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By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com Gov. Pat Quinn challenged lawmakers Wednesday to pass comprehensive pension reform immediately, but at least two local legislators doubt that would solve the state’s budget squeeze. The state is facing a $97 billion unfunded pension liability, which Quinn said grows $17 million a day. But pension reform isn’t a magic bullet, said state Rep. Robert Pritchard, R-Hinckley. “That liability doesn’t go away the instant we pass something,” Pritchard said. In his annual budget address, Quinn proposed slashing school funding – both K-12 schools and universities – by $400 million. Quinn said the Legislature’s inability to tackle pension reform is squeezing other services; at least $800 million in new revenue will be eaten by rising pension payments, the governor projected. In his speech to the General Assembly, Quinn put the responsibility for pension reform on lawmakers. “If I could issue an executive order to resolve the pension crisis, I would. And I would have done it a long time ago,” Quinn said. “But democracy requires action by the executive branch and the legislative branch. It’s time for you to legislate.” However, state Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, said there are a number of things Quinn can do to push for pension reform, such as continually calling for special sessions until a solution is worked out.

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FBI and Illinois State Police searched the Northern Illinois University police station Wednesday in DeKalb.

FBI, state police search NIU police station; no arrests made By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI

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“If I could issue an executive order to resolve the pension crisis, I would. And I would have done it a long time ago. But democracy requires action by the executive branch and the legislative branch. It’s time for you to legislate.” Pat Quinn Governer in his budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly

DeKALB – State and federal law enforcement officials offered few details Wednesday about why they spent the day searching Northern Illinois University’s police station. FBI agents, joined by officials from the U.S. Education Department’s Office of the Inspector General and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General, arrived about 8 a.m. and worked throughout the day. The inspectors general at federal agencies typically investigate fraud or waste of agency funds or in agency programs. FBI Chicago media coordinator Joan Hyde declined to comment on the search

A member of the FBI walks past NIU police vehicles. The FBI and Illinois State Police served documents related to the search at the police station at NIU. or the underlying investigation. Hyde said the FBI typically does not announce searches, but decided to issue a news release about this one around 8:15 a.m. Wednesday to avoid passersby noticing the police presence and worrying about a large emergency. “No arrests have been

made nor charges filed with respect to the investigation,” the release said. “Due to the ongoing nature of the matter, no additional information is available at this time.” The searches follow several controversies to hit campus this year, some of which have involved the police

department. Two NIU administrators, Robert Albanese and John Gordon, reportedly were under investigation for appropriating university property for their personal use when they quit in July. An employee filed a grievance complaining of being assigned to clean Gordon’s home while working for the university. Albanese was the former associate vice president of the Division of Finance, Facilities and Operations, and Gordon is the former director of the Convocation Center.

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Obama extends overtures to GOP lawmakers By JULIE PACE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Shifting course in the face of political gridlock, President Barack Obama is making rare overtures to rank-and-file Republicans, inviting GOP senators to dinner Wednesday, planning visits to Capitol Hill and working the phones with lawmakers. Obama’s efforts are aimed at jump-starting budget talks and rallying support for his proposals on immigration and gun control. The president’s new charm offensive underscores the limitations

of his earlier attempts to use public pressure, rather than direct engagement, to win Republican cooperation. That strategy proved futile in recent weeks, as the White House and Congress failed to prevent $85 billion in automatic budget cuts that both sides said they wanted to avoid. As that “sequester” has started taking effect, Obama has begun quietly calling congressional Republicans to discuss the prospects for an elusive longer-term deficit reduction deal as well as his other secondterm priorities. Aides say Obama is concentrating his outreach on lawmakers with a history of bipartisan

deal-making and those who have indicated some willingness to support increased tax revenue as part of a big deficit-cutting package. In both his calls and dinner invitations, the president pointedly has skipped over Sen. Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner, the GOP leaders who insist that Obama will get no further tax hikes from Capitol Hill. Republicanshavehadmixedreactions to the outreach from the president, who previously has shown little appetite for personal engagement with lawmakers, often preferring to assign those efforts to his staff and

Vice President Joe Biden. “He’s never spent anytime reaching out,” said Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, who spoke with the president this week about gun legislation. “The question is, is it starting to change because there is bad poll numbers or is it because he really decided he’s going to lead and solve some of the problems of the country?” Sen. Lindsey Graham, a frequent critic of the White House on national security issues, said he was encouraged by Obama’s efforts.

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President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House on Monday in Washington. Enveloped by political gridlock, Obama is reaching out to rank-and-file Republicans, hosting GOP senators for dinner at the White House on Wednesday night and then visiting Capitol Hill next week for separate meetings with Senate and House Republicans.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group; 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org. Weekly Ladies’ Brunch: 8 a.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Cost for these women-only events is $4 for food and conversation, along with bottomless cups of coffee or tea. Back To Basics AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: 10 a.m. to noon at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St. in DeKalb. All are welcome. Sycamore History Museum Brown Bag Lunch Lecture: Noon to 1 p.m. at Sycamore Federated Church, 612 W. State St. Free local history presentation, coffee and cookies are offered to the public; donations are welcome. Contact Michelle Donahoe at Sychist@tbc.net or 815-895-5762. www.sycamorehistory.org. Stroke Support Group: 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the NIU Speech Language Hearing Clinic, at Bethany Road and Route 23 in the former Monsanto building. For patients, their families and other interested individuals. Contact Lilli Bishop at lbishop@niu.edu. Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. weigh-in and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. meeting, Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. Call Lydia Johnson, chapter leader, 815-895-4618. Open Closet: 5 to 7 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothes and shoes for men, women and children. 815-758-1388. Courage, Attitude, Resources & Encouragement Support Group – CARE: 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Kishwaukee Health Care, 2727 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. CARE is for patients with cancer or other serious illness and for family members. www.kishhospital. org. Keep It Simple AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m. at Waterman United Methodist Church, 210 W. Garfield St., 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. weigh in, 6:30 p.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb. Homework Help Nights: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Neighbors’ House, Fifth and Pine streets, DeKalb. Free help for DeKalb fourth to 12th-graders; neighborshouse@ tbc.net or 815-787-0600. DeKalb County Amateur Radio Emergency Service: 7 p.m. on 146.73 megahertz. For information, call Bill Itter (N9EWA) at 815-895-2020. DeKalb County Marines Corps League, officers, detachment and auxiliary: 7 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Home, 121 S. California St. For information, contact Peter May at sneakypete2@hotmail.com or 815-7617732, or call 815-756-6625. www. dekalbcountymarines.com. Mourning After: 7 p.m. at Great Lakes Leadership Center, 526 N. Main St., Elburn, for young widows/widowers, and young adults who have lost their partner to death. Call Conley Outreach at 630-365-2880 for directions and monthly topics. Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7 p.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Free Fit Club: 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Sycamore Community Center, 138 Fair St., Sycamore. Featuring rotating cardio or yoga programs from various Beachbody workouts like P90X, Insanity, Turbo Fire, Body Gospel, Turbo Jam, Hip Hop Abs, Rev Abs and many others. Call 815-901-4474 or 815566-3580 for more information. A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 33930 N. State St., Genoa, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Closed Discussion AA: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

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1. Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan leader, dies at 58 2. FBI, state police on NIU campus to execute search warrant 3. Programs continue for NIU police

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Positive influences key in our lives We talk a lot about influence. In many cases, influence has a negative connotation. We think of kids being influenced to misbehave and lawmakers being influenced to make bad decisions by persuasive lobbyists. We often eschew the idea of influence because it supports an assumption that people would act differently if not for the effects provided by someone – or something – else. The phrase “bad influence” is much more common than “good influence,” right? But good influence is a really powerful tool. Positively influential people hold some of society’s greatest value. I was proud, but not surprised, when I learned that two of the most positively influential people on my life were being given hall of fame honors for their work with students. These two mentors provided unequivocal value to me and hundreds of other young minds. On Saturday, former college newspaper adviser Jim Killam was inducted into the Northern Star Hall of Fame for his contributions to student journalism. Killam was faculty adviser of the Northern Star, Northern Illinois University’s campus newspaper, from 1995 until 2012. Just a few days before Killam was inducted, I learned that former Kaneland High School journalism teacher Laurie Erdmann would be honored this May

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CAMPUS VIEW Lauren Stott with a spot in the Kaneland Hall of Fame. Erdmann taught high school journalism and advised the KHS student news magazine, the Kaneland Krier, for more than 30 years before retiring in 2008. I first learned about journalism in high school from Erdmann. I started in her introductory class, called J-1, not knowing much about news. Erdmann was excited to teach journalism, and it showed through her lessons every day. I left high school with a really strong understanding of the basics of journalism. Most importantly, Erdmann’s classes made me look forward to learning more. Entering college, I wasn’t sure what was in store for my education. I applied to work at the Northern Star, though, and couldn’t have found a better mentor to learn from after leaving high school. Killam was another dedicated journalist. He made sure Northern Star students practiced good writing and made thoughtful journalistic decisions. Killam wanted to make all the Northern Star staff members good journalists and good people. This brief column cannot do jus-

tice to the amount of knowledge and guidance I received from both of these mentors. But it can affirm the value of positive influence on a young mind. Learning from Killam and Erdmann, I always knew I was in good hands. They made journalism (and school) fun and interesting and worthwhile, and they deserve thanks for their dedication to providing positive influence. ••• Some more thanks are in order. I am unfortunately ending my role as columnist to focus on the rest of my education, and I’d like to thank the Daily Chronicle for allowing me to write a weekly column for the past two years. I have truly enjoyed contributing to a publication that works hard to provide ethical and thorough reporting for the community. Thanks, too, to the Daily Chronicle news consumers who have spent time reading my columns. I especially appreciate everyone who has provided feedback on my work. I’ve learned a lot about journalism from the Chronicle and from Shaw Suburban Media, and I so appreciate having the opportunity to write for this great community.

• Lauren Stott is a Maple Park native and a graduate student at Northern Illinois University in the master of public administration program. She can be reached at lauren_stott@yahoo.com.

Fact, fantasy collide in N.Y. cannibalism trial By DAVID B. CARUSO The Associated Press NEW YORK – A teenager posts a Twitter message saying he’s going to blow up a school. A husband grumbles that he’s looking for a hit man to kill his wife. A wannabe jihadist says in an Internet chat room that he is ready to become a martyr. Are any of them serious? Or is it all bluster? Separating real threats from idle talk is a workaday task for law enforcement. It is rarely easy, but it has taken on extreme complexity in the lurid case of Gilberto Valle, a New York City police officer charged with plotting to kidnap, cook and eat women he knew. At a conspiracy trial now in its second week, a jury has heard how Valle was part of an international community of fetishists who got their kicks trading wild fantasies online about violent acts against women. By all accounts, he was into some sick stuff. After fighting crime at his day job, Valle spent his free time logging in to websites like Dark Fetish, where users posted accounts of rape, necrophilia and women being strangled and burned at the stake. The site carried a disclaimer: “This place is about fantasies only.” But prosecutors claim Valle took steps to get into closer contact with some of the women he wrote about, including using a police department database to look up their personal information, emailing and texting

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In this courtroom sketch, former New York City police officer Gilberto Valle (right) is seated at federal court Feb. 25 in New York. them more often and meeting with at least one of them. Jurors in what the tabloids have dubbed the “Cannibal Cop” case will have their hands full when they begin deliberations, possibly as early as today. Valle’s lawyer has argued that it was all clearly fiction. The plans Valle gruesomely described were never carried out. He never purchased the torture implements he described in emails with his fetishist pen pals. He never met the men accused of being his co-conspirators. The women he wrote about learned of the plans only after his arrest, with the exception of his wife, who discovered her husband’s pastime after installing spyware on his computer.

As strange as the case is, experts said it touches on a common challenge in law enforcement: deciphering intent without running afoul of the First Amendment right to free speech. “Simply thinking bad thoughts is not a crime anywhere,” said David Raskin, a former assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted terrorism conspiracies. Nor is spouting off about violence on the Internet. So when terrorist sympathizers go online and talk about wanting to blow up buildings, the FBI will often send in an operative to tease out how far they are really willing to go. “Obviously, they are very, very different types of offenses,” Raskin said. “But it’s the same challenge from the law enforcement perspective, which is, ‘How do we get inside the guy’s head and figure out if he will act on the things he is saying?’ ” Last year, the FBI ran that type of test on Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, a college student from Bangladesh who fell under scrutiny after he began using social media to seek support for a terror attack. The sting ended with the 21-year-old sitting in a van in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, trying to detonate what he believed was a bomb. It was a fake, supplied by undercover agents. He pleaded guilty in February. The FBI agents who investigated Valle never tried putting together a similar sting. The case against him is based mostly on his email exchanges.

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8NATION BRIEFS Do more pregnant women This is one of the most common complications of pregneed diabetes care? WASHINGTON – A change in testing could nearly triple the number of women diagnosed with diabetes during pregnancy, but would catching milder cases help mother or baby? A government panel is urging more research to find that out before doctors make the switch. Gestational diabetes – the kind that strikes during pregnancy – is a growing problem. More women are getting it as they wait until their 30s or later to have a baby, and as they increasingly begin their pregnancies already overweight.

nancy, and just about every woman gets checked for it. That’s because if mom’s high blood sugar isn’t controlled, the fetus can grow too large, leading to C-sections and early deliveries. There are other problems, too: Mom can get dangerous high blood pressure; the baby can be born with low blood sugar; the baby’s risk of obesity in childhood is increased. And while this kind of diabetes usually disappears when the baby’s born, the mother is left with another risk. Months or years later, half of women who had it wind up developing full-

fledged Type 2 diabetes. Doctors today diagnose gestational diabetes in about 5 percent to 6 percent of U.S. pregnancies, or about 240,000 a year, according to experts convened this week by the National Institutes of Health.

Pregnant fugitive caught, now faces kidnap charge CORNING, N.Y. – A pregnant woman who eluded capture for months in a gun theft case assaulted a jail guard at a hospital, jumped out a thirdstory window and kidnapped a woman and her baby at knifepoint during her getaway, authorities said Wednesday. Billie Jo Ribble, of Bath, N.Y.,

was arraigned Tuesday in federal court in Rochester on two counts of kidnapping, said Steuben County Undersheriff Jeffrey Allard and FBI officials. She also was arraigned on local charges relating to a burglary near her hometown last fall and her hospital escape last week in Pennsylvania, Allard told The Associated Press.

A day of tears in Venezuela after death of Chavez CARACAS, Venezuela – By the hundreds of thousands, Hugo Chavez’s tearful supporters carried their dead president through streets still plastered with his smiling image, an epic farewell to a larger-than-life

leader remembered simply as “our commander.” In a display of raw, and at times, unruly emotion, generations of Venezuelans, many dressed in the red of Chavez’s socialist party, filled Caracas’ streets Wednesday to remember the man who dominated their country for 14 years before succumbing to cancer. But even amid the mass outpouring of grief, questions about the country’s future could not be put off for long, with worries amplified by the government’s lack of regard for the letter of the constitution, and the military’s eagerness to choose political sides. – Wire reports

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Bookcase Project benefits young readers By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com John Rey remembers reading about an Arkansas project that tried to improve literacy by giving children in low-income homes their own bookcases and small starter libraries. Rey bookmarked the article in August 2011 and was inspired to start a similar project by spearheading the DeKalb/ Sycamore Bookcase Project for children of the Two Rivers Head Start program in Sycamore. “[I thought] it was a very practical project that would be doable in the DeKalb community,” said Rey, who is the project chairman. Last year, the new initiative provided more than 50 preschoolers with locally constructed bookcases complete with personalized nameplates and a bag full of books. The program will present 50 more Head Start preschoolers with their own bookcases and minilibraries in May.

“People step up in various ways throughout the community, and that’s exciting to see that volunteer contribution effort,” Rey said. “We’re in a very giving community.” One of those volunteers is Carol Abrahamson, who joined the project in December and currently serves on the book donation committee. Abrahamson joined the project because she believed strongly in literacy. “It is just such an important skill for everybody as far as having a shot at the American Dream,” she said. The project also encourages families to read together, which Abrahamson said is another reason she supports the effort. Organizers hope to collect at least 1,800 books this year, allowing each preschooler to receive about 30 books. The program has received several hundred books already, but Abrahamson said they can never have too many. The program is looking for age-appropriate picture books

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Jen Eifel (left) and Lisa Syzdlowski gathered 377 books Wednesday at MDO/ABC Preschool in Sycamore. The books were collected by the preschool for the DeKalb/Sycamore Bookcase Project. that will hold the preschoolers’ interests, as well as slightly more sophisticated books that parents and relatives can read to them. There are some limitations on the types of books people can

donate. The program discourages books affiliated with any religion or religious holiday, as well as books that are in poor condition. Northern Illinois University elementary education stu-

Quinn’s cuts will add to schools’ pain By SARA BURNETT The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Illinois schools already reeling from years of budget cuts could see even bigger class sizes, more layoffs, and less money to provide meals to low-income students under a budget Gov. Pat Quinn proposed Wednesday. Quinn’s spending plan calls for more than $400 million in cuts to elementary, secondary and higher education. That would bring the total cut to K-12 education to more than $1 billion since 2008. Education officials say about two-thirds of districts already are in deficit spending and about 6,400 teachers and aides have lost their jobs. “What we’re seeing now is frustration,” said Ben Schwarm, deputy executive director of the Illinois Association of School Boards. “It’s not the first time [school districts] have had to make cuts; the fat is long gone. Every cut right now is painful.” Schwarm said many teachers already have received layoff notices for next year because by law teachers must be notified about the cuts at least 60 days before the end of the school year. Matt Vanover, spokesman for the Illinois State Board of Education, said some districts are considering shorter school days, shorter academic years and closing schools.

