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Korrine Huber (left) of South Elgin plays the guitar Monday as Annie Barson of Maple Park holds her music sheets while supporters of Antinette “Toni” Keller’s family organized a gathering in response to William “Billy” Curl’s plea agreement outside the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore.

Residents protest Curl plea outside courthouse By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Dylan Stephens cannot understand the pain Antinette “Toni” Keller’s family and friends are feeling, but he tried to offer a healing hand Monday. The Marengo resident brought his acoustic guitar to the front lawn of the DeKalb County Courthouse and played songs such as “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles and “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd as roughly 20 people gathered to honor Keller’s memory and peacefully protest the plea agreement reached in her murder case. William “Billy” Curl, 36, of DeKalb was sentenced to 37 years in prison last week for killing Keller, an 18-year-old college student from Plainfield. She was last seen Oct. 14, 2010, when she told friends she was going for a walk in Prairie Park. Her burned body was found in the park two days later. Stephens said DeKalb County State’s Attorney Richard Schmack’s decision last week to support the plea agreement was comparable to a “timeout” and an injustice. He said he wanted to come to the gathering to show his support to the Keller family and help people in the healing process. “I can’t do much to ease the pain,

Voters across DeKalb County will cast ballots today in 221 contested races in the county’s cities, townships and districts. DeKalb County Clerk John Acardo said more than 1,400 voters – about 2 percent of all those registered – took advantage of early voting. He said he expects about 21 percent of the county’s 57,000 registered voters to cast their ballots by the end of election day. “As always, we hope that those numbers get shattered,” he said. Acardo said he often gets many different questions on election day, but the most common questions voters have are the following:

Am I registered? Citizens can find out whether they are registered to vote in their precinct through the Integra Election Reporting Console online at www. votedekalb.com. Voters can click the Election Day Voting tab and enter their name and birthdate when prompted to find out if they are a registered voter. If a voter is told their name is not on file at their polling place, they still have the opportunity to vote. Depending on the situation, Acardo said people can vote provisionally and pres-

For more on local races and candidates, visit elections.Daily-Chronicle.com.

Stay updated Follow our election night coverage online at Daily-Chronicle.com, Facebook and Twitter hashtag #DCelection. ent proof of registration to the county clerk’s office within three days for their vote to count. Voters also can call the county’s hotline number at 815-895-7147 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. if they have additional questions.

Where can I vote? All 90 precincts in DeKalb County have designated polling locations. Unlike with early voting, voters must vote at their assigned polling place today. If voters aren’t sure which precinct they live in or where their assigned facility is located, they can visit www.votedekalb.com, click on the Election Day Voting tab and enter their information through the Integra Election Reporting Console.

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DeKalb resident Darla Cook holds a sign she made while at a gathering that was held in response to last week’s plea agreement of William “Billy” Curl outside the DeKalb County Courthouse. but I can try,” he said. “Music always helps.” Thelma Holderness, who helped organize the event, said the plea deal was a painful resolution to the slaying of a girl whose family she has come to care for over the past two and a half years. Holderness was a janitor at Neptune Hall where Keller lived. “People want to voice their disapproval,” Holderness said. “I just pray for strength and peace for everybody in this.”

More online To see video from the protest, visit Daily-Chronicle.com. Many at Monday’s event did not know Keller or her family, but were concerned with the future of the local justice system. Erik Anderson for Shaw Media

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Election Judge Rene Donnelly transfers a voting machine Saturday to the DeKalb County Legislative Building from the Administration Building for today’s elections.

New Quaid, Efron flick set for DeKalb’s big screen in May By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com Bob Bacon spotted a familiar face in the trailer for the movie “At Any Price” – himself. “It was an experience,” Bacon, said. “I’ve never done it before, and that’s why I did it. It was pretty cool.” Bacon, his daughter, Brianna, and his grandson, Jacob Reiter, were some of the local residents cast as extras in “At Any Price,” the Ramin Bahrani movie that brought Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid to the area for filming in 2011.

Bacon was filmed shaking hands with actor Clancy Brown, and sitting in front of Efron and Quaid in another scene. DeKalb County officials are excited the movie, which will see a limited release April 24 in Los Angeles and New York, also will be shown in DeKalb at Carmike Market Square Cinema on May 10. “We’re excited for everybody because everyone has anticipated the release of this movie since 2011,” said Debbie Armstrong, executive director of the DeKalb County Conven-

tion and Visitors Bureau. Armstrong said they were working on a private event in anticipation of the movie’s DeKalb release, but nothing has been set. She did not know if Sony Pictures Classics plans to screen the film at other local theaters or how long the film’s run might be. Quaid plays a third-generation farmer who wants his son, played by Efron, to carry on the family business. The son, however, has aspirations of becoming a race car driver. Scenes for the movie were shot at Sycamore Speedway,

First Lutheran Church in DeKalb and rural spots around the county. Doug Nelson, a member of the bureau’s board of directors, said they helped the production crew find many shooting locations in the county, enough so they opened their office here. Scott Potter and his wife, Sarah, sat a couple of rows behind actress Heather Graham as the cast and extras sang the national anthem at Sycamore Speedway. Or at least that’s what happens in the movie. “We had to mime singing along to the national anthem,”

said Potter, adding the actors sang while listening to the song via an earpiece. “They were the only ones singing. We’re all miming along to their terrible singing.” The Illinois Film Office brought in $950,000 for the county, and $1.8 million for the state, Armstrong said. “Events like this really demonstrate the power of tourism, and what the industry ... contributes to the local economy and the state,” Armstrong said. Nelson said the movie was a win-win for the county.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Caring Through Food: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Cancer Center at Kishwaukee Community Hospital. Caretakers and patients are welcome. Free. Registration required. For information, visit www. kishhospital.org/programs or call 815-748-2958. Open Closet: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothes and shoes for men, women and children. 815-758-1388. Somonauk-Sandwich HEA: Afternoon unit of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Florence at 815-498-2007. Safe Passage Sexual Assault adults’ support group: 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org. Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C): 6 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 801 N. Sycamore St. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Women’s “Rule #62 Group”: 6 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 6 to 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30 p.m. meeting at CrossWind Community Church in Genoa. 815-784-3612. Better Off Sober AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Free Fit Club: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at International Montessori Academy, 1815 Mediterranean Drive, Sycamore. For information, call 815-901-4474 or 815-566-3580. 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. Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesday Night Fellowship Group(C): 7 p.m. at The Church of St. Mary, 244 Waterman St., Sycamore. 815-7391950. Bingo: 7 p.m. at Genoa Veteran’s Club, 311 S. Washington St. Must be 18 or older to play. www. genoavetshome.us; contact Cindy at crmcorn65@yahoo.com or 815751-1509. DeKalb Area Women’s Center Board of Directors: 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the women’s center, 1021 State St. All DAWC members are welcome. 815-758-1351. Fellowship group AA(C): 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322 Waterman St., Sycamore. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Good Vibes Al-Anon group: 7 to 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb. Wheelchair accessible entrance is on North Third Street. Parking available in lot located on northwest corner of Third and Pine streets. Call Mary Ann at 815-895-8119. Malta Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization: 7 to 8:15 p.m. at Malta Elementary School. For information, email Liz Elliott at ttfn0205@aol.com. Sexaholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. at 512 Normal Road, DeKalb (behind church in brick building). 815-5080280. Prairie Echoes women’s chorus: 7:15 to 10 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road, DeKalb. 877-300-SING (7464); cathyinelburn@yahoo.com. www.PrairieEchoes.com. Smoky Mirror AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. 33930 N. State Road, Genoa. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Sycamore Girls Softball Board: 7 to 8 p.m. at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. Contact Kim Colness at 815-8953210 or kimcolness@comcast.net. Veterans Support Group: 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Ben Gordon Center, 12 Health Services Drive, DeKalb. Free. For information, call 815-7564875 or 815-793-6972; visit www. bengordoncenter.org. Willard Aves American Legion Auxiliary Unit: 7 p.m. at the Kingston Friendship Center, 120 S. Main St. 815-784-2604. DeKalb Masonic Lodge 144: 7:30 to 9 p.m. at DeKalb Masonic Temple at Fairview Drive and Fourth Street. dekalbmasons. wordpress.com or contact Jim Tome at jtome@demicooper.com or 815-508-3878. Narcotics Anonymous: 8 p.m. at 1201 Twombly Road in DeKalb. www.rragsna.org; 815-964-5959. Program of Recovery AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Wednesday Business Networking International: 8 a.m. at 920 W. Prairie Drive, No. M, Sycamore (Ecosteam).

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8 WHAT’S HAPPENING AT DAILY-CHRONICLE.COM? Yesterday’s most-commented stories:

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1. Dropouts: Discouraged Americans leave labor force 2. Caterpillar laying off more than 460 at plant 3. DeKalb to talk about moving signs

1. DeKalb to talk about moving signs 2. Olson: Local men part of miraculous rescue 3. ‘At Any Price’ headed to DeKalb theater

Yesterday’s Reader Poll results:

Today’s Reader Poll question:

Do you think local businesses should be allowed to have moving signs? Yes: 58 percent No: 42 percent

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Police seek tips on Saturday hit-and-run By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Michael Manley’s trip to 7-Eleven could not have gone much worse Saturday. As Manley, a 30-year-old DeKalb resident, was walking west on Dresser Road about 9:30 p.m., a car hit him from behind, flinging him into a ditch. The driver never stopped, and Manley was unable to get a license plate number or even a description. “I didn’t see what kind of car it was, I just saw lights,” he said. “There was more than one set of taillights.” Manley was hit right before he reached Annie Glidden Road, just outside DeKalb Fire Station No. 3. After landing in the ditch, Manley was able to flag down another car and receive help.

Can you help? Those with information about the incident should contact DeKalb police at 815-7488400.

He was released from the hospital around 2:30 a.m. Sunday after being treated for injuries including a lower lumbar compression fracture, which he said might require surgery. DeKalb Police Cmdr. John Petragallo said police have no way of knowing who the offender is, as there were no details on the vehicle or debris left at the scene. Petragallo encouraged anyone who might have information to call the police. Petragallo said residents should remember to walk as far off the road as

they can when there are no sidewalks available and to turn off headphones to better hear traffic. Manley was wearing headphones when he was struck. Manley said he hopes the incident will show city officials the need for sidewalks in that area, which is near DeKalb High School. He said if he can be struck while wearing a bright red jacket in a well-lit area, then others are also at risk. “The city needs to put in sidewalks on Dresser Road, because I don’t want to see a high school kid get hit in the area,” he said. Those with information about the incident should contact DeKalb police at 815-748-8400.

• Daily Chronicle News Editor Jillian Duchnowski contributed to this story.

8 TODAY’S TALKER

Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87 By GREGORY KATZ and ROBERT BARR The Associated Press LONDON – Love her or loathe her, one thing’s beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation – breaking the unions, triumphing in a far-off war, and selling off state industries at a record pace. She left behind a leaner government and more prosperous nation by the time a political mutiny ousted her from No. 10 Downing Street. Thatcher’s spokesman, Tim Bell, said the former prime minister died from a stroke Monday morning at the Ritz hotel in London. As flags were flown at half-staff at Buckingham Palace, Parliament and Downing Street for the 87-year-old, praise for Thatcher and her leadership poured in from around the world. “Margaret Thatcher undoubtedly was one of the most remarkable political figures of the modern world,” said Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin said Thatcher “made a significant contribution to the development of the Soviet-British and Russian-British ties, which we will always remember with gratitude.” President Barack Obama said many Americans “will never forget her standing shoulder to shoulder with President [Ronald] Reagan, reminding the world that we are not simply carried along by the currents of history. We can shape them with moral conviction, unyielding courage and iron will.” Queen Elizabeth II authorized a cer-

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Britain’s Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gestures with her pen as she answers a reporter’s question during a news conference June 23, 1982, at the United Nations. The woman known to friends and foes as “the Iron Lady,” passed away Monday at the age of 87. emonial funeral – a step short of a state funeral – to be held for Thatcher at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London next week with military honors. Prime Minister David Cameron cut short a trip to Madrid and Paris to return to Britain following news of Thatcher’s death, and said Parliament would be recalled from recess Wednesday so lawmakers could pay tribute. For admirers, Thatcher was a savior who rescued Britain from ruin and laid the groundwork for an extraordinary economic renaissance. For critics, she was a heartless tyrant who ushered in an era of greed that kicked the weak out onto the streets and let the rich become

filthy rich. “Let us not kid ourselves. She was a very divisive figure,” said Bernard Ingham, Thatcher’s press secretary for her entire term. “She was a real toughie. She was a patriot with a great love for this country, and she raised the standing of Britain abroad.” Thatcher was the first – and still only – female prime minister in Britain’s history. But she often found feminists tiresome. A grocer’s daughter, she rose to the top of Britain’s snobbish hierarchy the hard way, and envisioned a classless society that rewarded hard work and determination.

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Police investigate N.C. pit Father: Slain diplomat died doing what she loved collapse that killed 2 children The ASSOCIATED PRESS The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – The family of an American diplomat who was among those killed in a terrorist attack in southern Afghanistan has taken solace in knowing she died doing what she loved. Anne Smedinghoff, the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year’s attack in Benghazi, Libya, was one of five Americans killed Saturday in a suicide car bombing while they were delivering Anne textbooks to school Smedinghoff children. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The 25-year-old woman was remembered as having a quiet ambition and displayed a love of global affairs from an early age. She joined the U.S. Foreign Service straight out of college and volunteered for missions in perilous locations worldwide.

“It was a great adventure for her ... She loved it,” her father, Tom Smedinghoff, told The Associated Press on Sunday. “She was tailor-made for this job.” Anne Smedinghoff grew up in suburban River Forest the daughter of an attorney and the second of four children. She attended Fenwick High School, followed by Johns Hopkins University, where she majored in international studies and became a key organizer of the university’s annual Foreign Affairs Symposium in 2008. The event draws high-profile speakers from around the world. Speaking in a telephone interview Monday from the Afghan capital of Kabul, Solmaz Sharisi said her desk was next to Smedinghoff’s at the embassy, where they both worked as assistant information officers. “What I admired most was her energy and enthusiasm and an unwavering commitment to the work she was doing,” Sharisi said. “And it really did have an impact.”

