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Pension reform panel created Committee will try to iron out state House, Senate differences

By KEVIN CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com

and DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers came to a special session on pension reform, they saw, they formed a committee, they collected per di-

ems for their trouble and they left.

The House and Senate on Wednesday approved creating a 10-member committee to develop a pension fix that reconciles deep differences between reform bills passed by both houses. Gov. Pat Quinn called for the special session after

Take caution to nix vacation calamities Vacation safety tips n Suspend or forward mail and newspaper delivery. n Have someone mow your lawn or remove snow. n Put lights and radios on a timer so they can be turned on periodically to make it appear as if someone is home. n Be sure vehicles are not parked in the street for more than a week so they are not ticketed or towed. n Make sure electronic home alarm systems are working. n Don’t indicate on your phone voice mail message that you are on vacation.

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lawmakers adjourned May 31 without approving a plan to address an unfunded pension liability now approaching $100 billion.

Wednesday’s vote creates a “conference committee”, a rarely-used tool to reach consensus when the House and Senate reach an impasse. The

committee will be made up of 10 members – Senate President John Cullerton and House Speaker Michael Madigan will each get three appointees, and House Republican Leader Tom Cross and Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno will each get two.

Another special session is

goal is to get legislation that all parties can say, ‘Yes that’s fair.’ That’s the way you avoid litigation. That may take longer than July 8.”

Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, said the legislative leaders will have to work

scheduled for July 8 to vote on whatever legislation the committee develops. But state Rep. Robert Pritchard, R-Hinckley, said an agreement could take longer to reach.

“It may take longer than three weeks. I agree this is urgent, we have to move forward,” Pritchard said. “The

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FOR MANY, HOSPICE CARE A REWARDING, PRIVILEGED EXPERIENCE

Extending a caring hand

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A well-deserved vacation can end on a bad note if the right precautions aren’t taken to protect your home while you’re away.

That’s where local police come in. Some police departments offer vacation check programs for residents who will be out of their homes for a month or even a weekend. If residents want to make sure their home is secure or be reassured that a water pipe hasn’t burst outside the house, they can pass along their vacation plans to the police.

Sycamore Police Lt. Darrell Johnson said the police offer their vacation check program at no cost. Any homes police know are empty will be put on a watch list that patrol officers can pull up in their vehicle computers when they travel through the neighborhoods.

Although Sycamore police offer this service, Johnson said it’s not used frequently by residents. This year at least three households have registered for the vacation check program, he said.

“I think more and more people are [using] alternative security rather than giving us a call,” Johnson said.

Friends or family members usually are entrusted to watch over a home rather than police, he said.

DeKalb police’s vacation check program, which is free, is used quite frequently by residents, said DeKalb Cmdr.

Jason Leverton. About a few hundred families register for the vacation check program a year, he said.

“For us, this is another additional tool to bring down burglaries,” Leverton said.

Burglary cases are generally high in DeKalb, he said.

In 2012, 215 burglaries were reported to police, and there were 815 from 2009 to 2012.

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Hospice patient Jocelyn Green (left) discusses medications with registered nurse Tanya Diedrich of DeKalb County Hospice at Green’s home Monday in DeKalb. BELOW: Diedrich checks Green’s oxygen level and pulse.

Hospice workers learn much from patients on final journey

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Helen Maurer remembers a patient with dementia who had difficulty talking.

When music was played for her, she started to tap her foot.

Toward the end of the song she said the lyrics out loud, which

stunned her therapist because she had not spoken for a long time, said Maurer, a social worker for the DeKalb County Hospice in DeKalb.

Using music to comfort patients is not an unusual form of therapy for hospice staff.

“You have people who can’t

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On the Web To learn more about how Tanya Diedrich got into hospice care and more about Jocelyn Green’s health situation, visit Daily-Chronicle.com.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Hinckley HEA: Morning unit of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Sandi at 815-286-7191.

Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group: 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org.

Weekly Ladies’ Brunch: 8 a.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich.

Cost for these women-only events is $4 for food, conversation and bottomless cups of coffee or tea.

Back To Basics AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: 10 a.m. to noon at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St., DeKalb.

All are welcome.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. weigh-in and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. meeting, Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. Call Lydia Johnson, chapter leader, 815-895-4618.

Open Closet: 5 to 7 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothes and shoes for men, women and children. 815-758-1388.

Courage, Attitude, Resources & Encouragement Support Group – CARE: 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Kishwaukee Health Care, 2727 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. CARE is for patients with cancer or other serious illness and for family members. www. kishhospital.org.

ESL and GED Classes: 6 to 8 p.m. at Esperanza en Unidad (Hope in Unity), 2225 Gateway Drive, Suite A. To register and for information, call George Gutierrez at 815-9703265.

Keep It Simple AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

La Leche League of DeKalb County: 6 p.m. at the Goodwill Industries store Community Room, 1037 S. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. All breast-feeding moms can share encouragement and support. Call Dawn at 815-5171067; visit www.lllusa.org/IL/WebDeKalbIL.html.

One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m. at Waterman United Methodist Church, 210 W. Garfield St. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. weighin, 6:30 p.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

DeKalb County Democratic Party: 6:30 p.m. social time and meeting at 7 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 158 N. 4th St., DeKalb. For information, email Mark Pietrowski Jr. at markpietrowski@ gmail.com, call 815-762-2054 or visit www.dekalbcountydemocrats.org.

DeKalb County Amateur Radio Emergency Service: 7 p.m. on 146.73 megahertz. For information, call Bill Itter (N9EWA) at 815-8952020.

DeKalb County Marines Corps League, officers, detachment and auxiliary: 7 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Home, 121 S. California St. For information, contact Peter May at sneakypete2@hotmail.com or 815-761-7732, or call 815-756-6625. www.dekalbcountymarines.com.

Mothers and More Program Night: 7 p.m. at Ben Gordon Center Community Room, 12 Health Services Drive, DeKalb. All mothers are invited. To RSVP, email mothersandmoredekalbcounty@gmail. com or visit www.mothersandmore.org/chapters/DekalbCounty.

Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7 p.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Free Fit Club: 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Sycamore Community Center, 138 Fair St., Sycamore. For information, call 815-901-4474 or 815-566-3580.

A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 33930 N. State St., Genoa. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Closed Discussion AA: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Friday Sexaholics Anonymous-DeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction. Call 815-508-0280. SA.org.

Weight Watchers: 8:30 a.m. weigh in, 9 a.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

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Officials want review of ’96 downed plane

By FRANK ELTMAN

PUBLISHER Don T. Bricker dbricker@shawmedia.com NEWSROOM Eric Olson Editor eolson@shawmedia.com

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FBI agents and New York State Police guard the reconstruction of TWA Flight 800 on Nov. 19, 1997, in Calverton, N.Y. Flight 800 exploded and crashed July 17, 1996, while flying from New York to Paris, killing all 230 people aboard. Former investigators called Wednesday on the National Transportation Safety Board to re-examine the cause, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile may have struck the jet.

Stalcup, a physicist and co-founder of a group called Flight 800 Independent Researchers Organization, also questions the NTSB’s original findings and is featured prominently in the documentary, which is slated to air on the 17th anniversary of the crash next month.

The NTSB issued a statement Wednesday morning saying it is aware of the upcoming documentary.

“All petitions for reconsideration are thoroughly reviewed, and a determination is usually made within about 60 days,” spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said.

“While the NTSB rarely re-investigates issues that have already been examined, our investigations are never closed and we can review any new information not previously considered by the board.”

She noted the TWA Flight 800 investigation lasted four years.

“Investigators took great care reviewing, documenting and analyzing facts and data and held a five-day hearing to gather additional facts before determining the probable cause of the accident during a two-day board meeting.”

Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51

By LYNN ELBER The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO’s “The Sopranos” was the brilliant core of one of TV’s greatest drama series and turned the mobster stereotype on its head, died Wednesday in Italy. He was 51.

Gandolfini died while on holiday in Rome, the cable channel and Gandolfini’s managers Mark Armstrong and Nancy Sanders said in a joint statement. No cause of death was given.

“He was a genius,” said “Sopranos” creator David Chase. “Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time.

A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes.”

Gandolfini, who won three Emmy Awards for his role as Tony Soprano, worked steadily in film and on stage after the series ended. He earned a 2009 Tony Award nomination for his role in the production of “God of Carnage.”

“Our hearts are shattered and we will miss him deeply. He and his family were part of our family for many years and we are all grieving,” said Armstrong and Sanders.

HBO called the actor a “special man, a great talent, but more importantly a gentle and loving person who treated everyone, no matter their title or position, with equal respect.” The channel expressed sympathy for his wife and James children.

Gandolfini Joe Gannascoli, who played Vito Spatafore on the HBO drama, said he was shocked and heartbroken.

“Fifty-one and leaves a kid – he was newly married. His son is fatherless now. ... It’s way too young,” Gannascoli said.

Gandolfini and his wife, Deborah, who were married in 2008, have a daughter, Liliana, born last year, HBO said. The actor and his former wife, Marcy, have a teenage son, Michael.

Gandolfini’s performance in “The Sopranos” was indelible and career-making, but he refused to be stereotyped as the bulky mobster who was a therapy patient, family man and apparently effortless killer.

In a December 2012 interview with The Associated Press, a rare sit-down for the star who avoided the spotlight, he was upbeat about a slew of smaller roles after the breathtaking blackout ending in 2007 of “The Sopranos.”

“I’m much more comfortable doing smaller things,” Gandolfini said in the interview. “I like them. I like the way they’re shot; they’re shot quickly. It’s all about the scripts – that’s what it is – and I’m getting some interesting little scripts.”

He played Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in Kathryn Bigelow’s Osama bin Laden hunt docudrama “Zero Dark Thirty.” He worked with Chase for the ’60s period drama “Not Fade Away,” in which he played the old-school father of a wannabe rocker. And in Andrew Dominick’s crime flick “Killing Them Softly,” he played a washed-up hit man.

FBI ends Mich. search for union leader Hoffa’s remains

By COREY WILLIAMS The Associated Press OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Beneath a swimming pool, under a horse farm and now a weed-grown field north of Detroit. For at least the third time in a decade, FBI agents grabbed shovels and combed through dirt and mud in the search for Jimmy Hoffa’s remains or clues to the disappearance of the former Teamsters boss.

Once again, the search was futile.

“Certainly, we’re disappointed,” Detroit FBI chief Robert Foley told reporters Wednesday as federal and local authorities wrapped up another excavation that failed to turn up anything that could be linked to Hoffa, who has been missing since 1975.

Many people interested in the mystery assume Hoffa ran afoul of the mob and was whacked.

“Right now the case remains open,”

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The Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. – Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.

The New York-to-Paris flight crashed July 17, 1996, just minutes after the jetliner took off from John F. Kennedy Airport, killing all 230 people aboard.

The effort to reopen the probe is being made in tandem with the release next month of a documentary that features the testimony of former investigators who raise doubts about the National Transportation Safety Board’s conclusion that the crash was caused by a center fuel tank explosion, probably caused by a spark from a short-circuit in the wiring.

“We don’t know who fired the missile,” said Jim Speer, an accident investigator for the Air Line Pilots Association, one of those seeking a new review of the probe. “But we have a lot more confidence that it was a missile.”

In a petition filed Wednesday seeking to reopen the probe, they say they have “reviewed the FAA radar evidence along with new evidence not available to the NTSB during the official investigation and contend that the NTSB’s probable cause determination is erroneous and should be reconsidered and modified accordingly.”

Those calling for a review of the investigation include former NTSB accident investigator Hank Hughes and Bob Young, a former senior accident investigator for the now-defunct TWA. Tom

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Teamsters Union leader Jimmy Hoffa is shown Aug. 21, 1969, in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The FBI on Wednesday ended the search operations in suburban Detroit for the remains of Hoffa, who disappeared from a Detroit-area restaurant in 1975.

Foley said. “At this point, if we do get logical leads and enough probable cause that warrant the resources to do an investigation, then we’ll continue to do so.”

The latest search for Hoffa’s remains was prompted by a tip from reputed ex-Mafia captain Tony Zerilli.

About 40 FBI agents searched a small field surrounded by trees and a gravel road in Oakland Township. With the aid of a backhoe, they spent about 10 hours in the field on Monday and another 10 Tuesday before calling it quits about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

“We’re always hopeful that we’ll get a lead that will lead us to a position in which we can conclude this investigation,” said Foley, “both for the process of justice but also for the family.”

Hoffa was last seen on July 30, 1975, when he was to meet with reputed Detroit mob enforcer Anthony “Tony Jack” Giacalone and alleged New Jersey mob figure Anthony “Tony Pro” Provenzano at a restaurant in Bloomfield Township, north of Detroit. The 62-year-old Hoffa never was seen or heard from again.

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8CORRECTIONS The story and photo caption about teen baby sitters on page A3 of Wednesday’s Daily Chronicle misspelled the name of the Hulseberg family of Sycamore.

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8LOCAL BRIEF Coffee with DeKalb police chief is set for today DeKalb residents with questions for DeKalb Police Chief Gene Lowery can meet him from 9 to 11 a.m. today at the Lincoln Inn, 240 E. Lincoln Highway in downtown DeKalb.

Lowery will speak to anyone about current events and issues in the city that are important to them. Refreshments will be provided.

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Not only fun, video games aid learning

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – For Aline Click and Brianno Coller, video games are not distractions. Instead, they are learning opportunities to the Northern Illinois University teachers.

“Young cubs play, children play, we learn by playing,” said Click, the director of NIU’s eLearning Services and the Digital Convergence Lab. “Playing is problem-solving, reading, spatial reasoning.

But we also teach kids how to play video games.”

The two NIU professionals shared their insights into how video games can improve learning as a Aline Click part of the NIU STEM Cafe series. The series presents topics in science, technology, engineering and math to adults outside of a Brianno classroom setColler ting.

Click and Coller walked the audience at Eduardo’s, 214 E. Lincoln Highway, through the kind of games they have made for NIU students.

Coller, a mechanical engineering professor, showed off “Spumone,” a game he made to help students learn the physics of mechanical engineering. Coller said he found a lot of his students were turned off by the examples and work in the class’s textbooks.

“That’s not how engineers think and work,” said Coller, referring to examples in a problem. “When you’re designing an airplane, there is no answer in the back of the book…They’re behaving, valuing like engineers do.”

In “Spumone,” students need to guide a vehicle to a particular destination while dodging obstacles. Coller said players are forced to calculate their movements, as certain values in the game change between each turn, ensuring they cannot progress through trial and error.

As the technology improved for video games, so did the games Click and her colleagues have churned out.

When Click was first introduced to “Second Life,” she used the game engine to develop a digital representation of the NIU campus.

“We can do that with really interesting things in our online courses like simulations and games,” Click said.

Students involved with the Digital Convergence Lab made a game called “Picodroid: Science in Motion,” which uses the Xbox Kinect camera to teach middle school students about science.

Click said the lab operates different video game camps that students of different ages can get involved with.

Both Coller and Click described the process as “hard fun,” noting that while video games are fun to play, they can be hard to build.

Coller said it takes him about three weeks to design a level his students will later play. Click said middle school-students will sometimes be discouraged by the hard work that goes into creating a game, but game designers at the camp have to play games as well.

“If you haven’t played a game, it’s really hard to visualize a game,” Click said.

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DeKalb Firefighters Steve Cruz (left) and Joe Wempe (right) pull a dummy from the basement to the first floor during a training exercise Wednesday at an empty house on Hollister Avenue in DeKalb.

Firefighters undergo training

By DAVID THOMAS

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dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – There’s a degree of brutality in some of the techniques firefighters use to save each other.

In a house slated for demolition just off of Sycamore Road, DeKalb firefighters worked on rescue drills and exercises that they will use if one of them has become injured or incapacitated in a burning house.

“None of it is user-friendly,” battalion Chief Jim Zarek said. “But if we’re doing this, bad things have already happened. It’s time to get it done.”

At the abandoned house, firefighters punched holes in the wall around the chimney on the second floor. The chimney acted as an anchor for the firefighters as they rappelled out of the second-story window.

“If we’re on the second story or the third story and

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the fire cut off our way getting out, all of us carry rope bags on us to basically hook inside, and basically jump out the window in a controlled fall,” Zarek said.

Both Zarek and Fire Chief Eric Hicks noted the safety precautions they were taking during the drills, including an extra rope to help the firefighters drop out of the window. Zarek said they have not used any of these techniques in a real situation yet.

Near the kitchen, Assistant Fire Chief Jeff McMasters was overseeing an exercise in which a firefighter had fallen through the floor.

One firefighter would descend into the hole and tieup a 125-pound dummy, who represents a fallen comrade.

Two other firefighters would use the rope to pull the dummy out.

“It’s brute strength,” McMasters said. “When somebody is down, you get them out quick.”

Another drill involved two firefighters carrying a third up a flight of stairs. Zarek said this is to represent a firefighter who collapsed in a basement.

Zarek said the drills account for most of the things these firefighters would face in a house fire. If it was the real thing, the firefighters would also have to contend with the heat and smoke, as well as any falling debris.

But there’s an emotional impact to seeing one of your fellow firefighters hurt, he said.

“They’re going to be a little more amped up than they are now,” Zarek said.

SYCAMORE – Funding to cover the cost of replacing the decks of a bridge in Sycamore and Kingston was approved by the DeKalb County Board.

The board approved $87,727 for the Township Bridge Funds for the Baseline Road bridge project. The bridge is shared between Sycamore and Kingston road districts and is about two miles west of Route 23. The county, which is covering a shortfall for the bridge funds’ project, will be reimbursed from the state through the annual allocation process.

The entire structure of the bridge is not being replaced, said County Engineer Nathan Schwartz. Instead, it will be the bridge deck that will be replaced. The substructure or structures that are holding the bridge up are in good condition, he said.

“We don’t expect to replace them in the near future,” Schwartz said.

Schwartz said funding from the project would come from different sources. Federal bridge dollars will pay for 80 percent of the project while the rest of the funding will be split with Sycamore

and Kingston townships bridge programs, and the county.

He said an estimate of the costs is planned ahead of time but there may be adjustments depending on how much materials are used.

New bridges are inspected every four years, but once they reach a certain level they are inspected every two years under a federal mandate, Schwartz said.

“The vast majority of bridges are monitored every two years,” Schwartz said.

Once a bridge reaches a certain condition, it is put on a long-range planning schedule for fixes. If they need to be replaced sooner, they are put on a short-term planning list that lasts five to six years, he said. With the Baseline Road bridge, Schwartz said it was on a short-range planning list for about five years.

Work on the bridge is planned to begin July 8 with an anticipated completion of the first week of September.

Schwartz said the bridge will be closed as the deck is replaced. He urged the public to be patient while work is completed.

“In a 50- or 60-year lifespan of a bridge, a couple of months is a short time,” Schwartz said.

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Trustees are expected to raise tuition at NIU

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees is expected to raise tuition on freshmen and graduate-level students at its meeting today.

State law prevents public universities such as NIU from raising the tuition rates of instate undergraduate students already enrolled there. An instate student who entered NIU in fall 2011 will pay the same tuition rate for nine semesters.

However, the state’s Truth-in-Tuition policy does not apply to everyone. Graduate and law students will feel the tuition increase, as will undergraduates from out of state.

“We waited as long as we could to make the decision, to impact the incoming students as little as possible,” NIU spokesman Paul Palian said.

NIU charges tuition based on the number of credit hours a student takes, up to 16 credit hours. Currently, in-state students who are taking 15 credit hours pay $296.46 a credit hour, while out-of-state students pay $592.92.

Graduate students currently pay $335.62 a credit hour, while law students will pay $638.23 a credit hour.

Palian said tuition increases are determined by a number of factors, including the Truth-in-Tuition policy, state funding and operating costs such as the price of fuel.

“What it causes you to do is

make a prediction based on an unknown,” Palian said about the locked-in tuition rates.

“We don’t know what’s going to be out there ... five years down the road.”

Truth-in-Tuition has been in effect since fall 2004, and public universities have generally adapted to it, said Steve Cunningham, acting executive vice president of finance and facilities.

