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Early talks underway on joint pool Sycamore, DeKalb park districts to weigh partnership to replace aging swimming facilities

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – As local public pools prepare to open for the summer, officials with DeKalb’s and Sycamore’s park districts are beginning discussions on partnering on a new pool.

The most recent suggestion of a jointly operated pool came from DeKalb park commissioner Per Faivre, who joined the board May 9.

The Sycamore and Genoa Township pools open Saturday, while DeKalb’s pool opens June 1.

This would have been Hopkins Pool’s second-to-last summer before a $5 million overhaul, but Faivre’s suggestion pushed that plan to the back burner.

“While it may or may not work out, it was at least worth bringing

up again to see if anything had changed,” Faivre said.

On May 9, the DeKalb park commissioners agreed to reach out to their Sycamore counterparts to see if this kind of cooperation would be possible. So far, no date on a joint meeting has been set.

Both park districts have similar problems: Because of the age of their respective swimming pools, both of them will be obsolete in a few years. Sycamore’s pool is 25 years old, while the DeKalb pool is closer to 40.

But the DeKalb Park District is farther along in the pool replacement process than Sycamore. This could be a factor in whatever negotiations take place, said Daniel Gibble, the executive director of the Sycamore Park District.

For months, DeKalb commissioners have been inching toward approving a replacement pool that would fit within the existing Hopkins Park pool facility. Plans for the renovated pool would reduce the maximum number of people allowed in the pool from 1,400 to 1,100.

Faivre said a pool should be able to fit 4 percent of the area’s population.

“When you have demand that’s going to increase significantly when you get a new pool, that needs to be accounted for,” he said.

Faivre and the other new commissioners – Don Irving and Keith Nyquist – campaigned on slowing down the pool replacement process, as they felt it was going too fast.

See POOL, page A9

Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Jadyn Thompson, 10, of DeKalb performs a backflip off a diving board on a June 2012 afternoon at Hopkins Park pool in DeKalb.

CELEBRATING A HALF-CENTURY Ill. House Sycamore Speedway marking 50th anniversary next weekend

approves gun plan

County’s 2 lawmakers vote to OK legislation

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com

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Bob Adams, driving a midget car, loses control around turn four during qualifications May 18 at the Sycamore Speedway in Richardson.

By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com

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oger Myers was sitting in the stands for the inaugural races when Sycamore Speedway first opened on May 30, 1963.

The now-81-year-old DeKalb resident can’t recall many details about opening night, but 50 years later, there isn’t much that’s happened at the speedway for which Myers hasn’t been present.

bration. On Friday, the Speedway plans to bring back a 50-lap Spectator feature race, something that used to be popular in the 1980s and 1990s, and a demolition derby.

“It’s definitely something that has been a lot of trial and error and a lot of, sometimes, anxiety,” said Tiffany Gerace, the Speedway’s general manager. “We’ve all stuck together and [kept] working.”

After an accident ended his racing career more than 30 years ago, Myers has been a regular at the track and a part of the safety team, riding in the ambulance that runs each weekend to help drivers with minor injuries.

“I just love it. I enjoy the races,” Myers said. “I enjoy the people, the atmosphere and everything.”

This summer Sycamore Speedway is honoring its 50th anniversary and next weekend will be its big cele-

See SPEEDWAY, page A9

Voice your opinion Do you plan to visit Sycamore Speedway this summer? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com.

More online Go to Daily-Chronicle.com to see video of Sycamore Speedway celebrating its 50th anniversary.

Gun owners in the only state still banning concealed weapons would win that right under a plan approved Friday by the Illinois House with support from DeKalb County’s two state representatives.

The county’s local lawmakers – Reps. Robert Pritchard, R-Hinckley, and Tom Demmer, R-Dixon – were among the 85 lawmakers who voted for the proposal that was brokered

by House Speaker Tom Demmer Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat.

But the governor and other powerful Democrats oppose the plan because it would wipe out local gun ordinances Robert – including ChicaPritchard go’s ban on assault weapons.

The proposal is meant to abide by a federal appeals court’s ruling that ordered the state to adopt a concealed-carry law by June 9.

Pritchard said he was impressed by the fact that there’s no group in strong favor of it.

“We have to do something, and this is probably the best compromise we can have,” Pritchard said.

But the plan has drawn strong opposition, with Gov. Pat Quinn calling it a “massive overreach” because of the way it would curb local firearm regulations.

See GUN PLAN, page A9

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Burger buffet: Noon to 2 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. The public is invited for lunch.

Group Hope: Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road in DeKalb. This free support and discussion meeting is for NIU students and DeKalb community residents. Community facilitators are sought to volunteer to help others. Contact Dr. Charles Smith at 815-398-9628 or visit www.grouphope.org or www. dbsalliance.org.

Lightning games: 1:30 p.m. at Genoa Veteran Club, 311 S. Washington St.; www.genoavetshome.us or contact Cindy at crmcorn65@yahoo.com or 815751-1509.

Back to Basics AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at Cortland Methodist Church, 45 Chestnut St., Cortland. Last Saturday is open meeting. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

AA Speaker Open Meeting: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Saturday Night AA(C): 10 p.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Sunday Monthly Breakfast: 8 to 11 a.m. at the Sycamore Vet’s Club, 121 S. California St., Sycamore. Open to the public. Menu includes omelets, eggs to order, sausage, bacon, potatoes, pancakes, french toast, biscuits and gravy, toast, juice, coffee and milk. $7 for adults and $4 for children younger than 12.

24 Hours a Day AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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.

Society for Creative Anachronism armored fighting practice: 4:30 p.m. behind Stevenson North at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. For Middle Ages-Renaissance history re-enactors. Visit www.carraigban.org or call 815739-5788 or 815-986-5403.

Bread & Roses women’s chorus practice: 5:45 to 8 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb. For information, call Patty Rieman at 815-758-4897 or visit www.breadandroseschorus.org.

Steps And Traditions AA(C): 6 p.m. at Masonic Hall, Route 23, Genoa. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

No Longer Hopeless AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor, DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore, DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Monday New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the church, 1201 Twombly Road in DeKalb. 815-756-7706.

Kiwanis Club of DeKalb: 5:30 p.m. at the Dekalb Elks Lodge, 209 S. Annie Glidden Road. Contact Tarryn Thaden, club president, at tthaden@gmail.com; 815-7514719; dekalbkiwanis.org.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5:45 p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m. meetings, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 13N535 French Road in Burlington.

847-833-6908 Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group; 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org.

DeKalb Chess Club: 6 to 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Free, open chess game play, all ages and skill levels are welcome. Equipment is provided but attendees are welcome to bring their own. info@ dekalbchess.com or visit www.

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DeKalb County Chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays: 6 to 8 p.m. last Monday each month at DeKalb Unitarian Universalist Church, 158 N. Fourth St. All are welcome to join PFLAG. Contact Patricia at 815-375-3212 or pflagdekalbcounty@yahoo. com.

DeKalb Rotary Club: 6 p.m. at Ellwood House Museum. 815-7565677.

Kishwaukee Amateur Radio Club: 9 p.m. at 146.73 megahertz.

For information, call Bill Itter (N9EWA) at 815-895-2020.

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

Yesterday’s most-viewed stories:

1. Illinois Senate approves sex education bill 2. IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing 3. DeKalb County unemployment rate up again

1. Our View: Williams’ return to NIU unnecessary 2. Police searching for Cortland rape suspect 3. Baby wallaroo missing in rural Kingston

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Some things to talk about I hope you’ll be seeing friends this Memorial Day weekend.

Maybe you could use some things to talk about? Here’s a few quick conversation starters for you, in between grumbling about the weather forecast (aren’t you glad you’re not camping right now?).

Walla-who?: A wallaroo went missing from its home near Kingston this week.

Willow looks like a small kangaroo.

Her species is native to Australia and also very cute. Willow is 14 months old, 2 feet tall, and weighs 15 to 20 pounds. The animal belongs to Jenny Cleveland and her family.

Cleveland told reporter Dana Herra that the animal is a better pet than a dog, wears a diaper when inside the house, and if you put a pillowcase near her, Willow will somersault into it like it’s her mother’s pouch.

Cleveland said she got the wallaroo in Texas in January, and apparently there are no permits or any special considerations needed to keep one as a pet here.

As a commenter wrote on the story online: “Great, now my wife wants one.”

It wouldn’t surprise me if at least a couple of others feel the same. Let’s hope that Willow is returned to the Cleveland family, and that if others decide to adopt a wallaroo, they keep them in the yard.

I’d hate to have a bunch of feral mini-kangaroos hopping about the countryside.

From what I remember from Saturday morning cartoons, they’re dangerous boxers.

Big government idea 1: We used to be against “drunk driving.” Then it was “don’t drink and drive.” If states put into effect the proposal from the National Transportation Safety Board to lower the legal blood-alcohol content to 0.05 percent, they might as well change it to “don’t drink anything and drive.”

NTSB says that in European countries, this change has helped dramatically reduce traffic fatalities, and they think it would do the same here.

No one wants to lose a loved one to an impaired driver. I think we’re all against drunk driving.

But where’s the line? Should having a few beers and a sandwich on Friday evening after work and then driving

EDITOR’S NOTE Eric Olson home constitute criminal behavior?

Driving under the influence is no small-time offense.

Under the NTSB’s proposal, if you’re pulled over and be found to have a BAC of 0.06 percent, you would have your car impounded and be hauled off to jail. If convicted, you lose your license; after it’s reinstated you could have to pay for a breathalyzer you blow into before you start your car.

That’s on top of the attorney fees and court costs that usually reach into the thousands of dollars.

If this proposed change were put to a statewide vote, it would probably fail. But I doubt there will be any voting on it. If it’s passed, it will be passed by our legislature without their asking us, as was the income-tax increase of 2010.

If the Illinois legislature does decide to lower the limit – and it probably will, eventually – I imagine the Friday night crowd at Ski’s in Sycamore or Twins Tavern in DeKalb will probably be thinner. At least, until we have cars that drive themselves.

When do we get those, anyway, GM? Big government idea 2: This one comes to you from our friendly world government, the United Nations. This week, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization proposed a solution to world hunger: Eat bugs.

What, that sounds gross? Not to the UN, which points out that 2 billion people already supplement their diet with insects, which are nutritious, with high protein, fat and mineral content – in some cases more so than diet staples such as beef.

The report said wasps, beetles and other insects are underutilized food sources. Strictly speaking, they’re right. DeKalb County is crawling with bugs – they’re all over my windshield – and my family and I haven’t eaten a single one. At least, not on purpose.

Those folks at the UN aren’t thick, though. They know that you, I, and the rest of western civilization in generally find the idea of eating barbecued scorpions on a stick revolting.

But they figure that the food in-

dustry could help make insects more accepted as a food source by including bugs in recipes and adding them to restaurant menus.

So maybe the real solution here is for taverns to stop selling beer and start selling bugs.

On second thought, if you’re going to sell any bugs, you’ll probably have to sell some beer first.

Part of the problem: I didn’t really follow the Jodi Arias case closely as it was going on. But from what I’d read and seen, it had all the key elements of a sensational trial – sex, lies and scandalous audio.

In case you don’t watch cable TV news, Arias was convicted May 8 of killing her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in Mesa, Ariz., in 2008. She stabbed him more than 20 times, cut his throat, shot him. Criminal investigators call this “overkill.”

Arias’ story kept changing. She took the stand at her own trial (never, never do that) where the Maricopa County prosecutor ripped her to pieces.

A jury has been unable to decide if she should get the death penalty; a new jury will consider that in July. Arias once said she wanted the death penalty, now she’s changed her mind.

Some say the trial has been the classic example of a “media circus.”

There was a special on TV about it this week. I watched the whole thing, and I’m not sorry. It was interesting, and I’d watch it again.

In memoriam: I never served in the armed forces, but like the rest of us, I benefit from the freedoms generations of soldiers have fought and died to defend.

What’s more, I make my living from the one I consider most important – the First Amendment.

There are listings of local Memorial Day events in today’s Daily Chronicle, as well as on our homepage at Daily-Chronicle.com, if you’re looking for a way this weekend to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Or just take the time to do so in your own way – fly the flag, say a prayer, tell their story.

• Eric Olson is the editor of the Daily Chronicle. Reach him at 815-7564841, ext. 2257, email eolson@shawmedia.com, or follow him on Twitter @ DC_Editor.

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8CORRECTIONS • A story in the Faith section of Friday’s Daily Chronicle about the chamber concert at Westminster Presbyterian Church listed the wrong date. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. June 2 at the church.

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By MANUEL VALDES and MIKE BAKER The Associated Press MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – Federal officials were searching the country for a possible temporary replacement for a bridge that collapsed along the crucial Interstate 5 corridor, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee cautioned Friday that major disruptions will last for weeks, if not months.

A truck hauling an oversized load of drilling equipment hit an overhead bridge girder Thursday night, sending a section of the highway into the river below. The truck driver watched helplessly as the structure collapsed in his rearview mirror. Two other vehicles plunged into the Skagit River, but all three occupants escaped with only minor injuries.

At a news conference, Inslee said federal officials were looking for a pre-fabricated structure to replace the 160-foot section that fell into the river. If one is found, a temporary fix could be in place in weeks. If one can’t be quickly secured, the governor said it could be months before a replacement can be built.

“You cannot overstate the importance of this corridor to Washington state,” Inslee said. Traffic on the interstate and surrounding roads was backed up for miles throughout the area, a situation that the governor said would continue indefinitely.

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A collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River is seen in an aerial view Friday. Part of the bridge collapsed Thursday evening, sending cars and people into the river when an oversized truck hit the span, the Washington State Patrol chief said. Three people were rescued from the water. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday declared a state of emergency in three counties around the bridge, saying that the bridge collapse has caused extensive disruption, affecting the residents and economy in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom Counties. said.

Cynthia Scott, the wife of truck driver William Scott, said Friday from the couple’s home near Spruce Grove, Alberta, that her husband saw the collapse.

“He looked in the mirrors and it just dropped out of sight,” Cynthia Scott said. “I spoke to him seconds after it happened. He was just horrified.”

The spectacular scene unfolded about 7 p.m. on the north section of the four-

lane Interstate 5 bridge near Mount Vernon, about 60 miles north of Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada border.

The Washington State Patrol said the truck driver works for Mullen Trucking in Alberta. The tractor-trailer was hauling a housing for drilling equipment southbound when the top right front corner of the load struck several trusses on the north end of the bridge, the patrol said.

Council members abstain from vote on abstaining YPSILANTI, Mich. – Three members of a Michigan city council have abstained from voting on a measure that would have prevented them from abstaining on future votes.

AnnArbor.com reports that Ypsilanti City Council member Pete Murdock proposed a resolution Tuesday that would have required council members to only vote “yes” or “no” on each issue unless they had a financial or professional conflict.

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Hiawatha grads have big plans No word yet on missing wallaroo

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Derek Ross proudly displays his diploma to the audience at the Hiawatha High School graduation on Friday. Ross was one of 40 to graduate. kids you’d be very proud to call your own.”

Before the students prepared to file into the gym for the ceremony, Zych rounded them up into a huddle and gave them a few words of encouragement.

“I cannot be more proud of the people you have become and what you’ve done,” he told them.

Kim Flores felt one of the more notable accomplishments of her class was that all 40 of them would be continuing their education at a post-secondary institution.

Flores is one of three graduates who will move out of state in the fall. She will attend Northeast Texas Community College in Mt. Pleasant, where she will study to

become a dental hygienist.

Although the change of scenery will be quite an adjustment for the Kirkland native, she said she’s ready to move on.

“I’m more excited than I am nervous,” she said.

While some students will attend schools in Florida, Iowa and Texas, Tatiana Spung said she doesn’t mind staying local by attending Kishwaukee College to study physical therapy.

Leffelman, who will attend Aurora University for nursing, said no matter where her classmates end up, she knows they all have the capabilities to accomplish anything they set their minds to.

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KINGSTON – As of Friday afternoon, Willow, the missing wallaroo, had not been found.

Willow is a 14-month-old baby wallaroo – essentially a miniature kangaroo – who disappeared from her home in rural Kingston about 8 p.m.

Tuesday. The 2-foot-tall gray marsupial weighs between 15 and 20 pounds and is the pet of the Cleveland family.

“She follows me around and wants to snuggle with me all the time,” owner Jenny Cleveland said.

On Friday, Cleveland said she had only been contacted by one person who thought they might have seen Willow near Baseline Road.

Cleveland’s sons searched the property, but didn’t find their wallaroo. She said she

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KIRKLAND – Stephan Dreas drove 600 miles from Tullahoma, Tenn., to see his daughter, Amanda Dreas, graduate.

He watched proudly, with a video camera in hand, as Amanda walked into the Hiawatha High School gym Friday with the rest of the Class of 2013.

Dreas said he couldn’t believe how quickly his daughter’s past 18 years have flown and how much she has already achieved. Amanda, one of the 40 members of Hiawatha’s graduating senior class, was co-salutatorian.

“You can’t be more proud of a child to accomplish something like that,” Dreas said.

As the Hiawatha seniors celebrated their last few moments as high school students during Friday’s graduation ceremony, many of them, including Lauren Leffelman, were experiencing a roller coaster of emotions as they stood together as a class one last time.

“We’ve known each other for so long, being from such a small class,” she said. “We’ve grown as a family.”

Hiawatha Principal Mark Zych agreed that the tightknit group has been a strong support system for each other over their 12 years together.

“They’re just great kids,” he said. “So respectful, so driven; these are the kind of

an area where Willow might be, Cleveland said.

Cleveland bought the wallaroo in January from an exotic pet breeder in Texas. She recently had a beloved dog put down, she said, and didn’t want another dog. Cleveland said she had first contacted the breeder a few years earlier while researching wallaroos as pets.

“I wanted one for a while,” she said. “But I made sure I went with somebody reputable, who does this because they love the animals, not just to make money.”

Cleveland said no permits or licenses are needed to keep wallaroos in Illinois.

Anyone who sees Willow is asked to call the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office at 815895-2155, DeKalb County Animal Control at 815-758-6673 or the Cleveland family at 815751-1156.

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SYCAMORE – A Sycamore man accused of growing more than 200 marijuana plants in his basement turned himself in after his arrest warrant was publicized, but police still were searching Friday for three others wanted in local cases.

Richard A. Seldal, of 939 Wells Drive, Sycamore, turned himself on May 17 at the Hinsdale Police Department in Hinsdale, authorities said. Seldal was charged with unlawful manufacture of marijuana plants. His arrest warrant was issued the day before.

SYCAMORE – A 40-year-old Cortland woman was charged with aggravated battery after allegedly threatening to kill her husband and slicing his hand Thursday, authorities said. DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call unrelated to the dispute near 300 South Somonauk Road, authorities said. After arriving, they saw Sara Ortega on the ground outside her home, being restrained by her husband, court records show.

After speaking with the couple, police learned Ortega allegedly came home drunk and argued about her husband about his alleged infidelity, court records show.

Ortega’s husband said Sara Ortega she grabbed a knife from the kitchen, raised it above her head and said “I’m going to kill you,” several times, court records show. As she walked toward him, he lifted his right hand to block the knife. His hand was cut. Ortega lifted the knife again and struck him in the same hand, leaving a smaller laceration, court records show. Her husband then got the knife away from her and ran outside. Ortega told police a .45-caliber Glock handgun they found in her bedroom belonged to her, court records show. The police checked her firearm owner’s identification registration and found her FOID card was revoked.

The couple was treated at and released from the Kishwaukee Community Hospital.

Ortega was arrested at the hospital. She was charged with aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a firearm and domestic battery. Her bond was set at $5,000, and she will appear in court May 30 for a bond reduction hearing.

8OBITUARIES BEVERLY ANN (COLLIN) CARLSON Born: Sept. 25, 1930 Died: May 1, 2013, in Cordova, Tenn.

CORDOVA, Tenn. – Beverly Ann (Collin) Carlson, 82, of Cordova, Tenn., died May 1, 2013, at home.

Born Sept. 25, 1930, she was the daughter of Bessie Furman Collin and Herbert Collin of DeKalb, Ill. At different times, she was a teacher (Lindwood Day Care) and church secretary. She enjoyed flowers, doing art work and cooking (pecan pie and guacamole were two of her specialties). She volunteered at several places, most recently at Shelby Farms. She was a lifelong Lutheran. With all of her varied interests, her family was always at the top of the list.

Surviving are her husband of 62 years, Elvin; sons, Gary and David (Susan); three grandchildren, Lauren, Margaret and Jack; and several cousins, nieces and nephews. She also had special affection for her godchild, Deanna Paulsen of Sturgeon Bay, Wis, and her “other sister,” Celie Donohue of Moline.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and sister, Barbara.

The visitation was held May 5, and the funeral was May 6, at Memphis Funeral Home, 3700 N. Germantown Road, Memphis, Tenn. Burial was on May 7, in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Memphis.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Luke Lutheran Church or the Woodruff-Fontaine House Museum (www.woodruff-fontaine.com).

Online condolences can be made at www.memphisfuneralhome.net.

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8POLICE REPORTS Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments.

Individuals listed who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

Sycamore Police Detective Sgt. Rod Swartzendruber said he didn’t know exactly where Seldal was, but some family members had called because they heard about the warrant.

“We were trying to figure out where he was staying at,” Swartzendruber said.

An attorney for Seldal contacted Sycamore police and said Seldal would turn himself in. His next court date is June 27.

