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DeKALB – State and feder-al law enforcement officialsoffered few details Wednes-day about why they spentthe day searching NorthernIllinois University’s policestation.

FBI agents, joined by of-ficials from the U.S. Educa-tion Department’s Officeof the Inspector Generaland the U.S. Department ofHousing and Urban Devel-opment’s Office of Inspec-tor General, arrived about8 a.m. and worked through-out the day. The inspectorsgeneral at federal agenciestypically investigate fraudor waste of agency funds orin agency programs.

FBI Chicago media coor-dinator Joan Hyde declinedto comment on the search

or the underlying investi-gation. Hyde said the FBItypically does not announcesearches, but decided to is-sue a news release aboutthis one around 8:15 a.m.Wednesday to avoid passers-by noticing the police pres-ence and worrying about alarge emergency.

“No arrests have been

made nor charges filed withrespect to the investiga-tion,” the release said. “Dueto the ongoing nature of thematter, no additional infor-mation is available at thistime.”

The searches follow sev-eral controversies to hit cam-pus this year, some of whichhave involved the police

department.Two NIU administrators,

Robert Albanese and JohnGordon, reportedly were un-der investigation for appro-priating university propertyfor their personal use whenthey quit in July. An em-ployee filed a grievance com-plaining of being assigned toclean Gordon’s home whileworking for the university.

Albanese was the formerassociate vice presidentof the Division of Finance,Facilities and Operations,and Gordon is the formerdirector of the ConvocationCenter.

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Local legislatorsreact to Quinn’sbudget proposal

By DAVID [email protected]

Gov. Pat Quinn challenged lawmakers Wednes-day to pass comprehensive pension reform imme-diately, but at least two local legislators doubt thatwould solve the state’s budget squeeze.

The state is facing a $97 billion unfunded pensionliability, which Quinn said grows $17 million a day.But pension reform isn’t a magic bullet, said stateRep. Robert Pritchard, R-Hinckley.

“That liability doesn’t go away the instant wepass something,” Pritchard said.

In his annual budget address, Quinn proposedslashing school funding – both K-12 schools and uni-versities – by $400 million. Quinn said the Legisla-ture’s inability to tackle pension reform is squeezingother services; at least $800 million in new revenuewill be eaten by rising pension payments, the gover-nor projected.

In his speech to the General Assembly, Quinnput the responsibility for pension reform on law-makers.

“If I could issue an executive order to resolvethe pension crisis, I would. And I would have doneit a long time ago,” Quinn said. “But democracyrequires action by the executive branch and the leg-islative branch. It’s time for you to legislate.”

However, state Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford,said there are a number of things Quinn can do topush for pension reform, such as continually callingfor special sessions until a solution is worked out.

“If I could issue an executive order to

resolve the pension crisis, I would. And I

would have done it a long time ago. But

democracy requires action by the execu-

tive branch and the legislative branch. It’s

time for you to legislate.”

Pat QuinnGoverner in his budget address to a

joint session of the General Assembly

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Obama extends overtures to GOP lawmakersBy JULIE PACE

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Shifting coursein the face of political gridlock, Presi-dent Barack Obama is making rareovertures to rank-and-file Republi-cans, inviting GOP senators to din-ner Wednesday, planning visits toCapitol Hill and working the phoneswith lawmakers.

Obama’s efforts are aimed atjump-starting budget talks and rally-ing support for his proposals on im-migration and gun control.

The president’s new charm of-fensive underscores the limitations

of his earlier attempts to use publicpressure, rather than direct engage-ment, to win Republican coopera-tion. That strategy proved futile inrecent weeks, as the White Houseand Congress failed to prevent $85billion in automatic budget cuts thatboth sides said they wanted to avoid.

As that “sequester” has startedtaking effect, Obama has begun qui-etly calling congressional Republi-cans to discuss the prospects for anelusive longer-term deficit reduc-tion deal as well as his other second-term priorities. Aides say Obama isconcentrating his outreach on law-makers with a history of bipartisan

deal-making and those who have in-dicated some willingness to supportincreased tax revenue as part of a bigdeficit-cutting package.

In both his calls and dinner invi-tations, the president pointedly hasskipped over Sen. Mitch McConnelland House Speaker John Boehner,the GOP leaders who insist thatObama will get no further tax hikesfrom Capitol Hill.

Republicanshavehadmixedreac-tions to the outreach from the presi-dent, who previously has shown lit-tle appetite for personal engagementwith lawmakers, often preferring toassign those efforts to his staff and

Vice President Joe Biden.“He’s never spent anytime reach-

ing out,” said Oklahoma Sen. TomCoburn, who spoke with the presi-dent this week about gun legisla-tion. “The question is, is it startingto change because there is bad pollnumbers or is it because he reallydecided he’s going to lead and solvesome of the problems of the coun-try?”

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a frequentcritic of the White House on nationalsecurity issues, said he was encour-aged by Obama’s efforts.

AP file photo

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Roomof the White House on Monday in Washington. En-velopedbypolitical gridlock, Obama is reaching outto rank-and-file Republicans, hosting GOP senatorsfor dinner at the White House on Wednesday nightand then visiting Capitol Hill nextweek for separatemeetings with Senate and House Republicans.See BUDGET BATTLE, page A4

Jeff Compher

Feds swoop in

Photos by Kyle Bursaw – [email protected]

FBI and Illinois State Police searched the Northern Illinois University police station Wednesday in DeKalb.

A member of the FBI walks past NIU police vehicles. The FBI andIllinois State Police served documents related to the search at thepolice station at NIU.

FBI, state police search NIU police station; no arrests made

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8DAILY PLANNER

Today

Safe Passage Domestic Vio-lence support group; 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.Weekly Ladies’ Brunch: 8 a.m.

at Fox Valley Community Center,1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich.Cost for these women-onlyevents is $4 for food and con-versation, along with bottomlesscups of coffee or tea.Back To Basics AA(C): 9:30

a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club,312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Feed My Sheep Food Pantry:

10 a.m. to noon at BethlehemLutheran Church, 1915 N. First St.in DeKalb. All are welcome.Sycamore History Museum

Brown Bag Lunch Lecture: Noonto 1 p.m. at Sycamore FederatedChurch, 612 W. State St. Freelocal history presentation, coffeeand cookies are offered to thepublic; donations are welcome.Contact Michelle Donahoe at [email protected] or 815-895-5762.www.sycamorehistory.org.Stroke Support Group: 2 to

3:30 p.m. at the NIU Speech Lan-guage Hearing Clinic, at BethanyRoad and Route 23 in the formerMonsanto building. For patients,their families and other inter-ested individuals. Contact LilliBishop at [email protected] Off Pounds Sensibly:

4:30 to 5:30 p.m. weigh-in and5:30 to 6:30 p.m. meeting,Sycamore United MethodistChurch, 160 Johnson Ave. CallLydia Johnson, chapter leader,815-895-4618.Open Closet: 5 to 7 p.m. at

300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothesand shoes for men, women andchildren. 815-758-1388.Courage, Attitude, Resources

& Encouragement SupportGroup – CARE: 6 to 7:30 p.m. atKishwaukee Health Care, 2727Sycamore Road in DeKalb. CAREis for patients with cancer orother serious illness and for fam-ily members. www.kishhospital.org.Keep It Simple AA(C): 6 p.m.

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

at Waterman United MethodistChurch, 210 W. Garfield St., 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Weight Watchers: 6 p.m.

weigh in, 6:30 p.m. meetingWeight Watchers Store, 2583Sycamore 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 to12th-graders; [email protected] or 815-787-0600.DeKalb County Amateur Radio

Emergency Service: 7 p.m. on146.73 megahertz. For informa-tion, call Bill Itter (N9EWA) at815-895-2020.DeKalb County Marines Corps

League, officers, detach-ment and auxiliary: 7 p.m. atSycamore Veterans Home, 121S. California St. For information,contact Peter May at [email protected] or 815-761-7732, or call 815-756-6625. www.dekalbcountymarines.com.Mourning After: 7 p.m. at

Great Lakes Leadership Center,526 N. Main St., Elburn, foryoung widows/widowers, andyoung adults who have lost theirpartner to death. Call ConleyOutreach at 630-365-2880 fordirections and monthly topics.Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7

p.m. at Fox Valley CommunityCenter, 1406 Suydam Road, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Free Fit Club: 7:30 to 9 p.m.

at Sycamore Community Center,138 Fair St., Sycamore. Featuringrotating cardio or yoga programsfrom various Beachbody work-outs like P90X, Insanity, TurboFire, Body Gospel, Turbo Jam,Hip Hop Abs, Rev Abs and manyothers. Call 815-901-4474 or 815-566-3580 for more information.A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m.

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Federated Church, 612 W. StateSt., Sycamore, 800-452-7990;www.dekalbalanoclub.com.Closed Discussion AA: 8 p.m.

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

Positive influences key in our lives

8 TODAY’S TALKER

By DAVID B. CARUSOThe Associated Press

NEW YORK – A teenager posts a Twit-ter message saying he’s going to blow upa school. A husband grumbles that he’slooking for a hit man to kill his wife. Awannabe jihadist says in an Internet chatroom that he is ready to become a martyr.

Are any of them serious? Or is it allbluster?

Separating real threats from idle talkis a workaday task for law enforcement.It is rarely easy, but it has taken on ex-treme complexity in the lurid case of Gil-berto Valle, a New York City police offi-cer charged with plotting to kidnap, cookand eat women he knew.

At a conspiracy trial now in its sec-ond week, a jury has heard how Vallewas part of an international communityof fetishists who got their kicks tradingwild fantasies online about violent actsagainst women.

By all accounts, he was into some sickstuff. After fighting crime at his day job,Valle spent his free time logging in towebsites like Dark Fetish, where usersposted accounts of rape, necrophilia andwomen being strangled and burned at thestake.

The site carried a disclaimer: “Thisplace is about fantasies only.” But pros-ecutors claim Valle took steps to get intocloser contact with some of the womenhe wrote about, including using a policedepartment database to look up their per-sonal information, emailing and texting

them more often and meeting with atleast one of them.

Jurors in what the tabloids havedubbed the “Cannibal Cop” case willhave their hands full when they begin de-liberations, possibly as early as today.

Valle’s lawyer has argued that it wasall clearly fiction. The plans Valle grue-somely described were never carried out.He never purchased the torture imple-ments he described in emails with hisfetishist pen pals. He never met the menaccused of being his co-conspirators. Thewomen he wrote about learned of theplans only after his arrest, with the ex-ception of his wife, who discovered herhusband’s pastime after installing spy-ware on his computer.

As strange as the case is, experts saidit touches on a common challenge in lawenforcement: deciphering intent withoutrunning afoul of the First Amendmentright to free speech.

“Simply thinking bad thoughts is nota crime anywhere,” said David Raskin, aformer assistant U.S. attorney who pros-ecuted terrorism conspiracies.

Nor is spouting off about violence onthe Internet. So when terrorist sympa-thizers go online and talk about wantingto blow up buildings, the FBI will oftensend in an operative to tease out how farthey are really willing to go.

“Obviously, they are very, very differ-ent types of offenses,” Raskin said. “Butit’s the same challenge from the law en-forcement perspective, which is, ‘How dowe get inside the guy’s head and figureout if he will act on the things he is say-ing?’ ”

Last year, the FBI ran that type of teston Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul AhsanNafis, a college student from Bangladeshwho fell under scrutiny after he beganusing social media to seek support for aterror attack.

The sting ended with the 21-year-oldsitting in a van in front of the Federal Re-serve Bank of New York, trying to deto-nate what he believed was a bomb. It wasa fake, supplied by undercover agents. Hepleaded guilty in February.

The FBI agents who investigated Vallenever tried putting together a similarsting. The case against him is based most-ly on his email exchanges.

Fact, fantasy collide in N.Y. cannibalism trial

AP file photo

In this courtroom sketch, former New YorkCity police officer Gilberto Valle (right) isseated at federal court Feb. 25 in New York.

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Yesterday’s most-commented stories:

1. Hugo Chavez, Venezuelan leader, dies at 582. FBI, state police on NIU campus to execute searchwarrant3. Programs continue for NIU police

Yesterday’s most-viewed stories:

1. FBI, state police on NIU campus to execute searchwarrant2. CBS to air special on McCullough trial3. Source: NIU AD Compher leaving for ECU

Yesterday’s Reader Poll results:

Are you going to watch the 48 Hours specialSaturday on the Maria Ridulph case?

Yes: 53 percentNo: 47 percent

Total votes: 273

Today’s Reader Poll question:

What is the most important part ofGov. Pat Quinn’s proposed budget?

• Increased pension contributions• Maintaining grants for college students• Boosting mental health services• More money for veterans nursing homes

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We talk a lot about influence. Inmany cases, influence has a negativeconnotation. We think of kids beinginfluenced to misbehave and lawmakersbeing influenced to make bad decisionsby persuasive lobbyists.

We often eschew the idea of influ-ence because it supports an assumptionthat people would act differently if notfor the effects provided by someone – orsomething – else.

The phrase “bad influence” is muchmore common than “good influence,”right?But good influence is a really powerfultool. Positively influential people holdsome of society’s greatest value.

I was proud, but not surprised, whenI learned that two of the most positivelyinfluential people on my life were be-ing given hall of fame honors for theirwork with students. These two mentorsprovided unequivocal value to me andhundreds of other young minds.

On Saturday, former college news-paper adviser Jim Killam was inductedinto the Northern Star Hall of Fame forhis contributions to student journalism.

Killam was faculty adviser of theNorthern Star, Northern Illinois Uni-versity’s campus newspaper, from 1995until 2012.

Just a few days before Killam was in-ducted, I learned that former KanelandHigh School journalism teacher LaurieErdmann would be honored this May

with a spot in the Kaneland Hall ofFame. Erdmann taught high schooljournalism and advised the KHS studentnews magazine, the Kaneland Krier, formore than 30 years before retiring in2008.

I first learned about journalism inhigh school from Erdmann. I started inher introductory class, called J-1, notknowing much about news. Erdmannwas excited to teach journalism, and itshowed through her lessons every day. Ileft high school with a really strong un-derstanding of the basics of journalism.Most importantly, Erdmann’s classesmade me look forward to learning more.

Entering college, I wasn’t sure whatwas in store for my education.

I applied to work at the NorthernStar, though, and couldn’t have found abetter mentor to learn from after leavinghigh school.

Killam was another dedicatedjournalist. He made sure Northern Starstudents practiced good writing andmade thoughtful journalistic decisions.Killam wanted to make all the NorthernStar staff members good journalists andgood people.

This brief column cannot do jus-

tice to the amount of knowledge andguidance I received from both of thesementors. But it can affirm the value ofpositive influence on a young mind.

Learning from Killam and Erdmann,I always knew I was in good hands. Theymade journalism (and school) fun andinteresting and worthwhile, and theydeserve thanks for their dedication toproviding positive influence.

•••Some more thanks are in order. I am

unfortunately ending my role as colum-nist to focus on the rest of my education,and I’d like to thank the Daily Chroniclefor allowing me to write a weekly col-umn for the past two years.

I have truly enjoyed contributing to apublication that works hard to provideethical and thorough reporting for thecommunity.

Thanks, too, to the Daily Chroniclenews consumers who have spent timereading my columns. I especially ap-preciate everyone who has providedfeedback on my work. I’ve learned a lotabout journalism from the Chronicleand from Shaw Suburban Media, and Iso appreciate having the opportunity towrite for this great community.

• Lauren Stott is a Maple Park nativeand a graduate student at Northern Il-linois University in the master of publicadministration program. She can bereached at [email protected].

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Domore pregnant womenneed diabetes care?WASHINGTON – A change

in testing could nearly triplethe number of women diag-nosed with diabetes duringpregnancy, but would catchingmilder cases help mother orbaby? A government panel isurging more research to findthat out before doctors makethe switch.Gestational diabetes – the

kind that strikes during preg-nancy – is a growing problem.More women are getting itas they wait until their 30s orlater to have a baby, and asthey increasingly begin theirpregnancies already over-weight.

This is one of the most com-mon complications of preg-nancy, and just about everywoman gets checked for it.That’s because if mom’s highblood sugar isn’t controlled,the fetus can grow too large,leading to C-sections and earlydeliveries.There are other problems,

too: Mom can get dangeroushigh blood pressure; the babycan be born with low bloodsugar; the baby’s risk of obe-sity in childhood is increased.And while this kind of diabetesusually disappears when thebaby’s born, the mother is leftwith another risk. Months oryears later, half of women whohad it wind up developing full-

fledged Type 2 diabetes.Doctors today diagnose

gestational diabetes in about5 percent to 6 percent of U.S.pregnancies, or about 240,000a year, according to expertsconvened this week by theNational Institutes of Health.

Pregnant fugitive caught,now faces kidnap chargeCORNING, N.Y. – A pregnant

woman who eluded capturefor months in a gun theft caseassaulted a jail guard at ahospital, jumped out a third-story window and kidnappeda woman and her baby atknifepoint during her getaway,authorities said Wednesday.Billie Jo Ribble, of Bath, N.Y.,

was arraigned Tuesday infederal court in Rochester ontwo counts of kidnapping, saidSteuben County UndersheriffJeffrey Allard and FBI officials.She also was arraigned on localcharges relating to a burglarynear her hometown last falland her hospital escape lastweek in Pennsylvania, Allardtold The Associated Press.

Aday of tears in Venezuelaafter death of ChavezCARACAS, Venezuela – By the

hundreds of thousands, HugoChavez’s tearful supporterscarried their dead presidentthrough streets still plasteredwith his smiling image, an epicfarewell to a larger-than-life

leader remembered simply as“our commander.”In a display of raw, and at

times, unruly emotion, genera-tions of Venezuelans, manydressed in the red of Chavez’ssocialist party, filled Caracas’streets Wednesday to remem-ber the man who dominatedtheir country for 14 years be-fore succumbing to cancer.But even amid the mass

outpouring of grief, questionsabout the country’s futurecould not be put off for long,with worries amplified by thegovernment’s lack of regard forthe letter of the constitution,and the military’s eagerness tochoose political sides.

– Wire reports

The front-page story in Tuesday’sDaily Chronicle about CBS’ “48 Hours”program airing on Saturday requiresclarification. An extended version ofan interviewwith Jack D. McCulloughwill appear online, not the full,unedited interview.

While the governor men-tioned provisions he wouldwant to see in any pensionreform proposal – includingincreased employee contri-butions and changing thecost of living adjustment– Syverson said he wantsan actual proposal fromQuinn.

“Nothing is precludingthe governor from introduc-ing his own plan with spe-cifics in it,” Syverson said.“No one wants to put it inwriting, because they areafraid of the political falloutfor being the architect ofthe plan that is ultimatelyimplemented.”

Quinn’s proposed bud-get would maintain fundingfor early childhood educa-tion programs as well asthe MAP grant program forcollege students. The bud-get would give a $25 millionboost to mental health ser-vices, as well as additionalfunding for veterans’ nurs-ing homes.

State Sen. Tim Bivins,R-Dixon, took exception toQuinn proposing funding in-creases to certain programs,as well as expanding Medic-aid, but cutting education.

“It’s the old model ofplace the pain in the placewhere it will hurt the most,”Bivins said. “I always goback to budgeting funda-mentals – don’t create pro-grams in the midst of a fis-cal crisis.”

State Rep. Tom Demmer,R-Dixon, said he would wantto roll back part of the pro-posed cuts.

“We’ve got to be cogni-zant of the fact that thereare a lot of budget pressuresout there, but if you say ed-ucation is a top priority, itsends a mixed signal to cutit by at least $300 million,”Demmer said.

By STEPHANIE [email protected]

John Rey remembers read-ing about an Arkansas projectthat tried to improve literacy bygiving children in low-incomehomes their own bookcasesand small starter libraries.

Rey bookmarked the articlein August 2011 and was in-spired to start a similar projectby spearheading the DeKalb/Sycamore Bookcase Projectfor children of the Two RiversHead Start program in Syca-more.

“[I thought] it was a verypractical project that would bedoable in the DeKalb communi-ty,” said Rey, who is the projectchairman.

Last year, the new initia-tive provided more than 50preschoolers with locally con-structed bookcases completewith personalized nameplatesand a bag full of books. The pro-gram will present 50 more HeadStart preschoolers with theirown bookcases and minilibrar-ies in May.

“People step up in variousways throughout the commu-nity, and that’s exciting to seethat volunteer contribution ef-fort,” Rey said. “We’re in a verygiving community.”

One of those volunteers isCarol Abrahamson, who joinedthe project in December andcurrently serves on the bookdonation committee. Abraham-son joined the project becauseshe believed strongly in liter-acy.

“It is just such an importantskill for everybody as far ashaving a shot at the AmericanDream,” she said.

The project also encouragesfamilies to read together, whichAbrahamson said is anotherreason she supports the effort.

Organizers hope to collectat least 1,800 books this year,allowing each preschooler toreceive about 30 books. Theprogram has received severalhundred books already, butAbrahamson said they can nev-er have too many.

The program is looking forage-appropriate picture books

that will hold the preschoolers’interests, as well as slightlymore sophisticated books thatparents and relatives can readto them.

There are some limitationson the types of books people can

donate. The program discour-ages books affiliated with anyreligion or religious holiday, aswell as books that are in poorcondition.

Northern Illinois Univer-sity elementary education stu-

dents will go through the booksin April to determine whichbooks are appropriate for thechildren.

The children will receivetheir bookcases and books May4 at the Literacy Banquet at

Huntley Middle School.“Hopefully they catch the

love of reading, and that willsave a lot of resources down theroad,” Rey said.

Community members areencouraged to donate any newor gently used books for pre-schoolers ages 3 to 4 at variouslocations throughout DeKalb,including any DeKalb District428 school.

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Jen Eifel (left) and Lisa Syzdlowski gathered 377 booksWednesday at MDO/ABC Preschool in Sycamore. Thebooks were collected by the preschool for the DeKalb/Sycamore Bookcase Project.

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Syverson wants an actual

proposal from QuinnQuinn’s cuts will add to schools’ pain

By SARA BURNETTThe Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD – Illinoisschools already reeling fromyears of budget cuts could seeeven bigger class sizes, morelayoffs, and less money to pro-vide meals to low-income stu-dents under a budget Gov. PatQuinn proposed Wednesday.

Quinn’s spending plan callsfor more than $400 million incuts to elementary, secondaryand higher education. Thatwould bring the total cut toK-12 education to more than $1billion since 2008. Education of-ficials say about two-thirds ofdistricts already are in deficitspending and about 6,400 teach-ers and aides have lost theirjobs.

“What we’re seeing nowis frustration,” said BenSchwarm, deputy executivedirector of the Illinois Associa-tion of School Boards. “It’s notthe first time [school districts]have had to make cuts; the fat islong gone. Every cut right nowis painful.”

Schwarm said many teach-ers already have received layoffnotices for next year because bylaw teachers must be notifiedabout the cuts at least 60 daysbefore the end of the schoolyear. Matt Vanover, spokes-man for the Illinois State Boardof Education, said some dis-tricts are considering shorterschool days, shorter academicyears and closing schools.

