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Reaching out to Ranken family Father of son killed in crash hopes to build bench with funds raised by community By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com

Matthew Ranken

SYCAMORE – Larry Ranken and his family want to build a bench next to the pond near their home where his sons, Matthew and Aaron, used to fish. Ranken, father of 11-year-old Matthew Ranken, hopes to build this bench with the various donations his family has received

since the Feb. 27 crash that killed Matthew and injured 18-yearold passenger, Teale Noble. The community support has overwhelmed the family. “It’s the reason we would never leave Sycamore,” Ranken said. The most significant amount of donations came from a benefit held at Culver’s of Sycamore last week.

From the time the restaurant opened its doors at 10:30 a.m. to the last customer’s departure at 10 p.m., the Ranken family greeted more than 3,000 friends, family and community members. The restaurant processed 1,402 transactions that day, producing more than $19,000 in sales – half of which went directly to the Ranken family. Jennifer Crouch, one of Mat-

thew’s cousins, worked with Becky Rust and Karlee Rogers to coordinate the Culver’s fundraiser, which had some customers waiting almost two hours for food. “It was pretty amazing,” Crouch said. “I’d never really experienced something like that before.” When Crouch approached Culver’s of Sycamore owner,

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Amanda Corona, through a mutual friend, she said Corona was more than happy to help out. Matthew’s brother, Nick Weber, 21, who also was in the crash and suffered minor injuries, is a former employee of Culver’s of Sycamore, which is one of the reasons Crouch said Corona wanted to get involved.

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First lady wades into debate over gun violence By DON BABWIN and NEDRA PICKLER The Associated Press

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John Rey (second from right) watches election results come in Tuesday with members of his family including his wife, Marjorie (right), and son, Dan (second from left), and daughter-in-law, Eva, at Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant in DeKalb.

DeKalb City Council members working on new terms By DAVID THOMAS

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dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb City Council members have quite the to-do list after the local election: the Irongate subdivision proposal, the budget and the search for the next city managers, to name a few items. The new local leaders – Mayor John Rey, alderman Bill Finucane of the 2nd Ward, and alderman Robert Snow of the 4th Ward – will be sworn in at a special meeting May 6, said City Manager Mark Biernacki. Their first business meeting will occur May 13. “We have a lot of things going on in DeKalb,” Biernacki said. “Fortunately, every candidate or person has been closely following city council proceedings for the past several months. They won’t be coming into the council cold.” Alderman Dave Baker of the 6th Ward also won re-election Tuesday night, and defeated mayoral candidate David Jacobson still is on the

For a list of Tuesday’s election unofficial results, check out PAGE A4.

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Christine Kyler, general manager at The Lincoln Inn Restaurant in DeKalb, shares a laugh with newly elected DeKalb mayor John Rey on Wednesday while congratulating him in downtown DeKalb. council as 1st Ward alderman. They will join Kristen Lash of the 3rd Ward, Ron Naylor of the 5th Ward,

and Monica O’Leary of the 7th Ward. The new aldermen agreed that a primary issue will be finding a new

city manager. Biernacki said the council could choose to hire an executive search firm, or have the internal staff conduct the search. Biernacki will retire June 14 but estimated the search for his replacement could take three to five months. Rey hopes the new council can quickly reach an agreement on the process. “What I don’t want to have happen is to have a search so narrow, that we aren’t confident with the candidate that comes forward,” Rey said. “In my view, I want to give fair opportunity to internal candidates to that position. ... An external search firm could bring independents to that process.

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CHICAGO – First lady Michelle Obama made a deeply personal entrance into the gun debate Wednesday, the eve of a showdown in Congress, by comparing herself to the honor student from her hometown shot to death a week after performing as a majorette in the presidential inaugural parade. Mrs. Obama told a conference on youth violence that the new gun regulations her husband proposed in response to Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting deserve a vote in Congress. But she says reducing daily gun deaths in places such as Chicago, with its 500 homicides last year, also will require an intensive effort by community leaders. As part of a rare foray into a policy debate, Mrs. Obama highlighted the case of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, shot in the back Jan. 29 while hanging out with friends at a park, about a mile from the Obamas’ South Side home. Mrs. Obama attended Pendleton’s funeral and said she was struck by how familiar the Pendleton family seemed to her own. “Hadiya Pendleton was me and I was her,” she said. “But I got to grow up and go to Princeton and Harvard Law School and have a career and a family and the most blessed life I could ever imagine.” Mrs. Obama said the only difference between herself and the young people killed on the Chicago streets is that she had a few more advantages – involved adults, good schools, a supportive community and a safe neighborhood. “That was the difference between growing up and becoming a lawyer, a mother and first lady of the United States and being shot dead at the age of 15,” Mrs. Obama said, her voice gripped with emotion. The speech was the first lady’s first public remarks on gun violence since the Sandy Hook shooting in December took the lives of 20 students and six faculty and reignited a national debate over gun control. With the fate of the administration’s efforts still uncertain, the White House was mounting an allhands-on-deck push this week to keep the public engaged. The president delivered a speech Monday in Connecticut, and 12 family members of Sandy Hook victims joined him on the return flight to Washington and have since been lobbying members of Congress.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group: 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org. Weekly Ladies’ Brunch: 8 a.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Cost for these women-only events is $4 for food and conversation, along with bottomless cups of coffee or tea. Back To Basics AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: 10 a.m. to noon at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St. in DeKalb. All are welcome. Malta HEA: Afternoon unit of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Carolyn at 815-8252174. Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. weigh-in and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. meeting, Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. Call Lydia Johnson, chapter leader, 815-895-4618. Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors: 4:45 p.m. at The National Bank & Trust Co., 155 N. Third St. in DeKalb. Contact Amanda Lake, KSO business manager, at 815-756-3728 or ksomgr@kishorchestra.org. Open Closet: 5 to 7 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothes and shoes for men, women and children. 815-758-1388. Franks Evening HEA: Part of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call JoAnn at 815-786-8786. Keep It Simple AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m. at Waterman United Methodist Church, 210 W. Garfield St., 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30 p.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb. Homework Help Nights: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Neighbors’ House, Fifth and Pine streets, DeKalb. Free help for DeKalb fourth- to 12th-graders; neighborshouse@tbc.net or 815787-0600. Nite Owls HEA: This evening unit is part of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Sharon at 815-758-6712. American Legion Post 99: 7 to 9 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Memorial Home, 121 S. California St. SycamoreAmericanLegion.org. Bayard Brown American Legion Post 337: 7 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. DeKalb County Amateur Radio Emergency Service: 7 p.m. on 146.73 megahertz. For information, call Bill Itter (N9EWA) at 815-895-2020. DeKalb County Farmland Foundation: 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 1711 DeKalb Ave., Unit 1, in Sycamore, in the office building directly behind LubePros on Route 23. For people interested in preserving farmland. 815-756-2580, dcff@ dcff.org. Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7 p.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Free Fit Club: 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Sycamore Community Center, 138 Fair St., Sycamore. Featuring rotating cardio or yoga programs from various Beachbody workouts like P90X, Insanity, Turbo Fire, Body Gospel, Turbo Jam, Hip Hop Abs, Rev Abs and many others. Call 815-901-4474 or 815-5663580 for more information. A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 33930 N. State St., Genoa, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Closed Discussion AA: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Friday Sexaholics Anonymous-DeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction. Contact: 815-508-0280. SA.org. Weight Watchers: 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

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Post office retreats on Saturday mail By PAULINE JELINEK The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The financially beleaguered Postal Service backpedaled on its plan to end Saturday mail delivery, conceding Wednesday that its gamble to compel congressional approval had failed. With limited options for saving money, the governing board said the agency should reopen negotiations with unions to lower labor costs and consider raising mail prices. Yet the board also said it’s not possible for the Postal Service to meet its goals for reduced spending without altering the delivery schedule. Delaying

“responsible changes,” the board said, only makes it more likely that the Postal Service “may become a burden” to taxpayers. Congressional reaction was mixed, mirroring differences that have stalled a needed postal overhaul for some time. Some lawmakers had urged the agency to forge ahead with its plan, while others had said it lacked the legal authority to do so. The Postal Service said in February that it planned to switch to five-day-aweek deliveries beginning in August for everything except packages as a way to hold down losses. That announcement was risky. The agency was asking Congress to drop

from spending legislation the longtime ban on five-day-only delivery. Congress did not do that when it passed a spending measure last month. “By including restrictive language ... Congress has prohibited implementation of a new national delivery schedule for mail and package,” according to the board. Disappointed but not wanting to disregard the law, the board directed the Postal Service to delay putting in place the new delivery schedule until Congress passes legislation that gives the agency “the authority to implement a financially appropriate and responsible delivery schedule.”

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Amish gather before prison terms By KANTELE FRANKO The Associated Press BERGHOLZ, Ohio – Bare feet and work boots shuffle on the wooden floor of the Amish schoolhouse as the children settle into tight rows of scuffed metal desks across the room from their parents – the men on one set of benches, women on another, some cradling younger children. They have gathered to celebrate the end of school, but no one claps or cheers. The only voices raised are those of the students as they begin singing, the melodies rising and dipping like the surrounding hills. A warm breeze carries the religious lyrics, mostly in German, through open windows and over the fields where families will mingle afterward. The ceremony is typically in late April, but this school year was cut short to allow some youngsters a few more days of family time before their parents leave for federal prison. “It’s a happy day on the outside, but not on the inside. On the inside, a lot of times we’re crying, but we have to keep our spirits up for the children’s sake,” said Martha Mullet. Her husband, Sam Mullet Sr., is the group’s leader and is among nine men already behind bars on hate crime convictions for hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish. He was sentenced to 15 years, the longest term of the 16 defendants. Seven aren’t yet in prison. Come Friday, five of them – four women and one more man – from this tight-knit group in rural eastern Ohio will enter the prison system in various states.

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Amish boys watch a game of baseball outside the school house Tuesday in Bergholz, Ohio. Many Amish families gathered after the final day of school for a celebration and farewell picnic. That timing made Tuesday’s event the last big gathering before the five depart, and the participants gave The Associated Press a rare glimpse into their largely insular community. Men played baseball in buttoned shirts, work boots and blue pants with suspenders. Their wives, some barefoot, sat outdoors on benches from the schoolhouse, chatting as their long-sleeved, blue and green dresses and white head scarves fluttered in the wind. Their children snacked and relaxed nearby, dressed like smaller versions of their parents. Martha Mullet said she believes the government is trying to split up the community, but members are determined to ensure the survival of the breakaway group her husband found-

ed. Those who were attacked allege he led in authoritarian style, and at least one person described it as a cult where members’ “minds were programmed in the wrong way by Sam Mullet.” Mullet’s family denounces that description. Such communities typically limit interaction with news media, but members of Mullet’s group in Bergholz said they were willing to talk because they feel they’ve been treated unfairly by the justice system. The Amish, who shun many facets of modern life, are deeply religious and believe the Bible instructs women to let their hair grow long and men to grow beards and stop shaving once they marry, which means cutting the hair would be shameful and offensive.

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Differences bring strength to District 428 By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The three new members of the DeKalb School District 428 Board believe there is strength in their differences. With one new member bringing the business experience of operating a 4,500-acre farm, another providing the insight of serving on district advisory committees and the other having a career dedicated to helping youth; the newlook board believes all aspects of a strong school district are

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covered. Vickie Hernan-Faivre, Victoria Newport and Mary Hess won their elections Tuesday and will join current board members Tom Matya, Tracy Williams, Cohen Barnes and Nina Fontana on May 7.

“We have three great additions to our board, and obviously, I think the current board will look forward Victoria to working Newport with them,” said board president Matya. “I think they will hit the ground running.” Hernan-Faivre operates a grain farm with her husband and said the financial difficulties she will face as a member of the school board are not

foreign to her. She praised the work the previous board accomplished and said she would not be afraid to look for cuts to address the $2.3 million deficit. Cutting, she said, is better than losing everything. “When you run your own business, you can’t afford to fail,” she said. “If you do, things like your kids not having a place to live or food to eat are going to happen. You do what needs to be done to make it work.” Hernan-Faivre’s financial experience is balanced by

Hess’ experience with reaching out to youth and leveraging community resources to enhance programs. Hess, an asset specialist with Ben Gordon Center, said crucial financial decisions should not come at the expense of students. Hess said she hopes to increase awareness about the great programs she sees the district providing every day to help students engage in positive behaviors. “I get to work with youth and go to the schools, and I see a lot of excellent things happening, but that’s not the news

getting out to the community,” Hess said. “I want to change that perception.” Newport brings a familiarity with the district as she has served on the Finance and Facilities Advisory Committee since October 2011. Part of her role on the committee has been to approve a subcommittee’s recommendations on how to best spend $21 million in state grant money. The district received that onetime construction grant after finishing DeKalb High School, so officials are free to use it for other purposes.

District 432 celebrates successful referendum By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com SOMONAUK – Somonauk School District 432 supporters are breathing a sigh of relief with Tuesday’s successful referendum that could bring in much-needed revenue for the district. The referendum will stop the school board from stripping the district of its electives and extracurricular programs, including art, band and agriculture programs. Some sports also would have been cut starting in the 20142015 school year if the referendum had failed. For Somonauk teacher Toni Saso, it meant her sophomore students still would be taking agriculture classes as seniors. “I’m not a hugging person, but I’ve already hugged quite a few people today,” Saso said. “There’s a very dynamic group of underclassmen who this was going to impact them ... they’re pretty excited about

8LOCAL BRIEFS DHS Music boosters fundraiser set for Friday DeKALB – The DeKalb Music Boosters will receive a $20 donation for every person who test drives a new vehicle with Brad Manning Ford on Friday. The “Drive 4 UR School” fundraiser will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at DeKalb High School, 501 W. Dresser Road, according to a news release. Each test drive will last 7 to 10 minutes. Drivers need to be 18 and older, but need not be interested in purchasing a vehicle. They will complete a short survey. The limit is one test drive per household. The boosters support band, choir and orchestra activities at the high school and middle schools in DeKalb School District 428. Last year, the group helped fund student travel to events, including the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans and the Essentially Ellington Jazz Competition in New York City.

Auditions for local DVD series set for April 19 SHABBONA – Indian Creek School District 425 Superintendent Pamela Rockwood is looking for actors and talent for a DVD series she is creating to promote healthy life choices. Auditions for improvisational actors, narrators and voiceover talent will be from 3:30 to 9 p.m. April 19 at the Indian Creek High School library, 506 S. Shabbona Road, Shabbona. Registration is suggested but not required. The series, sponsored by Resource Bank, will discuss respecting self and others, bullying prevention, suicide prevention and creating a healthy culture. Tentative filming dates are May 13 to 17. For information or to register, call Rockwood at 815824-2197.

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that.” The referendum allows the school board to raise the property tax rate for the district’s education fund. LaSalle County, where the majority of the district lies, is not a taxcapped county, meaning the board needed voter permission to raise tax rates. “Thankfully for the voters, and what they’ve told us they wanted, we’re not doing that,” said Superintendent Dawn Green. “It’s not what’s best for the kids and the community.” Green said the board would not move to raise the rate until budget discussions begin for the 2014-2015 school year. She said district officials will explore the possibility of reducing tax rates for other funds. “Our goal is to keep taxes as low as possible, but get the money where it’s needed,” Green said. Green said they already reduced some teaching positions because of declining en-

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Somonauk High School sophomore Owen Olson, lifts during the school’s fitness class. The class is an alternative to gym that could have been cut if area voters didn’t approve of the district’s referendum Tuesday. rollment in the district. However, those cuts would have happened regardless of the referendum’s passage.

But the district still is in rough financial waters because of property values. With the district relying on

property taxes for 75 percent of its revenue for this current school year, fluctuating values could eat away the refer-

endum’s potential revenue. District officials previously said the referendum would bring in between $800,000 and $900,000 more, but it is projected to bring in $491,000 for the district in the 2014-2015 school year, said board president Tom Nielsen. “We’re not going to be swimming in money,” Nielsen said. “We have to be fiscally prudent and responsible because the state continues to cut and prorate. We have to be smart. But the referendum keeps us from making those drastic cuts.” Nielsen said the district will have a $350,000 deficit during the 2013-2014 school year so that no programs are cut. Nielsen pointed to another benefit of the referendum, one that he hopes the board doesn’t lose in the future. “I think the results reflect the Bobcat pride people have not only in the schools, but the community as well,” Nielsen said. “It really feels different in the community.”

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DEKALB DISTRICT 428

MAYOR Russ Stokes.................................. 326 Chuck Lanning ............................. 141 Robert “Bob” Seyller ................... 167

SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for THREE) Vickie A. Hernan-Faivre.............. 3297 Marilyn D. Parker........................ 1564 Victoria Newport ........................ 2799 George “Joe” Mitchell ................. 2204 Mary Hess................................... 2606

TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Nancy Moran .............................. 1216 Josh Chrestman .......................... 997 Rick Seibert ................................ 997 Rhea E. Lumsden ........................ 997

CLERK Cheryl “Cookie” Aldis.................. 524 TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Michael Siewierski ...................... 374 Sandra Barzso.............................. 303 Doug Corson ................................ 292 Benjamin Haier ............................ 315

CITY OF DeKALB MAYOR Mike Verbic.................................. 1088 John Rey....................................... 1500 Jennifer L. Groce.......................... 1298 David M. Jacobson....................... 604 CLERK Lynn Fazekas (write-in) ............... 215 Liz Cliffe Peerboom (write-in)..... 1194 Steve Kapitan (write-in).............. 123 Leonard LeGrand (write-in) ......... 57

GENOA-KINGSTON DISTRICT 424 SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for FOUR) Kerri Sosnowski .......................... 888 Dale Pelley.................................. 419 Kristin Brynteson........................ 950 Heather Edwards ........................ 932 Taunya Fischer............................ 838

HIAWATHA DISTRICT 426 SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for TWO) Peter Johnson ............................. 287 Sharon Miller .............................. 341 Mike Luepkes.............................. 354 SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for ONE) Pamela Plote-Clark..................... 240 Timothy Hall ............................... 323

HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK DISTRICT 429

WARD 2 ALDERMAN William S. “Bill” Finucane............ 689 Stephen A. Clark.......................... 271

SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for ONE) Melissa Oeters............................ 356

WARD 4 ALDERMAN Robert G. Snow............................ 564 James W. Mitchell........................ 238

SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for TWO) Thomas Mullis ............................ 341 No Candidate

WARD 6 ALDERMAN Dave Baker................................... 132

CITY OF GENOA MAYOR Jayson R. Hansen ......................... 264 Mark Vicary ................................. 342 CITY CLERK Wendy Shaneen........................... 539 ALDERMAN WARD 1 Glennis Carroll ............................. 132 ALDERMAN WARD 2 Laurie B. Curley ........................... 90 ALDERMAN WARD 3 JoAnn Watson .............................. 154 ALDERMAN WARD 4 Katie L. Lang................................ 126

VILLAGE OF HINCKLEY VILLAGE PRESIDENT James K. Roderick ....................... 227 Richard L. Snedeker, Jr................ 110 TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) John M. Marsh ............................. 194 Mark T. Wrzeciona ....................... 186 (write-in) ..................................... 45

SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for THREE) Debra A. Winkle.......................... 397 No Candidate No Candidate

INDIAN CREEK DISTRICT 425 SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for FOUR total) MILAN TWP Vaughn Boehne........................... 417

VILLAGE PRESIDENT John Munro .................................. 137 TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) John “Jack” Fischer...................... 108 Joseph M. Hengels....................... 101 Robert F. Ruehl, Jr........................ 103 Barrie Greenwell.......................... 80 TRUSTEE, 2-YEAR (Vote for TWO) John N. Lynch, Jr. ......................... 105 Jennifer Bankson ......................... 112

SANDWICH DISTRICT 430

SCHOOL BOARD David L. Stahl.............................. 1659

SOMONAUK DISTRICT 432 SCHOOL BOARD, 2-Year term No Candidate SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for FOUR) Michael Short ............................. 752 Roger Duffield............................. 820 Corey Britt .................................. 875 Bradley M. Casner ...................... 671 Matthew Dean Wilson ................ 717 Amy Wiegman ............................ 925

VILLAGE OF KIRKLAND VILLAGE PRESIDENT Les Bellah .................................... 255 Tony Parker.................................. 146 TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Jamie Bellah................................. 139 Kenneth D. Sterling...................... 111 Wanda A. McMurray.................... 199 Sarah Kristina Ziegler.................. 228 Carol L. Stiegman ........................ 130 Scott Zondag ............................... 77 Colleen Nicole Ford...................... 176