Meanwhile, two Chicago residents suspected of running a crack cocaine ring in DeKalb County – Christopher E. Bell, 29, and Terry M. Griffin, 31 – have not been found

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yet, said Gary Dumdie, chief deputy at the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

“They’ve pretty much gone into hiding to avoid a warrant service,” Dumdie said.

But DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies are actively following leads, Dumdie said.

He said he doesn’t know if the suspects are in Chicago or have fled to another area.

Griffin, who Dumdie said has gang ties, faces a handful of charges alleging he possessed and delivered con-

Memorials may be made to Tidewell Hospice, 5955 Rand Blvd., Sarasota, FL 34236, or St. Raphael Catholic Church, 770 Kilbourne Ave., Englewood, FL 34223.

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Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, at McCracken-Dean Funeral Home with burial at Rosemond Grove Cemetery. The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.

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MARY SILVERMAN TRAWICK Born: Feb. 3, 1931, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: March 13, 2013, in California

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DeKALB – Mary Silverman Trawick, 82, passed away in California on March 13, 2013.

Mary was born Feb. 3, 1931, to Julius and Grace (Meyers) Silverman in DeKalb. She was raised in DeKalb and completed high school there.

She attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., where she met Charles Vernon Trawick. They were married in 1953. Mary and her husband, who was in the U.S. Navy, traveled and lived in many different places spending the longest time in Costa Mesa, Calif., before returning to DeKalb to settle.

While Mary’s children were growing up, she worked at The Senior Citizens’ Center, affiliated with the Family Service Agency in DeKalb. Mary was a strong advocate for children with special needs and their families.

Mary completed her associate nursing degree at Kishwaukee College in 1980. She was then employed at Kishwaukee Community Hospital and Marianjoy Rehabilita-

Born: April 26, 1924, in Decatur, Ill. Died: May 22, 2013 ENGLEWOOD, Fla. – John Leland “Jack” Reif, 89, of Englewood, Fla., passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

Born April 26, 1924, in Decatur, he went to various schools in Illinois.

After four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, he attended Northern Illinois University and spent most of his adult years in DeKalb.

He married Sharon J. Astling Lofthouse on Oct. 8, 1976. After retiring in 1986 from Ironworkers Local 393 in Aurora, they moved to Florida.

Survivors are his wife, Sharon; stepdaughter, Laurie (Joe) Cliffe; granddaughters, Jennifer (Dan) Alexander and Haley (Nick) Dinkel; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his brothers, Joseph “Bud” and Robert.

Cremation was handled by Lemon Bay Funeral Home in Englewood and burial will be private.

HARVEY WAYNE MORRELL Born: Sept. 7, 1925, in Pana, Ill. Died: May 22, 2013, in Pana, Ill. PANA – Harvey Wayne Morrell, 87, of Pana, Ill., died Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

He is survived by his sister, Eleanor Scott of Pana; children, Michael Morrell of Mendota, Steve Morrell and Tom Morrell of Pana and Debbie Reese of Effingham.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can go to Buckeye United Methodist Church, Shriners Children’s Hospital or Pana Lions Club for the Tanner Park Project.

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DeKalb County Joseph H. Holda, 44, of the 60 block of North Hickory Street, Cortland, was charged Friday, May 24, with unlawful financial exploitation of an elderly person.

Cynthia J. Holda, 44, of the 60 block of North Hickory Street, Cortland, was charged Friday, May 24, with unlawful financial exploitation of an elderly person.

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Born July 10, 1945, in Chicago, the daughter of Eugene and Mildred Tamoj, Diane was married to Anton J. Vodak, who preceded her in death in 2012.

Diane loved to make jewelry from a variety of stones and crystals with healing powers, like quartz and amethyst.

Her continual love and support of her family will always be remembered, especially by her four grandchildren. Going on hot air balloon rides and visiting riverboats were just some of the activities that Diane enjoyed.

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Dumdie said the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is still getting leads, but Seay has not been picked up yet.

When an arrest warrant is issued, the suspect’s information is entered into the National Crime Information Center database, Dumdie said. The information in the database can be used to identify suspects if they travel outside a police department’s jurisdiction, he said.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Bell, Griffin or Seay is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 815895-3272, or call the sheriff’s office at 815-895-2155. Crime Stoppers might provide a $1,000 reward to anyone with helpful information.

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Dwain E. Brown, 31, of the 1500 block of Grand Drive, DeKalb, was charged Thursday, May 23, with domestic battery.

Deandre M. Eiland, 29, of the 400 block of 51st Avenue, Bellwood, was charged Thursday, May 23, with having no seat belt.

Shawanda S. Kornegay, 23, of the 1300 block of Adams Way, was charged Thursday, May 23, with possession of marijuana and having no insurance.

Rickey T. Le, 29, transient, was arrested Thursday, May 23, on a warrant for trespassing.

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By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A 36-yearold Malta man who was charged with aggravated stalking early Friday is being held without bond at DeKalb County jail until authorities complete a risk assessment.

DeKalb County sheriff’s deputies found Karl J. Hansen, of the 200 block of South Orput Street, near the 700 block of West Prospect Street in Kirkland about 2 a.m. Friday. A resident had just reported seeing him in the area and noticed a deep key scratch across the length of a vehicle parked in the driveway, police said.

An order of protection requires Hansen to stay at least 500 feet away from the house where the car was parked and a person who lives there, police said.

But after the order of protection was enKarl J. Hansen tered, Hansen started delivering newspapers for the Daily Chronicle in Kirkland and the surrounding area, including the homes on either side of the protected address, police said. Hansen told police he delivered papers there nightly since April 24, court records show.

He also told police he parked his vehicle in an alley near the home on early May 13 and walked around the home to see if the lights were on and if children were home, court records show. He parked near the bus stop “to catch a glimpse” of children from the home on May 23, court records show.

He said he contacted the home twice on May 10 to hear the voice of a family member who lived there, court records show.

Hansen is charged with aggravated stalking, unlawful violation of an order of protection and criminal damage to a vehicle. His next court date is Tuesday.

Ill. judge charged with heroin, gun possession ST. LOUIS – A southwestern Illinois judge already under scrutiny after a colleague died of a cocaine overdose at his family’s hunting lodge was charged Friday with possession of heroin and guns.

Wearing cutoff shorts and a T-shirt with the slogan “Bad is my middle name,” St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael Cook pleaded not guilty to federal counts of possessing heroin and having a firearm while being an illegal user of controlled substances.

The criminal complaint alleges those offenses took place Thursday, and that

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Earlier Friday, the county coroner said toxicology tests showed that Cook’s colleague, St. Clair County Circuit Judge Joe Christ, overdosed on cocaine while staying with Cook at the Cook family’s 2,500-squarefoot cabin near the Mississippi River in western Illinois.

The 49-year-old father of six was found dead in a bathroom at the lodge near Pleasant Hill, about 65 miles from St. Louis, on the evening of March 10 – little more than a week after he was sworn in as a judge.

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Cook, 43, has not been charged in Christ’s death, but that federal investigation continues.

He remains a judge, though his courthouse office has been sealed off as part of the investigation and he has been stripped of his docket of hundreds of cases.

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Carol Kawaykla salvages items at her tornado-ravaged home Thursday in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continued, four days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses.

Seeing its share of disasters 74th presidential disaster declared in Oklahoma AG warns of charity scams after tornado

By SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central.

The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74th presidential disaster declared in the Sooner state in the past 60 years. Only much-larger and more-populous California and Texas have had more.

The state is No. 1 in tornado disasters and No. 3 for flooding, according to a database of presidential disaster declarations handled by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. And those figures don’t include drought, which is handled by a different agency.

The explanation is partly

CHICAGO – Attorney General Lisa Madigan said people should use caution when donating money to help victims of the Oklahoma tornado.

Madigan says scam artists often try to take advantage of people who want to help after a disaster.

She’s urging the public to do their research to ensure their donation will directly benefit victims.

Organizations such as the Better Business Bureau, Guidestar and the attorney general’s office provide information about charities.

– The Associated Press atmospheric conditions that trigger twisters and flooding, partly where people live and how they build their homes,

and partly politics and bureaucratic skill, according to disaster experts. Even one of the state’s U.S. senators said recently that because of the way federal guidelines are written, Oklahoma is getting disaster aid more often than it needs.

Of the 25 U.S. counties that have been declared disasters the most times since 1953, nine are in Oklahoma, the highest total of any state.

Oklahoma County has been on the disaster list 38 times, more than the entire state of New Jersey.

Caddo County, just west of the Oklahoma City metro area, has been named a federal disaster area nine times since 2007, with a litany of woe that includes twisters, floods, ice storms, a blizzard and violent winds.

SPRINGFIELD – House and Senate Democrats have agreed on a proposed Illinois budget that would keep education funding at the same level and increase human services spending.

Sen. Heather Steans is one of the Legislature’s budget negotiators. She says Democrats will present their 2014 spending plan early next week, after which Republicans will get a chance to weigh in on it.

Gov. Pat Quinn proposed cutting education funding by about $400 million, a cut he said was difficult but necessary.

But Steans says unanticipated revenue increases helped restore that money. Democrats also want to reduce the amount of money that goes to local governments.

Rep. Greg Harris said new revenue also will be used to pay overdue bills to organizations that help the mentally ill, the developmentally disabled, the homeless and others.

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The legislation was approved by the state House in April and the Senate this week. It follows lobbying efforts by a number of school superintendents who questioned the effectiveness of virtual learning.

A proposal for a virtual school by nonprofit Virtual Learning Solutions was rejected by 18 school districts, including DeKalb District 428 and Sycamore District 427 in Chicago’s suburbs.

State Rep. Linda Chapa La Via, the Aurora Democrat who proposed the moratorium legislation, and said the process was moving too quickly in Illinois.

Man accused of killing 5 in Illinois takes stand PEORIA – A man accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron wiped away tears as he painted a horrifying picture of the murder scene to jurors.

But Christopher Harris said during testimony Friday it was one of the children who slaughtered the family in 2009.

The 34-year-old is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Rick and Ruth Gee, and their children. They were family to Harris’ ex-wife, Nicole Gee. Harris testified he went to their Beason home at 1 a.m. to buy marijuana, perplexed no one responded.

He claimed he came across

family members dead or dying, and blood splattered “everywhere.”

Harris said 14-year-old Dillen Constant lunged at him and the boy killed the family.

Harris said he killed Constant in self-defense.

Ex-Chicago officer sentenced in gang case HAMMOND, Ind. – A former Chicago police officer has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for his role in armed robberies of drug dealers for the Latin Kings street gang in northwestern Indiana and Chicago.

The judge could have sentenced Antonio Martinez Jr., 42, to life in prison, but agreed Thursday to the shorter term because of Martinez’ cooperation with investigators.

Authorities said Martinez helped in the prosecution of others involved in the gang, including fellow former Chicago officer Alex Guerrero, who is serving a 19-year sentence for armed robbery, The Times of Munster and the Post-Tribune of Merrillville reported.

Martinez first became involved with the Latin Kings after he and Guerrero stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from a relative of a Latin Kings leader, prosecutors said. When that gang leader discovered their involvement, he forced them to steal drugs, money and guns for the gang.

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Soldier’s slaying prompts UK security review

By PAISLEY DODDS The Associated Press LONDON – Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain’s domestic spy agency, though investigators say it would have been nearly impossible to predict that the men were on the verge of a brutal killing.

Still, counterterrorism officials said they are reviewing what – if any – lessons can be

2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Rigby, who had a 2-year-old son, had served in Afghanistan. Detectives say they do not believe the attackers knew him or that he was specifically targeted, but they are still investigating.

“We are looking at decisions that were made and reviewing whether anything different could have been done,” said a British counterterrorism official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the investigation. “But

gleaned from the information they had leading up to the slaying Wednesday.

Authorities in the U.S. have similarly pledged to review their procedures in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, with the Boston police commissioner saying that cities should consider deploying more undercover officers and installing more surveillance cameras.

The British review comes amid an outpouring of grief over Wednesday’s slaughter of 25-year-old Lee Rigby of the

you can’t put everyone under surveillance who comes on to the radar.”

Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday that the Intelligence and Security Committee would review the work of agencies such as Britain’s domestic spy agency, MI5, in the wake of the attack “as is the normal practice in these sorts of cases.”

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Surveillance can range from watching a person’s movements to intercepting phone calls and electronic communication. The greater the level of intrusion into a person’s privacy, the higher the level of government approval needed.

Although British police have not named either suspect – both are recovering from their injuries after being shot by police after the killing – they had been known to law enforcement officers

for as long as six years, the counterterrorism official said.

One of the suspects had been photographed at multiple raucous demonstrations by the banned extremist group al-Muhajiroun.

The extremist group, whose name means “The Emigrants” in Arabic, captured attention shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, when it organized an event celebrating the airline hijackers who slaughtered thousands in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

Questions surround drone rules Many in gov’t take ‘furlough Friday’

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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed.

National security experts say it’s imperative to leave some room in the guidelines, given the evolving fight against terrorism. But civil rights advocates argue too little has been revealed about the program to ensure its legality, even as the president takes steps to remove some of the secrecy.

“Obama said that there would be more limits on targeted killings, a step in the right direction,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director at Human Rights Watch. “But a mere promise that the U.S. will work within established guidelines that remain secret provides little confidence that the US is complying with international law.”

An unclassified version of the newly established drone guidelines was made public Thursday in conjunction with Obama’s wide-ranging address on U.S. counterterrorism policies. Congress’ Intelligence committees and the Capitol Hill leadership have been briefed on the more detailed, classified policies, but because those documents are secret, there’s no way of

WASHINGTON – No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Development field offices nationwide.

It was “furlough Friday.”

Roughly 5 percent of the federal workforce – 115,000 people at six major agencies – were told not to show up as the government dealt with the continuing effects of the sequester spending cuts.

The good news for many federal workers: a four-day Memorial Day weekend. The bad news: no pay for the day.

The across-the-board budget reductions, the result of Washington’s failure to work out a long-term, deficit-cutting plan in November 2011, essentially shut down some government agencies, though it had a negligible impact on others.

The IRS, embroiled in a scandal over agents targeting tea party groups, got a day of quiet. Its offices were closed with more than 90,000 employees furloughed on Friday, one of five days the agency plans to shut down this year to save money.

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President Barack Obama talks about national security Thursday at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. The president left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself vast power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. knowing how much more clarity they provide.

The president has already been using some of the guidelines to determine when to launch drone strikes, administration officials said. Codifying the strictest standards, they argue, will ultimately reduce the number of approved attacks.

Among the newly public rules is a preference for capturing suspects instead of killing them, which gives the U.S. an opportunity to gather intelligence and disrupt terrorist plots. The guidelines also state that a target must pose a continuing and imminent threat to the U.S. However, the public guidelines don’t spell out how the U.S. determines whether capture is feasible, nor does it

define what constitutes an imminent threat.

Former State Department official James Andrew Lewis said Obama must retain some flexibility, given the fluid threats facing the U.S. “The use of force and engagement of force always require a degree of discretion,” said Lewis, now a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

“We don’t want to change that.”

The guidelines also mandate that the U.S. have “near certainty” that no civilians will be killed in a strike. Civilian deaths, particularly in Pakistan, have angered local populations and contributed to a rise in anti-American sentiments in the volatile region.

business owner calling the agency’s hotline to check on the deadline for second-quarter estimated taxes got a recording saying, “Due to the current budget situation, all IRS offices are closed on Friday, May 24.” The tax deadlines are unaffected.

HUD furloughed nearly its entire staff of more than 8,400 employees, closed the agency’s headquarters in Washington and shut down about 80 field offices.

That meant no walk-in housing counseling services at HUD offices to help people wanting to buy homes, refinance or avoid foreclosure.

The furloughs also created delays for developers and municipalities needing technical assistance or approval of housing projects, officials said.

At the Labor Department, spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said 437 employees out of about 16,500 were furloughed. She said the layoffs were negotiated between supervisors and employees to have the least possible impact on the agency’s operations.

Furloughs also hit the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Management and Budget and the Interior Department.

J. David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees,

dismissed any suggestion that the extra day was welcome news to anyone. “‘Furlough Friday’ is a disgrace to our nation,” Cox said in a statement. “Let no one believe for a moment that this is some kind of four-day weekend or holiday for federal employees forced out of work without pay.”

He called it “a day of shame for the lawmakers and administration officials who allowed sequester and furloughs to occur.”

The automatic cuts that kicked in March 1 have had a disparate effect on individual agencies and their workers.

The State Department, for example, says it can handle a $400 million cut without forcing employees to take unpaid leave. The Pentagon, on the other hand, decided to furlough about 680,000 civilian employees for 11 days through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.

President Barack Obama has pressed Congress to reverse the automatic cuts, but many Republicans have shown little inclination to do so. Lawmakers see the broad reductions, recently estimated at $81 billion, as a surefire way to trim the federal deficit despite the outcry from defense hawks in Congress that the military cuts are too painful.

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Fear and loathing in anonymity Most columnists are comfortable going after public officials – calling out their shortcomings and misdeeds in pieces ranging from epic prose to shrill screeds.

But in dozens of conversations, particularly in recent years, a new problem has arisen that is worthy of this screed. I’ll crank the shrillness down to seven.

The problem for journalists is sources, usually regular people, who have very little to reasonably fear but refuse to be identified because the issue they raise might upset someone.

Anonymous sources always will be part of journalism. Sometimes sources have very good reasons to seek anonymity – victims of sexual assault or whistleblowers, people who had vital information but would lose their livelihoods or even lives in foreign countries for speaking out.

The Daily Chronicle, like all legitimate news agencies, has its own policy on anonymous sources in our editorial principles: “We will seek to disclose to readers the name of the source of all information we gather for publication. Such transparency is important to lend credibility to sources.

When we agree to withhold the name, a source will not be made known to anyone outside Shaw Suburban Media.

“Before information is accepted for publication without full attribution, we must make every reasonable effort to get the source on the record. If that is not possible, we will seek the information from another source whom we can identify publicly. If we do withhold the name from publication, we will ask for an on-the-record reason for

VIEWS Kevin Lyons concealing the identity and will include that reason in the story ...”

News editors encounter countless examples of sources seeking anonymity for lesser reasons. I’m hesitant to detail them because it’s not my purpose to shame individuals who never asked to be in the spotlight. But it’s becoming a borderline epidemic.

In some instances, it’s fine. We won’t print your name just for talking to us.

Point us to the problem. If there are documents or other sources available, we’ll get the story. But when the people most directly affected by the issue are afraid to use their names, the story loses a lot of impact, if it doesn’t die altogether.

Explanations range from fear of irritating some local official or giving the police chief a case of the grumpies. Those explanations are confusing for journalists who do those things for a living.

This isn’t Damascus or Riyadh. What could happen? You might get a frosty reception at the Chamber of Commerce mixer?

What’s concerning is that they often seem like normal people – decent people who just don’t want to make waves. We hear plenty from the screamers. But aren’t these decent folks the kind we should be listening to?

Although some not used to the public

eye will always have cold feet, I attribute part of this anonymity hysteria to the ability to post one’s thoughts, arguments, rants or misguided notions in many places on the Internet without identifying oneself.

How freeing to be able to air gripes without fear of retribution. Writers know better than anyone how cathartic a keyboard can be.

However, random Internet complaints from anonymous people are seldom taken seriously in the world of public affairs.

They might be useful for a discussion among the dozen or more people on that particular site discussing that particular story, but they don’t move the needle anywhere else.

Anonymous Internet complaints are little more than flotsam and jetsam – cyber fish turds in a cyber ocean.

Catharsis is one thing. But if you really want to change anything besides the direction of a comment thread, at some point you’re going to have to stand up for yourself and others.

People. Real people who have the will to speak and point out issues in their communites are the ones who affect change. They have to stand up in a visible way.

And sometimes that means putting your face where your screen name is.

• Kevin Lyons is news editor of the Northwest Herald, which is owned by Shaw Media. Reach him at 815-526-4505, or email him at kelyons@shawmedia.com.

Follow him on Twitter at @KevinLyonsNWH.

Can’t stop running if you want to score So, there I am coaching third base for my 9-year-old son’s little league team. Man on second, one out. The batter hits a ground ball to third, the fielder promptly boots it so I send the runner in to home plate.

He’s ahead of the ball, then suddenly, the kid stops running! He’s tagged out. We lose by a run.

Now, I am old-school. I played baseball for 15 consecutive seasons, winding up on an adult team called the New York Monarchs.

We played Sunday doubleheaders under the scorching Long Island summer sun.

I mostly pitched the second game because the majority of my working-guy teammates were so hung over from Saturday night that we usually got pounded in the first game.

When I was nine, I pitched for O.E. McIntyre, which I think was a furniture store near Levittown. Our coach chewed tobacco.

We never stopped running. Too afraid of the coach.

But today it’s a whole new ballgame.

Most parents are so happy their kids are out of the house and away from the computer, they don’t care what they do on the field. Just getting them out there is a huge victory.

I did not scold the kid who stopped running. But I did ask him why. He looked at

VIEWS Bill O’Reilly me in a daze. I let it go.

The post-game meal was at Friendly’s, where a fried clam dinner will cost you nearly 2,000 calories. Add the free ice cream sundae that comes with the dinner and you’re up around 4,000. It says that right on the menu. I ordered an “Asian Salad” and picked off a few clams from my son’s plate.

Foolishly, I tried to make a lesson out of the play at home that went against us.

I asked my son: “do you know why Ian stopped?”

He looked up from his “monster sundae” and said: “Dad, you shouldn’t be assessing blame.”

I swear he said that.

Immediately, I called the State Department looking to get him a job on John Kerry’s staff.