“It means the universities need to look ahead a little bit and predict the economic circumstances,” Cunningham said. “The universities have all adapted to this. It does give students and their families a great deal of clarity on what their tuition rate is going to be during their course of studies.”

Some feel committee step in the right direction • PENSION Continued from page A1 together in conjunction with the conference committee, but it would require compromise on everyone’s part.

“Here, we have a wide chasm between the two proposals,” said Syverson, referring to bills Madigan and Cullerton backed. “If you’re looking for a compromise that’s even somewhere in the middle, you’re talking both sides having to give quite a bit.”

The House and Senate passed their own versions of pension reform during the spring session, but neither Madigan nor Cullerton called the other’s bill for a vote. Madigan felt the Senate bill does not go nearly far enough, and Cullerton insisted the House bill violates the pension guarantee in the Illinois Constitution and would not survive a court challenge by the state’s powerful public-sector unions.

Madigan and Cullerton, both Chicago Democrats like

Quinn, adopted differing plans to catch up more than 30 years on the pension debt after decades of state underfunding and what critics call overly generous benefits. The differences between the two powerful figures overrode the fact voters last year granted the Democrats supermajorities in both houses, meaning they can pass legislation without Republican votes.

Madigan rewrote a Senate plan that applied only to downstate and suburban teachers.

The House plan increases by 2 percent what state employees must contribute to their pensions, and raises the retirement age for workers younger than 45. It also limits the 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment by calculating it based on $1,000 for each year of work, and raises the year when retirees can be eligible for it.

Cullerton said the House bill blatantly violates the constitutional provision that public pensions “cannot be diminished or impaired.” He crafted a bill, backed by public-sector

unions, that gives workers and retirees a choice of either keeping their 3 percent COLA and not getting state health insurance, or keeping health insurance upon retirement and getting a smaller COLA. Quinn called the special session the week after lawmakers adjourned, and as two of the three major bond rating agencies further downgraded the state’s credit rating, which is the worst among all 50 states.

“This is an emergency, and the taxpayers of Illinois are depending on the General Assembly to produce a real solution that erases our pension debt and supports economic growth,” Quinn said in a statement.

Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, felt the conference committee was a step in the right direction.

“It could be another dead end, but it’s another avenue we need to explore,” Demmer said. “We’re hearing more about the need for pension reform. There are very few options left.”

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Ex-Chicago firefighter gets pension from prison INBODEN’S MEAT MARKET The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – A former Chicago firefighter who was convicted in the 1994 slaying of his wife has received more than $55,000 a year in pension payments from behind bars, according to a televised report.

W F L D TV reported there’s nothing illegal about the money – more Eugene than $840,000 Ornstead in all – that Eugene Ornstead has collected over the years.

“Nobody feels good about giving a pension to a convicted felon, but we have to fol-

low the [state] statutes like everyone else,” Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund President Ken Kaczmarz said in a statement.

Under Illinois law, public pensions must still be paid to criminals, unless the crime was committed as part of the pensioner’s job, pension expert Bill Zettler told the TV station.

Now 76 and in a medium-security prison in Redgranite, Wis., Ornstead gets a monthly check from the Chicago firefighter’s pension fund for $4,645.

The TV station said he resigned from the department and applied for the money in a handwritten note, just days after his wife’s beating death.

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

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DeKalb city Lasey J. Brown, 21, of the

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Rebecca L. Davu, 18, of the 400 block of Prospect Street, DeKalb, was charged Monday, June 17, with possession of drug paraphernalia.

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Born June 1, 1925, in Pontiac, the daughter of Everett and Gertrude (Wesley) Miller, she married Stanley J. Larson on Jan. 22, 1946, in Bloomington.

Marilyn was an accountant for more than 54 years. She owned Larson Accounting Service in Genoa, retiring in April of 2012. She was a

member of Independent Accountants Association of Illinois and an enrolled agent with the Internal Revenue Service.

Survivors include two sons, Robert D. (Sheila) Larson of Amboy and Gary D. (Nancee) Larson of Rockford; one daughter, Mary Jo Larson of Genoa; five grandchildren, Michelle (Gary) Espy of Missouri, Sean (Julie) Larson of Cortland, Brandon (Gina) Larson of Rockford, Stephanie Larson of Round Lake and Joshua Larson of Genoa; eight great-grandchildren, Adrianna, Niya, Andrea, Bradley, Dustin, Chandler, Hunter and Tristan; one brother, Dean Miller of Rockford; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her

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U.S. tries saving Taliban Obama urges nuclear talks after Karzai objects cuts in Berlin speech their flag and a banner with the name they used while in power more than a decade ago: “Political Office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.”

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with Karzai on the phone, telling him that his concerns were justified and that he would work to resolve the issue.

An American official, speaking anonymously because he was not authorized to disclose the information, said he still expects to have the first public meeting with Taliban representatives in the next few days in Qatar but that no exact meeting date has been set.

Nevertheless, the mili-

tants’ attempt at a publicity coup clearly played to Karzai’s longstanding distrust of both the Taliban and the United States, who had announced Tuesday that they would pursue negotiations in the Qatari capital of Doha – at least initially without the Afghan government.

It may have also given Karzai an excuse to try to head off the Doha talks, which he probably agreed to support only reluctantly and under U.S. pressure. Karzai has for years opposed talks outside Afghanistan and dominated or directed by the U.S. The Taliban, on the other hand, have never really wanted to negotiate with Karzai, preferring to talk directly with the U.S.

Fed suggests it’s closer to slowing bond purchases

Obama relies on untested oversight board on NSA

IRS draws new criticism over $70M in bonuses

WASHINGTON – Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program later this year and end it next year if the economy continues to improve.

The Fed’s bond purchases Ben have helped Bernanke keep long-term interest rates at record lows. A pullback in the Fed’s purchases would likely lead to higher rates on mortgages and other consumer and business loans.

Bernanke said the reductions would occur in “measured steps” and that the purchases could end by the middle of next year. By then, he said he thought unemployment would be around 7 percent.

WASHINGTON – The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has operated fitfully during its eight years of low-profile existence, stymied by congressional infighting and, at times, censorship by government lawyers.

The privacy board was to meet Wednesday, its first meeting since revelations the NSA is secretly collecting the phone records of millions of Americans.

It was unclear what would be discussed. As late as April 2012, the board’s incoming chairman did not have a security clearance and the board did not have the classified, secure meeting area necessary to review and discuss classified government material.

WASHINGTON – An influential Republican senator says the Internal Revenue Service will pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa Sen. Chuck said his office Grassley learned the IRS is executing an agreement with the employees’ union Wednesday to pay the bonuses. Grassley said the bonuses should be canceled under an April directive from the White House budget office. The IRS said it is negotiating with the union over the matter.

The National Treasury Employees Union did not respond to requests for comment.

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KABUL, Afghanistan – Hopes dimmed for talks aimed at ending the Afghan war when an angry President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday suspended security negotiations with the U.S. and scuttled a peace delegation to the Taliban, sending American officials scrambling to preserve the possibility of dialogue with the militants.

What provoked the mercurial Karzai and infuriated many other Afghans was a move by the Taliban to cast their new office in the Gulf nation of Qatar as a rival embassy. The Taliban held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday in which they hoisted

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By JULIE PACE The Associated Press BERLIN – Summoning the harsh history of this once-divided city, President Barack Obama on Wednesday cautioned the U.S. and Europe against “complacency” brought on by peace, pledging to cut America’s deployed nuclear weapons by one-third if Russia does the same.

The president also declared that his far-reaching surveillance programs had saved lives on both sides of the Atlantic, as he sought to defend the controversial data-mining to skeptical Europeans.

Speaking against the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate, Obama said that “bold reductions” to the U.S. and Russian nuclear forces were needed to move the two powers away from the war posture that continues to seed mistrust between their governments.

“We may not live in fear of nuclear annihilation, but as long as nuclear weapons exist, we are not truly safe,” Obama said as he closed a

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President Barack Obama, accompanied by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, waves to the crowd Wednesday after speaking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. three-day visit to Europe, his first trip to the continent since winning re-election.

Privacy-protective Germany was particularly eager for answers about the sweeping programs run by the National Security Agency. Chancellor Angela Merkel used a news conference with Obama n Wednesday to appeal for “due diligence” in evaluating the privacy concerns, though she avoided a direct public confrontation with the president.

“There needs to be propor-

tionality,” she said of the U.S. programs. “This is going to be an ongoing battle.”

Obama offered a lengthy defense of the court-approved surveillance of Internet and phone records, describing it as a targeted effort that has “saved lives.”

“We know of at least 50 threats that have been averted because of this information, not just in the United States but in some cases threats here in Germany,” he said.

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OfficeMax seeks tax break to stay in Ill.

By DAVID MERCER The Associated Press CHAMPAIGN – OfficeMax Inc. and Office Depot Inc. want Illinois and Florida to compete to be the home of their combined headquarters if their proposed merger is approved by offering the best package of tax breaks that they can.

Naperville-based OfficeMax made its pitch to Illinois lawmakers Tuesday when executives testified before a state Senate Executive Committee

hearing in Springfield.

The hearing was on the state’s pension crisis, but before addressing the issue, OfficeMax CEO Ravi Saligram and state Sen. Tom Cullerton pitched legislation that would Ravi give the new Saligram merged company unspecified tax breaks in exchange for maintaining at least 2,000

nonretail jobs in the state and making $150 million in capital investments. OfficeMax now has about 2,000 employees between its headquarters, a nearby distribution center and a call center in Peru.

Saligram said the two companies are just beginning the process of choosing a single headquarters. The merger, which was announced in February, is expected to be complete by the end of the year, he said. The deal still needs approval from federal regulators

and shareholders.

“What we are trying to do right now is first decide all the criteria, and then try to get economic incentives on both sides so we can come to an informed decision,” Saligram said, adding that Illinois has been a good home for OfficeMax. In a statement emailed to The Associated Press, a spokeswoman for Boca Raton, Fla.-based Office Depot said Florida has not yet made an offer.

Main goal of hospice workers is to provide comfort • HOSPICE Continued from page A1 read or can’t carry on a conversation, but you put a song on for them and they can sing along as if they’ve known the song previously,” said Tanya Diedrich, a registered nurse for the hospice.

Every day something happens at the hospice that amazes the staff. Despite working with terminally-ill patients with about six months to live, the nurses, counselors and social workers find the work to be a rewarding and privileged experience. The staff learn much from their patients as they make the final journey of their lives.

“I think a lot of it is that what we learn from the patient and the family is the healing that we take with us,” Paula Kunkel, certified nursing assistant for the hospice, said. “... To help us to cope, to maybe even do better things for the next patient.”

The hospice is a nonprofit Medicare-certified organization that has served the county since 1982. People with terminal illnesses who are no longer seeking curative treatments such as chemotherapy are eligible for hospice care.

The main goal of hospice workers is providing com-

“I think a lot of it is that what we learn from the patient and the family is the healing that we take with us. ... To help us to cope, to maybe even do better things for the next patient.”

Paula Kunkel Certiied nursing assistant for the DeKalb County Hospice fort. Besides music therapy, the hospice provides nursing, chaplain visits, bereavement support and other services for patients and their families and friends.

Above all, they listen to their patients. Maurer said the staff will listen to them a lot as a way of helping them with the process of dying.

“It amazes me how they will talk to you and open up to you,” Kunkel said.

One thing that helps patients cope with death is learning about it, Maurer said. The nurses and some of the staff will show them how they can be helped through each stage of death. Before all of that, however, the staff will talk with the patients and understand where they are in their journey.

“Some people are accepting and for some it’s too hard to accept death as really happening,” Maurer said. “It’s a protective denial and they need to have that in the beginning.”

The staff works in teams; sometimes their duties overlap. As a social worker, Maurer supports patients and families by providing assistance with practical matters such as finances and finding a living space.

“I try to get to know the patient,” Maurer said.

Diedrich’s role is to comfort patients during the last period of their lives as a registered nurse. She helps with medication and services such as massages and doctor visits.

As a nursing assistant, Kunkel will help with grooming the patient. She can sometimes serve as a “second eye” for other nurses.

“We get exposure to what may be going on with the body that other nurses may not be able to see on their first visits,” Kunkel said.

To deal with the stresses of the job, the staff will come together every two weeks to talk about their patients and their care plan. That is usually the

time the staff supports each other, Maurer said.

One thing Kunkel learns about her patients is their attitude and strength. Patients at the hospice come from all walks of life, including farmers, university employees, blue collar and white collar workers, Maurer said.

“We have a diverse mix here and the stories are amazing,” Maurer said.

Sometimes the staff becomes part of the patient’s family. They share their memories and discover their hidden talents. Sometimes the staff sees the consequences of bad decisions.

“You get to see people reflecting on their lives and you think of your own life and what you are valuing,” Maurer said.

Each of the hospice workers has a personal story on how they came to join what Kunkel calls exhausting yet healthy work. A lot of the volunteers at the hospice are family members of patients the staff once cared for, she said. One person whose parents were cared for by the staff ended up working for the hospice.

“She went through [certified nursing assistant] training and got hired here because she was so inspired,” Maurer said.

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• VACATION Continued from page A1 They tend to happen in apartment complexes, where it is easier for burglars to blend in, he said. People do not know each other as well as they would in an area with standalone homes, and seeing strangers moving in and out of apartments carrying things like TVs is common.

DeKalb police view their vacation check program as a community outreach effort that helps them know what houses in neighborhoods are empty, Leverton said.

The police will keep an eye on registered homes and will even leave their cars to check around the homes for any signs of suspicious activity at the owner’s request.

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8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letter: Public shares blame but we must accept the responsibility that we continued to put for country’s troubles To the Editor: Our country is in trouble.

It is in trouble due to years of neglect and selfishness. We can waste our time blaming the Democrats or Republicans, but in reality, it is our fault.

It’s our responsibility to pay attention to those we elect, and when they begin to represent themselves it is time for them to be voted out of office. We cannot say that Mr. or Mrs. Representative hasn’t been doing their job, only to find out they’ve been elected over and over again. Yes, they failed as our representative,

Is that the message you want to send to our leaders? I’m not just them in office. We also must stop talking the president, but about focusing on nonissues such as the every representative we have. “birther argument” or “proclama- Do you really want them raising taxes, ignoring the law, skirting tions of administrative doom.” the Constitution, and then telling Step up or stop.

Currently, President Obama is in you that you are too dumb and weak to do anything about it? the midst of several bad situaTaking our country back is not a tions, scandals if you will. Do you Democrat or a Republican issue – realize we are setting precedent for all future leaders? We are tell- it is an American obligation. Our leadership needs to realize just ing them to “do what you want, how much power we have. as often as you want, no matter We don’t need to wait for an how negatively it effects the election to occur, we need to country – ‘we the people’ won’t demand answers. Should those really hold you to any standards answers lead to the loss of and don’t have the fight in us to government or political jobs, then demand better.”

so be it.

Not only do we have the right to demand better representation, but we need to demand more from each other. President Kennedy said, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” So lets “do for our country” and rid it of the type of leadership that doesn’t care about the Constitution, that feels it needs to parent us and thinks that we are not strong enough to become great.

I assure you, we’re more than strong enough.

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Some advice for the court: Know your role As the Supreme Court nears the end of its term, the big decisions we are still waiting for concern race and marriage. These decisions offer the court an opportunity to exercise an unwonted self-restraint.

In two cases, the court is judging how far governments may go to rectify past discrimination against blacks and foster racial diversity. In two other cases, the court is asking whether governments are unconstitutionally discriminating against gays and lesbians by treating marriage as the union of a man and a woman.

Most liberals want the court eventually to rule that all states and the federal government must recognize same-sex marriage – even if legislators and citizens voting on ballot initiatives disagree. In the race cases, they want the court to defer to state universities and Congress.

Most conservatives take the opposite view on all of these cases. They want the court to let legislators and citizens decide whether governments should recognize same-sex marriages. But they don’t believe state universities should be able to provide preferential treatment to minority applicants. And they don’t think Congress should be allowed to keep treating the states and localities that were the worst violators of voting rights during the 1960s as though they were still especially suspect.

What the court should do is show deference in all these cases, which means siding with the conservatives on marriage and with the liberals on voting rights.

There are, of course, occasions when the court has the duty to overturn democratically enacted laws. In those instances, the court doesn’t disregard the public’s will.

Rather it sets aside the public’s transient will, as expressed in a law, in favor of its durable will, as expressed in the Constitu-

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru tion. The public’s ratification of the constitutional provision involved in the case is what makes the court’s action legitimate.

We can ask a two-part question, then, that serves as a rough-and-ready guide to when the court should impose a policy. Did the people, by ratifying the Constitution or an amendment, mean to adopt that policy?

Or did they mean to give the courts the power to force the adoption of the policy?

If the answer to both questions is no, there should be a strong presumption against judicial intervention.

Nobody thinks the public meant to recognize same-sex marriage by ratifying the 14th Amendment, or to give judges the power to settle the issue. It’s the same with voting rights. The 15th Amendment gives Congress the power to enforce the right to vote “by appropriate legislation.”

Conservatives say some parts of the Voting Rights Act are no longer appropriate. But nobody has offered any evidence that the ratifying public meant that courts should second-guess what Congress found appropriate.

Any defensible account of the proper role of the judiciary has to distinguish between what a conscientious judge does and what a conscientious legislator does, with the latter having the scope to take a wider range of considerations into account when weighing a law. In both the voting-rights and the marriage case, though, there is a temptation to erase that difference. A court that tries to determine whether all the provisions of the Voting Rights Act are

“appropriate” to today’s circumstances is simply replicating the lawmaker’s task.

In the marriage case, too, the main arguments aired in court have been about judgments that the Constitution appears to leave to Congress: What is the purpose of having a public policy of marriage? And what kind of marriage policy best serves that purpose?

At an earlier stage of one of the cases, a federal judge even based his ruling partly on his findings about the psychological effects that different marriage policies have on adults and children. The public didn’t put answers to these questions into the Constitution by ratifying the 14th Amendment, or mean to hand them to judges to decide.

And what about the case of preferential-admissions decisions at state universities? On that one, the court doesn’t need to decide whether liberals or conservatives should prevail on any constitutional question. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 mandates that nobody be subject to racial discrimination “under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance,” which covers almost all universities. The court should defer to that statute, which would seem to bar preferential treatment for racial minorities.

People who want to change the statute to allow such treatment have a way forward, as do people who want to see governments recognize same-sex marriage and those who want the Voting Rights Act modified. They should all go to the same place to make their case: the legislature.

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

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The Pentagon says it doesn’t want them, doesn’t need them, and can’t afford to maintain them.

Two congressional armed services panels say that’s just tough – you’re stuck with them.

So at a time of federal budget squeezing, the Defense Department’s effort to close installations rendered unnecessary by troop drawdowns has hit a political wall.

The wisdom of our Founders is manifest in many ways, nowhere more so than in their decision to put the American military under civilian authority. History has shown again and again that doing it the other way around seldom, if ever, leads to anything good.

But if there’s a downside even to that act of constitutional genius, this might be it: Civilian control is never completely independent of political control. Decisions for and about the armed services are sometimes made for reasons that have little or nothing to do with – indeed, might actively interfere with – the fundamental military mission of defending the country.

Pentagon leaders say troop reductions leave them with facilities they don’t need. More to the point, they say the money saved by closing and perhaps even selling off those facilities is needed for training and equipment.

This budget debate arises, of course, from sequestration: Defense must cut its budget for the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, by about $41 billion.

Those cuts have forced layoffs and furloughs among civilian workers and have even cut into what the Army says are essential training and maintenance functions.

No matter. Not only did the congressional committees turn thumbs down to base closure and downsizing, but the House Armed Services Committee added a provision that says the Pentagon can’t even plan for such a possibility.

One ostensible reason for lawmakers’ intransigence on this issue is the argument that shuttering facilities will, at least in the short term, cost more than it saves.

The more familiar and far more likely reason is that the economic impact of military facilities is often crucial to nearby communities. Protection of those economic benefits becomes a political priority for lawmakers with installations, along with satellite businesses and industries, in their districts.