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Illinois State Board of Education Superintendent Christopher Koch looks on during Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the Budget address in the House chambers at the Illinois State Capitol on Wednesday in Springfield. Quinn’s proposed cut to education would be another blow to schools and universities that already have absorbed multimilliondollar budget reductions, leading to larger class sizes, layoffs of more than 6,000 teachers and aides, soaring tuition rates and less money for financial aid. Quinn told lawmakers during his budget address that the cuts were difficult but the result of their failure to fix Illinois’ $97 billion pension crisis. Making the annual payments on those public employee retirement funds – close to $7 billion in the fiscal year that starts July 1 – is crowding out funding for other priorities, he said. And he warned that if they don’t find a solution, within two years Illinois will spend more on pensions than education. “As I said to you a year ago, our state cannot continue on this path,” Quinn said. According to a House staff analysis, Quinn’s budget would

cut about $80 million from higher education, $5.3 million from free breakfast and lunch programs for low-income kids and $150 million from the minimum per-pupil spending the state is supposed to provide school districts. That would mean districts would receive only about 82 percent of the per-pupil amount that state law says is needed to adequately fund a student’s education. Quinn maintained funding levels for early childhood education and the Illinois Monetary Award Program, which provides grants for low-income students to attend college. Gaylord Gieseke, president

of the advocacy group Voices for Illinois Children, said the cuts would “further devastate school districts that are already under severe fiscal stress.” “Gov. Quinn’s budget proposal demonstrates that Illinois’ fiscal crisis is far from over and that children, families, and communities continue to pay the price for a history of unwise fiscal decisions made by our elected officials,” Gieseke said. Illinois has the nation’s most underfunded pensions, because of decades of lawmakers shorting or not making their annual payments. The Legislature has considered proposals to fix the problem, including shifting more of the costs of teacher pensions to local school districts, asking employees to pay more and cutting or freezing cost of living adjustments for retirees. But lawmakers have been unable to reach an agreement. Patrick Mogge, director of school and community relations for Elgin Area School District U-46, said the district won’t know exactly what the impact will be until legislators pass a final budget. But he said they come at a particularly bad time. “The federal sequestration, coupled with the already reduced General State Aid for this year, and the current monies owed to us by the state, create a difficult mix,” Mogge said.

dents will go through the books in April to determine which books are appropriate for the children. The children will receive their bookcases and books May 4 at the Literacy Banquet at

Huntley Middle School. “Hopefully they catch the love of reading, and that will save a lot of resources down the road,” Rey said. Community members are encouraged to donate any new or gently used books for preschoolers ages 3 to 4 at various locations throughout DeKalb, including any DeKalb District 428 school.

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Continued from page A1 While the governor mentioned provisions he would want to see in any pension reform proposal – including increased employee contributions and changing the cost of living adjustment – Syverson said he wants an actual proposal from Quinn. “Nothing is precluding the governor from introducing his own plan with specifics in it,” Syverson said. “No one wants to put it in writing, because they are afraid of the political fallout for being the architect of the plan that is ultimately implemented.” Quinn’s proposed budget would maintain funding for early childhood education programs as well as the MAP grant program for college students. The budget would give a $25 million boost to mental health services, as well as additional funding for veterans’ nursing homes.

What is the most important part of Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed budget? Vote online at DailyChronicle.com. State Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, took exception to Quinn proposing funding increases to certain programs, as well as expanding Medicaid, but cutting education. “It’s the old model of place the pain in the place where it will hurt the most,” Bivins said. “I always go back to budgeting fundamentals – don’t create programs in the midst of a fiscal crisis.” State Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, said he would want to roll back part of the proposed cuts. “We’ve got to be cognizant of the fact that there are a lot of budget pressures out there, but if you say education is a top priority, it sends a mixed signal to cut it by at least $300 million,” Demmer said. Inboden’s Own

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Teen gets juvenile prison for firing gun in school The Associated Press BLOOMINGTON – A 15-year-old central Illinois boy who pulled a gun in class and fired shots into the ceiling was sentenced to juvenile prison after he apologized to the students, parents and faculty he terrified that day. A Normal Community High School teacher tackled and subdued the teen after he fired the shots in a packed classroom Sept. 7. The school’s more than 1,800

students were evacuated to a nearby church. No one was injured. The boy, whose name is sealed in court records, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in December to weapons charges and unlawful restraint. Eight other counts were dismissed. “I feel terrible for what I did,” he told the court Tuesday. “I feel I served a lot of time and I deserved that time. I would write 100 letters to each person if I could.

Even if it shocked their lives, it shocked mine even more.” His public defender, Art Feldman, asked Judge Elizabeth Robb to sentence the teen to five years’ probation and mandatory mental health treatment, but she sentenced him to juvenile detention, as prosecutors had requested. “This date was a horrendous event for the 30 students in the classroom, the parents and the school administrators. It rocked our community,” Judge Elizabeth Robb

said. “No one ever fully recovers from this.” The state juvenile prison system can keep offenders until they are 21. Feldman said the Department of Juvenile Justice will determine how long the boy remains incarcerated. Melissa Egenes of Bloomington was one of several parents at the hearing. She said her daughter was in the classroom. “I felt strong closure,” Egenes said.

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Study: More gun laws equals fewer deaths By LINDSEY TANNER The Associated Press CHICAGO – States with the most gun control laws have the fewest gun-related deaths, according to a study that suggests sheer quantity of measures might make a difference. But the research leaves many questions unanswered and won’t settle the debate over how policymakers should respond to recent high-profile acts of gun violence. In the dozen or so states with the most gun controlrelated laws, far fewer people were shot to death or killed themselves with guns than in the states with the fewest laws, the study found. Overall, states with the most laws had a 42 percent lower gun death rate than states with the least number of

laws. The results are based on an analysis of 2007-2010 gun-related homicides and suicides from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers also used data on gun control measures in all 50 states compiled by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a well-known gun control advocacy group. They compared states by dividing them into four equal-sized groups according to the number of gun laws. The results were published online Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine. More than 30,000 people nationwide die from guns every year nationwide, and there’s evidence that gun-related violent crime rates have increased

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Two guns lie at the scene where five people were shot and two suspects were taken into custody in a shooting incident that happened along the Mardi gras parade route Feb. 24 in New Orleans. since 2008, a journal editorial noted. During the four-years studied, there were nearly 122,000 gun deaths, 60 percent of them suicides. “Our motivation was really

to understand what are the interventions that can be done to reduce firearm mortality,” said Dr. Eric Fleegler, the study’s lead author and an emergency department pediatrician and researcher at Boston Chil-

8OBITUARIES

dren’s Hospital. He said his study suggests but doesn’t prove that gun laws – or something else – led to fewer gun deaths. Fleegler is also among hundreds of doctors who have signed a petition urging President Barack Obama and Congress to pass gun safety legislation, a campaign organized by the advocacy group Doctors for America. Gun rights advocates have argued that strict gun laws have failed to curb high murder rates in some cities, including Chicago and Washington, D.C. Fleegler said his study didn’t examine city-level laws, while gun control advocates have said local laws aren’t as effective when neighboring states have lax laws.

8POLICE REPORTS

JOHN EDWARD ‘ED’ LEUER Born: March 24, 1930, in Geneva, Ill. Died: March 4, 2013, in Aurora, Ill. SUGAR GROVE – John Edward “Ed” Leuer, 82, of Sugar Grove, Ill., formerly of Elburn, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, at Provena McAuley Manor, Aurora. He is survived by his loving wife, Marie; nine children, Yvonne Keifer, Yvette (Jim) Hogan, Tim Leuer, Mark (Fran) Leuer, Pat (JoAnn) Leuer, Dan (Sherry) Leuer, Kathy (Bob) Herrejon, Steve (Anna Durso) Leuer and Lisa (Rick) Reuter; grandchildren – Doug (Renée) Keifer and their children: Madison and Brennan – Jeff (Jamie) Keifer and their children: Jillian and Jayden – Marty (Stephanie) Keifer – Stephanie (Andy) Lank and their children, Kinley and Finn – Patrick Leuer, Ryan Leuer, Sara Leuer, Aaron (Vanessa) Leuer and their daughter Lilly (with one on the way!) – Alisha (Steve Arce) Leuer, Gabriella Herrejon, Alex Herrejon, Ben Herrejon, Adam Leuer, Caroline Leuer, Matt Leuer, Kyle Leuer, Elisabeth Reuter and Jacob Reuter; three brothers, Howard (Carole) Leuer, Tom (Marilyn) Leuer and Joe (Toni) Leuer; and many nieces and nephews; and truly a countryside of friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Peter and Kathryn; two brothers, Fr. Mark Leuer and David Leuer; and one son-in-law, Bill Keifer. The visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 11, with a wake service

to conclude visitation, at Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce St., Elburn. A Mass to celebrate his faith will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March, 12, with a visitation from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. at St. Gall Catholic Church, Elburn. The Rev. Tim Seigel, pastor of the church, will celebrate with interment in St. Gall Cemetery, Elburn. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in his name to benefit Ed’s favorite charities, including Alzheimer’s Association. Checks may be made to the “John Edward Leuer Memorial” and mailed in care of P.O. Box 66, Elburn, IL 60119. Tributes also can be forwarded to the same address or at www.ConleyCare.com where his full life story can be found. To sign the online guest book, visit www. legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

JOYCE N. SAKALAUSKI Born: Sept. 21, 1924, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: March 5, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Joyce N. Sakalauski, 88, of DeKalb, Ill., died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb. Born Sept. 21, 1924, in DeKalb, the daughter of Edwin and Mildred (Oberg) Nelson, Joyce married Albert John Sakalauski on June 26, 1948, at St. Mary Catholic Church in DeKalb. Joyce was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, DeKalb. She graduated from Augustana School of Nursing, Chicago,

and served as a nurse at Great Lakes Naval Center, in the Army Nurse Corps. She was a private nurse and was a nurse supervisor at DeKalb County Lung Clinic for more than 15 years. She is survived by her sons, David Sakalauski of St. Charles, Mo., Tom (Nancy) Sakalauski of Glen Carbon and James Sakalauski of Fort Atkinson, Wis.; grandchildren, Angela (Clay) Sheffield, Heather (Marty) Willie, Michael (Renee) Sakalauski, Mark Sakalauski and Brian (Sarah) Sakalauski; great-grandchildren, Daniel and John Sheffield, Henry, Thomas and Charles Willie, Kennedy Sakalauski, Aislinn Sakalauski and Gavin Sakalauski. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert, in 2008; grandson, John Sakalauski; her parents; and her brother, Edward Nelson. The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb, with the Rev. Kenneth Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, DeKalb. The visitation will be from noon until the time of service at 1 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Joyce N. Sakalauski Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115. For information, visit www.AndersonFuneralHomeLtd.com or call 815-756-1022. To sign the online guest book, visit www. legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

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Debra L. Sipes, 54, of the 300 block of Sycamore Road in DeKalb, was charged Monday, March 4, with retail theft. Michael Smith, 31, of the 600 block of West 61st Place in Chicago, was charged Tuesday, March 5, with domestic battery and interfering with the reporting of domestic violence. Terrence U. Thurman, 24, of the 1100 block of North Lorel Avenue in Chicago, was charged Tuesday, March 5, with criminal trespass to real property. Sarah E. Long, 19, of the 900 block of Quail Run in DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, March 5, with forgery.

DeKalb County Christopher E. Patton, 41, of the 500 block of Ryan Lane in West Dundee, was arrested Wednesday, March 6, on a warrant for theft and charged with obstructing identification.

Genoa Larissa Nickel, 42, of Freeport, was arrested Tuesday, March 5, on a warrant for harassment by telephone.

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Grady’s attorney ‘welcomes’ examination of documents • NIU SEARCH Continued from page A1 University police also led the investigation into the “coffee fund,” an off-the-books repository for proceeds from the sale of NIU-owned scrap metal – some of it from building projects – and other materials that NIU officials have said was used for retirement parties and other office expenses. Eight current NIU employees were indicted in connection to that investigation in December; six have returned to work and two remain on paid leave. In February, longtime Police Chief Donald Grady was fired for the department’s mishandling of a rape case against one of his own officers. Former NIU police officer Andrew Rifkin, 25, of Northbrook, is accused of raping a student off campus while he was off duty in October 2011. Lt. Kartik Ramakrishnan – who testified in court that he mistakenly placed two witness statements

in Rifkin’s personnel file, rather than giving them to prosecutors – remains on paid leave. Sexualassaultchargesagainst Rifkin were dropped by former State’s Attorney Clay Campbell, but were reinstated in Febraury by new State’s Attorney Richard Schmack. Grady’s attorney, Michael Fox, said the former chief welcomed the investigation. “[Grady] welcomes any thorough examination of the documents that are kept and maintained at the police department,” Fox said. “He feels the documents will reflect well on his police department. We sit here not knowing what was taken, but apparently quite a bit was taken.” Grady had requested FBI assistance with financial aspects of the coffee fund, while NIU President John Peters asked state police to review NIU police procedures and investigations after a local judge ruled NIU police purposefully withheld evidence from prosecutors in the Rifkin matter. “We don’t know whether the

records were seized to investigate what his department has done or investigations his department has done,” Fox said. State Police parked a mobile command unit near the Police and Public Safety Building at 375 Wirtz Drive, and law enforcement officers were seen taking items out of the building and into the vehicle. Before the search, several police agencies met near Goodwill, 1037 S. Annie Glidden Road, to discuss the search, and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office served documents related to it, authorities said. The building that was searched includes NIU’s information technology services department and the health services department, but NIU spokesman Paul Palian said the Department of Police and Public Safety was the only target of the search. The university is cooperating fully with the matter. Bill Nicklas, NIU’s acting director of public safety, did not return calls seeking comment Wednesday.

HINCKLEY – Two teenagers were injured in a three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning near the corner of Route 30 and Pritchard Road in Hinckley. Hinckley Police Chief Gregg Waitkus said a 14-year-old female was airlifted to Rockford Memorial Hospital, while a 16-year-old female was transported to Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb. Waitkus said he was unable to comment on the victims’ medical conditions. Waitkus said the two teenagers were traveling east on Route 30 past Pritchard Road when their car slid into the opposite lane. A box truck struck their car on the passenger side. Another car rear-ended the box truck after the collision. No one else required medical attention, Waitkus said. Waitkus said the accident still is under investigation. – Daily Chronicle

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An FBI official and NIU police official walk back to the University Police and Public Safety building. The FBI and Illinois State Police searched the building Wednesday at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Two teens injured in Hinckley crash

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.

Senate still has to pass legislation funding the gov’t after March 27

Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com

8LOCAL BRIEF

“This is how you solve hard problems,” the South Carolina Republican said. It was during a phone call with Graham this week that the president raised the prospect of a group dinner with Republican lawmakers, an Obama aide said. Graham agreed to put together a guest list. Joining Graham and Coburn at Wednesday’s dinner were Sens. John McCain, Kelly Ayotte, Pat Toomey, Bob Corker, Ron Johnson, Saxby Chambliss, John Hoeven, Dan Coats, Richard Burr and Mike Johanns. The president and senators were meeting on neutral territory, an evening dinner arranged at the Jefferson Hotel, a few blocks from the White House. Obama has often scoffed at the notion that calling or meeting with Republicans more frequently would soften the ground for substantive negotiations on fiscal issues and other matters. “I think a lot of folks say, ‘Well, if we look like we’re being too cooperative or too chummy with the president that might cause us problems,’ ” Obama said, referring to the Republicans, in January. “ ‘That might be an excuse for us to get a challenge from somebody in a primary.’ ” The Republicans joining Obama for dinner may be less concerned with the political implications of sitting down with the Democratic president. Only Graham faces re-election next year.

Obama advisers say they’re hopeful that without the heightened pressure of an imminent fiscal deadline, the president and Republicans can have constructive conversations on a broad deficit-reduction bill that would include concessions from the GOP on tax increases and from Democrats on entitlements. But unless Boehner and McConnell bend on taxes, prospects for a sweeping deficit deal remain dim. “You can’t get around the leadership,” said Patrick Griffin, who served as White House legislative director in the Clinton administration. “It’s all about what happens going forward. Are the larger political dynamics going to change enough that Boehner and McConnell see it in their self-interest to change the way they position this?” There’s also no guarantee Obama and lawmakers won’t find themselves facing a fiscal crisis in the coming months. The Senate still has to pass a bill funding the government after March 27 – the House passed its version of the measure Wednesday – and lawmakers will have to decide whether to raise the nation’s debt limit in May. Longer term, Rep. Paul Ryan previewed a 10-year plan Wednesday that he said would eliminate federal deficits without raising taxes. That would tend to continue the budget standoff between the Republicans and Obama, who wants increased tax revenue to be part of any deal. But Ryan, the GOP vice presidential candidate in 2012, held out hope for communication across party lines.

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8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Quinn should own up to the pension issue

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Vote independent in township election

tial for a (very expensive) caucus or primary election next time around. Or was the forming of To the Editor: this new party just a self-serving Readers should be aware of political trick so they could file some troubling developments in their petitions more than a week our upcoming DeKalb Township after the other candidates, but election on April 9. In municipal elections, all candidates have tra- still jump to the top of the ballot? ditionally filed as independents, to We have a clear choice here to save the election authority a lot reject political games and cast of money. our ballot for very capable indeIf there are political parties pendent candidates. involved, and any of the offices Log on to www.vote-indepenare contested, it necessitates a dent.com/ for more information. caucus or primary election. This year, a new political party, Lolly Voss United DeKalb, has been formed. DeKalb Ironically, it claims to be a nonTeacher was not mistaken partisan organization. To the Editor: Why wouldn’t they stick with Reading Eric Olson’s column tradition and run as Indepenabout the shirt controversy at dents? Are they simply using our Genoa Middle School, I apprecitownship elections to create a new party? If they get over 5 per- ated his reminding the public that the teacher who objected cent of the vote in this election, to a shirt depicting guns should then the party is an established not be vilified and threatened. party, and anyone who wants to run under that party’s label can do However, you said she “made a mistake.” so in future elections. My reaction is this: No. No, So that creates a larger poten-

she did not make a mistake. She tried to uphold a peaceful, non threatening, civil environment that doesn’t include the glorification of weapons. A classroom is not a boot camp or a military training ground. Everyone serving in the millitary deserves to be honored and supported, but when the focus is on honoring their weapons instead, things have become turned upside down. Shame on the Genoa school administration for not supporting their teacher and knuckling under to pressure from a TV news network that loves to create controversy. It seems to me that the mistake was made by a parent so eager to place blame – without any reasonable discussion or exchange of views – that he has to attack his own local school in a public forum by labeling it “OUT OF CONTROL!” Really? Because one teacher objected to one shirt? Or because we all don’t share that view?