STANLEY, N.C. – The bodies of two young cousins were recovered Monday from the collapsed rubble of a 24-foot-deep pit that was being dug with a backhoe by a man on his North Carolina property. Rescuers had been digging for 6-year-old Chloe Jade Arwood and 7-year-old James Levi Caldwell since Sunday, when the girl’s father, Jordan Arwood, called 911. Officials were on the scene near Charlotte within minutes but couldn’t get to the children. “We’ve been working a horrific scene here,” Lincoln County Emergency Services spokesman Dion Burleson told reporters gathered near the rural site on a two-lane road dotted with modular and mobile homes. Sheriff’s deputies later removed firearms and a marijuana plant from the mobile home. The 31-year-old father is a felon who is not allowed

to have guns. He was convicted in 2003 for possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell. The father had been digging with a backhoe on the site earlier in the day, Sheriff David Carpenter said. He would not say what was being built or if Arwood was doing it alone or had professional help. He did say authorities didn’t know if permits were issued for the work or plans detailing the project. The pit is described as 20 feet by 20 feet with a sloped entrance leading down to the 24-foot bottom. The children were at the bottom of the pit retrieving a child-sized pickaxe when the walls fell in on them, Carpenter said. He said his deputies would continue to investigate what happened. In an interview with The Associated Press, Carpenter said the family living in the home has not yet been interviewed but deputies planned to follow up on neighbors’ reports that Arwood was excavating the two-story pit to build a protective bunker.

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Council votes to direct city staff to study signs By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com

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“Linda” is a mannequin-holding sign stationed outside of Copy Services. The mannequin moves its arms while holding the sign.

DeKALB – Linda the mannequin came to Monday’s City Council meeting with a moving sign advocating for a more lenient local sign ordinance. Specifically, she asked passers-by to fight for her First Amendment rights. Sixth Ward Alderman David Baker brought the mannequin, named Linda, to Monday’s meeting after posing her for a time outside his business, Copy Services, 1005 W. Lincoln Highway, in DeKalb. In January, city leaders told him the motorized mannequin’s mov-

Pletsch, 68, remembered for writing, love for life By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com ROCK FALLS – Karen Pletsch remembers her husband, Lloyd, for his passion for life and people. A former Daily Chronicle editor and local coordinator for Experience Works in DeKalb County, Lloyd Pletsch, 68, passed away Saturday after a short battle with lung cancer. Karen Pletsch said her husband got the most joy out of life by spending time with his family and embracing the simple things. He would spend two hours every day riding his bicycle through the countryside, taking in the nature and wildlife, she said. As editor of the Daily Chronicle from 1981 to 1995, Lloyd was known for his down-to-earth writing style and being able to relate to people on all levels, Karen Pletsch said.

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“That’s what people enjoyed about his writing, and that’s what they enjoyed about him,” she said. Kathy Siebrasse, who worked at the MidWeek while Lloyd was at the Daily Chronicle, said she admired him as a fellow journalist. “Since we were competing newspapers, we always had a friendly rivalry,” she said. “We were a weekly trying to beat the daily.” After leaving the Daily Chronicle, Lloyd and Karen Pletsch moved to southern Illinois and then to Indiana, where he was a managing editor and director of online news for local newspapers. But after several years working in the journalism industry, Lloyd felt he was meant to

be doing something else with his life. Lloyd Pletsch began looking for nonprofit opportunities and eventually became the local coordinator for Experience Works in DeKalb County. He worked with unemployed seniors 55 and older, finding them positions with nonprofits where they could get on-the-job training to prepare them for the workforce. “He certainly enjoyed working and trying to help people who needed help,” Karen Pletsch said. Lloyd Pletsch not only had a love for people, but animals as well. He and Karen fondly called their two Boston Terriers, Gabby and Maggie, “our girls.” Karen Pletsch described her husband as her soulmate, saying he was simply a wonderful person. “He loved his family and he loved his town and he loved his dogs,” she said. “He was just a phenomenal man.”

8STATE BRIEFS Teen, 14, killed in Chicago drive-by shooting CHICAGO – The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified a 14-year-old boy who was shot to death Sunday afternoon on Chicago’s West Side. The victim, Michael Orozco, was shot in the chest in a driveby shooting. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police detained three males and recovered a weapon after locating a vehicle that matched

a description of one seen near the shooting.

School getting back to normal after bus crash WADSWORTH – The principal of a suburban Chicago elementary school said things are getting back to normal after a school bus crash killed one adult and sent dozens of children to the hospital. Newport Elementary School Principal John Coburn said Monday that some students still

have “bumps and bruises.” But Coburn said the mood at the school is positive and upbeat. The crash happened Friday morning. Police said the bus crashed into a Jeep, spun around and then hit another vehicle before flipping onto its side. Social workers were available for children to talk with on Monday. Lake County sheriff’s police continue to investigate the crash.

– Wire reports

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ing sign could not stay there permanently under current city sign rules. Linda, her stoic expression and her bright yellow sign may have made their point, though. The DeKalb City Council voted unanimously MonDave Baker day to direct city staff to study signs that use movement to advertise to nearby drivers and pedestrians. Currently, people can get permits to display those signs on a temporary basis. At least three new council members

will be seated after today’s election. Derek Hiland, the city’s principal planner, said the Plan Commission will review moving signs – whether they are operated by people or machines – and possibly bring a proposal to the council in May. Baker recused himself from the deliberations and voting. He said he did not intend for his proposal to apply to all moving signs, just signs like his. “I would hope that the whole ordinance isn’t at stake, because I believe in not allowing the electronic moving of signs,” Baker said. He added that he preferred the City

Council handle this matter, not the Plan Commission. Other aldermen also expressed concern about people waving around signs to advertise for business. “I think we need to take a look at it because there are a lot of people doing this,” said 7th Ward Alderwoman Monica O’Leary. Third Ward Alderwoman Kristen Lash was curious as to how car wash fundraisers would fall under this, as people advertise those by waving signs to traffic. City Attorney Dean Frieders said after the meeting that there is discretion in sign enforcement.

Genoa finalizing deal to bring grocery to town

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Genoa will once again have a grocery store. Gary Suokko, chief operating officer for Piggly Wiggly Midwest, said a deal is being finalized to bring Piggly Wiggly to the old Brown’s County Market location in Genoa. Suokko said more details about the location would be available later in the week, although the banner announcing the opening hung across the site at 600 Pearson Drive on Monday morning. Genoa has been without a grocery store since Brown’s County Market closed in November of last year.

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8POLICE REPORTS

Jackson Jr.’s successor faces tough road By SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Democrat Robin Kelly should have little trouble winning the special election to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. – the district’s been held by a Democrat since the early 1950s, and she sailed through the primary with outside help from one of the country’s most influential mayors. If today’s contest goes as predicted, Illinois’ newest congresswoman will have big shoes to fill: Jackson was a 17-year incumbent who served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee and brought home almost $1 billion to the district. And the help she received in the primary from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s super PAC, which pushes for gun control, means big expectations on a national scale. Even the former state representative’s supporters agree it’ll be a challenge for her.

Robin Kelly Democratic candidate

Paul McKinley Republican candidate

Ford Heights Mayor Charles Griffin, who also backed Jackson, said he’s frustrated with Washington’s partisan politics and with the monthslong absence of a congressman in the Chicago-area district that has large pockets of unemployment and poverty. “He had some influence,” Griffin said. “When a freshman person goes in dealing with guys who are well-grounded and unwilling to negotiate, nothing’s going to transfer. The fact is that she is almost facing an insurmountable task.” Kelly will face Republican Paul McKinley, 54. The ex-conturned community activist believes he has a “50-50” chance

despite predictions from political experts and the district demographics. Kelly, 56, won February’s special primary in which gun control became the dominant issue, in part because Bloomberg’s PAC spent more than $2 million on ads praising Kelly’s support for an assault weapons ban and targeting opponent former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson. Her opponent, McKinley, won the GOP primary by less than two dozen votes in the largely urban and suburban district with GOP smidges in rural areas. As the candidates hit the campaign trial, Jackson’s legal troubles played out simultaneously. He pleaded guilty in February in federal court to lavishly misspending $750,000 in campaign funds. Kelly’s primary win all but assured she’d head to Washington, but that’s when the pressure intensifies. The Matteson resident acknowledges she’ll be last to get committee assignments and will have to

play catch up. But she said she’s already a part of the national debate on guns. Her primary victory speech, where she issued a direct challenge to the National Rifle Association, earned praise from Bloomberg and Vice President Joe Biden. And President Barack Obama endorsed her earlier this month, nodding toward her anti-gun advocacy. “I will have a voice in Congress as the debate is going on and as issues come to the floor,” Kelly said. “I will attend everything I can attend.” Several of Illinois’ new congressional members say they’re already frustrated with the pace of Washington, and Democratic U.S. Reps. Tammy Duckworth and Brad Schneider said staying focused on a singular issue could be tricky. Schneider, a Deerfield businessman, described his first few months as a “vertical learning curve” where he had to grasp topics with which he had zero any familiarity.

peacefully Saturday, April 6, 2013, at home with his loving wife. Born March 22, 1933, in Cortland, the son of Clifford and Ingrie (Davis) Overton, he married Lavena Ray Lee on Oct. 8, 1955, at the Methodist Church in Kingston. Harold graduated from Maple Park High School and then served in the U.S. Army in the 10th Infantry during the Korean Conflict. He was a hardworking man, employed over the years at DeKalb Foundry, GE, Car Quest, then retired from Midwest Plating in Herbert after 33 years. Harold enjoyed watching old westerns and playing the slots in Las Vegas. He is survived by his wife, Lavena; two sons, Michael Francis (Val) Overton and Joseph Allen Overton; grandson, Clinton; granddaughter, Tiara; several stepgrandchildren and great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Maxine (Leroy) Schiender of Cortland, Sharon Paulsen of Sycamore; three brothers, Doug (Luella) Overton of DeKalb, Donny (Eloise) Overton of Cortland and Elroy Overton of Cortland; several nieces and nephews; and many other loving family members. He was preceded in death by his parents; and sister-in-law, Marion Overton. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., Cooper-Quiram Chapel, 202 E. Main St., Genoa, IL 60135. For information, visit www.olsonfh. com or call 815-784-2518. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

Born June 24, 1944, in McNabb, to Robert and Sally (Fay) Pletsch, Lloyd married Karen Anderson on Jan. 26, 1990, in Sycamore. He graduated from John Swaney High School and from Southern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. Lloyd’s profession centered on journalism and he spent most of his career as a newspaper editor for various companies. He served in the U.S. Army. Lloyd lived life to the fullest. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends and the simple pleasures of riding his bicycle, cooking and cleaning for Karen, walking his dogs, Gabby and Maggie, and soaking up the sun. He was a master wood carver and delighted in bringing life to his carvings. Survivors include his wife, Karen of Rock Falls; one son, Christopher McQuillan of Madison, Wis.; brothers-in-law, Denny Chambers, Ben Day, Loren Anderson, Alan Anderson and Larry Isensee; sisters-in-law, Edie Anderson, Betty Anderson, Marilyn Anderson and Kristine Anderson; nieces, Jennifer Ibarra and Michelle Schmitz; nephews, Tony Day, Bill Day, A.J. Chambers, Jeremy Isensee, Andy Anderson, Craig Anderson and Cory Anderson; and several great-nieces and great-nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Judy Chambers and Patti Day; and one niece, Lauri J. Anderson. Service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Dysart-Cofoid Funeral Chapel, Granville. Cremation rites have been accorded. Dan Selock will officiate the service. Burial will be at Friends Cemetery in McNabb with full military honors. The visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Dysart-Cofoid Funeral Chapel, Granville.

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

DeKalb city Modteets V. Williams Jr., 22, of the 5500 block of South Hermitage Avenue in Chicago, was arrested Sunday, April 7, on a failure-to-appear warrant for criminal damage to property. Reynaldo Espino, 25, of the 300 block of North 10th Street in DeKalb, was charged Monday, April 8, with criminal defacement of property.

DeKalb County John R. Owensby, 29, of the 1100 block of Collins Drive in Elburn, was charged Monday, April 8, with assault and disorderly conduct. Douglas St. Arbor, 49, of the

1300 block of Market Street in DeKalb, was charged Friday, April 5, with possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. Clint C. Coleman, 26, of the 500 block of North Strack Street in Cortland, was charged Saturday, April 6, with driving under the influence of alcohol. Anthony J. Gum, of the 33000 block of Pierce Road in Genoa, was charged Saturday, April 6, with driving under the influence of alcohol. Ryan N. Messenger, 35, of the 600 block of Otter Way in Oswego, was charged Saturday, April 6, with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of a controlled substance.

Genoa Michael C. McDowell, 49, of Genoa, was charged Wednesday, April 3, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

8OBITUARIES LARRY P. JOHNSON Born: June 10, 1936, in Bridgeport, Ill. Died: April 5, 2013, in Rockford, Ill. DeKALB – Larry P. Johnson, 76, of DeKalb, Ill., died unexpectedly Friday, April 5, 2013, at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center, Rockford. Born June 10, 1936, in Bridgeport, southern Illinois, he was the son of Lewis and Audrey (Jamison) Johnson. Larry married Jean A. Hardt on Dec. 18, 1954, in Shabbona. Larry was employed by Swift & Company for more than 30 years and after retirement by Creative Calligraphy in DeKalb. He enjoyed golf, playing cards and shooting pool. He was a handyman and took great pride in doing things for family and friends. He was a member of the DeKalb Moose and former member of First Baptist Church in Shabbona. He is survived by his children, Debra (Bill) Perian of DeKalb and Michael (Tami) Johnson of Malta; five grandchildren, Greg (Melissa) Perian of Malta, Katie (Zach) Coulter of DeKalb, Laura (Chris) Walters of DeKalb, Sara (Andy) Lyons of Sycamore and Heidi Johnson of Chicago; one great-grandchild, Hallie Perian; three brothers, Don (Flo) Johnson of DeKalb, Bill (Bev) Johnson of Cortland and Rick (Terri) Johnson of Somonauk; special companion, Cheryl Feinberg; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jean, in 1989; and his parents. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Anderson Funeral Home in DeKalb, with the Rev. David Marquardt of United Church of Christ in Rollo officiating. Burial will follow in Lily Lake Cemetery in Lily Lake. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, at Anderson Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Larry P. Johnson Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 South Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115. For information, visit www. andersonfuneralhomeltd.com or call 815-756-1022. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.com.

