices of the Architect, the Owner and as follows: Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb 310 North 6th Street DeKalb, Illinois 60115 Alliance Architects 929 Lincolnway East, Suite 200 South Bend, Indiana 46601 McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge 4300 Beltway Place Suite 180 Arlington, Texas 76018 Illowa Builders Association 520 24th Street Rock Island, Illinois 61201 BPI Inc. 11331 West Rogers Street West Allis, Wisconsin 53227 Contractors Association of Will & Grundy Counties 233 N. Springfield Ave. Joliet, Illinois 60435 Northern Illinois Bldg. Contractors Inc. 1111 S Alpine Rd. Suite 202 Rockford, Illinois 61108 Hispanic American Const. Industry Assoc. 901 W. Jackson Blvd, Suite 205 Chicago, Illinois 6060 Bids must include a bid guarantee made payable to the Housing Authority. Bid guarantees will be returned within 10 days of official bid opening, if requested, except for 3 selected qualified bidders. The unsuccessful bidders will have their bid guarantee returned after award of contract, if requested. The successful bidder must be fully insured and provide an assurance as required by Instructions to Bidders. Additional bid requirements are outlined in Section 00210 SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS. All contractors and subcontractors must be in compliance with: Equal Opportunity Employment, Executive Order 11246 and DavisBacon wage rates as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor and adopted by the Housing Authority and as set forth in the Project Manual. Submission of U.S. Dept. of Labor payroll forms is required on a weekly basis. Contractors and subcontractors will commit themselves to making a good faith effort to meet the 10% goal of employing minorities and 5% goal of employing women. This publicly funded project is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.

The Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to award the contract to the lowest, responsible and most responsive bidder and to waive any formalities or irregularities in the bids received. No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the opening of the bids without the consent of the Housing Authority. The Housing Authority reserves the right to award a contract in the best interest of the Housing Authority. Furthermore, the Owner encourages Minority Business Enterprises and Women-Owned Businesses to submit a proposal for this project. To obtain contact information for Illinois MBE businesses, contractors are encouraged to contact: Mr. Ruddy Ortiz, Deputy Director Business Enterprise Programs Central Management Services 100 W. Randolph Chicago, Illinois 60601 Phone: (800) 356-9206 Fax: (312) 814-5539 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 23 & March 2, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING MILAN TOWNSHIP ELECTRIC AGGREGATION PLAN Notice is hereby given pursuant to Chapter 20, Act 3855k, Illinois Compiled Statutes, that the Township of Milan, Illinois will hold two separate public hearings for public comment on the Milan Township Electric Power Aggregation Plan of Operation and Governance for the Municipal Electrical Aggregation Program to be held on March 7, 2013 at 5:00 PM and at 7:00 PM at the Milan Township Building located at 14989 Shabbona Rd, Shabbona, Illinois. The Milan Township Electric Power Aggregation Plan of Operation and Governance describes the policies and procedures by which the Milan Township will carry out its Municipal Electric Aggregation Program, including those policies and procedures which relate to rates and customer service. The Plan includes information on member education, opt-out procedures, billing, obligations of an electric supplier solicitation of bids, changes and termination of service and selection of an electric supplier. A copy of the proposed plan is available for inspection by contacting the Milan Township Supervisor at 815-824-2570. MILAN TOWNSHIP ILLINOIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 23 & March 2, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE The Town of Cortland Board of Trustees has passed and approved, on February 25, 2013, Ordinance No. 2013-01 Approving an Ordinance Amending Title 8, of the Town Code (Building Permit Fees) This ordinance is published in pamphlet form and may be reviewed at Town Hall, 59 S. Somonauk Road, Cortland, during normal business hours. Town Clerk Cheryl Aldis (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 2, 2013.)

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AT YOUR YOUR SERVICE NO. 13 P 21 NOTICE FOR PUBLCATION CLAIMS INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR

NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Rinehold O. Dahms of Sycamore, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on February 13, 2013, to Danny R. Walker, 1165 Arneita St., Sycamore, IL 60178, as Independent Executor, and whose attorney is Gary E. Lothson, Attorney at Law, 203 Grove Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115.

The estate will be administrated without court supervision, unless under Section 5/28-4 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) of the Probate Act, any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, 133 W. State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the Executor, or both, on or before August 28, 2013. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Executor and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. DATED: February 13, 2013 Danny R. Walker, Independent Executor By: /s/ Gary E. Lothson Attorney at Law Prepared by: GARY E. LOTHSON Attorney at Law Atty. Reg. No. 6193083 203 Grove Street DeKalb, IL 60115

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1.2 BID SUBMITTAL AND OPENING A. Owner will receive sealed lump sum bids until the bid time and date at the location given below. Owner will consider bids prepared in compliance with the Instructions to Bidders issued by Owner, and delivered as follows: 1. Bid Date: March 25, 2013. 2. Bid Time: 2:00 pm, local time. 3. Location: District's Offices, located at 245 W. Exchange Street, Sycamore, IL. B. Bids will be thereafter publicly opened and read aloud.

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C. No immediate decision will be rendered concerning the proposals submitted. After the bids have tabulated and studied, they will be presented to the School Board at its next regular meeting. If only one bid is received on the day of the bid opening, this bid will not be opened but instead will be presented to the School Board at its next regular meeting for consideration.

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1.3 BID SECURITY A. Bid security shall be submitted with each bid in the amount of ten (10) percent of the bid amount. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after opening of bids. Security shall be either certified check, cashier's check or bid Bond issued by surety licensed to conduct business in the State of Illinois. Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive informalities and irregularities. 1.4 PRE-BID MEETING 1.5 Pre-bid Meeting: A Recommended Pre-bid meeting for all bidders will be held at Project Site on March 11, 2013 at 2:00 pm, local

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