The tough reality is that economic development is not the mission of the U.S. armed services. If Pentagon leaders make a compelling case that maintaining unnecessary facilities comes at the expense of essential national defense needs, their elected civilian bosses need to listen.

Our national defense establishment is being put in an untenable and possibly dangerous position: It’s being forced to cut things (and people) it insists it needs, and forbidden to get rid of what it doesn’t need.

All of which makes absolutely no military, economic, or common sense.

Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Business ruined; you can’t sue Imagine that you are a farmer who grows certified organic corn and soybeans, which are fed to milk cows to produce organic milk that’s sold to grocery stores and farmers markets. It’s a labor-intensive enterprise that offers profits and non-monetary rewards from knowing that you are producing food for a specific segment of the population.

Disaster strikes when the genetically modified grain grown in a neighbor’s field cross-contaminates your crop. The market you depend on is lost and your reputation sullied. The cross-contamination was accidental – GMO seed was carried from one field to the next by birds, rodents or insects.

What is your legal recourse? There is none.

Monsanto, the multinational corporation that owns patents on GMO products, has been aggressive in protecting its seed patent rights. It has sued several farmers who planted their seeds without permission.

Since your crop contains GMO genes, they could sue you for accidentally using their technology without permission.

The issue of accidental GMO contamination motivated a group of organic farmers, non-GMO users and seed suppliers to bring a lawsuit against Monsanto in New York court. The plaintiffs lost the case and appealed to the three-person Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The judges ruled that the plaintiffs had no right to sue.

The reasoning the judges used to make their decision is a head-scratcher. The judges ruled the plaintiffs can’t file suit against Monsanto over possible GMO contamination “because Monsanto has made binding assurances that it will not take legal action against growers whose crops might inadvertently contain traces of Monsanto biotech genes.”

Never mind that your business is ruined – you can’t sue for losses because Monsanto has agreed not to sue you for the problems its products caused.

It’s pretzel logic at best and an example of cow-towing to a mammoth corporation.

The plaintiffs in the lost case say they gained some ground, even while losing some.

“We’re encouraged by the court’s determination that Monsanto does not have the right to sue farmers for trace contamination,” said Jim Gerritsen, a plaintiff in the lawsuit. “However, the farmers went to court seeking justice not only about contamination, but also the larger question of the validity of Monsanto’s patents. Justice has not been served.”

Indeed, it has not.

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WEATHER

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7-DAY FORECAST

A big change in the weather pattern is in store as high pressure heads for the East Coast. This will result in winds shifting out of the southeast, helping to transport a warm and humid air mass into the area. High pressure will remain stationary along the East Coast Friday through next week. This will keep things warm and sticky here with only isolated thunderstorms.

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Temperature High ............................................................. 79° Low .............................................................. 51° Normal high ............................................. 81° Normal low ............................................... 60° Record high .............................. 97° in 1994 Record low ................................ 50° in 1970

Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.00” Month to date ....................................... 1.52” Normal month to date ....................... 2.69” Year to date ......................................... 18.30” Normal year to date ......................... 15.82”

Sunrise today ................................ 5:19 a.m.

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AIR QUALITY TODAY

Rockford 84/65

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Dixon 85/63

Joliet 83/63

La Salle 85/66 Streator 86/65

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Evanston 77/65 Chicago 84/65

Aurora 83/63

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Waukegan 76/61

Arlington Heights 82/64

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The drought destroyed the oat crop.

The wheat crop was much poorer than normal.

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Watseka 86/64

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Sports

Marian Hossa’s Blackhawks teammates defend him missing Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final. PAGE B3

SECTION B Thursday, June 20, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

STANLEY CUP FINAL: GAME 4: BLACKHAWKS 6, BOSTON 5 (OT), SERIES TIED AT 2

Blackhawks pull off another OT winner

By HOWARD ULMAN The Associated Press

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Woods to rest elbow, skip AT&T National In little more than a month, Tiger Woods went from being tough to beat to having a tough time even playing.

Woods said Wednesday that soreness in his left elbow would keep him from defending his title next week in the AT&T National at Congressional, and that he would not compete again until the British Open next month at Muirfield.

This is the sixth straight year that injury has kept him from either playing a tournament or finishing one.

The culprit this time is a strain in his left elbow. The problem first became apparent during the opening round of the U.S. Open last week at Merion, when he was flexing his left wrist or dangling his arm behind his back after shots out of the thick, punishing rough.

“I was examined after I returned home from the U.S. Open, and the doctors determined I have a left elbow strain,” Woods said on his website. “I have been advised to take a few weeks off, rest and undergo treatment. I’ll be ready to go for the British Open, and I’m looking forward to playing at Muirfield.”

– Wire report

BOSTON – The Boston Bruins came from behind to tie the Blackhawks for the third time and sent Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals into overtime with the teams even at 5 on Wednesday night.

But the Hawks evened the series at 2 games with a goal from Brent Seabrook in overtime.

Trailing 4-3 after the second period, the Bruins tied it on Patrice Bergeron’s second goal of the game at 2:05 of the third period.

Patrick Sharp gave Chicago a 5-4 lead at 11:19 with the Hawks’ first power-play goal in 30 chances, but Boston came right back to tie it 55 seconds later on Johnny Boychuk’s hard 40-foot shot.

All five Bruins goals were to the glove side of goalie Corey Crawford.

Game 5 of the best-of-seven series between the Original Six teams will be Saturday night in Chicago, where the clubs split the first two games in overtime.

Jonathan Toews broke his scoring slump in the Hawks’ three-goal onslaught in the

second period against previously stingy goalie Tuukka Rask.

In an unusually wide-open game, the teams combined for five goals in the second period after the first ended tied at 1 on goals by the Hawks’ Michal Handzus and Boston’s Rich Peverley. Patrick Kane and Marcus Kruger also scored for the Hawks in the second.

Milan Lucic and Bergeron countered for Boston.

Rask posted his third shutout of the postseason with a 2-0 win Monday night that gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

AP photo

Blackhawks left wing Brandon Saad (center) celebrates a goal by Blackhawks center Michal Handzus (right) in front of Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara (33) during the first period in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday in Boston.

U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL SENIOR A2 PROGRAM

TRAINING

FOR THE BIG SHOW Former DeKalb volleyball player Courtney Thomas to join national training program

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com For Courtney Thomas, the ultimate goal is to represent the United States in the Olympics.

The former DeKalb volleyball player and current setter at the University of Wisconsin will take one step toward that goal beginning next week.

After trying out in February, Thomas was selected to compete with the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Senior A2 Program in Dallas from Tuesday to July 4. At the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., Thomas was one of 240 players looking for a spot, but was one of only 47 players selected.

“As of right now, it’s just a first stepping stone,” Thomas said. “An experience to play with high-level players.”

Thomas, one of three Badgers to earn a spot in the program, will get the chance to train and compete with some of the best players in the country. The members of the program will be divided into four equal teams, and compete in a pool play format against each other.

One of the other 48 players is former Northern Illinois outside hitter Lauren Wicinski, who’s now at Michigan State.

The program is open to players with at least one year of college eligibility remaining.

Thomas, who averaged 10.55 assists a set as a sophomore for the Badgers in 2012, plans on trying out again next year.

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro basketball Playoffs, finals, Game 7, San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m., ABC MIAMI – Game 7 is a chance for someone to grab a place in history – and there’s plenty of candidates heading into tonight’s game that will decide whether the Heat or the Spurs are NBA champions. Will it be LeBron James, following up his season-saving performance by leading the Heat to a second straight title?

Or will it be Tim Duncan or Tony Parker helping the Spurs shake off a gut-wrenching loss to win a Game 7 on the road?

Also on TV...

Pro baseball White Sox at Minnesota, noon, CSN Regional coverage, Boston at Detroit or Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 6 p.m., MLB Cubs at St. Louis, 7 p.m., WGN College baseball World Series, Game 10, North Carolina vs. N.C. State, at Omaha, Neb., 7 p.m., ESPN Golf European PGA Tour, BMW International Open, first round, at Munich. 8 a.m., TGC PGA Tour, Travelers Championship, first round, at Cromwell, Conn., 2 p.m., TGC

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Courtney Thomas was selected to compete with the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Senior A2 Program in Dallas.

NBA FINALS: SAN ANTONIO AT MIAMI, 8 P.M. TODAY, ABC

A title, and legacies, on the line for Heat, Spurs

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See THOMAS, page B2

By BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press

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San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (right) takes a shot as power forward Aron Baynes defends during practice Wednesday at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

MIAMI – Game 7s do more than settle championships. They define legacies.

No matter what happens Thursday night, LeBron James and the Miami Heat, and Tim Duncan’s San Antonio Spurs have already

won NBA titles and secured a place in history.

Now is their opportunity to elevate it.

The truly memorable teams won the hard way, and that will be the case for the one celebrating at center court this time.

It’s either a Heat repeat, possible only

after James led them back from what seemed elimination in the closing seconds of Game 6, or the Spurs shaking off as gut-wrenching a loss as a team can have to become just the fourth club to win a Game 7 of the NBA Finals on the road.

See NBA FINALS, page B2

One and done

The San Antonio Spurs are one victory away from their fifth NBA championship in franchise history.

Most NBA Championships FRANCHISES

Celtics

TITLES

Lakers* Bulls

Spurs

4

76ers**

3

Warriors***

3

Pistons

17

6

16

3

* Includes 5 as Minnesota Lakers ** Includes 1 as Syracuse Nationals ***Includes 2 as Philadelphia Warriors

SOURCE: STATS

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SPORTS

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8SPORTS SHORTS Magee, Berry lift Fire to win over Rapids

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Duncan: It’s all about just winning the title

BRIDGEVIEW – Mike Magee scored on a penalty kick, Austin Berry headed in the tiebreaker in the opening minutes of the second half, and the Fire beat the Colorado Rapids 2-1 on Wednesday night.

Magee tied the score in the 23rd minute with his fifth goal in five matches – three in MLS play and two in the U.S. Open Cup. The goal was set up by Rapids defender Marvell Wynne’s hand ball in the penalty area. Magee converted with a right-footed kick that beat goalkeeper Clint Irwin to his left.

Serena Williams sorry after rape case comments Serena Williams says she’s reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying “she shouldn’t have put herself in that position.”

“I am currently reaching out to the girl’s family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article,” Williams said in a statement released through her agent Wednesday. “What was written – what I supposedly said – is insensitive and hurtful, and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame.”

The comment was made in one paragraph of a lengthy story posted online Tuesday about Williams, a 16-time Grand Slam title winner who is ranked No. 1 heading into Wimbledon, which starts next week.

NASCAR drivers among 800 at Leffler funeral CORNELIUS, N.C. – Sprint Cup drivers Kasey Kahne, Brad Keselowski and Greg Biffle were among more than 800 people who attended the funeral service for NASCAR driver Jason Leffler on Wednesday.

Leffler was killed a week ago when his sprint car crashed into a wall at Bridgeport Speedway in New Jersey.

No coffin was present during the hour-long service for Leffler, who won two Nationwide Series races during his NASCAR career.

Also in attendance was team owner Chip Ganassi.

Former Giants punter Dave Jennings dies at 61 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Former New York Giants punter and radio analyst Dave Jennings has died. He was 61.

The Giants announced that Jennings died at his home in Upper Saddle River on Wednesday morning. The team was informed of his death by his sister Susan Jennings and several close friends.

The most prolific punter in Giants history, Jennings had battled Parkinson’s disease, a chronic degenerative neurological disorder, since 1996.

– Wire reports

(Best-of-7) Thursday, June 6 San Antonio 92, Miami 88 Sunday, June 9 Miami 103, San Antonio 84 Tuesday San Antonio 113, Miami 77 Thursday Miami 109, San Antonio 93 Sunday San Antonio 114, Miami 104 Tuesday Miami 103, San Antonio 100, OT Thursday San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.

NHL FINALS (Best-of-7) Wednesday Blackhawks 4, Boston 3 (3OT), Saturday Boston 2, Blackhawks 1, OT Monday Boston 2, Blackhawks 0 Wednesday Blackhawks 6, Boston 5, OT Series tied 2-2 Saturday Boston at Blackhawks, 7 p.m.

Monday Blackhawks at Boston, 7 p.m.

Wednesday x-Boston at Blackhawks, 8 p.m. x-if necessary

Body near Patriot’s home was semi-pro athlete’s BOSTON – A Boston woman says her son was the man found dead in an industrial park about a mile from New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez’s home in Massachusetts.

Ursula Ward says police told her the body was that of her son Odin Lloyd. He was a semi-pro football player for the Boston Bandits.

Coach Olivier Bustin says Lloyd didn’t start but played a big role on defense. He says Lloyd was a personable guy who was well-liked by the team. He says he never knew him to be in trouble.

Police have been at Hernandez’s home in North Attleborough for two days. Sports Illustrated cited an unidentified source in reporting that Hernandez was not believed to be a suspect in a possible homicide.

Hernandez’s attorney says his client is not commenting for now.

NBA FINALS

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE

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Miami Heat shooting guard Dwyane Wade (right) jokes with small forward LeBron James as he takes a shot during practice Wednesday at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

• NBA FINALS Continued from page B1 “As a competitor you love it, because you know you have an opportunity and it’s up to you,” Heat guard Ray Allen said. “We have a chance in our building to make something great. All of our legacies are tied to this moment, this game. It’s something our kids will be able to talk about that they were a part of. Forever will remember these moments, so we want to not live and have any regrets.”

Allen played in the game the last time the NBA’s season went down to the very last day, the Boston Celtics fading at the finish and falling 83-79 to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2010. That made home teams 14-3 in finals Game 7s, with no road team winning since Washington beat Seattle in 1978.

Overcoming those odds, not to mention the NBA’s winningest team, would make this more memorable than the Spurs’ previous four titles, though this is a franchise that never dwells too much on the past or looks too far into the future.

All that matters is now.

“You know what, it’s all about just winning the title.

It’s not about situation or what has led up to it,” Duncan said. “It’s a great story for everybody else, but we’re here for one reason, one reason only: It’s to try to win this game (today). We have had a

very good season thus far, and I think we just want to get to the game more than anything.

We just want to see what happens and be able to leave everything out there.”

The teams trudged back to the arena Wednesday, some 12 hours after the Heat pulled out a 103-100 overtime victory in Game 6 to even the series.

The Spurs, five points ahead with 28 seconds left in regulation, had to fight off fatigue and heartbreak, insisting neither would linger into today.

By far the best game of this series, Game 6 immediately took its place among the best finishes in finals history, with everything from James’ triple-double to Allen’s tying 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds left in regulation.

It had close calls, debatable decisions, and the NBA’s best player at his very best when his team needed him most.

Games 2-5 in the series had been ugly, but that one was a beauty.

“I think – I know – that game will go down as one of the best finals games that’s been seen,” Heat guard Dwyane Wade said. “But I think this series will go down as being one of the most competitive, bizarre series that’s been seen. So this is what you pay for to watch. You pay to watch two great teams battle to the very, very end, and that’s what we’ll do (today). It will be to the very last second.”

The Heat could become the NBA’s first repeat champions since the Lakers in 2010.

James and Chris Bosh moved to Miami to join Wade a few weeks later and they are in the finals for the third time in three chances.

But playing for titles is more expected than celebrated now in Miami, and a 66-win season that included a 27-game winning streak – and perhaps the whole Big Three era – goes down as a failure if the Heat fall tonight. Yet James said he doesn’t need the victory to validate his decision to take his talents to South Beach.

“I mean, I need it because I want it and I only came here – my only goal is to win championships,” he said. “I said it, this is what I came here for.

This is what I wanted to be a part of this team for.”

He, Wade and Bosh are going for No. 2, while San Antonio is getting a second shot at what would be a fourth together for Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. All their years together have given the Spurs’ trio the belief they can bounce back from Tuesday’s collapse.

The team went to dinner after the game, Duncan figuring that was better than guys sitting alone with their thoughts in their rooms. Parker and Boris Diaw discussed a similar situation with the French national team in the 2005 European championships, when they blew a late lead against Greece in the semifinals but then came back to beat Spain for the bronze medal.

“We just have to be positive and forget Game 6,” Parker said. “It was a great opportunity, but that’s life. It’s basketball and everybody will be ready.”

So will James, who was planning a relaxing night with family and friends Wednesday. He has the most at stake in the game, and when it’s over he’ll be either a two-time NBA Finals MVP or a twotime loser in a Heat uniform.

“I want to go down as one of the greatest. I want our team to go down as one of the greatest teams. And we have an opportunity to do that,” James said. “Hasn’t been many teams to win back-to-back championships. It’s so hard.

It’s the hardest thing. I said last year it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, winning my first. Last year don’t even come close to what we’ve gone through in this postseason and in these finals.

“So I’ll be there (tonight).

I’m going to give it my all.”

The Spurs have never lost in the finals, but they’ve never faced a situation quite like this. They won a Game 7 for the 2005 championship, but that victory over Detroit was at home. The past five finals that went the distance all went to the home team.

“I don’t really care what it’s been like for anybody else at any time,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “All I know is we have had a [heck] of a year and we have an opportunity to win a championship. That’s all that matters.”

Thomas hopes to make Team USA or play overseas • THOMAS Continued from page B1 She hopes it will be a nice stepping stone for a career after college, where she hopes to make Team USA or play overseas. The Olympics is something Thomas said she’s been thinking about for a while. The next summer games will take place in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

“I really think I need to do really well these next two years, keep working on my game, just make it better,” said Thomas, the Daily Chronicle Volleyball Player of the Year in 2009 and 2010. “There’s definitely competition for the spot that I play. I think just working on my game day by day is going to help me a lot.”

In February, Thomas spent three days trying out. She didn’t find out she had made the team until roughly two months later, but had a good feeling after she was put into a top group, split by skill level, on the final day.

She hopes this experience with USA Volleyball is the first of many.

“As of right now it gives me a little insight to the system, obviously my goal is to play for USA but I still have a lot of work to do,” Thomas said. “This kind of gets me in the system, gets my name out there.”

Courtney Thomas was selected to compete with the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Senior A2 Program in Dallas.

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Central Division W L Pct Detroit 39 31 .557 Cleveland 36 35 .507 Kansas City 34 36 .486 Minnesota 32 36 .471 White Sox 29 40 .420 East Division W L Pct Boston 44 30 .595 Baltimore 42 31 .575 New York 39 32 .549 Tampa Bay 37 35 .514 Toronto 35 36 .493 West Division W L Pct Oakland 43 30 .589 Texas 39 32 .549 Seattle 32 40 .444 Los Angeles 31 40 .437 Houston 27 45 .375

GB — 3½ 5 6 9½ GB — 1½ 3½ 6 7½ GB — 3 10½ 11 15½

Wednesday’s Results N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Dodgers 4, 1st game Baltimore 13, Detroit 3 Cleveland 6, Kansas City 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, N.Y. Yankees 0, 2nd game Toronto 5, Colorado 2 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 2 Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Minnesota 7, White Sox 4 Milwaukee at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Seattle at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

Today’s Games White Sox (Joh.Danks 1-3) at Minnesota (Diamond 4-6), 12:10 p.m.

Oakland (Griffin 5-6) at Texas (Lindblom 0-2), 1:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-6) at Houston (Harrell 5-7), 1:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (M.Moore 8-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 5-4), 6:05 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 4-5) at Detroit (J.Alvarez 1-0), 6:08 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-4) at L.A. Angels (Hanson 4-2), 9:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games White Sox at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 6:08 p.m.

