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By CHRIS [email protected]

DeKALB – Many more than100 supporters of the DeKalbCounty Teachers Associationpacked the Forum room atDeKalb High School in a showof support for DeKalb SchoolDistrict 428 teachers and theirongoing contract negotiationswith the school board at itsTuesday meeting.

Teachers, their familiesand friends, parents andcommunity members lined

the walls and stairways andtook all available seats inthe room. Many wore DCTAT-shirts and some carriedsigns calling for a fair teach-er’s contract, but those at thecenter of the negations stayedtight-lipped on the talks de-spite the approaching start ofthe school year.

“We are still working alongright here,” DCTA spokesmanT.J. Fontana said. “We’vebeen negotiating with them… really since January, andwe’re still looking to get a deal

done, but nothing yet.”The school board designat-

ed Vice President Tracy Wil-liams as its spokesman. Hecouldn’t say whether or not adeal would get done before thestart of the school year Aug.28.

“That’s everyone’s goal,”Williams said after the meet-ing. “I don’t want to speculateas to the chances of somethingworking or not, but it’s cer-tainly everyone’s goal. It’s ourgoal. It’s the goal of everyonein this room, and I like our

chances as long as that’s thecase.”

Fontana refused to com-ment on the likelihood ofa strike or the negotiationschedule, but said that sever-al meetings still were plannedbetween the union, the boardand District 428 administra-tors between Tuesday and thestart of the school year.

“We are still working real-ly hard right now, and we’rereally optimistic that we’re

Supporters rally for D-428 teachersBoard members tight-lipped about negotiations

By KERRY LESTERThe Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’slow implementation of ateacher evaluation programaimed at grading teacherspartly on whether their stu-dents’ test scores are improv-ing is creating problems forstatewide school districts thatfor the first time will be usingthe groundbreaking reformsbeyond Chicago.

Problems include the state’sinability so far to obtain awaiver from some of the morepunitive tenets of the federalNo Child Left Behind Act, in-cluding requiring 100 percentof students to be proficient inreading and math by 2014. The34 individual districts makingevaluation changes this yearalso say they’re not gettinghelp in preparing to imple-ment them.

“The state board has notgiven much guidance withincorporating the studentgrowth,” Tim Buss, superin-tendent of Wabash District 348in downstate Mt. Carmel said,where his 1,600-student dis-trict this fall will begin tyingstudent performance to evalu-ations for its 125 teachers.

“They talked about comingout with a template, we haveyet to see that.”

As districts change howthey judge teachers, there islittle state support available,Eastern Illinois University ed-ucation chairwoman MarleisTrover said, particularly fordistricts which don’t have alarge administrative staff orcan’t afford to hire outsidehelp.

“The whole idea is a goodidea,” Trover said of the re-forms. “But it’s implementa-tion.”

Illinois’ 2009 PerformanceEvaluation Reform Act re-quires districts to design andimplement evaluation sys-tems that assess teachers’and principals’ professionalskills. By 2016, 70 percent ofa teacher’s evaluation will bebased on observations of class-room performance. The other30 percent will be based on“student growth” – students’

See D-428, page A5

See EVALUATIONS, page A5

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Photos by Rob Winner – [email protected]

DurRay Sanchez-Torres (left), manager of the simulation lab, and Glenn Podzimek, cardiopulmonary manager for Valley West Community Hospital,demonstrate resuscitation on a baby simulator Friday in the simulation lab at Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb. BELOW: Sanchez-Torreschecks the pulse on the baby simulator.

By FELIX [email protected]

DeKALB – There’s a baby atKishwaukee Community Hos-pital that’s unlike any other.

The baby can breathe,sweat, cry and urinate. How-ever, the baby is powered byelectricity and feels ratherrubbery. The baby simulatoris among the three humanoidmachines owned and operat-ed by KishHealth System toimprove the medical skills ofits staff, from doctors to house-keepers.

The hospital’s simulationlab celebrated its first anniver-sary Sunday. Hospital staff hasused the adolescent and adultsimulators, along with thebaby simulator that was addedin April, for 120 lab practices.

Everything from pharmacyto nursing to respiratory pro-cedures are practiced on thesimulators. Hospital officials

use the simulators to preparefor the worst-case scenarioin medical emergencies andtraining their staff.

DurRay Sanchez-Torres,manager of the simulation lab,likened the experience to foot-ball players doing drills beforea game. The lab is all abouthelping the staff be proactive

with medical emergencies.The baby, which can be a

boy or a girl, doesn’t yet havea name, but staff memberscan choose among 90 namesfor a naming contest that endsthis month, Sanchez-Torressaid. The older simulators arenamed Willy and May.

In one simulation, the med-

ical team had to go throughits own drills to help the babysimulator based on a real-lifesituation. A baby was foundin a church by a police officerand had to be put into a me-chanical ventilator and givenrespiratory therapy. The samescenario was used on the babysimulator, where the doctorshad to insert a tube down itsthroat, a procedure known asintubation.

During an exercises, theteam, which could be doctors,nurses and respiratory thera-pists, works as its colleaguesmonitor it behind a two-waywindow with computers read-ing life signals from the sim-ulators.

“Here’s the baby, showus what you’re going to do,”Sanchez-Torres said. “It’s thehands-on experience. “

The simulation lab is not

PRACTICEMAKES PERFECT

Baby simulator gives staff leg up onmedical emergencies

KISHWAUKEE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SIMULATION LAB REACHES MILESTONE

See SIMULATOR, page A5

Chris Burrows – [email protected]

Camyle Tate (right), a parent with students in DeKalb School District428, addresses the school board Tuesday at its meeting, in support ofthe DeKalb Classroom Teachers Association, which is in negotiationsfor a new contract.

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DECATUR, Ga. – A man with anassault rifle and other weapons ex-changed gunfire with officers Tuesdayat an Atlanta-area elementary schoolbefore surrendering, a police chiefsaid, with dramatic overhead televi-sion footage capturing the young stu-dents racing out of the building, beingescorted by teachers and police to safe-ty. No one was injured.

Just a week into the new schoolyear, more than 800 students in pre-kin-dergarten to fifth grade were evacuat-ed from Ronald E. McNair DiscoveryLearning Academy in Decatur, a fewmiles east of Atlanta. They sat outsidealong a fence in a field for a time untilschool buses came to take them to theirwaiting parents and other relatives at anearby Walmart.

When the first bus arrived aboutthree hours after the shooting, cheerserupted in the store parking lot fromrelieved relatives, several of them sob-bing.

The suspect, identified later as20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill, firedat least a half-dozen shots from the ri-fle from inside McNair at officers whowere swarming the campus outside,the chief said. Officers returned firewhen the man was alone and they had aclear shot, DeKalb County Police ChiefCedric L. Alexander said at a newsconference. Hill surrendered shortlyafter and several weapons were found,though it wasn’t clear how many, Alex-ander said. Police had no motive.

Though the school has a systemwhere visitors must be buzzed in bystaff, the gunman may have slippedinside behind someone authorized tobe there, Alexander said. The suspect,who had no clear ties to the school, nev-er got past the front office, where he

held one or two employees captive fora time, the chief said. Hill is chargedwith aggravated assault on a policeofficer, terroristic threats and posses-sion of a firearm by a convicted felon.

A woman in the office called WSB-TV to say the gunman asked her tocontact the Atlanta station and police.WSB said during the call, shots wereheard in the background. Assignmenteditor Lacey Lecroy said she spokewith the woman who said she wasalone with the man and his gun wasvisible.

“It didn’t take long to know thatthis woman was serious,” Lecroy said.“Shots were one of the last things I

heard. I was so worried for her.”School clerk Antoinette Tuff in an

interview on ABC’s “World News withDiane Sawyer” said she worked toconvince the gunman to put down hisweapons and ammunition.

“He told me he was sorry for whathe was doing. He was willing to die,”Tuff told ABC.

She told him her life story, abouthow her marriage fell apart after 33years and the “roller coaster” of open-ing her own business.

“I told him, ‘OK, we all have situ-ations in our lives,” she said. “It wasgoing to be OK. If I could recover, hecould, too.”

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Teen apprehended in Ga. school shooting

8 TODAY’S TALKER

By KRISTI EATONThe Associated Press

DUNCAN, Okla. – With a motivethat’s both chilling and simple – tobreak up the boredom of an Oklahomasummer – three teenagers randomlytargeted an Australian collegiate base-ball player who was attending school inthe U.S. and killed him for fun, prosecu-tors said Tuesday as they charged twoof the boys with murder.

Prosecutor Jason Hicks called theboys “thugs” as he described howChristopher Lane, 22, of Melbourne,was shot once in the back and diedalong a tree-lined road on Duncan’swell-to-do north side. He said the threeteens, from the grittier part of town,chose Lane at random and that one ofthe boys “thinks it’s all a joke.”

Hicks charged Chancey Allen Luna,16, and James Francis Edwards, Jr., 15,of Duncan, with first-degree murder.Under Oklahoma law they will be triedas adults. Michael Dewayne Jones, 17,of Duncan, was charged with using avehicle in the discharge of a weaponand with accessory to first-degree mur-der after the fact. He is considered ayouthful offender but will be tried inadult court.

Jones wept in the courtroom afterhe tried to speak about the incidentbut was cut off by the judge who saidit wasn’t the time to sort out the factsof the case. Jones faces anywhere fromtwo years to life in prison if convicted

on the counts he faces.The two younger

teens face life in prisonwithout parole if convict-ed on the murder charge.

“I’m appalled,” Hickssaid after the hearing.“This is not supposed tohappen in this commu-

nity.”In court, Hicks said Luna was sitting

in the back seat of a car when he pulledthe trigger on a .22 caliber revolver andshot Lane once in the back. Hicks saidJones was driving the vehicle and Ed-wards was in the passenger seat.

Edwards has had prior run-ins withthe law and came to court Friday – ap-parently after the shooting – to signdocuments related to his juvenile pro-bation.

“I believe this man is a threat to thecommunity and should not be let out,”Hicks said as he requested no bond forEdwards. “He thinks it’s all a joke.”

The two younger boys were held

without bond; bond was set at $1 mil-lion for Jones.

Before the hearing, Edwards’ fa-ther, James Edwards Sr., said he knewwhere his son was 95 percent of thetime and would call or text him. The15-year-old was involved in wrestlingand football, his father said, and wastrying to forge the same sort of athleticcareer as Lane. He was heading into hissophomore year in high school.

