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D-428 rejects online charter school By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com
and STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb School District 428 board members joined at least a dozen of their counterparts by rejecting a proposal for a virtual charter school. Board members voted, 7-0, Tuesday to reject a proposal from Virtual Learning Solutions to open the charter
school that would pull both students and dollars from the district. District 428 officials had estimated the charter school could attract about 60 students and $480,000 in state funding from District 428, if it were ultimately approved. Douglas Moeller, assistant superintendent, said administrators thought charter school leaders were not responsive to the district’s concerns, pointing to the generic 1,100page response they received. “This PowerPoint they showed us,
which is at best misleading or worse deceptive,” Moeller said. “That to me is one of the most egregious tips that something was really wrong here.” The nonprofit organization, which formed in February, has petitioned to open the Illinois Virtual Charter School at Fox River Valley in 18 districts throughout the region. Sycamore School District 427 board members unanimously rejected the proposal last week, challenging the supervision students would have and
the 1,100-page response to school district leaders’ concerns. Valley View CUSD 365U’s board, which is expected to vote on the proposal tonight, will be the last district to consider it. The Valley View school board vote will trigger action from Virtual Learning Solutions. Late last week, Sharnell Jackson, the nonprofit’s board president, reaffirmed that charter school leaders plan to appeal every denial to the state charter com-
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mission once the last school board affected by the charter votes. Virtual Learning Solutions will have 30 days to file an appeal to the state commission. The commission then has 45 days to hold public hearings and interview both Virtual Learning Solutions and school districts. After the fact-finding period, the commission has 30 days to decide the appeal.
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Pressure-cooker bombs suspected in Boston blast By EILEEN SULLIVAN and JAY LINDSAY The Associated Press
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Patrick Mlady updates the marquee outside the Egyptian Theatre on Thursday in DeKalb.
Eye on the future Egyptian Theatre supporters plan for projects, funding Voice your opinion
By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The Egyptian Theatre has been a work in progress for 35 years. The theater has replaced its sound system and its 1,400 seats. This year, a fire-sprinkler system will be installed throughout the building. But Alex Nerad, the theater’s executive director, said he already was thinking of other needed expansions: an expanded box office, a bigger concession stand, more stalls in the bathroom, an air-conditioning unit. “I think anyone who has been to a show here when it’s busy knows that our three-stall women’s restroom is not big enough,” Nerad said. “I don’t know what they were thinking in 1929. ... The math doesn’t re-
BOSTON – Federal agents zeroed in Tuesday on how the Boston Marathon bombing was carried out – with kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails and other lethal shrapnel – but said they still didn’t know who did it and why. The FBI and other law enforcement agencies repeatedly pleaded for members of the public to come forward with photos, videos or anything suspicious they might have seen or heard. “The range of suspects and motives remains wide open,” Richard DesLau- More riers, FBI agent in charge in Boston, inside said at a news conference. He vowed to “go to the ends of the Earth to identify For more the subject or subjects who are respon- concerning sible for this despicable crime.” the Boston President Barack Obama branded Marathon the attack an act of terrorism but said explosions, officials don’t know “whether it was see pages planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic, or was A2 and B1 the act of a malevolent individual.” Scores of victims of the Boston bombing remained in hospitals, many with grievous injuries, a day after the twin explosions near the marathon’s finish line killed three people, wounded more than 170 and reawakened fears of terrorism. A 9-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy were among 17 victims listed in critical condition. Officials found that the bombs in Boston consisted of explosives put in ordinary, 1.6-gallon pressure cookers, one with shards of metal and ball bearings, the other with nails, according to a person close to the investigation who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the probe was still going on. Both bombs were stuffed into black duffel bags and left on the ground, the person said.
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The stained-glass window featuring a scarab and the sun god Ra is seen from inside the Egyptian Theatre on Thursday in DeKalb. ally add up.” The city of DeKalb has been a major backer of the theater. Since 1989, the city has funneled $2.2 million to the theater’s capital projects, said Jennifer Diedrich, DeKalb’s economic development coordi-
nator. Diedrich added that city staff has earmarked $100,000 in tax increment financing annually to the theater until 2020. Assuming the City Council approves these allocations without any changes, the theater
will have collected $3 million from the city by that point. “Not only is the theater an economic driver to the downtown area, but it’s a significant cultural and artistic draw,” Diedrich said. The city’s TIF district is set to expire in 2020. These districts, which allow municipalities to renovate blighted properties using a special tax mechanism, have a 23-year life span that can be expanded once for 12 years.
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FBI agents gather near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Tuesday in Boston. The bombs that ripped through the crowd at the Boston Marathon, killing at least three people and wounding more than 170, were fashioned out of pressure cookers and packed with shards of metal, nails and ball bearings to inflict maximum carnage, a person briefed on the investigation said Tuesday.
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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Business Networking International: 8 a.m. at 920 W. Prairie Dr., #M, Sycamore (Ecosteam). Home-schoolers activities: 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. in Sycamore. All ages are welcome to participate in hands-on classes and field trips. Contact: Lisa at 815-748-0896 or gakers@tbc.net. Free Blood Pressure Clinic: 9 to 11 a.m. at Valley West Community Hospital, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sandwich. No appointment necessary. 815-786-3962 or www. valleywest.org. Men and Caregivers Networking Breakfast: 9 to 10 a.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital Cancer Center. This free group is open to those with cancer for discussion. No registration is required. For more information, call 815-748-2958 or visit www. kishhospital.org/programs Fresh Beginnings AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Blessing Well food and clothing pantry: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at First Church of the Nazarene, 1051 S. Fourth St. in DeKalb. Meat and food offered, with clothing available in sizes for infants (diapers, too) up to 3X adults. Spanish interpreter also is available. www. dekalbnaz.com. 815-758-1588. Donations of nonperishable foods and clothing can be left at any time on the front porch. New Beginnings AA(C): 10 a.m. at 120 Main St., Kingston. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Kishwaukee Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park Community Room in DeKalb. www.KishKiwanis.org; contact Amy Polzin at APolzin87@yahoo. com. Sycamore Rotary Club: Noon at Mitchel Lounge, 355 W. State St. 24 Hour A Day Brown Bag AA(C): 12:05 p.m. at Newman Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Franklin HEA: Afternoon unit of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Betty at 815-5223361. Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum: 1 to 5 p.m. at 622 Park Ave. in Genoa. Call 815-784-5559 for appointments other days. Memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m. at Nehring Gallery, Suite 204, 111 S. Second St., DeKalb. Free admission and open to all. www. dekalbalumni.org. Weight Watchers: 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road, (near Aldi) DeKalb. Community Dinners: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Voluntary Action Center lunch site, 330 Grove St., DeKalb. The free, public dinners are served by volunteers and new sponsors are always welcome – call Nancy Hicks at 815-758-1678 to volunteer; call the main VAC office at 815-758-3932 to sponsor a meal. Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group; 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org. Came to Believe AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Chess Game Play: 6 to 8 p.m. at Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St., Sycamore. Free, open chess game play, all ages and skill levels are welcome. info@ dekalbchess.com or visit www. DeKalbChess.com. Meditation Drop-In: 6 to 7 p.m. at Center for Integrative BodyWork, 130 N. Fair St. in Sycamore. Reservations appreciated, not required; www.yourcfib.com, 815899-6000 or info@yourcfib.com. Genoa Lions Club: 6:30 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. North Avenue Pass It On AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at North Avenue Baptist Church, 301 North Ave., Sycamore, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com. American Legion Auxiliary, Bayard Brown Unit 337: 7 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. Narcotics Anonymous: 7 to 8 p.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb. 815-9645959. www.rragsna.org. Sycamore Pumpkin Festival Committee: 7 p.m. on the lower level at Sycamore Center, 308 W. State St. Vendors and visitors are welcome. Bingo Night: 7:15 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Home, 121 S. California St. 815-895-2679.
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Support available for domestic violence victims A short news release about an alleged violation of an order of protection wound up on my desk weeks ago, and it kept catching my attention. The details bugged me: A man was charged with a misdemeanor for allegedly grabbing the arm of a woman’s jacket as she walked into a courtroom. The woman was his wife, and she was in DeKalb County Courthouse over a court order protecting her and their four children from him. When I looked up the details of the case, I was reminded why I think domestic violence advocates and dedicated police officers are so important. I also was reminded how seemingly minor actions, such as grabbing a jacket sleeve or claiming you are teasing, can become much more threatening when you think about the cycle of abuse. In this particular case, a 32-yearold woman said she decided to take her children, ages 5 and younger, to Walmart for a couple of hours one evening after her husband kicked their 4-year-old son in the stomach and threatened their 5-year-old son with a belt, court records show. Before they could leave, though, he banged on the windows of their minivan as she and their children sat inside. He also jumped on the van to unhook the garage door opener with the emergency pull cord, her petition states. He was asleep when they returned. The woman alleges that the next
VIEWS Jillian Duchnowski day, her husband put the 4-year-old outside in the snow wearing only socks and pajamas when the temperature was minus 15 degrees, court records show. She found the boy crying and banging on the patio window, the petition states. The couple, whose names I’m withholding to protect victims of alleged domestic violence, separated in July, but later reconciled, the petition states. “I thought it would be best for me to stay with [my husband] to make sure he didn’t hurt the kids,” the mother wrote in her petition. “I thought that by counteracting his abuse with my presence, it would stop.” He tried to explain his behavior, though. Two days after her husband was served with the order of protection, he left her a voicemail telling her that the 4-year-old was laughing outside in the cold and that threatening the 5-year-old was a joke, court records state. “I was just messing with him like I always do with the belt when I come home and say, ‘Who wants the belt, who wants the belt?’ “ a court document says he told her. About three weeks later, the
mother was in court for a hearing on the order of protection. Her husband grabbed the arm of her jacket from behind, trying to get her attention as she walked into the courtroom, and clapped his hands while sitting behind her in the courtroom, according to court records. The sheriff’s detective was in the courtroom and ultimately, the officer arrested the husband, who was charged with violating of an order of protection. The court records I found don’t show what support, if any, the woman has from our local domestic violence agency. There is support, though, and it’s often needed to give people the courage break the cycle of abuse. Safe Passage of DeKalb has two legal advocates to help people fill out and file the paperwork for orders of protection. They also will sit with the alleged victims before and during court hearings, said Emily LeFew, Safe Passage’s director of domestic violence services. “We always follow their lead,” LeFew said. “Whatever they need from us, we’ll try our best to do that.” For more information or to seek services, call the 24-hour hotline at 815-756-5228.
• Jillian Duchnowski is the Daily Chronicle’s news editor. Reach her at 815-756-4841, ext. 2221, or email jduchnowski@shawmedia.com.
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Ill. races considering security after Boston
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By DAVID MERCER and DON BABWIN The Associated Press CHAMPAIGN – Among dozens of calls, texts and emails Jan Seeley sent and received Monday as she tried to track down friends at the Boston Marathon, one stood out. “I took a call from a very irate parent who screamed at me because I won’t cancel the race, because I’m putting her daughter at risk,” said Seeley, the director of the Illinois Marathon in Champaign-Urbana. “And we’re anticipating more of that.” The Boston Marathon bombings are forcing who run in and plan security for Illinois races, such as the April 27 Illinois Marathon, to weigh changes they never thought they’d have to consider: How can you secure a race course that’s more than 26 miles long? Is there any reason to cancel? And what’s the likelihood of another bombing, particularly in a smaller, lower-profile location like Champaign-Urbana? “Running changed today,” Seeley said hours after Monday’s attack. “Forever.” In Chicago, security has suddenly pushed its way into the minds of organizers of a 10-mile race along the city’s scenic lakefront. “It’s always been road crossings and traffic control and medical safety but now we need to make sure of any potential threats to runners are being looked into,” said Wendy Jaehn, executive director of the Chicago Area Runners Association. Within hours of the explosions in Boston, Jaehn said the organizers
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Runners pass Memorial Stadium last year near the start of the Illinois Marathon in Champaign. emailed Chicago Police to set up a meeting to talk about security for Saturday’s FirstMerit Bank Lakefront 10 Miler. Jaehn said that in all her years running and organizing races, the closest she came to wondering about security was before last year’s subsequently canceled New York City Marathon, when runners were notified that they wouldn’t be allowed to check a bag of clothes to be picked up at the finish line. “You question why they’d do that, and then you think it’s for the security reasons ... . But that is kind of a passing thought,” she said. “In something like a marathon, something that is pure sport, you don’t think that way.”
Jaehn said that now, there will not only be added security where runners drop off their belongings, but she’ll also try to add bomb-sniffing dogs. And organizers will ask runners before the race to keep to a minimum the amount of gear they are checking. New security questions have to be answered quickly at the Illinois Marathon, too. The event consists of several races of different lengths over two days, April 26 and 27. Between them, they draw around 20,000 people. It’s too early to say if any drastic changes will be needed, Seeley said, acknowledging that the differences between the Illinois Marathon and the much-higher profile Boston Marathon.
U.S. housing starts surpass 1 million in March By MARTIN CRUTSINGER The Associated Press WASHINGTON – U.S. homebuilders broke the 1 million mark in March for the first time since June 2008. The gain signals continued strength for the housing recovery at the start of the spring buying season. The overall pace of homes started rose 7 percent from February to March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.04 million, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Apartment construction,
which tends to fluctuate sharply from month to month, led the surge: It jumped nearly 31 percent to an annual rate of 417,000, the fastest pace since January 2006. By contrast, single-family home building, which makes up nearly two-thirds of the market, fell 4.8 percent to an annual rate of 619,000. That was down from February’s pace of 650,000, the fastest since May 2008. The government said February’s pace was a sharp 5.2 percent higher than it had previously estimated.
Applications for building permits, a gauge of future construction, declined 3.9 percent to an annual rate of 902,000. It was down from February’s rate of 939,000, which was also nearly a five-year high. Scott Laurie, president of Olson Homes, said that last month’s falloff in single-family starts is not representative of what’s happening in the market. A scarcity in ready-tobuild land has many builders working to get local governments to approve new land
for construction, he said. The process can take 12 to 18 months. A survey of homebuilders released Monday noted similar concerns. “You’ll see starts will continue to increase as the year goes on and new projects start to open up,” Laurie said. Laurie’s company builds homes in Southern California priced roughly from $325,000 to $750,000. He says Olson’s construction starts are on pace to climb at least 40 percent this year, as the builder moves to add as many as eight new communities.
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8BRIEF Conn. shooting prompts expanded movie ratings LAS VEGAS – The Motion Pictures Association of America is changing its rating system to better inform parents about violence in movies. CEO Christopher Dodd announced the tweaks Tuesday in Las Vegas at the annual movie-theater convention, CinemaCon. The White House has called on the movie industry to give parents better tools to monitor violence in media since the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Dodd did not address the shooting directly but spoke generally about the need to help parents control what their kids see. The new ratings system will include descriptions about why a movie received its ratings. For example, the rating might cite “strong carnage” or “war violence.” – Wire report
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Advocacy group events to speak out against abuse By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com
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Korrine Huber (left) of South Elgin plays the guitar as Annie Barson of Maple Park holds her sheet music recently as supporters of Antinette “Toni” Keller’s family organized a gathering outside the DeKalb County Courthouse in response to the plea agreement with William “Billy” Curl in Sycamore.
Legal experts weigh in on Curl plea agreement By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Experienced criminal defense attorneys had a different reaction to William “Billy” Curl’s 37-year plea agreement than the handful of residents who protested the deal last week. Leonard Cavise, director for the Center for Public Interest Law at DePaul University, said a 37-year prison sentence in a plea agreement such as Curl’s was a major victory for prosecutors. Cavise figured prosecutors would not have received much more had they gone to trial and successfully obtained a guilty verdict. “Thirty-seven years is a lot of years to agree to, so it strikes me the prosecution was fairly confident,” Cavise said. Curl, 36, of DeKalb, pleaded guilty earlier this month to killing Northern Illinois University freshman Antinette “Toni” Keller, an 18-year-old from Plainfield. She was last seen Oct. 14, 2010, when she told friends she was going for a walk in Prairie Park. Her burned body was found in the park two days later. If convicted of murdering Keller while committing either arson or rape, Curl could have faced a life sentence,
but murder alone is punishable with between 20 and 60 years in prison. Prosecutors dropped the charges involving the arson and rape allegations as part of the plea agreement. A murder case ending with a plea agreement isn’t unusual, though, Cavise said, noting more than 90 percent of criminal cases and 60 percent of murder cases end with a deal. Attorney Brian Telander has experienced the plea agreement process in murder cases from the perspective of a prosecutor, judge and defense lawyer. The Glen Ellyn attorney recently negotiated an 18-year prison term for David Szalonek, a 19-year-old Algonquin man accused of fatally shooting his father in February 2010. Telander said most of the murder cases he has been involved with have ended in plea agreements and tend to materialize right before the trial. Curl pleaded guilty a week before his trial was scheduled to start. “There is no real formula because every case is different,” Telander said. “But most sides get a little more reasonable when a trial is staring them in the face.” The victim’s family’s involvement should also be limited in a plea deal, Cavise said.
DeKalb County State’s Attorney Richard Schmack drew criticism for not better communicating with the Keller family during the final stages of plea negotiations, but Schmack said the family was invited to meet with him and prosecutors and never came. “The prosecutor doesn’t represent the victim. The prosecutor represents society,” Cavise said. “It’s a terrible tragedy, and they should listen to the family’s concerns, but it should be an independent judgment and oftentimes it is not.” Schmack declined to comment on the process of the plea agreement because Curl’s 30day window to change his plea is still open. DeKalb County Public Defender Tom McCulloch declined to comment on whether Curl was considering withdrawing his plea, but said it is allowed only under limited circumstances. McCulloch, who was not addressing Curl’s plea, said there would need to be strong evidence a person was misled by attorneys or somehow impaired at the time of the plea for it to be withdrawn. “It’s a tough row to hoe,” he said. “It doesn’t happen very often. You would need a perfect storm of mistakes.”
