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By DAVID THOMAS

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DeKALB – Jim Tobin says the state’s pension system will collapse unless it switches from a definedbenefit system to a defined-contribution, 401(k)-type system, similar to what many private-sector workers have.

The president of Taxpayers Unit-

ed of America, who spoke Wednesday in DeKalb, said the current pension system was helping to make a number of DeKalb County retirees into multimillionaires.

A 2011 investigation by the Daily Chronicle showed 101 people who had retired since 2000 and worked at a public agency in DeKalb County collected six-figure pensions annually.

“Illinois’ government bureaucrats have been feeding off taxpayers in DeKalb and all across the state for the last 30 years, receiving gold-plated pension benefits in return for the votes they give politicians,” Tobin said.

Several proposals have been made to address the shortfall in the state pension system, but state legislators have yet to make sweeping changes.

Ideas have included shifting the burden of teachers’ pensions from the state to local school districts, as is the case for Chicago Public Schools.

Reducing the amount of pension payouts to which an annual cost-ofliving adjustment applies has been proposed, along with increasing the retirement age for workers and increasing the amount employees must contribute to the pension system.

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Mark Pumpfrey, a crew leader and technician with DeKalb’s streets department, uses a front-end loader to push approximately 25 tons of salt, the first truckload in a 350ton delivery, into a storage area. Mark espy, assistant director of DeKalb Public Works, said it was the first salt order he’s placed this winter after using about 350 tons of salt last weekend on the ice and snow.

Local departments have road salt piling up because of mild winters

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jengelhardt@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Salt domes throughout DeKalb County are overflowing after a mild 2012 and only minor icing in 2013.

While the county and many municipalities and townships had hundreds of tons of salt left from the 2012 winter, officials still ordered tens of thousands of dollars worth of salt to

take advantage of lower prices and build stockpiles.

DeKalb County Engineer Nathan Schwartz said road officials need to play somewhat of a guessing game when it comes to ordering salt because contract orders are due by March before the next winter. Once contracts are submitted, the purchaser must take at least 80 percent of what was ordered.

The county, with salt bins already at capacity, must accept at least 6,400 tons of salt this year from its $475,000 order of 8,000 tons. Schwartz said he expects to use enough salt and sell enough to townships to avoid overfilling the domes, but he might need to tarp excess salt outside.

Schwartz said the county has used about 450 tons of salt this winter, mostly to combat icy conditions

Jan. 13 and 14.

“We ordered an amount of salt knowing we had our bins totally full,” he said. “Because each year we can anticipate that salt prices are not going to get cheaper.”

Some municipalities are using more salt than normal because of the excess on hand.

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MLK celebration planned at DeKalb church Voice your opinion

By DAVID THOMAS

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DeKALB – Community members are invited to honor civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr. in the place he first shined: church.

King was the third man in his family to serve as pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, according to his biography on the Nobel Prize’s website, www.nobelprize.org. His grandfather served from 1914 to 1931, then his father served and King was co-pastor from 1960 until his assassination in April 1968.

Several congregations will reflect on King’s legacy today with the 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration. The service starts at 7 p.m. at the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 1201 Twombly Road, DeKalb.

The theme is “The Beloved Com-

What is your opinion of the state of civil rights in America? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com. munity: Faces That Inspire – Martin Luther King Jr., John Perkins and Clarence Jordan,” said co-organizer Beth Campen. The beloved community was a term King and others used to describe a nonviolent society that would not tolerate poverty, hunger or homelessness, according to The King Center’s website, www.thekingcenter.org.

“All three men are very committed to the beloved community,” Campen said. “They wanted to get Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com out into the community, not to conCommunity choir member Donovan Hudson, 7, sings Saturday during practice at new demn it, but redeem it.”

Hope Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb. The group will perform during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration today at the church.

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However, any changes that effect those already receiving benefits likely will be challenged in court.

Not everyone agrees with Tobin’s portrayal of retirees. Cathy Hill, president of the DeKalb County Retired Teachers Association, said it’s a disservice to assume every teacher receives a lucrative pension payout.

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Dems still eyeing loans to pay down $9B in bills The ASSOCIATeD PreSS

SPRINGFIELD – Despite repeated failures, Democrats again are considering a multibillion-dollar loan to pay down the state’s backlog of past-due bills, now hovering at a near-record $9 billion.

Republicans, led by State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, continue to resist the short-term loan idea as a way for Illinois to pay down stacks of invoices overdue by as much as four months to businesses, charities and local governments performing some of the state’s most essential services.

But an influential Senate Democrat, John Sullivan, is working on a borrowing proposal to reintroduce in this spring’s legislative Judy Baar session. A House Topinka on budget leader, Rep. F r a n k M a u t i n o , reducing the said a loan would overdue bills mean “tremendous” for the state savings and should of Illinois: “It be part of upcom- all depends ing budget negotia- on solving the tions with Gov. Pat pension situation because Quinn.

The first big ob- that eats up stacle, however, is 20 percent of one matter that ev- our budget eryone agrees on: and counting,” The borrowing idea Topinka said won’t be considered in an interview until lawmakers with The come up with a solu- Associated tion to an even big- Press. “We do ger problem – the have to solve state’s $96 billion that problem pension deficit. Atbecause all tempts to solve that other issues crisis broke down earlier this month, rest upon that meaning the issue solution.” could remain on center stage through the legislative session that ends May 31.

“It all depends on solving the pension situation because that eats up 20 percent of our budget and counting,” Topinka said in an interview with The Associated Press. “We do have to solve that problem because all other issues rest upon that solution.”

Meanwhile, with the continuing inaction in Springfield, frustrated community service providers are struggling to keep going.

And some accuse the state of using the pension problem as an excuse to delay payments.

“Last year, it was Medicaid.

Now it’s pensions. What’s it going to be next year?” said Judith Gethner, executive director of Illinois Partners for Human Services, a statewide advocacy group of human-services providers.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Overeaters Anonymous: 10 a.m. at Senior Services Center, 330 Grove St. in DeKalb; 815-758-4718.

Free blood pressure clinic: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb. www.kishhospital. org/programs; 815-748-8962.

Sycamore Food Pantry: Noon to 4 p.m. at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. 815-895-9113. Winter coats are available October to February.

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group for Caregivers: 1 p.m. at DeKalb Adult Day Center, 126 S. Fourth St. Contact: Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Rockford, 815-484-1300.

DeKalb Daytime HEA: 1:30 p.m. at a member’s home. Part of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting location and other information, call Urla at 815-7581509.

Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: 3 to 5 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St. in DeKalb.

All are welcome.

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

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

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

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

12 & 12 AA(C): 6 p.m. at Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Society directors: 6 p.m. at Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum, 622 Park Ave. in Genoa. Members and guests are welcome. Directors meeting followed by a general membership meeting at 6:30 p.m.

12 Step & 12 Traditions AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St. in DeKalb; www.firstumc.net.

DeKalb Evening Lions Club: 6:30 p.m. at Junction Eating Place, 816 W. Lincoln Highway. New members welcome. Contact: Rick Tonozzi, club president, at 815-756-6550. www.dekalbeveninglions.info.

Back to Basics AA(C): 7 p.m. at Union Congregational, 305 S. Gage St., Somonauk. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

DeKalb Festival Chorus: 7 to 9 p.m. rehearsals in Room 171, Northern Illinois University Music Building in DeKalb. dekalbfestivalchorus.org. Adults can schedule an audition; festivalchorus@gmail.com or 630-453-8006.

Expect A Miracle AA: 8 p.m. open meeting, United Methodist, Third and South streets, Kirkland, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

We Are Not Saints AA(C): 8 p.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Tuesday Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary: 7 a.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb. Contact: Becky Beck Ryan, president, 815-758-3800.

Weekly Men’s Breakfast: 8 a.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Cost for these men-only events is $4 for food and conversation, along with bottomless cups of coffee or tea.

Easy Does It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Weight Watchers: 9:30 a.m. weigh-in, 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. meetings at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

Networking for Families: Noon to 1 p.m. at DeKalb County Health Department, 2600 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb. Nonprofits, socialservice agencies and educators focus on community improvements.

Contact Elaine Cozort at elaineco@ kishwaukeecollege.edu or 815-7564893, ext. 226.

Open Closet: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothes and shoes for men, women and children. 815-758-1388.

Safe Passage Sexual Assault adults’ support group: 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org.

Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C): 6 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 801 N. Sycamore St., 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Sharing of the Spirit Circle: 6 to 8:30 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb. Contact: Joan Watson-Protano at bjoanwatson@ hotmail.com.

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Al-Qaida flourishes in Algeria The Associated Press RABAT, Morocco – The Islamists are back as a force in Algeria.

The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead has demonstrated how a failing Algerian insurgency transformed itself into a regional threat, partly by exploiting the turmoil unleashed by the Arab Spring revolts.

Al-Qaida’s branch in Algeria retreated into a Sahara no man’s land between Mali, Algeria and Mauritania after it was largely defeated by the Algerian army in a 10-year war in the 1990s that claimed 200,000 lives. There it grew rich on smuggling and hostage-taking, gained new recruits and re-emerged stronger than ever, armed with looted high-tech weapons from Libya’s 2011 civil war.

The audacious assault Wednesday on Algeria’s Ain Amenas gas complex by a multinational band of Islamists shows how long-simmering ethnic tensions in Mali, a civil war in Algeria and a revolution in Libya have combined to create a conflict spanning the deserts and savannahs of both North Africa and West Africa.

Algeria’s Islamists were driven south into the desert by the military’s brutal counterinsurgency tactics – a take-no-prisoners approach vividly on display in the resolution of the latest hostage crisis.

Factions of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb became rich in the lawless desert by smuggling guns, drugs and cigarettes and by kidnapping foreigners for ransom. Soon they became involved in the longstanding disputes of the desert Tuareg against the government in Mali, whom the tribesmen felt ignored or abused them.

One of their prominent leaders was

Death toll climbs past 80 in siege in the Sahara ALGIERS, Algeria – The death toll from the terrorist siege at a natural gas plant in the Sahara climbed to at least 81 on Sunday as Algerian forces searching the refinery for explosives found dozens more bodies, many so badly disfigured it was unclear whether they were hostages or militants, a security official said.

Algerian special forces stormed the plant Saturday to end the four-day siege, moving in to thwart what government officials said was a plot by the Islamist militants to blow up the complex and kill all their hostages with mines sown throughout the site.

The government said after the assault that at least 32 extremists and 23 hostages were killed. Then, on Sunday, Algerian bomb squads sent in to blow up or defuse the explosives found 25 bodies, said the security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.

Moktar Belmoktar, who made millions smuggling and kidnapping and went on to mastermind the attack on the Ain Amenas plant.

While taking up the Tuareg cause in northern Mali, these al-Qaida-allied groups decided to use their new-found strength to settle scores against old opponents like Algeria and the West.

“It seems that Moktar has tasked himself with the internationalization of the Mali conflict,” said William Lawrence, the North African analyst for the International Crisis Group. “There’s no question there is struggle between different groups in the Sahel and Sahara to have the upper hand in claiming the

“These bodies are difficult to identify.

They could be the bodies of foreign hostages or Algerians or terrorists,” the official said.

In addition, a wounded Romanian who had been evacuated died, raising the overall death toll to at least 81.

“Now, of course, people will ask questions about the Algerian response to these events, but I would just say that the responsibility for these deaths lies squarely with the terrorists who launched a vicious and cowardly attack,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said. Three Britons were killed and another three were feared dead.

The dead were also known to include American, Filipino and French workers.

Algerian authorities said 685 of their citizens, the backbone of the workforce, escaped without saying how many may have died. More than two dozen foreigners were unaccounted for.

– Wire report

jihad mantle in the region.”

Belmoktar fell out with the local al-Qaida franchise, the Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and formed his own northern Mali-based group in December called the Masked Brigade.

He promised to attack those threatening the radical Islamist mini-state that was emerging in northern Mali.

“We threaten everyone who participated in and planned for the aggression against our Muslim people due to their implementation of Islamic Shariah law on our land,” he announced in December on jihadi websites. “You will taste the heat of war in your countries and we will attack your interests.”

8BRIEFS Officials: 15-year-old kills 5 in N.M. home

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A 15-year-old boy fatally shot two adults and three children at a home near Albuquerque, authorities said Sunday.

The teenager was arrested on murder and other charges in connection with the shootings Saturday night at the home in a rural area 10 miles southwest of downtown Albuquerque, Bernalillo County sheriff’s spokesman Aaron Williamson said.

The victims’ identities haven’t been released, and the boy’s motive and connection to the five victims weren’t immediately known. Williamson said investigators were trying to determine whether the victims were related.

“We are trying to identify the victims,” Williamson said.

Each victim suffered more than one gunshot wound, he said.

Investigators also were trying to determine who owned several guns that were found at the home, one of which was a semi-automatic militarystyle rifle.

Authorities declined to release details of any conversation that the 15-year-old had with investigators.

The teenager was booked on two counts of murder and three counts of child abuse resulting in death.

On Sunday, a police roadblock cut off public access to the narrow dirt road that leads to the home.

Detectives were still processing the crime scene Sunday afternoon.

Peter Gomez, a 54-year-old carpenter who lives about 200 yards from the home, said he saw police vehicles and ambulances arrive Saturday night.

Gomez said he doesn’t know the family that lives at the house, but he has seen a married couple and their two boys and two girls from time to time.

“It’s a horrible thing,” Gomez said. “You see all this stuff that happens all over the country, the shootings in the schools and theaters, and then it happens right here. It’s sad.”

FAA tries to keep up with tech advances

DALLAS – After two separate and serious battery problems aboard Boeing 787s, it wasn’t U.S. authorities who acted first to ground the plane. It was Japanese airlines.

The unfolding saga of Boeing’s highest-profile plane has raised new questions about federal oversight of aircraft makers and airlines.

Some aviation experts question the ability of the Federal Aviation Administration to keep up with changes in the way planes are being made today – both the technological advances and the use of multiple suppliers from around the globe.

Others question whether regulators are too cozy with aircraft manufacturers.

Even as they announced a broad review of the 787 earlier this month, top U.S. transportation regulators stood side by side with a Boeing executive and declared the plane safe – saying that they would gladly fly in one. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood repeated his endorsement Wednesday.

A few hours later, the FAA issued an emergency order grounding the planes.

Despite their concerns, many safety experts still believe that the current regulatory process works – the 787s were grounded before any accidents occurred.

The Dreamliner is the first airliner whose structure is made mostly from composite materials rather than aluminum.

The plane relies more than previous airliners on electrical systems rather than hydraulic or mechanical ones, and it’s the first airliner to make extensive use of lithium-ion batteries to power cabin-pressurization and other key functions.

Part of courthouse burnt in Egypt clashes

CAIRO – A courthouse went up in flames in Egypt’s northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria during clashes between protesters and riot police Sunday, according to witnesses.

The blaze destroyed part of the building, burning some files. A security official said unidentified assailants were responsible.

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day of clashes there ahead of the two-year anniversary of Egypt’s uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak.

Young men threw rocks at police, who responded with tear gas, outside the courthouse where six senior police officers were on trial for deaths of protesters during the nation’s 2011 uprising.

Two years after the revolt was first sparked, families of the deceased remain frustrated over the pace of reform. Rights groups have criticized what they say remains a culture of police impunity.

Two trucks that transport riot police was set ablaze outside the courthouse, which is near the Italian consulate, after Judge Mohammed Hammad Abdel-Hadi resigned from the case on Sunday. He did not say why he quit.