Edwards Sr. said Luna was also likea son to him.

Luna’s mother, Jennifer Luna, saidher son likes to play basketball at a lo-cal court and play on his iPhone andXbox.

“I know my son. He is a good kid,”she said.

Lane played baseball at East Cen-tral University in Ada, 85 miles east ofDuncan, and had been visiting his girl-friend and her parents in Duncan afterhe and his girlfriend returned to theU.S. from Australia about a week ago.

Duncan police Chief Dan Ford hassaid the boys wanted to overcome aboring end to their summer vacation– classes in Duncan resumed Tuesday– and that Jones told officers they werebored and killed Lane for “the fun ofit.”

Teens charged in slaying of Australian

AP photo

People wait for word at a nearby Walmart parking lot Tuesday after a reported shootingat the Ronald McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Ga. Superintendent MichaelThurmond says all students at the school in Decatur east of Atlanta are accounted for andsafe Tuesday and that he is not aware of any injuries.

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WASHINGTON – Newly declassi-fied documents offer more details ofhow the CIA executed the overthrowof Iran’s democratically electedprime minister 60 years ago, describ-ing the political frustrations that ledthe U.S. to take covert action againsta Soviet ally – and echoing the cur-rent frustrations with Iran over itsnuclear ambitions.

It’s long been known that the Unit-ed States and Britain played key rolesin the overthrow of Iranian PrimeMinister Mohammed Mossadegh – a

move that still poisons Tehran’s at-titude toward both nations. The CIAacknowledged its role previously,even including it in the timeline onits public website last year: “19 Au-gust 1953 CIA-assisted coup over-throws Iranian Premier MohammedMossadegh.”

Mossadegh was replaced by theoppressive regime of Shah RezaPahlavi, who was overthrown in 1979by followers of Ayatollah RuhollahKhomeini in the Iranian revolutionof 1979.

But for historians, the heavily re-dacted documents posted this week

on George Washington University’sNational Security Archive amount to“the CIA’s first formal acknowledge-ment that the agency helped to planand execute the coup,” the archivesaid on its site.

The documents also offer an expla-nation for the covert action that’s ee-rily similar to arguments for curbingIran’s nuclear ambitions today. TheCIA argued then that Iran was threat-ening Western security by not coop-erating with the West – at the time,by refusing to bargain with the Brit-ish-run Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. – there-by threatening the supply of cheap

oil to Britain and risking a Britishinvasion that could in turn triggera counter Soviet invasion of Iranianoilfields.

The documents outline how theIranian political earthquake wasto be undertaken. One paper titled“Campaign to Install Pro-WesternGovernment in Iran Authority” liststhe objectives as “through legal, orquasi-legal, methods, to effect thefall of the Mossadegh government”including “exposing his collabora-tion with the Communists” and “toreplace it with a pro-Western govern-ment under the Shah’s leadership.”

Newly released files detail CIA’s role in 1953 coup in Iran

Chris Lane

By JILLIAN [email protected]

SYCAMORE – A Sycamorewoman charged in the 2011crash that killed two 21-year-olds is expected to ask a judge– not a jury – to determine herfate.

Patricia Schmidt, 48, of the28500 block of Brickville Road,is expected to waive her rightto a jury trial at a hearingSept. 4 and ask for a bench tri-al, which means a judge woulddetermine her guilt or inno-cence on each charge.

Schmidt had been sched-uled to stand trial Sept. 30 on

charges of aggravated drivingunder the influence, recklesshomicide and reckless driv-

ing. In light ofthis change, anew trial datelikely will beset, althoughDeKalb Coun-ty PresidingJudge RobbinStuckert madeno indication

Tuesday whether the trialwould be moved up or delayed.

Schmidt was not at thehearing because of a medicalissue. She is charged in con-nection with the Feb. 21, 2011,

crash that killed Timothy T.Getzelman of Sycamore andAlexis Y. Weber of Maple Park.The couple had been dating forfour years.

Getzelman and Weber weretraveling east on Peace Roadin Sycamore about 5:30 p.m.when Schmidt, driving southon North Main Street, struckGetzelman’s vehicle on thedriver’s side, authorities said.Witnesses told police Getzel-man had the right of way.

Authorities found mul-tiple prescription drugs inSchmidt’s blood, including theanti-anxiety drug lorazepam,phenobarbital, mephobarbital

and three others.Prosecutors have said ev-

idence suggests that Schmidtsuffered a seizure or blackoutin the crash and that they planto argue that her medicationswere never at an appropriatelevel to drive. Schmidt’s de-fense attorney, Gregg Smith,previously said a doctor toldher not to drive until her med-ications were under controlafter a seizure in 2007.

If convicted of the mostserious charge of aggravateddriving under the influence,Schmidt could be sentencedto between six and 28 years inprison.

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DeKalb – The DeKalb PoliceDepartment is using a new on-line reporting system that thepublic will be able to accesseasily after the departmentmoves to its new location onWest Lincoln Highway.

The new Web-based systemtracks criminal activity andtraffic incidents document-ed by DeKalb police officers,DeKalb Police Cmdr. Jason Le-verton said. Right now, peoplecan access the reports by filinga Freedom of Information Act

request, but the system likelywill be accessible to the publicin October, Leverton said.

DeKalb police leaders havebeen working to add the onlinesystem, which was developedby SunGard, since May. Theprevious system required re-ports to be generated on paperand then entered online beforebeing available to multiple de-partments.

“Basically, what wouldhappen is the officer wouldwrite the report and it wouldgo to our records division andthey would have to re-enter[that report] into the system,”

Leverton said.With the new system, the

delivery of reports to the re-cords department is eliminat-ed. The system is able to man-age longtime records and as aresult make the submissionand delivery of reports moreaccurate and timely.

In the past, the records di-vision might have to handleseveral tasks that would de-lay records being put into thesystem. If officers wanted tolook up a case, they wouldn’tbe able to because it wasn’t en-tered into the system yet, Le-verton said.

The new system helps elim-inate human errors with thereports. If an officer doesn’tenter information in the cor-rect field, they will be notifiedof the mistake.

New technology tends tocome later for law enforcementagencies because technologyfirms are primarily concernedwith meeting the needs of com-mercial businesses. Levertonsaid the needs of police depart-ments are not met as fast asmainstream companies.

“We’re still a smaller mar-ket for software and hardwareproviders,” Leverton said.

By JILLIAN [email protected]

SYCAMORE – William“Billy” Curl’s bid to have ajudge toss his 37-year pris-on sentence in the slaying ofNorthern Illinois Universi-ty student Antinette “Toni”Keller mightcome down tomath.

C u r l , 3 6 ,formerly ofDeKalb, had30 days fromthe time heentered then e g o t i a t e dplea agreement April 3 to filea motion trying to undo it,prosecutors said. He didn’tfile the motion until July 22,which is 108 days after he en-tered the plea.

Curl appeared in DeKalbCounty Circuit Court onTuesday for the first timesince filing the request,

which claims prosecutorsthreatened his 13-year-oldson. He also has claimedhis dyslexia, speech im-pediment and “great diffi-culty” reading and writingprevented him from under-standing the finality of theagreement.

On Tuesday, PresidingJudge Robbin Stuckert ap-pointed Yorkville criminaldefense attorney Dan Tran-sier to represent Curl. Pros-ecutors asked Stuckert tostrike or dismiss Curl’s re-quest because he didn’t meetthe 30-day deadline.

In his July 22 motion,Curl claimed he didn’t knowhe could try to withdraw hisplea, but prosecutors say hewas told of all his optionswhen the plea agreementwas entered in court April 3.

Stuckert did not rule onthe matter Tuesday. Thecase is next due in courtSept. 5.


SYCAMORE – The newestalderman on the SycamoreCity Council is a retired own-er of a local dentistry busi-ness.

Curtis Lang, 64, was unani-

mously approved by the coun-cil to fill the seat left vacantby former 1st Ward AldermanGary Waight. Waight resignedto spend more time with hisfamily in DuPage County.

Sycamore Mayor KenMundy chose Lang over sev-eral other candidates and rec-

ommended him for councilapproval at its meeting Mon-day.

Lang now is responsiblefor communicating the needsof the 1st Ward to the councilalongside 1st Ward AldermanAlan Bauer. The seat next willbe up for election in April

2015.The 1st Ward is one of four

in the city and extends fromSouth Maple Street east toAirport Road; and north fromBecker Place to Brian Street.Each ward is served by twoaldermen.

Toward the end of the coun-

cil meeting, Lang thankedeveryone for their time andsupport.

“As a citizen and not acouncil member, I’m veryappreciative of living in Syc-amore and being part of thecommunity,” Lang said. “It’sgoing to be fun for me.”

Curtis Lang appointed to Sycamore City Council

DeKalb police transitioning to online reporting Prosecutors: Curl waitedtoo long to take back plea

Patricia

Schmidt

William

“Billy” Curl

Schmidt to seek bench trial in Sycamore fatal crash

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CINDY J. CAMPUZANOBorn: Jan. 1, 1959, in Sycamore, Ill.Died: Aug. 19, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

SYCAMORE– Cindy Jo Cam-puzano, 54, ofSycamore, Ill., diedMonday, Aug. 19,2013, at Kishwau-kee CommunityHospital, DeKalb.Born Jan. 1, 1959, in Sycamore,

the daughter of Robert I. and Shir-ley A. (Schroeder) Frantum, Cindymarried Michael L. Campuzano onAug. 16, 1980.A 1977 Sycamore High School

graduate, Cindy attended Kishwau-kee College and received an asso-ciate degree. She later attendedNorthern Illinois University. Cindywas employed by National Bank &Trust Co. of Sycamore for 30 years.She is survived by her husband,

Michael; son, Aaron; daughter,Kelly; mother, Shirley Frantum ofGenoa; father, Robert Frantum ofDeKalb; brother, Danny Frantum ofOhio; several nieces and nephews;a cousin; and brother-in-law, TomRaynor of Indiana.She was preceded in death by

two brothers, Jeff and Bruce Fran-tum; and a sister, Bonnie Raynor.The funeral service will be at

10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24,at Sycamore United Methodist

Church, 160 Johnson Ave., withthe Rev. GaHyung Kim officiating.Burial will follow at Elmwood Cem-etery, Sycamore. Visitation will befrom 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, atAnderson Funeral Home, DeKalb.In lieu of flowers, memorials can

be made to the Cindy J. Campuza-no Memorial Fund, sent in care ofAnderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL60115.For information, visit www.

