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Oncken returns to County Board By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – The DeKalb County Board overwhelmingly approved the appointment of a former member Wednesday, despite two members of his own party opposing it. County Board members voted 20-2 to appoint Riley Oncken to Ken Andersen’s vacated seat in District 3. Two Republicans, Anthony Cvek and John Gudmundson, of Districts 4 and 11, respectively, voted against Oncken’s appointment.

Open seat filled by way of 20-2 vote Oncken said he was grateful to be back, but was disappointed the vote wasn’t unanimous. “I’m disappointed I don’t have the support of my fellow board members, but I have to respect their opinions,” Oncken said. Cvek circulated a letter to his fellow Republican board members detailing why he would not be voting

for Oncken’s appointment. Oncken said he received a separate letter from Cvek on the matter. None of those issues were discussed at Wednesday’s meeting. Cvek tried to tie Oncken’s appointment to another issue regarding the board’s economic development commission, but the proposal was shot down. Cvek said he would have

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mentioned some of the issues if the vote did not immediately occur after that. For Cvek, the fact that Oncken lost in November to Andersen and Democrat Mark Pietroswksi Jr. was key. “Voters had a choice, and they spoke resoundingly,” Cvek said in an interview before the meeting.

Flooding an ongoing problem for local golf courses

Andersen resigned in February after losing the board chairmanship to fellow Republican Jeff Metzger, who had the support of Democrats. Andersen said he had lost the will to fight for what he believed in. DeKalb Republicans named Oncken as Andersen’s replacement, but Cvek had an issue with the process. “It’s an issue that’s less to do with Riley individually and more with the process that’s bringing him back,” Cvek said.

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Ill. teacher pension plan inches forward By REGINA GARCIA CANO The Associated Press

Photo provided by Kirk Lundbeck, superintendent of golf operations

The fairway of the ninth hole at the Sycamore Golf Club is flooded Tuesday. By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com

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hen Sycamore Community Park had standing water up to the seats of its benches last week, the park’s superintendent of golf operations, Kirk Lundbeck, wasn’t concerned. The park and its golf course, which sit on a flood plain at 940 E. State St. in Sycamore, have a history of flooding after steady rainfalls and heavy snow accumulation. Although last week’s flooding appeared to be monumental, the situation was actually routine, he said. “We’ve had a tendency to have this issue in the past, so our grounds crew is very good at flood recovery,” said Lundbeck.

The course had limited damage because of the dormant grass and cold temperatures. Lundbeck said the water was mostly runoff, which didn’t hurt the turf. That’s not to say Sycamore’s golf course hasn’t had more serious flooding situations in the past. Lundbeck recalled the summer of 2007, when standing water forced the back nine holes to be closed for a long period of time. The summer sun burned the grass through the water, which he compared to a magnifying glass effect. Sediment in the water also stifled the growth of the grass. Sycamore’s golf course isn’t the only course in the area that has flooding issues. River Heights Golf Course, located at 1020 Sharon Drive in DeKalb, often experiences flooding, especially because the Kishwaukee River splits the

course, said Roger Huber, superintendent of golf operations for River Heights. “When the river comes up, half of the holes are going to have water on them,” he said. Huber said the biggest problem after a flood at River Heights is the debris the water brings onto the course. He mentioned one particular winter when ice chunks in the water carved out some of the turf. The cost of repairing the course after a flood includes equipment, labor and products needed to reseed and re-sod, which Lundbeck said can be very expensive. “It’s impossible to put a figure on it, because it depends on the flood itself,” he said. Sycamore park board President Ted Strack said the district can’t exactly prepare for flooding

events financially, but they can work to maximize the resources they have while working with a minimal budget. “The golf course is ... one of the crown jewels of the Sycamore Park District. [It’s] very well maintained,” he said. “To be able to have that kind of facility at the price point we charge to users is phenomenal.” The golf course the swimming pool have contributed to the park district’s consistent deficit problems. Over the past five years, the golf course accrued about $400,000 in losses. The Golf Course Fund and the Swimming Pool Fund suffered a combined deficit of $177,000 in 2011. Strack stressed the importance

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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Senate President John Cullerton’s test run of pension reform, designed to show the financial world that lawmakers could take even the smallest step toward fixing a gaping $96.7 billion hole, barely won approval Wednesday – on the second try – casting further doubt on a mess that has vexed legislators for more than a year. The Senate voted 30-22 to reform just one state pension system facing financial trouble, but it was the largest of five, the Teachers’ Retirement System. True to the approach he’s taken previously, Cullerton, a Chicago Democrat, John wrote the legislation Cullerton to give teachers a Ill. Senate choice between health president care coverage during retirement or reduced annual costof-living increases. The “consideration” approach, Cullerton insists, would allow the state to sidestep a prohibition in the Illinois Constitution against reducing previously promised pension benefits. State Sen. Dave Syverson, the 35th district Republican who represents much of DeKalb County, opposed the measure. State Sen. Tim Bivins, R-45, did not vote. “I believe the people of this state demand reform to our pension systems, but they don’t want a ‘BandAid’ approach to a problem that calls for serious action,” Syverson said. “... The solution must lead to long term savings and not just a stopgap measure for a few years of minor relief.” But between the slim victory on a narrowly drafted bill and the earlier defeat of another Democrat’s comprehensive approach to the pension crisis, the action Wednesday leaves questions about whether the General Assembly has the stomach to tackle the pension mess.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Hinckley HEA: Morning unit of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Sandi at 815-286-7191. 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 is $4 for food, conversation and 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. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: 10 a.m. to noon at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St., DeKalb. All are welcome. 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 and Encouragement Support Group: 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Kishwaukee Health Care, 2727 Sycamore Road, 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. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. La Leche League of DeKalb County: 6 p.m. at the Goodwill Industries store Community Room, 1037 S. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. All breast-feeding moms can share encouragement and support. Call Dawn at 815-517-1067. www.lllusa. org/IL/WebDeKalbIL.html. One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m. at Waterman United Methodist Church, 210 W. Garfield St. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. weighin, 6:30 p.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb. DeKalb County Democratic Party: 6:30 p.m. social time and meeting at 7 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 158 N. 4th St., DeKalb. For information, email Mark Pietrowski Jr. at markpietrowski@gmail.com, call 815-762-2054 or visit www. dekalbcountydemocrats.org. 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 815787-0600. DeKalb County Amateur Radio Emergency Service: 7 p.m. on 146.73 megahertz. For information, call Bill Itter (N9EWA) at 815-8952020. 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 815-761-7732, or call 815-756-6625. www.dekalbcountymarines.com. Mothers and More Program Night: 7 p.m. at Ben Gordon Center Community Room, 12 Health Services Drive, DeKalb. All mothers are invited. To RSVP, email mothersandmoredekalbcounty@gmail. com or visit www.mothersandmore.org/chapters/DekalbCounty. Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7 p.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road. 800-4527990; 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. For information, call 815-901-4474 or 815-566-3580. A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 33930 N. State St., Genoa. 800-452-7990; 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. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Friday Sexaholics Anonymous-DeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction. Contact: 815-508-0280. SA.org.

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D-428 OKs school entrance projects By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb School District 428 will use a $21 million construction grant to build new entrances at Littlejohn and Malta elementary schools. The DeKalb school board gave the administration the go-ahead Tuesday to begin seeking bids on projects that would cost the district an estimated $785,000. District leaders want to rebuild five elementary school entrances because of security concerns; two of the projects had been approved previously using other funds. District leaders applied for the state construction grant while building

DeKalb High School, but did not receive the money until after it was finished. They vowed to use the money for educational purposes, declining to put it toward the district’s $2.3 million deficit. For months, the district’s finance and facilities advisory committee – a group of residents, community leaders and district officials – has been considering how to reduce the district’s costs and how to spend the grant. Tammy Carson, the district’s facilities operations manager, said the committee found the lack of secured entrances at five of the district’s elementary schools to be a top priority. “Entrances that are not secured al-

low visitors to get past a staff member,” Carson said. “We run the risk that someone could bypass the office and go right into the school building.” The district also is planning to build secured entrances at Lincoln and Jefferson elementary schools. Those four projects are scheduled to begin as soon as school ends, Carson said. Tyler Elementary School also lacks a secured entrance. The advisory committee is exploring a pre-kindergarten or early childhood program that would be housed in either Tyler or Cheseboro elementary schools, Carson said. “It didn’t seem appropriate putting in a secure entrance not knowing what the final layout would be,” Carson said.

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Obama pledge: No nuclear bombs for Iran

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By JULIE PACE The Associated Press JERUSALEM – Seeking a fresh start to a strained relationship, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday demonstrated solidarity on the key issues that have stirred tensions between them. The U.S. president vowed he would do “what is necessary” to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, while Netanyahu reaffirmed that his newly formed government seeks a twostate solution to Israel’s decades-long dispute with the Palestinians. Obama, in Israel for the first time in his presidency, also pledged to investigate reports that Syria had used chemical weapons for the first time in its twoyear civil war. And he sternly warned Syrian leader Bashar Assad that use of such weapons would be a “game-changer,” one that could potentially draw the U.S. military into the conflict for the first time. “The Assad regime must understand that they will be held accountable for the use of chemical weapons or their transfer to terrorists,” Obama said, standing alongside Netanyahu at a nighttime news conference. Expectations were low for a breakthrough during Obama’s visit on any of the major issues roiling the region. Instead, the president was focused on reassuring anxious Israelis that he is committed to their security, and on resetting his rocky relationship with Netanyahu. The two leaders have been at odds over Israeli settlements and Iran’s disputed nuclear programs, and Netanyahu famously lectured Obama in front of the media in the Oval Office on Israel’s right to defend himself. Compared with past encounters, there was a noticeable lack of uneasiness Wednesday, the first time the two leaders have met publicly after both survived elections that will leave them stuck with each other for the foreseeable future. They traded jokes throughout a day of side-by-side appearances.

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President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tour the Iron Dome Battery defense system Wednesday at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. And they repeatedly referred to each other by their first names, Obama calling his Israeli counterpart by his nickname, “Bibi.” On Iran in particular, the two leaders sought to show they were united in their desire to prevent the Islamic republic from developing what Obama called “the world’s worst weapons.” Although preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is a priority of both countries, Netanyahu and Obama have differed on precisely how to achieve that goal. Israel repeatedly has threatened to take military action should Iran appear to be on the verge of obtaining a bomb, while the U.S. has pushed for more time to allow diplomacy and economic penalties to run their course. Obama said he continues to prefer a diplomatic solution and sees time to achieve it. Whether that works, he said, will depend on whether Iran’s leaders “seize that opportunity.” Although Obama did not promise that the United States would act mili-

tarily against Iran if Israel decided that must be done, he offered an explicit endorsement for Israel to take whatever unilateral measures it deems necessary to guard against the threat. “Each country has to make its own decisions when it comes to the awesome decision to engage in any kind of military action, and Israel is differently situated than the United States,” he said. “I would not expect that the prime minister would make a decision about his country’s security and defer that to any another country any more than the United States would defer our decisions about what was important for our national security.” Netanyahu strongly backed Obama’s efforts, saying he was “absolutely convinced” the U.S. is determined to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. “I appreciate the fact that the president has reaffirmed, more than any other president, Israel’s right and duty to defend itself by itself against any threat,” he said.

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8BRIEFS Police: Colo. top state prison official shot, killed at home MONUMENT, Colo. – Colorado’s top state prison official was shot and killed when he answered the front door of his house, setting off a hunt for the shooter and raising questions about whether the attack had anything to do with his job. Tom Clements, 58, was shot around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Monument, north of Colorado Springs, and a witness reported a person driving away in a dark-colored “boxy” car that had its engine running at the time of the shooting, authorities said. Investigators were exploring all possibilities, including that the shooting could have been related to Clements’ job as executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, which he took after years working in Missouri

corrections. The killing stunned officials in both states. They described Clements, who is married with two daughters, as dedicated, funny, caring and an expert on the latest and best methods in his field who chose the Colorado job over retirement.

Senate votes for $85B in cuts to avert government shutdown WASHINGTON – The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in broad federal spending cuts and simultaneously avoid a government shutdown next week – and pointedly rejected a call to even reopen White House tours the Obama administration said had to be canceled because of the cuts. If the House goes along, as expected, that means the across-the-board cuts set in motion by a failed earlier defi-

cit-cutting effort and vigorously decried by President Barack Obama last month, will remain in effect for the rest of the fiscal year through Aug. 31.

Illinois man freed from prison after note deemed not a threat ST. LOUIS – A former Southern Illinois University student convicted in 2011 of attempting to threaten a murderous rampage has been released from prison, days after an appeals court overturned the aspiring rapper’s conviction and the ensuing five-year sentence. Olutosin Oduwole, 27, was released Monday from a state lockup in Jacksonville. Last week, Illinois’ 5th District Appellate Court tossed out his conviction, ruling that prosecutors failed to prove he ever actively tried to convey a threat. During his trial in Madison County, Ill.,

prosecutors argued that on a piece of paper found in 2007 in Oduwole’s car, which was found abandoned on the university’s Edwardsville campus just northeast of St. Louis, he had written he would go on a murderous rampage if he wasn’t paid $50,000, and that this amounted to a threat. Oduwole insisted the writings were innocent lyrics and other musings. Jeff Urdangen, one of his Olutosin attorneys, has argued Oduwole the “note” was “nothing more than a piece of scrap paper with private thoughts, the beginning of a song,” that the writing was never meant to be made public or shared, and that his client’s prosecution was “a First Amendment train wreck.”

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Committee OKs preliminary budget for Sycamore By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – The preliminary fiscal 2014 budget for the city of Sycamore was discussed by the Sycamore Finance Committee on Wednesday before it voted unanimously to present it to the City Council on April 1. The balanced budget consists of nearly $62 million in spending within all the city’s funds, which is similar to

last year. The budget projects $13,884,958 in general fund expenditures and $13,885,915 in revenues. At the start of the fiscal year May 1, the projected starting fund balance, or general fund operating reserve, will be a little more than $4 million, which is about 29 percent of the fiscal 2014 general fund expenditures. Residents will not see any increases in taxes. The general fund support,

which encompasses expenditures for all of the city’s working departments, will see a $50,000 increase in workers’ compensation costs, but City Manager Brian Gregory said he thinks that amount can be reduced because of the strong safety precautions taken by city departments. “We’re hoping by minimizing our accidents, we can drive that cost number down,” he said. In addition, the general

fund support increased by $15,354 in health insurance premium costs. Gregory said the budget is similar to last year’s, but capital transfers were significantly reduced by $175,000. “That’s probably the best news of the budget,” he said. Gregory said this is all part of the city’s effort to reduce reliance on capital transfers while still providing high levels of service and resources throughout the city.

He said although the city creates a budget every year, it always plans for several years down the road. The main idea behind the city’s balanced budget is to spend within its means, he said. Committee Chairman Alan Bauer was in agreement with the rest of the council in that he didn’t feel any significant changes needed to be made to the budget. A public hearing on the

budget will take place at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting at 7 p.m. April 1. The council will be encouraged to take action on the budget at the April 15 meeting. Those who wish to review the budget can do so at the Sycamore Public Library or online at www.cityofsycamore. com. Hard copies are also available for purchase at the city clerk’s office at the Sycamore Center, 308 W. State St. in downtown Sycamore.

