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County to pay remaining $378K Special prosecutor bill may drain contingency fund for fiscal ’13 by 75 percent By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Its legal options exhausted and a court order in hand, the McHenry County Board will pay the full remaining amount billed by two special prosecutors appointed to

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investigate vindicated State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi. The board’s Finance and Audit Committee will vote Tuesday morning to recommend paying $378,327 to settle the bill of special prosecutors Henry Tonigan, Thomas McQueen and computer forensics firm Quest Diagnostics.

The county’s legal appeal of the charges officially ended with a March 28 court order to pay the bill. The order comes from McHenry County Judge Gordon Graham, who appointed Tonigan and McQueen four years ago. The bill includes almost $29,000 in inter-

est – a 6 percent annual interest and a per diem interest for every day the bill goes unpaid. County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill, R-Woodstock, said she is not happy with paying the bill, but said she is satisfied the affair resulted in a new law that curtails judges’ ability to appoint

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special prosecutors – a county judge last year rejected two other special prosecutor requests. “What I’m satisfied with is that our legislative delegation was able to pass some restrictions on how special prosecutors

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Volunteer Dale Puralewski (from left) of Huntley, Sally Guge of Huntley and Sharon Kothe of Huntley set up an electronic touch screen voting machine Monday at the Grafton Precinct 22 polling place at Huntley Village Hall.

id you know today is election day? If you’re a registered voter, it’s likely that less than 18 percent of you will vote in the consolidated election. But take a look at your property-tax bill because the people elected today will be 100 percent responsible for most of the services you pay for, and in some cases, how much you’ll pay. There are mayor and village

president contests in McHenry, Cary, Harvard, Johnsburg, Fox Lake, Island Lake, Hebron, Lakemoor and Barrington Hills, and there are contested races for village boards and city councils in many communities. School boards including McHenry County College, Woodstock District 200, Crystal Lake District 47 and several others also have contested races, as do a few townships, fire boards and

library districts. Every voter in McHenry County also can decide whether to create and fund a new “377 board” taxing district to pay for services for developmental disabilities, and there are a few other local referendum questions. We’ll be keeping score live tonight and presenting as much election information as possible in Wednesday’s Northwest Herald.

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ELECTION DAY AT A GLANCE • You still can get candidate profiles, videos and stories by checking the Northwest Herald’s Election Central, elections.nwherald.com. • Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Find your polling place at www.co.mchenry.il.us. • After polls close, Election Central will post live results at NWHerald.com as returns become available. • Join the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #NWHElect to interact with other voters, as well as Northwest Herald reporters and editors. • Check out Wednesday’s Northwest Herald for complete coverage.

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A repeal of the county’s ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas is headed to the full McHenry County Board next week for a vote. Many county municipalities allow video gambling, which bar and restaurant owners in rural areas say is not only unfair but also a definite hit to their revenue. For more, see

District 300 board members Monday resoundingly rejected a proposed online charter school that would have taken thousands of dollars away from district coffers. The district had projected to lose anywhere between $535,430 to $906,700 annually in tax dollars, if the charter school was approved.

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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 Margaret her from No. 10 Thatcher 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 halfstaff 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,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said. 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.”

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Read more Margaret Thatcher tried to use the athletic arena as a political weapon of sorts during the Cold War, and even took on the soccer establishment as violence at matches damaged the nation’s image. PAGE C2.

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Living life in Spring Delay Mode It’s not like I hate winter. In fact, if it wasn’t for winter, I would have never discovered the potential of the frozen Fox River when combined with a pair of skates, a hockey stick and a puck. Yep, without winter I would have missed out on the glory of deftly stickhandling across the icy surface and slapping in the winning goal … not to mention the stitches in the forehead and countless shin bruises. But as much as I enjoyed the blessings of winter, the promise of spring held for me a natural change of pace, from cold steel on ice to the smack of a ball against the gently oiled leather of a Nellie Fox baseball mitt. Spring would yield to summer as baseball thrived and soda pop refreshed, followed by the gentle transition to fall and football and pumpkin pie. The changes of the seasons became to me like a secure and soothing hand leading me through the years, guiding me from one way of life to another. From warm to hot to cool to cold and back again to warm, it was as if my very existence was determined by the temperature, and as long as I could

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JUST HUMOR ME Michael Penkava depend upon the coming and going of the seasons, my life had order and security. But lately I’m starting to worry. Smooth seasonal transition has given way to dysfunctional weather patterns. Now we can go from winter to summer, skipping an entire spring season. We can move from summer to winter, wondering what happened to fall. Why, I wouldn’t be surprised if soon we will be reduced to just two seasons, called “Sprummer” and “Finter.” I really don’t know what’s behind all of this. Some scientists think we’re moving down the path of global warming. Others argue that the Ice Man Cometh, bringing with him chilling possibilities. I’m not a weather expert, but my theory is that maybe what we are experiencing are simply normal cyclic climactic weather fluc-

tuations caused by stationary fronts with abnormally broad temperature gradients that trigger widely spaced isobar lines … ergo, goofy weather. Be that as it may, they say that March 21 is the first day of spring, and here we are about 20 days later. Sure, we’ve had a few pretty nice days where the temperature has crept into the 50s. and we’ve finally even flirted with 60 degrees, but a 70-degree day may not be due until sometime in May. For those of us who back in November set our sights on the middle of March as the “If I can survive until then, I’ll be fine” target goal, this Spring Delay Mode is starting to be as stale as a leftover piece of a bacon/ fried egg/cheeseburger pizza that’s been sitting lost in the fridge since the Super Bowl. Being the assistant apprentice to the master gardener, I am poised for action with my True Temper 1.25-cubic-foot wheelbarrow, my Kodiak 16-Tined Forged Thatching Rake, and my Fiskars Ultra Light Gardener Kneepads. My wife sits alongside a 3-foot stack of seed and garden supply

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magazines as she diagrams this year’s beds in her Gardener’s Paradise Journal. We are as ready for spring as a bumblebee is for the nectar of an alcea rugosa. So maybe we are experiencing a longer Frinter than expected. Perhaps a delayed Sprummer is in the longrange forecast. That being the case, we have no recourse but to be patient and accept whatever the wind blows our way, along with whatever those stinkin’ isobar thingies decide to do. As for me, I’m not putting away my skates and hockey stick just yet. Maybe I can still plant a few more pucks into the goal. At least until spring is really here to stay. Which this year may not be until fall.

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Pet owner to feds: The dog ate my money HELENA, Mont. – A Montana man whose 12-year-old golden retriever ate five $100 bills hopes to be reimbursed by the federal government. Wayne Klinkel told the Independent Record that his dog Sundance ate the bills while he and his wife were on a road trip to visit their daughter. Klinkel said he carefully picked through the dog’s droppings. He said he washed the remnants of the bills and taped them together and sent them to the Treasury Department’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The bureau’s website says an “experienced mutilated currency examiner” will determine if at least 51 percent of a bill is present and eligible for reimbursement, which can take up to two years.

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Postal Service loses money despite customer growth By PAULINE JELINEK The Associated Press WASHINGTON – What business gets more customers every year, yet keeps losing money? The U.S. Postal Service delivers mail to 11 million more homes, offices and other addresses than it did a decade ago, even as the amount of mail that people in the United States receive has dropped sharply. That combination may be financially dicey, some analysts say. “The more delivery points they have to service, the higher their costs” in fuel, time

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Father: Slain diplomat died doing what she loved By SOPHIA TAREEN 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 textbooks to school children. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The 25-year-old suburban Chicago 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 Asso- Anne ciated Press on Smedinghoff Sunday. “She was tailor-made for this job.” Anne Smedinghoff grew up in River Forest, the daughter

of an attorney and the second of four children. She attended the highly selective 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 Af-

ghan capital of Kabul, Solmaz Sharisi said her desk was next to Smedinghoff’s at the embassy, where they both worked as assistant information officers. Working frequently with Western and Afghan journalists, the two became close friends, Sharisi said. “What I admired most was her energy and enthusiasm and an unwavering commitment to the work she was doing,” Sharisi said. “And it real-

ly did have an impact.” One of Smedinghoff’s favorite projects was working with the Afghan women’s soccer team and helping it gain greater acceptance inside Afghanistan. To ensure she would better interact with the Afghan players, Smedinghoff even practiced her own soccer skills on her days off, Sharisi said. “She was young but she almost seemed like a seasoned foreign diplomat,” Sharisi said.

Obama’s domestic N.C. pit collapse that killed 2 kids investigated agenda to be tested By MITCH WEISS

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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 at least 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 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 wheth-

er 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 himself flew to 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. In the midst of all that, Obama 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 many of the president’s fellow Democrats balk at his proposals for smaller annual increases in Social Security and other federal benefit programs.

STANLEY, N.C. – The bodies of two young cousins were recovered Monday from the collapsed rubble of a 24-footdeep 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

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Bradley Jones wipes a tear from his eye Monday as he remembers the two children that his daughter has babysat for the past few months in Stanley, N.C. Both young children were killed Sunday when a dirt wall of a construction site near their home collapsed. the rural site on a two-lane road dotted with modular and mobile homes. Later Monday, sheriff’s deputies removed firearms

and the marijuana plant from the mobile home. The 31-yearold father is a felon who is not allowed to have guns. He was convicted in 2003 for posses-

te Foods, Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. and many other makers of baby foods and juices are selling products containing lead at levels that require warning labels under California Proposition 65, the Environmental Law Foundation asserts. Lawyers for the food companies say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration tested products targeted in the lawsuit and decided levels were below the federal standards that require a warning.

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sion 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 of any permits that had been issued for the work or plans detailing the project. Burleson described the pit 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.

8NATION BRIEFS Trial begins over baby food lead warning SAN FRANCISCO – A trial began Monday in a lawsuit filed by an environmental group against the nation’s largest baby food makers aimed at forcing the companies to alert consumers that some products contains low amounts of lead. The trial will help determine if the products must carry warning labels in California. Gerber Products Co., Del Mon-

CONCORD, N.H. – A man who took hostages at a Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign office in 2007 has been caught less than 24 hours after walking away from a minimum-security correctional facility, authorities said Monday. Leeland Eisenberg was arrested on an escape charge without incident about 8:30 a.m. on

Monday. He was found in the lobby of the Manchester Community Resource Center, looking through job applications, said Jeffrey Lyons, Corrections Department spokesman. Eisenberg, 52, was being brought back to the state prison in Concord and faced an indictment on the escape charge, a felony punishable by 3½ to 7 years in prison, Lyons said.

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Suicide blast in Syrian capital kills at least 15 The ASSOCIATED PRESS DAMASCUS, Syria – A suicide car bomber struck Monday in the financial heart of Syria’s capital, killing at least 15 people, damaging the nearby central bank and incinerating cars and trees in the neighborhood. The attack was the latest in a recent series of bombings to hit Damascus in the civil war, slowly closing in on President Bashar Assad’s base of power in the capital. Rebel fighters have chipped away at the regime’s hold in northern and eastern Syria, as well as making significant gains in the south, helped in part by an influx of foreign-funded weapons. The blast was adjacent Sabaa Bahrat Square – near the state-run Syrian Investment Agency, the Syrian Central Bank and the Finance Ministry – and dealt a symbolic blow to the nation’s ailing economy. In the early days of the

2-year-old uprising, the grandiose roundabout was home to huge pro-regime demonstrations with a gigantic poster of Assad hung over the central bank headquarters. The area was a very different scene Monday. State TV showed several cars on fire and thick black smoke billowing above the tree-lined street. At least six bodies were sprawled on the pavement. Paramedics carried a young woman on a stretcher, her face bloodied and her white shirt stained red. A man placed a T-shirt over a victim whose face was blown off. Firefighters struggled to extinguish flames that engulfed the two buildings as well as a row of cars near the roundabout. State media put the toll at 15 dead and 146 wounded. Witnesses said the suicide attacker tried to ram the vehicle into the investment agency but was stopped by guards, forcing the bomber to

detonate the explosives at the gate. Visiting a mosque across the street that was damaged in the blast, Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi described the attack as “the work of cowards” and vowed the army would crush all armed groups fighting the government. Shattered glass and torn curtains littered the mosque’s red carpet. Some people wandering through the twisted metal, body parts and rubble on the street and directed their anger at countries supporting the rebellion. “I want to say to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey that the Syrian people stand firm behind their leadership, and they are steadfast and will never kneel down, and we will emerge victorious,” said engineer Saeed Halabi, 54, calling the attack a “terrorist and cowardly act.” The U.N. estimates that more than 70,000 people have been killed in the civil war.

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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama cleared the way Monday for the U.S. to arm and train Somali forces, taking a step toward normal relations with the East African nation as it works to build confidence in its newly recognized government. In a memo to Secretary of State John Kerry, Obama said he has determined that supplying defense equipment and services “will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.” The move doesn’t provide new assistance to Somalia, but allows Kerry to consider that step in the future.

8BRIEFS J.C. Penney ousts CEO Ron Johnson NEW YORK – J.C. Penney’s board of directors has ousted CEO Ron Johnson after only 16 months on the job as a risky turnaround strategy backfired and led to massive losses and steep sales drops. The department store chain said late Monday in a statement that it has rehired Johnson’s predecessor, Mike Ullman, 66, who was CEO of the department store chain for seven years until November 2011. The announcement comes as a growing chorus of critics including a former Penney CEO, Allen Questrom, called for his resignation as they lost faith in an aggressive overhaul plan that included getting rid of most

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate has confirmed Mary Jo White’s nomination as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, making her the first former prosecutor to lead the federal agency that oversees Wall Street. White was approved Monday by a Senate voice vote. She will replace Elisse Walter, who has been interim SEC chairman since Mary Schapiro resigned in December. President Barack Obama nominated White, who had served as U.S. attorney in Manhattan from

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Continued from page A1 can be employed and the cost,” Hill said. “This isn’t a good day for McHenry County, but these are the rules, and they’re the rules we have to play by.” Like previous payments, the resolution before the committee takes it out of the $500,000 contingency fund, draining it for fiscal 2013 by 75 percent. However, the committee could decide to take the payment from county government’s general fund reserve, which ended fiscal 2012 with $53.2 million. The payment will go before the full County Board next week for official approval. This bill will bring the amount taxpayers have footed for the investigation to almost $780,000. It does not count the possibility that county taxpayers will have to pay for McQueen’s legal defense against a civil-rights lawsuit brought against him by Bianchi and his fellow acquitted defendants. Graham appointed Tonigan and McQueen in 2009 to investigate claims by Bianchi’s former secretary that he had her do campaign work for him on taxpayer time. A special grand jury handed down 21 corruption counts against Bianchi, and six against his subsequent secretary, Joyce Synek. Graham authorized McQueen and Tonigan to expand their investigation, which resulted in three more charges against Bianchi, and one each against state’s attorney investigators Ron Salgado and Michael McCleary. In two bench trials in 2011, a Winnebago County judge acquitted Bianchi and Synek of all charges without the defense having to call a single witness. The judge threw out

$378,327 – The amount that McHenry County taxpayers will have to pay to settle the bill for court-appointed special prosecutors Henry Tonigan and Thomas McQueen and the computer forensics firm they hired. 32 – The number of charges the special prosecutors brought against State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi, his secretary and two of his office’s investigators. 0 – The number of convictions that came from the investigation. $105,000 – The amount the county recouped when Tonigan settled a federal civil-rights lawsuit filed against him by the former defendants. 2 – Requests for special prosecutors that McHenry County judges have rejected relating to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.

Source: Northwest Herald archives the charges against Salgado and McCleary. The county went to court to fight the special prosecutors’ bills, arguing they should be paid $91.50 an hour based on the state’s attorney annual salary, not the $250-an-hour rate they received. However, the courts eventually sided with the special prosecutors – an appellate court ruled in their favor in September. Of the outstanding amount, Tonigan is owed $90,126, McQueen is owed $203,297, and Quest is owed $84,904. The county recouped $105,000 from Tonigan’s settlement of the civil-rights lawsuit filed against him and McQueen. The County Board agreed to pay $275,000 to help cover Bianchi’s and Synek’s legal fees in exchange for reimbursement should they receive damages. The lawsuit alleges false

arrest, malicious prosecution and conspiracy initiated by Bianchi’s political enemies to remove him from office. Tonigan denied culpability in agreeing to the settlement, but the lawsuit against McQueen is ongoing. Bianchi, a Republican, ran unopposed in the 2012 primary and election to win a third four-year term. The taxpayer-funded legal drama prompted a change in state law to prevent it from happening again. A judge contemplating a special prosecutor now must reach out first to other public agencies to see whether they can investigate at no cost to the county. If a special prosecutor cannot be avoided, county government has the right to participate in all agreements regarding the prosecutor’s pay and has the right to an itemized list of expenses. The new law forbids a judge from expanding the scope of a special prosecutor’s investigation without prior notice to county government. Judges in two unrelated cases regarding conduct in the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office have rejected requests to appoint special prosecutors. McHenry County Judge Thomas Meyer in April 2012 rejected a deputy’s request for a special prosecutor to investigate whether Sheriff Keith Nygren misused a seven-point star for political purposes. Meyer in November rejected a request by another deputy to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether Undersheriff Andrew Zinke interfered with a federal drug investigation by tipping off a local business owner. Bianchi concluded in December that Zinke broke no laws, and a sheriff’s office internal investigation concluded in January that Zinke did not violate any procedures.

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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets in 1985 with her friend and political ally President Ronald Reagan during a visit to the White House in Washington. Thatcher, who led Britain for 11 years, died of a stroke Monday morning.

Thatcher was only female prime minister • THATCHER Continued from page A1 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 ceremonial 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 after news of Thatcher’s death, and said Parliament would be recalled from recess today so lawmakers could pay tribute. For admirers, Thatcher was a savior who rescued Britain from ruin and laid the groundwork for an extraordi-

nary 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. Her boxy, black handbag became such a recognizable part of her image that her way of dressing down ministers and opponents became known as “handbagging.” 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. She was a trailblazer who

at first believed trailblazing impossible: Thatcher told the Liverpool Daily Post in 1974 that she did not think a woman would serve as party leader or prime minister during her lifetime. But once in power, she never showed an ounce of doubt. Thatcher could be intimidating to those working for her. British diplomats sighed with relief on her first official visit to Washington, D.C., as prime minister to find that she was relaxed enough to enjoy a glass of whiskey and a half-glass of wine during an embassy lunch, according to official documents. Like her close friend and political ally Reagan, Thatcher seemed motivated by an unshakable belief that free markets would build a better country than reliance on a strong, central government. Another thing she shared with the American president: a tendency to reduce problems to their basics, choose a path and follow it to the end, no matter what the opposition.

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8SKETCH VIEW

Why you should vote 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. 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 For the record good citizens who do not vote,” It is important for residents drama critic and to cast a ballot today. Here are editor George a few more reasons to vote. 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.

8ANOTHER VIEW

Defense cuts When he was asked in 2011 about the possible impact of the sequestration on defense, Chuck Hagel breezily replied that the Pentagon was “bloated” and “needs to be pared down.” In his first major speech as defense secretary last week, Hagel’s assessment was considerably more sober. The $41 billion cut the department is taking this year, he said, “is already having a disruptive and potentially damaging impact on the readiness of the force.” He added that he would not “assume or tacitly accept” that “these cuts can be accommodated without a significant reduction in military capabilities.” Still, Mr. Hagel is looking at the possibility of a major new drop in defense spending as an opportunity. The pressure of forced cuts could help to “fundamentally reshape the defense enterprise to better reflect 21st-century realities.” He is right, up to a point: There is plenty of waste in the Pentagon budget. But if Hagel is to push through the kind of change he is talking about, he will need far more cooperation from the Pentagon bureaucracy and Congress than President Obama’s first two defense secretaries enjoyed. The Washington Post

8IT’S YOUR WRITE Shame on parents To the Editor: While driving on Route 120 through McHenry on March 22, my sister and I noticed a group of people protesting gay marriage and holding up signs. I was shocked and saddened to see that these people felt that it was OK to bring their young children to hold up signs with them. Regardless of whether you support gay marriage or not, forcing your children to hold up signs about something that they are too young to understand is wrong. Shame on the parents for not only raising their children to hate, but for making them protest something they do not yet understand. I can only imagine how betrayed and sick I would feel if I found out that years ago, my parents made me publicly protest something I did not comprehend at the time. It is wrong to raise your children in a manner that brainwashes them into believing that it is OK to deny any person happiness. I can only hope that these kids have other influences in their lives so that they do not grow up to be as close-minded as their parents. Alyssa Smith Bull Valley

Sad tale of history To the Editor: Why would the McHenry County Conservation District Board spend any money on history? Every aspect of life, in this administration, is destroying our history and doing their best to obliterate our history in America. It is a very sad tale. The majority

of young people cannot answer one simple question about America’s history. What is worse? They don’t care and have no interest in learning. They only want to know where their next given pleasure is waiting for them for free. Charging an extra dollar? The board would not hesitate to charge $10 if it was for political gain, but for history? They simply do not care. They would pull their employees for themselves, but not the community. Essie Hough Huntley

The budgets of Congress To the Editor: The U.S. Senate passed its first budget in 1,448 days – largely in response to the House’s budget passage. The only similarities between the two are that both were passed along party lines and that neither will last long in a vote by the other chamber. The main difference between the two budgets is the projected national deficit in 2023 for the House is $20.3 trillion and $24.4 trillion for the Senate. The only way to explain these outrageous amounts of money and partisanship is through the Ratchet Effect’s application in economics. Robert Higgs best explained this theory by demonstrating that the continuous expansion of governments are largely due to national crises. With each crisis, the government expands in an effort to solve the problem. Afterward, the government contracts slightly, but the net effect is an increase since

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too much contraction would harm the beneficiaries of expansion. The escalating large differences on economic policies between the two ideologies are results of this Ratchet Effect. Neither budget of Congress will lead to efficient deficit reduction because this economy has become dependent on government involvement and any significant cuts will be harmful. Oppositely, the idea of compensating for spending by taxing the rich is unrealistic and will also have negative economic consequences. Despite the budget passage by the Senate, the long-term effects of it are more harmful than that of the House’s. If deficit reduction is our goal, there must be more concessions. Unfortunately for opponents of spending cuts, it’s their turn. Dominik Mattioli McHenry

Disgust for baseball To the Editor: For decades, the product the Chicago Cubs have been putting on the field has been terrible and probably will be terrible again this year. Despite this, there are near sellouts for most games, especially early in the season.

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The average ticket price in 2013 will be about $55. Parking will cost anywhere from $10 to $30, and food prices in the park will be outrageously high. So what possesses someone to spend this much money to see a mediocre baseball team? The average length of a baseball game now exceeds three hours, and leaving the park after the game, traffic is horrendous. So why do Cubs fans pay outrageously high ticket, parking and food prices to watch a team that probably will lose close to 100 games again this year? I was a Cubs fan from 1946 until 1998, when batters who normally hit doubles began hitting 50 home runs a season. I have seen one baseball game since 1998, and it was slow torture, as the pitchers fiddled around on the mound between pitches and hitters adjusted their gloves after every pitch. Watching grass grow would have been more exciting. When I get the urge to see a game, I now go to a minor league game, and, truthfully, it is hard to tell the difference in level of play between the Cubs and the minor league teams. Victor Darst West Dundee

School choice is best way to even education playing field My first question after reading about seven teachers in a public school accused of altering standardized test scores to make it appear students performed better than they actually did was: How could they? The seven were nicknamed “the chosen” and, according to Georgia state investigator Richard Hyde, the less than magnificent seven sat in a locked room without windows, erasing wrong answers and inserting correct ones. It’s one thing for a child to cheat on a test; it’s quite another for teachers to do it. Compounding the cheating scandal is that the children in this elementary school are mostly poor and African-American. How are they helped to develop a moral sense, not to mention an academic foundation that will lift them out of poverty, if they get the message that cheating is better than achieving? According to The New York Times, the scandal goes beyond cheating. Retired district superinten-

dent Beverly L. Hall is among 35 Atlanta educators indicted by a Fulton County grand jury. Hall was charged with “racketeering, theft, influencing witnesses, conspiracy and making false statements.” Hall reportedly earned more than $500,000 in performance bonuses. She faces up to 45 years in prison. Hall has received considerable recognition for her achievements, which later turned out to be counterfeit. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan invited her to the White House. In 2009, The American Association of School Administrators named her superintendent of the year. It was a case of something being too good to check. Who doesn’t want to see poor and minority children succeed in school? It appears these teachers cared more about themselves than the children. Even the reliably liberal and pro-public school columnist Eugene Robinson is disturbed. Writing in The Washington Post, Robinson

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VIEWS Cal Thomas says, “It is time to acknowledge that the fashionable theory of school reform – requiring that pay and job security for teachers, principals and administrators depend on their students’ standardized test scores – is at best a well-intentioned mistake, and at worst nothing but a racket.” Robinson quotes Post education reporter Valerie Strauss, who has written that while there have been “dozens” of allegations of cheating around the country, “only Atlanta’s has been aggressively and thoroughly investigated.” Strauss wrote, “We don’t really know” how widespread the problem might be. Isn’t it long past time to find out? The problem is that a monopoly always protects itself. The teachers’ unions and many Democratic politicians, who receive their campaign contributions, op-

8THE FIRST AMENDMENT

pose school choice, which would improve not only public schools, but also the chances of poor and minority children to have a better life. The current approach appears to be to keep disadvantaged children in underperforming schools so that underperforming teachers keep their jobs and the politicians they support keep theirs. As long as the monopoly survives, we can expect more cheating and corner-cutting and less real achievement for children who ought to be everyone’s first concern. Instead, as Atlanta would suggest, public school children are subject to all manner of manipulation and disservice by people charged with educating them. Perhaps if parents had the freedom to send their children to a school they believed would offer them a better shot at true success they would fare better. Could school choice be the answer? Indiana thinks so. Last week, the state’s Supreme Court upheld a voucher program that gives poor

and middle-class families access to tax dollars to help them pay private school tuition. Parents should decide where their children go to school. It’s not the children who cannot achieve. It’s the system that fails them. “Our schools desperately need to be fixed,” Robinson writes. “But creating a situation in which teachers are more likely than students to cheat cannot be the right path. ... Students are not widgets. I totally reject the idea that students from underprivileged neighborhoods cannot learn. Of course they can.” Authorities should pursue investigations of alleged cheating by teachers and school administrators. Meanwhile, for this and many other reasons, the school choice movement is gaining strength. It is seen by increasing numbers of Americans as the best way to prevent cheating children out of the decent education they deserve.

• Email Cal Thomas at tmseditors@tribune.com.

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CL WOMAN FROM GARAGE CRASH DIES CRYSTAL LAKE – A Crystal Lake woman involved in a car accident Thursday has died, according to the McHenry County Coroner’s Office. Lori Ruzbasan, 49, lost control of her minivan around 9:30 a.m. Thursday and crashed into a garage in the 1400 block of Tanglewood Drive, police said. She died Sunday at Centegra Hospital – Woodstock, according to the coroner’s office. The cause of death was a medical problem unrelated to the accident, Coroner Anne Majewski said.

– Lawerence Synett

FOX LAKE HOME DESTROYED IN FIRE FOX LAKE – A house was destroyed Monday after the homeowner was burning leaves and the fire spread to a deck, firefighters said. Firefighters were called to 38627 Hillandale Drive, Fox Lake, at 5:42 p.m. for a fire at the one-story wooden-frame house. The fire was under control in 45 minutes to an hour, said Battalion Chief Larry Van Hoorelbeke of the Fox Lake Fire Protection District. The homeowner was burning leaves in the front yard when the wind caught the fire and blew it under the wooden deck. The fire then extended into the house, Van Hoorelbeke said. No one was hurt. The house was a total loss, with about $80,000 in damage, Van Hoorelbeke said. The Red Cross was called to the house, as well. Crews were on scene until 10:05 p.m.

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Video gambling gets support Unincorporated businesses’ push compels County Board committee By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – A repeal of the county’s ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas is headed to the full McHenry County Board next week for a vote. Its Liquor and License Committee voted, 4-1, Monday to recommend that the County Board repeal the December 2009 ban, which it put in place shortly after the state legalized video gambling in establishments serving

alcohol to help pay for a $30 billion capital bill. Many county municipalities allow video gambling, which bar and restaurant owners in rural areas say is not only unfair but also a definite hit to their revenue. While the state approved video gambling almost four years ago, the machines just started going live in October. Bonnie Miske is general manager of the Broken Oar in Port Barrington – which has video poker machines – and T-Bar outside of Island Lake – which falls

under the county’s ban. Miske told committee members Monday that business at the Broken Oar is good, but business has been suffering at T-Bar since video gambling started. “McHenry County doesn’t need yet another closed-down business and yet another vacant building,” Miske said. Kief’s Reef owner Randy Kief shared a story of a group of customers who had dinner at his business in Burtons Bridge,

See GAMBLING, page B2

How they voted The McHenry County Board Liquor and License Committee voted, 4-1, Monday to recommend that the board repeal its ban on video gambling in unincorporated areas. Diane Evertsen, R-Harvard, cast the opposing vote. Voting “yes” were committee Chairman Ken Koehler, R-Crystal Lake, and Robert Nowak, R-Cary, Joe Gottemoller, R-Crystal Lake, and Sue Draffkorn, R-Wonder Lake.

What’s next The full County Board is expected to vote on the repeal at 7 p.m. April 16 at the county Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock.

Cleaning up after April showers

– Joseph Bustos

8LOCAL BEST BETS

OPEN MIC NIGHT SET IN LAKEMOOR LAKEMOOR – The River East Public Library, 813 W. Route 120, will host an Open Mic Night at 7 p.m. today. The event is for those ages 12 and older, with the open mic starting at 7 p.m. for those 12 to 17 and at 7:30 p.m. for those 18 and older. Registration is required. Light snacks will be served or attendees may bring their own. For information, call the library at 815-385-6303 or visit www. rivereastlibrary.org.

AUTHOR TO SPEAK ABOUT BULLYING McHENRY – Michael Anthony, author of the best-selling book, “the anthology of anonymoUS,” will talk about his book, the letters he’s received and his unique take on bullying in a special program, “What is it that Bullies YOU? – Redefining the word ‘Bully,’ ” hosted by the McHenry Public Library beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday. For information, or to register for this program, visit www. mchenrylibrary.org, stop by at 809 N. Front St. (Route 31) in McHenry or call 815-385-0036.

8LOCAL DEATHS Pearl Marie Penoyer 92, Crystal Lake Lori Geralyn Ruzbasan 49, Crystal Lake Brant R. Winters 38, Algonquin Marston V. “Marty” Wrublewski 87, Wonder Lake OBITUARIES on page B3

H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com

Lake in the Hills Thunder baseball team grounds crew Eric Cross (left) and Mark Lonigro drain standing water from Monday’s morning rain at Plote Field. The two were trying to prepare the field for a team scrimmage Monday evening. More rain is expected today with a high of 64, according to the AccuWeather forecast.