His resignation means a new trial for the police officers accused of using excessive force that led to the deaths of protesters during the unrest that ousted Mubarak.

Alexandria’s former security director is among those on trial. Mohammed Ibrahim has since retired, while the others are still working for the Interior Ministry.

A day earlier, protesters and riot police clashed outside the same courthouse. Families of the dead were angered by the judge’s decision Saturday to bar the prosecution from calling witnesses to testify.

– Wire reports

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“It’s always amazing to see how many miles some of these items have traveled just by being picked up and replaced. It’s a great way to stay active.”

Jake Peterson, geocaching enthusiast

Exploring Sycamore’s parks Geocaching helps district celebrate 90 years

By JEFF ENGELHARDT

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Jason Thompson (center), a DeKalb County Forest Preserve teacher, uses a box of sand and his footprints to teach a group about tracking during Winterfest on Saturday at the Russell Woods Forest Preserve in Genoa.

Genoa’s Winterfest shows off forest preserve for free

By ERIC JOHNSON

news@daily-chronicle.com GENOA – All the activities at the 15th annual Winterfest at Russell Woods Forest Preserve near Genoa were the right price for Christine Egel: free.

“We had a lot of fun,” Egel, of DeKalb, said. “We took our daughter on the wagon ride – which she loved – made some crafts and learned a lot. It made for a great afternoon, and it was free. You can’t beat that.”

The annual festival Saturday featured lessons from a professional wood carver, a Native American tracking technique expert and University of Illinois Extension educator Peggy Doty. She has organized the event for 13 years.

“We hope it continues to catch on and the word spreads,” Doty said. “It’s a very convenient form of entertainment and education for not only families with children but for anyone looking to learn more about nature while saving money and lengthy trips to the museums in the city. The fact ... that it is free makes it a great option for some weekend fun in the winter.”

A highlight was a wagon ride through the woods, pulled by two Belgian horses provided by Phil and Sara Nielsen of Waterman.

The majestic steeds shuffled around the snow-tinged preserve, pulling as many as 20 passengers at a time.

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Visitors to Genoa’s Winterfest at the Russell Woods Forest Preserve on Saturday ride in a wagon being drawn by two Belgian draft horses owned by the Nielsen family of Waterman, including twins Sarah Nielsen (left) and Matt Nielsen.

Between crafts and lessons, attendees were able to check out the turtles and snakes that occupy the various aquariums throughout the indoor shelter, as well as pet and feed the main attraction: A 45-pound African spurred tortoise named T.J. Jason Thompson, a DeKalb County Forest Preserve teacher, taught visitors Native American tracking techniques.

Through studying various aspects of footsteps and animal tracks in soil and snow, Thompson pointed out how one can discover the nature of the subject’s journey, what kind of animal was passing and the speed of their pace.

“It’s a really fascinating

practice,” Thompson said.

“The techniques can be used in everything from creating fun, outdoor hiking activities, to finding lost people and animals, to documenting who or what has been traveling through and what activity they might have been taking part in.”

Family hikes, candle-making, woodcarving, story time for children and a course on bird-watching techniques also were featured.

“I wasn’t aware this took place in the winter,” Robert Palmer of Genoa said. “My mom told me about it, and it was so close, I decided to take my son. Even though he’s still very young, he enjoyed all the activities, especially seeing the tortoise.”

SYCAMORE – From old German coins to little plastic bugs, geocachers did not know what awaited them Sunday.

As part of its 90th anniversary celebration, the Sycamore Park District held a Geocaching Treasure Hunt on Sunday that sent participants across nine Sycamore parks. Treasure hunters started at the golf course clubhouse, where they were given clues and coordinates before firing up GPS devices and starting their search.

Kelly Colness, known more commonly as “SycoScouter” to local geocachers, helped park district officials hide the items around the parks. He said the caches could be hidden in trees, on posts or under rocks.

The former Boy Scout leader said geocaching has become popular in the area, with more than 2,300 caches located within a 25-mile radius of Sycamore.

“It’s just a great way to get people out to see the Sycamore parks,” Colness said of the event.

Jake Peterson and Molly Lamansky attended the event and said geocaching has been a great way to see new places in the area and get outdoors for a free activity. Peterson, who started the hobby in June, said his favorite part is finding and replacing items in caches and researching items’ histories.

All caches can be logged and researched at www.geocaching.com and other simi-

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Kelly “SycoScouter” Colness talks with Sycamore Park District employee Lisa White on Sunday about the geocaching event at the Sycamore Golf Course Clubhouse.

“We were trying to think of something people could go to the parks for in the winter. So we’re excited to get this going.”

Bart Desch

Sycamore Park District superintendent of recreation lar databases.

“It’s always amazing to see how many miles some of these items have traveled just by being picked up and replaced,” he said. “It’s a great way to stay active.”

Bart Desch, the park district’s superintendent of recreation, hopes the new geocaching program will expose more people to all the park district has to offer.

The park district attempted to start a geocaching program in the fall, but had little response, he said.

But Sunday, nearly 50

people were on the prowl, and Desch hopes similar events happen in the future.

Once people receive coordinates, they can go geocaching at the parks anytime.

“We were trying to think of something people could go to the parks for in the winter,” Desch said. “So we’re excited to get this going.”

The treasure hunt is one of many events the park district planned for its 90th anniversary. The district will host a bicycle rally June 8 at the Sycamore Park Sports Complex and an ice cream social July 14 at Wetzel Park.

Desch said the park district and National Bank & Trust Company recently teamed up for the anniversary, which could result in another big event.

“We’re in the middle of planning a big fireworks show,” he said. “Hopefully it will happen sometime in the summer or fall.”

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jsahly@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Conservative firebrand and former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh spoke on a number of topics at a DeKalb County Illinois Tea Party event Saturday at the DeKalb Elks Lodge.

Walsh touched on photo identification for voters, federal and state debt, the Second Amendment and civil disobedience. He also took questions from an audience of about 40 people.

Walsh, who was elected to the 8th Congressional District seat in 2010, was unseated by Democratic chal-

lenger Tammy Duckworth in November in the redrawn 8th District.

He introduced a federal voter photo ID bill in June and again in September called the Federal Election Integrity Act of 2012, which – if passed into law – would have required voters to present a governmentissued photo ID to vote in federal elections. The bill died in committee both times. “[Democrats] believe everybody should vote; it should be so easy for people to vote,” Walsh said. “I shouldn’t say this, and this will cost me votes – if and when I run next time. It should be tough to vote. I don’t like this whole

early-voting stuff. I think you should have to swim a mile, walk five miles, find a bus – I’m exaggerating for everyone who is filming me – and it should take you three hours to get to the ballot box.

“It should be that important. It shouldn’t be easy to vote. This is probably one of the most sacred privileges you’ve earned, you have to earn to live in this country.”

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Swearing age-old oath, Obama steps into 2nd term

By DAVID ESPO

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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama was sworn in for four more years Sunday in a simple ceremony at the White House, embarking on a second-term quest to restore a still shaky economy and combat terrorists overseas while swearing an age-old oath to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution.

“I did it,” a smiling president said to his daughter Sasha seconds after following Chief Justice John Roberts in reciting the oath of office.

First lady Michelle Obama and the couple’s other daughter, Malia, were among relatives who bore witness.

The quiet moments were prelude to today’s public inaugural events when Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will be sworn in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol before a crowd expected to reach into the hundreds of thousands

and a TV audience counted in the millions.

The trappings were in place – the flag-draped stands ready outside the Capitol and the tables set inside for a traditional lunch with lawmakers. Across town, a specially made reviewing stand rested outside the White House gates for the president and guests to watch the traditional parade down Pennsylvania Avenue.

A crowd of perhaps 800,000 was forecast, less than the million-plus that thronged to the nation’s capital four years ago to witness the inauguration of the first black president in American history.

The weather forecast was encouraging, to a point. High temperatures were predicted for the lower 40s during the day, with scattered snow showers during the evening, when two inaugural balls close out the official proceedings.

The 44th chief executive is only the 17th to win reelection, and his second-term

goals are ambitious for a country where sharp political differences have produced gridlocked government in recent years.

Restoration of the economy to full strength and pressing the worldwide campaign against terrorists sit atop the agenda. He also wants to reduce federal deficits and win immigration and gun-control legislation from Congress, where Republicans control the House.

If he needed a reminder of the challenges he faces, he got one from halfway around the globe. An Algerian security official disclosed the discovery of 25 additional bodies at a gas plant where radical Islamists last week took dozens of foreign workers hostage.

In Washington, tourists strolled leisurely on an unseasonably warm day.

“I’m very proud of him and what he’s trying to do for immigration, women’s rights, what they call ‘Obamacare,’

‘All we want is what we were promised’

• PENSIONS

Top local pension earners

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“We just don’t make that much,” Hill said. “All we want is what we were promised.”

Tobin and Taxpayers United want to change the promises in the state’s pension system. They want to raise the retirement age to 67, increase employee contributions by 10 percent, increase health care contributions by 50 percent, eliminate all cost-of-living adjustments and switch to a defined contribution system.

“They can still get their million-dollar pension payouts,” Tobin said. “We’re not cutting their pension payouts. They are just paying a little bit more. Instead of paying 3 percent or 6 percent, they’d be paying 10 percent or 12 percent.”

The group also wants to eliminate pensions for new hires and replace them with a 401(k)-style account.

Despite repeated calls for action on pensions, the 97th General Assembly adjourned without addressing the problem. This led to Fitch Ratings downgrading the state’s financial outlook from stable to negative earlier this month.

Using a Freedom of Information Act request, Tobin compiled a list of the top 100 pension earners at Northern Illinois University and local

annual Name last job pension Joel Milner NIU research professor $261,396 Robert Hammon D-427 superintendent $145,925 Kevin Hickey DeKalb County deputy sheriff $109,864 Kim Williams *Info and technology director $94,671 *City of DeKalb information and technology director

contribution $429,142 $149,037 $129,874 $85,137

age of retirement 63 58 56 56

amount collected $1,341,262 $954,285 $258,493 $238,526

Source: Taxpayers United of America school districts, respectively.

He also compiled a list of the top 20 pension earners at the city of DeKalb and the top 25 in the DeKalb County government. The lists can be found online at www.TaxpayersUnitedOfAmerica.org.

The lists include a retiree’s employer, their annual pension, how much they contributed to it and their age at retirement. Tobin and his staff created the list making the assumption of a cost-ofliving adjustment of 3 percent compounded annually, and that a retiree lives to be 85 years old.

By Tobin’s count, some of the teachers and other government retirees will have collected millions of dollars.

Kevin Hickey, who retired as deputy sheriff of DeKalb County in 2010, tops the county list, collecting a lifetime pension payout of more than $5 million by the time he’s 85.

“I don’t think any of these people are deserving of what they are receiving,” said Tobin, who later described

the payouts as immoral.

“These people are receiving million-dollar pension payouts. It’s ridiculous. It’s absurd.”

Dave Urbanek, the public information officer for the state’s Teachers’ Retirement System, said teachers outside of Chicago must contribute 9.4 percent of their salary to their pension, although some school districts pay a portion of that requirement under union contracts.

Increasing the contribution requirement would mean less take-home pay, he added.

“You have to weigh the current needs of the teacher versus their retirement needs,” Urbanek said.

Urbanek said the average teacher pension is $48,000, and that if it were extended over time, it would be $960,000. But it’s not that simple.

“The money is not put in somebody’s mattress. It’s spent ... all over,” Urbanek said. “To say people are getting rich on pensions is simply not correct.”

was involved in the retraining of the Japanese Army. There, he met his wife, Miyako “Mickey” Sudo, who was a translator. He married Mickey on May 16 in Osaka, Japan.

They moved to DeKalb, where he attended NIU on the GI Bill in 1952.

After graduation in 1955 with a bachelor of science, he joined the Wurlitzer Piano Company as the assistant traffic manager until his retirement. Post retirement, he devoted his time to his family and many others as “Grampa Tom,” with his bread making, coffee cakes and seven-layer Jello. He loved games, cards and dominoes.

Survivors include three children, Mary (Martin) Urbas of Basking Ridge, N.J., Martha (Patrick McArdle) Stevenson of Dublin, Ireland, and Phil Stevenson of

Phoenix; five granddaughters, Carrie (Mark) Callahan of Summit, N.J., Kiyomi Urbas of Singapore, Singapore, Miyako Urbas of Basking Ridge and Lili and Shennan McArdle of Dublin; three greatgranddaughters, Margot, Gillian and Delia Callahan of Summit, N.J.; and one nephew, AJ Stevenson of Atlanta.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Miyako in 1970; brother, Bart; and sister, Jane.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the family to be established at a later date.

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President Barack Obama is officially sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts (not pictured), in the Blue Room of the White House during the 57th presidential inauguration in Washington on Sunday as first lady Michelle Obama holds the Robinson Family Bible and daughter Malia watches. and concerns for the middle class,” said Patricia Merritt, a retired educator from San Antonio, in town with her daughter and granddaughter to see the inauguration and parade as well as historic sites. “I

think he’s more disrespected than any other president,” she added, referring to his critics.

Sean Payton, an operations analyst from Highland Ranch, Colo., said he hoped to hear “a nice, eloquent speech that

8POLICE REPORTS Editor’s note: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

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Javier Montalvo, 40, of the 300 block of West Alden Place in DeKalb, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 17, on a warrant for domestic battery and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

James J. Slobodnik, 22, of the 1200 block of Churchill Road in Bartlett, was arrested Thursday, Jan. 17, on a warrant for battery.

Zachary J. Taylor, 22, of the 800 block of North 11th Street in DeKalb, was charged Thursday, Jan. 17, with two counts of domestic battery.

Austin B. Johnsen, 18, of the 800 block of Woodlawn Drive in DeKalb, was charged Friday, Jan. 18, with criminal trespass to a residence, possession of alcohol by a minor and consumption of alcohol by a minor.

Johnathan R. Giles, 23, of the 800 block of Russell Road in DeKalb, was arrested Friday, Jan. 18, on failure-to-appear warrants for battery, trespass, resisting a peace officer and possession of marijuana and

8OBITUARIES

THOMAS E. STEVENSON Born: Jan. 18, 1925, in Downers Grove, Ill. Died: Jan. 16, 2013, in Hines, Ill.

LOMBARD – Thomas E. Stevenson, 87, of Lombard, Ill., died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at Hines Extended Care Facility, Hines.

Born Jan 18, 1925, in Downers Grove, the son of Morris and Ethel Stevenson, Tom was raised there.

He joined the U.S. Army in 1943, where he served in the Asia-Pacific arena and was awarded three Bronze Stars in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of Operations. In his last assignment, he was a member of General McCarthy’s staff that

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makes people feel good about being an American.”

Republicans lent a touch of bipartisanship to the weekend.

“We always want any president to succeed, to do well, that means America does well and Americans do well,” Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Obama took the oath in the White House Blue Room where portraits of Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and John Tyler grace the walls.

He placed a hand on a Bible held by his wife. His daughters stood nearby.

The nation’s political divisions seemed scarcely to intrude as Obama, a Democrat, shook hands with Roberts, a Republican appointee, in a rite that renews American democracy every four years.

Unlike four years ago, when Roberts stumbled verbally, the chief justice recited the oath without error.

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charged with criminal trespass to a residence.

Jordan R. Luepkes, 18, of the 300 block of West Alden Place in DeKalb, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with driving under the influence of alcohol and consumption of alcohol by a minor.