Forum highlights DeKalb Township races By JEFF ENGELHARDT

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jengelhardt@shawmedia.com DeKALB – While races for DeKalb mayor, city council and park district have been highlighted at local debates, candidates for DeKalb Township offices took center stage Wednesday. Five township races were featured during the DeKalb County League of Women Voters Candidates Night at the Council Chambers in DeKalb City Hall. More than 30 candidates for local races of all offices were invited to the event, which was broadcast on the public access channel and streamed online at DeKalb’s website. More than 50 people attended. Although township candidates had not enjoyed a public stage to debate in the lead up to the April 9 election, DeKalb Township Supervisor Eric Johnson said the unit of government is still relevant and serve an important role. Johnson highlighted the accomplishments during his tenure the past two years, including launching a cellphone recycling program, a Commit-

8LOCAL BRIEF Man in fatal crash faces unrelated felony charges SYCAMORE – The Sycamore man involved in the crash that killed an 11-year-old Sycamore boy in February faces unrelated felony theft charges. Benjamin Black, 28, of the 1500 block of Sparkhayes Drive in Sycamore, was held on $100,000 bond Wednesday for allegedly stealing more than $4,000 of coiled copper and brass from American Cold-Headed Products in Cortland. Black was ticketed in a Feb. 27 crash where he rear-ended a 1999 Chevrolet Benjamin Cavalier and Black injured 18-yearold Teale Noble, 21-year-old Nicholas Weber and his younger brother Matthew Ranken, who later died at Kishwaukee Community Hospital from the injuries. Black was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. The alleged thefts took place after the crash, with roughly 600 pounds of coiled copper and brass stolen from the Cortland business between March 11 and Tuesday. James Brainard, owner of American Cold-Headed Products, first reported to police March 14 some of his metal had gone missing. After installing cameras, he took pictures of the suspect in subsequent thefts. The Class 3 felonies typically are punishable by up to 5 years in prison.

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Luanne Thorson hands out programs as an attendee fills out questions for the DeKalb County League of Women Voters Candidates Night on Wednesday at DeKalb City Hall. tee on Youth to battle juvenile delinquency and overhauling the township website to be more transparent. “This is the unit of government closest to the people, and we want to keep it that way,” Johnson said. “We’re one of the few units of government that can say we carry zero debt.” Jim Luebke, the head of an independent coalition running for multiple township offices, said township government could be more accessible and efficient. He said he would have later than 4:30 p.m. start

times for monthly meetings and look to eliminate programs such as the Committee on Youth. Johnson and his challenger disagreed on the role of the Committee on Youth, with Luebke calling it an unnecessary layer of government and Johnson touting it as a vital source of funding for organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters. “We have to make sure when we are expanding government we don’t duplicate what people are already doing well,” Luebke said.

Seven candidates are competing for four township board positions. Michael Shane and Patricia McKinley are two of the incumbents running for the positions and talked about their dedication to continuing the work the board has accomplished the past five years. Shane said he would continue to protect the taxpayers while McKinley said she would stay connected to the community and be a voice for constituents. “I’m out in the community a lot, and I let people know I am a trustee,” McKinley said. “I take pride in my six years of service on the township board.” Lametra Curry, Kevin Flavin and Lisa King represented the independent party organized by Luebke. Other township races include assessor, highway commissioner and clerk.

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Ill. community memorializes Marine killed in Nevada blast The ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS – A southwestern Illinois native was killed with six other Marines in an explosion during a Nevada training exercise he privately questioned because was just two months from coming home, his father said Wednesday. Aaron Ripperda was eager to go back to college and “get on with his life,” Kent Ripperda told The Associated Press

from his home in Marine, Ill. His 26-year-old son died Monday night when a mortar shell blew up in its firing tube at the sprawling Hawthorne Army Depot, sending shrapnel flying into the young Marine and other troops as they trained. Eight others were injured. Aaron Ripperda, formerly of Highland just east of St. Louis, had questioned the value of such training during a telephone conversation just

WAYNE L. JOSLIN Born: March 11, 1932, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: March 18, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

days earlier, his father said. “He wasn’t complaining. But as a good Marine, he did it,” the elder Ripperda, 52, told the AP. Joining the Marines never had been Aaron Ripperda’s first choice after his 2005 graduation from Highland High School, his father said. Ripperda did some college work in Chicago before graduating from a St. Louis culinary school, only to find the job market in that field flat.

DeKALB – Wayne L. Joslin, 81, of DeKalb, Ill., formerly of Bothell, Wash., died Monday, March 18, 2013, at Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center in DeKalb. He was born March 11, 1932, in DeKalb, and was the son of Walter and Edna (Jacox) Joslin. Wayne worked as a company executive for Quinton Instrument. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in DeKalb. Survivors include one daughter, Diane (Gary) Freedman of California; two sons, David Joslin and Douglas Joslin, both of California; grandchildren, Stephen, Cheryl, Terry, Lauren and Brian Freedman, and Bonnie (George) Rowley, Evan and Toby Joslin; and great-grandchildren, Gabriel, Josiah, Rosalynn and Adeline Rowley. Also surviving are Antonia Ferrer and Robert Kernkamp, both of Bothell. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Walter E.; and sister, Dorothy Mae Schoo. Celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at First United Methodist Church in DeKalb with Pastor Jon Hutchison officiating. Burial will be immediately following at Fairview Park Cemetery in DeKalb. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Saturday until the time of service at the church. Memorials can be made to the family in care of the funeral home to be established at a later date. To send life stories, visit www. RonanMooreFinch.com and contribute to preserving Wayne’s life story by sending pictures, video, audio or other artifacts to legacies@huemspec.com. Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb, IL 60115; 815-758-3841. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

Board member’s letter addresses issues • ONCKEN Continued from page A1 But in his letter, Cvek also had other issues with Oncken. In his days as a lame duck board member, Oncken changed positions and backed hiring another attorney for the public defender’s office. Oncken said he did not approve the request earlier because he was trying to “save himself politically,” and that he saw a need for another attorney. Cvek criticized Oncken for wanting to save himself politically in his letter.

“I think the voters that he hopes to represent deserve an explanation,” Cvek said. Cvek noted that Oncken received a $1,000 campaign contribution from the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 in January, a union the county will be negotiating with. Cvek said there could be a conflict of interest. “We, as a board, sign off on those negotiations as a result of them,” Cvek said. Oncken admitted that he made a mistake on the public defender issue, and that he took the politically easy way

out. He said if he could, he would go back and reverse his initial position against hiring another attorney. “When I was not re-elected, I had an opportunity to right that wrong,” Oncken said. “That’s the mistake that I made: to do what was politically easy, when I should have done the right thing.” Oncken said he did not solicit the donation from the union, and compared the union to any other local group that gives money to candidates for office. “I will generally accept any contribution,” he added.

Flooding will continue to be problem for course • FLOODING Continued from page A1 of the golf course being able to pay for itself through user fees since tax dollars are not used to help fund the course. Strack said the park board is optimistic it will be in positive financial territory this year. But those numbers are de-

pendent on the weather, and if flooding keeps golfers off the course, it will pose a problem, he said. Lundbeck said the course will continue to experience flooding because of its location, but he feels they are adequately prepared. “We can’t avoid it, because the Kishwaukee River runs through here,” he said. “But we can prepare and minimize

it as best we can.” Although the calendar says spring has arrived, the warmer weather has yet to follow suit, which leaves Lundbeck and Huber anxious to get golfers out on the links. “Hopefully things will turn around here pretty soon,” said Huber. “In the meantime, we’ll just focus on making sure we have everything ready to go.”

HELEN I. OLSON Born: Dec. 15, 1923, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: March 19, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

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DeKALB – Helen Irene Olson, 89, of DeKalb, Ill., formerly of Malta, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb. Born Dec. 15, 1923, in DeKalb, the daughter of John W. and Lillian C. (Berg ) Rowe, Helen married Donald B. Olson on June 29, 1947, in Malta, where they made

Sycamore, was arrested Tuesday, March 19, on a warrant for residential burglary. Marlow J. Harris, 19, of the 5800 block of West Chicago Avenue in Berkeley, was charged Tuesday, March 19, with two counts of domestic battery, obstructing identification, resisting arrest and consumption of alcohol by a minor.

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CLARA A. TEMPEL Born: Feb. 10, 1954, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: March 19, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Clara A. Tempel, 59, of DeKalb, Ill., died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at her home surrounded by her loving family. She was born Feb. 10, 1954, in DeKalb, and was the daughter of Henry and Harriett Valance. She lived her entire life in DeKalb working various jobs such as General Electric for 19 years, Merry Maids and Burgess Norton. She was a member of Harvest Bible Chapel in DeKalb. Clara loved gardening, antiquing, reading, the outdoors, she was a fantastic cook and she loved a lot of people. Survivors include husband, Richard, whom she married Oct. 26, 1985, at the IUE Union Hall in DeKalb; two daughters, Vanessa (Rodrick Sarun) Tempel of Lisle and Pennie Tempel of DeKalb;

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8ANOTHER VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Time to revisit Ill.’s FOIA law

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Reader endorses Jennifer Groce for DeKalb mayor

Editor’s note

how she takes ownership and commits to a task, how she seeks guidance from others and how she makes the final decision as required when in a leadership role. We have options this election for the office of mayor, but I see only one choice on Election Day and that is why I am voting for Jennifer Groce for the mayor of DeKalb. I encourage you to do the same.

leaves the rest of us in the dark. We have had enough of secrecy Letters pertaining to the April 9 and withholding of information by To the Editor: election must be received by 9 a.m. the small cadre of administrators This mayoral election, we governing this institution for too DeKalb residents have a wonder- April 5. long now. Look what kind of mess ful candidate in Jennifer Groce to they have gotten our alma mater choose as our next mayor. Many significant changes are into. Thank goodness they were at over recent years alive and well. happening right now within our least intelligent enough to hire Bill I have known Jennifer Groce for great community, such as the Nicklas to put a credible face out many years, and I am energized addition of a new police chief, anytime I interact with her. I front to try to make the university the recruitment and selection of trust her. I respect her. And, quite whole again. But keeping the a new city manager, Northern frankly, I have never met anyone Cohen Barnes search for a new president under DeKalb Illinois University president and who can get as much done, and wraps will result in less of a chance NIU police chief. motivate those around her to rally that there will be people of color or DeKalb has some wonderful to a common cause, than I have in Stop secrecy in search female candidates chosen to lead for the NIU president change coming its way, and the Jennifer Groce. this badly-scarred “communiversiTo the Editor: role of mayor will be more import- She cares about those around ty” into the 21st century. The Northern Illinois University ant than ever in forming relation- her. She cares about the commuStop the elitist behavior and news this week declaring that ships with these new decision nity she is in. She understands share what you are doing every the presidential search will be responsibility. Whether in her makers. Our new mayor needs step of the way with the public leadership role to drive change in conducted in total secrecy is unac- and media involved. to be able to work cooperatively ceptable in this day and age. The our downtown (the heart of our with all the stakeholders of our hand-picked clique of “privileged city to keep the momentum of ex- community) or whether leading Barry Schrader cellence we have been achieving a nonprofit, I have seen firsthand elite” who will make the selection DeKalb

Ryan’s budget a step back for Republicans Some of Paul Ryan’s biggest fans are disappointed in his latest budget. Take New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. He credits Ryan, the Republican House Budget Committee chairman, for trying to give Medicare recipients the power and the incentive to make health spending more efficient and getting his party to take up this reform. He also credits Ryan for revising his Medicare plan between 2011 and 2012 to respond to the smartest criticisms. But Douthat says the 2013 version of the budget is “a step backward” – and I’m inclined to agree. My own list of the pros and cons is slightly different from Douthat’s. I would have preferred Republicans rein in the growth of Social Security, especially for people with high lifetime earnings. That way younger and poorer Americans would bear less of the burden of budgetary restraint. For the same reason, the budget should find savings from Medicare faster. Ryan’s 2011 plan would have created a competitive structure only for people younger than 55. Now that he’s advancing a version of Medicare reform with fewer risks for seniors, that slow phase-in makes less sense. And the plan should raise co-pays, especially for the affluent, which would also lighten the burden on younger people. A budget that reduced spending on those older than 55 would make it possible to bring the government’s longterm debt to a manageable level while allowing for a higher (and more realistic) level of Medicaid spending than the Ryan budget includes. House Republicans should have been bolder on health care, too. Their budget envisions the repeal of President Barack Obama’s health care law, but outlines no replacement for it, which is odd for a document that purports to provide a Republican

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru vision for the future of the welfare state. The Ryan budget keeps the level of revenue that resulted from the tax increases that came at the start of the year, but it aims to raise that revenue with a new tax code that has a top rate of 25 percent. A 25-percent rate would mean a big tax cut for the highest earners in the country: Someone who makes $1 million a year isn’t going to have enough tax breaks to make up for a 14.6 percentage-point reduction in rates. The middle class would have to pay higher average tax rates to make the numbers work. A similar plan seems to have been a serious political liability for Mitt Romney in last fall’s presidential election. And it is a little strange for Republicans to leave the recent tax increases in place. Some House Republicans voted to limit the tax increases that were taking place, and some voted against any deal to register their opposition to any increase. None of them favored the new taxes. So why aren’t they calling for a rollback? Because it’s a dead issue? It’s no deader than the promise to repeal the health care law, a promise they renewed. Or is it because it helps them reach their new goal of balancing the budget in 10 years? Just a few months ago, though, Republicans didn’t think higher taxes for a smaller deficit was a good trade. Whatever their reasons, the 10-year deadline is the real innovation in the 2013 budget. Yet there’s no particular reason to think eliminating the fiscal shortfall in 10 years is an urgent goal. The country isn’t

going to look appreciably different if it takes 15 years, or if we shrink deficits to a modest size and keep running them. I suspect that Ryan himself shares some of these regrets about his budget. He has sponsored legislation to reform Social Security and health care in the past, but he did so on his own and not in the name of House Republicans. He has always been more interested in structural reform of the federal government than in ending deficits. Another thing I suspect Ryan appreciates is that different budget choices would have come at a political cost. Hitting zero in 10 years was a way to get House conservatives to accept a budget strategy that didn’t involve a debt ceiling showdown in February. A lot of conservatives would have complained if he had abandoned the 25 percent tax rate, too. Democrats would certainly have said the Republicans had become “even more extreme” if they had limited spending on those older than 55, and House Republicans – including some of the conservatives who say Ryan is being too soft – would have gotten very nervous about public opinion. Still, the risks would have been worth taking. The choices that Ryan made have kept Republicans unified but also reinforced the impression they are too attuned to the interests of the rich and more concerned with their own obsessions than what the public wants. House Republicans are in danger of becoming like the House Democrats of the early 1980s: secure and comfortable in their power base, and not oriented toward achieving a governing majority.