Piggly Wiggly bringing 70 jobs, convenience to Genoa By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com GENOA – Outgoing Genoa Mayor Todd Walker hopes 40-minute round trips for fruits and vegetables will be an unnecessary chore for Genoa residents come May. Genoa will once again have a local grocery store after Piggly Wiggly finalized a deal to open in the old Brown’s County Market location on Pearson Drive and bring approximately 70 jobs to the community. Gary Suokko, chief operating officer of Piggly Wiggly Midwest, said store staff would be a mixture of former Brown’s employees and new employees. Walker said residents have experienced an inconvenient six months since Brown’s and Genoa Produce Carniceria closed in November, leaving the city with no local grocery store. Walker said limiting trips to Sycamore and DeKalb will be more convenient for residents and keep sales tax dollars in the community. “I think many of the residents realized once Brown’s closed how much they missed it,” Walker said. “People have their favorite places to shop, and I certainly understand that, but I hope our residents give the new store an opportunity to earn their business.” The Piggly Wiggly, targeted to open May 22, will feature more products and easier access, Genoa City Administrator Joe Misurelli said.
Abuse can happen anywhere, even in the smaller towns of DeKalb County. That’s a concept Holly Piefer hopes more people will understand. Piefer, director of the Children’s Advocacy Center for the county’s Family Service Agency, said many people often consider child abuse to be a problem mostly in larger cities. But that’s not the case. Piefer said one in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused before they reach the age of 18, while one in seven children will be physically abused. “That comes to about four or five kids in every classroom [who] are being abused,” she said. As part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Family Service Agency of DeKalb County has partnered with Safe Passage, which operates the county’s only rape crisis center and domestic violence shelter, to raise awareness about abuse and honor the victims affected by it. The Family Service Agency will host Hands Around
If you go Hands Around the Courthouse n When: Noon Thursday n Where: DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 W. State St. in Sycamore Take Back the Night and Survivor Speak Out n What: Rally and march to downtown DeKalb to raise rape awareness n When: 7 p.m. Friday n Where: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb the Courthouse at noon Thursday, focusing on child abuse, while Safe Passage will march during Take Back the Night at 7 p.m. Friday for rape victims. The public is invited to hold hands around the county courthouse and observe a moment of silence for child abuse victims on the courthouse lawn at 133 W. State St. in Sycamore. Piefer said the demonstration brings mixed emotions. It’s a somber atmosphere, but it’s also very inspiring to see so many community members come together for the cause, she said.
“People who are at this event know the seriousness of child abuse,” she said. “And they know that victims of child abuse don’t really have a voice.” Marj Askins of Safe Passage agreed abused victims of all ages and genders often don’t feel they can speak up. Safe Passage holds its annual Take Back the Night rally to empower the victims of sexual assault and break the silence, she said. The rally begins at the First Congregational United Church of Christ at 615 N. First St. in DeKalb. Participants will march to downtown DeKalb, chanting and carrying signs to support the victims of abuse. After the march, rape survivors and their family members will share their experiences. Marj said sexual assault can happen to anyone, regardless of age or gender. Although women often are the victims, men are not to be left without a voice, she said. “Men who have been victimized and men who think that this is an important issue all have a really important role to play in ending sexual violence,” she said.
8LOCAL BRIEFS Brooks Elementary will honor retiring teachers
Health department stresses immunizations
DeKALB – Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School will celebrate three retiring teachers with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. May 5. The retiring teachers are Glenda Lundgre, Dan Kenney and Chris Brady, according to a news release. All community members are welcome to attend the event at the school at 3225 Sangamon Road in DeKalb.
DeKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department is reminding parents to follow the suggested immunization schedule for infants and children. In observance of National Infant Immunizations Week, which is Saturday through April 27, the heath department is reminding parents that continued vaccination is neces-
sary to protect everyone from potential outbreaks, according to a news release. Low-cost vaccines are available through the Vaccines for Children program for children who do not have private insurance that will pay for the vaccine. For more information, call the health department at 815-748-2460 or see www. dekalbcountyhealthdepartment.org. – Daily Chronicle
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A sign announces that Piggly Wiggly is coming to the old Brown’s County Market in Genoa. There will be no pharmacy in the store as there was in Brown’s, but there will be more space for grocery products, Misurelli said. Suokko said the store would feature produce, deli, meat, seafood, dairy, bakery and liquor departments. It also will carry imported foods including an expanded line of Hispanic foods. Access to the store will be improved as shoppers can now enter directly off Route 23 and exit southbound from the parking lot onto Route 23 with the recent installation of rightin, right-out access, Misurelli said. Suokko said Piggly Wiggly believed Genoa can be a longtime home. “There are over 5,000 people in Genoa and we felt there was certainly potential there,” Suokko said. “We feel a store with the right program can be
successful, and we believe we have the right program.” The Piggly Wiggly will not receive any of the sales tax breaks Brown’s County Market benefited from in its first three years in Genoa. Misurelli said because there was no need to construct a building, tax incentives were not necessary. Misurelli estimated the loss of Brown’s would have resulted in a loss of $70,000 in tax revenue for the year. He said he is hopeful Piggly Wiggly will fill that void and generate even more economic activity. Dan Brown, owner of Brown’s County Market, could not be reached for comment. Sycamore city officials and Chamber of Commerce officials were unsure of the status and future of the Brown’s County Market location in Sycamore.
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Letter to Miss. senator being tested for ricin By DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press WASHINGTON – An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi twice tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, congressional officials said, heightening concerns about terrorism a day after a bombing killed three and left more than 170 injured at the Boston Marathon. One senator, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, said authorities have a suspect in the fast-moving ricin case, but she did not say if an arrest had been made. She added the
letter was from an individual who frequently writes lawmakers. On Tuesday night, FBI spokesman Paul Bresson said initial field tests on the substance produced mixed results and that it is in the process of undergoing further analysis at an accredited laboratory. Only after that testing can a determination be made about whether the substance is ricin, Bresson said. The U.S. Capitol Police, which is also investigating the case, declined to comment. Late Tuesday, Wicker released a statement acknowledging the letter and said it
was sent to his Washington office. “This matter is part of an ongoing investigation by the United States Capitol Police and FBI,” Wicker said. “I want to thank our law enforcement officials for their hard work and diligence in keeping those of us who work in the Capitol complex safe.” Terrance W. Gainer, the Senate sergeant-at-arms, said in an emailed message to Senate offices that the envelope to Wicker, a Republican, had no obviously suspicious outside markings and lacked a return address. It bore a postmark from Memphis, Tenn.
Mail from a broad swath of northern Mississippi, including the Memphis suburbs of DeSoto County, Miss., Tupelo, Oxford and the northern part of the Mississippi Delta region is processed and postmarked in Memphis, according to a Postal Service map. The Memphis center also processes mail for residents of western parts of Tennessee and eastern Arkansas. Gainer said there was “no indication that there are other suspect mailings.” Yet he urged caution, and also said the Senate off-site mail facility where the initial tests were performed on the letter will be
closed for a few days while the investigation continues. The letter was discovered at a mail processing plant in Prince George’s County in suburban Maryland, according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Wicker, 61, was appointed to the Senate in 2007 and won election to a full term two years ago. He previously served a dozen years in the House. He has a solidly conservative voting record, so much so that he drew notice last week when he voted to allow debate to begin on controversial gun legislation in the Senate. “I cast this vote at the request of the National Rifle Association,
of which I am a member,” he said in a statement at the time that added he has a 100 percent voting record in favor of Second Amendment rights. Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters of the letter. Other lawmakers said they had been provided information by Gainer’s office. Milt Leitenberg, a University of Maryland bioterrorism expert, said ricin is a poison derived from the same bean that makes castor oil. According to a Homeland Security Department handbook, ricin is deadliest when inhaled. It is not contagious, but there is no antidote.
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• EGYPTIAN THEATRE Continued from page A1 Nerad estimated that the theater has undergone at least $4 million of renovations. But he said that is a small amount compared with other renovated theaters in the region. During the 1970s, the Paramount Theatre in Aurora received $15 million from state and city governments for renovations. In 2001, the Coronado Performing Arts Center in Rockford reopened after an $18.5 million restoration. “It’s quite impressive, long before my time as well as in recent years, how this organization ... has stretched dollars and really make the most of things here,” Nerad said. “These old buildings need constant care and upkeep.” The Egyptian Theatre opened in 1929 as a vaudeville house, but it became a movie theater shortly after, Nerad said. During the 1970s, both the business and the building were falling into a state of disrepair. After the owners abandoned the building, it was turned over to the city. “They were essentially going to condemn the building,” Nerad said. “The ceiling was falling in, the basement was flooded, animals
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The Egyptian Theatre is seen on Thursday in DeKalb. were running around in here – it was in really bad shape.” It was in 1978 when the Preservation of the Egyptian Theatre, a nonprofit organization made up of concerned citizens, acquired the building. In the early 1980s, the group used a $2.1 million grant from the state to renovate and reopen it. For the past 35 years, the Preservation of the Egyptian Theatre has operated the theater with a joint mission: Preserving the 84-year-old building while also giving DeKalb a cultural keystone.
The theater’s finances play a role in what it can provide to the community. Nerad said the theater abandoned the concept of being a commercial movie theater because it wasn’t profitable. Nerad commented that even the American Film Institute film series they did this spring was successful attendance-wise, but not financially. “It is pretty rare to find any theater like this out there that is operating 100 percent self-sufficient without any sort of donations or
contributions,” Nerad said. “While we hope to become more self-sufficient, that will include support from the community.” With the end of the TIF subsidy not far away, Nerad said they are trying to expand their donor base through a capital fundraising campaign and creating some kind of endowment. “We want to make sure we are forecasting and looking ahead on that,” Nerad said. “We’re extremely grateful for the support we’ve received from the city.”
Pathways in Education failed to define governing structure • VIRTUAL SCHOOL Continued from page A1 Formed in July, the state commission has issued decisions on two appeals involving charter school proposals within the Chicago Public
Schools system. The commission denied the appeal from Pathways in Education to create five alternative schools, because Pathways failed to define its governing structure and detail how it would prevent conflicts of interest with the
company selected to manage the schools. In another decision, the commission accepted the appeal from Concept Schools to establish two brick-and-mortar charter schools in Chicago’s McKinley Park and Belmont neighborhoods.
The commission considered whether Concept’s charter proposal was in the best interest of students, whether the proposal garnered the support of the community and school personnel, and whether the proposal set rigorous student achievement standards.
SYCAMORE – The Sycamore Police Department evidence room could have a strong odor for the foreseeable future. Police seized 17 marijuana plants and arrested 34-year-old Daniel Riebeling this weekend. Riebeling, of the 2100 block of Highland Drive, is charged with possession of marijuana sativa plants, a Class 4 felony typically punishable by up to 3 years in prison. Riebeling is next due in court April 30. He is being held on $250,000 bond. Sycamore police detective Sgt. Rod Swartzendruber said officers received an anonymous tip about a strong Daniel scent of mariRiebeling juana coming from the Highland Drive area Friday night. When officers arrived, they were able to smell the plants from outside. Riebeling came home during the search and was arrested, Swartzendruber said. Swartzendruber estimated each plant is worth $2,000 and the 17 plants could produce about $300,000 worth of marijuana over the course of a year. There is an ongoing investigation to determine whether Riebeling was connected to a larger drug network in the area, Swartzendruber said. “We always encourage people to call, because if they do, it could work out like this,” Swartzendruber said. “It’s definitely the most cannabis plants we’ve seized in Sycamore in quite some time.”
8LOCAL BRIEF Police: Intoxicated man with knife arrested DeKALB – DeKalb police said they arrested a heavily intoxicated man with a knife Tuesday afternoon after he was spotted acting strangely at the Buena Vista
8OBITUARIES ALICE L. WILLIAMS Born: April 2, 1929, in Ridgefield, Ill. Died: April 15, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Alice Lucille Williams, 84, of DeKalb, Ill., died Monday, April 15, 2013, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb. Born April 2, 1929, in Ridgefield, the daughter of Raymond and Ruth (Benson) Yanke, Alice worked for Eagle food store for 30 years. She was a member of DeKalb County Farm Bureau and Resource Bank Classic Club. Alice was an avid reader and enjoyed traveling. She is survived by her daughters, Debbie (Jerry) Tyra of Baldwyn, Miss., and Rebecca (Roger) Witzel of Malta; son, Paul Williams of Tensed, Idaho; grandchildren, Rena, Bobbi, Sondra, Erin, John, Eric and Ian; and great-grandchildren, Austin, Courtney, Cara, Peyton and Madison. She was preceded in death by the father of her children, Robert Williams; and her infant brother, Harold. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 18, at Anderson
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8OUR VIEW
8SKETCH VIEW
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More feedback on Paisley’s ‘Accidental Racist’ There are many things to say about Brad Paisley’s new song. The country music giant is under fire for “Accidental Racist,” about a Starbucks employee who objects to Paisley’s Confederate battle flag shirt. The song, Paisley’s attempt to metabolize his conflicted feelings as “a white man comin’ to you from the southland” trying to pick his way through the minefield of race, has generated, well ... feedback. Rolling Stone dubbed it “questionable.” Gawker called it “horrible.” CMT News said it was “clumsily written” and singled out guest performer LL Cool J for an “inept” rap. They are being kind. As several observers have noted, “Accidental Racist” brings to this difficult subject all the emotional and intellectual depth of a fifth-grader’s social studies essay. And let’s not even get started on LL’s rap, which inexplicably finds moral equivalence between a do-rag and that American swastika, the Confederate battle flag, an act of stupendous stupidity for which somebody ought to pull his black card. But the song also fails in a more subtle, yet substantive way. Twice, Paisley speaks of the impossibility of imagining life from the African-American perspective: “I try to put myself in your shoes,” he sings, “and that’s a good place to begin, but it ain’t like I can walk a mile in someone else’s skin.” As if African-American life is so mysterious and exotic, so alien to all other streams of American life, that
VIEWS Leonard Pitts unless you were born to it, you cannot hope to comprehend it. That’s a copout – and a disappointment. Say what you will about his song, but also say this: Paisley is in earnest. His heart – this is neither boilerplate nor faint praise – is in the right place. Credit him for the courage, rare in music, almost unheard of in country music, to confront this most thankless of topics. But courage and earnestness will net him nothing without honesty. Every day, we imagine the lives of people who aren’t like us. Those who care to try seem to have no trouble empathizing with, say, Cuban exiles separated from family, or Muslims shunned by Islamophobes. For a songwriter, inhabiting other people’s lives is practically the job description. Bruce Springsteen was not a Vietnam vet when he sang “Born in the USA.” But where African-American life is concerned, one frequently hears Paisley’s lament: How a white man is locked into his own perspective. That’s baloney. Both history and the present day are replete with white people – Clifford Durr, Thaddeus Stevens, Eleanor Roosevelt, Leon Litwack, Tim Wise – who seemed to have no great difficulty accessing black life. One suspects one difference is that
they refused to be hobbled by white guilt, the reflexive need to deny the undeniable, defend the indefensible, explain the inexplicable. They declined to be paralyzed by the baggage of history. One suspects they felt not guilt, but simple human obligation. One suspects the other difference is that people like Wise and Litwack rejected the conspiracy of blindness that afflicts too many white people, allowing them to see a 13.3 percent black unemployment rate and call it laziness or drug crime incarceration as high as 90 percent black and call it justice. These people were honest enough to see what was there and call America on it. If Paisley wants to “walk a mile in someone else’s skin,” it’s not that hard. You do it with black folks the same way you do it with anyone else. You drop your presumptions, embrace your ignorance and listen to somebody – preferably multiple somebodies – who is living what you seek to understand. You visit the museums and read the books. It is vaguely insulting, this idea that there’s something about African-American life that makes it more impenetrable than others. There is not. If Paisley finds this skin impossible to walk in, the reason is doubtless simple: He’s never truly tried.
• Leonard Pitts is a columnist for The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via e-mail at lpitts@miamiherald.com.
Rushing gun control law can cause bad results By David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman Special to the Washington Post Those who support stricter gun control fear that the passage of time since the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School will result in further watering-down of measures. They should not, however, discount the risk that attempts to shave a few weeks or months off the usual legislative process will result in bad laws, with unintended and lasting consequences. Although pro-gun forces may overstate the case against expanded background checks – they are not, for example, a prelude to disarming the citizenry – President Barack Obama and his allies have understated the difficult legal questions posed by extending the background-check system to cover more sales and transfers. Under current law, gun dealers hold a Federal Firearms License (FFL) and are required to conduct instant background checks before handing a firearm to a buyer. But transfers between people who are not regularly engaged in the business of dealing firearms fall outside this requirement. This includes most transfers among family members and friends as well as some sales at gun shows – the “gun show loophole.” (Whether or not a background check has been conducted, it is illegal to transfer a firearm to a person known to be ineligible or likely to use it in a crime.) The bill by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – which is still the baseline proposal in the Senate – would close
the “loophole” by channeling nearly all transfers through an license holder. At the heart of the bill is a 1½-page-long definition of “transfer,” meant to exclude from coverage such exchanges as a parent giving a gun to a son or daughter or lending a rifle for a hunting trip. But the dense language creates a trap for the unwary, who could face substantial criminal penalties for mistakes such as shooting a deer one day out of season or going one over a hunting limit – either of which would transform a lawful transfer into an illegal one. The Reid bill would give the attorney general the power to set the price that FFL holders would charge to oversee private transfers. Opponents rightly noted that nothing would stop the attorney general from ratcheting up the fee to discourage or even halt transfers. After all, being a political appointee, the attorney general could take the heat and simply opt to set a new baseline status quo for gun rights, without further involvement by Congress. Rather than attempt to work out such issues through hearings and mark-ups, the idea of universal background checks was ditched in the “compromise” proposal by Sens. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who more modestly extend background checks to reach gunshow sales and advertised private sales. But here, too, the devil is in the details. Toomey-Manchin requires a background check for transfers “pursuant to an advertisement.” What does that mean? Would a listing on a church bulletin board or hunting club’s email list qualify? Does it matter whether the buyer saw the adver-
tisement? The answers to these questions matter because a mistake would render the transfer illegal and could lead to jail time. Like the Reid bill, Toomey-Manchin imposes what amounts to a tax on many private transfers of firearms by requiring them to go through a dealer, who presumably would expect to be paid. There are also privacy concerns. Currently, background-check records must be destroyed within 24 hours, preventing that data from being used for other purposes. But the Reid bill and Toomey-Manchin make exceptions for private transfers, and the latter also eliminates standard privacy protections for mental-health records used in the background check system; the attorney general would be allowed to use them for any purpose. Congress routinely includes sunset provisions when legislating in ways that may impact First Amendment or privacy rights, so lawmakers can recalibrate based on experience. Unfortunately, neither the Reid bill nor Toomey-Manchin include such provisions. Given the time and attention that they deserve, these issues could be addressed. But artificial deadlines and an undue sense of urgency guarantee worse results and continued mistrust on both sides of this debate.