Quinn told lawmakers dur-ing his budget address that thecuts were difficult but the resultof their failure to fix Illinois’ $97billion pension crisis. Makingthe annual payments on thosepublic employee retirementfunds – close to $7 billion in thefiscal year that starts July 1 – iscrowding out funding for oth-er priorities, he said. And hewarned that if they don’t finda solution, within two years Il-linois will spend more on pen-sions than education.

“As I said to you a year ago,our state cannot continue onthis path,” Quinn said.

According to a House staffanalysis, Quinn’s budget would

cut about $80 million fromhigher education, $5.3 millionfrom free breakfast and lunchprograms for low-income kidsand $150 million from the mini-mum per-pupil spending thestate is supposed to provideschool districts. That wouldmean districts would receiveonly about 82 percent of theper-pupil amount that state lawsays is needed to adequatelyfund a student’s education.

Quinn maintained fund-ing levels for early childhoodeducation and the Illinois Mon-etary Award Program, whichprovides grants for low-incomestudents to attend college.

Gaylord Gieseke, president

of the advocacy group Voicesfor Illinois Children, said thecuts would “further devastateschool districts that are alreadyunder severe fiscal stress.”

“Gov. Quinn’s budget pro-posal demonstrates that Il-linois’ fiscal crisis is far fromover and that children, fami-lies, and communities con-tinue to pay the price for a his-tory of unwise fiscal decisionsmade by our elected officials,”Gieseke said.

Illinois has the nation’s mostunderfunded pensions, becauseof decades of lawmakers short-ing or not making their annualpayments.

The Legislature has consid-ered proposals to fix the prob-lem, including shifting moreof the costs of teacher pensionsto local school districts, askingemployees to pay more and cut-ting or freezing cost of livingadjustments for retirees. Butlawmakers have been unableto reach an agreement.

Patrick Mogge, director ofschool and community rela-tions for Elgin Area SchoolDistrict U-46, said the districtwon’t know exactly what theimpact will be until legislatorspass a final budget. But he saidthey come at a particularly badtime.

“The federal sequestration,coupled with the already re-duced General State Aid for thisyear, and the current moniesowed to us by the state, create adifficult mix,” Mogge said.

Teen gets juvenile prison for firing gun in schoolThe Associated Press

B L O O M I N G T O N – A15-year-old central Illinoisboy who pulled a gun in classand fired shots into the ceil-ing was sentenced to juvenileprison after he apologized tothe students, parents and fac-ulty he terrified that day.

A Normal CommunityHigh School teacher tack-led and subdued the teenafter he fired the shots in apacked classroom Sept. 7.The school’s more than 1,800

students were evacuated to anearby church. No one wasinjured.

The boy, whose nameis sealed in court records,pleaded guilty but mentallyill in December to weaponscharges and unlawful re-straint. Eight other countswere dismissed.

“I feel terrible for what Idid,” he told the court Tues-day. “I feel I served a lot oftime and I deserved thattime. I would write 100 let-ters to each person if I could.

Even if it shocked their lives,it shocked mine even more.”

His public defender, ArtFeldman, asked Judge Eliz-abeth Robb to sentence theteen to five years’ probationand mandatory mental healthtreatment, but she sentencedhim to juvenile detention, asprosecutors had requested.

“This date was a horren-dous event for the 30 studentsin the classroom, the parentsand the school administra-tors. It rocked our commu-nity,” Judge Elizabeth Robb

said. “No one ever fully re-covers from this.”

The state juvenile prisonsystem can keep offendersuntil they are 21. Feldmansaid the Department of Juve-nile Justice will determinehow long the boy remains in-carcerated.

Melissa Egenes of Bloom-ington was one of severalparents at the hearing. Shesaid her daughter was in theclassroom.

“I felt strong closure,”Egenes said.

AP photo

Illinois State Board of Education Superintendent Christopher Kochlooks on during Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the Budget address inthe House chambers at the Illinois State Capitol on Wednesday inSpringfield. Quinn’s proposed cut to education would be another blowto schools and universities that already have absorbed multimillion-dollar budget reductions, leading to larger class sizes, layoffs of morethan 6,000 teachers and aides, soaring tuition rates and less moneyfor financial aid.

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8OBITUARIES 8POLICE REPORTS

8LOCAL BRIEF

Editor’s note: Information in Police Reportsis obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’sOffice and city police departments. Individu-als listed in Police Reports who have beencharged with a crime have not been provenguilty in court.

DeKalb cityDebra L. Sipes, 54, of the 300 block of

Sycamore Road in DeKalb, was chargedMonday, March 4, with retail theft.Michael Smith, 31, of the 600 block of West

61st Place in Chicago, was charged Tuesday,March 5, with domestic battery and interfer-ing with the reporting of domestic violence.Terrence U. Thurman, 24, of the 1100

block of North Lorel Avenue in Chicago, wascharged Tuesday, March 5, with criminaltrespass to real property.Sarah E. Long, 19, of the 900 block of Quail

Run in DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, March5, with forgery.

DeKalb CountyChristopher E. Patton, 41, of the 500 block

of Ryan Lane in West Dundee, was arrestedWednesday, March 6, on a warrant for theftand charged with obstructing identification.

GenoaLarissa Nickel, 42, of Freeport, was arrested

Tuesday, March 5, on a warrant for harass-ment by telephone.

JOHN EDWARD ‘ED’ LEUERBorn:March 24, 1930, in Geneva, Ill.Died:March 4, 2013, in Aurora, Ill.

SUGAR GROVE – John Edward “Ed” Leuer,82, of Sugar Grove, Ill., formerly of Elburn,passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, atProvena McAuley Manor, Aurora.He is survived by his loving wife, Marie;

nine children, Yvonne Keifer, Yvette (Jim)Hogan, Tim Leuer, Mark (Fran) Leuer, Pat(JoAnn) Leuer, Dan (Sherry) Leuer, Kathy(Bob) Herrejon, Steve (Anna Durso) Leuerand Lisa (Rick) Reuter; grandchildren –Doug (Renée) Keifer and their children:Madison and Brennan – Jeff (Jamie) Keiferand their children: Jillian and Jayden –Marty (Stephanie) Keifer – Stephanie(Andy) Lank and their children, Kinley andFinn – Patrick Leuer, Ryan Leuer, SaraLeuer, Aaron (Vanessa) Leuer and theirdaughter Lilly (with one on the way!) – Al-isha (Steve Arce) Leuer, Gabriella Herrejon,Alex Herrejon, Ben Herrejon, Adam Leuer,Caroline Leuer, Matt Leuer, Kyle Leuer,Elisabeth Reuter and Jacob Reuter; threebrothers, Howard (Carole) Leuer, Tom(Marilyn) Leuer and Joe (Toni) Leuer; andmany nieces and nephews; and truly acountryside of friends.He was preceded in death by his parents,

Peter and Kathryn; two brothers, Fr. MarkLeuer and David Leuer; and one son-in-law,Bill Keifer.The visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m.

Monday, March 11, with a wake service

to conclude visitation, at Conley Funeral

Home, 116 W. Pierce St., Elburn. A Mass

to celebrate his faith will be at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, March, 12, with a visitation from

9:30 to 10:15 a.m. at St. Gall Catholic

Church, Elburn. The Rev. Tim Seigel, pastor

of the church, will celebrate with interment

in St. Gall Cemetery, Elburn.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been

established in his name to benefit Ed’s

favorite charities, including Alzheimer’s

Association. Checks may be made to the

“John Edward Leuer Memorial” and mailed

in care of P.O. Box 66, Elburn, IL 60119.

Tributes also can be forwarded to the same

address or at www.ConleyCare.comwhere

his full life story can be found.

To sign the online guest book, visit www.

legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

JOYCE N. SAKALAUSKIBorn: Sept. 21, 1924, in DeKalb, Ill.Died:March 5, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

DeKALB – Joyce N. Sakalauski, 88, of

DeKalb, Ill., died Tuesday, March 5, 2013,

at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center,

DeKalb.

Born Sept. 21, 1924, in DeKalb, the daugh-

ter of Edwin and Mildred (Oberg) Nelson,

Joyce married Albert John Sakalauski on

June 26, 1948, at St. Mary Catholic Church

in DeKalb.

Joyce was a member of St. Mary Catholic

Church, DeKalb. She graduated from

Augustana School of Nursing, Chicago,

and served as a nurse at Great Lakes Naval

Center, in the Army Nurse Corps. She was

a private nurse and was a nurse supervisor

at DeKalb County Lung Clinic for more than

15 years.

She is survived by her sons, David

Sakalauski of St. Charles, Mo., Tom (Nancy)

Sakalauski of Glen Carbon and James Saka-

lauski of Fort Atkinson, Wis.; grandchildren,

Angela (Clay) Sheffield, Heather (Marty)

Willie, Michael (Renee) Sakalauski, Mark

Sakalauski and Brian (Sarah) Sakalauski;

great-grandchildren, Daniel and John Shef-

field, Henry, Thomas and Charles Willie,

Kennedy Sakalauski, Aislinn Sakalauski and

Gavin Sakalauski.

She was preceded in death by her

husband, Albert, in 2008; grandson, John

Sakalauski; her parents; and her brother,

Edward Nelson.

The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Sat-

urday, March 9, at Anderson Funeral Home,

DeKalb, with the Rev. Kenneth Anderson

officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary

Catholic Cemetery, DeKalb. The visitation

will be from noon until the time of service

at 1 p.m. at Anderson Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be

made to the Joyce N. Sakalauski Memo-

rial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral

Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St.,

DeKalb, IL 60115.

For information, visit www.AndersonFu-

neralHomeLtd.com or call 815-756-1022.

To sign the online guest book, visit www.

legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

Two teens injuredin Hinckley crashHINCKLEY – Two teenagers

were injured in a three-vehiclecrash Tuesdaymorning nearthe corner of Route 30 andPritchard Road in Hinckley.Hinckley Police Chief Gregg

Waitkus said a 14-year-oldfemale was airlifted to RockfordMemorial Hospital, whilea 16-year-old female wastransported to KishwaukeeCommunity Hospital in DeKalb.Waitkus said hewas unable tocomment on the victims’ medi-cal conditions.Waitkus said the two teenag-

ers were traveling east onRoute 30 past Pritchard Roadwhen their car slid into the op-posite lane. A box truck strucktheir car on the passenger side.Another car rear-ended the boxtruck after the collision.No one else requiredmedical

attention, Waitkus said.Waitkus said the accident still

is under investigation.– Daily Chronicle

University police also led theinvestigation into the “coffeefund,” an off-the-books reposi-tory for proceeds from the sale ofNIU-owned scrap metal – someof it from building projects – andother materials that NIU officialshavesaidwasusedforretirementparties and other office expenses.Eight current NIU employeeswere indicted in connection tothat investigation in December;six have returned to work andtwo remain on paid leave.

In February, longtime PoliceChief Donald Grady was fired forthe department’s mishandling ofa rape case against one of his ownofficers.

Former NIU police officer An-drew Rifkin, 25, of Northbrook,is accused of raping a studentoff campus while he was offduty in October 2011. Lt. Kar-tik Ramakrishnan – who testi-fied in court that he mistakenlyplaced two witness statements

in Rifkin’s personnel file, ratherthan giving them to prosecutors– remains on paid leave.

SexualassaultchargesagainstRifkin were dropped by formerState’s Attorney Clay Campbell,but were reinstated in Febrauryby new State’s Attorney RichardSchmack.

Grady’s attorney, MichaelFox, said the former chief wel-comed the investigation.

“[Grady] welcomes any thor-ough examination of the docu-ments that are kept and main-tained at the police department,”Fox said. “He feels the documentswill reflect well on his police de-partment. We sit here not know-ing what was taken, but appar-ently quite a bit was taken.”

Grady had requested FBI as-sistance with financial aspects ofthe coffee fund, while NIU Presi-dent John Peters asked state po-lice to review NIU police proce-dures and investigations after alocal judge ruled NIU police pur-posefully withheld evidence fromprosecutors in the Rifkin matter.

“We don’t know whether the

recordswereseizedtoinvestigatewhat his department has done orinvestigations his departmenthas done,” Fox said.

State Police parked a mo-bile command unit near the Po-lice and Public Safety Buildingat 375 Wirtz Drive, and law en-forcement officers were seentaking items out of the buildingand into the vehicle. Before thesearch, several police agenciesmet near Goodwill, 1037 S. An-nie Glidden Road, to discuss thesearch, and the DeKalb CountySheriff’sOfficeserveddocumentsrelated to it, authorities said.

The building that wassearched includes NIU’s infor-mation technology services de-partment and the health servicesdepartment, but NIU spokesmanPaul Palian said the Departmentof Police and Public Safety wasthe only target of the search. Theuniversity is cooperating fullywith the matter.

Bill Nicklas, NIU’s acting di-rector of public safety, did notreturn calls seeking commentWednesday.

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An FBI official and NIU police official walk back to the University Police and Public Safety building. The FBI andIllinois State Police searched the building Wednesday at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

“This is how you solvehard problems,” the SouthCarolina Republican said.

It was during a phonecall with Graham this weekthat the president raised theprospect of a group dinnerwith Republican lawmak-ers, an Obama aide said.Graham agreed to put to-gether a guest list.

Joining Graham and Co-burn at Wednesday’s dinnerwere Sens. John McCain,Kelly Ayotte, Pat Toomey,Bob Corker, Ron Johnson,Saxby Chambliss, John Ho-even, Dan Coats, RichardBurr and Mike Johanns.The president and senatorswere meeting on neutral ter-ritory, an evening dinnerarranged at the JeffersonHotel, a few blocks from theWhite House.

Obama has often scoffedat the notion that calling ormeeting with Republicansmore frequently would soft-en the ground for substan-tive negotiations on fiscalissues and other matters.

“I think a lot of folks say,‘Well, if we look like we’rebeing too cooperative or toochummy with the presidentthat might cause us prob-lems,’ ” Obama said, refer-ring to the Republicans, inJanuary. “ ‘That might be anexcuse for us to get a chal-lenge from somebody in aprimary.’ ”

The Republicans joiningObama for dinner may beless concerned with the po-litical implications of sittingdown with the Democraticpresident. Only Graham fac-es re-election next year.

Obama advisers saythey’re hopeful that withoutthe heightened pressure ofan imminent fiscal deadline,the president and Republi-cans can have constructiveconversations on a broaddeficit-reduction bill thatwould include concessionsfrom the GOP on tax in-creases and from Democratson entitlements.

But unless Boehner andMcConnell bend on taxes,prospects for a sweepingdeficit deal remain dim.

“You can’t get aroundthe leadership,” said PatrickGriffin, who served as WhiteHouse legislative director inthe Clinton administration.“It’s all about what happensgoing forward. Are the larg-er political dynamics goingto change enough that Boeh-ner and McConnell see it intheir self-interest to changethe way they position this?”

There’s also no guaran-tee Obama and lawmakerswon’t find themselves facinga fiscal crisis in the comingmonths. The Senate still hasto pass a bill funding the gov-ernment after March 27 – theHouse passed its version ofthe measure Wednesday –and lawmakers will have todecide whether to raise thenation’s debt limit in May.

Longer term, Rep. PaulRyan previewed a 10-yearplan Wednesday that he saidwould eliminate federal defi-cits without raising taxes.That would tend to continuethe budget standoff betweenthe Republicans and Obama,who wants increased tax rev-enue to be part of any deal.But Ryan, the GOP vice presi-dential candidate in 2012, heldout hope for communicationacross party lines.

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Senate still has to passlegislation funding thegov’t after March 27

Study:More gun laws equals fewer deathsBy LINDSEY TANNERThe Associated Press

CHICAGO – States with themost gun control laws have thefewest gun-related deaths, ac-cording to a study that suggestssheer quantity of measuresmight make a difference.

But the research leavesmany questions unansweredand won’t settle the debateover how policymakers shouldrespond to recent high-profileacts of gun violence.

In the dozen or so stateswith the most gun control-related laws, far fewer peoplewere shot to death or killedthemselves with guns than inthe states with the fewest laws,the study found. Overall, stateswith the most laws had a 42 per-cent lower gun death rate thanstates with the least number of

laws.The results are based on an

analysis of 2007-2010 gun-relat-ed homicides and suicides fromthe federal Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention. Theresearchers also used data ongun control measures in all 50states compiled by the BradyCenter to Prevent Gun Vio-lence, a well-known gun con-trol advocacy group. They com-pared states by dividing theminto four equal-sized groupsaccording to the number of gunlaws.

The results were publishedonline Wednesday in the medi-cal journal JAMA InternalMedicine.

More than 30,000 people na-tionwide die from guns everyyear nationwide, and there’sevidence that gun-related vio-lent crime rates have increased

since 2008, a journal editorialnoted.

During the four-years stud-ied, there were nearly 122,000gun deaths, 60 percent of themsuicides.

“Our motivation was really

to understand what are the in-terventions that can be done toreduce firearm mortality,” saidDr. Eric Fleegler, the study’slead author and an emergencydepartment pediatrician andresearcher at Boston Chil-

dren’s Hospital.He said his study suggests

but doesn’t prove that gun laws– or something else – led to few-er gun deaths.

Fleegler is also among hun-dreds of doctors who havesigned a petition urging Presi-dent Barack Obama and Con-gress to pass gun safety legisla-tion, a campaign organized bythe advocacy group Doctors forAmerica.

Gun rights advocateshave argued that strict gunlaws have failed to curb highmurder rates in some cit-ies, including Chicago andWashington, D.C. Fleeglersaid his study didn’t exam-ine city-level laws, while guncontrol advocates have saidlocal laws aren’t as effectivewhen neighboring stateshave lax laws.

AP photo

Two guns lie at the scene where five people were shot and two sus-pects were taken into custody in a shooting incident that happenedalong the Mardi gras parade route Feb. 24 in New Orleans.

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Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget address Wednesday showedonce again that the governor would rather point thefinger than lead on the issue of pension reform.

Quinn repeatedly blamed members of the GeneralAssembly for failure to reform the state’s five pensionsystems, the mismanagement of which has led to a $97billion unfunded liability. He implored them to act.

“What are you waiting for?” he asked.Taxpayers have been asking that for years.Inept leadership and an unwillingness to touch an

issue that likely will cost some lawmakers their seats inthe Legislature are the main reasons why reform hasn’thappened.

Quinn should own this issue. If he could issue anexecutive order to reform pensions, what would he do?The time for proposals is over: Lawmakers need to settleon which proposals already out there are acceptable andmove forward.

He mentioned Wednesday two ideas we support:adjusting the annual cost of living hike so it isn’t a 3percent compounding increase every year, and makingsure the state pays its full share of the pension obligationeach year.

Add in bumping up the retirement age, and havingemployees contribute more toward their pensions (andnot simply “adjust” the amount, as Quinn suggested)and we’ve got some real reform that would save money.

Instead, Quinn has proved incapable of leading thestate through the biggest issue facing the state in ageneration. How many times has he set a “hard dead-line” and demanded action, just to see it pass by with noconsequences for failing (again) to reform systems thatcost taxpayers $17 million a day?

That’s not to say the state’s representatives and sena-tors are blameless. Far from it. One person cannot beblamed for the growing, unfunded pention liability in Il-linois. Legislators have shown they care more about thenext election than the ramifications of their inaction.

Quinn called his proposal the most difficult budgethe’s ever had to submit. That will be true until next yearwhen, if reform isn’t enacted, we’ll be in even worseshape.

The sad truth is, until reform is enacted, pensionswill dictate everything else in our budgets. We can’t af-ford new initiatives – economic, educational or other-wise – until there’s a resolution.

Getting the state’s fiscal house in order is the onlyfocus lawmakers should have this session. It’s going tobe excruciatingly hard. Tough decisions will have to bemade.

But the majority of the pain those decisions willcause will not be borne by them. Think of the children inyour life who will be on the receiving end of $400 millionless in education funding if Quinn’s budget is approved –a truth he failed to share during his half-hour speech.

The only hurt lawmakers might feel is if they’re notelected the next time their name appears on a ballot.And given the pain they have and continue to inflict onthe people of this state, they’re lucky if that’s the worstthey suffer.

Quinn shouldown up to thepension issue

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– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

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Perhaps the conservative members of the U.S.Supreme Court were living in an alternative universelast year, but when they express doubts about theneed for the Voting Rights Act, it is clear they are notin possession of all the facts.

Fact 1: Last year, South Carolina attempted todiminish the turnout of minority voters by enactinga bogus voter identification law that would have donenothing to stem the problem of voter fraud, which isall but nonexistent.

Fact 2: Last year, Texas did the same.Fact 3: Last year, Florida did the same. It has also

limited early voting so that people had to stand in linefor hours in November to cast their votes.

These states have larceny in their hearts and so,sadly, does Pennsylvania, which not only passedits own voter ID law, but did so specifically to en-sure that Mitt Romney won the state in November’spresidential election. The state’s photo ID law would“allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsyl-vania – done,” said Mike Turzai, majority leader ofthe Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Uniformly, these laws were passed by states whereRepublicans held sway, and who were willing topursue their political ambitions by disenfranchisingmillions of voters. These were revolting attempts toresurrect Jim Crow, decades after Americans thoughthe was dead and buried.

What is more, Congress reauthorized the VotingRights Act in 2006 with overwhelming support in theHouse and unanimity in the Senate. The vote cameafter extensive congressional testimony that detailedcontinuing abuses in the states covered by the law, andthe measure was enthusiastically signed by PresidentGeorge W. Bush. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scaliadidn’t care about that. It was bad legislation, he said.

– The Buffalo News

Vote independentin township electionTo the Editor:Readers should be aware of

some troubling developments inour upcoming DeKalb Townshipelection on April 9. In municipalelections, all candidates have tra-ditionally filed as independents, tosave the election authority a lotof money.If there are political parties

involved, and any of the officesare contested, it necessitates acaucus or primary election.This year, a new political party,

United DeKalb, has been formed.Ironically, it claims to be a non-partisan organization.Why wouldn’t they stick with

tradition and run as Indepen-dents? Are they simply using ourtownship elections to create anew party? If they get over 5 per-cent of the vote in this election,then the party is an establishedparty, and anyone who wants torun under that party’s label can doso in future elections.So that creates a larger poten-

tial for a (very expensive) caucus

or primary election next time

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Teacher was not mistakenTo the Editor:

Reading Eric Olson’s column

about the shirt controversy at

Genoa Middle School, I appreci-

ated his reminding the public

that the teacher who objected

to a shirt depicting guns should

not be vilified and threatened.

However, you said she “made a

mistake.”