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

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In the wake of Sunshine Week , it’s important to reflect on the state of open government in Illinois, nearly four years after lawmakers and Attorney General Lisa Madigan rewrote the Freedom of Information Act. Madigan and other legislative leaders, including Senate President John Cullerton, touted the rewrite as an antidote to both the former Gov. Rod Blagojevich scandals and Illinois’ culture of government secrecy. This page supported the rewrite, although there were parts of it that were unsatisfactory. Even the parts that seemed like they would work have not, and it’s time once again to revisit the law. “Unfortunately, the answer is yes,” said Don Craven, an attorney who has litigated FOIA issues on behalf of this newspaper and the Illinois Press Association, when he was asked recently on WUIS-FM whether there is less openness today than four years ago. Here are just a few of the law’s deficiencies: • Governments still can’t be bothered to respond in a timely manner to requests. When officials read the law and discover they have five days to respond to a request, many take the five days instead of providing basic information immediately. Most requests aren’t complicated, and much of the basic information should be on government websites anyway. • The public access counselor, whose job it is to referee disputes between FOIA requesters and governments, seemed like a good idea when Madigan came up with the position. It was a way to ensure disputes got settled quickly without requesters and governments incurring legal costs. In 2012, there were 3,119 requests filed with the public access counselor by those denied records. While this was a reduction from the previous year, there is still too much of a tendency by public bodies to deny requests and let the public access counselor decide instead of erring on the side of transparency. Sometimes, the public access counselor rules in favor of a requester but the unit of government simply ignores the counselor. The public access counselor is overworked, resulting in it taking too long to rule on requests. A stronger, more clear-cut law would reduce the counselor’s workload and allow only the most weighty questions to be dealt with. • One of the provisions aimed at adding teeth to the law and deterring frivolous denials was to require public bodies to pick up the cost of requesters’ legal fees if the requester wins in court. Unfortunately, a recent court decision involving the Rock River Times and the Rockford Public School District gutted that provision. In this case, the public body forced the newspaper into court and later changed its mind and released the documents. But the newspaper could not get its legal fees paid because there was never a court order to release the records. The school district, incidentally, has used public tax dollars to play such games. The FOIA rewrite has failed to break state and local governments of their first instinct, which is to say “no” when residents want information about what their government is doing. Springfield State Journal-Register

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Administration’s change of heart on missile defense The Obama administration’s restructuring of plans for missile defense appears to be a rational response to changing circumstances, including an increasing threat from North Korea. However, it raises questions about whether the administration chose to address one of Russia’s largest concerns about a Europe-based missile system without obtaining in return any concessions from Moscow. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel chose Friday afternoon, the traditional time for releasing potentially controversial news, to announce the administration would add 14 interceptors to an antimissile base in Alaska and deploy a new radar in Japan. That was a good decision. But missed in some of the subsequent stories was the other shoe: The Pentagon is canceling the planned fourth phase of an antimissile system that had been scheduled for deployment in Poland in 2022. The SM3 IIb missile was significant for two reasons: It was the only interceptor planned for the Europe-based system that could have defended the U.S. against an attack from Iran; and it was the component of the system most decried by Russia. As it did when it canceled a previous European missile plan in 2009, the administration insisted its decision had nothing to do with Russia or its objections. The phase-four missile was dropped, officials said, because Congress had cut some of its funding. Officials say the money can be better spent on deploying more interceptors in the U.S. and improving their components. As proof that Moscow has not been appeased, the White House pointed to statements by Russian officials saying they are still unsatisfied with U.S. missile defense plans and continue to demand binding legal assurances the system can’t be aimed at Russia. Still, the fact remains the U.S. has removed from its plans the missile that Russian officials previously cited as their foremost concern, just a few months after President Obama promised the Kremlin “greater flexibility” on missile defense. In doing so, the administration has eliminated the possibility of a defensive system that would give the U.S. two shots at an Iranian ICBM – what in Pentagon jargon is called a shoot-lookshoot capacity. It also has decoupled the European missile system from the defense of the continental U.S. The Washington Post

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Spring teams suffering from cabin fever By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com AP photo

Heat’s streak at 24 with huge comeback vs. Cavs CLEVELAND – LeBron James scored 25 points as the Miami Heat overcame a 27-point deficit in the third quarter and won their 24th straight game, 98-95 over the short-handed Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night to extend the second-longest winning streak in NBA history. The Heat are within nine games of matching the record of 33 consecutive wins held by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers. James and his teammates have insisted the record isn’t one of their goals, and for more than 30 minutes the defending champions seemed disinterested and on the verge of losing for the first time since Feb. 1. Miami trailed 6740 with 7:44 left in the third quarter. But behind the irrepressible James, who added 12 rebounds and 10 assists, the Heat inched closer to history by matching the biggest comeback in the NBA this season, according to STATS. – Wire report

GENOA – Genoa-Kingston softball pitcher Baylie Ullmark toes the imaginary rubber near the baseline of the basketball court in G-K’s gymnasium. The sophomore grabs an indoor softball, softer than the normal ones used in games, and pitches to her teammates in a faux scrimmage. One batter fouls a pitch down the firstbase line that doesn’t come down, caught by the netting Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com of the batting cage suspended Sabrina Killeen (center) tosses a ball at the start of the DeKalb’s near the gym roof. Another softball team’s practice Friday inside the field house at DeKalb High lines a pitch that is stopped School. Through almost two weeks, no area schools have been able to by the gym divider separating play a single softball or baseball game because of inclement weather. the softball team from the girls

More online For all your prep sports coverage – stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to Daily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps. soccer team practicing on the other side. So are the circumstances area softball and baseball teams have had to deal with since the high school spring sports season officially started. Through almost two weeks, no area schools have been able to play a single softball or baseball game. Instead, teams

Tourney of parity tips off By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

ble until Wednesday, when the Bears announced they would not re-sign the eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker who so famously wore No. 54. “We were unable to reach an agreement with Brian,” general manager Phil Emery said in a statement released by the team, “and both sides have decided to move forward.” Make that one side. “It was not a negotiation it was an ultimatum,” Urlacher wrote on his Twitter page Wednesday evening. “Gonna miss my teammates.” Urlacher’s prickliness is understandable. He gave so much to the franchise for so many Sunday afternoons, and it stings to be told that your services no longer are necessary.

Brad Stevens is amused by all this talk of parity in the NCAA tournament. The coach who guided little Butler to the national championship game two years in a row wonders why everyone seems to be saying all at once: Hey, there’s some pretty good teams beyond the glamour conferences. Stevens remembers his first basketball job, as Butler’s director of basketball operations in 2001, when the Bulldogs easily won their firstround game as a No. 10 seed. They cruised past Wake Forest, an entry from the mighty Atlantic Coast Conference, after leading 43-10 at halftime. Yep, 43-10! “People at that time called those upsets,” Stevens said Wednesday. “Now they call it parity.” It’s time to find out just how evenly matched these teams really are. The prelims were wrapping up with two more firstround games in Dayton, plus a glimpse of college basketball’s future with the official unveiling of the new Big East Conference. But, as everyone knows, the tournament really gets started today. Sixty-four teams. Thirty-two contests. All going down in an exhilarating – and, yes, exhausting – two-day mosh pit of hoops. By the time it’s done late Friday, we should have at least some answers to the most pressing questions: Can a 16th-seeded team beat a top-seeded team for the first time? Will the selection committee look smart for inviting so many of the so-called little guys at the expense of more

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Men’s basketball Valparaiso vs. Michigan St., 11 a.m., CBS The NCAA tournament tips off in earnest with No. 3 seed Michigan State facing No. 14 seed Valparaiso in the first round of the Midwest Regional. Shaw Media file photo

Former Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher walks off the field after losing to the Packers in the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 23, 2011, at Soldier Field. Bears General manager Phil Emery said Wednesday that the team couldn’t agree on a contract with Urlacher, for years the heart and face of the franchise. He now a is free agent after being slowed by a knee problem and then missing the last four games of the season with a hamstring injury.

BEARS MAKE RIGHT CALL Urlacher unhappy with team’s offer After more than a few uncertain days and nights, the Bears have decided to move on. Before long, so will Brian Urlacher. And so should the rest of us. At the risk of losing my self-proclaimed title as World’s Most Beloved And Devastatingly Good-Looking Sports Columnist of 2013, this is how I feel about Urlacher’s departure: The Bears made the right decision. It was a really tough decision, but it was the right decision. I’ll pause for angry dissidents to post nasty comments below the online

VIEWS Tom Musick version of this story (you can scribble them on the print version and mail it to me). And ... we’re back. Hi. Anyway, we all know the details of the story by now. The Bears spent the majority of their free-agent budget on tight end Martellus Bennett and offensive tackle Jermon Bushrod, not to mention re-signing defensive tackle Henry Melton, which left little to offer to Urlacher. A bargain-bin deal remained possi-

NIU FOOTBALL

Kube doesn’t make Rush, not giving up By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com

8KEEP UP ONLINE Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Want the latest from the area’s prep sports scene? Follow our coverage on Facebook by searching for DC Preps or on Twitter at twitter.com/dc_preps. Follow our NIU athletics coverage on Facebook by searching for Huskie Wire or on Twitter at twitter.com/HuskieWire.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT

BEARS, URLACHER PARTING WAYS

8WHAT TO WATCH

Also on TV... Pro basketball Portland at Bulls, 7 p.m., CSN Men’s basketball Bucknell vs. Butler, 11:30 a.m., TRUTV Wichita St. vs. Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m., TBS New Mexico St. vs. Saint Louis, 1 p.m., TNT St. Mary’s (Calif.) vs. Memphis, 1:30 p.m., CBS Davidson vs. Marquette, 2 p.m., TRUTV Southern University vs. Gonzaga, 3 p.m., TBS Oregon vs. Oklahoma St., 3:30 p.m., TNT North Carolina A&T vs. Louisville, 5:45 p.m., TBS South Dakota St. vs. Michigan, 6 p.m., CBS Belmont vs. Arizona, 6:15 p.m., TNT California vs. UNLV, 6:15 p.m., TRUTV Missouri vs. Colorado, 8:15 p.m., TBS Akron vs. VCU, 8:30 p.m., CBS Harvard vs. New Mexico, 8:45 p.m., TNT Montana vs. Syracuse, 8:55 p.m., TRUTV Golf PGA Tour, Arnold Palmer Invitational, first round, 2 p.m., TGC Extreme sports X Games, noon and 6 p.m. (same-day tape), ESPN

have been confined to indoor practices, having to make use of smaller spaces and forcing coaches to become creative in getting their teams ready under less-than-ideal conditions. “When everybody’s inside, you’re really working stations and breaking things down,” G-K coach Mike Lauer said. “This is limited space really for a field, but we’re going to use it. You adapt and do the best you can.” The cold weather is a stark contrast to last year when local teams took advatange of the unusually warm weather by practicing outside in late February and playing games in early March.

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Former Northern Illinois linebacker Alex Kube did not make the Chicago Rush, but he’s not giving up on his dream.

Even before the official word arrived by phone, Alex Kube sensed what was coming. When the Rush traded for veteran jack linebacker Kelvin Morris last week, Kube – the former Northern Illinois linebacker – realized he likely would be caught in a numbers game. Once again, he knew, he would be a victim of football’s business side and that his chances of making the Rush’s 23-man roster would be greatly diminished. Still, when the call came, explaining that as impressive as Kube had been during training camp and in the Rush’s only preseason game, he hadn’t made the team, Kube understood. “You just have to take a step back

More online For all your NIU sports coverage – including stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and much more – log on to HuskieWire.com. and put yourself in their shoes and understand they’re dealing with money, they’re dealing with numbers, they’re dealing with whatever they need to do to win because they get fired if they don’t,” Kube said Wednesday. “So the only thing I did wrong was that this is my first year (with Arena football) and I’m behind a guy who not only has had a lot of success in this league, but he’s a (darn) good football player.”

The Rush acquired Morris last week from Orlando, picking up a linebacker who was the face of the Rush defense over the past two seasons. Last year, Morris made 39.5 tackles and had five interceptions, returning four for touchdowns. In two seasons with the Rush, Morris has intercepted 14 passes and made more than 100 tackles. “We’re confident this trade puts us in a better position,” Rush coach Bob McMillen said in statement after the roster move. The trade left Kube in a familiar place. The 25-year-old linebacker turned defensive back was in a similar position when he attended a rookie camp with the Minnesota Vikings last year.

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SPORTS

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8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball Hinckley-Big Rock at Aurora Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m. Softball Genoa-Kingston at Sandwich, 4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Softball Indian Creek at Aurora Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m.

SATURDAY Baseball St. Edward at Hinckley-Big Rock, 10 a.m., noon Elgin at Sycamore, 11 a.m., 1 p.m. Girls Soccer Freeport at DeKalb, 11:30 a.m. Girls Badminton DeKalb at Glenbard East Ram Invite, 9 a.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS DeKalb badminton team sweeps Larkin DeKalb badminton swept Larkin, 15-0, on the road Wednesday with no matches going to a third set. Tristan Draper won, 21-9, 21-6, at No. 1 singles while Jaci Nguyen was victorious at No. 2 singles with a score of 21-14, 219. Draper and Nguyen combined to win at No. 1 doubles, 21-12, 21-9 while Theresa Nguyen and Kodi Underwood won 21-18, 2111, at No. 2 doubles.

Bears agree to 1-year deal with McBride LAKE FOREST – Defensive end Turk McBride and the Bears have agreed to a one-year contract the team announced Wednesday. The 6-foot-2, 278-pound McBride has appeared in 66 games and made 24 starts over six seasons with Kansas City (200708), Detroit (2009-10) and New Orleans (2011-12). He has 9½ sacks, six forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries in his career.

Butler, Creighton, Xavier join new Big East NEW YORK – The breakaway basketball schools kept the Big East name and the conference tournament in Madison Square Garden. In return, they left behind tens of millions of dollars to the football members. That was easy to do with a lucrative TV contract awaiting. The new Big East launched as a 10-member league Wednesday with the additions of Butler, Creighton and Xavier and a 12-year deal with Fox. The agreement is worth about $500 million with the possibility of increasing to $600 million were the league to add more members, according to a person with knowledge of the details. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the value of the agreement was not made public. The so-called Catholic 7 schools completed their exit from the Big East this month. They’ll start play with their three new colleagues in the fall.

Alabama : Ailing AD Mal Moore stepping down TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama athletic director Mal Moore is stepping down to become special assistant to the president because of health problems after a lengthy reign at his alma mater that ended with the Crimson Tide’s football program back on top nationally. The university announced the move Wednesday. The 73-yearold Moore, who played and coached for Paul “Bear” Bryant” and then hired football coach Nick Saban, has been hospitalized at Duke University Medical Center since March 13 with pulmonary problems. – From staff, wire reports

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Sox lose to D’backs, McCarthy Ventura: Danks will start season on disabled list The ASSOCIATED PRESS GLENDALE, Ariz. – Brandon McCarthy would take two runs allowed over six innings every time. Those numbers were deceiving, though, and the Diamondbacks’ right-hander was anything but satisfied with his start in Arizona’s 4-2 victory against the White Sox on Wednesday. “I just was not ever really in synch,” said McCarthy, who gave up 10 hits against his former team. “I felt like I did a decent job battling in trying to keep things together. It was easily one of those starts that can spin out of control much faster than you want it to.”