“I’m not assessing blame,” I said. “I’m just talking about the play.”

“But, dad, he’s just a kid.”

I forged on: “the reason Ian stopped running is that he was afraid he might be thrown out. He hesitated because of fear.

You can’t play anything afraid.”

My 9-year-old digested that along with his sundae, comprised of chocolate mint ice cream covered with hot fudge (3,500 calories).

“But, dad, it’s not his fault.”

And it really wasn’t Ian’s fault. We now live in a world where many parents micro-manage their children. Outcomes for the urchins are almost assured. So when a situation arises where the kid has to make a fast decision, there is almost always hesitation.

Way different than in 1959, when I was making life-death decisions daily. Should I climb the “old oak” tree, which was 50 feet high? Of course I should. Right to the top.

Did I ask my dad for permission to do that? Would Eddie Haskell have asked his dad?

(Google that).

Protecting the kids is usually good. But it comes with a price. A lesson in life is don’t stop running if you want to score. And watch those calories at Friendly’s.

• Veteran TV news anchor Bill O’Reilly is host of the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” and author of the book “Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama.”

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Thumbs up: To locally grown food. Eating local produce is easy during the summer months, and considering that we live on some of the most fertile farmland on Earth, there’s no need to eat food that’s trucked in from somewhere else if you don’t have to. Farmers markets will be opening in coming days, with today marking the opening of the Genoa farmers market from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Main and South Genoa streets. The Genoa market is open the fourth Saturday of each month through October. DeKalb’s farmers market will open for the season from noon to 6 p.m. June 6 and continue every Thursday through Sept. 29 at Van Buer Plaza at north Second and Locust streets. In downtown Sycamore, the farmers market will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays starting June 2 and continuing through Sept. 29. When the community supports local agriculture, growers and consumer both win.

Thumbs down: To the now obviously oversold Facebook IPO. The company went public May 18 with a flourish of media hype and an opening price of $38 a share – a number time has shown to have been grossly inflated. Although the initial public offering made billions for Facebook and millions for the investment banks underwriting the deal, anyone who actually bought Facebook stock in May 2012 took a bath. The stock is trading in the $25-a-share range, down 34 percent from its IPO price a year ago. Meanwhile, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index is up about 25 percent over the same period. Deals like the Facebook IPO only serve to reinforce the belief held by some that on Wall Street, the game is rigged and only insiders are positioned to prosper.

Thumbs up: To the many Memorial Day services and ceremonies planned throughout the county this weekend. Events include a mayors’ breakfast, parades and cemetery services in every corner of the county. Please take some time to participate in one of these events or just take a moment to remember the men and women who have died while serving our country.

Thumbs up: To Amanda Ericson and to all women who donate something that is uniquely personal: their hair. Ericson, 18, grew out her hair for three years before cutting off 8 inches this week to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths, which provides free wigs for American Cancer Society wig banks. The stylists at Great Clips in DeKalb, where Ericson had her hair cut, said that salon alone sees about two hair donors in a typical week. Some organizations make wigs for adults undergoing cancer treatment; others, like Locks of Love, make wigs for children with permanent hair loss. Thanks to hair donors, these organizations can help children fit in and can make women with cancer feel more like themselves again.

Thumbs up: To potential progress in a north Sycamore subdivision. Youssi Investments is buying 85 lots in North Grove Crossings subdivision after more than two years of negotiations. The previous developer defaulted on a loan, and the lots were owned by Old Second National Bank. Putting them back in a developer’s hands is a step toward finishing the subdivision.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Immigration reform continues in Senate The most far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s immigration system in a generation has emerged mostly unscathed from the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill’s bipartisan sponsors showed that, even in Washington, the center can sometimes hold. Though the legislation, all 800-odd pages of it, contains provisions that pained Democrat and Republican backers alike, they gritted their teeth and voted it out of committee and onto the Senate floor.

The bill’s prospects remain cloudy, particularly in the Republican-dominated House. Still, it remains the best hope for legalization and eventual citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants since the last major attempt at immigration reform failed in 2007.

The Senate committee’s handling of more than 200 amendments – many of them designed to gut, cripple or poison the original legislation – was a model of big-picture problem-solving trumping ideology and partisan grandstanding. The committee’s Democrats and some of its Republicans united to squash restrictionist attempts to strip the bill of a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants; to tie progress on legalization to unachievable attempts to make the nation’s borders airtight; and to slash future legal immigration levels, notwithstanding the labor market’s demand.

The bill retains plenty of flaws, some of them major.

Tens of thousands of migrants who have entered the country since 2011 would remain in the shadows, ineligible for legal status, owing to an unrealistic cutoff date. An artificially low limit on visas for low-skilled workers, especially in the construction industry, could create an incentive for ongoing illegal immigration. Billions of dollars for beefed-up border security programs – on a southwestern border that is already more secure than it has been in decades – is wasteful overkill.

Still, the legislation would reshape the nation’s broken-down, irrational immigration system in ways that would bear fruit for decades. And by offering 11 million illegal immigrants a shot at the American dream, it would remove a poisonous issue from the nation’s political debate while giving the economy a boost.

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UN nuke agency’s Iran probe driven by U.S.-led intel

By GEORGE JAHN The Associated Press VIENNA – The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its intelligence, complicating the agency’s efforts to produce findings that can be widely accepted by the international community.

Much of the world looks at U.S. intelligence on weapons development with a suspicious eye, given American claims a decade ago that Iraq had developed weapons of mass destruction. The U.S. used those claims to justify a war; Iraq, it turned out, had no such weapons.

The International Atomic Energy Agency insists that

it is objective in evaluating Iran’s nuclear program and that its information comes from a wide range of sources and is carefully vetted. But about 80 percent of the intelligence comes from the United States and its allies, The Associated Press has been told.

Two IAEA officials, who gave the 80 percent figure, told The AP that the agency has been forced to rely more and more on information from Iran’s harshest critics – the U.S., Israel, Britain, France and Germany – because Tehran refuses to cooperate with international inspectors.

Their evaluation appeared to be the first in percentage terms. The officials demanded anonymity because they are not authorized to release classified information.

All five nations accuse

Iran of having worked on nuclear arms, with Israel and the U.S. not ruling out force as a last resort if diplomacy fails to curb programs that Tehran could use for such weapons.

France and Germany refrained from joining the Iraq invasion, insisting U.S. intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s purported weapons program was inconclusive.

Intelligence services of other nations, such as Pakistan, China or Russia, also collect information on Iran. But they are compromised by the fact that their governments or individuals provided the equipment or knowledge in the past that allowed Iran to develop its nuclear program.

Today, they are reluctant to pass on what they know to the agency for political reasons – they want to be viewed

as above the fray. They also view the IAEA more as a technical organization and less as the U.N.’s nonproliferation watchdog, a role the agency has increasingly assumed with its Iran probe.

That leaves the U.S. and its allies as the IAEA’s main intelligence sources.

Critics invoke the Iraq fiasco to warn that the information on Iran provided by Tehran’s adversaries may be at best inaccurate and at worst spin, meant to pave the way for possible attack.

“Memories of the failure and tragic mistakes in Iraq are not taken sufficiently seriously,” Hans Blix, a former IAEA chief, told reporters in Dubai in March.

“There is no evidence right now that suggests that Iran is producing nuclear weap-

ons,” said Blix, who headed the team that combed Iraq in the vain search for weapons of mass destruction.

Tehran has played on the credibility gap left by Iraq as it insists it is not interested in nuclear weapons, even as it pursues a program that is near the ability to make them.

Asked about the information on which the accusations against Iran are based, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s chief delegate to the IAEA, urged the world to pay heed to “lessons learned from Iraq” in comments to the AP. In a November 2011 report that summarized its suspicions, the IAEA said that all its intelligence on Iran “has been carefully and critically examined.” But its ability to vet information has been hampered by Iran’s refusal to

give experts access to sites, documents and people the IAEA suspects of involvement in possible weapons research.

Such access effectively ended more than five years ago when Tehran announced it had answered all questions which it is obliged to under an agreement worked out with the U.N. agency. That has left the agency mostly dependent on outside intelligence – and has reduced its means of crosschecking that intelligence.

A cable from the U.S. mission to the agency citing IAEA chief Yukiya Amano telling mission officials that he is “solidly in the U.S. court” on Iran – published by Wikileaks in 2009 – also helps those arguing that the case against Tehran could be overblown.

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Sycamore Speedway flagman Dave “Rattle Ballz” Radloff waves the checkered flag to end a race May 18 at the Sycamore Speedway.

1980 Sycamore Speedway sign still there • SPEEDWAY Continued from page A1 Gerace, a granddaughter of one of the Speedway’s original owners, said that balancing old traditions with new technology has been one of the keys to the Speedway’s success. The Speedway tries to draw younger fans while keeping in mind the interests of fans like Myers, who have been attending races for years.

Since its opening, the

Speedway track has undergone small changes while keeping its original feel. A smaller track has been added and the oval recently has been resurfaced with more clay.

In order to attract new fans, the Speedway has added new classes of racing, including the Super Late Models.

However, the Speedway sign off Route 64 that was built in 1980 remains there today. The main building entrance to the speedway is the same one erected in the 1970s. According to Gerace,

they provide a familiar sight to those fans who have been coming to the Speedway for years.

“They appreciate some of the technical things in the cars,” Gerace said. “Some of those rules that they ran in the mid-90s, we are still carrying some of those rules currently. We’ve tried to hold on to the nostalgia of older race cars and it’s worked well for us.”

Myers said he’s had tickets to the Daytona 500 since its inception. He goes to racing

tracks throughout the winter when he’s in Florida and often frequents races held in Rockford and LaSalle. He even remembers going to DeKalb’s old Prather Speedway, which was in operation before Sycamore Speedway even opened.

While he’s seen many changes over the Speedway’s lifetime, Myers can’t imagine doing anything else on his summer weekends.

“I’ll probably do it until they either kick me out or I die,” Myers said. “One of the two.”

Quinn says gun legislation is wrong for Illinois • GUN PLAN Continued from page A1 Chief among those regulations is Chicago’s ban on assault-style weapons, which would be stricken from the books. That’s a deal-breaker for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who backs tough restrictions to curb gun violence in the nation’s third-largest city.

“This legislation is wrong for Illinois. It was wrong yesterday in committee, it’s wrong today, and it’s wrong for the future of public safety in our state,” Quinn said in a statement after the House vote.

“The principle of home rule is an important one. As written, this legislation is a massive overreach that would repeal critical gun safety ordinances,” he said. “I will not

support this bill and I will work with members of the Illinois Senate to stop it in its tracks.”

The measure would require Illinois State Police to issue a permit to any applicant who has a firearm owner’s identification card, completes required training, passes a background check, and pays a $150 fee. But it significantly broadens the places where guns would be prohibited, including mass-transit buses and trains, which was a demand of Chicago Democrats.

“They wanted to be able to keep a gun-free zone,” Pritchard said, noting that the prohibitions were among the things that tipped him in favor of the bill.

The legislation is sponsored by Rep. Brandon Phelps, a southern Illinois Democrat

and ardent gun-rights supporter whose more permissive plan failed by seven votes last month.

Madigan stepped in after that failed vote, and the resulting plan would pre-empt any city or county gun regulation, such as taxes on gun sales or requirements for reporting lost or stolen guns. Phelps and Madigan argue that it would be best to have one statewide law to reduce confusion and have future restrictions get state legislators’ approval in Springfield.

The fact that there’s no carve-out for Chicago or Cook County was a big sticking point for Demmer.

“I think that standard really gives people a lot more peace of mind in following the law,” Demmer said, adding that people shouldn’t have to worry about breaking the law

simply for driving through a community where gun laws might be different.

But Quinn’s office said the pre-emption would jeopardize public safety.

The legislation also is opposed by Senate President John Cullerton, a Chicago Democrat like Quinn and Madigan. The Senate’s plan would only pre-empt local laws by requiring them to adopt concealed-carry laws.

Opponents of Phelps’ plan note that the only issue that the federal court addressed was conceal-and-carry, not other gun provisions. The legislation was forced by a 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in December that decreed the state’s ban on concealed carry unconstitutional.

• The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Members of Sycamore park board, as well as their long-term planning committee, acknowledge they need a new pool, Gibble said.

“A lot of the systems are starting to fail. … We need to begin to start thinking about the future of our pool,” Gibble said.

But Sycamore officials have only identified the need for it. Gibble said they will have to make a decision on whether to build within their current footprint or build a new pool elsewhere.

The current pool sits in a flood plain, thus preventing officials from building a bigger one at that spot.

Both Gibble and Cindy Capek, executive director of DeKalb Park District, said the talks of a jointly operated pool have been in general terms. They said they have talked about location, but have no set idea where.

“Nothing was explored in terms of this was a particular piece of property [for a pool],” Capek said.

How much that pool would cost – and who would pay for what – also has not been determined. After failing to pass referendums to pay for a new pool in a new location, the DeKalb Park District was going to borrow $5 million for the replacement pool, and pay off the loan with existing revenue.

Phil Young, president of the DeKalb’s park board, previously said both park districts would have to pass a referendum in order to fund a joint pool. But Ca-

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WEATHER

Page A10 • Saturday, May 25, 2013

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7-DAY FORECAST

A storm system out to our west will spread clouds and even a few showers late in the day. Winds will remain out of the east keeping temperatures cooler than normal. A slow-moving storm system will move in Sunday and Memorial Day spreading a few showers and even a pop-up thunderstorms in spots, with temperatures warming up slowly.

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Mostly cloudy & cool; 20% showers

Partly sunny & warmer; 20% showers

Mostly cloudy with scattered showers/storms

Mostly cloudy, breezy & warm

Partly sunny, breezy & warm

FRIDAY

Partly sunny & Partly sunny & humid; isolated humid; isolated t-storms t-storms

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Winds: E/SE 5-15 mph

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THURSDAY

Winds: SE 10-20 mph

Winds: S/SW 10-20 mph

Winds: S/SW 15-25 mph

Winds: SW 15-25 mph

Winds: SW 10-20 mph

REGIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL WEATHER

DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Temperature High ............................................................. 64° Low .............................................................. 37° Normal high ............................................. 73° Normal low ............................................... 51° Record high .............................. 91° in 2010 Record low ................................ 36° in 1992

Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.00” Month to date ....................................... 1.53” Normal month to date ....................... 3.50” Year to date ......................................... 15.60” Normal year to date ......................... 12.06”

Sunrise today ................................ 5:26 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 8:18 p.m.

Moonrise today ........................... 9:07 p.m.

Moonset today ............................. 5:54 a.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 5:25 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 8:19 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow ................ 10:07 p.m.

Moonset tomorrow .................... 6:56 a.m.

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The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.

AIR QUALITY TODAY

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Jun 16

Lake Geneva 59/43 Rockford 60/48

Source: Environmental Protection Agency

Dixon 62/49

Joliet 63/47

La Salle 64/50 Streator 64/51

Source: National Allergy Bureau

Evanston 61/48 Chicago 60/48

Aurora 64/46

POLLEN INDEX

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

Waukegan 60/44

Arlington Heights 61/46

DeKalb 60/47

Main ofender ................................................... N.A.

Hammond 60/49 Gary 60/47 Kankakee 64/48

Peoria 66/52

Pontiac 64/51

Watseka 64/50

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Tomorrow Hi Lo W 64 52 pc 80 62 t 63 51 pc 65 52 pc 73 55 sh 64 50 pc 64 52 pc 66 53 pc 67 55 pc 66 51 pc 71 58 pc 65 53 pc 64 51 pc 68 55 pc 68 56 sh 79 64 pc 64 51 pc 65 54 pc 61 52 pc 76 60 pc 67 54 pc 64 51 pc 64 49 pc 64 50 pc 65 52 pc

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WEATHER HISTORY

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Providence, R.I., had light snow on May 25, 1832. On May 25, 1838, 10 inches of snow fell at Bradford, Pa., with a small amount in Pittsburgh.

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Kenosha 60/43

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0-50 Good, 51-100 Moderate, 101-150, Unhealthy for sensitive groups, 151-200 Unhealthy 201-300 Very Unhealthy, 301-500 Hazardous

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Janesville 58/46

City Aurora Belleville Beloit Belvidere Champaign Elgin Joliet Kankakee Mendota Michigan City Moline Morris Naperville Ottawa Princeton Quincy Racine Rochelle Rockford Springield Sterling Wheaton Waukegan Woodstock Yorkville

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Tomorrow Hi Lo W 71 52 pc 88 68 pc 87 52 s 89 69 pc 71 54 sh 82 66 t 89 70 s 71 58 pc

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Legend: W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow lurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Sports

Kaneland baseball beat Sandwich, 6-0, in Friday’s IHSA Class 3A Kaneland Regional semiinal to advance to today’s title game against St. Francis. PAGE B3

SECTION B Saturday, May 25, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

BOYS STATE TRACK

Sycamore’s Hooker looking for more in finals

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com

AP file photo

Cyclist tests positive for EPO, risks life ban ROME – Cycling’s first major race since the end of the Lance Armstrong case was rattled by another high-profile positive doping test Friday.

Former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca tested positive for EPO in a surprise check at his home before this year’s race, organizers said.

If confirmed in a backup “B’’ sample, Di Luca risks a lifetime ban since this is his third offense.

“I wasn’t expecting this. It was a surprise for me. I’m disappointed,” Di Luca said upon leaving his team’s hotel in northern Italy. “I’ll ask for the backup analysis, then we can talk again.”

Armstrong appeared surprised, too.

“Knowing I have 0 cred on the doping issue - I still can’t help but think, ‘really Di Luca? Are you that ... stupid??” Armstrong tweeted, adding an expletive.

It’s the second doping case from this year’s Giro, after French rider Sylvain Georges tested positive for the banned stimulant Heptaminol in a urine sample after the seventh stage. The 28-yearold AG2R La Mondiale rider was immediately withdrawn from the race.

The UCI provisionally suspended Di Luca pending a hearing with the Italian cycling federation and the Vini Fantini-Selle Italia team fired the 37-year-old Italian rider.

“Danilo has betrayed cycling once again,” Giro race director Mauro Vegni said.

“But I’m happy it wasn’t a young rider. Danilo belongs to a generation that has navigated through the doping system.”

After being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, Armstrong confessed to doping in a TV interview in January with Oprah Winfrey.

While many of Armstrong’s former teammates have come forward to say they doped, some of the riders who supported the Texan during his career continue to race.

Longtime Armstrong lieutenant Yaroslav Popovych, a Ukrainian rider with the RadioShack-Leopard team, is 139th overall in the Giro.

– Wire report

8WHAT TO WATCH NHL playoffs Detroit at Blackhawks, 7 p.m., NBC The Red Wings can close out the Western Conference semifinals with a win in Game 5 at the United Center.

• The rest of the weekend TV sports schedule on Page B2.

8KEEP UP ONLINE Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Want the latest from the area’s prep sports scene?

Follow our coverage on Facebook by searching for DC Preps or on Twitter at twitter.com/dc_preps.

CHARLESTON – Sycamore sophomore Dion Hooker said he was content with a ninthplace finish in the 100 meters at last year’s state meet, but coach Pete Piccony could tell that he was disappointed.

“He was mad,” Piccony said at Friday’s Class 2A preliminaries, where Hooker qualified for Saturday’s finals in the 100 and 200. “I said, ‘You’re a freshman.’ That encourages him to come out and do well.”

During Saturday’s finals, ninth place won’t be acceptable.

Hooker finished third overall in the 100 prelims with a

personal-best and school-record time of 10.78, and he finished second overall in the 200 meters “I felt really good,” Hooker said. “I knew coming into it that I was seedDion Hooker ed pretty high.

I would have been pretty upset if I didn’t compete and do the best I could. I’m happy with my performance so far.”

Hooker ran the fastest sectional time in Class 2A at 21.77, which was better than any run on Thursday. He and 800-meter runner David Emmert were the only Sycamore athletes to qualify for Saturday’s finals, but junior Mark

Stice will compete in the 3,200, which has no prelims. Senior Logan Wright did not qualify for finals in the high jump.

“Coming into finals last year at state, I was just happy to be here and wasn’t really expecting anything,” Hooker said. “Since I placed last year, I knew I had to do better than that.”

“I think I could have done better. I think I did worse than what I should have been. But hey, it’s just one chance,” Williams said. “I get a lot of nerves, because I get in my head at the start, with the kids next to me, I get it in my head that you’re not the only one out there. You’ve got to run better.”

Williams doesn’t make the cut: Genoa-Kingston senior

Kucera qualifies in three events: Kaneland junior Na-

Gabe Williams came into the meet as the fourth seed in the 200, but he missed qualifying by 0.33 seconds Williams was the only state qualifier from G-K, and Saturday was his first individual event at a state meet after qualifying in a relay his freshman year.

thaniel Kucera qualified for finals in the 4x800, the 400, and the 4x400.

“I’m really tired, but I’m happy with where I’m at, making finals,” Kucera said. “I’m a little tired, but I have enough left to bring us home.”

See TRACK, page B3

LOCAL STATE FINALISTS CLASS 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Billy Weissinger (high jump) CLASS 2A

Kaneland Kory Harner (pole vault) Marshall Farthing (high jump) Nate Dyer (shot put) Tanner Andrews (triple jump) Nathaniel Kucera (400) 4x800 relay 4x400 relay Sycamore Mark Stice (3,200) Dion Hooker (100, 200) David Emmert (800) CLASS 3A DeKalb Marc Dubrick (3,200)

BOYS STATE TRACK

Opportunityknocks

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Sycamore’s David Emmert competes in the Class 2A 800-meter run during Friday’s preliminary competition in Charleston.