Wesley R. Letto, 20, of the 900 block of Regent Drive in DeKalb, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with consumption of alcohol by a minor and disorderly conduct.

Chekinna L. Mason, 18, of the 300 block of Oglesby Avenue in Calumet City, was charged Friday, Jan. 18, with retail theft.

Ashley I. Vaughn, 18, of the 600 block of Alyssa Street in Plano, was charged Friday, Jan. 18, with retail theft.

Richard W. Niemi, 50, of the 600 block of Third Street in DeKalb, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Richard A. Zimmerman, 47, of the 1800 block of East Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, was arrested Saturday, Jan. 19, on a warrant for theft.

Chad A. Marten, 49, of the 100 block of Tilton Park Drive in DeKalb, was charged Sunday, Jan. 20, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Anthony O. Alford Jr., 21, of the 800 block of Ridge Drive in DeKalb, was charged Sunday,

Jan. 20, with two counts of domestic battery and possession of marijuana.

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Benjamin D. Gonzales, 26, of the 3400 block of Baraboo Lane in DeKalb, was charged Friday, Jan. 18, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Robert F. Stone, 37, of the 900 block of East Railroad Street in Kingston, was charged Friday, Jan. 18, with driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Kristina A. Nelson, 35, of the 500 block of 13th Avenue in Mendota, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Bryton G. Dreier, 18, of the 14000 block of Farm School Road in Durand, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of alcohol by a minor.

Jacob S. Bidstrup, 21, of the 1600 block of Sleepy Hollow Lane in DeKalb, was charged Saturday, Jan. 19, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Dakota D. Young, 22, of the 1500 block of Woodgate Drive in Sycamore, was charged Sunday, Jan. 20, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

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Selling bonds meets opposition

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The event is co-hosted by New Hope Missionary Baptist Church and the First Congregational Church. The third Monday of every January marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which recognizes the nonviolent civil rights leader and his work to end racism in the 1950s and ’60s.

Perkins was also a civil rights activist of the time, starting a number of community organizations in Mississippi. Jordan’s work with a small but dedicated religious community eventually served as the inspiration for Habitat for Humanity.

In addition to church songs, the celebration will feature readings of the three men’s biographies and sermons. Religion factored heavily into their lives and work, Campen said.

Rukisha Crawford, a graduate student of early childhood education at Northern Illinois University and coorganizer of the event, said the goal is to get members

Gethner’sagencyconducted a survey of 250 human-service providers last fall and found that three-fifths were awaiting late payments from the state – and 45 percent were so cashstrapped they were considering program cuts. One major provider, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, says it has gone as far as hiring consultants to recommend the leastpainful cuts.

Overspending and an economic downturn have shredded state finances. The bill backlog hasn’t budged despite a 67 percent increase in the income tax two years ago, which

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Community choir members, including Sade’ Broger (front) of DeKalb, sing during practice Saturday at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb. The group will perform during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the church tonight. of the community more involved.

“The celebration is to make the community aware of the celebration and get everyone involved,” said Crawford, not-

ing how King emphasized the community in his speeches and efforts.

Campen is expecting 150 to 200 people to attend the event, although she added it depends

on how many churches decide to come out. The presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, which occurs the same day, could affect attendance, she said.

Sycamore has overflow of salt from mild 2012 winter • SALT

Continued from page A1 Fred Busse, public works director for Sycamore, said the city has used 580 tons of salt this winter even though the department covers 87 miles of road compared to the county’s 200 miles. Still, the 580 tons are 10 percent less than what Sycamore used at this time last year, and an overflow pile of salt has not been touched in almost a year.

Busse said the city spent $65,000 on salt, half of what it ordered last year because of the overflow on hand.

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• DEMS

“It’s been a savings,” he said. “It allows us to put more into our street maintenance program.”

DeKalb hopes to follow suit next year, but Mark Espy, the city’s assistant director of public works, said he ordered the same amount of salt this year even with an overflow of 400 tons of salt.

Espy said he stayed the course on the order because 400 tons is not enough to cover even one snow or ice storm.

If the 2013 winter remains as mild as 2012, Espy said he would likely slash his request in half for the next order.

“It’s the driest stretch of winters I’ve seen in 22 years,”

he said. “But there is still a lot of time, and we could always have a February like two years ago.”

Despite the mild conditions, Schwartz and other road officials said they still hear some complaints about poor conditions. Although there is more than enough salt, the county’s highway department is small compared to its neighbor to the east.

DeKalb County has 12 vehicles for 12 routes, each responsible for both directions on single-lane highways.

Kane County’s department, which covers more than three times the mileage of DeKalb, has 29 vehicles to cover 20

routes, said Bill Edwards, maintenance superintendent.

Edwards said the department can deploy multiple vehicles to cover multilane roads such as Randall Road.

For the size of DeKalb County, Schwartz said the department is sufficiently equipped and does a great job.

“In a small storm, we’re going to have those roads cleaned up the same day,” he said. “If it’s an ice storm, it’s going to take a little bit longer, and it could take a couple days if it’s a storm with a lot of blowing and drifting.

I think most people understand that.”

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Democrats say paying off the overdue bills through borrowing would save the state money. Selling bonds would cost less because the state would pay less in interest than it currently shells out in late payment fines to the service providers, said Mautino, a Spring Valley Democrat.

But the issue has met stiff resistance, particularly from Topinka,whowritesthechecks and whose office is sitting on bills dating back to Sept. 4.

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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we are printing the complete text of his Aug. 28, 1963, speech, delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

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am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.

But 100 years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.

In a sense we have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check.

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked “insufficient funds.” But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check – a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency

of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.

Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God’s children.

Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate

into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, “When will you be satisfied?” We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro’s basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.

No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells.

Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been

the veterans of creative suffering.

Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands

Swartz was accused of real crimes

Aaron Swartz: Robin Hood or John Dillinger? He was not as virtuous as Robin and hardly as bad as John. Call the computer genius saint or sinner, few will argue with labeling his suicide at age 26 a “tragic loss.”

His friends in the “free culture movement” now accuse federal authorities of having driven Swartz to kill himself over “baseless” charges.

But he did break into a computer-wiring closet at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and download academic papers for free distribution to the world. Had he been a street Aaron Swartz kid ripping off copper pipes – as opposed to tech star “liberating” information – would there have been much outcry over a prosecutor’s threat of jail time?

The charges, made under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, could have brought Swartz up to 35 years in prison – and, yes, that seemed extreme. However, the feds had indicated that a guilty plea might prompt them to eventually bargain down his sentence to as little as six months, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Were the authorities trying to make Swartz an example to deter others from lifting intellectual property? Perhaps.

Examples are made all the time.

Swartz was a significant figure in the “free culture movement,” dedicated to making information free on the Internet.

And he was without a doubt brilliant. At age 14, he helped invent RSS, software that helps distribute updated pages to websites.

He was a founder of Reddit, the socialnews site later sold to Conde Nast. Much

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Lawrence Lessig – a Harvard law professor, critic of the copyright laws and friend of Swartz – argues oddly that the downloaded academic works are worthless – therefore, where’s the crime?

“Anyone who says that there is money to be made in a stash of ACADEMIC ARTICLES is either an idiot or a liar,” Lessig writes on his blog.

Clearly, there IS money to be made on the articles, otherwise the subscription service JSTOR couldn’t charge for them. Anyhow, if the scholars are getting pauper pay for their intellectual sweat, why steal from THEM? Calling the charges against Swartz “baseless,” historian Rick Perlstein writes on his blog for The Nation of the time Swartz made him a website for free.

They became such good friends that Perlstein sent him chapters of his book, “Nixonland,” as they were finished. I wonder how Perlstein would have felt had Swartz turned around and put those chapters online for free downloading – thus rendering his 748 page opus commercially worthless. I certainly would have appreciated saving the more than $30 I plunked down for the hardcover edition of that (very good) book.

Swartz was already known to suffer from depression, having written of suicidal thoughts in the past. That made some see the harsh legal approach as a particular outrage. His family also complained that MIT “refused to stand up for Aaron.”

Orin Kerr, a George Washington University law professor who has both helped cybercrime defendants and aided in their prosecution under the same law, wrote on his Volokh Conspiracy blog that the charges against Swartz stood on solid legal ground.

“I realize this post isn’t going to be popular,” he noted.

Without a doubt, Aaron Swartz’s death is a heartbreak. Whether the government overreached is subject to debate. That Swartz was accused of real, and significant, crimes should not be.

What we hear is the voice of privilege: Sensitive Ivy Leaguers are to be treated more gently than thugs found prying radios out of cars. (Anyone interested in the mental sate of the drugaddled dropout?)

And why did MIT have to stand up for anyone, much less a nonstudent, breaking into its facility?

Orin Kerr, a George Washington University law professor who has both helped cybercrime defendants and aided in their prosecution under the same law, wrote on his Volokh Conspiracy blog that the charges against Swartz stood on solid legal ground.

“I realize this post isn’t going to be popular,” he noted.

Without a doubt, Swartz’s death is a heartbreak. Whether the government overreached is subject to debate. That Swartz was accused of real and significant crimes should not be.

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with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South.

With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with a new meaning, “My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim’s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.”

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California.

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”

8 LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORY State Sen. Dave Syverson R-35, Rockford 200 S. Wyman St. Suite 302 Rockford, IL 61101 Phone: 815-987-7555 Fax: 815-987-7563 Email: info@senatordavesyverson.com State Rep. Tom Demmer R-90, Dixon 1221 Currency Court Rochelle, IL 61068 Phone: 815-561-3690 Email: tom@tomdemmer.com Website: www.tomdemmer.com State Rep. Robert Pritchard R-70, Hinckley 2600 DeKalb Ave., Suite C Sycamore, IL 60178 815-748-3494 Fax: 815-748-4630 Email: Bob@PritchardStateRep.com Website: www.pritchardstaterep.com DeKalb County Board Chairman Jeffery L. Metzger, Sr. Legislative Center 200 N. Main St. Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: 815-895-7189 Fax: 815-895-7284 Email: jmetzger@dekalbcounty.org Website: www.dekalbcounty.org Gov. Pat Quinn D-Chicago 207 Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706 Phone: 800-642-3112 Email: governor@state.il.us Website: www.illinois.gov

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren R-14, Winfield 1797 State Street, Suite A Geneva, IL 60134 Phone: 630-232-7104 Fax: 630-232-7174 427 Cannon House Office Building Washington, D.C., 20515 Phone: 202-225-2976 Fax: 202-225-0697 Website: hultgren.house.gov U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger R-16, Manteno 628 Columbus Street, Ste. 507 Ottawa, IL 61350 Phone: 815-431-9271 Fax: 815-431-9383 Washington, D.C., office: 1218 Longworth HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: 202-225-3635 Fax: 202-225-3521 Website: www.kinzinger.house.gov U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin D-Illinois 309 Hart Senate Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: 202-224-2152 Fax: 202-228-0400 Website: www.durbin.senate.gov U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk R-Illinois 387 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: 202-224-2854 Fax: 202-228-4611 Website: www.kirk.senate.gov President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20500 202-456-1111 Website: www.whitehouse.gov

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Museum fundraiser blends teaching, fun

Where can you chat with a dinosaur expert as you sip wine from across the globe; listen to steel pan drumming while enjoying food from around the world; learn about prairie restoration and then meet a live bird of prey?

The Groundhog Gala.

The Midwest Museum of Natural History in Sycamore presents its fifth annual Groundhog Gala fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday.

Guests can enjoy music, exhibitors, a silent auction, treats from around the world, and an open bar. This year the museum is featuring a coffee specialist, a paleontologist, a steel pan drummer, a harpist and more.

“The Gala is definitely unique,” museum director Molly Trickey said in a news release. “There are very few fundraisers where you can learn so much.”

The Groundhog Gala is the museum’s largest fundraiser of the year, and all proceeds support educational opportunities for the community.

Tickets cost $30 each or two for $50.

The Groundhog Gala is sponsored in part by NB&T and Berni Schelkopf, Lun-

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On Saturday, visitors to downtown Genoa’s Quilt & Fiber Arts Walk can take part in Eat & Sew – for $20, participants can have a soup-and-bread meal and create four make-and-take projects.

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The Midwest Museum of Natural History presents its annual Groundhog Gala on Saturday. deen’s Discount Liquors, Driv-Lok, Joan and Tom Fenstermaker, Banner Up Signs, Associates in Counseling, Advanced Family Eyecare, Sweet Earth, Provident Direct

Mailing and Printing Services, Larry and Steph Forsberg and Pardridge Insurance, and Taxco Restaurant.

For more information, visit www.mmnh.org.

Safe Passage readies for ninth Evening of Chocolate

Safe Passage invites the community to come together from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at St Mary’s Activity Center in Sycamore, for its Evening of Chocolate fundraising event.

The evening promises to delight the chocolate lover in everyone, while supporting the mission of Safe Passage to break the cycle of violence. For decades, Safe Passage has worked continually to assist those in DeKalb County whose lives are affected by domestic violence or sexual assault.

Evening of Chocolate is a family event, offering a light buffet meal as well as all the delicious chocolate desserts guests care to sample. This year’s event will feature Dan Klefstad, WNIJ’s Morning Edition host, and include performances by Cymbal, a local women’s singing group.

The small item raffle and silent auction will offer something for everyone, including an American Girl doll, autographed Chicago Bears memorabilia, one-day water park passes and tickets to several sporting events.

Tickets for Evening of Chocolate cost $25 and can be purchased in advance or at the door. Children younger than 12 are admitted free. Tickets to participate in the 50/50 cash raffle cost $10, and players do not have to be present to win. Safe Passage encourages the community to help make the evening even more enjoyable by contributing chocolate items for the event.

St. Mary’s Activity Center is located at 322 Waterman St., Sycamore.

For more information, visit the Safe Passage website at www.safepassagedv.org or call 815-756-7930.

8BrIeFS Grandparents meeting to feature PBS video

The workshop will cover information on legal child care, professional business practices, and resources and supports available through 4-C. To register, call 800-8488727, ext. 230.

The PBS video “Inside a Teenager’s Brain” will be shown Thursday at the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren education and support group meeting.

Every grandparent who is involved in raising their grandchildren is welcome to attend this free group offered by the Family Service Agency.

The group meets regularly from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at the Senior Center, 333 Grove St., DeKalb.

In addition to professional speakers, the group offers grandparents an opportunity to gain support and advice from peers who are facing the same problems, challenges, and, sometimes, joys. Group members have a wealth of experience concerning custody, three-generational families, schooling, and resources. They readily share their knowledge and insights with each other.

For more information, call Family Service Agency at 815758-8616.

Bridge of Hope is an adult bereavement care group for individuals who have recently experienced the death of a spouse, parent, sibling or other significant relationship. This group will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. for six sessions beginning Feb. 4 through April 15.

Living After Loss is intended for parents who have experienced the death of child, no matter the age or circumstance.

This group educational support group is offered from 6:30 to 8 p.m. the fourth Monday each month.

Both groups meet at DeKalb County Hospice, 2727 Sycamore Road, DeKalb. For more information or to register, call Sue Rankin, Bereavement Program coordinator at 815-756-3000.

Free child care business training

Volunteers needed at Pay-It-Forward House

4-C: Community Coordinated Child Care will present a free workshop for individuals interested in offering child care services in their home.

“How To Start A Successful Child Care Business” will be held at 4-C, 155 N. Third St., Suite 300, DeKalb, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 29.