AndersonFuneralHomeLtd.com orcall 815-756-1022.To sign the online guest book,

visit www.legacy.com/daily-chron-icle.

LINDA SUE JOHNSONBorn: July 15, 1953, in Belvidere, Ill.Died: Aug. 11, 2013, in Shirley, Ark.

SHIRLEY, Ark. – Linda Sue John-son, 60, of Shirley, Ark., passedaway Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013.She was born July 15, 1953, in

Belvidere, Ill., to Frank and MaryLouise (Martinson) Johnson Jr.She is survived by her father,

Frank Johnson Jr.; stepmother,Barbara (Price) Johnson of FairfieldBay, Ark.; five brothers and sisters,Richard Johnson of Mountain View,Ark., Carol (Ron) Messer of Shirley,Donald Johnson of Fairfield Bay,Tom (Lela) Johnson of Shirley andDennis Johnson of Hayti, S.D.

She was preceded in death by hermother, Mary Louise Johnson; andbrother, Larry Johnson.Cremation arrangements are

under the care and direction ofRoller-McNutt Funeral Home ofClinton, Ark.To sign the online guest book,

visit www.legacy.com/daily-chron-icle.

MILDRED RUBERTA

KUESTER

Mildred Ruberta Kuester, 95, ofHinckley, Ill., died Monday, Aug. 20,2013, at Pine Acres Rehab & LivingCenter in DeKalb.Friends may visit from 9 a.m.

Friday, Aug. 23, until the hour ofservice at 11 a.m. at Nash-NelsonMemorial Chapel, 141 N. Maple St.,Hinckley.Arrangements by Nelson Funeral

Homes & Crematory; www.Nelson-FuneralHomes.com or 815-286-3247.Visit www.legacy.com/dai-

ly-chronicle.

JANE E. LOWBorn: June 27, 1916, in Chicago, Ill.Died: Aug. 18, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

WATERMAN – Jane E. Low, 97,of Waterman, Ill., passed awaySunday, Aug. 18, 2013, at Bethany

Healthcare andRehab Center inDeKalb.She was born

June 27, 1916,in Chicago, thedaughter of PhilipL. and Ethel C. (Doyle) Getzinger.Jane was united in marriage to

Mr. Charles Stanley Low on June2, 1944, in Warrenville, and theyspent the next 33 happy yearstogether until his passing in 1977.She graduated from MichiganState University in East Lansing,Mich. Mrs. Low was a former homeeconomics teacher having taughtin Michigan, the Hinckley-BigRock Grade School and 15 yearsin the Sandwich school district.Jane worked side-by-side withher husband, Stanley, farmingon their homestead southwestof Waterman. She was a mem-ber of the Waterman MethodistChurch in Waterman. Jane was aloving wife, mother, grandmother,great-grandmother, sister and auntwho will be deeply missed by herfamily and friends.Jane is survived by her children,

Richard (Theresa) Low of Water-man and Susan (Keith) Littlejohn ofNewark; daughter-in-law, BeverlyLow of Smyrna, Tenn.; 11 grandchil-dren; and 15 great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by

her parents; husband, Stanley Low;

son, Charles Low; one great-grand-daughter, Megan Zak; and brother,retired Col. Philip S. (Cathy)Getzinger.A funeral service will be at

11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, atNash-Nelson Funeral Home, 1001E. Garfield St., Waterman, with theRev. Paul Lee officiating. Intermentwill follow at Johnson Grove Cem-etery in Waterman. Friends mayvisit from 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug.24, until the hour of service at thefuneral home.Arrangements by Nelson Funeral

Homes & Crematory. For informa-tion, visit www.NelsonFuneral-Homes.com or call 815-264-3362.To sign the online guest book,

visit www.legacy.com/dai-ly-chronicle.

BYRON D. SCHULDT

Byron D. Schuldt, 61, of Hinckley,Ill., died Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, athis home.Friends may visit from 9 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 31, until the hour ofservice at 11 a.m. at the Nash-Nel-son Memorial Chapel, 141 N. MapleSt., Hinckley.Arrangements by Nelson Funeral

Homes & Crematory; www.Nelson-FuneralHomes.com or 815-286-3247.Visit www.legacy.com/dai-

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CHICAGO – A judge in along-running civil case hasruled decisively against riv-erboat casinos that claimedIllinois legislators passedlaws benefiting competitorsin the racetrack industry un-der pressure from Rod Blago-jevich as the then-governor

sought to cut pay-to-play deals.The four casinos filed the

suit in 2009 asking the U.S.District Court in Chicago toreturn $90 million that theypaid in an effective tax im-posed by the Legislature. Themoney, which was 3 percentof the casinos’ adjusted grossrevenue, went to five finan-cially struggling racetracks.

But Judge Matthew Ken-nelly concluded in a 17-pageruling posted late Mondaythat the casinos had failed todemonstrate a link betweenlawmakers’ decision to passlaws in 2006 and 2008 forcingthose payments and Blagojev-ich’s push for campaign dona-tions from racetracks.

Evidence entered by casi-

nos that at least one Repub-lican legislator accused hisDemocratic counterparts in2006 of caving in to Blagojev-ich and voting for the legisla-tion wasn’t good enough, Ken-nelly said.

While the judge pointed outthat there was abundant proofof wrongdoing by Blagojevich,he said no evidence showed

“Blagojevich or anyone asso-ciated with him offered anyimproper inducements to leg-islators who changed theirvotes.”

“For all anyone knows, thelegislators who decided to voteyes were persuaded by logic,reason, and considerationsof sound public policy,” Ken-nelly wrote.

Motion filed to search

for massacre victimsTwo injured in head-oncrash near HinckleyHINCKLEY – A 22-year-old

Sandwich man was chargedwith improper lane use after ahead-on crash Tuesday morningthat sent both drivers to areahospitals.Just before 7 a.m., Kyle E.

Kolka was driving south onSomonauk Road near McGirrRoad when his 2011 Ford Rangerwent into the northbound lane,according to a release from theDeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.Kolka struck a 2012 Mitsubi-

shi Outlander driven by HaleyM. Wagner, of Hinckley, whoHinckley and Somonauk emer-gency personnel extricatedfrom her vehicle before takingher to Kishwaukee CommunityHospital in DeKalb.Kolka was taken to Valley

West Hospital in Sandwich.Both drivers were released fromthe hospitals by Tuesday after-noon, hospital officials said.Neither vehicle had passen-

gers, and both drivers werewearing seat belts, according tothe release.

Register now forDeKalb Corn ClassicDeKALB – Online registration

for the DeKalb Corn Classicends at noon Friday, while race-day registration will be from6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Saturday inthe Huntley Middle School gym.The 3K walk and run will

start at Huntley Middle School,1515 S. Fourth St. in DeKalb, at7:55 a.m., with the 10K raceto start at 8 a.m., accordingto the event website, www.dekalbcornclassic.org. The raceis certified by the Chicago AreaRunners Association.The race traditionally has run

the same weekend as CornFest, the city of DeKalb’s freemusic festival. This year therace is running a week beforethe festival, which is scheduledfrom Aug. 30 to Sept. 1.Registration for the 10K is

$30, while registration for the3K is $25 for adults and $5for children younger than 10.Registration is available onlineat www.signmeup.com/89177.For more information, call 815-200-1056.

Lowery to host ‘Coffeewith the Chief’DeKALB – DeKalb Police Chief

Gene Lowery will be availableto answer residents’ questionsand hear their concerns from9 to 11 a.m. Thursday at TheLincoln Inn, 240 E. LincolnHighway.Lowery has hosted a handful

of Coffee with the Chief ses-sions, which include free pas-tries and coffee. The meetinghas no agenda, and participantsare welcome to join at any time.For more information, call

Lowery or Community RelationsOfficer Chad McNett at 815-748-8400.

– Daily Chronicle

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Judge rules against casinos in Blago-linked case


HERRIN – A southern Illi-nois community is renewingits legal push to excavate por-tions of a cemetery in searchof remains of people who diedin the 1922 Herrin Massacre.

The massacre took placeduring a union strike andkilled dozens of replacementworkers at the Southern Illi-nois Coal Co.

Lawyers representingHerrin’s city attorney andan author of a book aboutthe massacre have asked acourt to allow archaeologicalwork at Herrin Cemetery.Such work has been bannedsince last year by a William-son County judge after twofailed bids to find the massa-cre’s victims, the SouthernIllinoisan reported Tuesday.Herrin’s aldermen agreedlast month to ask that the in-junction be lifted.

Scott Doody, who in April

published a book about the vi-olence, believes some modernburials have taken place atopthe remains of the victimsof the bloody, armed skir-mish, between striking unionworkers and the temporaryminers hired to replace them.While hundreds of indict-ments were returned, no onewas convicted.

Doody suspects that near-ly a dozen victims were bur-ied in a potter’s field andpossibly an adjoining partof the cemetery. The motionseeking the excavation saidthe work would only occurat specific burial sites, andthat notice of the court filinghas been given to all ownersof burial spaces that may beaffected.

The minimal excavationis being sought by geologistsand researchers from East-ern Illinois University andSouthern Illinois University,the newspaper reported.

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improvement on a combina-tion of national, district orteacher-developed tests.

While all Illinois teachersmust be rated using the samecategories – excellent, profi-cient, needs improvement orunsatisfactory – districts willdecide which assessmentsthey’ll use to gauge studentgrowth. State law now re-quires performance, not se-niority, to be prioritized inlayoff decisions.

High ratings are requiredfor at least two consecutiveyears before tenure is grant-ed.

The law was hailed as his-toric, and part of a national

trend, spurred by states’ de-

sire to qualify for the Obama

administration’s Race to the

Top federal education grants.

The student growth com-

ponent of the evaluations will

be phased in, with all districts

tying student performance

to teacher evaluations by the

2016-17.

Last year, Chicago Public

Schools began incorporating

student tests into evaluations.

This fall, 34 districts which

received federal education

stimulus money – including

Wabash – will begin using the

new criteria.

The lowest performing 20

percent of schools start in

2015.

In 2011, President Barack

Obama administration began

offering an “out” to the fed-

eral education law passed a

decade before, which works

by punishing districts for

not meeting federal bench-

marks. Waivers, the adminis-

tration said, would be given

to states that agreed to adopt

certain education ideas, such

as teacher evaluations tied to

student test scores.