My reaction is this: No. No,

she did not make a mistake. Shetried to uphold a peaceful, nonthreatening, civil environmentthat doesn’t include the glorifi-cation of weapons.A classroom is not a boot

camp or a military trainingground. Everyone serving in themillitary deserves to be hon-ored and supported, but whenthe focus is on honoring theirweapons instead, things havebecome turned upside down.Shame on the Genoa school

administration for not support-ing their teacher and knucklingunder to pressure from a TVnews network that loves to cre-ate controversy.It seems to me that the mis-

take was made by a parent soeager to place blame – withoutany reasonable discussion orexchange of views – that he hasto attack his own local schoolin a public forum by labelingit “OUT OF CONTROL!” Really?Because one teacher objectedto one shirt? Or because we alldon’t share that view?

This incident is a sadly perfectexample of our polarized cul-ture. We are shocked – shocked!– and outraged when someonedisagrees and dares to offendus. Perhaps we could all take amoment to remember that mostpeople are well-intentionedmost of the time, and a simpleconversation can often clear upbasic misunderstandings.When we still disagree, we

need to realize that people havethe right to their own views.That’s one of the most importantfreedoms that the Marines, andtheir other brothers and sisters inarms, have secured for us.I certainly commend Noah

Currier for his service to ourcountry, and I wish him well inhis business. I hope his next se-ries of designs focuses more onthe loyalty, integrity, courageand commitment of the MarineCorps. Those are values that arewelcome in any classroom.

Barbara HensonDeKalb

Do conservatives want to win elections?People who want to see American

politics take a turn to the right, and afew who don’t, have been giving a lotof advice to conservatives lately. Movethis way on the social issues; move thatway on economics; get more technology-savvy. You’ve heard it all, sometimesfrom me.

Maybe all this advice is based on afalse premise. We’ve been assuming thatconservatives want to start winningpolitical and policy victories again. Buta few news items from last week suggestthat many of them have different priori-ties.

On Feb. 26, we learned that theConservative Political Action Confer-ence, an annual meeting of activists andpoliticians, had sent speaking invitationsto just about every prominent Republi-can other than New Jersey Gov. ChrisChristie. Organizers reportedly think heisn’t really a conservative, especially onguns: He hasn’t tried to loosen his state’srestrictions and once condemned an adby the National Rifle Association.

I wish New Jersey were governedmore conservatively: That Christie hadnot, for example, agreed to expand Med-icaid last week on federal taxpayers’ tab.But we’re talking about New Jersey here.It’s a state that last elected a Republicanto the Senate in 1972 and last went fora Republican presidential candidate in1988. It went for President Obama by alarger margin than any other state gov-erned by a Republican.

Conservatives shouldn’t just cutChristie some slack. They ought to listento him to find out how a pro-life critic ofunions has become so popular in un-friendly territory – if, that is, they wantthe political map of the country to getany redder.

Also last week, the Senate voted, 58-41,

to confirm Chuck Hagel as secretary ofdefense. Most Republicans voted againsthim. They offered a variety of reasons,but nothing better illustrated Hagel’s un-suitability for the job than the ignorancehe showed during his confirmation testi-mony on the size of the defense budget. A“no” vote was amply justified.

It wasn’t enough, though, for some ofHagel’s opponents. They complained thatby even allowing an up-or-down vote onthe nomination, Republicans had madethemselves responsible for anythingHagel does as defense secretary. Thisisn’t a sensible standard. The 42 Demo-crats who voted against John Ashcroftas George W. Bush’s attorney general ob-jected to that appointment quite as muchas Republicans did to Hagel, but theyallowed the vote to go forward. Nobodythought their opposition was thereforejust for show. If a refusal to filibuster isthe same thing as support for a nomina-tion, few administrations will be able tostaff themselves – or the filibuster will becurtailed.

Set aside the merits and think aboutthe politics. Which course makes moresense for Republicans opposed to Hagel?Attacking the Democrats who supportedhim for being soft on defense and Israel?Or attacking Republicans who votedagainst him for not opposing him strong-ly enough? The question answers itself.

On Feb. 27, the Club for Growth, agroup of economic conservatives, an-nounced that it is encouraging primarychallenges against House Republicanswho fail to meet its standards. Most of

the members it has in mind have votedfor Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal,which if enacted would be a more sweep-ing reform of the welfare state than thepast three Republican presidents puttogether have accomplished. Many ofthe representatives were docked points,however, because they failed to also votefor a different, even more conservativebudget that stood even less chance ofbecoming law.

The president of the club, Chris Choc-ola, might not have passed his group’stests when he was in Congress. (He tookover the club after losing a House seat inIndiana.) Chocola voted for an expansionof Medicare that makes the spending sinsof all his current targets look trivial.

More important, it’s hard to see whatpolicy outcomes would be different ifevery one of the people on the hit list hadvoted exactly as the club had urged overthe past four years.

In each of these episodes, some Re-publicans have seemed to dislike oneanother more than they like defeatingDemocrats and enacting conservativepolicies. After elections in which conser-vatives attracted the allegiance of onlya minority of voters, they have reactedby trying to kick people out rather thanbring people in. (You can see the sameimpulse at work among Republican crit-ics of religious conservatives.)

Michael Kinsley once remarked thatliberals were always looking for hereticswhile conservatives were always lookingfor converts. But that was a long timeago, when conservatives were on theupswing.

• Ramesh Ponnuru, a Bloomberg Viewcolumnist, is a visiting fellow at theAmerican Enterprise Institute and a senioreditor at National Review.

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S Y C A M O R E – L o g a n

Wright’s one basket in the re-

gional final against Hampshire

would not have happened for

many high school basketball

players.

Most players wouldn’t have

been in position to attempt the

one-handed putback at the end

of the first quarter that cut

Hampshire’s lead to 14-12.

But Wright, representative

of a Sycamore bench unit that

has brought consistent en-

ergy each night, continued to

run the floor as the Spartans

launched a last-second 3-point-

er. The shot caromed off, butWright was in position for theputback, getting the shot offjust before time expired.

“He’s very athletic. I

thought that was a huge play,”

Sycamore coach Andrew Stacy

said. “That tip gave us a little

momentum going in.”

On most nights Stacy will go

10 players deep on his roster,

subbing in and out frequently to

keep up the defensive pressure.

The versatility of bench

players such as Wright, Nick

Feuerbach, Jake Winters, Cur-

tis Buzzard and Mark Skel-

ley has helped a deep Syca-

more team to its first regional

championship since 2004. The

Spartans play St. Francis at

7:30 p.m. today in the Class 3A

Freeport Sectional semifinals.

SportsSports editor Ross Jacobson • [email protected]

Northern Illinois freshman baseball

player and DeKalb alumnus Brian Sisler

among team offensive statistical leaders

through Huskies’ first 11 games. PAGE B3

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8WHAT TO WATCH

Former Flyers keep eyeon Blackhawks’ streakPHILADELPHIA – If the Black-

hawks stumble on their way toan NHL record for points in con-secutive games, Bobby Clarkewon’t be popping champagne.And if they break the mark

of Clarke’s 1979-80 Flyers, hewon’t mope.Unlike some former stars, who

hold their recordsmore tightlythan he ever gripped his twoStanley Cups, Clarke can ap-preciate theway the Hawks hasinched closer to Philadelphia’srecord. The Hawks are up to 24straight games this season –and 30 overall – as they chasePhiladelphia’s NHLmark of 35straight gameswith a point.From Clarke’s perspective,

the new era of great teamsshould rise to the level of theones before them.“All the records should be

challenged and beaten by newgenerations,” Clarke said.

– Wire report

Men’s basketballWisconsin at Michigan St.,8 p.m., ESPNThe No. 10 Spartans (22-7,

11-5 Big Ten), losers of threestraight, and the 22nd-rankedBadgers (20-9, 11-5), who arecoming off an upset defeat,square off with the winner stillalive for part of the regular-season conference crown.

Also on TV...Pro basketball

Oklahoma City at New York,7 p.m., TNTL.A. Clippers at Denver,

9:30 p.m., TNTMen’s basketball

Kentucky at Georgia, 6 p.m.,ESPNVirginia at Florida St., 6 p.m.,

ESPN2Missouri Valley Conference

tourney, first round, Bradleyvs. Drake, 6 p.m., CSNButler at Massachusetts,

6 p.m., NBCSNOregon at Colorado, 8 p.m.,

ESPN2MVC tourney, first round,

Missouri St. vs. SouthernIllinois, 8:30 p.m., CSNLong Beach St. at UC Davis,

10 p.m., ESPN2Golf

PGA Tour-WGC, CadillacChampionship, first round,1 p.m., TGC

BaseballWorld Baseball Classic, first

round, Italy vs. Mexico, 2 p.m.,MLBWBC, first round, Venezuela

vs. Dominican Republic,5:30 p.m., MLBWBC, second round, Japan

vs. Taiwan, 9 p.m., MLBWomen’s basketball

Big Ten tourney, Iowa vs.Northwestern, 11:30 a.m., BTNBig Ten tourney, Illinois vs.

Wisconsin, 2 p.m., BTNBig Ten tourney, Minnesota

vs. Ohio St., 6 p.m., BTNBig Ten tourney, Michigan

vs. Indiana, 8:30 p.m., BTN

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Sycamore’s David Compher looks to shoot during the fourth quarterof the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional final Friday in Burlington.Sycamore defeated Hampshire, 51-44.

Deep bench vital to Sycamore’s sectional berth

See SPARTANS, page B3

TomMusick

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Compher introducedas East Carolina’s AD

LeavingHuskiesbetter off

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Northern Illinois athletic director Jeff Compher speaks to attendees at the seventh annual Huskie Athletic Support Fund Kickoff Classic on Sat-urday inside Victor E. Court at the Convocation Center in DeKalb. Compher was introduced as East Carolina’s new athletic director Wednesdayafternoon in Greenville, N.C.

Former NIU AD to start May 1; no interim named yetBy STEVE NITZ

[email protected]

After nearly five years atNorthern Illinois, Jeff Com-pher was introduced as EastCarolina’s new athletic direc-tor Wednesday afternoon inGreenville, N.C.

According to The Associ-ated Press, Compher agreedto a five-year contract worth$415,000 annually plus perfor-

mance bonuses. He will beginhis duties at East Carolinaon May 1. NIU has not yet an-nounced an interim AD. Com-pher made $284,000 annuallyat NIU.

“I would like to thank thesearch committee, the mem-bers of the Board of Trustees,and especially Chancellor(Steve) Ballard for this out-standing opportunity to leadthe ECU Athletics Depart-

ment,” Compher said in an

ECU news release. “North Car-

olina has always been home

for our family and the city

of Greenville holds a special

place in our hearts. We look

forward to getting to know the

student-athletes, coaches and

staff as well as the many fans

and supporters of ECU athlet-

ics.”

See COMPHER, page B3

BLACKHAWKS 3, AVALANCHE 2

Half the season history, Hawks keep making it

In the three months sinceNorthern Illinois football wonits second straight Mid-Amer-ican Conference title Nov. 30,NIU’s athletic department hasbeen like a revolving door.

Almost the entire footballstaff has been turned over,including one assistant coachwho was hired in January andleft this week.

Now NIU has lost its athlet-ics leader as Jeff Compherleft Wednesday to take thesame position at East Caro-lina. Compher jumped at thechance for more money anda return to North Carolina,where he previously hadworked. Who wouldn’t wantto be 30 minutes from theAtlantic Ocean?

The legacy of an athleticdirector is – fairly or unfairly– tied directly to the hiresmade in big-name sports, andCompher made four of themduring his tenure, bringing intwo football coaches and twobasketball coaches.

Unquestionably the selec-tion of Dave Doeren was aslam dunk, albeit a short livedone. Two MAC titles and oneBCS bowl bid later, there’slittle argument he was theright guy over P.J. Fleck.

When Doeren left, Compheracted swiftly, hiring fromwithin and selecting Rod Carey

See JACOBSON, page B3

AP photo

Blackhawks left wing Daniel Carcillo (left) celebrates his game-winning goal withNiklas Hjalmarsson (back), and Johnny Oduya during the third period ofWednesdaynight’s game against the Avalanche at the United Center. The Hawks won, 3-2.

CHICAGO – Talk about a glass that ishalf-full.

Half of the NHL’s 48-game regular seasonis history, and the Blackhawks keep mak-ing it.

At 21-0-3, the record-setting Hawks haveearned at least a point in every single game.

Think about that for a moment.Every. Single. Game.It would be sort of like the Cubs playing

their first 81 games without a nine-inningloss.

The Hawks keep collecting pointsdespite regular doses of adversity. InWednesday’s 3-2 comeback win against theColorado Avalanche, the Hawks overcamethe absences of four injured forwards: Mar-ian Hossa and Michael Frolik before thegame, and Andrew Shaw and Patrick Sharpduring the game.

Of those, Sharp’s injury could be themost serious. He was crunched againstthe boards in the third period, and he

hunched over in pain before going to thelocker room.

“He may miss some time,” Hawks coachJoel Quenneville said.

It’s a hurdle, yes, but the Hawks haveleaped over hurdles throughout the season.

Hawks captain Jonathan Toews mar-veled at his team’s determination to win. Hecelebrated with his teammates after DanielCarcillo scored with 49.3 seconds remainingin regulation time to lift the Hawks to a win.

“A lot of people might think we’re pull-ing that game out of you-know-where, butreally, we’re working for it,” Toews said.“There’s no special equation or whatever.

See MUSICK, page B2

By MATT CARLSONThe Associated Press

CHICAGO – Daniel Carcilloscored the tiebreaking goalwith 49.3 seconds left in regu-lation and the Blackhawkswon their 11th consecutivegame, beating the ColoradoAvalanche, 3-2, on Wednesdaynight to extend the best start inNHL history.

Jonathan Toews and An-drew Shaw also scored for theHawks (21-0-3), who reachedthe halfway point of a lockout-

shortened season without los-ing in regulation. The remark-able Hawks have earned at leastone point in their first 24 games,stretching their NHL record.

Dating to last year’s regularseason, the streak is 30 games.

The Hawks broke the previ-ous team record for consecu-

tive wins with their 10th in arow Tuesday night, 5-3 overMinnesota.

The Hawks’ overall pointsstreak is the second-longestduring one season in NHL his-tory. The 1979-80 PhiladelphiaFlyers set the league record at35 games with a 25-0-10 run.

Carcillo knocked in a re-bound with a backhand shot,his first goal of the season, af-ter Semyon Varlamov madetwo in-close stops on ViktorStalberg during a scrum in thecrease.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN ANTONIO – Tim Dun-can had 18 points and 10 re-bounds, and the San AntonioSpurs beat the Bulls, 101-83, onWednesday night in a matchupof teams missing their startingAll-Star point guards.

Manu Ginobili added 18points and nine assists, Tiago

Splitter had 13 points and 10rebounds, and Kawhi Leonardscored 14 points for San Antonio(48-14), which was playing its sec-

ond game without Tony Parker.

Patty Mills provided a need-

ed punch off the Spurs’ bench,

scoring 10 of his 13 points in

the second half.

Parker is expected to miss

about four weeks with an an-

kle sprain and Derrick Rose

has yet to play for the Bulls

this season after undergoing

major knee surgery.

By JONATHAN DALTONThe Associated Press

SURPRISE, Ariz. – HisanoriTakahashi knows there are noguarantees for a player whowalks into major league campwith a minor league contract.That’s why he’s happy to fillany role for the Cubs.

Bidding for a spot in thebullpen, Takahashi startedWednesday and pitched threeshaky innings in a 3-2 loss tothe Texas Rangers.

The 37-year-old left-handergave up threeruns and fivehits, includingL ance Be rk-m a n ’ s f i r s thome run. Hewalked two andstruck out fourin his fourthappearance ofthe spring.

“I t ’s beena while sinceI s t a r t e d ,maybe two orthree years,”T a k a h a s h isaid through atranslator. “I’mhappy aboutpitching thoseinnings. Thereare areas I canfix, especially those two walksand the home run I allowed.”

Uncertainty is nothing newfor Takahashi, who went to hisfirst major league camp withthe New York Mets in 2010 af-ter signing a minor league con-tract with the club.

“I’ve played baseball a longtime and feel I had a successfulcareer in Japan, as well,” hesaid. “I was in the same spotwith the Mets, so experiencewill play a big part.”

With the Mets, Takahashiappeared in 53 games, includ-ing 12 starts. But he’s beenstrictly a reliever since, pitch-ing in 112 games the past twoseasons for the Los AngelesAngels and Pittsburgh.

Cubs manager Dale Sveumsaid Takahashi, should heemerge from the six-playerscrum for three bullpen spots,could fill needs ranging froma left-handed specialist to longrelief.

“If he makes the team hecould be that guy,” Sveum saidbefore Wednesday’s game.“He’s been very durable. If thegame dictates, he can pitchone (inning) or get a left-hand-er out. If the game dictates theother way, he can go two orthree innings.”

Such a role would be justfine with Takahashi, whoturns 38 next month.

“The goal I set for myself isto be that lefty out of the bull-pen and being able to pitchmultiple innings,” he said.

Rangers left-hander Rob-bie Ross allowed a first-inningsolo homer to Scott Hairstonbut then retired 13 of his final15 batters, including the lastnine in a row. He gave up onerun and four hits in four in-nings.

Rangers right-hander AlexiOgando, the team’s projectedfourth starter, allowed a runand two hits in three innings.He struck out six and walkedtwo.

Notes: Rangers OF Mike Oltwas a late scratch because ofan impacted wisdom tooth. Hewas sent to a dentist and is dayto day. ... Cubs 2B Darwin Bar-ney originally was in the start-ing lineup even though he’dalready been given the dayoff. “He asked and I put himin there anyway,” Sveum saidwith a smile. Barney, who nev-er made the trip to Surprise,was replaced by Edwin May-sonet. ... Sveum said SS StarlinCastro, sidelined with a soreleft hamstring, could play Sun-day or Monday. Utility manBrent Lillibridge (strainedgroin) could follow soon after.“Best way to put it is if it wasthe regular season, they’d beplaying,” Sveum said. ... CubsRHP Jeff Samardzija went fourinnings in a “B’’ game, allowingfive runs – four earned – on sixhits with three strikeouts. Sa-mardzjia, tabbed as the team’sOpening Day starter this week,also allowed a home run.

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Canadian singer Stompin’Tom Connors dies at 77PETERBOROUGH, Ontario –

Canadian country-folk singerStompin’ Tom Connors, whosetoe-tapping musical spirit andfierce patriotism establishedhim as one of Canada’s biggestcultural icons, has died, hispromoter said Wednesday night.He was 77.Connors passed away from

natural causes at his homeWednesday evening, BrianEdwards said. The musician,rarely seen without his signatureblack cowboy hat and stompingcowboy boots, was best knownfor songs “Sudbury SaturdayNight,” ‘’Bud the Spud” andespecially “The Hockey Song,”a fan favorite played at hockeyarenas around North America.

49ers release 6-timePro Bowl kicker AkersSAN FRANCISCO – The San

Francisco 49ers released six-time Pro Bowl kicker David Akerson Wednesday, ending a two-year run of record-breaking highsand frustrating lows. GeneralManager Trent Baalke thankedAkers in a statement, calling thekicker a “true professional whorepresented himself and thisorganization with class.”Akers appeared in all 32 regu-

lar-season games and five playoffcontests the past two seasons,including San Francisco’s 34-31loss to the Baltimore Ravens inthe Super Bowl on Feb. 3. Heconnected on 73 of 94 field goalattempts and all 78 extra points.

Ex-NFL player’s brotherheld on drug chargesFORT WAYNE, Ind. – Prosecu-

tors told a federal judge that thebrother of a former NFL player isa member of a large, profitabledrug conspiracy ring that movedthousands of pounds of marijua-na and millions of dollars in cashwith supply chains in Californiaand Arizona.Assistant U.S. Attorney Antho-

ny Gellar told Magistrate JudgeRoger Cosbey during a detentionhearing Tuesday in Indiana thatthe drug trafficking conspiracythat Michael Fabini, the youngerbrother of former New York Jetsoffensive lineman Jason Fabini,and 33-year-old Marshall Butlerwere allegedly involved in wasanything but “run of the mill,”The Journal Gazette reported.Gellar said Michael Fabini

helped maintain a drug stashhouse in Fort Wayne where gunsand more than $1 million in cashwere found alongside bales ofmarijuana. He said in a searchof Fabini’s mother’s home,agents found a Chevrolet Impalaowned by Michael Fabini with 35pounds of marijuana in its trunk.At another house, they found anAR-15-type rifle and a Mossburg500 shotgun registered toFabini, Gellar said.

NCAA lifts ban on itstourneys in New JerseyMONTCLAIR, N.J. – The NCAA

has lifted a recent ban againstNew Jersey schools being al-lowed to host tournament gamesor championships sanctioned bycollege sports’ governing body.The NCAA informed its mem-

ber schools of the decision in amemo after U.S. District JudgeMichael Shipp in Trenton issueda permanent injunction Thursdaybarring New Jersey from offeringsports betting in the state.

– Wire reports

TODAY

Boys BasketballClass 3A Freeport Sectional:

Sycamore vs. St. Francis, semifinal,7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY

Boys TrackDeKalb vs. Rochelle, Belvidere at

DeKalb Indoor Invite, 9 a.m.Girls Track

Sycamore, Kaneland at ByronIndoor Preview, 8:30 a.m.DeKalb at Sterling First Chance

Meet, 9 a.m.