VILLAGE OF MALTA VILLAGE PRESIDENT Vincent McCabe .......................... 117 Sean Conlon................................. 58 CLERK No Candidate TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Jamie Colbert............................... 123 Donald Haeffner .......................... 109 No Candidate

VILLAGE OF MAPLE PARK VILLAGE PRESIDENT Kathleen Curtis............................ 125 TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Gregory M. Cutsinger .................. 101 Lucas Goucher ............................. 90 Brian Kinane ................................ 76 Terry E. Borg................................ 83 TRUSTEE, 2-year unexpired term (Vote for TWO) Stephan D. Nowak ....................... 89 Debra M. Armstrong .................... 98 Christopher R. Higgins ................ 48

CITY OF SANDWICH MAYOR Richard A. Olson .......................... 1318 Tom Thomas ................................ 557 CLERK Denise Ii....................................... 1526 TREASURER No Candidate ALDERMAN WARD 1 William A. Beverley ..................... 262 Leslie Redden .............................. 354 ALDERMAN WARD 2 David Fraser................................. 372 ALDERMAN WARD 3 Peter M. Dell................................ 336 ALDERMAN WARD 4 Charles F. Moran.......................... 281

SANDWICH FIRE PROTECTION DIST. TRUSTEE Matthew E. Weismiler ................. 1400

VILLAGE OF SHABBONA TRUSTEE (VOTE FOR THREE) Frank Ottengheime...................... 104 Jamie Deutsch ............................. 111 Alfred E. Aspengren..................... 120 Susan D. Cox................................ 99 Patrick E. McCormick .................. 96 TRUSTEE, 2-YEAR Ada Gallagher .............................. 129

VILLAGE OF SOMONAUK VILLAGE PRESIDENT, 2-YEAR Aaron Grandgeorge ..................... 466 TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Michael Conley ............................ 329 Jay Wiegman ............................... 362 No Candidate

CITY OF SYCAMORE MAYOR Ken Mundy................................... 858 CLERK Candy Smith ................................ 845 ALDERMAN WARD 1 Alan Bauer ................................... 229 ALDERMAN WARD 2 Pete Paulsen ................................ 152

SYCAMORE DISTRICT 427 SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for FOUR) Diane M. Tyrrell .......................... 940 Donald Clayberg ......................... 1049 Jim Dombek ................................ 979 Eric Jones (write-in) ................... 136

PARK DISTRICTS DeKALB COMMISSIONER, 2-year unexpired term Mario J. Fontana ......................... 1655 Don Irving ................................... 1983 COMMISSIONER (Vote for TWO) Per Faivre.................................... 2003 Dean Holliday ............................. 1455 Bryant C. Irving .......................... 1383 Keith Nyquist .............................. 1551

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONER (Vote for TWO) (write-in) .................................... 44

TOWNSHIPS AFTON

TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Amanda Kaye Hawk..................... 39 Andrew R. Konitzer...................... 35 Gary Frieders ............................... 39 Donald E. Sellers.......................... 36

PIERCE SUPERVISOR Lawrence J. Asselborn ................. 85 CLERK Patricia L. Wielert........................ 83 ROAD COMMISSIONER Greg Friedlund ............................. 82 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Daniel Klein.................................. 75 Robert M. Coyle ........................... 69 Robert Strand ............................. 69 Dan Carson II ............................... 69

SUPERVISOR Randall J. Bourdages ....................229

SANDWICH

CLERK (write-in) ......................................39

SUPERVISOR Norman H. Troeger ...................... 1512

ROAD COMMISSIONER Cliff Hammett...............................143 Jack Walker...................................151

CLERK Starr A. Frederick ........................ 1478

TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Julie Barr.......................................201 Stephen E Hilleson........................175 (write-in) ......................................161 No Candidate

ROAD COMMISSIONER Jerry N. Davis............................... 1489 ASSESSOR Sheila A. Johnson ........................ 1535

SUPERVISOR Janice Knudsen.............................255

TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Roy Wahlgren............................... 1013 Garry J Miller ............................... 1048 Gene Olson ................................. 1188 Marlene D Allen ........................... 1083

CLERK Jeanne Tyne ..................................257

SHABBONA

CLINTON

ROAD COMMISSIONER Neil Hillquist .................................296 Gaylord Lockwood ........................710 ASSESSOR Melody Birdsell.............................842 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Diane Bechle.................................649 Jeff Sabin......................................641 Steve Ward ...................................652 John Wartenbe..............................566

SUPERVISOR James A. Johnson......................... 237 CLERK Kathleen M. Marshall .................. 221 ROAD COMMISSIONER Edward Gene Larson.................... 247 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Greg Fleming ............................... 224 Dennis Johnson............................ 202 Robert W. Mullins ........................ 168 (write-in) ..................................... 27

SOMONAUK SUPERVISOR Wiliam F Coultrip......................... 519 CLERK Christopher P. Morphey............... 503 ROAD COMMISSIONER Dennis Stahl................................. 508 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Karl Lundeen................................ 394 Barry S Smith .............................. 361 Charles C Kessler......................... 406 Norman J Rogers.......................... 420

SOUTH GROVE

DeKALB

SUPERVISOR Laurence Smith............................ 91

SUPERVISOR Eric Johnson (United DeKalb) .......2121 Jim Luebke (Ind.)..........................1931

CLERK Lynnette J. Tindall........................ 90

CLERK Geralynne “Lynne” Kunde (UD) ....2047 Richard Amesquita (Ind.) .............1728 ROAD COMMISSIONER Craig Smith (UD) ..........................2072 Cory Christopherson (Ind.)...........1749 ASSESSOR John S. Hietikko (UD)....................2154 Richard M. Gallati (Ind.) ...............1810 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Patricia L. McKinley (UD) .............1363 Joe Simons (UD) ...........................1392 Michael W. Shane (UD).................1016 Kurt A. Schweitzer (UD) ...............1670 Lametra H. Curry (Ind.) ................1338 Kevin D. Flavin (Ind.) ....................2072 Lisa King (Ind.) .............................1728 Nancy Teboda (Ind.) .....................2467

FRANKLIN SUPERVISOR Vincent Kilcullen...........................386 CLERK Jeffrey White ................................379

ROAD COMMISSIONER Henry Burgweger ........................ 97 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Brian McQueen............................ 78 Richard G. Tindall ........................ 81 Bruce E. Latimer .......................... 81 Brian L. Koehnke.......................... 79

SQUAW GROVE SUPERVISOR George Bullard............................. 355 CLERK Karen A. Kuppler ......................... 334 ROAD COMMISSIONER Perry Jungels ............................... 338 ASSESSOR Katrina T. Moyer .......................... 324 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Steven Navalny Jr. ...................... 237 John R. Long................................. 275 Linda M. Herrmann...................... 283 James F. Broz ............................... 253

SYCAMORE SUPERVISOR Barbara Young ............................. 323 Amy Mathey ................................ 382 Sindy Edwards ............................. 269

GENOA

CLERK Ellen Rogers................................. 789

SUPERVISOR Jim Hanson ...................................547

ROAD COMMISSIONER Jeff Armstrong............................. 777

COMMISSIONER (write-in) .................................... 55

CLERK Mary Snow....................................577

ASSESSOR Kevin Schnetzler.......................... 758

SANDWICH PARK DISTRICT

ROAD COMMISSIONER Keith Butz .....................................572 ASSESSOR Pauline Rogers..............................545

TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Mary Jo Cessna............................ 605 Russ Josh ..................................... 622 John Ward .................................... 588 George Diedrich........................... 607

TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Joe Paulson...................................424 Paul Kuhn .....................................429 James E. Kuhn...............................433 Pamela Whittenhall ......................496

SUPERVISOR LaVerne Mattson ......................... 118

GENOA TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONER (Vote for THREE) Megan Johnson........................... 482 (write-in) .................................... 103 No Candidate

KINGSTON TOWNSHIP

COMMISSIONER (Vote for TWO) Stephen D Wolf........................... 926 Martha McAdams ...................... 392 Stephanie Ahrens ...................... 634 Diane Scents............................... 756 COMMISSIONER, 4-year unexpired term Todd Latham ............................... 1400

SYCAMORE PARK DISTRICT

KINGSTON

COMMISSIONER (Vote for TWO) Ted Strack................................... 609 Matthew Wittrup........................ 405 Michelle Schulz........................... 710

SUPERVISOR William Cleveland.........................412

COMMISSIONER, 2-year unexpired term William Kroeger.......................... 465 Greg Martin ................................ 423

LIBRARY DISTRICTS CLINTON TOWNSHIWP TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Elizabeth A. “Betsy” Shapiro ...... 214 Christina Bystry-Busch ............... 208 (write-in) .................................... 16

CORTLAND COMMUNITY LIBRARY TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Mary M Benson........................... 423 Ryan Hilligoss ............................. 198 Marie Kornischuck...................... 272 Victoria Haier ............................. 310

GENOA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT TRUSTEE (Vote for TWO) Michele Dvorak........................... 429 Esther ‘Sam’ Solar ...................... 357 TRUSTEE, 4-year Unexpired Term (write-in) .................................... 92 TRUSTEE, 2-Year Unexpired Term (write-in) .................................... 71

HINCKLEY LIBRARY DISTRICT TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Maureen Witte............................ 281 Gregory L. Finch ......................... 249 Karen Yaggie............................... 286

KIRKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Scott Zondag .............................. 162 Rebecca A. Lamont..................... 301 No Candidate

ALDERMAN WARD 4 Janice Tripp.................................. 217

TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Sylvia Maconaghy ...................... 157 Jodi Slade ................................... 164 Carol Nelson ............................... 193

TRUSTEE, 2-yr Michael P. Heiderscheidt............. 156

KISHWAUKEE COLLEGE TRUSTEE (Vote for TWO) Kathleen “Kathy” Watkins ............6049 Kathleen M. Spears ......................6890 Ferald Bryan .................................2658

ROAD COMMISSIONER Raymond S. Richardson............... 41

TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Barry Aves ....................................371 James E. Bruch .............................287 Jeff A. Lane ...................................295

MALTA TOWNSHP PUBLIC LIBRARY

VILLAGE PRESIDENT Thomas L. Ekle............................. 194

COMMUNITY COLLEGE

(PAW PAW CONT.) CLERK Wayne A. Davey ........................... 42

ROAD COMMISSIONER James L. Patterson .......................418

No Candidate

ALDERMAN WARD 3 Steven Braser .............................. 213

VILLAGE OF WATERMAN

TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) David R. Seymour ....................... 1185 Rebecca Clemons ....................... 1205 Susan Peuler............................... 1070

SHABBONA TWP (No more than TWO) ROAD COMMISSIONER James Hicks ................................ 365 Scott E. Hunt.................................248 Peter E. Senkowski ..................... 303 Kelsy Hart ................................... 416 ASSESSOR Robert P. Knudsen ........................248 CLINTON TWP Paul Delisio ................................. 373 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Cheryl Palombo .......................... 337 Kip Anderson ................................215 Charles George .............................191 James Wassmann .........................221 KANELAND DISTRICT 302 Jerald Hipple.................................227 SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for THREE) Cheryl Krauspe ........................... 1771 CORTLAND No Candidate No Candidate SUPERVISOR DaNee Walker ...............................834 SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for TWO) Lydia Johnson (write-in) ...............85 Pedro Rivas................................. 1505 No Candidate CLERK Ann Swedberg ..............................882

SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for TWO) Dale H. Hamilton......................... 1527 TRUSTEE, 2-YEAR UNEXPIRED TERM Suzann Spartz............................. 1532 No Candidate

VILLAGE OF KINGSTON

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TRUSTEE, 2-Year unexpired term Jessica Smolla ............................ 178 (write-in) .................................... 9 No Candidate

MAPLE PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) Laura McPhee............................. 172 Terri Hart Kopp ........................... 158 No Candidate

CLERK Charles Sanderson........................436 ROAD COMMISSIONER James Sabin..................................258 Larry Myelle..................................226 ASSESSOR Jennifer Cleveland ........................410 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Scott Sanford................................284 Ken Peterson ................................256 Terry Burke ..................................231 Jerry Tewksbury ...........................305 James Pearson..............................306

MALTA SUPERVISOR James Nelson................................216 CLERK Sherri L. Barber ............................210 ROAD COMMISSIONER Brian Keast ...................................208 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Kenneth R. Stark...........................165 James J Willrett ............................189 Ed Arndt Jr. ..................................186 Paul Butler....................................181

VICTOR

CLERK Mary Kohler ................................. 112 ROAD COMMISSIONER Brian A. Olson.............................. 25 Nathan Gudmunson ..................... 100 TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Kevin Sawyer............................... 86 Wayne Christopher...................... 78 H. Kent Wesson............................ 101 Bradley Anderson ........................ 87

AFTON/PIERCE ASSESSMENT DIST. ASSESSOR Jay W. Walker .............................. 299

MALTA/MILAN ASSESSMENT DIST. ASSESSOR No Candidate

MAYFIELD/SOUTH GROVE ASSESSMENT DIST. ASSESSOR No Candidate

SHABBONA/PAW PAW ASSMT. DIST. ASSESSOR No Candidate

SOMONAUK/VICTOR ASSMT. DIST. MAYFIELD

Dean Lundeen.............................. 601

SUPERVISOR Joe Totman....................................59

REFERENDUMS

CLERK Dale Sanderson.............................61 ROAD COMMISSIONER Paul Mollete..................................64

HINCKLEY Village to levy a 1 percent sales tax? Yes ............................................... 84 No ................................................ 254

TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Robert Drake.................................54 Kevin Drake...................................48 Tim Hall ........................................54 Willis Heide...................................43

SOMONAUK SCHOOL DISTRICT 432 Increase district property tax rate for education by 4 percent? Yes ............................................... 992 No ................................................ 551

MILAN SUPERVISOR B. John Hopwood ..........................65 CLERK Paula Kyler....................................81 ROAD COMMISSIONER Scott Hart .....................................63 William “Bill” Faber ......................25

ELECTRICAL CONSOLIDATION DeKALB TOWNSHIP Yes ............................................... 98 No ................................................ 26 MILAN TOWNSHIP Yes ................................................64 No .................................................20

TRUSTEE (Vote for FOUR) Kevin Hickey .................................75 Steve Drendel ...............................73 Rodney Kyler.................................72

PIERCE TOWNSHIP Yes ............................................... 61 No ................................................ 25

Heath Headley ..............................45

SOUTH GROVE TOWNSHIP Yes ................................................68 No .................................................31

TRUSTEE (Vote for THREE) PAW PAW Peggy L. Rogers ..........................176 VILLAGE OF KINGSTON Joan C. Stanley ............................109 Yes ............................................... 99 SUPERVISOR (write-in) .....................................179 No ................................................ 61 Judith L. Svendsen....................... 42 Vote totals are unofficial. Data provided by websites of county clerks for Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, Ogle and Winnebago counties.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers were working Wednesday to overcome a major stumbling block to expanding gambling in Illinois as a key Senate committee called a hearing on whether adding casinos and other forms of gambling would open the door to political corruption and organized crime. Senate President John Cullerton invited representatives of the Illinois Gaming Board and the Chicago Crime Commission to appear before the Senate Executive Committee on Wednesday afternoon. Both groups have expressed concerns about expanding gambling. Cullerton Spokeswoman Rikeesha Phelon said the Chicago Democrat wants to try to find out what the concerns are and discuss ways to

address the issue. But she said Cullerton has his doubts about whether the concerns are legitimate or “hyperbole” intended to derail the measure. “If there’s something that’s real there, let’s unearth it and fix it and figure out how to move on,” Phelon said. Gov. Pat Quinn vetoed a gambling bill last year because he said it didn’t have enough ethical protections. In his budget address last month, he said any new gambling expansion must be “done right,” adding that it must have “tough ethical standards, a campaign contribution ban on casino operators, and no loopholes for mobsters.” Later that day, the Senate Executive Committee voted to advance a bill sponsored by Sen. Terry Link, D-Waukegan.

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Born: Oct. 22, 1919, in Fort Morgan, Colo. Died: April 10, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

CHUCKY, Tenn. – Charles Clinton “Charlie” Coffie, 73, of Chucky, Tenn., passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at his home. He was born Sept. 6, 1939, in Erwin, Tenn., the son of the late Bill and Bessie Coffie. He worked for Caterpillar for many years. Upon his retirement in 2001, he moved back to Tennessee to be closer to his brothers. He became an avid fisherman and was always in competition with his brother, Estel, to see who could catch the most fish. He is survived by five children, Misty (Twopony) Hankins, Dawn (Brian) Reynolds, Bryan (Lisa) Coffie, Brent (Krystal) Coffie and Charlene Johnson; 14 grandchildren, Cooper, Asher, Hunter and Tyler Hankins, KenLeigh and Phillip Mohr, Joshua, Christinah and Briannah Reynolds, Ryan, Steven and Jamie Coffie, Billy Coffie and Erin Johnson; and three brothers, Estel, Paul and Kenneth (Jeanette) Coffie. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bill and Bessie; one sister, Louise Garland; and four brothers, Frank, Henry, Billy and S.J. Coffie A memorial was held for friends and family Saturday, April 6, in Tennessee. Another memorial service will be in Sycamore at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at The Lost Mine Lounge, 1745 DeKalb Ave. Please come help share stories, celebrate, and toast the life of a wonderful man. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/ daily-chronicle.

DeKALB – Frances Lucile Simonson, 93, died Tuesday, April 10, 2013, at Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center, DeKalb. Born Oct. 22, 1919, in Fort Morgan, Colo., to Robert and Ella Mae (Rogers) Cole, she was united in marriage to Clinton G. Simonson on Dec. 7, 1946, in Chicago. Frances enjoyed the outdoors in her garden. She loved to fish and travel. Games were something she was good at and she enjoyed bingo and Skip-Bo. She was a member of the VFW and the Moose Auxiliary, giving graciously of her time for more than 60 years. Frances is survived by two daughters, Linda Davis of DeKalb and Phyllis E. (Charles) Pulliam of Olathe, Kan.; two sons, Paul (Trudy) Simonson of DeKalb and George (Bonnie) Simonson of Arden, N.C.; nine grandchildren, Becky, Kris, Mitch, Danniele, Clinton, Brandon, Brent, Brian and Derek; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. She also is survived by two sisters, Lois Hoffman of Sycamore and Mabel Smith of Belvidere. She also will be remembered by many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clinton G. Simonson in 1980; and two brothers, Bobby and Johnny Cole. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., Quiram Sycamore Chapel, 1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore. To share a memory or condolence, visit www.olsonfh.com . Arrangements by Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., Quiram Sycamore Chapel. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/ daily-chronicle.

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D-427 rejects online charter school proposal By ANDREA AZZO news@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – Sycamore School District 427 board members unanimously rejected a proposal to allow an online charter school to operate within its boundaries. The 7-0 vote Tuesday came after board members questioned the supervision students would have and charter school leaders’ answers to local leaders’ questions. “To approve [the proposal] would have been an insult to the community,” board member Diane Tyrrell said. The nonprofit Virtual Learning Solutions, which formed in February, is petitioning to open the Illinois

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Obama’s budget straddle By DAVID ESPO The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s first budget of his new term is a political straddle, aimed at enticing Republicans into a new round of deficit negotiations while trying to keep faith with Democrats who favor higher taxes in service of more government spending. That gives everyone something to dislike if they are so inclined – and many in divided government are. Obama’s stated goal is otherwise, namely that his $3.8 trillion budget should lead to the completion of a slow-motion grand deficit-cutting bargain by offering to save billions from programs previously sheltered from cuts. Medicare, Social Security and even military retirement are among them. Perhaps to reassure Democrats unsettled by this approach, the president said his offer to trim future benefit increases for tens of millions of people is “less than optimal” and acceptable only if Republicans simultaneously agree to raise taxes on the wealthy and some businesses. “If anyone thinks I’ll finish the job of deficit reduction on the backs of middle-class families or through spending cuts alone that actually hurt our economy short-term, they should think again,” he said in an appearance Wednesday in the White House’s Rose Garden. In rhetoric reminiscent of last year’s campaign, he added, “When it comes to deficit reduction, I’ve already met Republicans more than halfway.” That’s not how they see it, and the issue was doubtless on the menu at the dinner for a dozen Republican senators that the president invited to the White House several hours later. The early public reaction from Republicans was generally predictable, and none too positive. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the president deserves “some credit for some of the incremental entitlement reforms that he has outlined in his budget. “But I would hope that he would not hold hostage these modest reforms for his demand for bigger tax hikes,” Congress’ top Republican added, a repudiation of Obama’s insistence on higher taxes. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell wasn’t nearly as generous. “We need a balanced budget that encourages growth and job creation. We don’t need an extreme, unbalanced budget that won’t balance in your lifetime or mine,” he said. He stopped short, barely, of accusing Obama of trying to blow up chances for compromise rather than improve them.