This incident is a sadly perfect example of our polarized culture. We are shocked – shocked! – and outraged when someone disagrees and dares to offend us. Perhaps we could all take a moment to remember that most people are well-intentioned most of the time, and a simple conversation can often clear up basic misunderstandings. When we still disagree, we need to realize that people have the right to their own views. That’s one of the most important freedoms that the Marines, and their other brothers and sisters in arms, have secured for us. I certainly commend Noah Currier for his service to our country, and I wish him well in his business. I hope his next series of designs focuses more on the loyalty, integrity, courage and commitment of the Marine Corps. Those are values that are welcome in any classroom. Barbara Henson DeKalb

Do conservatives want to win elections? People who want to see American politics take a turn to the right, and a few who don’t, have been giving a lot of advice to conservatives lately. Move this way on the social issues; move that way on economics; get more technologysavvy. You’ve heard it all, sometimes from me. Maybe all this advice is based on a false premise. We’ve been assuming that conservatives want to start winning political and policy victories again. But a few news items from last week suggest that many of them have different priorities. On Feb. 26, we learned that the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual meeting of activists and politicians, had sent speaking invitations to just about every prominent Republican other than New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Organizers reportedly think he isn’t really a conservative, especially on guns: He hasn’t tried to loosen his state’s restrictions and once condemned an ad by the National Rifle Association. I wish New Jersey were governed more conservatively: That Christie had not, for example, agreed to expand Medicaid last week on federal taxpayers’ tab. But we’re talking about New Jersey here. It’s a state that last elected a Republican to the Senate in 1972 and last went for a Republican presidential candidate in 1988. It went for President Obama by a larger margin than any other state governed by a Republican. Conservatives shouldn’t just cut Christie some slack. They ought to listen to him to find out how a pro-life critic of unions has become so popular in unfriendly territory – if, that is, they want the political map of the country to get any redder. Also last week, the Senate voted, 58-41,

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru to confirm Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense. Most Republicans voted against him. They offered a variety of reasons, but nothing better illustrated Hagel’s unsuitability for the job than the ignorance he showed during his confirmation testimony on the size of the defense budget. A “no” vote was amply justified. It wasn’t enough, though, for some of Hagel’s opponents. They complained that by even allowing an up-or-down vote on the nomination, Republicans had made themselves responsible for anything Hagel does as defense secretary. This isn’t a sensible standard. The 42 Democrats who voted against John Ashcroft as George W. Bush’s attorney general objected to that appointment quite as much as Republicans did to Hagel, but they allowed the vote to go forward. Nobody thought their opposition was therefore just for show. If a refusal to filibuster is the same thing as support for a nomination, few administrations will be able to staff themselves – or the filibuster will be curtailed. Set aside the merits and think about the politics. Which course makes more sense for Republicans opposed to Hagel? Attacking the Democrats who supported him for being soft on defense and Israel? Or attacking Republicans who voted against him for not opposing him strongly enough? The question answers itself. On Feb. 27, the Club for Growth, a group of economic conservatives, announced that it is encouraging primary challenges against House Republicans who fail to meet its standards. Most of

the members it has in mind have voted for Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal, which if enacted would be a more sweeping reform of the welfare state than the past three Republican presidents put together have accomplished. Many of the representatives were docked points, however, because they failed to also vote for a different, even more conservative budget that stood even less chance of becoming law. The president of the club, Chris Chocola, might not have passed his group’s tests when he was in Congress. (He took over the club after losing a House seat in Indiana.) Chocola voted for an expansion of Medicare that makes the spending sins of all his current targets look trivial. More important, it’s hard to see what policy outcomes would be different if every one of the people on the hit list had voted exactly as the club had urged over the past four years. In each of these episodes, some Republicans have seemed to dislike one another more than they like defeating Democrats and enacting conservative policies. After elections in which conservatives attracted the allegiance of only a minority of voters, they have reacted by trying to kick people out rather than bring people in. (You can see the same impulse at work among Republican critics of religious conservatives.) Michael Kinsley once remarked that liberals were always looking for heretics while conservatives were always looking for converts. But that was a long time ago, when conservatives were on the upswing.

• Ramesh Ponnuru, a Bloomberg View columnist, is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior editor at National Review.

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Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget address Wednesday showed once again that the governor would rather point the finger than lead on the issue of pension reform. Quinn repeatedly blamed members of the General Assembly for failure to reform the state’s five pension systems, the mismanagement of which has led to a $97 billion unfunded liability. He implored them to act. “What are you waiting for?” he asked. Taxpayers have been asking that for years. Inept leadership and an unwillingness to touch an issue that likely will cost some lawmakers their seats in the Legislature are the main reasons why reform hasn’t happened. Quinn should own this issue. If he could issue an executive order to reform pensions, what would he do? The time for proposals is over: Lawmakers need to settle on which proposals already out there are acceptable and move forward. He mentioned Wednesday two ideas we support: adjusting the annual cost of living hike so it isn’t a 3 percent compounding increase every year, and making sure the state pays its full share of the pension obligation each year. Add in bumping up the retirement age, and having employees contribute more toward their pensions (and not simply “adjust” the amount, as Quinn suggested) and we’ve got some real reform that would save money. Instead, Quinn has proved incapable of leading the state through the biggest issue facing the state in a generation. How many times has he set a “hard deadline” and demanded action, just to see it pass by with no consequences for failing (again) to reform systems that cost taxpayers $17 million a day? That’s not to say the state’s representatives and senators are blameless. Far from it. One person cannot be blamed for the growing, unfunded pention liability in Illinois. Legislators have shown they care more about the next election than the ramifications of their inaction. Quinn called his proposal the most difficult budget he’s ever had to submit. That will be true until next year when, if reform isn’t enacted, we’ll be in even worse shape. The sad truth is, until reform is enacted, pensions will dictate everything else in our budgets. We can’t afford new initiatives – economic, educational or otherwise – until there’s a resolution. Getting the state’s fiscal house in order is the only focus lawmakers should have this session. It’s going to be excruciatingly hard. Tough decisions will have to be made. But the majority of the pain those decisions will cause will not be borne by them. Think of the children in your life who will be on the receiving end of $400 million less in education funding if Quinn’s budget is approved – a truth he failed to share during his half-hour speech. The only hurt lawmakers might feel is if they’re not elected the next time their name appears on a ballot. And given the pain they have and continue to inflict on the people of this state, they’re lucky if that’s the worst they suffer.

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Voting Rights Act still needed Perhaps the conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court were living in an alternative universe last year, but when they express doubts about the need for the Voting Rights Act, it is clear they are not in possession of all the facts. Fact 1: Last year, South Carolina attempted to diminish the turnout of minority voters by enacting a bogus voter identification law that would have done nothing to stem the problem of voter fraud, which is all but nonexistent. Fact 2: Last year, Texas did the same. Fact 3: Last year, Florida did the same. It has also limited early voting so that people had to stand in line for hours in November to cast their votes. These states have larceny in their hearts and so, sadly, does Pennsylvania, which not only passed its own voter ID law, but did so specifically to ensure that Mitt Romney won the state in November’s presidential election. The state’s photo ID law would “allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania – done,” said Mike Turzai, majority leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Uniformly, these laws were passed by states where Republicans held sway, and who were willing to pursue their political ambitions by disenfranchising millions of voters. These were revolting attempts to resurrect Jim Crow, decades after Americans thought he was dead and buried. What is more, Congress reauthorized the Voting Rights Act in 2006 with overwhelming support in the House and unanimity in the Senate. The vote came after extensive congressional testimony that detailed continuing abuses in the states covered by the law, and the measure was enthusiastically signed by President George W. Bush. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia didn’t care about that. It was bad legislation, he said. – The Buffalo News

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

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7-DAY FORECAST

High pressure will build in to the north today, bringing in some sunshine along with more of an easterly wind. As a result, high temperatures will remain cooler than normal for this time of the year. By Friday, high pressure will slide east turning the winds out of the southeast. Highs will climb into the 40s with even warmer weather Saturday.

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Rockford 35/21

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Dixon 37/19

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Joliet 38/21

La Salle 36/22

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Aurora 37/19

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Streator 38/23

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Northern Illinois freshman baseball player and DeKalb alumnus Brian Sisler among team offensive statistical leaders through Huskies’ first 11 games. PAGE B3

SECTION B Thursday, March 7, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

CLASS 3A FREEPORT SECTIONAL

Deep bench vital to Sycamore’s sectional berth By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com

Former Flyers keep eye on Blackhawks’ streak PHILADELPHIA – If the Blackhawks stumble on their way to an NHL record for points in consecutive games, Bobby Clarke won’t be popping champagne. And if they break the mark of Clarke’s 1979-80 Flyers, he won’t mope. Unlike some former stars, who hold their records more tightly than he ever gripped his two Stanley Cups, Clarke can appreciate the way the Hawks has inched closer to Philadelphia’s record. The Hawks are up to 24 straight games this season – and 30 overall – as they chase Philadelphia’s NHL mark of 35 straight games with a point. From Clarke’s perspective, the new era of great teams should rise to the level of the ones before them. “All the records should be challenged and beaten by new generations,” Clarke said. – Wire report

8WHAT TO WATCH Men’s basketball Wisconsin at Michigan St., 8 p.m., ESPN The No. 10 Spartans (22-7, 11-5 Big Ten), losers of three straight, and the 22nd-ranked Badgers (20-9, 11-5), who are coming off an upset defeat, square off with the winner still alive for part of the regularseason conference crown. Also on TV... Pro basketball Oklahoma City at New York, 7 p.m., TNT L.A. Clippers at Denver, 9:30 p.m., TNT Men’s basketball Kentucky at Georgia, 6 p.m., ESPN Virginia at Florida St., 6 p.m., ESPN2 Missouri Valley Conference tourney, first round, Bradley vs. Drake, 6 p.m., CSN Butler at Massachusetts, 6 p.m., NBCSN Oregon at Colorado, 8 p.m., ESPN2 MVC tourney, first round, Missouri St. vs. Southern Illinois, 8:30 p.m., CSN Long Beach St. at UC Davis, 10 p.m., ESPN2 Golf PGA Tour-WGC, Cadillac Championship, first round, 1 p.m., TGC Baseball World Baseball Classic, first round, Italy vs. Mexico, 2 p.m., MLB WBC, first round, Venezuela vs. Dominican Republic, 5:30 p.m., MLB WBC, second round, Japan vs. Taiwan, 9 p.m., MLB Women’s basketball Big Ten tourney, Iowa vs. Northwestern, 11:30 a.m., BTN Big Ten tourney, Illinois vs. Wisconsin, 2 p.m., BTN Big Ten tourney, Minnesota vs. Ohio St., 6 p.m., BTN Big Ten tourney, Michigan vs. Indiana, 8:30 p.m., BTN

8KEEP UP ONLINE Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Want the latest from the area’s prep sports scene? Follow our coverage of tonight’s Class 3A Freeport Sectional semifinal between Sycamore and St. Francis on Facebook by searching for DC Preps or on Twitter at twitter.com/dc_preps.

SYCAMORE – Logan Wright’s one basket in the regional final against Hampshire would not have happened for many high school basketball players. Most players wouldn’t have been in position to attempt the one-handed putback at the end of the first quarter that cut Hampshire’s lead to 14-12. But Wright, representative of a Sycamore bench unit that Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com has brought consistent enSycamore’s David Compher looks to shoot during the fourth quarter ergy each night, continued to of the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional final Friday in Burlington. run the floor as the Spartans Sycamore defeated Hampshire, 51-44. launched a last-second 3-point-

Scoreboard Wednesday’s semifinal Rockford Lutheran .......................... 57 Woodstock....................................... 46 Today’s semifinal Sycamore vs. St. Francis, 7:30 p.m. Friday’s championship Rockford Lutheran vs. SycamoreSt. Francis winner, 7:30 p.m.

• Winner advances to the DeKalb Super-Sectional er. The shot caromed off, but Wright was in position for the putback, getting the shot off just before time expired. “He’s very athletic. I

thought that was a huge play,” Sycamore coach Andrew Stacy said. “That tip gave us a little momentum going in.” On most nights Stacy will go 10 players deep on his roster, subbing in and out frequently to keep up the defensive pressure. The versatility of bench players such as Wright, Nick Feuerbach, Jake Winters, Curtis Buzzard and Mark Skelley has helped a deep Sycamore team to its first regional championship since 2004. The Spartans play St. Francis at 7:30 p.m. today in the Class 3A Freeport Sectional semifinals.

See SPARTANS, page B3

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Compher introduced as East Carolina’s AD VIEWS Ross Jacobson

Leaving Huskies better off In the three months since Northern Illinois football won its second straight Mid-American Conference title Nov. 30, NIU’s athletic department has been like a revolving door. Almost the entire football staff has been turned over, including one assistant coach who was hired in January and left this week. Now NIU has lost its athletics leader as Jeff Compher left Wednesday to take the same position at East Carolina. Compher jumped at the chance for more money and a return to North Carolina, where he previously had worked. Who wouldn’t want to be 30 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean? The legacy of an athletic director is – fairly or unfairly – tied directly to the hires made in big-name sports, and Compher made four of them during his tenure, bringing in two football coaches and two basketball coaches. Unquestionably the selection of Dave Doeren was a slam dunk, albeit a short lived one. Two MAC titles and one BCS bowl bid later, there’s little argument he was the right guy over P.J. Fleck. When Doeren left, Compher acted swiftly, hiring from within and selecting Rod Carey

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Northern Illinois athletic director Jeff Compher speaks to attendees at the seventh annual Huskie Athletic Support Fund Kickoff Classic on Saturday inside Victor E. Court at the Convocation Center in DeKalb. Compher was introduced as East Carolina’s new athletic director Wednesday afternoon in Greenville, N.C.

Former NIU AD to start May 1; no interim named yet By STEVE NITZ

More online For all your NIU sports coverage – including stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to HuskieWire.com.

See JACOBSON, page B3

snitz@shawmedia.com After nearly five years at Northern Illinois, Jeff Compher was introduced as East Carolina’s new athletic director Wednesday afternoon in Greenville, N.C. According to The Associated Press, Compher agreed to a five-year contract worth $415,000 annually plus perfor-

mance bonuses. He will begin his duties at East Carolina on May 1. NIU has not yet announced an interim AD. Compher made $284,000 annually at NIU. “I would like to thank the search committee, the members of the Board of Trustees, and especially Chancellor (Steve) Ballard for this outstanding opportunity to lead the ECU Athletics Depart-

ment,” Compher said in an ECU news release. “North Carolina has always been home for our family and the city of Greenville holds a special place in our hearts. We look forward to getting to know the student-athletes, coaches and staff as well as the many fans and supporters of ECU athletics.”

See COMPHER, page B3

BLACKHAWKS 3, AVALANCHE 2

Half the season history, Hawks keep making it CHICAGO – Talk about a glass that is half-full. Half of the NHL’s 48-game regular season is history, and the Blackhawks keep making it. At 21-0-3, the record-setting Hawks have earned at least a point in every single game. Think about that for a moment. Every. Single. Game. It would be sort of like the Cubs playing their first 81 games without a nine-inning loss. The Hawks keep collecting points despite regular doses of adversity. In Wednesday’s 3-2 comeback win against the Colorado Avalanche, the Hawks overcame the absences of four injured forwards: Marian Hossa and Michael Frolik before the game, and Andrew Shaw and Patrick Sharp AP photo during the game. Blackhawks left wing Daniel Carcillo (left) celebrates his game-winning goal with Of those, Sharp’s injury could be the Niklas Hjalmarsson (back), and Johnny Oduya during the third period of Wednesday most serious. He was crunched against the boards in the third period, and he night’s game against the Avalanche at the United Center. The Hawks won, 3-2.

VIEWS Tom Musick hunched over in pain before going to the locker room. “He may miss some time,” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. It’s a hurdle, yes, but the Hawks have leaped over hurdles throughout the season. Hawks captain Jonathan Toews marveled at his team’s determination to win. He celebrated with his teammates after Daniel Carcillo scored with 49.3 seconds remaining in regulation time to lift the Hawks to a win. “A lot of people might think we’re pulling that game out of you-know-where, but really, we’re working for it,” Toews said. “There’s no special equation or whatever.

See MUSICK, page B2

SPORTS

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8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Boys Basketball Class 3A Freeport Sectional: Sycamore vs. St. Francis, semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY Boys Track DeKalb vs. Rochelle, Belvidere at DeKalb Indoor Invite, 9 a.m. Girls Track Sycamore, Kaneland at Byron Indoor Preview, 8:30 a.m. DeKalb at Sterling First Chance Meet, 9 a.m.

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SPURS 101, BULLS 83

RANGERS 3, CUBS 2

Duncan, Spurs drop Bulls Reliever shaky in rare start

ond game without Tony Parker. Patty Mills provided a needed punch off the Spurs’ bench, SAN ANTONIO – Tim Dunvs. Utah, 7 p.m. scoring 10 of his 13 points in can had 18 points and 10 reFriday, CSN, the second half. bounds, and the San Antonio AM-1000 Parker is expected to miss Spurs beat the Bulls, 101-83, on about four weeks with an anWednesday night in a matchup of teams missing their starting Splitter had 13 points and 10 kle sprain and Derrick Rose All-Star point guards. rebounds, and Kawhi Leonard has yet to play for the Bulls Manu Ginobili added 18 scored 14 points for San Antonio this season after undergoing points and nine assists, Tiago (48-14), which was playing its sec- major knee surgery.

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8SPORTS SHORTS Canadian singer Stompin’ Tom Connors dies at 77 PETERBOROUGH, Ontario – Canadian country-folk singer Stompin’ Tom Connors, whose toe-tapping musical spirit and fierce patriotism established him as one of Canada’s biggest cultural icons, has died, his promoter said Wednesday night. He was 77. Connors passed away from natural causes at his home Wednesday evening, Brian Edwards said. The musician, rarely seen without his signature black cowboy hat and stomping cowboy boots, was best known for songs “Sudbury Saturday Night,” ‘’Bud the Spud” and especially “The Hockey Song,” a fan favorite played at hockey arenas around North America.

49ers release 6-time Pro Bowl kicker Akers SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco 49ers released sixtime Pro Bowl kicker David Akers on Wednesday, ending a twoyear run of record-breaking highs and frustrating lows. General Manager Trent Baalke thanked Akers in a statement, calling the kicker a “true professional who represented himself and this organization with class.” Akers appeared in all 32 regular-season games and five playoff contests the past two seasons, including San Francisco’s 34-31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens in the Super Bowl on Feb. 3. He connected on 73 of 94 field goal attempts and all 78 extra points.

Ex-NFL player’s brother held on drug charges FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Prosecutors told a federal judge that the brother of a former NFL player is a member of a large, profitable drug conspiracy ring that moved thousands of pounds of marijuana and millions of dollars in cash with supply chains in California and Arizona. Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Gellar told Magistrate Judge Roger Cosbey during a detention hearing Tuesday in Indiana that the drug trafficking conspiracy that Michael Fabini, the younger brother of former New York Jets offensive lineman Jason Fabini, and 33-year-old Marshall Butler were allegedly involved in was anything but “run of the mill,” The Journal Gazette reported. Gellar said Michael Fabini helped maintain a drug stash house in Fort Wayne where guns and more than $1 million in cash were found alongside bales of marijuana. He said in a search of Fabini’s mother’s home, agents found a Chevrolet Impala owned by Michael Fabini with 35 pounds of marijuana in its trunk. At another house, they found an AR-15-type rifle and a Mossburg 500 shotgun registered to Fabini, Gellar said.