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Sox outfielder Jordan Danks, who likely will begin the season in Triple-A even though he has 12 hits in his past 17 at-bats, led off the third inning with a home run, and Gordon Beckham followed with a double to the gap in John Danks left-center and scored from third on a ground out by Alexei Ramirez. McCarthy gave up five hits over the fourth and fifth innings but escaped without damage. Third baseman Martin Prado singled in Willie Bloomquist in the first and right fielder A.J. Pollock homered against

Sox starter Gavin Floyd leading off the second for Arizona. Ryan Court singled in two runs against Dylan Axelrod in the eighth to to break a 2-all tie. Floyd allowed two runs in five innings. Axelrod, who pitched three innings in relief, is getting stretched out to likely take John Danks’ turn in the Sox starting rotation. Sox manager Robin Ventura said after the game that Danks, who has a 16.36 spring ERA, will finish out the spring pitching in minor league games and open the season on the disabled list. Danks, the Opening Day starter in 2012 who signed a $65 million, five-year extension before that season, had shoulder surgery in August and doesn’t have his normal velocity yet. “He’s going out there without the velocity he needs to do what he does,” Ventura said. “I don’t want to keep sending him out there with one arm tied behind his back. Until he can get that

back, feels he can go out there and do that, this is what’s best.” Ventura did not rule out Hector Santiago, who started four games last season, as a possibility to replace Danks. But Axelrod, who started seven games last year, is the likely pitcher for the Sox’ fifth game on April 6 against the Mariners at U.S. Cellular Field. Notes: Sox 3B Jeff Keppinger was 2 for 2 and is 14 for 28 this spring. ... Sox OF Dewayne Wise extended his hitting streak to nine games. ... Adam Dunn played left field in place of Dayan Viciedo (right quad strain), who is expected back today. Dunn, a designated hitter, played five games in the outfield last year. The Sox play at the Washington Nationals on April 9. Dunn threw out Arizona catcher Rod Barajas trying to score from second on a single. “No offense to Rod, but he’s not Michael Johnson or anything,” Dunn said.

There will be no repeat Time for someone else now champion this season • MUSICK Continued from page B1

• NCAA TOURNEY Continued from page B 1 established programs? Will the refs call more fouls than they did during a low-scoring regular season that often resembled wrestling more than basketball? The only thing we know for sure is there won’t be a repeat champion. Kentucky didn’t even get an invite to the 68-team party. Heck, the Wildcats’ season already is over, snuffed out by Robert Morris – a school near Pittsburgh, not some guy known as Bob Morris to his friends – in the National Invitation Tournament. Hmm, maybe that’s an indication of what’s to come in the NCAAs, after a season in which no team established itself as a clear-cut favorite. “I think it’s been pretty obvious throughout the year there’s a lot of parity in basketball,” said Saint Louis forward Dwayne Evans, whose fourth-seeded team opens against No. 13 New Mexico State in San Jose, Calif. “Every day you turn on SportsCenter and you see a bunch of upsets. But I think that provides a lot of exciting college basketball. And, as a team, I think we have a legitimate chance here.” Louisville coach Rick Pitino, whose team was seeded

first overall after romping into the tournament on a 10-game winning streak, joined the chorus of those using the P word. In his mind, the constant exodus of one-and-down players from programs such as Kentucky, which essentially has to start over each season, has leveled the playing field more than ever before. “There are no longer the Kareem Abdul-Jabbars or Bill Waltons or those great players from Carolina and Duke – Christian Laettner and those people. It just doesn’t happen,” Pitino said. “You take a Colorado State with five seniors, they’re every bit as good as any of the number 1 seeds who play the game. “Parity,” he added, “has set in. That’s what makes it so much fun. You really, really can’t pick who is going to win.” Maybe so, but the odds are, one of those teams on the top line will emerge as the champion in Atlanta on April 8. That’s good news for the Cardinals and the other No. 1 seeds: Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga. Since 1988, when sixth-seeded Kansas won the national title, only once has the champion emerged from anywhere below a third seed (No. 4 Arizona in 1997). More telling, the team celebrating at the end is usually a No. 1 seed – 16 times that’s been the case during the 24-year span.

Look, it’s going to feel really strange and more than a little sad to see someone else barking out plays at middle linebacker next season. Urlacher was as much a symbol of modern-day Chicago as world-class architecture, deep-dish pizza and government corruption. But Urlacher will turn 35 years old in May – ancient by NFL standards. He has battled injuries to his neck, back, wrist, knee and calf. His greatest asset, speed, has all but disappeared. It happens to everybody. Urlacher knew as well as anyone that it would happen to him. In 2010, Urlacher was within a handful of tackles of the Bears’ all-time record. That’s a pretty incredible feat when you consider how many great tacklers have played for this team. The Bears were about to go on the road to play the Miami Dolphins in a Thursday night game. Barring injury, Urlacher was going to break the record. I asked him what being the franchise’s all-time tackle leader would mean to him. “It probably means Lance is going to pass me in a couple years,” Urlacher said with a shrug. He’s right, you know. Lance Briggs has amassed 1,414 career tackles, according to the Bears’ statistics. If he plays a few more seasons with

the team, he likely will break Urlacher’s record of 1,779 tackles. Then again, Briggs could be finished with the Bears before he reaches that mark. It stinks, but it happens. Some will argue that the Bears should have kept Urlacher until an adequate replacement was ready to take over in the middle of the defense. Others will say the Bears needed him for his leadership and locker-room presence, even if his career was on the decline. I don’t buy either argument. The Bears have no shortage of defensive leaders, starting with Briggs, Charles Tillman and Julius Peppers. And while I don’t envy the player who follows Urlacher at middle linebacker, the fact is that the Bears sorely need to get younger and faster at the position. Next month’s NFL draft offers an opportunity for a fresh start. Maybe a player such as Georgia’s Alec Ogletree or LSU’s Kevin Minter or Notre Dame’s Manti Te’o will be the answer, or maybe Shea McClellin really was meant to play linebacker, after all. Regardless, there never will be another Urlacher. But time catches up with all of us. It’s time for someone else to step up as the Bears’ next face of the franchise.

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

NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio Tuesday N.C. A&T 73, Liberty 72 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 67, Middle Tennessee 54

Wednesday James Madison 68, LIU Brooklyn 55 La Salle 80, Boise State 71

EAST REGIONAL

SOUTH REGIONAL

MIDWEST REGIONAL

WEST REGIONAL

SECOND ROUND Today at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Butler (26-8) vs. Bucknell (28-5), 11:40 a.m. Marquette (23-8) vs. Davidson (26-7), 30 minutes following At HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. UNLV (25-9) vs. California (20-11), 6:27 p.m. Syracuse (26-9) vs. Montana (25-6), 30 minutes following Friday At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio N.C. State (24-10) vs. Temple (23-9), 12:40 p.m. Indiana (27-6) vs. James Madison, 30 minutes following At The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas Miami (27-6) vs. Pacific (22-12), 1:10 p.m. Illinois (22-12) vs. Colorado (21-11), 30 minutes following

SECOND ROUND Today at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. Michigan (26-7) vs. South Dakota State (25-9), 6:15 p.m. VCU (26-8) vs. Akron (26-6), 30 minutes following Friday At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Georgetown (25-6) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (24-10), 5:50 p.m. San Diego State (22-10) vs. Oklahoma (20-11), 30 minutes following At The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. North Carolina (24-10) vs. Villanova (20-13), 6:20 p.m. Kansas (29-5) vs. Western Kentucky (20-15), 30 minutes following At The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas Florida (26-7) vs. Northwestern State (23-8), 6:27 p.m. UCLA (25-9) vs. Minnesota (20-12), 30 minutes following

SECOND ROUND Today At Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Louisville (29-5) vs. N.C. A&T (20-16), 5:50 p.m. Colorado State (25-8) vs. Missouri (23-10), 30 minutes following At The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. Michigan State (25-8) vs. Valparaiso (26-7), 11:15 a.m Memphis (30-4) vs. Saint Mary’s (Cal) (28-6), 30 minutes following At HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Saint Louis (27-6) vs. New Mexico State (24-10), 1:10 p.m. Oklahoma State (24-8) vs. Oregon (26-8), 30 minutes following Friday At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Duke (27-5) vs. Albany (N.Y.) (24-10), 11:15 a.m. Creighton (27-7) vs. Cincinnati (22-11), 30 minutes following

SECOND ROUND Today At EnergySolutions Arena at Salt Lake City Pittsburgh (24-8) vs. Wichita State (26-8), 12:40 p.m. Gonzaga (31-2) vs. Southern (23-9), 30 minutes following Arizona (25-7) vs. Belmont (26-6), 6:20 p.m. New Mexico (29-5) vs. Harvard (19-9), 30 minutes following Friday, March 22 At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio Ohio State (26-7) vs. Iona (20-13), 6:15 p.m. Notre Dame (25-9) vs. Iowa State (22-11), 30 minutes following At The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Wisconsin (23-11) vs. Mississippi (26-8), 11:40 a.m. Kansas State (27-7) vs. La Salle, 30 minutes following

THIRD ROUND Saturday At The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. Michigan-South Dakota State winner vs. VCU-Akron winner Sunday, March 24 At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Georgetown-Florida Gulf Coast winner vs. San Diego State-Oklahoma winner At The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas-Western Kentucky winner vs. North Carolina-Villanova winner At The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas Florida-Northwestern State winner vs. UCLA-Minnesota winner

THIRD ROUND Saturday At Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Louisville-N.C. A&T winner vs. Colorado State-Missouri winner At The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. Michigan State-Valparaiso winner vs. Memphis-Saint Mary’s (Cal) winner At HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Saint Louis-New Mexico State winner vs. Oklahoma State-Oregon winner Sunday, March 24 At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Duke-Albany (N.Y.) winner vs. Creighton-Cincinnati winner

REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Friday, March 29 At Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas Kansas-Western Kentucky-North Carolina-Villanova winner vs. Michigan-South Dakota State-VCUAkron winner Georgetown-Florida Gulf Coast-San Diego State-Oklahoma winner vs. Florida-Northwestern State-UCLA-Minnesota winner

REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Friday, March 29 At Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Louisville-N.C. A&T-Colorado State-Missouri winner vs. Saint Louis-New Mexico State-Oklahoma State-Oregon winner Duke-Albany (N.Y.)-Creighton-Cincinnati winner vs. Michigan State-Valparaiso-Memphis-Saint Mary’s (Cal) winner

THIRD ROUND Saturday At Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Marquette-Davidson winner vs. Butler-Bucknell winner At HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Syracuse-Montana winner vs. UNLV-California winner Sunday At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio Indiana-James Madison winner vs. N.C. State-Temple winner At The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas Miami-Pacific winner vs. Illinois-Colorado winner REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Thursday, March 28 At The Verizon Center in Washington Indiana-James Madison-N.C. State-Temple winner vs. Syracuse-Montana-UNLV-California winner Miami-Pacific-Illinois-Colorado winner vs. Marquette-Davidson-Butler-Bucknell winner REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday, March 30 Semifinal winners

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, March 31 Semifinal winners

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, March 31 Semifinal winners

FINAL FOUR NATIONAL SEMIFINALS At The Georgia Dome in Atlanta Saturday, April 6 Midwest champion vs. West champion, 5 or 7:30 p.m. South champion vs. East champion, 5 or 7:30 p.m.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP At The Georgia Dome in Atlanta Monday, April 8 Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.

THIRD ROUND Saturday At EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City Gonzaga-Southern winner vs. Pittsburgh-Wichita State winner New Mexico-Harvard winner vs. Arizona-Belmont winner Sunday At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio Ohio State-Iona winner vs. Notre Dame-Iowa State winner At The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas State-La Salle winner vs. Wisconsin-Mississippi winner REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Thursday, March 28 At The Staples Center in Los Angeles Gonzaga-Southern-Pittsburgh-Wichita State winner vs. Kansas State-La Salle-Wisconsin-Mississippi winner New Mexico-Harvard-Arizona-Belmont winner vs. Ohio State-Iona-Notre Dame-Iowa State winner REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday, March 30 Semifinal winners

EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 42 26 .618 Bulls 36 30 .545 Milwaukee 34 33 .507 Detroit 23 46 .333 Cleveland 22 46 .324 Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 40 26 .606 Brooklyn 40 28 .588 Boston 36 31 .537 Philadelphia 26 40 .394 Toronto 26 42 .382 Southeast Division W L Pct y-Miami 53 14 .791 Atlanta 38 30 .559 Washington 23 43 .348 Orlando 18 51 .261 Charlotte 16 52 .235

GB — 5 7½ 19½ 20 GB — 1 4½ 14 15 GB — 15½ 29½ 36 37½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB x-San Antonio 52 16 .765 — Memphis 46 21 .687 5½ Houston 37 31 .544 15 Dallas 32 36 .471 20 New Orleans 23 46 .333 29½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB x-Oklahoma City 50 19 .725 — Denver 47 22 .681 3 Utah 34 34 .500 15½ Portland 31 36 .463 18 Minnesota 23 42 .354 25 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 46 22 .676 — Golden State 39 31 .557 8 L.A. Lakers 36 33 .522 10½ Sacramento 24 44 .353 22 Phoenix 23 45 .338 23 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division Wednesday’s Results Miami 98, Cleveland 95 Charlotte 107, Toronto 101 New York 106, Orlando 94 Atlanta 98, Milwaukee 90 Brooklyn 113, Dallas 96 Houston 100, Utah 93 Memphis 90, Oklahoma City 89 (OT) New Orleans 87, Boston 86 San Antonio 104, Golden State 93 Washington at Phoenix (n) Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers (n) Today’s Games Portland at Bulls, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Denver, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Friday’s Games New York at Toronto, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Indiana, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Orlando, 6 p.m. Portland at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Cleveland at Houston, 7 p.m. Memphis at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Boston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Utah at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Washington at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Results Indiana 95, Orlando 73 Denver 114, Oklahoma City 104 Milwaukee 102, Portland 95 Sacramento 116, L.A. Clippers 101

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Blackhawks 29 24 2 3 51 100 62 St. Louis 29 16 11 2 34 87 83 Detroit 30 14 11 5 33 80 79 Columbus 30 12 12 6 30 68 79 Nashville 30 11 13 6 28 70 81 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 29 17 10 2 36 77 71 Vancouver 29 14 9 6 34 81 82 Edmonton 28 11 11 6 28 69 81 Calgary 27 11 12 4 26 78 91 Colorado 28 10 14 4 24 71 89 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 28 21 3 4 46 95 69 Los Angeles 29 17 10 2 36 88 73 Phoenix 30 13 13 4 30 79 85 San Jose 28 12 10 6 30 67 74 Dallas 28 13 12 3 29 73 84

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 31 23 8 0 46 110 81 N.Y. Rangers 29 15 12 2 32 70 70 New Jersey 30 13 11 6 32 74 84 N.Y. Islanders 29 13 13 3 29 86 96 Philadelphia 30 13 16 1 27 81 92 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 29 19 5 5 43 92 73 Boston 28 19 6 3 41 82 60 Ottawa 30 16 8 6 38 77 65 Toronto 30 16 12 2 34 90 85 Buffalo 30 11 15 4 26 79 95 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 30 16 12 2 34 80 86 Carolina 29 15 12 2 32 84 82 Tampa Bay 30 13 16 1 27 98 90 Washington 29 12 16 1 25 79 87 Florida 30 8 16 6 22 74 110 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss. Wednesday’s Results Blackhawks at Anaheim (n) Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 4, Detroit 2 Dallas at Colorado (n) San Jose at Edmonton (n) Today’s Games Toronto at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 6 p.m. Boston at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m. Washington at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Calgary at Nashville, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. Friday’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. Calgary at Columbus, 6 p.m. Washington at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim, 9 p.m. Tuesday’s Results N.Y. Rangers 3, New Jersey 2 Ottawa 5, N.Y. Islanders 3 Florida 4, Carolina 1 Columbus 4, Nashville 3 Buffalo 3, Montreal 2 (OT) Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1 Winnipeg 3, Boston 1 Vancouver 3, St. Louis 2 Los Angeles 3, Phoenix 2

MLB SPRING TRAINING Wednesday’s Results Arizona 4, White Sox 2 Washington 7, Miami 5 Baltimore 7, Toronto 5 N.Y. Yankees 4, Boston 0 Atlanta 18, Pittsburgh 9 Kansas City 7, L.A. Dodgers 2 L.A. Angels 6, Cleveland 5 San Francisco (ss) 0, Milwaukee 0 (10 inn.) San Francisco (ss) 6, San Diego 4 N.Y. Mets 7, Houston 5 Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota, ccd., rain Today’s Games Milwaukee vs. White Sox, 3:05 p.m. Cubs (ss) vs. L.A. Dodgers, 3:05 p.m. Toronto vs. Tampa Bay, 12:05 p.m. St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m. Oakland vs. Cincinnati, 3:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. Arizona, 3:10 p.m. Washington vs. Atlanta, 5:05 p.m. Houston vs. Detroit, 5:05 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore, 6:05 p.m. Minnesota vs. N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs. Boston, 6:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Texas, 8:05 p.m. Cubs (ss) vs. Seattle, 9:05 p.m. Colorado vs. San Francisco, 9:05 p.m.