Sycamore’s Emmert among favorites for 800 state title

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com

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CHARLESTON – Sycamore senior David Emmert glanced up at the scoreboard 200 meters into the preliminary of the 800 meters at the Class 2A state championships, and he knew it was time to take off.

Normally, Emmert likes to sit back in the pack during competitive

races and wait for his opportunity to cruise to the lead, but after a 30-second first half-lap, he knew the race was way too slow. He jumped out to a five-meter lead in the first lap and held off Macomb’s Darius Thomas to win his heat and qualify for Saturday’s final with a time of 1:58.22.

“It was too slow,” Emmert said.

“A lot of these guys are doubling in the 4x800, so I guess it could have

been expected that they would go out a little slower and try to win it in the last hundred.”

If his coaches didn’t convince him to be a little more selfish than he originally wanted to be, Emmert may have been one of those athletes whose legs tired during the 4x800.

See EMMERT, page B3

History not on Hawks’ side CHICAGO – Let the record show that the first person to mention the Blackhawks’ daunting 3-1 series deficit Friday was a player, not a know-nothing writer or a loudmouth broadcaster.

Michael Frolik, the floor is yours.

“We are down, 3-1,” said Frolik, who managed not to wince as he described the Hawks’ predicament against the Detroit Red Wings. “For sure, it’s not a good position. But I think we’ve proved in the past that we can turn it around.”

Except not.

It says here that the Hawks have been playing hockey since Nov. 17, 1926, when they scored a big win (4-1!) against the Toronto St. Patricks. It was an unforgettable day (at least, I assume so) for Hawks owner Major Frederic

VIEWS Tom Musick McLaughlin, who earned his money as a coffee baron.

Since that day in 1926, care to guess how many 3-1 series deficits the Hawks have overcome?

Zero. Zilch. Zip. Eleven times in franchise history, the Hawks have dug a 3-1 hole in a AP photo best-of-seven series. Eleven times, (From left) The Blackhawks’ Michael Frolik, Bryan Bickell, Marian Hossa, Dave Bolland that hole has proved to be too steep to and Patrick Sharp watch from the bench Thursday during the second period in Game escape.

See MUSICK, page B2

4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Red Wings in Detroit. Detroit won, 2-0, to take a 3-1 series lead.

SPORTS

Page B2 • Saturday, May 25, 2013

8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball Sycamore vs. Rock Falls in Class 3A Rochelle Regional finals, 1 p.m.

Kaneland vs. St. Francis in Class 3A Kaneland Regional finals, 11 a.m.

Softball DeKalb vs. Jacobs in Class 4A Jacobs Regional finals, 10 a.m.

Kaneland vs. Rosary in Class 3A Rosary Regional finals, 11 a.m.

Boys Track State meet in Charleston

8SPORTS SHORTS Bears to retire Ditka’s No. 89 next season CHICAGO – Hall of Famer Mike Ditka will have his No. 89 retired by the Bears next season.

The Bears said Friday the number will be retired at halftime of their Monday night game against the Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field on Dec. 9, a fitting tribute for a player who revolutionized the tight end position with his pass-catching ability and later coached the 1985 team to the Super Bowl championship.

In a statement, he called it “a tremendous honor” and added: “When you think of all the great Bears players who have had their jerseys retired, I can’t say that there’s any greater honor.

I’m very humbled by it and very thankful that (chairman George McCaskey) made the decision to go ahead and do that because it’s really great.”

McCaskey said Ditka “embodies the spirit of everything the Bears are about.”

Ditka is the only person in the NFL’s modern era to win a title with the same team as both a player (1963) and head coach.

Penguins rip Ottawa, move to conference finals PITTSBURGH – Eight playoff wins down, eight to go for Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

James Neal had a hat trick and the Penguins finished off the lifeless Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Friday night in Game 5 of the Eastern conference semifinals to take the best-of-seven series 4-1.

NASCAR panel upholds RCR penalties CONCORD, N.C. – A NASCAR appeals panel on Friday upheld the penalties for two Richard Childress Racing Nationwide crew members who are also facing criminal charges for fighting with Nelson Piquet Jr. at Richmond International Raceway last month.

Thomas Costello and Michael Scearce of driver Brian Scott’s team were both suspended for four Nationwide Series races and fined $15,000 each. The suspensions begin next week at Dover. The two will be able to return in late June at Kentucky, NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said.

Nurse on Royals’ K-Crew crew revives teenage girl A pediatric nurse said Friday she was in the right place at the right time to revive a 14-year-old girl who collapsed while dancing in the upper deck during a Kansas City Royals game.

Sam Sapenaro, 26, was working her second job as a member of Kauffman Stadium’s K-Crew on Thursday night when a nearby fan yelled for help. Sapenaro said she rushed over and found the girl unresponsive and with no pulse.

Sapenaro said she began performing CPR with help from a man who was with the girl.

The man also turned out to be a nurse. The girl was resuscitated, but stadium medical personnel had to revive her a second time after her pulse faded again.

A spokeswoman for Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., said she could not provide a name or condition for the girl, citing privacy laws.

– Wire reports

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BLACKHAWKS NOTES

NBA

Blackhawks’ Toews accepts criticism

By TOM MUSICK tmusick@shawmedia.com CHICAGO – No matter what, Jonathan Toews knows the spotlight always shines on him as captain of the Blackhawks.

It’s sort of like being a quarterback on ice.

“I think when things go well for our team, sometimes I get maybe more credit than I deserve,” Toews said Friday after taking part in the Hawks’ optional skate at the United Center. “And I think the same goes the other way.

“I understand that’s part of it.”

The line of critics has been long, and Toews’ temper has been short.

Teammates reiterated their faith in the Hawks’ captain despite his zero-point, three-penalty performance in Game 4.

Toews has no goals, three assists and 10 penalty minutes in nine playoff games this season.

After Toews’ third penalty Thursday in Detroit, veteran Hawks defenseman Brent Seabrook skated toward his longtime teammate for a quick pep talk.

“He’s the best player on the team and our leader, and if the rest of the group sees him like that, it’s going to trickle down,” Seabrook said. “So we need him to be focused and ready. I just told him to

Continued from page B1 I hate to say it, but I have a feeling that this year’s team will extend that streak to 12 for 12.

Sure, it’s possible the Hawks could rally for three consecutive playoff wins against the Wings, whom they defeated four consecutive times during the regular season. The Hawks’ losses in Games 3 and 4 in Detroit were close – really close – as a handful of shots clanked off posts.

The Hawks met as a team Friday before a dozen players took the ice for an optional skate.

AP photo

Detroit Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall of Sweden defends Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews during the first period in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals in the Stanley Cup playoffs series Thursday in Detroit. sit down and take a couple of deep breaths and be ready to be back out there because we need him.”

Toews denied that frustration had interfered with his focus.

“I understand that what happened in the second period wasn’t a good thing,” Toews said. “I don’t attribute it to me losing my temper. I think obviously I was a little bit careless with my stick, and unfortunately it cost me, it cost our team.”

Roll call: An unofficial head count included 12 players who participated Friday in an optional skate a day before the Hawks tried to stave off elimination in Game 5.

Those who skated included six players who appeared in Game 4: Toews, Seabrook, Nick Leddy, Brandon Saad, Michael Frolik, Marcus Kruger. Others who participated included Daniel Carcillo, Jamal Mayers, Brandon Bollig, Sheldon Brookbank, Ben

Smith and Ray Emery.

Good cause: The Hawks announced they would donate their portion of the “Split the Pot” raffle proceeds in Game 5 to the OK Strong Disaster Relief Fund.

Typically, half of the raffle’s proceeds are awarded to the person with the winning ticket, while half of the proceeds support Blackhawks Charities. For more information on the Oklahoma relief fund, visit www.unitedwayokc.org.

“Everybody is counting us out now, except us in here,” Hawks defenseman Brent Seabrook said. “That’s the only thing you can really do is look back at past experiences and go from there.”

Here’s the thing. Those past experiences are not exactly comforting.

2012: Down, 3-1, the Hawks win Game 5 before losing Game 6 against Phoenix.

2011: Down, 3-0, the Hawks win Games 4, 5 and 6 before losing Game 7 against Vancouver.

2009: Down, 3-1, the Hawks lose Game 5 against Detroit to end their season.

2002: Down, 3-1, the Hawks lose Game 5 against St. Louis to end their season.

1995: Down, 3-1, the Hawks lose Game 5 against Detroit to end their season.

I could keep going – a half-dozen more examples exist from 1968 to 1989 – but you get the idea.

Talk about the Canucks’ series comeback of 2011 all you want, but at the end of the day, the Hawks still headed home while Vancouver marched to the Stanley Cup Final. Besides, Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard has given us no reason to believe that he will flip 180 degrees and turn into Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo in the next few days.

Hawks coach Joel Quenneville offered other examples of teams to rally from 3-1 deficits. Quenneville’s St. Louis

Blues did so in 1999. So did the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010, when current Hawks forward Daniel Carcillo was part of the team that came back against the Boston Bruins.

All told, 20 out of 229 teams (8.7 percent) have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win a series, according to NHL.com.

“One game could turn everything around,” Quenneville said. “That’s what we’re looking for.”

More evidence to support that optimism. That’s what I’m looking for.

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

8WEEKEND TV SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULE Athletics Adidas Grand Prix at New York, noon, NBC Auto racing Formula One, qualifying for Monaco Grand Prix, 7 a.m., NBCSN NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Coca-Cola 600, at Concord, N.C., 9 a.m., SPEED NASCAR, Nationwide Series, pole qualifying for History 300, at Concord, N.C., 10 a.m., ESPN2 NASCAR, Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour Series,” final practice for Coca-Cola 600, at Concord, N.C., noon, SPEED NASCAR, Nationwide Series, History 300, at Concord, N.C., 1:45 p.m., ABC Boxing IBF champion Carl Froch (30-2-0) vs. WBA champion Mikkel Kessler (46-2-0), for IBF/WBA super middleweight titles, at London, 5 p.m., HBO College baseball Big Ten, teams TBD, Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser, 3:30 p.m., BTN Big Ten, championship, teams TBD, Gamer 9 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner, 7 p.m., BTN Missouri Valley Valley, championship, Illinois State vs. Wichita State/Indiana State, at Normal, 7 p.m., CSN West Coast Conference, championship, teams TBD, 9 p.m., ESPNU College softball NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 2, ULL at Michigan, 11 a.m., ESPN NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 1, UAB at Florida, noon, ESPN NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 3, ULL at Michigan (if necessary), 2 p.m., ESPN NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 2, Florida State at Texas, 2 p.m., ESPNU NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 2, Alabama at Tennessee, 4 p.m., ESPN

(Best-of-7) Tuesday San Antonio 93, Memphis 89 (OT), Spurs lead series 2-0 Wednesday Miami 103, Indiana 102 (OT), Heat lead series 1-0 Friday Indiana 97, Miami 93, series tied 1-1 Today San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sunday Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Monday San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Tuesday Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday x-Memphis at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 30 Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 31 x-San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 1 x-Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 2 x-Memphis at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Monday, June 3 x-Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m. x – if necessary

NHL

Seabrook: Everybody is counting us out now, except us • MUSICK

CONFERENCE FINALS

NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 3, Florida State at Texas (if necessary), 5 p.m., ESPNU NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 1, Nebraska at Oregon, 7 p.m., ESPNU NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 3, Alabama at Tennessee, 7 p.m., ESPN2 NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 1, Kentucky at Arizona State, 9 p.m., ESPN2 Golf European PGA Tour, PGA Championship, third round, at Surrey, England, 6:30 a.m. TGC PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational, third round, at Fort Worth, Texas, noon, TGC PGA Tour, Crowne Plaza Invitational, third round, at Fort Worth, Texas, 2 p.m., CBS PGA of America, Senior PGA Championship, third round, at St. Louis, 2 p.m., NBC LPGA, Bahamas Classic, third round, at Paradise Island, Bahamas, 2 p.m., TGC Pro baseball Regional coverage, N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay or Colorado at San Francisco, 3 p.m., MLB Cubs at Cincinnati, 3 p.m., WGN Miami at White Sox, 6 p.m., Fox Men’s college lacrosse NCAA Division I playoffs, semifinal, Cornell vs. Duke, at Philadelphia, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2 NCAA Division I playoffs, semifinal, Syracuse vs. Denver, at Philadelphia, 4 p.m., ESPN2 Motorsports AMA Motocross, Thunder Valley National, at Lakewood, Colo., 2 p.m., NBCSN Pro basketball Playoffs, Western Conference finals, Game 3, San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m., ESPN Pro hockey NHL Playoffs, Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 5, N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 4:30 p.m., NBCSN NHL Playoffs, Western Confer-

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CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Monday Detroit 3, Blackhawks 1 Tuesday Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, Bruins lead series 3-0 San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1 Wednesday Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 3, Penguins lead series 3-1 Thursday N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3, OT, Boston leads series 3-1 Detroit 2, Blackhawks 0, Detroit leads series 3-1 Los Angeles 3, San Jose 0, Los Angeles leads series 3-2 Friday Pittsburgh 6, Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh wins series 4-1 Today Detroit at Blackhawks, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD Monday x-Blackhawks at Detroit, TBD x-Boston at N.Y. Rangers, TBD Tuesday x-Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBD x-San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD Wednesday x-Detroit at Blackhawks, TBD x-N.Y. Rangers at Boston, TBD

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct Detroit 27 19 .587 Cleveland 27 20 .574 21 24 .467 Kansas City 21 24 .467 Minnesota 18 27 .400 East Division W L Pct New York 29 18 .617 Boston 29 20 .592 Baltimore 26 22 .542 Tampa Bay 24 23 .511 Toronto 20 28 .417 West Division W L Pct Texas 30 17 .638 Oakland 25 23 .521 Los Angeles 21 27 .438 Seattle 20 27 .426 Houston 14 33 .298

GB — ½ 5½ 5½ 8½ GB — 1 3½ 5 9½ GB — 5½ 9½ 10 16

Friday's Results Miami at White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Baltimore 10, Toronto 6 Detroit 6, Minnesota 0 Boston 8, Cleveland 1 N.Y. Yankees 9, Tampa Bay 4 L.A. Angels 5, Kansas City 2 Oakland at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

Today’s Games Miami (Nolasco 3-5) at White Sox (Peavy 5-2), 6:15 p.m.

Baltimore (F.Garcia 0-2) at Toronto (Dickey 4-5), 12:07 p.m.

Cleveland (Kazmir 2-2) at Boston (Lester 6-1), 12:35 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Buckner 0-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 5-2), 1:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Walters 0-0) at Detroit (Fister 5-1), 3:08 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Nuno 1-1) at Tampa Bay (M.Moore 8-0), 3:10 p.m.

Oakland (Griffin 4-3) at Houston (Harrell 3-5), 6:15 p.m.

Texas (D.Holland 3-2) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-3), 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 30 16 .652 — Cincinnati 30 18 .625 1 Pittsburgh 29 19 .604 2 Milwaukee 19 27 .413 11 18 29 .383 12½ East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 28 18 .609 — Washington 25 23 .521 4 Philadelphia 23 25 .479 6 New York 17 27 .386 10 Miami 13 34 .277 15½ West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 26 21 .553 — Colorado 26 21 .553 — San Francisco 26 21 .553 — San Diego 21 25 .457 4½ Los Angeles 19 26 .422 6 Friday’s Results Cincinnati 7, Cubs 4 Miami at White Sox (n) Washington 5, Philadelphia 2 Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 1 San Diego at Arizona (n) St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers (n) Colorado at San Francisco (n) Today’s Games Miami (Nolasco 3-5) at White Sox (Peavy 5-2), 6:15 p.m.

Cubs (Wood 4-2) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 2-3), 3:10 p.m.

Colorado (Nicasio 4-1) at San Francisco (Zito 3-3), 3:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Locke 4-1) at Milwaukee (Fiers 1-2), 3:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Minor 5-2) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-5), 6:15 p.m.

Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-0) at Washington (Haren 4-5), 6:15 p.m.

St. Louis (Gast 2-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 0-1), 6:15 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 3-2) at Arizona (Miley 3-3), 9:10 p.m.

SPORTS

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IHSA CLASS 3A KANELAND BASEBALL REGIONAL: KANELAND 6, SANDWICH 0

Kaneland handles D-I bound pitcher to advance

By JARED BIRCHFIELD editorial@kcchronicle.com MAPLE PARK – Kaneland batters knew it would be a challenge to get on base against Sandwich starting pitcher Jake Roehn in Friday’s IHSA Class 3A Kaneland Regional semifinal.

Roehn, an Ohio University recruit, already had 103 strikeouts to his credit, a Sandwich school record.

The Knights did go down swinging 10 times, but they took advantage of the base hits the right-hander gave up to beat the Indians, 6-0, and advance to today’s title game against St. Francis.

“The bats came alive for an inning or two – that’s all we needed,” Kaneland coach Brian Aversa said. “Our guys did a great job of putting the ball into play.”

While Kaneland pitcher Curtis Thorson (5-4) was not able to match Roehn on strikeouts, he did force many of the Sandwich batters to hit the ball on the ground right at Knights fielders. Kaneland recorded 13 put-outs on the ground.

“The location of my fastball and occasionally my curveball was throwing them off balance,” said Thorson, who allowed no walks and scattered six singles for the

Class 3A Kaneland Baseball Regional Thursday’s semifinal St. Francis 6, Plano 3 Friday’s semifinal Kaneland 6, Sandwich 0 Today’s final (2) Kaneland vs. (1) St. Francis, 11 a.m. complete game shutout.

“Curtis did an excellent job. We were confident in his ability,” Aversa said of the sophomore. “And the defense played well behind him.”

The Knights took the lead in the second when they

scored five of their runs.

Kaneland (13-17) batters connected for three singles in a row to start the inning.

The first run scored on the third single, a shot to left field

by Thorson. The relay from the left fielder got away from Sandwich’s third baseman, allowing John Hopkins, who hit the first single, to score.

Zach Martinelli’s bouncing ground ball glanced off the mitt of Indians first baseman Trey Jansen, plating Ty Carlson.

Thorson scored the third run on a squeeze bunt by Tyler Bellock. Dan Miller then notched an RBI when Martinelli crossed the plate on his

groundout.

Matt Limbrunner’s triple to right-center , the only extra base hit of the day, knocked in Bellock for the fifth run.

“It was 0-2 so you got to protect [the plate],” Limbrunner said. “The ball just happened to be right there.”

“After the first inning our guys came back and they were talking to each other about what they were seeing,” Aversa said. “The guys made the adjustments they needed to. We were waiting for our pitch and getting it no matter where in the count.”

“It came down to one bad inning. Other than that we would have been right

there,” said Sandwich coach Jason Van Pelt, whose team finished up at 13-13. “It was one of those innings where a lot of crazy things happened.

They got a few hits on Jake and took advantage of their opportunities when they got them.”

A Carlson single plated Joe Komel in the fifth inning for the sixth run.

Aversa thought facing Roehn (2-3) will help his team today against St. Francis.

“It will be a tough game but we are up to the challenge,” Aversa said. “If we can hang with Roehn, we are confident in our abilities [for today].”

REDS 7, CUBS 4

Home runs lead Reds over Cubs for fourth straight time

By JOE KAY The Associated Press CINCINNATI – Joey Votto extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a homer, and Ryan Hanigan and Brandon Phillips also homered on Friday night, powering the Cincinnati Reds to their fourth straight win, 7-4 over the Cubs.

The Reds have won 12 of their past 15 games, surging to a season-high 12 games over .500.

At 30-18, they’re three wins ahead of their pace last season, when they won 97 games and the NL Central.

They’ve dominated the Cubs, winning 15 of their past 17. The Reds are 18-5 overall against the Cubs in the past two seasons.

The Cubs are last in the NL Central, having lost a season-high five straight. The Cubs (18-29) slid a season-low 11 games under .500.

Votto and Hanigan homered in the fourth inning off Scott Feldman (4-4), who had only one bad inning. Feldman gave up five runs in the fourth, the same number he’d allowed in his past five starts combined.

Phillips hit a two-run shot in the eighth off Hector Rondon.

Bronson Arroyo (5-4) gave up three runs and six hits in six innings, including Feldman’s first career homer.

Jonathan Broxton allowed Luis Valbuena’s RBI single in the eighth.

AP photo

The Cubs’ David DeJesus (left) reacts after being forced out at second base by Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips in the fifth inning Friday in Cincinnati.

Aroldis Chapman pitched the ninth for his 11th save in 13 chances. After blowing a pair of save opportunities, the left-hander has converted his past three. He gave up a single and a walk and fanned three.

The Reds had their third sellout crowd of the season, and the last two games of the series will draw capacity crowds as well.

Arroyo had trouble keeping his pitches down at the outset. Darwin Barney had a

sacrifice fly in the second inning, and Feldman followed with his first career homer, a two-run shot for a 3-0 lead.

Cubs pitchers have driven in 15 runs this season, most in the majors.

The three-run inning end-

ed Arroyo’s streak of 15 1-3 scoreless innings, his best of the season. The righthander has won his past three starts.

Feldman had his streak of five impressive starts fall apart in the fourth.

Votto led off with his eighth homer, extending his hitting streak to 12 games, the longest by a Reds player this season. He leads the NL with a .361 batting average.

And that was just the start. Phillips followed with a single, stretching his hitting streak to a season-best 11 games, and eventually scored on Xavier Paul’s single. Hanigan’s three-run homer – his second – made it 5-3.

The five runs matched the most allowed by the Cubs in an inning this season. They were the most earned runs allowed by Feldman in a game this season.