LOIS J. KARAU Born: Aug. 14, 1925, Kewanee, Ill. Died: April 7, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Lois J. Karau, 87, of DeKalb, Ill., passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013, at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb. She was born Aug. 14, 1925, in Kewanee, the youngest daughter of Milos and Regina (Wrobel) Dragolovich. Lois attended Kewanee High School. She married Ralph Karau on June 12, 1948, in Kewanee. They relocated to Lombard, where they made their home for 42 years. They moved to DeKalb in 2002. She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in DeKalb. Survivors include husband, Ralph Karau of DeKalb; children, Dean (Molly Eichten) Karau of Burnsville, Minn., Ralph Karau of Batavia,

Liane (Bob) O’Keefe of Sycamore and Gary (Susan) Karau of Lombard; eight grandchildren, Sarah, Adam, Courtney, Katie, Brittany, Shannon, Kara and Amy; and five great-grandchildren, Jacob, Adam, Emma, Alexander and Weston; sister, Mildred Dragolovich of Kewanee; brother, Elmer Dragolovich of Banning, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews, including especially close niece, Marilyn Kelly. She was preceded in death by her parents; and siblings, Julia, Anne, Joe, Peter, George, Louis and Nick. A private graveside service will be at a later date. Memorials may be sent to DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, which lovingly cared for Lois these past eight months. The family also would like to thank DeKalb County Hospice for providing comfort to Lois and her family. Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb, IL 60115. To send an online condolence, visit www.ronanmoorefinch.com. Call 815-758-3841 for information. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

DENNIS KEITH MULLINS Born: Nov. 23, 1950, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: April 7, 2013, in DeKalb DeKALB – Dennis Keith Mullins, 62, of DeKalb, Ill., passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb. Dennis was born Nov. 23, 1950, to Clifford Ezra Mullins and Phyllis Eileen (Rich) Mullins at DeKalb Public Hospital. He attended elementary school in Lee and Sycamore, where he went on to graduate from Sycamore High School in 1968. Dennis attended college at Illinois State University at Normal. Dennis enjoyed a business career at Stahl Construction in DeKalb. At the time of his passing, Dennis was residing in DeKalb, enjoying retirement. He is survived by his brother, Ronald (Beverly) Mullins of Mulberry, Fla.; sister, Anita Mullins of Burlingame, Calif.; nephew, Brad (Sarah) Mullins of Greenville, Wis.; niece, Rhonda Mullins of Montague, Mich.; five great-nieces and great-nephews; and his ex-wife and good friend, Teresa West. Dennis was preceded in death by his parents and several aunts and uncles. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12, at Jacobson Funeral Home, 303 N. Illini St., Shabbona, with Pastor Dennis Johnson, minister of the Federated Church of Sycamore, officiating. Burial will be at Old English Cemetery, Lee. Friends may call from 10:15 a.m. Friday until the services at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in the name of Dennis Keith Mullins to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

HAROLD FRANCIS ‘BUB’ OVERTON Born: March 22, 1933, in Cortland, Ill. Died: April 6, 2013, in Genoa, Ill. GENOA – Harold Francis “Bub” Overton, 80, of Genoa, Ill., died

LLOYD ROBERT PLETSCH Born: June 24, 1944, in McNabb, Ill. Died: April 6, 2013, in Rock Falls, Ill. ROCK FALLS – Lloyd Robert Pletsch, 68, of Rock Falls, Ill., passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013, at his residence. Paid Advertisement

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IVAN EDWARD ‘ED’ WIGGINS Born: Nov. 27, 1932, in Jefferson County, Ill. Died: April 7, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Ivan Edward “Ed” Wiggins, 80, of DeKalb, Ill., passed away peacefully Sunday, April 7, 2013, at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center following a courageous battle with Parkinson’s disease. Born Nov. 27, 1932, in Jefferson County, the son of Edgar Harold and Hazel (Wilson) Wiggins, Ed attended Oakdale Elementary School and graduated in 1951 from Weber Township High School in Bluford. He entered the U.S. Army in 1953 during the Korean Conflict. His awards and decorations included the Army of Occupation Medal (Germany), National Defense Service Medal and the Sharpshooter Medal (Rifle). After completing training, he was assigned to Headquarters Company, 63rd Signal Battalion in Salzburg, Austria, until his honorable discharge in January 1955. Ed married Alice Marie Dorris on Dec. 11, 1955, at Grove Street Baptist Church, DeKalb, after they left Southern Illinois in September 1955. Ed was active in church. He was a member of Victory Baptist in DeKalb and served as an usher for many years. Ed worked as an operating

engineer for Elliott & Wood from 1956 until his retirement in 1996. He was a member of Local 150 Operating Engineers Union for more than 45 years. Ed’s interests included go-carting in the 1950s, snowmobiling in the ’60s and ’70s, and small-tractor-pulling in the ’80s. He was an avid deer hunter and fisherman. He liked working on engines, small and large, in his spare time. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Alice; daughters, Kimberly (Michael) Binder of Cortland and Dianne (Dennis) Grant of DeKalb; grandchildren, Ashley and Justin Davis and Jamie Grant; brother, Jim (Mary Catherine) Wiggins of Bluford; sisters-in-law, Martha Wiggins of Mount Vernon, Ill., Helen Dorris of San Diego, Wanda (James) Walters of Muncie, Ind., Joan Goodspeed of Aurora, Colo., Sue (Kenneth) Hetsel of Salem, Ore., and Luceal Dorris of Johnston City; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Robert Wiggins; nephew, Michael Goodspeed; sister-in-law, Oma Jones; and brothers-in-law, Elwin, Harold and Earl Dorris, Bill Goodspeed and Dewey Jones. The funeral service will be at 1p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb, with the Rev. Eric Mangek of Victory Baptist Church, DeKalb, officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb, with full military honors conducted by members of a DeKalb County Honor Guard. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Anderson Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ivan Edward “Ed” Wiggins Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115. For information, visit www. AndersonFuneralHomeLtd.com or call 815-756-1022. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

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Obama’s agenda faces tough week By JULIE PACE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s second-term agenda will be robustly tested this week, with gun control and immigration in the spotlight on Capitol Hill and the White House releasing his long-delayed budget blueprint. In a taste of what lies ahead, Democratic gun legislation arrived on the Senate floor Monday – facing an aggressive Republican effort to block it. In an era of deep partisanship and divided government, Obama knows he won’t get everything he wants on the three big issues as he seeks to capitalize on the national support that brought him re-election. But the scope of his victories or defeats on these issues will in part define his legacy and determine how much political capital he retains for his final four years in office. “This is his best chance to set up the next 3½ years where he’s the pace car,” said Sara Taylor Fagen, who

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President Barack Obama speaks Friday in the East Room of the White House in Washington. served as political director for President George W. Bush. But much of what happens during this pivotal period is out of the president’s direct control. Members of Congress will largely determine whether his proposals to deal with gun ownership, revamp broken immigration laws and reduce the federal budget deficit

gain traction. Lawmakers, back in Washington after a two-week recess, are expected to take significant steps on some of the issues this week. A bipartisan group of senators could unveil highly anticipated immigration legislation by the end of the week. And Democrats brought a gun-control bill to

the Senate floor Monday afternoon amid a threat from conservative Republicans to use delaying tactics to prevent formal debate from even beginning. Obama was in Connecticut for a new gun-control speech, and he was bringing relatives of Newtown shooting victims back to Washington on Air Force One to lobby members of Congress. “The day Newtown happened was the toughest day of my presidency,” Obama said Monday. “But I’ve got to tell you, if we don’t respond to this, that’ll be a tough day for me, too. Because we’ve got to expect more from ourselves. We’ve got to expect more from Congress.” Obama also will release his 2014 budget, which already is drawing opposition from both parties ahead of its Wednesday publication. Republicans oppose Obama’s calls for new tax hikes and Democrats balk at his proposals for smaller annual increases in Social Security and other federal benefit programs.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Roger Ebert, one of the nation’s most influential film critics who used newspapers, television and social media to take readers into theaters and even into his own life, was laid to rest Monday with praise from political leaders, family and people he’d never met but who chose movies based on the direction of his thumb. “He didn’t just dominate his profession, he defined it,” said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in a brief eulogy to hundreds of mourners who gathered at Holy Name Cathedral just blocks from where Ebert spent more than

40 years as the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Ebert died last Thursday at the age of 70 after a yearslong battle with cancer. It was Ebert who told readers which films to see and which ones they should stay away from, Emanuel said, remembering the influence Ebert had on movie goers through his newspaper reviews and the immensely popular TV show he hosted with fellow critic Gene Siskel during which they would issue thumbs-up or thumbsdown assessments. “Roger spent a lot of time sitting through bad movies so we didn’t have to,” joked the mayor.

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‘I think this family got robbed a little,’ protester says • PROTEST Continued from page A1 Sycamore resident Sindy Edwards said she was sad to see the Keller family was not able to get the justice her own family experienced just a few months ago. Edwards’ sister, Kathy Chapman, was the key witness in the Jack D. McCullough trial for the 1957 kidnapping and murder of her childhood friend, Maria Ridulph. McCullough was sentenced to life in prison. “I think this family got robbed a little bit,” Edwards said of the plea agreement. “I just think the Kellers would have gotten a different outcome if it went to trial.” Schmack said each case is different and so are the sentencing possibilities. He said while McCullough was eligible for the life with parole sentence he received, Curl could be sentenced to a term of between only 20 and 60 years in prison. Based on that range and the evidence in the case, the 37-year sentence is appropriate, Schmack said. “Would I have liked a longer sentence? Yes, I would have,” Schmack said. “But I believe this was a proper and right result.” Some were concerned with what the agreement meant for other high-profile cases. Cortland Town President Robert Seyller is close friends with the parents of Alexis Weber and Timothy Getzelman, who were killed in a February 2011 car crash. Patricia Schmidt, 48, of Sycamore, is charged with reckless homicide and driving under the influence of drugs in connection with the crash. Seyller said it is impossible not to think a plea agreement could be reached in that case as well. He thought the risk of an acquittal at trial was a risk worth taking. “You have to let the system work,” he said. “There are always going to be concerns.” Schmack said each case is examined on its own circumstances, but there is never the promise of a trial. He said everyone has a right to plead guilty, and if they do, nothing can be done to stop it. While the outcome to Keller’s case was not what some wanted, Kelly Haas said she hoped the family could find peace. Haas, who has attended multiple events in memory of Keller in the past two years, said she hopes Monday’s event is a sign to the parents their daughter will never be forgotten. “I hope they find [peace] in their own time and in their own way,” Haas said. “But it’s hard to move forward when injustice has been done.”

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Many people have contacted our office to ask if “At Any Price” will be shown at a theater in DeKalb County. We understand and share your desire and enthusiasm to see that happen. I got confirmation Monday from Sony Pictures Classics that “At Any Price” will be shown at Carmike Market Square Cinema in DeKalb on May 10. As many of you know, the cast and crew were on location in DeKalb County for five months in 2011. The film generated approximately $950,000 for the local economy and booked 4,500 hotel room nights. “At Any Price” debuted on the festival circuit last year. There also was a recent screening at SXSW (South by Southwest) in Austin, Texas, followed by a Q&A with director Ramin Bahrani and cast members Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. The trailer can be found on our Facebook page and has more than 5,000 views to date. The bureau is considering the possibility of hosting an event that would allow residents that participated in the filming to share their experiences as a follow-up to the release of the movie. We’d like to ask everyone that had a speaking part or worked closely with the cast and crew on the filming of “At Any Price” to email our office at darmstrong@ dekalbcountycvb.com as soon as possible.

DCVCB VIEW Debbie Armstrong

IHSA Destination DeKalb update Upwards of 32,000 visitors are expected to descend on DeKalb County on Thanksgiving weekend and one thing is certain – they’ll have their game faces on. That’s because DeKalb County will welcome the Illinois High School Association State Football Championships to Huskie Stadium at Northern Illinois University. The state finals will create a significant economic impact for the county. The weekend could generate anywhere from $800,000 to $1 million for the local economy. There also is a significant financial investment required to host the event. To that end, the IHSA Destination DeKalb Host Committee will kick off a sponsorship drive this month. The championship weekend is a community event that everyone in the area can get involved in. It also will generate invaluable publicity for the region. With the support of our communities, local businesses and residents, the spotlight will shine brightly on DeKalb County every other Thanksgiving weekend through 2021. There are many exciting ways for local companies and residents to get involved. Busi-

nesses have a prime opportunity to benefit from the marketing opportunities the event will create. Here are a few of the sponsorship benefits that could be available: Comcast announcements leading up to the games, “Home Town” commercial spots, hospitality tent naming rights, live links on the IHSADestinationDeKalb. com website, inclusion in the IHSA football program, tickets to the games, and the ability to welcome a team to the area to name a few. To set up a sponsorship meeting, email Tom Matya, Host Committee chairman, at tmatya@zeamays.com or Debbie Armstrong at darmstrong@dekalbcountycvb. com. We plan to have complete details on sponsorship levels posted on the website soon. Donations and sponsorships will be 100 percent tax deductible. You can get involved and join in the fun by volunteering to help with the event as well. We want to reach out to everyone in the area to help welcome these visitors. We need to recruit more than 200 volunteers for the championship weekend. Let’s show the entire state that DeKalb County residents know how to host a fun and memorable experience. Volunteer online now at IHSADestinationDeKalb.com.

• Debbie Armstrong is executive director of the DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Center.