Illinois quickly sought a

waiver in 2012 because of its

implementation timetable on

evaluations. It continues to

wait on a verdict.

“The issue has been how

quickly we implement teach-

er evaluations,” state board

of education spokeswoman

Mary Fergus said. “The feds

would like that to be a year

earlier. We have said we’d

like to follow what’s in the

state law.”

• EVALUATIONSContinued from page A1

for evaluating people’s perfor-mance, however.

Sanchez-Torres said thereare no failures in the lab, onlyopportunities for growth. Thelab is a safe environment, andprovides users an opportuni-ty to think about their actionsbefore applying them in reallife.

“Simulation is wonderfuland great but if we don’t do

any reflective thinking thenit sort of defeats the purpose,”Sanchez-Torres said.

Glenn Podzimek, cardio-pulmonary manager for Val-ley West Community Hospi-tal, said the scenarios in thesimulation lab are realistic.Nobody knows what they’rewalking into when the labsessions begin. The medicalteams have to act fast and thesimulators are highly sensi-tive to the work being done onthem.

“Physiologically, the sim-

ulators respond to how thecaregivers react,” Podzimeksaid.

The simulators are unre-alistic in some crucial ways,though. For example, the babysimulator’s skin tone doesn’tchange to reflect physicalproblems that can be appar-ent or arise during emergencyprocedures.

The lab is a point of pridefor the KishHealth system.

“For a hospital of thissize,” Podzimek said, “it ri-vals major academic centers.”

• SIMULATORContinued from page A1

Lab time spurs reflective thinking

Performance, not seniority, to be prioritized in layoffs

AP photo

An Egyptian holds Al-Ahram newspaper Tuesday in Cairo fronted by a picture of Mohammed Badie, thesupreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood (left) and pictures of flag-draped coffins containing thebodies of slain off-duty policemen in North Sinai. The Arabic reads, “during the arrest of the leader.”


CAIRO – The MuslimBrotherhood’s top leaderlooked somber and fatiguedafter his arrest Tuesday, hisdemeanor mirroring the Is-lamist movement’s predica-ment after its stunning fallfrom power and a deadly gov-ernment crackdown.

The Brotherhood’s deci-sion to play hardball after themilitary’s ouster of Egypt’sIslamist president has back-fired, leaving it embroiledin a crisis and looking atunattractive choices: Align-ing with hard-line groups inan insurgency that almostcertainly will fail or goingunderground in the hope ofresurfacing one day.

Regardless of which pathit chooses, the Brother-hood’s grim future will im-pact Islamic groups acrossthe Middle East and beyond.The Egyptian organizationis something of a “mothership” that has inspired theircreation and provided a role

model of the political Islamthey want to prevail.

“It looks like it’s overfor the Brotherhood,” saidSameh Eid, a former memberwho has maintained contactwith the group. “Brother-hood families are grievingover their dead or busy try-ing to see how they can visitloved ones in detention orothers who are injured. Theanimosity on the streets isexhausting them and alliesare abandoning them.”

Founded in 1928, thegroup has spent most of its85-year existence on thesidelines, outlawed, harsh-ly treated and demonizedby successive regimes. TheJune 2012 election of one ofits longtime leaders, Moham-med Morsi, in Egypt’s firstfree presidential vote wasthe pinnacle of its newfoundpower. With its own man inthe land’s highest office andits members dominating thelegislature, the Brotherhoodlooked invincible.

It did not last long, how-

ever. The military toppledMorsi in a July 3 coup afterbarely a year in office, deal-ing the Brotherhood a devas-tating blow.

Shortly before his ouster,Morsi’s supporters set uptwo sit-in camps at strategicsquares on opposite ends ofCairo. The camps soon be-came a springboard for dailydemonstrations that crippledmuch of the city. Protesters,some of them armed, con-gregated outside ministries,security buildings and mili-tary installations.

After security forcescleared the two camps lastweek, leaving hundredsdead, enraged Brotherhoodsupporters attacked policestations and governmentbuildings, as well as church-es, homes and businesses ofminority Christians nation-wide. It was an attempt tospread chaos and force thepolice to vanish as they did inthe face of the mass protestsof the 2011 uprising againstautocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt’s Brotherhood asbeleaguered as its leader

going to get something donebefore it comes to [a strike],”he said.

During the meeting sup-porters used the public com-ment period to voice theirsupport of teachers.

“I know that all of youdon’t want to have anythinghappen to interrupt the start

of school,” Tom Burski, aformer District 428 educatorand a former president of theDCTA, said. “... I want to seeour district continue to treatour teachers as professionals,not as hourly employees.”

Teacher Chris Perkovichthanked the board for its workand assured those presentthat it has the best interests ofthe community in mind.

“I’m here, and they’rehere, to thank all of you for

the time and effort that you’veput into our contract negoti-ations. It takes a lot of time;you don’t get paid; we appre-ciate it,” she told the board.“In wanting to negotiate thebest possible contract that wecan, we want you to know thatthis does not negate in anyway our desire to continue todo what’s best for the childrenin our community. In fact, wefeel that those are one in thesame.”

• D-428Continued from page A1

Public comment time used to support teachers

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Sometimes it takes a tragedy to find holes in statestatutes, and Gov. Pat Quinn’s signing of legislationknown as Patricia’s Law has helped repair one.

Patricia McNamara, 50, of Rockford, was killed inan October 2011 crash when a distracted driver ran astop sign near Marengo.

McHenry County Sheriff’s Police ticketed driverKenneth Englert, 55, of Rochelle, for failure to obey astop sign. Englert told police he was distracted by acell phone call.

A McHenry Countyjudge sentenced Englert toa $551 fine and court costsand 120 days of court super-vision. The offense doesn’teven show up on Englert’sdriving record, because asuccessful court supervi-sion wipes the offender’srecord clean.

This wasn’t Englert’sfirst driving offense. He’dhad prior speeding convic-tions. What Patricia’s Lawdoes is take away the optionof giving court supervisionto an individual who is ticketed in a fatal crash.

It doesn’t make much sense that anyone could beat fault in a crash that results in loss of life and laternot have any evidence of it on their driving record,particularly if it was not the person’s first offense.

The legislation had the support of Illinois Secre-tary of State Jesse White, who agreed that such offens-es should remain on a driver’s record.

Legislators sometimes can be too meddlesomewhen it comes to mandatory sentencing. But this lawdoesn’t impose a mandatory prison or jail term. Itsimply requires that if there is a conviction a judgewill not have the option to grant the driver courtsupervision.

Drivers make mistakes, and accidents are acci-dents, although many can be prevented. But when acrash takes the life of another individual, it’s not inthe best interest of Illinois residents to let the drivercompletely off the hook.

‘Patricia’s Law’

is worthwhile

For the record

Legislators sometimescan be too meddlesomewhen it comes to manda-tory sentencing. But Patri-cia’s Law doesn’t imposea mandatory prison or jailterm. It simply requiresthat if there is a convictiona judge will not have theoption to grant the drivercourt supervision.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishmentof religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; orabridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or theright of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petitionthe Government for a redress of grievances.

– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

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Is he a natural-born citizen or isn’t he? The ques-tion has been a nagging part of Barack Obama’s lifeever since his first presidential campaign. No amountof birth certificates and sworn statements from stateofficials in Hawaii, his birthplace, seemed capableof putting the issue to rest. The “birther” movementcontinues pressing the question even today, fiveyears after Obama’s election to the presidency.

The question nags anew, but this time TexasRepublican Sen. Ted Cruz is the focus because he wasborn in Canada to an American mother and Cubanfather. By law, his mother’s U.S. citizenship automat-ically confers natural citizenship to Cruz, just as – forthose who continue to doubt the location of Obama’sbirth – the citizenship of Obama’s American motherconferred it to him.

When it became a hot-button issue in 2008, Dem-ocrats countered that Obama’s GOP opponent, Sen.John McCain of Arizona, was born to Americanparents at a U.S. military installation in the PanamaCanal Zone. The implication being that if Republi-cans wanted to play the birther game, Democratscould, too.

This is such a nonissue, regardless of whether thecandidate is Republican or Democrat. Nevertheless,narrow-minded individuals, including some promi-nent personalities such as billionaire former presi-dential contender Donald Trump, are doggedly tryingto concoct controversy and introduce doubt wherethere should be none.

These men have been natural U.S. citizens frombirth and have every right to seek the nation’shighest office. Article II of the Constitution sets outthree eligibility requirements to be president: thatthe person be at least 35 years old, a resident withinthe United States for 14 years and a “natural borncitizen.”

The exact meaning of “natural born” is not definedin the Constitution, but legal scholars say it is meantonly to distinguish between native-born U.S. citizensand those born abroad (of noncitizen parents) whosubsequently become naturalized U.S. citizens. TheCongressional Research Service published a 50-pagestudy dissecting the issue in 2011.

As Dallas Morning News reporter Todd Gillmanreported Monday, Cruz’s birth certificate is unequiv-ocal: He was born in Alberta, Canada. But his motheris a U.S. citizen born in Wilmington, Del. Because ofhis birthplace, Cruz is a Canadian citizen, but thathas no effect on his status as a natural-born U.S.citizen.

No doubt, some Democrats are thinking it’s pay-back time for all the headaches that conservativescreated for Obama on this issue. A new movement ofanti-Cruz birthers almost certainly will try to prodand nitpick in hopes of derailing what is shaping upto be a Cruz bid for the 2016 GOP presidential nomi-nation.

This is exhausting and distracting. It’s time to giveit a rest and move on to leadership issues that reallymatter.

Dallas Morning News

United States not foundedas Christian nationTo the Editor:A couple of quotes from early

American history:“No religious doctrine shall be

established by law.”• Elbridge Gerry, Annals of

Congress 1:729-731“The Government of the United

States of America is not in anysense founded on the Christianreligion.”• 1797 Treaty of Tripoli, signed

by President John AdamsWell, then, what basis do some

folk have for claiming the UnitedStates was founded as a “Chris-tian” nation? There is the clause(Article VI, pp 3) in the Consti-tution that states “The senatorsand representatives beforementioned, and the members ofthe several state legislatures,and all executive and judicial offi-cers, both of the United Statesand of the several states, shall

be bound by oath or affirmation,

to support this Constitution; but

no religious test shall ever be

required as a qualification to any

office or public trust under the

United States.”

