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Ex-university officer alleges conspiracy against him in sex assault By JEFF ENGELHARDT
jengelhardt@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Former Northern Illinois University police officer Andrew Rifkin filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the university and a group of officers he claims conspired against him in a sexual assault case. Rifkin is seeking more than $50,000 in damages and legal fees
from the NIU Board of Trustees and NIU police officers Donald Grady, Kartik Ramakrishnan, Jason John and RaMon Holland. Bill Nicklas, NIU’s Andrew Rifkin director of public safety, said the department would review the lawsuit and deter-
mine if action is necessary. “We will take that seriously,” Nicklas said of the claims against officers. “There will be an appropriate response.” Rifkin, 25, was charged in October 2011 with sexually assaulting a female student with whom he had a relationship while he was a member of the NIU police force. On Oct. 28, 2011, the woman contacted NIU police to re-
More online Read the lawsuit online at dailychronicle.com. port the alleged rape, which she said took place Oct. 14, 2011, in Rifkin’s Cortland apartment. Rifkin was fired a few days later; he had been hired
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June 17, 2011, and graduated from the police academy Sept. 23, 2011. On Nov. 3, 2011, two other NIU students went to the NIU police station, where they gave signed, written statements to NIU police, in which they said the victim in the case had discussed her ongoing consensual relationship with Rifkin and said no assault occurred.
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District 428 board given proposals to cut costs By DAVID THOMAS
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DeKalb Park District board members meet Jan. 16 at Hopkins Park in DeKalb. DeKalb is preparing for the April 9 election.
special fund that is used to renovate a blighted area. Rey, Groce and Verbic each expressed support for the idea of using tax increment financing to rehabilitate the city’s blighted areas, although Groce said she wanted to see how they would impact other taxing bodies that would have to forgo the revenue. Jacobson could not be reached for comment. A message on his voicemail said he is traveling outside the country until Sunday. In the past, he has been critical of how the city has used tax increment funds.
DeKALB – By 2015, students in DeKalb schools could attend junior high schools instead of middle schools, and a specific center for prekindergarten and early childhood learning could be created. In a report to the DeKalb School District 428 board, the district’s finance and facilities advisory committee put forward those ideas as possible cost savers that could enhance education. Disregarded by the committee, and thus by the board, was the idea of changing the district’s grade configuration, or attendance boundaries. “I think the board agrees with the recommendations from the [committee] on having no [changes to] grade configurations,” said board President Tom Matya, adding that more research on switching to a junior Tom Matya high system and an early childhood center needed to be done. The recommendations were neither final, nor binding. Committee chairwoman Kathy Watkins said they still are researching the recommendations. The committee was charged by the board to find ways to save the school district money but keep the quality of education the same. The district entered the 2012-2013 school year with a $2.3 million deficit. The committee made five recommendations to the board. It advised against changing the current grade configuration in the schools. Any configuration, Watkins said, would not enhance the quality of education nor would it save money. “The district has experienced a number of changes in recent years,” Watkins said. “Many in the community have stated they desire a period of educational stability.”
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DeKALB – Jennifer Groce believes DeKalb’s time for great change is now. “There is no better time. ... This is our moment,” said Groce, a candidate for DeKalb mayor. “We need to take full advantage of that. We must embrace that we are a university community and that has great opportunities.” Groce, the former head of Re:New DeKalb, will face off against School District 428 board member Mike Verbic, former DeKalb Ag/Monsanto employee John Rey, and 1st Ward
Alderman David Jacobson in a fourway race for mayor. Each of the candidates has expressed similar campaign platforms: a greater emphasis on public safety, more economic development in the city, and a stronger partnership with Northern Illinois University. The mayoral race is one of six contested races DeKalb voters will decide on April 9. With no challenges filed against any petition, the ballot for the DeKalb City Council, the DeKalb Park District and DeKalb School District 428 appear to be set. The ballot for all local races will be finalized Jan. 31. The new mayor, along with two
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GOP moves to delay debt-ceiling showdown By ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Seeking to regain their budget footing versus President Barack Obama, Republicans controlling the House are moving quickly to try to defuse a potential debt crisis with legislation to prevent a first-ever U.S. default for at least three months. The Republicans are giving up for now on trying to extract spending cuts
from Democrats in return for an increase in the government’s borrowing cap. But the respite promises to be only temporary, with the stage still set for major battles between the Republicans and Obama over taxes, spending and deficits. The first step comes today with a House vote on GOP-sponsored legislation that would give the government enough borrowing leeway to meet three months’ worth of obligations,
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Recession, tech f lail middle class The aSSoCiaTed PreSS NEW YORK – Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middleclass jobs have been lost in developed countries the world over. And the situation is even worse than it appears. Most of the jobs will never return, and millions more are likely to vanish as well, say experts who study the labor market. What’s more, these jobs aren’t just being lost to China and other developing countries, and they aren’t just factory work. Increasingly, jobs are disappearing in the service sector, home to two-thirds of all workers. They’re being obliterated by technology. Year after year, the software that runs computers and an array of other machines and devices becomes more sophisticated and powerful and capable of doing tasks more efficiently that humans have always done. For decades, science fiction warned of a future when we would be architects of our own obsolescence, replaced by our machines; an Associated Press analysis finds that the future has arrived.
“The jobs that are going away aren’t coming back,” says Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and coauthor of “Race Against the Machine.” ‘’I have never seen a period where computers demonstrated as many skills and abilities as they have over the past seven years.” The global economy is being reshaped by machines that generate and analyze vast amounts of data; by devices such as smartphones and tablet computers that let people work just about anywhere, even when they’re on the move; by smarter, nimbler robots; and by services that let businesses rent computing power when they need it, instead of installing expensive equipment and hiring IT staffs to run it. Whole employment categories, from secretaries to travel agents, are starting to disappear. “There’s no sector of the economy that’s going to get a pass,” says Martin Ford, who runs a software company and wrote “The Lights in the Tunnel,” a book predicting widespread job losses. “It’s everywhere.” The numbers startle even labor econ-
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Abortion foes continue to march on By JoHn Hanna
The Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. – Abortion opponents marked the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision Tuesday with workshops, prayers and calls for more limits on the rights established by the Supreme Court in the landmark ruling that still defines one of the nation’s most intractable debates. Many in the anti-abortion movement looked to Kansas, where Republican Gov. Sam Brownback signed a series of tough anti-abortion measures during his first two years in office. Other states with GOP governors and Republicancontrolled legislatures have taken similar steps. “There’s joy in what you’re doing and keep it up,” Brownback urged hundreds of fellow abortion opponents at a rally outside the Kansas Statehouse. “Keep marching. Keep moving.” Abortion-rights groups observed a quieter anniversary – a possible reflection of the reality that it’s far rarer for lawmakers to expand access to abortion. The National Organization for Women planned a candlelight vigil at the Supreme Court to commemorate the 1973 decision, which created a constitutional right to abortions in some circumstances and prevented states from banning the practice. President Barack Obama issued a statement reaffirming the decision’s commitment to “reproductive freedom” and the principle that “government
should not intrude on our most private family matters, and women should be able to make their own choices about their bodies and their health care.” The ruling “should be honored,” said Rep. Emily Perry, a lawyer and Democrat from the Kansas City suburb of Mission who supports abortion rights. “I wish the amount of energy put into narrowing Roe v. Wade would be put into school funding or our budget.” In Topeka, at least 1,000 people rallied with Brownback and anti-abortion legislators. The Kansas governor has called on state lawmakers to create “a culture of life.” He is expected to support whatever further restrictions they approve. Kansans for Life, the most influential of the state’s anti-abortion groups, plans to ask lawmakers to enact legislation ensuring that the state doesn’t finance abortions even indirectly, such as through tax breaks or by allowing doctors-in-training at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., to perform them on the center’s time. The group also wants to strengthen a state law dictating what information must be provided to abortion patients, banning abortions because of the fetus’ gender and allowing wrongful-death lawsuits when a fetus dies because of an accident. Comparable proposals are gaining ground elsewhere, too. Republican lawmakers in North Dakota are pursuing a measure to ban “sex selection”
abortions. Alabama’s GOP legislative majorities are looking to impose new health and safety regulations for abortion providers. And Republicans in Arkansas want to ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy. “I think more of America is becoming more pro-life,” said Dr. Melissa Colbern, who started a crisis pregnancy center in Topeka near the state Capitol last year. “I think maybe the culture is changing.” In Mississippi, where Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has said repeatedly that he wants the state to be abortionfree, advocates on both sides of the issue protested outside the state’s only abortion clinic in the capital of Jackson. A large sign attached to the building declared: “This clinic stays open.” Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro Choice America, said most citizens are not demanding their elected officials push for new abortion restrictions. “A lot of these anti-choice politicians don’t run on the issue,” Keenan said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. “They run on jobs, or they run on the economy. And then they show up in these state legislatures, and they begin to advance very anti-choice legislation.” In the four decades since Roe v. Wade, a series of court decisions have narrowed its scope. With each decision, lawmakers in multiple states have followed up by making abortions more difficult to obtain or imposing restrictions on providers.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of DeKalb is hosting its annual bowling fundraisers in March. Bowl For Kids’ Sake will be held March 1, 2 and 3 at Mardi Gras Lanes, 1730 Sycamore Road, DeKalb, and March 10 at Idle Hour Lanes, 927 E. Railroad St., Sandwich, according to a news release. Community members form teams of four to six people, and each team member garners pledges. The minimum donation from each team member is $75. The team is able to choose the time and location they will bowl. For more information or to register a team, go to fsadekalbcounty.org or call Family Service Agency at 815-758-8616. Family Service Agency is devoted to “protecting and developing children and older adults” through four departments: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Center for Counseling, Children’s Advocacy Center and Senior Services, according to a news release.
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Sycamore City Council presents balanced budget By STEPHANiE HiCKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com
SYCAMORE – Positive economic trends could help bolster Sycamore’s budget next fiscal year, but it might not be enough to avoid a property tax increase for the first time since 2009. Based on the previous year’s trends, Sycamore City
Manager Brian Gregory told council members Tuesday that state sales taxes could be the greatest source of revenue for the 2014 fiscal year, with the local restaurant and bar tax also continuing to grow. Gregory commented that the restaurant and bar tax seemed to be “recessionproof,” as many people have continued to dine out regard-
less of the economic downturn over the past few years. The total estimated revenues for fiscal 2014 sit at around $13.8 million with almost 48 percent of the revenue coming from sales and use taxes. Although the council recently voted to freeze the property tax level for the fourth consecutive year,
Gregory pointed out that property taxes make up 12.7 percent of the city’s revenue. He advised the council to maintain a levy that continues to bring in this amount in the future so the city doesn’t need to rely on less predictable revenue sources such as sales tax. While addressing the budget’s expenditures, Gregory
believes they are “going in the right direction.” The estimated operating expenditures for the 2014 fiscal year amount to $13.8 million, which ultimately results in a balanced preliminary budget. Gregory attributed the balanced budget to careful spending. “We’re working within
our means,” he said. Sycamore Mayor Ken Mundy commented that he is in agreement with the budget. “We’re cautiously optimistic that the projections we’ve placed will come in at the expected levels,” he said. “We’re looking forward to some of those things coming to fruition.”
DeKalb teen charged with child abduction Letter released By JiLLiAN DUCHNOWSKi
jduchnowski@shawmedia.com DeKALB – An 18-year-old DeKalb man accused of luring a teenage girl into his home for sexual activity remained in DeKalb County Jail on Tuesday. Justin J. Meyers, of the first block of Tilton Park
Drive, was charged with felony child abduction Saturday and had not posted 10 percent of his $15,000 bail by Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. A DeKalb High School student, Meyers allegedly verbally coerced a girl between the ages of 13 and 17 into his home about 4 p.m. Fri-
day, DeKalb police Lt. Jason Leverton said. Meyers told police he suggested the girl come inside to warm up, but the girl told police Meyers told her she had to come inside with him and then spent about 15 minutes trying to convince her to perform sexual acts, Leverton said. She declined repeatedly,
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Leverton said. She did not feel she could leave the home, but Meyers did not physically restrain her, Leverton said. The girl was not physically harmed, he said. “She was able to leave when some other people arrived in the house,” Leverton said.
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jduchnowski@shawmedia.com SHABBONA – Indian Creek School District 425 leaders circulated a letter from their lawyer about a special meeting to extend the superintendent’s contract but remained tight-lipped about it Tuesday night. The two-page letter defends the board’s decision Dec. 26 to extend Superintendent Pamela Rockwell’s contract two years from 2015 to 2017, with 6 percent annual raises and a $15,000 retirement bonus. The attorney’s letter, which was mailed to district residents and posted on the district’s website, also stated that school board members exceeded open meeting rules for notifying the public about a special board meeting held the day after Christmas in Rockwell’s office. “The compensation and benefits provisions acted upon are not unusual for administrator retirement contracts,” wrote attorney Justino Petrarca. “We also note that the 6 percent salary increases are absolutely consistent with the benefit provided to teachers under the board’s collective bargaining agreement with the Indian Creek Education Association.” Voting for the contract Dec. 26 were board members Vaughn Boehne, Cheryl Palombo, Pam Ottengheime, Jim Hicks and Daniel Sanderson. Board member Jeff Martenson was opposed; board member Jill Konen was absent from the meeting. The board also voted 4-2 to give Rockwood a one-time post-retirement bonus of $15,000 for “exemplary performance and achievement.” Voting no were Martenson and Hicks.
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Illinoisans bundle up against frigid temps The ASSOCiATED PrESS CHICAGO – Homeless advocates opened warming centers, children bundled in parkas and scarves, and wind-lashed commuters quickened their pace Tuesday as brutal cold gripped Illinois. Temperatures in northern Illinois fell below zero Tuesday morning for the first time in almost two years, with wind chills as low as 15 to 20 degrees below zero, the National Weather Service said. Readings across the state ranged from a low of minus 7 in Mundelein, about 50 miles north of Chicago, to 18 degrees in Carbondale, in southern Illinois. A low of 1 degree was record-
ed at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport just before 8 a.m. The cold was blamed for the death of a 70-year-old man who was found inside his unheated mobile home in Des Plaines, said Cook County Medical Examiner’s office spokeswoman Mary Paleologos. An autopsy determined Lawrence Sviontek died of hypothermia and cold exposure, with chronic alcoholism listed as a contributing factor. Paleologos said it was the eighth cold weather-related death of the winter and the first since temperatures plummeted over the weekend. Ariana Laffey, a 30-yearold homeless woman, sat on a milk crate near Chicago’s Willis Tower, determined to brave
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The meeting raised eyebrows and questions from some district residents, including Jeff Jefko of Shabbona. Jefko spoke during the public comment portion of Tuesday’s board meeting. Jefko questioned whether the meeting time was designed to prevent residents from objecting to the contract extension. He asked school board members to rescind the decision so leaders could circulate materials justifying Rockwell’s increased compensation and surveying the community about it. “Knowing the history of this board, I don’t think you’re going to do this, but there’s an election coming up,” Jefko said. Petrarca’s letter, written on letterhead from the Chicago-based law firm of Scariano, Himes and Petrarca, did not discuss the timing of the meeting. Rockwell indicated the district had received legal advice in favor of finalizing the contract before Dec. 31, but declined to elaborate. School board President Vaughn Boehne explained that board members simply discussed which times would be convenient for them, and 8 a.m. Dec. 26 fit into six of seven members’ calendar, he said. “That was what worked for the board,” Boehne said. Boehne is among the six school board candidates running for four seats in the April election. Incumbents Boehne, James Hicks and Cheryl Palombo, the vice president, will appear on the ballot, along with Peter Senkowski, Kelsy Hart and Paul Delisio. Board member Daniel Sanderson’s term is expiring, but he is not seeking re-election. The school board has seven members.
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Obama’s lofty inaugural ideals run into reality By JULIE PACE
The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s lofty ideals from his inaugural address ran smack into reality Tuesday on the first working day of his second term. Twenty-four hours after Obama pledged to tackle climate change and called for gays and lesbians to be treated equally under the law, the White House struggled to back up his sweeping rhetoric with specifics, raising questions about how much political muscle he’ll put behind both issues. Republicans were already signaling their unhappiness with Obama’s agenda. “The era of liberalism is back,” said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. “If the president pursues that kind of agenda, obviously it’s not designed to bring us together.”
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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.
DeKalb city
Javier Esquirez, 40, of the 300 block of Haish Boulevard in DeKalb, was charged Sunday, Jan. 20, with domestic battery. Dionte O. Scott, 28, of the 1400 block of West 71st Street in Chicago, was arrested Monday, Jan. 21, on two failureto-appear warrants. He also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
DeKalb County
Tamesha Dilworth, 24, of the 800 block of Russell Road in DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Jan. 22, with obstructing identification and driving with a suspended license.
Sycamore
Tanya L. Marulewski, 34, of Sycamore, was arrested Sunday, Jan. 20, on a failure-to-appear warrant for aggravated battery.