Texas at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Oakland at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Results Minnesota 7, White Sox 5 Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1, 1st game Cleveland 4, Kansas City 3 L.A. Dodgers at New York, ppd., rain Toronto 8, Colorado 3 Baltimore 5, Detroit 2 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1, 2nd game Oakland 6, Texas 2 Houston 10, Milwaukee 1 Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 2, 10 innings

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 46 26 .639 Cincinnati 43 29 .597 Pittsburgh 42 29 .592 Cubs 29 41 .414 Milwaukee 28 41 .406 East Division W L Pct Atlanta 43 30 .589 Washington 35 36 .493 Philadelphia 35 38 .479 New York 27 41 .397 Miami 22 49 .310 West Division W L Pct Arizona 39 33 .542 San Francisco 37 34 .521 Colorado 37 36 .507 San Diego 36 36 .500 Los Angeles 30 40 .429

GB — 3 3½ 16 16½ GB — 7 8 13½ 20 GB — 1½ 2½ 3 8

Wednesday’s Results St. Louis 4, Cubs 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Dodgers 4, 1st game Arizona 3, Miami 1 San Francisco 4, San Diego 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, N.Y. Yankees 0, 2nd game Washington 6, Philadelphia 2, 11 innings Toronto 5, Colorado 2 Atlanta 5, N.Y. Mets 3 Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Today’s Games Cubs (Feldman 6-5) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-1), 7:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cumpton 0-0) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 4-5), 11:35 a.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-6) at Houston (Harrell 5-7), 1:10 p.m.

Colorado (Oswalt 0-0) at Washington (Zimmermann 9-3), 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-6) at Atlanta (Minor 8-2), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Fife 1-2) at San Diego (Marquis 9-2), 9:10 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 0-5) at San Francisco (Gaudin 2-1), 9:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games Houston at Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

Colorado at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

Miami at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s Results Cubs 4, St. Louis 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Atlanta 3, 1st game Philadelphia 4, Washington 2 L.A. Dodgers at New York, ppd., rain Toronto 8, Colorado 3 N.Y. Mets 6, Atlanta 1, 2nd game Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 0 Houston 10, Milwaukee 1 Arizona 3, Miami 2 San Francisco 5, San Diego 4

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GAME 4

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SERIES TIED 2-2

HAWKS NOTEBOOK

Teammates come to Hossa’s defense

By TOM MUSICK tmusick@shawmedia.com BOSTON – Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw is happy to take on towering defenseman Zdeno Chara, so it came as no surprise when he challenged those who questioned his teammate’s toughness.

Namely, former Hawks forward Tony Amonte, who criticized Marian Hossa for missing Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final because of an upper-body injury. Regarding Hossa, Amonte told a Boston radio station that during the finals, “I think you play until you can’t play anymore.”

Shaw snickered as he described Hossa to anyone who didn’t know the 14-year veteran. Hossa returned to the lineup Wednesday for Game 4 and joined a line with Michal Handzus and Patrick Sharp.

“He’s a warrior, man,” Shaw said.

“He’s played a lot of hockey. It’s unbelievable how much he’s played and how much he battles and what he battles through. He’s a great player.”

That message resonated through-

out the Hawks’ locker room.

Plenty of former players such as Denis Savard, Eddie Olczyk and Troy Murray routinely visit the locker room and mingle with players. The same cannot be said for Amonte, who played for the Hawks from 1993 to 2002 in addition to stints with the New York Rangers, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers and Calgary Flames.

Hawks forward Patrick Kane said Hossa’s toughness could not be questioned. Hossa has played in 1,018 regular season games since entering the NHL in 1998 with the Ottawa Senators.

“A lot of those guys can say what they want, but they don’t really know what’s going on and what the situation is,” Kane said. “Sometimes, if you don’t know what’s going on, you’re better off to not say anything at all and just let it play out the way it is.

“It’s the Stanley Cup Final. Everyone is playing through injuries, bruises and scars, whatever it may be. Everyone is trying to do their best to get out there and play as best as

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Blackhawks right wing Marian Hossa answers a question during a Stanley Cup Final news conference June 13 at the United Center. they can.

“Sometimes, it’s just something you can’t do.”

Waiting and ready: Hawks forward

Jamal Mayers skated with the second line during morning skate in place of Hossa, who was the only player on the team to miss the session.

Mayers appeared in 19 games during the regular season and has not played since April 27. Rather than sulk, the 38-year-old forward has embraced a vocal leadership role in the locker room while often being one of the last players to come off of the ice after practice.

“It’s the reason why I’ve been riding the bike and skating and staying ready,” Mayers said. “I didn’t want to have regrets. I decided that I would stay ready and be ready to go if I was called upon.”

No thanks: Because of Mayers’ leadership role and his knowledge of the game, some have suggested that he could become a successful coach when his playing days are finished.

Mayers wasted little time eliminating that possibility.

“Absolutely not,” Mayers said.

“For one reason: The time commitment away from your family.”

Hawks coach Joel Quenneville laughed when he was informed of Mayers’ stance.

“I don’t want to encourage anybody to be a coach,” Quenneville said.

KNOW YOUR HAWK

STANLEY CUP FINAL: GAME 4

Hawks at Bruins

13 DANIEL CARCILLO Position: Left wing Hometown: King City, Ontario, Canada Age: 28 What’s the most random hockey outpost you’ve played in: Sault Ste. Marie (Michigan) was pretty bad.

What’s the worst hockey nickname you’ve ever had? Chico On a scale of 1-to-10, how would you rate your hockey beard?

1½ How many languages do you expect to have to do interviews in during the Stanley Cup Final? Three - English, French and Italian What’s your hockey-related stitches count at? Maybe 60 Favorite Sports Movie: I say “Rounders” - Is poker a sport?

How old were you when you first learned to skate? I’d say 3.

- Jeff Arnold jarnold@shawmedia.com

St. Charles residents host Blackhawks games in backyard

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com

AP photos

Blackhawks center Michal Handzus scores past Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask during the first period in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Wednesday in Boston. The Hawks won, 6-5 in overtime on a goal by Brent Seabrook.

Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford blocks a shot by Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucic during the first period.

ST. CHARLES – Countless couples walk past Tom Campana’s house at 322 Illinois St. en route to nights out or festivals in downtown St. Charles.

Lately, there’s been a similar characteristic in each one: The man inevitably stops near the backyard while the woman strains to push forward.

Just a second, honey. The Blackhawks are on.

Using a high-definition projector he bought from his employer, Campana has screened games throughout the Stanley Cup playoffs on an 8x12-foot vinyl banner affixed to the back porch. Scot Hampel, who lives in the garden apartment downstairs, proudly serves as co-host in what quickly has become the city’s fastest-growing garden party.

“There’s nothing better than watching it on a screen like this,” Campana said. “It’s like being at a drive-in, you know. Being that big, it’s pretty neat.”

Tenants of the property for a combined 23 months, Campana and Hampel – both working single fathers – discovered heightened entertaining potential in their pad last fall.

They set up the prehistoric version of their display, a bed sheet stapled to the pillars on the back porch, for college football during Scarecrow Fest in October. Out came neighbors, passersby and their families.

Through it all, Campana and Hampel have operated under the “more the merrier” credo, never once pondering admission charges and usually offering barbecue, drinks or orderves.

As the Hawks faced the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday, the spread included fruit salad, crackers and a salami and cheese tray. A 12-inch cookie cake – appreciably smaller than the screen and iced with “LET’S GO HAWKS” – lay in wait for later, perhaps a dessert to enjoy next to the patio fire pit.

“It’s not like we party every night, you know. We’ve both got responsible jobs,” said Hampel, a superintendent

with Schramm Construction Corp. in St. Charles. “But on the weekends and stuff, it’s like let loose. We’ve got a gorgeous yard here close to town.”

The yard, near public parking and the intersection of 4th Street, features ample seating space on the patio or lawn, plus enough room to set up a bags game, as was the case Wednesday. Weekend crowds are always bigger, and Campana and Hampel expect more of the same for Saturday’s Game 5, when they likely will rent a porta-potty for guests.

The sound system operates through speakers at a loud but nonintrusive level. NBC commentator Doc Emrick drowns out any late-evening lawn mowers, but is not so boisterous to draw any complaints from neighbors, Hampel said.

Mother Nature is an obstacle in the first period when the sun sets after 7 p.m. starts, but Hampel and Campana – an employee of Olympic Signs in Lombard – are brainstorming some sort of shield.

The two have designs on hosting watch parties for Bears games and select college football games in the fall, but for now, it’s hockey season.

“Once the sun comes down, we get the fire going. The torches. It’s fun.

It’s awesome,” Hampel said. “And we get a lot of neighbors coming in and stuff. It’s cool at night, just the crystal clear of the TV and the morale of the whole [thing].”

On Wednesday, Hampel brought his 55-inch high-definition television out to the patio for the first period. The display size didn’t seem to faze the group when the Hawks’ Michal Handzus broke through for a short-handed, first-period goal.

The celebration was muted when the Bruins scored moments later.

Win or lose, the clatter dissipates within a few moments of the final buzzer.

“We don’t want to have ‘Project X’ going on or anything,” Campana said.

No, nothing so severe. Just a convenient neighborhood party for anyone within walking distance or earshot.

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Features editor Inger Koch • ikoch@shawmedia.com

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“Monsters University”, the Disney-Pixar prequel to the 2001 hit “Monsters Inc.”, features Sulley (right, voiced by John Goodman) and one-eyed monster Mike (left, voiced by Billy Crystal) during their college days.

Monster laughs Westhoff: ‘Monsters U’ brings the funny; not the suspense

By JEFFREY WESTHOFF planitnwhnews@shawmedia.com “Monsters University” is sweet. It’s life-affirming. It will make you laugh.

But it is not superb. It’s not ground-breaking. It will not make you cry.

No one would care about those last three demerits if “Monsters University” were not a Pixar film. If this were made by DreamWorks Animation, it would be hailed as a triumph. For proof, take a look at the reaction to last summer’s “Madagascar 3,” which got swell reviews because it wasn’t as bad as critics expected.

Pixar does not have the benefit of low expectations. Even today, five years on from the miraculous period of “Ratatouille” and “Wall-E,” we expect excellence from Pixar every time out. When Pixar delivers something very good, like “Brave,” or merely good, like “Cars 2,” the world reacts as if M. Night Shyamalan took over the studio.

Compounding the discouraging signs of “Monsters U” is that this is a companion to one of Pixar’s best and most beloved films, 2001’s “Monsters Inc.” At least Pixar’s creative team had the sense to make a prequel instead of a sequel.

“Monsters Inc.” ended with one of the most perfect final shots in cinema history. You can’t follow that. Who wants to see a continuation where Boo grows up and we learn her real name?

I want the moment when Boo shouts, “Kitty!” and Sulley’s face lights up to last forever. Excuse me a second. I’m tearing up just thinking about it.

Realizing they shouldn’t go forward with the story, the filmmakers go backward. “Monsters U” is set a decade or two earlier, revealing how tall and furry James P. Sullivan (voiced again by John Goodman) meets short and round Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) during their freshman year at the titular school, the most prestigious in the monster world.

From their first day of class in the university’s Scaring School, Sulley is the Mozart to Mike’s Salieri. Scaring comes so easily to Sulley he doesn’t bother bringing a pencil or notebook to class. “You don’t need to study scaring,” he says. “You just do it.”

Mike, meanwhile, has been preparing for college since elementary school. He has studied the philosophies of fright so thoroughly he knows the four key aspects of a roar by heart.

Yet when Mike tries to put all this devoted learning into action, he gets more laughs than screams.

Sulley’s lackadaisical attitude to his own natural gifts drives Mike crazy.

The script – which is credited to director Don Scanlon and two other Pixar veterans moving into leadership roles,

“Monsters University”

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STARRING: Voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Helen Mirren PLOT: Years before working at Monsters Inc., Mike (Crystal) and Sulley (Goodman) are rival freshmen at Monsters University. A crisis in their academic career forces them to become partners, but can they become friends?

RATED: G RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 42 minutes

Robert L. Baird and Daniel Gerson – plays around with the clichés and conventions of the campus comedy. Folk singers on the quad. Stolen mascots. That one fraternity filled with the obnoxious popular students (Nathan Fillion voices their president). Of course there is a stern administrator, Dean Hardscrabble (Helen Mirren), a dragon from the waist up and a centipede from the waist down.

“Monsters University” also borrows ideas from other college movies, including (predictably) “Animal House” and (less predictably) “The Paper Chase.” Eventually, it settles into playing out as a G-rated version of “Revenge of the Nerds.”

After a fight gets them expelled from the Scaring School, Mike and Sulley learn they can be readmitted to the program only if their fraternity wins the annual all-university Scare Games. But the only fraternity that will take them is the lamest, Oozma Kappa.

The frat is home to lovable outcasts like middle-aged returning student Don (Joel Murray), the two-headed Terri and Terry (Sean Hayes and Dave Foley) and Art (Charlie Day), a hairy hippie shaped like a big U. The odds are already against the underdog fraternity, and it doesn’t help that Mike and Sulley don’t trust each other and rarely stop sniping.

The problem at the center of “Monsters U” is the foreknowledge that bedevils most prequels. Mike and Sulley start out as enemies in this story, but in “Monsters Inc.” they are the best of friends. So before “Monsters U” starts, we know how it must end. Despite a few surprising turns of plot through the climax, the conclusion is never in doubt. The story generates no tension at all.

It does generate a fair share of comic delights. The script is filled with jokes and sight gags, and most get a laugh. When Mike meets his roommate, it’s not whom you expect, and the revelation leads to several funny moments. The hapless nature of Oozma Kappa extends to their victory chant, “We’re OK! We’re OK!”

From the first “Toy Story” to the second, the perspective shifted from Buzz to Woody. A similar shift occurs here. In “Monsters Inc.” Mike was the supporting player in Sulley’s story. In “Monsters U” the roles are reversed. The story focuses on Mike’s quest to find his role in monster society. Sulley tags along and learns a few things in spite of himself.

“Monsters U” doesn’t have the heart of “Monsters Inc.” or any in the first wave of Pixar pictures, but when Mike and Sulley discover their friendship and the strength it gives them, they share a few touching moments.

As in the first film, the warm vocal work of Crystal and Goodman grounds these fantastic creatures in credible emotion and life experiences.

“Monsters U” is a solid and affable animated comedy, and the Pixar team has not lost its eye for visual splendor. On the movie’s surface, there’s little to complain about. Yet it is difficult to forget the days when Pixar knocked one out of the park every time. These days the studio seems content to hit doubles and the occasional triple.

The only reason to be disappointed with “Monsters University” is that Pixar used to be capable of so much more. Exhibit A would be “Monsters Inc.”

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Indian Valley Theatre seeks local actors DAILY CHRONICLE IVT is preparing for the 126th annual Sandwich Fair, with its traditional melodrama performances.

This year, audiences will be treated to two classic melodramas chock full of puns and jokes galore – and local talent is needed to fill all roles.

IVT melodramas offer a fun and easy way to break into theatre, as no experience is required and the only skill needed is the ability to have fun. Men, women and a few school-age children are needed, so bring the family to audition.

“How Stoney Gulch Got Stolen” is the story of a major mystery in the town of Stoney Gulch.

Things keep disappearin’ – and soon the whole town

STAGE Indian Valley Theatre Melodramas Auditions: 1 to 4 p.m. June 30 at from 7 to 9 p.m. July 1, at the Sandwich Opera House Community Room. “How Stoney Gulch Got Stolen” and “Zorro’s Back in Town or The Curse of Buck Badum” will be performed during the Sandwich Fair, Sept. 4 through 8. www.indianvalleytheatre.com..

Wooden Box Theater’s Grateful Dead Nite: 4:45 p.m. June 30, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Admission: $6. Semi-formal dress code.

All-ages show. www.thehousecafe.net.

Stage Coach Players’ “Red Herring”: 7:30 p.m. July 11 to 13 and July 18 to 20, 2 p.m. July 21, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

IVTs’ “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”: 7 p.m. July 19 and 20, 2 p.m. July 21 at Sandwich Opera House. $10. www.indianvalleytheatre.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Company”: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 to 10 and Aug. 15 to 17, 2 p.m. Aug. 11 and 18, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “The Lion in Winter”: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 to 14 and Sept. 19 to 21, 2 p.m.

Sept. 22, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb.

might be gone. No one knows who to blame – or do they?

“Zorro’s Back in Town or The Curse of Buck Badum” is the tale of cheated townsfolk, the deed to the Tottering Mine Shaft and of course our hero, Zorro. Both productions will feature heroes, villains, damsels in distress and lots of fun. Don’t miss out.

Auditions are from 1 to 4 p.m. June 30 from 7 to 9 p.m.

July 1 at the Sandwich Opera House Community Room. No appointment is necessary.

Performances will be held during the 2013 Sandwich Fair, Sept. 4 through 8.

For more information, visit www.indianvalleytheatre. com.

Indian Valley Theatre is an Illinois nonprofit organization dedicated to appreciation and development of performing arts.

www.stagecoachers.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Rope”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 to 12 and Oct. 17 to 19, 2 p.m. Oct. 20, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Annie”: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 to 9 and Nov. 14 to 16, 2 p.m. Nov. 10 and 17, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

ART Cory J. Cravatta art exhibition: though July 1, Corner Grill on Main, 137 W. Main St., Genoa.

815-784-2233 Richard Beard Art Exhibition: though June 28, The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

Memorial exhibition of post-retirement paintings. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 815-758-0313. dan@ dekalbgallery.com.

“Play: Stories, Mementos and Fun”: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, Sycamore History Museum, 1730 N. Main St., Sycamore. Exhibition explores leisure moments and how we remember them through stories, objects and experiences.

Admission: $5 a person, free for members and children younger than 14. www.sycamorehistory. org. 815-895-5762 History/memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays

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Howard and the White Boys to perform DAILY CHRONICLE Blues mixes with bicycling in the name of a vital national organization when longtime Chicago blues stalwarts Howard and the White Boys perform in concert at Bike MS: Tour De Farms, benefiting the Greater Illinois Chapter of the Mutiple Sclerosis Society, at 7 p.m. Saturday, at the Northern Illinois Convocation Center in DeKalb.

Known for a long time as “Chicago’s Hardest-Working Blues Band,” the veteran blues quartet continue to perform throughout the U.S., bringing audiences to their feet and out onto the dance floor – much as they have done for more than 20 years – while getting ready to record the follow-up to their critically-acclaimed most recent recording, “Made In Chicago” (Evidence Records).

Most recently, band member Rocco Calipari has branched out with his side project, “Head Honchos,” who have released a well-received debut CD. “Made In Chicago” represents the zenith of the group’s recorded output, and it’s certainly the disc of which Howard and the White Boys are most proud.

While the band hadn’t recorded in six years, they’ve been gigging continuously throughout the U.S. and Europe; this, in turn, has lent their trademark brand of contemporary blues an indomitable tightness brimming with raw power.

All of this comes through on the new disc, proving that the wait was well worth it.

and Sundays or by appointment, Nehring Gallery, 111 S. Second St., Suite 204, DeKalb.

Free. www.dekalbalumni.org, 815-757-5959, 815-757-0462 or 815-758-3635.

COMEDY REGIONAL Zanies Comedy Night Club – St. Charles: Various dates at Pheasant Run Resort, 4050 E. Main St. Visit www.stcharles. zanies.com for acts, prices and showtimes.

630-584-6342.

EVENTS

Arrowhead Exhibit: 7 to 9 p.m.

Fridays, June 21 and 28 with guided tours by the collector at DeKalb Area Women’s Center 1021 State Street DeKalb. The June exhibit is a collection of arrowheads belonging to Robert Hough of DeKalb. Specimens are mainly from the USA, but includes a selection from Mexico and Africa. Free and open to the public, this history display is also open by appointment.

In addition, the display of Finn Town - DeKalb has been held over at the OnStage Gallery through June. Accessible lift can be entered from the alley north of the building. DAWC lot 1/2 block south on Eleventh Street.

815-758-1351 or dawc@niu.edu.

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Bicycling Blues: Howard and the White Boys will perform during the Bike MS event at 7 p.m.

Saturday at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb.

The members of Howard and the White Boys first met at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb in 1988 and began jamming together just for fun, but their fast-growing popularity soon convinced them they could make a career of it. After only a few months, they got their first big break by opening for blues legend B.B. King.

The band soon made the move to Chicago and began performing with the biggest names in Blues: Koko Taylor, Al-

Railroading at the Glidden Homestead: June 23, July 14 and 28, 921 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Screening of “Song of the Pioneer” at 1 p.m. June 9, July 14 and July 28. Presentation on 19th century Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Development in DeKalb at 1 p.m. June 23. Admission: $4, adults; free, children younger than 14. www. gliddenhomestead.org.