President Adams and Vice Pres-

ident Gerry (who served under

James Madison) are only two of

dozens of founders who had like

opinions on the topic of keeping

religion separate from govern-

ment. So, from where does this

claim of theocracy emanate?

Obviously from lies repeated so

often that people believe that

they are the truth.

Eugene DesavouretMalta

Illinois Constitutioncovers retirees, tooTo the Editor:

As a retiree, I have been reading

with interest about the pending

lawsuit filed by Illinois House

Speaker Michael Madigan andSenate President John Cullertonagainst Gov. Pat Quinn.This lawsuit is the result of the

governor suspending the salariesof legislators because to showhis displeasure with the lack ofprogress on “pension reform” inthe Illinois Legislature.In a news release issued by

Madigan and Cullerton, these gen-tlemen are quoted as saying that“the Illinois Constitution protectsthe salaries of members of thejudiciary, the legislature, and theexecutive branch.”However, when it comes to

protecting pensions of state em-ployees, Madigan has apparentlyno qualms in violating the consti-tutional rights of state employees.For example, Madigan’s pro-

posal that pension cost-of-livingadjustments (COLAs) earned byretirees be slashed as part of“pension reform” would diminishthe value of retirees’ pensions.

Diminishing the cost-of-living

adjustments earned and paid for

by retirees would be in violation

of the Illinois Constitution.

Apparently some of our legis-

lators, including leaders in the

Illinois Legislature, think that they

are above the rule of law and the

Illinois Constitution.

“Equal protection under the law”

is not just for our elected officials,

it is for all citizens, including state

employees, both current and

retired. If our arrogant, self-serv-

ing political leaders get away

with picking and choosing only

those segments of the Illinois

Constitution that meet their

political needs, our democratic

process and legal rights will be on

a slippery slope.

Our elected officials must obey

the Illinois Constitution, which

they swore to defend and uphold.

Earl ShumakerSycamore

In the world of ‘Elysium,’ a cautionary taleThe world is a ghetto.That is, yes, the title of an old song by

War. It is also the reality presented by“Elysium,” the new film by director NeillBlomkamp. It posits a ruined Earth in theyear 2154, overcome by overcrowding,disease and environmental and economiccollapse. Los Angeles is a dusty brownshantytown where people live on top of oneanother like some favela in Rio.

Then the camera takes you up to theorbiting habitat to which the wealthy havedecamped, Elysium. It’s Latin for paradise,and that’s what this is, assuming your ideaof paradise is a McMansion with a man-icured lawn the size of a city park whereyou live a life of vaguely sterile luxury.

Blomkamp has given us a tale perfectfor these political times. It is an allegoryof income disparity, a cautionary sagaof what happens when more and moreresources are concentrated in fewer andfewer hands.

One of those resources is adequatehealth care. On Earth, if you get sick, youfill out a form and try not to die in thewaiting room before the doctor gets aroundto you. On Elysium, they have this devicethat can instantly cure anything from lym-phoma to radiation poisoning. Our hero,Max, afflicted with the latter and given justdays to live, resolves to somehow make hisway up there so that he can be healed.

The movie’s political implicationshave not escaped the conservative pundi-tocracy. Rush Limbaugh pronounced it

“anti-capitalist, pro-socialism.” But somein the liberal punditocracy have also beendispleased. Alyssa Rosenberg of Think-Progress scored the movie for failing to“speak truth to power” in its silence on thecauses of the inequities it depicts.

There are elements of truth in botharguments. But the movie actually seemsdetermined to make another point alto-gether, albeit one that probably flies underthe radar because of its very simplicity:We’re all in this thing together.

So the space station is not just a spacestation. It is the science-fiction equivalentof the gated community. Or of America asviewed from some Mexican hovel.

And Max is not just a guy with a gunwho storms the space station. He is theman standing outside the gate, the poorwoman fording the Rio Grande.

We have been conditioned by years ofconservative dogma to view such peoplewith scorn, as too stupid, too lazy or toolacking in foresight to rise above theircircumstances – “takers,” to use someFox “News” terminology. Crippled by an“entitlement mentality” to use some more.By the inverse of that logic we, because welive north of the border, within the gateor on the space station, were obviously

far-sighted, energetic and smart enough tosteer the proper course.

What narcissistic balderdash.Yes, initiative, intelligence and plan-

ning are all elements of success. But luckis, too, whether defined as getting a goodbreak someone else did not get or escapinga bad one someone else could not avoid.

Point being, the membrane that divideshave from have not is thinner and morepermeable than those lords of self-satisfac-tion who go on Fox preaching the gospelof “up by my bootstraps” would have youbelieve. Our shared humanity demandsa compassion, an ability to give a damnabout those have nots, not often evident insuch lectures.

Martin Luther King said it thusly: “Alllife is interrelated.” Meaning, what affectssome of us will eventually affect us all. Wemust evolve humane and effective meansof managing that inevitable reality.

The fantasy of escaping it behind animpermeable barrier is just that, fantasy.Because the people caught on the outsidewill always do what Max does, what you orI would do in the same situation: try to finda way in.

The question is not whether they willget in. It’s how we will treat them whenthey do.

• Leonard Pitts is a columnist for The

Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla.,33132. Readers may contact him via e-mailat [email protected].

8 ANOTHER VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW 8OUR VIEW

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Opinions Daily Chronicle • www.daily-chronicle.com • Page A7 • Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Ted Cruz and the ‘birther’ issue

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highs pressure will build in with some

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temperatures will return Sunday.

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Atlanta 83 71 t 88 71 t

Atlantic City 84 71 pc 82 72 t

Baltimore 90 69 pc 89 69 t

Boston 89 69 s 87 67 pc

Bufalo 86 66 s 82 60 t

Charleston, SC 89 73 t 89 73 pc

Charlotte 84 69 t 87 68 t

Chicago 88 70 s 83 62 t

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Dallas 98 76 pc 99 77 s

Denver 94 63 pc 92 63 pc

Houston 94 75 pc 94 76 pc

Indianapolis 86 69 s 85 67 t

Kansas City 92 69 s 92 71 pc

Las Vegas 103 85 s 103 84 s

Los Angeles 82 64 pc 84 64 pc

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Miami 89 81 pc 90 78 pc

Minneapolis 90 66 t 85 63 pc

New Orleans 90 76 t 91 74 t

NewYork City 89 73 s 85 72 t

Philadelphia 90 73 pc 87 71 t

Seattle 81 56 pc 83 56 pc

Wash., DC 88 73 pc 90 72 t

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Record high .............................. 96° in 1983

Record low ................................ 48° in 1992

24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.00”

Month to date ....................................... 0.95”

Normal month to date ....................... 2.99”

Year to date ......................................... 24.55”

Normal year to date ......................... 24.63”

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Sunrise today ................................ 6:09 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 7:46 p.m.

Moonrise today ........................... 7:52 p.m.

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Sunset tomorrow ........................ 7:45 p.m.

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Moonset tomorrow .................... 8:02 a.m.

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Belleville 90 67 s 91 69 pc

Beloit 88 69 s 84 54 pc

Belvidere 88 69 s 83 54 pc

Champaign 88 67 s 86 59 pc

Elgin 88 69 s 82 57 t

Joliet 88 68 s 82 58 t

Kankakee 88 69 s 83 59 pc

Mendota 88 68 s 82 57 pc

Michigan City 85 69 s 80 60 t

Moline 88 69 s 88 59 pc

Morris 88 67 s 82 58 pc

Naperville 88 69 s 82 58 t

Ottawa 88 69 s 83 56 pc

Princeton 88 69 s 84 57 pc

Quincy 90 69 s 89 66 pc

Racine 84 69 s 79 59 t

Rochelle 88 67 s 82 54 pc

Rockford 88 69 s 85 56 pc

Springield 88 68 s 89 62 pc

Sterling 88 68 s 86 55 pc

Wheaton 88 70 s 82 59 t

Waukegan 85 69 s 80 56 t

Woodstock 86 67 s 82 52 t

Yorkville 88 68 s 82 56 t

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Perryville 5.44 12.0 -0.03

DeKalb 2.43 10.0 -0.10

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By STEVE [email protected]

DeKALB – Northern Illi-

nois certainly wasn’t the first

non-AQ school to crash the

Bowl Championship Series

party.

Utah started the fun in

2004, going unbeaten and de-

feating Pittsburgh in the Fies-

ta Bowl.

In 2006, the BCS national

championship, previously

held at one of the four BCS

bowls, became a separate

identity. The fifth BCS game

gave more opportunities for

non-AQ teams. Boise State

took advantage that season,

getting a stunning, 43-42 over-

time win over Oklahoma in

the Fiesta Bowl. The Bron-

cos made it back to Glendale,

Ariz., in 2009.

Hawaii earned a Sugar

Bowl spot in 2007, while the

Utes earned their second BCS

win in the 2008 season, top-

ping Alabama in the Sugar

Bowl. TCU lost to Boise State

in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan.

1, 2010, but came back to top

Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl

the next season.

Boise State, TCU and Utah

all had success after their first

BCS appearance – the Horned

Frogs and Utes were invited

into BCS conferences, the Big

12 and Pac-12, respectively.

Boise State is a perennial non-

AQ power.

Hawaii, on the other hand,

has had only one winning sea-

son since its 41-10 loss to Geor-

gia in New Orleans.

SportsSports editor Ross Jacobson • [email protected]

Check out local winners

from Sycamore Speedway and

more results from the past week.

PAGE B2

SECTION BWednesday, August 21, 2013

Daily Chronicle

8MORNING KICKOFF

8KEEP UP ONLINE

8WHAT TO WATCH

Dempster suspended 5games for hitting A-RodNEW YORK – Ryan Dempster

of the Boston Red Sox wassuspended for five games andfined by Major League Base-ball for intentionally hittingYankees star Alex Rodriguezwith a pitch last weekend.The penalty was announced

Tuesday by MLB senior vicepresident Joe Garagiola Jr.,two days after Dempster hitA-Rod in the second inningat Fenway Park. Garagiolaalso fined Yankees managerJoe Girardi for arguing withplate umpire Brian O’Nora onSunday night.Dempster’s fine was $2,500

and Girardi’s was $5,000,separate people familiarwith the discipline told TheAssociated Press. They spokeon the condition of anonymitybecause the amounts werenot announced.