Obama, standing before hundreds of thousands of people on the National Mall, had vowed to “respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.” But in the White House briefing room a day later, Obama spokesman Jay Carney said he couldn’t speculate about future actions. He said that while climate change was a priority for the president, “it is not a singular priority.” On gay rights, the president had declared that the nation’s journey is “not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.” But Carney said the president was speaking about his personal views and would not
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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama react to passing marchers during the Inaugural parade Monday in the reviewing stand in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington. Thousands marched during the 57th presidential inauguration parade after the ceremonial swearing-in of Obama. take federal action on samesex marriage, which he continues to see as a state issue. Even with his last election behind him, Obama has politics to weigh as he consid-
ers just how much effort he’ll put into pursuing climate change legislation and a gay rights agenda. Both issues are backed by the president’s liberal base but opposed by many
Republicans and conservative Democrats. Obama already is asking lawmakers for a lot as he starts his second term. He needs their votes to increase the nation’s borrowing limit and approve billions of dollars to keep the government running. And he has pledged to pursue stricter gun legislation and comprehensive immigration reform quickly this year, neither of which can pass Congress without some GOP votes. For environmental groups and gay rights supporters, Obama’s inaugural address provided fresh hope for progress on issues that were stumbling blocks for Obama in his first term. While the Congress passed legislation backed by Obama to reduce carbon emissions from vehicles, his efforts to pass a cap-and-trade bill failed on Capitol Hill because
Authorities: Fight led to Texas college shooting The ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON – A fight between two people led to a shooting at a Texas community college, where a maintenance man was caught in the crossfire and wounded, officials said. One of the people involved in the fight was a student, and both people were wounded and hospitalized, Harris County Sheriff’s Maj. Armando Tello said. A fourth person, a woman with a student ID, also was taken to a hospital for a medical condition, he said.
The shooting Tuesday sent students scurrying for safety on the Lone Star College System campus about 20 miles north of downtown Houston. Some barricaded themselves in the rooms they were in, while others fled to nearby buildings. Mark Zaragosa said he had just come out of an EMT class when he saw two people who were injured and stopped to help them. Officers had not yet arrived, he said. “The two people that I took care of had just minor inju-
ries,” Zaragosa told KHOU. “One gentleman had a gunshot to the knee and the [other] actually had an entry wound to the lower buttocks area.” Richard Carpenter, chancellor of the Lone Star College System, said the shooting happened outside between an academic building and the library. It came one month after a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., killing 20 children and heightening security concerns at campuses across the country. In
Texas, several school districts have either implemented or are considering a plan to allow faculty to carry guns on campus. Guns are not allowed on college campuses, but the Texas Legislature this year may debate a bill that would allow them. At least 10 police cars clustered on the campus’ west side as emergency personnel tended to the wounded and loaded them on stretchers. Students led by officers ran from the buildings where they had been hiding as police evacuated the campus.
Summit generates ideas to make Illinois schools safer The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn, school administrators and mental health and public safety experts said Tuesday that they left a school safety summit with pages of ideas, including improving resources for mental health and encouraging students to speak up if they hear about potential threats. “We want to educate all of those who come through the school building, including the students, that being silent about potential violence is a very dangerous thing,” Quinn said at a news conference after the summit. More than 50 people gathered at the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in re-
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Gov. Pat Quinn (right) speaks with reporters Tuesday after meeting with school administrators, teachers and law enforcement officials looking for ways to make Illinois schools safer during a School Safety Summit in Springfield. sponse to a call from the governor after last month’s Connecticut school shooting. He said that shooting and one in a Colorado movie theater last year served as an “alarm bell.” Quinn described the sum-
mit as an early step in an ongoing conversation to find measures that could prevent violent episodes in schools. Quinn cited existing efforts in communities across the state that could be adopted by other
towns. In the suburban Chicago community of Berwyn, the governor said, teachers and school staffers receive training regarding violence in the classroom. “If there are any problems of violence such as bullying, hazing going on, we have to address those. We cannot look the other way,” he said. Quinn also said he will be looking into whether adequate mental health services are available to educators and students to prevent violence. Quinn said some of the ideas discussed at Tuesday’s summit may lead to legislation and that the topic also is likely to come up in his State of the State address next month. He didn’t delve into spe-
Born: March 11, 1937, in Hamil, Ark. Died: Jan. 22, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.
DeKALB – Burley O. Billips, 75, of DeKalb, Ill., died Tuesday morning, Jan. 22, 2013, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb. Born March 11, 1937, in Hamil, Ark., the son of Chester and Dorothy L. (Vandergriff) Billips, Burley was married to the former Ila Jean Olson on Nov. 16, 1955, in Rockford. Burley worked for Anaconda Wire for 21 years, and then he worked for Burgess Norton for 15 years, retiring in 1999. Burley lived in the DeKalb community since 1962, moving here from Rockford. He was a member of the DeKalb First Church of the Nazarene. Burley enjoyed bingo, music, camping and watching football, and he could play any instrument with strings. Burley also had his own band called “The Southerners.” Survivors include his wife, Ila Jean of DeKalb; children, William “Bill” (June) Billips of DeKalb, Dale (Diane) Billips of DeKalb, Tonya (Matt) Sheehan of Malta and Corey (Becky) Billips of Cortland; grandchildren, Jessica Bush, Michael Billips, Nicole Billips, Joshua (Nicole) Billips, Natalie Sheehan, Peyton Billips, Bethany Billips and Jaxson Billips; great-grandchildren, Madison Ricke, Joslynn Michaels, View a complete list of Daily Chronicle obituaries by clicking on the calendar dates
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of bipartisan opposition. And despite Obama’s many actions to bolster gay rights in his first term – including repealing the military’s ban on openly gay service members – his reluctance to back gay marriage frustrated many of his liberal supporters until he ultimately voiced his support for same-sex unions last year. Supporters of both issues said Obama will quickly have opportunities to demonstrate his commitment to their causes in his second term. The Supreme Court will soon take up Proposition 8, a California’s ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals. Opponents of the ban have called on the Obama administration to file an amicus, or friend-of-the-court, brief to overturn the measure.
Reilly Bush and Brooklynn Billips; brother, Harold M. (Bernice) Billips of Flordia; sister, Sharon K. (Donald) Johnson of Ridott; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; grandson, Troy Hinkle; and brothers, Arvin Neil and Thomas Gene. A celebration of life service for Burley will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb, IL, with Pastor Janet Hunt of First Lutheran Church in DeKalb officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Park Cemetery in DeKalb. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, until the service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the family to be established at a later date. Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home. To send an online condolence, visit www.RonanNooreFinch.com; 815758-3841.
MABEL E. CIBULKA
Born: Oct. 8, 1911, in Coles County, Ill. Died: Jan. 17, 2013, in Elk Grove Village, Ill. ELK GROVE VILLAGE – Mabel E. Cibulka, 101, of Elk Grove Village, Ill., and formerly of Sycamore, died
at 8:25 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at Manorcare in Elk Grove Village. Born Oct. 8, 1911, in Coles County, Ill., to Radford Franklin and Francis (Agora) Pearcy, Mabel married John Anthony Cibulka on May 10, 1950, in St. Louis; he preceded her in death Feb. 15, 2007. She is survived by her son, Paul (Robin) Cibulka of Itasca; three grandchildren, Adam (Becky) Cibulka of Batavia, Ryan Cibulka of Itasca and Ashley (Charles) Bourne of Schaumburg; two great-grandchildren, Tyler and Mallory Cibulka; and two sisters, Irene Capista and Alene Gerl. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two sisters, Virginia Long and Betty Beaubais; two brothers, Robert Pearcy and James Pearcy; and infant sister, Pauline Pearcy. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at Olson Funeral & Cremation Services, Quiram Sycamore Chapel, 1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore, with Pastor David Glick officiating. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Heartland Hospice, 2100 Sanders Road, Suite 100, Northbrook, IL 60062. For information, call 815-8956589. To send a condolence or share a memory, visit www.
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Born: April 7, 1920, in Sycamore, Ill. Died: Jan. 16, 2013, in Mountain Home, Ark. MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – Wesley Leonard Peterson, 92, died Jan. 16, 2013. Wesley was born April 7, 1920, in Sycamore, to Alve and Jennie (Wellander) Peterson. He is survived by his wife, Darlene Peterson; children, Bonnie Henley and Simon Anderson; a sister, Phyllis Kocher; one sister-in-law, Carolyn Peterson; grandchildren, Angela Young, Jeremy Hampton, Branden “Brandy” Wesley Hampton, Chad Hampton and Kyle Henly; six great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alve and Jennie Peterson; one sister, Barbara (Peterson) Mayward; two brothers, Stanley of rural
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Construction grant not in report GOP, Obama attempt to tackle debt • D-428 BOARD
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But the middle schools could change to junior high schools. The differences between the two are how students schedule their classes. Students in middle school are divided into teams, and are taughtbythesamegroupofteachers in a predetermined schedule. Students in junior high are able to create their own schedule. If a student does not want to take art, he doesn’t have to take art. Watkins said they have formed a subcommittee to examine whether these changes would generatesavings.TracyWilliams, the vice president of the board, said the savings would come from the teachers’ end. The committee recommended
exploring a school dedicated to 3- to 5-year-olds. Watkins said the teachers of these students would be able to collaborate and share equipment. However, how this would impact a student’s education,whatbuildingwouldbeused, and how much it would cost still need to be fleshed out, she said. Watkins said the center and the junior high system would be implemented sometime between the 2014 and 2015 school years if the board chooses to pursue them. District officials have voiced concern in the past that a number of school buildings are not equal. Thenewerbuildingshaveairconditioning, while some of the older ones don’t. Watkins said more research and dollar figures still need to be tallied. “I think we’re pretty close,” Watkins said about the progress.
“We had talked about creating another subcommittee to do that.” Not mentioned in the committee’s report is how to spend a $21 million construction grant the district received originally for building the new high school. District officials want to use the money for education, not to compensate for budget deficits. The committee warned against moving the district’s administrative offices to Huntley Middle School. Frank Roberts, senior vice president of Castle Bank and committee member, said the movewouldlimiteducationalpossibilitiesatHMSandpossiblycost $1 million. And although the Education Center was tagged as being worth $1.4 million, it wouldn’t sell at that price, he said. “There’s a material difference between appraisal and the sale price,” Roberts said.
Judge: NIU police mishandle files • RIFKIN
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The Daily Chronicle’s policy is not to identify alleged victims in sex cases. The names of the two women who gave witness statements also are being withheld to prevent identification of the alleged victim. NIU police placed the witness statements in Rifkin’s personnel file and never gave them to prosecutors or defense attorneys. When the existence of the statements was uncovered by a private investigator working for Rifkin’s defense, Presiding Judge Robbin Stuckert called it a flagrant violation of police procedures. In November she ruled that jurors would learn of NIU police officers’ evidence mishandling if the criminal case against Rifkin went to trial. Rifkin’s suit claims the officers intentionally withheld the witness statements and had Rifkin sign a written statement that was inconsistent with Rifkin’s verbal account of events.
Bruce Brandwein, Rifkin’s attorney, said there was unethical and possibly criminal intent in the officers’ actions. Brandwein said they clearly misled Rifkin when he signed a report he believed was a transcript of his verbal account of the episode. According to the lawsuit, John and Ramakrishnan transcribed Rifkin’s verbal statement on a computer screen that Rifkin was allowed to read. John then prepared a written Donald Grady statement that was not consistent with the verbal account. Thewrittenstatement,which Brandwein said Rifkin signed without reading carefully, said that he continued to engage in a sex act with the victim after she asked him to stop. John also used that statement when testifying to a grand jury. “I just know my client has been through a lot with this situation,” Brandwein said. “He
trusted the guys in his department.” Holland was named in the complaint for telling the woman who made the sexual assault allegations to not speak to anyone except the NIU Police Department about the situation. NIU spokesman Paul Palian said he could not comment on pending litigation. Campbell did not return messages seeking comment and DeKalb County State’s Attorney Richard Schmack was not available, but has declined comment on pending cases in the past. Michael Fox, who represents Grady, said he has not reviewed Rifkin’s lawsuit against his client. He said a counterclaim against Rifkin could be filed. As for Grady’s status with the university, Fox said he hopes to know more within “days or weeks.” “There is zero, none, nada evidence that Chief Grady had anything to do with misplacing anything,” Fox said. “I can’t figure out what [the university] is saying he is doing that is a violation of his contract.”
Finances also an issue in District 428 • ELECTION
Continued from page A1 How they feel about rental housing in the city could be an issue, too. Jim Morel, the president of DeKalb Area Rental Association, said his organization will quiz the candidates on their thoughts about rental housing and the housing ordinances the city passed to upgrade it in 2012. Morel said the meeting will be for members only. Finances also will be an issue for District 428 board candidates. The district entered the 2012-2013 school year with a $2.3 million deficit. The board will hear different recommendations Tuesday from one of their committees on how the district could further save money. A partner at J.P. Faivre Partnership, Vickie Hernan-Faivre, said her business experience will be an asset to the school board if elected. “There are ways to maximize the resources the district probably has,” Hernan-Faivre said. She is one of five candidates competing for three seats on the board. Another candidate, Mary Hess said she was motivated to run by a desire to see students succeed. Hess said she has been involved with the school district in a variety of capacities, including serving on a number of committees and with the parentteacher association. “It seemed like this would be a way for me to have a stronger impact,” Hess said. Hess is an asset specialist with DeKalb County Keep Encouraging Youth to Succeed Initiative and the Ben Gordon Center. The renovation of the Hopkins Pool will be the overarching issue for park board candidates. The new pool is supposed to open in 2015 without additional financial help for the park district. Board President Joan Berkes-Hanson, who is seeking re-election for a six-year term, described the pool as the gem of the DeKalb Park District. “Having an aquatic center [in the] community is consis-
Area candidates Mayor of DeKalb: Mike Verbic John Rey Jennifer Groce David Jacobson 2nd Ward Alderman: Bill Finucane Stephen Clark 4th Ward Alderman: Robert Snow James Mitchell 6th Ward Alderman: Dave Baker City Clerk: No candidates DeKalb School District 428 tently ranked high among the people,” Berkes-Hanson said. Park board candidates Keith Nyquist and Per Faivre expressed concern that Hopkins Pool could be scaled down in future renovations. The park board has hired PHN Architects of Aurora to oversee the $5 million construction
(vote for three): Vickie Hernan-Faivre Marilyn Parker Victoria Newport George “Joe” Mitchell Mary Hess DeKalb Park Commissioner (two-year unexpired term); Mario Fontana Don Irving DeKalb Park Commissioner (vote for two): Joan Berkes-Hanson Per Faivre Dean Holliday Bryant C. Irving Keith Nyquist
• DEBT
Continued from page A1 House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders have made it plain they don’t have the stomach for it. Many Democrats dislike the legislation, but the White House weighed in Tuesday with a statement that the administration would not oppose the measure. It also appears that Senate Democrats will grudgingly accept the bill, which Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called “a big step in the right direction” since the three-month GOP debt measure isn’t conditioned on a dollar cut in spending for every dollar of new borrowing authority as Boehner has long demanded. “The Boehner rule of
1-for-1, it’s gone,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. “So it’s a good step forward and we’ll see what happens.” The idea driving the move by GOP leaders is to re-sequence a series of upcoming budget battles, taking the threat of a potentially devastating government default off the table and instead setting up a clash in March over automatic across-the-board spending cuts set to strike the Pentagon and many domestic programs. Those cuts – postponed by the recent “fiscal cliff” deal – are the punishment for the failure of a 2011 deficit supercommittee to reach an agreement. These across-the-board cuts would pare $85 billion from this year’s budget after being delayed from Jan. 1 until March 1 and reduced by $24 billion by the recently enacted tax bill. Defense
hawks are particularly upset, saying the Pentagon cuts would devastate military readiness and cause havoc in defense contracting. The cuts, called a sequester in Washington-speak, were never intended to take effect but were instead aimed at driving the two sides to a large budget bargain in order to avoid them. But Republicans and Obama now appear on a collision course over how to replace the across-the-board cuts. Obama and his Democratic allies insist that additional revenues be part of the solution; Republicans say that further tax increases are off the table after the 10-year, $600 billion-plus increase in taxes on wealthier earners forced upon Republicans by Obama earlier this month.