Genoa Main Street names officers Genoa Main Street Inc. has a new group at its helm to lead the 16-year-old organization into a challenging future in revitalizing and promoting downtown Genoa. The new officers are Linda Underwood, president; Gene Bradford, vice president; Sherry Frankenbach, treasurer; and Sandy Spier, secretary. A Realtor with Century 21, Underwood was instrumental in the development of Genoa Springboard, Main Street’s successful business incubator. Bradford has been involved in the promotion side of Main Street for many years and is a familiar presence at Main Street events. Before retiring, he owned and operated Gene’s Market in Genoa for more than 18 years. A retired benefits manager, Frankenbach put many hours into making the Genoa Springboard building ready for tenants and has had a hand in most Main Street activities. Spier has owned and operated Poppy Seed Primitives in downtown Genoa since 2006. They succeed Gordon Jones, Michael Haines, Pattie Marx and Leslie Sanderson. Marx and Sanderson will continue as members of the board of directors along with Maria Bennett, Mike Groark and Diane Helland. Board members Haines and Jones will continue to volunteer with longtime board member Arlene Erickson. “We appreciate the contributions of Michael, Gordon and Arlene over the years,” Mim Evans, Main Street executive director, said in a news release. “Michael guided our fundraising program, while Gordon and Arlene each served on the board for over a decade. Gordon has been a major factor in all that Genoa Main Street has accomplished since its recognition in 1996.” Over the past 16 years, the role of Genoa Main Street has grown. The organization sponsors at least one event every month designed to bring residents and visitors downtown to strengthen the businesses and build a stronger sense of community. Over the years, the organization has captured 17 state awards in downtown revitalization for its efforts, as well as national recognition for its programs and projects. “Genoa is one of the few Main Street organizations

“We’ll be using as many local trades as possible, as we’ve done with other projects,” Kokott said. He said the building will be similar in look and feel to KishHealth System physician offices in Genoa and Waterman and The Cancer Center at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, which use similar wood and natural colors to complement the look of Kishwaukee Community Hospital, which was built in 2007. Joe Dant, vice president of business development for KishHealth System, said the move to Rochelle will help support and grow the relationship many area residents already have with the DeKalb/Sycamore medical community. “Many residents of Rochelle already seek care at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, and putting more convenient access to services seemed to make sense. Many people use Kish for maternity services, so we hope to offer a convenient way for them to access care for the whole family,” Dant said. A public open house at the new facility will be held in the fall.

KishHealth System has broken ground for a 10,000-square-foot medical office at 450 Coronado Drive in Rochelle. The building will face Illinois Route 38 and be located on the Walmart Supercenter property between North Point on the east and Grand Point on the west. The building will house family medicine practitioners with KishHealth Physician Group, a lab collections center operated by KishHealth Laboratories, and a community room available free of charge to local nonprofit organizations. “We have built more space than we will initially need since we plan to add services over time,” Michael Kokott, KishHealth System’s assistant vice president for marketing and planning, said in a news release. “Once the foundation is in, the community will notice the building going up very quickly. The exterior is expected to be constructed in April, and the facility to be open in the fall,” Kokott said in the release. PG Architects of Rockford is designing the building and managing the project. Local contractors will be used.

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8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Some reasons why voting is important

Mexico becomes a good, stable neighbor We Americans are lucky, although we seldom reflect on it, that we have good neighbors. In East Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines face challenges from China over islands they have long claimed in the East China Sea. In Europe, Germany and other prosperous nations face demands for subsidies from debt-ridden nations to avoid the collapse of the euro. When southern Europeans look across the Mediterranean, they see Muslim nations facing post-Arab spring upheaval and disorder. The United States has land borders with only two countries, Canada and Mexico. They’re both good neighbors. I realize most of the recent news on Mexico has been about violent drug wars. You get 500,000 hits when you Google Mexico “failed state.” But that’s a misleading picture. The war on drug lords waged by President Felipe Calderon from 2006 to 2012 has had considerable success and has been de-emphasized by his successor Enrique Pena Nieto. The focus on the drug war ignores Mexico’s progress over the past 25 years as an electoral democracy. For 71 years, it had one-party rule of the PRI (Party of the Institutional Revolution). Under PRI rule, a president selected by his predecessor selected his successor. But under PRI presidents Carlos Salinas (1988-94) and Ernest Zedillo (1994-2000), Mexico established a clean election system under which the opposition conservative PAN and leftist PRD parties won state and legislative offices.

proposing to reform it, and his move was endorsed by a PRI party convention in March. Pena also acted on education. In February, Congress passed a law establishing a transparent system for teacher hiring and evaluation. This was capped when PAN candidate The next day, the government arrested Vicente Fox was elected president in July the head of the teachers’ union and charged 2000. Fox and his PAN successor Calderon her with spending $156 million of union had some significant policy successes. But funds on luxury goods. they were frustrated in getting changes in And Pena has moved to deregulate the energy sector, in which the state-owned telecommunications, which threatens the monopoly Pemex has lagged behind, and in position of telecom billionaire Carlos Slim. education, where teacher jobs are handed There is other heartening news from down from parent to child. south of our border. Mexico’s economy is The reason is that since 2000, none of moving ahead with 5 percent growth. Mexico’s three parties has had majorities Since the NAFTA treaty went into effect in Congress. That’s one result of genuine in the 1990s, it seemed that Mexico’s econopolitical competition, in which voters have my was tethered to ours, leaving it unable to imposed rotation in office in governorships close the gap with the U.S. Now as our econand legislative seats. omy slogs along slowly, Mexico is moving Things have been different since the 2012 toward catching up. It is, as former Foreign presidential election. PRI candidate Enrique Minister Jorge Castaneda has proclaimed, a Pena Nieto seemed a depressingly convenmajority middle-class country now. tional politician. It also is a country from which, according Pena won the July election handily and to the Pew Hispanic Center, there has been on taking office in December, called for no net migration to the United States since major reforms. He issued a 34-page Pact for 2007. All this vindicates our previous four Mexico, which proposed greater competipresidents, who pressed for closer ties with tion for Pemex in the energy sector plus Mexico. But most of the credit belongs to the education and judicial reforms. leaders and people of Mexico. Good neighRemarkably, it was endorsed by PAN and bors. PRD, as well as the PRI. Pemex has been a • Michael Barone, senior political analyst sacred cow in Mexico since the 1930s, when for The Washington Examiner, is a resident President Lazaro Cardenas seized foreign fellow at the American Enterprise Instioil operations and created the state-owned tute, a Fox News Channel contributor and monopoly. a co-author of The Almanac of American The Pemex union was a pillar of the PRI Politics. establishment. Now a PRI president was

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8ANOTHER VIEW

Let Ill. lawmakers review state budget before vote By SCOTT REEDER SPRINGFIELD – There is a term for rank-and-file legislators in Springfield: mushrooms. They are called that because they are kept in the dark and shoveled a lot of manure by their leaders. In politics, information is power. And those in power in Springfield hold on to information as tightly as a jealous 2-year-old gripping her Easter candy. Often, state budgets are hammered out behind closed doors by the governor and legislative leaders, and then foisted upon rank-and-file lawmakers – and the public – during the waning minutes of the legislative session. Keep in mind the Illinois state budget is thicker than an old Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog and allocates more money than the individual economies of 110 nations. Even though approving or rejecting a budget is the most important vote a lawmaker casts in any given year, they don’t get to see the final document until moments before they vote. Last year was typical. House members had about two hours between the time the 2013 budget was presented and the time it came up for a vote, said state Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon. Kay introduced a bill this year to require that proposed budgets be given to lawmakers for review at least 72 hours in advance. Not surprisingly, the bill is going

nowhere. The measure has been referred to the Rules Committee, also known as the legislative graveyard. Kay wasn’t surprised by the outcome. After all this is the third time during his brief legislative career that he has introduced a measure such as this. “To me, 72 hours is the absolute minimum necessary to review a budget,” he said. “Last year, we got two hours before it came up for a vote. Why do they do this? I think it’s because some people don’t want it known how much money is going to Chicago versus the rest of the state. Or they don’t want it known how much money is going to some worthless programs.” Information is power after all. Republicans were just as bad when they were in charge. This isn’t about partisan politics – it’s about power. Legislative leaders want to control the information their members receive. That’s why rank-and-file lawmakers as well as reporters and the public, are left in the dark over what‘s happening in those closed-door budget meetings. Things are hidden in budgets that lawmakers aren’t supposed to notice. For example, back in 2005 then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich slipped a $10 million line item into the budget “for grants and related expenses of hospitals and universities for scientific research.” The item went unnoticed by rank-andfile lawmakers when they voted. But after the vote Blagojevich crowed

that he had tricked them. The money was actually going toward research on therapies using stem cells, including controversial embryonic stem cells. Many lawmakers, at the time, opposed this type of research on religious grounds. Whether you agree or disagree with embryonic stem cell research, most people would agree that elected representatives ought to at least know what they are voting on. Such trickery would be thwarted by actually giving legislators a chance to read the budget – and ask questions. To Kay, this lack of transparency has landed the Land of Lincoln in its current fiscal crisis. “We live in a state where [lawmakers] don’t seem to know the difference between a debit and a credit,” he said. “It’s a state where they don’t know what a balance sheet is yet alone what should be at the end of balance sheet – numbers that balance. Why should it surprise anyone that we don’t have a waiting period to review our budget?” House Speaker Mike Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton don’t have to have a law to give members of their chambers 72 hours to review budgets. They can do it on their own. Let’s demand this year that they do.

• Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse reporter and the journalist in residence at the Illinois Policy Institute. He can be reached at sreeder@illinoispolicy.org.

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By now, you probably are a tad tired of us telling you how important it is to vote in today’s election. We don’t apologize for the repetition of the message. It is important for Americans to learn about the candidates and cast a ballot. The local leaders elected today stand to have more influence on our local communities than anyone elected to represent us in Washington or Springfield. There are contested races for many high-profile local offices, including mayor and village president races in towns from Kirkland to Sandwich, including the four-way race to become DeKalb’s next mayor. As a bit of a reprieve, however, we thought we’d step aside and let others tell you why you should get to know the candidates and vote: “Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote,” drama critic and editor George Jean Nathan said. “If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else’s expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves,” economist Thomas Sowell said. “The ballot is stronger than the bullet,” President Abraham Lincoln said. “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all,” President John F. Kennedy said. “Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: ‘Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm,” essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson said. “The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men,” President Lyndon B. Johnson said. “To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain,” author Louis L’Amour said. Said President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame Theodore Hesburgh: “Voting is a civic sacrament.” Don’t just take our word for it. Please vote today.

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Hoping to retire? Young workers will need luck America is no country for old men. Or old women, either. And it’s getting worse. That’s the inescapable – and nasty – conclusion for anyone reading the recent annual report of the Employee Benefits Research Institute that highlights the looming crisis for this country’s workers. The EBRI survey showed that 57 percent of American workers currently have less than $25,000 in total savings and investments, excluding home equity, and 28 percent have less than $1,000. That’s not going to cut it. Saving is hard – and getting harder. Since the 1970s, the income gap between high- and low-income households in the United States has widened. The top 1 percent saw after-tax income rise by 281 percent since 1979; the highest fifth of households saw it rise by 95 percent – but at the other end of the spectrum, the middle fifth saw an income increase of just 25 percent from 1979 to 2007 and the bottom fifth just 16 percent. That’s in sharp contrast to the previous period in American history – between the 1940s and 1970s, when income rose at about the same rate across the board and outdistanced inflation by double. That old system also gave American workers the comfort of defined benefit programs to ease their retirement years. Not so anymore. In 1979, according to the EBRI study, 28 percent of American workers had defined benefit plans. That number is now just 3 percent. The phase-out of defined benefit plans by companies and corporations gave way to the 401(k)s with the heady promise of sharing in the sure-thing growth of the stock market. Except the dot-com bubble burst, and then 9/11 came, and then the Great Recession. Workers watched their nest eggs tumble and crack. The recent market recovery made up ground, but for many it was like treading water for years – and losing out on all that investment time. The grim truth is that older workers now nearing retirement may have to work a few extra years, or go back to work, or risk running out of their retirement savings. And those workers who come after that? Jim Gallagher, writing in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, put it this way: “The young workers of today may never be able to retire. They’ll die employed, if they’re lucky. And yet, even now, Congress is working up its appetite for cuts in “entitlements” – the Medicare and Social Security plans that have given retirees some hope of avoiding poverty in old age. The younger workers will have to work harder and longer and hope their health holds out. At this rate, America will be no country for young men or young women, either. Racine (Wis.) Journal Times

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WEATHER

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7-DAY FORECAST TODAY

A stationary front will remain across the area. Another area of low pressure will move along the frontal boundary bringing another round of showers and isolated t-storms. High temperatures will remain mild. The main part of the storm system will swing through Wednesday bringing another round of rain and t-storms. Rainfall amounts could exceed 2 inches by Thursday.

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Mostly sunny and warmer

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Winds: NE 15-25 mph

Winds: N/NW 5-15 mph

Winds: W/SW 5-10 mph

Winds: S 10-20 mph

REGIONAL CITIES

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DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Temperature High ............................................................. 59° Low .............................................................. 37° Normal high ............................................. 56° Normal low ............................................... 35° Record high .............................. 79° in 2001 Record low ................................ 12° in 1972

Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.44” Month to date ....................................... 0.50” Normal month to date ....................... 0.80” Year to date ............................................ 7.79” Normal year to date ............................ 6.09”

Sunrise today ................................ 6:24 a.m. Sunset tonight ............................. 7:29 p.m. Moonrise today ............................ 5:47 a.m. Moonset today ............................ 7:06 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 6:23 a.m. Sunset tomorrow ........................ 7:30 p.m. Moonrise tomorrow ................... 6:18 a.m. Moonset tomorrow ................... 8:08 p.m.