NBA

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCECentral Division

W L Pct GBIndiana 38 23 .623 —Bulls 34 27 .557 4Milwaukee 30 28 .517 6½Detroit 23 40 .365 16Cleveland 21 40 .344 17

Atlantic DivisionW L Pct GB

New York 37 21 .638 —Brooklyn 35 26 .574 3½Boston 33 27 .550 5Toronto 24 38 .387 15Philadelphia 23 37 .383 15

Southeast DivisionW L Pct GB

Miami 45 14 .763 —Atlanta 34 26 .567 11½Washington 19 40 .322 26Orlando 17 45 .274 29½Charlotte 13 48 .213 33

WESTERN CONFERENCESouthwest Division

W L Pct GBSan Antonio 48 14 .774 —Memphis 40 19 .678 6½Houston 33 29 .532 15Dallas 27 33 .450 20New Orleans 21 41 .339 27

Northwest DivisionW L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 44 16 .733 —Denver 40 22 .645 5Utah 32 29 .525 12½Portland 28 32 .467 16Minnesota 21 37 .362 22

Pacific DivisionW L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 43 19 .694 —Golden State 34 27 .557 8½L.A. Lakers 31 31 .500 12Phoenix 21 40 .344 21½Sacramento 21 41 .339 22

Wednesday’s ResultsSan Antonio 101, Bulls 83Cleveland 104, Utah 101Brooklyn 99, Charlotte 78Boston 83, Indiana 81Atlanta 107, Philadelphia 96New York 87, Detroit 77Miami 97, Orlando 96Memphis 91, Portland 85Minnesota 87, Washington 82L.A. Lakers 108, New Orleans 102Dallas 112, Houston 108Toronto 98, Phoenix 71Sacramento at Golden State (n)Milwaukee at L.A. Clippers (n)

Today’s GamesOklahoma City at New York, 7 p.m.L.A. Clippers at Denver, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesUtah at Bulls, 7 p.m.Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 6 p.m.Indiana at Orlando, 6 p.m.Memphis at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.Washington at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.Dallas at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.Atlanta at Boston, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at Miami, 7 p.m.Portland at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.Phoenix at Sacramento, 9 p.m.Houston at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.Toronto at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s ResultsBoston 109, Philadelphia 101Oklahoma City 122, L.A. Lakers 105Denver 120, Sacramento 113

WESTERN CONFERENCECentral DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Blackhawks 24 21 0 3 45 78 46Detroit 23 11 8 4 26 63 60St. Louis 22 11 9 2 24 64 67Nashville 23 9 9 5 23 47 59Columbus 23 7 12 4 18 53 69

Northwest DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 22 11 6 5 27 63 61Minnesota 22 11 9 2 24 52 56Edmonton 22 8 9 5 21 54 62Calgary 20 8 8 4 20 57 68Colorado 22 8 10 4 20 53 65

Pacific DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 21 15 3 3 33 75 60Los Angeles 21 12 7 2 26 60 52San Jose 21 11 6 4 26 50 46Phoenix 22 11 8 3 25 67 63Dallas 22 11 9 2 24 61 63

EASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 23 15 8 0 30 81 67New Jersey 23 10 8 5 25 56 65N.Y. Rangers 21 11 8 2 24 55 53Philadelphia 24 11 12 1 23 68 72N.Y. Islanders 23 10 11 2 22 70 78

Northeast DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 23 14 5 4 32 71 59Boston 20 14 3 3 31 60 46Toronto 24 15 9 0 30 73 61Ottawa 24 12 8 4 28 56 49Buffalo 24 9 13 2 20 63 77

Southeast DivisionGP W L OT Pts GF GA

Carolina 22 13 8 1 27 67 62Tampa Bay 23 10 12 1 21 81 73Winnipeg 22 10 11 1 21 56 68Florida 23 7 11 5 19 59 83Washington 21 9 11 1 19 59 62Two points for a win, one point for OT loss.

Wednesday’s ResultsBlackhawks 3, Colorado 2Toronto 5, Ottawa 4San Jose at Calgary (n)Phoenix at Anaheim (n)

Today’s GamesToronto at Boston, 6 p.m.Buffalo at New Jersey, 6 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.Florida at Washington, 6 p.m.Montreal at Carolina, 6 p.m.Vancouver at Columbus, 6 p.m.Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.Edmonton at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.St. Louis at Phoenix, 8 p.m.Dallas at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s GamesBlackhawks at Colorado, 8 p.m.Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.Winnipeg at Florida, 6:30 p.m.Edmonton at Nashville, 7 p.m.Calgary at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s ResultsBlackhawks 5, Minnesota 3Columbus 4, Edmonton 3 (SO)San Jose 3, Vancouver 2 (SO)Tampa Bay 5, New Jersey 2N.Y. Islanders 6, Montreal 3Washington 4, Boston 3 (OT)Carolina 4, Buffalo 3N.Y. Rangers 4, Philadelphia 2Florida 4, Winnipeg 1Detroit 2, Colorado 1

MLB

SPRING TRAINING

Wednesday’s ResultsTexas 3, Cubs 2Detroit 4, Toronto 1St. Louis 7, Miami 2Philadelphia 6, Washington 3Pittsburgh 9, Boston 3Milwaukee 7, Seattle 6Cleveland 4, L.A. Dodgers 0Kansas City 8, Arizona 1

Today’s GamesWhite Sox vs. Cubs, 2:05 p.m.Boston vs. Minnesota (ss), 12:05 p.m.Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m.Toronto vs. Baltimore, 12:05 p.m.Washington vs. Houston, 12:05 p.m.Minnesota (ss) vs. Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m.N.Y. Yankees vs. St. Louis, 12:05 p.m.Miami vs. N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.Arizona vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.San Francisco vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.Seattle (ss) vs. Kansas City, 2:05 p.m.Texas vs. L.A. Dodgers, 2:05 p.m.L.A. Angels vs. San Diego, 2:05 p.m.Seattle (ss) vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m.Detroit vs. Atlanta, 5:05 p.m.

SPURS 101, BULLS 83

Duncan, Spurs drop BullsRANGERS 3, CUBS 2

BLACKHAWKS 3, AVALANCHE 2

Musick: Let’s hand out mid-season awards

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Blackhawks left wing Daniel Carcillo (bottom center) is mobbed by teammates as they celebrate Carcillo’sgame-winning goal in the third period of Wednesday night’s game against the Avalanche at the UnitedCenter. The Hawks won, 3-2.

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Eleven wins in a row

There’s no magic going on. It’sjust work ethic.”

Every. Single. Game.Let’s hand out some mid-

season awards.Most Valuable Player:

Patrick KaneSay it with me: Kanerrrr.

The Hawks’ sixth-year for-ward always has had electricplaymaking skills, but the dif-ference this season has beenhis terrific consistency. Kanehas notched at least one pointin 19 of 24 games this season,and he is fully capable of do-ing something amazing everytime he has the puck.

Mr. Clutch Award: MarianHossa

Big-time players makebig-time plays, and fans fromSlovakia to Seneca Townshipwould agree that Hossa is abig-time player. Hossa hasfour game-winning goals,which is twice as many as anyof his teammates and is tiedfor third-best in the NHL.

Captain Faceoff Award:Jonathan Toews

Toews has won almost 60percent of his faceoffs, whichputs him in the top four in theNHL among players with atleast 250 attempts. If Toews isthis good at every one-on-onecompetition, watch out. Hecould be a rock-paper-scissorssuperstar.

Big Shooter Award: PatrickSharp

No wonder Sharp namedhis dog Shooter (really, he

did). Sharp is not afraid toshoot from any angle, which isa big reason why he is tied forthe team leads with 78 shots. Itdoesn’t take a high-percentageshot to create rebounds andscoring opportunities.

I Told You So Award: CoreyCrawford

During training camp,Crawford patiently answeredquestions about his subpar2011-12 season. Deep down, itwas clear that he was an-noyed. Now, he has silencedhis critics with an incredible1.53 goals-against average anda .940 save percentage.

Holy Hip Check Award:Bryan Bickell

Bickell is a behemoth at6-foot-4 and 233 pounds, andhe happily takes advantage ofthat size to plaster opponentsinto the boards. The gap-toothed forward from Ontarioleads the Hawks with 56 hits,including five Wednesdayagainst the Avalanche.

Not Old Enough To DrinkAward: Brandon Saad

Quick, somebody get thiskid a glass of lemonade! Saad,who will not turn 21 years olduntil Oct. 27, has blossomed asa top-line forward. He’s on hisway to earning millions, whicheventually will come in handyfor those $7.50 stadium beers.

Ouch Ouch Ouch Award:Brent Seabrook

Every hockey player has alittle bit of craziness pumpingthrough his veins, but Seabrookis wilder than most. Game aftergame, he willingly drops tothe ice whenever an opponentwinds up to shoot. That’s why

Seabrook leads the team with 57blocked shots, including a blastto the mid-section that sidelinedhim for a game Feb. 19.

Most Valuable Swede: Vik-tor Stalberg

In a tough bracket that in-cluded fellow Swedes MarcusKruger, Niklas Hjalmarssonand Johnny Oduya, it wasStalberg who emerged as,well, the victor. Stalberg istied for fourth on the Hawkswith six goals to go along withseven assists, and he has madegeneral manager Stan Bow-man look smart for tradingKris Versteeg two years ago.

You Wanna Go? Award:Jamal Mayers

This award would havegone to Brandon Bollig, whopiled up 40 penalty minutes in11 games, but Bollig was de-moted to the AHL’s RockfordIceHogs on Wednesday. Thatleaves Mayers, a well-respect-ed veteran who stood up tocheap-shot artist Raffi Torreswhen the Hawks played thePhoenix Coyotes on Feb. 7.

Record Book Award: Ev-eryone

The Blackhawks havecaptivated a sports-crazy cityand caught the attention ofthe nation. They have earned45 out of a possible 48 points,which is 100 percent bananas.If the second half is anywhereclose to this exciting, we’ll bereally, really, really spoiled.

• Shaw Media sportscolumnist Tom Musickcan be reached [email protected] on Twitter @tcmusick.

• musick

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SPORTS Thursday, March 7, 2013 • Page B3Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

In his second year ascoach, Stacy has the roster toplay his style.

“We thought, when welooked at our personnel wayback in the summer, wethought we had a lot of guyscoming back and a lot of guyswho were juniors,” Stacysaid. “We wanted to play astyle that would allow usto play as many guys as wecould, and part of that was wethought we could press andwear guys out a bit.”

Wright’s putback was abonus for Sycamore as the ju-nior forward is mostly count-ed on for his defense andrebounding. His athleticismand length allows Wright toguard multiple positions. Inpractice, Wright battles team-mate Scott Nelson in the paint,something that has helped im-prove his post defense.

“He is such a large body,it’s hard to defend againsthim and he’s really good,”Wright said. “It definitelyhelps me out.”

Offensively, junior NickFeuerbach has been a sparkoff the bench, providing Syc-amore its most consistentthreat from outside. He hita trio of 3-pointers against

Hampshire, including one atthe end of the third quarterto put Sycamore back up byseven.

“We’ve had our ups anddowns during the season,but right now we’re reallyfiguring out our spots onthe team, how everythingworks,” Feuerbach said. “It’sall meshing right now.”

Junior Jake Winters spentmuch of the season as theteam’s starting point guard,but now is the primary ball-handler coming off the bench.The experience gained earlyon has given Stacy anotherreliable point guard to switchin and out with starter DavidCompher.

The box score won’t al-ways show the contributionsof Sycamore’s second five,but it’s evident to anyonewatching the first substitu-tion Stacy makes.

“As a coach, you want toput people in there so you canmaximize their strengths andminimize their weaknessesand put them in situationswhere they can be success-ful,” Stacy said. “I feel likewe’ve got a good rotation go-ing now and guys understandwhat’s expected of them andhow hard you need to playwhen you’re on the floor ...especially in the state tourna-ment.”

• SPARTANSContinued from page B1

NIU BASEBALL

SISLER EXCELLING RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX

By STEVE [email protected]

DeKALB – Brian Sisler re-members the anxious feelinghe had for his first collegiatebaseball game.

Northern Illinois was inLubbock, Texas, to take on Tex-as Tech at the Brooks Wallace

Memorial Clas-sic. It was a longway from DeKa-lb High School,w h e r e S i s l e rwas a key playerfor the Barbs,and a member oftheir 2010 teamthat took secondplace in Class3A.

L i k e a n ynormal freshman, Sisler hadsome butterflies, which NIU’sveteran players said are per-fectly normal for someone inhis situation.

“I remember that first game– they said, ‘Are you nervous?’and I said, ‘Yeah.’ They all said‘good,’ ” Sisler said. “They allunderstand it’s the first gameof Division I baseball, it’s natu-ral to be nervous for that.”

Sisler’s first NCAA at-batdidn’t turn out too well as hestruck out looking against RedRaiders starter Dominic More-no in the second inning of NIU’s8-0 loss. But throughout the Hus-kies’ first 11 games, Sisler hard-ly has looked like a freshman.

His .289 average is good forsecond on the team, he hasone of the Huskies’ two homeruns, and his five RBIs are

one behind team leader AlexKlonowski. Sisler also sportsa .386 on-base percentage, theHuskies’ second-best mark be-hind Jamison Wells.

Huskies coach Ed Matheysaid he watched Sisler about10 times during his prep ca-reer. Throughout this youngseason, Mathey has watched

a player who to him hasn’tplayed like someone who wasplaying high school ball a cou-ple miles away last spring.

“I think the biggest thing Ican tell you about Brian is youdon’t think he’s a freshmanwhen you watch him play,”Mathey said. “He’s got a prettymature approach. He’s a pretty

focused individual.”Sisler has benefited from fo-

cusing on baseball full-time inthe offseason. At DeKalb High,he was the starting quarter-back in the fall and the Barbs’point guard over the winter.There wasn’t a lot of baseballwork outside of the spring andsummer months.

“As soon as basketballseason ended, that was whenbaseball started,” Sisler said.“I kind of kept everythingseparated. I liked to focus onfootball when it was footballseason, basketball when it wasbasketball season, baseballwhen it was baseball season.”

Over the summer, Sisler

came in and worked out on hisown, built up some muscle, andgot his chance to work over theoffseason.

Mathey likes taking onthree-sport athletes becauseof the potential they can reachonce they focus on a sole sport.In players like Sisler, he seesupside and work ethic.

“There’s a couple thingsabout three-sport guys for me.One, they’ve got more skills toget better cause they’ll be focus-ing.Theotherthingaboutthree-sport guys is they’re used to be-ing busy year-round,” Matheysaid. “And now, when you getthem into college and they’replaying one sport, they’rebusy with that year-round andthey’re going to work at it year-round, because that’s the time-table they’re used to.”

Coming into the season,Sisler had a goal of starting,even if it was at second base,where he had been told hewould play. However, he’sworked at his game at short-stop with infield coach MarvinSanchez, and took time in thefall to refine his swing.

As a freshman, Sisler alsohas soaked in the advice ofNIU’s veterans.

Although the players arebigger and stronger, the ball ishit harder and the pitching isbetter, Sisler realizes the gameis still the same.

“It’s still baseball,” he said.“You’re still playing catch;you’re still throwing it. It justcomes down to fundamentals,and confidence is also a bigrole.”

DeKalb alumnus 2nd on team in batting average, RBIs and on-base percentage and has a HR

Kyle Bursaw – [email protected]

Northern Illinois University baseball player Brian Sisler (left), a 2012 DeKalb High School alumnus, chats with a teammate between drills duringpractice Wednesday at the DeKalb Recreation Center in DeKalb. Sisler, who played three sports at DeKalb, has benefitted from focusing solelyon baseball in the offseason. His .289 batting average is second-best on the team.

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CLASS 3A FREEPORT SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL

Where: Freeport High School,701 W Moseley St, FreeportWhen: 7:30 p.m. todayHow they got here: Sycamore

def. Rochelle, 66-46, in BurlingtonCentral Regional semifinals; def.Hampshire, 51,44, in regional final.St. Francis def. Kaneland, 43-32,in IMSA Regional semifinal; def.Aurora Central Catholic, 46-43, inregional final.Scouting St. Francis: After a

surprise run to a 3A sectionalfinal last season, veteran St.Francis coach Bob Ward andthe defensive-minded Spartansare at it again. St. Francis is ledby versatile guard Tim Zett-inger and sharpshooter AndrewKimball. The Spartans last weekheld their two opponents to an

average of less than 38 points agame.Outlook: Sycamore won its

first regional championship since2004 with an upset victory overHampshire. Sycamore has beenexcellent at executing in the halfcourt, often exploiting mismatch-es in the post with Devin Mottet,Ben Niemann and Scott Nelson.The Spartans have cut down theirturnovers and will have to beequally efficient against a stingySt. Francis defense. Sycamore hasplayed its best two games of theseason in the playoffs, so it’s fairto expect a similar effort out of theSpartans tonight. It should be alow-scoring, slow-pace game.

– Ross Jacobson,[email protected]

SyCAMORE (19-10)VS.

ST. FRANCIS (20-7)

Feuerbach has providedoffensive spark off bench

Compher, 53, is replacing

Terry Holland, who retired ear-

lier this year. He will oversee

a program that is a member of

Conference USA, but will join

the Big East (as it’s currently

known) in football in 2014. Com-

pher has ties to the state as he

spent 2000-2004 as Western Car-

olina’s AD and worked in vari-

ous positions at N.C. State for

13 years. He was an assistant

AD in Raleigh from 1986-1992.

During his time in DeKalb,

Compher hired two football

coaches as well as a men’s and

women’s basketball coach. He

also oversaw the start of con-

struction on the $9.5 million

Chessick Practice Center.“I would like to thank Pres-

ident Peters, the student-ath-letes, coaches and staff for theopportunity to lead the HuskieAthletics Department. I amalso very grateful to the gener-ous donors, alumni and fanswho have helped build a tre-mendously successful athlet-ics program,” Compher said inan NIU news release. “My fam-ily will miss the many goodfriends we have made hereand appreciate how the com-munity accepted us over thelast five years.”

Compher hired Dave Do-eren in December 2010, andwatched him go 23-4 in twoseasons at the helm of the NIUfootball program. Doeren tookthe N.C. State job Dec.1, the day

after the Huskies won theirsecond straight Mid-AmericanConference championship.

On Dec. 2, 2012, Compherreplaced Doeren with Rod Car-ey, who had been the team’s of-fensive coordinator. The sameday, NIU became the first MACschool to earn a BCS bid, as itwas announced the Huskieswould take on Florida State inthe Orange Bowl. FSU defeatedNIU, 31-10, on New Year’s Day.

“I am really happy for Jeffand his family, but sad to seehim go,” Carey said in a newsrelease. “He’s been a great lead-er for NIU and has taken us toplaces we haven’t been beforeas a football program and as anathletic department. I have theutmost respect for Jeff and hiswife, Cathy.”

Twelve of the 16 head coach-es in the Huskies’ athletic pro-gram were hired by Compher.In addition to Doeren and Car-ey, coaches Compher broughtto DeKalb include men’s bas-ketball coach Mark Montgom-ery and women’s basketballcoach Kathi Bennett.

Montgomery has gone just10-49 in nearly two seasons atthe helm of the men’s program,while Bennett is 34-55 with thewomen’s team.

Construction on the Ches-sick Center began in 2012, andthe facility is scheduled to befinished this fall. Last month,Compher told the Daily Chron-icle he expected the facility tobe completed around October– before NIU hosts the IHSAfootball state championships.

• COMPHERContinued from page B1

Compher has spent several years working in N.C.

to replace him less than 48

hours later. He won’t stay at

zero wins for long.

Like Carey, the jury still

is out on basketball coaches

Mark Montgomery and Kathi

Bennett, who have both seen

their current rebuilding ef-

forts stymied with disappoint-

ing seasons in 2012-13.

But with the football team

achieving unprecedented suc-

cess, it’s fair to ask why sup-

port for those athletic teams

hasn’t risen to new heights as

well. Why wasn’t Huskie Sta-

dium filled this year when the

defending MAC champions

continued the nation’s longesthome winning steak?

Could Compher and the ad-ministration have done moreto make sure home games,especially those against Toledoand Kansas, were packed withred and black? Did he miss anopportunity to bring some buzzto DeKalb when switching the2011 Wisconsin home gamefrom Huskie Stadium to NIU’s“second home” in Chicago?

When Compher was hiredin 2008, he told the DailyChronicle one of his priori-ties was creating a “Duke-likeatmosphere” at basketballgames. That hasn’t exactlycome to fruition. The largestattendance for a basketballgame at the Convocation Cen-

ter annually is for the DeKalb-Sycamore rivalry games, andby a wide margin.

Compher brought in-creased fundraising effortsto NIU and the soon-to-be-completed Chessick Centerupgrades NIU’s athleticfacilities to the same level asother schools in the MAC. Heorganized both Soldier Fieldgames in 2011 and 2012 andhas NIU set up for another oneagainst Nebraska in 2016.

Undoubtedly it’s hard forNIU to keep its top talent frommoving on to universitieswith more resources, but thesame reasons that have madeNIU an attractive option inthe past still are present. Ifanything, NIU is in a better

place than it was five yearsago, possessing a premiermid-major football programentering an era that givesthose teams more access to themore prestigious bowls andthe bigger money payouts.

Consistently having tosearch and hire is tough forany program to get used to.

But NIU has a decent trackrecord of bringing capablereplacements through thatrevolving door, even if it spinsmore often than people like.

• Ross Jacobson is the

sports editor of the DailyChronicle. Write to him [email protected] follow him on Twitter@RossJacobson.

• JACOBSONContinued from page B1

NIU has a record of hiring qualified replacements

NFL

Goodell: NFL ‘can, must’ make game saferThe ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.– NFLcommissioner Roger Goodellsaid the league will continueto do “everything we can” tomake football safer.

Player safety in the NFL hasbeen a frequent topic of con-versation recently and Goodelldiscussed it again Wednesdayduring a lecture and question-and-answer session at the de-partment of exercise and sportscience at the University ofNorth Carolina.

“We know that in order tosecure the future, we can andmust do more to make the

game safer, and in the process,we will make other sports saf-er as well,” Goodell said.

Goodell called for “a cultureof safety forevery sport”and welcomesthe nationalconversationabout playersafety and thegrowing issueof concussions.

The NFL is facing concus-sion-related lawsuits fromthousands of former players.In a series of interviews abouthead injuries with The As-sociated Press in December

2011, 31 of 44 players said theywanted the league to haveindependent neurologists atgames.

Goodell said the league“will continue to make rulechanges, invest in equipmentand provide our medical staffswith the tools and authorities”to prevent injuries.

“Medical decisions over-ride everything else,” he said.“We know that our actions setan example.”

Goodell said concussionsare down 40 percent in thetwo seasons in which kickoffswere moved 5 yards to the 35-yard line, a change designed

to create more touchbacks andfewer returns.

“Players and coaches haveadjusted (to rule changes).They always do, but there ismore work ahead,” Goodellsaid. “We will find other waysto take the head out of thegame. The helmet is for protec-tion. It should not be used as aweapon.”

Goodell pointed to the NFL’srecently announced partner-ship with General Electric todevelop ways to improve headprotection.

“Science can be a game-changer in making sports saf-er,” he said.

Roger Goodell

SPORTS Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage B4 • Thursday, March 7, 2013

PGA TOUR-WGC: CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP

Attention now followsMcIlroy to the course

By DOUG FERGUSONThe Associated Press

DORAL, Fla. – As if quittingin the middle of a golf tourna-ment didn’t bring Rory McIl-roy enough attention, it mightnot let up on the golf course.

McIlroy has been goingthrough damage control thepast five days after his abruptdeparture when he was 7-overpar through eight holes anddecided to call it quits at theHonda Classic. After an apol-ogy to Sports Illustrated, hefaced the media Wednesdayand took all the blame.

“I actually think in the longrun, Friday will be a blessingin disguise,” he said, referringto the day he withdrew lastweek. “It was like it just sortof released a valve, and all thatpressure that I’ve been put-ting on myself just went away.And I was like, ‘Just go out andhave fun. It’s not life or deathout there. It’s only a game.’

“I had sort of forgotten thatthis year.”

The world’s No. 1 playerwon’t be able to escape thespotlight when the CadillacChampionship gets under waytoday at Doral.

This World Golf Champi-onship tends to group the topplayers in the world ranking,meaning McIlroy gets to spendthe opening two rounds withTiger Woods and Luke Donald.And while McIlroy’s behaviorwas questioned last week, it’shis game that has been themost curious.

He played with Woods whenboth made their 2013 debut inAbu Dhabi, and the 23-year-old from Northern Ireland hadrounds of 75-75 to miss the cut.Woods also missed the cut thatweek because of a two-shotpenalty, though he flew half-way around the world the nextweek and won at Torrey Pinesfor his 75th career win.