Virtual Charter School at Fox River Valley in 18 districts throughout the region. The day-to-day administrative and curriculum responsibilities will be handled by K12 Inc., a Kathy Countryman Virginia-based for-profit company. Similar proposals have been rejected by District 300 in Carpentersville, Geneva School District 304, Kaneland School District 427 and St. Charles School District 303. DeKalb School District 428 board members will consider it Tuesday.

Learn more Here’s a summary of the districts considering proposals from Virtual Learning Solutions: Denied proposals Carpentersville CUSD 300 Geneva CUSD 304 Kaneland CUSD 427 St. Charles CUSD 303 Aurora West USD 129 Indian Prairie CUSD 204 Oswego CUSD 308 SD U-46 The Illinois Virtual Charter School can appeal the local denials to the Illinois Charter Board Commission, which can send the proposal back to the school district, said D-427 Superinten-

Yorkville CUSD 115 Pending proposals DeKalb CUSD 428 Batavia USD 101 Aurora East USD 131 Central CUSD 301 Indian Prairie CUSD 204 Naperville CUSD 203 CUSD 200 Plainfield SD 202 Valley View CUSD 365U dent Kathy Countryman. District 427 would have lost money if the proposal was granted, but it was unclear how much, said Caroline Roselli, attorney for District

427. An estimate was that the school district would lose between 75 and 125 percent of funding per student. K12 Inc. also wouldn’t have been limited by a maximum or minimum amount of students they would have had, Roselli said, so it wouldn’t have been clear how many students they would have taught. That wasn’t the only thing left unclear to District 427 school board members. A representative for K12 Inc. answered questions for the school board and residents at a public hearing March 20, but the representative did not answer all of the questions, board members said. “Even the answers to some of the questions were not good

answers, by any stretch of the imagination,” Tyrrell said. K12 Inc. gave the board a 1,080 paged document to respond to the board’s questions, but it was given to them days before they had to vote on the issue. While District 427 students won’t have the virtual charter for now, they still can take advantage of the existing online courses that the district offers. The district offers credit recovery courses for students who can’t fit a class into their schedule. They also offer makeup work and virtual high school courses online.

• Shaw Media Projects Editor Kate Schott contributed to this report.

Ex-Congressman says he may run for NYC mayor By JENNIFER PELTZ The Associated Press NEW YORK – A bold comeback attempt or the height of chutzpah? In what could be the start of one of the most intriguing second acts in American politics, Anthony Weiner, the congressman who tweeted himself out of a job two years ago with a photo of his bulging underpants, is considering jumping into the New York City mayor’s race. The Brooklyn Democrat said in a New York Times Magazine story posted online Wednesday that he realizes he would be an underdog, but he wants to “ask people to give me a second chance.” “I do recognize, to some degree, it’s now or maybe never for me,” Weiner, 48, said in a long and highly per-

sonal profile that he clearly hoped would be the start of his rehabilitation. But are voters ready to forgive? Will they at least stop giggling long enough to hear what he has to say? Political analysts say Weiner would face a steep climb to get past his past, but his political skills, his rich reserve of campaign money and the dynamics of a crowded Democratic primary could make him a player, if not a clear winner, in the contest this fall to succeed Michael Bloomberg as mayor of the nation’s largest city. Known as a congressman for his in-your-face style, he could punch up the forums and debates. And he certainly doesn’t lack for name recognition, for better or worse. “He’d be a real candidate,” said Maurice “Mickey” Car-

roll, director of Quinnipiac University’s polling institute. “His pluses are known. His minuses are known.” But Weiner’s problem could be less about what he exposed than about his attempts to cover it up. “People will say, ‘Why should we trust him again? He lied to us before – he’ll lie to us again,’” said veteran New York DemoAnthony cratic politiWeiner cal consultant George Arzt, who isn’t working with any candidates in the mayoral race. Weiner’s downfall came in 2011 after a photo of a man’s underwear-clad crotch appeared on his Twitter account. The seven-term con-

gressman first claimed his account had been hacked. Then he denied sending the picture but told reporters he couldn’t say for certain whether it was a photo of him. As more pictures surfaced, including one of Weiner posing shirtless in his congressional office, the married congressman was forced to come clean and acknowledged exchanging inappropriate messages with several women, though he said he never met any of them. He resigned within weeks. If not the biggest scandal in U.S. politics, it was perhaps one of the most cringeworthy. Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, said they sought the magazine interview to show

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Family ‘deeply moved’ by community • RANKEN Continued from page A1 Crouch said the general fundraising policy for Culver’s is to hold an event for a few hours and donate 10 percent of the proceeds. But when Corona took the idea to the Culver’s corporate office, they wanted to take it a step further, she said. Both Crouch and Ranken said the Sycamore community’s outpouring of support for the families has been overwhelming, which makes the city one of a kind. “I don’t think it would happen in a lot of towns,” Crouch said. “But Sycamore is just a really great town.” Ranken said he and his family still are working out the de-

If you go n What: Fundraiser for Teale Noble n When: April 27 n Where: Four Seasons Sports,

1745 DeKalb Ave. in Sycamore tails of how they will use the money raised. In addition to the bench, they are planning to donate some money to North Elementary, where Matthew was a student, and to the Sycamore Youth Football League, which was Matthew’s passion. Ranken said he is deeply moved by the generosity he and his family have received from the community. “We just want to say thank you to everyone who came out and supported Matthew,” he said.

There also will be a fundraiser for Noble, who has been released from the hospital but still is recovering from injuries. The bowling event and auction will be from 6 to 9 p.m. April 27 at Four Seasons Sports, 1745 DeKalb Ave., in Sycamore. Admission is $15 at the door for adults and $10 for children and students, which includes a round of bowling, shoes and appetizers. Live music will be provided by local bands. Community members can register early to be entered into a special raffle. To make a monetary or auction donation or volunteer at the event, contact Sheri Prutton at 815-981-0528, skprutton@ gmail.com or search “Teale Noble Fundraiser” on Facebook.

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People wait Tuesday in the 40-plus minute line for food during the Matthew Ranken benefit at Culver’s in Sycamore.

Aldermen look to boost DeKalb’s financial health • COUNCIL Continued from page A1 During this time, the council also will begin deliberating its budget for fiscal 2014, which begins July 1. Council members are expected to discuss the budget at two Saturday meetings, May 11 and May 18. In June 2012, the city council passed a $78.9 million budget that left $3.2 million in reserves. The council at that time made it a goal to increase the city’s general fund reserves to 25 percent of the city’s expenditures by fiscal 2017. The new aldermen said they supported boosting the city’s fund balances in order to improve DeKalb’s financial health. Where the new aldermen stand on Irongate will be another matter. The new housing development would add just over 1,000 homes north of the city near DeKalb High School. In order for construction to begin, the city council needs to approve the annexation agreement with developer ShoDeen

Bill Finucane

Robert Snow

Construction. The city council has deliberated for months on the project, holding public hearings and special meetings on the issue. The council is scheduled to hold another public hearing on Irongate on May 27. Finucane said he’s already unsure of his position on Irongate because of issues including water runoff. He also repeated a line that’s been heard many times in the Irongate debate. “Do we need that much more available housing when there’s already 300-plus lots around town that are already vacant?” Finucane said. Six votes are required to approve an annexation agreement. With Lash and O’Leary already opposing the agree-

ment, the support of Rey, Finucane and Snow is crucial for ShoDeen. The new aldermen have already identified other issues on which they would like to focus. Finucane would like to exploref regular public transportation that would take DeKalb residents to the Metra train station in Elburn. Both Rey and Snow also

emphasized the importance of improving the relationship between Northern Illinois University and the city. “NIU-DeKalb relations certainly need to be improved, and I think we need to head in that direction,” Snow said. “The city, as we come out of this economic downturn, the city will start to improve, and I think we’ll see that.”

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8ANOTHER VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Wall barely stands in U.S.-Mexico relationship

Ignore liberal hysteria over ‘Monsanto’ bill If you have read anything about the “Monsanto Protection Act,” chances are what you have read is wrong. The provision in question was part of a wide-ranging bill to keep the government funded that President Barack Obama signed into law in late March. Its horrified opponents think the legislation will furtively protect biotechnology companies, such as Monsanto Co., from legal action if they produce genetically modified organisms that have harmful side effects. They argue it would make federal courts “powerless to stop Monsanto,” and claim it was produced in a “hidden backroom deal” and “snuck” into budget legislation. Oh, and it also “shreds the Constitution.” Actually, the law, which expires Sept. 30, leaves both courts and federal regulators free to pull products they find dangerous. And the law’s real impact is modest. Let’s say that the Agriculture Department, after a laborious process of review, has allowed the sale and use of a genetically modified organism. Let’s say that a court then finds, perhaps several years afterward, that the department didn’t follow the proper process in deciding to allow it. Under those conditions, the law says farmers still are allowed to use the product, pending a final determination. In fact, we don’t need to imagine this scenario because it happened in real life and led to the law’s enactment. In 2005, the department approved a kind of alfalfa that was genetically modified to resist a mild herbicide, thus enabling farmers to avoid having to use harsher weed killers. Several environmental groups sued to overturn the approval. They didn’t argue that the product would cause any health hazards. Instead they claimed, among other things, that it would hurt organic farmers – that,

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru for example, farmers would lose the right to label their unmodified alfalfa “organic” because it would be contaminated by the new product. Greg Conko, who studies biotech issues for the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute, points out that this fear is overblown, since organic standards require farmers to keep their crops isolated from possible contaminants, and don’t penalize unintentional cross-pollination. In 2007, however, a federal judge ruled that the department should have done a more thorough review and blocked new seeds from being sold. Three years later, the Supreme Court ruled 7- to-1 that the lower court had gotten it wrong. In 2010, another judge made a similar ruling about herbicide-resistant sugar beets, which at the time made up 95 percent of all sugar beets in the country. Two years later, the department concluded that yes, it is all right to plant the beets. Keep in mind, again, that in these cases nobody has even alleged that the crops pose any health risks and no court has concluded that they harm the environment. When they debated a farm bill last year, several congressmen discussed the need to make it clear that, in these cases, farmers are allowed to keep using products while the department reviews its approval. Disagreements over other issues kept any farm bill from passing. The biotech provision, though, made it into the temporary government-funding bill that Obama

signed. (Full disclosure: My wife works for Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., who reportedly helped get the provision inserted.) The same activist groups that filed the lawsuits went into overdrive blasting the new law. The issue took off, partly because a lot of people find genetically modified crops alarming, no matter what the evidence says about their safety. And in a post-bailout world, legislation that looks like a favor for particular companies receives heightened suspicion across the political spectrum. Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the Maryland Democrat who runs the committee that had responsibility for the law, felt moved to distance herself from it, saying it was on its way to passage before she took charge. Fox News backed up her story by noting that Stonyfield Farm Inc., a subsidiary of Danone that makes organic yogurt, had warned against the law before her tenure. The involvement of Stonyfield – and other organic-food companies and their supporters – casts a different light on the entire controversy. It may be that these companies believe that genetically modified crops really are a threat to the integrity of their products. But they are surely a threat to their bottom line. In other words, on one side of this issue are companies that would benefit if nuisance lawsuits pushed their competitors’ products off the market. On the other side are companies and farmers wanting to limit the impact of such a tactic. I’ll leave it to you to decide which side has the better case.

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

8VIEWS

Government must be held accountable By SCOTT REEDER Illinois Police Institute SPRINGFIELD – As the Transportation Safety Administration agent rummaged through my suitcase, she picked up my tube of toothpaste, shook her head and said “no.” The tube went sailing into a waste basket filled with bottles of suntan lotion, cans of shaving cream and other odds and ends the TSA considers too dangerous to bring aboard a jetliner. The tube of Colgate was 7.8 ounces rather than the requisite maximum of 3.4 ounces. I felt like giving the TSA agent a piece of my mind. But it’s not her fault. She’s just doing her job – enforcing rules generated somewhere within the bowels of the TSA bureaucracy.

We all have those feelings sometime when confronted by a bureaucracy – and usually it’s not something as minor as a tube of toothpaste. You could be a small business owner trying to comply with a labor regulation, an elderly person confronted with a confusing tax form or just an ordinary citizen trying to comply with a complicated regulation. Whether faced with a silly rule or just a desire to have a question answered, it’s aggravating not knowing where to turn. And that goes to the heart of a problem within big government – a lack of accountability. Who do you blame? Where do you bring solutions? How do you ensure greater responsiveness? It’s a lot more significant than a $5.92 tube of toothpaste.

Even legislators are frustrated by the bureaucracy. The multiple layers of government become worse when officials add rules and regulations that don’t quite mesh with one another. Just last week, 133 members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote the TSA to express concern about allowing passengers to start carrying pocket knives aboard a passenger aircraft. That’s right – TSA recently passed a rule allowing travelers to tote knives aboard a plane. John Pistole, the head of TSA, shrugged off those concerns and said passengers can begin carrying knives later this month. It would seem a reasonable concern. After all, airplanes have been hijacked by men with knives – but never by one wielding a tube of toothpaste. Government agencies are

replete with examples like these, and for decades, elected officials, political scientists, journalists and others have tried to devise ways to make the bureaucracy more navigable and accountable to those taxpayers who fund it – those the government is meant to serve. On the accountability front, one widely heralded move was to have auditors routinely audit the bureaucracy and root out waste, fraud and abuse. The results have been mixed. A bureaucracy is like a tube of toothpaste – it needs to be squeezed hard so nothing goes to waste.

• 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.

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On the Texas-Mexico border, the rust-colored wall along the Rio Grande, an 18-foot-high barrier of concrete-reinforced steel with gaps every quarter mile or so, undulates over farmland, wetland and desert at a cost of $20 million per mile. The river meanders, causing the wall to encroach on private property. The wall cuts through the campus of The University of Texas at Brownsville, isolates an American nature preserve, disturbs animal life and disrupts lives and commerce on both sides of the border. In the words of Texas border residents, the wall is nothing more than “a billion-dollar speed trap,” ‘’a political fence,” ‘’purely symbolic.” To be more precise, it is an ugly symbol of a nation that has lost its bearings over border security. Even a Border Patrol spokesman conceded recently that its impact is minimal when it comes to impeding the flow of undocumented border-crossers and illegal drugs. “What it does is buy us a little time when we’re trying to apprehend someone,” the spokesman said. For far-off politicians in Washington, officials who are often betrayed by border stereotypes, the wall – nearly 700 miles have been completed – is an easy, albeit expensive substitute for serious immigration reform. ... True border security involves working with Mexico to sustain its growing economy, thus providing a viable alternative to citizens who might have considered making the dangerous trek north in a desperate attempt to feed their families. It also means working to reduce the demand in this country for illegal drugs. True border security does, indeed, mean “boots on the ground” – to use Gov. Rick Perry’s favorite phrase – to make sure that the horrendous drug-cartel violence on the Mexican side doesn’t bleed over onto this side. It’s important to note that border cities, so far, remain some of the safest in the United States. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was in Houston recently, discussing border security with state and local stakeholders. What she called “common-sense immigration reform” included not only strengthening security, but also “supporting the travel and trade that are vital to our economy.” Those kind of efforts make sense, not building more walls. Houston Chronicle

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Plan to close ‘loopholes’ in Illinois controversial The sad truth about Illinois’ fiscal crisis is that any proposed solution is bound to cause problems for someone. In the case of a proposal from Gov. Pat Quinn to end three of what he calls “loopholes” in the corporate tax system, it could come down to hurting the state’s already fragile business climate in order to help pay down Illinois’ huge backlog of unpaid bills. The Illinois Senate Revenue Committee heard testimony last week on a plan that Quinn first outlined last month to address the state’s desperate financial situation. The plan includes taxing the foreign dividends of multinational corporations. Quinn claims it would generate an estimated $445 million a year, which he said could go toward the state’s backlog of some $9 billion in unpaid bills. Not surprisingly, the plan is being panned by business groups, including the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and Illinois Manufacturing Association. During last week’s hearing, they questioned whether parts of the plan were constitutional and said the changes would penalize businesses and hurt job creation. The chamber characterized the suspension of the tax incentives as a “tax increase.” The proposed legislation calls for generating $320 million by taxing foreign profits paid as dividends to U.S. parent companies of multinational corporations. The proposal also would tax dividends paid by U.S. subsidiaries of companies doing business in Illinois. Another proposal would eliminate a link between the state tax code and a federal law that allows deductions for “production activities” that Illinois-based companies move outside the state. Nearly two dozen states do this already, and it’s estimated to raise $100 million. A third measure would require companies that have companion businesses to file a combined tax return, even if the companion is in the finance, insurance or transportation fields, which currently are exempt. The move is expected to bring in $25 million. In the end, maybe not much will come of these proposals, anyway. Members of the Senate Revenue Committee say they expect extensive discussions on the tax “loophole” issue when the General Assembly reconvenes next week for the last two months of the spring session. But with so many fiscal issues needing attention – most notably, the state’s worst-in-the-nation public employee pension funding crisis – closing the “loopholes” may take a lower priority. The (Alton) Telegraph

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7-DAY FORECAST TODAY

Low pressure will move east very slowly. There will be a few showers lingering behind the cold front early in the day. Colder air moves in Thursday night with a few snow showers by Friday morning. Scattered rain and snow showers will wrap around the storm system Friday before inally clearing out for Saturday. More wet weather moves in by Sunday.

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Cloudy & colder; Partly sunny & few rain/snow continued cool showers

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Winds: W 5-15 mph

Winds: E/SE 10-20 mph

Winds: E/NE 5-10 mph

Winds: S/SE 5-15 mph

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DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Temperature High ............................................................. 39° Low .............................................................. 35° Normal high ............................................. 57° Normal low ............................................... 36° Record high .............................. 83° in 2011 Record low ................................ 19° in 1997

Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.40” Month to date ....................................... 0.91” Normal month to date ....................... 1.02” Year to date ............................................ 8.20” Normal year to date ............................ 6.31”

Sunrise today ................................ 6:21 a.m. Sunset tonight ............................. 7:31 p.m. Moonrise today ............................ 6:51 a.m. Moonset today ............................ 9:09 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 6:19 a.m. Sunset tomorrow ........................ 7:33 p.m. Moonrise tomorrow ................... 7:27 a.m. Moonset tomorrow ................. 10:07 p.m.

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AIR QUALITY TODAY

Rockford 50/35

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Dixon 51/34

Joliet 53/36

La Salle 54/36 Streator 56/36

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Evanston 52/37 Chicago 52/38

Aurora 52/34

POLLEN INDEX

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

Waukegan 48/35

Arlington Heights 51/37

DeKalb 49/34

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

Hammond 56/38 Gary 58/37 Kankakee 60/36

Peoria 54/35

Pontiac 58/37

Watseka 61/37

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WEATHER HISTORY A swarm of 37 tornadoes swept across the Midwest on April 11, 1965, from Iowa to Ohio. Nearly 300 people were killed and 3,000 others injured.