D-300 rejects online charter proposal Vote against plan was unanimous By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com ALGONQUIN – District 300 board members Monday resoundingly rejected a proposed online charter school that would have taken thousands of dollars away from district coffers amid

cash-strapped times for schools across the state. Some members from the Carpentersville-based school district also had concerns with K12 Inc., the company selected to oversee daily administrative and curriculum management for the proposed Virtual Charter School at the Fox River Valley. The board was equally upset at the lack of interest from Virtual Learning Solutions, the newly formed nonprofit pushing

the proposal. The group, which would govern the online charter, largely ignored many of the district’s questions about the charter during a public hearing last month. “It’s another attempt to siphon off dollars to a public school system that is already stretched beyond its means,” said board member Chris Stanton. “The matter in which they made their presentation, I’m not

sure I would let them baby-sit my dog.” The district had earlier projected to lose anywhere between $535,430 to $906,700 annually in tax dollars, without any easy way to compensate for the loss, if the charter school was approved. Other members, such as Joe Stevens, argued that K12 Inc.’s spotty track record with student

See CHARTER, page B2

More votes Kaneland District 302, St. Charles District 303 and Geneva District 304 also voted Monday to reject the charter plan.

Fire chief decision Island Lake recording expected this week prompts investigation Algonquin-LITH negotiating with district’s top choice By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District trustees expect to announce a new fire chief this week, board members said. Virgil “Corky” Corless, the board president, said an offer was made to one candidate, but he would not say who it was because of ongoing negotiations with the person.

The candidate who was offered the job is from outside the department, Corless said. If all goes to plan, an announcement will be made Wednesday, with the person formally sworn in April 24. Corless said six people interviewed for the job out of the 27 who applied. The fire protection district paid $2,000 to the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association to conduct the search. “They did a fantastic job,” Corless said. “We used ... a professional search firm. They ran the search. All the personal bias was removed from it.”

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Mayor, police deny involvement days before election By SHAWN SHINNEMAN sshinneman@shawmedia.com ISLAND LAKE – The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office is investigating a recorded call to Island Lake residents Saturday that warned them against mayoral candidate Charles Amrich. The recorded voice claimed to be an Island Lake police officer and said Amrich had been

indicted on corruption charges, and hinted that residents should be wary of Amrich approaching them while campaigning. The voice said the message had been authorized and paid for by “Island Lake police officers who oppose public corruption.” Island Lake Police Chief William McCorkle on Monday denied his department’s involvement, and said police are cooperating with the state’s attorney’s investigation. “The robocall – we’ve heard about it and it’s under investigation,” McCorkle said. “That’s all

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“The robocall – we’ve heard about it and it’s under investigation. That’s all I can comment on right now.” – William McCorkle, Island Lake police chief

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8LOCAL BRIEF CL man arrested while trying to flee by train WOODSTOCK – A Crystal Lake man has been arrested for allegedly violating conditions of his probation, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. Deonte J. Johnson-Jones, 40, was charged Monday with a felony count of obstructing justice. A petition to revoke his warrant for probation violations also

was issued. He was being held Monday night on $35,000 bond at the McHenry County Jail. Deputies on Wednesday received information from McHenry County Court Services/Probation that Johnson-Jones was wanted for violating conditions of his probation, according to a news release. He was attempting to flee to Chicago via train in downtown

Crystal Lake when police found him. Johnson-Jones was identified via photos and other identifying marks, and when approached by police, provided them with a false name, according to the release. He was transported to the McHenry County Jail and identified through fingerprinting.

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Ban affects 60 unincorporated businesses with liquor licenses • GAMBLING Continued from page B1 but went to another bar to watch the Chicago Blackhawks game so their wives could play video poker. “It’s really starting to be a problem,” Kief said. Establishments that serve liquor can have up to five machines, provided their local government does not opt out. The state gets 30 percent of the proceeds and gives 5 percent back to local governments, with the remaining proceeds split between the business and the game machine operator. McHenry County’s ban affects 60 unincorporated establishments with licenses to serve liquor. Municipalities that allow video gambling include Huntley, Marengo, Harvard, McHenry, Richmond, Hebron, Johnsburg, McCullom Lake, Fox River Grove, Lake in the Hills, Spring Grove, Ringwood, Woodstock and Algonquin, which approved video gambling last week.

Miske was one of 10 speakers Monday who want the ban repealed, while three speakers want the ban kept in place. McHenry resident Joyce Story told the committee that the impact of gambling expansion is taking an unseen toll that will get worse. “The negative impact far outweighs and far exceeds the positives that may seem to be occurring,” Story said. A majority of the committee sided with the business owners who since early March have been writing letters and speaking at County Board meetings to push for a repeal. Committee member Diane Evertsen, R-Harvard, cast the sole opposing vote. “I still don’t think this is appropriate for the county,” she said. “I look at it as strictly a revenue stream for the state of Illinois.” But committee members Robert Nowak, R-Cary, Joe Gottemoller, R-Crystal Lake, and committee Chairman Ken Koehler, R-Crystal Lake, support a repeal. Member Sue Draffkorn, R-Wonder Lake, said she is still unsure

where she stands, but voted “yes” so that the full County Board could make a decision. Draffkorn voted for the ban in 2009. “I feel it’s unfair that some businesses are allowed to have it and some aren’t,” Nowak said. Barring changes of heart, the fate of the repeal likely will be in the hands of the nine new County Board members elected in November. Eight of the 13 who voted for the 2009 ban still are in office, compared with only three of the 10 members who voted against it. There were 4,353 video gambling machines registered statewide as of the end of February with the Illinois Gaming Board, up from 3,400 the previous month. There now are 134 machines registered in 12 municipalities with territory within McHenry County, which netted those governments a total of $22,816 in February. The state received $114,073 from those machines last month, and a total of almost $3.4 million statewide.

For-profit management company criticized for past academic record • CHARTER Continued from page B1 performance at similar online, K-12 charter schools in more than 20 states was too grave to overlook. K12 Inc., a Virginia-based for-profit company, has been scrutinized by national media and academic researchers since its founding for its obligation to shareholders in the face of a subpar record on student achievement. Virtual Learning Solutions has proposed starting an online-only, K-12 charter school that would enroll students from 18 school districts

throughout the Fox Valley. District boards from Elgin to Yorkville also were taking similar votes on the proposal Monday night. Virtual Learning Solutions already has come under heavy criticism from school administrators throughout the region for ignoring their concerns about the charter during public hearings last month. In a last-second effort to answer concerns, the nonprofit released a 1,100-page document to districts throughout the region late last week. On Monday, District 300 board members argued that the nonprofit’s overture was made

too late. They unanimously denied the proposal, despite knowing that the nonprofit plans to appeal any rejection by a district to the Illinois Charter School Commission. Members argued that Virtual Learning Solutions’ plan all along was to ignore local school districts and win the appeal with state commission members, who favor the proposal. “I think this is a political decision all the way through, and I don’t think it had anything to do with how the 18 school districts felt about it,” Stevens said. “I’m very concerned about the appeal.”

Slate denies involvement in message • RECORDING Continued from page B1 I can comment on right now.” Cynthia Trujillo-Vargas, communications manager for the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office, said she couldn’t provide any details at this point. “Allegations of misconduct are being investigated in Island Lake,” she said. Amrich, who withstood an attempt from a couple of supporters of incumbent

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Mayor Debbie Herrmann to kick him off the ballot, was charged with misconduct in 2007. He was found not guilty, which the message did not mention. “I think it’s an all-time low for politics,” Amrich said. “I cannot believe somebody would do what they’ve done.” United for Progress, the political slate Herrmann is running under, issued a statement on its website Sunday saying it did not pay for, produce or authorize the message.

“The United for Progress team has not used ‘robo’ or automated phone calls at all during the course of this campaign,” the statement reads. “Last-minute dirty tricks have no place in Island Lake.” Amrich continued campaigning Sunday and said the message won’t have a negative effect on his chances. “People aren’t stupid. They can see right through this,” he said. “I think it’s going to backfire on them, to be quite honest with you.”

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CRYSTAL LAKE: CONTINUING EDUCATION

MCC offers women’s self-defense classes NORTHWEST HERALD CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College’s Continuing Education Department is offering women’s self-defense classes today in Crystal Lake and on April 23 in Huntley to help women learn how to best protect themselves against assaults.

One out of every three women will be a victim of sexual assault in her lifetime. Most rapes occur at homes or apartments, and the rape victim is selected because she is alone and vulnerable. This self-defense class will cover such topics as myths of self-defense, verbalization, using one’s body as a self-de-

fense tool, pressure points and sexual assault awareness and resistance measures. Classes will include an hour-long lecture followed by an hour of hands-on technique lessons. Classes will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today in Room E217 at McHenry County College (register using course ID: NPL S14

002) and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. April 23 at the Huntley Park District REC Center. Register for the Huntley class using course ID: NPL S14 023. The cost is $15. To register, call the MCC Registration Office at 815-4558588. For information, call Tracy Berry at 815-455-8758 or Dori Sullens at 815-455-8559.

8OBITUARIES MARY JO JOHNSON Born: May 27, 1924; in Hartland Died: April 4, 2013; in Marengo MARENGO – Mary Jo Johnson, 88, of Marengo, passed away peacefully in her sleep Thursday, April 4, 2013, after a brief stay at the Florence Nursing Home in Marengo. Mary was born in Hartland on May 27, 1924, the daughter of Anthony and Margaret (Mundel) Wolf. She attended Catholic school in Chicago and later graduated from Harvard High School. She married Eric (Al) Johnson on July 6, 1946, who preceded her in death in 1992. In addition to being a full-time wife and mother, Mary worked for most of her life at a variety of jobs from her early years waitressing at Shady Lane and during World War II at the Chemical Fuse Plant in Huntley, and later for a brief time at Arnold Engineering. During her years as a young working mother, she was employed at Lindsey’s Drug Store, and even once owned and operated the Marengo Café. However, Mary’s final and most rewarding employment was the work she did for the Marengo Union Funeral Home for more than 20 years under the ownership of John Freund. Mary offered comfort to all of the many families whose loved ones had passed. She helped with everything from making coffee for the visitations to fielding telephone calls at all hours of the day and night, from working with the local florist to helping the drivers who delivered the caskets to the funeral home. Mary always had a smile, a listening ear, a comforting word and a helping hand for everyone she met and for whoever needed her at any given moment. But best of all, Mary undoubtedly possessed one of the most wonderful senses of humor that all who met her quickly came to appreciate. Most especially her sons and grandchildren will miss her along with all of her loving family, as well as friends and all those who encountered her during her long, wonderful and beautiful life. Mary was a lifelong and active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Marengo and a member of the choir. She is survived by her sons, Allen Curtiss (Deitra Kamholz) Johnson of Plano, Texas, and Robert Charles Johnson of Georgetown, Texas; three grandchildren, Zachary Johnson of Portland, Ore., Justin Johnson of Denton, Texas, and Melissa Johnson of Austin, Texas; a brother, George (Doloris) Wolf of Marengo; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her youngest son, William A. Johnson in 2009; a brother, Charles Wolf in 1998; and a sister in infancy. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, at Fredrick Funeral Home, 284 Park St., Hampshire, and from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, until the funeral Mass celebration at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 323 N. Taylor St., Marengo. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery Marengo. In lieu of flowers, Masses will be appreciated. Sign the guest book at www. NWHerald.com/obits

ANNA MAE DAVIDSON MICHALSEN Born: Oct. 1, 1913; in Cicero Died: April 5, 2013; in Marengo CRYSTAL LAKE – Anna Mae Davidson Michalsen, 99, of Crystal Lake passed away Friday, April 5, 2013, at Florence Nursing Home in Marengo. She was born Oct. 1, 1913, in Cicero to Daniel and Mabel (Rohweder) McGrory. Anna Mae loved golf, bowling and was an avid reader. She belonged to the Crystal Lake Senior Citizens Club, was the Sunshine Lady for

11 years and enjoyed her stay at the Fountains Retirement Home. She enjoyed her retirement years, loved to be around people and had many friends all over. She was a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. She is survived by her children, Diana (Charles) Scott and Gary Davidson; grandchildren, David (Andrea) Scott, Kevin (Elizabeth) Scott, Dana (Joe) Scott, Daniel (Christy) Davidson and Anna Beth (Zach) McMillion; and great-grandchildren, Kelly, Courtney, Dillon and Zander Scott, Traden Davidson, McKinzie Lauder, Cash and Diesel McMillion. She was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Lloyd Davidson; and her second husband, Floyd Michalsen. A memorial service will be held at a later date. For online condolences, visit www.querhammerandflagg.com. Sign the guest book at www. NWHerald.com/obits

MARLENE NOLAN Born: Oct. 8, 1933; in Zenda, Wis. Died: April 6, 2013; in Punta Gorda, Fla. BELVIDERE – Marlene Nolan, 79, of Belvidere, died April 6, 2013, at her home in Punta Gorda, Fla. She lost a battle with leukemia and lymphoma. She was born Oct. 8, 1933, in Zenda, Wis., to William and Ella Behrens of Hebron. She was a longtime member of the Belvidere Moose Lodge and Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Punta Gorda. Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Karl Nolan; daughter, Karen Nolan of Kingsport, Tenn.; two sons, Tim (Melissa) Nolan of Rockford and Jeff (Kim) Nolan of Belvidere; two grandchildren, Megan and Katie; two sisters, June Buchart and Betty Garrett; brother-in-law, Dick Nolan; and three sisters-in-law, Dorothy Nusbaum, Jan Comer and Kathleen Turner. A Mass will be in her honor at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Punta Gorda. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation – P.O. Box 23827 Tampa, FL 33633-1622 or Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Punta Gorda, 211 West Charlotte Ave., Port Charlotte, Fla. Sign the guest book at www. NWHerald.com/obits

PEARL MARIE PENOYER Died: April 5, 2013 CRYSTAL LAKE – Pearl Marie Penoyer, 92, of Crystal Lake, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013. A memorial service will be held in early May. A full obituary notice is pending. For information, call Davenport Family Funeral Home, Crystal Lake at 815-459-3411.

EILEEN MAE POLOSHJIAN Born: March 13, 1929; in Chicago Died: April 6, 2013 LAKE IN THE HILLS – Eileen Mae Poloshjian, 84, of Lake in the Hills, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013, at her daughter’s and sonin-law’s home, surrounded by her family. Eileen was born in Chicago on March 13, 1929. On Dec. 27, 1945, she married Charles T. “Charlie” Poloshjian. Charlie preceded Eileen in death July 21, 2012, after celebrating more than 66 years of marriage. Eileen and Charlie were two of the first residents of Lake in the Hills and had lived there for the past 60 years. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Eileen enjoyed being an “Avon Lady” and the friendships

she made over the 40 years of working with Avon. She was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in East Dundee. Survivors include her daughters, Kathryn (Dexter) Parks of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Sue (Curtis) Pilson of East Dundee; her grandchildren, Stacy (Jeff) Wagner, Chad (Michele) Douglass, Austa, Mitchell and Kate-Leigh Pilson; her great-grandchildren, Adam, Ryann and Damian; her brother, Royal “Buddy” Baldwin; her sister, Lorraine (Kenneth) DeDore; and many loved nieces, nephews and friends. In addition to her parents and her beloved husband, Eileen was preceded in death by her sister. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Miller Funeral Home, West Dundee. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, at the funeral home. The Rev. William P. Yonker, senior pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Windridge Memorial Park Cemetery, Cary. Memorials may be made to JourneyCare Hospice, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Barrington, IL 60010. To leave an online condolence, visit www.millerfuneralhomedundee. com. For information, call the funeral home at 847-426-3436. Sign the guest book at www. NWHerald.com/obits

LORI GERALYN RUZBASAN Born: May 13, 1963; in Evanston Died: April 7, 2013 CRYSTAL LAKE – Lori Geralyn Ruzbasan, 49, of Crystal Lake was born May 13, 1963, in Evanston and passed away peacefully Sunday, April 7, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. Lori’s love for children and her strong faith drew her to her chosen profession as a grade school teacher in a Catholic school. Lori enriched and inspired the lives of so many of the children whom she taught and truly loved during her more than 20 years as a teacher. Lori’s unconditional and unwavering love for her three beautiful children was evidenced by her countless generous actions, her words and her pride in the wonderful people they have become under her gentle guidance. Her bright, cheerful, funny, forgiving, generous and eternally optimistic nature endeared her to everyone who met her. She will live on forever in the hearts and memories of all the people she touched. Heaven will echo with laughter and shine in joy with her presence. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, James; son, Christopher; daughters, Alyson and Brooke; sisters, Lisa (Jeff) Berg-Snyder and Kimberly (Robert) Giacchetti; brother, Scott Gerard Berg; parents, Henry and Shirlee Berg; and many dear friends and colleagues. She was preceded in death by her brother, Christopher Michael Berg. Visitation will be 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave., (Route 176), Crystal Lake. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 11, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 1023 McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake, where there will be visitation from 9 a.m. until the Mass. Burial will be in St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery after the Mass. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas, TX 75244-6125. Condolences may be sent to her family at www.davenportfamily. com. For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-3411.

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GLEN E. WILLIAMS Born: Feb. 16, 1934 Died: March 31, 2013 FOX RIVER GROVE – Glen E. Williams, 79, of Fox River Grove, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013. He was born Feb. 16, 1934, the son of Glen and Louisa Williams. They precede him in death as does a daughter, Julie Staeck; and a sister, Janet Auman. He is survived by his wife, Anne (DuPree) Williams; a son-in-law, John (Stacy) Staeck; his grandchildren, Grace, Conner and Owen Staeck; a brother-in-law, Raymond Auman; and six nephews and two nieces. He served for 10 years and was past president of the Fox River Grove Memorial Library and was a former member of the Northwest Suburban Library System. He was a subscriber to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra. Visitation was Friday. Burial was in St. John Nepomucene Cemetery. Memorials would be appreciated to the Fox River Grove Memorial Library or charity of one’s choice. For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-3817 or visit www.kahlemoore.com. Sign the guest book at www. NWHerald.com/obits

BRANT R. WINTERS Died: March 28, 2013 ALGONQUIN – Brant R. Winter, 38, of Algonquin, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013. Arrangements are being entrusted to Wait Ross Allanson Funeral & Cremation Services Chapel, Algonquin. For information, call 847-658-4232.

MARSTON V. ‘MARTY’ WRUBLEWSKI Born: May 10, 1925; in Chicago Died: April 7, 2013: in Woodstock WONDER LAKE – Marston V. “Marty” Wrublewski, 87, of Wonder Lake, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013, at JourneyCare Hospice in Woodstock. He was born May 10, 1925, in Chicago to John and Nellie (Bolger) Wrublewski. On April 5, 1947, he married Dorothy Swanson in Chicago. Marston enjoyed playing cards and gardening, but most especially liked his time spent with his family and friends. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in McHenry. Survivors include his children, John Wrublewski, Linda (Ray) Simon and Deborah (Scott) Roeske; grandchildren, Stephanie, Christopher and Zachariah Wrublewski, Cherri (Nate) Wolf, Tina (Kevin) Stanley, Stacy (Jason Brennan) Simon, Kristi (Matt) Van Ham, Dawn (Nick) Kooi and Kelly (Steve Fernstrom) Roeske; and great-grandchildren, Skylie, Maliyah and Simon. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; and sisters, Ethel, Ruth, Alice and Grace. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry, and will continue from 9:30 a.m. until the service at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 11, at Zion Lutheran Church, 4206 W. Elm St., McHenry. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. If desired, memorials may be made to Zion Lutheran Church. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-0063. Sign the guest book at www. NWHerald.com/obits

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8PUBLIC ACCESS TODAY District 12 school board When: 7 p.m. today Where: Johnsburg Junior High School North’s learning center, 2220 W. Church St., Johnsburg District 15 school board When: 7:30 p.m. today Where: McHenry Middle School, 2120 Lincoln Road, McHenry District 47 school board When: 7 p.m. today Where: Prairie Grove Junior High library, 3225 Route 176, Prairie Grove District 155 Curriculum Committee When: 6 p.m. today Where: Center for Education, 1 S. Virginia St., Crystal Lake District 200 school board When: 7 p.m. today Where: Clay Professional Development Center, 112 Grove St., Woodstock The Harvard City Council meeting scheduled for today is canceled. Harvard Fire Protection District Trustee meeting When: 6 p.m. today Where: Harvard Fire Station, 502 S. Eastman St. Harvard Zoning, Planning & Ordinance Committee When: 6:30 p.m. today Where: 201 W. Diggins St. Huntley Park District Board When: 6 p.m. today Where: Pinecrest Golf Club, 11220 Algonquin Road

Johnsburg Planning and Zoning Commission When: 7 p.m. today Where: Village Hall, 1515 Channel Beach Ave. Johnsburg Community Affairs Committee When: 7 p.m. today Where: Village Hall, 1515 Channel Beach Ave. The Lake in the Hills Committee of the Whole meeting for today has been canceled. Lakewood Village Board When: 7 p.m. today Where: RedTail Golf Club, 7900 RedTail Drive McCullom Lake Village Board When: 7 p.m. today Where: Village Hall, 4811 W. Orchard Drive McHenry County Board Finance and Audit Committee When: 9:30 a.m. today Where: Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock McHenry County Board Human Resources Committee When: 8:15 a.m. today Where: Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock McHenry County Board Finance and Audit / Human Resources joint meeting When: 9:30 a.m. today Where: Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock. McHenry Township Annual Meeting When: 7 p.m. today Where: Township Hall, 3703 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg.

8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Florence C. Arsenty: The visitation will continue from 10 until the 11 a.m. funeral service Tuesday, April 9, at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Sumner St., Harvard. Interment will be in McHenry County Memorial Park in Woodstock. For information, call the funeral home at 815-943-5400. Lois J. Dowell: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Strang Funeral Home of Antioch, 1055 Main St. (Route 83), Antioch. Funeral services with Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 11, at Holy Cross Church, Highways C & B, Wilmot, Wis. Interment will follow in Holy Name Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 847-395-4000. William “Bill” Biety Early: The visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the funeral service at 1 p.m. Friday, April 12, at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry. Interment will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 815-3850063. Jennifer A. Edgerton: A celebration of life will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at Retro Bistro, 1746 W. Golf Road, Mount Prospect, 847-439-2424. For information, call Davenport Family Funeral Home at 847381-3411. George R. Haines: A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at Calvary Congregational United Church of Christ, 1511 Wilmot Ave., Twin Lakes. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until the services. For information, call the funeral home at 262-8773013. Christel Janulaitis: A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 13, at Church of Holy Apostles, 5211 W. Bull Valley Road, McHenry. Mary Jo Johnson: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, at Fredrick Funeral Home, 284 Park St., Hampshire, and from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, until the funeral Mass celebration at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 323 N. Taylor St., Marengo. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery Marengo. Nora May: The memorial visitation will be from 1 p.m. Saturday, April 27, until the 2 p.m. memorial service at K.K. Hamsher Funeral Home, 12 N. Pistakee Lake Road, Fox Lake. Interment will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 847-587-2100. Patrick Donald McQuillin: The visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until noon Saturday, April 13, at

Justen’s Wonder Lake Funeral Home, 7611 Hancock Drive, Wonder Lake. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Christ the King Catholic Church, 5006 E. Wonder Lake Road, Wonder Lake. Interment will be in Christ the King Cemetery, Wonder Lake. For information, call the funeral home at 815-728-0233. Laura Jane Motz: There will be an interment service Saturday, April 27, in Schuylkill Memorial Park, Schuylkill Haven, Pa. For information, call 570-385-2647. Raymond P. Pieroni: The visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. The visitation will continue Friday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home, before leaving in procession for the 11 a.m. funeral Mass celebration at St. Patrick Catholic Church, McHenry. Interment with military honors will be in St. Mary Cemetery, McHenry. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-2400. Eileen Mae Poloshjian: Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Miller Funeral Home, West Dundee. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, at the funeral home. For information, call the funeral home at 847-426-3436. Lori Geralyn Ruzbasan: Visitation will be 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave. (Route 176), Crystal Lake. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 11, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 1023 McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake, where there will be visitation from 9 a.m. until the Mass. Burial will be in St. Michael the Archangel Cemetery after the Mass. For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-3411. Lyle David Winkler: A celebration of life service will be at 4 p.m. Friday, April 12, from Wauconda Federated Church in Wauconda. For information, call Darby Funeral Home at 770479-2193. Marston V. “Marty” Wrublewski: Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry and will continue from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 11, at Zion Lutheran Church, 4206 W. Elm St., McHenry. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-0063.

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Justen Funeral Homes owner Mark Justen holds an urn in McHenry. Justen is the fourth generation in the family business.

Justen Funeral Homes survive the test of time By CYNTHIA WOLF editorial@shawmedia.com McHENRY – Back in the early days of the family business, the bereaved paid about $38 for a complete funeral and burial package. Of course, that was in 1882, in the days of funeral director and mortician Mark Justen’s great grandfather Jacob. Justen is the fourth generation of his family to run what is now Justen Funeral Homes. The business operates three facilities: Justen Funeral Home and Crematory in McHenry, Justen’s Wonder Lake Funeral Home and Justen’s Round Lake Funeral Home. It all started with Jacob and Nicholas Justen, two brothers who began their undertaking business on the west side of McHenry. According to family history and McHenry lore, after about 12 years in business together, the two brothers had a mighty falling out. “We were told to move our oxen cart, and Jake ended up at Green and Elm [streets],” Mark Justen said. Thus started the separate Justen funeral businesses in McHenry, at first known as Nicholas Justen and Son, and Jacob Justen and Sons, said Mark Justen, whose grandfather George and George’s brother, Albert, were next to take on the business at Green and Elm, which also then included furniture-making. “George was the second generation,” Mark Justen said. “He had five children, one of whom followed in his footsteps. That was Robert.”

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Justen Funeral Homes What: Fourth-generation family-owned funeral and cremation services Where: 3700 Charles Miller Road, McHenry; 222 N. Rosedale Court, Round Lake; 7611 Hancock Drive, Wonder Lake. Information: www.justenfh.com; 815-3852400

Robert was Mark Justen’s father. And Mark recalls the undertaking family feud lingering on in his father’s day, with competition fierce between the George R. Justen and Son Funeral Home at Route 120 and Richmond Road, and what had become Colonial Funeral Home just a couple of blocks west. Both businesses now occupy new, modern facilities, with Colonial, now run by Robert Mrachek, at 591 Ridgeview Drive, and Justen at 3700 Charles Miller Road. While being family-owned and multi-generational is not uncommon in the funeral home business, being in its fourth generation is rare for any business. According to the Family Business Institute, only about 30 percent of family businesses survive into the second generation. Making it to the fourth generation are only about 3 percent. Mark Justen, 59, and his wife, Nancy, who also is a funeral director and co-owner, have two sons, Alex and Robert. Alex is poised to graduate from Tulane in May with a biochem-

istry degree and plans to pursue his doctorate, Justen said. Robert, who has a bachelor’s degree in small business management from the University of Arkansas and is working for a financial firm in Little Rock, likely will become the fifth generation to take on undertaking. Robert Justen said he admires the way his father has expanded the business to three operations that helped about 300 families in 2012. He also appreciates that his parents have not pressured him to take over, but have made clear that the option is there for him. “[Dad] said take your college degree and go have a couple of other jobs. Experience life,” Robert Justen said, adding that he likely will return to the area and begin working in the family business within the next few years. “I definitely feel like there’s a challenge and an opportunity there for me,” he said. “I just think, wow, we’ve been around 100 years plus. In a way, it’s humbling.” To be a funeral director today is to carry dual licensing. One must be trained as a funeral director and embalmer, the elder Justen said. The field requires an associate’s degree, and many now are getting four-year degrees. Continuing education also is required. Like his ancestors, Mark Justen attended Worsham College of Mortuary Science, where he graduated in 1976.

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Caribou Coffee is closing its store at 5899 Northwest Hwy., Crystal Lake. The coffeeshop will close at noon Sunday. “We were given nine days notice,” said a shift manager at the store. “It’s a hard hit for everyone here. It’s very sad. We’re going to miss our customers.” She said employees were told the Minnesota-based company was closing “underperforming” stores. She said about 80 stores would be closed around the U.S. The Crystal Lake location has been open for 10 years, and has about 10 employees. Also closing Sunday are Caribou Coffee locations at 2168 Randall Road in Carpentersville and 105 Main St. in Barrington. Caribou has 66 locations in Illinois. Caribou was purchased in December for $340 million by the Joh. A. Benckiser Group, a German investment firm. Last fall, the firm paid nearly $1 billion for Peet’s Coffee and Tea. According to its website Caribou Coffee has 476 stores in 18 states, plus the District of Columbia.

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TRADERS AWAIT EARNINGS REPORTS NEW YORK – Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as traders turn their focus to U.S. corporate earnings reports. Aluminum maker Alcoa became the first company in the Dow Jones industrial average to report first-quarter results. The earnings, which came in shortly after the closing bell, were better than analysts were expecting. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 48 points, or 0.3 percent, to end at 14,613 Monday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index increased nine points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,563. The Nasdaq composite rose 18 points, or 0.6 percent, to 3,222. Alcoa said net income in the first quarter was $149 million. That’s down from $242 million a year earlier, but excluding special items, the profit is 11 cents per share, beating analysts’ forecast of 8 cents per share, according to FactSet. Alcoa shares rose 21 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $8.45 in after-hours trading.

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PEOSTA, Iowa – As her hands glide lovingly over the lines and curves of the simple casket, Connie Manders tries to think about the person who will lie in it – someone’s father or mother, wife or husband, son or daughter. Manders’ own son was laid to rest in a Trappist casket eight years ago after he died of cancer. As the wood sander at the Trappist Caskets workshop near Peosta, Manders was able to sand his casket, gently rubbing the rich walnut wood to perfection before his funeral. “I try to put love into every one I work on, but when you know it’s for your own son ...” she said, her voice breaking with emotion. “It was wonderful to be part of creating my own son’s casket.” Manders has worked in a dust booth sanding caskets for 12 years, using sanding blocks, rotary sanders, sharp knives and blowers to remove all imperfections on every surface of the caskets made by the

monks of New Melleray Abbey and lay workers. She finishes 30 to 35 caskets each week and only stops her sanding to pray with the monk who blesses every casket before it leaves the workshop floor. “I’m a perfect fit to work here,” she said, grinning. “I have the patience of a monk, and I work like a farmer.” Her son, Doug, was a high school football star, and she still carries with her a dog-eared 1976 newspaper clipping that praised his talents and character. In 1992, he had a liver transplant and eventually became Iowa’s longest-living transplant survivor. But the strong medicines he had to use in connection with his transplant apparently caused an aggressive form of lymphoma, Manders said. One year after she and her husband, George, buried their son, Manders was diagnosed with a different form of lymphoma. After six months of intense chemotherapy – and a lot of prayers from the monks – she is in remission, but her brushes with death have left a lasting impression.