• David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman practice law in the Washington office of BakerHostetler. Rivkin served in the Justice Department and the White House counsel’s office in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations.
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It was more than an attack on the city of Boston, or on the Boston Marathon or on any random crowd on a given day. The two bombs that went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon, killing three and wounding scores of others, touched places around the country, including here in DeKalb County. While those of us 1,000 miles away watched and read the accounts of the violence and the chaos that followed, there were For the record eight marathoners from our The two bombs that went county participating in Monday’s race. Many more runners off near the finish line of from the greater Chicago area the Boston Marathon on were among the 23,000 entrants Monday afternoon, killing from around the U.S. and the three and wounding scores world. of others, touched places One local woman, Julie Sut- around the country, includer of DeKalb, had finished the ing here in DeKalb County. 26.2-mile race only five minutes before the bombs went off. Minutes after what should have been a moment of elation and relief, she found herself caught in a crowd of panicked people. Authorities say it appears the attack was timed to inflict maximum casualties, and that the bombs were filled with objects resembling buckshot and nails that became shrapnel when the explosives detonated on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. The photo and video images from the scene say all there is to say about the viciousness and vulgarity of the act. But the same pictures also show people acting courageously to help those who were hurt and in shock. Our hope, like that of people around the country and the world, is that justice finds those responsible for the attack, and peace finds those who have been traumatized, hurt, or whose loved ones have lost their lives.
8 ANOTHER VIEW
No reason to panic over bird-flu virus The bird-flu virus that suddenly started killing people last month in China is unquestionably a “serious human health risk,” as the scientists who discovered it have reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. H7N9 contains gene sequences that make it relatively effective, for a bird virus, at infecting humans and other mammals. People don’t appear to have natural immunity, there’s no vaccine, and so far about one in five known to have caught the virus have died. Fears grew as 11 more infections and three more deaths were announced over the weekend. This is no reason to freak out, though. The world is in a better position to monitor flu strains emerging in China than it was 10 years ago. That the Chinese have already reported detailed observations in a major medical journal is evidence of how far their public health system has come since the 2002 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, which wound up killing 774 people worldwide. Back then, the World Health Organization chastised China for failing to cooperate enough with global health authorities in the early weeks. China has since built its own Center for Disease Control and Prevention, staffed by many scientists who have trained with infectious-disease specialists worldwide, and it follows globally accepted protocols for responding to a new pathogen. This agency has established a computer network linking all of China’s county hospitals, so that it can stay abreast of any new bird-flu diagnoses in real time. Flu experts outside China have confidence in the Chinese scientists’ assessment that so far people haven’t been catching the H7N9 flu from other people. Although direct contact with poultry hasn’t been established for all the victims, this is often the case with bird flu; people either don’t remember or don’t know that they have had such contact in their environment or in their food. There are other reasons to feel less worried about H7N9: In their effort to examine the more than 1,000 people who have been in contact with victims, doctors have found a 4-year-old Beijing boy who is infected with the virus but has shown no flu symptoms. Apparently, then, the illness isn’t always deadly or debilitating. If this is right, then the number of infections could soon rise rather abruptly, as doctors find H7N9 in more symptom-free patients and others with only mild illness. Now, as doctors begin early treatment with oseltamivir (Tamiflu) or zanamivir (Relenza), the survival rate may also improve significantly. Two big challenges are to develop a molecular diagnostic test that can specifically detect this virus and to create a vaccine. Scientists in the United States and other countries will help with these efforts. China has sent samples of the virus to labs around the world – another sign of the country’s improved public-health response. It remains urgent that scientists keep searching for any signs of human-to-human transmission. Flu experts from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Hong Kong have been invited to China, according to Bloomberg News, to help figure out where this bug came from and how it’s being passed around. Although H7N9 remains cause for worry, the truly global response, this time with China taking the lead, should be a source of comfort. – Bloomberg View
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7-DAY FORECAST TODAY
Low pressure will move north from the central Plains sending abundant Gulf moisture into the area. Showers and thunderstorms are likely late in the day with the threat for heavy rain. Rainfall amounts will be 0.50 of an inch. The biggest threat for heavy rain and possible severe storms will arrive Thursday with 1-2 inches possible. Friday will be windy and cold with a few morning showers.
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Cloudy with scattered showers/storms
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REGIONAL CITIES
REGIONAL WEATHER
DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday
Temperature High ............................................................. 51° Low .............................................................. 34° Normal high ............................................. 59° Normal low ............................................... 38° Record high .............................. 87° in 2002 Record low ................................ 28° in 2001
Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.30” Month to date ....................................... 2.18” Normal month to date ....................... 1.66” Year to date ............................................ 9.47” Normal year to date ............................ 6.95”
Sunrise today ................................ 6:11 a.m. Sunset tonight ............................. 7:38 p.m. Moonrise today ......................... 11:24 a.m. Moonset today ............................. 1:19 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 6:10 a.m. Sunset tomorrow ........................ 7:39 p.m. Moonrise tomorrow ................ 12:21 p.m. Moonset tomorrow .................... 1:56 a.m.
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Rockford 52/50
AIR QUALITY TODAY
Source: Environmental Protection Agency
Dixon 54/53
Joliet 58/56
La Salle 60/59 Streator 61/61
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Evanston 51/50 Chicago 52/51
Aurora 54/52
POLLEN INDEX
Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Waukegan 50/47
Arlington Heights 51/50
DeKalb 54/50
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Peoria 64/63
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WEATHER HISTORY A severe squall line moved through Indiana on April 17, 1963. Hail reached 1.75 inches in diameter, and two tornadoes destroyed 21 buildings in Fort Wayne.
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Dayan Viciedo doubles home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning as the White Sox rally to beat the Blue Jays. PAGE B2
SECTION B Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Daily Chronicle
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8MORNING KICKOFF
YORKVILLE 3, DeKALB 2
Barbs’ swagger is gone AP photo
London Marathon to go on despite bombings Determined to show solidarity with Boston, the London Marathon will go forward as planned Sunday with a race that will be watched by about 1 million spectators and take runners past some of the city’s most revered landmarks. The British capital has long been a target for terrorists, and concerns have only intensified after Monday’s harrowing scenes at the Boston Marathon. Two bombs killed three people and injured more than 170. After high-level talks with police and authorities, organizers on Tuesday confirmed that the London Marathon will proceed while acknowledging that a race of more than 26 miles that traverses a city cannot be entirely without risk. “One of the great things about these marathons is that they are free and available to the public – that’s why we have hundreds of thousands of people come out and watch them,” said Nick Bitel, chief executive of the London Marathon. “I can’t see how that is going to change. “It’s part of the whole ethos of what a mass-participation marathon is about. What one has to do is make appropriate and reasonable security measures in light of the threats and that’s what we’ll be doing on Sunday.” There will be 30 seconds of silence before the start of the elite men’s race and mass start to “mark the tragic events that have unfolded in Boston,” organizers said in a statement. – Wire report
8WHAT TO WATCH Pro basketball Washington at Bulls, 7 p.m., CSN The Bulls (44-37) wrap up the regular season tonight against the Wizards (29-52). The Bulls can move up the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference with a victory tonight. Also on TV... Pro baseball Kansas City at Atlanta, 11 a.m., MLB White Sox at Toronto, 6 p.m., CSN+ Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Texas at Cubs, 7 p.m., WGN Pro basketball Utah at Memphis, 7 p.m., ESPN Houston at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m., ESPN Pro hockey Buffalo at Boston, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN Soccer Premier League, Manchester United at West Ham, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2 Men’s national teams, exhibition, Mexico vs. Peru, 10 p.m., ESPN2
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DeKalb suffers 2nd loss in a row, 1st in conference By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – After winning 10 straight games to start the season, the DeKalb softball team isn’t used to failure. But during Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to Yorkville, the Barbs’ second straight defeat, coach Jeff Davis noticed his players doubting themselves after making multiple outs, even though swinging and missing is inherent in the game. “Today in the dugout, some
More online For all your prep sports coverage – stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to Daily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps. of them were saying, ‘What did I do wrong? What did I do wrong? I’ve been going 0 for 3,’ ” Davis said. “They think they should get a hit every time up. They’ve got to understand the game is not that way. There’s more failure than positive. It’s the way the game is.” The Barbs shot out to a first-inning lead when Sarah Friedlund drove in Sabrina
Killeen with a sacrifice hit. But outs with runners in scoring position and errors crippled the Barbs the rest of the way. Mistakes hurt DeKalb (10-2, 3-1 Northern Illinois Big 12 East) in the second inning, when the Barbs committed two errors that led to two Yorkville runs. “Against Oswego [on Saturday], we beat ourselves, and today we beat ourselves because of errors,” Killeen said. “We didn’t make many errors for the first 10 games.” The Barbs were able to scratch out a run in the sixth Erik Anderson – for Shaw Media inning to tie the score, when Haley Tadd drove in Lindsey DeKalb shortstop Jessica Townsend misses the ball, allowing Costliow, and the Barbs had Yorkville to get a run in the sixth inning Tuesday at DeKalb High
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School. The Barbs lost, 3-2, for their first Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference East loss of the season.
SOFTBALL: KANELAND 5, SYCAMORE 4
NIU HUSKIE BOWL, 1 P.M. SATURDAY
Knights prevail in 7th Heimerdinger’s single drives in winning run By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com
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Northern Illinois special teams coordinator and linebackers coach Kevin Kane (left) and offensive line coach Joe Tripodi pose for a photograph after a news conference Tuesday at the Yordon Center on the NIU campus in DeKalb ahead of Saturday’s inaugural Huskie Bowl. Kane will be coaching the Cardinal team and Tripodi will be coaching the Black team.
NIU A TEAM DIVIDED Sides (Black and Cardinal) drawn for inaugural Huskie Bowl By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com DeKALB – As Northern Illinois’ offensive line coach, it’s Joe Tripodi’s job to make sure his group of linemen show improvements throughout spring practice. On Saturday however, Tripodi will be playing favorites, rooting for guards Jared Volk and Aidan Conlon, center Mike Gegner and tackle Matt Krempel. All are members of Tripodi’s Black team, which will take on Kevin Kane’s Cardinal squad in the inaugural Huskie Bowl, which kicks off at 1 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
on different sides. “Obviously, I want all my offensive linemen to improve this spring. ObviMore online ously, there’s going to be some cases this week, on Saturday in particular, For all your Northern Illinois University sports where the offensive linemen on the coverage – including stories, features, scores, Black team, I’m going to be pulling for photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to more,” Tripodi said at Tuesday’s HusHuskieWire.com. kie Bowl news conference, with nearly the entire coaching staff on hand to watch. “Then you go back on MonAfter last week’s draft, Tripodi day and you watch the film, I’m going joked that three or four of his linemen to watch, obviously, both sides of it. wouldn’t talk to him after not being If linemen on the Cardinal team are picked by their position coach. struggling, that’s going to be on me to For one day, Tripodi and linemen fix that.” such as center Andrew Ness and tackles See HUSKIE BOWL, page B3 Ryan Brown and Levon Myers, will be
MAPLE PARK – Early-count aggressiveness burned the Kaneland softball team before benefiting it Tuesday afternoon. If the Knights had to do their 5-4 victory against Sycamore over again, they’d hope to breathe easier. Still, nothing would change about an eager offensive approach that ultimately led them past their Northern Illinois Big 12 East rival. With the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, Knights junior designated player Caroline Heimerdinger smacked Abby Foulk’s first pitch to left field for a game-ending single. Although Kaneland already had squandered leads of 3-0 in 4-3 in the final two innings, Heimerdinger itched to act on instinct when she saw an appealing delivery. “Kind of just whatever is around there,” she said. “I always go for the first pitches if they’re close. I don’t know, that’s what I always do.” Sycamore (4-9, 0-5 NI Big 12 East) could attest in the late innings, capitalizing as Knights sophomore right-hander Anissa Becker began leaving pitches up in the strike zone. Trailing 3-0 with one out in the sixth, the Spartans tied the score
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BEARS
Hype, hype, hype means it must be springtime in Cutlerville LAKE FOREST – Jay Cutler stood in his orange shorts, orange jersey and blue Bears helmet Tuesday and listened intently as new coach Marc Trestman described the next play. A few keywords later, Cutler was ready to relay the call to his teammates. He turned around and trotted to the line of scrimmage. He barked something in Trestmanese. He took the snap, dropped back and fired a perfect strike to Alshon Jeffery. Whoa! Awesome! Wait. Never mind. It’s supposed to look like this in minicamp. “It always looks good in April, May, June, July and August,” said Cutler, who was swarmed by
VIEWS Tom Musick TV cameras after practice. “September is what counts, and that’s all we’re thinking about.” Let that be a lesson to all of us. It’s easy to fall for the up-tempo practices and the long-distance passes and the new-school vibe that filled the air in the Walter Payton Center on the campus of Halas Hall. On the first day of the Bears’ “voluntary” minicamp – which is about as voluntary as paying taxes – reporters finally caught a glimpse of Trestman and Cutler in action.
Both looked comfortable and confident. Practice zipped by almost as fast as Cutler’s passes. If only Sundays in September could be as efficient as Tuesdays in April. Cue the coach’s praise for Cutler, on three. Hut, hut, hike! “I’ve just been completely impressed with his level of football intelligence and understanding,” Trestman said. “And his ability to articulate and communicate in meetings. It’s been very, very easy to get started not only with him but with Josh [McCown].” Cue the quarterback’s praise for Trestman, on three.
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Bears quarterback Jay Cutler throws a pass during their first voluntary minicamp practice of the offseason Tuesday at Halas Hall in Lake Forest.
SPORTS
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8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Softball Harvard at Genoa-Kingston, 4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer Indian Creek at Hinckley-Big Rock, 6 p.m. Boys Tennis Newman Central Catholic at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.
8SPORTS SHORTS Anderson named MAC co-pitcher of the week Northern Illinois pitcher Eli Anderson was named Mid-American Conference West Division co-Pitcher of the Week after throwing his fourth straight complete game in a win over Western Michigan on Saturday. Anderson, who struck out 12 and didn’t walk a batter, is the first NIU pitcher to throw at least four straight complete games since current Indian Creek baseball and boys basketball coach Joe Piekarz had five straight in 2004. Anderson won the award for the third time in the past four weeks. He has a 5-3 record and a 2.31 ERA, and a 4-0 record and 0.75 ERA in MAC contests.
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Sox rally to beat Blue Jays By IAN HARRISON The Associated Press TORONTO – Dayan Viciedo doubled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and the White Sox rallied to beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-3, on Tuesday. Paul Konerko hit a game-tying homer and scored three runs as the Sox won for just the second time in eight games. Matt Lindstrom (1-0) got one out for the win and Addison Reed finished for his fifth save in as many opportunities. Edwin Encarnacion and Adam Lind hit consecutive singles off Reed to begin the ninth, just the second and third hits he’s allowed this season. Brett Lawrie followed with a sacrifice fly, but Reed got Rajai Davis and Maicer Izturis to fly out. Colby Rasmus and J.P.
Next at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. today, CSN+, AM-670 Arencibia hit solo home runs for the Blue Jays, who couldn’t hold on after taking a 2-1 lead in the sixth. Facing reliever Steve Delabar, Adam Dunn walked to begin the ninth and was r e p l a c e d b y Dayan Viciedo pinch runner Dewayne Wise. Konerko followed with a walk and Conor Gillaspie struck out before Viciedo drove in Wise with a double over the head of center fielder Emilio Bonifacio. Alexei Ramirez was intentionally walked and Darren
Oliver came on to face Hector Gimenez, who drove in Konerko with a sacrifice fly to right. Konerko slid home safely when the throw from Davis missed wide. Delabar (1-1) allowed two runs and one hit in 1 1-3 innings. The Sox opened the scoring in the second, loading the bases with two singles and a walk before Konerko scored from third on a wild pitch by Blue Jays right-hander Josh Johnson. Rasmus tied it in the bottom half with a two-out blast to center, his fourth. Arencibia put the Blue Jays in front with a two-out homer in the sixth, his fifth of the season and second in two days. Johnson had retired 10 straight Sox batters but his streak ended quickly in the seventh as he fell behind 3-0 on Konerko before allowing a
game-tying homer to left. For Konerko, the drive was his third. Neither starter figured in the decision. The Sox’s Dylan Axelrod allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings, walked one and struck out four. Johnson allowed two runs and four hits in a season-high seven innings. He walked two and struck out eight, also a season high. Lawrie made his first start of the season after being activated off the 15-day disabled list Monday. Lawrie had been sidelined since early March with a strained left ribcage muscle suffered at the World Baseball Classic. Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista was held out of the starting lineup for the second straight game suffering from a sore back and flulike symptoms.