NCAA lifts ban on its tourneys in New Jersey MONTCLAIR, N.J. – The NCAA has lifted a recent ban against New Jersey schools being allowed to host tournament games or championships sanctioned by college sports’ governing body. The NCAA informed its member schools of the decision in a memo after U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp in Trenton issued a permanent injunction Thursday barring New Jersey from offering sports betting in the state. – Wire reports

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Blackhawks left wing Daniel Carcillo (bottom center) is mobbed by teammates as they celebrate Carcillo’s game-winning goal in the third period of Wednesday night’s game against the Avalanche at the United Center. The Hawks won, 3-2.

BLACKHAWKS 3, AVALANCHE 2

Eleven wins in a row By MATT CARLSON The Associated Press CHICAGO – Daniel Carcillo scored the tiebreaking goal with 49.3 seconds left in regulation and the Blackhawks won their 11th consecutive game, beating the Colorado Avalanche, 3-2, on Wednesday night to extend the best start in NHL history. Jonathan Toews and Andrew Shaw also scored for the Hawks (21-0-3), who reached the halfway point of a lockout-

Next at Colorado, 8 p.m. Friday, CSN+, AM-720 shortened season without losing in regulation. The remarkable Hawks have earned at least one point in their first 24 games, stretching their NHL record. Dating to last year’s regular season, the streak is 30 games. The Hawks broke the previous team record for consecu-

tive wins with their 10th in a row Tuesday night, 5-3 over Minnesota. The Hawks’ overall points streak is the second-longest during one season in NHL history. The 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers set the league record at 35 games with a 25-0-10 run. Carcillo knocked in a rebound with a backhand shot, his first goal of the season, after Semyon Varlamov made two in-close stops on Viktor Stalberg during a scrum in the crease.

Musick: Let’s hand out mid-season awards • musick Continued from page B1 There’s no magic going on. It’s just work ethic.” Every. Single. Game. Let’s hand out some midseason awards. Most Valuable Player: Patrick Kane Say it with me: Kanerrrr. The Hawks’ sixth-year forward always has had electric playmaking skills, but the difference this season has been his terrific consistency. Kane has notched at least one point in 19 of 24 games this season, and he is fully capable of doing something amazing every time he has the puck. Mr. Clutch Award: Marian Hossa Big-time players make big-time plays, and fans from Slovakia to Seneca Township would agree that Hossa is a big-time player. Hossa has four game-winning goals, which is twice as many as any of his teammates and is tied for third-best in the NHL. Captain Faceoff Award: Jonathan Toews Toews has won almost 60 percent of his faceoffs, which puts him in the top four in the NHL among players with at least 250 attempts. If Toews is this good at every one-on-one competition, watch out. He could be a rock-paper-scissors superstar. Big Shooter Award: Patrick Sharp No wonder Sharp named his dog Shooter (really, he

did). Sharp is not afraid to shoot from any angle, which is a big reason why he is tied for the team leads with 78 shots. It doesn’t take a high-percentage shot to create rebounds and scoring opportunities. I Told You So Award: Corey Crawford During training camp, Crawford patiently answered questions about his subpar 2011-12 season. Deep down, it was clear that he was annoyed. Now, he has silenced his critics with an incredible 1.53 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage. Holy Hip Check Award: Bryan Bickell Bickell is a behemoth at 6-foot-4 and 233 pounds, and he happily takes advantage of that size to plaster opponents into the boards. The gaptoothed forward from Ontario leads the Hawks with 56 hits, including five Wednesday against the Avalanche. Not Old Enough To Drink Award: Brandon Saad Quick, somebody get this kid a glass of lemonade! Saad, who will not turn 21 years old until Oct. 27, has blossomed as a top-line forward. He’s on his way to earning millions, which eventually will come in handy for those $7.50 stadium beers. Ouch Ouch Ouch Award: Brent Seabrook Every hockey player has a little bit of craziness pumping through his veins, but Seabrook is wilder than most. Game after game, he willingly drops to the ice whenever an opponent winds up to shoot. That’s why

Seabrook leads the team with 57 blocked shots, including a blast to the mid-section that sidelined him for a game Feb. 19. Most Valuable Swede: Viktor Stalberg In a tough bracket that included fellow Swedes Marcus Kruger, Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya, it was Stalberg who emerged as, well, the victor. Stalberg is tied for fourth on the Hawks with six goals to go along with seven assists, and he has made general manager Stan Bowman look smart for trading Kris Versteeg two years ago. You Wanna Go? Award: Jamal Mayers This award would have gone to Brandon Bollig, who piled up 40 penalty minutes in 11 games, but Bollig was demoted to the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs on Wednesday. That leaves Mayers, a well-respected veteran who stood up to cheap-shot artist Raffi Torres when the Hawks played the Phoenix Coyotes on Feb. 7. Record Book Award: Everyone The Blackhawks have captivated a sports-crazy city and caught the attention of the nation. They have earned 45 out of a possible 48 points, which is 100 percent bananas. If the second half is anywhere close to this exciting, we’ll be really, really, really spoiled.

• Shaw Media sports columnist Tom Musick can be reached at tmusick@shawmedia.com and on Twitter @tcmusick.

By JONATHAN DALTON The Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. – Hisanori Takahashi knows there are no guarantees for a player who walks into major league camp with a minor league contract. That’s why he’s happy to fill any role for the Cubs. Bidding for a spot in the bullpen, Takahashi started Wednesday and pitched three shaky innings in a 3-2 loss to the Texas Rangers. The 37-year-old left-hander gave up three runs and five hits, including Lance Berkman’s first home run. He walked two and struck out four Hisanori in his fourth Takahashi appearance of the spring. “It’s been a while since I started, maybe two or three years,” T a k a h a s h i Next said through a translator. “I’m vs. White Sox, happy about 2:05 p.m. pitching those today, AM-670 innings. There (Sox broadcast) are areas I can fix, especially those two walks and the home run I allowed.” Uncertainty is nothing new for Takahashi, who went to his first major league camp with the New York Mets in 2010 after signing a minor league contract with the club. “I’ve played baseball a long time and feel I had a successful career in Japan, as well,” he said. “I was in the same spot with the Mets, so experience will play a big part.” With the Mets, Takahashi appeared in 53 games, including 12 starts. But he’s been strictly a reliever since, pitching in 112 games the past two seasons for the Los Angeles Angels and Pittsburgh. Cubs manager Dale Sveum said Takahashi, should he emerge from the six-player scrum for three bullpen spots, could fill needs ranging from a left-handed specialist to long relief. “If he makes the team he could be that guy,” Sveum said before Wednesday’s game. “He’s been very durable. If the game dictates, he can pitch one (inning) or get a left-hander out. If the game dictates the other way, he can go two or three innings.” Such a role would be just fine with Takahashi, who turns 38 next month. “The goal I set for myself is to be that lefty out of the bullpen and being able to pitch multiple innings,” he said. Rangers left-hander Robbie Ross allowed a first-inning solo homer to Scott Hairston but then retired 13 of his final 15 batters, including the last nine in a row. He gave up one run and four hits in four innings. Rangers right-hander Alexi Ogando, the team’s projected fourth starter, allowed a run and two hits in three innings. He struck out six and walked two. Notes: Rangers OF Mike Olt was a late scratch because of an impacted wisdom tooth. He was sent to a dentist and is day to day. ... Cubs 2B Darwin Barney originally was in the starting lineup even though he’d already been given the day off. “He asked and I put him in there anyway,” Sveum said with a smile. Barney, who never made the trip to Surprise, was replaced by Edwin Maysonet. ... Sveum said SS Starlin Castro, sidelined with a sore left hamstring, could play Sunday or Monday. Utility man Brent Lillibridge (strained groin) could follow soon after. “Best way to put it is if it was the regular season, they’d be playing,” Sveum said. ... Cubs RHP Jeff Samardzija went four innings in a “B’’ game, allowing five runs – four earned – on six hits with three strikeouts. Samardzjia, tabbed as the team’s Opening Day starter this week, also allowed a home run.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 38 23 .623 Bulls 34 27 .557 Milwaukee 30 28 .517 Detroit 23 40 .365 Cleveland 21 40 .344 Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 37 21 .638 Brooklyn 35 26 .574 Boston 33 27 .550 Toronto 24 38 .387 Philadelphia 23 37 .383 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 45 14 .763 Atlanta 34 26 .567 Washington 19 40 .322 Orlando 17 45 .274 Charlotte 13 48 .213

GB — 4 6½ 16 17 GB — 3½ 5 15 15 GB — 11½ 26 29½ 33

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 48 14 .774 Memphis 40 19 .678 Houston 33 29 .532 Dallas 27 33 .450 New Orleans 21 41 .339 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 44 16 .733 Denver 40 22 .645 Utah 32 29 .525 Portland 28 32 .467 Minnesota 21 37 .362 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 43 19 .694 Golden State 34 27 .557 L.A. Lakers 31 31 .500 Phoenix 21 40 .344 Sacramento 21 41 .339

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Wednesday’s Results San Antonio 101, Bulls 83 Cleveland 104, Utah 101 Brooklyn 99, Charlotte 78 Boston 83, Indiana 81 Atlanta 107, Philadelphia 96 New York 87, Detroit 77 Miami 97, Orlando 96 Memphis 91, Portland 85 Minnesota 87, Washington 82 L.A. Lakers 108, New Orleans 102 Dallas 112, Houston 108 Toronto 98, Phoenix 71 Sacramento at Golden State (n) Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers (n) Today’s Games Oklahoma City at New York, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver, 9:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Utah at Bulls, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Indiana at Orlando, 6 p.m. Memphis at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m. Washington at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Atlanta at Boston, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Miami, 7 p.m. Portland at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. Toronto at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Results Boston 109, Philadelphia 101 Oklahoma City 122, L.A. Lakers 105 Denver 120, Sacramento 113

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Blackhawks 24 21 0 3 45 Detroit 23 11 8 4 26 St. Louis 22 11 9 2 24 Nashville 23 9 9 5 23 Columbus 23 7 12 4 18 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts Vancouver 22 11 6 5 27 Minnesota 22 11 9 2 24 Edmonton 22 8 9 5 21 Calgary 20 8 8 4 20 Colorado 22 8 10 4 20 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 21 15 3 3 33 Los Angeles 21 12 7 2 26 San Jose 21 11 6 4 26 Phoenix 22 11 8 3 25 Dallas 22 11 9 2 24

GF GA 78 46 63 60 64 67 47 59 53 69 GF GA 63 61 52 56 54 62 57 68 53 65 GF GA 75 60 60 52 50 46 67 63 61 63

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 23 15 8 0 30 New Jersey 23 10 8 5 25 N.Y. Rangers 21 11 8 2 24 Philadelphia 24 11 12 1 23 N.Y. Islanders 23 10 11 2 22

GF GA 81 67 56 65 55 53 68 72 70 78

Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 23 14 5 4 32 71 59 Boston 20 14 3 3 31 60 46 Toronto 24 15 9 0 30 73 61 Ottawa 24 12 8 4 28 56 49 Buffalo 24 9 13 2 20 63 77 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 22 13 8 1 27 67 62 Tampa Bay 23 10 12 1 21 81 73 Winnipeg 22 10 11 1 21 56 68 Florida 23 7 11 5 19 59 83 Washington 21 9 11 1 19 59 62 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss. Wednesday’s Results Blackhawks 3, Colorado 2 Toronto 5, Ottawa 4 San Jose at Calgary (n) Phoenix at Anaheim (n) Today’s Games Toronto at Boston, 6 p.m. Buffalo at New Jersey, 6 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Florida at Washington, 6 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Columbus, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. St. Louis at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Blackhawks at Colorado, 8 p.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. Winnipeg at Florida, 6:30 p.m. Edmonton at Nashville, 7 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Results Blackhawks 5, Minnesota 3 Columbus 4, Edmonton 3 (SO) San Jose 3, Vancouver 2 (SO) Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 2 N.Y. Islanders 6, Montreal 3 Washington 4, Boston 3 (OT) Carolina 4, Buffalo 3 N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 2 Florida 4, Winnipeg 1 Detroit 2, Colorado 1

MLB SPRING TRAINING Wednesday’s Results Texas 3, Cubs 2 Detroit 4, Toronto 1 St. Louis 7, Miami 2 Philadelphia 6, Washington 3 Pittsburgh 9, Boston 3 Milwaukee 7, Seattle 6 Cleveland 4, L.A. Dodgers 0 Kansas City 8, Arizona 1 Today’s Games White Sox vs. Cubs, 2:05 p.m. Boston vs. Minnesota (ss), 12:05 p.m. Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m. Toronto vs. Baltimore, 12:05 p.m. Washington vs. Houston, 12:05 p.m. Minnesota (ss) vs. Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees vs. St. Louis, 12:05 p.m. Miami vs. N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m. Arizona vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. San Francisco vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m. Seattle (ss) vs. Kansas City, 2:05 p.m. Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers, 2:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. San Diego, 2:05 p.m. Seattle (ss) vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m. Detroit vs. Atlanta, 5:05 p.m.

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NIU BASEBALL

SISLER EXCELLING RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX DeKalb alumnus 2nd on team in batting average, RBIs and on-base percentage and has a HR By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Brian Sisler remembers the anxious feeling he had for his first collegiate baseball game. Northern Illinois was in Lubbock, Texas, to take on Texas Tech at the Brooks Wallace Memorial Classic. It was a long way from DeKalb High School, where Sisler was a key player Next for the Barbs, and a member of at Southern their 2010 team Illinois, Fri- that took second day, Saturday place in Class and Sunday 3A. Like any normal freshman, Sisler had some butterflies, which NIU’s veteran players said are perfectly normal for someone in his situation. “I remember that first game – they said, ‘Are you nervous?’ and I said, ‘Yeah.’ They all said ‘good,’ ” Sisler said. “They all understand it’s the first game of Division I baseball, it’s natural to be nervous for that.” Sisler’s first NCAA at-bat didn’t turn out too well as he struck out looking against Red Raiders starter Dominic Moreno in the second inning of NIU’s 8-0 loss. But throughout the Huskies’ first 11 games, Sisler hardly has looked like a freshman. His .289 average is good for second on the team, he has one of the Huskies’ two home runs, and his five RBIs are

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Northern Illinois University baseball player Brian Sisler (left), a 2012 DeKalb High School alumnus, chats with a teammate between drills during practice Wednesday at the DeKalb Recreation Center in DeKalb. Sisler, who played three sports at DeKalb, has benefitted from focusing solely on baseball in the offseason. His .289 batting average is second-best on the team. one behind team leader Alex Klonowski. Sisler also sports a .386 on-base percentage, the Huskies’ second-best mark behind Jamison Wells. Huskies coach Ed Mathey said he watched Sisler about 10 times during his prep career. Throughout this young season, Mathey has watched

CLASS 3A FREEPORT SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL SyCAMORE (19-10) VS. ST. FRANCIS (20-7)

Where: Freeport High School, 701 W Moseley St, Freeport When: 7:30 p.m. today How they got here: Sycamore def. Rochelle, 66-46, in Burlington Central Regional semifinals; def. Hampshire, 51,44, in regional final. St. Francis def. Kaneland, 43-32, in IMSA Regional semifinal; def. Aurora Central Catholic, 46-43, in regional final. Scouting St. Francis: After a surprise run to a 3A sectional final last season, veteran St. Francis coach Bob Ward and the defensive-minded Spartans are at it again. St. Francis is led by versatile guard Tim Zettinger and sharpshooter Andrew Kimball. The Spartans last week held their two opponents to an

average of less than 38 points a game. Outlook: Sycamore won its first regional championship since 2004 with an upset victory over Hampshire. Sycamore has been excellent at executing in the half court, often exploiting mismatches in the post with Devin Mottet, Ben Niemann and Scott Nelson. The Spartans have cut down their turnovers and will have to be equally efficient against a stingy St. Francis defense. Sycamore has played its best two games of the season in the playoffs, so it’s fair to expect a similar effort out of the Spartans tonight. It should be a low-scoring, slow-pace game. – Ross Jacobson, rjacobson@shawmedia.com

a player who to him hasn’t played like someone who was playing high school ball a couple miles away last spring. “I think the biggest thing I can tell you about Brian is you don’t think he’s a freshman when you watch him play,” Mathey said. “He’s got a pretty mature approach. He’s a pretty

• SPARTANS Continued from page B1 In his second year as coach, Stacy has the roster to play his style. “We thought, when we looked at our personnel way back in the summer, we thought we had a lot of guys coming back and a lot of guys who were juniors,” Stacy said. “We wanted to play a style that would allow us to play as many guys as we could, and part of that was we thought we could press and wear guys out a bit.” Wright’s putback was a bonus for Sycamore as the junior forward is mostly counted on for his defense and rebounding. His athleticism and length allows Wright to guard multiple positions. In practice, Wright battles teammate Scott Nelson in the paint, something that has helped improve his post defense. “He is such a large body, it’s hard to defend against him and he’s really good,” Wright said. “It definitely helps me out.” Offensively, junior Nick Feuerbach has been a spark off the bench, providing Sycamore its most consistent threat from outside. He hit a trio of 3-pointers against

Hampshire, including one at the end of the third quarter to put Sycamore back up by seven. “We’ve had our ups and downs during the season, but right now we’re really figuring out our spots on the team, how everything works,” Feuerbach said. “It’s all meshing right now.” Junior Jake Winters spent much of the season as the team’s starting point guard, but now is the primary ballhandler coming off the bench. The experience gained early on has given Stacy another reliable point guard to switch in and out with starter David Compher. The box score won’t always show the contributions of Sycamore’s second five, but it’s evident to anyone watching the first substitution Stacy makes. “As a coach, you want to put people in there so you can maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses and put them in situations where they can be successful,” Stacy said. “I feel like we’ve got a good rotation going now and guys understand what’s expected of them and how hard you need to play when you’re on the floor ... especially in the state tournament.”

“As soon as basketball season ended, that was when baseball started,” Sisler said. “I kind of kept everything separated. I liked to focus on football when it was football season, basketball when it was basketball season, baseball when it was baseball season.” Over the summer, Sisler

NFL

Goodell: NFL ‘can, must’ make game safer game safer, and in the process, we will make other sports safCHAPEL HILL, N.C.– NFL er as well,” Goodell said. Goodell called for “a culture commissioner Roger Goodell said the league will continue of safety for to do “everything we can” to every sport” and welcomes make football safer. Player safety in the NFL has t h e n a t i o n a l been a frequent topic of con- conversation versation recently and Goodell about player discussed it again Wednesday safety and the during a lecture and question- growing issue Roger Goodell and-answer session at the de- of concussions. The NFL is facing concuspartment of exercise and sport science at the University of sion-related lawsuits from thousands of former players. North Carolina. “We know that in order to In a series of interviews about secure the future, we can and head injuries with The Asmust do more to make the sociated Press in December

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2011, 31 of 44 players said they wanted the league to have independent neurologists at games. Goodell said the league “will continue to make rule changes, invest in equipment and provide our medical staffs with the tools and authorities” to prevent injuries. “Medical decisions override everything else,” he said. “We know that our actions set an example.” Goodell said concussions are down 40 percent in the two seasons in which kickoffs were moved 5 yards to the 35yard line, a change designed

to create more touchbacks and fewer returns. “Players and coaches have adjusted (to rule changes). They always do, but there is more work ahead,” Goodell said. “We will find other ways to take the head out of the game. The helmet is for protection. It should not be used as a weapon.” Goodell pointed to the NFL’s recently announced partnership with General Electric to develop ways to improve head protection. “Science can be a gamechanger in making sports safer,” he said.