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8MORNING KICKOFF

NATIONALS 5, WHITE SOX 2

Harper, Desmond lead Nats over Sox Next

By HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press AP photo

Boxers work to knock out Parkinson’s symptoms

INDIANAPOLIS – When Mary Yeaman (pictured) was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2006, she could barely bring herself to leave her house. Her muscles were weak, and she was having a hard time coping. “I’ve always done sports and stuff like that, and it was getting to be too much just sitting and doing nothing,” she said. In 2007, she found Rock Steady Boxing in Indianapolis. She now attends classes every week and has seen her symptoms ease as a result of a rigorous regimen of punching, jumping, jogging and stretching. “It makes my muscles stronger. I can walk better,” said Yeaman, 64. Rock Steady, founded in 2006 by former Marion County prosecutor Scott C. Newman after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at age 40, gives people suffering from the disease an outlet to ease their symptoms and improve their physical fitness. Through boxing-inspired fitness classes, participants use exercise to slow the symptoms of a progressive neurological disease that causes tremors, muscle rigidity, loss of balance and cognitive, speech and vision impairment. “Sometimes people get very discouraged when they are diagnosed with Parkinson’s, understandably facing a disease that is progressive, that’s going to worsen over time and that can take a big toll on them,” said neurologist and Rock Steady board member Dr. S. Elizabeth Zauber. “When they come to a gym and realize that ... there are people that are experiencing the same thing [and] there is something they can do about it to get better and perhaps slow down the course of their disease, then that improves their overall outlook. They realize they’re still very capable physically even though they have a neurological disease.” – Wire report

8WHAT TO WATCH Golf Masters Tournament, first round, 2 p.m., ESPN

Tiger Woods is the odds-on favorite to end his five-year drought in the majors, and win a green jacket for the first time since 2005. Also on TV... Pro basketball New York at Bulls, 7 p.m., TNT Men’s college hockey NCAA Division I, playoffs, semifinal, Yale vs. UMass-Lowell, at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 NCAA Division I, playoffs, semifinal, St. Cloud St. vs. Quinnipiac, at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., ESPN2 Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9:30 p.m., TNT

WASHINGTON – Bryce Harper homered, Ian Desmond had three extra-base hits, Danny Espinosa provided his first two RBIs of the season, and the Washington Nationals beat the White Sox, 5-2, Wednesday night to stay unbeaten at home. In a game that began 16 minutes late because, the Nationals explained, the umpires got stuck in traffic, Washington starter Jordan Zimmermann (2-0) limited the Sox to two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Both runs scored on groundouts. Drew Storen pitched the eighth, and closer Rafael Soriano worked around a hit in

at Washington, 6:05 p.m. today, CSN, AM-670

AP photo

Washington Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa falls over White Sox’s Conor Gillaspie (12) while turning a double play during an interleague game Wednesday at Nationals Park in Washington. the ninth for his fourth save in five chances. Harper hit his fourth homer into the second deck

leading off the fourth against Gavin Floyd (0-2), who allowed five runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings.

See SOX, page B2

DEKALB FOOTBALL

Diedrich’s next chapter

Daily Chronicle file photo

Joe Diedrich works out in the weight room on June 13 during practice at DeKalb High School.

DeKalb offensive lineman commits to Winona State By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com

More online For all your prep sports coverage – stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to Daily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps.

DeKALB – Joe Diedrich knew right when he left Winona State (Minn.) in January that’s where he wanted to spend the next four years. The DeKalb senior offen-

sive lineman had been considering a couple different college choices, but his official visit confirmed his original thought. On Wednesday at DeKalb High School, Diedrich signed his letter of intent, committing to Winona State, widely

considered one of the top Division-II football programs in the country. The Warriors finished the 2012 regular season with a 9-2 record and won the Mineral Water Bowl to end the season with 10 wins.

See DIEDRICH, page B3

MASTERS TOURNAMENT, FIRST ROUND, 2 P.M., ESPN

The Masters not always kind to favorites By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press

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Desmond tripled, doubled twice and scored twice as reigning NL East Washington improved to 5-0 at Nationals Park. Every Nationals starting position player reached base at least once; the only one without a hit, Kurt Suzuki, walked three times. After the Sox drew within 3-2 on Alex Rios’ RBI groundout in the top of the sixth, Washington chased Floyd in the bottom half by tacking on two more runs. Desmond led off with a tri-

ple, Espinosa followed with an RBI double, Suzuki walked and Zimmermann sacrificed the runners over. Floyd was done, and lefty reliever Donnie Veal came in to face Span but gave up a run-scoring single and was replaced by righty Nate Jones. With runners on the corners, Jones got Jayson Werth to ground into a 5-4-3 double play. Harper turned on Floyd’s first pitch of the fourth, an 86 mph offering that never stood a chance. With a “thwack!” off the bat, the ball arced into the second deck beyond right field, and Harper paused for a moment to watch his shot before sprinting around the bases.

AP photo

Tiger Woods chips to the 13th green Wednesday during a practice round for the Masters tournament in Augusta, Ga.

AUGUSTA, Ga. – The first tee shot clattered through a pair of pines on the left side of the 13th fairway, finally landing on the wrong side of Rae’s Creek. Tiger Woods tried again, and this wasn’t any better. Fans peered across the fairway and only heard the ball rifle through some bushes. “He’s hitting another one,” a man announced from the gallery. The third shot with a fairway metal caused them to retreat until it turned with a slight draw, clipping a pine branch and settling in the second cut of rough. Woods played nine holes Wednesday morning in his

final tuneup for the Masters, and how he played was of little consequence. Even so, that snapshot from the 13th tee was another reminder how quickly the best plans can fall apart, even for the No. 1 player on top of his game, especially at Augusta National. Think back to Woods at his absolute best. He won 10 times in 2000, including three majors, and finished no worse than fifth in 19 of his 22 tournaments worldwide. Going into the Masters, he either won or finished second in 10 of his previous 11 PGA Tour events. It felt as though everyone was playing for second at Augusta that year. What happened?

Woods made a double bogey and a triple bogey in a span of three holes, shot 75 in the opening round and never caught up. The hype over Woods is not that strong this year, though there is no doubt who is driving the conversation. Those who have played with him on the course or hit balls next to him on the range talked about how he never missed a shot. His putting has been pure since he got that tip from Steve Stricker last month at Doral. And it shows in the scores. Woods has won his last two tournaments, at Doral and Bay Hill, and neither was terribly close.

See MASTERS, page B2

SPORTS

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8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY

Baseball Hiawatha at Serena, 4:30 p.m. Newark at Indian Creek, 4:30 p.m. Genoa-Kingston at Burlington Central, 4:30 p.m. Kaneland at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m. Sycamore at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m. Hinckley-Big Rock at Earlville / Leland, 4:30 p.m. Softball Sycamore at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m. Kaneland at Morris, 4:30 p.m. Burlington Central at Genoa-Kingston, 4:30 p.m. Newark at Indian Creek, 4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer Indian Creek at DePue, 4:30 p.m. Rochelle at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m. Hinckley-Big Rock at IMSA, 4:45 p.m. Genoa-Kingston at Burlington Central, 4:30 p.m. Christian Liberty Academy at Hiawatha, 4:30 p.m. Boys Tennis DeKalb at Geneseo, 4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Baseball Serena at Hiawatha, 4:30 p.m. Indian Creek at Newark, 4:30 p.m. Earlville / Leland at Hinckley-Big Rock, 4:30 p.m. Kaneland at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m. Softball Indian Creek at Newark, 4:30 p.m. Serena at Hiawatha, 4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer Genoa-Kingston at St. Edward tournament, TBD Boys Track Genoa-Kingston, Hinckley-Big Rock at Seneca Invite, 4 p.m. Girls Track Genoa-Kingston, Hinckley-Big Rock at Seneca Invite, 4 p.m. Sycamore at Minooka Invitational, 4:30 p.m. Kaneland at Ottawa ABC Invitational, 4:30 p.m. DeKalb at Crystal Lake Central Invite, 5 p.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS Goat’s head delivered to Wrigley Field

BIG TEN FOOTBALL

Northwestern looks set to make run in B10 Legends

NIU FOOTBALL

Kansas St. rewards Weber with contract extension

When the Masters begins Thursday, he is the odds-on favorite to end his five-year drought in the majors, and win a green jacket for the first time since 2005. Trouble is, Augusta National doesn’t play favorites. “Obviously, Tiger is Tiger,” said Scott Piercy, who will play alongside Woods and Luke Donald in the opening two rounds. “He’s always going to be that target. He knows it, and that’s how he wants it. But there’s a lot of people getting closer. And the golfing gods, or whatever you want to call them, have a lot to do with winning. A bounce here, a bounce there. A lip in, a lip out.” Angel Cabrera got one of those bounces off a pine tree and back into the 18th fairway in 2009 that helped him save par and win a playoff on the next hole. Sure, he was a former U.S. Open champion, but the big Argentine was No. 69 in the world that year, the lowest-ranked player to ever win the Masters. The hole got in the way twice for Charl Schwartzel in 2011, once on a chip across the first green that fell for birdie, another a shot from the third

Wednesday's Results Detroit 111, Cleveland 104 Atlanta 124, Philadelphia 101 Orlando 113, Milwaukee 103, OT Miami 103, Washington 98 Brooklyn 101, Boston 93 Phoenix 102, Dallas 91 L.A. Lakers at Portland (n) New Orleans at Sacramento (n) Minnesota at L.A. Clippers (n) San Antonio at Denver (n) Today’s Games New York at Bulls, 7 p.m. Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

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Mississippi State quarterback Tyler Russell is sacked by Northwestern defensive lineman Tyler Scott during the second half of the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1 in Jacksonville, Fla. Northwestern would appear primed to make a run at the division title this fall, with eight starters returning on offense and seven on defense. and planning for life without workhorse running back Le’Veon Bell. The focus at Iowa is sorting out the competition among the three quarterbacks vying to replace James Vandenberg. Minnesota has all but one starter back on offense and is looking to move up. Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said graduate assistant McNeil Parker was the one who pointed out the 5:03 time difference between 10-3 and 13-0 last season. The Wildcats (5-3 Big Ten) led Penn State until the last 2:37 and Nebraska until the last 2:08. In an overtime loss to Michi-

gan, it took the Wolverines 18 seconds to score the winning touchdown. “Our staff discussion was, ‘Are we that far away or are we that close?’ We have to decide as a program,” Fitzgerald said. “We’ve chosen to build on the positive.” There is a lot to be positive about at Northwestern, which is coming off its first bowl win since 1949. It starts with the alternating quarterbacks. “Kain [Colter] and Trevor [Siemian] can lead us to a championship,” Fitzgerald said. Venric Mark, who rushed for almost 1,400 yards, and three receivers are back. Fitz-

gerald also talked up a fourth receiver, fifth-year senior Mike Jensen, who is having a “terrific spring.” Fitzgerald said the defense has continued to add size and speed and is two deep at each position. “It really doesn’t matter from a standpoint of what we’ve done in the past and what we have coming back,” Fitzgerald said. “What matters is how close this team is willing to get and what we’re willing to sacrifice between now and the opener against Cal to come together and improve as a program. We’re moving in the right direction.”

NIU announces rosters for Huskie Bowl DAILY CHRONICLE Northern Illinois has announced the rosters for the first annual Huskie Bowl. The game will take place Saturday, April 20 at 1 p.m. and is free of charge and open to the public. The Cardinal team will be led by linebackers coach Kevin Kane, while offensive line coach Joe Tripodi will lead the Black squad. Each team will have 10 possessions from its own 25-yard line, and two possessions from the opposing team’s 25. If the game is tied after that, it will head to overtime. There will be field goals and extra points but no other special teams plays.

Here are the full rosters: CARDINAL

Zach Anderson (DT), Sal Arceo (OL), Matt Baltimore (DE), Matt Battaglia (OL), Giorgio Bowers (RB), Leroy Bridges (WR), Ryan Brown (OL), Ricky Connors (FB), Johnny Eagan (WR), Ladell Fleming (LB), Perez Ford (DE), Ryan Gorrell (LB), Zach Grant (WR), Isaac Grashoff (K), Marckie Hayes (CB), Cody Hazelett (LB), Cornelius Henry (DT), Lincoln Howard (OT), Mike Ippolito (DE), Tommylee Lewis (WR), Paris Logan (CB), Jordan Lynch (QB), Desroy Maxwell (TE), Brian Mayer (LS), Charlie Miller (WR), Marlon Moore (CB), Levon

Myers (OL), Andrew Ness (OL), Stephen O’Neal (DE), Wes Ott (OL), Tyler Pitt (OL), Bobby Ramlet (LS), Michael Santacaterina (LB), Angelo Sebastiano (WR), Tim Semisch (TE), Austin Smaha (LB), James Spencer (RB), Scott Taylor (OL), Jimmie Ward (S), Dominique Ware (CB), Tyler Wedel (P/K), Anthony Wells (DT), Matt Williams (QB)

BLACK

Jamaal Bass (LB), Ken Bishop (DT), Juwan Brescacin (WR), Jacob Brinlee (WR), Anthony Brooks (CB), Ron Brown (WR), Da’Ron Brown (WR), Brian Canoy (DL), Aidan Conlon (OL), Mike Cotton (LB), Dechane Duran-

te (S), Luke Eakes (TE), Sean Evans (CB), Jhony Faustin (CB), Sean Folliard (S), Mike Gegner (C), Clayton Glasper (WR), Donovan Gordon (DT), David Green (DT), Drew Hare (QB), Pat Husain (OL), Charles Ivory (CB), Mario Jones (DT), Matt Krempel (OL), Rasheen Lemon (LB), Larry Lloyd (DT), Devonte’ Majors (WR), Boomer Mays (LB), Matt McIntosh (QB), Nate McNeal (S), Jason Meehan (DE), Alex Morrow (RB), George Rainey (DE), Josh Ruka (OL), Mathew Sims (K), Brad Steger (OL), Rob Sterling (FB), Cameron Stingily (RB), Mark Strbjak (P), Jess Striedl (TE), Kevin Tennenbaum (TE), Jared Volk (OL), Joe Windsor (DE)

11 years since Woods has won Masters tourney Harper splits • MASTERS

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB z-Miami 62 16 .795 — y-New York 51 26 .662 10½ y-Indiana 49 29 .628 13 x-Brooklyn 46 32 .590 16 x-Bulls 42 35 .545 19½ x-Atlanta 43 36 .544 19½ x-Boston 40 38 .513 22 x-Milwaukee 37 41 .474 25 ------------------------------------------------------Philadelphia 31 47 .397 31 Toronto 30 48 .385 32 Washington 29 50 .367 33½ Detroit 27 52 .342 35½ Cleveland 24 54 .308 38 Orlando 20 59 .253 42½ Charlotte 18 60 .231 44 W L Pct GB y-San Antonio 57 20 .740 — x-Oklahoma City 57 21 .731 ½ x-Denver 53 24 .688 4 y-L.A. Clippers 51 26 .662 6 x-Memphis 53 25 .679 4½ x-Golden State 45 33 .577 12½ x-Houston 44 34 .564 13½ L.A. Lakers 41 37 .526 16½ ------------------------------------------------------Utah 41 38 .519 17 Dallas 38 40 .487 19½ Portland 33 44 .429 24 Minnesota 29 48 .377 28 Sacramento 27 50 .351 30 New Orleans 27 51 .346 30½ Phoenix 24 55 .304 34 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

The Associated Press Every time Northwestern’s football players slip on their workout shirts, they see just how close they came to an undefeated season in 2012. Stamped on the back of each one is “5:03.” It stands for the total of 5 minutes, 3 seconds the Wildcats trailed at the end of their three losses. “I knew we were close,” defensive end Tyler Scott said Wednesday on the Big Ten Legends Division spring teleconference. “It just really brought it to top of your mind when it said 5:03 and how little time that was we had to execute a couple more times to put us in the position of playing for the Big Ten title and going undefeated. It was scary to see that and know we’re capable of it.” Northwestern would appear primed to make a run this fall with eight starters returning on offense and seven on defense. Defending Legends champion Nebraska will have a potent offense led by fourth-year starting quarterback Taylor Martinez. The Cornhuskers might need every point that offense can muster to compensate for a defense that lost eight starters and surrendered 115 points in the last two games. Michigan lost half its starters and is transitioning this spring from the spread to pro-style offense with quarterback Devin Gardner. Michigan State is breaking in a new offensive coordinator

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WESTERN CONFERENCE

By ERIC OLSON

CHICAGO – Goats that previously appeared at Chicago’s Wrigley Field were alive and kicking. But not Wednesday, when a goat’s head was left in a box outside the home of the Cubs. The box was addressed to team chairman Tom Ricketts. Ricketts is currently in negotiations with city officials and neighborhood business people about the $300 million renovation of Wrigley Field. Cubs spokesman Julian Green says staff at Wrigley Field discovered the package and immediately called police. Chicago police spokesman Officer Veejay Zala said Chicago police responded to a call around 2:30 p.m. indicating an “intimidating package” had been received. Zala would not elaborate, saying police are investigating. Chicago legend said a restaurant owner allegedly cursed the Cubs when they wouldn’t let his pet goat into Wrigley Field.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – Kansas State rewarded basketball coach Bruce Weber for winning a share of the school’s first conference championship in 36 years with a raise and a one-year contract extension Wednesday. Weber’s annual salary will increase by $250,000 to $1.75 million next season, and increase by $100,000 each of the remaining years on his original five-year deal. That means Weber will make $2.15 million for the 2017-18 season, the year that has been added to his contract. “Whenever you have success, it is a direct reflection of your team and staff, and I have said all along we had great chemistry between our players and staff all year,” Weber said. “I’m so proud to be associated with this group of players and coaches and I can’t thank them enough.” – Wire reports

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fairway that dropped for eagle. He finished with four straight birdies to win. It has been 11 years since the No. 1 player in the world – Woods – won the Masters. There is always the usual assortment of players who seem to contend every year for a green jacket. Phil Mickelson is a three-time Masters champion, his most recent in 2010 when he arrived at Augusta National without having come close to winning that year. Fred Couples was tied for the 36-hole lead last year at age 52. Rory McIlroy has shown he can play the course, at least on the weekdays. Lee Westwood has been among the top three twice since 2010. But for every Woods there is Zach Johnson. For every Mickelson there is Trevor Immelman. Johnson was just a normal guy from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who would not seem to fit the profile of a Masters champion. He wasn’t very long, didn’t hit the ball very high and didn’t go for the green in two on any of the par 5s. He won by two shots in 2007. “I thought I was playing good that week,” Johnson said. He might have been the only one who realized it. Johnson put the estimate at “0.5 per-

cent” of those who could have pictured him in a green jacket. Then again, it’s like that just about everywhere he goes. “The favorite is all media-driven, all public-driven,” Johnson said. “There are no surprises out there. There’s probably 70 or 80 guys that you would not be surprised one bit if any of them won.” Three-time Masters champion Nick Faldo didn’t name them all, but his list kept growing when he talked about 20 players who could win the Masters, all from what he referred to as the second tier and described as “pretty darn good.” Justin Rose, Ian Poulter and Luke Donald. Brandt Snedeker and Bill Haas. Louis Oosthuizen and Schwartzel. “Yes, Tiger is the favorite,” Faldo said. “He’s strong. He’s determined. We will see. But he’s going to be chased by a lot of really good players.” Robert Garrigus considered the last few weeks on the PGA Tour to illustrate how fickle this game can be. Martin Laird had missed the cut in half his tournaments and had yet to crack the top 30 when he closed with a 63 to win the Texas Open. D.A. Points had missed seven cuts in nine tournaments and had not finished in the top 60 when he won the Houston Open.

his bat on 91 MPH pitch • SOX

Continued from page B1 That gave the Nationals 11 homers in their last four games, 15 for the season. The 14 entering Wednesday were a franchise record through a season’s first seven games. Floyd struck out the next two batters, but then got into more trouble, giving up Desmond’s double and Espinosa’s single that gave Washington a 2-1 lead. Harper’s next time at the plate, in the fifth, he followed a single by Werth with a single up the middle of his own, this time on a 91 mph first pitch. TV replays showed Harper’s bat split on impact with the ball, then broke completely as the wood slapped against his back on his follow-through. Ryan Zimmerman followed with an RBI single to shallow right.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Blackhawks 39 30 5 4 64 129 83 d-Anaheim 40 27 8 5 59 123 99 d-Vancouver 39 22 11 6 50 105 95 Los Angeles 40 22 14 4 48 115 101 San Jose 39 20 12 7 47 98 98 St. Louis 38 22 14 2 46 107 98 Minnesota 39 22 15 2 46 103 98 Detroit 39 19 15 5 43 99 101 ------------------------------------------------------Dallas 39 19 17 3 41 109 118 Columbus 40 17 16 7 41 95 104 Phoenix 39 17 16 6 40 105 106 Edmonton 39 16 16 7 39 101 108 Nashville 41 15 18 8 38 96 110 Calgary 38 14 20 4 32 102 134 Colorado 39 12 22 5 29 90 124

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GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Pittsburgh 40 30 10 0 60 132 98 d-Boston 39 26 9 4 56 113 85 d-Washington 40 21 17 2 44 120 112 Montreal 39 25 9 5 55 122 94 Toronto 40 22 13 5 49 123 112 Ottawa 39 19 14 6 44 96 88 N.Y. Islanders 40 20 16 4 44 117 120 N.Y. Rangers 40 20 16 4 44 99 96 ------------------------------------------------------Winnipeg 41 20 19 2 42 102 121 New Jersey 40 15 15 10 40 96 111 Buffalo 40 16 18 6 38 106 122 Philadelphia 39 17 19 3 37 107 122 Tampa Bay 39 17 20 2 36 124 116 Carolina 39 16 21 2 34 102 126 Florida 39 13 20 6 32 96 132 d-division leader x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Two points for a win, one point for OT loss. Wednesday’s Results N.Y. Rangers 3, Toronto 2, SO Boston 5, New Jersey 4 Vancouver at Calgary (n) Phoenix at Edmonton (n) Colorado at Anaheim (n) Today’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 6 p.m. Montreal at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Carolina at Washington, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Florida at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE

Central Division W L Pct GB 6 3 .667 — 4 4 .500 1½ 4 4 .500 1½ 4 5 .444 2 3 5 .375 2½ East Division W L Pct GB Boston 5 3 .625 — Baltimore 4 4 .500 1 New York 4 4 .500 1 Tampa Bay 4 5 .444 1½ Toronto 3 5 .375 2 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 6 2 .750 — Texas 6 3 .667 ½ Seattle 4 5 .444 2½ Los Angeles 2 5 .286 3½ Houston 2 6 .250 4 Kansas City White Sox Detroit Minnesota Cleveland

Tuesday's Results Washington 8, White Sox 7 Detroit 7, Toronto 3 N.Y. Yankees 14, Cleveland 1 Texas 6, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 7, Minnesota 4 Oakland 9, L.A. Angels 5 Houston 16, Seattle 9 Wednesday's Results Washington 5, White Sox 2 Toronto 8, Detroit 6 Tampa Bay 2, Texas 0 N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, ppd., rain Baltimore 8, Boston 5 Kansas City 3, Minnesota 0 Oakland at L.A. Angels (n) Houston at Seattle (n) Today’s Games White Sox (Axelrod 0-0) at Washington (Haren 0-1), 6:05 p.m. Toronto (Jo.Johnson 0-0) at Detroit (Fister 1-0), 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 0-1) at Cleveland (McAllister 0-1), 6:05 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 0-0) at Boston (Aceves 0-0), 6:10 p.m. Oakland (Griffin 1-0) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 0-0), 9:05 p.m. Texas (Grimm 0-0) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 1-1), 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Central Division W L Pct GB 5 4 .556 — 5 4 .556 — 3 5 .375 1½ 3 6 .333 2 2 6 .250 2½ East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 8 1 .889 — Washington 6 2 .750 1½ New York 5 4 .556 3 Philadelphia 4 5 .444 4 Miami 1 8 .111 7 West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 6 3 .667 — San Francisco 6 3 .667 — Los Angeles 4 3 .571 1 Colorado 5 4 .556 1 San Diego 2 5 .286 3 Cincinnati St. Louis Cubs Pittsburgh Milwaukee

Tuesday’s Results Washington 8, White Sox 7 San Diego 9, L.A. Dodgers 3 Philadelphia 8, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 3, Miami 2 Cubs 6, Milwaukee 3 St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 1 Pittsburgh 6, Arizona 5 San Francisco 9, Colorado 6 Wednesday’s Results Washington 5, White Sox 2 Milwaukee at Cubs, ppd., rain St. Louis 10, Cincinnati 0 Arizona 10, Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 10, Colorado 0 Philadelphia 7, N.Y. Mets 3 Atlanta 8, Miami 0 L.A. Dodgers at San Diego (n) Today’s Games San Francisco (Vogelsong 0-1) at Cubs (Feldman 0-1), 1:20 p.m. White Sox (Axelrod 0-0) at Washington (Haren 0-1), 6:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 1-0) at San Diego (Marquis 0-1), 9:10 p.m.

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Barbs recording hits across the lineup

A closer look at the prep baseball scene

SPOTLIGHT ON ... ALEC KOZAK Sycamore, junior The Sycamore lineup is loaded with hitters that don’t hesitate to take big swings. The result can be feast or famine offensive numbers. But Kozak has had a consistent approach at the plate all season. “He just has solid at bats,” Sycamore coach Jason Cavanaugh said. “He does what we teach and as a result hits the ball hard. It seems like he is always just waiting to get up there and hit a double.”

WHAT TO WATCH FOR Sycamore at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m., today One inning has separated Sycamore and DeKalb in their first two games. The Spartans exploded for seven runs in a series opening, 8-1, win on Monday. It took eight innings for the Barbs to even the series on Tuesday with a 10-9 win. DeKalb starts Corey Nelson (1-0, 1 save) and Sycamore will send Cole Nelson (2-0) to the mound as both teams search for a win that, despite it being the first Northern Illinois Big 12 East series, could eventually determine the conference champion. “Every series counts,” Sycamore coach Jason Cavanaugh said. “We have found that out over the years. A win in an early season conference game is just as important as a win later in the season.” Kaneland at Rochelle, 4:30 p.m., today Pitching and defense have helped the Knights climb closer to .500. A Northern Illinois Big 12 East series sweep against Rochelle would help an inexperienced Kaneland team continue to find its way.

POWER RANKINGS 1. Sycamore (4-4, 1-1 NI Big 12 East) 2. DeKalb (5-6, 1-1 NI Big 12 East) 3. Hiawatha (4-1, 4-0 Little Ten) 4. Hinckley-Big Rock (6-3, 5-1 Little Ten) 5. Kaneland (4-6, 1-0 NI Big 12 East) 6. Indian Creek (3-4, 3-2 Little Ten) 7. Genoa-Kingston (2-5, 1-1 BNC East)

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DeKalb’s Jared Johnson runs down the third base line to score against Sycamore Monday at NIU’s Ralph McKinzie Field.

Sean Donnelly has the right attitude. He has always had it as the Hawks football and baseball coach. His patience and willingness to teach the game and inspire student-athletes is finally being rewarded this year. Hiawatha (4-1, 4-0 Little Ten) is in a position opponents don’t always expect: first place. “We aren’t used to the fact that we should be doing well,”

VIEWS James Nokes Donnelly said. “There are times when there isn’t a lot expected of us from our opponents when we take the field. There are times we’ve struggled in the past. But credit goes to our players who have really worked

Hiawatha softball sweeps Paw Paw Hiawatha swept both games of a doubleheader against Paw Paw on Tuesday. Abby Turner threw a two-hitter while Ashley Tamraz went 3 for 3 with two RBIs in the Hawks’ 11-1 win. Dani Clark had a triple and

two RBIs and Haley Melendez was 2 for 2 with two RBIs. In the second game, Clark recorded seven strikeouts and went 2 for 2 with two RBIs in the Hawks’ 8-2 win. Tamraz went 2 for 3 with two RBIs while Haley Zuberbier was 3 for 3 with two RBIs for Hiawatha (2-2, 2-3 Little Ten). “The team is playing great

defense, two games, no errors,” Hiawatha coach David Tamraz said.

BOYS TENNIS Barbs top L-P: DeKalb’s Matt

Kulma got a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 1 singles as the Barbs beat LaSalle-Peru, 3-2. Phil Henrickson won 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.

Diedrich glad to finish recruiting process • DIEDRICH

Continued from page B1 “I loved it,” Diedrich said. “Great coaches, great facilities, great school. I thought [the campus] was beautiful.” Diedrich was a Northern Illinois Big 12 East all-conference selection the last three years and was twice selected to the Daily Chronicle All-Area team. He had high expectations coming up through middle school as Clinton-Rosette coach Dan Weller called Diedrich “the best lineman to come through the program.” He quickly moved up to the varsity as a sophomore and was named team captain as a junior and senior. “As a captain and somebody that represents your program, Joe’s the type of kid that will always spend that extra effort on the field, in the weight room, on the field,” said former DeKalb coach Marty Sanders, who coached Diedrich tfor three seasons at DeKalb. “Not only is he a great player, he’s a great leader.” Diedrich was part of DeKalb’s last playoff team in 2010, taking on the responsibilities of center as a sophomore. Diedrich took an unofficial visit to Winona in November after the high school football season ended this year, but was still considering other Division-II programs like Minnesota State and Grand

Spartans need outs

The numbers didn’t favor Sycamore in Tuesday’s loss to DeKalb. Mitchell Jordan (0-2) took the loss as the Spartans surrendered 16 hits, four walks and three hit batters in eight innings. Sycamore coach Jason Cavanaugh starts Cole Nelson (2-0) today as the Spartans try to win an important opening Northern Illinois Big 12 East series. “Our pitchers have to get people out,” Cavanaugh said. “That’s the name of the game. It always has been. Our pitchers need to go out and stop the bleeding.” While the Spartans were rifling doubles to the gaps, DeKalb ground out a win with singles and an eventual safety squeeze to determine the outcome.

Shake up at Kaneland

Brian Aversa thought a lineup adjustment was in order. So the Kaneland coach moved Dan Miller to lead off, Josh Cohrs to third and Matt Limbrunner to the cleanup spot. The result was a 6-4 home win against Rochelle on Tuesday to open the Northern Illinois Big 12 East conference season. “We got multiple hits in the series opener,” Aversa said. “We made a few changes to get our most consistent more at bats. We’ve had to focus on hitting, making the right choices in certain situations. The guys are working hard to understand what we are trying to do.”

Hiawatha changing opponents’ expectations

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Every Barb that played recorded a hit in DeKalb’s eight-inning win over Sycamore on Tuesday. It’s a feat DeKalb coach Jake Howells has rarely seen in his baseball career. “All nine starters and a sub got a hit,” Howells said. “It wasn’t like anyone was 4 for 4. Everyone on the team contributed and got on base. We didn’t hit doubles all over the field either. We took advantage of a few mistakes. It was a great, back-and-forth game.” Multiple players making offensive contributions is the formula for success Howells believes the young Barbs lineup should use. DeKalb also needs to be resilient and avoid the big inning. In Monday’s 8-1 loss the Barbs yielded seven runs in the second inning. But Tuesday, they had an answer for every Spartans’ rally and used a safety squeeze bunt by No. 9 hitter Nick Bourdegas to score Corey Nelson, who also picked up the save and will get the start in the series finale today. “We responded well when mistakes happened,” Howells said. “Mistakes are bound to happen and we’ve got to avoid going into panic mode. We can’t get on each other. We’ve got to stay together and find a way for everyone to contribute. Today was a picture of what we need to do.”

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DeKalb defensive lineman Joe Diedrich puts pressure on Kaneland quarterback Drew David on Sept. 30 during the first half of their game in DeKalb. Valley State. Now he’s glad to have the recruiting process finished and is preparing for his freshman season. “They sent me a spring workout right now and I’m finishing up that then they’ll send me a summer one and I’ll be doing a bunch of running and lifting,” Diedrich

said. “Trying to keep me on track in the summer.” Diedrich isn’t sure if the coaching staff will have him take a redshirt or not as a freshman, but knows he will be playing on the offensive line. Diedrich plans to study nursing or education at Winona State.

hard to raise the bar the last couple of years. Teams know they have to play a good game against us. And in turn, our guys always go out and give their best.” After Wednesday’s rainout, the Hawks have four Little Ten games in the next four days. The players even got a reward for their hard work this season: a day off from an indoor practice on Wednesday.

“It’s exciting,” Donnelly said. “Our kids are confident. They know on paper we should have a real good team. The possibility for us to do very well exists. We’ve still got to go out everyday and do it though. We’ve got to keep improving.”

James Nokes is a contributor to the Daily Chronicle. He can be reached at sports@daily-chronicle.com.

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42 Jackie Robinson story is face-paced, entertaining By JEFFREY WESTHOFF Shaw Media

riter-director Brian Helgeland approaches every scene of “42,” the story of baseball barrier breaker Jackie Robinson, as if it were a history lesson. Nothing is especially wrong with this. Robinson, who in 1947 became the first black man to step onto a Major League ball field as a player, is a key figure of the 20th century. In simple terms, his bat struck the first major blow for Civil Rights. “42” can’t help being a history lesson. Helgeland, who won the Oscar for his “L.A. Confidential” script, can point to recent precedence. Steven Spielberg also framed every scene of “Lincoln” as a history lesson. The difference comes in the presentation. With “Lincoln,” Spielberg presented history like a college professor. With “42,” Helgeland presents history like a middle-school teacher. Again, nothing is especially wrong with this. Children should see this movie. They should learn why Robinson deserves to be remembered and revered. They should learn the horror of the institutional racism that once dictated life in much of the country and of

the ingrained racism that influenced life in the rest of it. “42” is no dry and boring recitation of history. It features excitement and humor. Children will be entertained by it, especially those who love baseball. But while their children learn, adults may get antsy with “42,” waiting for a few lessons to be pitched at their level. Such lessons come, but it takes a while. With “Lincoln,” Spielberg at least assumed his audience knew of the Civil War. Helgeland assumes his audience knows nothing about Robinson’s era. “42” opens with a quick vignette narrated by AfricanAmerican baseball writer Wendell Smith (played by Andre Holland), who quickly explains the post-War years, Jim Crow laws, the Negro Leagues and the solid-white state of Major League baseball (which made it no different from nearly all American institutions at the time). With that scene set, Helgeland cuts directly to the offices of a certain ballclub as general manager Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) bluntly tells his subordinates, “I’m going to bring a Negro ballplayer to the Brooklyn Dodgers.” Of all the players in the Negro Leagues, Rickey settles upon Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Amusingly, even though Rickey is painted as a hero of integration,

he is drawn to Robinson through a different form of prejudice. “He’s Methodist,” Rickey says. “I’m Methodist. God’s Methodist.” Statistics show Rickey that Robinson is a superb athlete on the field. But he needs to know that Robinson has the Herculean inner strength to bear, and bear with outward serenity, the task before him. Robinson must endure what no person should endure, the racial hatred of a nation focused directly at him. And if he shows anger, he will be tagged as the aggressor. As Rickey famously tells Robison, “I want a player who has the guts not to fight back.” “42” concentrates on the years ’46 and ’47, Robinson’s season with Brooklyn’s farm team in Montreal and his rookie season with the Dodgers (in the second hour, it almost seems the film will dramatize every game of the Dodgers’ 47 season). In its broad strokes, “42” covers material familiar to even someone like me, who doesn’t know much about baseball’s past except the Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908. While crowds howl the n-word at Robinson from the bleachers, he finds enemies in his own lockerroom. During spring training a handful of Dodgers circulate a petition to keep him out of the club.

Some hang on to their hatred, but overall resistance thaws as players recognize the superior skills he brings to their club and recoil from the abuse other teams hurl at him, from epithets to beanballs. Shortstop Pee Wee Reese (Lucas Black) drapes his arm around Robinson during a game in Cincinnati, sending a message to the fans from his native Kentucky who crossed the river to watch him play. Helgeland is sending a message, too. He transfers the moral “we’re all on the same team” from baseball to life too glibly, a reminder that “42” is aimed primarily at a younger audience. It’s in the details and the performances that “42” rises above a script that tends to be too calculated and academic and a tone too indebted to “The Natural.” Boseman is phenomenal, with a soulful performance matched by credible big league baseball skills. He makes a more convincing screen Jackie Robinson than the genuine article, who played himself in the quickly made “Jackie Robinson Story” of 1950. “42” also showcases a Ford radically different from one we have seen before. With few exceptions, Ford’s roles have come in three types: rascally action heroes (Han Solo, Indiana Jones), stolid action heroes (“Air Force One”) or gruff action heroes (“Cowboys

and Aliens”). Here he takes on a genuine character role, with makeup and a voice more gravelly than usual. This is such a welcome departure for Ford that he can be forgiven for hamming it up here and there. Other baseball legends figure into figure into Robinson’s story, with Christopher Meloni and John C. McGinley as Dodgers’ manager Leo Durocher and broadcaster Red Barber, respectively. Nicole Beharie plays Robinson’s bride, Rachel, who suffers alongside him and props him up when he’s ready to quit. Helgeland’s slyest piece of casting is Alan Tudyk as Philadelphia’s manager Ben Chapman. Tudyk ranks among the most amiable of supporting actors (anyone who knows him from TV’s “Firefly” would think so), which makes it that much more shocking when he stands outside the Philadelphia dugout like a one-man Klan, pelting Robinson with every vile slur ever conceived to describe a black man. Tudyk’s appearance reminds us that even people we like and admire can surprise us with a hidden well of bigotry. This is a disturbing and subtle lesson in a movie filled with reassuring and obvious ones. “42” is an admirable film that tells an important story well, but it wears its nobility too conspicuously.

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things to do this weekend there are other great games - “Payday,” “Railroad Tycoon” and many others.

At the movies The big movies opening in wide release this week are “42,” a PG-13 Jackie Robinson biopic starring Chadwick Boseman as Robinson; and “Scary Movie 5,” another movie in this goofy franchise, this one rated PG-13 and starring Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan.

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Monday is Tax Day. If you need to get your taxes done this weekend and want to keep the kids busy (or want to celebrate already being done), we suggest having a money-themed game night. Our top suggestion is “Monopoly,” but

National Scrabble Day is Saturday. This annual holiday is held on the birthday of Alfred Mosher Butts, who invented “Scrabble.” To celebrate, play with your family at home, or arrange a tournament among friends.

STAGE STAGE NIU School of Theatre and Dance’s “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”: 7:30 p.m. April 11 to 13; 2 p.m. April 14, Stevens Building Players Theatre, NIU, DeKalb. Tickets: $16, adults, $13, seniors, $8, students. Box office: 815753-1600. www.niu.edu/theatre. DHS Spring Musical Theatre “The Drowsy Chaperone”: 7:30 p.m. April 11, 12 and 13, 2 p.m. April 14 in the DHS auditorium, 501 W. Dresser Road. Homage to the American musical of the Jazz Age. Tickets: $10, adults; $5, students, children and senior citizens. DeKalb middle school students get in free with their student ID. Tickets can be purchased at the door. One-woman performances by Pippa White: 12:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. April 11, Jenkins Auditorium, Kishwaukee College, 21193 Malta Road, Malta. “As Far As the Eye Can See,” a story of people and the prairie, at 12:30 p.m and “The Story of the Orphan Train” at 7 p.m. Free. Information: 815-825-2086, ext. 2040. www.pippawhite1co. com. Stage Coach Radio Plays: 7:30 p.m. April 13, Stage Coach Theater, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. Two comedic radio plays, “Cut ‘Em Off at the Past!” and “Case of the Dueling Divas,” will be performed. Free. www.stagecoachers.com. Stage Coach Players’ “The Robin Hood Capers”: 7:30 p.m. May 2 to 4 and May 9 to 11, 2 p.m. May 12, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.

stagecoachers.com. Stage Coach Players’ “Shrek The Musical”: 7:30 p.m. June 13 to 15, 2 p.m. June 15 and 16, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. Stage Coach Players’ “Red Herring”: 7:30 p.m. July 11 to 13 and July 18 to 20, 2 p.m. July 21, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. Stage Coach Players’ “Company”: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 to 10 and Aug. 15 to 17, 2 p.m. Aug. 11 and 18, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www. stagecoachers.com. Stage Coach Players’ “The Lion in Winter”: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 to 14 and Sept. 19 to 21, 2 p.m. Sept. 22, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www. stagecoachers.com. Stage Coach Players’ “Rope”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 to 12 and Oct. 17 to 19, 2 p.m. Oct. 20, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. Stage Coach Players’ “Annie”: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 to 9 and Nov. 14 to 16, 2 p.m. Nov. 10 and 17, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com. ART ART DeKalb Schools All District Art Show: 5 to 8 p.m. April 16 through 18, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Artist reception: 5 to 8 p.m. April 18. The concession stand will be open. All proceeds benefit the Egyptian Theatre.

The unsinkable ship One hundred and one years ago on April 15, the Titanic sunk and killed 1,514 people. Many libraries and museums are holding special events to mark the anniversary, so check around. And if you have three hours, you can watch the popular movie at home.

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If you’re in a sports mood this weekend, you have plenty of action: Baseball is in full swing, the NBA and NHL are gearing up for the playoffs and all the big soccer MUSIC leagues are in action. Check the newspaper for TV times, or go to the league’s NIU Jazz Ensemble spring official website. concert: 8 p.m. April 11, Duke

“Journeys: Near and Far” Cliff Cleland Photographic Exhibition: through April 30 at The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Opening reception: 2 to 4 p.m. April 7. “MAPPING: Measuring Across Place and Period; Information, Navigation and Geography”: through May 24, South Gallery, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Altgeld Hall, DeKalb. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Public reception: 4:30 to 7 p.m. April 4. www.niu.edu/artmuseum. “Rarely Seen Southeast Asia: Art, Artifact, Ephemera”: through May 15, Northern Illinois University Anthropology Museum, Fay-Cooper Cole Hall, DeKalb. An exhibit of more than 150 rarely shown art pieces and artifacts from Southeast Asia. Information: 815-753-2520 or 815-753-1771. “OBJECTIVE / SUBJECTIVE: Mapping as Visual Language”: through May 24, North and Rotunda galleries, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Altgeld Hall, DeKalb. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Public reception: 4:30 to 7 p.m. April 4. www.niu.edu/artmuseum. “Play: Stories, Mementos and Fun”: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, Sycamore History Museum, 1730 N. Main St., Sycamore. Exhibition explores leisure moments and how we remember them through stories, objects and experiences. Admission: $5 a person, free for members and children younger than 14. www.sycamorehistory.