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Pool rebuild a needed step
No labels, no excuses for political group Last week, at a meeting in New York, it was announced that a group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers have agreed to get together once in a while and chat. This made news nationwide. Does that not tell you all you need to know about the sorry state of American politics? Does that not paint the starkest possible picture of the frozen government and balkanized parties that have left our nation lurching from crisis to crisis like a drunk on a heaving deck? Lord help us, it is newsworthy when Republicans and Democrats agree to talk. This announcement of the political equivalent of a foreign exchange program was made under the aegis of a fledgling public interest group, No Labels, which has set as its task nothing less than the fixing of America’s broken government. The group would want you to know that its name does not mean members are expected to surrender their ideology or party affiliation at the door. Indeed, No Labels members represent both parties and all points of the ideological spectrum. They would also want you to know their mission is not simply to restore civility to public discourse. No, No Labels seeks to return to a day when labels did not prevent lawmakers from addressing the nation’s problems. “Stop fighting, start fixing!” goes the group’s slogan. Founded two years ago and having gained little traction since, No Labels used last week’s event to hit the proverbial
VIEWS Leonard Pitts reset button. The group purposely does not get into the weeds of public policy or social issues, but it does have goals more ambitious than just encouraging regular get-togethers. Its wish list includes a provision that Congress doesn’t get paid if it fails to pass a budget on time; another that bans lawmakers from taking any pledge but the Pledge of Allegiance and their oath of office; still another that requires a fast up or down vote on presidential appointments. No Labels would also like to see lawmakers receive an annual, nonpartisan briefing on the fiscal state of the union, the idea being that they would no longer be able to cherry pick “facts” from partisan groups to support their budget arguments. Yes, this all smacks unbearably of kumbaya and earnestness to many of those professional cynics who watch politics for a living. Maybe they are right. There is something admittedly quixotic in the whole thing. But has anyone floated a better idea? The alternative is to remain what we are: A tire spinning in snow, making a lot of noise, digging in deeper and going nowhere. We are in this fix because there is too much money in our politics, because the media echo chamber has grown too loud,
because our election system has been rigged such that it discourages compromise. We are also here because the GOP has been taken over by inflexible extremists who call themselves (but often are not) conservatives. Understand: Our politics are not simply polarized, they are poisonous. Left has seceded from right, fact has seceded from media, compromise has seceded from negotiation, pragmatism has seceded from legislation. We play a zero-sum game where party trumps country, reason is treason and there is an evident belief that he who yells the stupidest thing in the loudest voice, wins. This state of affairs exists because voters have allowed it to exist, because they reward it with big ratings on TV and big numbers at the polls. But there is a price tag for this. Our government is a train wreck. No, that’s the wrong word. Train wrecks, after all, move. Our government is a glacier – frozen and inert beyond anything in recent memory. Any idea that holds out even a quixotic promise to get it moving again is worthy of support and applause. You can offer either or both at nolabels. org.
• Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via email at lpitts@miamiherald.com.
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Taxpayers feel the pinch, as state continues to spend By Scott REEdER
Illinois Policy Institute
SPRINGFIELD – Is your wallet a little thinner these days? More than likely, the state of Illinois is to blame. About the same time the Illinois Legislature jacked up income taxes 67 percent two years ago, the federal government gave us a temporary break on how much we pay into Social Security. That cut inadvertently softened the wallop of the state tax increase, but the relief from Washington expired at the beginning of this year. Now we get to experience the state tax increase in all of its glory. Bureaucrats in Springfield are sucking away one extra week of our pay. And to what end? The state is still broke. The pension system is floundering. Government employee unions’ hunger for more dollars remains as voracious as ever. Illinois revenues have never been higher in the Land of Lincoln’s 190-year history. But our politicians are still crying poor.
Why? Because they are still spending money faster than they are taking it in. Rather than curbing the spending, they’re laying the groundwork for another tax hike. Advocates are calling it “progressive” tax reform. Never mind that that the Illinois Constitution prohibits a graduated income tax rate; proponents are prepared to change the constitution. Just last week, state Rep. Naomi Jakobsson, D-Champaign, introduced a proposed constitutional amendment to do just that. The underlying reason for the proposed switch is a desire for the state to collect more money. You’ll hear some malarkey that a progressive income tax only will make the “rich” pay more. To see just how wrong that thinking is, just look to our neighbor to the west – Iowa. Over in the Tall Corn State, the top income tax rate is 8.98 percent. And the people who paid that rate in 2012 earned $66,105 or more. Does anybody think that a family living on $66,000 is
“I don’t support a progressive tax because we already have enough money coming in. We need to look at spending … and the place to start is pensions.” State Rep. David Harris R., Arlington Heights
rich? And yes, I’m aware that the Illinois Legislature could choose a different income level than Iowa to start taxing at the top rate. But the fact of the matter is that 31 of the 34 the states that have a progressive structure tax $50,000 at a higher marginal rate than Illinois will in 2015. The question remains: Why increase taxes at all when state revenues are at an all-time high? “I don’t support a progressive tax because we already have enough money coming in,” said Rep. David Harris, a Republican from Arlington Heights. “We need to look at spending … and the place to start is pensions.”
Year after year, decade after decade, the Illinois Legislature has refused to institute comprehensive pension reform. Each year we keep dumping more money into our failing pension systems. Next year, for example, the state will allocate $6.8 billion toward pensions – almost $1 billion more than this year. The state continues to pay its bills months late. And even as spending increases, core government services are being cut. Our governor and Legislature seem unable to set priorities or make tough decisions. Why give them more money? Illinois’ problem is that it is spending too much. And every working Illinoisan is feeling the pinch because of it.
• Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse reporter and the journalist in residence at the Illinois Policy Institute. He can be reached at: sreeder@ illinoispolicy.org. Readers can subscribe to his free political newsletter by going to Reederreport.com.
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The pool at DeKalb Park District’s Hopkins Pool is a community asset, but it’s an asset that has almost reached its expiration date. DeKalb Park District officials have known this for years. They put forth a referendum in 2010 that asked people if they wanted the park district to borrow $15 million to make the pool bigger and better. Voters said no by a 3 to 1 margin, and it’s unlikely that a couple of years of tepid economic growth have been enough to cause a seismic shift in public opinion. So park board members are setting aside the grand plan and instead opting to rebuild the pool on the existing footprint at a cost of $5 million, a loan that they can take out and repay without seeking voter approval. It’s a decision that makes sense. The pool can only continue to be an asset to the community if it’s usable For the record and well maintained. Better a community have no pool So long as park district at all than a structure that’s officials can borrow the falling apart. money for DeKalb Park DisThe Hopkins Park pool is trict’s Hopkins Pool rebuild going on 39 years old and is and still pay their bills, nearing the upper end of the this solution seems like 35- to 40-year lifespan that the best way to address a park officials say outdoor problem that will only grow pools typically have. worse if no action is taken. The park district is planning a pair of public meetings with the project architect, Aurora-based PHN Architects, in February. Members of the public should be able to give their opinions about what amenities they want included in the rebuild, as well. Perhaps some elements of the aquatic center plan that fell short at the ballot box in February 2010 can be incorporated into this design. It seems only natural that the pool should change from what was en vogue when the existing structure was built in 1974. So long as park district officials can borrow the money for the pool rebuild and still pay their bills, this solution seems like the best way to address a problem that will only grow worse if no action is taken.
8 ANOTHER VIEW
Keeping Internet free all around the world Internet freedom is not something to be taken lightly, as anyone who has tried to gain access to forbidden sites in China will tell you. The countries that would like to censor Internet content, including Russia, China, Iran and others, were eager to see their authority to do so etched into a United Nations treaty debated at a conference last month in Dubai. The United States and other nations committed to a free and open Internet refused to sign the treaty. It was a largely symbolic protest but the right thing to do. The World Conference on International Telecommunications brought together 193 nations to consider revisions to principles last modified in the pre-Internet days of 1988. The principles govern the largely technical work of a specialized U.N. agency, the International Telecommunications Union. Much of the conference debate turned on whether the principles should be expanded to give national governments and the agency more voice in regulating the Internet. Those governments that hunger for more control are not paragons of freedom. China, which already maintains the world’s most pervasive Internet censorship machine, tightened its controls at year’s end, requiring users of social media to disclose their identities. Russia has been moving toward selective eavesdropping to tamp down dissent. The treaty debated in Dubai may not change anything they are already doing but could provide a veneer of political cover. The United States objected to a resolution appended to the treaty saying that “all governments should have an equal role and responsibility for international Internet governance.” Translation: Let national governments get their hands on it. The United States has maintained that Internet governance should rest, as it does now, with a loose group of organizations, including the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which manages domain names and addresses under contract with the U.S. Commerce Department. There are suspicions aplenty in the rest of the world that this is the equivalent of U.S. control – suspicions that should not be ignored. While the Internet cannot fall into the hands of those who would censor and restrict it, the United States should put more effort into remaking the current model so that it can serve what has become a global infrastructure. Ambassador Terry Kramer, who headed the U.S. delegation in Dubai, was clear that a power grab by the repressive countries was a nonstarter. “No single organization or government can or should attempt to control the Internet or dictate its future development,” Kramer insisted. The conference did serve to highlight broad, opposing camps over Internet freedom. After the United States pulled out, 89 nations signed the agreement, including Russia, China, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela. The blank screen of the Internet censor is not likely to disappear soon. A long and fateful battle looms for digital freedom. The Washington Post
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The Indian Creek boys basketball team has struggled to get wins since winter break. PAGE B3
SECTION B
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 Daily Chronicle
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8MORNING KICKOFF
KANELAND 43, SYCAMORE 42
David, Knights down Spartans at buzzer By STEVE NITZ
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Time Warner Cable wins Dodgers TV deal
LOS ANGELES – Time Warner Cable Inc. has won a contract to carry Los Angeles Dodgers games for at least the next two decades starting in 2014, snatching the games away from Fox Sports after this year’s baseball season ends, according to a person familiar with the matter. The deal has not been finalized, although it is to be announced within days, said the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on the condition of anonymity. The Los Angeles Times earlier reported the nation’s second-largest cable operator will pay around $7 billion to carry the games. A second person familiar with the situation said that Fox Sports, a division of News Corp., had been prepared to pay more than $6 billion for a 25-year deal to keep the Dodgers on its Prime Ticket regional sports network. But it lost the bidding war after its exclusive bargaining period ended in November. The second person also was not authorized to speak publicly. The deal is a coup for the team’s new owners, dramatically raising the amount of revenue it was receiving from TV rights, which reached about $40 million a year in 2012. – Wire report
MAPLE PARK — Drew David thought the shot was dead on when it left his hand. Down two points to Sycamore, Kaneland’s junior guard didn’t have much time – less than five seconds left in the game – but caught a pass from Matt Limbrunner near the top of the key, got Spartans forward Devin Mottet to buy a pump fake, and let it rip. David’s shot fell through the net, and the Knights, down nine points early in the second half, escaped with a 43-42 win at the buzzer. “Drew just made a nice shot fake,” Kaneland coach Brian
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Johnson said. “We were lucky to get that last possession and make that last shot because Sycamore played hard.” The plan wasn’t for the ball to be in David’s hands for the final play. Kaneland (11-6, 5-1 Northern Illinois Big 12 East)
wanted to find Matt Limbrunner in the post, where he had made a great impact during the second half. However, Limbrunner was surrounded by Spartans down low, and luckily for Kaneland, he got the ball to David even though the Sycamore (10-8, 2-3 NI Big 12 East) defenders nearly tipped it away. “We were just going to try and get an easy layup because they were switching the whole game,” David said. “Their guys didn’t bite. The ball got tipped around and Matt finally got it. I just put the shot up. There wasn’t much time left so I didn’t really have a choice.”
See KNIGHTS, page B3
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Kaneland’s Drew David (4) drives to the basket during the first quarter Tuesday of the Knights’ 43-42 victory over Sycamore in Maple Park.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS ATHLETICS’ CROSS COUNTRY
Stepping into the future
8WHAT TO WATCH
Pro basketball Detroit at Bulls, 7 p.m., CSN
The Bulls play their third of four straight games at the United Center when they host the Pistons. The Bulls are coming off a 95-83 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
Also on TV... Pro hockey Boston at New York Rangers, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN Men’s college basketball Duke at Miami, 6 p.m., ESPN TCU at West Virginia, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 Penn State at Indiana, 7 p.m., BTN Georgia Tech at North Carolina, 8 p.m., ESPN Minnesota at Northwestern, 9 p.m., BTN Tennis Australian Open, quarterfinals, at Melbourne, Australia, 1 p.m., ESPN2 (same-day tape); women’s semifinals, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2; men’s semifinals, 2:30 a.m., ESPN2 Golf European PGA Tour, Qatar Masters, first round, at Doha, Qatar, 4 a.m., TGC Cycling Tour Down Under, stage 2, Mount Barker to Rostrevor, Australia, 2:30 p.m., NBCSN (same-day tape)
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Frank Heegaard demonstrates a stability exercise Friday for his 9-year-old daughter, Janae, at Moose(L) Up Redemption Club in Sycamore. Doctors found a Wilms’ tumor in Janae’s kidney when she was 5 years old. As a result of the chemotherapy, one of Janae’s kidneys was removed, and she developed neuropathy, which led to stunted growth in her legs. Her parents were told that Janae would recover about 90 to 95 percent but probably couldn’t play on a competitive level in sports that required heavy use of the legs.
Janae Heegaard, 9, putting bout with cancer behind her By ANTHONY ZILIS
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he 9-year-old isn’t the fastest runner on the Chick Evans Field House track during a Huskie Indoor Track Club practice, and her pink and gray running shoes hardly leave the ground as she runs. But step-by-step, her spindly legs move her forward, her shoulder-length brown hair bobbing with each pace. That small difference in her gait
is the last physical impediment of a disease that could have killed her. The ability to run, jump and climb trees was taken away from the most eccentric of the six Heegaard girls when she was 5 years old, when her mischievous smile became less constant. A tumor grew up the right side of Janae’s body until it awakened her in the middle of the night days before Halloween 2008. Every day since has been a learn-
ing experience for Janae. Before she turned 6, Janae learned that simply moving forward around that track, step by step, is something special. ••• Janae lumbered into the living room of the Heegaard’s Sycamore home with a boot engulfing her right leg in November. Janae suffered an Achilles injury in cross country, but she was pretty sure she would be back up and running in no time.
It almost was cruel that Janae had her ability to walk hindered like this. For the past four years, she’s made constant progress on walking normally. When she was 5, doctors discovered a form of cancer called a Wilms’ tumor engulfing her kidney. Five months later, she developed neuropathy, a nerve-damaging condition in her feet from which she’s still recovering.
See HEEGAARD, page B2
SUPER BOWL XLVII: SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS VS. BALTIMORE RAVENS, 5 P.M. FEB. 3 (CBS)
Ravens’ Birk, Reed finally reach the Super Bowl BY DAVID GINSBURG The Associated Press
OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The only reason why Matt Birk brought his aching knees and battered body to training camp for a 15th NFL season was to get to the Super Bowl. The 36-year-old Birk was bothered by neck, elbow and knee injuries during his previous three years with the Baltimore Ravens, yet he never missed a start. During the offseason, the six-time Pro Bowl center underwent surAP photo gery to repair varicose veins Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed will make his first Super Bowl appear- in his legs. ance along with a long list of veterans. Still, Birk knew the Ra-
vens had a shot at a championship, and he wanted to be a part of it. “At this stage in my career, losing takes a lot out of you,” Birk said. “I wouldn’t have come back if I didn’t think there was a legitimate chance that I could help the team.” Birk, safety Ed Reed and guard Bobbie Williams head a list of longtime veterans who will be making their first Super Bowl appearance when the Ravens face the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 3. “It means a lot for all the guys to have an opportunity to be a part of that,” coach
John Harbaugh said. “To be able to be involved with that as a leader is a huge thing. It makes you feel really good, and now you try to make the most of it.” Birk endured 11 fruitless years in Minnesota, reaching the playoffs five times without a conference title. Then, after joining the Ravens as a free agent in 2009, he was part of three more playoff runs that ended short of the Super Bowl. Now, Birk is poised to be part of the NFL’s biggest game.
See RAVENS, page B4
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8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY
SPORTS
Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com NFL DIvISIONAl PlAYOFFS Jan. 12 Baltimore 38, Denver 35, 2OT San Francisco 45, Green Bay 31
Boys Basketball Somonauk at Genoa-Kingston, 7 p.m.
Jan. 13 Atlanta 30, Seattle 28 New England 41, Houston 28 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday San Francisco 28, Atlanta 24 Baltimore 28, New England 13
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.
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
NBA
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
SATURDAY Boys Basketball Sterling at Kaneland, 5:30 p.m. Sycamore at Ottawa, 6 p.m. Girls Basketball Sterling at Kaneland, 4 p.m. Sycamore at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Girls Bowling DeKalb at Dixon, 9 a.m. Sycamore at Dixon Girls Bowling Invite (Plum Hollow), 9 a.m. Boys Bowling State finals
MONDAY Boys Basketball Little 10 Tournament at Somonauk Girls Basketball Pecatonica at Indian Creek, 6:45 p.m.
TUESDAY
Boys Basketball Byron at G-K, 7 p.m. IMSA at Sycamore, 7 p.m. Little 10 Tournament at Somonauk Girls Basketball Christian Life Center at Hiawatha, 7:15 p.m. St. Edwards at H-BR, 7 p.m. G-K at Richmond-Burton, 7 p.m. Streator at DeKalb, 7 p.m.
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wHO Northern Illinois (3-13, 1-3 MidAmerican Conference West) at Central Michigan (9-8, 2-2 MAC West) wHEN 6 p.m. CST, McGuirk Arena, Mount Pleasant, Mich. RADIO 1360 WLBK, 98.9 FM lAST MEETING Central Michigan defeated Northern Illinois, 74-64, on Feb. 26, 2012
SCOUTING THE CHIPPEwAS Central Michigan has played well at McGuirk Arena, coming into the contest with a 5-1 home record. The Chippewas have just one player averaging double figures, senior guard Kyle Randall, who is scoring 16.8 points per game. However, senior forward Olivier Mbaigoto, freshman forward John Simons and freshman forward Blake Hibbitts all average more than 7 ppg.