NIU has a record of hiring qualified replacements • JACOBSON Continued from page B1

Feuerbach has provided offensive spark off bench

focused individual.” Sisler has benefited from focusing on baseball full-time in the offseason. At DeKalb High, he was the starting quarterback in the fall and the Barbs’ point guard over the winter. There wasn’t a lot of baseball work outside of the spring and summer months.

came in and worked out on his own, built up some muscle, and got his chance to work over the offseason. Mathey likes taking on three-sport athletes because of the potential they can reach once they focus on a sole sport. In players like Sisler, he sees upside and work ethic. “There’s a couple things about three-sport guys for me. One, they’ve got more skills to get better cause they’ll be focusing.Theotherthingaboutthreesport guys is they’re used to being busy year-round,” Mathey said. “And now, when you get them into college and they’re playing one sport, they’re busy with that year-round and they’re going to work at it yearround, because that’s the timetable they’re used to.” Coming into the season, Sisler had a goal of starting, even if it was at second base, where he had been told he would play. However, he’s worked at his game at shortstop with infield coach Marvin Sanchez, and took time in the fall to refine his swing. As a freshman, Sisler also has soaked in the advice of NIU’s veterans. Although the players are bigger and stronger, the ball is hit harder and the pitching is better, Sisler realizes the game is still the same. “It’s still baseball,” he said. “You’re still playing catch; you’re still throwing it. It just comes down to fundamentals, and confidence is also a big role.”

to replace him less than 48 hours later. He won’t stay at zero wins for long. Like Carey, the jury still is out on basketball coaches Mark Montgomery and Kathi Bennett, who have both seen their current rebuilding efforts stymied with disappointing seasons in 2012-13. But with the football team achieving unprecedented success, it’s fair to ask why support for those athletic teams hasn’t risen to new heights as well. Why wasn’t Huskie Stadium filled this year when the defending MAC champions

continued the nation’s longest home winning steak? Could Compher and the administration have done more to make sure home games, especially those against Toledo and Kansas, were packed with red and black? Did he miss an opportunity to bring some buzz to DeKalb when switching the 2011 Wisconsin home game from Huskie Stadium to NIU’s “second home” in Chicago? When Compher was hired in 2008, he told the Daily Chronicle one of his priorities was creating a “Duke-like atmosphere” at basketball games. That hasn’t exactly come to fruition. The largest attendance for a basketball game at the Convocation Cen-

ter annually is for the DeKalbSycamore rivalry games, and by a wide margin. Compher brought increased fundraising efforts to NIU and the soon-to-becompleted Chessick Center upgrades NIU’s athletic facilities to the same level as other schools in the MAC. He organized both Soldier Field games in 2011 and 2012 and has NIU set up for another one against Nebraska in 2016. Undoubtedly it’s hard for NIU to keep its top talent from moving on to universities with more resources, but the same reasons that have made NIU an attractive option in the past still are present. If anything, NIU is in a better

place than it was five years ago, possessing a premier mid-major football program entering an era that gives those teams more access to the more prestigious bowls and the bigger money payouts. Consistently having to search and hire is tough for any program to get used to. But NIU has a decent track record of bringing capable replacements through that revolving door, even if it spins more often than people like.

• Ross Jacobson is the sports editor of the Daily Chronicle. Write to him at rjacobson@shawmedia.com and follow him on Twitter @RossJacobson.

Compher has spent several years working in N.C. • COMPHER Continued from page B1 Compher, 53, is replacing Terry Holland, who retired earlier this year. He will oversee a program that is a member of Conference USA, but will join the Big East (as it’s currently known) in football in 2014. Compher has ties to the state as he spent 2000-2004 as Western Carolina’s AD and worked in various positions at N.C. State for 13 years. He was an assistant AD in Raleigh from 1986-1992. During his time in DeKalb, Compher hired two football coaches as well as a men’s and women’s basketball coach. He also oversaw the start of construction on the $9.5 million

Chessick Practice Center. “I would like to thank President Peters, the student-athletes, coaches and staff for the opportunity to lead the Huskie Athletics Department. I am also very grateful to the generous donors, alumni and fans who have helped build a tremendously successful athletics program,” Compher said in an NIU news release. “My family will miss the many good friends we have made here and appreciate how the community accepted us over the last five years.” Compher hired Dave Doeren in December 2010, and watched him go 23-4 in two seasons at the helm of the NIU football program. Doeren took the N.C. State job Dec.1, the day

after the Huskies won their second straight Mid-American Conference championship. On Dec. 2, 2012, Compher replaced Doeren with Rod Carey, who had been the team’s offensive coordinator. The same day, NIU became the first MAC school to earn a BCS bid, as it was announced the Huskies would take on Florida State in the Orange Bowl. FSU defeated NIU, 31-10, on New Year’s Day. “I am really happy for Jeff and his family, but sad to see him go,” Carey said in a news release. “He’s been a great leader for NIU and has taken us to places we haven’t been before as a football program and as an athletic department. I have the utmost respect for Jeff and his wife, Cathy.”

Twelve of the 16 head coaches in the Huskies’ athletic program were hired by Compher. In addition to Doeren and Carey, coaches Compher brought to DeKalb include men’s basketball coach Mark Montgomery and women’s basketball coach Kathi Bennett. Montgomery has gone just 10-49 in nearly two seasons at the helm of the men’s program, while Bennett is 34-55 with the women’s team. Construction on the Chessick Center began in 2012, and the facility is scheduled to be finished this fall. Last month, Compher told the Daily Chronicle he expected the facility to be completed around October – before NIU hosts the IHSA football state championships.

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SPORTS

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PGA TOUR-WGC: CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP

Attention now follows McIlroy to the course No. 1 player said walking off course relieved pressure put on himself By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press DORAL, Fla. – As if quitting in the middle of a golf tournament didn’t bring Rory McIlroy enough attention, it might not let up on the golf course. McIlroy has been going through damage control the past five days after his abrupt departure when he was 7-over par through eight holes and decided to call it quits at the Honda Classic. After an apology to Sports Illustrated, he faced the media Wednesday and took all the blame. “I actually think in the long run, Friday will be a blessing in disguise,” he said, referring to the day he withdrew last week. “It was like it just sort of released a valve, and all that pressure that I’ve been putting on myself just went away. And I was like, ‘Just go out and have fun. It’s not life or death out there. It’s only a game.’ “I had sort of forgotten that this year.” The world’s No. 1 player won’t be able to escape the spotlight when the Cadillac Championship gets under way today at Doral.

This World Golf Championship tends to group the top players in the world ranking, meaning McIlroy gets to spend the opening two rounds with Tiger Woods and Luke Donald. And while McIlroy’s behavior was questioned last week, it’s his game that has been the most curious. He played with Woods when both made their 2013 debut in Abu Dhabi, and the 23-yearold from Northern Ireland had rounds of 75-75 to miss the cut. Woods also missed the cut that week because of a two-shot penalty, though he flew halfway around the world the next week and won at Torrey Pines for his 75th career win. McIlroy had a sloppy performance on Dove Mountain and lost in the first round of the Match Play Championship, and then made it through only 26 holes at PGA National. He lost track of the hours he put in at The Bear’s Club over the weekend, hopeful that he can sort out the problems in his swing. His expectations for the week? “Just work on my swing,” he said as he walked out the

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Rory McIlroy speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the PGA Tour-World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship in Doral, Fla. door after his news conference. “Try to get my swing back.” Woods is coming off a mediocre performance in the Honda Classic, failing to break par in any of the four rounds on his way to a tie for 37th. He is a three-time winner at Doral and never had finished out of the top 10 until he withdrew after 11 holes last year with tightness in his left Achilles tendon. Woods can appreciate the scrutiny McIlroy faces. He also had some sound advice. Keep going. “We play week after week,” Woods said after nine holes of practice on the Blue Monster. “Once one week ends, you

have to move on the next one. And we’re on a different venue and different golf course. For me over the years, I’ve just put it aside and moved on, whether it was good or bad, whether I won the tournament or missed the cut, whatever it may be. You move on and get ready for the next event.” With each week, the Masters gets closer. Only a dozen players in the 65-man field at Doral are not yet in the Masters, so it’s an important week for the likes of Geoff Ogilvy, Fredrik Jacobson, Richard Sterne and Charles Howell III, all of whom are trying to establish them-

selves in the top 50 when the final cutoff arrives at the end of the month. And for McIlroy, it’s a matter of sorting out his game. He described his swing change as trying to put it back the way it was last summer, when he went on a tear at the end of the year by winning the PGA Championship for his second major, two FedEx Cup playoff events and the season finale in Dubai to capture the money title on the two biggest tours. He is getting close. “We found it,” he said. “It’s just a matter of getting comfortable with it. When I take the club away and try to put it in the right position, it feels very alien to me right now. But the more reps I do, the more comfortable I’m going to get with it.” Even so, he is not inclined to add another tournament to his schedule. If he were to play poorly at Doral, McIlroy would consider playing Bay Hill. Otherwise, he would stick to his plan of making the Houston Open his only other stop before Augusta. Another example of the Masters on the horizon was Phil Mickelson, who made a detour to Augusta on Tuesday to play with Keegan Bradley. Mickelson was dominant when he won the Phoenix Open, though he didn’t con-

tend his next two weeks at Pebble Beach and Riviera, and then he took the past two weeks off. “The first week I didn’t touch a club and this last week I’ve been practicing pretty hard,” Mickelson said. “And I’ve had some good rounds and I’m optimistic, but you just never know until you get in competition, and today at Doral, this is playing as tough as I’ve seen this golf course play. The rough is thicker and denser than I’ve seen – and longer – and it’s going to have a premium on getting the ball in the fairway.” Woods, meanwhile, is trying to end a drought in these World Golf Championships. He has won 16 of them, but none since Firestone in late summer of 2009. His game has been all over the place – missed cut, win, middle-of-the-pack – but Doral is familiar turf. “I’ve liked the venue. I like being here, and this course and this tournament have been good to me over the years,” he said. He might not recognize the course much longer. Donald Trump bought the resort last year and will start tearing it up Monday after the tournament is over, adding length and more water features in what The Donald describes as a “brand new course.”

NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL

Brey tired of thinking about 2013-14 The ASSOCIATED PRESS SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame men’s basketball coach Mike Brey said he’s exhausted from considering all the scenarios regarding which conference the Fighting Irish will play in next season. He said he doesn’t want to think about it now until it’s decided.

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Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun warms up in the on-deck circle during a spring training game against the White Sox on Feb. 28 in Phoenix.

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

Braun hoping to win over fans in WBC Brewers OF says he isn’t fazed by links to PEDs By DAVE SKRETTA The Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Ryan Braun understands why many people are skeptical of him, given the way his name twice been has linked to performance-enhancing drugs. He refuses to let it bother him. On a sun-splashed field in Arizona, the Brewers slugger said getting back to spring training has helped him deal with the swirling controversy, and that playing for the U.S. team in the World Baseball Classic could help to convince some fans to give him a clean slate. “Obviously, there’s been a lot of things I’ve dealt with over the last year and a half,” he said, “but I’m just trying to focus on the things I can control.” After his MVP season in 2011, Braun tested positive for steroids during the playoffs. But he fought the case and eventually had his 50-game suspension overturned by an arbiter who discovered chainof-custody issues in the handling of Braun’s test sample. Then this past offseason, Braun’s name surfaced in records from the now-defunct Biogenesis of America LLC

clinic that allegedly provided substances to several players. After his name was connected to the clinic, Braun issued a statement in which he said he used the clinic’s operator, Anthony Bosch, as a consultant in appealing his previous positive test. Braun so far has refused to address his use of Bosch or the clinic in detail, but he did say that all of the allegations swirling around him have not become a distraction. “You know, I think the longer you deal with something, the easier it becomes to deal with, if that makes sense,” he said. “Regardless of what the circumstances are, I’ve kind of lived this for the last year and a half, so I’m able to focus when I get on the baseball field, whether it’s personal issues or family issues or a situation like this. I just come to play.” He’s certainly done that. Last season, Braun led the league in homers with 41, was second in RBIs with 112 and finished third in batting with a .319 average, and nearly won his second straight MVP. He finished second to San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey in the voting. Braun appears to be locked in this spring, too. After going 2 for 8 with a homer in four games for the Brewers, he left camp to catch up with the U.S. team at the WBC. In the first of two exhibition games Tuesday, he went 3 for 4 and scored a pair of runs in a 4-4 tie with the White Sox.

The Americans open Pool D play Friday night against Mexico in Phoenix. On Tuesday, any angst felt by fans over Braun’s connection to steroid use seemed to have washed away in the Arizona desert. Dozens of fans lined up along the fence line with balls, hats and jerseys that they hoped he would autograph – and Braun dutifully signed many of them. “There’s no more baseball in the Olympics, so this is the closest we get to an Olympicsstyle event. It’s only once every four years,” he said of the WBC. “For everybody that’s on our team, we take a tremendous amount of pride in being here, and the guys I know playing for Mexico and the Dominican (Republic) and Venezuela, they all feel the same way.” While sensitive to the way he’s perceived by fans, Braun said he doesn’t spend much time thinking about how sponsors and potential business opportunities might view his past. Braun also has said he’s supportive of the drug testing system that Major League Baseball has in place, and he welcomed an announcement by the league and its players union that players will be subject to in-season, unannounced testing for human growth hormone. “I’ve always been supportive of the system,” Braun said earlier in camp. “I’ve always been supportive of additional drug testing or whatever testing they have that’s available.”

Nearly a month after saying the Irish would stay in the Big East for another season, Brey Mike Brey told reporters Wednesday he doesn’t know what Notre Dame will do. Seven other

Catholic schools in the Big East are planning to start their own conference next season and keep the league name. Brey said he doesn’t know whether the Irish will join the Catholic 7 or go to the Atlantic Coast Conference early. The coach had said earlier he expected the No. 24 Irish to join the ACC after next season.

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HONK! CCT production delivers message of acceptance By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com

hen Cliffton Hansen’s teacher at Genoa-Kingston Middle School called him up to her desk one December day, he thought he was in trouble. When he got to her desk, Hansen’s teacher, Cindy Bakanas, had pulled up on her computer the cast list of the Children Community Theatre’s upcoming production of “Honk!” Next to the role of Ugly the Duckling was Hansen’s name. That’s how the 13-year-old seventh grader learned he had nabbed the lead. “I started jumping up and down and yelling,” he said. “I remember everyone staring at me.” After four months of preparations, If you go CCT will present its production of What: CCT presents ‘Honk!’ “Honk!” this weekWhere: O’Connell Theatre, end. “Honk!” is a family-friendly musi- Stevens Building, Northern Illinois University cal adapted from the When: 7 p.m. March 8, 9, 15 popular story “The Ugly Duckling.” and 16; 2 p.m. March 10 and 17 The play focuses Tickets: $12, adults; $6, ages on Ugly, who is bul12 and younger; available at lied and rejected by www.cctonstage.com/tickets or his peers because of at the door. his appearance. “It’s a timeless message of you are who you are and you should love yourself for it,” said director Jeff Hall. Hall said the entire play and its cast does a great job of presenting this important message of acceptance and individuality behind a light-hearted tone, which he hopes audiences recognize. “I really hope they take to heart the message of the show, and that they just have a good time,” he said. George Schippits, vice president of the CCT Board of Directors and producer of the production, plays the villainous role of the Cat, who tries to eat Ugly throughout the play. Schippits also stressed the lesson behind the production. “It’s got a great message,” he said. “We’re all an ugly duckling at some time.” Tessa Poffenberger, a 13-year-old eighth grader at Genoa-Kingston Middle School, said she has enjoyed being a part of this particular production

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CCT in DeKalb will open its production of “Honk!” this weekend. Pictured (from left) are cast members Tracey Busby, Jenny Busby, Julie Breidenbach, Cossette Breidenbach, Shaelyn West, Ruth Hart and Tom West. because she likes the the dynamics of the show. “It’s cute and it’s got a bit of quirky humor in it, which I like,” she said. Poffenberger plays Pinkfoot, a member of the goose squadron, which tries to help Ugly find his home during the play. Both Poffenberger and Hansen said they are excited, anxious and a bit nervous for opening night Friday. But Schippits said he feels the entire cast, consisting of about 15 adults and 35 children, is adequately prepared. “We stress to the kids, when you hear the applause, it’ll all be worth it,” he said. Many children in the production are just beginning their acting careers with “Honk!,” while some are CCT veterans. Schippits said working with

these children always is a rewarding experience. “That’s part of what I like about doing it, watching the kids grow and blossom as actors and actresses,” he said. Schippits said sometimes its hard to distinguish the adults from the children once they get on stage. But that’s a good thing, he said. “Most of us still act like children. That’s why we do theater,” he said. “You don’t have to grow up on stage.” Hall, who has a strong background in theater, said his experience working with children was somewhat limited before joining CCT for this production. But working with these children has been humbling, he said. “It’s been a huge joy,” he said. “I absolutely love it. They’re just brilliant.”

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things to do this weekend An apple a day Johnny Appleseed Day is Monday, but you can celebrate Johnny and apples this weekend. You could grab some apples and other supplies and make some apple-based delights (such as apple pie). You can also find Johnny Appleseed and apple-related kids activities on the Web. And be sure to check out if your library is doing anything special this weekend.

Movie night

There’s only one big movie opening in wide release this week, and it’s a really big one: “Oz the Great and Powerful.” This PG flick is a prequel to “The Wizard of Oz,” and it stars James Franco as Oz.