Notes: The Reds have homered in each of their past nine games, their longest such streak since 2010. ... The Reds placed LH Sean Marshall on the 15-day DL before the game, the second time he’s been sidelined by a sore pitching shoulder this season. LH Manny Parra was activated off the DL to take his place. ... LF Ryan Ludwick said his comeback from shoulder surgery is on schedule. He tore cartilage while sliding into third base on opening day. He’s expected back after the All-Star break. ... Umpire Bob Davidson called a balk on Arroyo. ... LH Travis Wood, obtained by the Cubs in the trade for Marshall in December 2011, makes his fourth career start against the Reds on Saturday. He’s 0-1 with a 4.42 ERA against the Reds.

Sycamore’s Emmert plans to go out hard in the finals of 800-meter run • EMMERT Continued from page B1 The Sycamore 4x800 team barely qualified for the meet, finishing in 8:15.24 at the sectional meet, the exact time needed to qualify for Friday’s meet. Knowing the relay didn’t have the best chance to finish in the top 12 to qualify for finals, his coaches told him to think long and hard about sitting the relay out.

“We let him make up his mind. He wanted to do what was good for the team,” coach Pete Piccony said. “We said, ‘But you’re a senior, think of yourself.’ He wants a shot. He wants a crack at it.”

Emmert knows today’s race

will be even, so running as slow as he did on Friday, when he ran a 59-second first lap, won’t be acceptable. He said he hopes to run his first lap in 56 seconds on Saturday.

“I’m going to go out harder tomorrow,” he said. “I think at one point tomorrow, I’m going to try to go for the lead. We’ll see how it plays out.”

Piccony trusts that his top distance runner will come out with a cerebral approach in his first individual event at a state meet – Emmert is his class valedictorian and will give a speech at graduation on Sunday.

“He’s a smart racer, and I think that’s going to be the best thing going for him,” Piccony said. “Is he the most athletic kid out there? If he’s not, he

makes up for that with his intelligence.”

Emmert’s main goal is to make up the three seconds between him and the top seed, Pontiac junior Zac Justus, to win a state championship.

It’s certainly possible since Emmert ran 1:55.68 two weeks earlier at the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference meet.

But he’s also looking further ahead when considering the importance of his final high school race.

“I was looking at the walk-on times for the school I’m going to, University of Colorado, and the walk-on time is around 1:54, sub-1:55,” Emmert said. “So that’s kind of what my goal has been this entire year, to earn a walk-on spot next year.”

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Kaneland’s Tanner Andrews falls forward on attempt in the Class 2A Triple Jump Friday during preliminary competition at the IHSA state track and field meet. He qualified in the event to compete for this year’s state title on Saturday.

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Continued from page B1 The 4x800 team, which won its heat with a time of 8:06.45 and finished fourth overall, also included juniors Conor Johnson, Kyle Carter and Luis Acosta. Carter, Johnson and Dylan Nauert ran the 4x400 team with Kucera, finishing first in their heat and fourth overall with a time of 3:23.22.

Other Kaneland qualifiers for today’s finals included

Kory Harner in the pole vault, Marshall Farthing in the high jump, Nate Dyer in the shot put, and Tanner Andrews in the triple jump.

Nauert was unable to qualify in the 110 hurdles and the 300 hurdles, Dylan Kuipers failed to make it in the pole vault, and Brandon Cottier and Brandon Bishop both fell short in the 200.

Kucera will be seeded sixth in the 400, which is his first individual event ever at the state meet.

“It’s a little more scary and nerve-racking [in an individual event], but I was fine,” Kucera said. “I came out a little slow in that one, but I made it up at the end. I’m happy to make finals.”

DeKalb’s Peterson, Bell don’t qualify: The area’s only Class 3A school didn’t put any athletes through from Friday’s preliminaries to today’s finals.

Tyler Peterson knocked over a hurdle and wasn’t able to fully recover in the 110 hur-

dles, and junior Jonathan Bell couldn’t equal his sectional performance in the discus, missing the cut by just three inches.

“It’s a lot different from any other meet, that’s for sure,” Bell said. “It was a great experience. I didn’t get the outcome I wanted, but it definitely humbled me, and I’m going to work harder and come back next year and do better.”

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MEAT

course Online

Check out www.daily-chonicle. com for two videos on grilling tips – what to buy and how to cook it. The Chronicle visited both Inboden’s Meat Market and Country Store and Catering to get their expert advice.

Know more Country Store and Catering 456 N. Main St., Sycamore 815-899-2333 www.countrystorecatering.com Hours this weekend: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, closed Sunday and Memorial Day Inboden’s Meat Market 1106 N. First St., DeKalb 815-756-5852 www.meatplace.com Hours this weekend: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, closed Sunday and Memorial Day

Local butchers offer advice on grilling this weekend - the unofficial start to summer

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By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com

or Tom Ulrich, the best way to attract customers is through the smell of his large smoker slowly cooking several pounds of meat in front of his store.

The mouthwatering scent of barbecue outside Country Store and Catering at 456 N. Main St. in Sycamore draws in hungry customers daily as they drive up and down the busy road.

“We do the real food here,” Ulrich said. “It’s a world of difference.”

As Memorial Day weekend kicks off the grilling season, grillmasters and meat experts like Ulrich and Joe Inboden of Inboden’s Meat Market in DeKalb, will be selling more meat, catering more events and offering more professional grilling recipes and tips.

Many people would agree a successful barbecue hinges upon quality meat grilled to perfection.

Whether they’re cooking for five or 50, grillers still can impress their guests with premier cuts of meat without breaking the bank, Inboden said.

“You don’t have to spend a lot of money to go all out,” he said.

“Going all out is just getting what you like.”

With more than 36 varieties of meat and 150 different flavors at the meat market, located at 1106 N. First St. in DeKalb, Inboden said there is something for everyone looking to grill out this weekend.

Whether customers are unsure about how to grill their meat or just searching for professional grilling advice, both Inboden and Ulrich said they like to offer helpful tips on how to get the best meal out of their meat.

Ulrich sums up his grilling phi-

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Country Store and Catering owner Tom Ulrich grills rib tips outside his store in Sycamore on Thursday. Country Store offers ready-for-grilling meats, salads, desserts, take-out and dine-in meals. losophy in two simple words: slow and low.

He recommends keeping the grill at a lower temperature, allowing it to cook slowly. While each cut of meat is different, he said beef typically should be cooked to an

internal temperature of about 130 degrees, pork to 145 degrees and chicken to about 165 degrees.

The internal temperature of the meat is key to the final product, which is why Ulrich recommends grillers use a meat thermometer,

which he always uses, to monitor the temperature as the meat cooks.

“We do this professionally and we still always know it’s cooked well,” he said. “There’s nothing worse than stuff burnt up.”

For grilling beginners, Ulrich suggests the barbecue staples of hot dogs, bratwurst and burgers.

They’re easy to heat and they don’t take a lot of time, he said.

However, these simple solutions don’t have to be your typical pieces of meat.

The Country Store offers dill pickle or taco-flavored brats and hickory-seasoned bacon cheddar burger patties among their varieties, while Inboden’s newest top sellers are their award-winning cheddar bacon ranch chicken burger and porkchop trio stuffed with southern sausage and wrapped in double-smoked applewood bacon.

Although the Inboden family is always expanding the store’s menu, Inboden said they haven’t deviated away from the classics.

“Ribeye is always king,” he said.

“It’s probably the most well-known cut.”

For the more advanced grillers, Ulrich suggested smoking beef briskets, pork roasts or pork shoulders for six to eight hours at 200 to 250 degrees.

Marinating the meat well beforehand is another tip Ulrich offered.

“Always season your product a day before or at least several hours before cooking,” he said.

Both Ulrich and Inboden said they won’t let their customers walk away without knowing the best way to cook their meat. Whether they’re first-time grillers or simply looking for suggestions, customers won’t leave these local shops without knowing what they’re doing.

“All they got to do is ask,” Inboden said. “We’ll walk them through the cooking process; no one will be lost.”

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FAMILY TIME | Reduce kids’ brain drain over summer

Tip of the week The second the school bell rings signaling that school’s out for summer, it seems that children immediately forget everything they’ve studied over the past nine months. When they return to school in the fall, playing catch up takes time. Studies show that this brain drain can result in as much as a few months’ worth of learning lost over the summer. The achievement gap widens in the fall as students

struggle to “relearn” what they knew the spring prior.

So when all your kids want is down time, how do you keep their minds tuned up?

While proactive summer learning can certainly improve a child’s retention rate, the way that they learn in the summer may be different from how they learn while in the classroom.

“Learning is an ongoing, lifelong activity,” says Debra Hill, associate professor in the College of Education at Argosy University, Chicago. “A mental break for your kids in the summer should occur not based on learning, but based on the activities students engage in related to learning. Summer should be about more reading for fun, exploration, communication and application of what they have learned.”

“The more you can keep your students accessing previously learned

knowledge in a new and practical way, the more it is likely to get implanted and permanently ingrained in their brains,” says Kevin Yeoman, an instructor in the Game Art & Design program at The Art Institute of Fort Worth, Texas.

Family meals, trips to the store, collecting shells on the beach, heading to sports camp and almost any other activity can have a learning component if parents engage in conversation with their kids about the activity. “Learning a new skill, or about a new place, or a different way of doing something, or meeting new people are ways of studying. There will not be a test, yet the new information contributes to the overall mental growth of the individual,” says Hill.

“Keep your students actively engaged in the world,” says Yeoman.

“The more they can apply their book

knowledge to new experiences and activities they enjoy, the more learning will take place.”

– Brandpoint

Family movie night “The Great Gatsby” Rated: PG-13 Length: 2:23 Synopsis: A film adaptation of the classic novel. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Jay Gatsby.

Violence/scary rating: 3.5 Sexual-content rating: 3.5 Profanity rating: 3 Drugs/alcohol rating: 3 Family Time rating: 3.5. It’s an OK film for 13 and up, but your kids probably won’t want to see this unless they’re reading the book.

(Ratings are judged on a five-point scale, with 5 being “bad for kids” and 1 being “fine for kids.”)

8MILESTONES

50th anniversary

Bob and Jane Moudy of Sycamore will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house hosted by their children. The event wil be held from 2 to 5 p.m. June 8 at Cabana Charley’s, 1470 S. Peace Road, Sycamore.

Bob and Jane were married June 8, 1963, at First United Methodist Church in DeKalb.

They are both retired. Bob was a plant engineer at Sycamore Duplex Products and Jane was deputy clerk at the DeKalb County Clerk’s office.

The couple has four children, Kim (David) Smith of Lakeland, Fla., Brian (Tammy) Moudy of Maple Park, Brenda (Jeff) Kelly of Brighton and Bruce (Kristin) Moudy of Eureka. They also have nine grandchildren, one great-grandaughter and one great-grandson due in August.

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Richard (Dick) and Carol Brown of Hutchinson, Kansas, formerly of DeKalb, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

Richard Brown and Carol Standiferd were married June 9, 1963, at Lebo Methodist Church in Lebo, Kansas.

Carol and Dick are both retired from Northern Illinois University. Carol was a communications instructor and Dick was dean of the College of Business.

The couple has two children, Michele (Jay) Lane of Hutchinson, Kansas, and Michael (Maureen) Brown of St. Charles. They also have four grandchildren, Casey and Elizabeth Lane, and Owen and Audrey Brown.

Cards may be sent to 202 Green St., Hutchinson, KS 67502.

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Barb pride shining bright at bowling bash

Crutcher Carlin and Lisa Crutcher of Sycamore announce the birth of a daughter, Olivia Katherine Crutcher, born April 15, 2013, at Delnor Hospital, Geneva.

She weighed 5 pounds, 9 ounces, and was welcomed home by Sam, 9, Max, 7, and Emily, 4.

Grandparents are David and Karen Schmoll of Sycamore and Irene Crutcher of Fredericksburg, Texas.

Rogers Jon and Kara (Boston) Rogers of Prairie Village, Kansas, announce the birth of a son, Nolan Thomas Rogers, born April 27, 2013, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas. He weighed 8 pounds, 7.5 ounces.

Grandparents are Robert and Jodi Boston of Shabbona, Janet Gattorna Rogers of Overland Park, Kansas, and Jeff Rogers and Jennifer Cartier of Scottsdale, Ariz.

Ann Gattorna of Overland Park, Kansas, is a great-grandmother.

8IN UNIFORM Penton graduates from basic training Air Force Airman Caleb A. Penton graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

Airmen who complete basic Caleb A. training earn four credits toward an Penton associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Penton is the son of Jennifer Gaston of Shabbona.

He is a 2012 graduate of Indian Creek High School.

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Todd and Julie (Wakey) Beavers of DeKalb announce the birth of a daughter, Madison Ella Beavers, born April 5, 2013, at Valley West Community Hospital, Sandwich. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces.

Grandparents are Jack and Star Wakey of DeKalb and Michael and Brenda Beavers of Mattoon.

Great-grandparents are Luella Ondo-Duncan of DeKalb and Delores Sweeney of Mattoon.

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To the Editor: The DeKalb Barb Boosters would like to thank all those who attended the Orange and Black Jackpot Bowling Bash in April. Barb Pride was shining bright that night.

We would like to especially thank the following who sponsored and donated to this great event. All proceeds benefit the student athletes at DeKalb High School and both middle schools: Nehring Electrical Works, Midwest Orthopaedic Institute, Medical Outsourcing Solutions, Hy-Vee, American Midwest Bank, Hillside Restaurant, NB&T, KishHealth Systems, Pizza Villa, Mardi Gras Lanes, Marianne Buehler, Kyler Photography, Printing Etc., Mackenzie Maeder, S.O.A.S., 3M, Ollie’s Frozen Custard, American Liquors, Pizza Villa, Athletic Republic, Resource Bank, Bill White’s C.A.R. Hospital, SK Hand Tool, Brian Bemis Auto, Bob and Julie Smith, Buena Vista Golf, Studio One, Castle Bank, Tastefully Simple/ Kim Leopardo, Cracker Jax, The Confectionary, Fitworkz, Unlimited Performance, Hartwig Paszotta Insurance, Vern and Marie Boutique, Hillside Restaurant, Walmart, Hilton Hotels, Wigglebug Photography, Ideal Industries Inc., Yaeger’s Farm Market, Jonamac Orchard, Zea May’s Holdings, Kishwaukee College, Clinton Rosette Middle School, Lovell’s Discount Tire, Huntley Middle School, Noodles & Co., DHS Athletic Office, O’Leary’s, DHS coaches and teams.

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Gras Lanes and their staff for all their help to coordinate and run this event. Go Barbs!!

The trend of reusing wooden pallets for gardening seems to have become as popular as ever, according to University of Illinois horticulture educator Candice Miller.

But there are certain things to consider before such pallets are used.

“It’s a great idea for the environment to reuse and recycle as much as possible in gardening, but you must also think about the safety of the product you’re reusing first,” Miller said in a news release.

According to Miller, pallet manufacturers in Canada and the United States are required to treat the wood on pallets before shipping.

When looking for pallets, Miller said gardeners should look for the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) logo on the pallet. On the logo will either be heat treated (HT) or kiln dried, or methyl bromide (MB).

“Avoid the pallets treated with methyl bromide and choose a heat-treated pallet for use in the garden,” she said.

Because many pallets are tossed out after being shipped, there is no way of knowing what exactly was shipped on these pallets.

“They could have been carrying harmful chemicals or even food that may have transmitted a variety of bacte-

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Farmland foundation elects new officers

Thanks for making CASA Triple Crown a success

The DeKalb County Farmland Foundation Directors elected new officers at its April meeting.

The following officers were elected: President Gerald Brauer, Vice-president Barry Schrader, Secretary Donna Bennett and Treasurer Larry Sallberg.

Dan Kenney and these officers were elected directors at the March annual meeting of members of the foundation.

The foundation’s main objective is saving farmland in DeKalb County for future generations.

To the Editor: Thank you to all who made our third annual The Triple Crown a success. We appreciate the support we received from organizations, businesses, fellow community members and more.

We want to thank our wonderful sponsors: Banner Up Signs, Blumen Gardens, Crum-Halsted Agency, Hirschbein Trophies, Le Print Express, KishHealth Systems, Lundeen’s Discount Liquors, NB&T, PJ’s Courthouse Tavern and Turner Law Offices.

A big thank-you to all our prize donors, contributors and other volunteers: Andy Hampton, Joyce Mathey, Maria Boynton, Tracy BeGay, Jill Franke, Karen Keicher, Jen O’Sullivan, Laura Hulseberg, Mike Verbic, Brad Becker, Kar-Fre Flowers, DeKalb Florist, Shari Pearcy, Glidden Campus Florist, Taxco, Nat’s on Maple, Polka Dot Bakery, Grace and Michael Verbic, Allison Hunter-Rosene, the entire Lundeen family, and the CASA Board of Directors.

This event is not possible without each and every one of you! We thank everyone who supported CASA DeKalb County in raising funds to support the work of our advocates on behalf of abused and neglected children in DeKalb County.

Jill Olson, executive director CASA DeKalb County

ria to the porous wood of the pallet,” she said. “The takeaway message should be to think carefully before reusing a pallet in the garden, especially if you will be growing a food product in the pallet.

“Utilizing a brand new wooden pallet would be the safest choice, but if a used wooden pallet is the only choice, take some precautions. Wash the pallet thoroughly with hot, soapy water or bleach and allow it to dry thoroughly. Consider painting or sealing the pallet as well, although the effectiveness of actually sealing in any harmful chemicals or bacteria is unknown,” she said.

Miller also recommends always wearing gloves when working with pallets and sanding down any rough areas on the pallet to avoid injury.

“Once safety has been considered, the possibilities and ideas for using pallets in the garden are endless,” Miller said. “Everything from raised beds, garden pathways, shelving units, garden furniture, compost bins, vertical gardening supports and fencing can be created using pallets.”

Visit the Extension Pinterest page at http://pinterest. com/nwilexthort/gardeningwith-pallets/ for ideas and inspiration on reusing pallets in the garden.

Nominees sought for Good Samaritan award Annually the Board of Trustees of Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center recognizes and honors an individual in the community as a modern-day Good Samaritan. This award is presented to someone who has demonstrated his or her commitment to the community and to its people in any number of ways.

A modern Good Samaritan is a person who cares for others beyond the normal compassion of most people; a person who actively participates in various community organizations and combines community service with personal caring; or a person who works quietly to better the lives of others.

These criteria are simply a guide and are not all-inclusive.

Nominees should come from the community-at-large and do not necessarily have to have

an association with Oak Crest.

To nominate a person for the Good Samaritan Award, request a nomination form by calling 815-756-8461 or email lhoppenworth@oakcrestdekalb.org.

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by June 17 to: Community Relations Committee, Oak CrestDeKalb Area Retirement Center, 2944 Greenwood Acres Drive, DeKalb, IL, 60115. Include your name and phone number.

Auxiliary accepting flea market applicants Valley West Community Hospital Auxiliary invites individuals to participate in the inaugural Flea Market/Valley West Auxiliary Fundraiser Event, July 20 and July 21, at the Sandwich Fairgrounds, 1401 Suydam Road, Sandwich.

The indoor event will take place rain or shine. Applications for the nearly 80 booth spaces in two buildings are being accepted from vendors interested in selling items including but not limited to antiques, furniture, housewares, home décor, jewelry, crafts, art, tools, Avon, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef and Tastefully Simple.

Booth space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Electricity is available upon request. RV hookups are available.

For more information about reservations and early bird pricing, call Debra Skipper at 630-344-3930 or Lee McKenzie at 815-690-4741 or complete an application online at www. valleywest.org/volunteer.

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Lack of rain not a problem at Tablas Creek Normalcy was lacking in Paso Robles.

A wet start to winter gradually turned cold and dry with nights where the temperature dropped below 32 degrees. Rainfall has been a little more than half of what is traditionally expected. Yet, a cold winter and an early warm spring led to a bud break at Tablas Creek that was right on schedule.

General manager Jason Haas said he expects a regular ripening cycle to take place at the 120-acre west Paso Robles property.

Winemaker spotlight The rain started in mid-November and lasted

UNCORKED James Nokes through December.

Then it stopped.

Sure, the cover crop got off to a good start, but only 55 percent of normal rain has fallen at Tablas Creek, a long-standing partnership between the Perrin family of Chateau de Beaucastel and the Haas family that specializes in the production of excellent Rhone varietals.

Known for hot, sunny, summer days and cool nights, Paso Robles, Calif., produces the best Rhone varietals in

the country. Bold wines that fully ripen under an intense summer sun yet benefit from the terroir of unique soil types are the norm. With rugged terrain and a limestone soil that’s visible on a walk through the vineyard, the similarities at Tablas Creek to the Chateauneuf du Pape region in France are striking.

“It isn’t ideal,” said Tablas Creek general manager Jason Haas about the lack of rainfall. “But it’s OK given that we had a decent rainfall winter last winter and excellent rainfall the two winters before that. The cold late winter and warm early spring combined to give us a more or less normal date for

bud break, and we look like we’re on track for a regular ripening cycle.”

Sunny, crisp days dominated winter after the rain stopped. There were cold nights that allowed the vines to go fully dormant. Frost wasn’t an issue as the protection fans were only turned on five times, a record low for Tablas Creek.

“We had a winter of extended episodes,” Haas said.

“It was without the normal chaotic mix of different weather patterns that typifies winter in Paso Robles.”

The early varieties, Viognier, Grenache and Syrah are currently in the middle of flowering. Roussanne and Mourvedre have yet to get started, but that’s typical of their later schedule.