NIU OUTlOOK After winning their conference opener at Miami (Ohio), the Huskies have dropped three consecutive MAC contests. NIU needs to do something to get going offensively. The Huskies scored a season-low 34 points in Saturday’s home loss to Western Michigan, and NIU’s average of 56.6 points per game is last in the MAC. – Steve Nitz, snitz@shawmedia.com
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Janae Heegaard swings on a rope to knock down a punching bag with her feet Jan. 11 at Moose(l) Up Redemption Club in Sycamore.
Heegaard placed 11th at state meet in 15:29
• HEEGAARD Continued from page B1
••• Janae’s smile is almost constantly on her face. It’s the type of wide smile that, upon eye contact with another person, beckons a smile back. Her happy personality was as normal throughout her pre-cancer years as it is today. “She’s really hyper, really fun, cares about people, and is compassionate,” her 16-year-old sister, Ruth, said. The day before a surgeon would remove the tumor along with one of her kidneys, Janae lay with her head in her hands at the foot of her hospital bed, smiling and posing for a picture. Janae knew the basics of cancer from what her mother had explained to her in the week since the tumor was discovered. But she didn’t grasp the entire situation. There she lay in that picture, smiling like a normal, happy 5-year-old girl. But the good feelings wouldn’t last long. As she was wheeled into surgery the next day, her heart leapt, as the gravity and uncertainty of the situation finally caused butterflies in the pit of her stomach. “I was just laying there, like, ‘What’s happening?’ ” Janae said. “I don’t think I understood that I could’ve died. I kind of understood, mom told me this a lot through it: ‘This is a big, scary thing, you could die.’ But I still didn’t understand that I could die from it.” ••• A 5-year-old’s view of the world is insular. Janae only understood cancer because it was happening to her. The consequences of a life-threatening illness didn’t completely sink in. “When a kid has cancer, it’s so different from what you and I know in this world today,” Suzanne said. “We know that adults, even after they have their chemo and they’re feeling well, they still have this mental-like battle, of ‘Oh, I have cancer, I’m going to die.’ Kids, when they’re not feeling nauseous, or when their white blood cell count is not at zero and they still have energy, life’s 100 percent great.” While she didn’t sink into depression, the normally boisterous child became subdued. Her smile became forced. In pictures it’s easy to see the exhaustion behind her sunken, brown eyes. Her already-skinny body became little more than skin wrapped around her tiny bones, and her hair steadily fell out in clumps.
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But Janae seems to focus on the reasons she’s fortunate rather than the difficulties she’s faced. “I look at all these other kids [she met with cancer], and I see that what they had to go through is nothing like what I did,” she said. “It makes me happy and sad for them, but happy for me that I didn’t have to go through everything they’re going through.” That perspective came with a lot of pain. ••• Janae’s screams reverberated down the upstairs hallway of the Heegaard household in the middle of the night Oct. 20, 2008. A sharp pain ran along her right side, and her father, Frank, rushed to her side. “I felt like something just bursted or popped,” Janae said later. “I was thinking, ‘Ow, this really hurt.’ ” After Frank gave her a snack and a glass of water, he eased her back to sleep. But minutes later, the screams started again. Suzanne, Janae’s mother, was almost certain Janae had come down with appendicitis, so she took her to Delnor Hospital. They were sent away on their first trip, with Janae showing no signs of appendicitis, but a mother’s instinct told Suzanne to return. Twenty or thirty minutes after Janae received a CT scan, the doctor returned to the room. “She has a malignant tumor,” Suzanne remembers the doctor saying. “You mean, she has cancer?” Suzanne responded. “Yes.” Suzanne put her head in her hands and cried. Janae didn’t react, her eyes becoming heavy after a long day.
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Janae Heegaard, 9, runs around the track at the Chick Evans Field House during a Jan. 9 practice for the Northern Illinois Athletics’ track team in DeKalb. “She was so sick and she got so thin,” said Ellyn, her 17-year-old sister. “She was just a lot less active – maybe still active for a kid her age, but a lot less active than she had been.” ••• Suzanne couldn’t react in time to catch Janae, who fell flat on her face in the middle of the hallway at Children’s Memorial Hospital on a visit in early 2009. Janae had crawled around the house throughout the previous few days, but Suzanne and Frank assumed Janae was being her normal, goofy self. But on the way to Dr. Elaine Morgan’s office, Janae stumbled over and over again. Suzanne mentioned the tripping to Morgan, and the oncologist asked for more information. Chemotherapy had overwhelmed Janae’s little body, and the nerves in her foot were damaged by neuropathy. Because Janae was so young, she’d eventually recover 94 to 96 percent of the feeling in her feet. But Morgan tempered their expectations. “I will definitely tell you she’s not going to be an Olympic athlete, like a runner or a ballerina,” Suzanne remembers the doctor saying. ••• Frank looked out the window on a summer day in 2009 to see Janae playing tag with her friends. Chemotherapy had been done for a few months, and her signature smile was returning. But her ability to run normally had not returned. In May, Janae was fitted for anklefoot orthotics, which kept her foot at a right angle to her leg. Although she could plod along at a slow pace, when she tried to speed up, she fell to the ground. Janae trudged into the house and cried to her father. “I saw her look up, cry, and come over for support for a hug,” Frank said. “That was a hard time, when she couldn’t run. … She loves to move.” Her breakdowns never lasted long, but Janae was constantly reminded that she was different. She heard boys at church comment on her bald head, and she felt eyes looking at her as she walked with her mother through the grocery store. Every time she hopped into or out of bed, she’d take off the AFOs and flex her feet as much as she could. Finally, she was told she didn’t have to wear the braces in September 2009. All she wanted to do was run, but her legs were too weak, so her mother encouraged her to start with walking. “I felt free,” Janae said. ••• Janae stands on one foot with a smile on her face at Moose(L) Up Redemption Club, a small gym in Sycamore specializing in offbeat training techniques that mimic practical movements. She moves throughout different exercises that will help strengthen her ankles. The session was run by a physical therapist named Denny Kolkebeck, who is sure Janae won’t feel impeded if she takes the right steps to recovery. In the early days of her neuropathy, Janae’s sisters would alter their backyard games to allow her to play, but she’s gradually worked her way back to normalcy.
Last year, she began running with the Northern Illinois Athletics’ cross country team in DeKalb. In her last race, she placed 11th at the state meet, finishing the threekilometer race with a time of 15:29, which would have qualified her for the national championships had she not hurt her Achilles. Most importantly, she was running with little impediment. “My favorite thing is being there and knowing that I can run,” Janae said. “Sometimes I think about that. I’m like, ‘Wow, I’m actually running as fast as my friends.’ ” ••• On an evening in early January, Janae and her mother rifled through a box of hats that she wore as her hair began to dwindle. Janae picks out a yellow hat with a sunflower and tries it on – it was her favorite because of how comfortably it fit on her bald head. Janae isn’t out of the woods yet, even after being cancer-free for more than three years. A 10 percent chance of recurrence still remains, and the prognosis isn’t good if it does. But in reality, the family feels as if it has finally recovered from the most trying time in their lives. The reminders of what Janae went through are all over the Heegaard’s house. Suzanne has hundreds of pictures of Janae’s time with cancer on a flash drive. Stuffed animals Janae received during her treatment lay in various locations around the house. A small black Havanese dog named Amica, which the family bought during treatment, trots around the house. A tiny, active 2-year-old girl named Hope plods around the house, pining for attention. Hope is the youngest Heegaard daughter, and she was born less than a year after Janae’s final chemotherapy treatment. The Heegaards named her as a constant reminder of what guided them through Janae’s struggle. It’s no wonder that, every once in a while, Janae’s bout with cancer will pop into her head. “Sometimes when I’m laying in bed, I just remember the whole story of when I had cancer,” Janae said. “Sometimes things just pop up into my head. When I’m in the middle of conversation about dogs ... things come up.” To Janae, memories of her cancer aren’t necessarily good or bad. They were simply her reality, normal memories of her past. As she begins to see the world in a broader view, her bout with cancer is a reminder that she’s lucky to be alive and with her family, moving forward, step-by-step. Every now and then she vocalizes those feelings, as she did at a church service on the eve of Thanksgiving, when members of the congregation were asked to volunteer what they were thankful for. “I’m thankful that, when I had cancer, God let me live so that I can be with my family longer,” she said. Suzanne was surprised. “I thought, why did she say that now?” Suzanne said. “Because it feels like it’s less connected, it feels like it’s been a really long time, it feels like we’ve moved on with normal life. Four years later, why did it take this long? I thought, ‘She’s finally starting to digest it all.’ ”
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Tuesday’s Results Cleveland 95, Boston 90 Detroit 105, Orlando 90 Milwaukee 110, Philadelphia 102 Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Today’s Games Atlanta at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at Bulls, 7 p.m. Denver at Houston, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Minnesota, 7 p.m. New Orleans at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Utah, 8 p.m. Indiana at Portland, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games Toronto at Orlando, 6 p.m. New York at Boston, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m. Monday’s Results Bulls 95, L.A. Lakers 83 Indiana 82, Memphis 81 New Orleans 114, Sacramento 105 Atlanta 104, Minnesota 96 Houston 100, Charlotte 94 Brooklyn 88, New York 85 Golden State 106, L.A. Clippers 99 San Antonio 90, Philadelphia 85 Washington 98, Portland 95
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Central Division GP w l OT Pts Blackhawks 3 3 0 0 6 Nashville 3 1 0 2 4 St. Louis 3 2 1 0 4 Columbus 2 1 0 1 3 Detroit 3 1 2 0 2 Northwest Division GP w l OT Pts Minnesota 3 2 1 0 4 Edmonton 1 1 0 0 2 Vancouver 2 0 1 1 1 Calgary 2 0 2 0 0 Colorado 1 0 1 0 0 Pacific Division GP w l OT Pts Anaheim 2 2 0 0 4 Dallas 3 2 1 0 4 San Jose 1 1 0 0 2 Los Angeles 1 0 1 0 0 Phoenix 2 0 2 0 0
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Atlantic Division GP w l OT Pts GF GA New Jersey 2 2 0 0 4 5 1 Pittsburgh 2 2 0 0 4 9 4 N.Y. Islanders 2 1 1 0 2 5 5 N.Y. Rangers 2 0 2 0 0 4 9 Philadelphia 3 0 3 0 0 3 11 Northeast Division GP w l OT Pts GF GA Boston 2 2 0 0 4 5 2 Buffalo 2 2 0 0 4 7 3 Ottawa 2 2 0 0 4 8 1 Montreal 2 1 1 0 2 5 3 Toronto 2 1 1 0 2 3 3 Southeast Division GP w l OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 3 2 1 0 4 13 8 Winnipeg 3 1 1 1 3 6 8 Florida 3 1 2 0 2 6 9 Carolina 2 0 2 0 0 2 9 Washington 2 0 2 0 0 5 10 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Tuesday’s Results Winnipeg 4, Washington 2 Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 1 Montreal 4, Florida 1 New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 0 Dallas 2, Detroit 1 Nashville 3, Minnesota 1 Blackhawks 3, Blues 2 Los Angeles at Colorado (n) San Jose at Edmonton (n) Today’s Games Toronto at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 6:30 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Columbus at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Thursday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 6 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Florida, 6:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Blackhawks at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at San Jose, 9:30 p.m. Monday’s results Boston 2, Winnipeg 1, SO St. Louis 4, Nashville 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 4, Tampa Bay 3 Buffalo 2, Toronto 1 Ottawa 4, Florida 0 Detroit 4, Columbus 3, SO Anaheim 5, Calgary 4
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Insider IC struggles after winter break The
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL NOTEBOOK
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SPOTliGhT ON ... Michael BayleR Hinckley-Big Rock, senior forward Bayler had 15 points in the Royals’ win over Indian Creek last week. His offensive rebound off a missed free throw helped seal the victory with less than a minute to play.
WhaT TO WaTch FOR North Boone at Genoa-Kingston, 7 p.m., Friday G-K looks to continue its strong season with another win over Big Northern Conference foe North Boone. Sycamore vs. DeKalb, 8 p.m. Friday The Spartans will try to end an 11-game losing streak against the Barbs.
POWeR RaNKiNGS 1. hinckley-Big Rock (16-3, 4-0 little Ten conference) Royals remained undefeated in conference with big win over Indian Creek. 2. Kaneland (11-6, 5-1 Northern illinois Big 12 east) Knights beat Sycamore at home for big NI Big 12 win. 3. Sycamore (10-8, 2-3 Ni Big 12 east) Close loss for Spartans on the road at Kaneland. 4. Genoa-Kingston (11-6, 3-2 Big Northern conference east) Cogs look to move up in the conference standings. 5. indian creek (11-8, 5-1 lTc) T’wolves bounce back with win over Leland-Earlville. 6. DeKalb (4-17, 2-3 Ni Big 12 east) Barbs went 0-4 at weekend tournament. 7. hiawatha (3-11, 1-3 lTc) Hawks fall to LaMoille in most recent conference game.
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Indian Creek held a 9-1 record in the middle of December, but the Timberwolves have struggled to get many wins since winter break. That doesn’t concern Indian Creek coach Joe Piekarz, who was impressed with his team’s effort in a 64-60 loss at Little Ten Conference rival Hinckley-Big Rock. The loss was Indian Creek’s first in conference, dropping them into a tie for second place with Newark. “We’ll be all right,” Piekarz said. “You can look at our losses and say, ‘Oh you know our record,’ but we’re going to fine ... as long as we complete like that.” An important player down the stretch for Indian Creek will be forward Jake Bjorneby, who can provide the Timberwolves with another post presence to complement Garrison Govig. Bjorneby led Indian Creek with 16 points and was a big reason the Timberwolves were able to hang in against the Royals in the second half.
Depth helping Kaneland
The Knights have been one of the area’s hottest teams since a poor start left Kaneland in an early hole in the Northern Illinois
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Indian Creek’s Garrison Govig looks to pass in the first quarter Dec. 29 at the Plano Christmas Classic. Yorkville defeated Indian Creek, 69-65. Big 12 East. Kaneland is 5-0 in 2013 and that comes immediately after a fourth-place finish at the Plano
Christmas Classic. Although the Knights can have trouble getting points at times – as shown in a 34-32 win over
Royals could be on path to state berth I’ve watched Hinckley-Big Rock play twice this season, in arguably the Royals’ two most important games of the year. Everybody remembers the game against Mooseheart in early December. On the heels of a judge’s decision to allow three of Mooseheart’s Sudanese players to temporarily compete in a couple games before another IHSA ruling, H-BR put aside the distractions and came away with a 58-51 comeback victory in front of a standing-room-only crowd. Although there were a few empty seats at Hinckley’s gym for
VIEWS Ross Jacobson the their Little Ten Conference game against Indian Creek last week, the Royals’ 64-60 win was equally important. H-BR led by double digits in the third quarter before seeing the lead slip to four late in the fourth quarter. Yet the Royals held on with a few key defensive stops and clutch free-throw shooting during the final minute.
H-BR has yet to lose to a Class 1A school this season with their only defeats coming to Aurora Christian (2A), Seneca (2A) and Kaneland (3A). H-BR even avenged its early-season loss to Seneca with a 17-point win against the Fighting Irish at the Plano Christmas Classic. They have been battle-tested to the point where the win over Indian Creek didn’t result in a big celebration. The road to a sectional championship and possible berth in the state finals won’t be easy for H-BR. The Royals will likely have
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Ten Conference game last week, Indian Creek rebounded with a 55-33 win over Leland-Earlville. Jaron Todd led the Timberwolves with 19 points, while Garrett Post had 10 points and 10 rebounds. Indian Creek improved to 11-8 on the season, including 5-1 in conference.
MONDay’S laTe ReSUlTS GiRlS BaSKeTBall indian creek falls to Woodstock: Indian Creek
couldn’t overcome the absence of a majority of its starting lineup in a 47-34 loss to Woodstock on Monday. Freshman Alexis Van Whye led the Timberwolves with 15 points. “[Van Whye] did a great job stepping in,” Indian Creek coach Paul Muchmore said. “We had three starters out with various injuries and illnesses. It was a tough game against a big school.”
• Ross Jacobson is the sports editor of the Daily Chronicle. He can be reached via e-mail at rjacobson@shawmedia.com or follow him on Twitter @RossJacobson.
NiU fans have chance to win car at hoops games
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BOyS BaSKeTBall T’Wolves bounce back: After losing its first Little
to face Mooseheart in the regional round while Chicago Hope Academy, which knocked H-BR out of last year’s playoffs in the sectional semifinals, is a possible sectional opponent again. But the early results look good for H-BR and the school’s first trip to the state finals since 1984 might be in order.