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org. 815-895-5762 History/memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays or by appointment, Nehring Gallery, 111 S. Second St., Suite 204, DeKalb. Free. www. dekalbalumni.org, 815-757-5959, 815-757-0462 or 815-758-3635. COMEDY COMEDY

REGIONAL Zanies Comedy Night Club – St. Charles: Various dates at Pheasant Run Resort, 4050 E. Main St. Visit www.stcharles.zanies.com for acts, prices and showtimes. 630-584-6342. EVENTS EVENTS Swing Dancing in DeKalb: 7 to 11 p.m. April 16, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. No partner needed; casual dress, leather-soled shoes recommended. $5 admission includes lesson. Food and beer/wine available for purchase. See www.BarbCitySwing.com for coming dates and look for the group on Facebook. ALPHA: Friends of Antiquity Lecture Series: 7:30 p.m., Jack Arends Visual Arts Building, Room 102, NIU, DeKalb. Free and open to the public. Series schedule: • April 18: “To Whom Do Antiquities Belong? The Legal and Illegal Trafficking of Antique Art Objects,” Professor Ralph Burin, Department of Art History, Harper College, Palatine “Digging for Home,” BookSigning: 1 to 3 p.m. April 20, Carriage House, Ellwood House

Ellington Ballroom, Holmes Student Center, NIU, DeKalb. Trumpeter Sean Jones is the featured guest. Free; open to the public. NIU faculty trombone/trumpet recital: 7 p.m. April 13, Recital Hall, Music Building, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Trombone studio teacher Jeremy Moeller and trumpet professor Mark Ponzo will perform. Free. NIU World Music Concert: 3 p.m. April 14, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Free. Bob & the Beachcombers: 8 p.m. April 20, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www. sandwichoperahouse.org. Montgomery Gentry with special guest Chuck Wicks: 7 p.m. April 21, NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets: $36 and $26. NIU students get a $5 discount. Tickets can be purchased at the Convo Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster. com or 800-745-3000. www. convocenter.niu.edu. Aaron Carter with special guests Ryan Cabrera, Tyler Hilton, and Teddy Geiger: 7 p.m. May 3, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $35, premium reserved seats; $22, regular reserved seats. Tickets available at 815-758-1225 or www.egyptiantheatre.org. Glenn Miller Orchestra: 2 pm. May 4, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $27 to $32, premium reserved seats; $20 to $25, regular reserved seats. Discounts available for groups of 10 or more. www. egyptiantheatre.org. The Diamonds: 8 p.m. May 11, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E.

Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. Survivor and John Waite: 7:30 p.m. May 17, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $39.50 to $59.50 at www.egyptiantheatre.org, 815758-1225, or at the box office. Box office hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays. ONGOING ONGOING Art Attack – School of Art in Sycamore: 215 W. Elm St. Classes for children and adults. www.sycamoreartattack.org or 815-899-9440. Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts: NIU Music Building, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Classes in music, art and theater for children and adults. www.csa.niu.edu or 815753-1450. Bread & Roses women’s choral group rehearsals: 5:45 to 8 p.m. Sundays, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. www.breadandroseschorus.org. Indian Valley Community Band: 6 to 7:20 p.m. Mondays, Sandwich Middle School Band Room. Area musicians who enjoy playing for pleasure are invited; there are no auditions. Open Mic: 8 p.m. Mondays, sign-in at 7:30 p.m., The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Bands and singers perform for 12 minutes. 815-787-9547. Kishwaukee Barbershop Harmony Singers rehearsals: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Open to men of all ages. 815-895-5955 or 815899-8383. DeKalb Festival Chorus rehearsals: 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays, NIU Music Building. New singers invited. Call 630-453-8006 for an interview with conductor Jen Whiting. www.dekalbfestivalchorus.org. Greater Kishwaukee Area Concert Band Ninth Season rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, band room at Door 16 of Huntley Middle School, 1515 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. Allvolunteer band for anyone age 18 or older who has played a wind or percussion instrument in the past. No auditions needed. 815-899-4867 or 815-825-2350. Thursday Blues Nights: 8 p.m. first Thursday each month at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. “The Way” acoustic coffee house: 6 to 8:30 p.m. first Saturday each month, DeKalb Christian Church, 1107 S. First St. 815-758-1833 or tomndcc@ aol.com.

DHS comedy a tribute to jazz musicals Magician show DeKalb High School presents a comedy filled with every cliche, gag and gimmick from the golden age of musicals in its spring musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone.” The show is an homage to the American musical of the Jazz Age. The story revolves around one man’s adoration of a fictional musical comedy from 1928. The Man in Chair is a mousy, agoraphobic Broadway fanatic who is seeking a cure to his “non-specific sadness.” As he listens to his rare recording, he is transported into the musical. The plot of the show-withina-show centers around Janet Vandegraff, a glamorous showgirl who has decided to

leave the spotlight behind for love. The story is set during the week of her wedding and examines Janet’s decision to give up her career for her oiltycoon fiance and her manager’s devastation at her leaving the show. Watching from his armchair, The Man in Chair is torn between his desire to absorb every moment of the show as it unfolds and his need to insert his personal footnotes – extensive but trivial knowledge of the musical as well as its performers. The ensuing plot incorporates mistaken identities, dream sequences, spit takes, an unflappable English butler, quick-witted gangsters disguised as pastry chefs, an absent-minded dowager, a ditzy

chorine, a bumbling Latin Lothario, an aviatrix, a harried best man and Janet’s “drowsy” (i.e. “tipsy”) chaperone. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. today through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the DHS auditorium, 501 W. Dresser Road in DeKalb. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for students, children and seniors and are available at the door. Students at DHS and DeKalb middle schools are admitted free with their student ID. The cast includes DHS students Danny Lamansky, Allison Duffin, Tom Hagaman, Matt Petersen, Evan Taylor, Jake Mass, Lauren Cliffe, Matt Callahan, Jesse Heinsohn, Avery Maxwell, Lauren Zelaya, Nelle Conley, Ol-

ivia Johnson-Smith and Dennes Spyratos. Other performers include Sean Connors, Jon Doty, Will Ferguson, Rory Gallagher, Gabe Ihm, Augi Jesmer, Zhouri Ni, Dylan Schweitzer, Isabella Anderson, Laurel Becker, Jaime Briner, Amy Clark, Melissa Deball, Sarah Duffin, Hannah Hart, Sarah Jesmer, Kristin Johnson, Jaycee Mattis, Paulina Morales, Rachel Petersen, Andrea Ruiz, Kit Sawyer, Veronica Sherman and Tasia Spyratos. The production is led by music director Travis Erikson, stage director Michael Apperson, assistant director Daniel’e Apperson, choreographer Ashlie Andersen, technical director Joseph Andersen and costume director Donna Schultz-Xidis.

‘Little Mermaid’ next for Penguin Project Children’s Community Theatre’s Penguin Project has selected Disney’s “The Little Mermaid Junior” for its fall 2013 production. Organizational meetings for those interested in participating in the group’s September show will be held 5:30 p.m. April 21 and 6:30 p.m. April 22, at the First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St., DeKalb. The Penguin Project provides children and young adults, ages 10 to 22, with developmental disabilities the opportunity to take center stage

in a Broadway-style musical production, filling all roles from leads to ensemble. Those participants, known as artists, have disabilities including, but not limited to, Down’s Syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, visual impairment, hearing impairment and other neurological disorders, work side-by-side, in rehearsal and during shows, with mentors of similar age who will assist the artist in learning songs, memorizing lines, perfecting dance routines and other aspects of

the show. Neither artists nor mentors need acting experience to participate. The organizational meetings will provide background on the Penguin Project, an overview of the production schedule, a review of Penguin Project policies and other information. Interested families need attend only one meeting. Rehearsals for the show will begin in May with once-weekly meetings, slowly increasing in frequency to three or four a week as the September show dates approach. The show will

be presented at Sycamore High School, Sept. 26 to 29. “We are very excited for our fourth year of Penguin Project,” Joe King, coordinator of the program for CCT, said in a news release. “We are always amazed by the tremendous learning and growth we see in our entire cast, and gratified by the friendships we see develop in the process. We look forward to more of the same this year.” For more information visit www.CCTonstage.com and click on the Penguin Project link or call Joe King at 815-893-9447.

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Gunness World Champion escapologist Mario Manzini will perform a family-friendly magic show, “Tribute to Houdini,” at 3 p.m. April 28, at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. in DeKalb. In Manzini’s interactive show, he will invite audience members onstage to help with a number of escapes – strapping him into a straitjacket, tying him to a chair with 100 feet of rope, locking him into 15 or more pairs of police handcuffs and shackles, locking him in chains, locking him inside a mail bag and tying him in a sack. The show also will feature other magic tricks and illusions. The featured act will be Houdini’s waterfilled giant steel milk can escape. Manzini will be submerged inside the can, with the lid locked. He must escape within two minutes or risk drowning. Manzini has appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Tonight Show,” and many major television shows and specials. He also has performed at Caesar’s casinos in Atlantic City and Las Vegas. He has escaped from 26 locked prison and jail cells. Manzini’s wife, Victoria Roze, will open the show with a performance on her electric violin. She has been playing since age 9 and has performed at top theaters and venues around the country. Premium tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 for children and include a magic wand with each ticket. Regular reserved seating costs $15 for adults and $10 for children. Children younger than 3 are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at www.egyptiantheatre.org, by calling 815-758-1225 or at the theater box office from 2 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays or 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursdays.

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Stage Coach presents free radio comedies For more than 75 years, people have been entertained by radio programs. Some shows have remained standard listening fare, and some newer programs have become classics in their own right. Two of those newer radio programs will be featured this spring by Stage Coach Players. “Cut ‘Em Off At the Past!,” from Firesign Theater’s Nick Danger, Third Eye, and “Case of the Dueling Divas,” from Imagination Theater’s Harry Nile, will be performed at Stage Coach, 126 S. Fifth St. in DeKalb, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The show is free. The detective dramas will be directed by longtime Stage Coach member Barb Andree and will feature entertaining live sound effects and music. Nick Danger is an irreverent parody of the Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe private-eye genre. Created by one of the zaniest comedy groups of the 1960s and 70s, Firesign Theater, “Cut ‘Em Off At the Past!” is filled with double entendre, crazy sound effects and puns. This all-out spoof of the classic radio detective comes from Firesign Theater’s 1969

album, “How Can You Be in Two Places at Once When You’re Not Anywhere at All.” Fictional cop-turned-detective Harry Nile started his broadcast career in 1976. As a rookie cop in Chicago post-World War II, Harry ran afoul of the mob and moved to Los Angeles to protect his family, and later plied his trade in Seattle. Harry is not your typical hard-boiled P.I., rarely using his gun or fists to settle things, but he can be as tough as nails when necessary. He doesn’t have a partner, but his smart and sassy assistant, Murphy, is his indispensable sidekick. In the “Case of the Dueling Divas,” originally aired in November 2008, Harry tracks down the perpetrator of some nasty tricks between two opera stars. The Harry Nile series is produced in Bellevue, Wash., by Jim French, airs as part of Imagination Theatre on KNWX in Seattle and is syndicated internationally. A full assortment of sound effects will be performed by foley artist Tim Germain, with musical interludes by Denny Vaupel and special sound by Tom Grady.

Faculty trombone and trumpet recital at NIU Northern Illinois University trombone studio teacher Jeremy Moeller and trumpet professor Mark Ponzo will present an evening of trombone/trumpet music at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Music Building’s Recital Hall, 400 Lucinda Ave. in DeKalb. They will perform pieces by Charles Godfrey, E. Damare, J. Casterede, Eric Ewazen, Arthur Pryor and Herbert Clarke. They will be accompanied by NIU piano professor JeongSoo Kim. Moeller was appointed principal trombone of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra in 2009. He also serves as assistant principal/second trombone for the Grant Park Orchestra during the summer season, a post he has held since 2004, and principal trombone with the Chicago Philharmonic. Prior to his appointment at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Moeller served as acting second trombone with the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops for two seasons.

He also has performed with the Detroit, Houston, Atlanta, San Antonio, Charleston and Alabama symphonies. Ponzo joined the NIU faculty in 1990. He has been a member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic and Syracuse Symphony Orchestra. He is a regular substitute with the Elgin Symphony and Chicago Brass Quintet, and has performed with the Music of the Baroque, Illinois Chamber Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta, Illinois Philharmonic, Millar Brass, Light Opera Works, as well as numerous local orchestras. JeongSoo Kim is associate Professor of Piano at Northern Illinois University where she teaches applied piano, piano literature, and piano pedagogy. This recital is free and open to the public. The building is accessible to all. For more information, call Lynn Slater at 815753-1546.

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8BRIEFS World Music Concert to be held Sunday at NIU The Northern Illinois University School of Music will conclude its fourth annual World Music Festival on Sunday with the World Music Concert at 3 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. The concert will highlight several world music performances including Balinese gamelan and dance, Chinese silk and bamboo music, Middle Eastern music, Indian sarod solo, Irish music, and Afro pop. In addition, some musicians in this concert will be featured in an improvisation project, “Musical Encounter,” in which various musical idioms of different cultures will be presented spontaneously as the musicians interact with each other through musicking, a unique experience reminiscent of the musical encounters musicians had thousands years ago on the Silk Road. This concert will be another wonderful opportunity to showcase the very diverse music curriculum at NIU, a celebrated tradition since the 1970s. The performance is free and open to the public. Children of all ages are welcome. The Music Building is located at 400 Lucinda Ave. in DeKalb and is accessible to all. For more information, contact Jui-Ching Wang at jcwang@niu. edu or 815-753-7979.

ALPHA offers spring lecture on antiquities ALPHA: Friends of Antiquity will present its final lecture in the spring series on April 18. Professor Ralph Burin of Harper College will present “To Whom Do Antiquities Belong? The Legal and Illegal Trafficking of Antique Art Objects?” The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Room 102 of the Jack Arends Visual Arts Building at Northern Illinois University.

For centuries, the West has plundered the art treasures of ancient civilizations to fill its private collections and museums. In recent years, however, countries such as Greece and Italy have begun to claim their right to such ancient art treasures, and have been using legal means to have these returned. In many cases, antique objects of art such as sculptures, pottery and mosaics are being repatriated. The stakes are high because antiquities are priceless. So, to whom do antiquities belong? To those who “rescued” them? To those who purchased them? This is a fascinating and timely subject and Burin will discuss several examples of items in question throughout his lecture. Burin teaches in the Department of Art History at Harper College in Palatine. He has participated in a number of excavations of the Israeli Department of Antiquities at various sites in Israel including the Tomb of King Herod. All ALPHA lectures are free and open to the public. Founded in 1971, ALPHA is dedicated to informing the public about the importance of studying ancient civilizations in the fields of archaeology, literature, philosophy, history and art. An informal dinner will take place at 5:30 p.m. at Johnny’s Charhouse before the lecture. Call Professor Dimitri Liakos at 815-787-6478 for dinner reservations or for more information about ALPHA.

Wooden Box gets fast and furious Wooden Box Theater will present an evening of theater, jewelry display, fashion, photography and live music with their take on the film “The Fast and the Furious” at 5 p.m. April 23 at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, in DeKalb. The event will display new musical artists in the DeKalb

area and new themed fashions by several local models. The event will feature storylined scenes on the House Cafe stage and handmade jewelry by group member Ashley Ney. Candi Jackman of the Prairie Smoke Belly Dance team will perform a themed set as well. The performance is hosted by local orchestral performer and singer Danielle Pivonka, who has appeared in the group’s events since 2008, and Chicago runway model Nicolette Mori. Special guest stars include area fashion models Stephanie Phelan, Ashley Lucero, Sabrina Gabriele, Katie Braatz, Christina Vazquez, Gabriela Contreras, Mia Lynell and Nikki Fortin. Phelan, of Genoa, has been with Wooden Box Theater since its debut at The House Cafe in 2006. The music lineup for the event includes electronica, acoustic, heavy metal and hip-hop. “This event has the most diverse lineup that we’ve been able to bring together,” director and organizer Dan Sherrill said in a news release. “There’s music of almost every genre, and that’s the interesting dynamic of any of our theatrical events at The House Cafe. Bringing many genres of music together, local vendors and fashion modeling for a common theme.” Musical performers include Smudged Portrait, Mad Toxic, The Braindead Gang, Stephanie Phelan, ThanksfortheFalcon, Jade Cook with Dan Sherrill, The Danielle Pivonka Band, Steve Barnes with Beth Barnes, D-Nick the Microphonemisfit, Mark with Mia Lynell, Demetra Dokos, David Jonsson, Brother Yellow Mustard, Daerielle Amber, The Sound Barrage, The Order of the Knights McDuff and Mitch Munns with Rachael Cozzola. The event also will feature four separate fashion displays set to music and co-written by the models. Cost is $5 at the door. The dress code is semi-formal.

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Beholder doesn’t see beauty in big earlobes Dear Abby: I would like to know what the fascination is with putting plugs in one’s earlobes. I have seen some as large as half dollar coins. What does the person do if he regrets having done this to his ears? Can the holes be surgically closed? – Unpierced in Scottsdale, Ariz. Dear Unpierced: I spoke to James Wisniewski of the Body Electric Tattoo piercing studio in Los Angeles. He told me that, as with any type of body modification, the ear plugs are a matter of personal taste. The process is referred to as “stretching,” and James has had his earlobes this way for the past 14 years. He says he is asked about the procedure on a daily basis. He is attracted to it for the aesthet-

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips ics. The modification is a gradual process, with larger jewelry being inserted as the hole becomes larger. James recommends consulting a plastic surgeon if someone decides to have the hole closed because new tissue is grown as a result of the earlobe stretching. The extra skin may have to be removed in the same way as after a major weight loss. Dear Abby: I am 17 and I want to start writing a book about things I have been through in my life. My family is all for it, but my friends are against it. I am torn about

what I should do. I feel if I write this book it will help kids my age who may have been through some of the same things I have. Should I go through with it or not because my friends think it’s a stupid idea? I know I’m not exactly the smartest person and getting a publisher is difficult, but does that make it a stupid idea to try? What should I do? – Conflicted in Indiana Dear Conflicted: Your reason for wanting to write a book is a valid one and you should proceed with it regardless of what your friends think. It will help you organize your thoughts, and if you show your chapters to your English teacher, you can effectively sharpen your writing skills. Worrying about a publish-

er now is putting the cart before the horse. While it might be helpful for other teens to read, I promise you that even if the book isn’t published, it will become a treasured time capsule containing the thoughts that were important to you during this formative period of your life. Some people your age start writing in diaries or journals and continue doing it throughout their lives. Dear Abby: What is the correct response when asked at a doctor’s office or hospital if you drink? I drink socially, maybe once a month. Should I say yes? If I do, I’m afraid it will imply that I drink more often. I always end up feeling awkward and like I need to explain myself. I’m pretty

proud telling them I don’t smoke or do drugs, but the alcohol question always gets me. What do other people who drink on occasion usually say? – Filling Out The Forms in Ohio Dear Filling: In my doctor’s office I was asked that question, and my response was, “Yes, OCCASIONALLY.” At that point, the follow-up question was, “How many drinks do you have a week?” Because this particular question makes you uncomfortable, mention to your physician that you indulge in alcohol only about once a month – which is practically negligible.

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

Dietary changes can relieve gastroparesis Dear Dr. K: A friend has a condition called gastroparesis. Could you explain what it is and how it can be treated? Dear Reader: Gastroparesis is the term used for sluggish emptying of food from the stomach into the small intestine. Normally, your stomach moves about half of an average meal into the small intestine within two hours after you eat. Within four hours, about 90 percent of your meal is in the small intestine. If you have gastroparesis, food stays in the stomach much longer. Common symptoms include nausea and upper abdominal pain. It may become difficult to keep a full meal down. People with serious cases may eat so little they become dangerously thin and malnourished.