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Trappist Caskets worker Connie Manders sands a casket top at New Melleray Abbey near Peosta, Iowa. “We usually don’t know who the caskets are for as we work on them, but I want to do a perfect job on each one,” she said. “A lot of love goes into these. The monks pray over them, and the atmosphere on the (factory) floor is so peaceful.” Other workers, including the monks, are given the opportunity

to work on their loved ones’ caskets after a death in the family. “It’s an expression of love, a gift to that person,” explained co-worker Brother Joseph Kronebusch, whose father was buried in a Trappist casket. “We all have a part in it. We go to the funeral and see our work right there.”

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Report: Virgin America best airline in 2012 The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Virgin America did the best job for its customers among leading U.S. airlines last year, a report said Monday, as carriers overall had their second best performance in the more than the two decades since researchers began measuring quality of service. The report ranked the 14 largest U.S. airlines based on on-time arrivals, mishandled bags, consumer complaints and passengers who bought tickets but were turned away because flights were over booked. Airline performance in 2012 was the second highest in the 23 years that Wichita State University at Omaha in Nebraska and Purdue University in Indiana have tracked the performance of airlines. The airline’s best year was 2011. Besides being the overall leader, Virgin America, headquartered in Burlingame, Calif., also did the best job on baggage handling and had the second-lowest rate of passengers denied seats due to overbookings. United Airlines, whose consumer complaint rate nearly doubled last year, had the worst performance. The number of complaints consumers filed with the Department of Transportation overall surged by one-fifth last year to 11,445 complaints, up from 9,414 in 2011.

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Networking Scramble at McHenry Country Club The McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce Marketing Connection Groups are hosting their April Networking Scramble on April 26 at McHenry Country Club, 820 N. John St,, McHenry. Business showcase and registration is from 11 to 11:45 a.m. and the Lunch Scramble is 11:45 a.m.to 2:15 p.m. Sponsored by Centegra Health System, the Scramble is a structured progressive networking luncheon whereby representatives from growth-oriented businesses have the opportunity to physically introduce their organizations to 27 to 30 noncompeting businesses. Attendees move from table to table for each course. A facilitator is at each table asking questions designed to feature each business at its best. Display tables are set up around the circumference of the room creating an additional promotional opportunity. All attendees receive a list of participants. Cost is $25 for members; $40 for nonmembers. Special offer: Invite a business not currently a McHenry chamber member and both attend for $20 each. All are welcome to bring promotional materials or a small table top display. Call the chamber at

• JUSTEN Continued from page B4 It wasn’t always Mark Justen’s aspiration to become the next generation undertaker. He at one point hoped to go into sports medicine and become a trainer. But in the 1970s, after his father informed him that his sister Krista planned to attend mortuary school, sibling rivalry kicked in, he said. In 1978, after Justen’s mother died unexpectedly at age 48, he began to take on more and more at the family business, while Krista chose to pursue a different career.

CHAMBER NEWS Kay Rial Bates 815-385-4300 for a reservation or go online at www.mchenryscramble.com. *** The McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce’s next Never Eat Alone luncheon will be at 11:45 a.m. Friday at Marzano’s Wood Fired Italian, 1501 S. Route 31, McHenry. Menu for the all-inclusive-price of $10 – including tax, tip and beverage – is Marzano’s Chopped Salad, Tuscan Chicken Sandwich or Hickory Burger. Should you be interested in attending, please RSVP by calling the chamber ofice at 815-385-4300. Open to chamber members and those exploring the chamber. *** The McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to attend Bring Your Lunch N’ Learn from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the chamber office, 1257 N. Green St., McHenry.

Mark and Nancy Justen grew the business, adding the Wonder Lake and Round Lake operations and, in 2008, opening their new McHenry facility. Mortuary science has not changed much over the years, Mark Justen said. But the business of funerals is shifting. More people are choosing cremation, and many are interested in hosting a catered event at the funeral home. Today, a traditional burial with wake and service costs between $7,500 and about $14,000, depending on choice of casket, vault, etc. A direct cremation with no viewing and no services runs $2,500 or less, Mark Justen said.

“Google Apps for Business” will be presented by Justin Arendt, 3GM Consulting LLC. Learn about business cloud products to help business improve communication/collaboration. The event is free but registration is required by 2 p.m. today. Call 815-3854300 or register online at www.mchenrychamber.com. *** Next Chamber “Shop Ins” will be May 2 at Alexander’s Jewelry and Loan, 4300 W. Elm St., and June 6 at Maurices, 3258 Shoppers Drive. Stop in any time from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. stating “the chamber sent me” to be put into a complimentary drawing. Open to the public.

Commerce 61st annual Golf Outing – “Home of Taylor Made” – will be May 15 at McHenry Country Club, 820 N. John St,, McHenry. Limited to 128 golfers, a shotgun start, scramble format is at 10:30 a.m. A grilled lunch at the halfway house is available to all, thanks to the generosity of Jim and Kathy Marinangel of McHenry Savings Bank. Dinner and program is from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Dinner is ribs and chicken served as golfers arrive. Thanks to Rich Cucco with Imagetec L.P. for being our dinner sponsor. All golfers receive a special keepsake gift. Tees, greens, and par 3 sponsorships available. Contact the chamber office at 815-385-4300 or visit www. mchenrychamber.com. ***

*** Use McHenry NOW mobile app as your source for events, shopping, dining and money-saving offers. Download McHenry NOW at Google Play or Apple App Store. *** The McHenry Area Chamber of

The next mixer will be April 30th at the Corner Tap, 3901 Main St,, McHenry.

• Kay Rial Bates is the president and CEO of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce. She can be reached at kay@mchenrychamber.com.

Dealing with death as a means of making a living is not for everyone. Looking back, though, Justen said, he is proud to be part of the Justen family business legacy. “Some days I’d rather be taping ankles,” Mark Justen said. “But, in general, the funeral service has been very rewarding. Every day you’re helping somebody to get over the barrier of death, and every family is different.”

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Mark Justen prepares for a service at Justen Funeral Home and Crematory in McHenry.

8CALENDAR Today, April 9 • 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake Business Network, Algonquin Bank & Trust, 4049 W. Algonquin Road, Algonquin. Information: Laura Sinnaeve, 847-204-4899. • 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake chamber’s Referral Exchange Network, Exemplar Financial Network, 413 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. Information: Kevin Bruning, 815-455-3000. • 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake chamber’s Business 2 Business Network, Benedict’s La Strata, 40 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Information: Mike Daniele, 815356-2126. • 5 to 7 p.m.: Multi-Chamber Mixer at Sustainable Solutions LED, 345 Memorial Drive, Unit A, Crystal Lake. • 5 to 7 p.m.: Huntley chamber April Mixer, Re/Max Unlimited Northwest, 12376 Princeton Drive, Huntley. Information: 847-802-4000.

Wednesday, April 10 • 7 to 8:30 a.m.: Woodstock LeTip, Vaughan’s Restaurant, 790 S. Eastwood Drive, Woodstock. Information: Richard Toepper, 815-338-9900. • 7 a.m.: McHenry County LeTip, Brunch Café, 414 S. Rt. 31, McHenry. Information: matthew. wruck@countryfinancial.com. • 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake Referral Network, Colonial Café, 5689 Northwest Hwy., Crystal Lake. Information: Holly Emrich, 815-382-1899. • 8 a.m.: Cary Grove Referral Network, Cary Bank & Trust, 60 E. Main St., Cary. Information: Shirley Rochford, 847-341-4104. • 8 a.m.: Lighthouse Business Networking, St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, 8901 Cary-Algonquin Road, Cary. Information: Richard Sansone, 847-516-0433; Steve Randahl, 847-769-6285. • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Crystal Lake chamber Business Builders Business Workshop: How To Manage the Problem Employee, Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce, 427 W. Virginia St., Crystal Lake. • Noon to 1 p.m.: “Google Apps for Business,” McHenry chamber Bring Your Lunch N’ Learn, chamber office, 1257 N. Green St., McHenry. Free. • 5 to 6:15 p.m.: Discover the McHenry Area Chamber orientation, chamber office, 1257 N. Green St., McHenry.

Thursday, April 11 • 7:45 a.m.: Power Partners of Cary Grove, Century 21/Sketchbook 20 Northwest Hwy., Cary. Information: Ryan Fain, 815-3538600. • Noon to 1 p.m.: Luncheon Seminar “Protect Your Business Data,” Fox River Grove Village Hall, 305 Illinois St., Fox River Grove; $5 for members, $15 for nonmembers, includes lunch.

Friday, April 12 • 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.: McHenry chamber “Never Eat Alone” lunch, Marzano’s Wood Fired Italian, 1501 S. Route 31, McHenry.

Tuesday, April 16 • 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake Business Network, Algonquin Bank & Trust, 4049 W. Algonquin Road, Algonquin. Information: Laura Sinnaeve, 847-2044899. • 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake chamber’s Referral Exchange Network, Exemplar Financial Network, 413 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. Information: Kevin Bruning, 815-455-3000. • 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake chamber’s Business 2 Business Network, Benedict’s La Strata, 40 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Information: Mike Daniele, 815356-2126. • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Crystal Lake chamber Outback Steakhouse Lunch Time Mixer,4751 Northwest Hwy., Crystal Lake. • 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.: Huntley chamber Orientation Meeting, chamber office, 11704 Coral St., Huntley.

Wednesday, April 17 • 7 to 8:30 a.m.: Woodstock LeTip, Vaughan’s Restaurant, 790 S. Eastwood Drive, Woodstock. Information: Richard Toepper, 815-338-9900. • 7 a.m.: McHenry County LeTip, Brunch Café, 414 S. Rt. 31, McHenry. Information: matthew.wruck@countryfinancial. com. • 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake Referral Network, Colonial Café, 5689 Northwest Hwy., Crystal Lake. Information: Holly Emrich, 815-382-1899. • 8 a.m.: Cary Grove Referral Network, Cary Bank & Trust, 60 E. Main St., Cary. Information: Shirley Rochford, 847-3414104.

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Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine for president? Sort of. Broadcast Music Inc. announced Monday Levine will receive the President’s Award at the 61st annual BMI Pop Awards on May 14. The event will be at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. It also will honor last year’s top songwriters in pop. BMI says the 34-year-old Levine was selected for his “outstanding achievements in songwriting and the global impact he has had on pop culture.” Maroon 5 has released four platinum-plus albums, including last year’s “Overexposed.” Levine is also a coach on the hit NBC series “The Voice.”

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Mourners remember Ebert 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,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said 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 Thursday at age 70 after a yearslong battle with cancer. It was Ebert who told readers which films to see and needed 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 television show he hosted with fellow critic Gene Siskel. “Roger spent a lot of time sitting through bad movies so we didn’t have to,” joked the mayor. In a 90-minute funeral Mass, speakers took turns talking about how Ebert spent his career communicating his ideas about movies, social issues, the newspaper business and finally the health problems that left him unable to speak. “He realized that connecting to people was the main reason we’re all here and that’s what his life was all about,” said Sonia Evans, his stepdaughter. That realization, she and other speakers said, helped explain Ebert’s fascination with outlets such as Twitter and his blog that he took to just two days before he died to tell readers he was taking a “leave of presence.” John Barron, Ebert’s former boss at the Sun-Times, said Ebert was among the first to recognize the changing media landscape as well as the first in the office to use a computer or send emails. Ebert was also a champion for the little guy, as over the years he weighed more and more on social issues and other topics that had nothing to do with film. Gov. Pat Quinn spoke as much, if not more, about Ebert’s “passion for social justice” and the fact that he was a “union man,” as he did about Ebert as a film critic. Ebert’s widow, Chaz, who received a standing ovation as she made her way to the lectern to speak, expanded on that devotion. “It didn’t matter to him your race, creed, color,” she said. “He had a big enough heart to accept and love all.” A public memorial is planned for Thursday at the Chicago Theatre.

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Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a perky, cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s, then teamed up with Frankie Avalon in a string of ’60s fun-in-the-sun movies with titles like “Beach Blanket Bingo” and “Bikini Beach,” died Monday. She Annette Funicello was 70. She died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., of complications from multiple sclerosis, the Walt Disney Co. said. Funicello stunned fans and friends in 1992 with the announcement about her ailment. Yet she was cheerful and upbeat, grappling with the disease with a courage that contrasted with her lightweight teen image of old. Though she was mostly out of the public eye for many years, she was seemingly never forgotten. “She will forever hold a place in our hearts as one of Walt Disney’s brightest stars, delighting an entire generation of baby boomers with her jubilant personality and endless talent,” said Bob Iger, Disney chairman and CEO.

Jay-Z: Festival to return to Philadelphia Jay-Z is bringing the “Made in America” music festival back to Philadelphia. The rapper posted a teaser video on his “Life and Times” website Monday that showed footage from last year. It says this year’s festival will again take place on Labor Day weekend – Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. The lineup will be revealed at noon Wednesday on the digital music streaming website Spotify. Last year’s festival was the first of its kind for the entrepreneurial Jay-Z, who is married to superstar Beyoncé.

More celeb news at PlanitNorthwest.com/buzz About 40,000 people attended each of the two days of the 2012 “Made in America” on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

CNN’s ‘The Point’ gone quickly We’ll get to the point quickly: CNN’s new prime-time talk show is gone after a week. CNN described “[Get to] The Point” as a one-week experiment in the 9 p.m. time slot. It featured Donny Deutsch and panelists chewing over the day’s news. But the Nielsen Company said it averaged 268,000 viewers last week, or fewer than the 446,000 the network reached in March with a rerun of Anderson Cooper’s newscast from two hours earlier. It took less than a week for the show to be mocked by Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart. CNN wasn’t commenting Monday on reports that its executives are kicking around the idea of reviving the political debate show “Crossfire.” That show left the air in 2005 – after being criticized by Stewart.

Berry, Kors launch Watch Hunger Stop Halle Berry says she’s a woman of compassion and Michael Kors says he’s a man of action. Together, they want to make a dent in the battle against hunger around the world. The actress and fashion designer announced a philanthropic campaign Monday called Watch Hunger Stop that includes raising money through the sale of a version of Kors’ best-selling Runway watch. For each $295 watch sold, 100 meals will be provided to children through the U.N. World Food Programme. Berry and Kors are planning to visit places together where the meals will be sent. They could land in Africa, in Syria, perhaps Central America. Kors and Berry hope to involve 5 million people, either through donations of time or money.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 87. Naturalist Jim Fowler (“Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom”) is 81. Actress Michael Learned (“The Waltons”) is 74. Country singer Margo Smith is 71. Country singer Hal Ketchum is 60. Actor Dennis Quaid is 59. Humorist Jimmy Tingle (“60 Minutes II”) is 58. Country guitarist Dave Innis of Restless Heart is 54. Actor Mark Pellegrino (“Dexter”) is 48. Actress-model Paulina Porizkova is 48. Actress Cynthia Nixon is 47. Singer Kevin Martin of

Candlebox is 44. Singer Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is 36. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam is 34. Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. of The Strokes is 33. Actor Jay Baruchel (“Knocked Up,” “Tropic Thunder”) is 31. Actress Leighton Meester (“Gossip Girl”) is 27. Singer-actor Jesse McCartney (“Summerland”) is 26. Singer Jazmine Sullivan is 26. Actress Kristen Stewart (“Twilight”) is 23. Actress Elle Fanning (“Because of Winn-Dixie”) is 15. Singer Jackie Evancho is 13.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: LOUISVILLE 82, MICHIGAN 76

Louisville rallies again, captures crown By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

Inside Louisville’s Luke Hancock is named the Most Outstanding Player. PAGE C6

ATLANTA – Rick Pitino capped the greatest week of his life with the prize he wanted most of all. Luke Hancock produced another huge game off the bench, scoring 22 points, and Pitino became the first coach to win national titles at two schools when relentless Louisville rallied from another 12-point deficit to beat Michigan, 82-76, in the NCAA championship game Monday night. This title came on the same day Pitino

was announced as a member of the latest Hall of Fame class, a couple of days after his horse won a big race on the way to the Kentucky Derby, and a few more days after his son got the head coaching job at Minnesota. This was the best feeling of all. The Cardinals (35-5) lived up to their billing as the top overall seed in the tournament, though they sure had to work for it. Louisville trailed Wichita State by a dozen in the second half of the national semifinals, before rallying for a 72-68 victory. This time, they fell behind by 12 in

the first half, though a stunning spurt at the end of the period wiped out the entire deficit. “I had the 13 toughest guys I’ve ever coached,” said Pitino, who plans to follow through on a promise he made to his players if they won the title – by getting a tattoo. No one was tougher than Hancock, named the most outstanding player. He came off the bench to hit four straight AP photo 3-pointers after Michigan got a boost from Louisville guard Peyton Siva waves a an even more unlikely player.

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flag after Louisville defeated Michigan, to win the NCAA tournament in Atlanta.

CUBS HOME OPENER: BREWERS 7, CUBS 4

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE INSIDE THE CUBS Meghan Montemurro

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Wrigley’s blemishes embraced

Cubs fans’ patience wears thin CHICAGO – Cubs fan Ryan Jones never imagined he could easily purchase tickets for his favorite team’s home opener 40 minutes before the first pitch. Yet when Jones, a 31-yearold Wrigleyville resident, approached the ticket window at Wrigley Field, he was pleasantly surprised that tickets were available for the Cubs’ home opener against the Brewers. “When there was actual talent on the field, no, that Carlos wasn’t going Marmol to happen,” Cubs reliever Jones said. pitches a “The White Sox scoreless cut prices [this year]; it seems eighth inning like the Cubs after losing his closer role. raise them every year.” PAGE C4 Jones was one of what the Cubs reported were 40,083 fans at Monday’s game, which started as a dud with the Cubs falling behind 5-0 to Milwaukee. But by the time Starlin Castro flew out to right field to end the game, leaving the bases loaded in a 7-4 loss, more than half of the fans had left the ballpark. “Any time you talk about any sort of Chicago team, they’re in it through the end – especially here at Wrigley,” reliever Shawn Camp said. “They’re dedicated fans through and through. That’s something you appreciate as a player.” Clearly that fan support is beginning to falter as they send a message with their wallets. Wrigley wasn’t overflowing with fans as would be expected for a home opener. The announced attendance of more than 40,000 was generous. There were noticeably empty sections in the upper deck down the left field and right field lines while empty seats littered the lower bowl. Although the Cubs do not officially keep track of sellouts, Monday’s home opener was one of the worst attended home openers in the past decade.

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 Clelland never had considered. “I think Inside the only other place Cubs chairman I’ve peed in a trough was Tom Ricketts says a Wrigley Field when I was in the Marine renovation agreement is “going in Corps,” said the right direcClelland, 41, tion.” PAGE C4 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. AP photo

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Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro strikes out against the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs lost their home opener, 7-4.

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MLB: White Sox at Washington, 6:05 p.m., WCIU The Sox open a three-game interleague series against the Nationals.

New Indians manager Terry Francona said he got lost three times during a two-block walk from his apartment to his team’s home opener Monday at Progressive Field. Eventually, a stadium worker picked him up in a golf cart and brought him to the correct entrance.

Some of Johnny Unitas’ family is upset that Joe Unitas chose Joe Flacco to play the role of the former Colts QB in the movie “Unitas we stand.” Three worse choices: 1. Trent Dilfer 2. JaMarcus Russell (left) 3. Ryan Leaf

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MARGARET THATCHER

Ex-Auburn DB McNeil sentenced in robbery

Former UK leader didn’t care for sports By ROB HARRIS The Associated Press LONDON – Margaret Thatcher barely concealed her distaste for sports while serving as prime minister of Britain. Instead, she tried to use the athletic arena as a political weapon of sorts during the Cold War, and even took on the soccer establishment as violence at matches damaged the nation’s image. So divisive was Thatcher’s 11-year rule of Britain that her death at the age of 87 on Monday produced no tributes from Margaret the country’s Thatcher major sporting institutions. The Premier League even told soccer clubs that they would not have to hold a minute’s silence in honor of the late British leader. “She never really understood sport until it migrated – and sometimes mutated – beyond the back page, or impacted on other areas of policy,” Sebastian Coe, who became a legislator with Thatcher’s Conservative Party after winning Olympic titles as a runner, recalled in his autobiography. During her first year in power, Thatcher asked British athletes to boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. According to recently released letters from the time to the British Olympic Association, Thatcher warned that their “attendance in Moscow can only serve to frustrate the interests of Britain.” Though some British competitors stayed away, in an early show of the limits of Thatcher’s attempts to impose herself on the world stage, many – including Coe – defied the premier’s advice and took part. The United States boycotted the games. “Using [sport] as a weapon was both craven and self-defeating,” said Coe, who won the first of two 1,500-meter Olympic titles in Moscow and was the chief organizer of last year’s Olympics in London. Thatcher also considered ordering Britain’s soccer teams to pull out of the 1982 World Cup after the U.K. went to war with Argentina over the Falkland Islands. The British eventually feared that a boycott could be used by Argentina as a propaganda coup, and Thatcher backed off from a battle with soccer authorities. Soccer problems closer to home vexed Thatcher as well, especially as disorderly conduct among fans damaged the country’s reputation. The problem came to a head in 1985 when rioting by Liverpool fans at the European Cup final between their team and Italy’s Juventus in Brussels caused a stampede that left 39 people – most of them Italian fans – dead. Thatcher said those responsible for the rioting “have brought shame and disgrace to their country and to football.” The tragedy in Brussels ultimately had a positive effect on crowd behavior in England. Increased security at the grounds, bans on the sale of alcohol at games and a general feeling of disgust among fans led to a dramatic drop in violence. But Thatcher’s response to another major soccer tragedy – the Hillsborough disaster – infuriated fans and reinforced her enduring unpopularity among sections of the public. A crush at the 1989 FA Cup semifinal against Nottingham Forest led to 96 Liverpool fans dying after being herded into caged-in enclosures that were already full. Many died because of a lack of attention from police and emergency services, but it was only last year that campaigners finally gained an apology from the British government absolving fans of any responsibility for the disaster in Sheffield.

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Tiger Woods (right) gives direction Monday to 14-year-old amateur Guan Tianlang of China on the 11th green during a practice round for the Masters in Augusta, Ga.

THE MASTERS

Young Master Chinese 14-year-old Guan soaks in advice at Augusta By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. – 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. Can’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. “I’m really excited in the morning when I come out on the course and there’s many people here,” Guan said Monday, conducting his news conference in English with a Chinese translator at his side in case he needed help. He rarely did. The kid has shown to be special in many ways. He went wire-to-wire in the Asia Pacific amateur, and he wasn’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 – 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 Women’s Canadian Open last year on the LPGA Tour. Even so, this is the Masters. Guan Guan is 14, the only Tianlang player in the field who brought his eighth-grade homework with him to Augusta National. “I knew he was young,” Steve Stricker said Monday. “I didn’t know he was the same age as my daughter. Yeah, that’s remarkable. And I’ve been telling my daughter the same with this Lydia Ko, who has been playing on the LPGA Tour. I just can’t imagine being that young and competing at this level at such an early age. It will be interesting. I’ll be interested to see how he does and how he handles it and how he plays. It’s remarkable that he’s even playing.” 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. Guan arrived a few weeks ago and can’t get enough of Augusta. He figures he already has played six rounds, and he was with a member the day he shot 69.

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Calgary’s road slide ends at 13 in Denver The ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER – Mike Cammalleri broke a second-period tie, and Joey MacDonald stopped 39 shots, helping the Calgary Flames snap a 13-game road winless streak with a 3-1 victory over the slumping Colorado Avalanche on Monday night. Roman Cervenka also scored and Alex Tanguay added a short-handed goal to wrap up the win for the Flames in a game that featured the bottom two teams in the NHL. Before Monday, Calgary’s last victory away from home was Feb. 17 at Dallas. Brad Malone scored his first NHL goal for the lastplace Avalanche, who have dropped five straight games. MacDonald came up big late in the third period, stopping a point-blank backhanded shot by Matt Duchene and weathering back-to-back hooking penalties on Cervenka in the final 5 minutes. Tanguay gave the Flames some breathing room when he skated in all alone and beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere over his right shoulder. Down two goals and up a skater with 2

minutes remaining, the Avs pulled Giguere but couldn’t score. There was a scary moment early in the third period when referee Brad Meier was hit in the left leg by a puck that an Avalanche defenseman was attempting to clear. Meier crumpled to the ice and stayed down for several minutes before gingerly skating into the dressing room. Maple Leafs 4, Rangers 3: At Toronto, Phil Kessel scored twice to lead Toronto to a win over New York to open an important home-and-home series between the Eastern Conference rivals. Toronto (22-13-4) remained fifth in the Eastern Conference standings, moving four points ahead of idle Ottawa with its fifth win in six games. The Rangers (19-16-4) remain tied with the New York Islanders for seventh in the East with 42 points. Bruins 6, Hurricanes 2: At Boston., Brad Marchand scored two goals, Tuukka Rask stopped 40 shots, and Boston scored a season-high in goals while winning for the fourth time in five games.

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 firstround score was enough to imagine what kind of number waits on the 7,445-yard course at Augusta National. “I would say I’m not long enough, but I think I’m still all right in this golf course,” Guan said. “And I drive a little bit longer in Thailand than here, but I think I’m still all right, not a really serious problem.” At least he’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. “It was fascinating to see,” Crenshaw said. Guan has been spending long days at Augusta in the week leading to the Masters, not leaving until twilight Saturday. And he was back on the course Sunday, playing nine holes and heading to the practice round. He was startled by a familiar voice. “There he is!” Watson bellowed in his direction. After a hearty handshake, Watson said to him, “Working hard?” Guan nodded. “GOOD!” Watson replied, flashing his gap-tooth grin.

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. McNeil, 24, and three teammates from the Tigers’ 2010 national championship team were charged with armed robbery and dismissed from the team in March 2011. Antonio Goodwin is serving a 15-year sentence while Dakota Mosley and Shaun Kitchens are awaiting trial. McNeil’s attorney, Ben Hand, said there was some evidence the alleged robbery at a mobile home was a prank that went awry.

Rutgers reviews 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 also is 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. He also reiterated that he wished he had viewed the video where Rice – whom Gov. Chris Christie on Monday called an “animal” – shoved players and called them gay slurs when it first surfaced in November, saying he would have fired Rice then. – From wire reports

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FAITH LUTHERAN

Faith AD Potthoff does double duty with South Beloit By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com Drew Potthoff has not exactly been a man of leisure in his “retirement.” The former teacher, football coach and athletic director spent his first year of retirement, the 2011-12 school year, as McHenry’s AD in a part-time capacity. This year, he is working as AD at Faith Lutheran, a

school with a 69-student enrollment in Crystal Lake, also part-time. When one of his former schools, South Beloit, recently called after its AD, J.P. Gray, took another job, Potthoff accepted the offer to work part-time there as well. Potthoff coached football and worked as AD at South Beloit before taking the McHenry AD job in 2003-04. Potthoff took the Sobos to the Class 1A state football championship in 2002.

“It’s definitely not retirement anymore,” Potthoff said. “It’s a neat experience. I talked to the people at Faith and made sure they were Drew OK with it. South Potthoff Beloit called me, their superintendent [Scott Fisher] was an elementary principal when I was there and

coached baseball for me. There’s a lot of people there I still know.” Gray left for a job in Tennessee that is not with a school. Because the program was funded by federal grants, he needed to leave immediately. Potthoff said South Beloit is considering having him come back next year in a part-time capacity to save the school district some money. Potthoff seems open to that, al-

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Big day for Svoboda, McHenry

BEN MURRAY Jacobs, jr. Murray was 8 for 16 last week to help the Golden Eagles go 4-1 in their five games. Murray had a pair of 3 for 4 games in victories over Palatine (10-4) and Prospect (9-4). The left-handed hitting first baseman had a double and triple against Palatine, and a double and two RBIs against Prospect. Murray also had two 1 for 3 games in wins over Conant (12-6) and Johnsburg (6-3).

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Noteworthy Klendworth on fire: Prairie Ridge leadoff man Bryan Klendworth has been one of the area’s hottest players for the season. Klendworth was 4 for 4 with a two-run homer in Monday’s 6-3 loss at Evanston. Klendworth is hitting .625 with four home runs, 12 RBIs and 13 stolen bases. He also has three doubles and two triples. Klendworth, who is the Wolves’ fastest player, will play at NAIA Olivet Nazarene next season. Tough conference: The Fox Valley Conference gained a reputation through the last decade as one of the state’s best leagues. The teams in the FVC Valley Division have upheld that so far this season with a combined 45-10 record heading into the week. Crystal Lake South was unbeaten, while Prairie Ridge and Jacobs each had one loss. McHenry, at 6-4, had the worst record of the Valley teams. All for the team: Johnsburg junior Collin Ridout threw 131 pitches over 91/3 innings Thursday in the Skyhawks’ 3-1 10-inning loss to Dundee-Crown. Johnsburg coach Sam Lesniak wrestled with taking Ridout out of the game as his pitch count increased, but Ridout was not hearing it. He said he did not care if he got hurt, he wanted to get the win for the team. “I’m competitive, I didn’t want to lose,” Ridout said. “Everything I do out there is for these guys. I could care less how I do, I do it for them.” Lesniak was thinking about pulling Ridout in the last three innings, but he still was throwing well in a scoreless tie. “What a gutsy performance by Collin,” Lesniak said. “What a courageous effort. He didn’t let me take him out of the game.” Nice tribute: Crystal Lake South has a sign on its right-center field fence and wears patches on the right sleeve in memory of former Gators outfielder Anthony Pauls, an Illinois student who died in October after being hit by a car while walking home. Urbana police arrested the driver, who was charged with driving under the influence. Pauls played football and baseball for the Gators and was a senior at Illinois. The Gators have two bats, with a ball and “Anthony Pauls 23” on the patches. The sign on the fence also reads: “Anthony Pauls 23.”