McIlroy had a sloppy per-formance on Dove Mountainand lost in the first round ofthe Match Play Champion-ship, and then made it throughonly 26 holes at PGA National.He lost track of the hours heput in at The Bear’s Club overthe weekend, hopeful that hecan sort out the problems inhis swing.

His expectations for theweek?

“Just work on my swing,”he said as he walked out the

door after his news conference.“Try to get my swing back.”

Woods is coming off a medi-ocre performance in the HondaClassic, failing to break par inany of the four rounds on hisway to a tie for 37th. He is athree-time winner at Doral andnever had finished out of thetop 10 until he withdrew after11 holes last year with tightnessin his left Achilles tendon.

Woods can appreciate thescrutiny McIlroy faces. He alsohad some sound advice.

Keep going.“We play week after week,”

Woods said after nine holes ofpractice on the Blue Monster.“Once one week ends, you

have to move on the next one.And we’re on a different venueand different golf course. Forme over the years, I’ve just putit aside and moved on, whetherit was good or bad, whether Iwon the tournament or missedthe cut, whatever it may be.You move on and get ready forthe next event.”

With each week, the Mas-ters gets closer.

Only a dozen players in the65-man field at Doral are notyet in the Masters, so it’s animportant week for the likesof Geoff Ogilvy, Fredrik Ja-cobson, Richard Sterne andCharles Howell III, all of whomare trying to establish them-

selves in the top 50 when thefinal cutoff arrives at the endof the month.

And for McIlroy, it’s a mat-ter of sorting out his game.

He described his swingchange as trying to put it backthe way it was last summer,when he went on a tear at theend of the year by winning thePGA Championship for his sec-ond major, two FedEx Cup play-off events and the season finalein Dubai to capture the moneytitle on the two biggest tours.

He is getting close.“We found it,” he said. “It’s

just a matter of getting comfort-able with it. When I take theclub away and try to put it in theright position, it feels very aliento me right now. But the morereps I do, the more comfortableI’m going to get with it.”

Even so, he is not inclinedto add another tournament tohis schedule. If he were to playpoorly at Doral, McIlroy wouldconsider playing Bay Hill. Oth-erwise, he would stick to hisplan of making the HoustonOpen his only other stop be-fore Augusta.

Another example of theMasters on the horizon wasPhil Mickelson, who made adetour to Augusta on Tuesdayto play with Keegan Bradley.

Mickelson was dominantwhen he won the PhoenixOpen, though he didn’t con-

tend his next two weeks atPebble Beach and Riviera,and then he took the past twoweeks off.

“The first week I didn’ttouch a club and this last weekI’ve been practicing prettyhard,” Mickelson said. “AndI’ve had some good roundsand I’m optimistic, but youjust never know until you getin competition, and today atDoral, this is playing as toughas I’ve seen this golf courseplay. The rough is thicker anddenser than I’ve seen – andlonger – and it’s going to havea premium on getting the ballin the fairway.”

Woods, meanwhile, is try-ing to end a drought in theseWorld Golf Championships. Hehas won 16 of them, but nonesince Firestone in late sum-mer of 2009. His game has beenall over the place – missed cut,win, middle-of-the-pack – butDoral is familiar turf.

“I’ve liked the venue. I likebeing here, and this course andthis tournament have been goodto me over the years,” he said.

He might not recognize thecourse much longer. DonaldTrump bought the resort lastyear and will start tearing itup Monday after the tourna-ment is over, adding lengthand more water features inwhat The Donald describes asa “brand new course.”

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Rory McIlroy speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the PGATour-World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship in Doral, Fla.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – NotreDame men’s basketball coachMike Brey said he’s exhaustedfrom considering all the sce-narios regarding which con-ference the Fighting Irish willplay in next season. He saidhe doesn’t want to think aboutit now until it’s decided.

N e a r l y amonth afters a y i n g t h eIrish wouldstay in the BigEast for anoth-er season, Breytold reportersW e d n e s d a y

he doesn’t know what NotreDame will do. Seven other

Catholic schools in the BigEast are planning to start theirown conference next seasonand keep the league name.

Brey said he doesn’t knowwhether the Irish will join theCatholic 7 or go to the AtlanticCoast Conference early. Thecoach had said earlier he ex-pected the No. 24 Irish to jointhe ACC after next season.

Mike Brey

Brey tired of thinking about 2013-14NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL

No. 1 player said walking off courserelieved pressure put on himself

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Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun warms up in the on-deck circle during a spring training game against theWhite Sox on Feb. 28 in Phoenix.

WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC

Braun hoping to winover fans inWBCBrewers OF sayshe isn’t fazed bylinks to PEDs

By DAVE SKRETTAThe Associated Press

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. –Ryan Braun understands whymany people are skeptical ofhim, given the way his nametwice been has linked to per-formance-enhancing drugs.

He refuses to let it botherhim.

On a sun-splashed field inArizona, the Brewers sluggersaid getting back to springtraining has helped him dealwith the swirling controversy,and that playing for the U.S.team in the World BaseballClassic could help to convincesome fans to give him a cleanslate.

“Obviously, there’s beena lot of things I’ve dealt withover the last year and a half,”he said, “but I’m just trying tofocus on the things I can con-trol.”

After his MVP season in2011, Braun tested positive forsteroids during the playoffs.But he fought the case andeventually had his 50-gamesuspension overturned by anarbiter who discovered chain-of-custody issues in the han-dling of Braun’s test sample.

Then this past offseason,Braun’s name surfaced in re-cords from the now-defunctBiogenesis of America LLC

clinic that allegedly providedsubstances to several players.

After his name was connect-ed to the clinic, Braun issued astatement in which he said heused the clinic’s operator, An-thony Bosch, as a consultantin appealing his previous posi-tive test.

Braun so far has refusedto address his use of Bosch orthe clinic in detail, but he didsay that all of the allegationsswirling around him have notbecome a distraction.

“You know, I think the lon-ger you deal with something,the easier it becomes to dealwith, if that makes sense,” hesaid. “Regardless of what thecircumstances are, I’ve kindof lived this for the last yearand a half, so I’m able to focuswhen I get on the baseball field,whether it’s personal issues orfamily issues or a situationlike this. I just come to play.”

He’s certainly done that.Last season, Braun led the

league in homers with 41, wassecond in RBIs with 112 andfinished third in batting witha .319 average, and nearly wonhis second straight MVP. Hefinished second to San Fran-cisco Giants catcher BusterPosey in the voting.

Braun appears to be lockedin this spring, too.

After going 2 for 8 with ahomer in four games for theBrewers, he left camp to catchup with the U.S. team at theWBC. In the first of two exhibi-tion games Tuesday, he went 3for 4 and scored a pair of runsin a 4-4 tie with the White Sox.

The Americans open PoolD play Friday night againstMexico in Phoenix.

On Tuesday, any angst feltby fans over Braun’s connec-tion to steroid use seemed tohave washed away in the Ari-zona desert. Dozens of fanslined up along the fence linewith balls, hats and jerseysthat they hoped he would au-tograph – and Braun dutifullysigned many of them.

“There’s no more baseballin the Olympics, so this is theclosest we get to an Olympics-style event. It’s only once ev-ery four years,” he said of theWBC. “For everybody that’son our team, we take a tremen-dous amount of pride in beinghere, and the guys I know play-ing for Mexico and the Domini-can (Republic) and Venezuela,they all feel the same way.”

While sensitive to the wayhe’s perceived by fans, Braunsaid he doesn’t spend muchtime thinking about how spon-sors and potential businessopportunities might view hispast.

Braun also has said he’s sup-portive of the drug testing sys-tem that Major League Baseballhas in place, and he welcomedan announcement by the leagueand its players union that play-ers will be subject to in-season,unannounced testing for hu-man growth hormone.

“I’ve always been support-ive of the system,” Braun saidearlier in camp. “I’ve alwaysbeen supportive of additionaldrug testing or whatever test-ing they have that’s available.”

By STEPHANIE [email protected]

When Cliffton Hansen’s teacher atGenoa-Kingston Middle School calledhim up to her desk one December day,he thought he was in trouble.

When he got to her desk, Hansen’steacher, Cindy Bakanas, had pulled up

on her computer the cast list of the Children Com-munity Theatre’s upcoming production of “Honk!”Next to the role of Ugly the Duckling was Hansen’sname.

That’s how the 13-year-old seventh graderlearned he had nabbed the lead.

“I started jumping up and down and yelling,” hesaid. “I remember everyone staring at me.”

After four monthsof preparations,CCT will presentits production of“Honk!” this week-end. “Honk!” is afamily-friendly musi-cal adapted from thepopular story “TheUgly Duckling.”

The play focuseson Ugly, who is bul-lied and rejected byhis peers because ofhis appearance.

“It’s a timelessmessage of you are who you are and you shouldlove yourself for it,” said director Jeff Hall.

Hall said the entire play and its cast does a greatjob of presenting this important message of accep-tance and individuality behind a light-hearted tone,which he hopes audiences recognize.

“I really hope they take to heart the message of theshow, and that they just have a good time,” he said.

George Schippits, vice president of the CCTBoard of Directors and producer of the production,plays the villainous role of the Cat, who tries to eatUgly throughout the play. Schippits also stressedthe lesson behind the production.

“It’s got a great message,” he said. “We’re all anugly duckling at some time.”

Tessa Poffenberger, a 13-year-old eighth graderat Genoa-Kingston Middle School, said she hasenjoyed being a part of this particular production

because she likes the the dynamics of the show.“It’s cute and it’s got a bit of quirky humor in it,

which I like,” she said.Poffenberger plays Pinkfoot, a member of the

goose squadron, which tries to help Ugly find hishome during the play.

Both Poffenberger and Hansen said they are ex-cited, anxious and a bit nervous for opening nightFriday.

But Schippits said he feels the entire cast,consisting of about 15 adults and 35 children, isadequately prepared.

“We stress to the kids, when you hear the ap-plause, it’ll all be worth it,” he said.

Many children in the production are just begin-ning their acting careers with “Honk!,” while someare CCT veterans. Schippits said working with

these children always is a rewarding experience.“That’s part of what I like about doing it,

watching the kids grow and blossom as actors andactresses,” he said.

Schippits said sometimes its hard to distinguishthe adults from the children once they get on stage.But that’s a good thing, he said.

“Most of us still act like children. That’s why wedo theater,” he said. “You don’t have to grow up onstage.”

Hall, who has a strong background in theater,said his experience working with children wassomewhat limited before joining CCT for this pro-duction. But working with these children has beenhumbling, he said.

“It’s been a huge joy,” he said. “I absolutely loveit. They’re just brilliant.”

CCT production delivers message of acceptance

A&EFeatures editor Inger Koch • [email protected]

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HONK!

Provided photo

CCT in DeKalb will open its production of “Honk!” this weekend. Pictured (from left) are cast members Tracey Busby,Jenny Busby, Julie Breidenbach, Cossette Breidenbach, Shaelyn West, Ruth Hart and TomWest.

If you go

What: CCT presents ‘Honk!’Where: O’Connell Theatre,

Stevens Building, NorthernIllinois UniversityWhen: 7 p.m. March 8, 9, 15

and 16; 2 p.m. March 10 and 17Tickets: $12, adults; $6, ages

12 and younger; available atwww.cctonstage.com/tickets orat the door.

STAGE

CCT’s “Honk!”: 7 p.m. March 8, 9,15 and 16, 2 p.m. March 10 and17, O’Connell Theatre, NorthernIllinois University, DeKalb. Tick-ets: $12, adults; $6, children.www.cctonstage.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “JesusChrist Superstar”: 7:30 p.m.March 14 to 16 and March 21to 23, 2 p.m. March 17 and 24,Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. FifthSt., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

Sandwich High School’s “Intothe Woods”: 7 p.m. March 14 to16, Sandwich High School, 515Lyons Road, Sandwich. Tickets:$7 at the school office or at thedoor.

Beth Fowler Dance Company’s“A Storybook Ballet”: 7 p.m.March 15 and 16; 2 p.m. March16 and 17, Egyptian Theatre,135 N. Second St., DeKalb.Tickets: $15 to $25 in Febru-ary; $17 to $27 after March 1.Group discount for nonprofitsavailable. Tickets availableat www.egyptiantheatre.org,815-758-1225 or at the doorone hour before each perfor-mance.

PR Productions’ “Annie”: 7 p.m.March 21 to 23, 2 p.m. March 23and 24, Sandwich Opera House,140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich.All-ages show. Tickets: $12,adults; $10, seniors and stu-dents, at www.wewantpr.comor 888-395-0797.

Stage Coach Players’ “The RobinHood Capers”: 7:30 p.m. May2 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 TheMusical”: 7:30 p.m. June 13 to15, 2 p.m. June 15 and 16, StageCoach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St.,DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

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

Stage Coach Players’ “Com-pany”: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 to 10and 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 Lionin Winter”: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12to 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, StageCoach 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. FifthSt., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers.com.

ART

Women’s History Month ArtShow at DAWC: 7 to 9 p.m.Fridays in March, DeKalb AreaWomen’s Center, 1021 StateSt., DeKalb. Free; open to thepublic. Reception: 7 to 9 p.m.March 8. Tributes to famous

women artists Mary Cassatt,Georgia O’Keeffe and FridaKahlo, along with original art bylocal women artists Julia Kiefer-Bell, Dorothea Bilder, KimberlyMullarkey, Anna Marie Coveny,Nancy Baker, Mary von Zellen,Siew Lian Lim and MarilynHrymak. Information: 815-758-1351 or [email protected].

“OBJECTIVE / SUBJECTIVE: Map-ping as Visual Language”:March 19 through May 24, Northand Rotunda galleries, NorthernIllinois University Art Museum,Altgeld Hall, DeKalb. Hours: 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday throughFriday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.Public reception: 4:30 to 7 p.m.April 4. www.niu.edu/artmu-seum.

“Rarely Seen Southeast Asia:Art, Artifact, Ephemera”:Through May 15, NorthernIllinois University AnthropologyMuseum, Fay-Cooper Cole Hall,DeKalb. An exhibit of more than150 rarely shown art pieces andartifacts from Southeast Asia.Information: 815-753-2520 or815-753-1771.

“Play: Stories, Mementos andFun”: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdaysthrough Saturdays, SycamoreHistory Museum, 1730 N. MainSt., Sycamore. Exhibition ex-plores leisure moments and howwe remember them throughstories, objects and experiences.Admission: $5 a person, free formembers and children youngerthan 14. www.sycamorehistory.org. 815-895-5762

History/memories of DeKalbAg: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdaysand Sundays or by appoint-ment, Nehring Gallery, 111 S.Second St., Suite 204, DeKalb.

Free. www.dekalbalumni.org,815-757-5959, 815-757-0462 or815-758-3635.

COMEDY

REGIONAL

Zanies Comedy Night Club – St.Charles: Various dates at Pheas-ant Run Resort, 4050 E. Main St.Visit www.stcharles.zanies.comfor acts, prices and showtimes.630-584-6342.

EVENTS

56th Spring Fox Valley AntiquesShow: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March9 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March10, Kane County Fairgrounds,525 S. Randall Road, St. Charles.Fifty-seven dealers from 14states. Admission: $8, benefitsGarfield Farm Museum in LaFox.Free parking. Discount couponsavailable at www.csada.com.

Top 10 Film Series: Egyptian The-atre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb.Schedule: 4. “Raging Bull,” 6:30p.m. March 19; 3. “Casablanca,”6:30 p.m. March 26; 2. “TheGodfather,” 6:30 p.m. April 2; 1.“Citizen Kane,” 6:30 p.m. April 9.Tickets: $7, adults; $5, studentsand seniors. No cost for Feb. 12show. Purchase advance ticketsat www.egyptiantheatre.org.

ALPHA: Friends of AntiquityLecture Series: 7:30 p.m., JackArends Visual Arts Building,Room 102, NIU, DeKalb. Freeand open to the public. Seriesschedule:• March 7: “Tradition Trans-formed in Late Antiquity: TheShift From the Late Roman to aByzantine Aesthetic,” Christina

Nielsen, assistant curator forLate Antique, Early Christian andByzantine Art, Art Institute ofChicago• April 18: “To Whom Do Antiqui-ties Belong? The Legal andIllegal Trafficking of AntiqueArt Objects,” Professor RalphBurin, Department of Art History,Harper College, Palatine

MUSIC

KSO Goes to the Movies!: 7:30p.m. March 8, Boutell MemorialConcert Hall, Music Building,NIU, DeKalb. Benefit concert forKishwaukee Symphony Orches-tra. Tickets: $15, available at thedoor or in advance at SycamoreAntiques, Kar Free Flowers,Hillside Restaurant and LePrintExpress.

Patsy Cline and Buddy HollyTribute: 8 p.m. March 9,Sandwich Opera House, 140 E.Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets:$25; $20, seniors 65 and older;$15, students. 815-786-2555.www.sandwichoperahouse.org.

Kishwaukee Concert Band’s“By Request”: 3 p.m. March 10,Boutell Memorial Concert Hall,Music Building, NIU, DeKalb.Free; donations appreciated.www.kishconcertband.org.

Too Far Down, Buried In Autumn,Fallen and The PhantomMaggots: 6 p.m. March 13,The House Cafe, 263 E. LincolnHighway, DeKalb. Local bandsperform. www.thehousecafe.net.

Switchback: 8 p.m. March 17,Sandwich Opera House, 140 E.Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets:$25; $20, seniors 65 and older;$15, students. 815-786-2555.www.sandwichoperahouse.org.

Doug Church: 8 p.m. April 6,Sandwich Opera House, 140E. Railroad St., Sandwich. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichop-erahouse.org.

Bob & the Beachcombers: 8p.m. April 20, Sandwich OperaHouse, 140 E. Railroad St.,Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20,seniors 65 and older; $15,students. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse.org.

Montgomery Gentry withspecial guest Chuck Wicks:7 p.m. April 21, NIU Convoca-tion Center, 1525 W. LincolnHighway, DeKalb. Doors openat 6 p.m. Tickets: $36 and $26.NIU students get a $5 discount.Tickets can be purchased at theConvo Center box office, Tick-etmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com or 800-745-3000. www.convocenter.niu.edu.

Aaron Carter with special guestsRyan Cabrera, Tyler Hilton,and Teddy Geiger: 7 p.m. May3, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N.Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $35,premium reserved seats; $22,regular reserved seats. Ticketsavailable at 815-758-1225 or

www.egyptiantheatre.org.Glenn Miller Orchestra: 2 pm.May 4, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N.Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $27to $32, premium reserved seats;$20 to $25, regular reservedseats. Discounts available forgroups 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.

ONGOING

Art Attack – School of Art in

Sycamore: 215 W. Elm St.Classes for children and adults.www.sycamoreartattack.org or815-899-9440.

Northern Illinois University Com-

munity School of the Arts: NIUMusic Building, 400 LucindaAve., DeKalb. Classes in music,art and theater for children andadults. www.csa.niu.edu or 815-753-1450.

Bread & Roses women’s choral

group rehearsals: 5:45 to 8p.m. Sundays, WestminsterPresbyterian Church, AnnieGlidden Road, DeKalb. www.breadandroseschorus.org.

Indian Valley Community Band: 6to 7:20 p.m. Mondays, SandwichMiddle School Band Room. Areamusicians who enjoy playing forpleasure are invited; there are noauditions.

Open Mic: 8 p.m. Mondays, sign-inat 7:30 p.m., The House Cafe,263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.Bands and singers perform for12 minutes. 815-787-9547.

Kishwaukee Barbershop

Harmony Singers rehearsals:

7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, FirstCongregational Church, 615 N.First St., DeKalb. Open to men ofall ages. 815-895-5955 or 815-899-8383.

DeKalb Festival Chorus rehears-

als: 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays,NIU Music Building. New singersinvited. Call 630-453-8006 foran interview with conductor JenWhiting. www.dekalbfestival-chorus.org.

Greater Kishwaukee Area

Concert Band Ninth Season

rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m.Wednesdays, band room at Door16 of Huntley Middle School,1515 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. All-volunteer band for anyone age18 or older who has played awind or percussion instrumentin the past. No auditions needed.815-899-4867 or 815-825-2350.

Thursday Blues Nights: 8 p.m.first Thursday each month atThe House Cafe, 263 E. LincolnHighway, DeKalb.

“The Way” acoustic coffee

house: 6 to 8:30 p.m. firstSaturday each month, DeKalbChristian Church, 1107 S. FirstSt. 815-758-1833 or [email protected].

STAGE

COMEDY

ONGOING

things to do this weekend

EVENTS

MUSIC

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ART

Movie night

There’s only one big movie opening inwide release this week, and it’s a reallybig one: “Oz the Great and Powerful.”This PG flick is a prequel to “The Wizardof Oz,” and it stars James Franco as Oz.

Spring forward

Time springs forward early Sundaymorning, and you can have fun with it bymaking a game of changing all the clocksand changing the batteries in your smokeand carbon monoxide detectors. You can

also plan some spring-themed events –winter is almost over!

Girl Scout Week

Tuesday is the 100th birthday of theGirl Scouts, and a week of celebrationsbegins on Sunday, which is Girl ScoutSunday and the beginning of Girl ScoutWeek. Check your local chapter foractivities.

An apple a day

Johnny Appleseed Day is Monday, butyou can celebrate Johnny and apples thisweekend. You could grab some applesand other supplies and make someapple-based delights (such as apple pie).You can also find Johnny Appleseed andapple-related kids activities on the Web.And be sure to check out if your library isdoing anything special this weekend.

Sports talk

And don’t forget about sports! Thisweekend will see plenty of action, withcollege basketball, the NBA, NHL andNASCAR in full swing, and MLB springtraining is ramping up. Check your TVguide for game times, or head online toyour favorite sports site.

– GateHouse News Service

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By JEFFREY WESTHOFFShaw Media

Disney has made major waves inthe last few years buying up familyfriendly media properties, such asthe Muppets, Marvel Comics and“Star Wars.” But the practice is notnew.

Walt Disney himself procured anespecially rich property in the 1950swhen he scooped up the film rightsto most of L. Frank Baum’s Oz nov-els. So it is something of a surprisethat “Oz the Great and Powerful,”directed by Sam Raimi and starringJames Franco in the title role, isonly the studio’s second attempt in60 years to capitalize on those rights(third if you count the made-for-TV“The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz”).

Any attempt to make an Ozmovie automatically falls into theshadow of “The Wizard of Oz,” the1939 musical starring Judy Gar-land that is one of the few moviesnearly everyone has seen. Collectivememories of that beloved classicobliterated Disney’s first attempt torevisit the magic land, 1985’s “Re-turn to Oz,” released a full 30 yearsafter Disney acquired the Oz rights.Audiences expected a merry sequel,but no one was singing about rain-bows in the bleak fantasy far morefaithful to Baum’s work than theMGM film.

This time, Disney isn’t takingchances with risky reinterpretation(don’t look for the bold political takeof “Wicked,” the book and musicalthat covers much of the same Ozhistory). “Oz the Great and Power-ful” has been mounted as a reverentprequel to the 1939 film.