Swing Dancing in DeKalb: 7 to 11 p.m. July 2, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. No partner needed; casual dress, leather-soled shoes recommended. $5 admission includes lesson.

Food and beer/wine available for purchase. www.BarbCitySwing.com.

Art at Ellwood & Ice Cream Social: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 4, Ellwood House grounds, 509 N. First St., DeKalb. Features more than 30 artist booths, tours of the Ellwood mansion, a performance by Patchouli, a concert by the DeKalb Municipal Band and the Garden Club show. www.ellwoodhouse.org.

MUSIC

Sycamore Park District’s Summer Concert Series: 7 p.m.

Thursdays, Good Tymes Shelter, Sports Complex, 4335 S. Airport Road, Sycamore. Free. Bring a chair or blanket and picnic supplies. Food and beverages available for purchase. 815-8953202. www.sycamoreparkdis-

bert King, Junior Wells, Lonnie Brooks, Luther Allison, Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry (the latter they were the backing band for in a headlining capacity at the 2002 Long Beach Blues Festival in Long Beach, Calif.).

For more information on Bike MS: Tour de Farms, call 312-421-4500 or visit www.bikeild.nationalmssociety.org.

For information on Howard and the White Boys, visit www.howardandthewhiteboys.net.

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Schedule: Today - Trio July 11 - Garage Orchestra July 18 - Dave Rudolf Beach Party July 25 - Chicago Soul Revue Aug. 1 - The Neverly Brothers Aug. 8 - Crazy Talk DeKalb Municipal Band Concerts: 8 p.m. Tuesdays, June 25 to Aug. 20, Hopkins Park Band Shell, 1403 Sycamore Road, DeKalb. Free. www.dekalbparkdistrict.com. Featured artists: July 9 - Terri Crain-Goodman July 16 - Christine Monteiro July 23 - Cecelia Kafer July 30 - Zack Harris Aug. 6 - TBA Aug. 13 - Barb McCaskey Aug. 20 - Maureen Christine Battle of the Bands: June 23, Good Tymes Shelter, 435 S. Airport Road, Sycamore. Hosted

by Sycamore Park District. 815895-3202.

ONGOING Art Attack – School of Art in Sycamore: 215 W. Elm St. Classes for children and adults. www.sycamoreartattack.org or 815-899-9440.

Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts: NIU Music Building, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Classes in music, art and theater for children and adults. www.csa.niu.edu or 815-753-1450.

Bread & Roses women’s choral group rehearsals: 5:45 to 8

p.m. Sundays, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. www.breadandroseschorus.org.

Indian Valley Community Band: 6 to 7:20 p.m. Mondays, Sandwich Middle School Band Room. Area musicians who enjoy playing for pleasure are invited; there are no auditions.

Open Mic: 8 p.m. Mondays, sign-in at 7:30 p.m., The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

Bands and singers perform for 12 minutes. 815-787-9547.

DeKalb Festival Chorus rehearsals: 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays, NIU Music Building. New singers invited. Call 630-453-8006 for an interview with conductor Jen Whiting. www.dekalbfestivalchorus.org.

Kishwaukee Barbershop Harmony Singers rehearsals: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Open to men of all ages. 815-895-5955 or 815899-8383.

Prairie Echoes Chorus rehearsal: 7:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road, DeKalb. Singing, food, friendship and fun.

Thursday Blues Nights: 8 p.m. first Thursday each month at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

“The Way” acoustic coffeehouse: 6 to 8:30 p.m. first Saturday each month, DeKalb Christian Church, 1107 S. First St. 815-758-1833 or tomndcc@aol.com.

Pitt and his zombies entertain in ‘WWZ’

By JOCELYN NOVECK The Associated Press Might there be a real-life zombie apocalypse one day?

Not likely, but then again, the way zombies have chomped their way into our pop culture the last several years, it’s maybe a bit less implausible than it once was.

What is increasingly quite plausible, alas, is a scary global pandemic, and “World War Z,” the long-awaited Brad Pitt thriller, cleverly melds that real-life threat into the more fanciful zombie premise.

Talk about more bang for your buck: Once you’ve settled back into your seat after a good snarling zombie chase, there’s nothing like the thought of a SARS outbreak to get the blood racing again.

But let’s just say right here that the one apocalypse you won’t see in “World War Z,” based on the 2006 novel by Max Brooks (son of Mel), is an artistic one.

There was lots of talk about this mega-budget 3D movie, co-produced by Pitt and directed by Marc Forster, falling on its $200-million plus feet, what with a postponed release, a re-shot ending, endless script drafts and major crew changes along the way.

“World War Z”

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STARRING: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz PLOT: A former United Nations investigator (Pitt) traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is threatening to decimate humanity.

RATED: PG-13 RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 56 minutes But in the end, it’s pretty much what you’d want in a summer blockbuster: scary but not-too-gross zombies, a fast-paced journey to exotic locales, a few quite thrilling action scenes, and did we mention Brad Pitt?

Oh right, we did. Surely this isn’t a performance to rival Pitt’s work in “Moneyball” or “The Tree of Life,” but given the lack of time for nuanced character development, it hardly seems meant to be. What Pitt offers the film is pretty much what his character, a level-headed former U.N. investigator, offers the endangered planet: Nothing too flashy, just a comfortable, intelligent presence that keeps things grounded and just might win the day.

That last part, of course, remains to be seen: The filmmakers hope “World War Z”

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This publicity image released by Paramount Pictures shows, from center left, Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane, Abigail Hargrove as Rachel Lane, and Mireille Enos as Karin Lane in a scene from “World War Z.” is just the first in a franchise.

And so, the story may have a long way to go.

But the beginning – especially the first half of this movie – is promising. As fans of the book know, it was written as an oral history, a collection of individual accounts.

The filmmakers wisely ditched that format for the

sake of immediacy.

We begin in Philadelphia, on a sunny morning in the kitchen of Gerry Lane (Pitt), his wife Karin (Mireille Enos, expressive well beyond her few lines), and their two daughters. We learn quickly that Gerry has abandoned his former harrowing work – investigating crimes in places like Rwanda, Bosnia and

Liberia – in favor of a nice home life.

As the family drives off for the day, though, life changes in an instant. The streets of Philadelphia are suddenly and terrifyingly overrun by packs of wild, raging zombies. Once bit, it takes only seconds for a human to turn into one.

Talk about a leadership

vacuum: The president is already dead. Thanks to his former U.N. boss, Gerry’s family is whisked to an aircraft carrier, but there’s a wee price for this protection: Gerry must head out to find the source of the outbreak.

For an hour, the action is swift: Clues gathered at a prison complex in North Korea lead Gerry to Israel, the only country to have smartly employed the use of walls, artificial and ancient. But then those persistent zombies stretch themselves into a teeming, terrifying tower of un-humanity. Gerry escapes just in time – for a seriously harrowing plane-crash sequence.

The final act takes place on a dramatically smaller scale, and at a slower pace.

Not to give away too much, but this is where Gerry’s scientific instincts – and that Brad Pitt calm – will come into play.

It’s worth noting that there are, amid the mayhem, occasional touches of humor.

And one of them serves as a prudent reminder – to turn off those cellphones. After all, it’s not just your movie-going partner you’ll annoy here.

Cellphones also happen to awaken zombies. Consider yourself warned.

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Municipal band features soloists and astronomers DAILY CHRONICLE The DeKalb Municipal Band presents a special “Music of the Galaxy and Star Gazing” Concert in the Park at 8 p.m. Tuesday, at the Hopkins Park Dee Palmer Band Shell.

Featured artists are Mark Robinson as vocalist, Mark Baldin, trumpet, and the Naperville Astronomy Club.

Throughout this 159th season the band is proud to perform additional new music, which was purchased through a grant from the DeKalb Community Foundation.

Robinson, of DeKalb, is Puerto Rican born, and has an eclectic musical background as vocalist and instrumentalist. Early singing included children’s church choir, and Joliet High School concert and swing choirs, as well performing in local summer theaters. Vocal studies with Linda Jaskoviak were influential in developing his vocal tone and concepts.

He studied at Millikin University, the Military School of Music and Northern Illinois University, where he studied on French Horn with John Fairfield, and performed under Dr. Elwood Smith in madrigals and concert choir.

Robinson has received some coaching in orchestration and

arranging from composer Jan Bach, NIU music professor.

Upon entering boot camp of the U.S. Marine Corps in 1990, Robinson focused on French Horn. Once deployed in the Marine band, he primarily played the horn, but also performed on saxophone and sang with the jazz band.

In the Marine Corps band he played and sang for a range of Mark dignitaries, Robinson presidents, and celebrities like Bob Hope, Ginger Rogers, President Gerald Ford and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf.

Robinson plays second horn in the Kishwaukee Symphony and has been principal horn in the DeKalb Municipal Band since 2006.

Vocals on Tuesday evening include Robinson’s own band arrangements of “Stars” from “Les Miserables” and “Stars Fell on Alabama.”

Band member Paul Medere, euphonium, has created a special accompaniment for “Fly Me to the Moon.”

Baldin, trumpet, joined the Rockford Symphony Orchestra in 1980 and has held the position of Principal Trumpet since 1984. One of the RSO’s

most visible and popular players, he has frequently soloed with the orchestra and served as narrator and Master of Ceremonies for many of their special events.

He has performed with the Lyric Opera in Chicago and with the Grant Park Symphony.

Baldin’s trumpet virtuoso skills will be displayed on “Vernal Equinox,” written by one of its most influential trumpet personalities of the 20th century Mel Broiles and “Tutti” Camerata’s beautiful “Trumpeter’s Lullaby.”

The Naperville Astronomical Association is a nonprofit astronomy club with more than 200 members, mainly from the southwest Chicago area.

After the concert, members of the astronomy club will have telescopes set up for viewing. They will explain where the telescopes are pointing and what people will be able to see.

The Hopkins Park band shell is located behind the swimming pool at 1403 Sycamore Road, DeKalb. Bench seating is available or bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on the grass.

DeKalb Municipal Band concerts are sponsored by the City of DeKalb and the DeKalb Park District.

Arrowhead exhibit on display at DAWC DAILY CHRONICLE The June exhibit at the DeKalb Area Women’s Center is a collection of arrowheads mainly from the United States, Mexico and Africa.

The owner, Robert Hough of DeKalb, claims 70 years of collecting. He recalls that he was six years old riding on a two-row corn planter behind his dad when he looked down and found his first arrowhead.

Some specimens in his extensive collection are thousands of years old.

Hough enjoys making presentations to historical societies and other interested groups. He plans to be present on the remaining Fridays this month to speak with visitors.

Visit the DAWC Great Hall Exhibition Space at 1021 State St. in DeKalb from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday and June 28 for guided tours by the collector.

Free and open to the public, this history display also is open by appointment. In addition, the display of Finn Town – DeKalb, has been held over at the OnStage Gallery through June.

Call 815-758-1351 or email dawc@niu.edu. An accessible lift can be entered from the alley north of the building. Onstreet parking plus the DAWC lot just south provides ample space for visitors.

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Mom should keep kids away from grandpa Dear Abby: The letter you printed from “Gun-Shy in South Carolina” (March 5), about the antics of her gun-toting, alcoholic fatherin-law, caught my attention.

I’m a former mental health clinician and program inspector. I discussed that letter with a friend who is a psychiatrist.

“Grandpa” has probably already violated a municipal ordinance regarding discharging a firearm in corporate limits. I agree with you that he has endangered his grandchildren. My friend advised that, according to the local interpretation of mental health statutes, Grandpa might be eligible for involuntary commitment and evaluation in a psychiatric facility.

He could be disarmed by the police, if necessary.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips “Gun-Shy” should heed her motherly instincts, stay home and refuse to visit Grandpa until he enters treatment. Otherwise there’s a high probability that she will mourn the loss of one or more dead children.

Grandpa seems to think that booze and guns make him brave. A brave person is a military medic, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard and the thousands of first responders who demonstrate their bravery by saving human lives, not threatening them. In fact, many Medal of Honor recipients earn the award not by the number of enemies killed,

but lives saved. – Responsible Gun Owner In Pennsylvania Dear Responsible: I agree.

Some readers felt I should have been tougher in my response, and that Gun-Shy and her children should not visit Grandpa at all. Failure to act on her fears is called child endangerment and could result in the children being taken away. Readers let me have it with both barrels: Dear Abby: Your answer to “Gun-Shy” was off the mark!

As a vet and former law enforcement officer, I think the whole family is in “wimp” mode. For adults to watch a drunk adult fire a gun in the air around his family and not call 911 was ignorant and dangerous. ALL states have laws about firing guns in the air (illegal), firing guns while drunk (illegal), unsecured

loaded weapons (illegal), and firing guns around children in a home environment (illegal).

That jerk should have been arrested! – Smokey in Florida Dear Abby: Thank you for reminding your readers that when someone shoots a gun into the air, the bullet comes down somewhere. A child near my hometown died last New Year’s Eve when she stepped outside with her grandmother to watch the fireworks and a bullet fell to earth and lodged in her brain.

The police believe the gun may have been fired from a few miles away. – Christina in Maryland Dear Abby: Why didn’t you suggest a family intervention for the grandfather’s alcoholism? The family could be helped by going to Al-Anon to learn how to detach with love

from his disease. Alcoholics need to understand how their drinking affects them and others. Possible estrangement from his grandchildren might be a way to break through his denial. – Steve C. in San Francisco Dear Abby: My friend Michelle died last July Fourth.

She was killed because someone fired a gun into the air.

She was beautiful, talented and left behind a fiance, a mother, a sister and many friends. She was receiving her Ph.D., was a brilliant researcher for the CDC and had just picked up her wedding gown. She was the victim of a senseless act caused by someone’s carelessness. – Marsha in Michigan

• Write Dear Abby at www.

DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Begin solid foods for infants at 4 to 6 months Dear Dr. K:I’ve started giving pureed solid foods to my 2-month-old daughter. My sister doesn’t think this is safe. What’s your opinion?

Dear Reader: I agree that it’s too soon. Pediatricians advise waiting until a baby is 4 months old to introduce solid foods. You can even wait a bit longer. Breast milk or iron-fortified infant formula provides all the nutrients your baby needs for the first 6 months. There is no proven benefit from introducing solid foods before 4 months, and there are risks.

Babies younger than 4 months are not physically ready for solid foods. They usually cannot sit up by themselves or hold their

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff heads up well. Also, the muscles in the mouth that help guide solid food into the back of the throat and then down into the stomach are not fully developed. This means that when they try to swallow solid foods into the stomach, the food can drop down into the lungs, not the stomach. That’s called aspiration, and it can cause pneumonia.

Giving solids before 4 months may increase the risk of obesity, Type 1 diabetes and celiac disease, although these disease links are not

solidly established. It may also increase the risk of eczema and of food allergies.

Breast-fed babies who start solids early tend to stop breast-feeding sooner. Given all we know about the health benefits of breast-feeding, that’s not a good thing.

Most babies develop the ability to eat solid foods at 4 to 6 months. But even when your baby is ready, learning to eat solids takes time and practice.

Before you begin, talk with your pediatrician. Most recommend one of the iron-fortified infant cereals, such as rice, oatmeal or barley, for the first food. These types of cereals are least likely to cause allergies. Foods rich

in vitamin C, such as orange juice, can help the absorption of iron.

There is no value, and there is potential harm, from adding either salt or table sugar to the food. You will still be giving the baby milk or formula as you gradually introduce solid foods. Be careful not to feed the baby too many calories. Your pediatrician or a nutritionist can help you plan.

Watch for symptoms of allergy, such as rash, wheezing, stomachache, diarrhea, gas, fussiness or vomiting.

If you notice any of these things, stop giving the food in question and consult your pediatrician.

Also keep the following in

mind as you start your baby on solids: • Add only one new food at a time. Wait five to seven days between new foods so that you have time to watch for a possible allergy.

• Do not give honey to your infant before 1 year. Honey can cause life-threatening food poisoning (botulism).

• Wait until your child is at least 3 years old to give small, round or hard foods that can cause choking. Examples include grapes, raw carrots, popcorn, hot dogs, raisins, nuts, seeds, jelly beans and other hard candies.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to send questions and get additional information.

Better learn how to budget your allowance Dr. Wallace: I’m 16 and, if I must say so myself, a pretty good kid. I’m on the honor roll at school, and I teach Sunday School at my church.

I’ve never experimented with drugs, alcohol or premarital sex. I’ve got a boyfriend who my parents approve of, and I have an open, wonderful relationship with my parents.

I’m vice president of my sophomore class and also a yell leader. Since I’m a very active teen, I need a certain amount of money to survive.

I’d like to get a part-time job, but my parents won’t let me.

They believe that all of my spare time should be directed

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace toward my studies.

My problem is that I need $25 per week for my necessities – -food (snacks), yearbook, movie tickets, etc. My parents do buy all of my clothes and give me $2 every day for my lunch, but they only give me $15 a week allowance. That really limits my lifestyle. What can I do to get them to raise my allowance to $25 per week? Please hurry with your answer. –

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – In the year ahead, you could have greater opportunities to operate in an independent, enterprising manner. There’s a chance that more than one of your endeavors will turn out to be quite grand.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Do your best, whether you’re working for someone else or for yourself. In fact, if you really put your nose to the grindstone, you’re likely to yield higher dividends than you ever thought possible.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Co-workers aren’t likely to resent you taking charge, provided your ideas and methods are better than theirs. In which case, they’ll copy you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – One way to substantially enhance your endeavors is to look out for the interests of your colleagues and not just your own. Let everybody win when you do.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – It’s an excellent day to realize one of your dreams. Don’t allow any negative thinking on behalf of your co-workers to dampen your spirits.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Both your work and your financial prospects look to be very encouraging. The chances of achieving desirable results appear to be especially good at present.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – If you hope to be someone who gets, you must first be someone who gives. The luckiest developments occur when you prime the pump with generosity.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – A favorable shift in circumstances is likely regarding something that you’ve been dreading. After the dust has settled, what’s left standing should brighten your spirits.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – You should take advantage of every opportunity to meet new people. There’s a strong possibility that you’ll be introduced to someone you’ll have an instant affinity with.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – This could be an especially good day to launch a new endeavor, particularly if it’s something creative. It could turn out to have greater appeal than you expected.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – If something negative has to be said to someone, you’re the one who will have the ability to do so in a frank but kind manner. You won’t go over the line.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Lady Luck doesn’t always stick around for long periods of time, so take full advantage of her while she is on your side. Remember, good things don’t last forever.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – When making an important decision, you need to take careful stock of your alternatives.

Several will be appealing, but only one or two will really work in the long run.

Janeen, San Antonio, Tex. Janeen: Asking for a 67 percent raise in “pay” is asking a lot. Chances would be better if you asked for $3 and learned to budget your money. Be thankful that you have a fair allowance. Many teens would be thrilled to have $15 a week spending money.

I agree with your parents refusing to say yes when you inquired about getting a parttime job. You are considered a full-time student, and this should dominate your time.

Dr. Wallace: My best friend is 17 and very pregnant. She and her boyfriend were planning to get married a month ago,

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but he was killed in an automobile accident five months ago. The baby is due in about a month. I received a call from my friend’s cousin inviting me to a baby shower for her and I told her I’d be there.

When I told my mother about the shower, she said she had never heard of a baby shower for an unwed mother. She said she wouldn’t keep me from going, but she would prefer that I wouldn’t. She thinks that the shower is honoring someone who committed a huge sin. I’m going to attend, but I’d like to know what you think about this. My mom

always reads your column, so I’m hoping that you will agree with me that my friend needs all her friends now. – Corina, El Paso, Tex. Corina: I agree that you should attend the baby shower. The spotlight will be on the baby who is pure and sinless. Good friends should be together to share important moments, and the friendship should last a lifetime. You both are fortunate to share a close friendship and to have each other to lean on in times of need.