This week’s top games Huntley at Hampshire 4:30 p.m. today Huntley has been banging the ball all over parks and is off to an 8-0 start. Hampshire is 3-1. Grayslake Central at DundeeCrown, 4:30 p.m. today D-C is off to a 4-2 start and the Rams (5-4) have been the FVC Fox Division’s best team over the last five seasons. CL Central at McHenry 4:30 p.m. Thursday, at Petersen Park Central wants to be a threat in the FVC Fox and lost its first two FVC crossover games. McHenry was off to a 6-4 start and is 1-1 in the FVC Valley. – Joe Stevenson

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though he said doing double duty can get confusing. “I got an email about track and forwarded it to the track coach at South Beloit, but I should have forwarded it to the track coach at Faith Lutheran,” Potthoff said. “I have to think a little bit when I’m not in the building. Like, ‘OK, this is Mooseheart, so South Beloit doesn’t play Mooseheart, so this must pertain to Faith Lutheran.’ ”

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Prairie Ridge’s Emily Doomis (center) celebrates with her team after hitting a two-run homer in the fifth inning of Monday’s game against Woodstock North in Crystal Lake. Prairie Ridge won, 4-1.

PRAIRIE RIDGE 4, WOODSTOCK NORTH 1

Unlikely heroes for PR No. 8 hitter Doomis, pinch-hitter Richter homer By BILL PEMSTEIN sportsdesk@nwherald.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Prairie Ridge pitcher Kirsten Stevens, as usual, was throwing hard. Woodstock North’s Becca Einsphar was not throwing as hard, but succeeded in keeping the Thunder close for a while. Eventually, the Wolves got key hits from unlikely sources in their lineup – No. 8 hitter Emily Doomis and pinch-hitter Marissa Richter – who both hit fifth-inning home runs to lift Prairie Ridge past North, 4-1, in their Fox Valley Conference crossover softball game Monday. Doomis hit a two-run shot, then Richter had a solo blast two batters later. For Doomis, a junior, it was the secondhomerofhercareerandthefirstof the season.

“I felt it right off the bat,’’ Doomis said. Leading 3-1 after this blast, Richter stepped up and fouled a few pitches off before depositing a pitch over the left-field fence. “I told myself not to get too anxious,’’ Richter said. “And when I hit I knew it was over.” Those homers gave the Wolves some breathing room as they nursed a 1-0 lead to the fifth. While Einsphar kept the Wolves off-balance, Stevens was in control from the very start, striking out 14 and walking one. “She’s a terrific pitcher,’’ Woodstock North coach Kristen Holzbauer said. “What an awesome player.” North second baseman Bria Romine had a pair of doubles, one that drove in the only run for the Thunder (2-2) in the sixth inning. “We both played on the Tidal

Waves,’’ said Romine, who also doubled in the first. “I was waiting for the pitches down the middle.” Claire Bowman opened the home half of the first with a single. She scored on the first of two doubles from left fielder Kate Didier. After the first, Stevens allowed only a pair of bunt singles to Kristen Brenner. “She really changed speeds well,’’ Wolves coach Mike Buck said. “And she kept it down.” Didier’s second double opened the Wolves’ fourth, but she was cut down trying for a triple. Stevens added a hard single to right later in the inning. After the homer inning, the Thunder answered with a run. Holzbauer felt good about the way her team played against the Wolves. “We weren’t scared,’’ she said. “We played hard. We went down swinging.”

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C-G’s Efflandt no-hits Hampshire NORTHWEST HERALD Cary-Grove pitcher Lindsay Efflandt was almost perfect as the Trojans defeated Hampshire, 10-0, in a Fox Valley Conference crossover softball game Monday. Efflandt’s only blemish was a walk in the five-inning no-hitter. The Yalebound senior struck out seven as C-G moved to 4-0. Sarah Leudo and Jamie Deering each had three RBIs to lead C-G’s offense, with Leudo, Lisa Semro and Amy Clemment accounting for seven runs scored. Sara Finn drew the walk for the Whip-Purs (3-4). Jacobs 4, Johnsburg 3: At Algonquin, Emily Borg went 2 for 2 with a homer and Kelsey Peters picked up her fifth win of the season for the Golden Eagles (5-3) in their FVC crossover win. Kendall Huemann and Amy Majercik each went 2 for 4 for the Skyhawks (1-2), with Huemann driving in two runs and Majercik doubling.

Wheaton Academy 4, Marian Central 1: At Woodstock, Alyssa Conway and Ashley Daniels each went 1 for 3 for the Hurricanes (3-4, 1-1) in their SCC loss, with Daniels driving in a run and Conway doubling. CL South 14, Woodstock 0 (5 inn.): At Crystal Lake, Hailee Massie gave up one hit over four innings to earn the win for the Gators (6-0) in their FVC crossover win over the Blue Streaks (0-4). CL South 14, Woodstock 0: At Crystal Lake, the Gators scored their 14 runs in the first four innings before the game was called because of the 10-run mercy rule.

Hailee Massie earned the win after giving up just one hit and striking out seven in her four innings of work for the Gators. Kara McCaughrean got the only hit for the Blue Streaks, a single in the fourth inning. CL Central 8, Dundee-Crown 1: At Carpentersville, Megan Mahaffy pitched seven innings and allowed four hits and one unearned run in the Tigers’ victory. Michelle O’Keefe went 1 for 4 and hit a home run while Mahaffy went 3 for 4 including a double, stolen base and two RBIs in the win for the Tigers (2-2). Grayslake Central 2, Huntley 1: At Huntley, the Red Raiders suffered their first loss of the season to the Rams in an eight-inning game. Brandy Heraty got the game-winning hit in the top of the eighth, an RBI double. Megan Baczewski went 1 for 3 while Mackenzie Brown went 1 for 3 and scored the only run for the Raiders (6-1). McHenry 9, Grayslake North 2: At McHenry, Warriors pitcher Kristin Koepke pitched seven innings and allowed one earned run while striking out nine batters. She also was 3 for 4 at the plate with two RBIs. McHenry had 12 hits in the win.

SOCCER Richmond-Burton 7, Genoa-Kingston 0: At Richmond, Amanda Hoglund scored four goals for the Rockets (4-00, 4-0-0) in their BNC East win. Hoglund had a hat trick by half with an assist, with Hally Havlicek adding a goal and two assists. Jacobs 6, Woodstock 0: At Algon-

quin, Kylie Dennison had a hand in all four of Jacobs’ first-half goals as she scored two and assisted on two more as the Golden Eagles cruised to a win over Woodstock. The Eagles (34) added two more in the second half on scores from Payton Berg and Margaret Rivera to close out the scoring. CL South 5, Marian Central 0: At Crystal Lake, MacKenzie Taldone had a big game for the Gators (3-0). She scored two goals in the first half while assisting on another in the win. Kimmy Sulikowski, Audrey Collard and Erin Woeste added goals. Marian fell to 1-2. Rockford Christian 7, Harvard 0: At Rockford, Rockford Christian scored four goals in the first half and another three in the second. Goalkeeper Jesica Morales made 15 saves in the loss for the Hornets (1-2). Johnsburg 3, Woodstock North 2: At Woodstock, Shelby Nicholson scored two unassisted goals for the Thunder (1-3) in the loss.

Burlington Central 3, Hampshire 1: At Hampshire, Alex Zeller’s first-half goal was the only score for the WhipPurs (1-2). Hampshire goalkeeper Ari Rominski had five saves in the loss.

TRACK Huntley Triangular Meet: At Huntley, the Red Raiders won the meet with 71 points followed by McHenry (57) and Grayslake Central (48). McHenry’s Laura D’Angelo won the 100 meters in 12.9 seconds and also took first in the 200 and 400. Delaney Lyman won the long jump and pole vault for Huntley. • Patrick Mason and Andrew Han-

sen contributed to this report.

Nick Svoboda did it all for McHenry in its 10-0 nonconference win over Gurnee Warren on Monday. Svoboda picked up his first pitching win of the season as the Warriors (7-4) finished off the Blue Devils in five innings at Petersen Park. Svoboda also was 2 for 3 at the plate with a pair of RBIs. He also allowed only four hits and struck out seven. The Warriors scored three in the second and four in the third to blow the game open. Devon Gehrke had three hits and two RBIs for McHenry. Adam Mattson, Jordan Witbeck, Payton Lykins and Robert Nagel each adding two hits. CL Central 8, Richmond-Burton 1: At Crystal Lake, Jake Vanscoyoc picked up his first win of the season for the Tigers (3-3) in their nonconference win. Vanscoyoc allowed one hit over 42/3 innings and went 1 for 3 with a triple, a walk and a run scored. Connor Skrypek went 4 for 4 with a double for Central. R-B fell to 2-3. Jacobs 7, Stevenson 5: At Lincolnshire, Ryan Sargent and Aaron Traub each had two RBIs for the Golden Eagles (81) in their nonconference win. Jacobs scored three runs in the top sixth to beat the Patriots. Genoa-Kingston 6, Harvard 0: At Harvard, Logan Streit and Dakota Trebes each went 1 for 3 for the Hornets (2-5, 1-2) in their BNC East loss.

BOYS TENNIS McHenry 5, Johnsburg 2: At Johnsburg, the Warriors swept doubles play, with Dennis Quitalig and Nick Higgin winning their No. 1 doubles match in straight 6-1 sets. Kevin Wells (No. 1) and Joe Nikolai (No. 2) each won their singles match for the Skyhawks (1-2). Cary-Grove 5, Woodstock 2: At Woodstock, the Trojans won all four doubles matches to help secure the victory. Owen Russell won the only singles match for C-G with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Sam Ring. Ian Ordonez and Chris Cross each won their singles matches the Blue Streaks. Huntley 7, Grant 0: At Huntley, the Red Raiders won all seven matches. Connor Smith, Jake Grabner and Akshay Patil each won their singles matches without dropping a set. Huntley also was perfect during doubles, winning all four matches without losing a set. Marengo 5, Woodstock North 2: At Woodstock, the Indians were able to win two singles matches along with three doubles matches to capture the victory Monday night. Nick VanVoorhees and Nick Opie had singles victories for Marengo while Luis Balleno earned the lone singles win for the Thunder, 7-5, 7-5.

TRACK Woodstock North 84, Woodstock 37: At Woodstock, the Thunder won three of four relays in the win and Adam Haimbaugh won both the 100 and 200 meters in the win. Phil Krueger won the shot put and the discus by wide margins for the Blue Streaks. Jacobs Triangular: At Algonquin, Huntley won the three-team meet with 110 points followed by Jacobs (59) and Hampshire (13). Huntley won the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays, while Jacobs won the 4x800. Justin Herbert won both the discus and shot put for the Red Raiders, while teammate Isaac Jiminez placed second in both. Johnsburg Triangular: At Johnsburg, McHenry dominated the meet with a score of 108. Prairie Ridge (37) took second followed by Johnsburg (36). McHenry won 14 events out of a possible 18 including all of the relays. Cary-Grove Triangular: At Cary, Crystal Lake Central won the meet with 75 points and Crystal Lake South (59) and Cary-Grove (47) placed second and third. • Patrick Mason and Andrew Hansen contributed to this report.

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Progress, but deal isn’t imminent Ricketts: A lot of details were worked through By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com CHICAGO – A week after he imposed a deadline for an agreement to be reached for Wrigley Field renovations, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts said the process still is trudging forward. Ricketts said before Monday’s 7-4 loss to the Brewers that things are “going in the right direction,” but that a deal isn’t yet imminent. Ricketts has pledged to pump $500 million into the 99-year-old ballpark and the sur-

rounding area over the next five years – a project being opposed by the ballpark’s neighboring rooftop owners. Yet, while progress has been made, Ricketts declined to place a timeline on when an agreement could be reached. There is a “public part of the process” that has to happen, Ricketts said, and he said he looks forward to getting that portion of the project completed soon. Asked about published reports that suggested that an agreement had been reached, Ricketts said that officials were working really hard. “We worked through a lot of details over the weekend,” Ricketts said. “I’ll just leave it at that.” Ricketts won’t differentiate what needs to happen with the different players that includes Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, 44th Ward Alderman Thomas Tunney and the rooftop owners. Emanuel and Tunney were seated

next to one another near the Cubs dugout Monday. The owners of the 16 rooftop venues near Wrigley Field remain steadfast that any construction that obstructs the views of patrons would be detrimental to their business and that it would violate a 20-year contract they have. There are 11 years remaining on that deal. On Monday, Ricketts called that contract “really awkward” but would not speak further on the matter, saying only that he thought the Cubs would be “OK there.” Ricketts said the club is sensitive to the objections Wrigley’s neighbors have and said he wants to be responsive to issues that rooftop owners have. Part of the negotiations involves how many night games the Cubs will play in the future. Ricketts would not divulge how many night games he’d like to see played, but said there

would be benefits to having more on the schedule. Cubs President Theo Epstein said before Monday’s game that they would add to the Cubs’ TV revenues. The club has an opt-out clause with WGN-TV after the 2014 season. “It really would help from a revenue standpoint with a (new) TV deal,” Epstein said. “Competitively, we’ll adjust to anything. I think the day games can be a competitive advantage for us because we can adjust to it. “So it’s more about revenue than it is about competitiveness, but it’d be nice to have the flexibility to do that, certainly.” Ricketts said more night games would benefit players after West Coast road trips and also said playing at night simply fits better for the club. Ricketts said the Cubs are just looking for more flexibility when it comes to scheduling.

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Marmol finally has good inning By MEGHAN MONTEMURRO

good this year.”

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Injury updates: Although pitcher Matt Garza was with the team Monday at Wrigley, he isn’t close to returning to the rotation. Garza (left lat strain) threw a bullpen session Thursday in Atlanta, and Sveum said Garza needs to throw a couple more bullpen sessions before he gets sent somewhere to pitch in a game situation. Second baseman Darwin Barney is expected to have the stitches removed from his left knee later this week. Barney landed on the 15-day disabled list after he received five stitches to close a deep cut, which was occurred when he chased down a foul ball in the Cubs’ final spring training game. Once the stitches are removed, Barney will go on a rehab assignment. When asked if that rehab will be in Kane County, Barney said “that’s the plan.”

CHICAGO – Maligned Cubs reliever Carlos Marmol began his journey back to the closer’s role two days after getting demoted. Boos greeted Marmol as soon as the Cubs’ public address announcer called attention to the right hander walking toward the mound to pitch the eighth inning. Although he allowed a leadoff double to Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun, he worked around the trouble. Marmol struck out two of the next four hitters and did not allow a run for the first time in four outings. Marmol’s performance gave the Cubs a chance to pull off a ninth-inning comeback, though they fell short in the 7-4 loss. “I’ve got good teammates, and they’ve got my back,” Marmol said. “I think our relationship has been very

Monday’s Cubs 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 – Cubs Hall of Famers Fergie Jenkins and Billy Williams throw out the ceremonial first pitches. Considering how starter Edwin Jackson pitched, giving up five earned runs in two innings, one of the two should have stayed on. 1:18 to 1:22 – Wrigley Field favorite Wayne Messmer sings “God Bless America” and national anthem, setting a record for longest drawn out renditions for both Opening Day staples. 2:05 – Starlin Castro picks up first Cubs hit. Unfortunately for Dale Sveum’s team, it came after the Brewers had touched up Jackson for five runs. 2:30 – 44th Ward Alderman Tom Tunney and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel are spotted sitting together in front row. Because the two are major players in the Wrigley renovation talks, it’s likely they weren’t talking about the weather. 3:41 – Ernie Banks performs animated seventh-inning stretch version of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” 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 – 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. 4:40 – 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 – 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

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Monday’s Games Boston 3, Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 11, Cleveland 6 Kansas City 3, Minnesota 1 Texas 5, Tampa Bay 4 Houston at Seattle, (n) Today’s Games White Sox (Peavy 1-0) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 1-0), 6:05 p.m. Toronto (Morrow 0-0) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 0-0), 12:05 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. Wednesday’s Games White Sox at Washington, 6:05 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 12:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 6:10 p.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Oakland at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

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Cubs starter Edwin Jackson is 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA after allowing four runs in the first inning Monday in a 7-4 loss to the Brewers.

Pitcher Jackson off to 0-2 start • CUBS Continued from page C1

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Manager Dale Sveum understands Cubs fans’ patience is wavering. Coming off a 101-loss season, the worst season in 50 years, with an uninspiring 2-5 start to 2013, the plan to rebuild the organization is losing its luster. “You can only have so much patience,” Sveum said. “Obviously, [the fans] were great to us through some hard times last year and understanding the process of what’s going on in the organization, but there’s only so much you can take.” Fans’ waning patience ended with Carlos Marmol. Before throwing a pitch at Wrigley this season, Marmol allowed five runs in 12/3 innings. His performance Saturday at Atlanta – a blown save and loss after giving up the game-tying and game-winning home runs to B.J. and Justin Upton – ended his run as closer, for now. Marmol was the only player booed when announced during the Cubs’ pregame introductions. And it didn’t stop there. He again heard the boo birds when he came in to pitch the eighth, which continued throughout the inning. It didn’t matter that Marmol held Milwaukee scoreless or struck out two in the inning. Cubs starting pitcher Edwin Jackson hasn’t done himself any favors by beginning the season 0-2 with a

Tipping point: Edwin Jackson put the Cubs in a five-run deficit early, and their feeble offense couldn’t muster enough run support. The Brewers jumped to a 4-0 lead in the first inning on three hits. The Cubs rallied for two runs in the ninth, but Starlin Castro flew out to the right field warning track with the bases loaded to end the game. On the mound: Jackson’s home debut didn’t start well, but the righthander regained control of his fastball to settle down enough to last six innings. He needed 101 pitches to make it that far after giving up eight hits and walking five (two intentionally). Jackson dropped to 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA. At the plate: Four Cubs starters – Alfonso Soriano, Nate Schierholtz, Welington Castillo and Castro – recorded two hits, but the rest of the lineup combined to go 1 for 19 against starter Marco Estrada and the Milwaukee bullpen. The Cubs went 2 for 12 with runners in scoring position. Under the radar: Monday marked the Cubs’ 98th home opener at Wrigley Field, though the Chicago Federal League team played at Wrigley from 1914-15, winning both of their home openers. The Cubs are 52-45-1 all-time in home openers. – Meghan Montemurro

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5.73 ERA, this on the heels of a signing a four-year, $52 million deal during the offseason. Jackson is known for his bouts of wildness, as was the case in the first inning against Milwaukee, resulting in four runs. He couldn’t locate his fastball, and his secondary pitches weren’t effective. Cue the panic from fans. “[Cubs fans] are going to magnify things, and that’s just the way it is,” outfielder David DeJesus said. Marmol’s teammates defended him against the fedup fans, and Sveum complimented Jackson for getting past his bad first inning. But if they aren’t careful, they all could soon be on the receiving end of pent-up anger

directed at a team that seems to find new ways to lose. “You’re going to get knocked down more times than you’re going to succeed,” reliever James Russell said. “Being a .300 hitter gets you into the Hall of Fame, but you still fail seven times [in 10 at-bats]. It’s a game of failure.” • Tom Musick contributed to this report. • Meghan Montemurro covers the White Sox and Cubs for Shaw Media. Write to her at mmontemurro@ shawmedia.com. Read the Sox Insider and Inside the Cubs blogs at NWHerald.com and on Twitter @Sox_Insider and @InsideTheCubs.

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

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Monday’s Games 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) Today’s Games White Sox (Peavy 1-0) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 1-0), 6:05 p.m. Milwaukee (W.Peralta 0-1) at Cubs (Wood 1-0), 7:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 0-1) at San Diego (Richard 0-1), 5:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Gee 0-1) at Philadelphia (Lee 1-0), 6:05 p.m. Atlanta (Medlen 0-1) at Miami (LeBlanc 0-1), 6:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Arroyo 1-0) at St. Louis (Lynn 0-0), 7:15 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ja.McDonald 0-1) at Arizona (McCarthy 0-0), 8:40 p.m. Colorado (Nicasio 1-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 1-0), 9:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Games White Sox at Washington, 6:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati at St. Louis, 12:45 p.m. Pittsburgh at Arizona, 2:40 p.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 2:45 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 6:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

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Not even obstructed view can change some fans’ opinions of Wrigley • MUSICK Continued from page C1 The netting was there, in theory, to catch falling 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 TV 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-year-old 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.” • Northwest Herald sports columnist Tom Musick can be reached at tmusick@shawmedia.com and on Twitter @tcmusick.

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Hafner lifts Yanks in Cleveland

TEAM

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WP: Vanscoyoc, 1-0 (42/3IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1K, 3BB). LP: Jordan, 0-2 (4IP, 8H, 5R, 5ER, 2K, 4BB). Top hitters: CL Central- Skrypek 4-4 (2B), Vanscoyoc 1-2 (3B, R, BB).

MCHENRY 10, WARREN 0 ( 5 INN.) Warren McHenry

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WP: Svoboda, 1-1 (5IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 7K, 0BB). Top hitters: McHenry- Gehrke 3-4 (2RBI), Mattson 2-4, Witbeck 2-4, Svoboda 2-3 (2RBI), Lykins 2-4 (RBI), Nagel 2-2.

JACOBS 7, STEVENSON 5 Jacobs Stevenson

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WP: Ledinsky (2IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K). SV: Jemmi (1IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0K, 0BB). Top hitters: Jacobs- Sargent 1-2 (2R, 2RBI), Traub 1-3 (2RBI), Sidor 1-1 (3R).

GENOA-KINGSTON 6, HARVARD 0 Genoa-Kingston 110 004 0 - 6 8 0 Harvard 000 000 0 - 0 2 0 WP: Hoffman (7IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 14K, 3BB). LP: Schneider, 1-2 (52/3IP, 5H, 5R, 4ER, 9K, 6BB). Top hitters: Harvard- Streit 1-3, Trebes 1-3.

one and hit a batter. Santana allowed only four hits after the first inning, when the Twins scored their lone run. Rangers 5, Rays 4: At Arlington, Texas, A.J. Pierzynski and Mitch Moreland hit consecutive home runs off birthday boy Jeremy Hellickson and the Texas Rangers held on for a 5-4 victory over Tampa Bay in their series opener Monday. After Pierzynski’s first homer for Texas, a two-out solo shot in the fourth that made it 2-1, Moreland pulled a 428-foot shot deep into the Texas bullpen in right-center field.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Reds 13, Cardinals 4: At St. Louis, Brandon Phillips kick-started a nine-run ninth inning with a tiebreaking bloop double, and ShinSoo Choo made amends for two botched fly balls with a three-run

Hampshire Cary-Grove

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WP: Efflandt (5IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 7K). LP: Hurst (5IP, 10H, 10R, 8ER, 2K, 4BB). Top hitters: Cary-Grove- Clemment 2-2 (3R, BB), Leudo 2-3 (2R, 3RBI), Deering 2-3 (R, 3RBI); Hampshire- Finn 1-2 (BB).

JACOBS 4, JOHNSBURG 3 Johnsburg Jacobs

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CL SOUTH 5, MARIAN CENTRAL 0 First half CLS— Taldone (Miceli) CLS— Taldone (Del Vecchio) CLS— Sulikowski (Taldone) Second half CLS— Collard (Romano) CLS— Woeste (Quill) Goalkeeper saves: CL South— Britten 6. Marian Central— 6

JACOBS 6, WOODSTOCK 0 First half J— Dennison (Adams) J— Grady (Dennison) J— Dennison (Rivera) J— Adams (Dennison) Second half J—Berg (Grady) J— Rivera Goalkeeper saves: Jacobs— Foster 7.

BURLINGTON CENTRAL 3 HAMPSHIRE 1 First half H— Zeller Goalkeeper saves: Hampshire— Rominski 5

WOODSTOCK NORTH 84 WOODSTOCK 37

CARY-GROVE 10 HAMPSHIRE 0 (5 INN.)

000 000 3 - 3 7 0 000 112 x - 4 8 1

WP: Peters, 5-2 (7IP, 7H, 3R, 3ER, 5K, 1BB). LP: Huemann (6IP, 8H, 4R, 4ER, 2K, 2BB). Top hitters: Jacobs- Borg 2-2 (HR), Hengler 1-3 (2B); Johnsburg- Majercik 2-4 (2B), Erickson 2-2, Huemann 2-4 (2RBI), Adams 1-3.

WHEATON ACADEMY 4 MARIAN CENTRAL 1

4x800 relay: 1. Woodstock North 8:51.0 4x100 relay: 1. Woodstock North 46.28 3,200 meters: 1. Wolf (W) 11:53 100 high hurdles: 1. Parsons (W) 15.31 100 meters: 1. Haimbaugh (WSN) 11.61 800 meters: 1. Hafer (W) 2:10.0 4x200 relay: 1. Woodstock North 1:38.0 400 meters: 1. Smith (WSN) 53.78 300 low hurdles: 1. Parsons (W) 42.21 1,600 meters: 1. Bellavia (W) 4:52.0 200 meters: 1. Haimbaugh (WSN) 24.05 4x400 relay: 1. Woodstock 3:39.0 Discus: 1. Krueger (W) 126’ 10” High jump: 1. Oleson (W) 6’ 2” Shot put: 1. Krueger (W) 43’ 1” Long jump: 1. Trafton (WSN) 19’ 5” Triple jump: 1. Moser (WSN) 33’ 11” Pole vault: 1. Krenger (WSN) 11’; 1. Senn (WSN) 11’

JACOBS TRI MEET

Wheaton Acad. 210 100 0 - 4 9 0 Marian Central 020 000 0 - 1 5 2

Team scores: 1. Huntley 110; 2. Jacobs 59; 3. Hampshire 13.

LP: Maxiener, 3-2 (7IP, 4R, 3ER, 9H, 6BB, 5K). Top hitters: Marian Central- Conway 1-3 (2B), Daniels 1-3 (RBI).

4x800 relay: 1. Jacobs 8:46.04; 2. Huntley 9:25.06 4x100 relay: 1. Huntley 46.0; 2. Hampshire 49.3 3,200 meters: 1. Jestus (Hunt) 11;13.9; 2. Campbell (Hunt) 11:33.9 110 high hurdles: 1. McClain (J) 16.9; 2. Bell (Hunt) 16.1 100 meters: 1. Walker (J) 11.4; 2. Dollar/Schwartz (Hunt) 11.7 800 meters: 1. Matysek (J) 1:57.7; 2. Obecny (Hunt) 1:59.9 4x200 relay: 1. Huntley 1:38.1 400 meters: 1. Rogers (J) 51.7; 2. Pagan (Hamp) 51.8 300 low hurdles: 1. See (Hunt) 42.3; 2. McClain (J) 43.9 1,600 meters: 1. Baran (J) 4:36.5; 2. Teichuaun (J) 4:39.1 200 meters: 1. Walken (J) 23.8; 2. Schwartz (Hunt) 23.9 4x400 relay: 1. Huntley 3:39.7; 2. Jacobs 3:41.3; Hampshire 3:45.3 Discus: 1. Herbert (Hunt) 148’ 8”; Jiminez (Hunt) 121’ 1” High jump: 1. Bell (Hunt) 6’ 3”; Raymer (Hunt) 5’ 8” Shot put: 1. Herbert (Hunt) 46’ 10”; 2. Jiminez (Hunt) 43’ 10” Long jump: 1. Walker (Hunt) 19’ 4 1/2”; 2. See (Hunt) 17’ 8” Triple jump: 1. Andros (Hunt) 35’ 3”; 2. Raymer (Hunt) 34’ 10” Pole vault: 1. Lamber (Hunt) 11’ 6”; 2. Andros 11’ 6”

CL SOUTH 14, WOODSTOCK 0 Woodstock CL South

000 00 - 0 1 5 423 5x - 14 8 0

WP: Massie (4IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 7K). LP: Johmeyer (3IP, 6H, 9R, 5ER, 2BB, 2K). Top hitters: Crystal Lake South— Woods 2-4 (2 1B, R). Woodstock— 1-2 (1B)

CL CENTRAL 8, DUNDEE-CROWN 1 CL Central 310 000 4 - 8 10 1 Cundee-Crown 000 000 1 - 1 4 1 WP: Mahaffy (7IP, 4H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 6K). LP: Eissler (4IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 1K). Top hitters: CL Central— Mahaffy 3-4 (2B, 2R, SB, 2RBI); O’Keefe 1-4 (HR, 2RBI).

GRAYSLAKE CENTRAL 2 HUNTLEY 1 (8 INN.) GL Central Huntley

000 100 01 - 2 9 1 000 100 00 - 1 3 0

WP: Brown (8IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 2K). LP: Spannraft 5-1 (8IP, 9H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 5K). Top hitters: GL Central— Heraty 1-3 (2B, RBI). Huntley— Brown 1-3 ®

MCHENRY 9, GRAYSLAKE NORTH 2 GL North McHenry

100 010 0 — 2 7 1 005 400 x — 9 12 1

WP: Koepke (7IP, 7H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, 9K). LP: Livengood (6IP, 12H, 9R, 7ER, 1BB, 7K). Top hitters: McHenry— Koepke 3-4 (2R, 2RBI). GL North— Bowen 2-3 (2R).