Pay-It-Forward House in Sycamore is looking for volunteers.

A volunteer orientation will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday.

Call 815-762-4882 to register or stop by the house at 719 Somonauk St. Attendees will tour the house and learn how they can share

County hospice offers bereavement support

time and talents to support Pay-It-Forward House and its guests.

Pay-It-Forward House is a hospital hospitality house that provides accommodations for out-of-town guests who are here visiting their loved one receiving medical treatment in DeKalb County.

Run almost entirely by volunteers, the house is an independent nonprofit organization, funded primarily through private donations and grants.

Stalking Awareness Month recognized In recognition of January as Stalking Awareness Month, Victim Advocacy Services of Northern Illinois University will facilitate an awareness program called One Voice from 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 31, at Diversions Lounge, Holmes Student Center.

Student organizations and departments will have the opportunity to express and show how and why they say “no” to sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking at NIU. This is an opportunity to demonstrate one’s commitment to safety on campus and in the community, as well as show support for those who are survivors. In One Voice speak out against sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking on campus.

For more information, contact Kelly Phelan, VAS Graduate Assistant, at kphelan1@niu.edu or at the Women’s Resource Center at 815-753-0320.

Genoa quilt walk kicks it up in final weekend Downtown Genoa’s ongoing Quilt & Fiber Arts Walk, which runs through Sunday, will kick it up a notch on Saturday with special events for kids and adults.

Kids Day begins at 10 a.m. Saturday as the Genoa Public Library welcomes author Linda Brodine. She will entertain children of all ages with tales from her book “Quilt Stories.” After the stories, visitors can remain in the library to watch experts make stuffed animals, baskets and other items.

For those ready to move on, free quilting lessons will be available from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at Joe’s Pizza and Pub. A pizza lunch will be served for $5. The afternoon offers additional demonstrations, projects and displays for children to enjoy.

Adults also will find plenty of things to interest them. Featured artist Nancy Baker will speak at 2 p.m. at Slater-Butala Funeral Home on her evolution as an artist and her unique quilting techniques. Admission is $5. At 3:30

p.m., adults are invited to “eat and sew” at Genoa Cafe, where Basketcases Unlimited will offer free instruction and materials to complete four make-and-take projects. There also will be homemade soups, fresh-baked bread and dessert to warm up from the cold. Eat & Sew will run until 5:30 p.m. and costs $20 per person for all materials, instruction and the meal. Reservations are suggested and can be made by contacting Genoa Main Street Inc. at 815 784-6961 or genoamainstreet@ atcyber.net.

Walk-ins are welcome if space permits.

The Quilt & Fiber Arts Walk is an annual downtown celebration that includes displays of quilts, embroidery, sewing, basketry, weaving, needlework, knitting and other arts in businesses all along Main Street. Demonstrations will take place on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in various locations.

A full schedule can be found at www. genoamainstreet.com. Visitors also can pick up information at the Genoa Public Library.

AROUND THE COMMUNITY

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Mom’s Time Out: 9 a.m. to noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at South Prairie School, Sycamore.

Program provides children with a safe and structured place to play and socialize with other children.

The ages range from 10 months to 7 years old. Cost for residents is $9, non-residents cost $10 per day. Call the Sycamore Park District at 815895-3202.

Free blood pressure clinics: no registration required.

• 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays in the Kishwaukee Community Hospital Roberts Conference Center, DeKalb.

815-748-8962 or visit www.kishhospital.org/programs.

• 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at Valley West Community Hospital, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sandwich. 815-7863962 or www.valleywest.org.

• 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at KishHealth Family & Specialty Care in Genoa.

• 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays KishHealth Family & Specialty Care in Waterman.

DeKalb Public Library will be closed from 3 to 7 p.m. for a staff meeting but will reopen from 7 to 9 p.m.

Kiwanis Club of DeKalb: 5:30 p.m. at the Elks DeKalb Ldoge BPOE 765 at 209 S. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb.

Club president is Tarryn Thaden.

Contact: dekalbkiwanis@gmail.com.

815-756-6912. www.dekalbkiwanis. org.

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

DeKalb Rotary Club dinner and business meeting/program: 6 p.m. at Ellwood House Museum, 509 N. First St. in DeKalb. Contact: Jim Allen at 815-787-0800.

DeKalb Evening Lions Club: 6:30 p.m. at Junction Eating Place, 816 W. Lincoln Highway. Visitors are welcome. Contact: dekalblionsclub@ gmail.com or call Erica Kelley at 815758-6706.

New Yoga Classes in DeKalb: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at DeKalb Area Women’s Center (men welcome), 1021 State St. (near the corner of State St. and 11th), in

DeKalb. All classes are appropriate for all levels, beginner to advanced.

Price: 12$ per class for drop-in or 10 classes for $100 if you buy a class pack. Bring a yoga mat. bodyfirstmfr. com.

Tuesday Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary: 7 a.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb.

Contact: Becky Beck Ryan, president, 815-758-3800.

Tales for Twos: 9:30 a.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Geared to 2-year-olds. The program will last 20 to 25 minutes. Children will receive a coloring sheet after the program, which they can color at the library. Older and younger children are welcome. Call 815-756-9568, ext.

250, or email theresaw@dkpl.org.

Snow Clothes Mobile: 10 a.m.

Tuesday and 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Color and make a winter mobile. Call 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or email theresaw@dkpl.org.

Barb City Business Network International: 11:30 a.m. at Fatty’s Pub and Grille 1312 West Lincoln Highway DeKalb. Opportunity to share ideas, contacts and business referrals. New members and visitors are welcome. Contact: president Joan Protano at 815-739-4329.

Networking For Families: Noon to 1 p.m. at the DeKalb County Health Facility in the Multi-Purpose Room, left side, at 2550 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. Social service providers meet monthly to increase awareness of issues facing families.

Contact Diana Zeller, chairwoman, at 815-758-8149, ext. 230, or dianaz@ four-c.org.

Teacher in the Library: 4 to 5:15 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. For children in the DeKalb School District in grades 3-5. Those who register will receive homework assistance. Sign up in advance at dkpl. org, 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or the youth services desk.

Zumba Classes: 5 p.m. Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Thursdays, 7:45 a.m. Saturdays at DeKalb Park District Sports and Rec Building, 1765 S. Fourth St. Hosted by Jill Farris, certified Zumba instructor. Call 815-756-8560.

Sharing of the Spirit Circle: 6 to 8:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb.

Free Homework Help Nights: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays and most Thursdays at Neighbors’ House, a nonprofit, faith-based, communitydevelopment organization, at the corner of Fifth and Pine streets in DeKalb. No-cost homework help provided for DeKalb County students, grade 4 through high school. Contact NeighborsHouse@frontier.com or 815-787-0600.

Hot Cocoa Tasting Party: 6:30 p.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Different cocoa mixes will be taste tested. Results will be announced on Monday’s Bookmarks, the library’s email blast! Limit of 12 tweens (ages 10 to 14). Register in person, online, email darcyt@dkpl. org, or call 815-756-9568, ext. 250.

DeKalb Area Toastmasters: 7 p.m. at the American Midwest Bank, corner of Route 23 and Bethany Road, lower level, in Sycamore. For adults who want to practice public and extemporaneous speaking, networking, leadership and mentoring.

Visit www.dekalbtoastmasters.org, email drey@microsoft.com or call Dan Rey at 847-452-8688.

Genoa Community Women’s Club: 7 p.m. at Resource Bank in Genoa, welcomes all women from Genoa, Kingston and surrounding towns. For information about meetings, call Mary Erdmann at 815-784-2115.

VietNow: 7:30 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Memorial Home, 121 S. California St. For all veterans who served in 1957 or after. For information, contact Herb Holderman at herbh3@ juno.com.

Kishwaukee Valley Barbershop Chorus rehearsals: 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb.

Contact: 815-895-5955 or 815-7563004. Male singers of all ages are invited to learn to sing in harmony.

Wednesday Master Networkers Chapter, Sycamore Business Network International: 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Midwest Museum of Natural History, 425 W. State St., Sycamore. Opportunity to share ideas, contacts and business referrals. New members and visitors welcome. Contact: Jon Bockman, president, at 815-793-1832.

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Toddler Time: 10:30 a.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. For infants through toddler-age children and their parents. Call 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or email heresaw@dkpl.org.

Kishwaukee Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park Community Room in DeKalb. www.

KishKiwanis.org. Contact: Amy Polzin at APolzin87@yahoo.com.

Sycamore Rotary Club: Noon at Mitchel Lounge, 355 W. State St. in Sycamore. www.sycamorerotary. org. Contact: Brian Adams at 815762-5946.

Memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays at Nehring Gallery, Suite 204, 111 S. Second St., DeKalb. Free. Open to all. 815-756-8737, daaha.inc@gmail. com.

Penguin Origami, Bilingual: 4 p.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Learn origami techniques by creating a penguin family. 815-7569568, ext. 250, or email theresaw@ dkpl.org.

Interview Skills Workshop: 6 to 8 p.m. at Hinckley Public Library, 100 N. Maple St., Hinckley. Contact the library at 815-286-3220 or director@ hinckley.lib.il.us. www.hinckley.lib. il.us Paper Players: 6 to 8 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. New scrapbooking club for ages 16 and older. No experience necessary; bring scissors and adhesive. Limit of 10 participants. 815-756-9568, ext. 220, or email jenniferm@dkpl.org.

Chess Game Play: 6 to 8 p.m. at Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St., Sycamore. Free, open chess game play, all ages and skill levels are welcome. info@dekalbchess.com or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.

Sycamore Lions Club: 7 p.m. at MVP’s Regale Center, 124 1/2 S. California St., for service-minded men and women interested in improving their community. Information can be found at www.sycamorelions.org or call Jerome at 815-501-0101.

Bingo nights: 7:15 p.m. at Sycamore Memorial Veterans Home, 121 S. California St. Contact: Robert Fleetwood at 815-895-2679. The public is invited.

Thursday Safari Sprouts: 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. at the Midwest Museum of Natural

History, 425 W. State St., Sycamore.

For ages 3 to 5 with an adult. One session is $10 per child, and a four session card is $35 per child, adults free. Registration required; call 815895-9777.

Bilingual Story Time: 11 a.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. New story time for children ages 0-5. Stories, songs and puppets in Spanish and English. Translations available. 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or theresaw@dkpl.org.

Snow Clothes Mobile, Bilingual: 11:30 a.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Call 815-756-9568, ext.

250, or email theresaw@dkpl.org.

Stitch Niche Club: 5 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Learn to crochet.

Knitters also welcome. Bring supplies such as yarn and crochet hooks.

No sign-up necessary. 815-756-9568, ext. 265, or email emilyg@dkpl.org.

Computer Help! Lab: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Practice new computer skills.

No sign-up required. 815-756-9568, ext. 220, or email dkplref@dkpl.org.

Sycamore Lioness Club: Evenings at members’ homes. New members welcome. For location and time, call 815-895-5926.

TAG: Teen Advisory Group: 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Local teens talking to librarians to help decide which books, programs, and services they need. Contact Steve at 815-756-9568, ext. 280, or email stever@dkpl.org.

DeKalb County Quilters’ Guild: 7 p.m. in the Parish Activity Center of St. Mary’s Church, 322 Waterman St., Sycamore. www.dcqg.org.

Friendship Night: 7 p.m. in Room 10 of the Elburn Community Center, 525 N. Main St. For directions and monthly topics for this free, self-help group for grieving adults, visit www. conleyoutreach.org and click Friendship Night.

Friday Bunco!: 12:15 p.m. in the senior lounge at Fox Valley Older Adult Services, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Come experience the many great benefits to laughter. Cost to play is $1.

Peace vigil: 5 to 6 p.m. at Memo-

rial Park at First Street and Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. The DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice Peace Circle follows at 6 p.m.

815-758-0796.

Troop support rally: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fridays at First Street and Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, across from Memorial Park.

Nooks and Crannies – The Library Tour: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in adult services department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Come to a special after-hours library tour. No sign-up required. 815-756-9568, ext.

220, or email dkplref@dkpl.org.

DAWC activities and gallery viewings: at DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St. in DeKalb.

Contact: 815-758-1351 or dawc@niu. edu. All are invited to events; an entrance with an accessible lift is near the alley north of the building. Free parking is located at 415 N. 11th St., a half block south of the center.

Saturday Second Chance Craft: 2 to 4 p.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Make up a missed craft while supplies last. Younger children should have an adult present to assist with any cutting or gluing. Contact Theresa at 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or theresaw@dkpl.org.

DeKalb County IL Tea Party: 8 a.m. at Christos Restaurant, 682 Park Avenue, Genoa. www.dekalbcountyilteaparty.org.

North Central Illinois Wild Rose Chapter of Women on Wheels: 9 a.m. at Papa G’s restaurant in Elburn, with a group ride after the meeting. Breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m.

All women motorcycle riders are welcome. Prospective members can attend three events before joining. www.nciwildroses.com. Contact: Gigi Beaird at 815-766-1206 or gbeaird@niu.edu.

Sunday Society for Creative Anachronism: Middle Ages-Renaissance history re-enactors and those interested in “stepping into the past” are welcome. Visit www. carraigban.org/ or call 815-739-5788 or 815-986-5403 for information.

• Armored fighting practice: 6 p.m.

Sundays in Room 213, Anderson Hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

8COMMUNITY SERVINGS DeKalb County Salvation Army food pantry: 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Thursday; 5 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday at Ninth and Grove Streets in DeKalb. For DeKalb County residents only. Call 815-756-4308 or email gary_billings@usc.salvationarmy.org.

Sycamore Food Pantry: Noon-4 p.m. Monday at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. 815-895-9113.

Feed my Sheep Pantry: 3 to 5 p.m. Mondays and 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. most Thursdays at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St. in DeKalb. 815-758-3203. All are welcome.

New Hope Food Pantry: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Mondays at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 1201 Twombly Road in DeKalb.

WWII Combat Flyers’ breakfast: 9 a.m.

Wednesday each month at Sycamore Parkway Restaurant, 605 E. State St. Contact: 815-756-2157. Anyone who flew combat in any capacity during World War II is welcome.

Feed’Em Soup Community Project Free Community Meals: 5-8 p.m. Wednesday each month at 122 S. First St., DeKalb. These meals are free to anyone in need. People wishing to volunteer can visit www.FeedEmSoup.org and fill out a short contact form to receive updates about volunteer needs.

Groups wishing to volunteer or spearhead events, such as food drives, for Feed ’Em Soup Community Project, can send email to Info@FeedEmSoup.org.

NIU Knights of Columbus 5572 fish dinners: 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Newman Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb. The entrees are fish, Louisiana shrimp, fish and shrimp, grilled cheese and fries and macaroni and cheese.

Salad, bread, vegetable medley, mashed potato, twice baked potato, baked potato, homemade desserts and coffee are also served with each entree. Beer, wine and pop are also available. $8 – fish, $8 – shrimp, $10 – fish and shrimp, $5 – grilled cheese and fries and $5 – macaroni and cheese.

Malta Lions Club Pancake Breakfast: 6:30-11 a.m. Saturday at Malta Elementary School, 507 N. Third St. Cost is $5 for adults, $4 for children and free for preschoolers.

8SUPPORT GROUPS Monday

Big Book Study AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Job & Career Support Group: 2 to 4 p.m. in the Sycamore Public Library board room, 103 E. State St. Job seekers can network with others, compare notes, learn about job resources and work on their résumés and cover letters.

Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.

12 & 12 AA(C): 6 p.m. at Sycamore Lutheran Church, 1145 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Group Hope: 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the private dining room at Rochelle Community Hospital. 815-398-9628.

12 Step & 12 Traditions AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St. in DeKalb; www. firstumc.net.

Back to Basics AA(C): 7 p.m. at Union Congregational, 305 S. Gage St., Somonauk. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

We Are Not Saints AA(C): 8 p.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Expect A Miracle AA: 8 p.m. open meeting at United Methodist, Third and South streets, Kirkland. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Tuesday

Family Caregiver Support Group: 9 to 11 a.m. at Visiting Angels, 630 Plaza Drive, Suite 1, Sycamore. For information or reservations, call 815-895-0200.

Easy Does It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Weight Watchers: 9:30 a.m. weigh-in, 10 a.m. meeting at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road, (near Aldi) DeKalb.

Safe Passage Sexual Assault adults’ support group: 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org.

Genoa Taking Off Pounds Sensibly: 6 p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m. meetings at CrossWind Community Church, 13100 Cherry Road.

Carry-outs are available. Proceeds to Benefit Malta Lions Club Scholarship Fund.

NICE pantry: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays and by appointment other days at 346 S. County Line Road in Lee. Contact: 815-824-2228.

NICE Food and Clothing Center, a nondenominational food pantry, serves the southwest part of DeKalb County and the southeast area of Lee County.

Knights’ Saturday Burgers and More: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKalb Knights of Columbus Hall, 1336 E. Lincoln Highway. Open to the public.

Burger buffet: Noon-2 p.m. Saturdays at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. Different groups host the public

weekly event, which features burgers grilled outdoors. The buffet includes potato salad, macaroni salad and beans. Proceeds help fund community projects and scholarships.

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

Knights’ Sunday breakfast: 8 a.m.-noon at DeKalb Knights of Columbus Club: 1336 E. Lincoln Highway. Cost is $4 for children and $6 for adults. Open to the public.

For information about Alcoholics Anonymous closed meetings, call 800-452-7990 or visit www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

815-784-3612.

Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C): 6 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 801 N. Sycamore St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Sharing of the Spirit Circle: 6 to 8:30 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb, Public is invited. www.myspace. com/pathsister; 815-739-4329 or bjoanwatson@hotmail.com.

Women’s “Rule #62 Group”: 6 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. For information, call Kathy at 815-756-6655. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Better Off Sober AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesday Night Fellowship Group(C): 7 p.m. at The Church of St. Mary, 244 Waterman St. in Sycamore. 815-7391950.

Good Vibes Al-Anon group: 7 to 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb. Wheel chair accessible entrance is on N. Third St. Parking available in lot located on northwest corner of Third and Pine streets. Contact Mary Ann at 815-895-8119.

Sexaholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. at 512 Normal Road, DeKalb (behind church in brick building). 815-5080280.

Veterans Peer Support Group: 7 to 8 p.m. at Ben Gordon Center, 12 Health Services Drive in DeKalb; www.bengordoncenter.org. For information about the free group, call 815-756-4875 or 815-793-6972.

Daily Reflections AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. 33930 N. State Road, Genoa. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Narcotics Anonymous: 8 p.m. at 1201 Twombly Road in DeKalb; www. rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.

Program of Recovery AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Wednesday Fresh Beginnings AA(C): 9:30

a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

VNA Hospice/FVOAS Grief Support Group: 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Fox Valley Older Adult Services, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Free. Registration not required but preferred.

Call Matt Merges at 630-978-2532.

24-Hour-A-Day Brown Bag AA(C): 12:05 p.m. at Newman Center, 521 Normal Road, DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Weight Watchers: 5 p.m. weighin, 5:30 p.m. meeting at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road, (near Aldi) DeKalb.

Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group; 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.

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

Living After Loss: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at DeKalb County Hospice, 2727 Sycamore Road, Suite 1B, DeKalb.

Living After Loss is a free child-loss group intended for parents who have experienced the death of a child, no matter the age. For more information or to register, visit www.kishhospital.org/programs or call DeKalb County Hospice at 815-756-3000.

North Avenue Pass It On AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at North Ave. Baptist Church, 301 North Ave., Sycamore.

800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Narcotics Anonymous: 7 p.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb; www.rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.

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

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

Thursday Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.

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.

Breastfeeding Group: 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital Roberts Conference Center, 1 Hospital Drive, DeKalb. Mothers and babies are welcome at this free, drop-in group. www.kishhospital.org; 815-748-8962.

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

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

One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m. at Waterman United Methodist Church, 210 W Garfield St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support group: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at DeKalb Senior Center. Professionals are regularly called in to provide additional information concerning a problem group members face.

Future meetings will include a family lawyer, a youth specialist who will talk about oppositional and defiant youth, and a family therapist. For more information, call Family Service Agency, 815-758-8616.

Friendship Night: 7 p.m. in Room 10 of the Elburn Community Center, 525 N. Main St. For adults grieving the loss of a loved one through death. Call Conley Outreach at 630365-2880 for directions and monthly topics.

Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7 p.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m. at Resource Bank, 310 S. Route 23, 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: 6:30-7:30 a.m. at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction.

Contact: 815-508-0280. SA.org.

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

Beacon Counseling Support Group: 10 a.m. at 113 N. Genoa St., Suita A, Genoa. Walk-ins also will be available for everyone beginning Friday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Call 815-784-2362 for an appointment at other times.

There is a Solution Too AA: 12:05 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Big Book Discussion AA(C): 7 p.m. at Newman Catholic Student Center, 521 Normal Road, DeKalb.

800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Fox Valley AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 1022 N. Main St., Sandwich. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

County Line Group Big Book AA(C): 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, 121 N. Sycamore St., Maple Park.

800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

There is a Solution AA(C): 8 p.m. at Kingston Friendship Center, 120 Main St. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Young People’s AA(C): 9 p.m. For location, call Erin at 815-508-8056.

Saturday Overeaters Anonymous: 8 a.m. in the Youth Room at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. www.oa.org; Contact: Marilyn at 815-751-4822.

It Is What It Is AA(C): 9 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church, 340 S. Stott St., Genoa. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

Learning to Live Al-Anon group: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Newman Catholic Center annex, Normal Road in DeKalb; llc904@hotmail.com.

Narcotics Anonymous: 10 to 11 a.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb; www.rragsna. org; 815-964-5959.

Group Hope: Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road in DeKalb. Free support and discussion meeting for NIU students and community residents.

Community facilitators are sought to volunteer to help others. Contact Dr. Charles Smith, 815-398-9628 or visit www.grouphope.org or www. dbsalliance.org.

Back to Basics AA: 6:30 p.m. at Cortland United Methodist Church, 45 Chestnut Ave., Cortland. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

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

Any Lengths AA(C): 10 p.m. at Bargain Addict, 109 N. Seventh St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Sunday 24 Hours a Day AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

No Longer Hopeless AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor, DeKalb. 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.

WEATHER

Page A10 • Monday, January 21, 2013

7-DAY FORECAST

The coldest air since February 10, 2011 will be in place Monday. Highs in the single digits and lows below zero. Wind Chills to -20. It would likely be much colder except for the lack of snow cover.

Tuesday starts sunny and below zero.

Highs in the single digits, wind chills to -20. Continued cold in the 20s through Saturday. Chance snow late week.

ALMANAC

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TOMORROW

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Winds: WNW 15-25 mph

Winds: W 10-20 mph

UV INDEX

DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Precipitation

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Last

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New

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Feb 10

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Winds: SW 10-15 mph

AIR QUALITY TODAY

Rockford 8/-4

Source: Environmental Protection Agency

Arlington Heights 8/-2

DeKalb 8/-4

Main offender ................................................... N.A.

Dixon 9/-4

Joliet 13/0

La Salle 11/-2

Streator 13/1

Peoria 14/2

Pontiac 15/2

NATIONAL WEATHER

Waukegan 9/-3 Evanston 10/0

Hammond 13/0 Gary 14/-5 Kankakee 13/0

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RIVER LEVELS

WEATHER HISTORY

Scranton, Pa., set a record low of 21 below zero on Jan. 21, 1994. The next year, temperatures remained continuously above freezing for 10 days and nights, a new January record.

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

Chicago 9/-1

Aurora 9/-4

WEATHER TRIVIA™

Q: How much ice weight can a telephone pole bear before snapping?

Winds: SE 10 mph

REGIONAL CITIES

Lake Geneva 7/-5

8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.

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

As much as 10 tons.

Full

Winds: NW 10-20 mph

Kenosha 8/-6

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Sunrise today ................................ 7:17 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 4:56 p.m.

Moonrise today ......................... 12:36 p.m.

Moonset today ............................. 2:45 a.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 7:16 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 4:57 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow .................. 1:20 p.m.

Moonset tomorrow .................... 3:38 a.m.

Winds: N 10 mph

Janesville 6/-5

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

SUN and MOON

Winds: NW 10-20 mph

REGIONAL WEATHER

Temperature

High ............................................................. 19° Low .............................................................. 10° Normal high ............................................. 28° Normal low ............................................... 13° Record high .............................. 53° in 2006 Record low ............................... -27° in 1985

Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

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7 a.m. yest.

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DRAW THE WEATHER Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.

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Sports

The San Francisco 49ers will face the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII after winning their conference championships. PAGE B3

SECTION B

Monday, January 21, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

MEN’S BASKETBALL: WESTERN MICHIGAN 71, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 34

Huskies’ offense abysmal in defeat

By STEVE NITZ

snitz@shawmedia.com AP photo

Te’o to be interviewed

by Katie Couric

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o (above) will be interviewed

by Katie Couric, the first on-camera interview given by the All-American since news broke about the dead girlfriend hoax.

Te’o and his parents will appear on Couric’s syndicated daytime talk show Thursday.

ABC News announced the interview Sunday, but gave no details as to when it will take place and where.

Te’o gave an off-camera interview with ESPN on Friday night. He insists he was the victim of the hoax, not a participant. The Heisman Trophy runner-up said he had an online romance with a woman he never met and in September was informed that the woman died from leukemia.

Te’o told ESPN that the person suspected of being the mastermind of the hoax has contacted him and apologized.

Couric, now a special correspondent for ABC News, formerly worked as the anchor for the CBS Evening News and was a co-host of NBC’s Today Show.

The strange tale of Te’o apparently being duped by an elaborate hoax, pulled off by a California man, has put the Heisman Trophy finalist in national headlines – from the Wall Street Journal to TMZ. The man he said apologized to him for pulling the scam, 22-year-old Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, has not spoken publicly. He and his family have declined the AP’s numerous requests for interviews.

– Wire report

DeKALB – Saturday’s game against Western Michigan was a new low for Northern Illinois.

The Huskies couldn’t buy a basket.

Western Michigan would leave DeKalb with a 71-34 win, and the 34 points the Huskies (3-13, 1-3 MAC) scored were a season-low. NIU’s previous low in points was 43 Dec. 1 at Dayton, a game in which the Huskies scored just five points in the first half.

“Western Michigan came in and just punched us right in the face,” were the first words out of NIU coach Mark

Montgomery’s mouth in his postgame news conference.

NIU shot just 20 percent (11 of 55) and went 4 of 22 (18.2 percent) from 3-point range.

“It’s definitely disappointing. I think we’re not sharing the ball,” Montgomery said.

“We’re not playing the Mark right way. We don’t Montgomery have enough player and ball movement.”

Offensive struggles have been a theme all season for NIU. Still, the Huskies allowed the Broncos (10-7, 2-2 MAC)

More online For all your Northern Illinois University sports coverage – including stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and much more – log on to HuskieWire.com. to shoot 54.3 percent (19 of 35) from the field, and 50 percent (7 of 14) from beyond the arc. Western Michigan was paced by David Brown, who scored 13 points.

“You have to be able to man up and guard someone on the defensive end,”

Montgomery said. “When someone comes in your building and shoots 55 percent, you are not playing your hardest. You’re getting out-toughed. That just can’t happen.”

Montgomery said Western Michigan was just stronger, tougher and showed more physicality. The Broncos outrebounded the Huskies, 42-27, and Montgomery mentioned how the Broncos kept getting second and third shots.

“You see our guys getting pushed around,” Montgomery said. “It’s the biggest key going into the game, and we didn’t do what it took. We just got manhandled.”

See NIU, page B2

NORTHERN ILLINOIS BIG 12 WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

Together as champs

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro basketball L.A. Lakers at Bulls, 8:30 p.m., TNT

The Bulls look to rebound after their overtime loss to Memphis on Saturday when they host the Lakers at the United Center.

Also on TV...

Pro basketball Indiana at Memphis, noon, ESPN San Antonio at Philadelphia, 6 p.m., TNT Pro hockey Detroit at Columbus, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN Men’s college basketball Cincinnati at Syracuse, 2:30 p.m., ESPN Oklahoma State at Baylor, 4:30 p.m., ESPN Georgetown at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m., ESPN Texas at Oklahoma, 8:30 p.m., ESPN Tennis Australian Open, quarterfinals, at Melbourne, Australia, 8 p.m., 2:30 a.m., ESPN2 Women’s college basketball Duke at UConn, 6 p.m., ESPN2

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Sycamore’s Austin Culton (right) controls Ottawa’s Kyle Damyen in a 152-pound match Saturday during the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Tournament in Sycamore.

Sycamore defends league crown with teamwork

By ANTHONY ZILIS

sports@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – For the second straight year, the Sycamore wrestling team has won the Northern Illinois Big 12 tournament championship.

In a sport where individual prowess trumps teamwork, Sycamore wrestler Jake Davis thinks the Spartans’ togetherness helped them defend their championship.

“Last year, we didn’t really have a team connection,” Davis said. “We were kind of self-

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ish, and we didn’t really care what happened to each other.

This year, we’re picking each other up when we need to.”

Davis saw that team connec-

tion help firsthand last week.

After falling to one of the top wrestlers in the nation for his first loss of the season, he said teammates and coaches counseled him in a way they wouldn’t have last year.

Davis came back this week to win Saturday’s 195-pound division at the conference tournament, leading his team to the championship alongside individual champions Austin Culton, who won the 152-pound division, Martin Malone, who won at 220 pounds, and 113-pounder win-

ner Kyle Akins.

With 198.5 points, Sycamore beat second-place Yorkville by 2.5 points, and DeKalb finished in a tie with Kaneland for fourth by scoring 117.5 points.

The Spartans finished in the top six in 12 of the 14 weight classes. Even with four individual champions, coach Alex Nelson pointed to Andrew Larsen’s comeback to finish fourth in the 138-pound division after losing his opening match as a turning point.

See NI BIG 12, page B4

Team scores 1. Sycamore 2. Yorkville 3. Geneseo 4. DeKalb 4. Kaneland 6. LaSalle-Peru 7. Morris 8. Ottawa 9. Sterling 10. Streator 11. Rochelle 12. Dixon

198.5 196.0 140.5 117.5 117.5 106.0 82.5 80.5 80.0 56.0 48.0 20.0

Knights are tournament tough

By ANTHONY ZILIS

sports@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – The Kaneland wrestling team is built for tournaments.

With holes at several weight classes, the Knights don’t match up well in dual meets. But with several elite wrestlers, Kaneland thrives in meets such as Saturday’s Northern Illinois Big 12 Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com Tournament.