It follows the same pattern, open-ing with a black and white sequenceset in Kansas and changing to colorwhen the wizard arrives in Oz. A fewactors introduced in Kansas re-emerge as enchanted creatures in Oz.

Raimi goes all in for film nostal-gia during the opening. Not onlydo we see Kansas in monochrome,Raimi frames it within the squareAcademy ratio that was the stan-dard screen size in 1939 (“TheArtist” also was filmed in Academyratio). The screen expands once thewizard is blown out of Kansas, so Ozis both more colorful than our worldand wider.

Franco’s character, a two-bit ma-gician in a three-bit traveling carni-val, presciently bills himself as Ozthe Great and Powerful even before

he visits the magical land. His stagename is a shortening of his realname, Oscar. Vain and frustratedwith his career, Oscar says, “I don’twant to be a good man, I want to bea great one.” So now we know themoral lesson he must learn.

Oscar also is a Casanova whodoesn’t hide his indiscretions well.When a jealous husband comes afterhim, Oscar escapes in the carnival’shot air balloon, not noticing thetornado forming in the distance.

Quicker than you can say, “Lionsand tigers and bears, oh my!” Oscaris in Oz. Almost immediately, helearns of a prophecy that a greatwizard who shares the kingdom’sname will be crowned king once hevanquishes the wicked witch. Oscarloves the idea of being king, espe-

cially when he sees Emerald City’svast treasure room, but he’s notthrilled about fighting a witch. Thefake wizard knows a handful of flashpowder is no match for real magic.

Oscar encounters three witches,Theodora the winsome (MilaKunis), Evanora the scheming(Rachel Weisz) and Glinda the good(Michelle Williams). The script,credited to Mitchell Kapner andDavid Lindsay-Abaire, plays guess-ing games as to which witch is thewicked witch, but the studio’s pub-licity department has done a lousyjob of keeping the secret.

Reversing Dorothy’s route, thewould-be wizard follows the YellowBrick Road from the Emerald Cityto Munchkinland. He acquires twocompanions along the way, a flyingmonkey named Finley (voiced byZach Braff) and the doll-like ChinaGirl (voiced by Joey King).

Both are CGI characters, andthey are of Gollum quality, believ-ably sharing the same physicalspace as Franco and conveyingemotion better than some of theirhuman co-stars. China Girl is anuncanny creation who looks andmoves exactly like a china dollbrought to life.

The first half of “Oz the Great andPowerful” is filled with sweetnessand wonder. Knowing winks to the1939 film are plentiful. A cowardlylion, perhaps the cowardly lion,appears. When Oscar first sees theEmerald City, he says, “It’s a goodthing green is my favorite color.” Hewonders why a flying monkey wouldbe dressed like a bellhop.

Finley and China Girl contributeconsiderable enchantment to the

film’s first half. They are engag-ing characters, the feisty doll andthe timid monkey, with amusingdialogue. They play well againstFranco’s greed and opportunism.

Once the group arrives inMunchkinland, the story shifts tothe war of the witches. A wave ofnew, less interesting supportingcharacters is introduced, leavingChina Girl and Finley less to do andsay. Their voices are missed.

Like so many films dependent onCGI, “Oz” becomes all about action,spectacle and special effects. GivenRaimi’s bravura visual dynamism,the spectacle and effects are dazzling,and “Oz” joins the handful of live-action movies worth seeing in 3-D.

But, except for the conspicuouslyunderdeveloped Theodora, charac-ters make the first half of “Oz” fun,just as the Scarecrow, the Tin Manand the Cowardly Lion made theoriginal film indelible. Once Raimipushes character into the back-ground, his movie loses heart (andmaybe some courage and brains).

Also, because the two evilwitches need to survive this movieso Dorothy can kill them later, thestakes for the climax are low. Thestage must be set for the next tor-nado to bring the next visitor fromKansas, so we know which char-acters will be scattered to variouspoints of the compass and who willwind up behind the curtain.

Raimi’s prequel is a beautiful di-version, a colorful and clever hom-age to perhaps the most loved filmof all time. But for all the technicalwizardry that goes into it, “Oz theGreat and Powerful” does not liveup to its adjectives.

Review: ‘Oz’ prequel visually dynamic, but loses heart

AP photo

This film image, released by Disney Enterprises, shows James Franco and MichelleWilliams in a scene from “Oz the Great and Powerful.”

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NIU Jazz bands to perform tonight on campusThe Northern Illinois University

Jazz Lab Band and the NIU U-Jazz

Band will perform their first concert

of the spring semester at 8 p.m.

Thursday. The concert will take

place at the NIU School of Music

Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the

Music Building, 300 Lucinda Ave.

Both jazz ensembles will per-

form a wide variety of styles within

the jazz genre, including works by

legendary jazz composers Duke

Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Horace

Silver and Pat Metheny.

This year the Lab includes many

new and talented members, includ-

ing Sean Holly, a trombonist from

DeKalb High School, as well as

many outstanding freshmen, includ-

ing Everette Benton on drums;

Ethan Woyach, Andy Czarnecki,

Francesca Hanson, Gavin Tidaback

and Micah Huff on trumpets; Carlos

Brown on alto saxophone; and

trombonists Matt Farias and Joshua

Cleveland.

In addition, the group countswith the experience of five graduatestudents, Marianne Kim, Evan King,Matt Attfield, Jaron McCarr and Vic-

tor Bastidas; and the talent of sopho-more and upper classmen KandaceMiggins, Brian Quinlan, Eric Smith,Jerry Williams and Sam Hight.

The Lab Band regularly partici-pates in jazz festivals and competi-tions, and performs at least six con-certs per academic year. Last June,

the Lab Band won in the College Big

Band Division of the prestigious

Downbeat Magazine 35th Annual

Students Awards.

The group has featured several

international jazz artists, including

Gary Smulyan, Allen Vizzutti, Ste-

phen Anderson, Mark Colby, Craig

Butterfield, Robert Chappell, Fareed

Haque, Liam Teague, Art Davis, Kel-

ly Sill, Steve Duke, Ronald Carter,

Stefan Karlsson, Tom Garling and

Wayne Bergeron.

The first NIU Jazz Lab Band al-

bum, “Quintessence (NIU Jazz Stud-

ies – 2011),” will be available at the

concert. Proceeds from the sales of

NIU Jazz recordings benefit Northern

Illinois University School of Music

and are used to support the Jazz Stud-

ies program through scholarships,

public performances, recording,

tours and related activities.

For more information, contact

Lynn Slater at 815-753-1546 or ls-

[email protected].

NIU Annuitants to seeCubs at Miller Field

Space remains for the North-ern Illinois University Annui-tants Association April 21 trip toMilwaukee to see the 1:10 p.m.baseball game between theChicago Cubs and the Milwau-kee Brewers.Participants will enjoy an

all-you-can-eat buffet lunch ofbratwursts, barbecue chickensandwiches, hot dogs, grilledhamburgers, corn on thecob, coleslaw, cookies, softdrinks and tickets in the “DewDeck” at Miller Park.The group will leave DeKalb

at 9 a.m.For more information, call

Carder Travel at 815-756-1547.

Superfest looking forextras from movie

The Smallville Superfest Com-mittee is planning somethingspecial for the movie premiereof “Superman: Man of Steel” inJune.Anyone who worked in the

movie, crew member, or anextra is invited to join in the ex-citement at the movie premieron June 14.Contact the committee via

email at [email protected] or through Facebookat Smallville Superfest.The second annual Small-

ville Superfest will be Aug. 16through 18.

Local artists performmusic and stories

Three local artists will presenta night of original music andstories on March 16.Writer Kyle White and musi-

cians Greg and Kim Wheatonwill perform at 7 p.m. in theFreight Room of the historicSycamore Train Depot, 475DeKalb Ave. The cost is $5 atthe door.White is an author and illus-

trator whose book of regionalessays, “Wisconsin River ofGrace,” was featured in North-ern Public Radio’s Winter BookSeries. His work can be viewedat www.KyleWhiteInk.com.Greg Wheaton plays acous-

tic, fingerstyle guitar, in thestyle of Phil Keaggy, AndyMcKee and Antoine Dufour.He is an endorsement art-ist for Stonebridge Guitars,and recently released his CD,“Hope Against Hope.” For moreinformation,visit www.Greg-Wheaton.com.Vocalist and guitarist Kim

Wheaton plays acoustic, story-filled songs. She also is a potteryartist and birth doula. Her workcan be seen at www.etsy.com/shop/kimwheatonceramics.

Montgomery Gentry toplay Convo April 21

Montgomery Gentry, one ofcountry music’s all-time great-est duos, will take the stageApril 21 at Northern Illinois Uni-versity’s Convocation Center.Special guest Chuck Wicks

will kick off the concert at 7p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.

All seats are reserved andticket prices are $36 and $26.Tickets can be purchased at theNIU Convocation Center boxoffice, all Ticketmaster outlets,Ticketmaster.com or by phoneat 800-745-3000. NIU studentsget a $5 discount with a validNIU OneCard at the ConvocationCenter box office (limit two).

Montgomery Gentry, Wicksand the NIU Convocation Centerhave partnered with Rockford’sQ98.5 to help raise money forSt. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital. A portion of everyticket will be donated to the St.Jude’s to raise funds needed forthe research to fight cancer andother children’s diseases.

For more information, call 815-752-6800 or email [email protected].

Gallery seekingnew artists

The Art Attack Artist Co-opGallery has room for some newartists.Prospective artists who will be

juried by exhibiting artist co-opmembers should submit three tofour items of work. Call 815-899-9612, from 2 to 7 p.m. March 4through 9 to set up an appoint-ment for review of your work.Presentations will be on

March 14 at Art Attack, 215W. Elm St., Sycamore. Use theSomonauk street entrance.

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Dr. Wallace: I’m 17 and sois the girl I’m dating. We’vebeen dating for seven monthsand really care for eachother. We both have strongreligious convictions andabstain from alcohol, drugs,tobacco and premarital sex.Much of our time is spentgoing to school activitiesand movies. When we don’tgo out, we spend time at herhouse listening to music orbaking cookies.

The thing that concernsme is that her parents don’tseem to be very friendly.

They rarely talk to me

when I’m in their house and

when I leave, they never

say goodbye. I’m starting tothink they don’t like me. I’vetalked to my girlfriend aboutthis, and she told me I’m su-per sensitive and shouldn’tworry. But when we go tomy house, my parents arevery friendly toward my

girlfriend. They make her

feel welcome and comfort-

able.

I’m thinking of having a

private talk with her parents

to find out what the prob-

lem might be. Should I do itwithout telling my girlfriendor should I tell her before Italk with her parents? Also,should I include my girl-friend in this meeting? – Ken,Frederick, Md.

Ken: Forget about havingany kind of meeting withthe parents with or withoutyour girlfriend. Their stylemay be different from yourparents’, but they approveof you. If they didn’t, theywouldn’t allow you to spend

time in their house with

their daughter. Just contin-

ue being patient and polite;

I’m sure you’ll notice them

thaw as they grow used to

you. You have no need toworry.

Dr. Wallace: Our Spanishteacher is about 25, very cuteand all the girls in the classgo gaga over him. I was bornin Mexico and can speak,understand, read and writeSpanish very well. I alsohave a high IQ and have noproblem getting an A in theclass. I got my A the old-fash-ioned way – I earned it.

My best friend is a Bstudent in reality, but she

is also getting an A because

she fawns all over him. Don’t

get me wrong. The teacher is

doing nothing to encourage

these girls to talk with him

after class. He is married andhas twin daughters. That stilldoesn’t stop my friend frombuttering him up. I’m mad asheck and don’t know what todo. Can you help me? – An-gela, Santa Ana, Calif.

Angela: Don’t concernyourself with the grades ofother students. Continuedoing your best in all yoursubjects and you will be thewinner. A grade is no morethan the teacher’s subjec-tive evaluation. Far more

important is the knowledge

the student gains in the class.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallaceat [email protected].

Thought of the dentist wipes her smile away

Check playground equipment before play

Tricks must

come from

somewhereJames C. Dobson, an evan-

gelical author, psychologistand founder of Focus on theFamily, said, “Don’t marrythe person you think youcan live with; marry only theindividual you think you can’tlive without.”

That is no doubt true. Atthe bridge table, though, don’tmake the play you think isright; make the play afterwhich either your contractcannot fail or the opponent’scontract cannot make.

In this deal, East is defend-ing against five diamonds.West leads the heart queen,and South calls for dummy’sfive. How might East hope todefeat the contract?

After South opened one dia-mond, West made a two-heartweak jump overcall, showinga good six-card suit and 6 to 10high-card points. East raisedto four hearts, a contract thatwould have made when bothmajor-suit finesses worked.However, South rebid fiveclubs, and North converted tofive diamonds. Since neitherside was sure who could makewhat, this was passed out.

The defenders need threetricks to defeat five diamonds.East can see one in hearts.His side cannot take a secondheart, because West’s overcallguaranteed a six-card suit.Any minor-suit tricks wouldcome in the fullness of time.That left spades to be consid-ered. Who should be attack-ing that suit, West or East?Clearly East. His leadingspades through South rated tobe more profitable than West’sleading around to South.

So East should win the firsttrick with his heart ace andshift to the spade queen. Here,that works beautifully, net-ting the first three tricks forthe defense.

Stop worrying, her parents approve of you

Dear Abby: I am writing toyou because I can share thisanonymously. I am close to60 years old and I’m terrifiedof the dentist. Every time Ipick up the phone to make anappointment I get so anxiousI feel like I’m going to die.

Do you think I will beable to find a caring, compas-sionate and nonjudgmentaldentist? Are they out there?Sometimes I wish I could dieinstead of going to the dentist.Am I crazy? – Mrs. Anxiety inThe U.S.A.

Dear Mrs. Anxiety: Let me putit this way – if you’re crazy,you have a lot of company.Many people fear going to thedentist. However, there havebeen improvements in thefield since you were a child –

including sedation for people

who choose “not to be there”

while their dental problemsare being attended to.

Good dental health is veryimportant to our overallhealth, so please don’t putoff any further making anappointment. Tell the personwho is booking the appoint-ment what your needs are,and if that dentist can’taccommodate you, ask for areferral to one who can.

Dear Abby: I have been ananny for four families over

the last 10 years. I am now

working for a family of five. I

don’t make a lot of money, but

I enjoy what I do.

My problem is all the

gift-buying I feel required todo – such as on the children’sbirthdays, Christmas and themom’s birth of more babies.My employer is expectingyet another baby this sum-mer and her 3-year-old hasanother birthday coming up.

I’m tired of the gift-buyingand really can’t afford to do itanymore. When the new babyis born, I am tempted to justsay “Congratulations!” Anysuggestions? – Gifted Out

Dear Gifted Out: Yes. Whenthe newest addition to thefamily arrives, give youremployer a nice card. Youshould not be expected tocome up with a gift. You arealready giving these childrenloving and responsible care

and that is gift enough.

Dear Abby: During the first

year of our marriage, my

husband cheated on me withwomen from his past as wellas new encounters. When Iconfronted him, he promisedto stop. He would then calland email these women, andtell them I was checking upon him and he’d contact themlater.

This has gone on for years.He swears he’s no longercheating, and we have soughtcounseling – which I stoppedbecause the counselor andI agreed that my husbanddidn’t think he had a prob-lem.

When I confront him with

my suspicions, he insists that

I am “driving him away” by

accusing him. He is very ar-

rogant, and people who don’t

know him believe he’s a great

guy and I am the problem.

I have considered revenge

cheating, but it goes againstmy morals. I think about di-vorcing him, but then I think– what if I am wrong? Whatif he really is being faithful?What should I do? I love him.– Unsure in Texas

Dear Unsure: I agree that“revenge” cheating is not thesolution to your problem.Hire a private detective andget to the bottom of this.If you’re wrong, you needcounseling to resolve yourinsecurities. However, ifhe’s cheating, you will knowyou haven’t been imagin-ing things and can deciderationally if it’s in your best

interests to continue being

married to a womanizer.

• Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Dear Dr. K: Two of my child’sfriends have hurt themselvesplaying on the playground re-cently. What can I do to keepmy child safe?

Dear Reader: Kids getexercise, burn off energy anddevelop their motor skills byrunning, jumping and climb-ing on swing sets, monkeybars and other playgroundequipment.

But each year more than

200,000 children in the United

States visit emergency rooms

for playground injuries. The

most common are broken

bones, bruises, scrapes and

deeper cuts. More serious

injuries also occur.

Here’s the advice my

pediatrician colleagues give

parents to keep their kids as

safe as possible:

• Supervise your child.

Children of all ages should be

under constant supervision

when playing on the play-

ground. Injuries can happen

when kids use the equipment

in unsafe ways.

• Guide children to age-

appropriate equipment. Most

playground equipment is de-

signed with a specific age range

in mind. Very young children

should not be left unattended in

a swing, for example.

My colleagues also advise

parents to carefully check out

the playground where they’d

like their kids to play. The

specific things parents should

focus on are:• Check for cushioning

beneath equipment. Play-ground equipment should notbe located over hard surfacessuch as grass, packed dirt,rocks, asphalt or blacktop.

Acceptable surfaces include

thick layers of hardwood

fiber/mulch, pea gravel and

sand. Other options include

rubber tiles or mats. Cush-

ioned surfaces should be

provided under all equipment

and should extend at least 6

feet in all directions from the

edge of the equipment.

• Inspect individual equip-

ment. Playground equipment

is supposed to be inspected

and maintained, but that

doesn’t always happen.

• Ladders, platforms and

steps: Steps should be in goodcondition and handrails shouldhave appropriate grip sizes forchildren. Platforms should besurrounded by a guardrail orprotective barrier.

• Swings should be at least

24 inches apart and 30 inches

from any supports. The cush-

ioning surface should extend

for at least twice the height

of the swing, in front and

back of the swing seat, and at

least 6 feet to each side of the

structure.

• Slides should be well an-

chored, have firm handrails

and have steps with good

traction. There should be no

spaces between the slide plat-

form and the slide itself.

• Seesaws: The handles

should be secure and easy to

grip. There should be a soft

bumper under the bottom ofthe seat, and all pivot pointsshould be covered to preventpinched fingers.

If you find that the cushion-ing beneath the equipment, orthe equipment itself, does not

meet these standards in the

playground where you’d like

your child to play, organize

some other parents. Then as

a group, contact the people

responsible for the playground

– usually a local government.

People make many demands of

their government, and govern-

ments can’t always respond.

But a threat to the health of

children is something respon-

sible authorities are likely to

take very seriously.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK.com to read more.

PhillipAlder

BRIDGE

JeannePhillips

DEAR ABBY

RobertWallace

’TWEEN12 & 20

Anthony L.Komaroff

ASK DR. K

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TODAY – In the year ahead, you are likely to find new ways to

bring several long-running projects to successful conclusions.

It’s a period of endings for you, but with multiple fresh begin-

nings as well.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Because you’re likely to be a

visionary with a purpose, your probabilities for success are

excellent. When you are motivated in such a way, anything is

possible.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Although you’ll derive much satis-

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for it will give you the most pleasure. The fun is in the chase.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Those with whom you hang out,

including your family, will have a powerful effect on your at-

titude. If they’re doers, you’re apt to be a success too.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Even if most of your efforts are

spent doing things for others, when it comes time to divvy up

the results, you’ll share in what they gained.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – If you have to make a presentation,

try to isolate the key players, because you’ll do much better

and be far more dynamic working on a close, personal basis.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Don’t be reluctant to be of assistance

to an associate if it’s needed. You could be surprised by how

much your actions help your situation as well.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Consideration and diplomacy won’t

dilute your strengths – they will enhance them. Persons with

whom you’re involved will recognize and admire your clout.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Engaging in do-it-yourself household

projects could turn out to be more fun than drudgework. Now’s

the time to fix everything that needs mending.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Occasionally, it can be thera-

peutic to break away from everyday routines and change the

game plan. If possible, seek out involvements that are fun and

relaxing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Substantial achievements are

possible when you devote your energies to matters that could

enhance your material well-being. Go for the gold.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Adhere to any strong notions

that direct you to take action on a specific issue. Tackling a

quantity of jobs is not necessarily better than doing quality

work on one.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – In order to get what you’re

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Brunnenstr.10, Entrance, Berlin #1 (street view), 2012, by Ken’ichiro Taniguchi. Taniguchi traces cracks in city sidewalks and uses the patternsto create delicate plastic sculptures, then returns to the site of the cracks to photograph the two elements together.

As a part of the NorthernIllinois University Art Mu-seum’s upcoming Mapping Ex-hibition Suite, “OBJECTIVE/ SUBJECTIVE: Mapping asVisual Language” featurescontemporary artists using thevisual and conceptual lan-guage of mapping to respond toreal or imagined spaces.

This exhibition will becurated by art museum staffPeter Olson and Heather Greenand will be held in the Northand Rotunda galleries of theNIU Art Museum from March19 through May 24. A publicreception will be held from 4:30to 7 p.m. April 4.

This exhibition focuses onnational and international art-ists, using the objective visuallanguage of maps for subjec-tive and personal inspiration.The ways in which these art-ists appropriate maps includesa variety of eclectic media andconceptual interpretations.Their works range from sin-cere to satirical subject matterand from cosmic to intimatescale.

For example, youngJapanese artist Ken’ichiroTaniguchi traces cracks in citysidewalks. He uses the trac-ings as templates for fabri-cating meandering, lace-likesculptures out of bright yellowplastic. After he producesthese sculptures, he returns tothe original street locations to

fit the delicate constructionsback inside the crevices forphotographic archiving. Tani-guchi’s elegantly mindful worknot only entices viewers tofind beauty in the overlookeddetails of their surroundings,but challenges perceptions ofscale, as cracks in the pave-ment take on the appearance ofriver systems seen from aboveor magnified biological detailsviewed through a microscope.

NIU alum Ben Rosecransappropriates the utilitarianaesthetics of cartography.Rosecrans’ layers of diagram-matic line, translucent shapesand painterly swatches offera 21st-century spin on theartistry of map-making. Whilethe pieces are not maps in thetraditional sense, Rosecransborrows the language of map-ping to create his own worlds.

Other exhibiting artistsinclude Erin Coleman-Cruz,Nancy Engstad, Adam Ben-jamin Fung, Ilana Halperin,Donna Katz, Ray Klimek, DanMiller, Dan Mills and WilliamWalmsley.

The NIU Art Museum islocated on the first floor, westend of Altgeld Hall, on NIU’sDeKalb campus. Hours are 10a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday throughFriday and noon to 4 p.m.Saturday. Group tours canbe arranged by appointment.More information can be foundat www.niu.edu/artmuseum.

Women’s History Month ArtShow at DAWC inMarch

The DeKalb Area Women’sCenter, 1021 State St., is host-ing a month-long art showfeaturing female artists.

The center’s galleries areopen from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridaysand by appointment.