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff Gastroparesis has a number of causes, with diabetes topping the list. Diabetes can damage nerves, including the nerves that control stomach function. That nerve damage slows the speed of emptying. Several medications can also slow stomach emptying. These include antihistamines, tricyclic antidepressants, calcium-channel blockers and opioid painkillers. Some people develop gastroparesis after recovering from a gastrointestinal viral infection. Neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s dis-

ease can also affect how well the stomach does its job. One of the first things people can do to help control symptoms is to limit – or even avoid – fatty and fiber-rich foods. Fatty foods delay the emptying of the stomach in all of us, and probably do so even more in people with gastroparesis. This appears to be equally true of “good fats” (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats) as well as “bad fats” (saturated fats and trans fats). For that reason, people with gastroparesis should focus on eating smaller amounts of fats – primarily the good fats, which our bodies need. Foods rich in non-digestible fiber (typically fruits and vegetables) also exit the stomach more sluggishly

than digestible food. That’s true for all of us. Food that is digested, by stomach acid and other substances, is broken into tiny pieces that more easily leave the stomach. In contrast, non-digestible fiber leaves the stomach only when the stomach muscles push it into the intestine. Please understand that I’m not advocating that everyone avoid fiber-rich foods – in fact, they’re good for us. They just cause problems in people with gastroparesis. Gastroparesis can be reduced in diabetics by keeping blood sugar under good control. Finally, eating frequent small meals rather than three large ones can help. Unfortunately, there’s no wonder drug for this condition. A drug called metoclo-

pramide (Maxolon, Reglan) can be effective. But doctors don’t like to prescribe it at full dosage or for extended periods because it can cause an often irreversible involuntary movement disorder. Very low doses of erythromycin, an antibiotic, are often prescribed for gastroparesis. Erythromycin can speed up movement of the stomach. However, its long-term success is mediocre at best. Gastric pacemakers are devices that stimulate the stomach to contract. They’ve shown some benefit in clinical trials. For most people with gastroparesis, however, the simpler measures I’ve recommended can bring sufficient relief.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.

Return on a trial basis to your birth mother Dr. Wallace: My mother and father divorced when I was 6. I am now 13. My parents’ marriage ended because my mother decided she wanted to live with her boss. I stayed with my dad, and we both moved in with his parents – my grandparents. They have been wonderful to me. My dad was busy working so my grandparents actually became “mom” and “dad.” Two years ago, my father was killed coming home late from work. A drunk driver hit my father’s car head on. He died instantly. The drunk driver died a day later. After my parents divorced, I still had contact with my mother. We saw each other three or four

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace times a month. After my father died, I saw her about twice a week. A month ago, my mom and her husband were divorced. Then my mother came over to our house and told “Mom and Dad” that she would like me to live with her again. After she left, my grandparents told me that if I decided to live with my birth mother they would understand. If that was my decision, they wouldn’t try to encourage me to stay with

8ASTROGRAPH By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – You will almost certainly realize many of your aspirations in coming months. This is mostly because you’ll be unusually pragmatic and will actively take measures to turn your dreams into realities. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – If you’re thinking of teaming up with others in something that requires an investment, test the waters before plunging in. That pond might not hold everybody. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Independence is a wonderful quality, but you can carry it too far when it’s necessary to play nice with others. Be a team player when conditions ask it of you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Guard against a tendency to treat your duties indifferently. Serious matters should never be treated in a cavalier fashion. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Accept your friends for who and what they are, faults and all. If you display intolerance, rest assured others will call attention to your imperfections. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – The best way to get a message across to your family is to lead by example. If your attitude is “Do as I say, not as I do,” you could get into trouble. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Unless associates believe that you know what you’re talking about, they aren’t likely to put much credence in your words. If you want to sway an audience, you must be factual. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Even though you are presently in a good financial cycle, things could still get rocky. In fact, chances are this could be one of those uncertain days. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Usually, you are a strong and decisive person who isn’t prone to wavering. However, today you could make associates nervous because of an inability to make up your mind. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Under most conditions, you’re not averse to helping others. Today, though, you might lack your usual compassion and miss a chance to assist one who really needs support. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Be extremely selective regarding with whom you associate. If you get mixed up with the wrong people, the results could be disastrous. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Be particularly mindful of your behavior when in public, because your image is currently fragile. Try not to do anything that could provide fodder for your detractors. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Your associates will have a strong influence on your thinking. If you link up with a negative individual, you’re likely to see the world from a dark perspective.

them. They also said I was their daughter no matter what, and that I should decide what I think is best for me. I’m really confused and don’t know what I should do. Can you help me decide? – Nameless, Jackson, Miss. Nameless: A decision has been thrust upon you that requires wisdom far beyond your years to make – yet no one can make it for you. Fortunately, whomever you choose NOT to live with will STILL love you and be part of your life – so you can’t make the “wrong” choice. Discuss this with both mothers, and if allowed to live on a trial basis with your birth mom, return to her and stay in close contact with

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your other “mom and dad.” Dr. Wallace: My boyfriend was planning to join the Army, but he was shocked when he flunked his physical examination because the Army said they found traces of marijuana in his system. Chuck did smoke pot occasionally, but he was clean for over two weeks before the physical. He did drink two days before he left, thinking that he was going to be Army-bound. That’s because we had a huge party for him and by party’s end he was smashed. Yet he told me that nothing was said about the alcohol. What is going on here? – Abby, Santa Fe, N.M. Abby: Your boyfriend

should have been marijuana-free for at least a month, if not longer, before taking the physical. That’s how long this drug stays in the system. The prime chemical in marijuana, THC, hides in fatty tissue. This means that THC can be stored for long periods of time in the body’s high-fat organs, such as the lungs, brain and reproductive organs. Alcohol, because it is water-soluble, leaves the body within hours. This would be an excellent time for your boyfriend to stop using marijuana completely and get retested at a later date.

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

8CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

Encore for the no-trump jump Colin Hay, a Scottish-born musician who came to prominence as lead vocalist of the Australian band Men at Work, said, “I don’t walk off and come back for encores. I figure I can add four weeks to my life that way.” In a bridge column, though, encores can help to reinforce the point being made by the writer. When the dealer opens one of a suit and two passes follow, if fourth hand overcalls two no-trump, it shows a hand worth a two-no-trump opening bid – as in this deal. North might use Stayman, but chooses to raise to three no-trump. After West leads the heart queen, how should South plan the play? The difficult part of this deal is thinking of the right play. Declarer starts with six top tricks: two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs. There are two more tricks available in clubs, assuming a 3-2 break, but one spade winner is also needed. If South immediately concedes a club trick, West clears hearts and defeats the contract when in with the spade ace. If South leads his spade queen, West wins and establishes his hearts; the contract still fails Instead, because West is marked with the spade ace from his opening bid, South must start with the low spade from his hand. If West goes in with the ace, declarer has nine winners via three spades, two hearts, two diamonds and two clubs. Whereas if West ducks, declarer wins in the dummy and switches to clubs. His nine tricks are one spade, two hearts, two diamonds and four clubs.

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First Lutheran Church 324 N. 3rd St.

Saturday, 8 – 2 Please use door in alley between 3rd and 4th St. on Pine St. Name your price, although some things may be negotiable! Lots of good stuff!

GROUNDSKEEPING University Village Apts. Accepting applications for full time Groundskeeping position. Includes all aspects of grounds maintenance, trimming, lifting, etc. Valid drivers license needed. Applications may be completed during regular business hours (9am-3pm Mon-Fri) at: University Village Apts 722 N. Annie Glidden Rd. DeKalb, IL 60115

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SAT, APR 13 9-12 & 1-2 News Sources Delivered We are seeking motivated & upbeat personalities to fill entry level positions to work with the local Newspapers by going door to door obtaining new customers. Team Members - Must be clean cut, self-motivated, have a great personality, have transportation, & have leadership skills. Flexible schedules, Weekly pay, PART-TIME HOURS FULL-TIME PAY, Sales experience a plus but will train the right person. Team Managers - Must be clean cut, organized, strong leadership skills, be a motivator as well as self-motivated, great personality, reliable transportation, and basic computer skills(Microsoft word and excel). PART-TIME HOURS FULLTIME PAY & 2 years sales experience required. Start Immediately Call Jason for an interview today!! 219-256-1728 or 773-245-NEWS (6397) Or send resume to newssourcesdelivered@gmail.com

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Sycamore

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Multi-Family Spring Sale Thursday & Friday, 8:30 – 5 Saturday, 8:30 – ? Mother/Father's Day, graduation, wedding, seasonal items, collectibles, beauty items, baskets, candles, picture frames, Boyd's bears, books, records, bookshelves, exercise items, jewelry boxes, TV, scrapbooking, household, kitchen small appliances, double and regular stroller, Princess talking vanity, Cozy coupe cars, kids outdoor swing, kids tractor, toys, new kids clothes, clothes including teen boys and young mens, electric tools, ladders, heaters, shop vac, wire racks, van shelving, 10” table saw. Many slightly used / new items.

Experienced Daycare Provider has openings infant & up, CPR & First Aid certified, loving family environment, fun & educational activities, great references & affordable rates, please call 779-777-1149

SHIH TZU “RASCAL” Male, 5 years old, light tan, white and darker colors. Lost Tues, April 2 in the vicinity of Edgebrook parking lot in Sycamore. 815-754-1221

SYCAMORE Saturday, April 13 8 AM - 3 PM St. Mary's Parish Activity Center

322 Waterman St Come support the Youth Mission trip and find treasures for yourself! Admission is free!

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TV - Sceptre 46" Flat Screen TV, $140. Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

Formal Dress. Red. Hand Beaded & sequined. Floor length. Size 2. $160. Cheryl 815-895-0222 Prom Dress. Floor length burgundy, velvet top, chiffon skirt. Size 2-3. $100. Cheryl: 815-895-0222

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RADIO - VINTAGE 50's Zenith table top long-distance radio. $95. 630-406-6783

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RADIO / PHONO CONSOLE Vintage 40's, great condition $295. 630-406-6783 SEWING MACHINE - ANTIQUE SINGER 1913, like new. $250. 630-406-6783 Sewing Machine 1942 Singer Elec. with cabinet - storage bench attachments & manual included Good overall condition. $125. 815-756-4085

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Bicycle - 12 inch bicycle with training wheels (needs tube) $15 773-457-0909

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Precious Moments Dated 1987 Club Figurine, "Love Is The Best Gift Of All", Great Condition, No box, $8, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953. Need Help Rebuilding, Repairing or Replanting?

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BOOKSHELF - Wood Foldable Fold Up Bookshelf, $15. Sycamore, 815-895-5373 COUCH - Good condition couch for sale. Tan and brown muted floral print with beautiful wood trim on front and legs. Fabric is in great condition. Asking only $240/obo. Must be able to pick up. Located in Somonauk. 920-915-4155 Please leave message if interested.

MIRROR - Jewel Case Lighted 3Drawer Mirror With 1X and 5X Magnification Mirror, New, $15. Great for an anytime gift! 815-895-5373. Sycamore

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DRILL - Milwaukee 4' Right Angle Drill, $190. Sycamore. 815-895-5373 TABLE SAW - 10" Craftsman Heavy Duty Table Saw On Wheels & Large Deck, $195. Sycamore. 815-895-5373 Tool Box for Full Size Pick Up Truck. Craftsman. Good cond. $175. 815-895-7426

WOOD STAND (Not Particle Board) With One Shelf Across Top And One Across Bottom, great for any room, $12, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953.

SHOWER DOORS (USED) from 44 inch wide shower stall. Chrome trim, opaque glass, good condition. Complete with track and screws. Doors are approx. 65" tall including track. Each door approx. 22.5" wide. $25 obo. 815-895-7486.

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JEWELRY BOX - Great For an anytime gift! Hanging Jewelry Box With Door To Display Photos In, Espresso Finish, New, $20. 815-895-5373. Sycamore.

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

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3 month old male Chihuahua/Poodle mix. Crate trained (included), almost potty trained, good w/other dogs. Up to date on shots. $350 815-751-8066

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Fisher Price Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Gym For Ages Birth On Up, New, $15. 815-895-5373. Sycamore.

FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2013

Collection of Vintage Clocks Salt & Pepper Shakers, J. D. Tractors, Dolls, Antique Furniture, Tools & MUCH, MUCH MORE!

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204 E. KERR ST.

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Toro snow blower needs primer bulb $125. 773-457-0909

To Settle the Estate of Margaret Prendergast, the following described Real Estate will be offered at Public Auction. Sale will be held on site at 108 Boulevard, Sandwich, IL 60548.

APRIL 12, 13, 14 10AM - 4PM

Stamps

1990 & Newer

REAL ESTATE AUCTION

SYCAMORE

Old Envelopes

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

Curio Cabiner Corner Curio

LIVING ROOM SET - 3 Piece. New white with pastel flowers. couch, loveseat, chair. $399. 630-406-6783 OFFICE DESK CHAIR on Wheels With Arm Rests, Dark Green & Grey In Color, $15, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953

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lighted w/3 glass front 30”Wx72”H 3 shelves & storage on the bottom, oak finish $200 815-758-8529 Desk – Steel – Art Deco Style w/Sm. Left Side Return – Chair - & Lamp – Great Shape $95. 815-991-5149

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ng de pr ed in Dekalb County, Illinois. Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court. Said property is legally described as follows: Commonly known as 1480 Cambria Drive, Unit 5, DeKalb, IL 60115 Permanent Index No.: 08-13324-013 Improvements: Homeowners/Condominium Association Structure UNKNOWN Units UNKNOWN Bedrooms UNKNOWN Garage UNKNOWN Bathrooms UNKNOWN Other UNKNOWN The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale. The judgment amount was $163,202.95. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk Fisher and Shapiro, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 The notice of sale of a common interest community or a condominium unit under subsection (c) of Section 15-1507 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall state that the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. The statement of assessment account issued by the association to a unit owner under subsection (i) of Section 18 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, and the disclosure statement issued to a prospective purchaser under Section 22.1 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, shall state the amount of the assessments and the legal fees, if any, required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. If the property being sold is a condominium, you are admonished to read the responsibilities created under Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. 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 DIS-

Situated on a large lot in the North part of town this home boasts 3 Bedrooms, Large Kitchen open to Living room, dining room, and one full bath with shower. Other features included in the home are hardwood ﬂoors throughout, some newer windows, 100 AMP C/B. Full basement and mechanics include a well maintained Weil McLain boiler, 40 gal hot water heater. A cement driveway will lead you to a newer 2 plus car garage. Close to churches, hospital and the downtown area you couldn’t ask for a better location! For more information or to schedule a private viewing contact Auctioneer, Joe Wegener at 815-766-0756. Terms: $3,000.00 down day of sale with balance due on or before May 27th, 2013 at which time full possession will be given. Seller to provide owners policy of title insurance, and a Deed conveying the Real Estate to the buyer. Successful bidder is required to sign a Real Estate Contract to Purchase on the day of sale. Property is being sold in “ASIS CONDITION” with no disclosures, and no contingencies are being offered in relation to sale of another home or ﬁnancing. Sellers have the right to accept or refuse any and all bids on the day of sale. Any and All announcements made day of sale take precedence over all prior advertising or statements made.

ESTATE OF MARGARET PRENDERGAST ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE; DAVE LEWIS KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK, WALLER, LEWIS LLC SYCAMORE, IL 815-748-0380

Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

PUBLIC AUCTION 15520 CRYSTAL ACRES, SANDWICH, IL 60548 4 miles North of IL Rt. 34 on Somonauk Road or 4 miles South of IL Rt. 30 from Hinckley, IL on Somonauk Road (watch for signs)

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013 Starting at 9:30 am Lunch Available Comfort Stations ANTIQUES ~ COLLECTIBLES - Glen Park and “Bub & his Boys” Memorabilia: 4pc, Ethan Allen dinning set inc’s lighted hutch and server; 3 Stack Lawyer’s Bookcase; Modern Roll Top Desk; Grandfathers Clock, Ridgeway W. Germany; Oak Drop Leaf Table; Oak 2 pc. Desk; Hide-a-bed, Rowe Green Stripe Pattern; Pine Lamp Table; Framed Wall Mirror; Lg Glass Top Coffee Table; Barrel Back Chairs; (4) Press Back Oak Chairs; Miniature Cannon Collection, Approx 20 in all; Several Cast Iron Toys; Mar-toy R.R. Tin Cars; Still Banks; Royal Dolton Character Mugs; Staffordshire Character Mugs; Beer Steins; Spitoon; Antique Picture & Frames, Inc, “3 Headed Horse Print”; Tea Pots; Paper Weight Collection - Bridge & Leonard; Shoe Stretcher Book Ends & Cast; Teacher’s Bell; Cowbell & Others; Gas Engine Toy; Lighter Collection; Antique Car Horn; Cream Can; Several Old Camera’s; Counter Scale w/Brass Basket & Wghts; Older Advertising Items; Glen Park Framed Map & B/W Photo; Metal Statue “Dog w/Bird”; Model Tall Shop; Books, Table Top & Old Readers 1899 Ivanhoe; 1880’s Household & Farmers; Encyclopedia Sets; Oatman’s Cream Can; Pickle Jar; Tea Kettles; Wall Mount Spice Cabinet; Copper Urn; Granite Ware; Knife Collection; Victrola Records & Albums; Lanterns; BB Gun; Several Plastic Shelf Units; Lg Assort of Dry & Silk Flowers; Holiday Decorations; Misc. Kitchen & Cookware; Quilts & Rugs; Lg Collection of Sheet Music; Musical Instruments Inc: Zepher, Concertina, Guitar, Bugle, Violin, Strainer w/Bows, Trombone, Bugle w/Valves & Mut, Signed “Donald E. Getzin”, One Man Band Instrument, “Bud & His Boy’s Memorabilia”; Men’s Jewelry, Watches, etc; San’s & Striffe 7x50 Field Glass; Digital Camera Binoculars, 8x22 Bookstone; 5x40 & 10x50 Binoculars; Sm Crock Bottle Jug; Several Corcks & Jugs, Inc: 6 Gal Redwing, Salt Glaze, 6 Gal Western, Many Others Framed Water Color of “Alsace Lorraine”; Movie Projector, Kodascopa Model 70; Toy Earthmover 2 pc. Tractor & Trailer; 73-74 Botcat Poster Basketball Schedule; Rods & Reels; Tackle Boxes w/Lures; Lighted Beer Sign; Hurricane Lamp; Column Lights; Cast Iron Farm Tractor Sects; Copper Boiler; Bellow; Sheridan-Leland Plates; Hobbie Hobby Collector Plate; Mounted Bub & His Boys Poster; DeKalb Ag Sign; Lightning Rod Globes; German War Helmets; American Helmet; Antique Mirror; Pressed Cane Back Chairs; Cast Iron Pot; Cast Iron John Deere Advertisement; Friskies Dog Food Metal Sign; Bakers Feed Metal Sign; Western Plowman Vol. 1 #1 Newspaper; McCoy Pottery; Canteens; Hand Scales; Old Bottles (Sanieula, Ottawa, IL); Office Sign Tin; Antique Mechanical Planetarium Teaching Device; Tobacco Tin; Framed Antique 3D Ship; Many Other Items too Numerous to Mention. TOOLS & SHOP RELATED ~ LAWN EQUIPMENT & TRACTOR: Carpenters Bench w/ Vices; Craftsman 10” Table Saw; 10” Compound Miter Saw; DeWalt, Makita, Skil, Power Tools; Bench Grinder; Delta Drill Press on Stand; Pancake Air Compressor; 18 V Cordless Drill; Shop Vac; Craftsman 2 pc Roll-a-way Tool Cabinet; Lg Assort. Of Hand Tools; Drill Bite Sharpener; Misc. Hardware & Organizers; Air Nailer; Bench Type Anvil; Router Bits & Cutters; Bench Vice; Sev Furniture Clamps; Planer; Craftsman Disc & Belt Sander; Workmate; Tool Boxes; Ingersoll-Rand Sawzall; Dremmel Hobby Saw; 12” Band Saw; Trim Plane & Others; Craftsman 24” 5.5 hp Snowblower, Like New; Stihl FS 36 Gas Weed Eater; Sm Garden Tiller; John Deere 188 Riding Lawn Tractor 42” Deck; John Deere #7 Pull Type Yard Wagon; Easy Vac Mdl 1874 Lawn Vac; Pull Type Thatcher; Plastic Wheel Barrel; Shepherd’s Hooks; Craftsman 22” Walk Behind Weed Trimmer; Craftsman Leaf Blower; 8’ Fiberglass Step Ladder; Hose w/Reel; Lawn & Garden Supplies; (2) Iron Spring Patio Chairs; Iron Glider Chair; Waker Gas Grill; Yard Swing w/A Frame; Park Bench; Bird Feeders & House; Long Handle Tools, Cyl Forks; Several Lg. Flower Pots; Many Other Items too Numerous to Mention. GUNS & AMMO - Guns to be sold at 11:00 a.m. Continuous auction ring while guns are being sold. Remline keyed Gun Safe. HANDGUNS: Colt 45 Auto, Gold Cup Match w/Box; Waffen Farbiak Mauser; Targus .410; Colt 32 Auto; Llama 380 Auto; Rem-Colt, 45 Auto, WWII; Ruger .22 Lr. Mark 1; North American 22 Mag; S&W 22 Mag; Remington 41 Darenger; HI Standard .22 Cal. LONG GUNS: Marlin 22 Model 81; Stevens 410 Model 1078, 3” Chamber; Browning Citori; 1892 Winchester 25-20; Marlin 22, 39 A; Ithaca Mod 37; Marlin 22 Mag w/Scope; Savage 22, Model 72; Ruger .223 Cal w/Scope; Winchester Md. 70, 22 w/Scope; 1903 Springfield Bolt Action; Winchester Model 06 .22; Union Double Barrel Twist; Stevens 22 Lr, SS; Winchester Model 90 22; Remington 22 Lr.; Marlin 30-30; Daisey BB Pistol; Daisey Powerline 880; Shooters Vice. TERMS: Cash or Good Check, MasterCard/Visa. Registration requires proper photo ID. No property removed until settled for. Not responsible for items or accidents. All items to be sold to best & highest bidder. GUN BUYERS: Must present current FOID Card. For security and safety reasons the guns have been removed from the property. Inspection of guns will be on sale day only!!! Guns will be handled by Graff Guns. A $20.00 fee for handling and processing will be charged to buyer per firearm. Guns will be picked up at Graff Guns.