Dempster still could playif he appeals the penalty.Boston has off days Thursdayand Monday, allowing him toserve the suspension whilegetting pushed back only acouple days in the Red Soxrotation.Dempster threw one pitch

behind A-Rod’s knees and twomore inside in the second in-ning. Then his 3-0 pitch struckRodriguez’s left elbow padand ricocheted off his back.Girardi sprinted onto the

field, screaming at plateumpire Brian O’Nora for notejecting the pitcher. Girardiwas tossed as the benchesand bullpens emptied.

– The Associated Press

Pro baseballWashington vs. Cubs,7:05 p.m., WGNThe Cubs host the Nationals

in the third game of their four-game series with an NL EastDivision foe.

Also on TV...Pro baseball

Boston at San Francisco,2:30 p.m., MLBNTampa Bay at Baltimore,

6 p.m., ESPN2White Sox at Kansas City,

7:10 p.m., CSNAuto racing

NASCAR Truck Series, UNOH200, at Bristol, Tenn., 7 p.m.,Fox Sports 1

CyclingUSA Pro Challenge, stage 3,

Breckenridge to SteamboatSprings, Colo., 3 p.m., NBCSN

SoccerUEFA Champions League,

Austria Wien at DinamoZagreb, 1:30 p.m., FSNUEFA Champions League,

Fenerbahce vs. Arsenal,1:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1Premier League, Chelsea at

Aston Villa, 1:45 p.m., NBCSNSpanish Primera Division,

Supercopa, first leg, Barcelonaat Atletico Madrid, 3:55 p.m.,ESPN2

AP photo

Follow us on Facebookand TwitterWant the latest from the

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL

GIRLS GOLF PREVIEW

Monica Maschak – [email protected]

Seniors Katie Thurlby (left) and Andrea Strohmaier practice putting during golf practice at Oak Country Club on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Last year, the Genoa-Kingston girls wontheir regional championship.

Cogs look to qualify for state meet after last season’s regional titleBy JAMES NOKES

[email protected]

David Boyce has made a ca-reer of growing grass.

The superintendant at theOak Club in Genoa now has anew task: continue the growthof the Genoa-Kingston girlsgolf team.

After the Cogs won theirfirst regional title last fall,Boyce steps in as a first-yearcoach to a team that gradu-ated Class A state qualifierEmily Wakeley but has a pair

of talented leaders with thegame to fill the void.

A quest for a regional re-peat and berth at team statecould depend on the play of se-niors Andrea Strohmaier andKatie Thurlby. Boyce has hada front-row seat for many G-Kduals and has high goals forthe Cogs.

“We definitely have a lot ofexperienced talent with fourseniors in the lineup,” Boycesaid. “It would be great to winanother regional. I want us toadvance even further. If we

put it all together, we can gofrom sectionals to state.”

A two-time sectional quali-fier, close calls have been thenorm for Strohamier who con-

tinues to put herself in a posi-tion to qualify for state. As asophomore, she missed out ona three-way playoff for a spotat state by one stroke. Lastyear she finished second in aplayoff in the Class A Johns-burg Regional after she firedan 81, but faded at sectionals.

Although Strohmaier hasproved the ability to post con-sistently low scores the pasttwo years, Boyce wants toenhance the senior’s abilityto avoid the big number. It’soften best to get out of trou-

ble as soon as possible on thegolf course. That’s an area hethinks can be a big differencein Strohmaier’s game.

“If Andrea can pick up hergames a little, I think we canagain win a regional,” Boycesaid. “I hope to work with heron getting out of trouble onthe golf course.”

Fueled by the close callat regionals, Strohmaier haseliminated negative thoughtsfrom her mind during a round.

GREATEST TEAMS SERIES PART VI: HIAWATHA

Football previews

To watch season video previewson all five local high school footballteams – log on to Daily-Chronicle.com/football-preview.

Post-BCS Video

To watch an exclusive supple-mental video that takes a lookat the post-BCS success of othermid-major football teams – log onto HuskieWire.com.

Steady progression

’87 football team still the standardHawks went 7-4,won first-roundplayoff game

By LUKE [email protected]

KIRKLAND – For some footballteams, making a run in the playoffsis an expectation, and not doing so isa failure.

For Hiawatha, it’s the standardof excellence that has been set. TheHawks haven’t made the playoffssince 1987, mainly because of theodds mounted against them. It’stough to find the talent pool neces-sary to succeed when the school has

an enrollment of 156 and a reputationas one of the smaller schools in Class1A.

There was even a movement in thelate 1980s to consolidate Hiawatha andGenoa-Kingston, but it was shot downby the Hiawatha school board with avote of 4-3.

Yet none of that mattered in 1987.A roster of 25 players came togetherunder the leadership of Terry Jenkinsto lead the team to success that Hi-

awatha has been trying to match formore than a quarter century.

“Some of the bigger schools, theycould just pick and choose who theywant to play where,” said Ron Nobles,a right tackle on the ’87 team. “Wewere just a bunch of little farm boyswho usually played offense, defenseand special teams.”

It didn’t really matter. Jenkinswas a passionate coach, no matterwhat sport it was. While at Hiawatha,he also was the head boys basketballcoach, and later he went on to be thehead girls track coach at Polo HighSchool.

When it came to football, he was anoffensive guru. Each week, he wouldimplement several plays specific tothe team Hiawatha would be playing,with most of them going to star quar-terback Terry Murphy.

Former assistant coach Terry Nied-

zwiecki remembers Jenkins as beingall about tactics, but not a typical mo-tivator.

“He didn’t do a lot of that in-your-face stuff,” Niedzwiecki said. “He justprepared his team as best he could, dida lot of scouting, and he was a pass-ing-oriented kind of coach.”

As the season started, the teamhad a belief that it could make somenoise on the gridiron, but it didn’t im-mediately translate to great fan sup-port. Besides a playoff appearance in1984, the Hawks had not had muchrecent success, so expectations werelow.

That didn’t deter the players. Theycontinually improved throughout theregular season, and when it becameevident that the playoffs were a possi-bility, the community took notice.

Note to readers

This is the sixth in a seven-part seriesthat takes a look back at some of thegreatest sports teams from our local highschools. One team from DeKalb, Sycamore,Genoa-Kingston, Hinckley-Big Rock, Kane-land, Hiawatha and Indian Creek have beenfeatured in the series.

See ’87 HAWKS, page B3

AP file photo

Northern Illinois coach Rod Carey (right) argues a call with a refereeduring the first half of the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1.

Will NIU follow path of Boise St. or Hawaii?

See COGS, page B2

See NIU, page B3

SPORTS Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage B2 • Wednesday, August 21, 2013

TODAYBoys Golf

Indian Creek, Hinckley-Big Rockat Norsemen Scramble at WhitetailRidge, 3:15 p.m.

THURSDAYBoys Golf

DeKalb, Sycamore, Kaneland atGeneva Invitational at Mill Creek,2 p.m.Harvard at Genoa-Kingston,

4:15 p.m.Girls Golf

Hinckley-Big Rock at Indian Creek,4 p.m.Harvard at Genoa-Kingston, 4:15 p.m.

SATURDAYBoys Golf

Hinckley-Big Rock at SandwichInvite at Prairie Lakes, 7:30 a.m.Kaneland at Limestone Invite,

8:30 a.m.Girls Golf

Indian Creek at Rocket Invite atRock River CC, noonHinckley-Big Rock at night tourna-

ment at Valley Green, 8 p.m.

8PREP SCHEDULE

Small, Runge lead H-BRboys golf in first inviteHinckley-Big Rock seniors

Daniel Small and Tyler Rungeeach shot 99 to lead the Royalsat the Bobcat/Indian Invitationalon Tuesday at Edgebrook inSandwich.“We have five returning golfers

and eight new freshmen golferson the team this year,” H-BRcoach Kyle Donka said. “Thescores were rough today, butthat leaves a lot of room forimprovement as the year goeson.”Senior Hunter Seierstad shot

103, and junior Luke Bish record-ed a 119.

Sycamore Flash to hold12U softball tryoutsSycamore Flash softball will

hold 12U tryouts from noon to2 p.m. Sunday on the varsitysoftball diamond at SycamoreHigh School.Girls attending schools within

the Sycamore School Districtfrom fifth through seventh gradeand will be 12 of younger on Dec.31, are eligible to attend.For more information, visit

www.sycamoreflash.org

Illinois Gold Fastpitchlooking for more playersIllinois Gold Fastpitch is look-

ing for additional players and arehosting tryouts.If interested in trying out for

the 12U teams, contact RussMueller at [email protected] or 815-764-9901.Pitchers are needed for the

14UC team. Contact Erin Knox [email protected] or 815-761-8306 for tryout information.A couple of players are needed

for the 14UA team. Contact KrisBittner at [email protected] or 608-312-1957 for moreinformation.

Re-stocking fish availablein September in RochelleThe Rochelle Wildlife Conser-

vation Club, along with PeteReiff and the Logan Hollow FishFarm, will be providing fish forpond stocking and re-stockingSept. 21.Channel catfish, hybrid

sunfish, fathead minnow, sterilegrass-eating carp, hybrid redear,redear sunfish, largemouth bass,bluegill and black crappie will beavailable in a variety of sizes.Additional information can be

obtained by calling Rich Meltonat 815-562-6268. The deadlinefor ordering grass carp is Sept.9 while the deadline for all otherfish is Sept. 16.

World Cup tickets expectedto be in high demandSAO PAULO – Tickets for the

2014 World Cup will go on saletoday and FIFA is expectingsimilar demand to that from the2006 tournament in Germany.Fans from around the world

will be allowed to apply fortheir tickets on FIFA’s websitebeginning at 5 a.m.There were about seven

applicants for every ticket of the64-match tournament in 2006,which was attended by morethan 3.3 million fans.

– Staff, wire reports

8SPORTS SHORTS

MLB

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Detroit 73 52 .584 —

Cleveland 67 58 .536 6

Kansas City 64 60 .516 8½

Minnesota 55 69 .444 17½

White Sox 50 74 .403 22½

East Division

W L Pct GB

Boston 74 53 .583 —

Tampa Bay 72 52 .581 ½

Baltimore 67 58 .536 6

New York 66 59 .528 7

Toronto 57 69 .452 16½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Texas 72 53 .576 —

Oakland 71 53 .573 ½

Seattle 57 67 .460 14½

Los Angeles 55 69 .444 16½

Houston 41 83 .331 30½

Tuesday’s Results

White Sox 2, Kansas City 0

N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 4, 1st game

Tampa Bay 7, Baltimore 4

N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 2, 2nd game

Minnesota 6, Detroit 3

Houston at Texas, (n)

Cleveland at L.A. Angels, (n)

Seattle at Oakland, (n)

Boston at San Francisco, (n)

Today’s Games

White Sox (Rienzo 0-0) at Kansas City

(Guthrie 12-9), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 11-6) at Oakland

(Griffin 10-8), 2:35 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 8-6) at San Francis-

co (Gaudin 5-2), 2:45 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 13-9) at L.A. An-

gels (Williams 5-9), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 10-6) at Balti-

more (W.Chen 6-6), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 9-11) at N.Y. Yankees

(Pettitte 8-9), 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Correia 8-9) at Detroit

(Ani.Sanchez 11-7), 6:08 p.m.