“While it’s early yet and what we see in coming weeks will matter a lot,” Haas said.

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Camp is held in the Russell Woods Forest Preserve one mile west of Genoa on Route 72. The camps are focused on nature and the outdoor things kids love the most. Camps about birds of prey, insects, endangered species, and many more are summer highlights. Campers spend a week learning about a nature-related topic, doing hands-on experiential learning, and physically moving in activities that relate to the curriculum of the week.

“The campers are basically in an outdoor environment all week and don’t realize it is curriculum based just like school,” Peggy Doty, University of Illinois Extension Educator, said in a news release.

“They learn many things that will apply in their classrooms next fall.”

There are three camps just for the 7- to 9-year-olds. June 10 through 14 will be Birds of Prey camp where campers will learn about birds and may even have a few special large guests to visit with the

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Finally, for this age group, there is the Endangered Species camp. Activities will focus on special animals in Illinois and around the world while they learn how to protect and preserve their favorite animals.

“We keep our camp size small giving more time for campers with plenty of staff to support their needs,” Doty said in the release. “Our first concern is the child’s emotional and physical safety while presenting solid research-based nature education. Children learn best when they trust the people that support their learning through experiential experiences.”

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DeKalb Mayor John Rey (left) talks with Gov. Pat Quinn in Springfield May 14. Rey and DeKalb Fifth Ward Alderman Ron Naylor spent time with lawmakers and state officials lobbying for municipal needs.

Rey, Naylor lobby in Springfield DeKalb Mayor John Rey and Fifth Ward Alderman Ronald Naylor traveled to Springfield on May 14 to defend their position on several issues threatening municipalities, including the instability of the local government distributive fund and rising pension costs.

Naylor and Rey represented DeKalb as part of the Metro West Council of Government’s annual Drive Down event, in which local mayors, aldermen and municipal staff travel together to Springfield to lobby on behalf of various causes.

“This is an important way to get the attention of lawmakers,” Mary Randle, executive director of Metro West, said in a news release. “By meeting them where decisions are made, in Springfield, and bringing a big group, it lets them know where our needs lie.”

Rey and Naylor joined representatives from Kane and Kendall county communities in the office of State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka to talk about the cash flow issues

facing local governments.

Metro West members defended HB 961, which would require the efficient collection and disbursement of income and sales tax revenues to which local governments are entitled.

Rey and Naylor, along with DeKalb administrative intern Justyn Miller, also visited the office of state Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, and spoke with state Rep. Robert Pritchard, R-Hinckley.

Metro West also spent discussion time with Gov. Pat Quinn and House Republican Leader Tom Cross, R-Oswego.

Metro West urged legislators to “control the costs of local government pensions” to prevent more taxpayer hardships, Randle said.

Rey, who was sworn in as DeKalb mayor on May 6, said he was pleased to begin his term by connecting with lawmakers in Springfield.

“These trips really help remind them what the municipal needs are,” Rey said in the release. “And when we show up in their offices together, it really makes an impact.”

NEW YORK – If you’re craving a little more summer in your springtime wardrobe and you’re hesitant to break out the white pants (it’s OK, but that’s another conversation), try espadrilles.

The rope-soled shoes have long been a staple of the fair-weather seasons, no matter if there’s a chill in the air or the sidewalks are steaming. It’s all good as long as the sun is shining.

“The espadrille for spring is like the riding boot in the fall,” says Elisa Miller, creative director of the beachy brand Calypso St. Barth. “It’s a rite of the season.”

Style options have increased exponentially as designers take liberties with the definition – and have gotten a little smarter about their construction. Flat versions, wedge versions, sandals, slides and gladiator lace-up styles are some of the choices of a shoe with humble roots that was made fashionable in France and Spain in the mid-20th century.

“I’d call anything with the jute sole an espadrille,” says Miller. “You could have any fabric for the top – canvas, leather – it could be plastic, but you have to have the jute. That’s what defines it.”

Luckily for wearers, especially those who have been caught in the rain, many espadrilles now have a bottom layer of rubber, too.

But such practicality likely isn’t driving the renewed interest. Alexis Bryan Morgan, executive fashion director at Lucky magazine, traces this “huge espadrille moment” to last year’s Valentino spring runway. Seeing lacy black espadrilles paired with a long lace dress left editors swooning, she said. “It was styled so elegantly that suddenly this disposable go-to shoe was

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also chic and elegant. This brought it to a whole new level.”

You can’t really say they’re a “trend” because they’re pretty much an annual tradition, says Tracey Lomrantz Lester, women’s editorial director at Gilt, but she agrees this season marks a rebirth.

They elevate an outfit without ever looking “too done,” she says.

And, they’re fun, says Tana Ward, senior vice president and chief merchandising officer for American Eagle. They can bring graphic prints and bright colors to an outfit without a major commitment, she says.

Lucky’s Morgan sees them as a more fashionable alternative to flip-flops.

They can go to the beach or to dinner, prices tend to be affordable – or at least less expensive when you are talking Valentino – and the nautical vibe keeps things relaxed and summery.

As a vacation shoe, it’s ideal, she adds. “You’re probably already wearing

them so you don’t have to pack any shoes.”

Espadrilles are instantly transporting, agrees Lester.

To her, they evoke Brigitte Bardot on the French Riviera, an inspiring image even if you’re headed to the office or running errands, she says. Just throw on a striped bateau-neck top and white jeans – and voila!

Lester says a white sundress also works, while Morgan suggests a long maxi or a simple black dress. She’s worn espadrilles with black satin pants and jeans rolled to a capri length.

Calypso’s Miller says a white linen shirt with jeans and silver espadrilles are a favorite look of hers, but they offer a lot of flexibility, complementing shorts, skirts and pants with all sorts of hemlines and silhouettes. That helps them live through other fads and fashions.

For them to last that long, though, Miller suggests using fabric or leather protector on the uppers, and glue on the rubber bottom if it starts to separate from the jute.

Still, Morgan likes to refresh her closet with a new pair. “So they’re not hearty shoes, but that’s part of the appeal. They’re casual, they’re go-to, they’re beachy. There’s a huge variety, but the message is the same: It’s time to relax and be in the sun.”

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Community gardens awarded grant

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On May 18, DeKalb County Community Foundation board member Patty Foster presented a $2,000 check to Arnold Johanningsmeier, president of Waterman Summer Recreation. In February, Johanningsmeier agreed to mentor Eagle Scout candidate Winston Simpson from Waterman Troop 39, who proposed a project to replace the backstop and out-of-play fencing at the Indian Creek Middle School diamond. A grant was written to the DCCF to request assistance with funding the estimated $5,000 project, which should be completed in late summer.

DeKalb County Community Gardens recently received a $2,850 grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation. The check was presented to Dan Kenney, executive director of DeKalb County Community Gardens by DCCF Board of Trustees member Larry Bolles. DCCG now has more than 37 locations and is continuing to expand. They have developed more than 40 partnerships and working relationships with municipalities, churches, food pantries, community meal locations, businesses and nonprofit organizations. For more information about DCCG, call Dan Kenney at 815-793-0950.

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Dorothy’s Travelers back from New Orleans

The Hinckley Public Library recently received a grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation in the amount of $2,381. The money will be used to purchase furniture to add seating and finishing touches to the library’s recent renovation.

In March, Dorothy’s Travelers enjoyed a trip to New Orleans through Lockard Travel. Front row: Nancy Larsen, Daisy Russell, Sandra Polk, Dorothy Lockard and Sharon Brown. Second row: Jeannette Mosback, Bethel Andrews, Angela Donnelly, Ed and Ann Thompson and Daisy Russell. Back row: Lee Grayer, Joanne Erickson, David Brown, Rosemary VanKirk, Donna Kelley-Grayer, Paul Erickson, Ron Mosback and Richard and Nancy Eggers. This summer’s trips include Cape Cod and Plymouth, New York City and Lancaster and Hershey, Pa.

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TODAY – You are likely to make some of your greatest gains just when it looks like everything is grinding to an abrupt halt. It will prove that you should never give up.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Unusual benefits are likely to be derived from a rare partnership arrangement. Each of you is likely to have what the other wants.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Discard your present procedures if they haven’t been working and implement a fresh approach. Be resourceful, and obstacles will melt away.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – A spur-ofthe-moment invitation could lead to a rather interesting encounter.

At least consider the offer, because chances are it’ll never happen again.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Some unexpected changes could enable you to finalize a situation that has been difficult to resolve. If an opening should occur, move swiftly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – You’ll quickly realize that your mind is working better than your muscles at present. Stick to matters that require brain, not brawn.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Your financial trends are on the upswing. Chances are you find some good ways to both make and save money.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – You should quickly take advantage of a pleasant social surprise. This particular opportunity presents itself far too infrequently to be ignored.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Some of your best ideas are likely to come when you are off by yourself, free from all distractions.

If you are in need of some fresh thoughts, try solitude.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Conditions in general look to be quite hopeful. Maintain an optimistic outlook at all times, even when it appears you are stuck in a rut.

Things could change quickly.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Don’t hesitate to use your ingenuity and resourcefulness to advance your financial and career situations.

Things are breaking in your favor.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – You have your own unique way of handling certain things. Use it today, regardless of how strange or unusual it may seem to others.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – There is a good chance you could become involved in an unorthodox commercial matter. Its unusual nature will yield a hefty profit.

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Nursing student needs primer on dating rules Dear Abby: I’m a 21-year-old nursing student in college.

I’m a “people person” and everyone says I’m easy to talk to. According to my friends, I am pretty, smart, funny, etc., but I have never had a boyfriend.

I was extremely sick throughout high school and during my early college years, and spent a lot of time in and out of the hospital. I missed not only a lot of schooling, but also learning some of the basic social skills most people my age have mastered when it comes to dating. It has been only during the last couple of years that I have been healthy enough to even consider dating, and now I have no clue what to do.

I am naturally friendly and sometimes guys I’m NOT interested in think I’m flirting with them. However, when I try to flirt with a guy, it never works. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong, and my friends all gave me different advice.

Do you have any tips for me, Dear Abby, on how to let a guy know I’m interested? – Losing The Dating Game in Florida Dear Losing: Yes. Be your outgoing, friendly self with everyone. Don’t be afraid to smile and make eye contact.

That’s the way you let others know you’re interested. The problem with “trying” to

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips flirt is that it can come across as awkward and aggressive, which can either bring you the wrong kind of attention or scare a man off.

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married 38 years.

He doesn’t drink, smoke, do drugs or chase women. He’s a good guy. But ...

Twenty years ago we stopped giving each other gifts on all occasions because he didn’t like shopping for me. I let him off the hook and said I didn’t really mind.

However, on his birthday I take him to his favorite seafood restaurant and bake him his favorite cake. My birthday gets forgotten.

There is a special dessert that I love that is found only at a bakery across town. I have told him for the past 10 years how much I’d love that dessert for my birthday. He has never once bought it for me. I feel it’s like he’s telling me I’m not worth the time or money. For such a small thing, it hurts my feelings a lot. Am I being silly? – Slighted in Indiana Dear Slighted: You’re not being silly. You WERE being silly when you told your

husband 20 years ago that you didn’t mind if he ignored your birthday and other special occasions, because it wasn’t true (or perhaps the effect on you has been cumulative).

So, open your mouth and tell your husband – in plenty of time for your next birthday – EXACTLY what you want from him. If you don’t, you’ll get the same thing you have been getting, which is nothing.

Dear Abby: Some time ago, my husband and I became foster parents to a little girl who had been seriously abused.

After we had cared for her only seven months, she was returned to her parents.

Shortly after that, the mom signed guardianship over to the grandmother and now the grandmother is considering putting the child back into the system. This is a girl with “difficult” issues.

Although I deeply loved her, the time she was with us was very challenging and hard. Do I sign up for a life filled with uncertainty and give this child a shot at stability? Or do I pray that she will find the perfect home to meet all her needs? – Uncertain About The Future Dear Uncertain: Only you decide about whether you are up to the challenge of trying to fix this damaged girl. There are no guarantees, and it is no

disgrace to admit this is more than you feel you can manage.

However, if you feel that you and your husband can make a difference, it is important that you know you won’t be alone in trying to handle her emotional issues. In this country, support systems for children are better than they are for adults. Your county mental health department can guide you, and if there are medical schools nearby, they may sponsor programs to train young psychiatrists who can also help you.

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for 18 years. Our marriage has had its ups and downs. Last year we separated for eight months. We decided to stay married and are now again living together.

I found out not long ago that he slept with my daughter’s best friend. I am horrified that he’d do such a thing, because as a teenager she would hang out at our home.

I feel that what he did should have never happened.

Although I would like to think our marriage can be repaired, I still have my doubts. Should I feel this way or let the past stay in the past? – Looking For Answers in Oklahoma Dear Looking For Answers: Not every woman would forgive an affair that seems this un-

comfortably “incestuous.” A counselor may be able to help you sort out your feelings, and joint marriage counseling should definitely be considered before you make up your mind.

Dear Abby: What is a man’s ethical responsibility when he hears of a crime in group therapy?

While attending a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, I heard a man confess that he had dropped a cinder block on a boy’s head when he was 12.

The man was never arrested for the crime. I can’t stop thinking about the boy who was his victim. Should I tell the police? – Somewhere in The South Dear Somewhere: It is the group leader’s responsibility to contact the authorities if a group member is a danger to himself or others. If this happened when the man was 12, what would it accomplish to report it at this point?

Because this has been preying on your mind, you should talk with the group leader about the matter.

• Dear Abby is written

by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby. com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Operation to restore hearing loss has risks, benefits Dear Dr. K: I’ve been gradually losing my hearing. My doctor says he can restore my hearing with a procedure called stapedectomy. Can you tell me about it?

Dear Reader: To answer your question, I need to explain how you hear. It is an amazing process. Sound travels in waves through the air into your ear canal. Inside the ear canal, the sound waves are amplified. The waves strike your eardrum. The eardrum is a thin membrane, similar to the wall of a balloon.

Right behind the eardrum is a group of tiny bones called ossicles. When the sound waves cause the eardrum to vibrate, the vibration is

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff transmitted to the tiny bones.

These bones then transmit the vibrations through fluid in a part of your inner ear called the cochlea. Inside the cochlea are tiny hairs. Vibrations in the fluid are transmitted to the hairs. When the hairs vibrate, signals are sent up the main nerve for hearing. Those signals then land in a part of the brain where the signal is received and interpreted.

Why is the way we hear so complicated? Don’t ask me, I

didn’t design it. But I count myself lucky every day that I can hear.

Not surprisingly with such a complex process, many things can go wrong. For example, hearing loss can occur when something blocks sound waves from passing through the outer or middle ear. The source of the obstruction can be any number of things: earwax, fluid, inflammation, a cyst or other abnormal growth, or something accidentally lodged in the ear. Not unexpectedly, this happens more often in infants than in adults. But I once saw a man in his 50s who was having trouble hearing in his left ear. It turned out he had the

cotton from the end of a Q-tip stuck inside his ear canal.

The obstruction can also be caused by otosclerosis, which is most likely the cause of your hearing loss. Otosclerosis is the abnormal growth of the tiny ossicle bones. It usually occurs on the stapes, the smallest ossicle in the middle ear. Hearing loss occurs because the stiffened stapes can no longer vibrate and pass sound waves from the ear canal to the inner ear.

Stapedectomy can correct otosclerosis. Working through the ear canal, the surgeon removes all or part of the stapes. He or she replaces it with an artificial stapes that can vibrate. (I’ve put an

illustration of this procedure on my website, AskDoctorK. com.)

A major risk of stapedectomy is hearing loss, which can be total. Some doctors will not operate until the hearing loss is great enough to justify the risks of surgery.

With newer techniques and materials, the risks of this operation are not as great as they used to be. Still, it’s important to discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.

If you decide to go ahead with it, choose a surgeon who performs this operation frequently.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.

8TODAY’S WEEKEND PUZZLE ACROSS 1 — -majeste 5 Like a castle 11 Femme — 17 Hamster’s digs 21 Non-flying birds 22 Repeat performance 23 Muppet drummer 24 Actor — Sharif 25 Televises 26 Jeans go-with (hyph.)

27 Misgiving 28 Moon buggies 29 Coast 31 More skillful 33 Together (2 wds.)

35 Goal attempts 36 Very funny people 37 Uniform trim 38 Truck mfr.

41 Magazine execs 42 Dwindles 43 Toady’s reply 44 Price tag 48 Dogie snaggers 50 Rathskeller order 51 Ben- — 52 Dangerous 53 Selling point 54 Did footnotes 55 Vague discomfort 57 At the stern 58 Skinny 59 Splinter groups 60 Easel partner 61 Royal decree 62 Fleming or Woosnam 63 Lhasa monks 64 Grilled 65 Galahad’s weapon 66 On and off 68 Ante up 69 Iron pumper’s pride 70 Geezer 71 Perfect place 72 MS spreadsheet extension

73 Leo mo.

74 Ran fast 75 Gizmo 78 — -Magnon 79 Oz. or tsp.

80 Puddle maker 84 — Delon of cinema 85 Stiff straw hats 87 Walkway 88 Feel grateful 89 RN assistants 90 Falsetto singer (2 wds.)

91 Ice hockey gear 92 Food fish 93 Resinous substance 94 Watery fields 95 Taxi riders 96 Lopsided 97 Wild feline 99 Sturm — Drang 100 Ravi’s forte 101 Dress size 102 Eiffel Tower site 103 Soviet plane 104 Folkloric beings 105 Happy sighs 106 Compass pt.

107 Fathered, old-style 109 Small stream 110 Hone a razor 112 Gamboled 115 Finishes woodwork 116 Hot peppers 120 10-4 buddy 121 Not lax 123 Glittering adornments 125 Float ingredient 126 Start of Caesar’s boast 127 Walks heavily 128 Recommend 129 Tangle 130 Rick’s old flame 131 Join up 132 Meat counter buys 133 Long ago

DOWN 1 Page through a book 2 Qatar ruler 3 “You bet!”

4 Winding curves 5 Ways 6 Beginnings 7 Needs an aspirin 8 Exert oneself 9 Goof it up 10 Buttonholed 11 Defects 12 Queen — lace 13 Stadium level 14 Physician’s grp.

15 Surgical tools 16 Justice — Kagan 17 Pina — (rum drinks) 18 Iowa college town

19 Herds of whales 20 Gaelic 30 Edible grain 32 Afrikaner 34 Mr. Pim’s creator 36 Storms about 37 Chided 38 Complimentary 39 Minor accident 40 Slot site 42 Light bulb units 43 Holiday tradition (2 wds.)

45 Meadow sound 46 Blot out 47 Snail mail 49 Agent’s percentage 50 Soft purple 51 Flounder 52 Draw on

54 Cooking spice 55 — Zedong 56 “— be an honor!”

59 Military student 60 Force open 61 Sun-bleached 63 Encumbered 64 Univ. degrees 65 Ben on “Bonanza” 67 “Final answer?” asker 68 Mapped a course 70 Slinkies 72 Radiology job (hyph.)

73 Forenoon hrs.

74 Jobs 75 Fast gait 76 Llama cousin 77 Chorus girl 78 Pipe

79 Tentacle 80 Kitchen tool 81 New cop 82 Young raptors 83 Pint-size 85 Contractor’s figure 86 Gasthaus cubes 87 Mystiques 90 Edge a doily 91 — Philippe (ritzy watch) 92 Bygone Mach 2 flier 94 Phony 95 Highly rated (hyph.)

96 Fable writer 98 Monrovia’s country 100 Go downhill fast

101 Expressions 103 Current 104 Tubb or Borgnine 105 “Alone — —!”

108 Heroic tale 109 Goldfish 110 Rani’s garments 111 Bothersome 112 206, classically 113 Ferrara or Gance 114 Desk items 115 Truck stop sight 116 Diner coffee 117 Parent’s warning (hyph.)

118 Bloodhound’s clue 119 Overindulge 122 Actor — Kilmer 124 Veiled oath? (2 wds.)

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DEKALB Sycamore Rd. at Barber Greene Rd. (Northland Shopping Center) • 815-756-2592

Coupon Code:

2470

Saturday, May 25, 2013 “Pretty Pair” Photo by: Marja

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PUBLIC AUCTION DeKalb 133 Terrace Dr. May 24-25.

Huge moving sale!

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$2,000 Sign-on Bonus OTR/REG. Benefits & Bonuses Call Jaime/Ryle 888-616-0368 or 563-579-3421

Furniture, housewares, garden, full mattress and frame, set Xmas dishes, ladies large clothing, plants, and more.

(off Ridge)

FRI, MAY 24 8AM - 5PM SAT, MAY 25 8AM - 1PM 310 N. MAIN ST. Furniture, washer/dryer, household, swing set, tools, lawn tools & MUCH MORE!

Th-Fr 7 am-6, Sat 7-3?

May 23-25.

Huge Multi Family Sale.

Lots of Quality M/F adult name brand clothes sm-XL, purses including Coach, shoes, electronics,s ofa, love seat, large desk ($25) dressers, household, lots of Barbies, some antiques, tons of household, vacuum, electronics, Toro lawnmower, kitchen tables and chairs, DVDS, tons of videos, VCR, BOOKS, videogames & tons of board games, too much to list.

New items added daily.

LANDSCAPE LABORER Summer work, must have a valid driver's license. Native landscape experience & herbicide license a+. Email resume: Illinois.restoration@gmail.com

MANUFACTURING

ROCHELLE 14742 IL RTE 64E (2 MI WEST OF RTE 39) Saturday 5/25 Oak bedroom set storage headboard & matching dresser (excellent cond), living room sofa, matching love seat, tables, dining room tables w/chairs, misc household items and tools.