GIRLS SOCCER RICHMOND-BURTON 7 GENOA-KINGSTON 0 Genoa-Kingston Richmond-Burton

0 5

0 2

- 0 - 7

at Toronto 6 p.m. WCIU AM-1000 DETROIT 7:30 p.m. CSN AM-720

MILWAUKEE 7:05 p.m. CSN+ AM-720

SAN FRANCISCO 1:20 p.m. CSN AM-720

SAN FRANCISCO 12:05 p.m. Fox AM-720

at Washington 6:05 p.m. WCIU AM-670

at Washington 6:05 p.m. CSN AM-670

at Cleveland 6:05 p.m. WGN AM-670

at Cleveland 3:05 p.m. CSN AM-670

at Rockford 7 p.m. CN100

CHARLOTTE 7 p.m. WCUU

Next game Sunday at Houston

AP photo

BOYS TRACK

SOFTBALL

NEW YORK 7 p.m. TNT AM-1000

JOHNSBURG TRI MEET Team scores: 1. McHenry 108; 2. Prairie Ridge; 3. Johnsburg 36 4x800 relay: 1. McHenry 8:46.11; 2. Johnsburg 8:55.10 4x100 relay: 1. McHenry 45.6; 2. Prairie Ridge 46.8; 3. Johnsburg 48.0 3,200 meters: 1. Shawler-Clapper (McH); 2. Larsen 11:17 110 high hurdles: 1. Blakenship (J) 15.9; 2. Schwartz (McH) 16.0 100 meters: 1. Roche (McH) 11.7; Glauser (McH) 11.7 800 meters: 1. Hying (McH) 2:04.2; 2. Martenson (PR) 2:08.9 4x200 relay: 1. McHenry 1:36.6; 400 meters: 1. Konstantelos (McH) 52.9; Shelton (McH) 53.8 300 low hurdles: 1. Schmitt (McH) 43.0; 2. Magradze (J) 43.3 1,600 meters: 1. Cowlin (PR) 4:23.3; 2. Reiser (McH) 4:24.9

SATURDAY

MILWAUKEE 7:05 p.m. WGN AM-720

The New York Yankees’ Travis Hafner hits a three-run home run off Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez in the first inning Monday in Cleveland.

at Grand Rapids 6 p.m. CN100

double, and Cincinnati spoiled St. Louis’ home opener. Mitchell Boggs (0-1), the standin closer for St. Louis, yielded six ON TAP TODAY runs while getting only one out and NBA BASKETBALL the Cardinals needed four more TV/Radio 7 p.m.: Toronto at Bulls, CSN+, AM-1000 pitchers to get out of the ninth. NHL HOCKEY Braves 2, Marlins 0: At Miami, 7 p.m.: Blackhawks at Minnesota, CSN, NBCSN, AM-560 WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Justin Upton went 4 for 4, includ7:30 p.m.: NCAA Division I tournament, championship, ing his sixth home run, and Paul MLB BASEBALL Louisville vs. UConn, at New Orleans, ESPN Maholm allowed one hit in seven 6 p.m.: White Sox at Washington, WCIU, AM-670 sharp innings to help Atlanta spoil 7 p.m.: Milwaukee at Cubs, WGN, AM-720 MEN’S COLLEGE BASEBALL Miami’s home opener. 6 p.m.: Kent State at Penn State, BTN 9 p.m.: Oakland at L.A. Angels, MLBN The Braves earned their fourth BASKETBALL HOCKEY BETTING ODDS consecutive victory and improved to 6-1, their best start since 2007. NHL GLANTZ-CULVER LINE NBA The Marlins lost their third game WESTERN CONFERENCE MLB EASTERN CONFERENCE in a row and fell to 1-6, their worst GP W L OT Pts GF GA FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE W L Pct GB start since 2006. x-Blackhawks 38 29 5 4 62 128 83 National League z-Miami 60 16 .789 — d-Anaheim 39 26 8 5 57 121 98 at Cubs -130 Milwaukee +120 York 50 26 .658 10 Mets 7, Phillies 2: At Philadel- x-New d-Vancouver 38 21 11 6 48 103 95 Los Angeles -140 at San Diego +130 y-Indiana 48 29 .623 12½ Los Angeles 39 22 13 4 48 114 96 at Philadelphia -155 New York +145 phia, Matt Harvey (2-0) threw sev- x-Brooklyn 44 32 .579 16 San Jose 38 20 11 7 47 98 94 Atlanta -180 at Miami +170 42 34 .553 18 Minnesota 38 22 14 2 46 103 97 at St. Louis -125 Cincinnati +115 en impressive innings, John Buck x-Bulls x-Atlanta 42 36 .538 19 St. Louis 37 21 14 2 44 106 98 at Arizona -140 Pittsburgh +130 40 37 .519 20½ hit a three-run homer and the Mets x-Boston Detroit 39 19 15 5 43 99 101 at San Francisco -160 Colorado +150 x-Milwaukee 37 39 .487 23 American League roughed up Roy Halladay in a vicPhoenix 38 17 15 6 40 105 104 at Detroit -140 Toronto +130 Philadelphia 31 45 .408 29 Dallas 38 18 17 3 39 104 117 New York -110 at Cleveland +100 tory over the Phillies. Toronto 29 48 .377 31½ Edmonton 38 16 15 7 39 100 106 at Texas -150 Tampa Bay +140

PREPS

Rich.-Burton CL Central

FRIDAY

at Minnesota 7 p.m. NBCSN, CSN AM-560

CLEVELAND – Travis Hafner drove in four runs in his return to Cleveland, and Robinson Cano homered twice as injury-riddled New York ruined the Indians’ highly anticipated first home game under manager Terry Francona with an 11-6 win Monday. Hafner hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Ubaldo Jimenez (0-1) and added an RBI single in the third. Cano connected in the fifth and sixth for the Yankees. Hiroki Kuroda (1-1) shook off a shaky, 34-pitch first and showed no signs of being bothered by a bruised right middle finger as the Yankees finally won a home opener after losing their own and Detroit’s last week. Red Sox 3, Orioles 1: At Boston, Daniel Nava hit a three-run homer, Clay Buchholz pitched seven shutout innings and the surprising Red Sox won their ninth straight home opener, beating Baltimore. Nava broke open a scoreless duel between Buchholz (2-0) and Wei-Yin Chen (0-1) in the seventh inning with his second homer in two days. Royals 3, Twins 1: At Kansas City, Mo., Ervin Santana pitched eight strong innings, Alcides Escobar doubled home the go-ahead run and the Royals rallied to beat Minnesota in their home opener. Santana (1-1), acquired from the Los Angeles Angels on Oct. 31 for minor league left-hander Brandon Sisk, gave up a run and eight singles. He struck out seven, walked

CL CENTRAL 8 RICHMOND-BURTON 1

THURSDAY

TORONTO 7 p.m. CSN+ AM-1000

The ASSOCIATED PRESS

BASEBALL

WEDNESDAY

200 meters: 1. Blankenship (J) 24.9; 2. Crepean (PR) 24.1 4x400 relay: 1. McHenry 3:36.9; 2. Johnsburg 3:46.7 Discus: 1. Behning (PR) 136’ 2 1/2”; 2. Stillwell (J) 118’ 11” High jump: 1. Postal (McH) 6’ 1”; 2. Matias (McH) 5’ 9” Shot put: 1. Vogt (McH) 40’ 11”; 2. Peterson (PR) 39’ 11 1/2” Long jump: 1. Partenheimer (McH) 19’ 5 1/2”; 2. O’Brien (PR) 17’ 1 1/2” Triple jump: 1. Partenheimer (McH) 39’ 2”; 2. Talbot (J) 37’ 8” Pole vault: 1. Hellios (McH) 11’ 0”; 2. Hying (McH) 10’ 6”

CARY-GROVE TRI MEET Team scores: 1. Crystal Lake Central 75; 2. Crystal Lake South 59; 3. CaryGrove 47 4x800 relay: 1. CL Central 8:09.2; 2. CL South 8:14.3 4x100 relay: 1. CL Central 44.4; 2. CL South 44.5 3,200 meters: 1. Henderson (CLS) 9:53.2; 2. Sikora (CG) 9:54.7 110 high hurdles: 1. Saxon (CG) 16.0; 2. 100 meters: 1. Mosner (CLC) 10.9; 2. Baldousek (CLS) 11.4 800 meters: 1. Lenzins (CLS) 2:00.7; 2. Amato (CLC) 2:01.7 4x200 relay: 1. CL South 1:34.6; 2. CL Central 1:35.1 400 meters: 1. Kophman (CLS) 52.3; 2. Thomas (CLC) 52.8 300 low hurdles: 1. Saxon (CG) 42.3; 2. Madoni (CLS) 44.3 1,600 meters: 1. Baker (CLC) 4:30.8; 2. Pitner (CLC) 4:34.1 200 meters: 1. Mosner (CLC) 23.2; 2. Jenkins (CLC) 23.7 4x400 relay: 1. Cary-Grove 3:29.4; 2. CL South 3:30.6 Discus: 1. Hurley (CG) 137’ 9”; 2. Hedgo (CLS) 137’ 6” High jump: 1. McGowan (CG) 5’ 7”; 2. Lockwood (CLC) 5’ 5” Shot put: 1. Hedgo (CLS) 49’ 5”; 2. Hurley (CG) 47’ 8 1/4” Long jump: 1. Mosner (CLC) 21’ 11”; 2. Fisher (CG) 19’ 0” Triple jump: 1. Gettes (CLS) 37’ 7”; 2. Tenmios (CG) 37’ 2” Pole vault: 1. Gildex (CLC) 12’ 0”; 2. Amato (CLC) 12’ 0”

GIRLS TRACK HUNTLEY TRI MEET Team scores: 1. Huntley 71; 2. McHenry 57; 3. Grayslake Central 48 4x800 relay: 1. Grayslake Central 10:53.4; 2. Huntley 11:17.5 4x100 relay: 1. Huntley 52.5; 2. Grayslake Central 53.1 3,200 meters: 1. Opaterny (McH) 11:47.0; 2. Haggerty (GLC) 13:16.0 100 high hurdles: 1. Tramblay (H) 16.0; 2. Schmidt (H) 16.1 100 meters: 1. D’Angelo (McH) 12.9; 2. Wlasiuk (McH) 13.0 800 meters: 1. Mitchell (H) 2:31.8; 2. Brenner (McH) 2:32.3 4x200 relay: 1. Grayslake Central 1:52.5; 2. Huntley 1:52.6 400 meters: 1. D’Angelo (McH) 1:01.1; 2. Schau (H) 1:01.1 300 low hurdles: 1. Mara (GLC) 48.9; 2. Schmidt (H) 50.3 1,600 meters: 1. Purich (McH) 5:34.2; 2. Moran (GLC) 5:57.6 200 meters: 1. D’Angelo (McH) 27.2; 2. Leahkloss (GLC) 27.3 4x400 relay: 1. Grayslake Central 4:38.6; 2. McHenry 4:39.1 Discus: 1. Nicolay (McH) 115’ 8”; 2. Szamlewski (McH) 99’ 9” High jump: 1. Tseumah (H) 5’ 8”; 2. Wlasiuk (McH) 5’ 0” Long jump: 1. Lyman (H) 15’ 2”; 2. Howie (McH) 13’ 6 1/2” Triple jump: 1. Tramblay (H) 33’ 0”; 2. Driscoll (H) 32’ 10” Pole vault: 1. Lyman (H) 10’ 0”; 2. Engal (GLC) 9’ 0”

BOYS TENNIS MCHENRY 5, JOHNSBURG 2 Singles No. 1: Wells (J) d. Maher 6-0, 6-1 No. 2: Nikolai (J) d. Condon 6-3, 6-1 No. 3: Fanlon (M) d. Distephano 6-2, 6-0 Doubles No. 1: Quitalig/Higgin (M) d. Lagnailoi/ Schmidt 6-1, 6-1 No. 2: Stanek/Corstanje (M) d. Moore/ Fryza 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 No. 3: Arriola/Bronur (M) d. Winter/ Pekovic 6-1, 6-3 No. 4: Phillips/McCaughy (M) d. Smith/Pease 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3)

CARY-GROVE 5, WOODSTOCK 2 Singles No. 1: Russell (CG) d. Ring, 6-0, 6-0 No. 2: Ordonez (Wood) d. Jensen, 7-5, 7-5 No. 3: Cross (Wood) d. Krautsack, 6-1, 2-6, 9-7 Doubles No. 1: Rozolis/Maas (CG) d. Umana/ Klinefelter, 6-1, 6-1 No. 2: Harte/Robins (CG) d. Fischbach/ Sutter, 6-1, 6-0 No. 3: Kroeger/Finlon (CG) d. Uidl/ Redemske, 6-2, 6-2 No. 4: Powers/Kerlin (CG) d. Esparza/ Rodriguez, 6-0, 6-2

HUNTLEY 7, GRANT 0 Singles No. 1: Smith (H) d. Bedeer, 6-1, 6-1 No. 2: Grabner (H) d. Stauffer, 6-3, 6-3 No. 3: Patil (H) d. Brandt, 6-0, 6-3 Doubles

No. 1: Pikerton/McDaniel (H) d. WIlson/Luethe, 6-0, 6-1 No. 2: Frederick/Kambitsis (H) d. O’neil/Klumake, 6-3, 6-1 No. 3: Makowski/Manigriz (H) d. Haley/Kugel, 6-0, 6-0 No. 4: Simons/Hagan (H) d. Frank/ Snider, 6-3, 6-3

MARENGO 5 WOODSTOCK NORTH 2 Singles No. 1: VanVoorhees (M) d. Julian, 6-1, 6-3 No. 2: Opie (M) d. Elsinger, 6-3, 6-3 No. 3: Balleno (WSN) d. Jenkins, 7-5, 7-5 Doubles No. 1: Hogan/Karsten (M) d. Rousonelos/Plummer, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 No. 2: Devore/Niese (WSN) d. Mickus/ Detricks, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 No. 3: West/Courtney (M) d. Ibarra/ Helland, 6-4, 6-4 No. 4: Berg/Keerum (M) d. Robin/ Pankow, 7-6, 6-1

SCHEDULE TODAY

Baseball: McHenry at Carmel, Cary-Grove at Woodstock, Prairie Ridge at Grayslake North, Jacobs at CL Central, CL South at Woodstock North, Harvard at Richmond-Burton, Grayslake Central at Dundee-Crown, Huntley at Hampshire, Marian Central at Aurora Christian, Luther North at Alden-Hebron, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Richmond-Burton at Harvard, Alden-Hebron at Luther North, Cary-Grove at Woodstock, Jacobs at CL Central, CL South at Woodstock North, Dundee-Crown at Grayslake Central, Huntley at Hampshire, McHenry at Johnsburg, Prairie Ridge at Grayslake North, 4:30 p.m. Girls soccer: Dundee-Crown at Woodstock, Prairie Ridge at Johnsburg, CaryGrove at Grayslake Central, CL South at CL Central, Aurora Central at Marian Central, Richmond-Burton at Burlington Central, 4:30 p.m.; Marengo at Harvard, 6 p.m.; Jacobs, Huntley at Pepsi Showdown, TBA; McHenry at Grayslake North, 6:30 p.m. Boys track: Harvard at Winnebago, 4 p.m. Girls track: Harvard at Winnebago, 4 p.m.; North Boone and Belvidere North at Marengo, 4:15 p.m. Lacrosse: Palatine at Cary-Grove, 6:45 p.m. Boys tennis: Huntley at Woodstock North, Jacobs at Dundee-Crown, 4 p.m.; Hampshire at McHenry, Hampshire at CL Central, 4 p.m.; Grayslake North at Johnsburg, Woodstock at McHenry, Marian Central at Aurora Central, Garyslake Central at Cary-Grove, Prairie Ridge at CL South, 4:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

Baseball: Woodstock at RichmondBurton, CL South at Burlington Central, Harvard at Johnsburg, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Marian Central at Aurora Central, Richmond-Burton at Grant, Cary-Grove at CL South, CL Central at Woodstock, Dundee-Crown at McHenry, Hampshire at Grayslake Central, Huntley at Prairie Ridge, Woodstock at Johnsburg, 4:30 p.m. Girls track: Jacobs, Hampshire at McHenry Lud Invitational, 4 p.m. Lacrosse: Prairie Ridge at Bartlett, 5:30 p.m.; West Chicago at Jacobs, 6:15 p.m. Boys tennis: Marengo at Belvidere North, 4 p.m.; Prairie Ridge at Jacobs, 4:30 p.m.

THURSDAY

Baseball: Harlem at Huntley, 4:15 p.m.; Marengo at Forreston, Woodstock North at Cary-Grove, Johnsburg at Prairie Ridge, CL Central at McHenry, Grayslake North at CL South, Richmond-Burton at Harvard, Hampshire at Dundee-Crown, Grayslake Central at Jacobs, Walther Lutheran at Marian Central, Alden-Hebron at Luther North, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Marian Central at Carmel, Harvard at Richmond-Burton, AldenHebron at Luther North, McHenry at Marengo, 4:30 p.m. Girls soccer: Winnebago at Marengo, Harvard at Richmond-Burton, Hampshire at Dundee-Crown, Woodstock North at McHenry, Grayslake North at Prairie Ridge, CL Central at Cary-Grove, Johnsburg at CL South, Marian Central at Immaculate Conception, 4:30 p.m.; Jacobs, Huntley at Pepsi Showdown, TBA Boys track: Richmond-Burton at Harvard, 4 p.m.; Huntley, Cary-Grove, Marian Central at Stevenson Patriot Relays, 5 p.m.; Hampshire at Leyden Invitational, 4:30 p.m. Girls track: Richmond-Burton at Harvard, 4 p.m. Lacrosse: CL South at Cary-Grove, 5:30 p.m. Boys tennis: Dundee-Crown at McHenry, Prairie Ridge at Hampshire, CL South at Grayslake Central, 4 p.m.; Johnsburg at Jacobs, Woodstock North at Woodstock, Cary-Grove at Garyslake North, McHenry at Huntley, 4:30 p.m.

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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 Dallas Portland Minnesota New Orleans Sacramento Phoenix

40 38 33 29 27 27 23

37 39 44 47 50 50 54

.519 17 .494 19 .429 24 .382 27½ .351 30 .351 30 .299 34

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference 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. Wednesday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Orlando, 6 p.m. Miami at Washington, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Boston, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Portland, 9 p.m. New Orleans at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. San Antonio at Denver, 9:30 p.m.

MEN’S COLLEGE NCAA TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR At The Georgia Dome Atlanta National Semifinals Saturday, April 6 Louisville 72, Wichita State 68 Michigan 61, Syracuse 56 National Championship Monday Louisville 82, Michigan 76

PAST NCAA CHAMPIONS 2012 — Kentucky 67, Kansas 59 2011 — Connecticut 53, Butler 41 2010 — Duke 61, Butler 59 2009 — North Carolina 89, Michigan State 72 2008 — Kansas 75, Memphis 68, OT 2007 — Florida 84, Ohio State 75 2006 — Florida 73, UCLA 57 2005 — North Carolina 75, Illinois 70 2004 — Connecticut 82, Georgia Tech 73 2003 — Syracuse 81, Kansas 78 2002 — Maryland 64, Indiana 52 2001 — Duke 82, Arizona 72 2000 — Michigan State 89, Florida 76 1999 — Connecticut 77, Duke 74 1998 — Kentucky 78, Utah 69 1997 — Arizona 84, Kentucky 79, OT 1996 — Kentucky 76, Syracuse 67 1995 — UCLA 89, Arkansas 78 1994 — Arkansas 76, Duke 72

NCAA CHAMPIONS BY STATE 15 — California: Stanford, 1942; San Francisco, 1955-56; California, 1959; UCLA, 1964-65, 1967-73, 1975, 1995. 11 — North Carolina: North Carolina, 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005, 2009; N.C. State, 1974, 1983; Duke, 1991-92, 2001, 2010. 11 — Kentucky: Kentucky, 1948-49, 1951, 1958, 1978, 1996, 1998, 2012; Louisville, 1980, 1986, 2013. 5 — Indiana: Indiana, 1940, 1953, 1976, 1981, 1987. 3 — Connecticut: Connecticut, 1999, 2004, 2011. 3 — Kansas: Kansas, 1952, 1988, 2008. 3 — Michigan: Michigan State, 1979, 2000; Michigan, 1989. 3 — Ohio: Ohio State, 1960; Cincinnati, 1961-62. 2 — Florida: Florida, 2006-07. 2 — New York: CCNY, 1950; Syracuse, 2003. 2 — Pennsylvania: La Salle, 1954; Villanova, 1985. 2 — Wisconsin: Wisconsin, 1941; Marquette, 1977. 2 — Oklahoma: Oklahoma A&M (Oklahoma State), 1945-46. 1 — Maryland: Maryland, 2002. 1 — Arizona: Arizona, 1997. 1 — Arkansas: Arkansas, 1994. 1 — Nevada: UNLV, 1990. 1 — District of Columbia: Georgetown, 1984. 1 — Texas: Texas Western (UTEP), 1966. 1 — Illinois: Loyola, Ill., 1963. 1 — Massachusetts: Holy Cross, 1947. 1 — Utah: Utah, 1944. 1 — Wyoming: Wyoming, 1943. 1 — Oregon: Oregon, 1939.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE NCAA TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR At New Orleans Arena New Orleans National Championship Today Louisville (29-8) vs. Connecticut (34-4) 6:30 p.m.

Columbus 39 16 16 7 39 91 Nashville 40 15 17 8 38 96 Calgary 38 14 20 4 32 102 Colorado 39 12 22 5 29 90 EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF x-Pittsburgh 39 29 10 0 58 127 d-Montreal 38 25 8 5 55 120 d-Washington 39 20 17 2 42 117 Boston 38 25 9 4 54 108 Toronto 39 22 13 4 48 121 Ottawa 38 19 13 6 44 94 N.Y. Rangers 39 19 16 4 42 96 N.Y. Islanders 39 19 16 4 42 113

104 109 134 124

New Jersey Winnipeg Buffalo Philadelphia Carolina Tampa Bay Florida

106 120 118 118 121 114 132

39 40 39 38 38 38 39

15 19 16 17 16 16 13

14 19 17 18 20 20 20

10 2 6 3 2 2 6

40 40 38 37 34 34 32

92 98 105 106 99 121 96

GA 95 91 110 81 109 85 94 119

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. d-division leader x-clinched playoff spot Monday’s Games Boston 6, Carolina 2 Toronto 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Calgary 3, Colorado 1 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. Wednesday’s Games Boston at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

AHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division W L OL SL Pts GF Grand Rapids 40 23 3 4 87 222 Milwaukee 36 27 4 3 79 178 Rockford 38 30 2 1 79 222 Wolves 34 26 5 4 77 188 Peoria 31 32 4 3 69 171 North Division W L OL SL Pts GF Toronto 40 21 3 6 89 223 Rochester 39 27 3 1 82 217 Abbotsford 32 30 4 6 74 162 Lake Erie 31 30 3 7 72 194 Hamilton 28 36 1 5 62 149 South Division W L OL SL Pts GF Texas 40 19 5 6 91 212 Charlotte 39 25 3 3 84 206 Houston 36 24 5 5 82 194 Oklahoma City 35 24 2 8 80 218 San Antonio 29 33 2 6 66 181 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OL SL Pts GF x-Providence 44 21 0 5 93 201 Portland 38 26 3 2 81 208 Manchester 32 31 3 4 71 202 Worcester 29 31 3 6 67 172 St. John’s 29 34 2 4 64 176 East Division W L OL SL Pts GF x-Syracuse 40 21 4 5 89 225 x-Binghamton 40 23 1 6 87 206 W-B/Scranton 40 28 2 2 84 174 Norfolk 35 30 4 1 75 175 Hershey 33 28 3 6 75 185 Northeast Division W L OL SL Pts GF x-Springfield 41 20 5 4 91 218 Connecticut 35 28 5 3 78 203 Bridgeport 30 29 6 5 71 206 Albany 29 28 1 12 71 181 Adirondack 28 35 3 4 63 172

GA 191 190 210 187 200 GA 184 194 189 207 205 GA 182 185 183 219 208 GA 174 210 199 207 213 GA 183 178 167 185 179 GA 169 203 225 206 209

x-Clinched Playoff Berth NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Monday’s Games No games scheduled Today’s Games Portland at St. John’s, 5 p.m. Syracuse at Lake Erie, 6 p.m. Worcester at Bridgeport, 6 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Wolves at Grand Rapids, 6 p.m. Portland at St. John’s, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Houston, 7:05 p.m. Rockford at Peoria, 7:05 p.m.

GOLF PGA TOUR FEDEX CUP LEADERS Through April 7 Rank Player Points 1. Tiger Woods 1,605 2. Brandt Snedeker 1,282 3. Matt Kuchar 948 4. Phil Mickelson 797 5. Kevin Streelman 752 6. Dustin Johnson 748 7. Steve Stricker 746 8. Charles Howell III 744 9. Hunter Mahan 692 10. Russell Henley 683 11. Keegan Bradley 658 12. Billy Horschel 642 13. Brian Gay 640 14. John Merrick 613 15. Chris Kirk 597 16. Jimmy Walker 595 17. Michael Thompson 582 18. Martin Laird 563 19. Bill Haas 539 20. Justin Rose 531 21. D.A. Points 524 22. Josh Teater 498 23. Cameron Tringale 476 24. Jason Day 466 25. Boo Weekley 460 26. Webb Simpson 459

Money $3,787,600 $2,859,920 $2,210,389 $1,746,360 $1,310,343 $1,603,307 $1,845,420 $1,393,806 $1,553,965 $1,331,434 $1,412,027 $1,254,224 $1,184,803 $1,375,757 $1,156,573 $1,062,787 $1,254,669 $1,185,200 $1,181,633 $1,155,550 $1,154,138 $961,039 $727,021 $1,115,565 $830,010 $938,792

at Kansas City -155 Minnesota at Los Angeles -160 Oakland at Seattle -140 Houston Interleague at Washington -155 White Sox FAVORITE at Bulls at Indiana at Miami at Brooklyn at New York at Houston at Memphis Oklahoma City at Golden State at L.A. Lakers

NBA LINE 5½ 12½ 6½ 8 11 16 14½ 2½ 7 9

+145 +150 +130 +145

UNDERDOG Toronto Cleveland Milwaukee Philadelphia Washington Phoenix Charlotte at Utah Minnesota New Orleans

NHL FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Blackhawks -120 at Minnesota San Jose -125 at Columbus at N.Y. Islanders -140 Philadelphia Pittsburgh -155 at Carolina at Montreal -150 Washington at Tampa Bay -130 Ottawa at Winnipeg -160 Buffalo St. Louis -130 at Nashville Los Angeles -140 at Dallas

LINE +100 +105 +120 +135 +130 +110 +140 +110 +120

TRANSACTIONS PROS BASEBALL American League HOUSTON ASTROS-Placed RHP Josh Fields on the 15-day DL, retroactive to April 4. Recalled RHP Paul Clemens from Oklahoma City (PCL). TEXAS RANGERS-Acquired C Robinson Chirinos from Tampa Bay for a player to be named later or cash considerations. TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Claimed 1B Mauro Gomez off waivers from Boston and optioned him to Buffalo (IL). National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Activated 3B David Freese from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Ryan Jackson to Memphis (PCL). International League DURHAM BULLS-Announced LHP Adam Liberatore was assigned to the team from Montgomery (SL). American Association EL PASO DIABLOS-Signed RHP Luis Chirinos and RHP Shawn Blackwell. FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKSSigned RHP Joe Cruz and OF/C Alex Burg. SIOUX FALLS CANARIES-Signed OF JP Ramirez and RHP Kyle Vazquez. ST. PAUL SAINTS-Signed INF Dan Kraczwoski. WICHITA WINGNUTS-Signed RHP Daniel Bennett and RHP Nathan Kilcrease. Can-Am League NEW JERSEY JACKALS-Signed LHP Bobby Lucas. Frontier League EVANSVILLE OTTERS-Signed 1B Andrew Clark and RHP Scott Weismann. FLORENCE FREEDOM-Signed OF Pablo Bermudez and RHP Daniel DeSimone. FRONTIER GREYS-Signed LHP Dillon Wilson and LHP Eric Wooten. Named Tom Waelchli pitching coach. JOLIET SLAMMERS-Released RHP Matt Sommo. NORMAL CORNBELTERS-Released OF Bobby Rinard. RIVER CITY RASCALS-Signed OF Evan Crawford and LHP Kaleb Engelke. Placed RHP Brett Harman on the suspended list. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS-Placed LHP Sam Robinson on the retired list. WASHINGTON WILD THINGSSigned LHP Alfonso Yevoli to a contract extension. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association BULLS-Signed F Malcolm Thomas for the remainder of the season. FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS-Signed P Will Batson. BUFFALO BILLS-Signed QB Kevin Kolb to a two-year contract. DENVER BRONCOS-Announced RB Lance Ball signed his tender. OAKLAND RAIDERS-Waived T Jason Slowey. Canadian Football League CALGARY STAMPEDERS-Acquired OL Dan Federkeil from Toronto for LB Akwasi Antwi. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS-Released QB Alex Brink. Signed QB Max Hall and Chase Clement. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS-Recalled F Michael Chaput from Springfield (AHL). DALLAS STARS-Recalled D Jordie Benn from Texas (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS-Reassigned F Riley Sheahan to Grand Rapids (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS-Returned F Scott Timmins to San Antonio (AHL). LOS ANGELES KINGS-Activated F Dustin Penner from the injured reserve list. MONTREAL CANADIENS-Recalled D Nathan Beaulieu from Hamilton (AHL). SAN JOSE SHARKS-Signed G Troy Grosenick to an entry-level contract. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING-Recalled D Mark Barberio from Syracuse (AHL). Reassigned D Matt Taormina to Syracuse. American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS-Reassigned RW Andrej Nestrasil to Toledo (ECHL). SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE-Sent F Garrett Wilson to Cincinnati (ECHL).

COLLEGE CLEMSON-Named Audra Smith women’s basketball coach. KANSAS STATE-Announced sophomore F Adrian Diaz has decided to transfer from the men’s basketball program. NEW MEXICO-Announced junior guard Tony Snell will enter the NBA draft. RUTGERS-Named Carl Kirschner interim athletic director.

BASKETBALL

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FINAL FOUR MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER

Hancock sparks big comeback By EDDIE PELLS The Associated Press ATLANTA – With an aching heart and a shot that couldn’t miss, Luke Hancock helped Kevin Ware and the rest of the Louisville Cardinals win their national title. Given increased playing time and more shots because of Ware’s injury, Hancock almost singlehandedly brought Louisville back from a 12-point deficit in the first half Monday, going 5 for 5 from 3-point range in an 82-76 win over Michigan in the national title game.

Hancock finished with 22 points to add to the 20 from Saturday night’s semifinals and was named the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player. “We needed a rally and we’ve been doing it for a couple of games straight, being down,” Hancock said. “We just had to wait and make our run.” Quite a performance from the player coach Rick Pitino was afraid to start because he wanted to keep him out of foul trouble. Quite a treat for Hancock’s father, Bill, who is gravely ill with a sickness the family does not want

to disclose, but made the trip down from Roanoke, Va., nonetheless to see his son become the star of the Final Four. Some might say the junior, a transfer from George Mason, won the game for Louisville. It might be more appropriate to say he kept it from getting out of control. With leading scorer Russ Smith struggling and Michigan freshman Spike Albrecht doing his best Hancock impression by making his first four 3-pointers, Louisville fell behind by 12 in the first half and was struggling to find momentum. In came Hancock. First he

made two free throws. Then, he made shot after shot after shot after shot. Yes, four straight 3-pointers, accounting for 14 straight Louisville points as part of a 16-3 run that turned a 33-21 deficit into a one-point lead. This marked the seventh time Louisville has come back from double digits to win this season. Hancock’s father’s illness may have been the most poignant, untold story of this, a championship run dominated by news of Ware’s snapped tibia in the regional final that gave all the Cardinals a rallying point.

Ex-Michigan star Webber attends game

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Louisville’s Luke Hancock reacts to a play against Michigan in the first half Monday in Atlanta. Hancock was named the NCAA tournament Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player.