The show includes trib-utes to world-famous artistsMary Cassatt, who was theonly American artist whoexhibited with the FrenchImpressionists; GeorgiaO’Keeffe, noted for hersouthwestern oils and hugefloral close-ups; Frida Kahlo,a Mexican painter who oftenexpressed her sufferingthrough self-portraits; andKathe Kollwitz, a Germanartist who excelled in expres-sive drawings prompted bythe horrors of war.

The show also includesoriginal work by local art-ists Julie Kiefer-Bell, witha large-scale luminous oilpainting of a white poppy;Dorothea Bilder, featuringthree forms of printmaking;Kimberly Mullarkey, show-ing large graphite and char-coal drawings inspired byplant life; Anna Marie Cove-ny, displaying wheel-thrownand hand-built ceramics;Nancy Baker, showcasingquilting, tie-dying, coilingand garden towers; Mary von

Zellen, sharing collage anddrawings; Siew Lian Lim,writing poetry and paintinga landscape from her recenttrip to Southeast Asia; andMarilyn Hrymak, presentingupcycled art.

A opening receptionwill be held from 7 to 9 p.m.Friday. The event is free and

open to the public.An accessible lift can be ac-

cessed from the alley north ofthe building. Parking is avail-able on the street and in theDAWC parking lot 1/2 blocksouth on Eleventh Street.

For more information,call 815-758-1351 or [email protected].

Sandwich High School to present ‘Into the Woods’Sandwich High School will pres-

ent its spring musical, “Into theWoods,” at 7 p.m. March 14 through16.

“Into The Woods” is a musicalabout the experiences of variousfairy-tale and fable characters asthey strive to get their wishes anddeal with the consequences of thosewishes. Originally written in 1986by Steven Sondheim and James

Lapine, the featured characters areCinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and theBeanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood,and the Baker and his Wife.

Under the direction of LizSchollenberger, the cast includesDanny Holly, Bobby Curtis, AlexRoller, Joey Tassone, Daniel Stier,John Sauer, Tom Mouding, CherylWelte, Hayley Slaughter, JessieHintzsche, McKenzie Sauer, Am-

ber Kellmer, Brianne Brubaker,Charisse Keating, Marissa Jour-dan, Jacque Worthington, JoslynBarajas, Ellen Roddy, CheyenneFlores, Haley Joseph and CaitlynCarlson.

Crew members include DakotaLloyd, Aubree Hanson, ClaudiaResendez, Gillian Frosch, JacobBenson, Jackie Walker, KaylaLittlebrant, Destinee Hernandez,

Sam Gilbert, Veronica Barajas,Sarah Gordon, Sam Collins,Lauren Kaltenecker, Sarah Isola,Ashley Angus, Shannon Haff,Caitlyn Carlson, Alyssa Turek,Jasen LaBolle, Trevor Adrian,Kerri Smith, Kaylah McAnally,Kristin Millard, Drew Rebhorn,Nora Beltran, Bradley Kipper andJoe Duffy.

Under the direction of Justin

Heinekamp, the pit includes KateCarpenter, Molly Fraser, Sean Car-penter, Jake Niles, Anthony Vruno,Emily Niles, Brady Gaskin, BrianMoran, Cayman Joseph and ZackBenson.

Tickets cost $7 and can be pur-chased at the Sandwich High Schooloffice, 515 Lyons Road, beginningFriday or at the door the evening ofthe performance.

Tickets for ‘Annie’ nowon sale at Opera House

PR Productions willpresent the family-friendlyclassic musical “Annie” atthe Sandwich Opera House.The show opens March 21 fora limited five-performanceengagement.

Performances will be heldat 7 p.m. March 21 through 23and 2 p.m. March 23 and 24.Tickets cost $12 for adults and$10 for students and seniors.Tickets can be purchasedonline at www.wewantpr.comor by calling 888-395-0797.

Annie (Lara Allison,

Arlington Heights) is a

spunky Depression-era or-

phan determined to find her

parents, who abandoned her

years ago on the doorstep of

a New York City Orphanage

run by the cruel, embittered

Miss Hannigan (Shela Lahey,

Sycamore).In adventure after fun-

filled adventure, Annie foilsMiss Hannigan’s evil machi-nations, befriends PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt(Jacob Austin, Hinckley) andfinds a new family and homein billionaire Oliver War-

bucks (John Daly, Milling-ton), his personal secretaryGrace Farrell (ElizabethStevenson, Millington) and alovable mutt named Sandy.With equal measures of pluckand positivity, little orphanAnnie charms everyone’shearts.

“Annie” also features thetalents of Madison Johnson,Ashley Tindall, BrooklynTodd, Micah Hett (Sand-wich), Annie Shirley, RachelHarker, Christopher Roe,Christine Roe, Clare Smith,Emily Glover, Trey Ambrose,

Adam Diveley (Plano), MacieJanson (Leland), EmmaCarpenter (DeKalb), ElenaMicuilis (Lemont), Ella Sall,Jen Sall (Oswego), BlytheSchwaller (Sheridan), AmyDaly, McKenna Daly (Milling-ton) and Andy Buel (Mont-gomery).

The production is directedby Kristofer Pagoria, withmusical direction by SusanWebb, and choreography byDanielle Pagoria.

For more information,visit www.wewantpr.com orcall 888-395-0797.

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THESE 2 BUILDINGS WERE IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE DEKALBCLINIC, THE MAIN CLINIC LOCATED AT 217 FRANKLIN ST IS ZONED CENTRAL;BUSINESS DISTRICT AND HAS 36,150 SQ.FT. THE BUILDING HAS A BASEMENT ANDFULLY FUNCTIONING UTILITY’S WITH CITY WATER, SEWER AND 3PH ELECTRIC.THE BUILDING IS FULLY COMPLIANT FOR THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY’SACT AND HAS 3 PARKING LOTS. THE SOUTH LOT HOLDS 32 CARS AND MEASURES66X156. THE NORTH LOT HOLDS 27 CARS AND IS 66X165. THE EAST LOT HOLDS20 CARS. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND IS FULLY OPERATIONAL.CALL AUCTIONEERS FOR A DETAILED SHOWING AND INSPECTION OF THIS36,000SQ.FT FACILITY. THE EAST CLINIC BUILDING IS LOCATED AT 302 GROVE ST.AND IS 14,285 SQ.FT. WITH A PARTIAL UNFINISHED BASEMENT. THE ROOF IS INNEED OF SOME REPAIR AS SOME LEAKING IS OCCURRING. THE BUILDING IS FULLYFUNCTIONAL AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE THE MOVE OUT THIS BUILDINGHAS A LARGE 80+ CAR PARKING LOT. THE BUILDING IS ALSO IN THE CENTRALBUSINESS DISTRICT WITH FULL CITY WATER, SEWER AND 3PH ELECTRIC. CALLAUCTIONEERS FOR A DETAILED SHOWING AND INSPECTION OF THE BUILDING.DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES OF THIS SIZE AND WITH PARKING LOTS DON’T COMEALONG VERY OFTEN. NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE! TALK TOYOUR LENDER TODAY, COME WITH A VISION TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH APROPERTY LIKE THIS AND BID YOUR PRICE AT AUCTION!

TERMS FOR AUCTION: $10,000.00 DOWN ON AUCTION DAY. BALANCE DUE ONAPRIL 15TH 2013. A 10% BUYERS PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL BID TO

DETERMINE THE FINAL CONTRACT PRICE. AUCTIONEERS WILL GLADLY COOPERATEWITH OTHER REAL ESTATE OFFICES OR BROKERS IF YOU REGISTER ANY BIDDERBEFORE THE AUCTION OR ON AUCTION DAY. PROPERTY BEING OFFERED AS-IS,WITH OUT ANY CONTINGENCIES TO FINANCING, APPRAISAL OR ANY OTHER TYPEOF CONTINGENCIES. SELLERS WILL PAY FOR DEED PREPARATION AND TITLECOMMITMENT FOR SELLERS. TAXES ARE TO BE PRO-RATED TO CLOSING DATE.ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE AUCTION DAY TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ALL OTHER.

DEKALB CLINIC CHARTERED, OWNERKEITH FOSTER, ATTORNEY

[email protected] OR CALL 815-739-3703 TO SET UP VIEWING

LELAND LIONS CLUB28th Annual Consignment Auction

Over One Mile of Machinery

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 20139:00 A.M. Downtown Leland, IL

Lunch by Leland ÿire Dept. Nate 815-970-0001 Ron 815-228-2198

Special Item: Reconditioned 1970 JD 2020 w/48 loader. This tractor has been donated by the employeesof AHW Somonauk with 100% of the proceeds going to beneÿt co-worker Tom who is battling cancer. Formore info see website (will sell at approximately 3:00 pm).Tractors/Self-Propelled Sprayer: 2006 JD 4920 sprayer, 1200 gal. SS tank, 100’ SS boom, 5 way nozzlebodies, high capacity pump, traction control. SprayStar. Auto steer ready, nice condition, ÿeld ready, 3271hrs.; John Deere 8770 Ser. 3259, 20.8x42 tires 2 yrs old, 24 speed, bareback, 5402 Hrs. Ex. paint; JD 3010D NF #30352 very good; JD 2840 D #269814L wide front, app.3200 hrs. original, nice; JD quick hitch;2005 Gehl 480 Loader; ’53 JD 60; 1950 JD A Ex w/original JD live hyd. pump; 1952 JD B w/water pump;’51 JD B new tires, older restoration; IH MTA gas; IH 400 LP; IH H two owner local tractor, straight; 2-IHSuper M; Farmall A with Case IH 60” belly mower; Farmall split weights; JD 4020 fenders; JD 47 loaderfor small row crop or utility; JD 45 loader , 84” snow bucket, good; 1952 Ford 8N w/ 5’ mower, overhauled,good shape; ‘82 White 2-135, good shape; Dunham Lehr # 22 Hyd. Loader w/ brackets for 185 A.C.; IHSuper M, new rubber, real nice; CIH 895 w/ 2255 loader w/ joystick; White 2-150 w/ cab & duals; JD 300Industrial, PTO, 3PT, Hyd, 2900 hrs; 1976 Ford 9600 with dualsCombiÿes & Heads Etc: JD 925 bean head; JD 222 22 ft. grain head; Head Cart; IH 863 corn head; IH1440 Combine, 3162 hrs.; IH 820 13ft Bean platform; IH 844 4 row 38” Corn head; JD 444 4-38” CornHead, low acres, excellent condition; 2 front wheels for JD 6600 Combine; 20’ header trailer for bean headEquipmeÿt: 2005 JD 512 7 shank ripper w/ drag, new front bearings, new notch blades; ’97 IH 430026’ ÿeld cult. nice; IH 496 25’ disc w/ drag; 27 ½ ft 4300 Glenco Soil Finisher w/ rolling basket & harrow;McFarlane 26’ 8 bar harrow; ’92 JD 7200 16 row flex fold planter, new openers 2012, insecticide, Esets,wired for 20/20 (no screen), ÿeld ready, one owner; 16 3 Bu. JD planter boxes; JD 7000 16 rowplanter; McFarlane 34 ft. 4 X 4 folding drag; JD BWA disc, 12 ½ ft. nice; 24’ Lindsay 4 Sec. drag on cart;Miller 13’ offset disc; John Deere 726 Soil Finisher, 33’9” new shovels, disc blades are 2 yrs old, 5 bar spikeharrow w/hyd.; McFarlane HDL100-44 35’, 4x4 harrow, all hyd. fold; Glencoe 40 ft. ÿeld cult, with 3 barharrow, good shape always shedded; JD 1450 plow 5-20“; JD 1350-1450 5-18-20“; JD 1710 chisel plow w/notch blades; JD 722 Soil Finisher; IH 4800 Cultivator w/ Remlinger drag; Woods S20CD 20’ stalk chopper;IH SS Chisel; Glencoe 8-38” row cult.; NI #324 38” 2 row picker; Kewanee 25’ rotary hoe, hyd. fold; WoodCadet 72” mower; IH 153 4 row rear mount cult.; JD 400 15’ hoe; NI 215 spreader; 4 - 24.5 x 32 Rogatortires on 10 hole rims; 2-11.2x36 tires &rims; JD ÿnishing mower; Brady 6 row stalk chopper, good; Woods720 3 Pt. gyro mower; 8’servis blade; JD # 37 sickle mower; 100 gal. Century sprayer, 60’ boom; JD RotaryCutter; Woods 7’ 3pt. mower; 6’ Woods 3 pt. blade; 4 DMI Running Gears; 4 P & H Running Gears; 2 P&H Running Gears w/ 1000 gal. ammonia; Chem Farm Saddle tanks w/ framework, pump & hoses; IH 7206-18 Plow, toggle trip; IH 153 6 row cultivator, vs.; Hahn Highboy Sprayer 312, 30’ hyd. boom, p.s.; WilrichFld. Cult., 24’, 9” nok-on sweeps, coil tine drag, rear hitch; IH 25’ 496 Disc; 2004 Kewanee 3pt blade, 7’;NI pull type sickle mower; 4800 32’ ft ÿeld cult w/drag; Allis Chalmers; Fert Buggy; SS Box, 40’ spread; 5shank M&W RipperPull type Sprayers: Great Plains Sprayer, 1000gal., 60’ boom, raven controller; Hardi Navigator 1000 gal.,90’ boom, foamer, rinse tank, triple nozzle body, hyd. fold, 1000pto, HC 2500 controller; Topair 1000galsprayer 60’ semi hyd. Boom, single tires, Raven controller; Bestway 1600gal. Sprayer 90’ boom, Ravencontroller, foamer, rinse tank; Raven outback GPS light bar; ‘08 Fast 1800 gallon pull behind sprayer, 80’boom, chemical inductor, rinse tank, triple nozzle bodies; Sprayer specialites 1000gal, 60 ft boom; HardiMega 230 3 Pt sprayer 60’ hyd fold boom, Raven 440 controller, Hypro 1000 rpm pump; Hardi 3 Pt 50’ Xfold air ride boom; Red Ball 680 sprayer, 1400 gal., 90’ boom, inductor, 100 gal fresh water, 4 way nozzles,Hypro pump, one owner;Specialty Graiÿ: Proÿle Industries enclosed 6 core corn bean separator spirals, 300 bu. per hr, brand newnever used still in crate.Graiÿ Haÿdliÿg: 2- Kill Bros. grain carts, one with scale; Brent 644; Brent 640; Parker 6550; 2-Kilbros525 w/ 425 65 r22.5; Killbros. 150 Bu. Gravity box on JD gear; JD 1210A 400 Bu grain cart; 2 Killbros 350gravity wagons on JD gears; 375 Killbros. on JD gear; 2-Killbros 375 Gravity Wagon on Killbros & Bradfordgear; Kinze 440 grain cart w/ext sides; Brent Gravity Wagon; Fickland Gravity Wagon; 2005 10 x 72 Mayrathw/ swing auger, galvanized, very little use; 2004 Mayrath 10-72 swing away auger; Farm King 10-70Backsaver w/walkaround auger; Parker Gr. Wagon w/ auger on 10Ton gear; DMI center dump; Mayrath8”x62’ auger; WF auger, 100-71; WF auger, 100-61; Sweep Auger ÿts 42’ bin; Hyder Galvanized Gravity Boxon JD gear; Killbros Gravity Box on new Idea gear; 8” Mayrath Swing away auger; Ficklin #30 Gravity Box,no gear; Ficklin #435 Gravity Box, no gear; 2005 Buhler Farm King 10” x 70’ swing away auger; Stirrator for18’ Grain Bin; Mayrath 72’ x 10” auger; Sudenga Brush Auger for gravity wagon; 10” hyd. Drive roll aroundauger; Farm King 10” x 60’ mechanical swing away auger; Rebuilt upper gear box for Farm King swingaway; Killbros 1800 Grain cart w/ scaleHeavy Duty Trucks & Trailers: 2004 40’ Wilson Pacesetter Hopperbottom, new brakes, drums, s-cams,new tarp, 4 aluminum rims, good tires; ‘92 Wilson Hopperbottom; 2000 Freightliner FLD 120 sleeper,316,000 miles, new front tires, good cond; 1975 Louisville Ford, single axle straight truck with “like newKnapheide 16 ft. grain box; 1997 Talbbert 48’ drop deck; 1981 GMC tandem twin screw, Detroit diesel,1993 Omaha grain box w/ cargo doors; 1979 Ford 9000 Semi-Tractor, Cummins, 330,000miVehicles: 1964 Chev C10 pickup red 327 3 speed, wood box, ready to show, see pix on website; ’99Chev. 1500 4x4 Silverado; ’95 Chev. C1500 V6 auto, runs/drives great; ’89 GMC K2500 4WD, 350 eng.Auto, w/service box; ’88 Pontiac Grand Am GT V6,auto, PW, red, 134,100 mi.; Olds Toranado Limosine,32 ft, 10 passenger, tandem, 2 stainless steel coolers, speed rack; (will sell between 12-1pm) 2004 FordE-150 Chateau Conversion Van, 153,000 mi, original owner, pw, new tires, new battery, quad captain seats,bench in back that folds to bed; 1993 Chevy Suburban; ’02 F150 ext. cab; 98 Ford 250 4x4; 79 Dodge van4x4 off road w/360Skid Loaders & Forklifts: 2007 Case 440 Skidsteer on tracks, 2300 Hrs. Aux Hyd; Two stage forklift mast&trolley from Hyster 5500# forklift; forkslift add on Cat II Hyd. fork positioner;Hay Equipmeÿt: 2009 NH 5070 small square baler w/ hyd tension & hyd fold; Hesston 1091 haybine 9ft; IH 8330 9’ haybine; NH 258 hayrake; hayrack w/ 8x14 deck; Fox Silage Blower; 5580 Hesston RoundBaler; Bale accumulator caddy #600; Hew Holland Super Hayliner #68; Early 50’s New Holland #77 pulltype bailer w/ Wisconsin engine self propelled, runs and works.Livestock Equipmeÿt, Hay & Straw: 80 5th cutting alfafa hay small squares, no rain, very nice; 50 bales,grassy mixed hay; 10 round bales, grass hay; 100 bales mixed alfalfa-grass hay , 50+ bales grass hay; 80+bales mxd hay; 75 bales hay; 100+ bales wheat straw; New 6x8 wood chicken house; 2-3 ton bulk feedbins; 2000 16’ Corn pro Livestock Trailor; Livestock loading chute; Bell City Electric Mixmill; Staco StainlessSteel feeders, 5 hole & 6 hole; JD 400 grinder mixer; 3 Pannier Hi-Dry 24 whole hog feeders; Pax roundhog feedersTools: Dewalt 16” radial arm saw, 7 ½ HP, good; 295 amp Lincoln welder; 2 Rigid Air Compressors, manyDewalt, Portercable, Bosch, Skil, Ridged, and Milwaukee Power and hand tools; Tannewitz 16” Table saw;2 DeWalt 16” radial arm saws; Coats 5060E rim clamp tire changerLawÿ & Gardeÿ Mowers, Pavers, Lumber: JD 4x2 Gator w/ elec. Lift, Ex; Club Car electric golf cartcustomized; JD 140 Patio garden tractor, yellow and white, w/deck, runs good; Woods 2850 zero turnmower w/60”deck, 500 Hrs. good; JD 660 3 Pt.Roto tiller 64”; Vicon 3 pt. fertilizer spreader; Rough SawnHardwood oak, walnut, etc; Honda 4 tracks 300 ATV; 60” Acrease Pull Lawn Mower; 8’ Agritech DrivewayDrag; Club Car Golf Cart, NICEAÿtique Machiÿery: Mod# 999 1935 JD corn planter horse drawn, restored, show piece; IH 2-14 LittleGenius plow on steel; JD 12 ½ fto BWA disc, good blades; JD 7’ Model JB disc, JD 3-14 pull type plowwith old style JD cylinder; Stover 2 ½ HP.gas engine on cart, restored; Stover 2 HP gas engine on cart;Corn King hand corn sheller made in Sandwich, IL; Never Fail Hand corn sheller mtd. on wood box, nice;Red Cross Cider Press, good; lot of used Draft Horse Harness;Misc.: 15.5 x 38 used tractor tires, good condition; DMI hitch; Fencing & other supplies; 44’ HD electriccord; 110 V electric fuel pump, old coal shovels; 12’ x 14’ Tent, complete; 13.6 x 38 8 ply tire & rim, likenew; Portable Truck Scales - 20,000 lbs.Special ÿote: The Village of Leland has passed an ordinance that all Golf Carts, ATV, and side by sides mustcarry Village permit visit Lions ofÿce sale week and day for more info.

Sale CommitteeRick Hecathorn (815) 405-9248 Nate Gudmunson (815) 970-0001 Jim Elliott (815) 343-2527Randy Johnson (815) 830-0820 Duane Rickert (815) 495-9248 Brent Dannenberg (815) 228-0917Mark Newsom (815) 792-8701 Eric Danielson (815) 621-9765 Matt Blocker (630) 417-2745Ron Johnson (815) 228-2198

5 riÿgs may be selliÿg at the same time.Auctioÿeers

Jim Elliott (IL.Lic.# 040000574) Craig Johnson (IL.Lic.#0410001363)Chris Wegener (IL.Lic.#0400000267) Dick McConville (IL.Lic.# 040000573)Mike Espe Auctioneering (IL. Lic.# 040000424) Craig Elliott (IL Lic # 00001460)Joe Wegener (IL Lic. #040000375) Josh Hickey (Il Lic 0410001092)Mark Newsom (IL Lic#0410000000) Mike Peterson (Il Lic# 440000917)Terms: Cash or check with proper ID. Lelaÿd Lioÿs Club aÿd its member’s act oÿly as ageÿts betweeÿbuyer aÿd seller. All items sold ‘As Is’ iÿ their preseÿt coÿditioÿ without warraÿties. Not respoÿsible foraccideÿts, errors, or omissioÿs. Not respoÿsible for items after sold. All aÿÿouÿcemeÿts made auctioÿday take precedeÿce over previous iÿformatioÿ.

WWW.LELANDLIONSCLUB.COM (Pictures aÿd More)

Will be receiviÿg coÿsigÿmeÿts Saturday, Mar. 9th thru Thursday, Mar. 14th 8A.M.-4P.M.Lelaÿd is 60 miles S.E. of Rockford, IL or 20 miles N. of Ottawa, IL.

Bÿ0200

Waterman Men's SoftballLeague has an opening for the

upcoming Summer season.12" slow pitch with games onTues., Wed. or Thur. night eachweek. Games are double head-ers each week. For more infocall Steve: 630-330-7990

Receiving Assets Per AQ.D.R.O.

Make sure you structurethe assets properly.

Call TRINITY FINANCIAL815-288-5800

Or [email protected]

To schedule afree consultation

CLEANING HELP NEEDEDIN PRIVATE HOME.

$18/hr. References required.Call: 815-895-4071 eves.

Healthcare

Help At Home, A Leader inhome care service is currently

accepting applications forHOME CARE AIDES.