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AIR QUALITY TODAY

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Dixon 66/47

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Joliet 65/49

La Salle 68/51

Evanston 61/43 Chicago 62/45

Aurora 68/45

Streator 71/55

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Waukegan 57/41

Arlington Heights 61/42

DeKalb 63/49

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

Hammond 65/48 Gary 67/51 Kankakee 70/56

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Watseka 74/57

Pontiac 72/58

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The Brewers stopped a ive-game slide with a 7-4 victory over the Cubs in the irst game of the season to be played at Wrigley Field. PAGE B2

SECTION B Tuesday, April 9, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

SYCAMORE 8, DEKALB 1

SpartansBarbscruise struggle, can’t avoid ‘big inning’ AP photo

Pitino leads 7 into Naismith Hall of Fame ATLANTA – Rick Pitino got the phone call of a lifetime and an incredible text at the same time. Last Wednesday, John Doleva, the president of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, called seven people to tell them they’d in the class of 2013. Pitino was one of the seven. “When I got the call I was trying to call my wife over so she could hear it and I’m trying to put it on speaker phone and a text keeps beeping as I’m getting this special call,” Pitino said Monday, just hours before he led Louisville against Michigan in the national championship game. “I saw the text. ‘Go Gophers. I got the job.’ ” It was his son, Richard, who had just found out he was chosen to be the head coach at Minnesota. It’s been that kind of week for Pitino, who is among 12 people overall who will join the class of 2013. The others announced Monday at a ceremony at the Final Four were college coaches Guy Lewis of Houston, Jerry Tarkanian of UNLV and Sylvia Hatchell of North Carolina, former NBA stars Bernard King and Gary Payton and former University of Virginia star Dawn Staley. – Wire report

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Sycamore’s Nate Haacker (right) tags out DeKalb’s Danny Petras at home base during early gameplay action of the Sycamore and DeKalb match up held at NIU’s Ralph McKinzie Field on Monday, April 8, 2013. By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Before Monday there had been just two great weather days for baseball, according to Sycamore coach Jason Cavanaugh. Both times the Spartans didn’t have a game scheduled. But with the winds easing up and and temperatures reaching the mid-60s, Sycamore took advantage of perfect field conditions at Northern Illinois University’s Ralph McKinzie Field in its Northern Illinois Big 12 East opener against rival DeKalb. Sycamore broke through for a seven-run second inning and cruised to an 8-1 win over DeKalb to take the first match of a three-game set this week.

More online For all your prep sports coverage – stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to Daily-Chronicle. com/dcpreps. “Coach always says if you can bat around in a game, you’re most likely going to win,” said Sycamore senior Mitchell Jordan, who had two RBIs. “Whenever we do that we’re feeling pretty comfortable.” The first seven Sycamore (4-3, 1-0 NI Big 12 East) batters reached base

and scored in the second inning. Alec Kozak led off with a double and came around to score on a DeKalb error. Three batters later, Curtis Swartenzdrubber’s RBI single to right field brought home Cooper Vinz and Nate Haacker’s two-run single made it a six-run Sycamore lead. Brett Weaver’s sacrifice fly capped the scoring. “All year we’ve struggled with the big inning. We’re a very young team defensively,” DeKalb coach Jake Howells said. “I only have one guy who is starting in the same position as last year. When things start to unravel a little bit, we’ve had a hard time bringing it back in.”

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8WHAT TO WATCH

NIU FOOTBALL

Pro baseball White Sox at Washington, 6:05 p.m., WCIU

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By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Last spring, Northern Illinois’ offensive line was trying to prove itself. The group had lost four starters from the 2011 season, looking to get into a rhythm. This spring, it’s a complete 180 from last April. All five starters from an offensive line that was a big surprise last year are back, although left tackle Tyler Loos, a second-team All-MAC selection in 2012, isn’t taking part in spring drills after suffering a broken tibia in the fourth quarter of the Toledo game. Heading into the 2012 season, there were a lot of question marks concerning the offensive line. This time around, there isn’t much doubt surrounding the group’s ability. However, the line still feels like it has something to prove after a performance in the Orange Bowl when they were pushed around by Florida State’s strong defensive line. “The thing about the Orange Bowl was we didn’t play our best and we left a lot of things on film that we didn’t want,” senior guard Jared Volk said. “That kind of put a chip on our shoulder, made us work even harder. We got a bad taste in

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group didn’t necessarily feature last spring. It took time and practice reps for it to really develop shape. For the most part, the offensive line stayed healthy once the season began. Starting center Logan Pegram was lost for the season because of a lower leg fracture in fall camp, but the unit stayed in tact prior to Loos’ injury. This spring, there’s already cohesiveness.

HOFFMAN ESTATES – Kyle Jenkins froze after he scooped up a fumble and crossed the goal line in his first game last summer for the Chicago Slaughter, which plays in the Indoor Football League. The former Northern Illinois defensive tackle didn’t expect to find himself in a professional game after he graduated last May, much less the end zone. After all, Jenkins Kyle Jenkins never scored a touchdown in college. “I didn’t even know what touchdown dance to do, I was so freaked out by it,” Jenkins said. “I wasn’t prepared for it. But it was a lot of fun.”

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See JENKINS, page B4

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Northern Illinois offensive lineman Jared Volk participates in a drill during practice March 27 at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb. our mouths and we want to get that out of our mouth.” Ryan Brown, who’s taking Loos’ spot at left tackle this spring after playing the last three games of the season there last year, said the line lacked the minor details in the Orange Bowl, such as playing lower and being more physical. “It really exposed us,” he said. “Those are the teams we really want to play against all the time, and we really need to prove ourselves.” Chemistry is something the

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP: LOUISVILLE 82, MICHIGAN 76

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The Louisville team jumps off the bench against the Michigan during the second half of the NCAA Championship Game Monday in Atlanta. Louisville won, 82-76.

SPORTS

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8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TUESDAY Baseball Earlville at Indian Creek, 4:30 p.m. Somonauk at Hinckley-Big Rock, 4:30 p.m. Burlington Central at Genoa-Kingston, 4:30 p.m. Rochelle at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m. DeKalb at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m. Softball DeKalb at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m. Yorkville at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m. Morris at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m. Genoa-Kingston at Burlington Central, 4:30 p.m. Earlville at Indian Creek, 4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer Hiawatha at Keith Country Day, 4:30 p.m. Indian Creek at Rockford Christian Life, 4:30 p.m. Rochelle at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m. Kaneland at Morris, 4:30 p.m. Rockford Christian at Genoa-Kingston, 4:30 p.m. Yorkville at DeKalb, 6 p.m. Boys Track Hinckley-Big Rock at Sandwich (with five teams), 4:30 p.m. Kaneland at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m. Girls Track Hinckley-Big Rock at Sandwich (with five teams), 4:30 p.m. Kaneland at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m. Boys Tennis LaSalle-Peru at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS DeKalb HS to dedicate field to Dave Pettengell DeKalb High School will dedicate its new field to Dave Pettengell on April 20 at approximately 11:45 a.m. The dedication will take place in betweeen games of the Barbs’ doubleheader against Dixon. Petengell spent 29 years as a teacher at DeKalb High, and was the school’s baseball coach for 21 seasons. He helped lead the Barbs to the Class AA Elite Eight in 1995. Pettengell died in Feb. 2011.

Rutgers reviewing all sports practice videos TRENTON, N.J. – Rutgers officials are scrutinizing practice videos of all sports to see if any coach engaged in behavior like the type that cost men’s basketball coach Mike Rice his job, the university president announced Monday. The inquiry into Rice and how university officials responded is also going deeper as the school announced that it plans to hire a consultant to conduct an independent review. University President Robert Barchi, speaking Monday during a town hall meeting on the school’s Newark campus, said he wants any instances of bullying or homophobic language to be reported immediately.

Ex-Auburn DB pleads guilty to first-degree robbery OPELIKA, Ala. – Former Auburn defensive back Mike McNeil was sentenced to serve at least three years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to first-degree robbery for an incident his attorney characterized as “possibly a prank.” Lee County Circuit Judge Christopher Hughes accepted McNeil’s plea deal Monday as his trial was set to begin. Under the deal, McNeil received a 15-year split sentence: He must serve three years, plus three years of supervised probation, and pay $2,000 in restitution. If he violates any terms, the judge could sentence him to the remainder of the 15 years.

Joe Flacco to portray Johnny Unitas in movie BALTIMORE – Joe Flacco as Johnny Unitas. The Ravens’ quarterback says he’ll play the part of Baltimore’s greatest quarterback, former Colts star Johnny Unitas, in an upcoming movie entitled “Unitas We Stand.” The movie is being co-produced by Joe Unitas, the late quarterback’s son. He tells WBAL-TV that Flacco will portray Unitas in scenes of the 1958 NFL championship game, in which Unitas led the Colts to victory over the New York Giants. The game at Yankee Stadium ended in sudden-death overtime and has been called the greatest NFL game ever played. – Staff, wire reports

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BREWERS 7, CUBS 4

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Cubs fall in Wrigley opener By JAY COHEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Marco Estrada walked out to warm up and saw the wind blowing straight out at Wrigley Field, a rare sight for an April date at the iconic neighborhood ballpark. It was an unfortunate development for the right-hander, but he made it work in a big way for the Milwaukee Brewers. Estrada pitched seven effective innings and doubled home a run Monday, helping the Brewers stop a five-game slide with a 7-4 victory over the Cubs in the first game of the season at the Cubs’ longtime home. “I just kept telling myself just leave the pitches down, especially the changeup,” he said. “As long as I don’t leave balls up, I should be OK. Espe-

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The Cubs’ Welington Castillo hits a two-run home run during the second inning against the Milwaukee Brewers Monday at Wrigley Field. cially because, you know, I’m a bit of a pop-fly pitcher and I knew in this park with that wind it could be trouble.” Estrada allowed two runs and five hits while bouncing back from a lackluster season debut against Colorado. The

right-hander also drove in Alex Gonzalez with a drive into the gap in right-center during Milwaukee’s two-run seventh. Norichika Aoki collected three more hits and Ryan Braun had a successful return to the lineup as the Brewers

Fans continue to embrace Wrigley’s many faults CHICAGO – Kenny Clelland stood outside of a men’s room in the Wrigley Field concourse Monday afternoon and pondered the question. Before this moment, it was a subject that Clelland never had considered. “I think the only other place I’ve peed in a trough was when I was in the Marine Corps,” said Clelland, 41, who served from 1990 to 1998. “But that was military stuff. This is domestic.” This is Wrigley Field. A big announcement about the 99-year-old stadium was expected to arrive before the Cubs’ home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers. It was supposed to do with a $500 million renovation project to fix up the ballpark that opened when Woodrow Wilson was president. The announcement never came. It’s apparently in a rain delay, minus the rain. Meanwhile, the ballpark at Clark and Addison streets turned another day older. I mean this as a statement of fact rather than a snide remark, but Wrigley Field is a dump. It’s a wonderful place to watch a baseball game, but it’s a dump. So I plunged into the most blighted areas of Wrigley Field to come up with a priority list for renovations. Think of it as a favor for Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts, who could use my list whenever the project is approved. We Toms should look out for each other, after all. I figured that fans would like my imaginary spending spree to renovate the stadium. I figured wrong. Take first-time visitor Adam John of Kansas City, Mo. He sat in Section 228, which is beneath the upper deck, which meant that black wire netting rested many feet above his head. The netting was there, in theory, to catch falling

VIEWS Tom Musick chunks of concrete. Hopefully. But John savored the crumbly character of the stadium. He read about Wrigley’s proposed renovation project, and he decided to visit the stadium before too much changed. “If it were to collapse on us, it would be kind of a dream come true,” John said with a smile. “The ultimate souvenir: ‘Wrigley fell on me.’ ” Gosh, I thought that my stand against falling concrete would be a no-brainer. Maybe John was in a good mood because he had a clear view of the field. The same could not be said for hundreds of fans who sat in obstructed-view seats near giant poles that connect the lower deck to the upper deck. Surely, these people would be grumpy. Or not. Take Derle Rolfe, who could reach out and touch the concrete tower in Section 235. “It’s unique because you’ve got to lean around it sometimes,” Rolfe said. “But it’s Wrigley. “There’s always a chance you’ll be behind a big pole. That’s a chance you take coming here.” It’s a chance worth taking for people such as Rolfe. The 29-year-old grew up in California, but he fell in love with the Cubs on television and has made several pilgrimages since. “Actually, Wrigley is part of what made me a Cubs fan in the first place,” Rolfe said. “It was the combination of Wrigley Field and Harry Caray.” OK, so the poles can stay. Hey, what about putting in some escalators? Everybody loves an escalator.

I hiked the ramps to the upper deck and waited about 45 minutes until my heart rate returned to normal. Almost every other stadium caters to its customers with those fancy electronic staircases, but at Wrigley, you climb the ramps until you can climb no more. Once I could breathe, I waited for a couple of people to traverse to the top of the upper deck. I pounced as they reached the final steps of their journey. So, escalators. Great idea, huh? “I like the walk,” said Lindsey Cassel, a 26-yearold who was visiting from Toronto. “I feel like you lose some of the feel with escalators.” Alex Courneya nodded her head in agreement. “From a tourist perspective, it feels a lot more authentic to have to do this,” Courneya said. “I like that. I like the feel of this place.” Besides, if they wanted to ride an escalator, they could have stayed home in Toronto. They told me that the Rogers Centre, formerly known as the Sky Dome, is nothing but a gigantic building with zero personality. “It’s really boring,” Cassel said. Boring, Wrigley is not. A howling wind makes every fly ball an adventure. An ancient organ cranks “Start Me Up” before the first pitch. Everywhere, fans stand in bottleneck lines to get to their seats. And there are the troughs, of course. I would have renovated those, too, until Clelland made a case for them to stay. “It would be weird to come here and not pee in a trough,” Clelland said. “You would miss that. I know it’s weird, but you would.”

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

won for the first time since opening day. Aoki had a career-high four hits in Milwaukee’s 8-7 loss to Arizona on Sunday and is batting .588 (10 for 17) in his last four games. “It’s just nice to win,” Braun said. “We needed to win.” Welington Castillo belted a two-run homer for the Cubs, which have dropped four in a row and five of six. Edwin Jackson was hit hard in his first home game since he signed a $52 million, four-year contract over the winter, surrendering five runs and eight hits in six innings. The Cubs rallied for two runs in the ninth and had the bases loaded when Dave Sappelt struck out. Starlin Castro then hit a fly ball deep to right, but the shifting wind held it up and Aoki brought it in on the warning track.