2012-13 NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL: A LOOK BACK

Few points, lengthy delays cause concern By EDDIE PELLS

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Freshman Spike Albrecht made four straight from beyond the arc, too, blowing by his career high before the break with 17 points. Coming in, Albrecht was averaging 1.8 points a game and had not scored more than seven all season. While Albrecht didn’t do much in the second half, Hancock finished what he started for Louisville. He buried another 3 from the corner with 3:20 remaining to give the Cardinals their biggest lead, 76-66. Michigan wouldn’t go away, but Hancock wrapped it up by making two free throws with 29 seconds left. While Pitino shrugged off any attempt to make this about him, there was no doubt the Cardinals wanted to win a national title for someone else – injured guard Kevin Ware. Watching again from his seat at the end of the Louisville bench, his injured right leg propped up on a chair, Ware smiled and slapped hands with his teammates as they celebrated in the closing seconds, the victory coming just 30 miles from where he played his high school ball. Any pain he was feeling from that gruesome injury in the regional final, when he landed awkwardly, snapped his leg and was left writhing on the floor with the bone sticking through the skin, was long gone as he hobbled gingerly onto the court with the aid of crutches, backing in a sea of confetti and streamers. “These are my brothers,” Ware said. “They got the job done. I’m so proud of them, so proud of them.” Peyton Siva added 18 points for the Cardinals, who closed the season on a 16-game winning streak, and Chane Behanan chipped in with 15 points and 12 rebounds as Louisville slowly but surely closed out the Wolverines (31-8). Michigan was in the title game for the first time since the Fab Five lost the second of two straight championship games in 1993. Players from that team, including Chris Webber, cheered on the latest group of young stars. But, like the Fab Five, national player of the year Trey Burke and a squad with three freshman starters came up short in the last game of the season. The first half might’ve been the most entertaining 20 minutes of the entire tournament. Burke started out on fire for Michigan, hitting his first three shots and scoring seven points to match his output from the semifinal victory over Syracuse, when he made only 1-of-8 shots. Then, when Burke sidelined most of the first half with two fouls, Albrecht took control.

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Louisville forward Chane Behanan celebrates the Cardinals’ victory.

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Former UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian sits in front of fellow inductees Monday during the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame class announcement in Atlanta.

NAISMITH MEMORIAL HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCEMENTS

Pitino heads class of 7 By JIM O’CONNELL The Associated Press ATLANTA – Rick Pitino got the phone call of a lifetime and an incredible text at the same time. On Wednesday, John Doleva, the president of the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, called seven people to tell them they were 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. The inductions will take

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Louisville coach Rick Pitino is among seven people elected to the Hall of Fame. place in Springfield, Mass., on Sept. 8. Inductees announced previously were: Edwin E.B. Henderson, a direct elect by the Early African Pioneer Committee; longtime Indiana Pacers guard Roger Brown; Oscar Schmidt of Brazil, the leading scorer in Olympic history; Richie Guerin, a star for the New York Knicks in the 1950s; and, Russ Granik, the longtime assistant commissioner of the NBA. It was Pitino, however, who stole the show. His Cardinals were in the championship game, and he won it all with Kentucky in 1996. On Saturday, Goldencents, a horse Pitino co-owns, won

the Santa Anita Derby, a major prep race for the Kentucky Derby. “I was looking around for lightning,” Pitino joked. “This was such a special moment.” Pitino, the only coach to take three schools to the Final Four, has won 661 games in 28 seasons as a college coach and his 47-16 record in the NCAA tournament is the third-highest winning percentage among active coaches. He also had two stints in the NBA with the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks. When he was a young assistant with the Knicks from 1983-85, Pitino forged a relationship with King, one of the most feared scorers in his playing days. King averaged 22 points in his 15-year NBA career, including averaging 34.8 points in the 1984 NBA playoffs. Payton was known as “The Glove” for his defensive prowess in his years with the Seattle SuperSonics. He was a twotime Olympic gold medalist. Lewis led Houston to five Final Fours in his 30 years with the Cougars. His teams featured future Hall of Famers Clyde Drexler, Elvin Hayes and Hakeem Olajuwon. Tarkanian took three schools to the NCAA tournament, but he will always be known for his teams at UNLV that made four Final Four appearances and won it all in 1990.

ATLANTA – Once the nets are down and the confetti stops flying, it will be safe to open your eyes again, basketball fans. Yes, 2012-13 has been one ugly season. Scoring hasn’t been this low in decades and the same for shooting percentages. Foul calls also are way down, which turned much of this year’s action into something more like wrestling with occasional breaks for freethrow shooting. Long delays for video reviews, confusion over the charge-block call, hand-checking, arm-blocking and always, always, an endless string of TV timeouts added to a feeling among even basketball lovers that many nights were hard to sit through. “It doesn’t take long, if you’re really watching, to see what’s happening and say, ‘Oh my God, this is awful,’ ” said ESPN analyst Jay Bilas, who has been one of the most outspoken critics of the state of the game. The season capped by the Michigan-Louisville NCAA title game Monday night has been one marked by amazing parity – something the leaders of most sports strive for, but one that may have played into the muddle that has become college hoops. At one point, the top spot in The Associated Press poll changed for five straight weeks. Only one top-seeded team, Louisville, made it to the Final Four and there were two No. 4s and a No. 9; overall, this was only the fourth time since seeding began in 1979 that only one top-3 seed made it to the sport’s biggest stage. Better coaching, better preparation, more good players and the willingness of many of the best ones to enroll at less-heralded schools all played into the evenness. As early as junior high, players in the same age bracket go against each other on traveling AAU and All-Star teams. When college rolls around, the intimidation factor is gone. If today’s dynamic were in place in the 1970s, almost every player at the Final Four would’ve played against Bill

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Syracuse’s Michael Carter-Williams falls to the court as Michigan’s Tim Hardaway Jr. goes for the ball Saturday in Atlanta. Walton at least once. “Some of these guys couldn’t score, so is that ugly?” said Bill Raftery, one of the sport’s most effervescent color commentators. “Some would prefer high scoring and free-wheeling, but preparation is such that it’s not going to be that way. And the kids all know one another, so they’re not in the least bit in awe of an opponent. You get Wichita State playing Louisville, and they don’t really give a damn. It’s just another team to them.” It can make for unexpectedly close games and exciting finishes – see No. 1 Louisville’s come-from-behind 7268 win over that plucky underdog, No. 9 Wichita State, in the national semifinals. Still, the overall product suffered this year and the statistics back that up: • Teams averaged 67.49 points, lowest since 1951-52, decades before either the 3-point line or the shot clock were introduced to college basketball. • Field goal percentage was 43.3 percent, lowest since 1964-65. • Shooting from the 3-point line was a tad over 34 percent, the worst it’s been since 199697. • The average team’s 17.66 fouls a game were the lowest since the stats started being recorded in 1947. • March Madness did not provide a reprieve. This has been the lowest scoring version of the NCAA tournament since the 3-point line came into effect in 1987, at 131.2 points a game.

WOMEN’S NCAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: LOUISVILLE VS. CONNECTICUT, 7:30 P.M., ESPN

History, high-scoring frosh Stewart on UConn’s side By DOUG FEINBERG The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS – Geno Auriemma has never lost an NCAA championship game. Of course, his UConn Huskies haven’t had to face a team like upstart Louisville, which is making an unprecedented run through the tournament. A victory tonight over the Cardinals would be UConn’s eighth title, matching them with Tennessee for the most in women’s basketball. Auriemma didn’t want to think about it. “Talking about things that haven’t happened yet is never a good idea,” Auriemma said. History is on the Hall of Fame coach’s side: UConn is 7-0 in title games, including a victory in the 2009 game against Louisville and the 2004 game that was also played in New Orleans. That game was the college finale of Diana Taurasi, who finished with

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Connecticut forward Breanna Stewart celebrates Sunday after making a 3-point basket against Notre Dame in the NCAA tournament semifinals in New Orleans. three straight championships. This trip to the Big Easy could be the beginning of a new dynasty for the Huskies led by Breanna Stewart. The heralded freshman has been on one of the most remarkable runs of any first year player in the history of the NCAA tournament. She had a season-high 29

points in the semifinal victory over Notre Dame and was honored as the most outstanding player of the Bridgeport Regional. Auriemma said he couldn’t remember a player having a better game in such a setting. Stewart already has scored 82 points in the NCAA tournament – the most by a UConn freshman, passing teammate Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis’ 79-point effort last season. And she has done it in four games as the Syracuse native sat out the opening-round rout of Idaho. “I was sitting next to Jim Boeheim at the Olympics, and we were talking during the gold medal game,” Louisville coach Jeff Walz said. “He said, ‘There’s this kid that plays in the open gym with the women up at Syracuse and she’s going to UConn and is one of the best players I’ve ever seen.’ It’s not a surprise in what she’s doing. She makes it look easy.” Stewart’s exploits are reminiscent

of two of the all-time greats. As freshmen, Cheryl Miller guided USC to a title in 1983 and Chamique Holdsclaw led Tennessee to a championship in 1996. Auriemma’s latest prize recruit missed this season’s first game against Louisville as she recovered from an ankle injury. UConn still won by 14 points. The Huskies have had their way with the Cardinals, winning the past 12 meetings, including that 2009 championship. “I don’t remember a thing – you try not to remember anything about those games,” Walz deadpanned. “We’re playing better basketball. The kids are confident, not much more to say. We believe in what we’re doing. No one thought we’d beat Baylor, no one thought we’d beat Tennessee.” Walz isn’t fazed by his team’s lack of success against Connecticut. It’s hard to blame him the way the Cardinals have rolled through the tournament behind guard Shoni Schimmel.

HEALTH WATCH

Life Fitness

Strength training Strength training is a beneficial form of exercise for everybody, no matter your age, gender or fitness background. It’s important to know a few fundamental principles of strength training: Resistance: You have to apply an appropriate resistance to build muscle. The amount of resistance should be above what one is accustomed to in everyday life. Add this resistance by using weight machines, free weights, cable machines, various weighted tools or even your own body weight. Balance: Make sure to work the entire musculoskeletal system, to avoid postural and strength imbalances and injury. Work several muscle groups at once when possible. Rest: Rest between sets of exercise for about 60 to 90 seconds, giving your muscles a chance to recover before you attempt the next set. Also, rest 48 hours between bouts of weight training if you are sore.

Source: Life Fitness

Brandpoint

KIDS’ HEALTH

Keep meds away from kids Paul Reyes, Express Scripts pharmacist and host of the “Ask the Pharmacist radio series,” offers these tips for preventing accidental and unintentional poisonings, and what to do if you suspect your child or teen has ingested a potentially poisonous substance: Be cautious of colors: Medications are colorful and attractive to children, and can be mistaken for candy. Parents should not encourage children to take their medicine by comparing it to candy, as this may lead to improper use. Know your numbers: If the child has collapsed or is not breathing, dial 911 immediately. If the child is awake and alert, call the Poison Hotline at 800-2221222 and follow the operator’s instructions.

Source: Brandpoint

NEW RESEARCH

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Good night Create the perfect sleep environment BRANDPOINT A good night of sleep is necessary for good health, high energy and an individual’s overall well-being. Not getting enough good sleep – or rapid eye movement sleep – can affect the mind and body’s ability to react appropriately to outside factors, the National Sleep Foundation reports. Creating the perfect sleep environment is the first step toward ensuring a good night of sleep. March, the first month of spring, also is National Sleep Awareness Month. One in four adults in the United States experiences occasional sleepiness, difficulty falling asleep or waking up feeling un-refreshed at least a few times per week, according to the National Sleep Foundation. Eliminate distractions: Many items, such as laptops, TVs and cellphones, in bedrooms can cause distractions and prevent a person from entering REM sleep. Remove these items from the room. Also, consider running a fan or white noise machine to create a soft sound barrier, which will help muffle unexpected sounds like a person flushing the toilet or an engine rumbling loudly on the street outside. Be routine: The human body reacts favorably to familiar and repeated movements. So consider following a routine every night, whether it’s taking a warm bath, reading a chapter in a book or journaling. The National Sleep Foundation advises against watching TV or using electronics as part of this routine. Stay active: Sleep is needed to give the body energy to get through its daily activities. Conversely, daily activities are needed to tire the body out for a good night of sleep. Consider adding physical activities into your daily schedule so you can settle into bed between the covers each night, tired and ready for a good night of sleep.

Sleep positions The position in which you sleep can significantly impact the quality of rest as well as how you feel in the morning. Back sleeping: For most people, the best sleep position is on the back. It is important to keep your neck supported so it stays in alignment with your head. This can be accomplished with a fluffy pillow or a special pillow that slightly lifts your neck. To further enhance the neutral position of your back, use a small pillow under your knees to alleviate stress on your hips. The back position also helps prevent gastroesophageal reflux because your stomach sits lower than your esophagus when your head is slightly elevated. Side sleeping: For folks who snore, the best sleep position is on your side. In this position, it is even more important to put a large, fluffy pillow under your neck to support your head. The average adult head weighs about 10 pounds, and this weight, if not supported, can cause significant strain on your neck and shoulders. For optimal alignment of your back and hips while side sleeping, use a small pillow between your knees. People with joint pain will feel more of the beneficial effects of proper hip placement during the night. Left-sided sleeping is also beneficial for those who have gastric reflux because the natural curvature of the stomach is in the leftward direction; lying on that side allows

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food to settle in the stomach rather than flow backward toward the esophagus. Stomach sleeping: Stomach sleeping presents the most health issues because it requires you to sleep with your head turned to one side, putting undue stress on your spine and potentially compressing nerves in your neck. Stomach sleeping also restricts airflow because your

body weight is essentially resting on your diaphragm and chest muscles. If you must sleep on your stomach – or if you frequently wake up to find yourself sleeping that way – try sleeping without a pillow to allow your head to rest in a more neutral position relative to your neck and back.

– Dr. Tracey Marks, Spry Living

Greek coffee for long life? A study published in Vascular Medicine has found that boiled Greek coffee may increase longevity. Only 0.1 percent of Europeans live past 90, but the number rises to 1 percent for the residents of the Greek island of Ikaria. Researchers studied Ikarians older than 65. They found that 87 percent of the participants drank boiled Greek coffee, and that those who did had better function of their endothelium, a layer of cells that lines blood vessels. Endothelial health is affected by lifestyle and aging.

Source: MedicalNews Today.com

New studies change recommendations on allergies Allergies to milk, peanuts, eggs and other products are not uncommon. A number of recommendations have previously been made to help prevent children from developing such allergies. However, because of new information, many of these recommendations have been changed. Earlier studies showed that babies of pregnant women who ate peanuts were more likely to develop peanut allergies. The same was shown regarding eggs and the onset of egg allergies. However, more recent studies involving humans and animals have shown

VIEWS Dr. Murray Feingold there is not an increased incidence of milk, peanut and egg allergies in children when their mothers ingested these foods. Therefore, the present recommendation is pregnant women generally do not need to avoid these foods. What about women avoiding allergic foods when they are breast feeding? Again, present studies do not indicate children of

breast-feeding mothers who eat highly allergic foods will develop allergies to these foods. From a common sense point of view, if there is a strong family history of peanut allergies, and because peanuts are not an essential part of a mother’s diet, not eating peanuts during the relatively short time of breast feeding should not be difficult to accomplish. Recommendations have changed concerning the age when babies should first be exposed to highly allergic foods. It was once recommended that children should not receive

foods containing eggs and peanuts until ages 1 to 3. Now, the general recommendation is they can start as early as 4 months. However, the first exposure to these foods should be done at home where they can be closely observed regarding any possible reactions. Although these are general recommendations, every child is different. So, especially in children with a history of allergies in the family, parents should discuss with the child’s physician the best way to approach the first presentation of highly allergic foods. In summary, the restric-

tions as to what a pregnant and breast-feeding mother can ingest as it regards to her child developing food allergies have changed, and they are not as restrictive. The same is true regarding when babies can be first exposed to highly allergic foods. But, use common sense and consult your baby’s doctor as to what is best for him or her.

• Massachusetts-based Dr. Murray Feingold is the physician in chief of The Feingold Center for Children and president of the Genesis Fund, a nonprofit organization.

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PLANITNORTHWEST/PLANITNORTHWEST.COM constraints. They must get training in classes and cadaver labs, and the learning curve can be steep. Unger said his was relatively short – about 20 cases. Others say it took about 50 cases. And this creates economic issues. “If you’re a busy surgeon, you have a volume to maintain,” Bollinger said, “and it’s hard to go from doing three a day to one during the learning period.” Christopher Chen, a surgeon who uses the anterior approach at Alta Bates Summit, adds that most doctors “still use the posterior approach because it’s the one they were taught.” And, he said, the majority of younger surgeons learn the older approach because established surgeons are typically the ones who staff the residency training programs and demonstrate the method they know best. Most surgeons don’t profit from choosing one approach over another, Chen said. “If there is a financial incentive” for promoting the newer technique, he said, “it is that more patients will want the anterior approach, so that the surgeon does more surgeries, and therefore collects more professional fees for that.” William Hamilton, who operates at the Anderson Orthopaedic Clinic at Inova Mt. Vernon Hospital, trains young surgeons to do the anterior approach in a year-long hip and knee replacement fellowship program. Hamilton said that “during this time, they’re taught both approaches.” But he adds that “since 2009, of the 13 fellows he trained, 12 use the anterior procedure as their primary approach in their practices.” Hamilton said that “a decade ago, very few residencies and fellowships taught the anterior approach. Now, several institutions around the country have at least one surgeon teaching it. So when students leave and begin their practices, it’s no longer foreign to them.” Hamilton, who has performed 1,100 anterior procedures and strongly supports the method, said that despite growing interest, “it will take a generation of new surgeons” before use of the anterior approach is widespread.

By BARBARA KOEPPEL The Washington Post

ver the past two decades, the number of Americans having total hip replacements has more than doubled, to more than 300,000 a year. Though most patients eventually walk again without pain or the aid of a cane, recovery and rehabilitation can be rigorous, painful and lengthy. The surgery is extensive: As its name suggests, it involves removing the joint – the damaged bone and cartilage – and replacing it with prosthetic parts made of metal, plastic or ceramics. Typically, surgeons enter the joint from the rear, which requires cutting through muscle and cartilage. But with a relatively new procedure, surgeons enter from the front and only stretch the muscles aside, avoiding the cutting and minimizing pain and recovery time. According to those who use this anterior technique, the benefits are substantial. Anthony Unger, medical director at the Institute of Bone and Joint Health at Sibley Memorial Hospital and a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at George Washington University Hospital, both in Washington, D.C., said the anterior approach is “truly minimally invasive.” Unger, who has done about 4,000 hip replacements over 26 years and has used the anterior technique for the past eight years, said “patients have better overall functionality, can sleep on their sides and be confident the new hip won’t dislocate.” But, as with many transitions in medical techniques, some surgeons have been reluctant to change. Although agencies and hospitals don’t track hip replacements by the type of procedure used, Unger said that, based on statistics from the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons, only 20 percent of its members choose the anterior approach. Joshua Jacobs, a vice president of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons and chairman of orthopedic surgery at Rush University in Chicago, said the AAOS doesn’t “endorse or promote one specific technique or procedure over another.” Jacobs prefers the posterior approach, which he said has been reliable for him. He said that while he’s heard about the benefits of the anterior approach, he’s “not aware of a randomized, controlled trial comparing the posterior and anterior approach that shows a definite superiority of one over the other.” What’s key is that “surgeons need to do the approach they’re most comfortable with to get the best outcomes.” •••••• A study by Unger in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery in 2011 found with the anterior procedure, there was less muscle damage and inflammation both in the immediate postoperative period and two days later than with the posterior approach. Others surgeons who prefer the anterior procedure say it preserves more of the normal anatomy, which also means fewer medications and shorter hospital stays. Michael Bollinger, who operates at Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol, Calif., switched methods a few years ago. With the anterior approach, Bollinger said, “we can take X-rays during the operation, to see if the new hip is placed correctly and adjust it, when necessary.” Many surgeons use a special operating table that makes this possible. Although surgeons also can take X-rays during the posterior procedure, it is much more difficult, and they wait until patients are in the recovery room, where, Bollinger said, “there’s not much that can be done.” He explains that while the body “tolerates an imperfect align-

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“My experience was amazing. The same day as the operation, I walked down the hall with a walker.” Daniel Ellsberg, 81 Photo provided

Hip replacement involves removing the joint – the damaged bone and cartilage – and replacing it with prosthetic parts made of metal, plastic or ceramics. In a break from past practice, some surgeons prefer to cut into the joint from the front. Anthony Unger Medical director at the Institute of Bone and Joint Health at Sibley Memorial Hospital and a clinical professor of orthopedic surgery at George Washington University Hospital who has done about 4,000 hip replacements over 26 years and has used the anterior technique for the past eight years.

ment pretty well, if a new hip gets dislocated, it’s often because it’s not in perfectly.” The anterior approach offers other benefits. Patrick Kennelly, a physical therapist with Smartherapy in Maryland, said people who have the anterior procedure “don’t feel so weak, because their hip muscles haven’t been cut. If they’ve had the posterior procedure, even if they don’t consciously feel weak, they tend to shift their weight onto one foot and teeter like [Charlie] Chaplin.”

•••••• Given benefits such as these, why haven’t more surgeons switched methods? Unger said most surgeons have used the posterior approach for years, have fine results, and see no need to switch. Also, he said, they work in a “very high-stress, high-liability environment. For this reason, new techniques are adapted slowly with extreme care, and in some cases, not at all.” Unger adds that surgeons are naturally cautious and typically wait to see results from many studies before they switch methods. Besides his study, there have only been a few others. One, a prospective, randomized study by William Barrett, an orthopedic surgeon in the Seattle area, compared the two approaches in a peer-reviewed paper he presented at the 2012 annual AAOS meeting and found benefits with the anterior approach. Another obstacle to the widespread use of the newer approach is that if established surgeons want to switch, they face time and cost

Many patients aren’t aware of the option. The case of Daniel Ellsberg – who in 1971 released the Pentagon Papers, a secret study about U.S. involvement in Vietnam – is instructive. His hip had been hurting for about a year, and when he decided to have surgery, his primary-care physician recommended a respected surgeon. Just days before the operation last July, a friend told him about the anterior approach. “I’d never heard of it, and neither my doctor nor surgeon mentioned it. I called the surgeon’s office, learned he did the posterior procedure, asked for and got a recommendation for one who performs the anterior one, and my experience was amazing. The same day as the operation, I walked down the hall with a walker. I was home in three days, and a week later, [I] walked one or two blocks without pain or a cane. In a month, I bodysurfed at the beach,” said Ellsberg, who is 81 . Margot Machol, who is two decades younger and lives in Washington, had both hips replaced – the first with the posterior procedure several years ago, the second with the anterior procedure last October. Unger performed both surgeries. “After the first, I needed pain medicine when I came home from the hospital. Also, I had a long list of restrictions of what I could and couldn’t do so the hip wouldn’t pop out. For six weeks, I had to sleep on my back, couldn’t cross my legs and wasn’t able to drive. “After the second, I didn’t take any pain pills once I was home, slept on my side soon after the surgery, had almost no rules and drove my car in two weeks. I even wanted to ski over Christmas, because I felt fine,” Machol said.

Readers agree bisexual woman Learning how cells age may should show her rainbow colors lead to anti-aging treatments 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 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 “bisexual” is who they are, and to omit it feels like living a lie. The notion that stating one’s bisexuality is “advertising 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 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.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips 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 others also have 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

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 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. –

Counselor, Austin, Texas Dear Abby: If “Bi in the

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

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 “antiaging” 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 do our cells. And 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.

ASK DR. K Dr. Anthony Komaroff 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.

• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

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Banking

Woodstock Large 2BR 2 Flr

PART TIME TELLERS Fast-paced community bank has two immediate openings for detail minded people with excellent customer service skills. Friendly, flexible people with positive attitudes are desired for these part time opportunities, and previous banking experience is a plus! Excellent salary; credit and background check required.

CASHIER Anderson BMW is in need of a full time Cashier, Mon-Fri. Individual must be energetic, professional & possess great people skills. Email resume to: office@andersoncars.com or fax 815-479-6331

To Apply, please visit www.amcombank.com/ career_opportunities.htm

CNC PROGRAMER/OPERATOR Experience with router and/or laser helpful. Role will include model and fixture making. Working knowledge of Auto Cad required. Stable company with benefits. Please email: kirkp@keystonedisplay.com

CDL Part-Time truck driver. Must have at least class B with air brake endorsement and be DOT certified. Apply in person at: Mastercoil Spring Company at 4010 Albany Street, McHenry, IL 60050 No phone calls please.

Construction

SIDING INSTALLER

DENTAL ASSISTANT Experienced Part-time Dental Assistant needed for office in Deer Park, IL. Tuesdays, Wednesday mornings, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday mornings. Send resumes to: nlutz@ofisurg.com

Small McHenry Construction Co. looking for siding installer. Must be skilled at operating a brake, bending aluminum, and wrapping trim. Carpentry skills a plus, have a valid drivers license & transportation to job sites in area. Please send your resume, references & salary requirements via fax to 815-385-1196

Health Care

McHenry County Orthopaedics Has immediate FT openings for the following positions...

Driver

Receptionist

NOW FILLING ROUTES

Patient service orientation-collects patient account balances and co-pays, register patients, answers incoming calls, schedules appointments and facilitate referral requests.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY

Clinical Technician

7 Day Delivery of Newspapers, Early Mornings

Prepares patients to see the physicians, facilitates lab tests, provides splinting, cast application and removal, applies and removes bandages, sutures and staples.

Algonquin Crystal Lake McHenry

Collections/Financial Representative

Ideal for extra income! Must sign 1 year contract.

Performs in-house collections duties for all patient account balances. Post daily charges, patient payment and insurance payments swiftly and accurately. Please fax resumes to: 815-356-5262

Call 815-526-4434

1 bath, all appliances, W/D. Carpeted, 1 car garage. No pets. $800/mo + security + ref. 815-347-0349

Woodstock Studio $585/mo+sec. Efficiency $550/mo + sec.1-BR $650/mo + sec, all 3 furn'd w/all utils incl. No Pets. 815-509-5876

CRYSTAL LAKE 2BR No smoking/pets, $795 + sec. 815-893-0059 ~ Lv Msg

100% Satisfaction Guar!

LANDSCAPE WORKERS, FT DL req. Start immediately. Some experience required. Please call (847) 658-2480

POLISH LADY will clean your home/office. FREE ESTIMATES! Great Ref. 224-858-4515

Repaired and Re-Stretched 815-219-2823

Crystal Lake On Shore

OUTSIDE SALES FOR CONSTRUCTION

BBB & Angie's List Accredited General Contractor is seeking motivated individuals to sell exterior and interior remodeling services, and manage all aspects of each project through completion. 6-figure Earning Potential on Commission based pay structure plus Bonuses! Call: 815-459-1750 Fax: 815-459-1753 Email: info@ creativeconstructiongroup.com

Fox Lake 1BR 2 Months Free! Kitchenette, $155/wkly, utilities included. 847-962-4847 or 847-587-0605

FOX LAKE X-LRG 1 BEDROOM $725/mo, all util except electric. Laundry in building. No dogs. Agent 815-814-3348

WOODSTOCK

SILVERCREEK 1 & 2 Bedroom ❍ ❍

Affordable Apts. Garage Included

815-334-9380 www.cunat.com WOODSTOCK 1BR $595

All appliances, wall to wall carpet. A/C, balcony/patio, storage, on site lndry. No pets. 847-382-2313 Cell # 708-204-3823

WOODSTOCK

HARVARD Autumn Glen Spacious 2 bdrm Apts avail Free extra storage Free heat!! Pets welcome! Rents from: $733* 1st month free ~or~ Free 55” flat screen TV CALL TODAY! 815-943-6700 www.gallinacos.com M-F: 10am-6pm Sat: By Appt (*includes special)

Harvard Large, Upper 2BR Updated, stove, fridge, heat & water included. 1 block N of metra. No pets, $640/mo + security. 815-943-4777 Retired Realtor

Autumnwood Apt. 1 Bedroom Starting at $695 Elevator Building 815-334-9380 Woodstock Lrg 2BR in Victorian House. Large yard, storage space. Close to downtown $755+sec+ ref Also Woodstock Studio, $475/mo + sec + ref. 815-338-8872 WOODSTOCK Modern Loft Apartment ~ 2BR Historic Rogers Hall, $825/mo. NO DOGS! 815-482-4909

WOODSTOCK SENIOR APTS

SPRING SPECIALS 1BR & 2BR Starting @ $590 Ranch Style Homes with Private Entrance and Porch

* Income Restrictions Apply

HARVARD ~ 2BR, 1BA 2nd floor, close to Metra. $590/mo. 815-519-5457

Call Catherine for Appt to View Your New Home! 815-206-4000

WOODSTOCK WILLOW BROOKE APTS Studio, 1 & 2 Bedrooms Rents Include: Water & Sewer Garbage Removal FREE: Pool & Fitness Center

HANDYMAN

Domestic Rabbit, near Crystal Lake Ave and Lincoln Pkwy in Crystal Lake. Call 815-404-9527

Rev Anne 847-431-4014 Weddings, Blessings, Memorials, Christenings

ANSWERING SERVICE OPERATOR - Part Time Crystal Lake. Will train. For more info, call 815-477-6862

Send your Classified Advertising 24/7 to: Email: classified@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898 or online at: www.nwherald.com

ISLAND LAKE 2 BEDROOM Quiet building, no pets. $825 + security. 847-526-4435

Marengo Large 1 & 2 BR most utilities included Broker Owner $650 & UP 815-347-1712 Marengo Newly Remodeled 3BR Large eat-in-kitchen, $750/mo + garage and utilities. No dogs. Agent Owned. 815-814-3348

From Your Family & Friends.

CRYSTAL LAKE (Randall Village) 2BR, 2BA, 1st floor, W/D, clubhouse, pool, exercise room, $1100/mo. Avail May 1. 815-953-5434 708-261-1483

Crystal Lake 2BR, 2BA Condo Cute & clean incl W/D, D/W, C/A. $950mo. 847-508-8286

HEBRON 2BR CONDO

All appl, patio, private entrance. $750 - 900, garage available. 815-455-8310

MARENGO RURAL SETTING Small 1BR Cottage includes storage area in barn, $535/mo. Pet with deposit. 815-291-9456

MARENGO ~ 2BR, 1BA

C/A, fresh paint, lndry, 1 car gar. Walking distance to town. No pets. $750/mo+sec. 815-568-7347

Marengo: 2BR, big back yard, patio, nice kitchen, new carpet, 815-560-7115 or 815-568-7060

McHenry - In town. 1BR. No dogs. No smoking in apartment. $545/mo+utils. $895 dep. Broker 815-344-1167

Happy Birthday, Michele!!