Kanland’s Connor Williams (left) lifts Rochelle’s Jacob Seldal in a After winning just two 120-pound match Saturday during the Northern Illinois Big 12 Confer- conference dual meets this ence Tournament in Sycamore. season, the Knights tied for

More inside To see individual results from Saturday’s Northern Illinois Big 12 wrestling tournament, turn to PAGE B4. fourth with DeKalb (117.5 poin ts) behin d a win at 145 from Dan Goress and second-place finishes from 120-pounder Connor Williams, 132-pounder Esai Ponce and 285-pounder Zach Theis.

“We have so many good, talented individuals that we come together in tournaments, we do well,” Goress said. “The atmosphere in the room the last couple of weeks has been really good because of the tournaments. This is the time to meet [their individual goals] with regional, sectional, state coming around. Everyone is working really hard. It’s a positive attitude out there. Everyone’s on a roll.”

See KANELAND, page B4

SPORTS

Page B2 • Monday, January 21, 2013

8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY

Boys Basketball DeKalb at Hononegah Invite Girls Basketball Woodstock at Indian Creek, 5:45 p.m.

Girls Bowling Kaneland, DeKalb, Sycamore at Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Meet at Mardi Gras Lanes, 9 a.m.

TUESDAY Boys Basketball H-BR at Hiawatha, 6:45 p.m.

Indian Creek at Leland, 6:45 p.m.

Sycamore at Kaneland, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Lisle at H-BR, 7 p.m.

Marengo at G-K, 7 p.m.

United Township at DeKalb, 7 p.m.

wEDnESDAY

Boys Basketball Somonauk at Genoa-Kingston, 7 p.m.

THURSDAY

Boys Basketball Hiawatha at Christian Liberty, 6:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball Serena at Hiawatha, 6:45 p.m.

Indian Creek at Newark, 6:45 p.m.

Paw Paw at H-BR, 7 p.m.

Sycamore at Yorkville, 7 p.m.

G-K at Winnebago, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY Boys Basketball Hiawatha at Newark, 6:45 p.m.

H-BR at LaMoille, 7 p.m.

Sycamore vs. DeKalb at NIU, 8 p.m.

North Boone at G-K, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Sycamore vs. DeKalb at NIU, 6 p.m.

Durand at Hiawatha, 7 p.m.

Boys Bowling State finals

8SPORTS SHORTS

Cornerstone Christian to host youth hoops camp

Cornerstone Christian Academy’s varsity basketball team will be holding a three-week skills camp in late January in early February.

The camp is open to firstthrough fifth-graders and will touch on basic basketball skills of shooting, dribbling, passing and other fundamentals.

The camp runs from 2 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 3 and Feb. 10. The cost of the camp is $50 a child with proceeds benefiting the CCA varsity boys basketball program.

Kids will have the opportunity to showcase their skills during games Feb. 5.

More information is available by contacting Julianna Ladas at jladas@cornerstonechristianacademy.com or at 815-895-8522.

Registration forms are available at the front office of Cornerstone or through email by contacting the email address above.

AP source: Sox agree to deal with Lindstrom

CHICAGO – A person familiar with the situation says the White Sox have agreed to a one-year contract with free agent reliever Matt Lindstrom.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on Sunday on the condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced, confirming reports by several outlets. The contract includes a club option for 2014.

Lindstrom pitched a combined 47 innings for Arizona and Baltimore last season, posting a 2.68 ERA with 40 strikeouts and 14 walks. Lindstrom is 13-15 with a 3.64 ERA over six seasons.

NHL returns with strong TV rating

NEW YORK – NHL fans have tuned in to hockey’s return to TV. NBC’s broadcast Saturday earned the highest preliminary rating for a non-Winter Classic regular-season game since 2002. The network said Sunday its regional coverage of Blackhawks-Kings and PenguinsFlyers averaged a 2.0 overnight rating. That’s up 67 percent from the average for regular-season games on NBC last year.

– Staff, wire reports

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Spartans’ Bonnell wins bowling sectional

By DAIlY CHROnIClE STAFF sports@daily-chronicle.com

Sycamore junior bowler Kyle Bonnell won the DeKalb Sectional on Saturday, finishing with 1,375 pins and earning a trip to the IHSA State Tournament.

Bonnell was the only area individual to advance, although DeKalb’s Michael Beluzzi knocked down 1,280 pins and has a shot at an at-large selection.

The Barbs finished in third place (5,880 pins), one spot shy of qualifying for state. The Spartans knocked down 5,831 pins and took fourth.

BOYS BASKETBALL Barbs drop two at Hononegah:

DeKalb went 0-2 at the Hononegah MLK Tournament, losing to Jacobs, 80-67, and falling, 5025, to Normal Community.

DeKalb’s Jake Smith had 20 points and five rebounds against Jacobs, while Andre Harris added 13 points and seven rebounds.

Harris had five points and five rebounds against Normal Community.

The Barbs are now 4-15.

H-BR takes down Amboy:

Hinckley-Big Rock improved to 16-3 with a 59-42 win at Amboy. Michael Bayler led the Royals with 17 points, while

Bernie Conley had 16 and Jared Madden finished with 10.

Sycamore picks up road win:

Sycamore defeated Dixon, 4929, at Lancaster Gym in Dixon.

Scott Nelson led the Spartans with 13 points. Sycamore led 32-10 at halftime.

Knights top L-P: Kaneland beat LaSalle-Peru, 34-32, behind 14 points from Matt Limbrunner and 12 from John Pruett.

The Knights are now 10-6.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Prost leads Knights in close loss: Ashley Prost scored

a team-high 19 points for

Kaneland in a 49-47 loss to LaSalle-Peru. Allyson O’Herron added 12 points for the Knights (12-9) and Emma Bradford finished with six.

GIRLS BOWLING Spartans 12th at Minooka:

Sycamore took 12th place at the Minooka Invite. Kayla Webb led the Spartans with a 1,165 series.

WRESTLING Indians 2nd at I-8 Tourney:

Tyler Sebby (195 pounds), won a title for Sandwich at the Interstate Eight Tournament.

The Indians finished second with 169.5 points.

“As time goes on you get a little more confidence. ...

Overall, I’m just a spot shooter, so the guards did a good job hitting me in stride. Got to give credit to them.”

Jan. 13 Atlanta 30, Seattle 28 New England 41, Houston 28 COnFEREnCE CHAmPIOnSHIPS Sunday San Francisco 28, Atlanta 24 Baltimore 28, New England 13 PRO BOwl Sunday, Jan. 27 At Honolulu AFC vs. NFC, 6 p.m., NBC SUPER BOwl Sunday, Feb. 3 At new Orleans Baltimore vs. San Francisco, 5 p.m., CBS

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Central Division w l Pct Indiana 25 16 .610 Bulls 23 16 .590 Milwaukee 21 18 .538 Detroit 15 25 .375 Cleveland 10 32 .238 Atlantic Division w l Pct New York 25 13 .658 Brooklyn 24 16 .600 Boston 20 20 .500 Philadelphia 17 23 .425 Toronto 15 26 .366 Southeast Division w l Pct Miami 26 12 .684 Atlanta 22 18 .550 Orlando 14 26 .350 Charlotte 10 30 .250 Washington 8 30 .211

GB — 1 3 9½ 15½ GB — 2 6 9 11½ GB — 5 13 17 18

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J.J. Cravatta

Southwest Division w l Pct San Antonio 32 11 .744 Memphis 26 13 .667 Houston 21 21 .500 Dallas 18 24 .429 New Orleans 13 27 .325 northwest Division w l Pct Oklahoma City 32 8 .800 Denver 24 18 .571 Utah 22 19 .537 Portland 20 20 .500 Minnesota 17 20 .459 Pacific Division w l Pct L.A. Clippers 32 9 .780 Golden State 24 15 .615 L.A. Lakers 17 23 .425 Sacramento 16 25 .390 Phoenix 13 28 .317

Northern Illinois reserve guard

Gray leads NIU with 13 points Kevin Gray led the Huskies with 13 points after going 7 of 8 from the free throw line. Reserve guard J.J. Cravatta added six points on two 3-pointers at the end of the first half, and Abdel Nader finished with five.

Cravatta, who averaged just 8.7 minutes a game coming into Saturday, played a season-high 23 minutes in the loss, just one game after playing 16 minutes in Wednesday’s defeat at Ohio.

“As time goes on you get a little more confidence,” he said. “... Overall, I’m just a spot shooter, so the guards did a good job hitting me in stride. Got to give credit to them.”

NIU will attempt to snap its threegame losing streak Wednesday at Central Michigan.

When it comes to getting going offensively, Montomery said it was going to be fixed at Sunday’s practice.

“That is going to get corrected [Sunday] morning,” he said. “We want five guys that want to play together.”

MAC standings Overall w l 10 7 9 9 6 9 9 8 7 9 3 13 Overall w l 13 4 13 5 11 7 7 9 6 11 6 12

Saturday’s results Western Michigan 71, northern Illinois 34 Eastern Michigan 65, Miami (Ohio) 58 Akron 71, Kent State 67 Ohio 76, Toledo 67 Buffalo 68, Bowling Green 65 Central Michigan 71, Ball State 57 wednesday’s games Kent State at Bowling Green, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Ball State, 6 p.m. northern Illinois at Central Michigan, 6 p.m.

Ohio at Miami (Ohio), 6 p.m.

Akron at Toledo, 6 p.m.

Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s games northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, 1 p.m.

Ball State at Miami (Ohio), 2 p.m.

Ohio at Kent State, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Akron, 6 p.m.

Western Michigan at Central Michigan, 6 p.m.

Bowling Green at Toledo, 6 p.m.

GB — 4 10½ 13½ 17½ GB — 9 10½ 12 13½ GB — 7 14½ 16 19

Sunday’s Games Toronto 108, L.A. Lakers 103 Dallas 111, Orlando 105 Detroit 103, Boston 88 Denver 121, Oklahoma City 118, OT Today’s Games Indiana at Memphis, noon Sacramento at New Orleans, noon Minnesota at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Houston at Charlotte, 1 p.m.

Brooklyn at New York, 2:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 3 p.m.

San Antonio at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Bulls, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Portland, 9 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Boston at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Results Memphis 85, Bulls 82, OT San Antonio 98, Atlanta 93 Sacramento 97, Charlotte 93 Minnesota 92, Houston 79 Golden State 116, New Orleans 112 Utah 109, Cleveland 98 Milwaukee 110, Portland 104 L.A. Clippers 94, Washington 87

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wEST DIvISIOn Conf. w l Western Michigan 2 2 Eastern Michigan 2 2 Toledo 2 2 Central Michigan 2 2 Ball State 1 3 northern Illinois 1 3 EAST DIvISIOn Conf. w l Akron 4 0 Ohio 4 0 Kent State 2 2 Miami (Ohio) 2 2 Bowling Green 1 3 Buffalo 1 3

NFL DIvISIOnAl PlAYOFFS Jan. 12 Baltimore 38, Denver 35, 2OT San Francisco 45, Green Bay 31

NHL wESTERn COnFEREnCE

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Indiana forward Christian watford (center) shoots over northwestern center Alex Olah (left) and forward Jared Swopshire during the first half of the Hoosiers’ 67-59 victory Sunday in Evanston.

nO. 2 InDIAnA 67, nORTHwESTERn 59

Wildcats come up short

By AnDREw SElIGmAn The Associated Press

EVANSTON – Reggie Hearn realizes his time is winding down.

He also insists Northwestern still could reach the NCAA tournament for the first time.

“We think we can do it,” said Hearn, a senior. “We think we have the guys to do it.”

Beating No. 2 Indiana would have been a nice step.

Instead, the Wildcats came up short.

Cody Zeller scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and Indiana beat Northwestern, 67-59, on Sunday.

Jordan Hulls added 15 points. Christian Watford scored 14, and the Hoosiers (16-2, 4-1 Big Ten) hung on after things got tense down the stretch.

They led by as much as 17 in the first half and were up 31-17 at intermission, but Northwestern (11-8, 2-4) threw them out of sync with a 1-3-1 trap in the second half, leading to rushed shots

by Indiana. The Wildcats were also more aggressive on offense, pulling within five three times only to fall short.

“We didn’t necessarily try to bleed the clock as much,” Hearn said. “We were just executing our offense better.”

But the Hoosiers hit 7 of 8 free throws in the final 57

Next for Wildcats Minnesota at Northwestern, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, BTN, AM-720 seconds to prevail after seeing a six-game win streak end with a loss to Wisconsin last week.

“They just kind of sped us up for a while,” Zeller said.

“We were kind of panicked for a while. That’s what their defense kind of forces you to do. Once we started getting into the middle, getting to the baseline, then we started getting open shots.”

Zeller, the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, hit 9 of 10 free throws and dominated inside as Indiana pounded the Wildcats 36-24 on the glass.

“It just seemed like he was everywhere,” Northwestern coach Bill Carmody said. “He gets to the line a lot and makes his foul shots.”

Victor Oladipo scored seven points for Indiana, but hit a key 3-pointer late in the game after taking a blow to the right eye midway through the second half. That happened right before Northwestern’s Dave Sobolewski made a 3, and he had a patch on his right eye after the game.

Oladipo said Sobolewski was “kind of doing a swim move” right before the shot

and they collided.

He said he would have the eye examined once the team returned home.

Hearn scored 22 for Northwestern, which refused to go away quietly in this one after beating No. 23 Illinois on Thursday.

Overmatched in the early going, the Wildcats scored eight straight to pull within 47-42, a free throw by Hearn with 6:34 left in the game capping that run.

Zeller than scored on a layup and got called for a foul on the play. After Sobolewski hit 1 of 2 free throws for Northwestern, Zeller tipped in a miss by Hulls. Oladipo hit a long 3 to make it 54-43 with 4:52 left, but Northwestern wasn’t finished.

Three free throws by Hearn and a 3-pointer from the corner by Jared Swopshire (13 points) cut it to 5651. Swopshire’s layup made it 58-53 with just over two minutes left, but the Hoosiers hung on from there.

“It took us a little bit to get the ball where we wanted it against their 1-3-1,” coach Tom Crean said. “And I think they’ll see on the film where we missed some opportunities and how we wanted to attack it, where we wanted to get the ball, but we reversed it. And that was the key. The other night against Wisconsin, it was almost two to one on balls being shot on the first side rather than the second and the third side.”