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

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BRIDGE Phillip Alder

More on watching extra losers Jim Rohn, a motivational speaker and author, said, “The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.”

At the bridge table, the few who watch are the envy of the many who look but do not take the next vital step.

The play theme in today’s deal catches out many less experienced players. They do not watch their losers or then work out how to eliminate the one that they cannot afford.

South is in four spades.

West leads the heart queen.

How would a watchful declarer play?

North used a transfer bid.

On the next round, he was borderline between rebidding two no-trump and three no-trump. He was swayed by the good spade-suit quality into jumping to game. (Do not commit your side to a high-level spade contract unless you know of at least an eight-card fit. Here, South might have only a doubleton spade.) South, despite his 4-3-3-3 distribution, corrected to the nine-card fit. Note that three no-trump would fail after a heart lead.

Those missing aces are fatal.

An observant South will see four potential losers: one in each suit. It is impossible to do anything about the three aces, so declarer must work out how to avoid conceding a heart trick.

If South plays a trump at trick two, East should win and return a heart, condemning the contract. Instead, declarer must lead a club at trick two.

Suppose West ducks this trick, takes the second club, and plays another heart. South wins and cashes his last club, discarding dummy’s remaining heart. Now, finally, it is time to tackle trumps.

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Jan Eliot

Bill Schorr

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HEEL PAIN PATIENTS WANTED FOR LASER TREATMENT STUDY! Patients are needed to participate in a Pain Management research study.

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Tickets are on sale now for performances of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

‘Charlie Brown’ coming to Opera House in Sandwich DAILY CHRONICLE Indian Valley Theatre invites you to relive some of your favorite childhood moments through the eyes of Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts cartoon strip with their musical production of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

Spend some time with Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Peppermint Patty and, of course, Snoopy. These memorable Peanuts characters come to life with fun and

witty songs and classic moments. Come root for the baseball team, help them finish the dreaded book report and help Snoopy outwit the Red Baron.

The cast of “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” includes Dan Rosier as Charlie Brown, Brian Pross as Linus, Zoe Michaels as Lucy, Grant Vanlanduyt as Schroeder, Kari Frantzen as Snoopy, Jayden Frantzen as Woodstock, Alicia Rosier as Peppermint Patty, Max Rosier as Pigpen, Micah Hett as Shermy and Veronica Hankins as the

cute little red haired girl. It is directed by Matt Johnson and the musical director is Deb Matthews.

Performances will be at the Historic Sandwich Opera House at 7 p.m. July 19 and 20, and 2 p.m. July 21.

Every performance will be followed by an autograph session with the cast – bring your camera and get a picture with Snoopy and Woodstock or any of your favorite cast members.

Tickets cost $10 for all ages and are on sale now at www.

IndianValleyTheatre.com.

� are between ages

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you may be eligible to participate in our pain management study.

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Girls, women invited to summer chorus sings DAILY CHRONICLE Prairie Echoes, an award-winning chorus of Sweet Adelines, invites all young girls and women ages 14 and older to its summer rehearsals from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

Tuesdays, at St. Paul Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road, DeKalb. There is a singing part for everyone, whether you sing high, low or in-be-

tween. If you can carry a tune, Priarie Echoes will teach you the rest.

Summer will be celebrated with songs such as “Kokomo,” “Lean On Me,” “Dream,” and “Dancing Queen.” In honor of Independence Day, “God Bless the U.S.A.” will be sung, as well as other patriotic tunes for parades.

A show tune from the musical “Hairspray” also will be

thrown in, “You Can’t Stop the Beat!”

A “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!” event will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. July 9, at Lincolnshire place, 710 Vellagio St., in Sycamore.

Come for food, friendship and song. The evening will end with an old-fashioned ice cream social.

For more information, call 815-761-5956.

Tina Starkweather, DPM & Associates 2560 Hauser-Ross Drive, Sycamore, IL 815-899-3338 � DrTinaOnline.com

To schedule an appointment, please call our office. *FDA clearance for the temporary increase of clear nail in patients with Onychomycosis.

PAULSEN APPLIANCE & ELECTRONICS DOWNTOWN SYCAMORE WWW.PAULSENAPPLIANCE.COM

REBATE CALENDAR GE PROFILE & CAFÉ REBATES UP TO $750 NOW THRU 7/10 GRILLING SEASON IS IN FULL SWING! STEP UP TO THE WOLRD’S BEST GRILL, SMOKER & OUTDOOR COOKER! BIG GREEN EGGS ON SALE NOW!

INTRODUCING THE NEW BOSCH DISHWASHERS! WITH REBATES UP TO $150

FRIGIDAIRE FRONTLOADLAUNDRY REBATES UP TO $150 NOW THRU 7/10 NEW BOSCH DISHWASHERS REBATES UP TO $150 NOW THRU 7/15 FRIGIDAIRE KITCHEN PACKAGE REBATES UP TO $305 NOW THRU 7/15

NOT JUST GREAT PRICING, WE SERVICE ALL OF OUR APPLIANCES! OVER 35 YEARS OF SALES AND SERVICE EXPERIENCE!

SALE RUNS THRU 7/6

GE FRENCH DOOR REFRIGERATOR SAVE $500 GE ELECTRIC RANGE SAVE $150 GE ELECTRIC GE OVER THE RANGE MICROWAVE $299 RANGES ON SALE! NEW COLOR! CAFÉ & PROFILE SLATE GE WASHER ON

GTWN2800D

SALE NOW! ONLY $399 SAVE $150

Thursday, June 20, 2013 “Strawflowers with guests.”

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ALWAYS INVESTIGATE BEFORE INVESTING ANY MONEY

Contact the Better Business Bureau www.chicago.bbb.org - or Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov

BATAVIA MULTI-FAMILY SALE

Friday, June 21, 8:00-3:00 Saturday, June 22, 8:00-Noon

1031, 1032 & 1038 Towne Avenue

AUTO DEALERSHIP is seeking candidates for an

NEWSPAPER DELIVERY

ASSISTANT MANAGER Previous automotive experience is not necessary. Primary responsibilities include sales, inventory management, customer assistance and customer follow up. Please forward your resume or your name & phone number to: tom5266@ameritech.net

MAINTENANCE position available FT, 1-2 years of experience in a health care environment. Exceptional customer service, positive attitude, initiative and follow-thru expected. Carpentry, plumbing, electrical, painting, grounds work etc. Some weekend/evening/ holidays. Supervisory experience a plus.

Submit your resume and salary history on or before 06/26/13 to mwest@oakcrestdekalb.org or Oak Crest 2944 Greenwood Acres Dr., DeKalb, IL.

CONTRACTORS WANTED Kirkland, Genoa & surrounding area.

Early morning Monday through Saturday.

1 year contract.

Call 815-756-4841 x 468, or toll-free 877-688-4841

Dorm fridge, daybed, twin sleeper sofa, desks, 6 dining chairs, side chairs, 2 baker's racks, side & end tables, mirrors, framed pictures, bedding, linens, baskets & floral, lamps, girls vanity, Bow Flex, Nordic track, TVs, dresser, bookshelves, lateral file cabinets, glassware, bread machines, Christmas, girls bike, kitchenware, lawn furniture, garden tools, Thomasville armoire & headboard, books, magazines, antique china, area rugs and much more!

DEKALB

DEKALB

316 Ash Ct June 21-22 8AM-4PM Antique hutch, 2 dining room tables, single bed, matching sofa loveseat, stereo and storage cabinets, end tables, dog beds, dog house, camping equipment, misc household

DEKALB

706 S Third Saturday, June 22 9-3 Multi-family sale with baked goods, clothing, toys, and household items.

Proceeds go to DeKalb Area Friends of Fostering.

RABBIT SMALL DUTCH RABBIT - LOST I am missing my pet dwarf black and white dutch rabbit. Escaped from south side of DeKalb by Fairview. We would like to get Demarcus back home. Please call 815-501-9760.

** MOVING SALE ** 150 Buena Vista Drive June 21st & 22nd 8 AM - 3 PM Lots of furniture, desks, dressers, books entertainment centers, ping pong table, games, TV stands, lawn sweeper, credenza, wooden wagon, lamps, many pictures and frames, 9 foot Xmas tree, lots of miscellaneous and much much more

DEKALB

DeKalb 730 Harvey Street

SECURITY SUPERVISOR FT M-F 8a-4p. DeKalb.

Must be able to work other days/shifts as needed.

Apply at: www.securitasjobs.com * Select Rockford, IL Securitas USA 815-398-5710 EOE M/F/D/V

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

135 Greenwood Acres Dr

DEKALB

Saturday 6/22 8-4

Dekalb 1808 N. First Street

SAT, JUNE 22 9AM - 3PM SUN, JUNE 23 10AM - 2PM 432 JOANNE LN. Corner of Llehamwood Dr. & Joanne Ln.

Prices Marked To Go!

HUNTLEY

ADOPTION Stay at home Mom hard working Dad wishes to adopt a Precious Newborn.

Promises to provide unconditional love.

Expenses paid.

Call Eileen & Andy 1-800-941-3158

PACK RAT HUSBAND ON VACATION. SELLING LOTS OF STUFF. ONE DAY ONLY.

Everything must go!

Very cheap!

DEKALB

GREAT ESTATE SALE! Fri-Sat, June 21 & 22, 9-4

12279 Plum Grove Rd (Del Webb doesn't allow signs.

Please use GPS) See Pix & Details at www.somethingspecial estatesales.com

WANTED - Male 29 or older to cut grass. Inquire within 1744 Pebblewood Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178. Come after 5:00pm.

ST CHARLES

DEKALB 3 Neighbor Garage Sale 412 & 418 River Drive and 210 Joanne Lane Friday, June 21 8a - 3p Saturday, June 22 8a - 1p Spinet Piano - $300/obo plus lots of furniture including an 8 pc. two-sided office desk, love set, cabinet, entertainment center, antique dresser, books, CDs and DVDs, hundreds of Disney collectibles, teenage and adult clothing including replica NFL jerseys, stuffed animals, children's VHS tapes, games, household items, tools, glassware, workbench, presidential pins, sports collectibles and equipment, computer equipment & bedding supplies, lots of misc.

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Men's, women's, boys clothes.

Full Patio set. Snowblower.

Other great stuff.

DEKALB BIG

204 DELCY DR. THURS & FRI JUNE 20 & 21 9AM - 3PM

NEW ITEMS! BRING IN THIS AD FOR 20% OFF Solid oak table w/4 chairs, Oak TV stand, Depression-era armoire, claw-foot drop-leaf table, Broyhill oversized chair, other furniture, Technics turntable, JBL ARC90 speakers, window a/c, file cabinets, HO train items, toys, lots of sports cards (Bears, Packers, sets & packs), Beanies, Wilton pans, kitchen items, garden flags, DVD'S, books, vinyl, CD's, dozens of new/used board games and puzzles, RCA Select-A-Vision, video games, lots of costume jewelry, Christmas & MORE!

DEKALB

877-264-2527

Tools, furniture, women's, mens & kids clothes, exercise equipment, toys

Fri 6/21: 10-4 Sat 6/22 & Sun 6/23: 9-3 Dishwasher, couch, dining room, chairs, tables, televisions, gym equip, ski equip, running brds for Mercedes ML Class, Kitchen Aid mixer, bikes, designer shoes, purses and clothing, furs and more!

Fri. & Sat. 10am-4pm 1502 OAKWOOD AVE.

FRI & SAT 8-5 2 HILL COURT

Daily Chronicle Classified It works.

To settle the Trust #101 of Victor Schormann the following Real Estate at 821 Sharon Drive, Dekalb, IL 60115, will be offered at Public Auction. Sale will be held on site.

THURSDAY, JUNE 27TH, 2013 5:00 PM SHARP AuctionZip.com info and photos Listing #: 1788421 GO2Wegenerauctions.com

ELVA & WALKER RDS.

DeKalb

Baby swing, crib, toddler bed, toys, generator, Bowflex & MUCH MORE!

Multi-Home

GENOA

DEKALB Fri 6/21 & Sat 6/22 9a-5p

SOUTHMOOR ESTATES Thurs & Fri June 20 & 21 8:30-4 pm Sat, June 22 8:30-1 pm

No Early Birds, Please!

1415 E. Lincoln Highway Ceramic dolls, bikes, dresser, bed frame, kitchen items, clothes, camping items, and much more.

DEKALB HUGE FAMILY

SAT, JUNE 22 9AM - 2PM 1508 CRAYTON CIRCLE Weider Cross Bar Home Gym couch, recliner, ent ctr, large slide, 100's of baby clothes - girls 0-4T, TONS of toys & baby furniture, swings, double stroller, Travel System, women's/ Jr Small-Lrg clothes, men's M-2XL, Express, Banana, new Blackhawk jerseys, autographed memorabilia, TONS of household MISC ITEMS!

Off Taylor & S. Seventh Streets Flat Screen TV, McCoy Cookie Jars, Baker's Rack, Lamps, Mirrors, Longaberger Baskets, Fishing Gear, Snow Blower, Riding Mower, Tool Cart, Rototiller, Brinkman Smoker, Power Tools, Air Compressor, NASCAR, Bikes, Baby Clothes, Motorcycle Helmets/Clothes & Much, Much More.

DeKalb Multi-residence garage sales

124 Heatherfield Lane.

Friday and Saturday 8am-4pm.

Double oven flat top electric range, surround sound system, computer, wing chair, gaming chair, maternity clothes, adult clothes, baby & children clothes, household items

DeKalb

DeKalb

LARGE GARAGE SALE

South Neighborhood Sales

917 Colby Ct. Thursday – Saturday 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Friday – June 21 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

10” table saw, 10” radial arm saw, Osborne miter gauge, clamps & tools, books, household items, sewing machine, TV, photo/dark room equipment and much more!

Don't miss!

Monticello and Lexington Street

Saturday – June 22 8:00 AM to ???

Pool Pump, Furniture, Collectables, Avon, Candleholders, Toys, Books, Clothes, Wedding Centerpieces, and Much Miscellaneous!

DeKalb

DEKALB MANLY MAN GARAGE SALE

Saturday, June 22, 2013 9 AM Start Directions: Go East of Paw Paw, IL on Chicago Rd. to County Line Rd. or Northeast of Sandwich, IL. On Chicago Rd. go West to County Line Rd. Turn North go 1+ miles to farm.

Antiques, Collectibles, Coins, Jewelry, Guns, Antique Trucks and Cars, Pickup Trucks, Tools.

Estate of Richard Wesley Cover Executor: Mary L. Cover-Sedlak Notes: Wesley liked to work on his collectible automobiles.

Many items of interest including 1950 pickup in nice shape!

NO reserves, everything sells to settle estate.

Terms & Conditions: Cash or good check with proper ID. Visa or MasterCard with 3% premium. Everything sold “AS IS” condition on the day of the sale. Not responsible for accidents or items after they are sold. NO buyer premium on this sale!

This 1.5 Story, 3 Bedroom home is located on the South West side of town close to parks, shopping & less than a mile from NIU. This property would be perfect for a starter home or a great investment opportunity! The home is situated on an approx. 65 x 140 sq ft lot (+/-) & features a main level with hardwood floors and a full country kitchen that is open to the living/dining room, full bath w/shower & 1 bedroom. The upper level features tile floors, 2 large bedrooms both w/double closets, 1/2 bath & attic storage. The home has a full unfinished basement that bodes great potential for more living space. 2 Car attached garage rounds out this great property!

For more information or to schedule a private viewing or for full terms contact Auctioneer, Joe Wegener at 815-766-0756.

VICTOR SCHORMANN TRUST #101 Attorney for the Estate; Ron Klein of Klein, Stoddard, Buck, Lewis, LLC Sycamore, IL 815-748-0380 Carolyn Swafford The National Bank & Trust Company of Sycamore, Trustee 815-895-2125

230 GAYLE AVE FRI 6/21 8-4 SAT 6/22 8-2 Tons of HUNTING, FISHING, CAMPING GEAR. Over 40 Rods Fly and Cast, Custom Bamboo Rods. Over 60 Reels some collector items, lots of great items.

FULL tackle boxes, lures and more! Knives and Clothes for hunting and fishing. Some old wood projects. MUCH MORE!

www.deboltauctionservice.com

PINERIDGE SUBDIVISION North State Road Thurs 20th 9-5, Fri 21st 9-5, Sat 22nd 9-12 Multi-Family, clothing, sports items, tools, household items 86 KX 500 motorcycle, 78 RM 250 motorcycle, 06 Polaris 800 quad, misc. motorcycle items, American Racing rims, misc cars items, and furniture.

Lists & Maps available at businesses in Hinckley

Any questions call Tracy Behrens 630-212-1610 or email at tracybehrens1@yahoo.com

HINCKLEY

HAMPSHIRE HUGE MULTI FAMILY

204 Barn Owl Dr.

THURS-SUN 8AM - 5PM Antiques, Collectibles, Mechanics tools, Elliptical, Snowmobile Gear, Kitchen, Household and Garden Items. Many new items.

4 FAMILY SALE! 151 Park Court Friday 6/21 - Saturday 6/22 8-5 Clothing, toys, books, knick knacks, tools, table, much misc.

HINKLEY

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Our Great Garage Sale Guarantee!

If it rains on your sale, we will run your ad again the next week for FREE!

Call 800-589-8237 or email:

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FRI & SAT JUNE 21 & 22 8AM - 4PM 121 PARK COURT Hunting, Fishing Items, Antiques, Furniture, Automotive, J. Deere 2210 Compact Tractor with Implements & MUCH MORE!

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

ESTATE AUCTION

365 Gurler Road

Mr. & Mrs Duy lived on this farm for many years, many old vintage barn items, along w/very nicely kept house antiques. Furniture, toys, glassware, & other items of interest makes this a good auction with something for everyone! May run 2 rings so bring a friend! Auction will be held at 49W-368 Winters Road, Maple Park, IL. From Route 38 North on County Line thru Maple Park approx. 3 miles to Winters Rd then Right. From Route 64, South on County Line approx. 3 miles to Winters Rd then Left.

Antiques, fishing (rods, reels, lures, 5hp motor), craft items, womens' bike, books, child toys, train set, dolls, stereo equipment, 8 track, portible radio and many more items.

You Want It? We've Got It!

Buying?

Selling?

Renting?

Hiring?

To place an ad, call 877-264-2527

Daily-Chronicle.com

Daily Chronicle Classified

ABSOLUTE REAL ESTATE AUCTION The Thomas Herrmann Estate will be offering the following Real Estate at Absolute Auction located at 815 Colby Court, Dekalb, IL 60115. Directions: 1 mile South of Northern Illinois University on Annie Gliddon RD., to Taylor St., then East 1 block to Sharon St., then South 2 blocks to Colby Ct., then East 1 block to property.

Saturday June 22, 2013 11:00 A.M. Good income producing property featuring a 1823 sq. ft. duplex on a large 30,412 sq. ft. lot. Each unit consists of 911.5 sq. ft., 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, living room, kitchen, all appliances, crawl space, vinyl siding and unattached 1 car garage. 1 unit has central air. The duplex has city sewer & water and is located on a flood plain. The property overlooks River Heights Golf Course and the Kishwaukee River. It is in a great location with mature shade trees & easy access to I-88. Don't miss out on this investment opportunity.

The successful Buyer will be required to put down $5,000 day of auction and execute a contract for the purchase of the real estate under the terms and conditions specified herein. The earnest money should be in the form of a personal check or cashier's check. The balance of the purchase price will be due at closing to be held on or before July 22, 2013. Seller will provide Buyer with an Owner's Title Insurance Policy in the amount of the purchase price and will provide a Deed conveying the Real Estate to the Buyer. Real Estate taxes for the year 2013 will be prorated. The taxes are $4,297.52. Parcel # 08-27-105-019

Disclaimer and Absence of Warranties: All information contained herein and all related materials are subject to the terms and conditions outlined in the Contract to purchase. Announcements made by the auctioneer at the time of auction and during the sale will take precedence over any prior printed material or other oral statements made, except the purchase agreement.

The property is being sold on an “as is, where is” basis, and no warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, concerning the property is made by the seller or the auction company. Information contained herein is believed accurate, but subject to verification by all parties relying on it. No liability for its accuracy, errors or omissions is assumed by Seller or the auctioneer.