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Defense leads Barbs to win DeKALB – The DeKalb girls basketball team trailed United Township, 15-14, heading into the fourth quarter, but used a strong defensive effort to come away with a 23-17 win. Rachel Torres, Maddy Johnson and Courtney Bemis each had six points for the Barbs. Bemis also recorded 10 rebounds in the win for DeKalb. The Barbs forced 24 turnovers on the night. Johnson and Torres each had two steals. Torres also assisted on four of five DeKalb field goals. h-BR upends lisle: Hinckley-Big Rock defeated Lisle, 40-34, in a nonconference game at home on Tuesday. Abbie Tosch led the way with 17 points while Lauren Paver chipped in 15, including 11 from the free-throw line. The Royals trailed, 25-18, late in the third quarter, but came back to win. H-BR did much of its damage at the free-throw line, shooting 15-for-21 as a team. Hinckley-Big Rock is 12-12 and hosts Paw Paw on Thursday. Marengo edges Genoa-Kingston: The Cogs fell in another close Big Northern Conference East matchup, losing, 39-35, to Marengo at home. Bria Foley had 15 points to lead the Cogs, while Andrea Strohmaier had 14. “We kind of put ourselves in the hole,” G-K coach Kyle Henkel said. “We couldn’t take advantage of free throws, which really hurt us down the stretch. Otherwise, I’m glad to see we competed another night.” The Cogs are 2-20 (1-8 BNC East).
LaSalle-Peru on Saturday – Mat Limbrunner and John Pruett have given Kaneland two solid scoring options.
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Sycamore’s Devin Mottet (right) is called for a charging foul after colliding with Kaneland’s Dan Miller during the fourth quarter Tuesday in Maple Park.
Niemann, Nelson lead Spartans with 12 points • KNIGHTS Continued from page B1 With the NI Big 12 East conference season more than halfway finished, the Knights still control their own destiny toward earning an outright title. Sycamore was the one team which had defeated Kaneland in league play, a reason David called the victory the biggest game of the season to this point. “They were the team we hadn’t beat yet. They kind of had a one-up on us, even though we were first in the conference,” David said. “We had to come out, we had to try stiffen our lead.” David finished the game with five points. Limbrunner led the Knights with 12 despite sitting out much of the first half with foul trouble. John Pruett added 10 points for Kaneland. Sycamore’s leading scorers were Ben Niemann and Scott Nelson as both players finished with 12 points. Spartans coach Andrew Stacy said it was Nelson’s best game of the season, by far.
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Sycamore’s Ben Niemann (20) goes up for a shot during the second quarter. “That’s what we knew he was capable of doing,” Stacy said. “When he plays with that aggressive side, and looks to attack the boards and looks to score when he gets the ball to the post, he’s a big kid, so not many guys can match up with him. He did a great job carrying us that first half.”
“They were the team we we hadn’t beat yet. ... We had to come out, we had to try and stiffen our lead.” Drew David
Kaneland senior guard
At halftime of the Huskies men’s basketball games on Feb. 2 versus Toledo, and March 3 versus Central Michigan, fans will have the chance to win a car, according to an NIU news release. The same opportunity will be given at the March 3 women’s game against Central Michigan. In order to enter the contest, fans will be able to put their name in a drawing at the DeKalb Sycamore Chevrolet Cadillac GMC car, which will be located on the track above the lower bowl. At halftime, one fan is gong to be chosen for a contest to win the car, which is valued at $20,000, according to the release.
Sox announcer to be speaker at NiU banquet
White Sox radio play-by-play announcer Ed Farmer will be the guest speaker at the annual Northern Illinois Baseball Leadoff Banquet, which will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Blumen Gardens in Sycamore. The event will serve as an opportunity to meet NIU coaches and players, and will also be a review of the 2012 season and preview of the 2013 campaign. NIU will also hold a silent auction, with all proceeds going to the baseball program. Items to be auctioned off include items autographed by Derrick Rose, Paul Konerko and other Chicago athletes, as well as various tickets to Chicago sporting events. Tickets can be purchased through the NIU baseball office by 4 p.m. Thursday, or at the door. Cost for the event is $60. To RSVP, or for questions, call NIU assistant coach Tom Carcione at 815-753-0147 or email him at tcarcione@niu.edu. – Staff reports
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Big gambles by Harbaughs put teams in the Super Bowl By JASON REID
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The Harbaugh vs. Harbaugh matchup is definitely the most intriguing story line of the BaltimoreSan Francisco Super Bowl. That’s what happens when head coaching brothers – Baltimore’s John and San Francisco’s Jim – meet for the first time in the NFL’s biggest event. And the guts the Harbaughs displayed in leading their teams to the championship game should only add to the interest. In making two key, late-season changes on offense, the Harbaughs gambled – and their teams won big. Jim rolled the dice first. He made the controversial call to stick with former backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick after Alex Smith, San Francisco’s starter in last season’s NFC title game loss in overtime to the New York Giants, had recovered from a concussion. Jim figured the speedy, athletic Kaepernick was the right guy to help the 49ers take a bigger step this season. Clearly, Jim nailed that one. John was no less on point in his assessment of what Baltimore needed. With the Ravens in a threegame slide in mid-December, he fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron and promoted quarterbacks coach Jim Caldwell. Baltimore’s offense has surged in the postseason – and quarterback Joe Flacco has never played better. Kaepernick and Caldwell were put into position to succeed because the Harbaughs weren’t afraid to fail. That’s uncommon in the coaching business. By nature, NFL head coaches are reluctant to take major risks. When you’re leading one of only 32 teams in professional sports’ most lucrative business, it’s better for job security to play it safe whenever possible. But the Harbaughs aren’t the let’s-just-hang-on-to-our-jobs types. The sons of a successful college coach (Jack Harbaugh led Western Kentucky to the 2002 Football Championship Subdivision national title), John and Jim are in it for the top prize. For Jim, the decision to ride with Kaepernick wasn’t just about trying to win this season’s Lombar-
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick passes the ball during the first half of the 49ers’ 28-24 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday in the NFC Championship game in Atlanta. di Trophy. Jim’s goal is to collect a bunch of them. He didn’t think that would be possible with Smith leading the 49ers’ offense. Selected first overall in 2005, Smith was considered a draft bust. Then Jim, after a successful stint at Stanford, was hired to coach the 49ers before the 2011 season. Together they revived Smith’s career. Smith became an efficient, albeit not spectacular, passer as he helped the 49ers win the NFC West title. San Francisco also defeated New Orleans in the playoffs before falling short of a berth in the Super Bowl. There’s an unwritten rule in the NFL that players don’t lose their position because of injury. That’s why there were closed-door grumblings in the 49ers’ locker room after Jim rolled with Kaepernick for Week 11 – and didn’t switch back to Smith after the seven-year veteran was medically cleared to play. Smith had proven himself to his teammates and was having the best season of his career (guys with
104.1 passer ratings are seldom benched) when Jim pushed him aside for an untested second-year player. If Kaepernick had failed, Jim could have lost the locker room. That’s one of the fastest ways to wind up back on the coaching interview circuit. Jim was a big-time college quarterback at Michigan. He played for Chicago, Indianapolis, Baltimore and San Diego in a 14-year NFL career. No one needed to explain to him the risks involved with his Smith-Kaepernick decision. It was because of Jim’s expertise at the position, however, that he knew what should be done for the good of the franchise. So he did it. With Kaepernick at the controls, Jim envisioned the 49ers’ offense evolving into something special. Kaepernick, Washington’s Robert Griffin III and Seattle’s Russell Wilson represent the best of the NFL’s new breed of dual-threat quarterbacks. They’re almost as fast as Michael Vick was in his prime – and
Ravens lost AFC title games in ’08, ’12 • RAVENS Continued from page B1
“It’s great, obviously,” he said. “That’s the goal. That’s your dream. That’s why you play.” Maybe Birk deserved it, after everything he went through over his first 14 years. But Birk exudes no such feeling of entitlement. “Nobody deserves it more than anybody else. It doesn’t matter how long you play,” he said. “To be doing it with this team and just, I think, the closeness of this team and kind of the journey that we have been through my four years here – every year getting close and getting close – to finally break through, it’s pretty special.” Reed, 34, has earned nine Pro Bowl invitations in 11 years with Baltimore and has long been recognized as one of the finest free safeties in the game. But he never got into the Super Bowl until now, and to make it even sweeter, his first appearance will be in his home state of Louisiana. “It’s been a long time com-
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ing, but it takes time,” Reed said. “We’ve built up to this point.” Teammate Jacoby Jones, who grew up in New Orleans, will be making his Super Bowl debut in his sixth season. After the Ravens beat New England 28-13 in the AFC Championship game, Reed prepared for a trip to familiar territory with Jones in tow. “I really don’t have any words for it,” Reed said. “I rushed into the locker room to call my mom, because I know that my family has been going through some things, so I’m just thankful to be going home and for the whole of New Orleans to see some hometown guys. Jacoby, we talked about it. We haven’t been there since [Hurricane] Katrina. We’re just grateful.” The Ravens failed to win the AFC title game in 2008 and 2012 under Harbaugh before finally breaking through. “For everything we’ve been through since coach Harbaugh got here, he had a vision of working us a certain way and taking us through something to build something and to create this moment,” Reed said.
“That’s the goal. That’s your dream. That’s why you play.” Matt Birk
Baltimore Ravens center, on playing in the Super Bowl Williams, a backup on the line, played for Philadelphia and Cincinnati before getting into the Super Bowl in his 13th NFL season. Linebacker Terrell Suggs (10th season) and former Houston Texans stars Vonta Leach (ninth) and Bernard Pollard (seventh) signed as free agents with Baltimore for the chance to perform on the sport’s grandest stage. Quarterback Joe Flacco, who needed only five years to get it done, takes delight in seeing some of his older teammates finally heading to the Super Bowl. “No doubt about it, I am excited for everybody that has been in the league as long as those guys have been,” he said. “To have this opportunity is pretty cool.”
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more accurate throwing the ball than Vick ever dreamed of being. Kaepernick has caused fits for defensive coordinators as he directs the same type of read-option plays Redskins fans grew accustomed to seeing. He mostly played brilliantly as San Francisco won its second consecutive NFC West title. Kaepernick set a record for the most rushing yards by quarterback with 181 in a playoff victory over Green Bay. He was superb (a 127.7 passer rating fits the description) Sunday as San Francisco overcame a 17-point deficit against Atlanta in the NFC title game. And he’s only 25. “He just played great,” Jim said repeatedly while describing Kaepernick’s performance to reporters after Sunday’s title game. “I don’t even know the words to say it ... just a great performance by the quarterback.” Jim’s brother also has benefited from great quarterback play. It’s no coincidence that Flacco’s rise coincided with Caldwell’s
change in status. Cameron was fired Dec. 10. The Ravens were 9-4 and leading the AFC North, which they wound up winning, by two games. Teams in much worse shape wait at least until the regular season ends to start jettisoning coaches. And the move was even more surprising because Baltimore scored 28 points in a loss the day before to Washington. The Ravens’ defense was their biggest problem against the Redskins. For John to have made such a big in-season move, he and other Ravens decision-makers clearly must have been alarmed about the direction of the offense. Under those circumstances, some would argue John had nothing to lose by shaking up the staff. But the decision could have blown up in his face worse than a botched trick play. As a head coach, Caldwell, who was in his first season with Baltimore, had led Indianapolis to a Super Bowl. There were no guarantees, however, that Baltimore’s offense would improve under his direction. If the Ravens’ uneven performance on offense continued, John (rightfully) could have been secondguessed by fans and reporters for making such an unconventional move so late in a season. The outcome? The Ravens have averaged 30 points in their threegame playoff run. Caldwell has called a lot of deep passes, and Flacco – defensive coaches say no NFL quarterback has a stronger arm — has responded with eight touchdown passes and no interceptions. His lowest passer rating during the stretch was 106.2. Flacco’s career rating is 86.3. “And think about this: We’re still getting to know each other,” Caldwell said. Over the next two weeks, this Super Bowl coaching matchup will be the most scrutinized in the history of the game. And whether it’s called the Brothers Bowl, Bro Bowl or Harbaugh Bowl really doesn’t matter. What’s important is that two of the game’s best coaches reminded us you sometimes have to put yourself on the line to get what you want.
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David delivers Popular QVC host and foodie David Venable transitions to best-selling cookbook author By JOCELYN NOVECK The Associated Press
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – It’s a Sunday afternoon, and David Venable is in his element: on the air, in one of the kitchens at the QVC home shopping network, chatting a mile a minute about bakeware on his popular show, “In the Kitchen with David.” As ubiquitous computer monitors track sales of the product on display, a vendor walks on with a dish, hot and steaming. “Oh, wow,” Venable says with a smile. “Is that the mac and cheese from my cookbook?” The gregarious Venable, a bear of a man at 6-foot 6 inches who’s known to break into a “happy dance” when he tastes something good – especially if it contains bacon, which he calls the “Divine Swine” – has extra reason to be smiling these days. Skilled at selling the cookbooks of other chefs, not to mention countless other products, he’s spent the past several months promoting his own cookbook, too – a collection of comfort food recipes called, naturally, “In the Kitchen with David.” If you’re not a QVC viewer, you’ve likely never heard of him, and may even scoff at the notion of cheeseburger dumplings (just what they sound like) or mac and cheese with Velveeta and bacon. Yet Venable can boast numbers absolutely nobody would scoff at: Pre-orders for the book on QVC alone reached a whopping 245,000 copies ahead of its launch – one of the top-selling cookbooks in the network’s history. “That’s a huge number, not just for a cookbook but even for a hot generalinterest novel,” Jim Milliot, co-editorial director of Publisher’s Weekly, says of pre-orders for Venable’s book, which is published by Ballantine, an imprint of Random House Inc.
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Cheeseburger casserole has ‘everything we love about melted cheese’ QVC host Dave Venable has no problem getting cheesy, on air or in his cookbook. “Forgive me for getting a little ‘cheesy’ here, but that’s just what this one-dish wonder is all about: cheese,” Venable writes in his just-released cookbook, “In the Kitchen with David.” “Everything we love about melted cheese – rich, ooey, gooeyness – is right here in this cheeseburger casserole. It’s easy to make, can be put together ahead and frozen, and it’s kid-friendly. For kids of all ages, that is.”
Cheesy Cheeseburger Casserole Start to finish: 1 hour Servings: 6
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon kosher salt 16-ounce package elbow macaroni 2 pounds ground beef
1 large yellow onion, chopped Two 8-ounce cans tomato sauce 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper 1 cup (8 ounces) ricotta cheese 1/4 cup (2 ounces) sour cream 1/3 cup chopped green bell pepper 1/3 cup chopped scallions 1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese 1/4 cup (1 ounce) shredded mozzarella 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add 1 tablespoon of the salt and the macaroni and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, 7 to 8 minutes. Drain well. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef and onion and cook, stirring, until the beef is well browned. Carefully drain the fat from the
skillet, then stir in the tomato sauce, the remaining 1 teaspoon of salt, and the black pepper. Bring to a simmer over low heat while preparing the remaining ingredients. In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, sour cream, bell pepper and scallions. Spread half of the pasta in the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Top with the ricotta mixture, then the remaining pasta. Pour the meat mixture over the top. Sprinkle with the cheddar and mozzarella. Bake the casserole until the cheese is melted and lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with the parsley before serving.
Nutrition information per serving: 700 calories; 230 calories from fat (33 percent of total calories); 25 g fat (12 g saturated; 1 g trans fats); 130 mg cholesterol; 67 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 8 g sugar; 51 g protein; 1280 mg sodium.
A lighter take on Reubens
Smoked Salmon Reuben Panini
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Allow me to confess right at the start – this is not your grandfather’s Reuben sandwich. The legendary Reuben of yore was built on corned beef, but I swap that out in favor of smoked salmon. And while I hold fast to the classic version’s melted cheese, I lose the untoasted rye bread in favor of a grilled panini. Unorthodox? Guilty as charged. Scrumptious anyway? See for yourself. Of course, the idea to begin with was – somehow – to lighten up the Reuben, a sandwich that explodes with flavor as you eat it, but then sits in your gut like a rock
EVERYDAY DINNERS Sara Moulton for days afterward. Smoked salmon has nowhere near the fat content of corned beef, but – given its high level of omega-3 fatty acids – it’s plenty rich for fish. Indeed, it’s rich enough to cry out for some kind of acid for balance, just like corned beef. Happily, sauerkraut does the trick for both of them. Once upon a time, pairing fish and cheese, as we do here, would have been
unthinkable to me. The very idea is a strict no-no in Italian cuisine. It was a Frenchman who persuaded me to reconsider. The gent in question is Eric Ripert, legendary chef at Le Bernardin in New York. Several years ago we ran his recipe for salmon croque monsieur in Gourmet magazine. (A croque monsieur is how the French manage to glorify a grilled cheese sandwich.) It quickly became one of the most popular hors d’oeuvres ever served in my dining room.
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Rotisserie Chicken With Waffles And Gravy
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Chicken, waffles, gravy – the weeknight-easy way By J.M. HIRSCH The Associated Press
This is my weeknightfriendly take on fried chicken served on waffles, a total comfort food perfect for a cold winter night. And two totally respectable convenience foods make it a snap to get on the table in almost no time – rotisserie chicken and frozen waffles. I’m a big believer that if you eat a lot of chicken and have
a crazy busy schedule, a rotisserie chicken should be a staple of your weekly shopping list. Don’t worry about what you’ll do with it. Since the cooking is already done for you, sorting out how you’ll eat it is the easy part. I feel the same way about frozen whole-grain waffles. I try to always have a box in the freezer. It’s not because my family eats all that many for breakfast. But frozen
waffles are a versatile workhorse in the kitchen. I use them for sandwiches in my son’s lunches – PB&J, ham and cheese, peanut butter and banana, etc. – all the time. For this easy dinner, I used both of these go-to ingredients, and dressed them with a killer mushroom gravy. No frozen waffles handy? You can serve this chicken and gravy over toasted slabs of sourdough bread, too.