Houston (Bedard 3-9) at Texas (D.Hol-

land 9-6), 7:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

White Sox at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.

Monday’s Results

N.Y. Mets 6, Minnesota 1

Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 3

Texas 16, Houston 5

Cleveland 5, L.A. Angels 2

Oakland 2, Seattle 1

Boston 7, San Francisco 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Pittsburgh 73 51 .589 —

St. Louis 72 52 .581 1

Cincinnati 71 55 .563 3

Cubs 54 70 .435 19

Milwaukee 54 71 .432 19½

East Division

W L Pct GB

Atlanta 76 49 .608 —

Washington 60 64 .484 15½

New York 58 66 .468 17½

Philadelphia 55 70 .440 21

Miami 48 76 .387 27½

West Division

W L Pct GB

Los Angeles 73 52 .584 —

Arizona 65 59 .524 7½

Colorado 59 68 .465 15

San Diego 56 69 .448 17

San Francisco 55 69 .444 17½

Tuesday’s Results

Washington at Cubs, (n)

Colorado 5, Philadelphia 3

Arizona 5, Cincinnati 2

N.Y. Mets 5, Atlanta 3

L.A. Dodgers 6, Miami 4

St. Louis at Milwaukee, (n)

Pittsburgh at San Diego, (n)

Boston at San Francisco, (n)

Today’s Games

Washington (Ohlendorf 2-0) at Cubs

(Arrieta 1-0), 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta (A.Wood 2-2) at N.Y. Mets

(Niese 5-6), 12:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Westbrook 7-8) at Milwau-

kee (Gorzelanny 3-4), 1:10 p.m.

Boston (Doubront 8-6) at San Francis-

co (Gaudin 5-2), 2:45 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 6-5) at San Diego

(Kennedy 4-9), 5:40 p.m.

Colorado (Nicasio 7-6) at Philadelphia

(Cl.Lee 10-6), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (McCarthy 2-7) at Cincinnati

(Leake 10-5), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 11-3) at Miami

(Eovaldi 2-3), 6:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

Washington at Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 11:35 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Miami, 11:40 a.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

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

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

Monday’s Results

Cubs 11, Washington 1

N.Y. Mets 6, Minnesota 1

Philadelphia 5, Colorado 4

Cincinnati 5, Arizona 3

Miami 6, L.A. Dodgers 2

St. Louis 8, Milwaukee 5

Pittsburgh 3, San Diego 1

Boston 7, San Francisco 0

NFL

PRESEASON

Thursday’s GamesNew England at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.Carolina at Baltimore, 7 p.m.

Friday’s GamesBears at Oakland, 9 p.m.Seattle at Green Bay, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s GamesBuffalo at Washington, 3:30 p.m.Cleveland at Indianapolis, 6 p.m.N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 6 p.m.Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.Philadelphia at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m.Tampa Bay at Miami, 6:30 p.m.St. Louis at Denver, 7 p.m.Cincinnati at Dallas, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Tennessee, 7 p.m.San Diego at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s GamesNew Orleans at Houston, 3 p.m.Minnesota at San Francisco, 7 p.m.

GENOA-KINGSTONCoach: David Boyce (first season)Key players: Andrea

Strohmanier, sr.; KatieThurlby, sr.Key newcomers: Sara

Howes, so.Outlook: A veteran team

welcomes coach DavidBoyce in his first season.Andrea Strohmaier has the experience to make adeep run and should have battle-tested nerves asshe always seems to work her way into a position tobe on the cusp of being a state qualifier. Thurlby isrounding her softball swing into golf form.Boyce’s take: “I’ve watched the team the last

few years when they are out at the Oak Club andhave enjoyed what we’ve started so far this season.I’d like to see us win a regional again and advanceeven further and qualify for state.”

HINCKLEY-BIG ROCKCoach: Greg Jourdan

(fourth season)Key players: Caitlyn Fecht,

sr.; McRaye Scheller, sr.Key newcomer: Taylor

Prellberg, jr.Outlook: The Royals have the depth and talent

to contend at team sectionals. With 11 girls on theroster, seven with varsity experience, H-BR has thelargest team in Greg Jourdan’s tenure. Sophomore

Sophie Peters and junior Emily Clarke round thetop five of one of the area’s most complete lineups.Freshman Erin Lyons transferred from Kaneland andhas a golf pedigree to contribute immediately.Jourdan’s quote: “We’ve got to pace our expec-

tations because it’s early. It’s exciting because wehave the ability to win a lot of dual meets. But we’vegot to stay in our game and play shot-to-shot. Thiscould be a breakout year forour program.”

INDIAN CREEKCoach: Keith Haag (fourth

season)Key players: Lauren

Francis, sr.; Delaney Bend, jr.;Samantha Bergstrand, sr.Key newcomer: Kate Drendel, sr.Outlook: The T’wolves have lofty team goals with

Lauren Francis, a player coach Keith Haag said is a“seasoned veteran” from her four years of varsityexperience. With Francis as a solid anchor scoreat No. 1, Indian Creek has a goal of another 10-pluswins in dual meets and a run at team sectionals.Haag’s take: “I hope we make sectionals as a

team. I think we have a pretty good chance to doit. It would be great to get through and make it tostate. Lauren has also put the work in all summerand is a solid No. 1, I’d love to see her get throughsectionals and qualify for state.”

– James Nokes, [email protected]

8Girls golf preview capsules

SYCAMORE SPEEDWAY POINTS STANDINGSSUPER LATE MODELS

Car No. Name Town Points1. 28 Charlie Olson Kingston 2082. 13 Jeff Kerley Elgin 1793. 20jr Reno Markham Kirkland 1534. 615 Matt Fabrizius DeKalb 1525. 15 Jay Brendle Kirkland 1386. 25 Pete Hatch Maple Park 1257. 12 Jeff LeSage Burlington 1158. 47 Jason Kruse LITH 1049. 23 Brian Albus Big Rock 6710. 44 Chris Thielsen Elgin 59

LATE MODELS

Car No. Name Town Points1. 20 Tim Ludke St. Charles 1862. 10 Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb 1673. 70 DJ Markham Marengo 1654. OO Danny Markham Marengo 1505. 54 Cory McKay St. Charles 1376. O2 Matt McCain Aurora 1277. 46 Rick Walters Elgin 1168. 38 Greg Hancock Gilberts 989. 44 Kathleen O’Shields St. Charles 7010. 71 Austin Runge Lake Zurich 51

SPECTATOR

Car No. Name Town PointsT-1. 95x Ryan Decker Palatine 26T-1. 56c Scott Vetter Union 263. 66xx Megan Decker Palatine 244. 4c Mike Cunz Cortland 225. 53t Matt Schuch St. Charles 19

POWDER PUFF

Car No. Name Town Points1. 29 Cortney Brancecum St. Charles 852. 92J Mallory Jackson St. Charles 823. 73j Linda Sparks Belvidere 604. 42 Amy Memoli Carol Stream 325. 34c Starr Roach Genoa 25

COMPACT

Car No. Name Town Points1. 11x Mike Cunz Cortland 762. 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich 623. 33 Justin Colley Aurora 444. 42 Tadd Reiter Waterman 345. 10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich 32

FULL SIZE DEMO

Car No. Name Town Points1. 95x Ryan Decker Palatine 19

2. 66x Jerry Decker Palatine 133. 10x Tyler Fabrizius Maple Park 2

COMPACT DEMO

Car No. Name Town Points1. 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich 5T-2. 53 Gary Mondus N/A 3

SATURDAY’S RESULTSSUPER LATE MODELS

Race Car No. Name Town

Fast time 615 Matt Fabrizius DeKalbTrophy Dash 47 Jason Kruse LITHHeat 1 23x Danny Deutsch MarseillesHeat 2 25 Pete Hatch Maple ParkFeature


1st 28 Charlie Olson Kingston2nd 615 Matt Fabrizius DeKalb3rd 13 Jeff Kerley Elgin4th 12 Jeff LeSage Burlington5th 30 Roger Markham Virgil6th 20J Reno Markham Kirkland7th 23 Brian Albus Big Rock8th 27 Hal Davis Sheridan9th 47 Jason Kruse LITH10th 26 Silvestre Garcia Sycamore

LATE MODELS


Fast Time 00 Danny Markham MarengoTrophy Dash 30 Derek Walker MarengoHeat 1 46 Rick Walters ElginHeat 2 54 Cory McKay St. CharlesFeature Race

1st 54 Cory McKay St. Charles2nd 30 Derek Walker Marengo3rd O2 Matt McCain Aurora4th 00 Danny Markham Marengo5th 10 Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb6th 20 Tim Ludke St. Charles7th 46 Rick Walters Elgin8th 38 Greg Hancock Gilberts9th 71 Austin Runge Lake Zurich10th 52 Kyle Smith St. Charles

POWDER PUFF


Heat 1 92J Malory Jackson St. CharlesFeature Race

1st 29 Cortney Brancecum St. Charles2nd 73j Linda Sparks Belvidere

3rd 92J Malory Jackson St. CharlesCOMPACT


Heat 1 11x Mike Cunz CortlandFeature 11st 11x Mike Cunz Cortland2nd 10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich3rd 33c Michael Brown N/A

SPECTATOR


Heat 1 57 Joel Hernandez St. CharlesFeature

1st 56c Scott Vetter Sycamore2nd 15x Roy Haywood Woodstock3rd 52 Cody Brewer Belvidere

REVERSE RACE


Feature

1st 10 Tim Runge Lake Zurich

FRIDAY’S RESULTSSPECTATOR


Fast Time 84x Rich Heilbrun MaltaTrophy Dash

1st 15x Roy Haywood Woodstock2nd 52 Cody Brewer Belvidere3rd 66x Megan Decker Palatine1st 25 lap feat