Conduct at the auction and increments of bidding are at the discretion and direction of the auctioneer.

SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND, 2013 STARTING AT 9:00 AM AuctionZip.com info and photos Listing #: 1792132 GO2Wegenerauctions.com

FURNITURE: Brunswick upright phonograph w/records (Wayman & Babb); Franklin treadle sewing machine (oak cabinet); Maple rocking chair; Walnut high chair (refinished); Walnut baby cradle (refinished); Hand crafted 2 door cabinet; Vintage upholstered chairs; Mahogany radio cabinet; Maple drop leaf coffee table; Walnut pie crust table; Cedar lined hope chest (Dillingham); Oak sewing rocker; Oak 3 pc bedroom suite (full); Steel framed full bed; Pine kitchen chairs & table; Recliners/couch; Floor lamps - marble base & others. COLLECTABLES: Vintage reel movies (Castle films) Abbot & Castello, Hop Along Cassidy, Chimp’s Vacation; Palm milk bottle (pyro glazed); Eagle & IH oil can & others; Cross country oil can; Brass labled milk cans; Jolly Time popping oil tin; M/M Thermometer GR Johnson (Elburn); Brass fire extinguisher; 20 Gal Western crock; Blue ribbon crock; White Hall 4 gal crock; Western crocks; Marked cookie jar; R/C Kraft K-P5 radio control; 4 Control airplane; RC Plane & etc; Free standing wood wringer washer (marked); Kist beverage electric clock; Wood buggy jack; Wheel tin scooter; Vintage child’s wagon; Tin baby wash tub; 2 Childs sleds; Indianapolis Krut cutter; Vintage door hardware; Sun oak #15 cast stove; Cradled grinding stone; Primitive carpenters tool boxes; Bell & Howell movie projector; Bell & Howell movie camera; Crown graphic press camera; Vintage wood harness bench; Cobblers bench w/drawer; Ingraham mantel clock (Oak case); Ansonia Ginger bread clock; Assorted vintage alarm clocks; 2 Wallace nutting pictures; Hermann München Print; Reel to reel tape players; 50’s Child’s record player; Assorted albums. TOYS: 1950’s Tin barn set (complete); 1960’s Structo live stock semi (IOB); 1960’s NyLint emergency unit (IOB); 1960’s Fisher Price wood train (IOB); Cragstan farm truck (IOB); Cragstan Ford Fairline 500 Skyliner(IOB); TruScale plow & wagon (IOB) Rockford, IL; Model 1800 Oliver tractor (IOB); Aurora slot car track w/cars; Assorted Fisher Price toys (some IOB); Atair game set (1970’s); Wood & card board puzzles; Assorted board games; Slide Trombone; Child readers & magazines (1960’s); Antique book & readers; DeKalb Ag flying ear; DeKalb Ag picnic basket; Seed corn note books; Acme gestation chart; Marked cheese boxes; 1934 World’s Fair tin banks.

GLASSWARE/HOUSEHOLD: Hand painted potato bowls; Candle wick pieces; Hopnail glass pieces; Pink & Green Depression glasses & ect.; Porcelain tea pots; Hand painted tea cups & saucers; Cumberlain China set; Enamelware pots & pans; Doilies & Embroidered items; Bedding & linens; Glass casserole bowls & platters; Usual flatware; Usual pots & pans; Small electrical items; Other assorted items. TOOLS/MISCELLANEOUS: Craftsman rolling tool box; Socket sets & hand wrenches; Craftsman joiner/plainer; Craftsman 4”/6” disc sander; Craftsman 10” table saw; Craftsman 10” band saw; Craftsman router; Tap & Die sets; Crane pipe threader; Wood bits & braces; Cal Hawk 1x8 belt/ disc grinder; Farm/Fleet bench grinder; Stihl 14” chain saw; Echo gas weed trimmer; Wood lathe; Miter box; Lincoln arc welder; Floor drill press; Electric drill motors; Electric hand sanders; Wood clamps pipe & others; Small anvil; Screw drivers, pliers, etc.; Wood barn pullies; Block-n-tackles; Skeet thrower; Long handle tools; Pitch forks & shovels; Assorted barn lumber; Assorted barn beams; Barn ladders; Nail kegs; 5 & 50 gal Marked cans; Fire wood; Wire & wood fence posts; Lawn roller; Bendix electric dryer; Maytag wringer washer; 1950’s GE electric stove; Troy built tiller; Two seat outhouse (on skit); Old wood smoke house; Allis Chalmber silage blower w/pipe; Drag sections; Other assorted items. VEHICLES/TRACTOR: 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera S 4 Door - 3300 Motor Shed Kept, 50,000 +/- miles, Have Title; 1971 Mustang 250 Straight 6 Automatic, Project Car Have Title; 1949 International 300 Loader Tractor Shed Kept, Runs Good, SN# 6784-J.

ESTATE OF EDWARD DUY, MAPLE PARK, IL

THOMAS HERRMANN ESTATE Executors - Walter & Mike Herrmann 630-567-9082 Attorney for Estate - Robert Nolan

DeBolt Auction Service, Inc. Since 1987 Brian DeBolt, Plano, IL #440000595, Ph: 630-552-4247 Sheila DeBolt, Sandwich, IL #440000593, FL #AU3955, Ph: 630-669-8736 Call us for all your Real Estate & Auction needs!

Celebrating 26 years!

Rain or Shine!

Over 75 Homes Participating!!

Thurs- Fri & Sat, June 20-22 8am – 5pm

Terms:

6772 County Line Rd, Paw Paw, IL 61353

SAT. JUNE 22nd 8AM - 4PM

Food Booths Too!!

For more information or to schedule a private viewing contact Auctioneer, Mike Espe at 630-365-9838.

Public Estate Auction

THURS, FRI, SAT 8AM - 2PM

Furniture, Collectibles, Vintage Items, Household items, Antique drop leaf Table, Longaberger Baskets, Much, Much Mis.

& MUCH MORE!

REAL ESTATE AUCTION WOODS OF FOX GLEN ESTATE SALE 3009 Fox Glen Ct

HINCKLEY 20TH ANNUAL

877-264-2527

Lots of boys & teen girl clothes, weed eater & MORE!

Daily Chronicle Classified

519 FAIRVIEW DR.

ELVA

MOVING SALE!

Classified has GREAT VARIETY!

Having a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Event Coming Up?

Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527 www.Daily-Chronicle.com

JOBS ANNOUNCEMENTS STUFF VEHICLES REAL ESTATE SERVICES

Friday 9-4 Saturday 9-1

HUGE

Share It With Everyone by Placing a HAPPY AD!

WE'VE GOT IT!

904 Quail Run

Thursday & Friday 8am – 4pm

Something for everyone! Slot machine, popcorn machine, lg fishing gear, used 6 month lg person electric chair, collectibles, furniture, etc

FRI & SAT JUNE 21 & 22 8AM - 4PM

Thursday, June 20 & Friday, June 21 8am – 1pm

OWNER OPERATOR Must have own tractor and 5 years OTR plus skid loader experience.

Dedicated Northern Illinois area.

Hauling cardboard bales to recycling facilities. Must also have own authority, 53' trailer and skid loader. Established company. Excellent pay. Generous fuel rebate.

Call 219-663-5678 ext. 17 M-F 8am-4pm CST

DEKALB

DEKALB

815-748-0532 AUCTIONEERS: Joe Wegener, Auctioneer, Lisc. # 440.000375 Ph: 815-766-0756 Chris Wegener, Auctioneer, Lisc. #440.000267 Ph: 815-451-2820 Email: djwauctions@comcast.net

ESPE Auctioneering Mike Espe Lic. # 440.000424 630-365-9838 www.Espeauctions.com

Joe Wegener - Auctioneer Lisc. # 440.000375 Phone : 815-766-0756 Email: djwauctions@comcast.net Chris Wegener - Auctioneer Lisc. # 440.000267 Phone : 815-451-2820 WWW.AuctionZip.COM WWW.GO2WEGENERAUCTIONS.COM

See website for personal property terms and conditions.

CLASSIFIED

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HUNTLEY HUGE

TREASURES GALORE & MORE!

10409 Fair Ln. THURS - SAT June 20 - 22 8AM - 4:30PM Absolutely Unbelievable Stuff!

My loss is your gain! Featured Items: Tiger River hot tub, HP pen plotter, and bedding and bath accessories, chokies, tons of seasonal decorations (inside and out) costume jewelry, ladies designer handbags, computer equipment, small kitchen electrics, appliances, utensils, building materials, tools, pet supplies, household decorations, frames, vases, office supplies, furniture and much, much more stuff. Too many items to list

Just to name a few!

Sycamore

Edgebrook Community Annual Garage Sale Friday and Saturday June 21st and 22nd 9am-5pm Over 100 homes participating!

Furniture, Clothing, Appliances, Antiques and so much more!

1801 DeKalb Ave. (behind Brian Bemis) Sycamore MULTI-FAMILY 516 & 521 Kishwaukee Dr

& 419 E. Lincoln St

Priced to sell or make an offer.

Many items in new or like new condition! Don't Miss Out!

Friday & Saturday 8am – 5pm

Kingston 9343 Shady Lane

Jewelry, drafting table, miscellaneous furniture, TVs, assorted kitchen items, antique tools, automotive parts, exercise equipment, household paint, ect

(Route 72 west of Kingston) June 20, 21 & 22 8am – 4pm

Downsizing Sale Huge 3-car garage Household items, furniture, electronics, LPs, cassettes, movies, books, exercise, outdoor & sports equipment, much, much more!

No early birds

Malta nd

301 S. 2 St. Fri. June 21, 8am – Noon Sat. June 22, 8am – 2pm Antiques, collectibles, household, old & newer toys, enamelware, glassware, books, horse tack & saddles, horse décor, Breyer horses, linens, model train (HO & O), furniture, and lots more!

SANDWICH

SYCAMORE

RETIRING KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

468 John Marshall Lane 7:30-4:00 Thursday June 20 Friday June 21 Saturday June 22 Big books, books, tapes, cds, 6 student center materials for all subjects, emergent and early reader books, management materials, easels, all subject materials and manipulatives, CCSS units, and loads of "really good stuff" and misc. too!

INDOOR

904 Northwind Dr.

VINTAGE SALE

Thurs 6/20 1-5, Fri 6/21 9-4, Sat 6/22 8-3

SAT, June 22, 8-2

Loft with mattress, dressers, curio cabinet, treadmill, lots of furniture, lots of dishes, toys, tools, jewelry, to much to list but everything has to go.

16038 Quigley Rd. Off of Airport Rd.

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 815-455-4800

17470 FRAZIER RD.

(2) Brand New with Tags Winners Circle brand #24 Jeff Gordon Hats $10 each Sycamore 815-7864861 SNEAKERS - Mens Boys Sneaux Black Sneakers Size 7 Everyday Shoes, $5, DeKalb. 815-739-1953

St Charles

Essick Air Humidifier- Model # 4D7800. Whole House: 2700 sq ft. 13 GPD Output. Call: (815) 787-0515 Washer & Dryer, 1 year old, 1 person used them. Asking $600 both.

340 Patio Bricks, red. $68. (815) 739-6386

25+ HOMES THIS FRI & SAT 9AM – 4PM The Windings Subdivision At Empire & Arboretum www.WindingsSales.info

Sycamore 1416 Sandcastle Dr

Fri & Sat 9am – 4pm Sunday 9am – noon Lots of baby items & many miscellaneous Household items

SYCAMORE

149 Millie Circle Fri-Sat 6/21-22 8 am - 4 pm Clearance prices. Lots of nice boys clothes, pack and play, toys, dishes, grandfather clock, steamer trunk, books lots of other goodies!

ALL NEED TO GO!!

SYCAMORE 218 SOMONAUK ST.

Sat 6/22 8am-4pm Huge sale - items too numerous to list. Furniture, housewares, crafts, games, electronics, sports equipment, pet supplies etc.

SYCAMORE

Desk – Steel – 52”x24” - w/Small Left Side Return – 3 Drawers – Chair – Desk Top Lamp – Excellent Condition $95 For All (moving) 815-991-5149 ENTERTAINMENT UNIT - Beautiful, Amish-crafted, Oak entertainment unit with bookcases. Asking $250 or best offer. Call 815-895-4262.

Futon bed, 1 year old, new $700 will sell for $175 obo.

815-761-6679 LOVE SEAT - navy blue, like new. $100. Best Time to Call: Anytime.

815-762-5746 Table: tinted glass, living room $150 OBO 815-505-3308~815-517-1144 TV & STEREO CABINET Beautiful solid cherry television and stereo cabinet. Was over $1000 new. Asking $400. 815-756-4072

Unique Dressing Table Walnut Full length wrap around beveled mirror- glass top shelf + 8 drawers. Excellent Cond. $150.00 Sandwich 815-786-3283 or 309-238-4265

10 Small Blue Moon Beer glasses.

No chips, faded marks or cracks.

Like new! $3 each Sycamore 815786-4861 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 - 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.

Kitchen Cart – Movable Island w/wheels, Use for Extra Storage or Working Area, Shelves on Side. $15 815-895-9593 Lamp. Beige. $30 OBO 815-505-3308 – 815-517-1144 Mirror with black wood frame. $40 OBO. 815-505-3308 - 815-517-1144

Little Tikes Durable Child Green 3Seater Alligator Teeter Totter/Rocker, 1-3 Children Can Ride At One Time, $30 815-739-1953, DeKalb.

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

WANTED!

Stamps Collections 815-758-4004

LAWN MOWER - TORO 22”, self propelled, electric start.

Mulcher, $275. 630-232-1982

Collectibles

Chicago White Sox Miller Lite $140

neon sign 815-762-4385

Ideal Trucks: 1956 Ford Pickup & 2003 Ford King Ranch, In Original Boxes. $30 815-895-9593

Child Baby/Infant/Toddler Sit And Stand Duo Stroller, Seat For Smaller Child In Front And Another Child Can Sit On Seat In Back Or Seat Can be Adjusted So Child Can Stand, Complete With Adjustable Rain/Sunshade & Underneath Storage, $75, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

SLED - Little Tikes Baby Infant Child Red Sled With Back Support and Carrying/Pulling Rope, Like New, $20. 815-739-1953, DeKalb.

BIKES - Vintage Schwinn Bikes.

Womans Green Varsity $100 and Mens Brown Suburban. $150 Both in great shape for age. Chicago made. 815-786-4861 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

Dukes Of Hazzard Lunchbox with thermos. Used condition. Sycamore 815-786-4861 $50 Dukes Of Hazzard RC cars, one large and one small. Asking $140 for both. In box, NEW. May have marks from moving. Sycamore 815-786-4861 Dukes Of Hazzard Signed by John Schneider Framed Cast photo. Authenticity included. $75 Sycamore 815-786-4861 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.

Conduit Bender 1/2", $20.

Sycamore, 815-895-5373 DRILL - Milwaukee 4' Right Angle Drill, $190. Sycamore.

815-895-5373 WET DRY VAC - 16 Gallon Craftsman Wet Dry Vac With Attachments, $45. Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

WIRE RACK - Ideal 25 Spool Heavy Duty Wire Rack $160. Sycamore, 815-895-5373

(2) FreeStyle Lite Blood Glucose Test Strips 100 qty a box. Unopened, non expired. $35 each. retails for $75 each. Sycamore 815786-4861

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 Books – Child Craft – The How And Why Library And Annuals, 33 Books $10 815-264-3562 FABRIC CART - Large Orange Heavy Duty Fabric Cart On Wheels With Long Pull Handle, Great For Transporting Items, Laundry Or Storage, New, $15, Sycamore.

815-895-5373 HELMET - Child Bike Helmet With Blue Strap, White In Color and Has A Picture Of A Kangaroo On Front & Says Kangaroo, $5, DeKalb.

815-739-1953

Luggage- 3 Piece SetTapestry Pattern- Excellent Condition. $30.00 ( 815 ) 786-3283 or (309) 238-4265 Shelving Units & Tool Stands – Metal - Lt. To Med. Duty – Misc.

Sizes & Styles – Great Condition Will Separate- $25 ea. Sycamore.

815-991-5149 Weber Genesis Propane Grill w/cover. 3 burners – flavorizer bars – stainless steel grid – outside thermometer – electronic igniter – fuel gauge – very good condition $175. 815-751-6271

1994 Lexus GS 300, 120K mi., leather, sunroof, good tires & brakes, good cond. $3900/OBO 815-757-5790 or 815-286-3863

2000 Mercury Mountaineer

Premier Edition with all available accessories including CD changer & sunroof.

Very clean and only 130,000 miles. Everything works.

New tires! I'll show you the CarFax! $4900. Call Mike 815-761-7867

1995 GMC SAFARI AWD. New shocks, ladder rack, hi mileage, runs well, $1500 630-514-6569

Engine Hoist – Lorin 2 Ton – Used Once $135obo 815-757-2329 S. B. Chevy Torker II Intake Manifold – Ported Power Connection $70/obo 815-757-2329 WHEELS - '05 GTO - Factory 17x8 - Good Condition $300/obo 815-757-2329

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I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 SUBWOOFER & AMPLIFIER One "Dual" 12" Subwoofer in sealed enclosure & One "Dual" 300 watt Amplifier with wiring kit. Everything works great! Asking $80 obo for everything. Call/Text 815-252-6514

AC - 240 Volt A C In Wall, $140.

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Fishing Boat – Inflatable 9' Colorado. Gently Used $350 obo 815-827-3692 leave msg.

Malta: waterfront property for sale, downsize to affordable living, 1230 sq. ft. ranch, 3BR, 1.5BA, $153K, 815-825-2730 Waterman – 3-4 Bed, 2 Bath 2+ car garage, upgrades, move-in ready. Asking $135,000 815-264-7927

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., PLAINTIFF vs.

MOHAMMED K. MOHIUDDIN; SUMMIT ENCLAVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; DEFENDANT Address: 1474 Legacy Dr, Unit 4 Dekalb, Illinois 60115 Judge Thomas Doherty 12 CH 174 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 20, 2012, I, Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois, will on June 27, 2013 at the hour of 1:00 PM at the DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: COMMON ADDRESS: 1474 Legacy Dr, Unit 4, Dekalb, Illinois 60115 P.I.N.: 08-13-177-037 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

THE JUDGMENT AMOUNT WAS: $189,560.95 Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representations as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/151512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 230 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606, telephone 312-541-9710. Please refer to file number IL 12 1205.

Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph 312-541-9710

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23rd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005W4, Plaintiff, vs.

Nathan Dexter, Lisa Dexter, Unknown Owners, Generally, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

12 CH 650 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 3/14/2013, the Sheriff of DeKalb County will on 07/11/2013 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Courthouse, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 08-23-427-014 COMMON ADDRESS: 205 Dodge Ave Dekalb, IL 60115 The improvement on the property consists of: single family residence.

Sale terms: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance due within (2) two business or the following Tuesday. The property offered for sale is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. The property will NOT be open for inspection. No refunds.

The judgment amount was at $127,480.37.

SELLER IS MOVING! FOR SALE

iPhone 3gs black 8gb phone. Factory unlocked to work with ANY SIM. No charger! $125 Sycamore 815786-4861 PRINTER - Canon IP 1800 Series Black Printer With Working Ink Cartridges Installed, $25, Sycamore 815-895-5373

Hardwood flrs, all appliances, 2 garages, huge yard.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON NOW! 815-739-9997

LAST CHANCE

2 Apts. Store inventory antique's 105 Emmett Genoa, IL $98,500 847-836-1164

Shabbona Deluxe 2BR

New paint & carpet, garage & appl incl, on-site laundry, no dogs. $585/mo + sec. 815-751-7724

Shabbona ~ Spacious 2BR Newly remodeled, W/D hook-up.

No smoking/dog. $625/mo + sec.