Girl Scout Week

Spring forward Time springs forward early Sunday morning, and you can have fun with it by making a game of changing all the clocks and changing the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. You can

STAGE STAGE CCT’s “Honk!”: 7 p.m. March 8, 9, 15 and 16, 2 p.m. March 10 and 17, O’Connell Theatre, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. Tickets: $12, adults; $6, children. www.cctonstage.com. Stage Coach Players’ “Jesus Christ Superstar”: 7:30 p.m. March 14 to 16 and March 21 to 23, 2 p.m. March 17 and 24, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. Sandwich High School’s “Into the Woods”: 7 p.m. March 14 to 16, Sandwich High School, 515 Lyons Road, Sandwich. Tickets: $7 at the school office or at the door. Beth Fowler Dance Company’s “A Storybook Ballet”: 7 p.m. March 15 and 16; 2 p.m. March 16 and 17, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $15 to $25 in February; $17 to $27 after March 1. Group discount for nonprofits available. Tickets available at www.egyptiantheatre.org, 815-758-1225 or at the door one hour before each performance. PR Productions’ “Annie”: 7 p.m. March 21 to 23, 2 p.m. March 23 and 24, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. All-ages show. Tickets: $12, adults; $10, seniors and students, at www.wewantpr.com or 888-395-0797. Stage Coach Players’ “The Robin Hood Capers”: 7:30 p.m. May 2 to 4 and May 9 to 11, 2 p.m. May 12, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.

also plan some spring-themed events – winter is almost over!

Tuesday is the 100th birthday of the Girl Scouts, and a week of celebrations begins on Sunday, which is Girl Scout Sunday and the beginning of Girl Scout Week. Check your local chapter for activities.

stagecoachers.com. Stage Coach Players’ “Shrek The Musical”: 7:30 p.m. June 13 to 15, 2 p.m. June 15 and 16, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. Stage Coach Players’ “Red Herring”: 7:30 p.m. July 11 to 13 and July 18 to 20, 2 p.m. July 21, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. Stage Coach Players’ “Company”: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 to 10 and Aug. 15 to 17, 2 p.m. Aug. 11 and 18, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www. stagecoachers.com. Stage Coach Players’ “The Lion in Winter”: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 to 14 and Sept. 19 to 21, 2 p.m. Sept. 22, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www. stagecoachers.com. Stage Coach Players’ “Rope”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 to 12 and Oct. 17 to 19, 2 p.m. Oct. 20, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. Stage Coach Players’ “Annie”: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 to 9 and Nov. 14 to 16, 2 p.m. Nov. 10 and 17, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. ART ART Women’s History Month Art Show at DAWC: 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays in March, DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St., DeKalb. Free; open to the public. Reception: 7 to 9 p.m. March 8. Tributes to famous

Sports talk And don’t forget about sports! This weekend will see plenty of action, with college basketball, the NBA, NHL and NASCAR in full swing, and MLB spring training is ramping up. Check your TV guide for game times, or head online to your favorite sports site.

women artists Mary Cassatt, Georgia O’Keeffe and Frida Kahlo, along with original art by local women artists Julia KieferBell, Dorothea Bilder, Kimberly Mullarkey, Anna Marie Coveny, Nancy Baker, Mary von Zellen, Siew Lian Lim and Marilyn Hrymak. Information: 815-7581351 or dawc@niu.edu. “OBJECTIVE / SUBJECTIVE: Mapping as Visual Language”: March 19 through May 24, North and Rotunda galleries, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Altgeld Hall, DeKalb. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Public reception: 4:30 to 7 p.m. April 4. www.niu.edu/artmuseum. “Rarely Seen Southeast Asia: Art, Artifact, Ephemera”: Through May 15, Northern Illinois University Anthropology Museum, Fay-Cooper Cole Hall, DeKalb. An exhibit of more than 150 rarely shown art pieces and artifacts from Southeast Asia. Information: 815-753-2520 or 815-753-1771. “Play: Stories, Mementos and Fun”: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, Sycamore History Museum, 1730 N. Main St., Sycamore. Exhibition explores leisure moments and how we remember them through stories, objects and experiences. Admission: $5 a person, free for members and children younger than 14. www.sycamorehistory. org. 815-895-5762 History/memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays or by appointment, Nehring Gallery, 111 S. Second St., Suite 204, DeKalb.

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REGIONAL Zanies Comedy Night Club – St. Charles: Various dates at Pheasant Run Resort, 4050 E. Main St. Visit www.stcharles.zanies.com for acts, prices and showtimes. 630-584-6342. EVENTS EVENTS 56th Spring Fox Valley Antiques Show: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 9 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 10, Kane County Fairgrounds, 525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles. Fifty-seven dealers from 14 states. Admission: $8, benefits Garfield Farm Museum in LaFox. Free parking. Discount coupons available at www.csada.com. Top 10 Film Series: Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Schedule: 4. “Raging Bull,” 6:30 p.m. March 19; 3. “Casablanca,” 6:30 p.m. March 26; 2. “The Godfather,” 6:30 p.m. April 2; 1. “Citizen Kane,” 6:30 p.m. April 9. Tickets: $7, adults; $5, students and seniors. No cost for Feb. 12 show. Purchase advance tickets at www.egyptiantheatre.org. ALPHA: Friends of Antiquity Lecture Series: 7:30 p.m., Jack Arends Visual Arts Building, Room 102, NIU, DeKalb. Free and open to the public. Series schedule: • March 7: “Tradition Transformed in Late Antiquity: The Shift From the Late Roman to a Byzantine Aesthetic,” Christina

Nielsen, assistant curator for Late Antique, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Art Institute of Chicago • April 18: “To Whom Do Antiquities Belong? The Legal and Illegal Trafficking of Antique Art Objects,” Professor Ralph Burin, Department of Art History, Harper College, Palatine MUSIC MUSIC KSO Goes to the Movies!: 7:30 p.m. March 8, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, NIU, DeKalb. Benefit concert for Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Tickets: $15, available at the door or in advance at Sycamore Antiques, Kar Free Flowers, Hillside Restaurant and LePrint Express. Patsy Cline and Buddy Holly Tribute: 8 p.m. March 9, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse. org. Kishwaukee Concert Band’s “By Request”: 3 p.m. March 10, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, NIU, DeKalb. Free; donations appreciated. www.kishconcertband.org. Too Far Down, Buried In Autumn, Fallen and The Phantom Maggots: 6 p.m. March 13, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Local bands perform. www.thehousecafe. net. Switchback: 8 p.m. March 17, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse. org. Doug Church: 8 p.m. April 6, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. 815786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse.org. Bob & the Beachcombers: 8 p.m. April 20, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www. sandwichoperahouse.org. Montgomery Gentry with special guest Chuck Wicks: 7 p.m. April 21, NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets: $36 and $26. NIU students get a $5 discount. Tickets can be purchased at the Convo Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster. com or 800-745-3000. www. convocenter.niu.edu. Aaron Carter with special guests Ryan Cabrera, Tyler Hilton, and Teddy Geiger: 7 p.m. May 3, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $35, premium reserved seats; $22, regular reserved seats. Tickets available at 815-758-1225 or

www.egyptiantheatre.org. Glenn Miller Orchestra: 2 pm. May 4, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $27 to $32, premium reserved seats; $20 to $25, regular reserved seats. Discounts available for groups of 10 or more. www. egyptiantheatre.org. The Diamonds: 8 p.m. May 11, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. ONGOING ONGOING Art Attack – School of Art in Sycamore: 215 W. Elm St. Classes for children and adults. www.sycamoreartattack.org or 815-899-9440. Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts: NIU Music Building, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Classes in music, art and theater for children and adults. www.csa.niu.edu or 815753-1450. Bread & Roses women’s choral group rehearsals: 5:45 to 8 p.m. Sundays, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. www. breadandroseschorus.org. Indian Valley Community Band: 6 to 7:20 p.m. Mondays, Sandwich Middle School Band Room. Area musicians who enjoy playing for pleasure are invited; there are no auditions. Open Mic: 8 p.m. Mondays, sign-in at 7:30 p.m., The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Bands and singers perform for 12 minutes. 815-787-9547. Kishwaukee Barbershop Harmony Singers rehearsals: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Open to men of all ages. 815-895-5955 or 815899-8383. DeKalb Festival Chorus rehearsals: 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays, NIU Music Building. New singers invited. Call 630-453-8006 for an interview with conductor Jen Whiting. www.dekalbfestivalchorus.org. Greater Kishwaukee Area Concert Band Ninth Season rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, band room at Door 16 of Huntley Middle School, 1515 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. Allvolunteer band for anyone age 18 or older who has played a wind or percussion instrument in the past. No auditions needed. 815-899-4867 or 815-825-2350. Thursday Blues Nights: 8 p.m. first Thursday each month at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. “The Way” acoustic coffee house: 6 to 8:30 p.m. first Saturday each month, DeKalb Christian Church, 1107 S. First St. 815-758-1833 or tomndcc@ aol.com.

Review: ‘Oz’ prequel visually dynamic, but loses heart By JEFFREY WESTHOFF Shaw Media Disney has made major waves in the last few years buying up family friendly media properties, such as the Muppets, Marvel Comics and “Star Wars.” But the practice is not new. Walt Disney himself procured an especially rich property in the 1950s when he scooped up the film rights to most of L. Frank Baum’s Oz novels. So it is something of a surprise that “Oz the Great and Powerful,” directed by Sam Raimi and starring James Franco in the title role, is only the studio’s second attempt in 60 years to capitalize on those rights (third if you count the made-for-TV “The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz”). Any attempt to make an Oz movie automatically falls into the shadow of “The Wizard of Oz,” the 1939 musical starring Judy Garland that is one of the few movies nearly everyone has seen. Collective memories of that beloved classic obliterated Disney’s first attempt to revisit the magic land, 1985’s “Return to Oz,” released a full 30 years after Disney acquired the Oz rights. Audiences expected a merry sequel, but no one was singing about rainbows in the bleak fantasy far more faithful to Baum’s work than the MGM film. This time, Disney isn’t taking chances with risky reinterpretation (don’t look for the bold political take of “Wicked,” the book and musical that covers much of the same Oz history). “Oz the Great and Powerful” has been mounted as a reverent prequel to the 1939 film.

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This film image, released by Disney Enterprises, shows James Franco and Michelle Williams in a scene from “Oz the Great and Powerful.” It follows the same pattern, opening with a black and white sequence set in Kansas and changing to color when the wizard arrives in Oz. A few actors introduced in Kansas reemerge as enchanted creatures in Oz. Raimi goes all in for film nostalgia during the opening. Not only do we see Kansas in monochrome, Raimi frames it within the square Academy ratio that was the standard screen size in 1939 (“The Artist” also was filmed in Academy ratio). The screen expands once the wizard is blown out of Kansas, so Oz is both more colorful than our world and wider. Franco’s character, a two-bit magician in a three-bit traveling carnival, presciently bills himself as Oz the Great and Powerful even before

he visits the magical land. His stage name is a shortening of his real name, Oscar. Vain and frustrated with his career, Oscar says, “I don’t want to be a good man, I want to be a great one.” So now we know the moral lesson he must learn. Oscar also is a Casanova who doesn’t hide his indiscretions well. When a jealous husband comes after him, Oscar escapes in the carnival’s hot air balloon, not noticing the tornado forming in the distance. Quicker than you can say, “Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!” Oscar is in Oz. Almost immediately, he learns of a prophecy that a great wizard who shares the kingdom’s name will be crowned king once he vanquishes the wicked witch. Oscar loves the idea of being king, espe-

cially when he sees Emerald City’s vast treasure room, but he’s not thrilled about fighting a witch. The fake wizard knows a handful of flash powder is no match for real magic. Oscar encounters three witches, Theodora the winsome (Mila Kunis), Evanora the scheming (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda the good (Michelle Williams). The script, credited to Mitchell Kapner and David Lindsay-Abaire, plays guessing games as to which witch is the wicked witch, but the studio’s publicity department has done a lousy job of keeping the secret. Reversing Dorothy’s route, the would-be wizard follows the Yellow Brick Road from the Emerald City to Munchkinland. He acquires two companions along the way, a flying monkey named Finley (voiced by Zach Braff) and the doll-like China Girl (voiced by Joey King). Both are CGI characters, and they are of Gollum quality, believably sharing the same physical space as Franco and conveying emotion better than some of their human co-stars. China Girl is an uncanny creation who looks and moves exactly like a china doll brought to life. The first half of “Oz the Great and Powerful” is filled with sweetness and wonder. Knowing winks to the 1939 film are plentiful. A cowardly lion, perhaps the cowardly lion, appears. When Oscar first sees the Emerald City, he says, “It’s a good thing green is my favorite color.” He wonders why a flying monkey would be dressed like a bellhop. Finley and China Girl contribute considerable enchantment to the

film’s first half. They are engaging characters, the feisty doll and the timid monkey, with amusing dialogue. They play well against Franco’s greed and opportunism. Once the group arrives in Munchkinland, the story shifts to the war of the witches. A wave of new, less interesting supporting characters is introduced, leaving China Girl and Finley less to do and say. Their voices are missed. Like so many films dependent on CGI, “Oz” becomes all about action, spectacle and special effects. Given Raimi’s bravura visual dynamism, the spectacle and effects are dazzling, and “Oz” joins the handful of liveaction movies worth seeing in 3-D. But, except for the conspicuously underdeveloped Theodora, characters make the first half of “Oz” fun, just as the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion made the original film indelible. Once Raimi pushes character into the background, his movie loses heart (and maybe some courage and brains). Also, because the two evil witches need to survive this movie so Dorothy can kill them later, the stakes for the climax are low. The stage must be set for the next tornado to bring the next visitor from Kansas, so we know which characters will be scattered to various points of the compass and who will wind up behind the curtain. Raimi’s prequel is a beautiful diversion, a colorful and clever homage to perhaps the most loved film of all time. But for all the technical wizardry that goes into it, “Oz the Great and Powerful” does not live up to its adjectives.

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NIU Jazz bands to perform tonight on campus The Northern Illinois University Jazz Lab Band and the NIU U-Jazz Band will perform their first concert of the spring semester at 8 p.m. Thursday. The concert will take place at the NIU School of Music Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building, 300 Lucinda Ave. Both jazz ensembles will perform a wide variety of styles within the jazz genre, including works by legendary jazz composers Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver and Pat Metheny. This year the Lab includes many new and talented members, including Sean Holly, a trombonist from DeKalb High School, as well as many outstanding freshmen, including Everette Benton on drums; Ethan Woyach, Andy Czarnecki, Francesca Hanson, Gavin Tidaback and Micah Huff on trumpets; Carlos Brown on alto saxophone; and trombonists Matt Farias and Joshua Cleveland.

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The Northern Illinois University Jazz Lab Band and the NIU U-Jazz Band will perform their first concert of the semester tonight. In addition, the group counts with the experience of five graduate students, Marianne Kim, Evan King, Matt Attfield, Jaron McCarr and Vic-

tor Bastidas; and the talent of sophomore and upper classmen Kandace Miggins, Brian Quinlan, Eric Smith, Jerry Williams and Sam Hight.

The Lab Band regularly participates in jazz festivals and competitions, and performs at least six concerts per academic year. Last June,

the Lab Band won in the College Big Band Division of the prestigious Downbeat Magazine 35th Annual Students Awards. The group has featured several international jazz artists, including Gary Smulyan, Allen Vizzutti, Stephen Anderson, Mark Colby, Craig Butterfield, Robert Chappell, Fareed Haque, Liam Teague, Art Davis, Kelly Sill, Steve Duke, Ronald Carter, Stefan Karlsson, Tom Garling and Wayne Bergeron. The first NIU Jazz Lab Band album, “Quintessence (NIU Jazz Studies – 2011),” will be available at the concert. Proceeds from the sales of NIU Jazz recordings benefit Northern Illinois University School of Music and are used to support the Jazz Studies program through scholarships, public performances, recording, tours and related activities. For more information, contact Lynn Slater at 815-753-1546 or lslater@niu.edu.

8BRIEFS NIU Annuitants to see Cubs at Miller Field

Montgomery Gentry to play Convo April 21

Space remains for the Northern Illinois University Annuitants Association April 21 trip to Milwaukee to see the 1:10 p.m. baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Brewers. Participants will enjoy an all-you-can-eat buffet lunch of bratwursts, barbecue chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, grilled hamburgers, corn on the cob, coleslaw, cookies, soft drinks and tickets in the “Dew Deck” at Miller Park. The group will leave DeKalb at 9 a.m. For more information, call Carder Travel at 815-756-1547.

Montgomery Gentry, one of country music’s all-time greatest duos, will take the stage April 21 at Northern Illinois University’s Convocation Center. Special guest Chuck Wicks will kick off the concert at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.

All seats are reserved and ticket prices are $36 and $26. Tickets can be purchased at the NIU Convocation Center box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-745-3000. NIU students get a $5 discount with a valid NIU OneCard at the Convocation Center box office (limit two).

Montgomery Gentry, Wicks and the NIU Convocation Center have partnered with Rockford’s Q98.5 to help raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A portion of every ticket will be donated to the St. Jude’s to raise funds needed for the research to fight cancer and other children’s diseases.

Superfest looking for extras from movie The Smallville Superfest Committee is planning something special for the movie premiere of “Superman: Man of Steel” in June. Anyone who worked in the movie, crew member, or an extra is invited to join in the excitement at the movie premier on June 14. Contact the committee via email at info@smallvillesuperfest.com or through Facebook at Smallville Superfest. The second annual Smallville Superfest will be Aug. 16 through 18.

Local artists perform music and stories Three local artists will present a night of original music and stories on March 16. Writer Kyle White and musicians Greg and Kim Wheaton will perform at 7 p.m. in the Freight Room of the historic Sycamore Train Depot, 475 DeKalb Ave. The cost is $5 at the door. White is an author and illustrator whose book of regional essays, “Wisconsin River of Grace,” was featured in Northern Public Radio’s Winter Book Series. His work can be viewed at www.KyleWhiteInk.com. Greg Wheaton plays acoustic, fingerstyle guitar, in the style of Phil Keaggy, Andy McKee and Antoine Dufour. He is an endorsement artist for Stonebridge Guitars, and recently released his CD, “Hope Against Hope.” For more information,visit www.GregWheaton.com. Vocalist and guitarist Kim Wheaton plays acoustic, storyfilled songs. She also is a pottery artist and birth doula. Her work can be seen at www.etsy.com/ shop/kimwheatonceramics.

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For more information, call 815752-6800 or email convocenter@niu.edu.

Gallery seeking new artists The Art Attack Artist Co-op Gallery has room for some new artists. Prospective artists who will be

juried by exhibiting artist co-op members should submit three to four items of work. Call 815-8999612, from 2 to 7 p.m. March 4 through 9 to set up an appointment for review of your work. Presentations will be on March 14 at Art Attack, 215 W. Elm St., Sycamore. Use the Somonauk street entrance.