Cash only. Everything must go!

Contact: Theresa 815-517-0640

Imperial Marble Corp Somonauk 815-498-2303

WAREHOUSE CLEANERS / PALLET WORKERS DEKALB AREA Leading Janitorial company is interviewing for Warehouse Cleaners/ Pallet Workers in the DeKalb area.

FT & PT on all shifts & weekends, $8.60/hr. Pre-emp drug screening, background check required.

For more info call: 800-543-8034 & dial Ext. 407. Leave your name & phone # after the message or apply at www.dsicorporation.com

DeKalb

Fri & Sat. 8am 'til Dusk Eden's Garden Neighborhood Sale Wide Variety of Items SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!

DeKalb

205 Concord Dr.

Saturday 8am – 4pm

Infant & Toddler Clothing, Toys, Household Goods & More!

Glassware, household items, vintage & primitive items, holiday, Jim Shore figurines, B&G plates $1.

Tools, games, books; $ .25.

Records, tv stand, desks, tables, baskets, lamps, chairs, picture frames, puzzles, trunk, Jelco shipping case & much more.

Buying?

Selling?

Renting?

Hiring?

To place an ad, call 877-264-2527

877-264-2527

Name brand boys 4 – 7, juniors, ladies and mens, toys, many board games, infant carrier, bikes, tools, electronics, home décor, Stampin' Up!, antique dolls and furniture, and much more!

HUGE SALE

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Friday & Saturday 8am – 4pm

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by River Heights Golf Course

DeKalb 808 S. 2nd St

HOUSE DIRECTOR Full Time - Delta Zeta Sorority located in DeKalb, IL. This is a live-in position with living exp. paid + salary. Supervise all service personnel including cooks, cleaning and maint.

Email resume: nhc@dzshq.com or fax to Human Resources 513-523-9984. No pets allowed.

Background check required.

DeKalb

Annual Neighborhood Garage Sales Combined

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DEKALB MULTI-FAMILY SALE! Thurs-Sat May 23-25 from 8-3.

217 Joanne Ln. Baby/Kids, Antiques, Household, Electronics

Now Hiring Wire & Cable Extrusion Line Operators for our LaSalle, IL Facility.

Send resume to: leslie@abcwire.com 815-224-3422 (P) 815-224-4342 (F) American Bare Conductor, Inc. LaSalle, IL 61301

Genoa

Thurs & Fri, 8am-4pm Sat, 8am-2pm

247 Reid Rd. Household Goods, Beautiful Wood Bunk Bed Set w/mattress, TVs, Microwaves, Couch, Chairs, Electronics, Movies, Clothing and LOTS MORE.

ST CHARLES 1220 Indiana Ave 9-3 Saturday, May 25 One day only!

Legos, Pokemon Cards, other toys, household storage, teacher items, clothing, misc.

SERVERS - Apply in person only: Rosita's Restaurant 642 E. Lincoln Hwy. Dekalb, IL. 60115

SYCAMORE

1504 E. Stonehenge Attn: Mary, 121 Industrial Dr., DeKalb, IL 60115

In-Home Care Employment Wanted Senior Care Giver – For Hire I Am Professional & Dependable I Have Many Years of Experience w/ References (815) 757-6666

Loving mom will provide child care in my DeKalb home. 25 yrs. exp. TLC included. Full or part time. Call Jackie @ 815-517-1515

LOST KINDLE – left in cart at Hy-Vee on Mon, May 20. Personal treasure $100 reward.

If found 815-757-1256

Dog: brown, has rabies tags, found in Genoa on 5/24 Off of Rt. 72 & Genoa 815-739-0577

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

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Fri-Sat. 8-4 Oak dining set, power wheels, furniture, toy, clothes, porta crib, much more!

SNEAKERS - Mens Boys Sneaux Black Sneakers Everyday Shoes, $5, DeKalb. 815-739-1953

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SINCE WE ARE RETIRING FROM FARMING AND BOARDING HORSES, WE WILL SELL THE FOLLOWING LIVESTOCK, HAY AND FARM EQUIPMENT AT AUCTION, LOCATED AT 47W240 RAMM ROAD, MAPLE PARK, ILLINOIS. DIRECTIONS FROM SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS, 6 MILES EAST ON RT. 64 TO PEPLOW ROAD, THEN NORTH 1 MILE TO RAMM ROAD, THEN EAST TO FARM.

2003 FEATHERLITE 4 HORSE SLANT SHOW TRAILER. THIS IS A ONE OWNER, 27FT GOOSENECK TRAILER, LOADED UP BY FEATHERLITE.. USED VERY LITTLE, LOOKS & PULLS LIKE NEW! HERE ARE THE FEATURES...

LIVING QUARTERS W/ AIR CONDITIONING, FLAT SCREEN TV, AM_FM RADIO W/ OUTSIDE SPEAKERS, SHOWER, WALK THROUGH DOOR TO STALLS, TOILET, SINK, STOVE, SLEEPS 3. TRAILER ALUMINUM FLOOR W/ MATS, STALLION DOOR, MANGERS, DROP DOWN WINDOWS, STORAGE FOR TACK & SADDLE, LED LIGHTS. SELLS AT NO RESERVE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER..

CHECK OUT THE PRICE OF A NEW ONE, THEN COME BID ON THIS ONE & SAVE THOUSANDS.; 1995 KEIFER BUILT 20FT GOOSENECK STEEL LIVESTOCK TRAILER, WOOD FLOOR, FIBERGLASS TOP, CENTER GATE, SELLS WITH NO TITLE; 12FT BUMPER HITCH TRAILER, 2-HORSE, SELLS WITH NO TITLE; 1970 GOOSE NECK BRAND 30FT FLAT BED TRAILER, TRIPLE AXLE W/ LOADING RAMPS; 1989 DODGE 2500 4X4 PICK-UP TRUCK WITH A GREAT 12 VALVE CUMMINGS MOTOR & AUTO TRANS, RUNS GREAT, LOOKS BAD, WAS USED IN THE FIELD HAULING LARGE BALES, & ALL AROUND THE FARM. WATCH THE VIDEO ON LINE & CHECK OUT THE PICTURES; 1996 GMC KODIAK DUMP TRUCK W/ 10FT GALION DUMP BOX. 6.0 L, 5-2 SPEED, GREAT RUBBER, RUNS GREAT; CLUB CAR ELECTRIC GOLF CART, NEW BATTERY’S LAST YEAR; ALUM. 137GAL. AUX. FUEL TANK SITS IN BED OF PICK-UP TRUCK AND ALUM. LO-PROFILE TOOLBOX FOR PICK-UP, BOTH LIKE NEW. LIVESTOCK AND HAYING EQUIPMENT NEW HOLLAND 311 BALER W/ NH 70 THROWER, GREAT SHAPE READY TO BALE NOW!; NEW HOLLAND 488 HAYBINE, 9FT, GOOD ROLLERS & SICKLE, READY TO MOW HAY NOW; NEW HOLLAND 256 HAY RAKE, VERY GOOD; 40FT, SQ. TUBE BALE CONVEYOR ON TRUCKS, ONE OWNER, W. ELECTRIC MOTOR, BEST USED BALE CONVEYOR WE EVER SOLD; 4-BALE RACKS, ON JD, H&S & HERCULES 8TON GEARS, 3-RACKS ARE H&S; NEW IDEA PTO MANURE SPREADER; WOODS 72 MOWER; KING KUTTER 6FT BOX SCRAPER; 250 BU. SIDE DUMP GRAVITY WAGON ON JD 1065 GEAR; FOR-MOST 125 SELF CATCHING CATTLE CHUTE W/ A-25 GATE, NICE UNIT; SCHULD-BUSHNELL 6TON BULK FEED BIN W/ 12FT 4” AUGER & MOTOR, LIKE NEW; TREATED WOODEN FEED BUNKS 18FT LONG, 2FTWIDE, 2FT TALL; LOTS OF CORNER FEEDERS; WATER TANKS; STALL MATS; BUCKETS; PITCH FORKS; SHOVELS; STEEL GATES FROM 6-16FT; 2-ROUND BALE FEEDERS; ANTIQUE 2 HORSE HAY PUSHER; OLD FEED SACK FILLER; PICKERING ENGINE GOVERNOR 340 REV; OLD PICKET FENCE AND OTHER COUNTRY COLLECTIBLES. TRACTORS AND TOOLS 1970 JOHN DEERE 4020 DIESEL TRACTOR, SYNCHRO, SIDE CONSOLE, DUAL HYD, 3PT., PTO, WIDE FRONT, GREAT 18.4-34 RUBBER, 4 RIBBED FRONT RUBBER, LOOKS AND RUNS GREAT; MASSEY FERGUSON 35 GAS TRACTOR W/ MULTI-POWER SHIFT, 3PT., PTO, LIKE NEW 12.4-28 TIRES. THIS IS A SWEET LITTLE TRACTOR GREAT PAINT & CONDITION; DAVID BROWN 990 DIESEL TRACTOR, 3442HRS, 16.9-30 TIRES, PTO, TRACTOR RUNS, BUT WILL NOT MOVE, AS-IS; AC 716 & YARD MACHINE LAWN TRACTORS, NOT RUNNING; BADGER THUMB FOR LIEBHERR 309 EXCAVATOR; HINIKER 8FT SNOW BLADE FOR SKID STEER, USED 1 TIME, LIKE NEW!; KOLBALT 60GAL. AIR COMPRESSOR, LIKE NEW; ANVIL & MANY ANVIL PLUGS; LINCOLN PRO-MIG 175 WELDER; TORCH SET; HONDA EM600 GENERATOR; SEVERAL RACKS LOADED WITH TOOLS, PARTS AND SUPPLIES. BRING YOUR TRUCKS, TRAILERS AND A FRIEND.. ALL SELLS TO THE HIGHEST BIDDERS. LOADER TRACTOR AVAILABLE AUCTION DAY. TERMS: CASH, CHECK, VISA/MC ON SALE DAY ONLY. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS INJURY OR THEFT. HOMEMADE LUNCH SERVED BY DEKALB FFA. LOADER AVAILABLE ON SALE SITE. STEVE & ANDREW ALMBURG AUCTIONEERS, LIC#440.000779-441001160. MALTA, IL 815-825-2727.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 STARTING AT 9:00 AM REAL ESTATE AT 10:00 AM The Real Estate consists of 100’ x 120’ residential lot improved with a 4 bedroom home. This cedar-sided ranch offers three main floor bedrooms, a big bright kitchen w/breakfast bar, separate dining area and formal living room with brick fireplace. The finished basement doubles the living space with large family room, office, 4th bedroom, full bath, laundry/storage area. Included an oversized two car garage, central air, city services and custom built storage shed. The home was meticulously kept and is in move in condition, close to everything and minutes to I-88 access.

INSPECTION OF THE HOME BY APPOINTMENT CONTACT THE AUCTIONEERS HERE-IN LISTED TERMS: $7,500 down day of sale with balance at closing on or before July 17, 2013. Possession upon closing. Closing shall be in the usual manner. Title commitment and agreement to purchase contract will be available for inspection prior to sale. Prospective buyers should have any necessary financing arranged prior to sale day. NO CONTINGENCIES. The property will be sold in “as is” condi-tion without warranties.

Sellers reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Announcements made day of sale shall supersede advertising.

HARLEY & THE LATE PAULINE KLOTZ ATTORNEY FOR SELLER: RON KLEIN (815) 748-3080 AUCTIONEERS: Chris Wegener - Sandwich, IL - 815-451-2820 (IL Lic. #440.000267) Joe Wegener - Rochelle, IL - 815-766-0756 (IL Lic. #440.000375) CLERK: D. Gudmunson CASHIERS: Coultrips www.go2wegenerauctions.com

AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE SINCE WE HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED OUT OF STATE, THE FOLLOWING REAL ESTATE WILL BE OFFERED AT AUCTION LOCATED AT 108 SOUTH 2ND STREET, MALTA, ILLINOIS.

TUESDAY EVENING JUNE 25TH OFFERED AT 6:00 P.M.

THIS OLDER 2 STORY HOME SITS ON A LARGE 115X165 LOT WITH A LARGE DETACHED 2 CAR GARAGE,WITH LOFT AND A NICE SIZE YARD SHED. THE HOUSE HAS 3 BEDROOMS, AND 2 FULL BATHS, CITY WATER AND SEWER. THE HOUSE HAS SOME GREAT OLD ORIGINAL WOOD WORK AND HAS BEEN RECENTLY PAINTED. A NEWER FULL BATH AND DRYWALL HAVE BEEN ADDED. THIS IS A NICE OLDER HOME WITH LOTS OF CHARM....INTEREST RATES ARE AT A HISTORIC LOW....TALK TO YOUR LENDER NOW AND COME WITH A VISION TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A PROPERTY LIKE THIS AND BID YOUR PRICE AT AUCTION.

**OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY MAY 31ST 5:00 P.M.- 7:00 P.M. ** TERMS FOR AUCTION: $5,000 DOWN ON AUCTION DAY. BALANCE DUE JULY 23RD 2013. DEED TRANSFER, TITLE COMMITMENT IN SELLERS NAME PROVIDED BY SELLERS. A 7% BUYERS PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL BID TO DETERMINE THE FINAL CONTRACT PRICE. PROPERTY BEING OFFERED AS IS, WITH OUT ANY CONTINGENCIES TO FINANCING APPRAISAL OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF CONTINGENCIES. ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE DAY OF SALE TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ALL OTHER. GREAT PICTURES ON WEB SITE WWW.ALMBURGAUCTIONS.COM ALMBURG AUCTIONEERING INC. 815-825-2727, MALTA, IL ANDREW & STEVE

ALVY ARMSTRONG, OWNER ppraisals Real Estate Liquidators

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James T. P ke: 441.001952 Mar on J Valle: 471.003267

To be considered for this position you should possess a bachelor's degree in business or related field, along with an established and successful work history. Must have a valid drivers license, dependable transportation and proof of insurance. Shaw Media offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefit package and a bonus structure that is based on individual and company performance.

1 N 100 Schrader Rd, Maple Park, IL 15.5 AC • 2 Buildiÿgs • 10,320 TSF • Farmette w/100s of Trees • Poÿd • Gated Eÿtry • Zoÿed F/F-2 • 6 Overhead Doors • Heated/Cooled Oice Space • Buy at Your Price!

Shaw Media is a Drug Free Employer.

Pre-employment background check and drug screen required. This posting may not include all duties of position. EOE.

REAL ESTATE AND CONTENTS

All our auctions with pictures are advertised worldwide @ www.almburgauctions.com

In this position, you will have access to the resources of the number one media group in the market. In addition you will have the opportunity to join a growing media company.

If you are interested in working in a positive and professional media environment, please e-mail your resume to: Recruitment@shawmedia.com or Apply now at: www.shawsuburbanmedia.com/careers

FORMERLY KNOWN AS PAPA JOHNS PIZZA, THIS COMMERCIAL ZONED PROPERTY IS IMPROVED WITH A 1,800 SQ.FT. BUILDING WITH CITY SEWER, WATER AND HAS GAS AND A 25 CAR PARKING LOT, 117 FT. FRONTAGE ALONG 1ST STREET. THIS AREA OF NORTH 1ST STREET HAS A 8,100 A DAY CAR COUNT. THE BUILDING HAS A FULL BASEMENT FOR EXTRA STORAGE AND A OUTSIDE STORAGE COOLER. THE PROPERTY IS IN A FLOOD PLAIN. TAX PARCEL # 0814-352-011. TAXES ARE $3,289.00. LOT IS 117 X 254 X 84.

PROPERTIES LIKE THIS DO NOT COME ALONG OFTEN. TALK TO YOUR LENDER NOW AND BE READY TO BID YOUR PRICE AT AUCTION. TO INSPECT PROPERTY CALL AUCTIONEERS AT 815-739-3703.

TERM’S FOR REAL ESTATE: $5,000.00 DOWN ON AUCTION DAY. BALANCE DUE JULY 2ND, 2013. A 10% BUYERS PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL BID TO DETERMINE THE FINAL CONTRACT PRICE. PROPERTY BEING OFFERED AS IS, WITH OUT ANY CONTINGENCIES TO FINANCING APPRAISAL OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF CONTINGENCIES. SELLERS WILL PAY FOR DEED PREPARATION AND TITLE COMMITMENT FOR SELLERS. ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE DAY OF SALE TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ALL OTHER. PICTURES AT ALMBURGAUCTIONS. COM ALMBURG AUCTIONEERING, INC. 815-739-3703.

All our auctions with pictures are advertised worldwide @ www.almburgauctions.com

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As the local sales manager, you will help the General Manager in creating, developing and implementing the strategies that will drive the local advertising team to generating revenue success.

In addition, you will be a working manager with your own account list of real estate advertisers, and leading all aspects of our digital revenue growth. This position will also require you spending a significant amount of your time with your team on sales calls and making presentations.

FRIDAY JUNE 21ST @ 11:00 A.M.

DENNIS & JULIE ZALUD , OWNER

ST CHARLES Shaw Media is seeking a professional and energetic leader to join our multi-media advertising effort. The Kane County division of Shaw Media located in St. Charles, Illinois features the Kane County Chronicle daily, the St. Charles, Geneva, and Batavia Republicans weeklies, Kane County Magazine, KCChronicle.com, Planit Kane, Shaw Video Works, as well as events, direct mail and email marketing. If you are presently an account executive with a proven track record of success, and are looking to advance your career into sales leadership, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

COMMERCIAL BUILDING THE FOLLOWING BUILDING LOCATED AT 725 NORTH 1ST STREET, DEKALB, IL, WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER WITH OUT RESERVE AUCTION HELD ON SITE.

All our auctions with pictures are advertised worldwide @ www.almburgauctions.com

TRUCKS * TRAILERS DEKALB, 111 MATTEK AVE Saturday, 5/25, 8-4 Sunday, 5/26, 8-12 Glider chair, poker table, 4 club chairs, golf cart, toys including legos, a Playstation 2, DS's & matchbox cars, household items, boys clothing & much more.

A LOT OF EVERYTHING

DeKalb industry has an opening for an entry level bookkeeper.

Flexible hours. Duties include, but are not limited to, being responsible for computerized financial operations ie: accounts receivables, payables, payroll and various spreadsheets. Must have experience with Microsoft Office and Quick Books. A great opportunity to join a growing progressive minded company.

Send confidential cover letter and resume to:

1999 MERCEDES E320 CAR, GAS ENGINE, SOME RUST, 185K MILES, 4 DOOR, RIDES AND DRIVES GOOD; 1971 TRAVCO 23FT MOTOR HOME, STORED FOR 15 YEARS INSIDE,. HAS DODGE CHASSIE, V-8 MOTOR AND ONAN GENERATOR, USE AS PARTS OR RESTORE IT & GET THIS CLASSIC BACK ON THE ROAD; YAMAHA YT3600 LAWN TRACTOR W/MOWER DECK; JD 185 LAWN TRACTOR, BAD MOWER, DECK REBUILT; HONDA 4514 LAWN TRACTOR, HYDRO, NOT RUNNING; JD 112 LAWN TRACTOR, W/ SNOWBLOWER & MOWER DECK, BAD TRANS; CASE 440 TRACTOR W/SNOWBLOWER & DECK; HONDA REAR TINE ROTO TILLER, NOT RUNNING; HONDA FRONT TINE TILLER, MOTOR SIZED; SEVERAL OLD CLASSIC PUSH MOWERS, BUNTIN DUZMORE, 50’S LAWNBOY, AND OTHERS; NICE STIHL CHAIN SAW AND WEED EATER; HAY RACK OF MISC. PARTS, TOOLS AND HARDWARE. 17FT CALHOUN “STUMP JUMPER” CUSTOM MADE WOODEN BOAT WITH TRAILER. THIS BOAT WAS BOUGHT NEW AND NEVER IN WATER. IT HAS A 10H.P. KOHLER GAS ENGINE, SHAFT DRIVE PROPELLER, THIS BOAT HAS A VERY LOW DRAFT, MADE SPECIAL FOR SHALLOW OR HAZARD WATERS. CHECK OUT THE PICTURES. COMES WITH MFG OF ORIGIN AND BILL OF SALE. FISHING POLES, RODS, REELS; TACKLE; BOAT SEATS; TROLLING MOTOR; PICNIC AND CAMPING ITEMS; GARDEN SUPPLIES, LADDERS; TEAK GARDEN BENCH; CAST PATIO SET; W/ 4 CHAIRS; SHOVELS, RAKES, OTHER YARD TOOLS; ANTIQUES AND COUNTY COLLECTIBLES: SOLID WALNUT 48” ROUND PARLOR TABLE; STICKLEY TYPE CHAIR; JEWEL TEA COLLECTION, BOWLS, TEA POT, PIE DISH; GREY GRANITE WARE; CRYSTAL GLASS COLLECTION; OLD GLASS PABST BEER GLASSES; SHAWNEE POTTERY PIG COOKIE JAR; OTHER PIG FIGURINES; LARGE “MAMMY” AND BUTLER FIGURINES, SALT & PEEPERS, KEY HANGERS, NICE “MAMMY” CROCK CHURN; FIRE KING; WOOD IRONING BOARDS; SEVERAL FLATS OF COSTUME JEWELRY; SOME DEKALB SEED COLLECTIBLES; CROCKS AND JUGS; ST. CHARLES KITCHENS, WASHED ASH CHINA HUTCH; UP-RITE FREEZER; AND MANY OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST! TERMS: CHECK, CASH, VISA, MC. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS, INJURY OR THEFT.