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Sente’s bill voted down Committee defeats bill trying to limit contact in practice By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com Football coaches don’t want state lawmakers telling them how to do their jobs. On Wednesday, members of the state Elementary and Secondary Education Committee in Springfield agreed, defeating Rep. Carol Sente’s Football Practice Hitting Limitation Act, by a 6-5 vote. Committee member Rep. Barbara Wheeler, R-Crystal Lake, said House Bill 1205 will come up for a vote again in committee today. If passed, the bill would limit full-contact drills to two days a week and prohibit the drills during the offseason and summer camps. Under the bill, coaches would have discretion of how much their teams engaged in full-contact drills during the preseason. But they also would be required to complete a certified online concussion training program as a means of being better educated about head injuries. Wheeler, the mother of five children and the wife of former Prairie Ridge youth football coach Joe Wheeler, said voting the bill down wasn’t about not caring about players’ safety. Instead, it represented opinions on what the state’s role should be in putting limits in place. It’s the same message

Wheeler said she has received from coaches and parents. “The state of Illinois does not have to be legislating how best to serve the children and coach football – bottom line,” Wheeler said in a phone interview Wednesday. “Let’s take state government out of coaching football. “The direction of where this is coming from really should be more grass roots instead of government down.” IHSA officials did not attend Wednesday’s hearing. Last month, IHSA executive director Marty Hickman told Shaw Media that he thought the bill was an example of governement over-stepping its bounds. It was a message he reiterated in a statement issued Wednesday. “We are on the same page with Representative Sente on the dangers of concussions, but continue to have a differing viewpoint on how we should address the issue in Illinois moving forward,” Hickman said. “Risk minimization is a high priority for the IHSA and we feel that we have proven at a state and national level that we have effective systems in place to institute quality measures to maximize the safety of our student-athletes.” Sente, who did not respond to a text message seeking comment Wednesday, said this week that she expected the bill to meet opposition in Springfield. Among the supporters of the bill was former Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer, who wrote in a letter pre-

sented during Wednesday’s hearing that “this law would make youth sports unequivically safer.” Hillenmeyer, whose eightyear NFL career ended after a series of concussions, compared limiting contact among young players to rules that limit a Little League baseball pitcher’s pitch count and the age at which they can begin to throw a curveball. He said not limiting full contact at the earliest stages of youth football could have grave consequences. “Without [a law] a rogue, wannabe Mike Ditka youth coach will continue to have unchecked ability to overexpose our next generation to harm,” Hillenmeyer wrote. Sente said this week that she wants the issue to remain on the forefront of discussion and that she was OK with limits being made sometime in the next one to two years. Wheeler said rather than making a law, though, cooperation between IHSA, coaches and others needs to take place. “There isn’t a coach out there, there isn’t an assistant coach out there, a water boy that wants any child to come to harm,” Wheeler said. “You’re playing a contact sport, you’re signing your child up for a contact sport. You know there are risks going into it. “But [the bill] failed today because people were in agreeement that the state of Illinois – which can’t even pay its bills – should not telling the IHSA and coaches how to be playing football.”

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Teams confined to fieldhouses, gyms • SPRING WEATHER Continued from page B1 Lauer said he’s fortunate to have an experienced group with eight of nine starters returning from last year’s team. Still, it’s difficult to simulate game situations in the gym. “It’s a lot different because of the bounces on the floor,” G-K junior catcher Paige Keegan said. “Even [in the gym] you can’t get the full effect of the weather, the wind. You don’t get used to that.” Whereas some schools can do more with a larger practice space, smaller schools such as Hiawatha are limited by only having one gym, which is shared by the baseball and softball teams, each getting only 90 minutes of practice time. “Hiawatha doesn’t have a very large gym,” Hawks softball coach David Tamraz said. “We can’t work on outfield so much, cutoffs, that kind of stuff. We’re basically just doing hitting, infiedling and pitchers.” With spring break starting next week, some teams

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Coach Sean Donnelly (right) tosses a ball as Nick Doolittle, a sophomore, works on his swing during practice inside the gymnasium at Hiawatha High School in Kirkland. face the prospect of not playing a game for three consecutive weeks to start the season, leaving just more than a month until playoffs start in mid-May. Tamraz said the Hawks likely will be playing three to four games a week during the shortened regular season. Kaneland’s softball team is fortunate. The Knights scheduled a spring break trip to Louisville, where the warmer

weather should allow them to get in a number of games against out-of-state competition. Is there hope, or heat, on the horizon? The 14-day forecast calls for DeKalb County to break 50 degrees by April 1. But could it just be Mother Nature plotting a cruel April Fools’ Day joke? “We just want to get back outside,” Keegan said. “It’s awful in here.”

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Elite 7 training center in Lake Barrington, focused on his life after football while still remaining in shape in case the opportunity to continue his playing career arises. Kube said there still is a chance he could play with the Rush this year if injuries make room for him. Although he wasn’t chosen to open the season with the Rush – who start the season Saturday against the Iowa Barnstormers – he’s not ready to give up on his pro football dreams.

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JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE “The 20/20 Experience”

Justin Timberlake stepped away from music after putting out 2006’s “Future Sex/Love Songs,” his second solo album. In January, Timberlake returned with the single “Suit and Tie,” featuring Jay-Z. The part R&B, part dance song was met with a collective “huh” from longtime fans who might have been hoping for something closer to “SexyBack.” But the song, which also is the first single from the upcoming “The 20/20 Experience,” may give some insight into what Timberlake’s first album in seven years may sound like. Longtime collaborator Timbaland once again will have his hands all over this album, so don’t expect this one to go too far outside the box.

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WILL.I.AM. “#willpower”

Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am has put out three solo albums with little fanfare. Maybe a Twitter-friendly album with a hashtag in its title will get people to take notice. This album actually should have come out long before this. There was a chance for its release more than a year ago when will.i.am’s single “T.H.E. The Hardest Ever,” featuring Mick Jagger and Jennifer Lopez, hit radio. But that single received a somewhat tepid response. The singer/rapper/producer did a much better job making an impact on his recent club hit collaboration with Britney Spears, “Scream & Shout.” Both songs will be featured on this album, possibly with other rumored tracks with Kanye West, Chris Brown, Justin Beiber, Ne-Yo, Avril Lavigne and others.

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BLAKE SHELTON “Based on a True Story …”

The new album from country artist and coach on “The Voice,” Blake Shelton comes out the same week as the premiere of the NBC show’s fourth season. A similar strategy was used when Shelton’s Christmas album was released near the season three premiere last year. Leading the way is the laidback first single, “Sure Be Cool If You Did.” The album is already available for preorder on Shelton’s website. The “collector’s edition” of the release will set you back $99.99,

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THE FLAMING LIPS “The Terror”

According to The Flaming Lips’ website, “The Terror” “is comprised of nine original compositions that reflect a darker-hued spectrum than previous works, along with a more inwardlooking lyrical perspective than one might expect — but then again, maybe not. It’s up to you, the listener, to decide what it means to you.” Confused yet? Of course that’s nothing new when it comes to The Flaming Lips, who have been churning out modern-day psychedelic rock for nearly 30 years. This album will not contain the song “Sun Blows Up Today,” which could be heard in a recent car commercial that also starred the band. The song, however, can be purchased as a digital-only bonus track when pre-ordering the album.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS “The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver”

Tribute albums rarely pay proper respect to an artist. Most of the time they instead leave you wishing you had rather just listened to the original act’s work. But there is just something about the list of the names announced for an upcoming John Denver tribute album that at least seems as though somebody put some thought into this project. Dave Matthews, My Morning Jacket, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Lucinda Williams and The Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando are among those who will be provided their versions of songs by the late singer, who died in a plane crash in 1997. How can you go wrong with Jim James of My Morning Jacket singing “Leaving On A Jet Plane?” A portion of the proceeds from album sales will be donated to the conservation organization The Wilderness Society.

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MOLLY RINGWALD “Except Sometimes”

Yes, that Molly Ringwald. “The Breakfast Club” and “Sixteen Candles” actress gives singing a spin on “Except Sometimes.” The album is a collection of jazz standards including “I’ll

Take Romance” and “Sooner Or Later,” a song recorded by Madonna for the 1990 “Dick Tracy” movie. But before you completely write this one off as a bunch of ruckus, you should know Ringwald has some jazz roots. She is the daughter of blind jazz pianist Bob Ringwald. Then again, you also should know the album includes a cover of Simple Minds’ “Don’t You (Forget About Me).”

for those looking looking to get a taste of new Fall Out Boy songs, they didn’t play any new material other than the recently released “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up).” The song, also the album’s first single, strikes a nice balance between early and later Fall Out Boy. Maybe they’ll avoid any missteps they made with fans on their last album.

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PHOENIX “Bankrupt!”

French alt-rock band Phoenix grew its following in the U.S. thanks to the excellent 2009 album, “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.” That release had them sounding a little more poppy, and closer to music from The Strokes or The Killers, than in the past. Their synth-heavy hit, “1901,” was a refreshing turn for the band. “Entertainment,” the first single from the new album, falls between Phoenix’s more recent bouncy sound and their more straight-forward earlier material. If the nine other songs on “Bankrupt!” follow this outline, Phoenix should have one of the better releases in the coming months.

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SNOOP LION “Reincarnated”

The artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg makes his reggae/dancehall music debut with “Reincarnated.” Snoop is allegedly abondoning rap music for a sunny island sound. No, really. There is a slight chance this project could turn out to be more than a quick gimmicky moneygrab. Diplo and the rest of the team behind the dancehall-happy Major Lazer albums have been brought in to help, so “Reincarnated” could at least have some choice beats. But if the first single, “Here Comes the King,” is any indication, probably now. Guests on the album include Drake, T.I., Busta Rhymes, Akon and Chris Brown. Oh, and there is a movie accompanying this project as well.

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FALL OUT BOY “Save Rock and Roll”

So they never technically said they were never ever getting back together. Fall Out Boy returns with their first album since 2008’s commercially unsuccessful “Folie A Deux.” Fall Out Boy played a couple warm-up shows earlier this winter in anticipation of an upcoming tour. Unfortunately

JOHN FOGERTY “Wrote a Song For Everyone”

Maybe John Fogerty, the voice behind Creedence Clearwater Revival’s biggest hits, was inspired by his time spent working with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl’s Sound City Studios project. Grohl enlisted Fogerty and others to record songs for a recent album and documentary that celebrated the famed studio. Now it’s Fogerty who is getting a little help from his friends. “Wrote a Song For Everyone” features Fogerty working with several other acts to recreate some of CCR’s biggest hits that were written by him. The Foo Fighters lead off the album with their take on “Fortunate Son.” Kid Rock joins Fogerty to sing “Born On the Bayou.” Sure, some of the collaborations sound a little scary (“Have You Ever Seen The Rain” sung by Alan Jackson, anyone?), but this album should at least spark some curiosity. Jennifer Hudson belting out “Proud Mary” has to be worth a listen, right?

OTHER NOTABLE UPCOMING MUSIC RELEASES: March 26: Depeche Mode, “Delta Machine”; OneRepublic, “Native”; The Strokes, “Comedown Machine”; April 2: Alkaline Trio, “My Shame Is True”; Killswitch Engage, “Disarm the Descent”; New Kids on the Block, “10”; Telekinesis, “Dormarion”; April 9: Brad Paisley, “Wheelhouse”; Paramore, “Paramore”; LeAnn Rimes, “Spitfire”; Stone Sour, “House of Gold & Bones Pt. 2”; April 16: Willie Nelson and Family, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”; Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Mosquito”; April 23: Michael Bublé, “To Be Loved”; Rob Zombie, “Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor”; April 30: Kenny Chesney, “Life On a Rock”; Iggy and the Stooges, “Ready to Die”; LL Cool J, “Authentic”; May 7: Fitz and The Tantrums, “More Than Just a Dream”; Goo Goo Dolls, “Magnetic”; Lady Antebellum, “Golden”; 98 Degrees, “2.0”; She & Him, “Volume 3”; Vampire Weekend, “Modern Vampires of the City”.


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STAGE STAGE Stage Coach Players’ “Jesus Christ Superstar”: 7:30 p.m. March 21 to 23, 2 p.m. March 24, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. 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. NIU Opera Theatre’s “The Magic Flute”: 8 p.m. March 22, 3 p.m. March 24, Boutell Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, DeKalb. Tickets: $10, general admission; $7, non-NIU students; free, NIU students with ID. Tickets available at the door. www.niu.edu/ music. NIU School of Theatre and Dance’s “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”: 7:30 p.m. April 4 to 6 and April 10 to 13; 2 p.m. April 7 and 14, Stevens Building Players Theatre, NIU, DeKalb. Tickets: $16, adults, $13, seniors, $8, students. Box office: 815-753-1600. www.niu.edu/theatre. 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. 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.

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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. Tributes to famous 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. “The Fruit of Yggdrasil: Animism, Transformation and Death”: through March 28 at the Kishwaukee College Art Gallery. Exhibition by artists Matthew Vincent, Kathie Webb, Joan Lee Stassi and Christian Ortiz. Free.