2 bedroom, 1 bath, W/D, fenced yard, $900/mo + security. 815-355-0358

McHenry -Large studio/1BR some utilities included, balcony $650 and up Broker Owned 815-347-1712

Huntley. Wood Creek Subdivision 11607 D Daniel Lane 2BR+Loft, 2BA townhouse. 1 car garage. All appls. C/A. $1100/mo+sec dep. No pets. 815-621-5655 or 815-404-6725

Don't See What You're Looking For Today? Check Back Tomorrow! Never The Same Paper Twice! Northwest Classified 800-589-8237 www.nwherald.com

Family w/children looking to rent a home w/option to buy with Crystal Lake Schools 847-845-5665

Carpentersville Raised Ranch 2400 Sq Ft, 9 Rooms, 4BR, 3BA New appliances, carpeting, large fenced yard, deck, $285,000. 847-381-4843 ~ 708-204-3823 FOX RIVER GROVE, FSBO 9215 Gardner Rd. Big Inlaws 2 + Kitchens, 4.5 Bths, 4 + Car gar., Asking $369,900. Call: 847-516-3959

Fox Lake 1BR $725

Harvard. North side of town. Lovely large 3BR, 3BA. W/D, new C/A & gas furnace. Deck, partially fenced yard. Avail 5/1. $1150/mo. Sec dep req. Pets neg. 262-607-1108 Johnsburg: 3BR, 1BA, 1 car gar, CA, Newly remodeled, Johnsburg Schools, section 8 considered. $1,200, 1st month security, credit check. Owner responsible for yard work. Available May 1st. clauser@earthlink.net MARENGO 3BR, 2BA, 2000SF Newly remodeled, possible 5-7 ac totally private farmette.1000 sq ft wrap-around deck, heated garage. 2 story building,1300 sq ft heated. $1700/mo. 312-607-6406

(Published in the Northwest Herald, April 2, 9 & 16, 2013.)

Northwest Classified MARENGO ESTATE 3BR 2.5BA New Pella windows. New kitchen cabinets, 2 car garage on large lot. $180,000. 815-784-2317

WE BUY UGLY HOMES! Trying to get rid of your ugly home, or just trying to move? We will buy your house as is for cash, free of closing!

Call: 224-227-0425

PUBLIC NOTICE McHenry Patriot Estates 2BR, 2BA + Loft TH Master with luxury BA. Full bsmt, 2 car garage. $1250/mo + sec. 1BR, 1BA Ranch Duplex Full basement, 2 car, $1100/mo. Age Restrictions may apply. Free Health Club Membership. Pet Friendly. 815-363-5919 Or 815-363-0322

MCHENRY ~ 4 BEDROOM

Pets OK. D/W, W/D hook-up, C/A. $1150/mo, available now! 773-510-3643 ~ 773-510-3117 McHenry: 2718 Old Oak, completely remod., 3BR, 1BA, 1 car gar., big bckyrd, NEW appl., $1200/mo. 815-790-1593 Wauconda. Newly decorated. Adult community. No pets. Units from $645-$795/mo+sec. 847-526-5000 Leave Message. Wonder Lake. 3BR, 1BA, all appls. New paint, carpet. Agent owned. $1050/mo. 815-334-0199

Wonder Lake. Cute 2BR. Across the street from lake. $720/mo +sec dep. Available May 3rd. 815-403-7238 Wonder Lake: 3BR, 1BA, fenced yard, W/D & appliances included, $875/mo. 815-338-1935 Woodstock. 3BR, 1.5BA. Partially finished bmnt w/den & office. Nice yard, patio. Off street parking. Sec 8 ok. $1300/mo. 847-810-9115 Woodstock: 2BR, full basement, huge 2+ car garage, $990/month Broker Owned 815-347-1712 Woodstock: country ranch, 4BR+ ofc. 2BA, LR, DR, new kitch appl, firepl., hrdwd., bsmnt, patio, 2-car gar. $1500+sec. 608-752-6548

HARVARD Large home, house privileges, close to train. $400/mo, includes utilities. Call 847-404-7930

Woodstock - Furnished Rooms

Lake in the Hills: 2BR, 1.5BA TH, available 5/1, $1200/mo. Proof of income required 815-701-2907

All utilities incl. $445 - $475. Call Bill 815-260-5259

Lake in the Hills: TH, 3BR, 2.5BA, 2 car gar., W/D, full bsmnt, $1595/mo., NO PETS, 847-736-9407

Oakwood Hills 5200 Sq Ft Home on golf course. Full house priviledges, prvt bath, gar space. $800/mo + utils. 847-516-9293

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, -v.VIRGINIA HENSEL A/K/A VIRGINIA GOLDMANN, et al Defendants 11 CH 2735 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 7, 2013, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on May 9, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3378 KINGS LAIR DRIVE, Spring Grove, IL 60081 Property Index No. 0426-401-022. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $212,481.65. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by th U in full of

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE HARVARD STATE BANK, an Illinois banking corporation, Plaintiff vs. THE HARVARD STATE BANK, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 26, 1998 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 546; RICKLAND RASMUSEN, SR.; KRISTINE A. RASMUSEN; CITY OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS; and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants. Case No. 12 CH 1767 Sheriff's No. 13-2361 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 27, 2012, McHenry County Sheriff, or his deputy, will on May 16, 2013 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, the real estate commonly known as: 711 W. Burbank Street, Harvard, Illinois 60033. Tax Identification Number: 0135-176-008. The real estate is improved with one duplex residence. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale date. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “as is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. No refunds. For information call Mr. Phillip Lehmann, The Harvard State Bank, Harvard, Illinois 60033 (815) 943-4400. Dated: April 4, 2013 Keith Nygren Sheriff of McHenry County Steven J. Cuda Ha Schuh & Cuda

DEKALB

McHenry ~ 3BR 2.5BA TH

W/D, 2 car garage, bsmnt. No pets /smoking. Near NIMC. $1300/mo. Agent Owned 847-722-8911

McHenry 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Clean, bright, laundry, secure building. No pets/smoking. $825/mo + util. 815-302-6041

Crystal Lake Hair Salon Station For Rent. Near corner of Rt. 176 & 31. Beautiful, clean, modern shop. Be your own boss, set your own hours. 815-355-5878

Appls, View of lake, newly remod. No pets. Close to metra. Mark @ 847-489-6606

www.cunat.com

McHenry $199 Move-In Special Large 1BR, from $699. 2BR, 1.5BA from $799. Appl, carpet and laundry. 815-385-2181

Lordy, lordy. Look who’s 40.

Crystal Lake/Burton's Bridge

815-338-2383

Lucy's Cleaning Service For Your Home, Office To Sparkle! ! Excellent Ref and Rates ! 224-522-1406

Crystal Lake. Small 3BR. Garage. No pets. $1000/mo+sec. 815-459-1543

www.cunat.com

62 or Better Close To Everything

Experienced, Compassionate, Caregiver is looking for a job in McHenry County area Call 773-699-9060

❤Ceremonies of the Heart❤

Buying? Selling? Renting? Hiring? To place an ad, call 800-589-8237 Northwest Herald Classified

3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, beach, may have boat. Beautiful views, porches. Large wooded grounds. NO PETS! $1800/mo. 630-655-2888

FOX LAKE 1 BR, Laundry on-site, no pets, Sect 8 OK, $670/mo + sec. 847-812-9830

Gilberts 900 Sq Ft $700/mo incl utilities & parking. 847-732-5893

Crystal Lake 4BR On Fox River

CRYSTAL LAKE, 1BR $550/month. Heat and 1 parking space included. 1 month security deposit. No pets/smoking. 815-459-8317 CRYSTAL LAKE, 1BR $725/month. Heat and 1 parking space included. 1 month security deposit. No pets/smoking. 815-459-8317

Anything to do with Wood We can Fix or Replace Doors and Windows Sr. Disc. 815-943-4765

Sales

Cary. 3BR House. 1.5BA. Full bsmnt. 2.5 car garage. Appls, W/D. $1275/mo + sec dep. Lic. 815-354-4575 200 ft of Waterfront + boat, dock and deck on 1.5 acres. 2BA, C/A. $1395/mo. 708-296-4476

INSTALLED

CARPET INSTALLED

McHenry. Large 1BR. Quiet bldg. 2nd floor. $650/mo+sec. 815-385-8180

Incl. all utils + High Speed DSL. $525/mo. 815-790-0240

Woodstock 722 Washington St. 3BR, 1.5BA, C/A, full basement. $1100/mo + security and utilities. 815-378-0975

$690/mo, W/D, Heated. Near Metra, small, quiet bldg. No pets/smoking. 815-344-5797

815-653-7095 ~ 815-341-7822 www.mailboxpostman.com

RECEPTIONIST

MCHENRY QUIET BUILDING

1 bedroom, heat and water incl. $675/mo, security deposit req. NO PETS. 815-382-6418

Crystal Lake Studio 1st floor

MAILBOX POSTS

Front desk receptionist needed for very busy medical practice in McHenry County area. Friendly outgoing personality must be able to multitask, Medical terminology knowledge. Proficient knowledge and application of Microsoft Office and standard office equipment. Send resume to: recruit1198@gmail.com

1.5BA, 1st floor laundry room. Full basement, 2 car garage. $1050 + sec. 815-568-6311

WOODSTOCK 3 BEDROOM

Close to metra, laundry in bsmt. $825/mo includes heat & water. No pets. 312-953-7987

HARVARD 2 BEDROOM

Must be extremely reliable and good with numbers. Proficiency in Microsoft office a must. Duties to include: Invoicing, payroll, general clerical work, other misc duties. Quickbooks knowledge helpful, but willing to train the right person. Hours 9am - 5p, MonWed. - $12/hour Please email your resume: crystallake@visitingangels.com

MARENGO 2BR DUPLEX

1.5 Bath, A/C, Stove, Refrigerator, Garage, No Pets. Broker Owned. 847-683-7944 HURRY!!

CRYSTAL LAKE LARGE 2BR

Newly remodeled, quiet building. Available NOW! $700/mo. 815-560-1392 ~ 815-560-1391

GENERAL OFFICE

Crystal Lake: spacious 1 & 2BR, w/garage, $790-$890/month Broker Owned 815-347-1712

Marengo Large Spacious 2 BR. Large living, dining, sun room. Full basement. 1 car gar. $900+sec. 847-812-2961

Algonquin: large 1BR & 2BR, 2BA, ground floor, newer paint & carpet $760 & Up Broker Owned 815-347-1712

hiring for

FULL TIME OPENINGS for infants through age 5. Fun activities. Meals included. 815-459-8317 McHenry Expressive Learners Structured days of fun as you learn and rates to meet any budget. 815-236-5460

With W/D & Fitness Center. 815/363-0322 cunatinc.com

Quiet and clean building with storage, laundry and parking. $800/mo. 847-401-3242

WORKING WORLD All 3 shifts available. Call 815-455-4490 or email cgoldberg@work-world.com www.work-world.com

1 & 2 BEDROOM

ALGONQUIN - 2 BEDROOM

General Labor

GENERAL LABOR

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bj by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 11-0254. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 Attorney File No. 110254 Case Number: 11 CH 2735 TJSC#: 33-7220 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I521155

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Hamer, Schuh & Cuda 101 Van Buren Street Woodstock, IL 60098 815-338-1334 (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 16, 23, 2013 #A624)

PUBLIC NOTICE BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CRYSTAL LAKE, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF Brent Pennington representing Signature Auto Group LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given in compliance with the Unified Development Ordinance of the City of Crystal Lake, Illinois that a public hearing will be held before the Planning and Zoning Commission upon the application by Brent Pennington representing Signature Auto Group on behalf of Eugene Feely the property owner, relating to the following described real estate commonly known as 970 Pyott Road, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, PINs: 19-08479-021. This application is filed for the purposes of seeking a Use Variation from Article 2, Land Uses Table 2300 of the Unified Development Ordinance to allow an automobile dealer with related outside sales, service and storage or display in the M zoning district and Article 4200 C 3 Off-Street Parking and Loading and Section 570 Parking Lot, Driveway and Sidewalk Construction of the City Code to allow for a gravel parking and storage area, as well as any other variations as necessary to approve the project as presented. The application and plans can be found at the City of Crystal Lake Community Development Department at City Hall A public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission on the request will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 24, 2013 at the Crystal Lake City Hall, 100 West Woodstock Street, at which time and place any person determining to be heard may be present. Tom Hayden, Chairperson Planning and Zoning Commission City of Crystal Lake (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 2013 #A628)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, -v.VIRGINIA HENSEL A/K/A VIRGINIA GOLDMANN, et al Defendants 11 CH 2735 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 7, 2013, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on May 9, 2013, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 10 IN NOTTINGHAM WOODS SECOND ADDITION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTH 31 RODS OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 AND THE NORTH 31 RODS OF THE EAST 32 FEET OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 15, 1978 AS DOCUMENT NO. 755672, AND AMENDED BY LETTER OF AMENDMENT RECORDED MARCH 1, 1979 AS DOCUMENT NO. 761315, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3378 KINGS LAIR DRIVE, Spring Grove, IL 60081 Property Index No. 0426-401-022. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $212,481.65. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-

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Page D6• Tuesday, April 9, 2013 dupl er than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 11-0254. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 Attorney File No. 110254 Case Number: 11 CH 2735 TJSC#: 33-7220 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I521155 (Published in the Northwest Herald, April 2, 9 & 16, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WOODSTOCK, MCHENRY, ILLINOIS JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. JEFFREY CHARLES MICHELS aka JEFFREY MICHELS, FIRST MIDWEST BANK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE and STATE OF ILLINOISDEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants. __________________________ FIRST MIDWEST BANK, CounterPlaintiff, v. JP MORGAN CHASE BANK; JEFFREY CHARLES MICHELS a/k/a Jeffrey Michels; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY # INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; STATE OF ILLINOIS-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, Counter-Defendants. 11 CH 407 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to the following: UNKNOWN OWNERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS AND OCCUPANTS, Generally. Notice is hereby given to Defendants in the aboveentitled suit that the above-named Plaintiff has filed its Complaint in said Court for Foreclosure pursuant to the mortgage foreclosure laws of the State of Illinois, of the lands and premises in the Complaint situated in McHenry County, State of Illinois: LOT 17 IN FIRST ADDITION TO HILLER SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOT 4 OF THE ASSESSOR'S PLAT OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 9, 1955 AS DOCUMENT NO. 296233 IN BOOK 12 OF PLATS, PAGE 33 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 09-13-251-008 Common Address: 3717 Hillcrest, Johnsburg, Illinois 60050 that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that said suit is now pending. The said Complaint is for the foreclosure of the mortgage. Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your appearance in the said suit in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois, on or before May 2, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Stephen G. Daday Klein, Daday, Aretos & O'Donoghue, LLC 2550 West Golf Road, Suite 250 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 847-590-8700 Attorney No. 3127015 I519389 (Published in the Northwest Herald, April 2, 9 & 16, 2013.)

tices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights. Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order of judgment entered. April 4, 2013. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (SEAL) (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 2013 #A618)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE HARVARD STATE BANK, an Illinois banking corporation, Plaintiff vs. THE HARVARD STATE BANK, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED OCTOBER 26, 1998 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 546; RICKLAND RASMUSEN, SR.; KRISTINE A. RASMUSEN; CITY OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS; and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants. Case No. 12 CH 1767 Sheriff's No. 13-2361 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 27, 2012, McHenry County Sheriff, or his deputy, will on May 16, 2013 at the hour of 10:00 a.m. at the McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, the following described real estate: Lot 6 in Block 8 in G. Brainard's Addition to Harvard, being a Subdivision of part of the North Half of Section 35, Township 46 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the Plat thereof recorded September 17, 1891, as Document No. 5975 in Book 1 of Plats, page 24, in McHenry County, Illinois; ALSO That part of Seventh Street as shown in the Plat of the said G. Brainard's Addition to the City of Harvard, McHenry County, Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Block 8 of said Addition and running thence East, on a line at a right angle to the East line of said Block 8, a distance of 33 feet; thence North on a line parallel with the East line of said Block 8, a distance of 132 feet; thence West on a line at a right angle to the East line of said Block 8, to the East line of said Block; thence South, along the East line of said Block 8 to the place of beginning, all situated in the County of McHenry, in the State of Illinois. Permanent Property Index Number: 01-35-176-008. Commonly known as: 711 W. Burbank Street, Harvard, IL 600332105. The real estate is improved with one duplex residence.

Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale date. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “as is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

y Woodstock, Illinois 60098 on or before May 9, 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 1301278 I521061

No refunds. For information call Mr. Phillip Lehmann, The Harvard State Bank, Harvard, Illinois 60033 (815) 943-4400. Dated: April 4, 2013 Keith Nygren Sheriff of McHenry County Steven J. Cuda Hamer, Schuh & Cuda 101 Van Buren Street Woodstock, IL 60098 815-338-1334 (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 16, 23, 2013 #A624)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-BC2 PLAINTIFF VS ALAN ATCHISON A/K/A ALAN J ATCHISON; TERI ATCHISON A/K/A TERI A ATCHISON; KAREN ATCHISON A/K/A KAREN D ATCHISON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS DEFENDANTS 13 CH 0491 306 NORTH 1ST STREET CARY, IL 60013 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, ALAN ATCHISON A/K/A ALAN J ATCHISON; TERI ATCHISON A/K/A TERI A ATCHISON; 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 17 IN THE RE-PLAT OF LOTS 2 TO 17, BOTH INCLUSIVE, IN BLOCK 1 IN FRANKE'S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF CARY, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 7, 1948 AS DOCUMENT 216636 IN BOOK 10, PAGE 104, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 306 NORTH 1ST STREET, CARY, IL 60013 and which said Mortgage was made by, ALAN ATCHISON A/K/A ALAN J ATCHISON; TERI ATCHISON A/K/A TERI A ATCHISON; Mortgagors, to M.E.R.S., INC., AS NOMINEE FOR FIELDSTONE MORTGAGE COMPANY, Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHENRY County, Illinois, as Document No. 06R0083832; 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, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock Illinoi 60098

(Published in the Northwest Herald, April 9, 16 & 23, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR SARM 2004-12 PLAINTIFF VS KAREN M. AVERY A/K/A KAREN M. KOSAR; BAXTER CREDIT UNION; ALBERT'S PINE MEADOW SUBDIVISION ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 13 CH 293 2508 SOUTH HIDDEN TRAIL SPRING GROVE, IL 60081 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, ALBERT'S PINE MEADOW SUBDIVISION 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 72 IN ALBERT'S PINE MEADOW, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED AUGUST 16, 1991 AS DOCUMENT 91R030978, BY MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 2508 SOUTH HIDDEN TRAIL, SPRING GROVE, IL 60081 and which said Mortgage was made by, KAREN M. AVERY A/K/A KAREN M. KOSAR; Mortgagor (s), to WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHENRY County, Illinois, as Document No. 04R0047693; 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, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 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 Email: pleadings@atty-pierce.com PA 1300218 I517826 (Published in the Northwest Herald, March 26, April 2 & 9, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK ILLINOIS

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WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. PLAINTIFF, -vsDIANNA L. AKERS A/K/A DIANNA L. DRURY-AKERS; NORTHERN MORAINE WASTEWATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS 13 CH 384 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Dianna L. Akers a/k/a Dianna L. Drury-Akers and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Unknown Occupants. Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOTS 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 AND 13 IN BLOCK 23 IN SAMPSON, SEX AND CO.'S LILY LAKE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 28, 1926, AS DOCUMENT NO. 74254, IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 81, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 219 Rosedale Drive, Lakemoor, IL 60050 Permanent Index No.: 10-32478-021; 10-32-478-022 and which said Mortgage was made by Dianna L. Drury-Akers Mortgagor, to Home Savings of America, FSB as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Mchenry County, Illinois, Document No. 92R045793. And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 30th day after the first publication of this notice which is May 2, 2013. Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Stephanie Tait Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 847-770-4349 Attorney No: 6288653 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DIS-

ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I520675

TEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I517453

(Published in the Northwest Herald, April 2, 9 & 16, 2013.)

(Published in the Northwest Herald, March 26, April 2 & 9, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE 13-065061 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS FANNIE MAE PLAINTIFF, -vsSCOTT STANOWSKI; NATALIE ENGELBRECHT; SHORE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS 13 CH 404 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Natalie Engelbrecht and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Unknown Occupants. Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 5 IN BLOCK 3 IN SHORE HILLS, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 30, 1930 AS DOCUMENT NO. 92560, IN BOOK 8 OF PLATS, PAGE 12, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7709 Hickory Road, Wonder Lake, IL 60097 Permanent Index No.: 09-18185-013 and which said Mortgage was made by Scott Stanowski and Natalie Engelbrecht Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for First Horizon Home Loan Corporation as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Mchenry County, Illinois, Document No. 2007R0036767. And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 30th day after the first publication of this notice which is April 25, 2013. Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Stephanie Tait Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 847-770-4349 Attorney No: 6288653 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DIS-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, S/B/M TO CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, S/B/M TO CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION PLAINTIFF VS CHAD WHITMAN A/K/A CHAD M. WHITMAN; CHASE BANK USA, N.A. F/K/A CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, N.A.; PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 13 CH 437 192 COOL STONE BEND LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, CHAD WHITMAN A/K/A CHAD M. WHITMAN; 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 541 IN BIG SKY UNIT 3A, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 19 AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 5, 1993 AS DOCUMENT NO. 93R 059692, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 192 COOL STONE BEND, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 and which said Mortgage was made by, CHAD WHITMAN A/K/A CHAD M. WHITMAN; Mortgagor (s), to CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHENRY County, Illinois, as Document No. 04R0091526; 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, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 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 Email: pleadings@atty-pierce.com PA 1303273 I517818 (Published in the Northwest Herald, March 26, April 2 & 9, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE THE MATTER OF: MARIA LOPEZ, on her own behalf and on the behalf of her minor child, IRVIN DURAN Petitioner, vs. IRVIN J. DURAN,

IRVIN J. DURAN, Respondent. No. 13 FA 64 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN YOU, IRVIN J. DURAN, Respondent, in the above-entitled action, that a suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois, by Petitioner, MARIA LOPEZ, against you praying for a Judgment for Sole Custody to said IRVIN DURAN and for other relief. NOW THEREFORE, you are further notified that unless you, IRVIN J. DURAN, the said Respondent, file your Answer to the Petition Custody in said suit, or otherwise make your Appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, on or before APRIL 30, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition for Custody. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Woodstock, Illinois, this 19th day of March, 2013. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court 22nd Judicial Circuit McHenry County, Illinois (SEAL) Prepared by: MICHELLE C. GEHRIS (06289558) BOTTO GILBERT SCHOTTLAND LANCASTER, P.C. 2030 N. Seminary Avenue (Rt. 47) Woodstock, IL 60098 (815) 338-3838 (Published in the Northwest Herald March 26, April 2, 9, 2013 #A527)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF DONA SMITH LOWRIMORE FOR CHANGE OF NAME Case Number 13 MR 158 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION (ADULT) Public notice is hereby given that I have filed a Petition for Change of Name and scheduled a hearing on my Petition on May 2nd, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. in the Circuit Court of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois, praying for the change of my name from DONA SMITH LOWRIMORE to that of DONA CAROL BARTOLI LOWRIMORE pursuant to the Illinois Compiled Statutes on Change of Names. Dated at Woodstock, Illinois March 20, 2013 /s/ Dona Smith Lowrimore Petitioner's Signature Dona Smith Lowrimore ARDC Number 06206094 Attorney for Dona Smith Lowrimore 130 1/2 Cass Street Woodstock, Illinois 60098 815/334-9053 (Published in the Northwest Herald March 26, April 2,9, 2013) A533 Find !t here! PlanitNorthwest.com

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PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of PETER A ECKSTEIN Deceased Case No. 13 PR 00002 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of: PETER A ECKSTEIN of: CRYSTAL LAKE, IL Letters of office were issued on: 3/25/2013 to: Representative: KATHERINE L ECKSTEIN, 41 W 360 MUIRHEAD RD, ELGIN, IL 60124 whose attorney is: WAGGONER LAW FIRM, 4 N WALKUP AVENUE, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014. Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred. Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, or with the representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (Published in the Northwest Herald April 2, 9, 16, 2013 #A569)

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JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of NANCY L SASS Case No. 13 PR 81 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of NANCY L SASS of Marengo, IL Letters of office were issued on 3/19/2013 to Representative ANNAMARIE TOBIAS, 16420 GARDEN VALLEY RD, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098-9180 whose attorney is: ZANCK COEN WRIGHT & SALADIN, 40 BRINK STREET, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014. Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred. Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, or with the representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (Published in the Northwest Herald March 26, April 2, 9, 2013 #A535)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of HELEN I LEE Deceased

GROVE, IL 60021. Case No. 13PR000089 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of HELEN I LEE of WOODSTOCK, IL Letters of office were issued on 3/25/13 to Representative: STEPHEN C LEE, 3378 DANIEL ST., NEWBURY PARK, CA 91320-5016 whose attorney is MICHLING HOFMANN PLAZA & WICK, 101 N THROOP ST, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098. Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred. Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, or with the representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe. Clerk of the Circuit Court

Letters of Office were issued on 3/28/2013 to Representative JULIE GEMELL SEITZ, 900 WESTMINSTER WAY, SOUTHLAKE, TX 76092-8900 whose attorney is THOMS, JEANNINE A, 101 N VIRGINIA STREET, SUITE 108, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014. Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred. Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, or with the representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 16, 23, 2013 #A619)

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PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of NICHOLAS I GEMELL Deceased Case No. 13 PR 94 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of NICHOLAS I GEMELL of CRYSTAL LAKE, IL

In the Matter of the Estate of ELROY P. FITZGERALD, Sr, Deceased Case No. 13 PR 80 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of ELROY P FITZGERALD, Sr of CARY, IL Letters of office were issued on 3/25/2013 to Representative EDWARD S LECHNER, 28849 W FOX ST, CARY, IL 60013-9740 whose attorney is WAGNER & WAGNER, 960 ROUTE 22, SUITE 210, PO BOX 23, FOX RIVER

Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred. Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, or with the representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 16, 23, 2013 #A616)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS FIFTH THIRD MORTGAGE COMPANY., Plaintiff, v. AMANDA M. DENNIS; KENNETH W. CROCKETT; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, 13CH 000300 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, towit: Lot 6 in Block 4 in Parker's Highlands, a Subdivision of part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarte of Sectio 18 To ship 45

ter of Section 18, Township 45 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded August 10, 1954 as Document No. 281648, in Book 11 of Plats, Page 120, in McHenry County, Illinois. 7310 Hickory Grove, Wonder Lake, IL 60097 PIN# 09-18-405-009 Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 Now, therefore, unless you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, and the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois, on or before May 2, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Shara A. Netterstrom MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1730 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6294499 I521269 (Published in the Northwest Herald, April 2, 9 & 16, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Notice is Hereby Given To the legal voters, residents of the Township of Seneca in the County of McHenry and the State of Illinois, that the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will take place on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the hour of 6:30 p.m. at the Seneca Township Building, located at 16506 Garden Valley Road, Woodstock, IL for the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said town; and after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting.

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SENECA TOWNSHIP Agenda ANNUAL TOWN MEETING April 16, 2013 6:30 PM

8. Motion to adjourn the April 16, 2013 Seneca Township Annual Town Meeting

1. CALL to ORDER -Town Clerk, 2. CALL for NOMINATIONS for MODERATOR - Town Clerk A. Call for motion to close nominations

Dawn M. Seemann Seneca Township Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 2013 #A613)

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B. Vote for Moderator 3. ADMINISTRATION of OFFICE OATH for MODERATOR - Town Clerk 4. Introduction of Township Officials present 5. Moderator entertains the following:

PUBLIC NOTICE The McHenry County Board is accepting applications for the MCHENRY COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH from INDIVIDUALS, PHYSICIANS and REGISTERED NURSES.

A. Reading / approval of the "Minutes of the 2012 Annual Town Meeting";

One (1) vacant position is available with a term expiring June 30, 2016 and must be filled by a REGISTERED NURSE.

B. Motion to set the 2013-2014 fiscal year for the Township as: April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014;

One (1) vacant position is available with a term expiring June 30, 2016 and must be filled by a PHYSICIAN.

C. Motion to set the date for the 2014 Annual Town Meeting: i. April 8, 2014; ii. Township Hall iii. 6:30 p.m.

One (1) vacant position is available for INDIVIDUALS interested in appointment to the McHenry County Board of Health and has a term expiring June 30, 2016.

D. to set the regular monthly meetings of the Township for fiscal year 2013-2014 for the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Township Hall, located at 16506 Garden Valley Road, Woodstock, IL

Application forms are available at the County Board Office, Room 209, McHenry County Government Center, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock, IL 60098 (815-334-4221) or at the County's website http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/ departments/countyboard/ PDFDocs/AppointmentApp.pdf. Completed applications should be returned to the County Board office no later than 2:00 p.m. on THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013. If mailing your application, certified or registered mail is recommended. Mailed applications should be sent to the following address: McHenry County

6. Reading of the SUPERVISOR'S ANNUAL REPORT of the Township & Road District - Town Clerk 7. Other business to come before the meeting; A. Planning Commission Report

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PUBLIC NOTICE Budget Hearing Notice The Seneca Township Board of Trustees will be meeting to conduct a hearing on the proposed budgets for the 2013-2014 fiscal year for the Seneca Township Town Fund and Road District Fund. The hearings will take place on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. and 6:15 p.m., respectively, at the Seneca Township Building located at 16506 Garden Valley Road, Woodstock, Illinois. The proposed budgets are on display from now until the April 16th meeting. If you wish to see the proposed budgets, please call Seneca Township Clerk, Dawn Seemann at 815-923-2457 to arrange a time to view them. At 6:30 p.m. the Annual Town Meeting will begin. Upon conclusion of the Annual Town Meeting, the Regular Monthly Meeting will take place. /s/ Dawn M. Seemann Seneca Township Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 2013 #A614)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals for the project described herein will be received at the office of the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District, 515 Plum Street, Lake in the Hills, Illinois 60156, until 11:00 A.M., Thursday, May 2, 2013 and will be publicly opened and read. The proposed improvement consists of a chemical feed system for Alum to control phosphorous, completely assembled, mounted, tested and delivered to the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District facilities located at 515 Plum Street, Lake in the Hills, Illinois.