Too late
Busch Stadium to host college football game ST. LOUIS – Busch Stadium in St. Louis will host its first football game Sept. 21, a matchup between Southeast Missouri State and Southern Illinois University. Details were announced Monday at the ballpark. The field mostly will be in the outfield, although a small part will be on the infield dirt.
Brewers P Gallardo cited for drunken driving MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo was arrested on a drunken-driving charge Tuesday after authorities said he was driving on a city highway with a blood-alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit. Deputies responded about 2 a.m. to a report of a possibly intoxicated driver, Milwaukee County sheriff’s spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin said. She said a caller reported seeing a driver repeatedly swerving between lanes, and deputies spotted Gallardo driving alone at 40 mph in a 55-mph zone. – Wire reports
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB z-Oklahoma City 60 21 .741 — y-San Antonio 58 23 .716 2 x-Denver 56 25 .691 4 y-L.A. Clippers 54 26 .675 5½ x-Memphis 55 26 .679 5 x-Golden State 46 35 .568 14 x-Houston 45 36 .556 15 L.A. Lakers 44 37 .543 16 -------------------------------------------------------Utah 43 38 .531 17 Dallas 40 41 .494 20 Portland 33 47 .413 26½ Minnesota 30 51 .370 30 Sacramento 28 53 .346 32 New Orleans 27 54 .333 33 Phoenix 25 56 .309 35 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division; z-clinched conference Tuesday’s Results Toronto 113, Atlanta 96 Indiana at Boston, Cancelled Portland at L.A. Clippers (n) Today’s Games Washington at Bulls, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Denver, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m. Utah at Memphis, 7 p.m. Minnesota at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Atlanta at New York, 7 p.m. Detroit at Brooklyn, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m. Orlando at Miami, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Indiana, 7 p.m. Houston at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Golden State at Portland, 9:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m. End of regular season
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DALLAS – Pat Summerall was the calm alongside John Madden’s storm. Over four decades, Summerall described some of the biggest games in America in his deep, resonant voice. Simple, spare, he delivered the details on 16 Super Bowls, the Masters and the U.S. Open tennis tournament with a simple, understated style that was the perfect complement for the “booms!” and “bangs!” of Madden, his football partner for the last half of the NFL player-turned-broadcaster’s career. Summerall died Tuesday at age 82 of cardiac arrest, said University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center spokesman Jeff Carlton, speaking on behalf of Summerall’s wife, Cheri.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – A whistleblower and defamation lawsuit against Penn State will go forward, a judge ruled Tuesday, denying the university’s request to have it dismissed. Former assistant football coach Mike McQueary sued the school in October, claiming he was portrayed as untruthful in statements made in 2011 by the university’s president after Jerry Sandusky’s arrest. Judge Thomas Gavin said McQueary’s lawsuit makes sufficient claims of “outrageous conduct” on the part of the school to keep the case alive. He gave the school 20 days to respond to the lawsuit filed in October.
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Super voice gone: Pat Summerall dead at 82
McQueary lawsuit against Penn State to go forward
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EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Pittsburgh 42 32 10 0 64 141 102 x-Montreal 42 26 11 5 57 131 107 d-Washington 43 24 17 2 50 134 119 Boston 41 26 11 4 56 116 91 Toronto 43 24 14 5 53 131 118 Ottawa 42 22 14 6 50 104 91 N.Y. Islanders 43 22 16 5 49 124 124 N.Y. Rangers 42 21 17 4 46 102 100 -------------------------------------------------------Winnipeg 43 22 19 2 46 113 126 Buffalo 43 18 19 6 42 111 128 Philadelphia 43 19 21 3 41 119 131 New Jersey 42 15 17 10 40 96 115 Tampa Bay 43 17 22 4 38 136 135 Carolina 42 17 23 2 36 109 134 Florida 42 13 23 6 32 101 147 d-division leader; x-clinched playoff spot Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Tuesday’s Results Winnipeg 4, Tampa Bay 3 (SO) St. Louis 2, Vancouver 1 (SO) N.Y. Islanders 5, Florida 2 Washington 5, Toronto 1 Ottawa 3, Carolina 2 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Rangers 2 Minnesota at Edmonton (n) Los Angeles at San Jose (n) Today’s Games Montreal at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at Calgary, 8:30 p.m. Columbus at Anaheim, 9 p.m.
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Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus beats Cubs starting pitcher Travis Wood to first base after a relay from first baseman Anthony Rizzo (left) on Andrus’ infield hit during the first inning of a interleague game Tuesday at Wrigley Field. The Cubs lost, 4-2, but the game ended too late to be included in this edition. For coverage of the late game and the Cubs’ roster moves made Tuesday, log on to Daily-Chronicle.com.
BEARS NOTES
Hester not in plans for offense By TOM MUSICK tmusick@shawmedia.com LAKE FOREST – At one point, the Bears branded Devin Hester a No. 1 receiver. These days, Hester isn’t even a No. 3, 4 or 5 receiver. Bears coach Marc Trestman said Tuesday that Hester would practice solely on special teams as a kick returner. Hester watched from the sidelines while the offense practiced repetitions at the Walter Payton Center during the first day of voluntary minicamp. “Devin is going to focus on being our returner,” Trestman said. “He’s got to be the returner for him to be there. And once that’s locked into place, which we expect that it will, then we’ll see where it goes from there.” Hester’s production as a receiver slipped in each of the past four seasons, and he threatened to retire after Lovie Smith was fired at the end of last season. Hester, who will turn 31 years old next season, caught 23 passes for 242 yards and one touchdown in 2012 but went the final three weeks of the season without a reception. Trestman said Hester would spend his time during practice with special-teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis and his assistants. Hester is the NFL’s all-time record holder with 17 combined kick-return touchdowns, including 12 punt returns and five kickoff returns. “He’ll be spending time totally focused in on being the
best returner in the National Football League,” Trestman said. Trading places: Bears general manager Phil Emery reiterated his willingness to trade down from the No. 20 overall pick if the situation made sense for the team. The Bears have five selections in this year’s draft and could add to that total via trade. Emery said he would compile three lists of players: some that he could trade up to acquire, some that he could select at No. 20, and some that he could acquire despite a trade down. “We’ve already had a couple of teams that have approached us [about trading picks],” Emery said. “I approached a couple during the owners meetings. There are talks. They’re back and forth. They’re kicking things around. “It doesn’t get serious until you get close to the pick. … It gets real serious when you’re on the clock. But certainly we’ve had discussions and we’ll see how it goes.” Meet and greet: Emery said that he met with Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o, although he declined to go into specifics about what the two of them discussed. “I will tell you that I found Manti to be a very good person, a very squared-away guy,” Emery said. “I certainly enjoyed the meeting.” Te’o could be available for the Bears to draft at No. 20, although many draft experts peg Georgia linebacker Alec Ogletree as a more athletic player and a better fit for the Bears.
Glowing praise for Cutler is nothing new around here • MUSICK Continued from page B1 Hut, hut, hike! “We’re getting more and more comfortable,” Cutler said. “We’re getting to know each other. It’s not going to be something where we just jump in and we’re hip-and-hip and we’re finishing each other’s sentences. We’re getting there.” It’s springtime. Flowers are blooming. Grass is growing. Footballs are flying. It’s all very lovely. But we have been here before with Cutler and the Bears. I’m not trying to say that failure is inevitable or that a productive minicamp is meaningless. It’s entirely possible that Trestman is the perfect coach to help Cutler transform into a winning quarterback, which is to say a Super Bowl quarterback. But no longer am I willing to buy fully into offseason hype. I’ll believe it when I see it. Because I remember this insight into Cutler from 2009: “He’s as good a person as I’ve coached. … People may have perceptions, but I couldn’t be happier.” – Ron Turner And I remember this insight into Cutler from 2010: “He’s a remarkable man in many respects, other than just being a terrific player. I really enjoy being around him. He’s a good friend, and we really have connected.” – Mike Martz And I remember this insight into Cutler from 2012: “Jay and I are good. I really admire his play the other night. I really admire how he’s prepared himself right now. I really admire how he’s bought in.” – Mike Tice We know what happened to
Turner, Martz and Tice. They pursued voluntary job searches not long after spending one (or, in Martz’s case, two) voluntary minicamps with Cutler. Maybe this season will be different. Cutler knows that this is a make-or-break season for his future as the Bears’ quarterback. His contract expires at the end of this season, and general manager Phil Emery needs to see results before he invests many tens of millions of dollars into re-signing the quarterback. It’s possible that Emery will draft a quarterback in the middle rounds – he says he’d like to draft a quarterback every season, if he had his wish – but this is Cutler’s offense to lead. Backup quarterback Josh McCown was coaching high school football at one point last year, while third-stringer Matt Blanchard is a nice story but a total unknown as an NFL player. So it all comes down to Cutler, who now is on his fourth offense in the past five seasons. Emery has tried to help him by bolstering every offensive position in the past two years. Emery also hired a quarterback-friendly coach who quickly went to work with Cutler. “He’s always ahead,” Trestman said. “He’s been through these things. He’s been through these meetings. He’s been very well coached along the way.” Those coaches have been replaced. Maybe this season will be different.
• Shaw Media sports columnist Tom Musick can be reached at tmusick@shawmedia.com and on Twitter @tcmusick.
MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct 7 5 .583 7 6 .538 6 8 .429 5 7 .417 5 7 .417 East Division W L Pct Boston 9 4 .692 New York 7 5 .583 Baltimore 7 6 .538 Toronto 6 8 .429 Tampa Bay 4 9 .308 West Division W L Pct Oakland 10 4 .714 Texas 9 5 .643 Seattle 6 8 .429 Houston 4 9 .308 Los Angeles 4 9 .308
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Tuesday’s Results White Sox 4, Toronto 3 Texas 4, Cubs 2 N.Y. Yankees 4, Arizona 2 Boston 7, Cleveland 2 Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 4 Atlanta 6, Kansas City 3 L.A. Angels at Minnesota (n) Houston at Oakland (n) Detroit at Seattle (n) Today’s Games White Sox (Quintana 0-0) at Toronto (Happ 2-0), 6:07 p.m. Texas (Grimm 0-0) at Cubs (Villanueva 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (W.Davis 1-0) at Atlanta (Minor 2-0), 11:10 a.m. Houston (B.Norris 2-1) at Oakland (Colon 1-0), 2:35 p.m. Arizona (Miley 2-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-1), 6:05 p.m. Boston (Aceves 0-0) at Cleveland (Masterson 3-0), 6:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (M.Moore 2-0) at Baltimore (Tillman 0-0), 6:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Hanson 1-1) at Minnesota (Worley 0-2), 7:10 p.m. Detroit (Scherzer 1-0) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 1-2), 9:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct 8 5 .615 6 7 .462 6 7 .462 4 9 .308 3 8 .273 East Division W L Pct Atlanta 12 1 .923 New York 7 5 .583 Washington 8 6 .571 Philadelphia 6 7 .462 Miami 3 11 .214 West Division W L Pct Colorado 9 4 .692 San Francisco 9 4 .692 Arizona 8 5 .615 Los Angeles 7 6 .538 San Diego 3 10 .231 St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cubs Milwaukee
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Tuesday’s Results Texas 4, Cubs 2 Colorado 8, N.Y. Mets 4, 1st game N.Y. Yankees 4, Arizona 2 St. Louis at Pittsburgh, ppd., rain Atlanta 6, Kansas City 3 Miami 8, Washington 2 Philadelphia at Cincinnati (n) San Francisco at Milwaukee (n) N.Y. Mets at Colorado (n), 2nd game San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (n) Today’s Games Texas (Grimm 0-0) at Cubs (Villanueva 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Kansas City (W.Davis 1-0) at Atlanta (Minor 2-0), 11:10 a.m. Arizona (Miley 2-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-1), 6:05 p.m. St. Louis (S.Miller 2-0) at Pittsburgh (A.Burnett 0-2), 6:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Lannan 0-0) at Cincinnati (Leake 0-0), 6:10 p.m. Washington (Detwiler 0-0) at Miami (Nolasco 0-1), 6:10 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 1-1) at Milwaukee (Lohse 0-1), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Hefner 0-2) at Colorado (Garland 1-0), 7:40 p.m. San Diego (T.Ross 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 2-1), 9:10 p.m.
BOSTON MARATHON & PREPS
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BOSTON MARATHON BOMBINGS
Worries rise for Olympics, World Cup By STEPHEN WILSON The Associated Press LONDON – From London to Sochi to Rio de Janeiro, the deadly bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon raised new concerns Tuesday over safety at major sports events around the world, including the Olympics and World Cup. The twin bombings near the marathon finish line that killed three people and injured more than 170 people brought into sharp focus the security challenges facing next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the 2016 Summer Games in Rio. “We are very, very concerned,” senior IOC member Gerhard Heiberg of Norway told The Associated Press. “Security is priority No. 1, no question about it.” More immediate is the security planning for this weekend’s London Marathon, which attracts more than 30,000 runners and half a million spectators. Organizers said they were reviewing security for Sunday’s race – one of the world’s six major marathons – but the event will go ahead as scheduled in a display of unity with Boston. “The best way for us to react is to push ahead with the marathon on Sunday, to get people on the streets and to celebrate it as we always do in London,” British Sports Minister Hugh Robertson said. “We are absolutely confident here that we
can keep the event safe and secure. ... The best way to show solidarity with Boston is to continue and send a very clear message to those responsible.” The London Marathon, which takes in some of the city’s most recognizable landmarks, draws many of the world’s top marathoners as well as tens of thousands of amateur and “fun” runners who raise money for charity. Prince Harry, patron of the marathon’s charitable trust, is scheduled to attend Sunday’s race and make the presentations to the winners. “When you have an event of any nature – a marathon, parade – it’s only as safe as the city itself,” race chief executive Nick Bitel said. “If it’s not held in a stadium, you can’t do a lockdown like you may do in a building.” Also taking place Sunday is the Bahrain Grand Prix, a Formula One race that faces its own security issues after a series of explosions, including a gas cylinder blast that set a car ablaze in the Gulf nation’s financial district. A Human Rights Watch report alleged that Bahrain authorities rounded up activists living around the track in a bid to “silence” dissent ahead of the race. Protesters, carrying portraits of people killed in the nation’s nearly three-year uprising, are calling for a boycott of the race. Security for the Olympics, meanwhile, has been paramount since the attacks by Pal-
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Determined to put on a show of “solidarity” for Boston, London Marathon organizers will stage the race Sunday. The British capital has long been a top target for terrorists, and these concerns have only intensified after harrowing scenes from the Boston Marathon on Monday, when bombs killed three people and injured more than 170. estinian gunmen that killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Munich Games. The focus now falls on Sochi, a Black Sea resort that will host Russia’s first Winter Olympics in February. Security already was a concern because of Sochi’s proximity to an Islamic insurgency that spread across southern Russia after separatist wars in Chechnya. “Naturally, we’re beefing up security measures,” Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said in remarks carried by the R-Sport news agency. IOC vice president Thomas Bach, who was on his way to Sochi on Tuesday for an international journalists’ confer-
ence, said the attacks in Boston reinforced the IOC’s policy that safety is paramount for any Olympics. “I’m sure that this malicious attack will lead the public authorities to have another look at all security measures,” Bach told the AP by telephone. “While it is too early to draw any final conclusions, we have full confidence in the Russian authorities. They have already analyzed the overall situation and I’m sure they will take this event into account and take the necessary measures.” Heiberg, who organized the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, and now chairs the IOC’s marketing commission, said security
concerns had been heightened since the Sept. 11, 2011, terror attacks in the United States. Since then, Olympics have passed off peacefully in Salt Lake City, Athens, Turin, Beijing, Vancouver and London. “So far we have been lucky in the Olympics, but what happened in Boston reminds us that we cannot take it easy, we have to continue and we have to plan for not only the possible but also the impossible,” Heiberg said. “We are taking it extremely seriously in Sochi, working very hard with the Russian authorities.” The Russian Interior Ministry said Tuesday it has fully deployed the police force that will be in place during the Sochi Olympics and has conducted regular checks of all venues to make sure they are protected. Alexander Konovalov, head of the Institute of Strategic Assessment and Analysis, an independent think-tank, said international terror groups could be encouraged by the carnage in Boston to plot against the Sochi Olympics. “The terrorists’ strategy is to create a sense of panic and leave an impression that they can strike any target, no matter how tightly it’s protected,” Konovalov said. “The Olympics would make a highly desirable goal for terrorists, offering the maximum publicity.” Russia also is hosting one of the biggest international sports events of 2013 – the world track
Barbs leave bases loaded in final inning of defeat • BARBS Continued from page B1
SOFTBALL Cogs win in extras: Ge-
noa-Kingston beat Richmond-Burton, 4-3 in eight innings, with Amy Clark getting the game-winning hit. Danielle Engel went 2 for 4 for the Cogs, while Autumn DAILY CHRONICLE Kilgus was 2 for 3 with an RBI sports@daily-chronicle.com and Natalie Klein finished 2 for 2 with an RBI. The Kaneland baseball Baylie Ullmark threw four team defeated DeKalb, 3-1, on scoreless innings to get the Tuesday. The Knights held victory for the Cogs, who are the Barbs to only three hits. 4-2 and 1-1 in the BNC East. John Crosby threw seven T’wolves split with Paw Paw: innings for DeKalb and gave Indian Creek pitcher Amanup only one earned run. He da Kimpflin had nine strikestruck out seven. outs for the Timberwolves in “I thought John pitched a 2-1 win over Paw Paw in a a pretty good game,” Barbs game that was resumed from coach Jake Howells said. Monday. Cogs no-hit: Richmond-BurIndian Creek lost the secton beat Genoa-Kingston, 1-0, ond game, 9-5. Alanah Wieselscoring on an unearned run er was 2 for 4 with a three-run in the bottom of the seventh home run. inning. The Rockets held the Cogs hitless on the afternoon. GIRLS SOCCER Brady Huffman threw 6⅔ Cogs shut out: Richmondinnings for G-K (2-9 overall, Burton beat Genoa-Kingston, 1-2 Big Northern Conference 7-0. The Cogs are 3-7 and 1-5 in East), giving up no earned BNC East play. runs and striking out four. T’wolves swept: Indian GIRLS TRACK Creek defeated Paw Paw G-K 2nd in quad: With 76 twice, winning 8-1 and 11- points, Genoa-Kingston took 0. David Boehne threw six second in a quadrangular scoreless innings combined. with Hampshire, Marengo Chris Pickwell was a com- and Somonauk. bined 4 for 5 with four RBIs, Danielle Neisendorf won while Dillon Martenson went the high jump (4 feet, 10 inch2 for 3 with an RBI. es) and 200-meter dash (27.17 The Timberwolves are 5-5. seconds) for the Cogs.
and field championships in Moscow on Aug. 10-18. “Our security measures are tough as they are,” said Mikhail Butov, secretary general of the Russian Athletics Federation. “But when it’s clear what actually happened (in Boston), we will draw our conclusions.” Guarding the Olympics is a massive operation covering 17 days of competition in numerous outdoor and indoor venues. Not only are sports facilities at risk, but so are the public areas where fans and spectators congregate. At the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, a backpack bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park, killing one person and injuring more than 100. “The balance is not easy,” Heiberg said. “Of course, you can provide security but we don’t want to show the world pictures of soldiers and police with guns and so on. It’s the same for Rio and all the others to come.” Rio organizers, who will be hosting the first Olympics in South America, said they are working with the government to “deliver safe games in 2016.” The city has won kudos for its crackdown on once-endemic drug violence in preparation for hosting the World Cup and Olympics. But safety has been a big topic in Rio recently after an American woman was gang raped and beaten aboard a public transit van while her handcuffed French boyfriend looked on helplessly.