Rotisserie Chicken With Waffles And Gravy Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 4
1 tablespoon olive oil Two 4-ounce containers sliced button mushrooms 1 medium yellow onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 cup white wine 1 cup heavy cream Salt and ground black pepper 4 frozen waffles
Meat from a 2-pound rotisserie chicken, warmed and shredded In a large skillet over mediumhigh, heat the oil. Add the mushrooms, onion and garlic, then saute until the mushrooms are browned and the pan is nearly dry, about 5 minutes. Add the wine and stir to deglaze the pan. When the wine has evaporated, stir in the cream, then bring to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside.
Toast the waffles according to package directions. Place one toasted waffle on each serving plate. Top with a heap of warmed, shredded chicken, then spoon ample amounts of mushroom gravy over it.
Nutrition information per serving: 510 calories; 290 calories from fat (57 percent of total calories); 32 g fat (16 g saturated; 0.5 g trans fats); 165 mg cholesterol; 23 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 4 g sugar; 29 g protein; 1310 mg sodium.
Venable says recipes can take healthy adaptations Paninis taste better, but • QVC machine is not necessary Continued from page C1
To put the numbers in perspective, only a few cookbooks a year – by anyone – sell more than 200,000 copies, said Ballantine’s executive editor, Pamela Cannon, “and I could count those on one hand.” She adds that when a cookbook does not come from a celebrity chef, “in today’s marketplace and economy, anything over 50,000 copies is considered a success.” Clearly the cookbook’s early success says much about the power of QVC, where authors vie to get one of those eight-to-10 minute segments on Venable’s show, often selling thousands in one go. In the forward to Venable’s book, celebrity chef Paula Deen writes of her first appearance with Venable, in 1998: “I was so thrilled and surprised when my book sold out in mere minutes!” It’s still an open question if Venable’s book will sell outside the QVC universe, where the 47-year-old host draws a weekly viewership of about 3.5 million, according to the network. In a recent interview at QVC’s headquarters in West Chester, Pa., a sprawling complex with 58,000 square feet of studio space and 17 different sets, the host expresses confidence that it will. “I think the recipes are going to speak for themselves,” he said. “Like the mac and cheese – people are going to see it has bacon on it! And look at these pictures,” he adds, flipping through the book. “I mean, if this doesn’t make you hungry, your eyes are closed.” Spread out on a nearby table are some of Venable’s favorite dishes: his southern fried chicken; green
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QVC program host David Venable and Tara McConnell work on the set of Temp-tations during one of QVC’s “In the Kitchen with David” broadcasts. beans with garlic and bacon; cheeseburger dumplings with steak sauce, Mom’s mayonnaise drop biscuits, and what he calls “God’s most perfect dish”: macaroni and cheese. “We tested this 11 times,” Venable notes. The dish has five types of cheese: cheddar, mozzarella, Monterey Jack, Parmesan, and eight ounces of cubed Velveeta. “It just didn’t taste as good without the Velveeta,” he says. It comes topped with six slices of, yes, smoky bacon. The spread raised the obvious question of fat content. Given the emphasis these days on healthier eating, with chefs like Deen addressing their own health problems, has Venable made any concessions in his recipes? Not really. “I knew these questions would come up,” he said. “We don’t necessarily speak to that per se. But the recipes are adaptable to lightening. I mean, you could leave the bacon off the mac and cheese. It would be sacrilege, but you could do it. But this is the kind of food you make when
you long for it. I know people won’t eat this way every night.” Venable himself did eat this way growing up in Charlotte, N.C. – at least every Sunday after church, when his mother, who raised three kids alone, would make traditional Sunday dinner. “My mom taught us all to cook out of necessity, but I was the one who always gravitated back to the kitchen,” Venable says. “I was popping casseroles into the oven at 11 or 12.” Not that this young boy was on the path to becoming a chef. After graduating college he turned to TV news, working in Oak Hill, W. Va., and at the CBS affiliate in Altoona, Pa., where he was midday anchor. After six years in that business, he made his way to QVC in 1993. He sees himself as still “a TV guy” – not a chef. “I’m a home cook,” he said. “An accomplished one, but a home cook. Someone comes on to make a radish rose in three cuts – I’m learning along with everyone
else.” While not everyone might relish – or be able to manage – three straight hours of food talk, twice a week, without breaking a sweat, Venable appears to love it. On a fall Sunday we find him at full speed, going from bakeware to blenders to French croissants on a show dedicated to Christmas shopping. Throughout the show, sales numbers come pouring in. Brian Martin, a line producer, speaks to Venable in his earpiece, letting him know if a certain color, for example, is running low. “OK, we have sold out the Temp-tations mugs,” Venable announces at one point. Meanwhile, another QVC staffer is monitoring the social networks, noting consumer questions on Facebook or Twitter. Another staffer vets customer calls for the on-air testimonial line. “I bought croissants once but they were really doughy,” says a caller named Betty. “Well, don’t worry, Betty, this is the authentic croissant, from France,” Venable replies. It’s easy to see why even Justin Bieber and Sheryl Crow have stopped by to sell their music. And though books in general aren’t big for QVC, cookbooks tend to be. This summer, author Chris Chamberlain wrote a blog post on Food Republic titled, “What It Feels Like to Sell 1,000 Cookbooks A Minute on QVC. My Cookbook.” Now, Venable gets to benefit from his own platform. “I want to give people joy in the foods they love,” he says in the interview. Almost on cue, a chocolate peanut butter pie arrives. “Yes, it has everything it in that you’d imagine,” he says with grin.
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Continued from page C1 As for the Reuben’s standard Thousand Island dressing, I slimmed it down and spiced it up by using low-fat mayo and chili sauce (instead of the more traditional ketchup), then combined it all with chopped dill pickle and a squeeze of lemon. Likewise, when it came time to cook this assemblage, I used extra-virgin olive oil instead of butter. But why panini? I just happen to think a pressed sandwich, especially one with cheese, always tastes better than a non-pressed one, probably because of the former’s crispy crust. Unfortunately, I don’t own a panini machine. It would be yet another piece of equipment vying for a patch of the limited real estate in my kitchen. Fortunately, I invented my own. I just put my layered sandwich in a skillet, top it with a plate or lid, and top that with a heavyweight can of tomatoes. Voila, panini! Again, this is not grandpa’s Reuben, but I don’t think you’ll mind. And I know you won’t need to take a nap after eating it.
Smoked Salmon Reuben Panini
Start to finish: 30 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 4 1/4 cup low-fat mayonnaise 2 tablespoons chili sauce (the kind served with shrimp cocktail) 2 tablespoons finely chopped dill pickle 1 teaspoon lemon juice Kosher salt and ground black
pepper 8 slices rye bread 4 ounces thinly sliced Gruyere, fontina or Swiss cheese 4 ounces thinly sliced smoked salmon 14 1/2-ounce can sauerkraut, drained, rinsed and gently squeezed to remove excess liquid 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, chili sauce, pickle and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Spread one side of each slice of bread with some of the dressing. Arrange half of the cheese on 4 of the slices. Divide the salmon, sauerkraut and remaining cheese among the cheese-topped slices of bread and top each with one of the remaining bread slices, spread side down. In a large skillet over medium, heat the oil until hot. Add the sandwiches and something heavy (such as a cast iron skillet, flat saucepan lid, or heat-safe plate and a weight such as a can of food) to firmly press the sandwiches down. Cook for 6 minutes per side, or until golden and the cheese has melted. Cut each sandwich in half and serve right away.
Nutrition information per serving: 510 calories; 260 calories from fat (51 percent of total calories); 29 g fat (9 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 50 mg cholesterol; 39 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 19 g protein; 1850 mg sodium.
• Sara Moulton was executive chef at Gourmet magazine for nearly 25 years, and spent a decade hosting several Food Network shows. She currently stars in public television’s “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” and has written three cookbooks, including “Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners.”
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Kishwaukee College holds Nursing Pinning
Kishwaukee College held the traditional Nursing Pinning Ceremony for the fall 2012 graduates of the nursing program on Jan. 10 in Jenkins Auditorium on campus. Thirty-four students graduated with the Associate Degree in Nursing. After successfully completing the National Council Licensure Examination this spring, they will receive their licensure as Registered Nurses. Members of the nursing program graduating class of fall 2012 are: Amalia Burgess-Johnson; Jennifer Courser; Jennifer Cremeans; Crystal Dalaguete; Jaime Davis; Savannah Dawsey; Nicole Dempsay; Dana Dieterle; Megan Doherty; Lindsey Donnelly; Colleen Finch; Diane Hawkins; Jannelle Hensley; Brenda Hunt; Allison Jackson; Whitney Johnson; Bridgett Kedzie; Kathryn Keegan; Kristi Kush; Berenice Leal; Sarah Lieving; Kimberly Lutz; Sophie McCartney; Ezequiel Mora; Megan Nolan; Wafa Nur; Caitlin
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The Kishwaukee College nursing Pinning Ceremony for the fall 2012 graduates of the nursing Pprogram was held Jan. 10 on campus. Thirty-four students graduated with the associate Degree in nursing and five students received Practical nurse Certificates. Olson; Renea Rhodes; Jessica Robles; Allison Skinner; Maggie Streit; Rebecca Swanson; Nichole Welch; and David Zimmerman. The following students received
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KC offers FAFSA Completion Nights
The Kishwaukee College Financial Aid Office will hold workshops to assist local students with filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and Feb. 27 in Room A-225 at the Kishwaukee College Conference Center. If there is inclement weather on Thursday, the “snow date” will be Feb. 5. FAFSA Completion Nights allow students and their families an opportunity to fill out the FAFSA form with financial aid professionals from Kishwaukee College and Northern Illinois University, as well as high school guidance counselors and Kishwaukee Education Consortium staff. Any student who needs assistance can attend the FAFSA Completion Nights. The FAFSA form is the first step in filing for financial aid to attend a college or university. Students and their families should bring all 2012 income verification, including IRS 2012 W-2 forms and the 1040 forms. They also should go to www.fafsa.gov to get their Personal Identification Number prior to attending FAFSA Completion Night. For more information, call 815825-2086, ext. 2240, or visit www.kishwaukeecollege.edu.
Sycamore’s St. Mary’s to host open house
St. Mary’s School in Sycamore will host an open house from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 27. Staff members will answer questions on curriculum, spiritual formation, tuition and enrollment. The school is located at 222 Waterman St. The school also will host two information nights. Information on the kindergarten program will be presented at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 in the kindergarten room. Information on the preschool program for 3- and 4-year-olds will be presented at 7 p.m. Feb. 13 in the preschool classroom. For information, call the school at 815-895-5215 or visit www.
stmarysycamore.org.
Somonauk district sets screening Somonauk School District 432 preschool screening and kindergarten registration for the 2013-14 school year will be held March 7 and 8 at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Children, ages 3, 4, and 5, who reside in District 432 are eligible for screening. Call Gina Skofich at 815-4982314, ext. 233, in February for an appointment or questions. Parents who have concerns about children younger than 2½ can call Anne Risen, director of Student Services, at 815-4982314, ext. 232.
the Practical Nurse Certificate, completed in August 2012: Roshanda Clayter; Tina Hejnar; Kathryn Keegan; Wafa Nur; and Shawn Spicer. The Nursing Pinning Ceremony
is a time-honored tradition that has been common practice since the 1860s when Florence Nightingale presented a medal of excellence to her best nursing students. In
Changes coming to GED test The Adult Education and Transition Programs division at Kishwaukee College announced that the current version of the GED test will expire at the end of 2013. The current version, known as the 2002 Series GED test, will be replaced with the new 2014 GED test on Jan. 2, 2014. “Similar to when the GED test changed in 2002, when the new test goes into effect in January 2014, anyone who has not completed all five GED tests will need to retake all the tests in the new format,” Joanne Kantner, dean of AETP and chief GED examiner, said in a news release. “We are urging GED test-takers to complete the entire exam
before the end of 2013.” Those who have taken the 2002 Series GED test, but not passed all five parts, have until the end of the year to pass or they will need to start over again in 2014 with the new GED test in order to receive their high school credential. “Support is available, right here at Kishwaukee College,” Tricia Wagner, director of Adult Education, said in a news release. “We can help adult learners get prepared to take the parts of the GED test they still need to pass, or we can help them from the beginning to get started with the GED testing and
Kaneland schedules preschool screening Kaneland School District Special Services will conduct a preschool screening for students who may qualify for special education on Feb. 15 at MorningStar Church in Aurora. Children, ages 3 to 5, that are suspected of having any delays in developmental milestones are encouraged to attend. This is not a kindergarten screening. Also, Child and Family Connections will screen children from birth to age 3 for suspected developmental delays. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call the Kaneland Special Services District Office at 630-365-5100, ext. 158.
MOI athlete scholarship applications available Midwest Orthopaedic Institute will award scholarships to athletes from DeKalb, Sycamore and Genoa high schools again this year. These $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating seniors who have at least a 3.0 GPA and have demonstrated involvement in athletics each year of their high school career. Applications are available at www.M-O-I.com. Deadline for submission is April 1.
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Following is a list of local college students who were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester.
Illinois State University Andrew Bybee of DeKalb Ryan Korth of Hinckley Ryan Loellke of Sycamore Lexie Millburg of Sycamore Victoria Novotny of Shabbona James Paulin of DeKalb James Paulson of Sycamore
modern times, each new graduate receives a pin from a mentor – either a nursing faculty member or someone from the graduate’s family or friends. In addition, the ceremony includes a candle-lighting portion that symbolizes the passing of the flame of care to the new nurses after which the graduates recite a contemporary adaptation of the Nightingale Pledge. The ceremony at Kishwaukee College included a welcome address by Bette Chilton, dean of Health and Education; guest speaker Dr. Heather Peters, recently retired director of nursing at the college; and an address by Sophie McCartney, member of the class of fall 2012 and Outstanding Nursing Student recipient. There also was a video presentation recapping the graduates’ two years of study together that was created by graduate Ezequiel Mora. Music was provided by Hannah Buckle.
Anna Simmons of Sandwich Katelyn Sullivan of DeKalb
Illinois Wesleyan University Alex Bantz of Sandwich Derek McAnally of Sandwich
University of Kentucky Brittany Herrmann of Hinckley
Wheaton College Jacob Kvasnicka of DeKalb
Concerts in the park, indoor fun centers, photography classes and more. If it’s happening nearby, it’s on PlanitDeKalbCounty.COM.
preparation process. We want students to succeed and meet their goals.” The AETP division has several GED preparation classes specifically designed to assist test-takers who want to finish before the end of 2013. Interested GED test-takers can find more information about the upcoming changes at www.finishtheGED.com. For specific information on GED preparation through Kishwaukee College, contact the Adult Education and Transition Programs division at 815-825-2086, ext. 3180, or email tricia. wagner@kishwaukeecollege.edu or visit www.kishwaukeecollege.edu.
Advice & PuzzLes
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Student needs help with her anger problem
dear Abby: I am 21 and I have an anger problem. Sometimes when my friends, roommates or my boyfriend do something that annoys me, I feel so mad that I can’t concentrate on anything I have to get done. I’m having that problem right now because one of my roommates was mean to me tonight. I think I’m owed an apology, but I know I won’t be getting one. I can’t talk to her. I know if I do I’ll just feel worse and we won’t get anywhere. I can’t even concentrate on writing my paper because I’m so ticked off! Is it normal to get this mad? How can I control my anger better? Taking a deep breath and counting to 10 just makes me feel angrier. I’d feel better if I punched the wall, but the last time I did that I
deAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips bruised my fist. Do you have any guidelines? – Consumed By Anger in Herndon, Va.
dear consumed By Anger:
Anger is a normal emotion. Everybody has experienced it at one time or another. Most people have been trained to suppress anger from early childhood. But it’s even more important to learn to express anger in ways that are constructive rather than destructive. Punching a wall falls into the latter category and can result in injury to you and possibly the wall, as you found out. If it is channeled in the right direction, anger can be
a positive emotion. Uncontrolled, or suppressed, it can be extremely harmful and even a killer. The challenge that everyone faces is how not to deny the feeling but to express the anger – or diffuse it – in ways that are productive. In a situation like yours, saying out loud in a controlled manner that something has made you angry can be like releasing steam from a pressure cooker. It’s certainly more productive than making a bullying gesture; hitting a wall with your fist implies that the next punch might land on the person who pushed your buttons. In my booklet “The Anger in All of Us and How to Deal With It,” I offer many suggestions that can help you manage your emotions in a more construc-
tive way. It can be ordered by sending your name and mailing address, plus a check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds), to Dear Abby – Anger Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price. Please understand how important it is that you learn to manage and channel your emotions more constructively than you currently do. Step one in managing your anger is to recognize that the emotion is building before you lose control or become so angry that you can’t concentrate on what is most important right now – and that is your academic studies. I know that if you learn to manage and control your anger, you will benefit greatly as you move forward in life. I
have faith in you! dear Abby: If a couple has been dating for a long time and are sexually active, do you think he has a right to have sex with her while she’s sleeping? My sister and I disagree about this. I feel it’s abuse. My sister isn’t quite sure what to think. – Cathy in Kingston, N.Y. dear cathy: If someone has sex with you without your consent, it isn’t abuse. It is rape. P.S. If the boyfriend in question is so inept at lovemaking that his partner snores right through it, then it seems to me that only the boyfriend is sexually “active.”