Opening game timeline 1:07 p.m. – Cubs players are introduced in home opener pregame ceremony. Reliever Carlos Marmol is the only participant in pinstripes who is booed. 1:15 p.m. – Cubs Hall of Famers Fergie Jenkins and Billy Williams throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Considering how starter Edwin Jackson pitched, giving up five earned runs in two innings, one of the two should have stayed on. 1:18 p.m. – 1:22 p.m. – Wrigley Field favorite Wayne Messmer sings “God Bless America” and national anthem, setting a new record for longest drawn out renditions for both Opening Day staples. 2:05 p.m. – Starlin Castro picks up first Cubs hit. Unfortunately for Dale Sveum’s team, it came after the Brewers had already touched up Jackson for five runs. 2:30 p.m. – 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are spotted sitting together in front row. Seeing the two are major players in the Wrigley renovation talks, it’s likely they weren’t talking about the weather. 3:41 p.m. – Ernie Banks performs animated 7th inning stretch version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and wakes up more than 40,083 fans, who had been lulled to sleep by lack of Cubs’ offense. More fans fill nearby rooftops, planning strategy for how they’ll see the field while blocked by the giant JumboTron that’s coming. 3:54 p.m. – Marmol emerges from bullpen with the Cubs already trailing 7–2. He promptly gives up lead–off double, drawing louder boos than the first time he was introduced to Cubs fans. He finishes his one inning of work with two strikeouts and doesn’t allow a run. 4:28 p.m. – Cubs string together three straight hits off of Brewers reliever Brandon Kintzler, who is then pulled, taking Marmol off the hook for a short time. 4:40 p.m. – With the Cubs still batting in bottom of the ninth, organist Gary Pressy performs “YMCA”, providing even more evidence that Wrigley Field is in serious need of renovating. 4:50 p.m. – Cubs load bases and trail only 7–4. With fans on their feet and chanting “Let’s go Cubs”, Castro flies out to right field warning track, ending the rally and sending the Cubs to their fourth loss in six games. – Jeff Arnold

Barbs fail to capitalize on early opportunities • SPARTANS Continued from page B1 The Barbs failed to capitalize on a couple of early run-scoring opportunities. In the first inning, Danny Petras was thrown out at the plate on a perfectly executed relay from right field. DeKalb (4-6, 0-1) threatened again in the second, but Sycamore left fielder Davey Scholz gunned down Josh Snead at the plate to keep it a 7-0 lead. “We made the great plays, but we missed a lot of the routine plays,” Cavanaugh said. “When you throw two guys out at the plate, it ends up looking a lot better than what it really was.” Spartans starter Scott Nelson (2-0) pitched six innings and allowed only six hits and zero earned runs while striking out five batters. The Barbs finally broke through for a

“We made the great plays, but we missed a lot of the routine plays.” Jason Cavanaugh, Sycamore coach run in the fifth inning, taking advantage of two Sycamore errors. “Scott pitched really well. He comes out and throws strikes,” Cavanaugh said. “He was under 90 pitches today in six innings with a bunch of errors behind him.” Haacker finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs while Swartzendrubber was 1-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Corey Nelson finished 1-for-1 and reached base three times for DeKalb. The three-game series shifts to Sycamore today at 4:30 p.m. before finishing at DeKalb on Thursday.

Sycamore’s Davey Scholz sprints down the first-base line after a bunt during early gameplay action of the Sycamore and DeKalb game Monday held at NIU’s Ralph McKinzie Field. Erik Anderson - For the Daily Chronicle

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Miami 60 16 .789 — x-New York 50 26 .658 10 y-Indiana 48 29 .623 12½ x-Brooklyn 44 32 .579 16 x-Bulls 42 34 .553 18 x-Atlanta 42 36 .538 19 x-Boston 40 37 .519 20½ x-Milwaukee 37 39 .487 23 ------------------------------------------------------Philadelphia 31 45 .408 29 Toronto 29 48 .377 31½ Washington 29 48 .377 31½ Detroit 26 52 .333 35 Cleveland 24 52 .316 36 Orlando 19 59 .244 42 Charlotte 18 59 .234 42½

WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 57 20 .740 — x-Oklahoma City 56 21 .727 1 x-Denver 53 24 .688 4 y-L.A. Clippers 51 26 .662 6 x-Memphis 52 25 .675 5 Golden State 44 33 .571 13 Houston 43 34 .558 14 Utah 41 37 .526 16½ ------------------------------------------------------L.A. Lakers 40 37 .519 17 Dallas 38 39 .494 19 Portland 33 44 .429 24 Minnesota 29 47 .382 27½ New Orleans 27 50 .351 30 Sacramento 27 50 .351 30 Phoenix 23 54 .299 34 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Sunday's Results Detroit 99, Bulls 85 New York 125, Oklahoma City 120 L.A. Clippers 109, L.A. Lakers 95 Memphis 89, Sacramento 87 Boston 107, Washington 96 Cleveland 91, Orlando 85 Utah 97, Golden State 90 New Orleans 95, Phoenix 92 Dallas 96, Portland 91 Monday's Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Toronto at Bulls, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Indiana, 6 p.m. Washington at New York, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Memphis, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Utah, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Blackhawks 38 29 5 4 62 128 83 d-Anaheim 39 26 8 5 57 121 98 d-Vancouver 38 21 11 6 48 103 95 Los Angeles 39 22 13 4 48 114 96 San Jose 38 20 11 7 47 98 94 Minnesota 38 22 14 2 46 103 97 St. Louis 37 21 14 2 44 106 98 Detroit 39 19 15 5 43 99 101 ------------------------------------------------------Phoenix 38 17 15 6 40 105 104 Dallas 38 18 17 3 39 104 117 Edmonton 38 16 15 7 39 100 106 Columbus 39 16 16 7 39 91 104 Nashville 40 15 17 8 38 96 109 Calgary 37 13 20 4 30 99 133 Colorado 38 12 21 5 29 89 121

EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Pittsburgh 39 29 10 0 58 127 95 d-Montreal 38 25 8 5 55 120 91 d-Washington 39 20 17 2 42 117 110 Boston 38 25 9 4 54 108 81 Toronto 39 22 13 4 48 121 109 Ottawa 38 19 13 6 44 94 85 N.Y. Rangers 39 19 16 4 42 96 94 N.Y. Islanders 39 19 16 4 42 113 119 ------------------------------------------------------New Jersey 39 15 14 10 40 92 106 Winnipeg 40 19 19 2 40 98 120 Buffalo 39 16 17 6 38 105 118 Philadelphia 38 17 18 3 37 106 118 Carolina 38 16 20 2 34 99 121 Tampa Bay 38 16 20 2 34 121 114 Florida 39 13 20 6 32 96 132 d-division leader x-clinched playoff spot Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Sunday's Results Blackhawks 5, Nashville 3 Dallas 5, San Jose 4, SO Buffalo 3, New Jersey 2, SO Anaheim 4, Los Angeles 3, SO St. Louis 1, Detroit 0 Florida 2, Ottawa 1 Minnesota 3, Columbus 0 Washington 4, Tampa Bay 2 Monday's Results Boston 6, Carolina 2 Toronto 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Calgary at Colorado (n) Phoenix at Vancouver (n) Edmonton at Anaheim (n) Today’s Games Blackhawks at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 6 p.m. San Jose at Columbus, 6 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Buffalo at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Nashville, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE White Sox Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto Oakland Texas Seattle Los Angeles Houston

Central Division W L Pct 4 2 .667 4 3 .571 4 3 .571 3 3 .500 3 4 .429 East Division W L Pct 5 2 .714 3 3 .500 3 4 .429 3 4 .429 2 4 .333 West Division W L Pct 5 2 .714 4 2 .667 3 4 .429 2 4 .333 1 5 .167

GB — ½ ½ 1 1½ GB — 1½ 2 2 2½ GB — ½ 2 2½ 3½

Monday's Results Boston 3, Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 11, Cleveland 6 Kansas City 3, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Today’s Games Toronto (Morrow 0-0) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-0), 12:05 p.m. White Sox (Peavy 1-0) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 1-0), 6:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 1-0) at Cleveland (Carrasco 0-0), 6:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 0-1) at Texas (Tepesch 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Minnesota (Pelfrey 1-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Oakland (Parker 0-1) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 0-0), 9:05 p.m. Houston (Bedard 0-0) at Seattle (Maurer 0-1), 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct Cincinnati 5 2 .714 St. Louis 3 4 .429 Cubs 2 5 .286 Milwaukee 2 5 .286 Pittsburgh 1 5 .167 East Division W L Pct Atlanta 6 1 .857 New York 5 2 .714 Washington 4 2 .667 Philadelphia 2 5 .286 Miami 1 6 .143 West Division W L Pct Arizona 5 1 .833 Colorado 5 1 .833 Los Angeles 4 2 .667 San Francisco 3 3 .500 San Diego 1 5 .167 Monday’s Results Milwaukee 7, Cubs 4 Cincinnati 13, St. Louis 4 N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta 2, Miami 0 Pittsburgh at Arizona (n) Colorado at San Francisco (n)

GB — 2 3 3 3½ GB — 1 1½ 4 5 GB — — 1 2 4

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Challenge Update

“Jeff on the long run probably had the car to beat,” he said. “Jeff has a really good line here on the long run, and he started catching me before the last caution and I was thinking, ‘Man, if this stays green, this could be a Jeff Gordon day.” Instead, the caution flew on lap 487.

Jimmie Johnson gets win at Martinsville AP Sports Writer HANK KURZ Jr. (AP)

Johnson picked the inside line for the final restart with Bowyer on the outside, Gordon behind him and Kyle Busch to his outside, and Johnson got a clean break for the lead into Turn 1, his top priority to build some separation for the finish. “I felt like if I could get two or three corners and maintain the lead on Clint, I could stretch it back out again,” he said. Bowyer slid into second and Busch, who tried to make a move on the outside line, instead got hung up out there as Gordon and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Kasey Kahne, who restarted fifth, went underneath to take fourth. Nothing changed the rest of the way and the top five finished in those positions. Gordon, too, was thinking he had a chance until Kurt Busch crashed, bringing out the 12th and final caution. “I obviously didn’t want to see a short run there at the end,” he said. The victory made team owner Rick Hendrick’s organization the winningest team in Martinsville history with 20, breaking a tie it had with the Petty organization.

Jimmie Johnson (48) leads the pack at the start of the STP 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va., Sunday April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Gordon, who was tied with Johnson and Rusty Wallace with seven victories on the 0.526-mile oval, said he knew it would be a tough day when Johnson won the pole for the second race in a row here because of the pit road advantage. “You give him that No. 1 pit stall here at Martinsville, it’s almost impossible,” Gordon said.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — No matter the changes to the car, the tires, or the weather, Martinsville Speedway is Jimmie Johnson’s kind of place.

While Johnson dominated, there were times it looked as if the race might go in another direction.

Johnson led a career-best 346 laps Sunday and pulled away on a restart with eight laps to go for his eighth career victory on the shortest track in the Sprint Cup Series, taking over third place on the career victories list on NASCAR’s oldest track.

Ke Matt Kenseth, who has struggled at Martinsville throughout his career, actually passed Johnson for the lead and led for 96 laps.

The only drivers ahead of him? Hall of famers Richard Petty with 15 wins, and Darrell Waltrip with 11.

Mark Martin, driving for the injured Denny Hamlin and equally disdainful of the venue, venu moved ved into fourth place after taking a chance and getting just two tires on a pit stop,, but bu then faded quickly.

“Probably the most calm, relaxed thought-out weekend that we’ve ever had as the 48 (team),” Johnson said.

Martin, mindful of Hamlin’s four career victories at Martinsville, finished a disappointing 10th.

From the time he rolled his car onto the track for the first practice Friday until the final restart, Johnson had a dominant car, and knew it. And with his track record here, even when things seemed to take a bad turn, he and his team trusted history.

“I did not fill Denny Hamlin’s shoes,, I can tell you that much,”” he said.

“We stuck to our game plan and knew what we wanted to have in the race and stayed patient, and it was tough to do at times, but it certainly worked out well,” the five-time series champion said. “And in the race, we had to adjust on the fly.” No team does it better at Martinsville, and while Johnson said the final caution came at an inopportune time because he’d built a big lead over Clint Bowyer, he also realized it may have saved him from having to fight off teammate Jeff Gordon.

Tony Stewart, S wart, who said earlier in the week he thought it would be funny to watch Pa ate her way around the track, got passed by his rookie Danica Patrick try to navigate driver with 19 laps to go.. Patrick finished 12, Stewart 17th.

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SPOTLIGHT ON ... JOSIE DIEHL Indian Creek, freshman, goalkeeper Diehl gave up just one goal in Indian Creek’s first three games and the Timberwolves are undefeated. Diehl is one of a large group of freshmen on the Indian Creek roster who will need to contribute this season.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR DeKalb at Sycamore, Thursday, 4:30 p.m. The Barbs may have revenge on their minds after Sycamore beat them in last year’s regional final. Hinckley-Big Rock at Rochelle, Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. The Royals will be tested against a Class 2A school when they take on the Hubs.

POWER RANKINGS 1. Sycamore (1-0-1, 0-0-1 Northern Illinois Big 12) The Spartans had trouble finishing in a tie against Yorkville, making the road to defending their conference championship a little tougher. 2. DeKalb (1-1-1, 1-0 NI Big 12) DeKalb only beat Kaneland all-area goalkeeper Jordan Ginther once, but that’s all they needed in a 1-0 win. 3. Kaneland (0-1, 0-1 NI Big 12) The Knights are improved this season, but one mistake cost them against DeKalb. 4. Hinckley-Big Rock (3-1-1) The Royals almost beat Indian Creek with a last-second goal, but the goal wasn’t counted because it came after the final buzzer. 5. Genoa-Kingston (1-2, 1-2 Big Northern Conference East) A small but talented roster should be competitive in the BNC East if the Cogs can stay healthy. 6. Indian Creek (1-0-2) The Timberwolves tied H-BR in a big result that may serve as a confidence booster. 7. Hiawatha (0-1) The Hawks are talented, but also young. Expect this team to come together as the season goes along.

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Royals still fast team without Phillips By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com Without Kaitlin Phillips’ 42 goals, the Hinckley-Big Rock attack will certainly be different this season. But one thing didn’t change with Phillips’ graduation – the Royals still are a very fast team. With Lauren Paver, Jacqueline Madden and Andrea Binkley leading the attack, the Royals should be able to wreak havoc on opposing defenses. “We lost a few players, but we still have speed up front,” Paver said. “We just have to know our roles as a team and communicate and learn to play together. Not all of us have been playing together, so we need to learn what to do on the field.” Opposing defenses will have a hard time pushing up the field against the Royals, who will be able to take advantage if they’re given space behind defenses. “I think we just want to get runs in behind the defenders,” Madden said. “We’re a really fast team. We did that last year, too.”