Central Division GP w l OT Pts Blackhawks 1 1 0 0 2 Columbus 1 1 0 0 2 St. Louis 1 1 0 0 2 Nashville 1 0 0 1 1 Detroit 1 0 1 0 0 northwest Division GP w l OT Pts Minnesota 2 2 0 0 4 Calgary 1 0 1 0 0 Colorado 1 0 1 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 1 0 1 0 0 Pacific Division GP w l OT Pts Anaheim 1 1 0 0 2 Dallas 2 1 1 0 2 San Jose 1 1 0 0 2 Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 0 Phoenix 1 0 1 0 0

GF GA 5 2 3 2 6 0 2 3 0 6 GF GA 5 2 1 4 2 4 0 0 3 7 GF GA 7 3 4 4 4 1 2 5 3 4

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Atlantic Division GP w l OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 2 2 0 0 4 9 4 New Jersey 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 N.Y. Islanders 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 N.Y. Rangers 2 0 2 0 0 4 9 Philadelphia 2 0 2 0 0 3 8 northeast Division GP w l OT Pts GF GA Boston 1 1 0 0 2 3 1 Buffalo 1 1 0 0 2 5 2 Ottawa 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 Toronto 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 Montreal 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 Southeast Division GP w l OT Pts GF GA Florida 1 1 0 0 2 5 1 Tampa Bay 1 1 0 0 2 6 3 Carolina 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 Washington 1 0 1 0 0 3 6 Winnipeg 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Sunday’s results Buffalo 5, Philadelphia 2 San Jose 4, Calgary 1 Pittsburgh 6, N.Y. Rangers 3 Minnesota 1, Dallas 0 Edmonton at Vancouver (n) Blackhawks at Phoenix (n) Today’s games Winnipeg at Boston, noon Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, noon St. Louis at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Florida at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Winnipeg at Washington, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Florida at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Today’s games Blackhawks 5, Los Angeles 2 Columbus 3, Nashville 2, SO Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 1 Ottawa 4, Winnipeg 1 Boston 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Toronto 2, Montreal 1 New Jersey 2, N.Y. Islanders 1 Tampa Bay 6, Washington 3 Florida 5, Carolina 1 St. Louis 6, Detroit 0 Dallas 4, Phoenix 3 Minnesota 4, Colorado 2 Anaheim 7, Vancouver 3

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NFC CHAMPIONSHIP: SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 28, ATLANTA FALCONS 24

49ers heading to first Super Bowl since ’95

By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press

ATLANTA – Make way Joe Montana and Steve Young. Colin Kaepernick is leading a brash new group of 49ers to the Super Bowl.

Frank Gore scored a pair of second-half touchdowns and San Francisco, after falling behind 17-0 by the first play of the second quarter, pulled off a record rally for a 28-24 victory over the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game Sunday.

Kaepernick didn’t put up the same dazzling numbers he did in the divisional playoff against Green Bay. But he was solid enough to justify coach Jim Harbaugh’s decision to bench Alex Smith and go with the youngster. The 49ers’ defense did its part, shutting out Atlanta in the second half and making a big stop in the final two minutes.

San Francisco (13-4-1) moves on to face either Baltimore at New Orleans in two weeks and will try to join Pittsburgh as the only franchises with six Super Bowl titles.

It will be a brother-vs.-brother matchup, too, since John Harbaugh coaches the Ravens.

“This is what we play for. We play for this moment,” said 49ers tight end Vernon Davis, who hauled in a touchdown pass from Kaepernick. “We put in all the hard work and get the opportunity to play on the big stage.

So, it’s not about me. It’s all about the team.”

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San Francisco 49ers’ Frank Gore breaks away for a nine-yard touchdown run during the second half of the 49ers’ 28-24 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Friday in the NFC Championship game in Atlanta.

Montana led the 49ers to four Super Bowls wins and Young took them to No. 5. It’s up to Kaepernick to get No. 6 when the 49ers play in the NFL title game for the first time since 1995.

The second-year quarterback who runs like a track star guided San Francisco on a pair of second-half scoring drives that wiped out At-

lanta’s 24-14 lead at the break. Gore scored on a 5-yard run early in the third quarter, then sprinted in from 9 yards out for the winning score with 8:23 remaining after both teams made crucial mistakes to ruin potential scoring drives.

Both times, the Falcons had to worry about Kaepernick running it himself out of the spread option, and

they barely even touched Gore on either of his scoring drives.

The 49ers pulled off the biggest comeback victory in an NFC championship game, according to STATS. The previous NFC record was 13 points – Atlanta’s victory over Minnesota in the 1999 title game, which sent the Falcons to what remains the only Super Bowl in franchise history.

In the AFC, the record is 18 points, when Indianapolis rallied past New England in 2007.

The top-seeded Falcons (14-4), in what may have been the final game for tight end Tony Gonzalez, tried to pull off another season-extending drive. But, unlike the week before against Seattle, they needed a touchdown this time.

They came up 10 yards short.

On fourth down, Matt Ryan attempted a pass over the middle to Roddy White that would’ve been enough to keep the drive going. But linebacker NaVorro Bowman stuck a hand in to knock it away with 1:13 remaining.

The 49ers ran off all but the final 6 seconds, not nearly enough time for Ryan to pull off his greatest comeback yet.

The celebration was on in the city by the bay, which is rapidly becoming the new Titletown USA. The 49ers will try to follow the lead of the baseball Giants, who won the World Series in October.

The Falcons were trying to reach the Super Bowl for only the second

Championship postgame fight leaves man injured ATLANTA – A man was injured in a fight outside the Georgia Dome and taken to nearby Grady Hospital after Atlanta’s loss to San Francisco in the NFC title game.

Georgia Dome spokesman Jason Kirksey emailed a statement to The Associated Press on Sunday saying an altercation occurred in a parking lot outside the dome at 6:40 p.m.

The 35-year-old’s name was not released. The statement says he is in stable condition and that it is unclear “if anyone involved in the altercation attended the game.” Georgia Dome and Atlanta police “are investigating the incident.”

WSB-TV reported a Falcons fan and a 49ers fan argued after game and the Atlanta fan punched the San Francisco fan, who pulled out a knife. They reported one of the two men was stabbed in the neck.

– The Associated Press

time in franchise history. They came up short, leaving the 1995 Braves as the city’s only major sports champions.

This one figures to hurt for a while in Atlanta.

After a nearly perfect first half, in which Ryan threw three touchdown passes, the quarterback known as Matty Ice made a couple of crucial blunders over the final two quarters.

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Washington, Reece going to Hawaii The ASSOCIATED PRESS

The San Francisco 49ers’ appearance in the Super Bowl means Arizona inside linebacker Daryl Washington is headed to the Pro Bowl.

Washington, an alternate, will replace San Francisco’s NaVorro Bowman in Hawaii, where the Pro Bowl will be played Sunday.

Washington, the first Cardinals linebacker to make the Pro Bowl since Seth Joyner in 1994, led Arizona with a ca-

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) celebrates after throwing a five-yard touchdown pass to Dennis Pitta during the second half of the Ravens’ 28-13 victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday in the AFC Championship game in Foxborough, Mass.

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP: BALTIMORE RAVENS 28, NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 13

Baltimore upsets New England

By BARRY WILNER The Associated Press

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Oh, brother!

John Harbaugh and his Baltimore Ravens set up a family reunion at the Super Bowl, shutting down the New England Patriots 28-13 Sunday in the AFC Championship game.

The Ravens reached their first Super Bowl in 12 years, thanks to three touchdown passes from Joe Flacco and a defense led by Ray Lewis that made Tom Brady look downright ordinary.

Next up for Harbaugh and the Ravens is baby brother Jim and the San Francisco 49ers, who beat Atlanta 28-24 earlier in the day for the NFC title.

They’ll meet in two weeks in New Orleans – what a place for a party to celebrate the first brother-vs.-brother Super Bowl coaching matchup.

It also will be quite a last game for Lewis, the emotional linebacker who will retire after the matchup with the 49ers.

Driven by Lewis’ pending departure from the NFL, Baltimore’s defense stepped up in the playoffs. Brady was 67-0 at home when leading at halftime, but this was no contest in the second half.

It also was a first for the Patriots, who hadn’t lost an AFC Championship at home.

After they had avenged last year’s AFC title game loss at Gillette Stadium, many of the Ravens gathered on the field jumping, chest-bumping and whooping before several thou-

Vegas bookies favor 49ers by 4.5 points LAS VEGAS – If the Baltimore Ravens are to become Super Bowl champions, they’ll have to beat the odds again to do it.

Bookmakers in this gambling city mostly have the San Francisco 49ers 4.5-point favorites over the Ravens in the Super Bowl, amid expectations this could be the heaviest bet title game ever.

Some sports books didn’t even wait until the clock ran out in the Ravens win over the New England Patriots to set the line. At the LVH sports book, a line favoring the 49ers by 4.5 points was put up just before the 2-minute warning, and bettors didn’t waste any time to get money down on the game.

– The Associated Press sand fans wearing Ravens jerseys – mostly Lewis’ No. 52 – who remained in the stands.

As in the previous two playoff wins against Indianapolis and Denver, the Ravens (13-6) were brilliant offensively in spots. This might be 17-yearveteran Lewis’ team, but it’s also Flacco’s, and the quarterback’s six road wins are the most in playoff history.

“It was pretty awesome,” Flacco said. “We were here last year and thought we had it, but came up a little short.

Guys came out in the second half and made plays. ... We put pressure on them like that, and it worked pretty well.”

Flacco, the only quarterback to win a playoff game in each of

his first five seasons, was dynamic with his arm and precise with his decision making.

Looking much more the championship passer than Brady did, his throws of 11 and 3 yards to Anquan Boldin and 5 to Dennis Pitta all were perfect.

New England (13-5) lost a home AFC title matchup for the first time in five home games.

The loss denied Brady and coach Bill Belichick a shot at their sixth Super Bowl. They’ve gone 3-2, losing their past two times in the big game.

Instead, it’s the AFC North champion Ravens heading to the Big Easy, seeking their second NFL championship.

San Francisco has won five.

“This is our time. This is our time,” Lewis said as he and a few teammates were receiving the AFC championship trophy. “All these men out there, there might just be only five of us up here, but every man out there sacrificed this year for each other, and man, we did it and we’re on our way to the Super Bowl.

That’s awesome.”

The Ravens have gotten there the hard way, with no postseason bye. Then again, five of the past seven Super Bowl champions took that route.

The Ravens also were pushed into a second overtime in frigid Denver last weekend before eliminating Peyton Manning and the top-seeded Broncos. And now they’ve cast aside the league’s most successful franchise of the past dozen years.

reer-high 140 tackles – 110 solo, with nine sacks, 14 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, an interception, a fumble recovery and six passes defensed. His nine sacks were the most by any NFL inside linebacker.

Washington is the second Arizona player to make this Pro Bowl, joining cornerback Patrick Peterson. Washington is in his third NFL season, Peterson his second. Peterson also made the Pro Bowl last year as a punt returner.

Oakland Raiders fullback

Marcel Reece will replace Baltimore’s Vonta Leach on the AFC’s Pro Bowl roster after the Ravens earned a trip to the Super Bowl on Sunday.

Reece had been selected as a first alternate for the NFL’s all-star game, which will be played at Honolulu’s Aloha Stadium.

Reece played in all 16 games with 14 starts – 10 at fullback and four at running back. He had a career-high 59 rushing attempts for 271 yards, averaging 4.6 yards a carry.

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS BIG 12 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

106 pounds First place Stratton (DeK) def. Urrutia (Sterl), dec. 5-0 Third place Burlington (York) def. Hansen (Syc), pin 2:26

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Barbs’ Johnson, Stratton win individual titles

Fifth place Shewan (York) def. Farrell (DeK), medical forfeit 152 pounds First place Culton (Syc) def. Macarus (DeK), dec. 8-4

113 pounds First place Akins (Syc) def. Anderson (Sterl), pin 3:04 Third place Gust (Kane) def. Cikauskas (York), dec. 3-0

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160 pounds Fifth place Adkins (DeK) vs. Lilly (Sterl), double forfeit 170 pounds Third place Swick (Syc) def. Cajina (York), pin 5:52 Fifth place Johnson (Morris) def. Fuerte (DeK), pin 3:08

120 pounds First place Baldridge (Mor) def. Williams (Kane), maj. dec. 9-0 Fifth place Druck (Syc) def. Roach (DeK), dec. 3-1

182 pounds Third place Sedlock (Streat) def. C. Malone (Syc), dec. 3-2

126 pounds First place Wever (L-P) def. Montgomery (DeK), pin 2:37 Fifth place Renteria (Syc) def. Kennedy (Gen), dec. 9-6

195 pounds First place Davis (Syc) def. Marlett (L-P), tech fall 15-0

132 pounds First place Johnson (DeK) def. Ponce (Kane), inj. default 5:49

138 pounds Third place Sharp (York) def. Larsen (Syc), maj. dec. 8-0 Fifth place Horn (Kane) def. Green (DeK), maj. dec. 11-3

145 pounds First place Goress (Kane) def. Foster (Syc), pin 2:28

220 pounds First place M. Malone (Syc) def. Rayfield (Ott), dec. 5-2 Third place Macias (Streat) def. Sharp (Kane), dec. 4-0 285 pounds First place Lilly (Sterl) def. Theis (Kane), dec. 3-0 Fifth place Knight (Syc) vs. Leffelman (DeK), double forfeit

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Kaneland’s Esai Ponce (top) controls LaSalle-Peru’s Jake Nolan in a 132-pound match Saturday during the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Tournament in Sycamore.

Goress captures Knight’s lone title

• KANELAND Continued from page B1 In some ways, having a small team of elite wrestlers isn’t a bad thing, because the top Knights are motivated by wrestling alongside each other every day.

“The leaders in the room, the senior leaders that we’ve got, we feed off of each other,” Goress said. “You work harder to motivate them. We don’t talk, we just work.”

Goress beat Sycamore’s Dylan Foster by major decision in the final to capture Kaneland’s only individual championship of the day.

After losing in the quarterfinals in last year’s state meet, Goress is motivated to place this year at 138 pounds.

“He’s tremendously improved. He’s more technical in his attack,” Kaneland coach Monty Jahns said. “He’s turning people, pinning people, which he didn’t do early in the year, and his overall attack has im-

proved quite a bit.”

Theis could have given Kaneland sole possession of fourth place in the last match of the day, but he lost a close 3-0 match after a controversial call gave his opponent two points as time expired in the second period.

Even so, Jahns was proud of his heaviest wrestler, and he thinks Saturday’s performance is one he can build off of in the postseason.

“He moved well [Saturday],” Jahns said.

“He’s moving on his feet like we’ve been getting him to do. His hand fighting is improving. He may be different in a couple of weeks, we’ll see.”

Jahns said the team’s goal was to finish third, but he was content with his team’s fourth-place finish.

With a high percentage of Knights succeeding, Goress thinks the success of Kaneland’s top wrestlers will have a trickledown effect.

“It’s addicting,” he said. “Everyone wants a piece of success.”

“Kids battled back,” Nelson said. “Andrew Larsen lost his first prelim match and battled all the way back to [fourth]. It was matches like that, guys like that that needed to step up if we were going to be able to win the tournament.”

For DeKalb, 106-pounder Parker Stratton and 132-pounder Doug Johnson won individual championships and 126-pounder Jackson Montgomery and 152-pounder Matt Macarus finished second.

But the Barbs couldn’t quite put together the team effort that Sycamore exhibited.

“Doug was dominant in the finals and it’s nice to see a young kid like Parker hopefully follow in the footsteps of some of these older kids who are doing well,” DeKalb coach Mike Pater said. “Overall, I think we need to wrestle better after a loss. I think that’s one of our biggest problems.”

Nelson was worried early in the day after a few close matches didn’t go Sycamore’s way. With a few of his top wrestlers out with injuries, the Sycamore coach was nervous at the start.

But the Spartans are a resilient group, and that’s why they’re conference champions once again.

“We started out a little slow, and it had me worried in the prelims,” Nelson said.

“Guy after guy stepped up.

They all fought hard.”

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Monday, January 21, 2013 • Page B5

Life experience leads couple back together

dear Abby: During the late 1950s I was married to the prettiest girl I ever set eyes on. “Jenny” and I were in our early 20s and naive. Back then, it wasn’t considered “manly” to talk over anything that might be bothering you, so there was little to no communication. Consequently, we weren’t able to meet each other’s emotional or sexual needs. After 18 years and two sons, we divorced.

Thirty-five years later, divine providence intervened and our paths have crossed again. Jenny and I are now talking, laughing, crying and loving together. Abby, please remind your readers that if

deAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips they are having problems in their marriage to sit down and talk things over, with a counselor if necessary. Because we couldn’t do that, we lost 35 years of good times.