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The Lake in the Hills Sanitary District will affirmatively insure the Fair Employment Practices Requirements of the State of Illinois. No less than the prevailing rate of wages, as found by the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District or the Department of Labor or determined by the Court of Review, shall be paid all laborers, workmen, and mechanics performing work under this contract. Preference shall be given to the employment of Illinois laborers for all work under this contract in compliance with State Law (Illinois Compiled Statutes Chapter 30-570, Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act). Bid proposals may be obtained at the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District, 515 Plum Street, Lake in the Hills, Illinois 60156. Proposal forms shall be issued up to 48 hours prior to the bid opening on the date the project is advertised for acceptance of proposals. All proposals must be accompanied by a bid security in the form of a bank cashier's check, bank draft, bid bond, or certified check payable to the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District in the amount of 10 percent of the proposal. The owner shall retain the bid securities of the three lowest bidders until an award of the contract has been made, or disposition has been made of the project, for a period not to exceed 90 days from the date of opening. The President and Board of Trustees of the Lake in the Hills Sanitary District reserve the right to reject any and all bids and to waive technicalities. District Clerk Lake in the Hills Sanitary District (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 16, 2013 #A617) McHenryCountySports.com is McHenry County Sports

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BID The City of Crystal Lake will be accepting sealed bids in accordance with specifications for the purchase and installation of one (1) permanent backup generator at the Municipal Complex. A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at the City of Crystal Lake Municipal Complex, located at 100 W. Woodstock Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. Bid specifications and required bid forms are available at the Municipal Complex, 100 W. Woodstock Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. All bids must be submitted to the City of Crystal Lake in a sealed envelope marked "Municipal Complex Generator Purchase and Installation Bid (2013) - Attn: Bradley S. Mitchell, Assistant to the City Manager" by 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 26, 2013 at which time they will be publicly opened and read. (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 2013 #A623)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF MICHAEL & JULIE RACANA, FOR AN AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS FOR A VARIATION Notice is hereby given in compliance with the McHenry County Zoning Ordinance, that a public hearing will be held before the McHenry County Hearing Officer, in connection with this Ordinance, which would result in a variation for the following described real estate. LOT 33 IN COLD SPRINGS SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTIONS 23 AND 24, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE

PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 20, 1922 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 55090, IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS, PAGE 60, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS PERMANENT PARCEL INDEX NUMBER IS 19-24-152-006 The subject property is located approximately 3/4 mile south of Cary Algonquin Rd, with a common address of 3005 Grove Lane, Cary, IL. 60013, in Algonquin Township. Michael and Julie Racana, as Trustees of the Michael J. Racana Trust and the Julie A. Racana Trust, are the owners of record of the subject property. The subject property is presently zoned "R-1, Single Family Residential District" and consists of approximately .25 acres with "R-1" zoning to the North, East and West and the Fox River to the South . The Petitioners are requesting a variation be granted to the property to permit an east side yard setback of one (1) foot instead of the required ten (10) foot setback, a front yard setback of ten (10) feet instead of the required 18.4 foot modified front yard setback, the height for a detached garage to be eighteen (18) feet instead of the required fourteen (14) feet, and the land coverage for accessory structures to be six hundred fifteen (615) square feet instead of the maximum five hundred seventy three (573) square feet allowed. The Petitioners presently reside at 3005 Grove Lane, Cary, IL. 60013 A hearing on this Petition will be held on the 23rd day of April, 2013 at 9:30 AM in room # 210 at the McHenry County Government Center/Ware Rd. Administration Building, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois at which time and place any person desiring to be heard may be present.

DATED THIS 2ND DAY OF APRIL, 2013. by: SUSAN CONNOR Susan Connor, MCHO McHenry County Hearing Officer 2200 N. Seminary Avenue Woodstock, IL 60098 (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 2013 #A627)

PUBLIC NOTICE The McHenry County Board is accepting applications from individuals interested in appointment to the McHENRY COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD. Three (3) vacant positions are available as follows: One (1) five-year term is available for a term expiring on June 30, 2018 and must be filled by a Section 8 or Public Housing tenant who resides in McHenry County. One (1) five-year term is available for a term expiring on June 1, 2018. One (1) five-year term is available for a term expiring on June 30, 2018. Application forms are available at the County Board Office, Room 209, McHenry County Government Center, 667 Ware Road, Woodstock, IL 60098 (815-334-4221) or at the County's website at http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/ departments/countyboard/ PDFDocs/AppointmentApp.pdf . Completed applications should be returned to the County Board office no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2013. If mailing your application, certified or registered mail is recommended. Mailed applications should be sent to the following address: McHenry County Board, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, IL 60098. (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 2013 #A629) Northwest Herald Classified It works.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Pursuant to a Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage, 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Renken Architects, Inc. and 100% of the membership interest in R.A. Development Corp. LLC and also Renken and Associates LLC will be sold at public sale on April 30, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at the offices of The Waggoner Law Firm, P.C., located at Four North Walkup Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014. TERMS OF PUBLIC SALE 1. The above items will be sold separately to the highest bidder for cash, certified check, or cashier's check. The successful bidder will receive an assignment and transfer of the shares of common stock and the membership interests in the entities. 2. Owners make no representations or warranties as to the value of the entities and the sale is subject to all claims, encumbrances and debts of the various entities. 3. Each Owner reserves the right to bid at the sale and to become the purchaser using their ownership interest for a portion of the purchase price. 4. The sale of the common stock and membership interests of the entities is subject to confirmation by the Court. Gregory L. Waggoner The Waggoner Law Firm, P.C. Four N. Walkup Avenue Crystal Lake, IL 60014 (815) 477-0830 (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 16, 23, 2013 #A621)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 300 is accepting sealed bids

ccepting for:

Dated MARCH 22, 2013.

Low Voltage Wiring and Data Drops Carpentersville Middle School

/s/ Katherine C. Schultz County Clerk

Payment of Prevailing Wages is Required for this project.

(Published in the Northwest Herald March 26, April 2, 9, 2013 #A537)

Sealed bids will be accepted until 11:00AM,CT Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at the District 300 Administration Building at which time they will be publicly opened and read. A Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting will be held on Monday, April 15, 2013 at 3:45pm at Carpentersville Middle School, 100 Cleveland Avenue, Carpentersville, Il 60110 Any questions regarding this bid must be directed to: Community Unit School District #300 Diane C. White 300 Cleveland Avenue Carpentersville, IL 60110 847-551-8460 diane.white@d300.org Bid specifications will be available on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013, after 12:00 noon. To obtain bid specifications, please contact Bruce Batt at 847-5518376, bruce.batt@d300.org (Published in the Northwest Herald April 9, 2013 #A630)

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 McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postoffice address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as CENTURY MANOR PUBLISHING located at 9622 MAIN ST., HEBRON, IL 60034

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18' CANOE FISHING BOAT Flat back for motor

fiberglass and wood, 2 new captains chairs inc. $300.00 obo 847-639-3250

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MICROHOOD - GE Profile (Model JVM2070). 2 Cubic Ft. capacity, 1100 Watts, Touch screen menu system, Turntable, Sensor Cooking, 315 CFM Vent Fan, Mounting bracket and hardware. Dimentions: 29 7/8" W X 15 7/16" D X 16 11/32" H. $175. 847-961-6257 Vacuum Cleaner. Kirby G6. All attachments, shampooer. $375 OBO. 847-804-2999

Washer & Electric Dryer

Kenmore, 4 years old, work great! In storage, you pick-up. $400. 815-578-9994 WASHER - Whirlpool 4.5 capacity washer. Runs great! $199, you pick up. Call 847-658-7284

WASHER ~ KENMORE

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Boat Lifts (2)

Steel, $300/piece 815-690-3330

2000 Pontiac Grand Am GT. 4 dr, white, 145K mi. Great cond! RAM 3.6 eng. New tires & brakes. Sunroof. $2900. 847-530-8334

2009 Mitsubishi Outlander XLS FWD, 3.0L V6 engine, Sportstronic 6 speed auto trans. Pearl white with black cloth interior with leather accents. Bluetooth handsfree, 3 rd row seats, 6 disc CD/MP3, 29K miles.

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For rent on Lake Geneva, $4,600. 262-745-4719 Minnkota Foot Operated Trolling Motor. Hummingbird Fish Locator w/battery. $399. 708-363-2004

Antique Radio. Majestic. Floor model. $200. 815-385-1026 Antique Radio. The Town Crier. Works. $95. 815-385-1026 Baseball Cards. Topps 1993 set. 94, '08, '12. 3000+ cards. Worth $300+ Asking $140. 815-338-4829 Basketball Wild Card Brand. 1991-92. 4800+ cards. Worth $500+ Incl Pippin. Asking $125. 815-338-4829 BUTTER CHURN - Antique Wooden Butter Churn 18" high, the barrel is constructed with oak wood slats & 4 brass bands & 10" diameter at the bottom tapered to 8-1/2" at the top. The dasher stick is 42" long. It is in excellent used condition and is very clean. This is a fun piece for country decoration and can be used for storage. $175. 815-236-1747

2002 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic. 29K mi. Red. Great shape. $10,200. 815-648-1558 Harley Davidson Helmet. Like new. XL. Was: $450. Asking $150 815-344-4843

Motorcycle Swap Meet

WOODSTOCK SUNDAY, APRIL 14 8AM - 3PM McHenry County Fairgrounds $7 Admission & $40 Booth

630-985-2097 1991 JEEP CHEROKEE CLASSIC A/T AC AM FM STEREO CD P/W P/L LOOKS/RUNS GOOD 194 K $2900/obo. 224-623-3906

Motorcycle Tires - Harley Davidson 1992 FXR front and rear mags and AVON Venom-X tires, $300. 847-487-1650

1987 INDY 400 SNOWMOBILE 2004 GMC SIERRA 2500 HD Extended cab 8ft bed. 2 wheel drive. 196,000 miles. $4900. Algonquin Jeremy 224-623-4591

1999 Jeep Wrangler Soft Top Never used, beige. $400/obo 815-459-1846

Good condition with back rest $350. 847-845-9063

1990 Artic Cat EXT 530 El Tigre EXT, $200.00. 815-529-4105 2001 Snowmobile Ski Doo MXZ 600 Yellow. With 1 place trailer. 3600 miles. $1,600. Call 847-875-6739

BAER CLAW BRAKE SYSTEM Model "Serious Street" for 60's and 70's muscle cars. Front and Rear $1200 1-847-854-0350 Car Cover – Brand New – For Med. Size Car – Used In Garage 2 Winters Orig.Price $350 Asking $200 815-477-8485 Evenings Cargo net for PT Cruiser Unused $5 in packaging. Call 815-814-8138

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CHAIR - Antique Child's Red Wooden Chair - 24-1/2" high at back. $28. McHenry. 815-236-1747 CHINA - Homer Laughlin China, manufactured in USA in 1940's. Eggshell Georgian pattern. Service for 8 plus 8 serving pieces and extra pieces for replacement purposes. Excellent condition. Cash only. All sales final. $325. Call Dolores @ 815-219-0204.

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28x22 and 11x14 from1970 & 1980, colorful $10/each, great for framing 815-385-1026 DESK, ANTIQUE - oak drop down desk with cubbie holes, drawer, brass accents, 28"W x 57"H. $125. 847-639-91176 Dressing table & bench: Antique $200 262-723-5703 Football Wild Card Brand. 1991-92. 8600+ Worth $800+ Incl Favre RK. Asking $250. 815-338-4829 JAR - Glass w/ metal Lid. Outside red w/ ridges in glass. Top opening 5" diameter, Jar is 7 1/2" diameter & 7" high. $25. McHenry 815-236-1747 MIXING BOWLS - 3 matching: "Hall's Superior Quality Kitchenware - Eureka Homewood Pattern". Lg 8 5/8", Med 7 3/8", Sm 6 1/8". $65. McHenry. 815-236-1747

DECK STAIN - Free Delivery. High Quality. 5 gallons $60 retail, Selling $25/gallon. penofin.com 815-479-1000 Euro style paving block, mixture of new and used, including edge blocks. APPROXIMATELY 150+ blocks . Buy some or all at 25 cents each. You haul away. 815-690-0235

Insulating Blankets

Many, for covering concrete, 6'x25' $20/ea. 847-514-4989 Light Fixture Beautiful, contemporary for kitchen or dining room, exc cond. $30. 847-829-4546

Mattress (Serta)

full Size, Boxspring & frame, good condition! $30. 815-575-4858

Sealcoat tank: 300 gal., and brush box like new, used 2 seasons $1200 815-477-0438 after 6pm

11 CEMETERY PLOTS Cemetery plots located in McHenry County Memorial Park in Woodstock,IL. Sites valued at $1350 per plot. Will sell for $1000 per plot or OBO. Call Steve for info at 1-815-861-5148

Collector's Plate-John Wayne

1st edition by Endre Szabo, 1976. Two John Wayne DVD sets, sealed. Two large, John Wayne, unused postcards. $35. turquoisesilver@hotmail JOHN DEERE LIGHT SET Never used, still in box. $15. 815-690-1073

Computer Desk

with 3 drawers and lots of storage, $325. 815-356-0883 Hewlett Packard Office Jet 4620 Printer, Scanner, Fax. Like new. $35. 815-353-6412

Portable CD Player - $5.00 Portable Radio with Audio Tape Player, $5.00. 815-385-7440 POWER SUPPLY - 13.8VDC 15 Amp power supply, compact and portable. New in box, never used. Includes DC Power supply lighter socket adaptor. $75. 815-690-0235

Printer ~ Digital Photo Sony

DPP-EX50. Prints wonderful pictures, $55/obo. 847-829-4546 PRINTER: Laser, Konica Minolta, PagePro, 1350W, Mono FREE 847-293-2616 RC CARS Nitro Traxis Tmax, S.T. Rven, Mini Losi, MiniLST, Traxis Slash controllers and misc. parts. Call 815-546-1085 Best Offer RedOctane DDR - Dance revolution mat. $20. Call 847-516-2003

Stereo - Technic

350 Watt Amplifier & Yamaha Digital Tuner. $80/both. 224-523-1569

SURROUND SOUND RECEIVER Sony, model STR-D911 with remoted, $75. 815-578-0212

Wood Slatted Folding Chairs (4). Pre-1950's. Used at social events. Asking $99. 815-338-4829

Baby Afghans - Beautiful, unique hand crocheted. Round & Lacy, durable. 53" average diameter. Many colors to chose from. Pictures at NWHerald.com. $40. 815-356-9844 DIAPERS ~ 100% COTTON New in package, flat 27”x27”. $8/dozen, pre-fold, 14”x20”. $9/dozen. 630-721-0068 Fisher price swing n glider. very good condition. six speeds, music, swings, glides, reclining seat with tray, light blue and green. non smoking house. $50 cash only. 815-444-7565 Graco port a crib. Very good cond. Non smoking house. No carry bag. $20 cash only. 815-444-7565

Cub 8.3-24 R-1 tires w/tubes New 8 ply R-1 tires and tubes $385 pr. New! Petlas brand. All other sizes of farm tires available! Call for pricing. www.Gearworkstire.com 815-895-0244 FARM TIRES - (2) New! 600-16 F-2 Farm tires w/ tubes. New! Speedways brand 6 ply tires and tubes. All you need to to replace both front tires and tubes $150 for the set. NO Limit! 815-895-0244 www.gearworkstire.com

Sofa Side Tables (2) $40 each 847-890-1381 TABLE - 48" formica butcher block & chrome table with 12 inch leaf. 6 matching chrome chairs with green & white fabric seats. $75. Cash only. No returns. Must be able to haul away. Call Dolores 815-219-0204 TV STAND ~ PLANT STAND Oak wood, 37”Hx15”Wx12”D. Excellent condition, $85. 847-829-4546 Twin bed, like new, with rails and headboard $100.00 Phone 815-578-1938

ANTIQUE DRY SINK - Charming shabby chic painted wood antique dry sink with attached adjustable mirror and white enamel metal bowl. 25-3/4" wide, 21-1/2" deep & 29" high. 2 attached wood towel racks on each side for a total width of 33". White enamel bowl 15" diameter, 6" deep. Bottom shelf 6" from floor. Top section with mirror is 20-1/2" high & 25-3/4" wide & has 2 drawers, each 6" wide & 2-3/4" high. $400. 815-236-1747 ANTIQUE OAK CHAIR - 36" high at back & seat 16-1/2" wide. 2 curved accent braces as shown. Chair is in excellent condition and is very sturdy. $52. 815-236-1747 Bar Stools: (2) upholstered, like new, $50/pair 815-679-6888 BED - Twin size captains bed for sale. Bookcase headboard. Four drawers and middle cabinet underneath. Golden Oak color. $300 cash only. 815-444-7565 Bed: Mahogany color queen size bed w/detail & mattress $200 815-209-5665 Bedroom Set. Queen. Incl pier unit headboard, 6 drawer chest & mattress set. Pics avail. $400. 815-459-9333 CHINA CABINET, BUFFET & DINING ROOM TABLE w/ 2 chairs in good condition- $900. 32in Panasonic Tube TV- $75. 224-230-1895

Couch ~ Brown & Beige 8 ft, Like new condition! $325.00. Pictures avail. 815-790-3083 Desk – Custom Made – Formica Top – (Plus 3 Shelf Book Case fits on top of desk) 36”Wx30”Dx30H $40 847-639-1909

Desk Set - 2 Piece

Wood, 20x66x29H, 36x72x29H. $80. 847-476-6771 DINING ROOM SET - Mid Century Modern Oak. Table 6 chairs buffet 4 leafs table pads $200 or offer. 815-479-7841 Dining Room Set: Buffet: traditional, dark, oak, w/hutch, table w/6 chairs with extension also with table, slight water mark on table $350 224-587-5091

Dining Room Table

5' L x 3' W Metal & Glass with 4 Chairs (+ cushions) All From Pier 1, seats Up To 8, $350. 815-370-4165 DINING TABLE - Modern style glass top, 54” across, pedestal base, 4 chairs jewel colors. $150. Call 815-728-0130

Metal with glass top. Holds 21 wine bottles, 36”x16”, $95. 847-829-4546

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All Purpose Saddle Wintec Wide, black, 16.5” seat with Cair panels. Adj gullet. Like new! $350. 815-693-0542

Jumping Saddle

Kieffer Munchen, med tree. Brown, 16” seat, $200. 815-693-0542

CHINA - Homer Lauglin China manufactured in USA in 1940's. Eggshell Georgian pattern. Service for 8 plus 8 serving pieces and extra pieces for replacement purposes. Excellent condition. $325. Cash only. All sales final. Call Dolores @ 815-219-0204 Comforter Set. Queen. Plum, Gray, Ivory. Like new! Pics avail. $35 815-459-9333 ESPRESSO MAKER - Krups Il Primo. Used once. $25/obo. 815-814-8138 GLASSWARE - Seven pilsners, two tall champagne, and 4 wine glasses. $5. Call 815-814-8138.

SERVING BOWL - 9 inch Botanic Garden serving bowl, Amaryllis Belladona pattern. Never used. Cash only. All sales final. $15. Call Dolores @ 815-219-0204 Vase-Czech Republic. Clear crystal, "Regent" flair style, 14” high. Pair clear crystal candlestick holders. Austria, 3 1/2" inches high. Both items new/old. $60. Island Lake. turquoisesilver@hotmail.com

Bowflex: Schwinn $75/OBO 815-276-2368

Bike - Children's Trainer

Bathroom Vanity Sink Cultured marble, 25”x18.5”, brand new, never used. $50. 815-370-4165 McHenryCountySports.com is McHenry County Sports

Perform Trainer Gym: EXM-500B $50 you disassemble 847-337-1686 TREADMILL - Pro-Form 2001 EXL treadmill. Features programmable speed & auto incline. Model #: PF351102. Owner's manual included. $100. Cash only. No returns. Must be able to haul away. Call Dolores 815-219-0204

ALPACAS Quality Alpacas starting at $500. 847-533-1446

Wheat Straw $4 and hay $7$10, small square, Alfalfa grass mix, 3rd cutting, 262-275-2251

HUTCH – Solid wood Hutch, possibly antique. 3 shelves with plate rails, storage on bottom. Moving, must sell, $100. 708-509-9419

HYDRAULIC LIFT TABLE - 1100 Lb capacity, Table size 32" x 20". Good condition, Pics available $160. 815-345-2005 or garysc@hotmail.com Manual Arbor press with stand. Famco model #2, C-frame with indexable slotted plate. $30. Call 815-690-0235 Power Washer. Husky. Many attachments. Like new. Works great. $115 OBO. 847-516-8015

TV ~ Panasonic

Wii With 8 Games

WATERSLIDE – Banzai Double Drop Falls Waterslide $150 847-651-0024 Wine Rack: wood wine rack, 12 slots, walnut stained pine, 11”x17” x9” mint condition, like new, $30 815-728-0155 YEARBOOKS (7) – From 1970's various high school & junior highs. $45 for all. 847-515-8012 Huntley area

I-COMFORT MATTRESS & BOX Recently purchased for over $2000. Top of the line memory foam, King size. Outstanding condition, $900 or best offer. If interested, call 815344-2091, leave message, or email soxbearfan@yahoo.com

Kitchen Table

Oak & chrome incl 4 chairs on wheels with leaf, $100.00. 815-322-3402 Kitchen Table. Butcher Block Maple finish. 4 Bow Back Chairs. $75. 847-804-2999 Lazy boy recliner: excellent condition $200 815-679-6888

LEATHER COUCH & CHAIR Taupe leather couch with matching chair, $300. Cary, 847-340-9910

Loveseat: Southwestern Patterned like new $150, 847-526-9403 Mirror picture frame 3.5x2.5 $40 847-890-1381 OTTOMANS - 2 brown faux leather ottomans with storage 17 x 17 x 17 1/2 High. Excellent condition. $30 obo. 815-459-5204 Pictures/Tropical Palm Trees (2) $35/ea. 847-829-4546 Northwest Herald Classified It works.

PIANO. Samick Console Oak finish. Like new condition. $975. 815-334-8611

BASSETT HOUND BEAGLE MIX

Male, 2 years old, neutered. Good with kids. Up to date on shots. To loving family only. 815-355-5020

CATS (2)

Female, fixed and declawed, good with kids - to loving home only. 244-733-8201~224-622-8517 FREE Siamese cat, 1 year old, neutered, to good home only 815-943-7896

Proctor Wall Jack. 16 ft size. $100 OBO. 847-669-5891 RIDGID 460 TriStand Portable Pipe Vise, $250. 1/8 - 6" Pipe Capacity, Very Good condition, Pictures available, Call 815-345-2005 or garysc@hotmail.com

SHEBA 5 year old female Black DSH Sometimes I go too far in being honest, but I don't know how to be any other way. When I restrain my words, my eyes often talk a great deal. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

THUNDER 7 month old male Hound mix I want to force you to get up early every morning so we can hike, run and play more. When my heart is full and my body tired, I'm living right. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

Wheelchair $100 815-679-6888 Wheelchair: Nutron R51 Small Electric Wheelchair, holds up 250lbs, $399 815-459-5762

Army Boxes: 12x12x12x12x4 feet, handles each end, humidity indicator, 6 locking hatches, steel, storage books, food, bug out supplies $65 815-569-2277

GLOVES ~ LATEX

With Aloe Organic, case of 1000. $55 815-578-0212 Lawn Tractor: Murray, runs & cuts well $200 815-701-4302

SALT LAMPS

1 pyramid, $60, 2 Globes $55/ea., NEW, lightbulb replacement FREE! 815-370-4165 STEEL GARDEN GATE - 32 x 46, galvanized chain link. $45. 847-515-8012 Huntley area

Costume: Girls Custom made costume for ice skating, dance, or ballet size 6/7 $50/OBO 847-736-3127

Disney Princess Table

New in box, with 2 chairs, $25 815-356-0883 LEAP PAD - My first Leap Pad childs electronic game, with 4 games. $20. 847-302-4511 STRUCTO TRUCK - Really good shape with some use to it, has brown cab with white box. $25. 815-690-1073

Antique and Modern Guns Old Lever Actions, Winchesters, Marlins, Savages, etc. Old Pistols and Revolvers. Cash for Collection. FFL License 815-338-4731

Lionel & American Flyer Trains 815-353-7668

WANTED TO BUY: Vintage or New, working or not. Bicycles, Outboard motors, fishing gear, motorcycles or mopeds, chainsaws, tools etc. Cash on the spot. Cell: 815-322-6383

3705 W. ELM Starting Mar 28 NEW HOURS THURS & FRI 11-5 SAT & SUN 8-5 815-363-3532

CRYSTAL LAKE RUMMAGE SALE First Congregational Church 461 Pierson St. Thurs., April 11, 9am-5pm Fri., April 12, 9am-5pm Sat., April 13, 9am-1pm

Saturday is Bargain Day ½ price or $4/Bag Clothing, linens, toys, books, housewares, jewelry, gifts, furniture, and sporting goods! !!NEW ENTERANCE!! Look for Signs

Crystal Lake TYSON 2 month old male Terrier mix I like to stop and smell the flowers, love to see a sunset and gaze at the stars. Do you want to rediscover the playfulness of spring with me? www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400 Weimaraner Black Lab Mix: 75lbs, 1yr 2 mos. Old, crate trained, requires lot of attention, has had obedience training, room to run, fixed, $200/OBO 815-529-0724 Work Saddle: Charles Crowley, good condition $300 15.5” seat 815-385-2752 Work Saddle: custom Billy Cook, good condition $300 15.5” seat 815-385-2752

Thurs & Fri 4/11 & 4/12 8am-4pm 1353 Boxwood Drive Furniture, baby items, tools, appliances, and much much more!!

HARVARD SUN, APRIL 7 9AM - 6PM KEEP THIS AD!

WINDMILL

Rustic wood look with 2 planter boxes below, 4'H, $45. 815-578-0212

Craftsman II 8HP 26 inch cut, electric start flood light, 2 reverse 6 forward speeds, Track drive, cast iron cylinder, 12 inch impeller. $400 815-451-6589 wolffjw@aol.com SNOW BLOWER 24" Yard Machines. Two stage, 5.5 HP, electric start. Excellent condition. Pictures available. $350. 815-345-2005

HOT TUB ~ SUNDANCE

Wheel Chair. New in box. Never used. Seat 18” wide. Removable foot rests. $95. 815-578-0212

Regulation size oak pool table w/slate top, claw feet, & leather pockets, matching stain glass & oak light fixture $1200/OBO 847-515-2570 Water Skis set; OBrien Performers Kevlar. 68". $40. 847-344-2750

ECKEL'S MCHENRY FLEA MARKET

V & V Lawn Care 815-814-8542 Lawn Maint, Gravel Clean-up from Plows, Mowing, Garden Tilling, Reasonable Rates. Free Estimates.

Futon w/removable cover, excellent condition $130, 847-526-9403 HIGH CHAIR - Antique Pine Child's. 39" high 17" wide with removable metal tray. Tray arm lifts. McHenry $125. 815-236-1747

60”, in excellent running condition! $300 773-392-5144

Exercise board, 2 controllers, charger and more, $275. 815-356-0883

TROLLING MOTOR

New Minnkota, 30 lb thrust with a new battery. $100. 815-701-4302

Tractor: Jacobson Tractor, old school, 8 HP Kohlor, no deck, must see $350 815-575-7153

Muscovy Ducks for Sale, 4 Drakes, 7 Ducks. $15 each or best offer. 815-648-4559 ask for Bill

TV - Toshiba – 36” Color Works Great $125 847-409-1838

TV ~ TOSHIBA 20” DVD/VCR combo, excellent working condition! $125 847-829-4546 TV. RCA. 20”. Built in DVD player. Works great. $75 OBO. 815-344-4191 after 5pm.

Tanning Half Bed, on rollers, 9 lamps, Sunquest 2000S. Wolff system, $150. Call: 815-385-4353

Johann Haviland service for 8. Forever Spring. Missing one bread and butter plate which you can purchase on Replacements. $25/best. Call 815-814-8138

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER

Oak with 27 TV. Great for family or kids room, $225. 815-356-0883

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Tanning Bed: Foldable, moveable, great shape, less than 16hrs of use $150/OBO 815-403-3864

WINE RACK

DINING TABLE: This one is Ikea, 6 feet by 3.5 feet, has 5 chairs. Great, Used Condition. Text or call Katy with questions: 815-409-9261

EXERCISE CYCLE - Pro-Form Model PFEX17930/GL35 exercise cycle with an array of impressive features including a belt driven system, adjustable padded seat, a water bottle holder and an electronic battery operated digital control console with a built-in cooling fan. Like new condition and is fully assembled with complete user's manual. Original price was over $400. Pick-up in McHenry. $110. 815-236-1747

Go-Glider, blue, 16”, like new! $70. 847-476-6771

BOBCAT TIRES - New! 10-16.5 10 ply Brand New Samson Skid steer Bobcat tires 10 ply $135 ea. Other sizes available. 815-895-0244 www.gearworkstire.com

SOFA - Like-new, 4 year old Brown Microfiber Leather sofa. Very Clean - from a smoke free home. Approx. 90" long x 41"deep x 33" tall. $200. You may text or call 815276 -7392 - Include email address to get a picture of couch.

Dining Table: Oak (Oval) w/6 chairs & 2 leaves, excellent condition $150 815-344-6289

Painting, antique, reverse on glass. Japanese style landscape w/ mother of pearl house by river. 26” by 17. Wood frame. Slight damage in 1 spot. $99. Island Lake. turquoisesilver@hotmail TOOL BOX - Antique Refinished Pine 28-1/2" x 13" x 8-3/4" w/ 7 sectioned drawer & brass latch dowel carrying handle. $145. McHenry. 815-236-1747 VANITY - Beautiful pine vanity with attached mirror & center drawer. This beautiful antique piece was brought from England by the dealer. 37-1/4" wide, 20" deep & 29-1/2" to top of vanity. Mirror 22-3/8" wide by 35-3/8" high. Center drawer has metal pull & 14" wide. Legs & side mirror supports have charming decorative sculptured detail. $475. 815-236-1747 Wagon wheels (2) antique 40 inch diameter wooden hubs and spokes wheels and hubs wrapped in steel call Rick evenings 847-6391755 350.00/pair

TREADMILL, Vita Master 1700, $100. Call: 815-385-4353

6 Person Spa, $200/obo. You Move. 815-455-4551

TO Make Appointment to View Items and come see call 815-355-2158 Until Thurs, April 18

3017 DUNAHM WOODS RD. EVERYTHING MUST GO!! Household items, couches, tables, DR Set, roll-top desk, recliner chairs, step ladders, 8' stable saw, 10” compound miter saw, 3500 lb gas power washer, drill press, socket sets, log chains, gas grill & MORE!

Huntley

POOL HEATER

$350/obo.

815-690-3330

Exercise Bike: Schwinn Air Dyne Work-Speed-Time, child safety lock & padded handle bars, excellent condition $95 815-385-0020

GOLF BAG

TaylorMade stand golf bag. Black/silver trim. Multiple pockets. Great shape, $40 815-459-1099 Golf Club Bag & Accessories Rack. Metal rack holds 2 bags, shoes, much more. Nice! $25. Store them cleanly in your garage, etc. Call Beth 815-344-9894 Being the FIRST to grab reader's attention makes your item sell faster! Highlight and border your ad! 800-589-8237 www.nwherald.com

Thursday, April 11th & Friday, April 12th 8am – 2pm

11614 Gayle Ct. Tons of Household Items, Furniture, Loft Bed, Snowblowers, SS Fridge & Gas Stove, Washer & Dryer, Mowers, Garage Items/Tools, Lawn & Garden and MUCH, MUCH MORE!

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