Saturday is National Puppy Day, a day designed to put the spotlight on puppy adoption and stop puppy mills. There are many ways to celebrate the day – check out the official website for some ideas.

Palm Sunday Sunday is Palm Sunday, and if you’re looking to attend a service, there are many options around town. Also check the newspaper for special Palm Sunday events.

Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday. Closing reception: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 27. “MAPPING: Measuring Across Place and Period; Information, Navigation and Geography”: April 4 through May 24, South Gallery, 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. “OBJECTIVE / SUBJECTIVE: Mapping as Visual Language”: 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. “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, Ne-

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hring Gallery, 111 S. Second St., Suite 204, DeKalb. Free. www. dekalbalumni.org, 815-757-5959, 815-757-0462 or 815-758-3635. COMEDY COMEDY

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 Swing Dancing in DeKalb: 7 to 11 p.m. April 2, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. No partner needed; casual dress, leather-soled shoes recommended. $5 admission includes lesson. Food and beer/wine available for purchase. See www.BarbCitySwing.com for coming dates and look for the group on Facebook. Finn Hall History Discussion at DAWC: 7 to 9 p.m. April 5, DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St., DeKalb. NIU sociology associate professor Diane Rodgers and graduate students Jessica Peterson, Jill Sanderson and Lucy Sosa will present research that led to the recent local historic landmark status from the city of DeKalb for Majakka Hall, the former Finnish Temperance Society Meeting Hall in “Finn Town”. Free; open to the public. Coffee, tea and Finnish treats will be served. 815-758-1351. dawc@ niu.edu. Top 10 Film Series: Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Schedule: 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. 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: • 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

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.

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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.

Guest Artist recital: 8 p.m. March 21, Recital Hall, NIU Music Building, DeKalb. Free. Touring ensemble from Steans Music Institute at Ravinia to perform chamber music. William Beckett of The Academy Is: 7 p.m. March 22, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Tickets: $12 in advance, $14 day of the show. All-ages event. www.thehousecafe.net. 815-787-9547. Musicians’ Showcase Extravaganza: 4:30 to 6 p.m. April 1, Recital Hall, NIU Music Building, DeKalb. NIU students will perform. Free; open to the public. Information: call Faye at 847-202-3236. Rock Against Rape: 8 to 11 p.m. April 4, Holmes Student Center Diversions Lounge, NIU, DeKalb. Free concert hosted by Victim Advocacy Services and the Women’s Resource Center at NIU. Information: Kelly Phelan at 815-753-0320. Doug Church: 8 p.m. April 6, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. 815786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse.org. NIU Steelband and All University Steelband spring concert: 3 p.m. April 7, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, DeKalb. Free; open to the public. www.niu.edu/music. 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,

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Review: ‘Admission’ is as bitter as it is sweet By JEFFREY WESTHOFF Shaw Media Although “Admission” is being sold – and sold hard – as a romantic comedy, the story is as much a drama as a comedy and it turns serious toward the end. You can’t blame the publicists for marketing “Admission” as a comedy. It features two of today’s top comic stars, Tina Fey, fresh off her triumphant final season of “30 Rock,” and Paul Rudd, a utility player so reliable he single-handedly almost made “This Is 40” bearable. “Admission” begins with a set of comic conventions in place. Fey’s character, Portia Nathan, is a highly organized admissions officer at Princeton University who believes her life is perfectly balanced, but we can tell she is one crisis away from a panic attack. Rudd’s character, John Pressman is a laid-back dogooder who runs a developmental high school where every classroom looks like a summer camp’s arts and crafts lodge. John has a senior he believes deserves a place at Princeton despite a weak GPA and a brush with the law. John insists the boy, Jeremiah (Naked Brothers Band member Nat Wolff), is a genius and pesters Portia, an acquaintance from college, to travel to his school in New Hampshire to meet this prospect. A classic clash of opposites is established, tightly wound Fey vs. loosey-goosey Rudd. Several other standard comic elements are al-

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Rating: PG-13 for language and some sexual material Running time: 1 hour, 57 minutes Starring: Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Lily Tomlin, Nat Wolff Summary: A tightly wound Princeton University admissions officer (Fey) visits a rustic alternative high school run by Rudd. He introduces her to the school’s top student (Wolff), who wants to attend Princeton. Rudd then drops the bombshell that the boy is the son Fey gave up for adoption 17 years earlier. ready in place. Portia’s current livein boyfriend (Michael Sheen) is a ponce of an English professor whose idea of pillow talk is to recite “The Canterbury Tales” in Old English. Also, the dean of admissions will retire at the end of the year, setting up a competition for the job between Portia and her rival, Corinne (Gloria Reuben), who could have a PhD in slinging insults disguised as compliments. The dean is played by reliable weirdo Wallace Shawn. This, along with the casting of Lily Tomlin as Fey’s mother, ought to solidify “Admission’s” status as a comedy. “Admission” does start out with a fair share of laughs, probably because the material was reshaped to fit Fey’s persona, and the laughs do continue after John drops a bombshell on Portia. Although she

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Tina Fey and Paul Rudd star in the movie “Admission.” doesn’t remember John well from college, a mutual friend spilled Portia’s biggest secret, that she became pregnant and gave her baby up for adoption. John believes Jeremiah is Portia’s child, and he has the birth certificate to back up his claim. Instead of becoming another comic complication, though, this revelation sends Portia tumbling into midlife crisis. Feelings of motherhood she had long suppressed burst forth, and she begins coaching Jeremiah (who doesn’t know she is his mother) on the admissions process, violating her code against getting emotionally involved with prospective students. Portia decides to blame all her problems on her mother, Susannah, an arch-feminist who wrote a bestselling manifesto in the 1970s. Susannah raised Portia to be so independent that she carries a spare Do Not Disturb sign in case her motel room doesn’t have one. Susan-

nah, who has a Bella Abzug tattoo on her shoulder, hasn’t softened her opinions. “It’s not healthy to need other people too much,” she tells Portia after the Sheen character leaves her. If the tone of “Admission” were heavier, I would interpret this as a rebuke of ’70s feminism. I don’t see it that way, but it wouldn’t surprise me if others do. A hesitant romance does blossom between Portia and John, but this story is secondary to Portia’s self-discovery. John is not as noble as he first seems. He travels the globe carrying out projects in Third World countries, even adopting an orphaned boy in Africa. Yet John refuses to put down roots, which his adoptive son (Travaris Spears) resents. John plans to move to Ecuador at the end of the term, apparently leaving his school in the lurch as he seems to be the only faculty member. “Admission” is directed by Paul Weitz, who proved adept at low-key seriocomic stories with “About a Boy.” This isn’t nearly as good, with the comic moments becoming forced at the midpoint, but once Weitz makes up his mind, “Admission” finds its voice as a drama in time to reach a satisfying conclusion. Although Fey doesn’t go through the same anguish Kristen Wiig did in “Bridesmaids,” her character makes mistakes and will face the consequences. The ending is as bitter as it is sweet. The script is credited to Karen

Croner and based on a novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Korelitz worked in the Princeton admissions office, and some of the ins and outs of the job make it into the movie, giving it a veneer of authenticity. Once the rejection letters have gone out, admissions officers write the most creative insults and death threats they receive on a white board. Surrealism also creeps into the depiction of the admissions process. When the admissions board sits down to decide who will get into Princeton and who won’t, the hopeful students appear in the corner of the room as their files are read. The rejected disappear through a trap door. Most of them go down the chute. The similarities to a reality show – or perhaps a pitch session in the “Saturday Night Live” writers’ room – are disturbing. The story is paced leisurely, which allows it to deal with messy interpersonal relationships but it also allows us to wonder why Portia’s coworkers don’t notice she is focusing a high degree of attention on an obscure high school with only one applicant, or why Jeremiah doesn’t have a safety school. The results are modest and thoughtful, but flawed. To be honest, the main reason I like “Admission” is because I like Fey and I like Rudd, and I like them together. I also appreciat! e that this isn’t another sensitive but gross comedy from the Judd Apatow school. If Fey is intentionally steering away from that, more power to her.


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Daughter’s abortion torments mother Dear Abby: My 22-year-old daughter became pregnant from a guy she had dated only a few months, but never seriously. After weeks of wondering what she was going to do, she decided that terminating her pregnancy was the best thing to do considering she has limited income and still lives with me. I, however, am pro-life, although I do feel that in cases of rape or incest it is acceptable. My daughter knows how I feel about this. I supported her in her decision, but did not agree with it. Abby, I have taken this really hard. I have cried every day since she had the abortion, and I’m torturing myself thinking this is my fault because I went against everything I believe in when I

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips supported her in her decision. Why am I beating myself up about this? Is it because she’s my daughter, because I am pro-life or both? How can I stop blaming myself for her decision? – Tortured in The South Dear Tortured: The decision about whether or not to terminate the pregnancy wasn’t yours to make; it was your daughter’s. Being pro-life, you have your own convictions, but you acted as a loving parent should – you supported your child. If you feel you could benefit from counseling to help you

through this, ask your doctor for a referral. Dear Abby: My husband and I are having a disagreement and I’m wondering if you could weigh in. We keep a handgun hidden in a locked safe in our bedroom. (An access code is required to open it.) We also have a 1 1/2-yearold daughter. On the recommendations of a co-worker, we recently hired a baby sitter whom we used for an evening while we attended a party. She seemed like a nice young lady. My problem is, when she arrived, my husband immediately announced that we had a gun upstairs. He felt it was her “right” to know. I think, because the gun isn’t accessible, the information was useless to her and actually

may have put our family in danger. How do we know she won’t mention it to someone who will target us for a breakin in order to steal it? To me, having a (SECURED) firearm in our house is no one else’s business but ours. What do you think? – Not The Wild West Dear Not The Wild West: I think you are correct. This is a subject that should have been discussed before the young woman was hired. Your husband exhibited poor judgment by sharing what should have been confidential information. Dear Abby: My colleagues and I are concerned about a close friend and co-worker. He insists that it’s not against the law to read books while driving. He says he

does it only on highways because everyone is going the same speed and direction and you only need peripheral vision. In every other aspect of his life, this man follows the rules to the letter and is a highly respected teacher. Is it true that this is legal? – Concerned in Ohio Dear Concerned: Of course not! A distracted driver who is reading books is at least as dangerous as one who is eating, texting, applying makeup, shaving or talking on a cellphone. This “highly respected” teacher doesn’t have my respect; he’s a menace on the highway.

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

Low-dose aspirin benefits outweigh AMD risk Dear Dr. K: I take a daily aspirin to prevent a heart attack. I just read that aspirin can cause macular degeneration. Should I stop taking it? Dear Reader: No, you shouldn’t stop taking aspirin. Medicine – and life – is full of trading off one risk for another. Doctors and medical scientists aren’t (yet) smart enough to discover or invent treatments that have absolutely no risks, only benefits. So you have to compare the risk of a treatment against your risks if you don’t take it. I’ll bet you read about a recent study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, which linked aspirin use with a small increased risk of age-

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff related macular degeneration (AMD). But this increased risk was far smaller than the proven benefits of aspirin for preventing a heart attack. AMD is an eye condition. It damages the macula, a small part of the retina of the eye that is responsible for sharp central vision. There are two forms of AMD. “Dry” AMD is the most common. Some people with it have no symptoms; others have vision loss. Dry macular degeneration can progress to “wet” AMD. In this form, abnormal

blood vessels in the eye leak fluid and blood, sometimes causing loss of vision. The study that linked aspirin and AMD has followed nearly 5,000 adults for decades to see how their eyesight changes as they age. Participants in the study were checked for signs of macular degeneration every five years. Among other questions, they were asked about their aspirin use. Participants in the study were at slightly greater risk of developing late-stage AMD if they had been regularly taking aspirin 10 years previously. “Late stage” means the disease is far enough along to cause impaired vision or blindness. There was a link

between aspirin and wet AMD. However, this study does not mean that aspirin is proven to increase the risk of AMD. It could be, for example, that something else about the people in the study caused them to both take aspirin and develop AMD. In other words, aspirin was linked to AMD, but aspirin was not the cause of AMD. Even if aspirin does increase the risk of AMD, the study showed that the added risk of aspirin use was small. About 14 in 1,000 aspirin users developed late-stage wet AMD compared to six in 1,000 non-aspirin users – eight more people out of 1,000. So should you shy away

from aspirin? The answer is no, especially if you are taking a daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a heart attack. The small (and still unconfirmed) added risk of AMD is far outweighed by the rock-solid benefits of aspirin for the heart. But this study does raise an important point. Even a “safe” medication like aspirin isn’t something you want to take regularly unless it will clearly do you some good. In this case, it will. P.S.: I practice what I preach. I take low-dose aspirin daily to prevent a heart attack.

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A young lady is more convincing than myself Dr. Wallace: Jordan and I have been dating for about seven months. We met at a mutual friend’s party. He is 18, and I’m 16, and we see each other every weekend. He lives about 25 miles from me. I love Jordan an awful lot. He graduates from high school in June and will be attending San Diego State University in September. So that means we can continue our relationship without interruption. I plan to also attend SDU. Jordan wants to be a high school PE teacher and football coach. I’m thinking of teaching elementary school, so it would work out perfectly if we ever got mar-

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace ried. Now comes the interesting part. Jordan has really been pressuring me to have sex. We have not been sexually active yet, but I don’t know how long this will last. I’m a virgin, but I really don’t think I’ll be a virgin all of my life, so I don’t see any reason not to have sex with the guy I’m in love with and hope someday to be married to. I’m writing because I know that you will take the other side and tell me to keep

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TODAY – In coming months, you’re more likely to be content when mingling with intimate groups of friends than being part of a large group. Quality will be your motto, not quantity. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Usually you can maintain an upbeat attitude, but it might take everything in your power not to let a sour temperament take over. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – When around people who have something worthwhile to say, you should do more listening than talking. You’ll find much useful information that will come in handy down the line. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Focus your efforts on endeavors that could contribute to your financial well-being. Two unrelated opportunities that might come your way – seize both of them. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – One of your greatest assets is the ability to take control of a situation and wrest something valuable from it, and you’ll get a chance to do this today. You’ll know how to delegate effectively. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Your goals can best be achieved by operating in a manner that doesn’t generate much attention. Quietly do your own thing while letting others do theirs. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – One of the major reasons behind the current spike in your popularity is your genuine concern for others. Sincerity builds strong bonds of friendship. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – If you’re too wishy-washy to make your own decisions, your colleagues will happily make them for you. Unfortunately, you might not appreciate the results. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – A lesson you’ve learned from painful past experience will be wisely utilized. You aren’t likely to repeat a mistake that you once made in a similar situation. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Your instincts are likely to be a shade sharper than usual when it comes to important personal matters. You’ll heed your hunches and use them effectively. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Diplomacy and tact are your two greatest assets, especially regarding your friendships. Situations that normally could be a bit testy won’t get a chance to go south. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Any assignment that requires your immediate attention should be given top priority. You’re won’t have any peace of mind if you ignore important mattes that need tending to. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You won’t need to be around a ton of people to have a good time. In fact, hanging out with a few special friends could produce all the fun you need.

my virginity until I’m married – so tell me! – Karina, San Diego, Calif. Karina: Please read the following letter. This young lady can tell you a lot more convincingly than I can. Dr. Wallace: My message is for all the teen girls to just say, “No, thanks,” when pressured to have sex. When I was 16, all of my girlfriends were sexually active with their boyfriends. Me? I was the lone virgin. Soon they were encouraging me to have sex so I could share in the interesting group discussions. I thought I was ready and in love with Ken, so one night I said yes. Well, I found

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out that Ken didn’t really love me and soon he was calling me only when he wanted sex. Not only that, he also told his friends I was an easy mark, and I guess I was. I had sex with many of his friends. I honestly believed that each guy really liked me and that having sex was a way of showing true affection. How wrong I was! No, I didn’t get pregnant, and, no, I didn’t catch a disease (The boy always used a condom because I insisted.), but as a young woman I feel I was used and abused sexually. The emotional scars of my sexual awakening will be with me forever. I made a big mistake by

having sex. First, I thought everyone was doing it, but they weren’t. Next, I thought I was physically and emotionally ready, but I wasn’t. Girls, I plead with you not to get sexually active just because you want to know what sex is all about, or you feel you are missing out on something special. Believe me, you’re not. The time will come when you are truly in love and mature enough to enter into a relationship. Hopefully, it will be after you say, “I do” to your husband. – Nameless, Nashua, N.H.