• Write Dear Abby at www. DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Skin tags aren’t dangerous, just unsightly
dear dr. K: I have skin tags under my armpits. Are they dangerous? How can I remove them? What can I do to keep them from coming back? dear Reader: I’ve had many patients ask me the same question. They’ve just noticed this little ball of skin sticking out from someplace on their body, and of course they’re concerned it could be cancer. Fortunately, it’s not, and it never will be. Skin tags are common; about a quarter of all people develop them. Usually when you first notice a skin tag, it’s actually been there for some time, slowly growing. A skin tag is a soft, skin-
AsK dR. K Anthony L. Komaroff colored growth. Skin tags typically appear as people age. A skin tag at first may appear as a tiny, soft bump on the skin. Over time, it grows into a flesh-colored piece of skin that hangs from the surface of the skin on a thin piece of tissue called a stalk. It’s easy to move or wiggle a skin tag back and forth. Skin tags probably develop in response to irritation. That’s why they appear most often in skin folds of the neck, armpits, torso, beneath
the breasts or in the groin region – areas where the skin tends to get irritated. These areas often generate multiple skin tags during a person’s lifetime. Get rid of one, and a new one may start next year. Many people develop multiple skin tags, and a tendency to develop skin tags may run in families. They often develop after weight gain or pregnancy. Sometimes skin tags that develop during pregnancy grow smaller after the baby is delivered. There is no way to prevent them. A skin tag is painless. However, it can become irritated if it is rubbed a lot or if it is twisted on its stalk. That irritation is probably
the most common reason that people want them removed. Skin tags are permanent growths unless you have them taken off. Doctors usually remove skin tags with sharp scissors or a sharp blade. Less commonly, doctors remove them by freezing or burning them off at the stalk. Bleeding can be stopped with a chemical (aluminum chloride) or electric (cauterizing) treatment. Now that you know what skin tags look like, and that they are not cancer, please understand that not every bump on the skin is just a skin tag. If you notice that a skin growth is too firm to be wiggled easily, is a different
color than surrounding skin, is multicolored, or has raw or bleeding areas, ask your doctor to examine it. It could be skin cancer. Even after examining it, your doctor may not be sure and may want to do a biopsy. Cancers can be identified with certainty only by looking at them with a microscope. Because skin tags are only a cosmetic concern, not a medical problem, most health insurance plans won’t pay for their removal. But if you find them unsightly, you do have options to have them taken off.
• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.
Young people are just as mortal as the rest of us dr. Wallace: My boyfriend and his buddies are insane drivers. Sometimes they race on the Santa Monica Freeway at speeds up to 95 miles per hour! I have informed Mario that I refuse to ride with him when he and his friends drag race. Secretly, I hope that the Highway Patrol catches all of them when they’re racing. Even though Mario is out of control when he is behind the wheel, he behaves himself the rest of the time. Is there anything I can do to make him stop racing? I fear for his life and the lives of innocent drivers and passengers in other cars. – Angel, East Los Angeles, Calif.
’TWeeN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace Angel: Have Mario read the following description from a Southern California newspaper of a crash that took the lives of five teens several years ago. If this doesn’t impress him, nothing will: “Five teens were killed instantly when their automobile went out of control and plunged down a 75-foot embankment. A spokesman for the California Highway Patrol said the victims were trying to catch up to two cars in front of them filled
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TOdAY – If you want more out of life, it’s extremely important to elevate your sights in the year ahead. Additionally, no one should have to tell you that it takes hard work to make things happen. AQuARius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You won’t have to be told that duties that require your immediate attention should be given top priority. Sweeping them under the rug wouldn’t give you any peace. Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20) – A convivial atmosphere will help immensely if there is some kind of business matter that needs to be discussed with others. Find a pleasant, social setting in which to talk things out. ARies (March 21-April 19) – Because you’re usually such an upbeat person, merely going along with things could make you look as if you’re down in the dumps. You won’t be – you’ll just be in a quiet mood. TAuRus (April 20-May 20) – Listen attentively to someone who always has something new to share. If you retain what you hear, chances are you’ll later find some effective ways to put it to use. GeMiNi (May 21-June 20) – It’ll pay to focus on endeavors that could enhance your material security. There are likely to be several constructive steps you can take if you’re willing to take action. cANceR (June 21-July 22) – It’s OK to spend some time on the advancement of one of your primary interests, even if you have to break plans with another. LeO (July 23-Aug. 22) – The best way to achieve a critical objective is to keep a low profile. You need to pursue your intentions as unobtrusively as possible. viRGO (Aug. 23-sept. 22) – Because friends will sense your concern for them is genuine, they’ll appreciate your efforts on their behalf. Sincerity is the key to a harmonious relationship. LiBRA (sept. 23-Oct. 23) – An objective that you couldn’t achieve in the past looks like it can be attained, mostly because this time you’re likely to be more flexible and tenacious in your efforts. scORPiO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You’re likely to find out that some knowledge you recently acquired can benefit a close friend as much as it does you. Be sure to share it openly and honestly. sAGiTTARius (Nov. 23-dec. 21) – Your instincts regarding a commercial matter are likely to be a shade sharper than usual. Follow your impulses, but be sure to use plenty of logic as well. cAPRicORN (dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Try to avoid an acquaintance who always takes it upon him or herself to make decisions for everybody. You’re not likely to have too much patience for this kind of behavior.
with their friends. Witnesses told police that all three cars were weaving in and out of traffic at speeds up to 100 mph on a Southern California freeway. After the crash, the two lead cars stopped. When the officers approached, one of the drivers shouted, ‘I guess we all really screwed up!” Most young people feel they are invincible and fail to grasp that reckless behavior can have tragic consequences. Young people are just as mortal and just as subject to the laws of physics as the rest of us. And they die in large numbers because they take foolish risks behind the wheel. dr. Wallace: I am a very
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good student, and my goal is to become a trial lawyer. I will graduate from prep school this coming spring and will be attending Princeton University. But before I commence my University studies, I’d like to take a year off and do some traveling in Europe with two of my best friends. My parents are not thrilled about this idea. They think that a year away from studies will cause me to be rusty when I reach Princeton. Did you enter college the same year you graduated from high school? – Corey, Deerfield, Mass. corey: Taking time away from studies and using the time to travel could be very
valuable to your personal growth. It’s important that young people acquire worldly knowledge as well as book knowledge. And taking a break between high school and college is starting to become popular. According to a UCLA study, about 70,000 college students have taken time off before entering college. After high school, I wound up taking a three-year break from formal education. I joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Korean War. Then I entered Knox College and graduated four years later.
• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@galesburg.net.
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Is it the deal for high or for low? In “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Commander Deanna Troi said, “Higher emotions are what separate us from the lower orders of life. Higher emotions ... and table manners.” This week we are looking at defenders leading high or low cards from various holdings. The general principle is to lead low from length when you have at least one honor in that suit. With no honor, you lead an unnecessarily high card. But, as I mentioned yesterday, the most common exception occurs when you lead partner’s suit. Then, if you have not supported that suit, giving length information is more important than strength information. In this example, what should West lead against two spades when he has or has not raised hearts? Should West bid two hearts? It is a borderline decision. The pluses are showing support and some values, and perhaps making North’s rebid more awkward. The minuses are the scant values and the lack of a heart honor; if North becomes the declarer, East might make a losing heart lead. If West has not supported hearts, he should lead the three: low from length. But if he has raised, he should start with the nine: top of nothing. Moving on, how can EastWest defeat two spades? The defenders must take two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs. And this requires getting the diamond tricks established before South can discard a diamond from the dummy on his heart jack. East should win the first trick and shift to the diamond queen, which is easier to find when West has raised hearts and led the nine to deny an honor.
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Sandwich district looks to future with fiber optics
Fiber optics will play a huge role in future education opportunities for students in Sandwich School District 430. Distance learning and video conferencing are just two of the applications causing districtwide excitement, according to Superintendent of Schools Rick Schmitt and Director of Technology Glen Bloemker. “We’ve been waiting for this day to arrive for several years and needless to say are just a little excited,” Bloemker said in a news release. “It means that all six of our district school buildings are internally connected using fiber optics. It brings our district together and consolidates operations. It opens up an unlimited amount of possibilities for us,” Schmitt said in the release. Sandwich CUSD 430 is part of the DATA project – DeKalb Advancement of Technology Authority – serving the DeKalb County region. It works with Northern Illinois University for the develop-
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glen Bloemker, director of Technology for Sandwich School District 430, troubleshoots a computer connectivity issue for a staff member. ment of new educational programs. It also allows Sandwich to connect to Internet 2 through NIU for grant programs directed to K-12 schools, and through the Illinois Century Network. The district’s 2,266 students are taught in three preK through 3 grade schools,
one intermediate school for grades 4 and 5, one middle school for grades 6 through 8 and the high school. ”DATA finished its work in November, and by midDecember we had connectivity in all school buildings,” Bloemker said in the release. “Ultimately, fiber optics
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and the high-speed broadband connectivity also will produce savings in funds and resources for the district. We will be able to consolidate servers and have a disaster recovery plan.” “High-speed broadband makes it possible to strengthen and support engaged learning,” Schmitt said in the release. “We realize not every student has connectivity at home. We plan to examine partnerships with the Sandwich Public Library to make connectivity possible while students are there.” The district is examining a long-range goal to provide all students with laptops, which could eliminate the need for textbooks, Schmitt said, adding it also is looking at a Bring Your Own Device policy. Most students third grade and older now have their own phones or notebook devices. Sandwich CUSD has a partnership with nearby Illinois Valley Vocational Center, which also will con-
Book Quest sets February meeting
The inauguration is the ceremony in which the new or reelected president is inducted into office. This year it will be held at noon on January 21. It takes place outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. At the inauguration ceremony, the president takes an oath of office. With right hand raised and left hand on an open Bible, the new president says the following statement:
Book Quest is a monthly book club for students in grades 3 through 5 to meet and discuss books they’ve read, do a simple craft or activity and have a snack. Book Quest meets from 2 to 3 p.m. the first Sunday of each month at Sycamore Public library, on the first floor in the Children’s Department. The group’s next meeting is Feb. 3. Students will discuss a juvenile historical fiction book of their choice. The group played Book Bingo at their January meeting.
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The Seal of the President of the United States contains a circle of white stars representing America’s 50 states. The banner that reads E PLURIBUS UNUM is Latin for “out of many, one” meaning out of many states, one country and also, out of many peoples, one nation. There are 13 stars, clouds, leaves and arrows that represent the original 13 states. Starting with the first letter in each line below, circle every other letter to discover what the olive branch represents and what the arrows the eagle is holding represent.
Imagine that you have been selected to advise the president on the concerns of children. Look through the newspaper for articles addressing topics that affect children. Make a list of ways you think the president could help children. Look through the newspaper to find five or more words that begin with the letter I. Cut out the words and glue them onto a piece of paper in alphabetical order. Challenge: Can you do this with more than five words?
Fill in the missing words in the below article.
Several presidents have had children who lived with them in the White House.
President Obama remains one of the youngest U.S. presidents. Do the math to discover how old he will be on his birthday this year.
President Obama, when first elected, promised to get a puppy for his daughters, Sasha, 11, and Malia, 14. The Obamas adopted a Portuguese Water Dog and they named him Bo. But he also goes by a different name at the White House. Use the code to discover that name. D F G I
The words in the scrambled sentence below make up a very American sentence. Can you put the words in the right order to reveal the sentence?
Barack Hussein Obama will be sworn into office as the 44th president of the United States during his inauguration celebration on January 21. He will take the oath to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
America’s fourth president, James Madison, and his wife, Dolley, were the guests of honor at the first official Inaugural Ball. An Inaugural Ball does not bounce. It is actually a big party.
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and services – everything from student management and financial systems, to the number of computer labs and the fact every teacher has a computer. The IT support is critical,” Schmitt said in the release. “Technology has even been enhanced during board meetings. Board members no longer receive thick packets of paper documents; it’s now provided electronically and has been a cost saver,” Schmitt said. The district recently switched to a new vendor for its student management system, which supports things like grades, attendance, discipline issues, lunch accounts and fees. Schmitt said it provides better efficiency and accountability if parents pay student fees and lunch costs electronically. Teachers also use the system’s grade software so they can post grades, lesson plans, handouts and other materials available for students and parents.
retired Tyler elementary School Principal george riccio met current Principal andria Mitchell at the school on Jan. 16. riccio was the first principal at Tyler when it opened in 1969. They are pictured in front of the portrait of Squire allen Tyler, for whom the building is named. The two were thrilled to meet each other and share their love for their profession.
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nect with fiber. IVVC has taken the initiative to expand its sports management and health occupation programs with KishHealth System’s Valley West Hospital, Schmitt said. About 50 percent of Sandwich CUSD classrooms have “Smart Boards,” with a higher percentage using LCD projectors providing Internet lessons. Bloemker said he has talked to tech coordinators at other area school districts about distance learning. “We could set up a hosting center and all the schools could tap into that with the backbone of the fiber,” he said. In the past few years, Schmitt said the district has increased its technology budget. “The board of education has been committed to enhancing and upgrading our technology, moving from a part-time tech coordinator to a full-time tech director. We did that because of the way we deliver programs
Kid Scoop Sponsored By What do you think the new president should do for kids? Send your letter to: The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500 DOWNTOWN SYCAMORE
Thomas (Tad) Lincoln was the youngest son of President Abraham Lincoln. Known for his _________ around the White House, Tad once discovered how to make all of the White House _______ ring at the same time, much to the surprise of the entire staff and residents of the building! John and Jacqueline Kennedy were among the youngest presidential _______________ to live in the White House, and their children __________ it as a playland. Caroline Kennedy, almost 4, and John Jr., just an infant, ___________ in on February 4, 1961. John Jr.’s favorite __________ place was under his father’s desk in the Oval Office. He could hide behind a secret _________ built into the desk. Amy Carter was 9 when her father became president. She attended __________ schools near the White House and had a tree house built on the White House grounds. When she labeled White House trees as a school project, her father liked the idea and made it official. Now all White House trees have labels with their _________ and Latin names, as well as information about who ___________ or donated them.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 “Teddy letting himself out” Photo by: busterp
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DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center has part time positions available for RNs / LPNs on the: Day shift (6:45am-3:00pm) & Evening shift (2:45pm-11:00pm). Excellent benefits Retention bonus Uniform allowance ADMINISTRATIVE Currently seeking an energetic person to join our team! Duties include: answering phones, data entry, filing, and more. Multi-line phone and Excel experience are a plus. Please email resume to: sycamorejob@yahoo.com
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ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN Component level troubleshooting. Motor drive circuitry. Switching power supplies. Computer and standard test gear skills. Oscilloscopes and multimeters. Call Upstaging at: 815-899-9888
Craftsman bandsaw, model 10324280, 12” throat, w/elec. motor and support stand. $75. DeWalt 8inch radial arm saw, Model MBO, w/2-drawer support stand & accessories. $100. (815) 899-2432 Craftsman Table Saw – Heavy Duty 10” 2HP Large metal top w/ stand & rollers. Like new + accessories. Great value. $250 obo. 815-901-2426 Step Ladder – Aluminum 8ft Clean $45 815-899-6027 9am-5pm
Chicago Cubs, good condition. $200 815-761-5843 Good Condition, $150. Must See! 815-761-5843
Pool Table Light – Bud Light Hanging 44”x24” $175 Must See! 815-761-5843
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POWER WASHER 6HP, 2300 PSI, $165.00
Snap-On Torq Meter Torque Wrench, $100 815-477-0310
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Wall Plaques –“ Cherished Teddies” Set of 3 – Faith, Hope & Charity 4”Round – In Boxes $20. 815-895-5732
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116 S CALIFORNIA ST A RUFFLED NEST MONTHLY SALE
Jan. 25th 5-8 & 26th 10-2 painted furniture, vintage items, shabby chic, industrial, french country home decor. arufflednest.com
DRIVERS NEEDED - PART TIME South Elgin company has 4 part time positions to fill. Minimum of two days a week, up to 5 when in season. Same day return trip. NonCDL Class C license required. Apply at: 1050 Center Dr, South Elgin. 847-695-1500 ask for Dave x104
Teen Designer Shirts Abercrombie, Hollister & American Eagle shirts, Excellent condition. $3.00 each 815-756-8759
Snow Blade – John Deer – 54” Hydraulics – Of a 318 Lawn Mower – Fits a 14” Classic Model 023454 - $395 815-286-3502
BOWLING BALL 14 lb - Great for a beginner. $15. 815-762-7584 ICE SKATES, BOYS - used once. Like brand new. Size 7. $20 815-762-7584 Ski Boots – Nordica – Ladies Size 26.5 = 8 ½ worn 3 Times $40. 815-756-2487 Lv. Ms.