DON GOODWICK ESTATE (KRIS DEWEY, EXECUTRIX)

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

AUCTIONEERS: Chris Wegener - Sandwich, IL - 815-451-2820 (IL Lic. #440.000267) Joe Wegener - Rochelle, IL - 815-766-0756 (IL Lic. #440.000375) CLERK: D. Gudmunson CASHIERS: Coultrips www.go2wegenerauctions.com

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Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com 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. I521952 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 4, 11 & 18, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION OF REAL ESTATE Case Number 12 CH 517 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause, Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois will on Thursday, the Ninth (9th) day of May, 2013 at the hour of 1:00 p.m., at Public Safety Building, 150 North 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 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: 605 N. MAIN STREET, SANDWICH, IL 60548 P.I.N.: 19-26-431-013-0000 The person to contact for information regarding this property is Vincent Robertelli, Giagnorio & Robertelli, Ltd., 130 South Bloomingdale Road, P.O. Box 726, Bloomingdale, Illinois 601080726 (630) 980-7870. Said sale is subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against the real estate, easements and restrictions of record, and any prior mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

y celeration during the 6 months immediately preceding institution of an action to enforce the collection of assessments, and which remain unpaid by the owner during whose possession the assessments accrued. If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessments and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). Upon the sale being made and the successful bidder tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a certificate or receipt of sale will be issued which will entitle the successful bidder to a deed upon Court confirmation of said sale. The terms of sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of 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 is in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

2 Bed Lower Apt. in DeKalb. Appliances, Washer & Dryer, 2 car Garage. $650 mo + uttiilies &deposit. 1 yr lease. No pets 815-825-2374 Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb Studio SPECIALS Starting at $395 ONE MONTH FREE WITH AD Recently updated! Affordable heat. Walk to shops! (815) 562-6425 www.whiteoakapartments.net

Chamberlain Park Apts

Quiet 4-flat, laundry facilities, near park, no pets/smoking. $575/mo + elec. 815-827-3271

DEKALB ~ 227 N. 1st Large 2BR, carport, a/c, laundry. Clean, quiet and secure. $750/mo. J&A RE. 815-970-0679 DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location! No pets/smoking. Agent Owned. 815-758-6712

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportuntiy Provider and Employer”

Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center. Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

Laing Mgmt. DeKalb 1BR Garden Apt.

Complex Located at 201-205 W. 2nd St. Genoa, IL. 60135 1-815-899-9450

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 Sycamore: 1711 DeKalb Ave. Large 2 BR, 1.5BA. W/D in apt, D/W, C/A, microwave, stove, frig, disposal, balcony doors, security system. $790/mo. 815-756-2637

SYCAMORE 2 BEDROOM Wood style floors, D/W, A/C. Lndry on site, off St. parking, cats? $645/mo. 815-756-2064 Sycamore 2BR - Mature Lifestyle Nice, quiet & sunny. Off St parking. No smoking/dogs. On-site laundry. Call Kris @ 815-501-1872

Lease, deposit, ref, no pets. GENOA LARGE 1BR Off-St parking, appls, W/D, garbage. No pets. $570/mo+sec. 815-761-1975 Genoa. 1BR, freshly painted, new carpet. All appls, A/C. Quiet neighborhood. Off street parking. $525/mo. 815-751-5201

Sycamore Meadows Apt. 1705 Longwood Dr., Sycamore, Il. 60178 815-899-9450 We are accepting applications for our waiting lists! We have one 1BR Apt available.a immediately. Low Sec Dep. * Rental Assistance maybe available. * Security Building * 24 Hr. Maintenancee Emerg #'s * Washer/Dryer Coin Machines * We Pay Water, Trash & Sewer

“62 years of age or older or handicapped/disabled regardless of age”. Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C. of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer”

Sycamore. 2 bdrm. Nice location! Heated garage, appls & most utils incl. No Dogs. $685/mo. 815-751-7724 Sycamore. 321 S. Walnut St. 1BR. $650/mo. Deck. Pets OK w/$500 dep. No smoking on property. 1st mo rent+sec. On site laundry. 815-895-8901 Sycamore. Large 2BR. Garage, Private Patio, new carpet, laundry. Clean & quiet. No pets. $750/mo. J&A RE. 815-970-0679

Now leasing 1 & 2 Bedroom All remodeled, new appl, carpet. Large Apts, Country Lifestyle. 815-784-4606 ~ 815-758-6580

KIRKLAND UPPER 2 BEDROOM No pets or smoking. $550/mo + deposit & utilities. 815-761-5574~779-774-3042

Sycamore E. State St. AVAILABLE NOW! Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521 Sycamore Large Quiet Upper 1BR + study/nursery. Near downtown. $785/mo incl heat, water and garage. 815-739-6061

Cortland: 2BR, 2BA, condo, all appliances, A/C, carport, quiet building, Townsend Management 815-787-7368 Find. Buy. Sell. All in one place... HERE! Everyday in Daily Chronicle Classified

ROCHELLE 1 & 2 BEDROOM

Available now. Remodeled, clean and quiet, $425 & $550. 815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346

DEKALB 2BR TH KNOLLS SUBDIVISION 2 bath, appliances. W/D, A/C, 2 car garage, $950/mo. 815-758-5588 www.rentdekalb.com DeKalb Golf Course Community 3BR TH, 2.5BA, gar, front porch. All appliances, very nice, no pets. $1100/mo. 815-761-8639 www.dekalb-rental.com DeKalb: multi story condo, 2BR, 2.5BA, 2 car gar., balcony, W/D, freshly painted, new carpet, 815-739-4783 Summit Enclave 2BR Condo Includes all appl, 2 car garage. No pets/smkg, $975/mo + sec. Available May 1st. 815-501-1378 SYCAMORE McClaren Manor. 3-bdrm, 2 bath, W/D, balcony, fireplace, garage. $1200 mo. 815-751-2189.

Sycamore Nice 2BR + Loft TH N. Grove Crossing - Plank Rd. 2.5BA, A/C, W/D, full basement. 2 car, $1300. 630-416-0076 Sycamore. 2BR, 2BA. New construction. Granite counters, SS appls. 1 car garage. $950/mo+dep. Call Rosie: 630-229-2130

The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes.

Genoa~Country View Apts.

Malta: quiet, upper 2BR, appl., laundry, A/C, extra storage, NO PETS 815-751-0480

WEST SUBURBAN BANK, Plaintiff BY: Giagnorio & Robertelli, Ltd.

The purchaser of a condominium unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act [765 ILCS 605/9] which may include the common expenses or the amount of any unpaid fine when due, the amount thereof together with any interest, late charges, reasonable attorney fees incurred enforcing the covenants of the condominium instruments, rules and regulations of the board of managers, or any applicable statute or ordinance, and costs of collections and the proportionate share, if any, of the common expenses for the unit which would have become due in the absence of any assessment ac-

2BR, 2BA APT.

DeKalb Quiet 1, 2 & 3BR

We have 1 Apt Available Immediately and we will have a 2BR & 3BR Available.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO POSSESSION FOR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER FOR POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 150701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW (735 ILCS 5/15-1701(C)).

Small Town Pizza Business Turnkey Operation Call: 815-739-2582

DEKALB 1BR & 2BR

Office - 1705 Longwood Dr. Sycamore, IL. 60178

We are Accepting Applications * Low Security Deposit * Washer/Dryer Coin Machines * We Pay Water, Trash & Sewer * Close to School & Stores

Together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 28, April 4 & 11, 2013.)

Stone Prairie

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM

The property is improved by a residence. Property may not be inspected prior to sale. The Judgment amount was $45,706.40.

Upon and at the sale of residential real estate, the purchaser shall pay to the person conducting the sale a fee for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, as reflected in the receipt of sale issued to the purchaser, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300.

DeKalb – 1148 ½ Market St. 2 BD upper apt. 1st/sec dep. $600 month 815-756-6201 Available now, variety of locations. Appliances, clean and quiet. 815-758-6580

Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts. 815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com

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FOR SALE – REDUCED PRICE GREAT VALUE

2 & 3 Bedrooms. Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?

Starting at $645

815-757-1907

Sycamore 3BR 2.5Bath 2 Car Garage 2 Story + Full Basement. New windows, doors, flooring, paint, cabinets, appliances. $1200 (1st+Last+Sec) 815-895-2684

Sycamore Large 3BR Duplex Quiet,1.5BA with off St. parking. $925/mo+elec & water. No pets. Avail May 15th 815-761-3917

4500 SQ FT. FAMILY HOME Kirkland: 6 bedroom, 3.5 bath. Perfect for large family. Close to NIU, Dekalb, Sycamore, Rockford. Minutes to I-90, I-39, Rte 72. Wood floors, new carpet and beautifully decorated throughout. Master bedroom with vaulted ceiling, fireplace, walk-in closet, large soaker tub. 2nd Floor library/rec room with 3 BR and 1 Full bath. Central Vac and Speakers throughout. Finished basement with TV Room, Office, rec room, 2 BR and 1 full bath. Walk-out basement patio with, 30x15 wood deck off dining area. Huge kitchen with double oven, mega cabinet space and skylights. Backyard storage building. Cedar fenced yard. $1850/mo + Util. Pets negotiable. Avail 5/1. Call: 847-6839559 DEKALB - 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Appliances, Garage, Basement, Lawn Care, No Smoking, No Pets $925 815-758-0591

DEKALB 3BR, 1.5BA W/D, C/A, $1000/mo + security. Pets OK, available June 1st. 630-309-7602

DeKalb. Updated 3BR 1.5BA. Stove, fridge, D/W, C/A. Large garage. 815-758-0079

CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX

Millington ~ 102 S. Grant St.

Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage. No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439

3BR, full basement, appliances incl. Newly painted in/out. Avail now. $900 + sec. 815-695-5216

ROCHELLE UPPER 2BR DUPLEX Clean and quiet. Basement, laundry, 1 car garage, no pets. $550/mo + sec. 847-809-6828

DeKalb. Location! 3 Bays/Office. Parking. Rte 38. Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845 Prime spot!!!

DEKALB

DeKalb 1 Bedroom $540

Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600

hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com

DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR

Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118

DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS Starting @ $432,1BR $599, 2BR, $683, 3BR Need Help Rebuilding, Repairing or Replanting? Check out the

At Your Service Directory in the back of today's Classified

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.

Outstanding Ranch Home with 3/5 Bedrooms, 3 Full Bathrooms. A HALF ACRE LOT one owner home – over sized garage. SOOO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT. CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR

815-739-9997

Immaculate 4,280 sq ft Office / Warehouse. Air conditioned office area and bathrooms Great location near airport & tollway in DeKalb.

815-754-5831

815-758-7859

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Page C8• Thursday, April 11, 2013 Sandwich Lake Holiday Waterfront 3BR, Pets OK, W/D hook-up, 1 car garage, $1,275/mo. 773-510-3643 ~ 773-510-3117

- DeKalb Furnished Room Student or employed male. $350 incl utilities, need references 815-758-7994

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. I521952 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 4, 11 & 18, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT Commercial space for rent. With 12 Ft garage door access, office space and bathrooms. 313 Davis St. Sandwich. Please call Tony at 630-742-4183 for more info. DeKalb – PRIME LOCATIONS! 5 4 store fronts! Size & price vary! Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845 DeKalb/Syc/Cortland. Shop/Warehouse. Size & price vary! Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845 DeKalb/Sycamore. Office, Showrm, Warehouse. $5/sq ft. Extras galore! Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845

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PUBLIC NOTICE 10-039789 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF, -vsMICHAEL D. MILLER; SARA MILLER; SUMMIT ENCLAVE COURT HOME CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; SUMMIT ENCLAVE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS DEFENDANTS 10 CH 473 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on February 7, 2013; Roger Scott, Sheriff, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, will on May 9, 2013 at 1:00 PM, at DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 1st Floor, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Dekalb County, Illinois. Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court. Said property is legally described as follows: UNIT 212-5 TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS IN SUMMIT ENCLAVE COURT HOME CONDOMINIUM PHASE 7 AS DELINEATED AND DEFINED IN SUPPLEMENT NO. 7 TO DECLARATION RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2004018276 AMENDING THE DECLARATION RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 2003013151, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IN SECTION 13, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1480 Cambria Drive, Unit 5, DeKalb, IL 60115 Permanent Index No.: 08-13324-013 Improvements: Homeowners/Condominium Association Structure UNKNOWN Units UNKNOWN Bedrooms UNKNOWN Garage UNKNOWN Bathrooms UNKNOWN Other UNKNOWN The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale. The judgment amount was $163,202.95. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information. For Bid Amount contact: Sale Clerk Fisher and Shapiro, LLC 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 The notice of sale of a common interest community or a condominium unit under subsection (c) of Section 15-1507 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall state that the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. The statement of assessment account issued by the association to a unit owner under subsection (i) of Section 18 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, and the disclosure statement issued to a prospective purchaser under Section 22.1 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act, shall state the amount of the assessments and the legal fees, if any, required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. If the property being sold is a condominium, you are admonished to read the responsibilities created under Section 9 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. 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

United States of America STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF DEKALB IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WEST SUBURBAN BANK Plaintiff, -vsMARK W. DURO, BARBARA E. DURO, JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., RICHARD C. BRICKMAN, LESLIE G. BRICKMAN, UNKNOWN OWNERS & NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants Case Number 12 CH 517 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause, Sheriff of DeKalb County, Illinois will on Thursday, the Ninth (9th) day of May, 2013 at the hour of 1:00 p.m., at Public Safety Building, 150 North 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 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: LOTS 5 AND 6 AND THE EAST 16 1/ 2 FEET (IN WIDTH EAST AND WEST) OF LOTS 7 AND 8 IN BLOCK 7 IN CROFOOTS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANDWICH, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "B" OF PLATS, PAGE 46 1/ 2 ON MAY 3RD, 1882, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 605 N. MAIN STREET, SANDWICH, IL 60548 P.I.N.: 19-26-431-013-0000 The person to contact for information regarding this property is Vincent Robertelli, Giagnorio & Robertelli, Ltd., 130 South Bloomingdale Road, P.O. Box 726, Bloomingdale, Illinois 601080726 (630) 980-7870. Said sale is subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against the real estate, easements and restrictions of record, and any prior mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Upon and at the sale of residential real estate, the purchaser shall pay to the person conducting the sale a fee for deposit into the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, as reflected in the receipt of sale issued to the purchaser, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300. The purchaser of a condominium unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act [765 ILCS 605/9] which may include the common expenses or the amount of any unpaid fine when due, the amount thereof together with any interest, late charges, reasonable attorney fees incurred enforcing the covenants of the condominium instruments, rules and regulations of the board of managers, or any applicable statute or ordinance, and costs of collections and the proportionate share, if any, of the common expenses for the unit which would have become due in the absence of any assessment acceleration during the 6 months immediately preceding institution of an action to enforce the collection of assessments, and which remain unpaid by the owner during whose possession the assessments accrued. If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessments and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). Upon the sale being made and the successful bidder tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a certificate or receipt of sale will be issued which will entitle the successful bidder to a deed upon Court confirmation of said sale. The terms of sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of 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 is in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. The property is improved by a residence. Property may not be inspected prior to sale. The Judgment amount was $45,706.40. Together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO POSSESSION FOR THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER FOR POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 150701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW (735 ILCS 5/15-1701(C)). WEST SUBURBAN BANK, Plaintiff BY: Giagnorio & Robertelli, Ltd. (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 28, April 4 & 11, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, successor by merger to CASTLE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. TROY OHLSON, a/k/a TROY D. OHLSON, and his spouse, if any; WENDY L. OHLSON; HOMEOWN-

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The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREIN GIVEN YOU, TROY OHLSON, a/k/a TROY D. OHLSON, and his spouse, if any; WENDY L. OHLSON; HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, if any; UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD LIEN CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled action, that an action is now pending in this Court as shown above, wherein the Plaintiff seeks to foreclose a mortgage made to FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, successor by merger to CASTLE BANK, N.A. with respect to the following described real estate:

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LOT 7 OF WESTFIELD MEADOWS, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF ASSESSOR'S LOTS 19 AND 20 IN SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 16, 2004 IN PLAT CABINET 9 AT SLIDE 104-A AS DOCUMENT NO. 2004007027, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART OF LOT 7 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 7; THENCE WEST 44.70 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 7; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST 125.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 7; THENCE EAST 44.90 FEET ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 7; THENCE NORTH 125.00 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 7 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE CITY OF SANDWICH, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN No. 19-26-327-018 Commonly known as: 718 Charlotte St, Sandwich, IL 60548 NOW, THEREFORE, you are further notified to file your appearance in the Office of the Clerk of the Court above stated on or before May 4, 2013, and if you fail to do so or do not otherwise make your appearance on or before said date, this cause may be heard and judgment entered as prayed for in said Complaint without further notice. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Sycamore, Illinois, this 2nd day of April, 2013. /s/ Maureen A. Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court DeKalb County, Illinois FRANKS, GERKIN & McKENNA, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiffs 19333 E. Grant Hwy. PO Box 5 Marengo, IL 60152 (815) 923-2107 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 4, 11 & 18, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT ONEIDA COUNTY FRANK RUEBL and GRETCHEN RUEBL, his wife 4034 Pleasant Lane Crandon, WI 54520 Plaintiffs, v. KRYSTAL L. NELSON 4190 Vets Memorial Drive Rhinelander, WI 54501 and AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a Wisconsin insurance corporation 6000 American Parkway Madison, WI 53783 and WISCONSIN PHYSICIANS SERVICE INSURANCE CORPORATION, a Wisconsin insurance corporation 1717 West Broadway Madison, WI 53713 and KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, In her official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services a United States Administrative Department 200 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20201 Defendants AMENDED SUMMONS Case No: 13-CV-54 Code: Personal Injury Auto 30101 THE STATE OF Wisconsin To: Krystal L. Nelson You are hereby notified that the plaintiffs named above have filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. The complaint, which is also served upon you, states the nature and basis of the legal action. Within 40 (forty) days after March 28, 2013 you must respond with a written answer, as that term is used in Chapter 802 of the Wisconsin Statutes, to the complaint. The court may reject or disregard an answer that does not follow the requirements of the Statutes. The answer must be sent or delivered to the court, whose address is, Oneida County Clerk of Circuit Court, Courthouse, PO Box 400, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 54501, and plaintiff's attorney, whose address is KENNEDY LAW OFFICE, 209 E. Madison Street, Crandon, Wisconsin, 54520. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not provide a proper answer within 40 (forty) days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. Dated this 25th day of March, 2013. /s/ Robert A. Kennedy, Jr. Robert A. Kennedy, Jr. Attorney for Plaintiffs State Bar No: 1009177 Kennedy Law Office 209 East Madison Street Crandon WI 54520 715-478-3386 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 28, April 4 & 11, 2013.)

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IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: JAMES DEVON WASHINGTON FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on May 20, 2013, at 9:00 A.M., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, James Devon Washington will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from JAMES DEVON WASHINGTON to JAMES DEVON ALI pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

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