We now see that neither of us ever lost that strong love we had for each other. She is still the prettiest grandmother I have ever laid eyes on. I never stopped loving her, and we have never been as happy as we are now. – Older But Wiser in California

dear Older But Wiser: What you lost so many years ago you and Jenny have gained in life experience. Communication is the key to successful relationships, and I’m pleased that you have achieved it now. Your letter is an important one, and I hope my readers will take it to heart. May you both enjoy many more happy years together. dear Abby: I work in an office with a woman who is a grandmother. She’s very sweet but tends to get sick several times a year. As the mother of younger children, I have learned the “new school rules” on illness, like cough-

ing or sneezing into your arm instead of your hand in an effort not to spread germs.

It seems my co-worker never got that memo, and I can’t think of a tactful way to spread the message. Because cold and flu season is here, could you remind all your readers that this is a good preventative measure to reduce the spread of germs.

Thanks! – Trying to stay healthy in New Jersey dear Trying: Consider it done. However, a tactful way to get the word out would be to ask your boss or your supervisor to send a memo around the office – and provide anti-bacterial wipes

so that shared equipment and door and cabinet knobs can be sanitized after a sick employee uses them. dear Readers: Today we remember the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who was martyred in the cause of civil rights in 1968. His words ring as true today as when he first uttered them: “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” His was a voice of reason in a time of insanity, silenced too soon.

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

Options abound for glasses to see near, far

dear dr. K: It’s finally happened – I need reading glasses! Can you help me sort through the different types of corrective lenses? dear dr. K: I don’t know how old you are, but if you’re over 40, there’s a good chance you are like me. I have both myopia (difficulty seeing distant objects clearly) and presbyopia, which makes reading difficult.

In myopia, objects in the distance do not focus sharply on the retina – the part of the eye that senses the image and sends it into the brain.

Glasses can bend the light entering your eyes from distant objects and focus the light on the retina.

Having trouble reading is caused by an entirely differ-

AsK dR. K Anthony L. Komaroff ent problem. When we look at something close up, as we do when we’re reading, little muscles tug on our lenses to change their shape. That change causes the page we’re reading to focus sharply on the retina. As we get older, our lenses stiffen and lose their flexibility; they no longer can focus near objects properly. Glasses can bend light coming off the page so that it focuses better on the retina.

If you have only presbyopia, the simplest way to regain close vision is to wear

reading glasses. Many drugstores and supermarkets carry them, but off-the-rack reading glasses may not be right for you. Many people need different amounts of correction in each eye and therefore require custom glasses. Also, custom glasses allow your eyes to focus properly across the full range of the lens.

If, like me, you have both myopia and presbyopia, one option is two sets of glasses: one for distance vision and one for close vision. Or you can wear bifocals, in which the upper portion of the glass corrects for distance and the lower portion for near vision.

Another option is trifocals, which correct for middle vision in addition to distance and near vision. Trifocals

may be a good choice if you spend a lot of time looking at objects at a middle distance, such as a computer screen.

Progressive lenses are another option. They combine several levels of adjustment to correct both distance and close-up vision. (I’ve put an illustration of different corrective lenses on my website, AskDoctorK.com.)

Contact lenses, like glasses, can correct just for myopia or just for presbyopia. For many years I wore a contact lens in one eye to see things in the distance and a different lens in the other eye for reading. Not everyone’s brain can tolerate this, but mine did. Bifocal, trifocal and progressive contact lenses are also available.

Another, newer, option is adjustable focusing eyeglasses. By moving a tiny slider on the bridge of the glasses, the wearer can focus at a range of distances without zones or lines. If you are doing something that doesn’t require close vision – like playing or watching a sport – most of the surface of your glasses can be dedicated to distance vision.

Then when you read a book, most of the surface of your glasses can be dedicated to near vision.

With all of the options available, you should have no problem finding the right lenses for you.

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

My father treats my mother like a slave

dr. Wallace: My father is a despicable human being.

Both my sister and I hate him. He treats our mother like she is a servant. Not only that, he hits, kicks, slaps and even chokes her regularly for no reason whatsoever.

He will fly into a rage if his shoes aren’t shined properly or if his steak isn’t perfectly cooked medium-rare or if his favorite cereal isn’t available.

Mom has been married to this beast for 17 years and all 17 years have been miserable for her. The only joy in her life is provided by my younger sister and me. For a long time, we have begged mom to get a divorce from this miserable creature, but she refuses. She doesn’t

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believe in divorce and said that she married her husband for better or worse, but believe me, there has been no “better” while living with our dad. This man is a wellknown professional in our city. That’s one more reason why Mom won’t consider getting away from him.

I know that your column is written for teens and you rarely get involved with divorces, but still I would like your opinion. Do you believe in divorce? If your answer is yes, it might be the first step in getting our

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mother to become a free and happy woman. I’m 16, my sister is 15, and we worry about what will happen to our mother after we are both in college. The thought of her being alone with this monster frightens us. Our father has little to do with his two daughters, but at least he has never physically abused us. But when he abuses our mother, he emotionally abuses us. – Nameless, Davenport, Iowa Nameless: Marriage is a sacred union and both partners should do everything they possibly can to keep it together. One partner alone, however, can’t save the marriage. No one should have to put up with humiliation and constant physical

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abuse. There are times when a divorce or legal separation is the best option. This may be one of those times. dr. Wallace: I’m a huge hotand iced-tea drinker. I’m 17 and have been told all my life that tea contains caffeine and that drinking tea is bad for your health. Even knowing this, I still enjoyed my tea.

Now, to my surprise, I’m told that tea is beneficial for your health. Just knowing this makes me feel healthier.

However, since tea is now considered a healthy drink, I’d like to know exactly what the health benefits are in tea.

Can you help me? –Nameless, Portland, Ore. Nameless: Medical researchers have found that both black and green tea

strengthen the immune system, which is our first line of defense against the many germs and toxins we are exposed to daily. But fruits and vegetables can provide the same health benefits. The vegetables include broccoli, spinach, cabbage, tomatoes, red peppers, squash and sweet potatoes. In the fruit category, you should include cantaloupe, mangoes, apricots, pumpkin, citrus fruits, apples, watermelon, cranberries and grapes. Happy eating!

• Although Dr. Robert Wallace is unable to reply to all letters individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. Email him at rwallace@galesburg.net.

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Knowing when to lead high or low Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, wrote, “Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”

In bridge, we think left and right when considering our opponents. We think low and high when deciding which card to lead from a given holding (or whether to play low or high when following suit). This week, let’s look at the single most important rule for defenders: When you lead from length, if you lead a low card, you guarantee an honor in that suit; without an honor, lead an unnecessarily high card. (There is one clear exception to that rule, which we will look at later this week.)

Today’s deal provides a good example. What should West lead against three notrump?

The auction is simple and quantitative.

West should lead the spade eight, the high card denying an honor in the suit. Then how should East defend?

Can the eight be fourthhighest from length and strength? Apply the Rule of Eleven. Eight from 11 is three, but East can see four spades higher than the eight on the board and in his hand. So, the eight must be top of nothing.

And since South has the spade king and jack, it is pointless to plug away at that suit.

Instead, East should win the first trick with his spade ace and shift to the club queen. Here, that works well, netting the first five tricks for the defenders.

Always read partner’s lead, deciding what he has led from; in particular, is he weak or strong in that suit?

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HUGE Garden Apt., Nr NIU, Porch, prkng, free cable & wifi, dogs OK. $800+util+sec. 773-203-7928

2 State St. Entrances, 2 Bathrooms, Parital Kitchen, Updated Mechanicals, Over 2000 sq. ft.

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ad, Adolph Mill In Honor an er d Memory of my D

Though other men would often hear the things I’d have to say, None would listen with their heart in Dad’s very special way.

I love to think of all the things he used to say & do, And how I felt down in my heart - I want to be like you.

1994 Chrysler Town & Country

121K miles, leather seats.

New tires, trailer hitch. All the bells and whistles for that year!

Not much to look at but a great runner! $1000/obo.

815-385-5145 ~ 815-344-1188

2000 Dodge Durango

Washer & Dryer

2BR, 2BA APT.

Well maintained 2BR with central air, no pets + laundry facilities. $675/mo + dep. 815-600-4955

1705 Longwood Dr., Sycamore, Il. 60178 815-568-8691

DeKalb - 2BR 2BA Townhomes W/D, Central A/C, Dishwasher AVAIL. NOW $800/mo Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

When I was just a little boy no more than just a lad, I met a lot of special men, but none quite like my Dad.

680 Haish Blvd.

Teen Designer Shirts Abercrombie, Hollister & American Eagle shirts, Excellent condition. $3.00 each 815-756-8759

AVAILABLE NOW!

Lower 2 bedroom, $625/month + security deposit.

815-970-2533

BIG ROCK, 29 ACRE FARM House, barn & outbuildings on Jones Rd., 60541.

Absolutely priced to sell, $395,000 Mike, 630-918-1795.

Jan. 19 - 31 Sat. 8-12, Sun. 1-3 Tues 9-12, Thurs 1-4

Free wooden windows, sash only.

Many 9 light from the barn, many from original farmhouse. Some wooden storm windows as well.

Hinckley. 765-610-8005

SYCAMORE: NEWER 2BR Upper.

CA. DW. W/D on Site. Off-Street Parking. $695 Incl. Water & Garbage. J&A RE 815-970-0679

DEKALB: 1Bdrm Apartment Across from Huntley Park, 505 S. 2nd St., $540/mo.

Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

DEKALB - 2BR, 1BA to 2BA APTS. Multiple Locations $650-$725 Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768 WWW.PITTSLEYREALTY.COM DEKALB - 3BR 1BA Apartment W/D Hook-up, Convenient location 1029 S. 4th St. $675/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

Winter Clothing, Craft Kits, Record Albums & More

815-756-8444

Sycamore. 321 S. Walnut St. 1BR. $575/mo, incl all utils.

Patio. Pets OK w/$500 dep.

No smoking on property.

1st mo. rent+sec. On site laundry.

815-895-8901 Sycamore: Clean 2BR,1BA, full size washer/dryer, dishwasher, garbage disposal, next to park and school. $695/mo. You pay utilities.

No dogs. 815-970-4640 Eric

Rochelle. 2BR duplex. All appls, W/D, C/A. Storage. Off street parking. No pets or smoking. $530/mo. 815-570-2110

Starting @ $432,1BR $599, 2BR, $683, 3BR

815-758-7859 DeKalb. 1BR + Office/BR, LR, DR, eat in kitchen, appls, C/A, hrdwd flrs, built-in bookshelves, 1 car gar, W/D, bsmnt, patio. NO PETS. $750/mo+utils. 630-512-7251

DeKalb ~ 3100 N. First St.

Snow Blade – John Deer – 54” Hydraulics – Of a 318 Lawn Mower – Fits a 14” Classic Model 023454 - $395 815-286-3502

DeKalb

De Kalb - 2BR Upper Clean and Quiet living style, off-street parking. No Pets/Smoking. References & Deposit. 815-756-7879

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

We Pay The Best!

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On back is company name MISCO, engraved 1951-71, WDR for initials. Lost area of Oakcrest Retirement Center in Sycamore. $300 REWARD! 815-751-4860

BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb!

Studios, 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $395 Recently updated!

Affordable heat.

Walk to shops!

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4WD, leather, clean, 4.7L, 106K miles, $3,300. 815-978-2389

2007 Nissan Sentra

$11,500.

815-757-0336

2007 Toyota Solara 60012 $10300 71k Pearl White Excellent condition8154798116

April 8, 1922January 21, 2007 DEKALB 1 BEDROOM

Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com

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If I could be just half the man my father was to me, What a great example I would be for all the world to see.

The world would see a man who tried to never fail the test, Who never faltered in his quest to always do his best.

They’d see a man who loved his God through times both good & bad, What a man I’d be if I could live my life just like my Dad.

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Sycamore ~ Electric Park

3BR, appls, finished bsmnt, garage. Water incl. $975/mo.

815-953-7646 or 815-932-3734

DeKalb/Syc/Cortland. Nice Office/Warehouse! Size & price vary Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845

Sycamore. Updated. 2BR, hrdwood flrs. 1 car garage, bsmnt, laundry.

No pets. Avail now. $850/mo+sec.

815-766-1513

Sycamore Near courthouse.

Furnished, attractive, large office space. Great for professionals. $575/mo incl utilities, shared kitchenette & reception area.

815-739-6186 Sycamore. 4000 SF. Office/Shop.

Bathroom. Heat, A/C. 2 O/H Doors. $1200/mo.

J&A RE. 815-970-0679

Crystal Lake

3BR, 1.5BA brick ranch.

2 car attached heated garage.

2/3 acre lot on quiet street.

Close to lake with private beach rights and Crystal Lake Schools.

All appliances incl. C/A, baseboard heat. Dogs negotiable. $1350/mo. Avail 3/1.

GORDON TRUCKING CDL-A Drivers Needed! Up to $4,000 Sign On Bonus! Dry, Reefer, OTR, Regional. Benefits, 401k, EOE, No East Coast. Call 7 days/wk!

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∂∂∂Dekalb Updated 3BR,∂∂∂ stove, fridge, dishwasher, a/c, new carpet, garage, large yard 815-758-0079

DeKalb ~ 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath

Recently updated, appl, W/D 1 car garage, no pets. $900/mo, utilities not included. 630-470-2623 Dekalb: 3BR, 1BA, full bsmnt, no pets/smoking, $900/mo., 1st, last, & sec. 815-895-8507

Kingston. 2BR, 1BA. Appls & garbage removal incl. $600/mo +sec dep. No pets.

815-975-4601 SYCAMORE - Older 2 story 3 bdrm home for rent in Sycamore, no smoking, pets? first last and security $800/mo. We will check references. call 815-970-4286 Sycamore. 3BR, 1BA Ranch.

413 E. Lincoln. Fenced yard, garage. $1100/mo.

630-247-2655

Updated 3 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath

DR, NEW kitchen, baths, hardwood floors, bsmt, 3 car garage, $1175.

No pets/smoke. 815-762-4730

Waterman Small 1 Bedroom

Tenant pays Com Ed and share of water, 3 months rent + security dep, $525/mo. 815-757-5079

Clean, quiet, close to NIU campus. 815-758-3449 or 815-501-1491

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DEKALB - 3BR 2 Bath Ranch, full basement, garage, new carpet, GREAT LOCATION! $1,000/month Call Brian 815-970-2929 DEKALB - 927 State St., Large 5BR 2BA W/D DW Fenced Yard, Pets OK, $1195/mo, 1st+Sec, 847-845-4021 DEKALB - Nice 4BR, 3BA House 2 Story, 2 Car Gar, W/D, Finished Basement, 1109 Sycamore Rd Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23rd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SARAH JOHNSON, Deceased Case No. 2012 P 148 PUBLICATION NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Sarah Johnson, whose address was 149 Hickory Loop Lane, Sandwich, IL 60548. Letters of Office were issued on January 2, 2013 to John Petri, of 327 Orange Street, Box 314, Meredosia, IL 62665, as Independent Administrator, whose attorneys are Krentz & Salfisberg, P.C., 100 W. Main Street, Plano, IL 60545.

Claims against the estate may filed in the Office the DeKalb County Circuit Court Clerk, 133 W. State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the Executor, or both, within six (6) months from the date of first publication of this notice, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Circuit Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Executor or the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

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