Plenty of promise for Hiawatha Wednesday’s 5-2 loss to Hinckley-Big Rock was a rough way for Hiawatha to start the season, but the Hawks showed plenty of prom-

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Hiawatha goalkeeper Kristina Elmore lunges for the ball which she couldn’t stop from Hinckley-Big Rock forward Lauren Paver during a matchup at Hiawatha High School in Kirkland. ise. Freshmen Yulissa Solis and Jasmine Ascencio scored goals and were two of the more dangerous Hiawatha players all game. “I definitely have some great freshman that are coming on and I’m hoping they can get some ex-

“With the core group of our girls, they haven’t had experience other than playing for Hiawatha. So yeah, I have some girls that have some good experience,” Monestero said. “Both of the goals were from girls with experience.”

perience and we’ll start building with them,” coach Kyle Monestero said. Solis and Ascencio have experience at the club level, something that isn’t common for Hiawatha players.

G-K’s Hebel primed for season after injury Genoa-Kingston midfielder Nicole Hebel missed last season after tearing her ACL, but that doesn’t mean she’s rusty. The sophomore played indoor soccer with her club team in Huntley this winter after running cross country in the fall, and she’s already one of the most important players on a small G-K team. In last week’s 7-1 win over North Boone, Hebel controlled the midfield, distributing the ball

VIEWS Anthony Zilis with ease in the rout, and she’ll be asked to be a playmaker all season, especially after senior Julia Mendoza re-injured her knee after tearing her ACL last year. Hebel is just one of several unfamiliar names to watch now that

the girls soccer season is finally underway this season. Indian Creek goalkeeper Josie Diehl is coming off of a standout freshman campaign in basketball, and she’s off to a great start as the T-Wolves netminder. She posted a shutout against a strong H-BR attack in a 0-0 tie and allowed just one goal in three starts this season. Hiawatha has a pair of freshmen to watch in Yulissa Solis and

Jasmine Ascencio. Expect the pair to help make the Hawks into a strong offensive team over the next four years with their skill and speed on the ball. The pair have already stepped in to make Hiawatha a much more dangerous team. New players may have a hard time this year in a condensed season, but those four players have already stood out in just over a week of play.

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By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois head coach Rod Carey will sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley Field on April 17 when the Cubs take on the Texas Rangers at 7:05 p.m. Doing the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley could seem like a tall order, but Carey isn’t nervous. People like Mike Ditka and Ozzy Osbourne have looked pretty bad doing the gig. Carey feels he’ll be fine. “You know, I’ve seen

some people do it. I can’t be worse than the worst, right?” Carey said after Monday’s practice. “So, I’m not nervous.”

Other notes from Monday’s practice: • Carey said that after watching film of Saturday’s scrimmage he felt the defense stepped up and made some big plays, and the offensive line played with physicality. He said the team needs to clean up little things such as the first step and finishing tackles. • One player who made a lot of plays Monday was junior wideout Tommylee

Lewis. He’s NIU’s top receiver coming back, and he’s getting work in at multiple receiver positions. • A wideout who’s seeing more reps this spring is sophomore Juwan Brescacin, a native of Mississauga, Ont., he caught 11 passes at the end of last season, and Carey said he’s playing with confidence right now. “He used [the end of last year] to really springboard him, and his confidence is sky-high,” Carey said. “So, I like the way he’s playing with confidence right now is what I like. Any time an athlete’s playing with confidence, watch out.”

Volk: We’re really comfortable with each other • O-LINE Continued from page B1 “We know how everyone plays, we know everyone’s tendencies,” Volk said. “So we’re really comfortable with each other.” NIU head coach Rod

Carey is certainly familiar with his veteran line, having coached them in 2011 and 2012. He’s come to expect a lot, even using the word “dominance.” “You’ve got everybody coming back. They’ve all worked together and they all

know each other,” Carey said. “I want to see that unspoken communication where they can adjust on the fly, and I want to see that dominance that they need to [have] all the time. Not some of the time, all the time.”

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com The younger brother of former Kaneland baseball standout Bobby Thorson is starting to make his own mark with the Knights. Curtis Thorson, a junior right-hander, has made a strong early impression on coach Brian Aversa, most recently by shutting out Sterling, 1-0, in Saturday’s Northern Illinois Big 12 crossover. “When he’s on, he’s not hittable, and when he’s off, he’s just a little bit hittable,

so it’s not like he’s going to give up seven, 10 runs or something like that,” Aversa said. Thorson has seen action in limited duty early this season but Aversa said Saturday was the first time he had the chance to work deep into a game. Thorson anchored the Kaneland sophomore team’s pitching staff last season. Thorson’s older brother, Bobby Thorson, was a hard-throwing right-hander for the Knights’ 2011 IHSA Class 3A state championship team. Also a prolific slugger, Bobby Thorson is a sopho-

more at Elgin Community College who already has signed to move on to the Division I ranks next year at Campbell (N.C.). Curtis Thorson, meanwhile, is ‘more of a finesse pitcher,’ Aversa said. “He’s going to pick you apart,” Aversa said. “He’s going to find your weakness, and he’s going to exploit it.” The Knights’ game Monday at Rochelle was moved to Wednesday because of subpar field conditions. When Kaneland resumes action, Aversa will be looking for progress offensively.

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Jenkins also a substitute teacher in suburbs • JENKINS Continued from page B1 Jenkins spent two years at NIU after tranferring from Harper College, and spent most of his time on Jerry Kill and Dave Doeren’s teams as a reserve. He tallied 29 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks for the Huskies and he set his sights on landing a teaching job after graduating in 2012. But kicker Ryan Fillingham, a former teammate at both Harper and NIU, told him that the Slaughter were looking for a defensive tackle after a key player at the position left for the Canadian Football League. He jumped at the chance to play for coach Steve McMichael, a former defensive

tackle for the Chicago Bears, and he fit in right away last season in two games in the IFL, which ranks below the Arena Football League in the indoor football hierarchy. “I figured I was just going to play flag football and I was looking for a teaching job,” Jenkins said. “From the getgo, I got along with Coach McMichael, giving me pointers. I think they like me.” Jenkins, who also is a substitute teacher in the Chicago suburbs, is joined by two other former NIU players, kicker Chris Nednik and receiver Shatone Powers. After adjusting to the intricacies of indoor football last season, Jenkins is second in the league with seven sacks.

“It’s a lot different,” Jenkins said. “You can’t do any D-line stunts. You have to stay shoulder to shoulder on the d-line, which gives an advantage to the offensive line because you can’t come off the edge. It was an adjustment, but I got used to it after awhile and found out what I should be doing.” He’s still looking for a teaching job, but Jenkins hasn’t given up on playing professional football fulltime. “Right now, I’d like to keep this going as long as possible,” he said. “I’ll get some film and maybe I’ll be able to get into Arena or maybe CFL. I’ll send some film out and see what happens. I love playing for this team right now.”

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Young Master: Chinese 14-year-old looking for fun The kid has shown to be special in many ways. He went wire-to-wire in the Asia Pacific amateur, and he wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even rattled on the final hole at Amata Spring Country Club. With a belly putter he had been using for about six months, he calmly rapped in a 5-foot par putt for the one-shot win and a drive down Magnolia Lane â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in the passenger seat, of course. Age seems to have no limits these days in golf. Tiger Woods was 21 when he set 20 records to win the 1997 Masters. Sergio Garcia was 19 when he nearly beat Woods in the PGA Championship two years later. Morgan Pressel was 18 when she won a major championship on the LPGA Tour. Lydia Ko was 15 when she won the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Canadian Open last year on the LPGA Tour. Even so, this is the Masters. Guan is 14, the only player in the field who brought his eighth-grade homework with him to Augusta National. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew he was young,â&#x20AC;? Steve Stricker said Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know he was the same age as my daughter. Yeah, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkable. And Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been telling my daughter the same with this Lydia Ko, who has been playing on the LPGA Tour.

By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Guan Tianlang is in good company this week at Augusta National. He played a practice round Monday with two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw, then headed out in the afternoon with Tiger Woods. He has a game lined up today with Tom Watson, an eight-time major champion. On Wednesday, he plans to play the Par 3 Tournament with Nick Faldo, winner of six majors. Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t he play with someone his own age? Not at this Masters. Guan is the 14-year-old from China, the youngest to ever play in the Masters and the youngest player at any major in 148 years. He qualified by winning the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship last fall in Thailand, and now he gets a crack at the best in the game, on one of the most famous golf courses in the world. Nerves? So far, only a big smile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really excited in the morning when I come out on the course and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s many people here,â&#x20AC;? Guan said Monday, conducting his news conference in English with a Chinese translator at his side in case he needed help. He rarely did.

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Tiger Woods (right) gives direction to amateur Guan Tianlang on the 11th green during a practice round for the Masters golf tournament Monday in Augusta, Ga. I just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t imagine being that young and competing at this level at such an early age. It will be interesting. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be interested to see how he does and how he handles it and how he plays. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkable that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even playing.â&#x20AC;? The only player younger than Guan in a major championship was Young Tom Morris, who was about a month younger in the 1865 British Open.

He arrived a few weeks ago and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get enough of Augusta. Guan figures he already has played six rounds, and he was with a member the day he shot 69. Whether that translates in the tournament is another story. Guan played in the Australian Open in December and opened with an 82 at The Lakes in Sydney. He bounced back with a 70 the next day, though the first-round score

was enough to imagine what kind of number waits on the 7,445-yard course at Augusta National, where just getting to the slick, contoured putting surfaces is part of the challenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would say Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not long enough, but I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still all right in this golf course,â&#x20AC;? Guan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I drive a little bit longer in Thailand than here, but I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still all right, not a really serious problem.â&#x20AC;? At least heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finding the right kind of help. A friend at his home course in China knows Crenshaw and passed along the message that the kid wanted to play a practice round with him. Crenshaw gladly obliged, and was impressed with what he saw. Guan did not go wire-to-wire in Thailand on accident. Crenshaw studied his touch, balance and rhythm, and he tried to show him the nuances of the slopes on the greens. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was fascinating to see,â&#x20AC;? Crenshaw said. Guan planned to stay in the Crowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest on Monday night, the tiny quarters set aside for the six amateurs in the field this week. He has been spending long days at Augusta in the week leading to the Masters, not leaving until twilight Saturday.

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Bisexual woman should show her rainbow Dear Abby: I am writing in response to your answer to “Bi in the Deep South” (Jan. 2), the woman who is happily married to a man, but who now realizes she is bisexual and wants to come out. My wife is an out bisexual woman. You were correct that it is possible to be bisexual without having acted on it, as people are not defined solely by the partner they have. Precisely for that reason, some individuals feel that “bisexual” is who they are, and to omit it feels like living a lie. The notion that stating one’s bisexuality is “advertising that one is available” is why my wife chose to come out – to combat this misconception. Just as straights can be attracted to people of the

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips opposite sex besides their spouse, so might a coupled bisexual person be attracted to other individuals of both genders. Bisexuals, however, are no more likely to ACT on this attraction than anyone else. “Bi” should just be herself and tell anyone who needs to know when she feels comfortable telling them. And you’re right, Abby – she should tell her husband first. But if her marriage is as strong and happy as she indicated, I’m pretty sure he already knows. I know I did. – Jon in North Carolina

Dear Jon: Thank you for writing. The comments I received about that letter were passionate and informed: Dear Abby: Bisexual women and men who begin identifying and clarifying their sexual identities in the context of committed relationships need spaces where they can sort through their understandings of themselves. A support group that is either counselor- or peer-led, in-person or online, can be an important resource to help “Bi in the Deep South” recognize that others have also experienced what she is going through and she can learn from them. She will see there is a place of support and encouragement where it’s OK to talk about what bisexuality means for her.

Being part of such a group can be particularly liberating. – Licensed Counselor, Austin, Texas Dear Abby: If “Bi in the Deep South” is comfortable enough with who she is to tell someone, she should not be advised to stay in the closet to any degree. She has the right to be honest with herself and her family and not go through life hiding. As for posting one’s sexual orientation on social media profiles, doing so does not change your relationship status. You can be both “in a committed relationship” AND “bisexual.” They are not mutually exclusive. – Bi in The Pacific Northwest Dear Abby: There is real power in coming out, in voicing your authentic self. There

is an emotional cost to remaining silent. Many who do so feel like they are allowing others to assume things about them that are just not true. I speak from personal experience. I was silent for five years, and the day I started talking about the fact that I am bisexual, I felt as though a huge weight had been lifted off me. I hope “Bi in the Deep South” will find the courage to come out and fly her rainbow colors. Although she may have to correct some people’s misconceptions of what it means to identify as bisexual, she will feel much better. – Robyn in Massachusetts

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Learning how cells age may aid anti-aging Dear Dr. K: I see advertisements about various treatments that stop your cells from aging. Is there anything to that? What happens to our cells as we age? Dear Reader: There are no treatments that can stop our cells from aging. But in the past 10 years scientists have made giant steps in understanding what causes cells to age. That knowledge could lead to true “anti-aging” treatments. As for what happens to our cells as we age, I’d rephrase the question: What happens to us as our cells age? Our bodies are made up of trillions of cells. As we get older, so too do our cells. And

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff like us, our cells do not live forever. Most of the cells in our bodies today were not with us when we were born. From birth through adulthood, new cells are constantly forming; that’s how our bodies grow larger. Cells “grow” not by getting bigger, but by dividing in two. This process is called mitosis. Normally, the two cells that result from mitosis are identical right down to the last bit of genetic information. Once we reach adulthood,

our cells don’t need to divide to help our bodies grow bigger. They divide only to replace cells that have died or been damaged. This happens differently in different organs. Liver cells, for example, multiply only in response to injury. But skin cells continue to divide regularly, even if the skin hasn’t been injured, though at a pace that slows over time. Cells can split only a limited number of times. For example, fibroblasts, the collagen-producing skin cells, typically divide about 50 times. Once a cell reaches this end point, it enters a stage in which it no longer divides and finally dies. When the cell

receives certain chemical signals that its time is up, the cell switches on a program called apoptosis that leads to the cell’s death. In other words, a cell that learns its time has come commits suicide. Each time a cell divides, a little bit of the telomere – DNA at the tip of each chromosome – is lost. Thus, telomeres of young cells are longer than the telomeres of middle-aged cells, which in turn are longer than the telomeres of old cells. When the telomeres become very short, the cell can no longer divide, and it dies. (I’ve put an illustration of cell division and its effect on telomere length on my website.)