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Thought of the dentist wipes her smile away Dear Abby: I am writing to you because I can share this anonymously. I am close to 60 years old and I’m terrified of the dentist. Every time I pick up the phone to make an appointment I get so anxious I feel like I’m going to die. Do you think I will be able to find a caring, compassionate and nonjudgmental dentist? Are they out there? Sometimes I wish I could die instead of going to the dentist. Am I crazy? – Mrs. Anxiety in The U.S.A. Dear Mrs. Anxiety: Let me put it this way – if you’re crazy, you have a lot of company. Many people fear going to the dentist. However, there have been improvements in the field since you were a child – including sedation for people who choose “not to be there”

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips while their dental problems are being attended to. Good dental health is very important to our overall health, so please don’t put off any further making an appointment. Tell the person who is booking the appointment what your needs are, and if that dentist can’t accommodate you, ask for a referral to one who can. Dear Abby: I have been a nanny for four families over the last 10 years. I am now working for a family of five. I don’t make a lot of money, but I enjoy what I do. My problem is all the

gift-buying I feel required to do – such as on the children’s birthdays, Christmas and the mom’s birth of more babies. My employer is expecting yet another baby this summer and her 3-year-old has another birthday coming up. I’m tired of the gift-buying and really can’t afford to do it anymore. When the new baby is born, I am tempted to just say “Congratulations!” Any suggestions? – Gifted Out Dear Gifted Out: Yes. When the newest addition to the family arrives, give your employer a nice card. You should not be expected to come up with a gift. You are already giving these children loving and responsible care and that is gift enough. Dear Abby: During the first year of our marriage, my

husband cheated on me with women from his past as well as new encounters. When I confronted him, he promised to stop. He would then call and email these women, and tell them I was checking up on him and he’d contact them later. This has gone on for years. He swears he’s no longer cheating, and we have sought counseling – which I stopped because the counselor and I agreed that my husband didn’t think he had a problem. When I confront him with my suspicions, he insists that I am “driving him away” by accusing him. He is very arrogant, and people who don’t know him believe he’s a great guy and I am the problem. I have considered revenge

cheating, but it goes against my morals. I think about divorcing him, but then I think – what if I am wrong? What if he really is being faithful? What should I do? I love him. – Unsure in Texas Dear Unsure: I agree that “revenge” cheating is not the solution to your problem. Hire a private detective and get to the bottom of this. If you’re wrong, you need counseling to resolve your insecurities. However, if he’s cheating, you will know you haven’t been imagining things and can decide rationally if it’s in your best interests to continue being married to a womanizer.

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

Check playground equipment before play Dear Dr. K: Two of my child’s friends have hurt themselves playing on the playground recently. What can I do to keep my child safe? Dear Reader: Kids get exercise, burn off energy and develop their motor skills by running, jumping and climbing on swing sets, monkey bars and other playground equipment. But each year more than 200,000 children in the United States visit emergency rooms for playground injuries. The most common are broken bones, bruises, scrapes and deeper cuts. More serious injuries also occur. Here’s the advice my pediatrician colleagues give parents to keep their kids as safe as possible:

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff • Supervise your child. Children of all ages should be under constant supervision when playing on the playground. Injuries can happen when kids use the equipment in unsafe ways. • Guide children to ageappropriate equipment. Most playground equipment is designed with a specific age range in mind. Very young children should not be left unattended in a swing, for example. My colleagues also advise parents to carefully check out the playground where they’d like their kids to play. The

specific things parents should focus on are: • Check for cushioning beneath equipment. Playground equipment should not be located over hard surfaces such as grass, packed dirt, rocks, asphalt or blacktop. Acceptable surfaces include thick layers of hardwood fiber/mulch, pea gravel and sand. Other options include rubber tiles or mats. Cushioned surfaces should be provided under all equipment and should extend at least 6 feet in all directions from the edge of the equipment. • Inspect individual equipment. Playground equipment is supposed to be inspected and maintained, but that doesn’t always happen. • Ladders, platforms and

steps: Steps should be in good condition and handrails should have appropriate grip sizes for children. Platforms should be surrounded by a guardrail or protective barrier. • Swings should be at least 24 inches apart and 30 inches from any supports. The cushioning surface should extend for at least twice the height of the swing, in front and back of the swing seat, and at least 6 feet to each side of the structure. • Slides should be well anchored, have firm handrails and have steps with good traction. There should be no spaces between the slide platform and the slide itself. • Seesaws: The handles should be secure and easy to grip. There should be a soft

bumper under the bottom of the seat, and all pivot points should be covered to prevent pinched fingers. If you find that the cushioning beneath the equipment, or the equipment itself, does not meet these standards in the playground where you’d like your child to play, organize some other parents. Then as a group, contact the people responsible for the playground – usually a local government. People make many demands of their government, and governments can’t always respond. But a threat to the health of children is something responsible authorities are likely to take very seriously.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.

Stop worrying, her parents approve of you Dr. Wallace: I’m 17 and so is the girl I’m dating. We’ve been dating for seven months and really care for each other. We both have strong religious convictions and abstain from alcohol, drugs, tobacco and premarital sex. Much of our time is spent going to school activities and movies. When we don’t go out, we spend time at her house listening to music or baking cookies. The thing that concerns me is that her parents don’t seem to be very friendly. They rarely talk to me when I’m in their house and when I leave, they never

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace say goodbye. I’m starting to think they don’t like me. I’ve talked to my girlfriend about this, and she told me I’m super sensitive and shouldn’t worry. But when we go to my house, my parents are very friendly toward my girlfriend. They make her feel welcome and comfortable. I’m thinking of having a private talk with her parents to find out what the prob-

8ASTROGRAPH By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – In the year ahead, you are likely to find new ways to bring several long-running projects to successful conclusions. It’s a period of endings for you, but with multiple fresh beginnings as well. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Because you’re likely to be a visionary with a purpose, your probabilities for success are excellent. When you are motivated in such a way, anything is possible. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Although you’ll derive much satisfaction from achieving an impressive accomplishment, striving for it will give you the most pleasure. The fun is in the chase. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Those with whom you hang out, including your family, will have a powerful effect on your attitude. If they’re doers, you’re apt to be a success too. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Even if most of your efforts are spent doing things for others, when it comes time to divvy up the results, you’ll share in what they gained. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – If you have to make a presentation, try to isolate the key players, because you’ll do much better and be far more dynamic working on a close, personal basis. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Don’t be reluctant to be of assistance to an associate if it’s needed. You could be surprised by how much your actions help your situation as well. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Consideration and diplomacy won’t dilute your strengths – they will enhance them. Persons with whom you’re involved will recognize and admire your clout. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Engaging in do-it-yourself household projects could turn out to be more fun than drudgework. Now’s the time to fix everything that needs mending. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Occasionally, it can be therapeutic to break away from everyday routines and change the game plan. If possible, seek out involvements that are fun and relaxing. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Substantial achievements are possible when you devote your energies to matters that could enhance your material well-being. Go for the gold. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Adhere to any strong notions that direct you to take action on a specific issue. Tackling a quantity of jobs is not necessarily better than doing quality work on one. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – In order to get what you’re entitled to, it might be necessary for you to be assertive. Don’t hesitate to be bold when circumstances require it.

lem might be. Should I do it without telling my girlfriend or should I tell her before I talk with her parents? Also, should I include my girlfriend in this meeting? – Ken, Frederick, Md. Ken: Forget about having any kind of meeting with the parents with or without your girlfriend. Their style may be different from your parents’, but they approve of you. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t allow you to spend time in their house with their daughter. Just continue being patient and polite; I’m sure you’ll notice them thaw as they grow used to

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you. You have no need to worry. Dr. Wallace: Our Spanish teacher is about 25, very cute and all the girls in the class go gaga over him. I was born in Mexico and can speak, understand, read and write Spanish very well. I also have a high IQ and have no problem getting an A in the class. I got my A the old-fashioned way – I earned it. My best friend is a B student in reality, but she is also getting an A because she fawns all over him. Don’t get me wrong. The teacher is doing nothing to encourage these girls to talk with him

after class. He is married and has twin daughters. That still doesn’t stop my friend from buttering him up. I’m mad as heck and don’t know what to do. Can you help me? – Angela, Santa Ana, Calif. Angela: Don’t concern yourself with the grades of other students. Continue doing your best in all your subjects and you will be the winner. A grade is no more than the teacher’s subjective evaluation. Far more important is the knowledge the student gains in the class.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@galesburg.net.

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Tricks must come from somewhere James C. Dobson, an evangelical author, psychologist and founder of Focus on the Family, said, “Don’t marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can’t live without.” That is no doubt true. At the bridge table, though, don’t make the play you think is right; make the play after which either your contract cannot fail or the opponent’s contract cannot make. In this deal, East is defending against five diamonds. West leads the heart queen, and South calls for dummy’s five. How might East hope to defeat the contract? After South opened one diamond, West made a two-heart weak jump overcall, showing a good six-card suit and 6 to 10 high-card points. East raised to four hearts, a contract that would have made when both major-suit finesses worked. However, South rebid five clubs, and North converted to five diamonds. Since neither side was sure who could make what, this was passed out. The defenders need three tricks to defeat five diamonds. East can see one in hearts. His side cannot take a second heart, because West’s overcall guaranteed a six-card suit. Any minor-suit tricks would come in the fullness of time. That left spades to be considered. Who should be attacking that suit, West or East? Clearly East. His leading spades through South rated to be more profitable than West’s leading around to South. So East should win the first trick with his heart ace and shift to the spade queen. Here, that works beautifully, netting the first three tricks for the defense.

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Art works at NIU inspired by map making As a part of the Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s upcoming Mapping Exhibition Suite, “OBJECTIVE / SUBJECTIVE: Mapping as Visual Language” features contemporary artists using the visual and conceptual language of mapping to respond to real or imagined spaces. This exhibition will be curated by art museum staff Peter Olson and Heather Green and will be held in the North and Rotunda galleries of the NIU Art Museum from March 19 through May 24. A public reception will be held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. April 4. This exhibition focuses on national and international artists, using the objective visual language of maps for subjective and personal inspiration. The ways in which these artists appropriate maps includes a variety of eclectic media and conceptual interpretations. Their works range from sincere to satirical subject matter and from cosmic to intimate scale. For example, young Japanese artist Ken’ichiro Taniguchi traces cracks in city sidewalks. He uses the tracings as templates for fabricating meandering, lace-like sculptures out of bright yellow plastic. After he produces these sculptures, he returns to the original street locations to

fit the delicate constructions back inside the crevices for photographic archiving. Taniguchi’s elegantly mindful work not only entices viewers to find beauty in the overlooked details of their surroundings, but challenges perceptions of scale, as cracks in the pavement take on the appearance of river systems seen from above or magnified biological details viewed through a microscope. NIU alum Ben Rosecrans appropriates the utilitarian aesthetics of cartography. Rosecrans’ layers of diagrammatic line, translucent shapes and painterly swatches offer a 21st-century spin on the artistry of map-making. While the pieces are not maps in the traditional sense, Rosecrans borrows the language of mapping to create his own worlds. Other exhibiting artists include Erin Coleman-Cruz, Nancy Engstad, Adam Benjamin Fung, Ilana Halperin, Donna Katz, Ray Klimek, Dan Miller, Dan Mills and William Walmsley. The NIU Art Museum is located on the first floor, west end of Altgeld Hall, on NIU’s DeKalb campus. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Group tours can be arranged by appointment. More information can be found at www.niu.edu/artmuseum.

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Brunnenstr.10, Entrance, Berlin #1 (street view), 2012, by Ken’ichiro Taniguchi. Taniguchi traces cracks in city sidewalks and uses the patterns to create delicate plastic sculptures, then returns to the site of the cracks to photograph the two elements together.

Sandwich High School to present ‘Into the Woods’ Sandwich High School will present its spring musical, “Into the Woods,” at 7 p.m. March 14 through 16. “Into The Woods” is a musical about the experiences of various fairy-tale and fable characters as they strive to get their wishes and deal with the consequences of those wishes. Originally written in 1986 by Steven Sondheim and James

Lapine, the featured characters are Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, and the Baker and his Wife. Under the direction of Liz Schollenberger, the cast includes Danny Holly, Bobby Curtis, Alex Roller, Joey Tassone, Daniel Stier, John Sauer, Tom Mouding, Cheryl Welte, Hayley Slaughter, Jessie Hintzsche, McKenzie Sauer, Am-

ber Kellmer, Brianne Brubaker, Charisse Keating, Marissa Jourdan, Jacque Worthington, Joslyn Barajas, Ellen Roddy, Cheyenne Flores, Haley Joseph and Caitlyn Carlson. Crew members include Dakota Lloyd, Aubree Hanson, Claudia Resendez, Gillian Frosch, Jacob Benson, Jackie Walker, Kayla Littlebrant, Destinee Hernandez,

Sam Gilbert, Veronica Barajas, Sarah Gordon, Sam Collins, Lauren Kaltenecker, Sarah Isola, Ashley Angus, Shannon Haff, Caitlyn Carlson, Alyssa Turek, Jasen LaBolle, Trevor Adrian, Kerri Smith, Kaylah McAnally, Kristin Millard, Drew Rebhorn, Nora Beltran, Bradley Kipper and Joe Duffy. Under the direction of Justin

Heinekamp, the pit includes Kate Carpenter, Molly Fraser, Sean Carpenter, Jake Niles, Anthony Vruno, Emily Niles, Brady Gaskin, Brian Moran, Cayman Joseph and Zack Benson. Tickets cost $7 and can be purchased at the Sandwich High School office, 515 Lyons Road, beginning Friday or at the door the evening of the performance.

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The DeKalb Area Women’s Center is hosting a month-long art show featuring local female artists, including this work by Nancy Baker.

Women’s History Month Art Show at DAWC in March The DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St., is hosting a month-long art show featuring female artists. The center’s galleries are open from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays and by appointment. The show includes tributes to world-famous artists Mary Cassatt, who was the only American artist who exhibited with the French Impressionists; Georgia O’Keeffe, noted for her southwestern oils and huge floral close-ups; Frida Kahlo, a Mexican painter who often expressed her suffering through self-portraits; and Kathe Kollwitz, a German artist who excelled in expressive drawings prompted by the horrors of war. The show also includes original work by local artists Julie Kiefer-Bell, with a large-scale luminous oil painting of a white poppy; Dorothea Bilder, featuring three forms of printmaking; Kimberly Mullarkey, showing large graphite and charcoal drawings inspired by plant life; Anna Marie Coveny, displaying wheel-thrown and hand-built ceramics; Nancy Baker, showcasing quilting, tie-dying, coiling and garden towers; Mary von

Zellen, sharing collage and drawings; Siew Lian Lim, writing poetry and painting a landscape from her recent trip to Southeast Asia; and Marilyn Hrymak, presenting upcycled art. A opening reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. The event is free and

open to the public. An accessible lift can be accessed from the alley north of the building. Parking is available on the street and in the DAWC parking lot 1/2 block south on Eleventh Street. For more information, call 815-758-1351 or email dawc@niu.edu.

PR Productions will present the family-friendly classic musical “Annie” at the Sandwich Opera House. The show opens March 21 for a limited five-performance engagement. Performances will be held at 7 p.m. March 21 through 23 and 2 p.m. March 23 and 24. Tickets cost $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased online at www.wewantpr.com or by calling 888-395-0797. Annie (Lara Allison, Arlington Heights) is a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents, who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan (Shela Lahey, Sycamore). In adventure after funfilled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations, befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Jacob Austin, Hinckley) and finds a new family and home in billionaire Oliver War-

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bucks (John Daly, Millington), his personal secretary Grace Farrell (Elizabeth Stevenson, Millington) and a lovable mutt named Sandy. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts. “Annie” also features the talents of Madison Johnson, Ashley Tindall, Brooklyn Todd, Micah Hett (Sandwich), Annie Shirley, Rachel Harker, Christopher Roe, Christine Roe, Clare Smith, Emily Glover, Trey Ambrose,

Adam Diveley (Plano), Macie Janson (Leland), Emma Carpenter (DeKalb), Elena Micuilis (Lemont), Ella Sall, Jen Sall (Oswego), Blythe Schwaller (Sheridan), Amy Daly, McKenna Daly (Millington) and Andy Buel (Montgomery). The production is directed by Kristofer Pagoria, with musical direction by Susan Webb, and choreography by Danielle Pagoria. For more information, visit www.wewantpr.com or call 888-395-0797.