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DeKalb’s Sabrina Killeen sprints home early in Tuesday’s game against Yorkville at DeKalb High School. Yorkville defeated DeKalb, 3-2.
runners at first and second with one out. But those runners were left on base, and Yorkville (13-4, 5-0 NI Big 12 East) was able to tack on another run in the seventh. Killeen reached third base with one out in the seventh, and two walks loaded the bases with two outs. But all three runners were left on base, and the Barbs lost for the first time in conference play. “When you’re playing a team that’s pretty equal to you and you kick the ball around, and then from the offensive side, you miss some signs, you’re hoping for that one big hit, and it doesn’t come,” Davis said. “It is what it is. We’ve got to be better defensively, and our offense will come around.” The Barbs have a chance to start another winning streak Thursday when they play Ottawa. Before then, the Barbs might need to regain some of the confidence that helped carry them to a 10-0 start. “Our attitudes [need to be different], not beating ourselves up,” DeKalb senior Hannah Walter said. “We keep fighting, but I think we don’t think we have the same intensity that we had.”
Kaneland out-hits Sycamore 15-9 in NI Big 12 victory • KNIGHTS-SPARTANS Continued from page B1 behind left fielder Jasmyne Taylor’s two-run homer and a Knights error. Kaneland (8-2, 2-1) responded with Paige Kuefler’s run-scoring single in the bottom half to grab a 4-3 lead. That advantage appeared safe until Sycamore first baseman Brittany Huber lofted a two-out fly ball to right center that eluded sprawling Knights center fielder Lanie Callaghan and scored the tying run. “I got a bad jump on it and I should have dove earlier,” Callaghan said, “but you know what, we got out of the inning.”
Kaneland used its familiarity with Foulk, a senior righty who also pitches against some players during summer club season, to quickly stage the winning rally. A soothing feeling for the Knights – who loaded the bases with no outs in the third but made the next three outs in seven pitches – turned sour for Sycamore. The Spartans were out-hit, 15-9. “Unfortunately, we’ve been knocking on the door and we haven’t been able to kick it down yet,” Spartans coach Jill Carpenter said. “From a coaching staff perspective, we’re getting a little bit sick
of just coming close. We would like to be able to start games a little bit better.” Kaneland overcame an early base-running gaffe to keep the inning alive for Callaghan’s two-run homer in the first, which came on a 1-1 pitch. The Knights stranded 10 runners, but coach Brian Willis didn’t find fault with a swing-first approach that produced three-hit games from left fielder Lexi Roach, shortstop Allyson O’Herron and Heimerdinger. “We try to tell the girls don’t go chasing, but if it’s in your zone and it’s early and the situation calls for it, then go ahead
and swing,” Willis said. Along with Taylor and Huber, Taylor Jones and Paige Bjork had two hits apiece for Sycamore. Knights reliever Ellissa Eckert, who got the victory despite a blown save, notched the only two strikeouts between the teams. Kaneland nearly was reminded of a conference loss to Yorkville in which it controlled the game until the late innings. In this instance, the Knights turned things around in time. “We got out of this one,” Callaghan said, “which is strong and a huge character-builder, so that was good.”
For one afternoon, NIU football team will be divided • HUSKIE BOWL Continued from page B1 After Saturday’s game, everything will be back to normal for the Huskies players and coaching staff. But for one afternoon, the team will be divided. Kane has worked with linebackers Jamaal Bass and Boomer Mays all spring, but not Saturday with both being members of Tripodi’s squad. It’s all about bragging rights – and a steak dinner, which goes to the winner. “It’s definitely going to be
“Some of them (it’s been) a year or two since they actually played a football game” Rod Carey NIU football coach 60 minutes where I don’t really care what happens on their side. That’s just how it is,” Kane said. “When it’s all said and done, we’re all on the same team. I’m going to critique what they did and we’ll go from there. “When the whistle blows, we’re going out there to win, that’s the bottom line. We’re
playing for a steak for crying out loud.” Tripodi said the game adds some extra “juice” to spring football, saying it gets rid of the lull that sometimes exists at the end of spring practice. Something NIU coach Rod Carey pointed out was the fact that the Huskie Bowl gives some of the younger players
who haven’t seen the field a lot a chances to play in a gamelike situation. “That’s going to be the good thing about this as we go, is that all of these guys are going to be put in a competitive situation. Some of them (it’s been) a year or two since they actually played a football game,” Carey said. “They’re going to get that work. It’s going to be fun to see them compete. “That’s what we’re looking for out of this the most, is giving them an opportunity to compete, because practice can sometimes get really long.”
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NIU football coach Rod Carey (right) speaks during Tuesday’s news conference at the Yordon Center on the NIU campus in DeKalb ahead of Saturday’s inaugural Huskie Bowl. Kevin Kane (left) will be coaching the Cardinal team and Joe Tripodi (center) the Black team.
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Feds in N.Y.: Russian mob ran celebrity poker games Games included pro athletes, celebrities and Wall Street execs By TOM HAYS The Associated Press NEW YORK – Nearly three dozen people were charged Tuesday in what investigators said was a Russian organized crime operation that included illegal, high-stakes poker games for the rich and famous and threats of violence to make sure customers paid their debts. Federal authorities in New York City weren’t naming names but said the poker players included pro athletes, Hollywood celebrities and Wall Street executives. None of them was charged. The money-laundering investigation led to arrests Tuesday in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and elsewhere around the country. There also were FBI raids at a $6 million apartment in Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue and a prestigious Madison Avenue art gallery owned by two of the defendants. George Venizelos, head of the New York FBI office, said the charges against 34 individuals “demonstrate the scope and reach of Russian organized crime.” He added: “The defendants are alleged to have handled untold millions in illegal wagers placed by millionaires and billionaires, laundered millions, and in some cases are themselves multimillionaires. Crime pays only until you are arrested and prosecuted.” New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said
proceeds from the high-stakes illegal poker games and online gambling allegedly were funneled to organized crime overseas. Among those named in an indictment filed in federal court was a wealthy Russian fugitive, Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov. He already was under indictment in a separate U.S. case accusing him of bribing Olympic figure
skating judges at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In a two-month period beginning in late 2011, the money-laundering ring paid Tokhtakhounov $20 million in illegal proceeds, the indictment said. Along with the illegal poker games, the ring operated “an international gambling business that catered to oligarchs residing in the former Soviet Union and throughout the world,” the indictment said. Prosecutors alleged proceeds were laundered through
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shell companies in Cyprus and in the United States by a criminal enterprise with strong ties to Russia and Ukraine. Assistant U.S. Attorney Harris Fischman told a U.S. magistrate judge in Manhattan that Vadim Trincher, 52, directed much of the international racketeering enterprise from his $5 million apartment at Trump Tower. “From his apartment he oversaw what must have been the world’s largest sports book,” Fischman said in a successful argument to have
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Trincher held for trial without bail. “He catered to millionaires and billionaires.” Trincher’s apartment is located directly below one owned by Donald Trump, authorities said. Fischman said FBI agents found $75,000 in cash and $2 million in chips from a Las Vegas casino in Trincher’s apartment after he was arrested at 6 a.m. He appeared in court in a white T-shirt and jeans. Fischman said the government had a strong case against Trincher in part because of re-
corded conversations between Trincher and his customers captured for several months through a court-approved wiretap. On one of those calls, Trincher could be heard warning a customer who owed money that “he should be careful, lest he be tortured or found underground,” Fischman said. He said the government was in the process of seizing Trincher’s apartment. Trincher’s attorney, Michael Fineman, said his client was denying the allegations.
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Black-eyed peas are power-packed good luck food
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By SARA MOULTON
Fava Bean Falafel Burgers With Cucumber Yogurt Sauce AP photo
A fry-free take on fava bean falafel burgers
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he best-tasting veggie burger I’ve ever met is falafel. A product of the Middle East, falafel are deep-fried fritters made from ground chickpeas or fava beans that are tucked into pita pockets and drizzled with tahini. They are delicious, hearty, inexpensive and relatively healthy. If you want to make your falafel from scratch, EVERYDAY you face at least a couple DINNERS of challenges. The clasSara sic recipe calls for dried chickpeas or fava beans, Moulton which must be soaked in water overnight, a timeconsuming requirement that may persuade you to call the whole thing off. Happily, fava beans are in season now, so my recipe calls for fresh ones. If you buy fresh fava beans, you’ll need to peel and cook them. To do this, remove the beans from the pods and cook in boiling salted water until just tender. Depending on the size of the bean, this should take 2 to 8 minutes. Drain and transfer to a bowl of ice water. When cool, slip the skins off the beans and proceed with the recipe.
The second hurdle for the home cook is the frying. Apart from the inherent unhealthiness of deep-fried anything, the process itself is really a pain. I figured there had to be a healthier and easier way to cook falafel, a way that kissed off the deep-frying and yet somehow retained their trademark crunchiness. Panko, those wonderful, super-crispy, Japanese breadcrumbs, were the answer. After I puréed the fava beans and added the flavorings, I chilled the mixture in the refrigerator to help it firm up. Then I shaped the puree into burgers, coated them with the panko, and placed them in a hot skillet with just a little oil. They crisped up great. Finally, I topped the falafel with a garlicky cucumber yogurt sauce, which is just as refreshing and flavorful as tahini, but has far fewer calories. I was pleased to note that the family attacked these burgers with their usual gusto, even though they contain no animal protein. Now there’s a triumph.
• Sara Moulton was executive chef at Gourmet magazine for nearly 25 years, and spent a decade hosting several Food Network shows. She currently stars in public television’s “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” and has written three cookbooks, including “Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners.”
Fava Bean Falafel Burgers With Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
grated (about 1/2 cup, packed) 3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
Start to finish: 1 hour (30 minutes active) Servings: 4
In a large skillet over medium, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil. Reduce the heat to medium low, add the onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon of the garlic, the cumin, coriander and paprika, then cook for 1 minute, stirring. Transfer to a medium bowl. In a food processor, pulse the fava beans just until they are coarsely chopped. Transfer ½cup of the chopped favas to the onion mixture. To the food processor, add the egg, tahini, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and pepper to taste. Process the mixture until finely ground, then stir it into the onion mixture. Cover the mixture and chill it for 30 minutes. While the mixture is chilling, in a small bowl combine the yogurt, the remaining ½ teaspoon garlic, the cucumber and salt to
4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1/2 cup finely chopped yellow onion 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic, divided 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1/4 teaspoon hot smoked paprika or cayenne pepper 1 3/4 cups shelled peeled fresh fava beans or frozen lima beans (thawed) 1 large egg, lightly beaten 2 tablespoons tahini (stir well before measuring) Kosher salt and ground black pepper 1 cup plain non-fat Greek yogurt 4-inch slice seedless cucumber, coarsely
Black-Eyed Pea Falafel With Spicy Aioli Sauce
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taste. Set aside. Shape the chilled falafel mixture into 4 patties (the mixture will be loose). Spread the panko on a sheet of parchment paper and dip the patties into the crumbs to coat on all sides. In a large nonstick skillet over medium, heat 1 1/2 tablespoons of the remaining oil. Add the falafel patties and cook until crisp and golden on one side, about 3 minutes. Add the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons of oil and turn the patties; cook for another 3 minutes, or until crisp and golden. To serve, transfer the patties to serving plates and top with yogurt sauce.
Nutrition information per serving: 620 calories; 200 calories from fat (32 percent of total calories); 22 g fat (3.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 45 mg cholesterol; 76 g carbohydrate; 21 g fiber; 30 g sugar; 34 g protein; 670 mg sodium.
Though black-eyed peas have been around forever, they generally don’t get a lot of attention. But I think you really ought to give them a second look. These peas – which really are a bean – originated in Africa and found their way to ancient India and Asia thousands of years ago. As early as the 5th century, people were eating them for good luck on New Year’s Eve. But they didn’t make their way to America until the 18th century, a product of the slave trade. It was during the Civil War that black-eyed peas became a staple of the Southern diet, as well as token of good luck in the new year in that part of the country. The story goes that as the Union army stormed through the South appropriating crops and livestock as provisions, they turned up their collective nose at black-eyed peas. The troops in blue considered them mere “field peas,” fit for livestock, not people. In this way, black-eyed peas, paired up with greens, became a dietary staple of the surviving Confederates. This was, in fact, a stroke of singular good luck. Blackeyed peas are super-nutritious – high in potassium, iron and fiber, and a terrific source of protein. Pair them with greens and you’re looking at an incredibly healthy dish. This recipe is a mashup not only of a traditional favorite from the American South, but also of one from the Middle East. I’m talking about falafel. As a New Yorker, I’ve been eating at falafel stands throughout the city my whole life. Typically, the dish is based on ground chickpeas (or sometimes fava beans), combined with tahini (sesame seed paste), and served with a garlicky lemon sauce. Jam these delicious little deep-fried nuggets into a pita with some shredded lettuce, and heaven is just a bite away.
Black-Eyed Pea Falafel With Spicy Aioli Sauce Start to finish: 1 hour 10 minutes (40 minutes active) Servings: 6 (makes 18 falafel) 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided 1/2 cup finely chopped yellow onion (1 small onion) 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic, divided 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 15 1/2-ounce can black-eyed peas 1 large egg 2 tablespoons well-stirred
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tahini 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 cup low-fat mayonnaise 1 teaspoon lemon juice 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce, or to taste 3/4 cup panko breadcrumbs Chopped scallions, to garnish In a medium skillet over medium, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil. Add the onion, reduce the heat to moderately low, and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until it has softened. Add 1 teaspoon of the garlic, the cumin, coriander and the cayenne. Cook for 1 minute, then transfer to a medium bowl. Drain and rinse the black eyed peas. Pulse them in the food processor fitted with the chopping blade just until they are coarsely chopped. Remove 1/2 cup of the chopped black-eyes peas and add to the onion mixture. To the remaining black-eyed peas in the processor, add the egg, tahini and salt. Process until very finely ground, then stir them into the onion mixture. Cover and chill for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the spicy aioli. In a small bowl stir together the mayonnaise, lemon juice, remaining 1/2 teaspoon of garlic and the hot sauce. Set aside. Once the black-eyed pea mixture has chilled, shape it into 18 patties (the mixture will be loose). Spread out the panko in a pie plate lined with waxed paper or parchment paper, then one at a time dip the patties into it to coat on all sides, lifting the paper on both sides to move them around. Shake off any excess. In a large nonresistant skillet over medium, heat 2 tablespoons of the remaining oil until hot. Working in batches, add the falafel patties and cook until crisp and golden on one side. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and turn the patties; cook for 3 minutes, or until crisp and golden. To serve, arrange the falafel patties on a platter and top each with aioli and a sprinkle of scallion.
Nutrition information per serving: 280 calories; 170 calories from fat (61 percent of total calories); 19 g fat (3 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 35 mg cholesterol; 22 g carbohydrate; 3 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 7 g protein; 610 mg sodium.