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

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Who was on top with perfect play? John Wayne said, “Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” When we are first shown a bridge deal, it is perfect and puts the cards in our hands. Then, usually some mistakes are made – after all, we are only human. Sometimes, we can analyze a double-dummy problem. The contract is given and the result calculated, assuming everyone is looking at all 52 cards. At the table, you rarely play double-dummy. However, occasionally it is possible – as in this deal. How did South play in four spades? West led the club three (low from length since he had not supported his partner’s suit). East took dummy’s 10 with his queen and shifted safely to a trump. South might have started with a takeout double, but he judged it unlikely that his side could make a slam. Since there were only 12 high-card points missing, declarer could place East with the heart king and diamond queen. South, though, still faced four losers – two hearts, one diamond and one club – because he did not have a dummy entry to take the diamond finesse. Declarer drew trumps, then played three rounds of diamonds. East won and was endplayed. He led the club ace, but South accurately discarded a low heart. Now East, whether he led a heart or a club, had to bring the dummy back to life. There were other successful lines of play involving a squeeze-endplay on East, but this one was the easiest.


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NIU Opera Theatre performs ‘Magic Flute’

A group of chamber musicians led by one of the world’s foremost violinists will perform a special Guest Artist recital in the Recital Hall of the Northern Illinois University Music Building at 8 p.m. today. Admission is free. The Steans Music Institute at Ravinia, celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer, has been a breeding ground for internationally acclaimed chamber music artists. A touring ensemble from this program, led by the institute’s program director Miriam Fried, will make NIU the first stop on its 2013 tour with a program featuring music of Beethoven, Puccini, Faure and Earl Kim. Miriam Fried, born in Romania and raised in Israel, came to prominence after winning top prizes in the Paganini and Queen Elizabeth violin competitions. She has performed as concerto soloist with most of the world’s leading orchestras, including numerous appearances with the Chicago Symphony, and is well known to chamber music audiences as the first violinist of the Mendelssohn String Quartet. She is on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music. Fried’s collaborator’s for tonight’s performance are young performers from around the world. Alumni of the Steans Music Institute perform internationally with leading orchestras, chamber music ensembles and opera companies. The four members of the Avalon String Quartet, NIU’s quartet-in-residence, are all alumni of the program and invited the touring ensemble for its third visit to campus. For more information, contact Tony Devroye of the Avalon String Quartet at adevroye@ niu.edu or 815-753-7141.

In an exploration of where “New Media” and the traditional form of theater meet, Northern Illinois University’s Opera Theatre has taken a simple yet exciting step toward innovating the presentation

Musicians’ Showcase Extravaganza at NIU Young professional musicians from the Northern Illinois University School of Music will present a “Musicians’ Showcase Extravaganza” from 4:30 to 6 p.m. April 1 at Recital Hall in the NIU Music Building in DeKalb. Musicians will present individual showcases of their talent ranging from trumpet, steelpan, guitar, multi-percussion solo with video, and electro-acoustic media. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Faye at 847-202-3236.

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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, successor by merger to CASTLE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. CASTLE BANK, N.A., Trustee of Trust No. 2169, under Trust Agreement dated July 11, 2003; NORMAN C. ADSHADE a/k/a NORMAN ADSHADE; HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, if any; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD LIEN CLAIMANTS, Defendants. No. 12 CH 111 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in pursuance of a judgment heretofore entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Roger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois will on Thursday the 25th day of April, 2013, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., at the DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said judgment mentioned, situated in the County and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment to wit: Parcel 1: The East 45 feet of the West 90 feet of Lot 1 in Block 4 of Boies First Addition to the Original Village (now City) of Sycamore, situated in DeKalb County, Illinois. PIN No. 06-32-453-002

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Commonly known as: 224 Charles Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 Parcel 2: Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 41 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian, DeKalb County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29; thence Southerly along the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29, a distance of 519.65 feet to a point on the West line of the property occupied as Lot 3 of the Dow Subdivision on said Section 29 (said Dow Subdivision being an unrecorded Plat) for the point of beginning; thence Easterly at an angle of 88 degrees 42 minutes measured clockwise from the last described course and parallel with the North line of said Lot 3, a distance of 486.8 feet to the center line of a public road (Brickville Road); thence Southeasterly at an angle of 109 degrees 20 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course (being along the center line of said Brickville Road as it existed prior to October 26, 1971), a distance of 379.05 feet to the intersection of the center line of a public road (Freed Road); thence Southwesterly at an angle of 94 degree 06 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course along the center line of Freed Road, a distance of 482.2 feet to an angle point in the center line of said Freed Road; thence Southwesterly at an angle of 179 degrees 34 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course along the center line of said Freed Road, a distance of 200.0 feet to the intersection with the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29; thence Northerly at an angle of 65 degrees 42 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course along the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29, a distance 627.65 feet to the point of beginning. (Excepting therefrom the Northerly 25 feet thereof, and more commonly known as the 6.67 acres on the corner of Freed and Brickville Road). PIN No. 06-29-126-012 Commonly known as: 6.67 Acres, Freed and Brickville Roads, Sycamore, IL 60178 Parcel 3 and 4: Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, in Township


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Page C8 • Thursday, March 21, 2013 ip 41 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian, DeKalb County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29; thence Southerly along the West line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29, a distance of 326.3 feet to the Northwest corner of the property occupied as Lot 3 of Dow Subdivision on said Section 29 (said Dow Subdivision being an unrecorded Plat) for the place of beginning; thence Easterly at an angle of 88 degrees 42 minutes measured clockwise from the last described course and along the North line of said Lot 3, a distance of 414.63 feet to the centerline of a public road; thence Southeasterly at an angle of 109 degrees 20 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course and along the centerline of said public road a distance of 204.85 feet; thence Westerly at an angle of 70 degrees 40 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course and parallel with the North line of said Lot 3, a distance of 486.8 feet to the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29; thence Northerly along the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 29, a distance of 193.35 feet to the place of beginning, in DeKalb County, Illinois. ALSO, the Northerly 25 feet of the following described property: Part of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 29, Township 41 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian, DeKalb County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 29; thence Southerly along the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 29, a distance of 519.65 feet to a point on the West line of the property occupied as Lot 3 of the Dow Subdivision on said Section 29 (said Dow Subdivision being an unrecorded Plat) for the point of beginning; thence Easterly at an angle of 88 degrees 42 minutes measured clockwise from the last described course and parallel with the North line of said Lot 3, a distance of 486.8 feet to the centerline of a public road (Brickville Road); thence Southeasterly at an angle of 109 degrees 20 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course (being along the centerline of said Brickville Road as it existed prior to October 26, 1971), a distance of 379.05 feet to the intersection of the centerline of a public road (Freed Road); thence Southwesterly at an angle of 94 degrees 06 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course along the centerline of Freed Road, a distance of 482.2 feet to an angle point in the centerline of said Freed Road; thence Southwesterly at an angle of 179 degrees 34 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course along the centerline of said Freed Road, a distance of 200.0 feet to the intersection with the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 29; thence Northerly at an angle of 65 degrees 42 minutes measured counterclockwise from the last described course along the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of said Section 29, a distance of 627.65 feet to the point of beginning. PIN No.: 06-29-126-016 & 0629-126-017 Commonly known as: 2 Vacant Lots, Brickville Road, Sycamore, IL 60178 Together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging. This property is commonly known as 224 Charles Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, 6.67 Acres, Freed and Brickville Roads, Sycamore, IL 60178, and 2 Vacant Lots, Brickville Road, Sycamore, IL 60178, DeKalb County, Illinois and is residential property. Terms of Sale: This property will not be open for inspection. This real estate is being sold in an "As Is Condition" for cash and the successful bidder is required to deposit 10% of the bid amount at the

posit time of the sale with the DeKalb County Sheriff and the balance to be paid within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale. FRANKS, GERKIN & McKENNA, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 19333 E. Grant Highway Marengo, Illinois 60152 (815) 923-2107 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 14, 21 & 28, 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 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: 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. Address of Property: 2231 Fairland, Sycamore, Illinois 60178 Tax Identification No.: 08-01276-009 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. 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

prop ty 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, Illinois, 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.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS The City of DeKalb Public Works Operations office will accept bid proposals for various cul-de-sac cleaning, maintenance and ROW mowing projects within the City of DeKalb on or before Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. This contract will be for all work performed at various cul-de-sacs for a period of three (3) seasons, commencing in the spring of 2013 and ending in the fall of 2015. Upon execution of the contract, successful bidder(s) shall provide proof of automobile, liability, and property damage insurance in accordance with City of DeKalb specifications. Specifications are available in the office of Public Works Operations, 1316 Market Street, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115. Any questions regarding the bid process and/or specifications may be addressed to the Public Works Operations office.

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Each bidder shall be prequalified with Illinois Department of Transportation and satisfy the City as to his ability, financial and otherwise, to carry out the work. A preference is given to DeKalb Local Bidders in accordance with the specifications. The said City of DeKalb, Illinois reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in bidding. CITY OF DEKALB, ILLINOIS Joel C. Maurer, P.E. City Engineer (Published in Daily Chronicle, March 15 & 21, 2013.)

Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com hapt q. and 90/1 et seq. Providing sale date of April 19th, 2013 in DeKalb, IL 60115. Owner's Name: Michael L. Weber Lienholder's Name: Catalina Auto Sales Year: 2003 Make: Cadillac VIN: 1G6KD54723U249653 Amount due and owing: $3,122.95 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 21 & 28, April 4, 2013

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE DeKalb Auto Shop has intent to enforce a mechanic's lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 45/1 et seq.

Public Notice is hereby given that on March 18, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illi-

y y, nois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as BELL REBEL PUBLISHERS located at 2579 State Route 23, Leland, IL 60531. Dated March 18, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 21, 28 & April 4, 2013.)

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(Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 7, 14 & 21, 2013.)

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Tax Deed No. 13-TX-10 Filed 3/7/13 TAKE NOTICE

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TO: COUNTY CLERK OF DEKALB COUNTY; Seth Wogen; Lisa M. Wogen; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Illinois as Case No. 13-TX10. The property is Located At: 102 Laurel Ln., DeKalb. Legal Description or P.I. No.: 08-14-155-007. Said property was sold on 10/25/2010 for delinquent taxes for the year 2009. The period of redemption will expire on August 22, 2013. On 9/3/2013 at 9:00 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed. Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 19, 20 & 21, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Tax Deed No. 13-TX-11 Filed 3/7/13 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 2009-00383 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF DEKALB COUNTY; Reynaldo Torres; Cheryl Torres; Wells Fargo Financial Illinois, Inc. c/o Illinois Corporation Service Co., Registered Agent; Wells Fargo Financial Illinois, Inc.; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots. A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Illinois as Case No. 13-TX11. The property is Located At: 153 Elm St., DeKalb. Legal Description or P.I. No.: 08-23-428-010. Said property was sold on 10/25/2010 for delinquent taxes for the year 2009. The period of redemption will expire on August 22, 2013. On 9/3/2013 at 9:00 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed. Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 19, 20 & 21, 2013.) Daily Chronicle Classified It works.

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The City of DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois will receive sealed bids for the 2013 Levee Pipe Replacement and Check Valve, Section No. 13-EN007-00-ST at the Office of the City Engineer, 223 S. 4th Street, Suite A, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115 until 10:00 a.m. on the 27th day of March 2013, and then at said office such bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The work consists of installing seventy feet of 36" diameter reinforced concrete pressure pipe through the flood protection levee and adding a backflow valve behind houses along Joanne Lane in DeKalb.

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Sycamore (continued) $70s

9-5

1032 S. 7th St. DeKalb Southmoor Estates, Office Staff, 815-756-1299

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814 S Eleventh St. DeKalb 3 2 $105,000 Castle View Real Estate, Karyn Dulin, 815-751-8272

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140 Greenwood Acres Dr DeKalb 3 2 $189,000 Century 21 Elsner Realty, Sue Elsner, 815-756-1691

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12-2 100 Kyle Lane Kirkland 3 2 $220,000 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Peggy Ramirez, 619-770-7371

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Reston Ponds Sycamore 3-4 2-3 Starting $219,950 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Keith & Jean Brunett, 630-209-6357

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Waterbury West Lane Sycamore Starting at $135,000 Directions to Somerset Farm: Rt. 23 to Bethany E to Somerset Lane S Century 21 Elsner Realty, Linda Tillis, 815-751-3159

4921 S Richard Rd. Rochelle 5 4.5 $359,000 Castle View Real Estate, Arch Richoz, Mng.Broker 815-751-7780

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Friday, March 22, 2013 • Page E3

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OUR CLIENT AVAILABLE RENTALS! 1467 LONGWOOD, SYCAMORE

3BD 2BA Upper, $1200/month Pool, Clubhouse, Playground

CALL ARCH, MNG.BROKER 815-751-7780 4921 S RICHARD RD., ROCHELLE

814 S ELEVENTH ST., DEKALB

112 PEARL ST., DEKALB

Must See 5BD 4.5BA Mansion. 3+Car Garage w/Paver Circle Drive. 4800 Sq Ft of High-End Finishes. 13x16 Master Walk-in. Home Warranty.

3BD 2BA with Fireplace & Upgrades. 2.5C Garage & 12x14 Deck w/Ramp Master Suite Walk-in, Jacuzzi & Den.

909 LEWIS ST., DEKALB

$359,000 CALL ARCH, MNG.BROKER 815-751-7780 NEWLY RENOVATED!

$105,000 CALL KARYN 815-751-8272 Contact Our Team!

1BD 1BA Lower, $600/month 3BD 1BA Home, $1100/month ON972 SHADE TREE, MAPLE PARK

3BD 2BA Home, $1500/month CALL TOM 815-508-1918

SPACIOUS WALK-OUT!