We have openings in DeKalbCo. and surrounding areas. Youmust have a high school diplo-ma/GED, and pass a fingerprintbackground check. Only car-ing, dependable people need toapply. (CNA's encouraged toapply).

Applications can be completedonline at helpathome.com or atour Rockford office Tue - Thur10am - 1pm 4777 E. State St

Rockford, IL 61108NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

JANITORIALServiceMaster Commercial

Cleaning Services is looking foremployees, for immediate openings,

in various janitorial accounts.

Immediate openings in DeKalb,Sycamore, WatermanSome daytime available/primarilyevening hours available$8.25+/hr, 4 to 40 hrs/week.

Info and Apply 815-787-7377

SERVICE TECH / DRIVERFull Time

Must have valid CDL-B or Awith HazMat Tanker & Air-brakes endorsements. Cleandriving record required. Com-petitive wage with benefits.Fax resume to 815-756-6900

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Office Assistant (PT)DeKalb. Legal services firm

seeks PT Office Assistant. M-Fday shifts. Must be 18+, valid

DL and clean drivingrecord/criminal background.

Send resume to:[email protected]

Health Care

Busy Orthopaedic practice withoffices located in Sycamore,

DeKalb, Sandwich & Rochelle, ILseeking highly motivated

PHYSICAL THERAPISTS.Competitive salary and benefits.Qualifications: IL licensed oreligible. Send resume to:[email protected].

Cortland

125 N Nina StreetMarch 7th-8th, 10am-5pm

March 9th, 10am-3pm

John Deere tractor and accessories,Poulon snow thrower, antiques,

household goods, craft items, furni-ture, chop saw, and much more!Accepting cash or credit card.

Haggling encouraged.

PROM DRESS - Lilac, Size 8.Sweetheart neckline with full bead-ing on top and a full skirt withbeautiful detailing. Asking $65 orbest offer. Can send pictures.Call/Text 815-252-6514

Dryer. Maytag. Gas. White.Great condition. $299.

630-973-3528

CUBS MEMORABILIA – First DayCover Stamp. Wrigley Field Cubs-

Padres 1984. Framed. $35.847-515-8012 Huntley area

DUNNINGERS COMPLETEENCYCLOPEDIA BOOK OF MAGIC

At least 100 years old.288 pages. $30.

847-515-8012 Huntley area

Carpet Cleaning MachineVon Schrader, Mach 12, excellentcondition, $4700. 815-895-9276

LOVESEAT - Navy & white plaid,good condition, $50.

815-825-2695

Loveseats: (2) olive green, 68”long/38” wide excel condition, will

separate $359/OBO847-895-6427

Air compressor, 2HP Stanley Bos-titch 6 gal, portable, $115/OBO

815-757-8007

TILE CUTTER – 20-inch, used to cutup to 20” square tiles with 5/8”thickness. Nearly new condition.Also included are Tile Spacers andnipper tool all for one low price.$40 obo. 815-895-7486

Newer Invacare Pronto M51 SureStep wheelchair $1200, older elec-tric wheelchair $275, olderwheelchair $45, new portablecommode $50, Nova Cruiserdeluxe walker with seat $50, In-vacare walker $15, shower chair$5. (815) 756-8785

TANNING BEDProSun Azure, Red Light Therapy,

like new! $1200. 630-417-6023

LOW COST PET VACCINATIONSDeKalb County Animal Shelter onMarch 23rd from 10-2. Call foran appointment 877-475-7729www.spayillinois.org.

Toro Powerlite Snowblower starts1st/2nd pull, runs & looks new

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WANTED!I Buy

OldEnvelopes

Stamps

Collections

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2005 Saturn Ion34 door. $7600. 67,600 mi

815-354-6843

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Motorcycle Swap MeetSUN MAR. 24, 8 - 3

KANE COUNTYFAIRGROUNDS

in St. CharlesOur 10th Year

$7 Admission, $50 Booth630-985-2097

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK,Plaintiff,

vs.ARMANDO MALDONADO, NOELIAMALDONADO a/k/a NOELIA MAL-ONADO, GUSTAVO SANTOS, UN-KNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWNTENANTS IN POSSESSION, andNON-RECORD CLAIMANTS.

Defendants.

IN CHANCERYCase No. 12 CH 103

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

PUBLIC NOTICE is given thatpursuant to a judgment of foreclo-sure entered by this Court in theabove-entitled action, the propertydescribed below, or so much of itas shall be sufficient to satisfy thejudgment, shall be sold to the high-est bidder. Further notice should betaken of the following:

1. The name, address, and tele-phone number of the person tocontact for information concerningthe property is: SMITH & MEYERLLC, 1958 Aberdeen Ct., Suite 1,Sycamore, IL 60178, (815) 787-7033.

2. The common address andother description, if any, of theproperty is: 1052 S. 5TH Street,DeKalb, Illinois 60115.

3. A description of any improve-ments on the property is: Single-family residential dwelling.

4. The time, date and place ofthe sale are: March 14, 2013 at1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb CountySheriff's Office, 150 N. Main Street,Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

5. The terms of the sale are: Pur-chaser shall pay ten (10%) percentdown by certified check on the dateof the sale, the balance in cash atthe time of closing. Closing shalltake place within thirty (30) daysafter the date of sale at Chicago Ti-tle Insurance Company, 2128 Mid-lands Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178.Purchaser shall be furnished with acommitment for title insurance inthe full amount of purchase pricesubject to all easements, covenantsand conditions of record;covenants, conditions and restric-tions contained in the deed fromDavid L. Martin and John W. Mar-tin recorded November 18, 1909as document 45210 in Book 114of Deeds, Page 261, that no build-ing shall be located closer than 30feet to the street line; real estate tax-es and penalties and interest there-on for the year 2011 and all sub-sequent years, and existing un-recorded leases and all right there-under of the lessees and of any per-son or party claiming by, throughor under the lessees. Rents of cur-rent tenants will be prorated to dateof closing. Subject to the rights oftenants, the Property will be avail-able for inspection prior to the dateof sale at stated times on reason-able request. Property will be soldsubject to all current leases. Copiesof leases and title commitment areavailable for inspection at the of-fices of Smith & Meyer LLC, 1958Aberdeen Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178;telephone (815)787-7033 and,facsimile (815)748-1020. All bidsshall be payable at closing with in-terest thereon at the rate of Ninepercent (9%) per annum from thedate of sale to the date the pur-chase price is paid in full. Posses-sion and a certificate of sale shallbe delivered to the purchaser atclosing. The sale will not be com-plete until payment in full is madeand received and entry of an orderconfirming the sale.

6. Title will be conveyed subjectto all easements, covenants andconditions of record; rights of wayfor drainage tiles, ditches, feedersand laterals, if any covenants, con-ditions and restrictions contained inthe deed from David L. Martin andJohn W. Martin recorded November18, 1909 as document 45210 inBook 1 14 of Deeds, Page 261,that no building shall be locatedcloser than 30 feet to the street line;real estate taxes and penalties andinterest thereon for the year 2011and all subsequent years, specialassessments, if any,and existingunrecorded leases and all rightthereunder of the lessees and ofany person or party claiming by,through or under the lessees.

Dated: February 21, 2013.

SMITH & MEYER LLCBy: /s/ Jeffrey A. Meyer

Jeffrey A. Meyer, one of its attorneys

ey eye ey

Jeffrey A. MeyerSMITH & MEYER LLCAttorneys for Plaintiff1958 Aberdeen Ct., Suite 1Sycamore, IL 60178(815)787-7033 - phone(815)748-1020 - faxIL Atty. No. 06293377

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,February 21, 28 & March 7,2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE

TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIALCIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY

KANE COUNTY BANK n/k/a OLDSECOND NATIONAL BANK,

Plaintiff,vs.

ERIC VANSELOW, UNKNOWNOWNERS and NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,

Defendants.

IN CHANCERYCASE NO. 12 CH 467

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure entered by the Court inthe above entitled cause the proper-ty hereinafter described or so muchthereof as shall be sufficient to sat-isfy said Judgment, will be sold tothe highest bidder.

(1) The name, address and tele-phone number of the person tocontact for information regardingthe real estate is: Aaron Johnson,Old Second National Bank, Route47 at Cross Street, Sugar Grove, IL60554. Telephone Number: (630)466-6356.

(2) The common address andother common description, if any,of the real estate is:

Lot 8, Aero Lake Estates,Genoa, Illinois 60135.

(4) A description of the improve-ments on the real estate is: vacantland.

(5) The real estate may be in-spected prior to sale by calling thecontact referenced above in Para-graph (1).

(6) The time and place of thesale is April 11, 2013, at 1:00p.m. at the DeKalb County Sheriff'sOffice, 150 N. Main Street,Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

(7) The terms of sale are:A. The sale shall be by public

auction.B. The sale shall be by open

verbal bid.C. The sale shall be conducted

by the Sheriff of DeKalb County, orother duly authorized officer.

(8) Title will be conveyed subjectto all general real estate taxeswhich are a lien upon the real es-tate, but have not yet become dueand payable, and special assess-ments, if any, and easements andrestrictions of record.

KANE COUNTY BANK n/k/aOLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK,

Plaintiff,

By: /s/ Timothy J. ConklinTimothy J. Conklin,

One of Plaintiff's Attorneys

THE FOSTER & BUICK LAWGROUP, LLC2040 ABERDEEN COURTSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS 60178PHONE: (815) 758-6616

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,February 28, March 7 & 14,2013.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK,Plaintiff,

vs.ARMANDO MALDONADO, NOELIAMALDONADO a/k/a NOELIA MAL-ONADO, GUSTAVO SANTOS, UN-KNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWNTENANTS IN POSSESSION, andNON-RECORD CLAIMANTS.

Defendants.

IN CHANCERYCase No. 12 CH 103

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

PUBLIC NOTICE is given thatpursuant to a judgment of foreclo-sure entered by this Court in theabove-entitled action, the propertydescribed below, or so much of itas shall be sufficient to satisfy thejudgment, shall be sold to the high-est bidder. Further notice should betaken of the following:

1. The name, address, and tele-phone number of the person tocontact for information concerningthe property is: SMITH & MEYERLLC, 1958 Aberdeen Ct., Suite 1,Sycamore, IL 60178, (815) 787-7033.

2. The common address andother description, if any, of theproperty is: 1052 S. 5TH Street,DeKalb, Illinois 60115.

3. A legal description of theproperty is:

LOT 14 IN BLOCK 5 IN MAR-TIN BROS. AND GALT'S SUBDIVI-SION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OFSECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 40NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOFRECORDED IN BOOK “C” OFPLATS, PAGE 49, ON APRIL 8,1903, BEING IN DEKALB COUNTY,ILLINOIS.

4. A description of any improve-ments on the property is: Single-family residential dwelling.

5. The time, date and place ofthe sale are: March 14, 2013 at1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb CountySheriff's Office, 150 N. Main Street,Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

6. The terms of the sale are: Pur-chaser shall pay ten (10%) percentdown by certified check on the dateof the sale, the balance in cash atthe time of closing. Closing shalltake place within thirty (30) daysafter the date of sale at Chicago Ti-tle Insurance Company, 2128 Mid-lands Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178.Purchaser shall be furnished with acommitment for title insurance inthe full amount of purchase pricesubject to all easements, covenantsand conditions of record;covenants, conditions and restric-

tions contained in the deed fromDavid L. Martin and John W. Mar-tin recorded November 18, 1909as document 45210 in Book 114of Deeds, Page 261, that no build-ing shall be located closer than 30feet to the street line; real estate tax-es and penalties and interest there-on for the year 2011 and all sub-sequent years, and existing un-recorded leases and all right there-under of the lessees and of any per-son or party claiming by, throughor under the lessees. Rents of cur-rent tenants will be prorated to dateof closing. Subject to the rights oftenants, the Property will be avail-able for inspection prior to the dateof sale at stated times on reason-able request. Property will be soldsubject to all current leases. Copiesof leases and title commitment areavailable for inspection at the of-fices of Smith & Meyer LLC, 1958Aberdeen Ct., Sycamore, IL 60178;telephone (815)787-7033 and,facsimile (815)748-1020. All bidsshall be payable at closing with in-terest thereon at the rate of Ninepercent (9%) per annum from thedate of sale to the date the pur-chase price is paid in full. Posses-sion and a certificate of sale shallbe delivered to the purchaser atclosing. The sale will not be com-plete until payment in full is madeand received and entry of an orderconfirming the sale.

7. Title will be conveyed subjectto all easements, covenants andconditions of record; rights of wayfor drainage tiles, ditches, feedersand laterals, if any covenants, con-ditions and restrictions contained inthe deed from David L. Martin andJohn W. Martin recorded November18, 1909 as document 45210 inBook 1 14 of Deeds, Page 261,that no building shall be locatedcloser than 30 feet to the street line;real estate taxes and penalties andinterest thereon for the year 2011and all subsequent years, specialassessments, if any,and existingunrecorded leases and all rightthereunder of the lessees and ofany person or party claiming by,through or under the lessees.

Dated: February 21, 2013.

SMITH & MEYER LLCBy: /s/ Jeffrey A. Meyer

Jeffrey A. Meyer, one of its attorneys

Jeffrey A. MeyerSMITH & MEYER LLCAttorneys for Plaintiff1958 Aberdeen Ct., Suite 1Sycamore, IL 60178(815)787-7033 - phone(815)748-1020 - faxIL Atty. No. 06293377


PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF ILLINOISIN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE

TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIALCIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY

KANE COUNTY BANK n/k/a OLDSECOND NATIONAL BANK,

Plaintiff,vs.

ERIC VANSELOW, UNKNOWNOWNERS and NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS,

Defendants.

IN CHANCERYCASE NO. 12 CH 467

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure entered by the Court inthe above entitled cause the proper-ty hereinafter described or so muchthereof as shall be sufficient to sat-isfy said Judgment, will be sold tothe highest bidder.

(1) The name, address and tele-phone number of the person tocontact for information regardingthe real estate is: Aaron Johnson,Old Second National Bank, Route47 at Cross Street, Sugar Grove, IL60554. Telephone Number: (630)466-6356.

(2) The common address andother common description, if any,of the real estate is:

Lot 8, Aero Lake Estates,Genoa, Illinois 60135.

(3) The legal description of thereal estate is:

LO 8 ONE OF O

LOT 8 IN UNIT ONE OF AEROLAKE ESTATES, BEING A SUBDIVI-SION OF THE WEST ó OF THENORTHWEST . OF SECTION 35,TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 5,EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPALMERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THEPLAT THEREOF RECORDED JAN-UARY 13, 1994 IN BOOK "Y" OFPLATS, PAGE 27, AS DOCUMENTNUMBER 94001046, IN DEKALBCOUNTY, ILLINOIS.

(4) A description of the improve-ments on the real estate is: vacantland.

(5) The real estate may be in-spected prior to sale by calling thecontact referenced above in Para-graph (1).

(6) The time and place of thesale is April 11, 2013, at 1:00p.m. at the DeKalb County Sheriff'sOffice, 150 N. Main Street,Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

(7) The terms of sale are:A. The sale shall be by public

auction.B. The sale shall be by open

verbal bid.C. The sale shall be conducted

by the Sheriff of DeKalb County, orother duly authorized officer.

(8) Title will be conveyed subjectto all general real estate taxeswhich are a lien upon the real es-tate, but have not yet become dueand payable, and special assess-ments, if any, and easements andrestrictions of record.

KANE COUNTY BANK n/k/aOLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK,

Plaintiff,

By: /s/ Timothy J. ConklinTimothy J. Conklin,

One of Plaintiff's Attorneys

THE FOSTER & BUICK LAWGROUP, LLC2040 ABERDEEN COURTSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS 60178PHONE: (815) 758-6616

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,February 28, March 7 & 14,2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

Field and Goldberg, LLC, Attor-neys, 10 South LaSalle Street, Suite2910, Chicago, Illinois 60603.STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OFDEKALB -- In the Circuit Court ofthe 23rd Judicial Circuit, DeKalbCounty, Illinois, Chancery Division.ColFin Bulls A Finance Sub, LLC,Plaintiff, vs. Zuchel Properties, LLC,an Illinois limited liability company,et.al. Case No. 13 CH 118

The requisite affidavit for publica-tion having been filed, notice ishereby given you, UNKNOWNOWNERS and NON-RECORDCLAIMANTS, defendants in theabove entitled suit, that the said suithas been commenced in the CircuitCourt of the 23rd Judicial Circuit,DeKalb County, Illinois, by the saidplaintiff against you and other de-fendants, praying for the foreclosureof certain Mortgages conveying thepremises described as follows, to-wit:

Parcel 1LOT 112 IN THE RESUBDIVISION

OF LOTS 10, 11, 12 AND 13 OFBLOCK 1 IN THE FIRST ADDITIONTO ELECTRIC PARK GARDENS, ASUBDIVISION OF A PART OF SEC-TION 1, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH,RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRDPRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDINGTO THE PLAT OF THE RESUBDIVI-SION, RECORDED DECEMBER 19,1967 AS DOCUMENT NO.341166, IN PLAT BOOK "O", PAGE30, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Together with all existing or sub-sequently erected or affixed build-ings, improvements and fixtures; alleasements, rights of way, and ap-purtenances; all water, water rights,watercourses and ditch rights (in-cluding stock in utilities with ditchor irrigation rights); and all otherrights, royalties, and profits relatingto the real property, including with-out limitation all minerals, oil, gas,geothermal and similar matters.

Address of Property: 2231 Fair-land, Sycamore, Illinois 60178

Tax Identification No.: 08-01-276-009

Parcel 2LOT 17 IN BLOCK 1 IN THIRD

ADDITION TO ELECTRIC PARKGARDENS, A SUBDIVISION OF APART OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP40 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THETHIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AC-CORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOFRECORDED APRILL 22, 1969 INBOOK "O" OF PLATS, PAGE 72, ASDOCUMENT NO. 348116, INDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Together with all existing or sub-sequently erected or affixed build-ings, improvements and fixtures; alleasements, rights of way, and ap-purtenances; all water, water rights,watercourses and ditch rights (in-cluding stock in utilities with ditchor irrigation rights); and all otherrights, royalties, and profits relatingto the real property, including with-out limitation all minerals, oil, gas,geothermal and similar matters.

Address of Property: 1412 Wil-low Street, Sycamore, Illinois60176

Tax Identification No.: 08-01-276-001

Mortgagor: Zuchel Properties,LLC, an Illinois limited liability com-pany

Mortgagee: ColFin Bulls A Fi-nance Sub, LLC, a Delaware limit-ed liability company

Recorded in the office of theRecorder of Deeds of DeKalk Coun-ty, Illinois as Document Nos.2008004922 and 2008004918.

Present owner of the property isthe above mentioned mortgagor.

Notice is also hereby given youthat the said Complaint prays forother relief; that summons was dulyissued out of said Court againstyou as provided by law, and thatthe said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, thesaid above named defendants, fileyour answer to the Complaint in thesaid suit or otherwise make yourappearance therein, in the office ofthe Clerk of Circuit Court for the23rd Judicial Circuit of DeKalbCounty, Illinois, Chancery Division,133 W. State Street, Sycamore, Illi-

, Synois, on or before April 8, 2013,default may be entered against youat any time after that day and aJudgment entered in accordancewith the prayer of said Complaint.

This is an attempt to collect adebt pursuant to the Fair Debt Col-lection Practices Act, and any infor-mation obtained will be used forthat purpose.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 7, 14 & 21, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

Invitation To Bid2013 Meadow Trails Lift

Station ImprovementsDeKalb Sanitary District,

DeKalb, ILSealed bids will be received by

the DeKalb Sanitary District (hereincalled Owner) at the office of theSanitary District until 10:00 a.m.on Wednesday, April 10, 2013and then publicly opened and readaloud immediately afterwards at theoffices of the Sanitary District.

The proposed improvement con-sists primarily of the following; Re-move existing pumps valves andpiping and replace with new equip-ment, remove existing control sys-tem and replace with new equip-ment, furnish and install new natu-ral gas fired generator and auto-matic transfer switch, completemodifications to existing structures,restoration, traffic control and pro-tection, coordination of new 3phase electrical service and naturalgas service with utilities.

Bids must be submitted in asealed envelope, addressed to theDeKalb Sanitary District and shallbe labeled "Bid for 2013 MeadowTrails Lift Station Improvements".The envelope should bear on theoutside the name and address ofthe Bidder. If forwarded by mail,the sealed envelope containing thebid must be enclosed in anotherenvelope addressed to the DeKalbSanitary District, 303 Hollister Ave.,P. O. Box 624, DeKalb, IL 60115.

Bids must be made on the re-quired bid form. All blank spacesfor bid prices must be filled in, inink or typewritten, and the bid formmust be fully completed and exe-cuted when submitted.

The Contract Documents may beinspected at the following locations:Office of the DeKalb Sanitary Dis-trict, 303 Holliste Av DeKalb IL

Sanitarytrict, 303 Hollister Ave., DeKalb, IL60115 and Trotter and Associates,Inc.,40W201 Wasco Road Suite D, St.Charles, IL 60175, Phone 630-587-0470.

Copies of the contract documentsmay be purchased for $75.00 be-ginning March 11, 2013 and canbe picked up at the DeKalb Sani-tary District or Trotter and Asso-ciates, Inc. Copies of the contractdocuments may be mailed viaFedEx of for the cost of shipping.Payment for contract documents isnon-refundable and shall be madepayable to DeKalb Sanitary District,in the form of check or money or-der. No partial sets of specificationsor drawings will be issued.

Each bid shall be accompaniedby a bid bond, bank draft, cashier'scheck or certified check payable tothe order of DeKalb Sanitary Dis-trict, in an amount of ten percent(10%) of the Bid Price as a guar-anty that Bidder will execute thecontract if it be awarded in confor-mity with the bid form.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meet-ing is scheduled for 10:00 AMWednesday, April 3rd at theDeKalb Sanitary District located at303 Hollister Ave., P. O. Box 624,DeKalb, IL 60115.

Successful Bidder will be requiredto furnish Performance and Pay-ment Bonds on forms provided inthe Specifications and ContractDocuments, each in an amountequal to 100 percent of the con-tract price.

Prevailing Wage Rates as de-fined by the IL Dept. of Labor forDeKalb Co. shall apply to this con-tract. Rates can be obtained on lineat http://www.state.il.us/agency/idol/rates/rates.htm

Owner expressly reserves the rightto reject any or all bids or to acceptthe one which appears to be in thebest interest of Owner. Owner ex-pressly reserves the right to waiveany informalities or technical irreg-ularities in bid, if to do so is in thebest interest of Owner.Dated this 6th day of March, 2013.

Dennis J. Collins, PresidentDeKalb Sanitary District

Board of Trustees

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 7, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on February 15, 2013 a certifi-cate was filed in the Office of theCounty Clerk of DeKalb County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andpost office addresses of all of thepersons owning, conducting andtransacting the business known asSYCAMORE YOGA located at 2010E. State St., Sycamore, IL 60178.

Dated February 15, 2013

/s/ John AcardoDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder


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