847-738-2334

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT. 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

CRYSTAL LAKE Large, Sunny 2BR,1BA, 1st floor Apt in Duplex Porch overlooks Crystal Lake, may have boat. Newly remodeled. Excellent location, good schools, No pets. $1,495/mo. 630-655-2888 Cell 630-899-8899 De Kalb - 2BR Upper Clean and Quiet living style, off-street parking. No Pets/Smoking. References & Deposit. 815-756-7879

Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

Laing Mgmt.

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 – 1BR apt, 2 BR house, commercial office & garage for rent. $450-$800. Call 815-895-2013

Sycamore 2BR - Mature Lifestyle Nice, quiet & sunny. Off St parking.

No smoking/dogs. On-site laundry.

Available 8/1. 815-501-1872

SYCAMORE 2BR DUPLEX Lower unit, 1BA, off St. parking.

Walk to downtown, no pets/smkg. $710/mo incl util. 815-757-2340

Sycamore 3BR, 1BA $700/mo + sec + heat & electric.

No smkg/pets. 630-816-9352

DeKalb Quiet Lifestyle 1BR, $540, 2BR $700 Spacious 1BR, $665

Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600

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DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR

Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118 DEKALB 2 Bedroom. No smoking. $650 + utilities. Agent owned 815-766-2027

DEKALB ~ 235 N. 1st Large 2BR, carport, a/c, laundry.

Clean, quiet and secure. $750/mo.

J&A RE. 815-970-0679

DeKalb 2BR Lower Level, Bath

Sycamore E. State St. AVAILABLE NOW! Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521 Sycamore nice 2 BR 1 BA no smoking, Laundry in bldg. $625/mo+utilities, 1st, last & sec.

Available 8/1. 815-895-5210

SYCAMORE SMALL, CLEAN 1BR Water and garbage incl, no pets, $495/mo., available now.

815-793-2664

W/D, hrdwd flrs, seasonal screened in porch, no smoking, pets OK. $800/mo + sec. 224-238-8587

DeKalb Exc for Grad Students 2BR, parking, $700 incl heat.

815-895-5047

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2 & 3BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

CORTLAND - Newer townhome!

3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage, fireplace, fully applianced, $1150/mo. + utilities. Available July 815-739-4042

CORTLAND

Available June 1st or sooner.

Clean, quiet residential building. $425-$550/mo. 815-758-6580

NEWER 3 BR 1.5 BA Quiet, Lrg 3BR, 1.5 BA, basement, 1.5 car garage, appls., C/A, Outside maint. provided. Some pets ok.

Available July. $1250/mo +utilities.

815-764-9454

DEKALB ~ 2 BEDROOM

Creston Spacious, Very Nice TH

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

DeKalb Studio & 1 Bedroom

Available now, variety of locations.

Appliances, clean and quiet.

815-758-6580

DeKalb ~ Pardridge Place Modern 2BR, LR, A/C, D/W, lndry.

Near I-88, $670 + 1st, last sec.

Available Aug 1st. 815-751-3806 DeKalb. Near NIU. 3BR. Garage.

Deck & beautiful fenced yard. A/C. W/D. All utils incl. Hardwood flrs. $1275/mo plus first/ last /sec. $500. Available August 1st 630-205-0629

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 - Newer End Unit 3 BR, 2 1/2 Bath, Vault Ceilings Washer/Dryer, Basement, Storage 2 Car Garage. $1200 / month 630-217-7061

GENOA ~ 2BR RANCH TH DeKalb. Spacious 1BR. Stove, fridge, M/W, D/W, A/C, Garage. Quiet lifestyle.

815-758-0079 ECO Park Apartments 2, 3, or 4 BRs Avail, Util Incl.

815-517-1780 www.ecopark-apts.com GENEVA - Large upper 2BR in historic district of Geneva. Living room, dining room, sunroom, fireplace, washer/dryer. No dogs. No smoking. $1,050/mo. 630-640-9688 GENOA - Downtown GENOA 2 Bedroom apt. $575 Month plus utilities. No pets/smoking 630-205-1621

2 bath, fireplace, W/D. 2 car garage, no pets/smoking.

1100/mo + sec. 815-761-1460

Sycamore 2 Bedroom Condo 2 bath, appl, W/D, fireplace, 1 car garage, 2nd floor with balcony. $1100mo + sec. 630-853-2470

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $950.

No pets.

815-758-0123

The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes.

Stove, fridge, D/W, W/D hook-up.

NO PETS. $755/mo + sec. Water sewer, garb incl. 815-739-1250

2 & 3 Bedrooms.

Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?

KIRKLAND UPPER 2 BEDROOM

Starting at $645

HINCKLEY 2BR, 1.5BA

No pets/smoking. $550/mo + dep and utilities. 815-761-5574 Or 779-774-3042 ~ Lv Message Malta: quiet, upper 2BR, A/C, appl. furnished, lndry, water/garbage incl. extra storage, NO PETS 815-751-0480

ROCHELLE UPPER 2BR DUPLEX

815-757-1907 CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage.

No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439 Dekalb: Knolls, 1200 sq ft ranch, 3BR, 2BA, all appl., C/A, bsmnt, lndry hookup, 2 car attch. gar No pets/ smoke $1000/mo. 815-464-8646

GENOA ~ 2 BEDROOM

ROCHELLE ~ 2 BEDROOM

Available now. Remodeled, clean and quiet, $550/mo.

815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346

3BR, 2BA, Plus large finished basment, 1 flr Laundry. Spacious Garage, Huge Yard. st

RECUMBENT EXERCISE BIKE Excellent Condition. $100.

815-757-4472 TREADMILL - WESLO CADENCE Has numerous options. Excellent condition. Folds vertically for easy storage. $100. 815-757-4472

judg $127,480.37.

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, LLC, 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 201-6679.

I537625 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 6, 13, 20, 2013.)

Clean and quiet. Basement, laundry, 1 car garage, no pets. $550/mo + sec. 847-809-6828

PRICE REDUCED BUY NOW! 3 Bdrms,

1029 Janet

Multiple Contributors. Longaberger and retired Scentsy products, men's bicycle, antique portable sewing machine and child's chalk board, roll top desk, and house hold items.

CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Clersida Garcia; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 12 CH 00591 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 4/25/2013, the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois will on 8/1/13 at the hour of 1:00PM at Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Sycamore, IL 60178, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of DeKalb and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 08-02-326-009 Improved with Condo/Townhouse COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 305 Quinlan Avenue Dekalb, IL 60115 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-12-30913.

I542744 (Published in the Daily Chronicle June 20, 27, July 4, 2013.)

Priced at $221,900

ANNUAL LONGABERGER SALE Friday & Saturday 6/21 & 6/22.

8am - 2pm Baskets in the Garage Inventory Reduction Sale.

Will BUY UR USED

PUBLIC NOTICE

1993 Corvette 350 LTI 71,000 miles, New Tires, Loaded. Must See! $10,500 obo 815-762-3884

icago, Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 12 1205 I538445 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 6, 13, 20, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

Old Envelopes

D&D Jewelers Tungston mens Wedding ring. Size 8 or 8.5 $50 Sycamore 815-786-4861

(2) 55 gallon blue plastic barrels.

No lids. was used as rain barrels.

Asking $15 each Sycamore 815786-4861

A-1 AUTO

I Buy

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.

TONS OF VINTAGE ITEMS!

SANDWICH THURS. FRI. & SAT. JUNE 20, 21 & 22 8AM-5PM Sheets, Quilts, Blankets, Full size Bed, Desk, Kitchen Table w/4 chairs, Recliner, 1 Antique Chair, Dishes, Cedar Chest, Many Many Household items.

Sears Craftsman 42” Riding Lawnmower.

Everything Must Go!

Coffee Table. $30 815-505-3308 - 815-517-1144

CLEATS - Boys Mens Adidas Cleats Shoes Size 6, $5, DeKalb 815-739-1953 CLEATS - Boys Mens Diadora Cleats Shoes, Size 8, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 CLEATS - Boys Nike Cleats Shoes Size 5.5, $5, DeKalb 815-739-1953 Dart Board: Electronic, Talking. $45 815-505-3308~815-517-1144 SHOES - Boys Mens Adidas Everyday Shoes Size 7.5, $5, DeKalb. 815-739-1953

SYCAMORE WILLOW NOOKS

HUGE MOVING SALE

CHAIRS: Ikea – 4 Available, Black, $40 815-895-9593

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New flooring, updated appliances.

1.5 car garage, $700/mo+sec+ref.

Pets ? 815-985-0225

3 BR, 1.5 BA, 1-car attached garage. Avail. July 1st. Great Location. (815) 748-3977

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Crystal Lake 3-4BR 1.5BA Cape Cod House Large wooded lot on Crystal Lake. May have boat.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., PLAINTIFF vs.

MOHAMMED K. MOHIUDDIN; SUMMIT ENCLAVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; DEFENDANT Address: 1474 Legacy Dr, Unit 4 Dekalb, Illinois 60115 Judge Thomas Doherty 12 CH 174 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 20, 2012, I, Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois, will on June 27, 2013 at the hour of 1:00 PM at the DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: DWELLING UNIT 314-4 IN SUMMIT ENCLAVE TOWNHOME CONDOMINIUM IN CABINET 10 SLIDE 23C RECORDED ON JUNE 7, 2007 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2007010086 AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY: CERTAIN LOTS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN SUMMIT ENCLAVE UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "C" TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED MAY 13, 2003 AS DOCUMENT 2003-013150, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 1474 Legacy Dr, Unit 4, Dekalb, Illinois 60115 P.I.N.: 08-13-177-037 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

THE JUDGMENT AMOUNT WAS: $189,560.95 Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within twenty four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representations as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

Pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/151512, the amounts of any surplus bid will be held by the sheriff until a party obtains a Court Order for its distribution, or for 60 days following the date of the entry of the order confirming sale, at which time, in the absence of an order directing payment of the surplus, it may be automatically forfeited to the State without further notice.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765

op ty t, ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Johnson, Blumberg & Associates, LLC, 230 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60606, telephone 312-541-9710. Please refer to file number IL 12 1205.

Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 12 1205 I538445 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 6, 13, 20, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Clersida Garcia; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 12 CH 00591 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 4/25/2013, the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois will on 8/1/13 at the hour of 1:00PM at Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Sycamore, IL 60178, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of DeKalb and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 149 IN BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST UNIT 3, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 17, 2004, IN PLAT CABINET "9", AT SLIDE 111-A, AS DOCUMENT NO. 2004012215, SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. PIN 08-02-326-009 Improved with Condo/Townhouse COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 305 Quinlan Avenue Dekalb, IL 60115 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/ expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-12-30913.

I542744 (Published in the Daily Chronicle June 20, 27, July 4, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23rd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005W4, Plaintiff, vs.

Nathan Dexter, Lisa Dexter, Unknown Owners, Generally, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

12 CH 650 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 3/14/2013, the Sheriff of DeKalb County will on 07/11/2013 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Courthouse, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 16 IN BLOCK 1 OF MARTIN DODGE ADDITION TO DEKALB, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "D" OF PLATS, PAGE 35, ON MAY 13TH 1909, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DEKALB, COUNTY OF DEKALB AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 08-23-427-014 COMMON ADDRESS: 205 Dodge Ave Dekalb, IL 60115 The improvement on the property consists of: single family residence.

Sale terms: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance due within (2) two business or the following Tuesday. The property offered for

day prop ty sale is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. The property will NOT be open for inspection. No refunds.

The judgment amount was at $127,480.37.

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, LLC, 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 201-6679.

I537625 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 6, 13, 20, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. PLAINTIFF Vs. Terry D. Garrett; Terry D. Garrett as Trustee of the Terry D. Garrett Trust dated August 24, 2005; BMO Harris Bank National Association; Unknown Beneficiaries of the Terry D. Garrett Trust dated August 24, 2005; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 13 CH 00209 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Beneficiaries of the Terry D. Garrett Trust dated August 24, 2005, Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants, That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, towit: LOT 25 IN SECOND ADDITION TO SOMONAUK MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION ON THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS ON MARCH 8TH, 1966 IN BOOK "N" OF PLATS, PAGE 67 AS DOCUMENT NO. 331626. SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 423 Lynn Avenue Sycamore, IL 60178 and which said Mortgage was made by: Terry D. Garrett, the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for The American National Bank of DeKalb County, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, as Document No. 2003004077; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Maureen A. Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court 133 W. State Street Sycamore, IL 60178 on or before July 8, 2013, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-13-09890 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

I538161 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 6, 13, 20, 2013.)

L. DICKINSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 172 IN RESTON PONDS UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 5, AND THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT CABINET 9, SLIDE 110-D RECORDED JUNE 15, 2004 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2004012015, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 1545 MC ALLISTER COURT SYCAMORE, IL 60178 and which said Mortgage was made by, EDWARD DICKINSON A/K/A EDWARD L. DICKINSON DECEASED; KRISTINA M. DICKINSON A/K/A KRISTINA DICKINSON; Mortgagor (s), to M.E.R.S., INC. AS NOMINEE FOR A AND N MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DEKALB County, Illinois, as Document No. 2007002153; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Maureen A. Josh DeKalb Cnty Circuit Clerk 133 W. State Street Sycamore, Illinois 60178 on or before July 8, 2013, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1307353 I537933 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 6, 13, 20, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: Christopher Brown FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on July 29, 2013, at 9:00 A.M. at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Christopher Brown will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from Christopher Brown to Christopher VanWaus pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

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PUBLIC NOTICE SHABBONA TOWNSHIP DeKalb County June 20, 2013

NOTICE is hereby given by the Board of Trustees of the Waterman Community Fire Protection District that on June 17, 2013, it passed and adopted a Prevailing Wage Rate Ordinance, a copy of which is available for public inspection.

INVITATION FOR BIDS The Shabbona Township Board of Trustees is seeking sealed bids for Replacement of Existing Driveway Construction at Rose Hill Cemetery. Bidders are expected to provide all labor, equipment, materials, and other supplies necessary to remove the existing driveway materials, excavate the existing soil, install the gravel base, and lay the asphalt paving, all in accordance with the project specifications. All bids must include a completed bid form, proof of insurance, acknowledgement of compliance with the Prevailing Wage Act and the applicable DeKalb County wage determination, and a statement that the bid shall be valid for 30 days.

All bids shall be submitted to SHABBONA TOWNSHIP, P.O. BOX 312, SHABBONA, IL 60550 and shall be received no later than 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 11, 2013.

All bids shall be opened and read aloud during the regular meeting of the Board at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, July 11, 2013 in the Shabbona Township Garage at 204 South Pontiac Street, Shabbona, Illinois. Bidders wishing to handdeliver a bid may only do so on the night of the bid opening immediately before the start of this opening. The Board will determine the lowest responsive and responsible bidder and their decision shall be final. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and/or accept contractor alternates that are in the best interest of the Township.

/s/ Edwin V. Bowman Secretary, Board of Trustees Waterman Community Fire Protection District (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 20, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE Take Notice James Gerlick Jr, Jim's Automotive, Heartland Bank and Trust Company as Successor to Farmers State Bank of Somonauk, DeKalb County Clerk, Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property and Unknown Owners or parties of interest in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Illinois as Case Number 13TX30 Property Located at: On the Southeast corner of the intersection of North Street and Gage Street, measuring 82.5 feet by 132 feet and having 132 feet of frontage on Gage Street in Somonauk, Illinois.

Cert #: 2009-00787 Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009 and/or prior years.

The period of Redemption will expire on 10/24/2013.

On 11/26/2013 at 9:00 a.m., the Petitioner will make an application to such Court in said County for an Order for the issuance of a Tax Deed.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 20, 2013)

John Zajicek D/B/A Z Financial Petitioner

NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF PREVAILING WAGES

Take Notice Susan K Cunz, Doggone Good Pet Supplies, Platinum Assets, LLC C/O Frances L. Alexander as R.A., DeKalb County Clerk, Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property and Unknown Owners or parties of interest in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Illinois as Case Number 13TX31 Property Located at: 723 W. Church Street, Sandwich, IL Parcel #: 19-35-127-012 Cert #: 2009-00831 Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009 and/or prior years.

The period of Redemption will expire on 10/24/2013.

On 11/26/2013 at 9:00 a.m., the Petitioner will make an application to such Court in said County for an Order for the issuance of a Tax Deed.

John Zajicek D/B/A Z Financial Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle June 18, 19, 20, 2013 and Valley Life June 18, 25, 2013 and July 2, 2013 )

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PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on June 11, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: TEDDY'S LANDSCAPING located at 2201 REED AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Dated June 11, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle June 13, 20, 27, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on June 17, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: HAIR I GO located at 1131 ELIZABETH ST., DEKALB, IL 60115.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTYSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS KRISTINA M. DICKINSON A/K/A KRISTINA DICKINSON; ANDREA DICKINSON A/K/A ANDREA N. DICKINSON A/K/A ANDREA NICOLE DICKINSON; WEBSTER BANK, N.A.; RESTON PONDS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF EDWARD L. DICKINSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 1545 MC ALLISTER COURT SYCAMORE, IL 60178 13 CH 218 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF EDWARD L. DICKINSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN

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(Published in the Daily Chronicle June 13, 20, 27, 2013)

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NOTIE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given by the Governing Board of the Kishwaukee Education Consortium, a Joint Agreement regional vocation education delivery system, in the County of DeKalb and State of Illinois, that a tentative budget for the Consortium for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 will be on file and conveniently available for public inspection at the Consortium office at 21255 Malta Rd, Malta, Illinois, within the boundaries of this Joint Agreement, from and after 8:00 a.m. CDT July 1, 2013.

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Dated this 18th day of June, 2013.

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Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Waterman Community Fire Protection District of Waterman, Illinois.

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Section 1. That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be authorized by law, be and the same are hereby appropriated for the corporate purposes of the Waterman Community Fire Protection District of Waterman, Illinois, to defray all necessary expenses and liability of said Fire Protection District of Waterman, Illinois, as herein after specified, for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of May A.D. 2013, and ending on the thirtieth day of April A.D. 2014, to wit: For Maintenance and Repairs of Equipment, Building and Property For Fire Dept. Insurance. Building, Equip., Workman's Compensation and Liability For Utilities For Salaries of Trustees For Legal Expenses, Publications and Notices For Salaries of Fire Chief, Asst Chief For Payment of Volunteer Firemen For In District EMT Coverage For Training For Fuel For Supplies and Incidentals For Equipment (Includes Fire and Ambulance Donations) Ambulance Supplies, Ridge Transfers, Andres Fees Vehicle Fund Miscellaneous Receipts/Donations For Illinois Association District Dues and Convention

$ 15,000.00

$ 8,000.00 $ 1,400.00 $ 5,000.00 $ 4,000.00 $ 26,000.00 $ 14,000.00 $ 13,000.00 $ 6,000.00 $ 2,000.00 $ 108,000.00 $ 9,000.00 $ 165,000.00 $ 7,366.43 $ 3,000.00

Total Appropriated

$ 413,766.43

$ 27,000.00

Section 2. The said several sums of money are hereby appropriated for moneys received and to be received by the Waterman Community Fire Protection District of Waterman, Illinois, from all sources.

Section 3. The ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Passed by the Board of Trustees of the Waterman Community Fire Protection District of Waterman, Illinois, this 17th day of June A.D. 2013. /s/ Edwin V. Bowman Waterman Fire Protection District Secretary Approved by me this 17 th day of June A.D. 2013 /s/ Roger W. Thorpe Waterman Fire Protection District President (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 20, 2013)

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VANS 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, #2663P ................. $17,4904 2012 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN, #2662P ................. $17,4904

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(815) 748-0930 Price includes all applicable rebates. Tax, title, license and doc fees extra. See dealer for details. 2Must be a current owner of a 1999 model year or newer Chevy Truck and trade in a 1999 model year or newer vehicle. Excludes leases. Not compatible with some offers. Some customers may not qualify. See dealer for details. Take delivery by 7/1/13. 3All 2013 Volts will qualify for a $4000 total rebate. Only retired service loaner Volts will qualify for a $7000 total rebate. 4Tax, title, license and doc fees are extra. See dealer for details. 5Pre-owned vehicle must be returned within 5 days or 150 miles in the same condition as when purchased to receive a full refund.

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