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Gravity box on JD gear; JD 1210A 400 Bu grain cart; 2 Killbros 350 gravity wagons on JD gears; 375 Killbros. on JD gear; 2-Killbros 375 Gravity Wagon on Killbros & Bradford gear; Kinze 440 grain cart w/ext sides; Brent Gravity Wagon; Fickland Gravity Wagon; 2005 10 x 72 Mayrath w/ swing auger, galvanized, very little use; 2004 Mayrath 10-72 swing away auger; Farm King 10-70 Backsaver w/walkaround auger; Parker Gr. Wagon w/ auger on 10Ton gear; DMI center dump; Mayrath 8”x62’ auger; WF auger, 100-71; WF auger, 100-61; Sweep Auger ts 42’ bin; Hyder Galvanized Gravity Box on JD gear; Killbros Gravity Box on new Idea gear; 8” Mayrath Swing away auger; Ficklin #30 Gravity Box, no gear; Ficklin #435 Gravity Box, no gear; 2005 Buhler Farm King 10” x 70’ swing away auger; Stirrator for 18’ Grain Bin; Mayrath 72’ x 10” auger; Sudenga Brush Auger for gravity wagon; 10” hyd. Drive roll around auger; Farm King 10” x 60’ mechanical swing away auger; Rebuilt upper gear box for Farm King swing away; Killbros 1800 Grain cart w/ scale Heavy Duty Trucks & Trailers: 2004 40’ Wilson Pacesetter Hopperbottom, new brakes, drums, s-cams, new tarp, 4 aluminum rims, good tires; ‘92 Wilson Hopperbottom; 2000 Freightliner FLD 120 sleeper, 316,000 miles, new front tires, good cond; 1975 Louisville Ford, single axle straight truck with “like new Knapheide 16 ft. grain box; 1997 Talbbert 48’ drop deck; 1981 GMC tandem twin screw, Detroit diesel, 1993 Omaha grain box w/ cargo doors; 1979 Ford 9000 Semi-Tractor, Cummins, 330,000mi Vehicles: 1964 Chev C10 pickup red 327 3 speed, wood box, ready to show, see pix on website; ’99 Chev. 1500 4x4 Silverado; ’95 Chev. C1500 V6 auto, runs/drives great; ’89 GMC K2500 4WD, 350 eng. Auto, w/service box; ’88 Pontiac Grand Am GT V6,auto, PW, red, 134,100 mi.; Olds Toranado Limosine, 32 ft, 10 passenger, tandem, 2 stainless steel coolers, speed rack; (will sell between 12-1pm) 2004 Ford E-150 Chateau Conversion Van, 153,000 mi, original owner, pw, new tires, new battery, quad captain seats, bench in back that folds to bed; 1993 Chevy Suburban; ’02 F150 ext. cab; 98 Ford 250 4x4; 79 Dodge van 4x4 off road w/360 Skid Loaders & Forklifts: 2007 Case 440 Skidsteer on tracks, 2300 Hrs. Aux Hyd; Two stage forklift mast &trolley from Hyster 5500# forklift; forkslift add on Cat II Hyd. fork positioner; Hay Equipme t: 2009 NH 5070 small square baler w/ hyd tension & hyd fold; Hesston 1091 haybine 9 ft; IH 8330 9’ haybine; NH 258 hayrake; hayrack w/ 8x14 deck; Fox Silage Blower; 5580 Hesston Round Baler; Bale accumulator caddy #600; Hew Holland Super Hayliner #68; Early 50’s New Holland #77 pull type bailer w/ Wisconsin engine self propelled, runs and works. Livestock Equipme t, Hay & Straw: 80 5th cutting alfafa hay small squares, no rain, very nice; 50 bales, grassy mixed hay; 10 round bales, grass hay; 100 bales mixed alfalfa-grass hay , 50+ bales grass hay; 80+ bales mxd hay; 75 bales hay; 100+ bales wheat straw; New 6x8 wood chicken house; 2-3 ton bulk feed bins; 2000 16’ Corn pro Livestock Trailor; Livestock loading chute; Bell City Electric Mixmill; Staco Stainless Steel feeders, 5 hole & 6 hole; JD 400 grinder mixer; 3 Pannier Hi-Dry 24 whole hog feeders; Pax round hog feeders Tools: Dewalt 16” radial arm saw, 7 ½ HP, good; 295 amp Lincoln welder; 2 Rigid Air Compressors, many Dewalt, Portercable, Bosch, Skil, Ridged, and Milwaukee Power and hand tools; Tannewitz 16” Table saw; 2 DeWalt 16” radial arm saws; Coats 5060E rim clamp tire changer Law & Garde Mowers, Pavers, Lumber: JD 4x2 Gator w/ elec. Lift, Ex; Club Car electric golf cart customized; JD 140 Patio garden tractor, yellow and white, w/deck, runs good; Woods 2850 zero turn mower w/60”deck, 500 Hrs. good; JD 660 3 Pt.Roto tiller 64”; Vicon 3 pt. fertilizer spreader; Rough Sawn Hardwood oak, walnut, etc; Honda 4 tracks 300 ATV; 60” Acrease Pull Lawn Mower; 8’ Agritech Driveway Drag; Club Car Golf Cart, NICE A tique Machi ery: Mod# 999 1935 JD corn planter horse drawn, restored, show piece; IH 2-14 Little Genius plow on steel; JD 12 ½ fto BWA disc, good blades; JD 7’ Model JB disc, JD 3-14 pull type plow with old style JD cylinder; Stover 2 ½ HP.gas engine on cart, restored; Stover 2 HP gas engine on cart; Corn King hand corn sheller made in Sandwich, IL; Never Fail Hand corn sheller mtd. on wood box, nice; Red Cross Cider Press, good; lot of used Draft Horse Harness; Misc.: 15.5 x 38 used tractor tires, good condition; DMI hitch; Fencing & other supplies; 44’ HD electric cord; 110 V electric fuel pump, old coal shovels; 12’ x 14’ Tent, complete; 13.6 x 38 8 ply tire & rim, like new; Portable Truck Scales - 20,000 lbs. Special ote: The Village of Leland has passed an ordinance that all Golf Carts, ATV, and side by sides must carry Village permit visit Lions of ce sale week and day for more info.

5. 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; covenants, conditions and restrictions contained in the deed from David L. Martin and John W. Martin recorded November 18, 1909 as document 45210 in Book 114 of Deeds, Page 261, that no building shall be located closer than 30 feet to the street line; real estate taxes and penalties and interest thereon for the year 2011 and all subsequent years, and existing unrecorded leases and all right thereunder 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. 6. Title will be conveyed subject to all easements, covenants and conditions of record; rights of way for drainage tiles, ditches, feeders and laterals, if any covenants, conditions and restrictions contained in the deed from David L. Martin and John W. Martin recorded November 18, 1909 as document 45210 in Book 1 14 of Deeds, Page 261, that no building shall be located closer than 30 feet to the street line; real estate taxes and penalties and interest thereon for the year 2011 and all subsequent years, special assessments, if any,and existing unrecorded leases and all right thereunder of the lessees and of any person or party claiming by, through or under the lessees. Dated: February 21, 2013. SMITH & MEYER LLC By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Meyer Jeffrey A. Meyer, one of its attorneys

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 21, 28 & March 7, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY KANE COUNTY BANK n/k/a OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs. ERIC VANSELOW, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. IN CHANCERY CASE NO. 12 CH 467 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above entitled cause the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder. (1) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Aaron Johnson, Old Second National Bank, Route 47 at Cross Street, Sugar Grove, IL 60554. Telephone Number: (630) 466-6356.

Rick Hecathorn (815) 405-9248 Randy Johnson (815) 830-0820 Mark Newsom (815) 792-8701 Ron Johnson (815) 228-2198 5

Sale Committee Nate Gudmunson (815) 970-0001 Duane Rickert (815) 495-9248 Eric Danielson (815) 621-9765

Jim Elliott (815) 343-2527 Brent Dannenberg (815) 228-0917 Matt Blocker (630) 417-2745

ri gs may be selli g at the same time. Auctio eers Jim Elliott (IL.Lic.# 040000574) Craig Johnson (IL.Lic.#0410001363) Chris Wegener (IL.Lic.#0400000267) Dick McConville (IL.Lic.# 040000573) Mike Espe Auctioneering (IL. Lic.# 040000424) Craig Elliott (IL Lic # 00001460) Joe Wegener (IL Lic. #040000375) Josh Hickey (Il Lic 0410001092) Mark Newsom (IL Lic#0410000000) Mike Peterson (Il Lic# 440000917) Terms: Cash or check with proper ID. Lela d Lio s Club a d its member’s act o ly as age ts betwee buyer a d seller. All items sold ‘As Is’ i their prese t co ditio without warra ties. Not respo sible for accide ts, errors, or omissio s. Not respo sible for items after sold. All a ou ceme ts made auctio day take precede ce over previous i formatio .

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CORLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage. No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439

Cortland Estates $99 1st Month's Rent 3 BR Apartments Dishwasher On-Site Laundry Facility Playground Washer & Dryer Connection Sparkling Pool 230 McMillan Court Cortland, IL 60112

815-758-2910 income restriction apply

CORTLAND, Spacious 2 BR, W/D hookups, $750 or $775 w/garage. Plus utilities and security. No pets. Call Sue: 815-762-0781

(2) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: Lot 8, Aero Lake Estates, Genoa, Illinois 60135. (4) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: vacant land. (5) The real estate may be inspected prior to sale by calling the contact referenced above in Paragraph (1). (6) The time and place of the sale is April 11, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178. (7) The terms of sale are: A. The sale shall be by public auction. B. The sale shall be by open verbal bid. C. The sale shall be conducted by the Sheriff of DeKalb County, or other duly authorized officer. (8) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record. KANE COUNTY BANK n/k/a OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, By: /s/ Timothy J. Conklin Timothy J. Conklin, One of Plaintiff's Attorneys THE FOSTER & BUICK LAW GROUP, LLC 2040 ABERDEEN COURT SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS 60178 PHONE: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 28, March 7 & 14, 2013.)

DeKalb 1BR $540, 2BR $640

Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600 hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com DEKALB - 2BR, 1BA to 2BA APTS. Multiple Locations $650-$725 Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768 WWW.PITTSLEYREALTY.COM DeKalb - 3BR 3BA Apartment W/D, Central A/C, Dishwasher AVAIL. NOW $975/mo Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

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

Genoa: Tavern, Restaurant & 2 Apartments, $135,000 847-836-1164

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

DEKALB ~ SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS DeKalb - Small Apt Complex Wanted! Have good buyer!! Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845 See Paul

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

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts. 815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com Do you have a News Tip or Story Idea? Call 815-756-4841 Daily Chronicle

Dekalb: 2-BR avail immed & Studio Avail 7/1 Historic District Near NIU, prking provided, some util. incl. Prefer yr lease, 815-762-1771

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

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

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

ROCHELLE LARGE 2BR DUPLEX

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Jeffrey A. Meyer SMITH & MEYER LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 1958 Aberdeen Ct., Suite 1 Sycamore, IL 60178 (815)787-7033 - phone (815)748-1020 - fax IL Atty. No. 06293377

FOR SALE

Half acre of land – Oustanding Ranch Home. Finished Basement. Solid 6 Panel Oak Doors Thru-out. 2 Fireplaces. 3/5 Bedroom-Bathrooms. Huge Garage. Openi House on Sunday, March 10, 2013, 1pm-3pm. 1359 Everett St., Sycamore, IL CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR

815-739-9997

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

Buying? Selling? Renting? Hiring? To place an ad, call 877-264-2527

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Page C8 • Thursday, March 7, 2013 Sycamore ~ Electric Park

3BR, appls, finished bsmnt, garage. Water incl. $975/mo. 815-953-7646

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 ~ 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, House Avail Immediately, March-June 15. Rent negotiable, 2 car garage, fenced yard. 815-793-1895

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

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

Laing Mgmt. 815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 Sycamore - Larger Upper 2BR 2 bath, W/D. New carpet. No pets. $900/mo incl util + 1 st last & sec. 815-895-8526

Sycamore 2 Bedroom Home

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 SYCAMORE ROOM Available immediately. Utilities included. $75/Wk. 630-426-9806

Sycamore Near courthouse. Furnished, attractive, large office space. Great for professionals. $575/mo incl utilities, shared kitchenette & reception area. 815-739-6186

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

tions contained in the deed from David L. Martin and John W. Martin recorded November 18, 1909 as document 45210 in Book 114 of Deeds, Page 261, that no building shall be located closer than 30 feet to the street line; real estate taxes and penalties and interest thereon for the year 2011 and all subsequent years, and existing unrecorded leases and all right thereunder 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. 7. Title will be conveyed subject to all easements, covenants and conditions of record; rights of way for drainage tiles, ditches, feeders and laterals, if any covenants, conditions and restrictions contained in the deed from David L. Martin and John W. Martin recorded November 18, 1909 as document 45210 in Book 1 14 of Deeds, Page 261, that no building shall be located closer than 30 feet to the street line; real estate taxes and penalties and interest thereon for the year 2011 and all subsequent years, special assessments, if any,and existing unrecorded leases and all right thereunder of the lessees and of any person or party claiming by, through or under the lessees. Dated: February 21, 2013. SMITH & MEYER LLC By: /s/ Jeffrey A. Meyer Jeffrey A. Meyer, one of its attorneys

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

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

Sycamore Lower Duplex

2BR, 1BA, W/D in common area. No pets/smoking, $700/mo + sec. 815-501-1378

Sycamore Upstairs 2BR, 1BA 2900 DeKalb Ave. Laundry, non-smoking, all utilities except electrical, $675. 815-758-2911

CORTLAND- 2 Bed / 2 Bath Condominium for rent. $900/month plus utilities. For information contact Donna 708-277-3417. DeKalb - 2BR 2BA Townhomes W/D, Central A/C, Dishwasher AVAIL. NOW $800/mo Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

DEKALB TOWNHOME 2 BR / 1.5 Bath in Summit Enclave. W/D. 2 Car Garage. Avail April. Pets okay. $1100. Call 815-762-0856

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

Starting at $645

815-757-1907 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 Sycamore – 2 Bed, Full Bsmnt, C/A, appliances & W/D. $845 / mo. + sec. No pets. No smoking. 815-895-6747 or 815-739-8291

OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs. ARMANDO MALDONADO, NOELIA MALDONADO a/k/a NOELIA MALONADO, GUSTAVO SANTOS, UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN TENANTS IN POSSESSION, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS. Defendants. IN CHANCERY Case No. 12 CH 103 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE PUBLIC NOTICE is given that pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered by this Court in the above-entitled 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: 1052 S. 5TH Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115. 3. A legal description of the property is: LOT 14 IN BLOCK 5 IN MARTIN BROS. AND GALT'S SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK “C” OF PLATS, PAGE 49, ON APRIL 8, 1903, BEING IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. 4. A description of any improvements on the property is: Singlefamily residential dwelling.

Jeffrey A. Meyer SMITH & MEYER LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 1958 Aberdeen Ct., Suite 1 Sycamore, IL 60178 (815)787-7033 - phone (815)748-1020 - fax IL Atty. No. 06293377

LOT 8 IN UNIT ONE OF AERO LAKE ESTATES, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST ó OF THE NORTHWEST . OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JANUARY 13, 1994 IN BOOK "Y" OF PLATS, PAGE 27, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 94001046, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. (4) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: vacant land. (5) The real estate may be inspected prior to sale by calling the contact referenced above in Paragraph (1). (6) The time and place of the sale is April 11, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178. (7) The terms of sale are: A. The sale shall be by public auction. B. The sale shall be by open verbal bid. C. The sale shall be conducted by the Sheriff of DeKalb County, or other duly authorized officer. (8) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record. KANE COUNTY BANK n/k/a OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, By: /s/ Timothy J. Conklin Timothy J. Conklin, One of Plaintiff's Attorneys THE FOSTER & BUICK LAW GROUP, LLC 2040 ABERDEEN COURT SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS 60178 PHONE: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 28, March 7 & 14, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Field and Goldberg, LLC, Attorneys, 10 South LaSalle Street, Suite 2910, Chicago, Illinois 60603. STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF DEKALB -- In the Circuit Court of the 23rd Judicial Circuit, DeKalb County, Illinois, Chancery Division. ColFin Bulls A Finance Sub, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Zuchel Properties, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, et.al. Case No. 13 CH 118

Together with all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all water, water rights, watercourses and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal and similar matters. Address of Property: 1412 Willow Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60176 Tax Identification No.: 08-01276-001 Mortgagor: Zuchel Properties, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company Mortgagee: ColFin Bulls A Finance Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company Recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalk County, Illinois as Document Nos. 2008004922 and 2008004918. Present owner of the property is the above mentioned mortgagor. Notice is also hereby given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court for the 23rd Judicial Circuit of DeKalb County, Illinois, Chancery Division, 133 W. State Street, Sycamore, Illi-

, Sy nois, on or before April 8, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 7, 14 & 21, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Invitation To Bid 2013 Meadow Trails Lift Station Improvements DeKalb Sanitary District, DeKalb, IL Sealed bids will be received by the DeKalb Sanitary District (herein called Owner) at the office of the Sanitary District until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 and then publicly opened and read aloud immediately afterwards at the offices of the Sanitary District. The proposed improvement consists primarily of the following; Remove existing pumps valves and piping and replace with new equipment, remove existing control system and replace with new equipment, furnish and install new natural gas fired generator and automatic transfer switch, complete modifications to existing structures, restoration, traffic control and protection, coordination of new 3 phase electrical service and natural gas service with utilities. Bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope, addressed to the DeKalb Sanitary District and shall be labeled "Bid for 2013 Meadow Trails Lift Station Improvements". The envelope should bear on the outside the name and address of the Bidder. If forwarded by mail, the sealed envelope containing the bid must be enclosed in another envelope addressed to the DeKalb Sanitary District, 303 Hollister Ave., P. O. Box 624, DeKalb, IL 60115. Bids must be made on the required bid form. All blank spaces for bid prices must be filled in, in ink or typewritten, and the bid form must be fully completed and executed when submitted. The Contract Documents may be inspected at the following locations: Office of the DeKalb Sanitary District, 303 Holliste Av DeKalb IL

Sanitary trict, 303 Hollister Ave., DeKalb, IL 60115 and Trotter and Associates, Inc., 40W201 Wasco Road Suite D, St. Charles, IL 60175, Phone 630587-0470. Copies of the contract documents may be purchased for $75.00 beginning March 11, 2013 and can be picked up at the DeKalb Sanitary District or Trotter and Associates, Inc. Copies of the contract documents may be mailed via FedEx of for the cost of shipping. Payment for contract documents is non-refundable and shall be made payable to DeKalb Sanitary District, in the form of check or money order. No partial sets of specifications or drawings will be issued. Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid bond, bank draft, cashier's check or certified check payable to the order of DeKalb Sanitary District, in an amount of ten percent (10%) of the Bid Price as a guaranty that Bidder will execute the contract if it be awarded in conformity with the bid form. A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting is scheduled for 10:00 AM Wednesday, April 3rd at the DeKalb Sanitary District located at 303 Hollister Ave., P. O. Box 624, DeKalb, IL 60115. Successful Bidder will be required to furnish Performance and Payment Bonds on forms provided in the Specifications and Contract Documents, each in an amount equal to 100 percent of the contract price. Prevailing Wage Rates as defined by the IL Dept. of Labor for DeKalb Co. shall apply to this contract. Rates can be obtained on line at http://www.state.il.us/agency/ idol/rates/rates.htm Owner expressly reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to accept the one which appears to be in the best interest of Owner. Owner expressly reserves the right to waive any informalities or technical irregularities in bid, if to do so is in the best interest of Owner. Dated this 6th day of March, 2013. Dennis J. Collins, President DeKalb Sanitary District Board of Trustees

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 15, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as SYCAMORE YOGA located at 2010 E. State St., Sycamore, IL 60178. Dated February 15, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 21, 28 & March 7, 2013.)

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY KANE COUNTY BANK n/k/a OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs. ERIC VANSELOW, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. IN CHANCERY CASE NO. 12 CH 467 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above entitled cause the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder. (1) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Aaron Johnson, Old Second National Bank, Route 47 at Cross Street, Sugar Grove, IL 60554. Telephone Number: (630) 466-6356. (2) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: Lot 8, Aero Lake Estates, Genoa, Illinois 60135. (3) The legal description of the real estate is: LO 8 ONE OF O

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 23rd Judicial Circuit, DeKalb County, Illinois, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain Mortgages conveying the premises described as follows, towit:

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Parcel 1 LOT 112 IN THE RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 10, 11, 12 AND 13 OF BLOCK 1 IN THE FIRST ADDITION TO ELECTRIC PARK GARDENS, A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT OF THE RESUBDIVISION, RECORDED DECEMBER 19, 1967 AS DOCUMENT NO. 341166, IN PLAT BOOK "O", PAGE 30, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Together with all existing or subsequently erected or affixed buildings, improvements and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all water, water rights, watercourses and ditch rights (including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royalties, and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal and similar matters.

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5. The time, date and place of the sale are: March 14, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178. 6. 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; covenants, conditions and restric-

Parcel 2 LOT 17 IN BLOCK 1 IN THIRD ADDITION TO ELECTRIC PARK GARDENS, A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRILL 22, 1969 IN BOOK "O" OF PLATS, PAGE 72, AS DOCUMENT NO. 348116, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

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