Along with telomeres that get shorter, older cells also suffer increasing damage to their DNA. In addition, the mitochondria – the little “batteries” inside each cell that supply its energy – start to become less efficient. The bottom line is this: We get older because our cells get older. What makes a cell age, and what could help keep a cell young, were nearly total mysteries just 25 years ago. Since then, medical research has provided many answers. Because of that research, I believe that someday we will be able to slow aging.

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’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace Jerry is aware that people make comments about me being taller, but it doesn’t bother him. He even insists that I wear high heels when we dress up for a date. However, I’m the one who feels self-conscious. Will I eventually get over this very stupid feeling? When we’re alone, I never feel this way. It’s only when we’re in public and I think people are staring at us, or when a family member or friend makes an insensitive remark, that I get a twinge of

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TODAY – Moving into a new residence could be one of the many changes you are likely to make in the year ahead. Even if at the present time you cannot imagine it, start planning for it anyway. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Don’t allow size, circumstances or people to intimidate you. A positive attitude could work wonders at this time, especially when the stakes are high. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – New life can be breathed into an enterprise that you were going to toss onto the scrap heap. You’ll be glad you gave it a second shot. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Relax and allow yourself to tune into some fortuitous currents. Circumstances are shifting in your favor; you just need to pay attention to them. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Something quite fortunate could be escaping your notice. However, you’ll shortly learn of it, and when you do, it’ll make you very happy. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – There is a lucrative market for some special talent or knowledge that you possess. However, it will be up to you to make your wares known. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Be aware and on top of developments, because a big opportunity could present itself through an unusual source. It might usher in the big change that you’ve been waiting for. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Involve yourself with the type of people who can make things happen and substantial benefits are probable. You’ll find that you need these successful types more than they need you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You’re in a different kind of cycle that could produce some unusual but excellent results. Several of your ambitions now have good chances of being fulfilled. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Several close associates hold you in high esteem. These people want you to succeed, and will do what they can to help you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Although you usually function best when you focus on one thing at a time, today could be an exception. The more that is being thrown at you, the better. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – An endeavor in which you’re involved is now being managed by someone who isn’t as capable as you are. It’s time you assume management of the situation. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Over the coming months, you could be in one of the strongest financial trends you’ve ever experienced. There will be some lows, but they will be greatly outnumbered by the highs.

self-consciousness. – Nameless, Portland, Maine Nameless: I’m sorry to hear that a few insensitive idiots are causing you such unnecessary discomfort. When people stare, it’s natural to feel self-conscious. Fortunately, your boyfriend is relaxed about it. Now it’s your turn to relax. Jerry is a keeper. Be thankful that you will marry him and live happily ever after. Dr. Wallace: I’m 16, play soccer and tennis and work hard to maintain a trim, healthy body. I eat properly and exercise daily. I’m 5 feet 4 inches tall and weigh 109 pounds. My grandmother keeps telling my parents that I

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look anemic and sickly. That simply is not true. I’m a healthy, vibrant and very happy teenager. I’m getting tired of being called “Skinny Minnie” by my grandmother. My mother is a bit overweight, but my father has a slim build. I’m sure my grandmother makes fun of me because I look more like my father than my mother, who happens to be her daughter. What can I do to get my grandmother to stop making rude remarks about my body build? My mother has never referred to me as “Skinny Minnie.” I hate the word skinny. – Hannah, Magnolia, Ga. Hannah: Insulting words

can be extremely hurtful, especially when they come from such a close relative. Grandma’s rudeness is definitely out of control. Maybe you can defuse it with a sense of humor. For instance, the next time she calls you “Skinny Minnie,” just smile and say, “Thanks, Grandmother. I’ll take that as a compliment.” If this doesn’t work, talk to Mom and let her know how deeply such remarks are hurting you. I’m with you regarding the word “skinny.” It’s mean-spirited and should be replaced with “slim” or “slender.”

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

8CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

Balancing the two-no-trump Celine Dion said, “Golf is a search for perfection, for balance. It’s about meditation and concentration. You have to use hand and brain.” In bridge you must use your brain to gain the most from each hand you hold. And in this week’s columns, we are looking at balancing, when one player, if he passes, will end the auction. If the dealer opens one of a suit, the next two players pass, and the fourth player jump-overcalls two no-trump, it is no longer unusual, showing at least 5-5 in the two lowest unbid suits. Now it is natural. In principle, the intervenor has a hand with which he would have opened two no-trump, but he might be a point or two short of the normal requirements when he has a respectable six-card minor. In this deal, though, South has a classic two-no-trump opening and a balancing two-no-trump overcall. North transfers into hearts, then rebids three no-trump to offer a choice of games. South, with only two hearts, passes. After West leads the spade queen, how should South plan the play? Declarer starts with eight top tricks: two spades, three hearts and three clubs. He should work to get a fourth heart winner. After winning the first trick in his hand with the spade ace (to keep dummy’s king as an entry), South should cash his heart ace, then overtake the heart queen with dummy’s king. He continues with the heart 10 to drive out the jack and ends with nine tricks. Note that if declarer gets greedy, cashing his two hearts, then crossing to the spade king, he goes down.

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BED - Queen Size Bed, fair condition, Wicker includes headboard, footboard, side rails, slats as well as dresser and mirror and 1 night stand. $200. 815-751-0504 BOOKSHELF - Wood Foldable Fold Up Bookshelf, $15. Sycamore, 815-895-5373 COUCH - Good condition couch for sale. Tan and brown muted floral print with beautiful wood trim on front and legs. Fabric is in great condition. Asking only $240/obo. Must be able to pick up. Located in Somonauk. 920-915-4155 Please leave message if interested.

YEARBOOKS (7) – From 1970's various high school & junior highs. $45 for all. 847-515-8012 Huntley area

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

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CAR - Little Tikes Child Cozy Coupe Ride On Car, Red & Yellow, $20. 815-739-1953, DeKalb.

DeKalb – 1148 ½ Market St. 2 BD upper apt. 1st/sec dep. $600 month 815-756-6201

Large 2BR, carport, a/c, laundry. Clean, quiet and secure. $750/mo. J&A RE. 815-970-0679 DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location! No pets/smoking. Agent Owned. 815-758-6712

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DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts. 815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com 2 Bed Lower Apt. in DeKalb. Appliances, Washer & Dryer, 2 car Garage. $650 mo + uttiilies &deposit. 1 yr lease. No pets 815-825-2374 Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb Studio SPECIALS Starting at $395 ONE MONTH FREE WITH AD Recently updated! Affordable heat. Walk to shops! (815) 562-6425 www.whiteoakapartments.net

GENOA LARGE 1BR Off-St parking, appls, W/D, garbage. No pets. $570/mo+sec. 815-761-1975 Genoa. 1BR, freshly painted, new carpet. All appls, A/C. Quiet neighborhood. Off street parking. $525/mo. 815-751-5201

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

KIRKLAND UPPER 2 BEDROOM No pets or smoking. $550/mo + deposit & utilities. 815-761-5574~779-774-3042

Malta: quiet, upper 2BR, appl., laundry, A/C, extra storage, NO PETS 815-751-0480 ROCHELLE 1 & 2 BEDROOM

Available now. Remodeled, clean and quiet, $425 & $550. 815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346

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

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Cortland: 2BR, 2BA, condo, all appliances, A/C, carport, quiet building, Townsend Management 815-787-7368 DeKalb: multi story condo, 2BR, 2.5BA, 2 car gar., balcony, W/D, freshly painted, new carpet, 815-739-4783

Summit Enclave 2BR Condo

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STROLLER - Big Bird Baby Child Stroller With Adjustable Canopy Sun Shade With Seat Belt & Underneath Storage, Fully Collapsable, $25, 815-739-1953, DeKalb. STROLLER - Graco Duo Glider Double Baby Child Stroller Complete With Adjustable Canopy Sun Shades, Trays, Foot Rests & Seat Belts, Large Underneath Storage Area, Neutral Colors Navy Blue With Hints of Yellow & White, Fully Collapsable, Like New, $100. 815-739-1953, DeKalb. STROLLERS - Single stroller $15, Double stroller $25. Both in good condition. 815-762-7584

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Precious Moments Dated 1987 Club Figurine, "Love Is The Best Gift Of All", Great Condition, No box, $8, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953. Precious Moments Wedding Figurine "The Lord Bless & Keep You" E-3114. Great Condition, No Box, $8, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

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lighted w/3 glass front 30”Wx72”H 3 shelves & storage on the bottom, oak finish $200 815-758-8529 LIVING ROOM SET - 3 Piece. New white with pastel flowers. couch, loveseat, chair. $399. 630-406-6783 OFFICE DESK CHAIR on Wheels With Arm Rests, Dark Green & Grey In Color, $15, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953

SOFA - Lazy Boy Sofa, fair condition, brown, $200. 815-751-0504 WOOD STAND (Not Particle Board) With One Shelf Across Top And One Across Bottom, great for any room, $12, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953.

TIRES - New 27x850-15 Skidsteer tires. Samson Skid Steer Sidewinder Mudder XHD 10 ply tires. $115 ea. Other sizes available. 815-8950244 www.gearworkstire.com

JEWELRY BOX - Great For an anytime gift! Hanging Jewelry Box With Door To Display Photos In, Espresso Finish, New, $20. 815-895-5373. Sycamore. MIRROR - Jewel Case Lighted 3Drawer Mirror With 1X and 5X Magnification Mirror, New, $15. Great for an anytime gift! 815-895-5373. Sycamore

LAWN CHAIR - New Green Bay Packers Fold Up Lawn Chair With Storage Bag, $15. Sycamore 815-895-5373 SIMPLISITY 3416H simplisity with mower. Asking $400. Call 815-501-5953

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DRILL - Milwaukee 4' Right Angle Drill, $190. Sycamore. 815-895-5373 TABLE SAW - 10" Craftsman Heavy Duty Table Saw On Wheels & Large Deck, $195. Sycamore. 815-895-5373 Tool Box for Full Size Pick Up Truck. Craftsman. Good cond. $175. 815-895-7426 WET DRY VAC - 16 Gallon Craftsman Wet Dry Vac With Attachments, $45. Sycamore, 815-895-5373. WIRE RACK - Ideal 25 Spool Heavy Duty Wire Rack $160. Sycamore, 815-895-5373

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STEEL GARDEN GATE - 32 x 46, galvanized chain link. $45. 847-515-8012 Huntley area

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

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$16,499.00

University Village Apts. 722 N. Annie Glidden Rd.

847-525-2519

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Rims (4) American Racing, Chrome, Size 16x7.5, style # 627. Paid $2000, asking $400. 815-970-3055

DeKalb ~ 206 Gurler St.

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

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Newer large 2BR, 1.5BA, appl, c/a. Basement, W/D, patio, 1 car gar. $900 + util, 1st, last sec, no pets. 1 year lease. 815-758-8335

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THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF SYCAMORE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 14, 2003, IN PLAT CABINET #9 AT SLIDE #57-A, AS DOCUMENT NO. 2003009962, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 1154 ARNEITA STREET, SYCAMORE, IL 60178 and which said Mortgage was made by, RANDY HUGHES A/K/A RANDY A. HUGHES; KELLY HUGHES; Mortgagor (s), to M.E.R.S., INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COLONIAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF * Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DEKALB County, Illinois, as Document No. 2007009985; and for other relief. UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Maureen A. Josh DeKalb Cnty Circuit Clerk 133 W. State Street Sycamore, Illinois 60178 on or before April 25, 2013, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1302308 I519362 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 26, April 2 & 9, 2013.)

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Owner: Ellwood House Association 509 N. First Street DeKalb, IL 60115 Sealed bids will be received and contract awarded for construction of accessibility and safety upgrades to two properties listed above. The improvements to the historic residence and surrounding properties will allow the structure to be used for museum purposes. The improvements will include emergency lighting, exit signage, a new accessible toilet room, a ramp from grade to the existing terrace, and various other safety improvements. The project will also include replacement of portions damaged concrete driveway, a new accessible sidewalk from the residence to the Visitors' Center, five parking spaces and related signage, and construction of a bioinfiltration rain garden and landscaping.

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS COLONIAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF COLONIAL SAVINGS, F.A. PLAINTIFF VS RANDY HUGHES A/K/A RANDY A. HUGHES; KELLY HUGHES; THE LAW OFFICE OF CHRISTINE TAYLOR; KANE COUNTY TEACHERS CREDIT UNION; TOWNSEND POND ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 13 CH 119 1154 ARNEITA STREET SYCAMORE, IL 60178 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, TOWNSEND POND ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 181 IN TOWNSEND WOODS, P.U.D. PHASE ONE, UNIT FOUR, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF

A Pre-Bid Meeting and Site Examination is scheduled for 2:00 PM, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. Owner representatives and the Architect will be present. It is mandatory for all General Contract Bidders to attend this inspection meeting to be considered for the contract award. The Owners reserve the right to reject any and all proposals, parts of any and all proposals, or to waive technical errors or omissions in submitted proposals. The Owners further reserve the right in its discretion to award the project to the most responsible bidder whose offer best responds in quality, fitness and capacity to the requirements of the proposed work or usage and the best interest of the Owners. No submitted bid may be withdrawn until a period of sixty (60) days after the bid opening date, without written consent of the Owners. The Owners encourage minority business firms to submit bids on this project and the successful contract bidder to utilize minority businesses as sub-contractors for supplies, equipment, services and construction.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: DEBORAH E STARKS FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on May 22, 2013, at 9:00 A.M., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Deborah E Starks will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from DEBORAH E STARKS to KATINA GIOVANNIA CAMONI pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire. Deborah E Starks 639 South Inverness Street Maple Park, IL 60151 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 26, April 2 & 9, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: SARIYAH NEKOLE KIRKSEY FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on May 13, 2013, at 9:00 A.M., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Telisha L. Moyer will file his/her petition requesting that his/her child's name be changed from SARIYAH NEKOLE KIRKSEY to SARIYAH NEKOLE MOYER pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire. Telisha L. Moyer 110 E. Lincoln Ave., Unit 6 Hinckley, IL 60520 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 26, April 2 & 9, 2013.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on March 22, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as DC DOOR located at 1012 Garden Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115.

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