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One dish, a thousand different ways Jollof – a predecessor to gumbo and jambalaya – can be customized to fit tastes, cultures By MICHELE KAYAL The Associated Press Whenever Esi Impraim’s mother made jollof – a rich, tomato-laced dish of meats, rice and sometimes seafood – the time it took to bubble away on the stove was always excruciating. “I always got excited when we had it,” the 32-yearold Chicago executive assistant says of the ubiquitous West African staple. “Sometimes she liked to experiment with her dishes, but this one was always the same.” Impraim’s parents came to the U.S. from Ghana, and her mom served jollof alongside fish or chicken and went light on the oil. But the dish, popular in countries such as Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana and Liberia, has as many variations as cooks. A one-pot meal, jollof’s basic ingredients include rice that turns bright umber in the tomato sauce, spices that range from nutmeg to chili peppers, and sometimes vegetables. Sound like jambalaya? Not a coincidence. “If you look at gumbo, jambalaya, hoppin’ John, these are all derivatives,” said Frederick Douglass Opie, a scholar of foodways of the African diaspora at Harvard University. “As you listen to the definition of what jollof rice is – a redbased rice – it’s the same thing. As my mother would say, ‘They’re all kissing cousins.’ ” Jollof rice is thought to have originated in the Jollof empire, a kingdom that controlled wide swaths of western Africa from the 14th through the 19th centuries. Many American slaves came from this part of the continent, part of Africa’s “rice belt.” They brought with them their agricultural knowledge and their ricebased food traditions. Like the American dishes it influenced, jollof has endless variations. It is made differently in different countries, and even by different people in the same country. A story in the British newspaper The Guardian called jollof “the African dish that everyone loves but no one can agree on.” Most versions begin by frying onions in oil, adding tomatoes and stock, then cooking the rice in the resulting sauce. But which rice, which spices to add and whether to serve the meat on the side or mixed into the dish can make grandmothers feud. Vegetables – whether or not to include them, let alone which ones to use – are another point of contention.
Jollof Rice
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“It’s like pizza. There’s a big argument between Chicago and New York. They’ve both got the same ingredients, it’s just what you do with them.” Frederick Douglass Opie Scholar of foodways of the African diaspora at Harvard University
Even the way it’s spelled can change. At Brooklyn, N.Y.’s Joloff Restaurant (yes, spelled differently) owner Papa K. Diagne flavors his tomato sauce with fish stock, as he would in his native Senegal. His fish and vegetables – carrots, cabbage, eggplant, cassava or sweet potato – simmer in the sauce, then get removed and served on the side. The rice cooks in the flavored tomato broth. Diagne also makes a jollof rice with chicken and a vegetarian version. For all of them, he uses only finegrained or “broken” jasmine rice. “I have Asian persons, African-Americans, Afri-
cans, I have a variety of customers,” Diagne said. “A lot of people come for the jollof rice.” At Lagos Peppersoup Corner at the Intercontinental Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, Nigerian chef and owner Esther Ajiboye uses only parboiled rice, a rice that is partially cooked in its husk. Her flavorings include curry powder, bouillon cubes, habanero pepper and occasionally ginger. But almost no vegetables. “The only vegetables I use are onion and red bell pepper,” Ajiboye said. But such disagreements don’t make jollof unique. “It’s like pizza,” Harvard’s Opie said. “There’s a big
argument between Chicago and New York. They’ve both got the same ingredients, it’s just what you do with them.”
Jollof Rice Start to finish: 45 minutes Servings: 8 For the rice: 4 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil, divided 1 large yellow onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger 3 tablespoons tomato paste 15-ounce can crushed or diced tomatoes 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon curry powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 teaspoon dried thyme 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (more or less to taste) 2 cups basmati rice 5 to 6 cups (1 1/2 quarts) unsalted chicken stock For the vegetables (select 2
Lamb dinner needs no slow cooker By J.M. HIRSCH The Associated Press I have two issues with slow cookers, and both are deal breakers. First, I resent the fact that if I want my meat browned – and therefore flavorful – I must sear it in another pan before adding it to the slow cooker. And yes, I know that a small number of (typically very expensive) slow cookers do have the ability to sear meat. But the reality is, most of us don’t own those. To me, much of the convenience of a slow cooker is the ability to do everything in one pot. If I can’t, it’s a lot less convenient. Second, I distrust how evenly they heat. While there are some dishes for which uneven heating – and even a bit of overheating – isn’t a major deal (I’m talking to you, chili), most meals aren’t that forgiving. I have rendered far too many recipes inedible by misjudging how intense (or not) my slow cooker would cook. I much prefer the precision of my stovetop, which I
can tweak to perfection. It’s for these reasons I’ve recently become enamored with one of the original slow cookers – the tagine. At heart, these conical cooking pots from Morocco are similar to a Dutch oven, at least in terms of how they are intended to be used. The base is shallow, similar to a sauté pan. This is topped with a cone-shaped lid. The base is heated directly on the stove, giving the cook not only the ability to sear meat, but also to finely tune the temperature. Many tagines are ceramic, but some are cast iron. Once the ingredients are seared and liquid is added, the lid is placed on the base, the heat is adjusted to maintain a simmer and the cook can walk away. The shape of the lid is designed to allow steam to gather and condense at the top, then drip back down into the food. The result is near flawless slow cooking that results in moist, tender meats. I usually start by browning onions and garlic in oil, then adding meat and searing
that. I dump in the rest of my ingredients, then pop on the lid, lower the heat and walk away for several hours. So to help usher in spring, I used my tagine to create this recipe for lamb with chickpeas, tomatoes and rosemary. Hugely flavorful and tremendously easy. I keep it lean by trimming away as much fat from the lamb as possible. Don’t have a tagine? Use a heavy duty Dutch oven.
Rosemary Lamb Tagine With Chickpeas And Tomatoes Start to finish: 2 1/2 hours (15 minutes active) Servings: 8 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 large yellow onion, diced 1 head garlic, minced 2 pounds lamb leg or stew meat, trimmed of fat and cut into 1-inch pieces 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary 15-ounce can chopped or diced tomatoes 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained
to 3): 1 red bell pepper, cored and diced 1 green bell pepper, cored and diced 2 stalks celery, diced 2 carrots, diced 3/4 cup fresh or frozen peas 3/4 cup fresh or frozen green beans For the protein (select 1 or 2): 1 pound large peeled shrimp 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs 1 pound sirloin steak, cubed 1 pound tofu or seitan, cubed For the garnish (select 1): Chopped fresh parsley Chopped fresh cilantro Sliced scallions Hot sauce In a large, heavy bottomed pan such as a Dutch oven over medium-high, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil. Add the onion, garlic and ginger, then cook until softened and beginning to brown, about 6 to 7 minutes. Add the tomato paste and continue to cook until the mixture becomes brick red,
about another 6 to 7 minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes, coriander, cumin, curry, salt, black pepper, thyme, red pepper flakes and rice. Stir to mix. Add 5 cups of the chicken stock and bring to a simmer, then cover and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the rice is tender and has absorbed most of the liquid. Check the rice; if it is still firm, add another cup of stock and cook until absorbed. Meanwhile, in a large saute pan over medium-high, heat 1 tablespoon of the remaining oil. Saute your choice of vegetables for 5 to 6 minutes, or until beginning to brown and starting to be tender. They do not have to be completely cooked through. Add them to the rice and stir in. Repeat the sauteing process with the remaining tablespoon of oil and your choice of protein, searing it over medium-high heat for 5 to 6 minutes. Stir that into the rice mixture, as well. Cook until the rice has absorbed all the liquid and the vegetables and protein are cooked through. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and garnish with herbs and/or hot sauce.
Rosemary Lamb Tagine With Chickpeas And Tomatoes
3/4 cup chicken broth Salt and ground black pepper 1 lemon, cut into wedges Chopped fresh parsley, to garnish Plain Greek yogurt, to serve In the base of a tagine or large Dutch oven over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the onion and garlic, then sauté until tender and lightly browned, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the lamb and brown on all sides, about 15 minutes. Stir in the rosemary, tomatoes, chickpeas and broth, then bring to a simmer. Cover, reduce heat to maintain a bare simmer and let cook for 2 hours, or until the lamb is fork tender. Season with salt and pepper, then divide between serving plates. Squeeze 1 or 2 lemon wedges over each serving, then top with parsley and a dollop of yogurt.
Nutrition information per serving: 300 calories; 110 calories from fat (37 percent of total calories); 12 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 75 mg cholesterol; 21 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 28 g protein; 510 mg sodium.
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8BRIEFS a four-year college, community college or trade/vocational school may be eligible to apply. The scholarship award is for a total of $500 for two students’ freshman years and can be used for tuition, room and board, books and class fees. An application can be picked up at the SHS Guidance Office. The application deadline is May 10.
Auditions for DVD series promoting health Auditions will be held for an upcoming DVD series promoting healthy lifestyle choices. Improvisational actors, narrators and voice-over talent of all ages are encouraged to attend the auditions at Indian Creek High School Library from 3:30 to 9 p.m. Friday. This film series is being created by Dr. Pamela Rockwood, superintendent of Indian Creek School District 425 with sponsorship by Resource Bank to encourage and promote healthy lifestyle choices among teens. Topics in the series will include respecting self and others, bullying prevention, suicide prevention and creating a healthy culture. Audition registration is recommended, but not required. Tentative filming dates of the series are May 13 to 17. For audition registration or for more information, call Pamela Rockwood at 815-824-2197.
Evening hours set for G-K registration Kindergarten registration is in progress in the Genoa-Kingston School District. Special evening hours will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 24. Other registration hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. No appointment is necessary; however, parents should bring an original, certified copy of their child’s birth certificate and proof of residency. Medical, vaccination record, vision and dental records are required prior to the first day of school. Fees are not due at this time. It is very important to register your child as soon as possible. Incoming kindergarten students will receive a special readiness bag provided by the Genoa-Kingston Academic Foundation at the time of registration. Those who have questions concerning their child’s readiness for kindergarten should call Davenport School at 815-784-2448 or email stewksbury@gkschools.org.
Sycamore Chamber offers scholarships The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Club is offering two scholarships to Sycamore High School seniors. Students who have been active in the Sycamore community through volunteerism or have been involved in a service organization; i.e.: Interact, Student Ambassadors, Key Club, etc. and who plan on attending
8BIRTHDAY CLUB Rebecca Duda Age 8, March 23 Hometown: DeKalb Parents: Timothy and Kimberly Duda Sibling: Samantha Grandparents: Richard and Sandra Duda of DeKalb, Joseph and Victoria Witczak of Davis Junction and Eva Witczak of Berkeley
St. Mary tops at Science Fair St. Mary School DeKalb students participated in the annual Science Fair sponsored by Illinois Junior Academy of Science. Receiving IJAS Region V Outstanding State Finalist blue ribbons and certificates were Martine Alger, Alexander Federici, Tom Hannon, Cameron Pedersen, Anna Dudziak and Aidan Witthoff. Three students also received special honors. Best in Category awards were granted to Cameron Pedersen in Earth Science/Environmental Science and Aidan Witthoff in Behavioral Science. These categories have many Junior High School and High School student competitors. The highly coveted Broadcom MASTERS Award, given to rising stars in Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering, was presented to three students – Martine Alger, Cameron Pedersen and Aidan Witthoff. They are among 300 semifinalists, 30 of which will be awarded an all-expensepaid trip to Washington, D.C., to compete in the Broadcom MASTERS Finals.
The Illinois Drafting Educators Association (I.D.E.A.) held its annual statewide competition for high school students on March 1. Kishwaukee College was the site for the Region 4 competition. The I.D.E.A. competition is open to high school students enrolled in drafting programs offered through their high schools. I.D.E.A. is a nonprofit professional education organization for the advancement of drafting education and drafting as a profession. Nearly 15,000 drafters are employed in Illinois with about 450 positions opening annually. The Computer Aided Design Technology department at Kishwaukee College boasts a nearly 100 percent employment placement rate for students. The student drawings in each division were judged by members of the Kishwaukee College Computer Aided Design Technology Advisory Board and Kishwaukee College CAD instructor Mark Schwendau.
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The Genoa-Kingston High School drafting/design team participated in the Illinois Drafting Educators Association (I.D.E.A.) competition for Region 4 held on March 1 at Kishwaukee College. The students chosen as first place in each category were awarded plaques and both the first- and second-place winners will progress to the state competition
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. Chevron and the United States Golf Association (USGA) are bringing science to life by showing how STEM studies play a big role in the game of golf. This page is the third in a series of special Kid Scoop pages created through this partnership.
In professional and amateur golf, the head of the club can be no more than 2.8 in (7.1 cm) high and 5 in (12.7 cm) wide. The volume can be no larger than 28.07 cubic inches (460 cubic centimeters).
Measuring the height and width of a club is straightforward. But how do you measure the volume? To find out read the Scientist’s Notebook. STEM workers typically use metric measurement because it is internationally accepted and understood. Interestingly, the USGA uses the British Imperial System of measurem measurement – which includes inches, feet and yard yards – in their measurem measurements, because of golf’s history h and tradition tradition. After all, the game did get its start in the Britis British Isles.
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Six St. Mary School DeKalb students were state finalists in the science fair sponsored by the Illinois Junior Academy of Science. Pictured (from left) are Martine Alger, Alexander Federici, Tom Hannon, Cameron Pedersen, Anna Dudziak and Aidan Witthoff.
G-K team competes at drafting meet
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The Ancient Greek mathematician, ematician, Archimedes, discovered that the volume of an object can be determined by measuring g the change in water level (displacement) when an object is placed in it.
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A hollow club head distributes the weight of the club along its outside edges (perimeter). When the club hits the golf ball, the club is less likely to turn. If a club turns when it hits a golf ball, it can change the direction the ball will fly, and the ball will not go as far. STEM Zone content on this page is provided through a partnership with Chevron and the USGA.
ARCHIMEDES SUBMERGED VOLUME BEFORE OBJECT CHANGE RECORD LEVEL AFTER WATER RULES SCORE GAME CLUB HEAD
If a golf club had a targeting laser that lined up a golfer’s shot, a player could get a better score even with poor aiming skills. As technology improves golf equipment, it is important to have rules which keep the game a challenge of skill.
Identify ten different ways math is used in the sports section of the newspaper. Cut out examples and create a chart to display your findings. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
Dr. Matt Pringle’s knowledge of science got him the job of studying how golf clubs and golf balls work. He uses what he learns in these studies to help write the rules for equipment used in the game of golf.
Find the words in the puzzle. Then look for each word in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities. S E D E M I H C R A M E A S C H A N G E E T U R U L E S R D R C R I N E U O E R O E G V M V F B T O C J T U H E A D A C S B L F B L O L W E U O E M A G M E S R V D E G R E M B U S Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
“I get paid to study sports for a living! And, I get to travel all over the world,” Dr. Pringle says. “I’m pretty lucky!” Dr. Pringle invented “TruFirm,” a tool that measures the firmness of golf turf and bunker sands.
Meter Readers Measure and label the metric length and width of columns on one page of the newspaper. Measure the largest photograph you can find in the newspaper. Measure the width of your favorite comic strip. Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
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Rebecca Whittenhall, second place; Introduction to CAD – Tyler Schambach, first, and Anna Willcox, second; Assembly Modeling CAD 3 – Ray Puckett, first, and Ben Rabe, second; Machine CAD – Sam Griebenow, first, and William Crozier, second; Architectural Board – Mason Lucca, first, and Amanda Murray, second; 2-D Architectural CAD – Francisco Marquez, first, and Michael Brzoska, second; 3-D Architectural CAD – Patrick Felver, first; and CAD Solid Modeling – Brian Gumino, first, and Sean Bensinger, second. These winners are all from Genoa-Kingston. The G-K team is coached by their teacher, Phil Jerbi. For more information about I.D.E.A. or drafting/ design as a profession, visit www.idea-online.org. For more information on the Computer Aided Design Technology program at Kishwaukee College, call 815-825-2086, ext. 3480, or visit the Kishwaukee College website at www.kishwaukeecollege.edu.
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Cellphone affair leaves man feeling cheated Dear Abby: My wife and I have been married 17 years. For the most part, our marriage has been great, and I love her very much. Lately, though, I have felt that our sexual and emotional intimacy has been lacking. I spoke to her about it recently and tried to explain how I feel. She has responded, and things are improving. Still, she spends most of her time on her cellphone checking email, Facebook, Pinterest and watching Netflix. At bedtime, she stays on her phone or laptop until after I have gone to bed. When she comes to bed, she ignores me and goes straight to sleep, even if I have been lying there awake in the dark waiting for her. Has she fallen in love with her cellphone? Even if we don’t have sex all the time, I
DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips would just like to be able to talk to her or hold her for a minute before we go to sleep. Any suggestions other than throwing her phone out the window? – Abandoned Husband In Utah Dear Abandoned: You say your wife has responded and things are hopeful. That means she is at least receptive to working on your marital relationship. The problems that cellphones cause in relationships is something I am hearing about with increasing frequency. People have become so dependent upon their digital companions that in some cases it’s impossible to turn
them off because people have become literally addicted. In cases like this, a licensed therapist should be consulted. Of course, like any addiction the sufferer must be willing to admit there is a problem and want to do something about it. I wish there was a 12-step program to which I could refer you, but I was unable to locate one. In the future I’m willing to bet that they’ll sprout up like mushrooms. Dear Abby: Six months ago, I realized I had a drinking problem and decided to go through a chemical dependence program as an outpatient. I’m sober now and attend meetings a few times a week. My problem is someone I was barely acquainted with was also in the same program. I didn’t regard it as a problem at first, but now I’m
concerned. At a meeting a few months ago, I mentioned to the group that I also attend a meeting in another town closer to my home. Next thing I know, this man is attending the same meeting. He always makes a point of telling me about what’s going on with the people we went through treatment with. I am active in service work and plan to attend a regional meeting at a resort over a weekend. Guess who has suddenly decided to do the same? I’m nervous about being around this man. I don’t want to compromise his sobriety, but I can’t stand seeing him at every meeting and event I attend. My husband is also bothered by it, and I’m considering not attending any meetings at all because he’s
creeping me out. How should I handle this? – Sober And Creeped Out Dear Creeped Out: If there is a group moderator or contact, discuss this with that person. Because you want less contact with your “admirer,” look around for another group. Even if you will have to travel a bit farther, it will be worth the effort. If you do happen to run into him in the future and he tries to engage you in conversation about other patients from your program, cut the conversation short by telling him you are not interested in hearing about them. One of the hallmarks of 12-step programs is anonymity – and it should be respected.