Arch Richoz, Managing Broker/Owner 815-751-7780 Direct

Joan Richoz, Broker/Adm.Asst. 815-751-7325 Direct

222 S. VIKING VIE LN., LEE 3BD, 1.5BA, Home Warranty! Visit for additional info & photos, text HOME4150 to 88000 or visit www.DeKalbCountyIllinoisHomes.com

$74,500 CALL TOM 815-508-1918

Tom Vierig, Broker 815-508-1918 Direct Adam Katz, Broker 815-757-5015 Direct

Mary Nelson, Broker 815-751-0846 Direct Karyn Dulin, Broker 815-751-8272 Direct

211 JAKE LN., HAMPSHIRE 5BD 3.5BA, Full Finished Walk-Out. Hardwood Floors, Newer Appliances. Home Warranty. $224,950 CALL TOM 815-508-1918

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$199,000 • Large lot in nice, quiet neighborhood • 3 bedrooms, 3 full baths • Vaulted ceiling in family room w/ see-thru fire place • Finished lower level with full bath Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815 757-7867

$267,000 • 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths • Office, den, and family room • New kitchen and cedar deck • 3 wood-burning fireplaces • Golf course view Call McCabe Realtors: Agent owned 815 756-8505

SOLID BRICK HOME

CHARMING AND LOVED RANCH HOME

4 BEDROOM CAPE COD

• Solid Brick Home is outstanding • Stainless steel kitchen • 3-5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms • Fireplaces, Sunroom, Full finished basement • A really oversized garage Call Nedra Ericson now: 815-739-9997

Great floor plan. 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 1st floor laundry, full basement, 2-car attached garage. All appliances stay. Beautifully landscaped. Easy access to all areas, ½ mile from Rochelle Golf Course. Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997

$129,000 • 2 baths • Remodeled kitchen and baths • Many hardwood floors • Lots of closet space • Close to Lincoln Elementary School Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

SOMONAUK, IL SHOWCASE

HILLCREST RANCH

CENTRAL SYCAMORE

$139,900 • Old World charm with modern comfort • New kitchen and baths (2) • Pella windows, hardwood floors • 22’ deck overlooks treed backyard • Formal dining room and den Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

$239,000 • Newer all-brick ranch home • 4 bedrooms, 2 baths • Large bonus room on 2nd floor; office on 1st floor • To of the line gourmet kitchen • Huge 3-car garage Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867 JUST LIKE NEW!

$130,000 – Very Well Maintained • 3 Bedrooms • Brick Fireplace in Living Room • Easy access to NIU Call Harlan Scott: 815-739-5420

$179,000 • Krpan built quality 3 bedroom ranch • Newer roof, Pella windows, oak trim and doors • Large 3-season room, finished basement • Beautiful secluded fenced backyard Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

RELAX AND ENJOY

VALUE DAYS ARE HERE!

$182,500 • 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome • Over 2200 sq ft plus basement • Natural light and park-like view • Finished look-out basement with bath • Close to I-88 Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

3+2=5 bedrooms; 3 baths; Custom ranch home located on a half acre lot in Sycamore. Quality-filled home, finished basement, oversized garage. Trees, fruit trees, grape vines, and perennials are just part of this property. Call Nedra Ericson for all the details: 815-739-9997

GREAT TOWN HOME

MIGHTY NICE HOUSE

ALL-BRICK RANCH

$162,500 • On golf course • 3 bedrooms, 2½ baths • Many built-ins and upgrades • English basement • Convenient location - Close to NIU, I-88, and shopping Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815 757-7867

$229,900 • Top of the line one-owner home • Open bright kitchen/great room floor plan • 9’ ceilings, hardwood floors • Master bath whirlpool w/separate shower • 3-car tandem garage Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

NATURE AT YOUR BACK DOOR

VERY AFFORDABLE

$109,000 • “Attention to Detail” remodeling • Large, 1st floor family room • Oversized 2-car garage • Quiet neighborhood – across from park Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

$120,000 • 4 bedrooms, 1½ baths • Basement • Backs up to forest preserve • Garage with attached porch Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

Harlan Scott

Nedra Ericson

• Storage building • Workshop • Cement-floored Morton building • Electric • Lee County, Village of Lee Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997

Sharon Rhoades

Jerry Wahlstrom

$184,900 • 3 bedrooms, 2½ baths • 2 fireplaces • Partially finished basement • 3-season porch • Great location Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

• Includes 3 Lots – 2.9 Acres • Large Warehouse – Easy Access to I-88 • Showroom - Workshop Area & Office • Route 38 Exposure • Zoned Heating & AC, Blacktop Parking Lot

Call Chuck Lindhart: Managing Broker

815-756-8505

Harry Leffler

Chuck Lindhart Managing Broker

I’VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY MY HUMAN WON’T LEAVE THE HOUSE WITHOUT HER LEASH. I THINK SHE’S AFRAlD OF GETTING LOST. BUT IT’S OK, I KIND OF LIKE SHOWING HER AROUND. —HARPER adopted 08-18-09


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685 Persimmons Dr, DeKalb $239,900

10228 Miller Rd, Waterman $339,900

651 Brickville Rd, Sycamore $89,900

Spacious 3 BR, 2.5 BA with Fenced Yard Dining Room, Eat-in Kitchen Bonus Room, Fireplace, Basement Fenced Yard, 3-Car Garage

HUGE FARMHOUSE ON 10 ACRES. 4 BR, 2 BA, FP, 3 Barns, Horse Arena & Stalls, Outbuilding. Silo, 7 Acres of Alfalfa, 4-Car Garage. SHORT SALE

BI-LEVEL SHORT SALE, 3 BR, 1.5 BA Finished Family Room with Fireplace Laundry Room, Deck, Large Fenced Yard 2+ Car Heated Garage w/Workshop

PRICE REDUCED! + $2500 Closing Cost Credit

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1509 N Fourteenth St, DeKalb $110,000

201 Oak St., DeKalb $219,900

1483 Waterside Dr, DeKalb $134,900

Nice 3BR, 1 BA Home with Upgrades Remodeled Kitchen & Many Upgrades, Newer Furnace & Air Conditioning, Full Basement, 1-Car Garage

HISTORY SPEAKS! 6 Bedrooms – 3.5 Baths Arched French Doors Fabulous Sunroom, Coffered Ceiling!

2 BR, 2 BA RANCH ON THE POND Half Duplex w/2-car Garage All Appliances Included EXTRA Greenspace

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• Living Room Plus Den • All Appliances Included • 16’ x 22 Garage With Opener

• 2 Bedroom, 2 Full Baths • Living Room/Dining Room Area • Carport & 1-1/2 Car Garage

• 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Double • All Appliances Included • 12’ x 25’ Carport With Deck

$74,900

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820 S. Fourth St. DeKalb, IL 60115

$117,900

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• NEW LISTING • Lots of Upgrades Through-Out • 2 Car Garage With Opener

• 3 BEDROOMS & 2 FULL BATHS • 18’ x 13’ Living Room • 12’ x 30’ Carport With Lattice

• Lots of Upgrades • 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths • 1-1/2 Car Carport

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Cortland $114,900 146 W Linda Ave. Bank-owned split-level w/su-bsmt, low as 3% down, new carpeting & freshly painted! 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 21x17 family rm, deck in fenced backyard. MLS ID 08258056 Sandra Ledesma 630-553-9000

DeKalb $222,000 2075 Patriot Dr. 2,000+ sq ft, 3br (master has bath & huge walk-in closet), kit opens to fam rm w/fpl, main flr office, all appliances, bsmt. MLS ID 08261675

DeKalb $164,900 2072 Creek Ct. Approx. 1800 sq ft townhouse on corner lot across from River Heights Golf Course! 3br, 2.5ba, 26x14 liv rm w/brick gas fpl. 12x12 3-season rm opens to deck. Bsmt. MLS ID 08132372 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

DeKalb $154,900 723 Hedge Dr. Open flr plan, 3br, 2ba, cathedral ceiling in liv rm & kit w/island & appliances, fin bsmt, fenced back yard. MLS ID 08254210

Melissa Mobile

Melissa Mobile

DeKalb $214,900 564 Katherine Cir. End-unit ranch townhouse in Gardens of Rivermist, 1,600+ sq ft, 2br, 2ba, vaulted liv rm w/ fpl, crown molding in din rm & kit w/hardwood flr. Full English bsmt. MLS ID 08270230 815-756-2557 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

DeKalb $152,900 2463 Pleasant St. 3 br, 2 ba home in country setting east of Peace Rd. Eat-in kit. Beautiful liv rm, w/hdwd flrs & real wbfp. Lrg br thruout. Fin bsmt. Deck, patio. MLS ID 07608819 815-756-2557 The Brunett Team 815-756-2557

DeKalb $199,900 378 Horizon Ln. Bank-owned, low as 3% down, 3000+ sq ft home w/hardwood flrs thru most of main level, fam rm w/fireplace, 14x12 loft, 13x14 sunroom, full bsmt, fenced yard. MLS ID 08258021 Sandra Ledesma 630-553-9000

DeKalb $191,580 239 Saint Andrews Dr. On golf course & near Rte 23 & I-88 in South Pointe Greens, approx 2,600 sq ft, 9 ft ceilings, 4br plus den up, 2.5ba, hardwood flrs thru main level, kit opens to fam rm w/fpl, bsmt. MLS ID 08278395 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

DeKalb $169,900 241 Thornbrook Rd. On 120x242 lot near NIU & on the river! 2,100+ sq ft, hardwood in 3 of the 4br, liv w/fpl. Rehabbed kit & main flr baths, 18x15 fam rm, fin bsmt w/ rec rm & 3rd full bath. MLS ID 07978766 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

DeKalb $146,000 364 Manning Dr 364. Ranch condo on corner lot, 16x17 kit w/hardwood flr, main flr laundry, full fin bsmt w/12x38 fam rm, 3rd full bath & possible 3rd br. 2 car gar. MLS ID 08062154 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

DeKalb $115,000 709 S 4th St. Approx 1500 sq ft home has some remodeling done but needs finishing. 1st flr br/den, 2 more br up, hardwood flrs, 2 baths, 2 car garage. MLS ID 08231414 Diane Hammon 815-756-2557

DeKalb $115,000 425 Charter St. All brick ranch, 1,500+ sq ft, 3 big bedrooms incl 22x13 master, bsmt rec rm, screened front porch, 2.5 car gar w/alley access. MLS ID 08292913 Julie Fabrizius

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DeKalb $89,900 1414 Oakwood Ave. Near Hopkins Park, new roof, hardwood under carpeting, 2br, full bsmt w/partial bath, breezeway/3 season porch to 1.5 car gar. MLS ID 08107511 Peggy Ramirez 815-756-2557

Hinckley $214,999 541 Rees St. On 90x137 lot, 2,100+ sq ft, 4br, 2.5ba, kit has ceramic flr & opens to fam rm w/brick fpl, partly fin bsmt. MLS ID 08125935

Maple Park $159,900 309 Liberty St. 1-owner 3br home, Pella windows, 19x17 fam rm w/fpl & wood beam ceiling, 18x15 oak kit, 3-season porch, fin bsmt w/rec rm, fpl & 2nd kitchen. 3+ car gar. MLS ID 08255943 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Rochelle $149,900 14742 E Il Route 64. 2.9 acres just east of Rte 251, commercial potential, 3br, 13x20 liv rm w/fpl. Old hotel foundation on property that could be built on. MLS ID 08273038 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

Sycamore $344,900 27578 Hunters Ln. On 1.3 acres, 2,600+ sq ft plus additional 1,600 sq ft in fin bsmt! 3-4br, 3.5ba, hardwood flrs in kit & din rm, 24x16 fam rm w/fpl, screened porch w/hot tub, heated 3+ car gar. Incl warranty! MLS ID Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $258,900 627 Nathan Lattin Ln. In Heron Creek, 2,380 sq ft, hardwood flrs on main level, custom millwork thruout, stainless appliances, maple cabinetry! 4br, 2nd flr laundry, fam rm fpl, lookout bsmt. MLS ID 08173143 The Brunett Team 815-756-2557

Sycamore $209,900 208 Brian St. In Landahl Subdv, 1,870 sq ft, vaulted liv rm & fam rm w/stone fpl, new ceramic flr in kit, 17x14 master suite, fin bsmt w/fam rm, recreation area, new wet bar, half bath & possible 4th & 5thbr. 18x20 deck, fenced Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $166,500 1360 Florence Dr. Brick ranch on 120x125 lot, quick close, updated kit w/maple cabinets, den or 3rd bedroom, 26x13 liv rm w/fpl, vaulted 20x13 sun rm, fin bsmt w/rec rm, 2nd fpl & updated 3/4 bath! MLS ID 08293173 815-756-2557 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $159,900 612 Buckboard Dr 52. FHA Approved! Townhouse in North Grove Crossings, approx. 1950 sq ft incl newly finished bsmt! 2br incl luxury master suite w/bath. 13x11 loft, maple kit cabs, all appliances stay. MLS ID 08248890 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $115,000 604 Clayton Cir 3. Owner designed 2br 2.5ba condo in Stonegate of Heron Creek. Upgraded kit w/cherry cabs & granite, liv rm gas fpl, 1st flr laundry, bsmt, 2 car gar. MLS ID 08269325 Nancy Watson 815-756-2557

Sycamore $85,900 Sycamore $65,000 815 Esther Ave. Approx 1000 sq ft home close to grade 1047 S Cross St. Great starter or investment on 40x150 & high schools. Updated bath, 16x10 sun porch, cement lot, 2br, appliances, 2 car gar. MLS ID 08237303 patio in fully fenced backyard. MLS ID 08238111

Sycamore $179,900 630 Buckboard Ln. North Grove Crossings townhouse, 1,762 sq ft, 2br, loft, cherry hardwood flr in liv/din w/gas fpl & kit w/stainless appliances. Bsmt. MLS ID 08185716 Katie Morsch

Melissa Mobile

Hinckley $199,900 520 Christensen St. Approx 2250 sq ft cedar home w/3br, 2.5ba, 10x5 loft, partially finished full basement w/rec rm. MLS ID 08235669

815-756-2557 Melissa Mobile

Hinckley $104,900 420 Coster St. Brick 2br ranch near town & convenient to Rt.30 is ideal starter or investment. Freshly painted, Pergo flr in 22x13 liv rm. MLS ID 08254902

815-756-2557 Sandra Ledesma

Kingston $164,500 29929 Corson Dr. On nearly 1 acre that’s like a park! 1,600+ sq ft, 19x13 four season rm, fin bsmt w/fam rm, fpl, bath & possible 4th & 5th bedrooms. MLS ID 08117916 630-553-9000 Jack Connerton 815-756-2557

Nancy Watson

100 Kyle Ln, Kirkland $220,000 Rt 72 west, to Hickory, to Linda, to Kyle -- On 3/4 acre lot in Hickory Ridge, approx. 1800 sq ft home w/hardwood flrs thru din, kit & fam rms. 4th br & 2nd ba in part fin bsmt, 32x20 deck. Will consider contract for deed. MLS ID 08282986 Peggy Ramirez 815-756-2557

Sycamore $187,000 1749 Brock Cir. 3 bedroom 3 bath unit in Grandview Townhouses! 15x13 sunroom, sliding doors open to cement patio. Fully applianced 12x17 kitchen. Full basement. MLS ID 08218796 Nancy Watson 815-756-2557

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