SUNDAY JUNE 2ND

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START A NEW CAREER TODAY Veterinary Assistant Training Class Starts: June 3rd Phlebotomy Technician ASCP Certification Training Class Starts: June 4th

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE SOLD AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION WITH NO RESERVE, LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF KIRKLAND ON THE MALTA BLACKTOP 28357 MALTA ROAD, KIRKLAND, IL.

Maple Park Nursery

Sells to the H ghest B dder, Regardless of Pr ce!

Inspect on: By Appo ntment See Website for Full Terms aÿd Coÿditioÿs Case#: 12-CV-8538 10% Buyer’s Premium

(855) 353-1100

8 5-825-2727 Malta, IL

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Page D2 • Saturday, May 25, 2013 Reconditioned & Guaranteed Appliances: Washers, dryers, stoves, refrigerators, & dishwashers.

Assured Appliance 847-293-0047

ANTIQUE OLD FARMERS HAND PUMP $145. 847-515-8012 BARN WOOD WHEELBARROW $75. 847-515-8012 Sewing Machine: 1942 Singer Electric sewing machine in cabinet with storage bench attachments and manual included good overall condition $50 815-756-4085

SLED - Little Tikes Baby Infant Child Red Sled With Back Support and Carrying/Pulling Rope, Like New, $20. 815-739-1953, DeKalb.

STROLLER - Big Bird Baby Child Stroller With Adjustable Canopy Sun Shade With Seat Belt & Underneath Storage, Fully Collapsible, $25, 815-739-1953, DeKalb.

STROLLER - Graco Duo Glider Double Baby Child Stroller Complete With Adjustable Canopy Sun Shades, Trays, Foot Rests & Seat Belts, Large Underneath Storage Area, Neutral Colors Navy Blue With Hints of Yellow & White, Fully Collapsible, Like New, $100.

815-739-1953, DeKalb

TODDLER BIKE - Radio Flyer Red Scoot About Ride On Kids Toddler Bike With Bell & Seat That Adjusts As Child Grows, $18, DeKalb.

815-739-1953

FILING CABINETS – (3). 2 five drawer and 1 four drawer. $40 each. Call 815-739-6708 after 6p

Precious Moments Dated 1987 Club Figurine, "Love Is The Best Gift Of All", Great Condition, No box, $8, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953.

Precious Moments Wedding Figurine "The Lord Bless & Keep You" E-3114. Great Condition, No Box, $8, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

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.

Indoor plants: includes planters, $25 815-991-9088 SMOOTHIE MAKER - New Electric Smoothie Maker With Dispenser New 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.

CHAIRS - WICKER - Vintage garden appeal, hand painted lime green, sturdy construction, durable, classic, very cute cottage chic! $195.

815-477-9023

Bench Grinder – ½ H.P. $10 obo 815-895-4154 Conduit Bender 1/2", $20.

Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

DRILL - Milwaukee 4' Right Angle Drill, $190. Sycamore.

815-895-5373 DRILL/FLASHLIGHT - Craftsman 14.4 Volt Cordless Drill/Flashlight Combo with Case. Asking $20 obo.

Call/Text 815-252-6514 TABLE SAW - 10" Craftsman Heavy Duty Table Saw On Wheels & Large Deck, $195. Sycamore.

815-895-5373 WET DRY VAC - 16 Gallon Craftsman Wet Dry Vac With Attachments, $45. Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

CLEATS - Boys Mens Diadora Cleats Shoes, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 CLEATS - Boys Nike Cleats Shoes Size 5.5, $5, DeKalb 815-739-1953 SHOES - Boys Mens Adidas Everyday Shoes Size 7.5, $5, DeKalb. 815-739-1953 Shoes – Nike - New Jordan Huarache Style – Men's Size 10 ½ Paid $100 Asking $45 815-786-8127

Tickets: Rolling Stones, $250/OBO Sycamore--will deliver 239-961-2498

Fisher Price Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Gym For Ages Birth On Up, New, $15.

815-895-5373. Sycamore.

RIDE ON VAN - Step 2 Child Ride On Van For 2, Car Has Door That Opens, Steerig Wheel, Key That Turns & Clicks, A Trunk That Folds Down & Another Child Can Sit There Or Use As Storage, $35, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

Thomas The Train Take And Play Play Sets Lot Of 5 Including Misty Island Mining Trackmaster, Thomas Roundhouse Turntable Station, Sodor Rescue Station, Sodor Airport & Other With Some Accessories & Lots Of Various Shapes & Sizes Interlocking Train Track That Works & Is Compatible With All Play Sets, All Genuine Thomas The Train, (No Trains Included), $55, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

WAGON - Step 2 Child Ride In 2Seater Wagon With Door That Opens And Latches Shut, $35, DeKalb. 815-739-1953

China Cabinet – Maple – Glass Doors – Extra Storage Shelves On Bottom – Good Condition $75 815-899-5346 before 9 pm Dinette Set

BEAUTIFUL DINETTE SET Heavy glass and metal table with four very comfortable upholstered chairs with metal legs. Table top is 48 inches in diameter. Chairs come with extra set of fabric covers for seats. Very little wear. Informal, casual and colorful design is perfect for the kitchen, breakfast nook or covered patio. $300.

815-517-0830 after 4 pm.

Dresser w/mirror – beautiful - $100 China Cabinet Solid Oak $100 Cash 815-757-5442 evenings Kitchen set: 42” round maple kitchen table 4padded seat chairs w/2 extension leaves $75 815-522-6607 Love Seat. Beautiful, art deco, stitching. 53”L. Like new cond. $350 OBO. 815-758-7027 Loveseats (2) Olive Green 68” long/38” wide exc condition, will separate, $150/ea/obo.

847-895-6427 OFFICE DESK CHAIR on Wheels With Arm Rests, Dark Green & Grey In Color, $15, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953 Recliners 2 NEW LA-Z-BOY RECLINERS$800 2 new Lazy-Boy Glider Recliners (golden brown). Only been sat in a few times. Beautiful and comfortable chairs! Retailed at $750/ea.

Call 815-751-5293 SLEEP BETTER TONIGHT Factory Direct Mattresses Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $259 Can del. 815-703-3688 Twin Bed w/Mahogany finish and Thomasville Caned headboard and brand new mattress set. $325 obo.

630-232-1982

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 BASKET - Picnic Style Wooden Basket (New) With Handle & Pie-Cake Wood Tray Insert, $15, 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

$14,500

2003 Ford F-150 King Ranch

Plastic Barrels – 2 Blue – empty 55gal. Prior Non Toxic Use – Great For Rain Barrel Project - Sycamore. $25 ea. 815-991-5149 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

I am a cash buyer for a productive 80 to 400 acres of good land north of 64, west of 23, south of 20 and east of Route 39. Phone 815-7611461.

DeKalb Exc for Grad Students 2BR, parking, $700 incl heat.

815-895-5047

Only 10 minutes west of DeKalb.

Newer 2BR with C/A, appl, W/D option, deck, basement, large lawn, front door parking, etc. No dogs. Small town living at its best. $700 dep. $700/mo incl water & garbage. References and good credit req. 815-761-9237

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2 & 3BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

DEKALB 2BR TH

Large 2BR, carport, a/c, laundry.

Clean, quiet and secure. $750/mo.

J&A RE. 815-970-0679

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

KNOLLS SUBDIVISION 2 bath, appliances. W/D, A/C, 2 car garage, $950/mo.

815-758-5588 www.rentdekalb.com

DeKalb Studio & 1 Bedroom st

Available June 1 or sooner.

Clean, quiet residential building. $425-$550/mo. 815-758-6580

DEKALB ~ 1 BEDROOM APT Quiet building across from park.

Laundry facilities on site, $545.00 + electric. 815-970-5262

DEKALB ~ SPACIOUS 2BR

Incl W/D, wood floors, balcony.

Off St. parking, no dogs/smoking. $725/mo. 630-665-0382

DeKalb. Lrg 3BR, private bsmnt, entrance, & parking, avail NOW $810 ref 815-758-1112

A-1 AUTO

Shabbona ~ Spacious 2BR Newly remodeld, W/D hook-up.

No smoking/dog. $625/mo + sec.

847-738-2334

Shabbona ~ Spacious 2BR Newly remodeled, W/D hook-up.

No smoking/dog. $625/mo + sec.

847-738-2334

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT.

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!!

!! !! !!! !! !!

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs

Collections 815-758-4004 WANTED: RIDING MOWER in gd condition,reasonable price.

630-897-4383, 815-751-1906.

1990 & Newer Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan 2001 MERCURY SABLE LS Premium. 120K miles. Beige color.

Good maintenance. $3700 OBO. Call 630-387-9549

815-814-1964 or

815-814-1224 !! !! !!! !! !!

We Pay The Best!

2007 NISSAN SENTRA $9500. 815-757-0336

For Junk Cars, Trucks and Vans No Title, No Problem. Same Day Pick-Up. 630-817-3577

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DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $530 Recently updated!

Affordable heat.

Walk to shops!

(815) 562-6425 www.whiteoakapartments.net Now accepting Visa, M/C, Discover

Chamberlain Park Apts 201-205 W. 2nd St., Genoa, Il 60135 815-899-9450

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Laing Mgmt.

DeKalb: 2 Floor Loft: 3BR. 2BA. Quiet. Parking. Some utils incl.

Near downtown/NIU. Pref annual lease. Avail now. 815-762-1771 DeKalb: quiet 2BR, 1BA, near downtown, prkng, lndry, NO pets/smoking, agent owned, 815-756-2359 or 815-758-6712 Dekalb: Spacious 2-bdrm W/D A/C dishwasher basement storage, garage $900 + utilities Call Greg 815-751-0894

HINCKLEY 2BR, 1.5BA

KIRKLAND UPPER 2 BEDROOM No pets/smoking. $550/mo + dep and utilities. 815-761-5574 Or 779-774-3042 ~ Lv Message

Low Security Deposit Close to schools & stores Washer/Dryer on site 24 hr maint emerg #'s Property pays water, trash & sewer

Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

DeKalb. Spacious 1BR. Stove, fridge, M/W, D/W, A/C, Garage. Quiet lifestyle.

815-758-0079

Stove, fridge, D/W, W/D hook-up.

NO PETS. $755/mo + sec. Water sewer, garb incl. 815-739-1250

We have Apts available & are accepting applications

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 Sycamore: 1711 DeKalb Ave. Large 1 BR. W/D in apt, D/W, C/A, microwave, stove, frig, disposal, balcony doors, security system. $690/mo. 815-756-2637 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 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Near downtown/schools, W/D. Full bsmt, garage, no dogs/smkg. $950 + utilities. 630-450-5372

MALTA ~ 2 BEDROOM

Sycamore Meadows Apt.

Quiet Area, $600/mo incl heat, water & garbage. 815-762-0678 Call Between 3pm - 8pm

Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportuntiy Provider and Employer”

1705 Longwood Dr., Sycamore, Il. 60178 815-899-9450 We have a 1BR Available Immediately

ROCHELLE 1 & 2 BEDROOM

Available now. Remodeled, clean and quiet, $425 - $550/mo.

815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346

✦ Low Sec Dep. ✦ Security Bldg. ✦ Wash/Dryer on site ✦ Rental assistance may be available ✦ 24 Hr maint merg #'s

Rochelle 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath A MUST SEE! 700 Sq. Ft. Eat in kitchen incl deck. $450/mo + utilities. Bill @ 815-501-0913

DEKALB - 1 BR Apt upstairs in quite neighborhood near downtown. $475 + security. Lease. Available 6/1. Call 815-751-3431.

ROCHELLE UPPER 2BR DUPLEX Clean and quiet. Basement, laundry, 1 car garage, no pets. $550/mo + sec. 847-809-6828

“62 years of age or older or handicapped/disabled regardless of age”.

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Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C. of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer”

DeKalb - 1144 S 5th St. Private 1BR, 1BA House. Pets OK. A/C, W/D. $550/mo. 1st + deposit.

Avail 6/1. 847-845-4021 DEKALB - 2 BR, 1BA. $675+utilities. 734 N 10th.

No pets / smoking. Agent owned 815-766-2027

DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR

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

DeKalb 2 Bedroom With D/W and microwave, heat included. 815-748-4085

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Sycamore. 2BR lower. Newly remodeled. A/C, gas heat. W/D on site. No pets. Off street parking. $725/mo+dep. 815-895-9280

DeKalb 3BR 2.5 Bath TH in Summit Enclave. 2 car gar, all appls, $1250 + util. Small pets ok.

630-661-1643

DEKALB 3BR CONDO

3.5 bath, appl, W/D, 2 car garage, fireplace, hrdwd flrs, fin basement. $1190/mo + 1st, last & sec. No pets, no smoking. 815-739-9055

DeKalb/Summit Enclave 2BR Condo Incl all appl, 2 car garage.

No pets/smkg, $925/mo + sec.

Available June 1st. 815-501-1378

GENOA ~ 2 BEDROOM TH 2.5 bath, c/a, all appliances.

Garage, no pets, no smoking. $925/mo. 815-751-6355

SYCAMORE 2BR RANCH TH 2 bath, 2 car garage, appliances, W/D, no pets/smoking. $1100/mo + security. 630-504-8465 Sycamore: newer TH 2BR+, 2.5BA, 2 car gar, fireplace, full finished basement., off Peace Rd., 815-757-6011

The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes.

2 & 3 Bedrooms.

Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?

Starting at $645

815-757-1907 CORTLAND - 2BR, 1 BA ranch style duplex, full bsmt, central a/c, pking, yard, w/d hkup, $710/mo + util, water+sewer, 1mo. sec, app+credit rep. req., no pets, 312-649-6636.

CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage.

No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439 GENOA ~ 2BR, 1.5 car gar, new carpet throughout updated appliances, pets?, ref., $700/mo+ security deposit 815-985-0225 Kingston. 2BR. 800 SF. Newer kitchen & bath w/custom tile. C/A, W/D hook-up. Off street parking.

No pets. $750/mo+1st mo sec.

815-784-3504 Sycamore – 2 Bedrooms, appliances, utility room, W/D hook-up, storage shed, $645/mo. + sec. No pet / smoking. 815-895-6747 or 815-739-8291

Sycamore. Large 2BR. Garage, Private Patio, new carpet, laundry.

Clean & quiet. No pets. $750/mo.

J&A RE. 815-970-0679

Sycamore– 2BR Apartment $700 Nice Area. 1-car garage.

815 761-1775 815 761-1783

Sycamore: small, 1BR, upper, avail. Now, stove, refrig., water & softener incl., lease, references, no pets, no water beds, 1st, last, sec. $425/mo. 815-895-9224

DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST! Daily Chronicle Classified Call 877-264-2527

DEKALB

SELLER IS MOVING! FOR SALE Priced at $221,900

PRICE REDUCED BUY NOW! 3 Bdrms, Hardwood flrs, all appliances, 2 garages, huge yard.

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by the DeKalb County State's Attorney in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, on May 22, 2013; and that in the courtroom usually occupied by Honorable Judge Matekaitis, a Status hearing shall be held upon said Petition on May 31, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, to have the minor 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 minor 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. (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 25, June 1, 8, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS In the Matter of the Estate of: David B. Satterfield, Jr., Deceased.

Case No. 13 P 64 NOTICE TO CREDITORS

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Notice is given of the death of David B. Satterfield, Jr., who died February 19, 2013, a resident of Gregory, Michigan. Letters of Office were issued on May 8, 2013, to Monica English, 17250 Dutton Road, Gregory, Michigan 48137, whose attorney is Matthew L. Brown, of Brown Law Group, LLC, 301 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60115.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 11, 2013. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 133 W. State St., Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the representative or both. 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.

The estate will be administered without Court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 11, 18, 25, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Diana L. Przybylo; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Richard Kuhn, as Special Representative for Eugene J. Przybylo (deceased) Defendants.

Case No. 13 CH 00085 NOTICE TO HEIRS AND LEGATEES Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent, Eugene J. Przybylo, that on April 25, 2013, an order was entered by the Court, naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S. Washington Street, Suite 100, Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. (630) 420-8228, as the Special Representative of the above named decedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage upon the premises commonly known as: 630 N. View Street, Hinckley, IL 60520.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 25, 2013 June 1, 8, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF MAKYLA KIZER, Minor No. 13 JA 23 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU, David Mobley, father of Said Minor, respondents, and to all whom it may concern, that a Petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by the DeKalb County State's Attorney in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, on May 20, 2013; and that in the courtroom usually occupied by Honorable Judge Matekaitis, a Status hearing shall be held upon said Petition on May 31, 2013, at 10:15 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, to have the minor 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 minor 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. (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 25, June 1, 8, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF MILAN KANE, Minor No. 13 JA 25 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU, Robert Kane, father of Said Minor, respondents, and to all whom it may concern, that a Petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act

PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00056 TO: William S. Lancaste Spouse of William S. Lancaste Occupant Illinois Community Credit Union Bank of America, NA Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 20 The Property is located at: 226 Adams St., Genoa Permanent Index Number: 03-19-328-002 Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00301 TO: DuWayne M. Andresen Spouse of DuWayne M. Andresen Integrity Funding Group, LLC Tax Lien Investments Integrity Funding Group Series, LLC Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 21

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner

(Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00348

TO: Karl Szymanski Spouse of Karl Szymanski Occupant U.S. Bank, NA as Trustee City of DeKalb William Boyce Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 22 The Property is located at: 524 Clifford Dr., DeKalb Permanent Index Number: 08-22-404-003 Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00356 TO: Brian D. Weydert Occupant, Upstairs My Favorite Things Spouse of Brian D. Weydert Occupant American Midwest Bank National Bancorp, Inc. Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 23 The Property is located at: 249 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb Permanent Index Number: 08-23-159-037 Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00394 TO: Edward B. O'Connor Spouse of Edward B. O'Connor Occupant Fifth Third Bank First State Bank Tri-County Financial Group, Inc. Jennifer Faivre Trina Sandy Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 24 The Property is located at: 218 Cotton Ave., DeKalb Permanent Index Number: 08-24-352-006

Permanent Index Number: 08-14-329-021

Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the

y suance of a Tax Deed.

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Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

The Property is located at: 850 North 1st St., DeKalb

Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

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The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Is-

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner

(Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

DEKALB COUNTY GOVERNMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS EVERGREEN VILLAGE MITIGATION PROJECT PROJECT MANAGER

Proposals will be accepted by DeKalb County Government at the DeKalb County Planning, Zoning and Building Department, 110 E. Sycamore Street, Sycamore, IL for a Project Manager for the Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park Mitigation Project. Specifications and requirements are available at the above address and online at http://www.dekalbcounty.org DeKalb County Government reserves the right to reject any proposal and to accept the proposal that is in the best interest of the County. All potential respondents are advised this project is being funded by a grant provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, and entails application of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act and is subject to the provisions thereof. Proposals will be accepted until the contract is awarded.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE FOR PROPOSALS Kishwaukee College is receiving quotations for 84 National Optical Compound Microscopes as follows: Forty-eight (48) Series 211, twenty-four (24) Series 212, and twelve (12) Series 416TBL-10.

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Celebrations On Memorial Day, we honor those who have protected our freedom for more than 200 years. There are those who have lost their lives in battle, those who bear the memories and those who continue to defend our country today. These brave men and women have our gratitude and admiration. Celebrate safely!

City of DeKalb Memorial Day Program Monday 8:30 a.m. – Service at the tank in Memorial Park, corner of North First Street and Lincoln Highway.

9 a.m. – Parade steps off at NorthThird Street and Lincoln Highway.

9:30 a.m. – Parade ends at Ellwood House, 509 N. First St. Program follows, featuring an address by a speaker, American Legion school awards and performances by the DeKalb High School chorus, the Firefighters Highland Guard and DeKalb high school and middle school marching bands.

10 a.m to noon – Ellwood House open for tours, free of charge.

City of Sycamore Memorial Day Program Monday 6:45 a.m. – Mayors’ Memorial Day Breakfast at Jane Fargo Hotel, 355 W. State St. Cost: $15 at the door. Short program follows the breakfast, concludes by 8 a.m.

10 a.m. –The service will begin at theVeterans Home, 121 S. California St., followed by a parade to Elmwood Cemetery at Charles and South Cross streets.The service will conclude at the cemetery.

Genoa Memorial Day Program Monday 11:30 a.m. – Parade begins at South Genoa and West Main streets, and ends at Genoa Cemetery with a cemetery service to follow at noon.

12:30 p.m. – A burger luncheon will be served at the GenoaVets Home, 311 S. Washington St.

Kirkland Memorial Day Ceremony Sunday 1 p.m. – Service at Northern IllinoisVeterans Memorial, FranklinTownship Park Malta Memorial Day Parade and Service Monday 10 a.m. – Malta United Methodist Church, SouthThird and Sprague streets, Malta

On Sunday, DeKalb American Legion Post 66, AmVets Post 90 andVFW Post 2287 will be honoring veterans at the following locations in and around DeKalb: Veterans Park – 8 a.m.

Fairview Cemetery – 8:15 a.m.

Malta Cemetery – 8:40 a.m.

St. Mary’s Cemetery – 9:10 a.m.

Kishwaukee River on First Street Bridge – 9:25 a.m.

First Congregational Church cemetery– 9:40 a.m.

County Home Cemetery –10 a.m.

Ohio Grove Cemetery – 10:25 a.m.

Cortland Cemetery – 10:50 a.m.

Afton Township Cemetery – 11:20 a.m.

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