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Go slow and easy to avoid lightheadedness Dear Dr. K: I often feel lightheaded when I stand up, especially first thing in the morning. Why does this happen? Dear Reader: You are probably experiencing a drop in blood pressure when you stand up. This is called orthostatic hypotension. As a result, not enough blood reaches your brain, and you feel lightheaded or dizzy. When you stand up, gravity pulls the blood down. This causes blood to pool in the lower half of our bodies and blood pressure to drop. If it drops enough, you’ll have symptoms. Sensors in your major arteries signal your brain that your blood pressure has dropped. In response, the brain tells the
ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff heart to beat a little faster and stronger and blood vessels to constrict, which raises blood pressure. As a result, blood pressure and blood flow return more or less to normal. But with age and certain medical conditions, these compensations may falter. The heart doesn’t pump as well. Blood vessels get stiffer and less responsive. The sensors in the arteries become less sensitive, and the signals they send less effective. As a result, some people experience sizable drops in blood pressure when they stand up.
(I’ve put an illustration on my website, AskDoctorK.com.) Here are some things you should try: • Take your time standing up. Move gradually from lying down to sitting to a standing position. This is particularly important at night (when you go to the bathroom) or in the morning when you awaken. That’s when orthostatic hypotension is most likely. • Try these maneuvers: Wiggle your toes and flex your feet before you stand up. This causes the muscles in your legs to squeeze more blood back up into your heart and to slightly raise blood pressure. • Review your medications with your doctor and maybe
make a change. Some drugs can trigger orthostatic hypotension or make it worse. • Lift the head of your bed. Sleeping with your head higher than your feet keeps blood pressure higher. This causes your kidneys to release a hormone that increases blood pressure. • Drink more fluids. Dehydration can cause blood pressure to drop. • Perhaps increase your salt intake. Unless you have high blood pressure already, this is a good idea. • Drink coffee in the morning. Caffeine boosts blood pressure. • Exercise more. Improving your cardiovascular fitness through exercise may help the problem go away.
• Avoid straining. Straining to have a bowel movement or to pass urine (if you have an enlarged prostate) and coughing can cause blood pressure to briefly drop. Even laughing very hard can do it. Sometimes comedians really do leave the audience “rolling in the aisles.” When people start to get lightheaded from laughing hard, they instinctively get down on the floor to avoid falling. • Wear compression stockings. Special stockings that apply pressure on the lower half of the body can keep blood from pooling in the leg veins. This, in turn, increases blood pressure.
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Teen girl has had enough of immature boys Dr. Wallace: I attend a middle school of seventh, eighth and ninth grade students. I’m in the seventh grade, but I totally ignore all the boys because they are so immature. I’d like to have a boyfriend, but I guess I’ll just have to wait until I’m in high school. All of my girlfriends feel the same way. I want an intelligent boyfriend. Most of the boys in our school run in the halls, yell at each other, eat like pigs in the cafeteria, rarely take a shower and try to dress cool and
’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace mod but actually look stupid. Also, most of them don’t appear to do much homework. Ugh! I can’t wait until we have a female president. – Nameless, Louisville, Ky. Nameless: It’s true that girls mature both mentally and physically before boys, but Mother Nature is fair and allows boys to catch up with girls by about age 15.
8ASTROGRAPH By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association
TODAY – There is a strong possibility you might do something in the year ahead that will be of great import. Good luck will be vital to your enterprise, and you’ll have it in spades. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – The more progressive you are, especially when dealing with intangibles, the luckier you’ll get. The same cannot be said if you bog yourself down in traditional methods. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Your financial prospects look to be promising, especially if you’re promoting something unusual. Don’t be scared off by questions of expense. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Helpful contacts can be established through a club or professional affiliation. What’s important is spending some quality time with the right people. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Things others deem too challenging won’t intimidate you in the slightest. Being in tune with your inner self gives you the ability to do anything you choose. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – There is no need to treat your inspirations indifferently. Anything you imagine you can accomplish, if you believe in yourself. So have faith and get to work. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Don’t be timid if you have to make a critical change. For best results, go full throttle and don’t fall prey to second thoughts. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – When change is called for on the home front, you should take your better half’s suggestions seriously. He or she is likely to spot some nuances that you’re overlooking. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You’ll spot a new way to make some additional earnings. It might be similar to something that has been generating extra income for a friend. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Should you happen to meet someone whom you’d like to know better, make your intentions known. Don’t wait for this person to make the first move. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – If you think the timing is right to wrap up a matter that could enhance your prestige and/or security, go for it. Stop dragging your feet. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You could end up learning a lot by trying to teach something. If you have some constructive information to pass on, now is the time to do it. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – The well-intentioned tips of others can often be of little value. However, should a family member or colleague tell you something today, it might pay to be a good listener.
But there are always exceptions. I’m sure some of the boys who are your age are capable of meeting your high standards. You just haven’t been looking hard enough. Start by joining clubs and spending some time in the school library. Dr. Wallace: I’m 19 and attending Orange Coast College. When I finish my formal education, I plan to be an elementary teacher. I consider myself a good person with only a few minor flaws and one major one – I smoke! I’ve been smoking regularly
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for more than three years. I’ve tried quitting, but I just can’t seem to shake the nicotine habit. I know that I have to eventually quit smoking for two reasons – my health and smelling like a fireplace when I teach. I’ve been told that if I switch to a low-tar cigarette, it would be less dangerous and easier to stop smoking altogether. Is this true? – Nameless, Costa Mesa, Calif. Nameless: The American Lung Association says that low-tar cigarettes often produce higher levels of harmful
chemicals. Furthermore, smokers, in order to get a full ration of nicotine, simply inhale low-tar cigarettes more frequently and more deeply, or smoke more of them. Your best bet is to draw upon your own strong will. Visualize yourself as a healthy non-smoker who looks good, feels good, and smells good! If you stay strong, it won’t take long to reach your goal, and you’ll be glad you did. You’ll also have more cash in your wallet!
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Points and tricks point to the defense Elizabeth Olsen, an actress and singer, said, “At New York University, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One is always to be active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character.” At the bridge table, be active in counting points and figuring out tricks, both yours and theirs. In this deal, West is trying to defeat three no-trump. He leads the spade queen: five, two, king. South plays on clubs, putting West back in. What should he do next? What do you think of South’s one-no-trump response? I think it is better than raising clubs, which might be only a 4-3 fit. But if three no-trump is the best final contract, probably it would be preferable for the opener, with the stronger hand, to be the declarer. Some Souths would respond with an imaginative one diamond (and I might do that if the spades and diamonds were reversed). Note South’s taking the first trick with the king. Usually declarer should win with the top of touching honors from the closed hand. Trick one in no-trump can be an exception. If he wins with the ace, it advertises strength, because with only the ace, he would make the holdup play. East’s spade two denies a high honor. So South is marked with seven points in spades and, with the club ace out of the way, nine winners (two spades, three hearts and four clubs). There isn’t a moment to lose. West should go center stage and shift to the diamond queen, hoping East has at least A-J-10-x-x or A-J-9-x-x-x.
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COOK & BUFFET SERVERS Wanted experience cook for comfort buffet. Hours vary, pay depends on experience. Comfort food, soups and sauces. Attendance a must. Buffet servers wanted, apply within: Sweet Dream Desserts & Catering 1969 DeKalb Ave, Suite B Sycamore, IL 60178
SALES MANAGEMENT Run With The Best Local area auto dealer group has an immediate opening for a proven leader to take us to the next level. We offer excellent earning potential. Paid benefits & opportunity for advancement. Fax resume to 815-261-5940 for a confidential interview.
GARAGE/ ESTATE SALE FRI & SAT 9AM - 4PM 15 Meadow Trail W. Off Bethany Mounted deer head & antlers & hunting items, tools, Entire House MUST GO!! * Condo For Sale By Owner
SAT, APRIL 20 8-4 1145 FOX HOLLOW DR.
DRIVER - PT Mature driver for part time driving position in DeKalb. Must have excellent driving record. Call 815-217-4421
Team Members and Managers Needed!!!! News Sources Delivered We are seeking motivated & upbeat personalities to fill entry level positions to work with the local Newspapers by going door to door obtaining new customers. Team Members - Must be clean cut, self-motivated, have a great personality, have transportation, & have leadership skills. Flexible schedules, Weekly pay, PART-TIME HOURS FULL-TIME PAY, Sales experience a plus but will train the right person. Team Managers - Must be clean cut, organized, strong leadership skills, be a motivator as well as self-motivated, great personality, reliable transportation, and basic computer skills(Microsoft word and excel). PART-TIME HOURS FULLTIME PAY & 2 years sales experience required. Start Immediately Call Jason for an interview today!! 219-256-1728 or 773-245-NEWS (6397) Or send resume to newssourcesdelivered@gmail.com
Senior Caregiver Available Professional, Dependable, Experienced w/ref's. 815-230-9639
Many household items, children's clothes, LOTS of Holiday décor, refrigerator, outdoor furnishings & MUCH MORE!!
Dekalb
Sat, April 4/20 10am-2pm
WE'VE GOT IT! Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527 www.Daily-Chronicle.com
8AM - 2PM $5/BAG 2PM-4PM $3/BAG
322 WATERMAN STOVE - 30” Electric Kenmore SelfCleaning Stove. Model Series 790 Used less than one year in very good condition. Retailed for $785, Asking $400. 520-282-0048
ANTIQUE END TABLES Pair of Antique Mahogany Kidney Shaped End/Side Tables. Exc. Cond. Unique. Sold As Pair only. $90.00. Call daytime 815-786-3283 - Sandwich area. RADIO / PHONO CONSOLE Vintage 40's, great condition $295. 630-406-6783
55 X 85 STEEL POLEBARN 55 x 85 gray steel pole barn with maroon bottom for sale. Metal is only 5 yrs old. Also, white pro ribbed inside steal and blown in fiberglass insulation. Call Derek at 815-739-0610 for details.
BEANIE BABY COLLECTION Total 75 Beanie Babies inc. Princess Diana boxed. All Tagged Perfect Condition. All $45.00. Call daytime 815-786-3283. Sandwich area.
105 Cobblestone Trail EVERYTHING MUST GO! ESTATE ITEMS LIKE NEW FURNITURE
SHABBONA INDIAN CREEK CHILDREN'S CLOTHING, EQUIPMENT & TOY RESALE
SAT, APR 20 9AM - NOON ½ PRICE SALE 1PM - 2PM Shabbona Elementary Gym
301 West Cherokee St.
Experienced In Home Day Care Provider has openings. CPR & 1 st Aid cert. Playground nearby. 415-426-9269 Sycamore Home Daycare will care for little angel, meals, crafts, stories, and fun Call 815-899-3399
SAT, APRIL 20
DEKALB
NEIGHBORHOOD SALE
Spring/Summer Children's Clothing (Infant-Preteen, Sz 5), Formal Holiday Attire, Baby Equipment & Furniture, Coats, Shoes, Dance Wear, Outdoor Equipment, Bikes and Riding Toys, Educational Items, Games, Videos/DVDs, Books, Bedding and More! ShabbonaEPCSale@gmail.com
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LIVING ROOM SET - 3 Piece. White with pastel flowers, like new. Couch, loveseat, chair. $399. 630-406-6783
PRINTER - Canon IP 1800 Series Black Printer With Working Ink Cartridges Installed, $25, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. Total Gym XLS, like new, hardly used. comes with all paperwork and videos. $175. 847-489-0254
BOBCAT TIRES - New! 10-16.5 12 ply Brand New Samson Skid steer Bobcat pavement tires 12 ply $210 ea. Other sizes of skidsteer tires available! 815-895-0244 www.gearworkstire.com BOBCAT TIRES - New! 12-16.5 12 ply Brand New Samson Skid steer Bobcat tires 10 ply $170 ea. Other sizes of skidsteer tires available! 815-895-0244 www.gearworkstire.com 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 avail! 815-895-0244 www.gearworkstire.com TIRES - New 27x850-15 Skidsteer tires. Samson Skid Steer Sidewinder Mudder XHD 10 ply tires. $115 ea. Other sizes of skidsteer tires available! 815-895-0244 www.gearworkstire.com
Desk – Steel – Art Deco Style w/Sm. Left Side Return – Chair - & Lamp – Great Shape $95. 815-991-5149 DINING ROOM TABLE Dining Room Table w/ (2) leaves and (3) Chairs. Good Condition. Sandwich area. $25.00 815-786-3283. Daytime. Girl's Bedroom Set: full size bed, 2 dressers, 1 desk also 2 hutches, $100 815-508-0629 Kitchen set: 42” round maple kitchen table 4 chairs w/2 extension leaves $65 815-522-6607
Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527
BASKET - 2-Tiered Standing Rectangular Standing Basket With Metal Decoration, $12, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 BOWLS - New Set Of 3 Apple Design Ceramic Bowls (1-large, 1medium, 1-small) & Ceramic Apple Design Pitcher, $20, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. FONDUE SET - 8 Piece Fondue Set, $6, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 FONDUE SET - Chocolate 12 Piece Small Fondue Set, $5, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. FONDUE SET - New Chocolate and Cheese Fondue Set In Box, $15, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. SHELF STAND - White Square Plastic 3 Shelf Stand, $5, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. SHOWER DOORS (USED) from 44 inch wide shower stall. Chrome trim, opaque glass, good condition. Complete with track and screws. Doors are approx. 65" tall including track. Each door approx. 22.5" wide. $25 obo. 815-895-7486.
CAR - Little Tikes Child Cozy Coupe Ride On Car, Red & Yellow, $20. 815-739-1953, DeKalb. Disney Princess Pink & Purple Plastic Music Talking Vanity. Child Can Push Items To Make A Princess Light Up In Each Mirror, They Talk & Then Disappear. 3 Large Light Up Mirrors Across Front. Also Includes Pull Out Storage Drawer, Pretend Nailpolish, Gem, Magic Wand & Other Compartments. $25. 815-739-1953, DeKalb. Fisher Price Starlit Stage With Handle To Pull Back Curtain, Microphone, Ticket Dispenser & Clock Child Can Change To Showtime, Turns a Child Into A Movie Star, $10, DeKalb, 815-739-1953. SLIDE - Little Tikes Child Small Child Slide (Blue & Orange), $8, DeKalb, 815-739-1953. TRACTOR - Little Tikes Child Ride On Green John Deere Style Tractor With Steering Wheel & Pedals, Made Of Durable Rubbermaid Plastic, $15, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.
SMOOTHIE MAKER - New Electric Smoothie Maker In Box, $15, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. WINE ENTERTAINMENT SET - Napa 7 Piece New Hand Painted, Includes 4-12oz. Goblets, 9" Cheese Dome 2-pc. Set & Decanter, $20, Sycamore, 815-895-5373.
EDGER & WEED EATER - Black & Decker. 1&1/2 hp electric edger & electric weed eater $7 each obo. 815-260-1636 after 4pm
GENERATOR - Coleman powermate pulse 1850 portable generator less than 10 hours use $175/OBO 815-260-1636 after 4pm MITER SAW - Clarke 10 inch compound miter saw used for one laminate floor job part of estate like new $60/obo 815-260-1636 after 4pm Transfer Pump: Little Giant, model #5-MSP, excellent condition 815-991-5149
Artist Drafting/Design Table, 42/31” drafting design table, good shape, great for student or young artist, w/light and extras $150 815-751-6373 BAG - New Fiskars Blue Canvas Zippered Bag With Handle And Inside Compartments For Individual Storage, Great For Crafting, Scrapbooking Or Other, $15, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 CHAIR - Dora The Explorer & Boots Child's Chair Made With PVC White Plastic Pipe, $8, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 Coleman Multi-Function King Cobra Lantern With TV, Radio, Spotlight and Siren, New In Box, $22, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. COOLER - Harley Davidson New Cooler With Strap, $10, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. COOLER - Packers New Collapsible Cooler With Drawstring Bag, Sets Up On Ground, $15, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. COUCH - Dora The Explorer & Boots Child Pull/Fold Out Couch, $8, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. Creative Memories Professional Organization Kit & Display, New, Black Canvas Case With Plastic Insert Dividers, Great For Scrapbooking, Business Or Everyday Organizing $15, Sycamore 815-895-5373 FABRIC CART - Large Orange Heavy Duty Fabric Cart On Wheels With Long Pull Handle, Great For Transporting Items, Laundry Or Storage, New, $15, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 HELMET - Child Bike Helmet With Blue Strap, White In Color and Has A Picture Of A Kangaroo On Front & Says Kangaroo, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 Jewelry: ladies watch, rings, new colored glass stone, silver bezel, great gift, 7 left, Sycamore $7.50 815-991-5149 LAMINATOR - Ex Laminator Xxron Technology, Laminates Without Heat, Batteries, Or Electricity, $15, Sycamore, 815-895-5373. Picnic Style Wooden Basket (New) With Handle & Pie-Cake Wood Tray Insert, $15, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 Record collection. 78 LP records. 800 total. Old and new. Make offer 847-515-8012 Cash only. Revlon Perfect Reflections Ultrasetter (New) With Stand Up Design With Built In Makeup Mirror & Clip Storage, Includes 20 Rollers With 2 Minute Heat Up In 3 Sizes & 3 Textures, Small Flocked-3/4", Medium Ribbed 1" and Super Jumbo Metal Rollers 2", $20, Sycamore 815-895-5373 STEEL GARDEN GATE - 32 x 46, galvanized chain link. $45. 847-515-8012 Huntley area
1965 Fender Showman, 15 inch SpeakerBlack Silver Face Cabinett with chrome tilt legs. New 15 inch Speaker. Road Warrior Condition. Asking $300. 520-282-0048
Allergic son moving back home. Good home needed for a gentle, loving, declawed, 9 yr old male cat. Will have to put down soon, if no home found. 815-758-1972
Bed: maple twin bed, complete, $40 815-786-8127
CAR - Fisher Price Boys Ride On Car, $8, DeKalb, 815-739-1953. Check us out online
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2002 Chevy Malibu, 4 dr., 100K mi., P/S, P/B, A/C. $3,500. 815-756-1246
2009 Cadillac CTS, 3.6L, V6, all wheel drive 6 speed automatic transmission, luxury package, runs & drives great, 64K miles, $21,000 815-899-1424
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I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer Will beat anyone's price by $300. Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan
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815-814-1224 !!!!!!!!!!!