Excellent benefits Retention bonus Uniform allowance Contact Administrator or Director of Nursing at: canderson@dekalbcounty.org OR jprall@dekalbcounty.org
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WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 NO TITLE...... NO PROBLEM 815-575-5153
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(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 9, 16 & 23, 2013.)
BIG ROCK, 29 ACRE FARM House, barn & outbuildings on Jones Rd., 60541. Absolutely priced to sell, $395,000 Mike, 630-918-1795.
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We Pay The Best! For Junk Cars, Trucks and Vans No Title, No Problem. Same Day Pick-Up. 630-817-3577
STROLLERS – Double stroller $20. Single stroller $15. Both in good condition. 815-762-7584
Men's Bike. Trek 7200 Series. Paid $550. MUST SELL: $270 224-523-2850
Desk – Small Wooden (school type) Suitable for Dolls or Teddy Bears $14. 815-895-5732 Oak Rolltop Desk – Great condition 46” wide x 46” high. 7 drawers on lower part & lots of spaces in rolltop area. Has laptop space also. Must sell. $225 obo. 815-901-2426 Sofa and Love Seat. Brown micro fiber. Pet/smoke free. Great shape. $275/both. 224-587-9335
BED SETS/MATTRESS SETS, Twin $99, Full $129, Queen $159, King $259. Factory Direct. w/Warranty. Can Deliver. 815-703-3688 Oriental Rug - 9 ft x 12 ft. Wool. Dusty rose w beige & blue pattern in border and middle . 3/4 inch nap. Great cond. $175. 815-899-7043.
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2000 HONDA CR-V
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DEKALB 1BR & 2BR DEKALB ~ 227 N. 1st
DeKalb - 2BR 2BA Townhomes W/D, Central A/C, Dishwasher AVAIL. NOW $800/mo Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768
DeKalb – 324 N. 1st St, 2 BR Quiet, Smoke-free environment. Appl, Carport/Water/Cable TV/Garb. Removal included. Laundry on site. No Pets. $625 mo. + utilities. 1St/ last/ dep. (815) 761-0830
SYCAMORE 2 BR, 2 bath. 1 or 2 car gar, quartz granite cntrs, SS appl, FP. From $950-$1350. Non-Smoking. 1 MONTH FREE RENT! Call Sharon Sperling, Century 21 Elsner 815-793-3030
Large 2BR, carport, a/c, laundry. Clean, quiet and secure. $750/mo. J&A RE. 815-970-0679
DeKalb Large Studio
With balcony, laundry on site. Quiet Lifestyle. $485/mo. 815-758-0600
DeKalb Quiet Studio,1 & 2BR Lease, deposit, ref. No pets.
815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439 DeKalb Upper 1BR w/Sm Office/BR D/W, washer/dryer avail, ceiling fans, claw foot tub, off St. parking. $575/mo. 815-756-2064
DeKalb ~ 3100 N. First St.
HUGE Garden Apt., Nr NIU, Porch, prkng, free cable & wifi, dogs OK. $800+util+sec. 773-203-7928
DEKALB ~ SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS Starting @ $432,1BR $599, 2BR, $683, 3BR
Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.
University Village Apts. 722 N. Annie Glidden Rd.
815-758-7859 DeKalb. 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. 331-575-2822
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff(s), vs. SHANNON COOPER A/K/A SHANNON R. COOPER , AMY COOPER A/K/A AMY M. COOPER, Defendant(s). 11 CH 456 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois, will on February 14, 2013, at the hour of 1:00 PM, at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 150 N. MAIN STREET, SYCAMORE, IL 60178, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: Common Address: 209 HOME DRIVE, DEKALB, IL 60115 P.I.N. 08-24-303-021 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information. The terms of the sale are: Ten t (10%) due by sh
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Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center. Cat friendly. Private fishing. $760/mo.
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815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 Sublease1 bedroom apartment near NIU now & receive $600 CASH (1 mo FREE rent). Clean, quiet, gas, water, heat incl, $600/mo. 630 728-3828 SYCAMORE 1BR Upper, Cozy, quiet $450+util, could be furnished, parking. 815-566-7747
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Sycamore Meadows Apt.
Genoa~Country View Apts
Now leasing 1 & 2 Bedroom All remodeled, new appl, carpet. Large Apts, Country Lifestyle. 815-784-4606 ~ 815-758-6580 Kirkland. 2-3BR. Newly remodeled. Available now. No smoking or pets. Refs req. 815-761-0374 Malta 2BR- Appliances furnished, air, laundry, some utilities included. No pets, $595/mo 815-751-0480
1705 Longwood Dr., Sycamore, Il. 60178 815-568-8691 We are Accepting Applications for a 1 Bedroom Apt. Washer/Dryer Coin Machines Security Building 24 Hr Maintenance Emerg # Close to Stores “62 years of age or older or handicapped/disabled regardless of age” Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C. of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer”
ROCHELLE 1 & 2BR
Available now. Clean, quiet remodeled, $425-550. 815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346
Rochelle ~ Spacious 2BR TH New carpet, fresh paint, W/D hook-up. $595/mo,1 year lease. 815-751-4440 Rochelle. 2BR duplex. All appls, W/D, C/A. Storage. Off street parking. No pets or smoking. $530/mo. 815-570-2110
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DEKALB - Large 4 BR, 3BA 2 Story Duplex, Full basement, W/D, 2.5 Car Gar, 803 S. 2nd St. Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768 Dekalb/South: 3BR 1.5BA. Avail starting February. Lease, refs req. No pets. $900/mo+utils. More info & appt call: 815-756-9763
Sycamore ~ Electric Park
3BR, appls, finished bsmnt, garage. Water incl. $975/mo. 815-953-7646 or 815-932-3734
Sycamore. Updated. 2BR, hrdwood flrs. 1 car garage, bsmnt, laundry. No pets. Avail now. $850/mo+sec. 815-766-1513
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 ∂∂∂Dekalb Updated 3BR,∂∂∂ stove, fridge, dishwasher, a/c, new carpet, garage, large yard 815-758-0079 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
Quiet, Country Setting
Rochelle - 2 Bedroom
$500/mo + 1st mo & deposit req. Parking in back, you pay electric and gas. 779-368-0224
DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR
Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118
AVAILABLE NOW!
GENOA LARGE LOWER 1BR
Well maintained 2BR with central air, no pets + laundry facilities. $675/mo + dep. 815-600-4955
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847-899-2933
Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521
GENOA
Starting at $645
Crystal Lake
Free Month Rent in Waterman
Off-St prkg, appl, W/D, garbage, all util incl. no pets. $570/mo + sec. 815-761-1975
2 & 3 Bedrooms. Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?
3BR, 1.5BA brick ranch.
DEKALB: 1Bdrm Apartment Across from Huntley Park, 505 S. 2nd St., $540/mo. Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768
Large, lower 2 bedroom. $625/mo + security deposit. 815-970-2533
Hot new deluxe townhomes.
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.
Sycamore E. State St. DEKALB 1 BEDROOM
BRIARWOOD APARTMENTS
2000 Dodge Durango
SYCAMORE: NEWER 2BR Upper. CA. DW. W/D on Site. Off-Street Parking. $695 Incl. Water & Garbage. J&A RE 815-970-0679
Available now, variety of locations. Appliances, clean and quiet. 815-758-6580
Cars, Trucks & Vans $225 Cash. Free Towing. 815-739-9221
Matchbox Cars (5)
Models of Yesteryear, made in England in 1970, $150. 630-232-1080
DEKALB 1 BEDROOM
Available on Locust St. $500/mo. 815-758-5000
DeKalb~Newly Remodeled 2BR 1BA. A/C, off street parking for 1 car. Lndry in bldg, pets OK. $760/ mo+dep. Call Pete 630-363-3430
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Kenmore, Heavy Duty Plus, You haul, $375. 239-961-2498
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2000 Landscape Trailer, 3000lb, 6x12, excellent condition, stored inside, motorcycle chocks, BEST OFFER 815-761-7015
Washer & Dryer
DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center has a full time position available for a Restorative Nurse. Individual is responsible for assessment, planning and implementation of restorative and safety programs for residents in skilled long-term care facility. Position requirements: RN licensure; long-term care or rehab experience; solid assessment skills; excellent interpersonal & supervisory skills; MDS experience a plus.
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percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property is improved by a single family residence, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 Timothy R. Yueill - ARDC #6192172 Greg Elsnic - ARDC #6242847 Marny Joy Abbott - ARDC #6238958 Richard Drezek - ARDC #6301323 Nathan J. Buikema - ARDC #6302969 Brian D. Nevel - ARDC #6309777 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 NM # 11-06233 I497334
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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff(s), vs. SHANNON COOPER A/K/A SHANNON R. COOPER , AMY COOPER A/K/A AMY M. COOPER, Defendant(s). 11 CH 456 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment heretofore entered by the said Court in the above entitled cause, the Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois, will on February 14, 2013, at the hour of 1:00 PM, at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 150 N. MAIN STREET, SYCAMORE, IL 60178, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, to wit: LOT 27 IN LINCOLN VIEW SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF DEKALB ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MARCH 23, 1954 AS DOCUMENT NO. 269031 IN BOOK '1' OF PLATS, PAGE 24, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Common Address: 209 HOME DRIVE, DEKALB, IL 60115 P.I.N. 08-24-303-021 Contact the Law Office of IRA T. NEVEL, LLC, 175 North Franklin, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 357-1125, for further information. The terms of the sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within 24 hours of the sale. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property is improved by a single family residence, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenants thereunto belonging and will not be available for inspection prior to sale. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 Timothy R. Yueill - ARDC #6192172 Greg Elsnic - ARDC #6242847 Marny Joy Abbott - ARDC #6238958 Richard Drezek - ARDC #6301323 Nathan J. Buikema - ARDC #6302969 Brian D. Nevel - ARDC #6309777 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 NM # 11-06233 I497334 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 9, 16 & 23, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT B COUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS OneWest Bank, FSB (d/b/a Financial Freedom, a division of OneWest Bank, FSB) PLAINTIFF Vs. Sue Nelson; United States of America - Department of Housing and Urban Development; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Robert G. Wright a/k/a Robert Wright; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Dick Kuhn as Special Representative for Robert G. Wright a/k/a Robert Wright a/k/a Bob Wright(deceased) DEFENDANTS 12 CH 00577 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Robert G. Wright a/k/a Robert Wright, Sue Nelson Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 16 IN BLOCK 3 IN PARKMOOR, A SUBDIVISION ON SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 5TH, 1952, AS DOCUMENT NO 252457, IN PLAT BOOK "I", PAGE 8 AND RE-RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1952, AS DOCUMENT NO 253115, IN PLAT BOOK "I", PAGE 10, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 433 Home Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 and which said Mortgage was made by: Robert G. Wright a/k/a Robert Wright a/k/a Bob Wright executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a Subsidiary of Indy Mac Bank, F.S.B., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, as Document No. 2004021193; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise
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y file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Maureen A. Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court 133 W. State Street Sycamore, IL 60178 on or before February 25, 2013 A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-12-27205 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector. I502788
(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 24, 31 & February 7, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23rd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, COUNTY OF DEKALB, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Citimortgage, Inc., Plaintiff, vs. Patricia L. Lavigne a/k/a Patricia L. La Vigne, et al. Defendants, 12 CH 267 Notice to Heirs and Legatees. Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent(s), Patricia L. Lavigne a/k/a Patricia L. La Vigne, that on November 15, 2012, an order was entered by the Court, naming William P. Butcher, 2044 Ridge Road, Homewood, Illinois 60430, Tel. No. (708) 7990600, as the Special Representative of the above named decedent (s) under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage upon the premises commonly known as: 729 Ellwood Avenue, Dekalb, IL 60115. I502217 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 23, 30 & February 6, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE 12-063668 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS MIDFIRST BANK PLAINTIFF, -vsMICHAEL J. ROWE A/K/A MICHAEL ROWE; LEAH A. ROWE A/K/A LEAH ROWE A/K/A LEAH ANNE TIBOR; CHARLES STREET TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION A/K/A CHARLES STREET TOWNHOMES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS 12 CH 647 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Michael J. Rowe a/k/a Michael Rowe and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Unknown Occupants. Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Dekalb County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 504 IN CHARLES STREET TOWNHOMES, UNIT 5, P.U.D., A RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 5 & 6 AND THE NORTH 9.0 FEET OF LOT 4 OF CORTLAND ESTATES UNIT 1, IN PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 3, 2002 IN PLAT CABINET 9 AT SLIDE NO. 43-D, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2002025408, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3009A Charles Street, Cortland, IL 60112 n/k/a 461 North Charles Street, Cortland, IL 60112 Permanent Index No.: 09-20102-037 and which said Mortgage was made by Michael J. Rowe and Leah A. Rowe Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Old Second Mortgage Company as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Dekalb County, Illinois, Document No. 2005014672. And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending. Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Dekalb County, in the City of Sycamore, Illinois, on or before the 30th day after the first publication of this notice which is February 22, 2013. Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Randal Scott Berg Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 Ext: 4348 Attorney No: 6277119 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I502128 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 23, 30 & February 6, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY TIMOTHY L. BRISCOE, Plaintiff, and JOHN P. RODRIGUEZ, Defendant No. 12 LM 673 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Notice is given you, John P. Rodriguez, Defendant, that this cause has been commenced against you in the Court asking for order of possession and other relief. Unless you file your response or otherwise file your appearance in
y appe the cause in the office of the Circuit Clerk of DeKalb County, Courthouse, 133 N. State St., Sycamore, Illiois, on or before the 5th day of March, 2013, a judgment and order of possession and other relief may be granted as prayed for by the Plaintiff.
/s/ Maureen A. Josh Circuit Clerk
(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 16, 23 & 30, 2013.)
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONOVAN H. GOODWICK DECEASED
Notice is given of the death of RITA LOU MITCHELL of Sycamore, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on January 9, 2013 to Mark S. Mitchell, 33886 Five Points Road, Kingston, IL 60145 whose attorney is Scott D. Becker, 213 West Main Street, Genoa, Illinois 60135. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at The DeKalb County Court House, 133 West State St., Sycamore, Illinois 60178, or with the representative, or both, on or before July 16, 2013 and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent administration by filing a petition to terminate under Section 284 of the Illinois Probate Act.
NO. 12 P 149 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Donovan H. Goodwick. Letters of office were issued to Kristy L. Dewey, whose address is 340 South Main, Leland, Illinois 60551, and whose attorney of record is Charles E. Marshall, Post Office Box 488, 121 West DeKalb Street, Somonauk Illinois 60552. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178, or with the representative or both on or before the 16th day of July, 2013 or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 183 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. The estate will be administered without Court supervision administration unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).
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Kristy L. Dewey, Executrix for the Estate of Donovan H. Goodwick, Deceased.
The County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any technicalities.
By: /s/ Charles E. Marshall Charles E. Marshall ARDC#01774972 121 West DeKalb Street Post Office Box 488 Somonauk, Illinois 60552 815 498 2332 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 16, 23 & 30, 2013.)
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Bids will be received by the DeKalb County Highway Department 1826 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 until 10:00AM on February 7, 2013 and at that time will be publicly opened and read for the following: (a) Furnishing and installing of a snow plow, frame, hydraulic system, dump body, wing and pre-wet spreader system on one 2014 International 7400 SBA 6 x 4 Chassis as specified Specifications for the above may be obtained from the County Highway Department, 1826 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, IL 60115.
/S/ Maureen Josh CIRCUIT CLERK OF DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Ronald G. Klein Attorney for the Estate of Naomi P. Griswold KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite A Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-0380 (Published in the Daily Chronicle January 9, 16 & 23, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF AUDREY M. DARGATZ DECEASED. CASE NO. 13 P 2 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Audrey M. Dargatz of DeKalb County, Illinois. Letters of Office as Administrator were issued to Debra L. Burgin on January 2, 2013, whose attorneys are KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 2045 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, IL 60178. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the representative, or both, within six months from the date of issuance of Letters of Office and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: January 7, 2013 /S/ Maureen Josh CIRCUIT CLERK OF DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Ronald G. Klein Attorney for the Estate of Audrey M. Dargatz KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite A Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-0380 (Published in the Daily Chronicle January 9, 16 & 23, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RITA LOU MITCHELL, DECEASED. Case No. 13 P 3 CLAIM NOTICE
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Nathan F. Schwartz, P.E. County Engineer (Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 23, 2013.)
PUBLIC NOTICE The proposed 2014 Cortland Community Library budget is available for public inspection at Cortland Library during regular business hours from January 25 to February 25, 2013.
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NAOMI P. GRISWOLD, DECEASED.
Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the representative, or both, within six months from the date of issuance of Letters of Office and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed.
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(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 23, 2013.)
NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Naomi P. Griswold of DeKalb County, Illinois. Letters of Office as Co-Executor were issued to Ralph A. Griswold, Jr. and Susan N. Griswold on January 2, 2013, whose attorneys are KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 2045 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, IL 60178.
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(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 16, 23 & 30, 2013.)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on January 7, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as KEE HAIR & MAKEUP ARTISTRY located at 127 S. Sacramento St., Suite #9, Sycamore, IL 60178. Dated January 7, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 9, 16 & 23, 2013.)
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