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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff(s), vs. SHANNON COOPER A/K/A SHANNON R. COOPER , AMY COOPER A/K/A AMY M. COOPER, Defendant(s). 11 CH 456 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois, will on May 9, 2013, at the hour of 1:00 PM, at the PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING , 150 N. MAIN STREET, SYCAMORE, IL, 60178, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: Common Address: 209 HOME DRIVE, DEKALB, IL 60115 P.I.N. 08-24-303-021 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information. The terms of the sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to 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. The property is improved by a single family residence, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale. 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). LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com NM # 11-06233 I523056
gagee 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). LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com NM # 11-06247 I523057 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)
Small Town Pizza Business Turnkey Operation Call: 815-739-2582
MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!! * 815-575-5153 *
We Pay The Best! For Junk Cars, Trucks and Vans No Title, No Problem. Same Day Pick-Up. 630-817-3577
2001 Class A Fleetwood Southwind 36 ft Class A RV— Great condition 49,400 miles, fuel type gas, Ford super duty chassis, Ford Triton V10 gas engine, 4pt leveling, 5.5 generator, 2 roof A/C, 2 slideouts, lthr seats, Queen bed, 10.8 cubic ft 2-door refrigerator/freezer, 3 burner stove top w/Magic Chef oven, Convection micro, patio awning, tow hitch. $38,000 Call Jim Peterson 815-758-1845
DIRT BIKES 2008 Kawasaki KLX 140 $1400, 2006 Kawasaki KLX 125 $1100, 2007 Shoreline 3 bike trailer $800. All 3 for $2600. 815-756-1509
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DeKalb Quiet 1, 2 & 3BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets. 815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439 DeKalb. 3BR for $730+ utils! Available NOW!!! Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845 GOOD DEAL! GENOA LARGE 1BR Off-St parking, appls, W/D, garbage. No pets. $570/mo+sec. 815-761-1975 Genoa. 1BR, freshly painted, new carpet. All appls, A/C. Quiet neighborhood. Off street parking. $525/mo. 815-751-5201
Genoa~Country View Apts.
Laundry facilities, yard, parking. $750/mo + electric, incl water and garbage. 630-359-3474
KIRKLAND UPPER 2 BEDROOM No pets/smoking. $550/mo + dep and utilities. 815-761-5574 Or 779-774-3042 ~ Lv Message
DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts. 815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb Studio SPECIALS Starting at $395 ONE MONTH FREE WITH AD Recently updated! Affordable heat. Walk to shops! (815) 562-6425 www.whiteoakapartments.net
Malta: quiet, upper 2BR, appl., laundry, A/C, extra storage, NO PETS 815-751-0480 ROCHELLE 1 & 2 BEDROOM
Available now. Remodeled, clean and quiet, $425 & $550. 815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346
ROCHELLE UPPER 2BR DUPLEX Clean and quiet. Basement, laundry, 1 car garage, no pets. $550/mo + sec. 847-809-6828
Chamberlain Park Apts Office - 1705 Longwood Dr. Sycamore, IL. 60178 Complex Located at 201-205 W. 2nd St. Genoa, IL. 60135 1-815-899-9450 We are Accepting Applications
* Low Security Deposit * Washer/Dryer Coin Machines * We Pay Water, Trash & Sewer * Close to School & Stores We have 1 Apt Available Immediately and we will have a 2BR & 3BR Available. Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportuntiy Provider and Employer”
Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT. Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center. Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.
Laing Mgmt. DeKalb 1 Bedroom $540 Quite Lifestyle
Hillcrest Place Apts.
220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600
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CAR, TRUCK, SUV,
DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location! No pets/smoking. Agent Owned. 815-758-6712
KIRKLAND NICE 3 BEDROOM
PUBLIC NOTICE
Will BUY UR USED
DeKalb 1BR Garden Apt. Quiet 4-flat, laundry facilities, near park, no pets/smoking. $575/mo + elec. 815-827-3271
Now leasing 1 & 2 Bedroom All remodeled, new appl, carpet. Large Apts, Country Lifestyle. 815-784-4606 ~ 815-758-6580
(Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2004-4, Plaintiff(s), vs. LINDA V. HANEY, NORTHSTAR CREDIT UNION ANDFREMONT INVESTMENT AND LOAN, Defendant(s). 11 CH 664 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois, will on May 9, 2013, at the hour of 1:00 PM, at the PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING , 150 N. MAIN STREET, SYCAMORE, IL, 60178, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: Common Address: 210 E. CLEVELAND STREET, WATERMAN, IL 60556 P.I.N. 14-15-103-009 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information. The terms of the sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to 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. The property is improved by a single family residence, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mort-
DEKALB 1BR & 2BR
Available now, variety of locations. Appliances, clean and quiet. 815-758-6580
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DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR
Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118
DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS Starting @ $432,1BR $599, 2BR, $683, 3BR Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.
University Village Apts. 722 N. Annie Glidden Rd. 815-758-7859
DeKalb – 1148 ½ Market St. 2 BD upper apt. 1st/sec dep. $600 month 815-756-6201
815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 Sycamore: 1711 DeKalb Ave. Large 2 BR, 1.5BA. W/D in apt, D/W, C/A, microwave, stove, frig, disposal, balcony doors, security system. $790/mo. 815-756-2637
SYCAMORE 2 BEDROOM Wood style floors, D/W, A/C. Lndry on site, off St. parking, cats? $645/mo. 815-756-2064 Sycamore 2BR - Mature Lifestyle Nice, quiet & sunny. Off St parking. No smoking/dogs. On-site laundry. Call Kris @ 815-501-1872
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SYCAMORE 1127 Commercial St. For Sale By Owner 815-761-2866
DEKALB
Immaculate 4,280 sq ft Office / Warehouse. Air conditioned office area and bathrooms Great location near airport & tollway in DeKalb.
815-754-5831
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Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com NM # 11-06233 I523056 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE
Sycamore E. State St. AVAILABLE NOW! Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521
Sycamore Meadows Apt. 1705 Longwood Dr., Sycamore, Il. 60178 815-899-9450 We are accepting applications for our waiting lists! We have one 1BR Apt available.a immediately. Low Sec Dep. * Rental Assistance maybe available. * Security Building * 24 Hr. Maintenancee Emerg #'s * Washer/Dryer Coin Machines * We Pay Water, Trash & Sewer
“62 years of age or older or handicapped/disabled regardless of age”. Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C. of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer”
Sycamore. 2 bdrm. Nice location! Heated garage, appls & most utils incl. No Dogs. $685/mo. 815-751-7724 Sycamore. 321 S. Walnut St. 1BR. $650/mo. Deck. Pets OK w/$500 dep. No smoking on property. 1st mo rent+sec. On site laundry. 815-895-8901 Sycamore. Large 2BR. Garage, Private Patio, new carpet, laundry. Clean & quiet. No pets. $750/mo. J&A RE. 815-970-0679
DEKALB 2BR TH KNOLLS SUBDIVISION 2 bath, appliances. W/D, A/C, 2 car garage, $950/mo. 815-758-5588 www.rentdekalb.com DeKalb Golf Course Community 3BR TH, 2.5BA, gar, front porch. All appliances, very nice, no pets. $1100/mo. 815-761-8639 www.dekalb-rental.com DEKALB Townhome - Wineberry Sub., near elem. sch., 2BR, 1.5BA, 2CAR, W/D, BSMT, pay own utilities, Sec 8 ok. $1050/mo plus dep. 630-596-7707, May 1st
DeKalb/Summit Enclave 2BR Condo Incl all appl, 2 car garage. No pets/smkg, $950/mo + sec. Available May 1st. 815-501-1378
Sycamore Nice 2BR + Loft TH N. Grove Crossing - Plank Rd. 2.5BA, A/C, W/D, full basement. 2 car, $1300. 630-416-0076 Sycamore. 2BR, 2BA. New construction. Granite counters, SS appls. 1 car garage. $950/mo+dep. Call Rosie: 630-229-2130
The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes. 2 & 3 Bedrooms. Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?
Starting at $645
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff(s), vs. SHANNON COOPER A/K/A SHANNON R. COOPER , AMY COOPER A/K/A AMY M. COOPER, Defendant(s). 11 CH 456 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois, will on May 9, 2013, at the hour of 1:00 PM, at the PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING , 150 N. MAIN STREET, SYCAMORE, IL, 60178, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: LOT 27 IN LINCOLN VIEW SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF DEKALB ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MARCH 23, 1954 AS DOCUMENT NO. 269031 IN BOOK '1' OF PLATS, PAGE 24, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Common Address: 209 HOME DRIVE, DEKALB, IL 60115 P.I.N. 08-24-303-021 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information. The terms of the sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to 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. The property is improved by a single family residence, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale. 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). LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2004-4, Plaintiff(s), vs. LINDA V. HANEY, NORTHSTAR CREDIT UNION ANDFREMONT INVESTMENT AND LOAN, Defendant(s). 11 CH 664 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois, will on May 9, 2013, at the hour of 1:00 PM, at the PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING , 150 N. MAIN STREET, SYCAMORE, IL, 60178, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: THAT PART OF LOT "I" OF THE NORTHEAST SUBDIVISION TO THE VILLAGE OF WATERMAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING ON THE NORTH LINE OF GREELEY LAND (NOW KNOWN AS CLEVELAND STREET) AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE EAST LINE OF EAST B STREET; THENCE EASTERLY ON SAID NORTH LINE 162 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY AND PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID EAST B STREET, 114.07 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY 162.1 FEET TO A POINT 109.7 FEET NORTH OF THAT POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTHERLY 109.7 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS Common Address: 210 E. CLEVELAND STREET, WATERMAN, IL 60556 P.I.N. 14-15-103-009 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information. The terms of the sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to 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. The property is improved by a single family residence, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments
gage pay 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). LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com NM # 11-06247 I523057 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23rd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF SERTUCHE, MARTINEZ, RETTE, GUTIERREZ Minors
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No. 12 JA 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU, any and all putative fathers of Said Minors, respondents, and to all whom it may concern, that Petitions were filed under the Juvenile Court Act by the DeKalb County State's Attorney in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, on August 1, 2012; and that in the courtroom usually occupied by Honorable Judge Matekaitis, an adjudicatory hearing shall be held upon said Petitions on June 14, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, to have the minors declared to be a ward of the Court, and for other relief under the Juvenile Court Act. The Court has authority in this case to take from you the custody and guardianship of the above named minors and to terminate parental rights, and if the petition requests termination of parental rights the parent may lose all parental rights to the child and the parent will not be entitled to further written notices of publication notices in this case except as required by Supreme Court Rule 11. UNLESS YOU APPEAR at the above named hearing and show cause to the contrary, AN ORDER OR JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE PETITION. April 17, 2013 Maureen A. Josh CLERK OF THE COURT (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 17, 24, May 1, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE Carlson Dash, LLC 216 S. Jefferson, Suite 504 Chicago, Illinois 60661 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A. f/k/a HARRIS N.A. AS ASSIGNEE OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS RECEIVER FOR AMCORE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff v. M & H RETAILS, LLC f/k/a M & H INVESTMENTS, LLC; THREE OT RS OL C.
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BROTHERS PETROLEUM, INC.; MOHAMMED MAHKRI; HASHIM ISMAIL; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. 13-CH-165 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County by said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage, conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOTS 11 AND 12 IN BLOCK 6 IN CITIZEN'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF GENOA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "B" OF PLATS, PAGE 100 ON AUGUST 15, 1891, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS Tax identification number: 0320-356-015-0000 Common address of mortgaged real estate: 601 E. Main Street, Genoa, Illinois 60135 Mortgagor: M & H Investments, LLC Mortgagee: Amcore Bank, N.A. Recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in DeKalb County as Document Number 2006002085 Present owner of the property: M & H Retails, LLC f/k/a M & H Investments, LLC Notice is hereby given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless, you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, office of the Clerk of this Court located at 133 W. State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 on or before May 20, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I524800 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 17, 24, May 1, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DE KALB ESTATE OF JUNE GRACE HINKSTON, DECEASED. Case No. 13 P 47 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of June Grace Hinkston, of Shabbona, Illinois. Letters of office were issued on the 4th day of April, 2013, to David Harry Hinkston, 119 Tilton Park Drive, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115, whose attorneys are The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC, 2040 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, Illinois 60178. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the DeKalb County Court
y House, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178, or with the representative, or both, no later than 4:30 p.m. on or before the 10th day of October, 2013, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.
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ng of Town Board Monday April 22, 2013 4:30 PM AGENDA
David Harry Hinkston, Executor
I. Call to Order - Roll Call II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Public Comment IV. Discussion of Cold Storage and Office Space Expansion V. Adjournment
By: /s/ Jill M. Tritt One of his Attorneys
(Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 17, 2013.)
The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC 2040 Aberdeen Court Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Public Hearing for Village Budget The Corporate Authorities of the Village of Waterman, DeKalb County, Illinois will conduct a Public Hearing at 7:15 p.m. on May 07, 2013 at the Village Hall for the Village of Waterman, 215 W. Adams, Waterman, Illinois regarding the adoption of the Annual Budget for the Village of Waterman for the fiscal year beginning on May 1, 2013 and ending April 30, 2014. Said Public Hearing is being held in accordance with the applicable provisions Illinois Compiled Statutes including Chapter 65, Section 5/8-2-9, and the applicable provisions of the Village Code of Ordinances. The Tentative Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 13/14 is available for public inspection in the office of the Village Clerk, 215 W. Adams, Waterman, Illinois during normal Village of Waterman Business Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Mon., Tue., Thur., Fri., and Sat. If further information is needed, please contact Municipal Budget Officer Roger Bosworth at (815) 264-3652. BY ORDER OF THE CORPORATE AUTHORITIES OF THE VILLAGE OF WATERMAN, Roger Bosworth, Municipal Budget Officer (Published in the Daily Chronicle April 17, 2013).
PUBLIC NOTICE LOOKING FOR DBES! Curran Contracting Company is seeking IDOT approved DBE subcontractors, suppliers, & trucking companies for the 04/26/2013 IDOT letting! Plans & Specs are available at www.dot.state.il.us or email estimating@ currancontracting.com (815) 455-5100 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 15, 16, 17, 18 & 19, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: CALLIE NICOLE MCNULTY FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on May 20, 2013, at 9:00 A.M., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Michelle Patellaro will file his/her petition requesting that his/her child's name be changed from CALLIE NICOLE MCNULTY to CALLIE NICOLE PATELLARO pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire. Michelle Patellaro 432 W. Taylor St. DeKalb, IL 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 3, 10 & 17, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: KATHERINE GALE WHITTENHALL FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on May 21, 2013, at 9:00 A.M., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Katherine Gale Whittenhall will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from KATHERINE GALE WHITTENHALL to KATHERINE GALE MORRELL pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.
IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: PAUL VINCENT DELAGARZA FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on May 21, 2013, at 9:00 A.M., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Paul Vincent Delagarza will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from PAUL VINCENT DELAGARZA to PAUL VINCENT MORRELL pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire. Paul Vincent Delagarza 809 Edgebrook Dr. Unit 31 DeKalb, Illinois 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 3, 10 & 17, 2013.)
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Note: Subcontractors submitting bids to General Contractors who, in turn, submit a bonafide bid do not meet the requirements stated above and, as such, do not qualify for deposit refunds. Each contractor may obtain a maximum of three sets of Contract Documents. No partial sets will be issued. Instructions to Bidders and Plans and Specifications are on file in the Offices of the Architect, the Owner and as follows: Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb 310 North 6th Street DeKalb, Illinois 60115
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All contractors and subcontractors must be in compliance with: Equal Opportunity Employment, Executive Order 11246 and Davis-Bacon wage rates as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor and adopted by the Housing Authority and as set forth in the Project Manual. Submission of U.S. Dept. of Labor payroll forms is required on a weekly basis. Contractors and subcontractors will commit themselves to making a good faith effort to meet the 10% goal of employing minorities and 5% goal of employing women. This publicly funded project is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.
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The Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to award the contract to the lowest, responsible and most responsive bidder and to waive any formalities or irregularities in the bids received. No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days subsequent to the opening of the bids without the consent of the Housing Authority. The Housing Authority reserves the right to award a contract in the best interest of the Housing Authority. Furthermore, the Owner encourages Minority Business Enterprises and Women-Owned Businesses to submit a proposal for this project. To obtain contact information for Illinois MBE businesses, contractors are encouraged to contact: Mr. Ruddy Ortiz, Deputy Director Business Enterprise Programs Central Management Services 100 W. Randolph, Chicago, Illinois 60601 Phone: (800) 356-9206 Fax: (312) 814-5539 (Published in Daily Chronicle April 17, 20, 2013)
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