1st 21k Paige Ricker Kingston2nd 95x Ryan Decker Palatine3rd 53 Tom Harrolle Rockford4th 18c Lloyd Kozak Carpentersville5th 81c Brian Modaff Elgin2nd 25 lap feat

1st 96c Brad Swanson N/A2nd 66x Megan Decker Palatine3rd 27t David Snead Glen Ellyn4th 71c Michael Lindsay Aurora5th 56c Scott Vetter SycamoreFeat A Winner 71c Michael Lindsay AuroraFeat B Winner 42 Kevin Memoli Carol Stream

FIGURE 8: COMPACT


1st 33 Justin Colley Aurora2nd 36 Harry Reiter Waterman3rd 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich

DEMO COMPACT


1st 19 Samantha Rausch Warrenville2nd 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich3rd 36 Harry Reiter Waterman

POWDER PUFF


Fast Time 29 Cortney Brancecum St. CharlesTrophy Dash

1st 73j Linda Sparks Belvidere2nd 92 Melissa Norris Lombard3rd 34c Starr Roach GenoaHeat 1

1st 7x Caitlyn Maloney Lake Zurich2nd 42 Amy Memolli Carol StreamHeat 2

1st 73j Linda Sparks Belvidere2nd 34c Starr Roach Genoa3rd 92j Malory Jackson St. Charles4th 10 Mickee Runge Lake ZurichFeature

1st 73j Linda Sparks Belvidere2nd 29 Cortney Brancecum St. Charles3rd 92j Malory Jackson St. Charles4th 34c Starr Roach Genoa5th 42 Amy Memolli Carol Stream

COMPACT


Fast Time 92 Eddie Brown SandwichTrophy Dash

1st 11x Mike Cunz Cortland2nd 10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich3rd 92 Eddie Brown SandwichHeat 1

1st 82 Ben Czumaj Hampshire2nd 58 Lori Czumaj HampshireHeat Fast

1st 11x Mike Cunz Cortland2nd 33 Justin Colley Aurora3rd 10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich4th 92 Eddie Brown SandwichFeature 1

1st 58 Lori Czumaj Hampshire2nd 88 Randy Overby Hanover ParkFeature Fast

1st 92 Eddie Brown Sandwich2nd 11x Mike Cunz Cortland3rd 10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich4th 33 Justin Colley Aurora5th O2 Jacob Klingel AuroraRollover 4 Josh Stipes DeKalb

AUTO RACING AT SYCAMORE SPEEDWAY

She played every day thissummer and has liked theresults.

Gone are expressionslike, “don’t miss,” or “don’thit it in the water.” Insteadshes locked into what shewants to do. “Go get it nexthole,” or “hit the fairway.”

“When I missed the putt

at the regional champi-onship I was very upset,”Strohmaier said. “I took thatanger though and used it ina positive way. I want to usethe positive thoughts to getme through the season. Tourge me to push forward toqualify for state.”

Armed with the athleti-cism to medalist at any meet,Thurlby also has a potentmix of golf moxie and has

proved she is not just a soft-ball player moonlighting onthe golf course for somethingto do in the fall.

“Katie has a ton of po-tential,” Boyce said. “She’sjust getting her golf swingback after playing softballall summer. She’s an athleteand is loaded with potential.She manages the course welland can really control herball flight.”

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Senior Andrea Strohmaier watches the path of her ball after teeing off during golf practice Tuesday atOak Country Club.

Cogs led by four experienced seniors

ILLINOIS FOOTBALL PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

Vick namedstarting QB

By Dan GelstonThe Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA – MichaelVick took a pay cut and had tocompete for his job when he re-turned to the Eagles.

Part of the choice had to dowith the up-tempo offense mappedout by new coach Chip Kelly.

“I just thought,” Vick said,“this was the best opportunity, thebest fit for me.”

Turns out, Vick was the best fitfor Kelly.

With his first chance to put hisstamp on Philadelphia’s offense,Kelly named Vick the startingquarterback on Tuesday, givingthe veteran the nod over NickFoles after a sterling effort in thepreseason.

“He’s our starter for the sea-son,” Kelly said. “It’s not a one-game trial basis.”

There wasn’t a lot of suspensewith Kelly’s decision, which wasannounced after practice on Tues-day, and after the coach met withboth players. About the only sur-prise was the timing – Kelly hadhinted he might not name a starteruntil closer to the opener. But Kel-ly, in his first season after coach-ing at Oregon, ended the mysteryand will have Vick taking thesnaps when Philadelphia opensthe regular season at WashingtonSept. 9.

“I’m not surprised at all,” Vicksaid. “I told him, ‘Thank you, Iappreciate it and I won’t let youdown.’”

Vick has been solid in two pre-season games, and Foles, in hissecond season with the Eagles, hasstruggled to grasp Kelly’s multi-faceted offense. Vick has thrownfor 199 yards this preseason andwill take a 113.2 quarterback rat-ing into Friday’s game at Jackson-ville (0-2).

Foles has been sacked six timesin two games, and has a quarter-back rating of 65.5, after showingflashes as a rookie last seasonwhile Vick was injured. Vickplayed in just 10 games last sea-son, while Foles topped 340 yardstwice as a rookie.

The Eagles (1-1) are coming offa 4-12 season, coach Andy’s Reid’slast, and haven’t made the playoffssince they won the NFC East at theend of the 2010 season.

“We had a good amount of tape,a good amount of us seeing themon the field,” Kelly said. “And see-ing them in a lot of different situa-tions, and wanted to put a guy inplace, if we could, in enough timeto get us to prepare the season.”

Kelly has only shown flashes ofhis up-tempo offense in the firsttwo preseason games and defensesalready seem tired and confusedwhile the Eagles are moving theball with ease. The first-team of-fense led by Vick and Foles hasfour touchdowns on eight-pluspossessions in two games. Onedrive ended with an end-zone in-terception and two others endedwith fumbles.

Behind Foles will be Matt Bar-kley, a rookie from Southern Cal.

“The competitor in me, youalways want to be the one on thefield playing,” Barkley said. “Atthe same time, I love Mike. We’vegone about it the right way. We’vekept our great friendship andwe’ve pushed each other. I’mproud of him. I’m going to do any-thing I can to help him become thebest quarterback possible.”

Illini suffer injury to offensive lineBy STEVE GREENBERGSun-Times Media Group

A week and a half beforethe start of its season, Illi-nois was hit with an injurywhere it could least affordone. Right guard Ted Kar-ras, a redshirt sophomorewho started every game lastseason, was on crutches af-ter Tuesday’s practice andfavoring his left leg.

Given coach Tim Beck-man’s oft-noted reluctanceto discuss player injuries indetail, Illini fans will haveto wait for meaningful word

on the 6-4, 300-pound Karras’status. Beckman confirmedthe injury occurred onTuesday but couldn’t, orwouldn’t, provide additionalinformation.

Whether or not there’sgood reason for Beckmanto be so secretive in this re-gard, two facts stick out likesore thumbs. One, Karras isas good as anyone Illinoishas on the offensive line.Two – if Karras is forced tomiss any game action – theteam’s depth up front will beseverely tested.

Redshirt freshman Joe

Spencer, a 6-4, 290-pounderwho can play guard or cen-ter, stepped in with the firstteam after Karras was hurt.Spencer may be the onlybackup offensive linemanon the roster whom coachesconsider game-ready.

Quarterback NathanScheelhaase (ankle) andlinebackers JohnathanBrown (concussion) and Ma-son Monheim (hamstring)have had brief setbacks, butall three starters are full-goin practices or will be longbefore the Aug. 31 opener vs.Southern Illinois.

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By STEVE [email protected]

DeKALB – Jimmie Wardattended bowl games in hishometown of Mobile, Ala. inthe past. He even got to playin the GoDaddy.com Bowlwhen Northern Illinois de-feated Arkansas State in Jan-uary 2012.

Alabama has added an-other bowl game for the 2014season, the Camellia Bowl,which will feature teamsfrom the Mid-American andSun Belt Conferences.

The bowl game will be thethird postseason game in thestate of Alabama, in additionto the GoDaddy and Compass(Birmingham) bowls.

“The environment in Al-abama is always great for abowl because there’s alwaysgoing to be [good] atten-dance,” Ward said after Tues-day’s practice at Huskie Stadi-um. “People down there likefootball. Regardless, I knowthey’ll fill up the stands.”

At the 2012 GoDaddy.comBowl, reported attendancewas 38,734 at Ladd-PeeblesStadium, which had a listedcapacity of 38,888.

NIU also recruits thesouthern part of Alabama.Ward is one of three play-ers on the Huskies that hailfrom Mobile. Sophomore cor-nerback Marlon Moore andfreshman running back Jor-dan Huff also went to highschool down there.

Huskies head coach RodCarey thinks playing a bowlgame in the state only helpswith recruiting down there.

“I think so,” he said.“We’ve dabbled down there

some and we have good tiesdown there. And I thinkMontgomery’s a good place tohave a bowl. Mobile, we weredown there two years ago,that’s a good place, too.”

On Tuesday, ESPN’s BrettMcMurphy reported thatthere will be two other newbowl games in place for 2014,in Nassau, Bahamas and BocaRaton, Fla. The game in Nas-sau is expected to feature Con-ference USA and the MAC,while the game in Boca Raton,which will be at Florida Atlan-tic University, will pit C-USAagainst either the MAC, Amer-ican Athletic or MountainWest, according to ESPN.

That would put next sea-son’s bowl total at at least 38games. Carey certainly isn’tcomplaining about the num-ber of bowl games.

“Any bowl to us is a greatbowl,” Carey said. “It’s a re-ward and it’s an opportunityto play again, which all thosethings are important.”

Other notes from Tues-day’s practice:

• Defensive end GeorgeRainey and cornerback SeanEvans didn’t practice. Careysaid both are just dinged up,and won’t be out for an ex-tended period of time.

• Carey said NIU is start-ing to get more and more intogame preparation for Iowa,but that the Huskies aregoing to keep pushing andworking on the little things.

• The practice schedulefor the rest of the week haschanged. NIU will hold prac-tices at 8 p.m. tonight, Thurs-day and Friday. The Huskieswill hold a mock game Satur-day at 2:35 p.m.

• NIU tested out the newvideo board and ribbonboards Tuesday. I’ll just sayboth will look real nice ongame days.

NIU FOOTBALL NOTES

Carey: New bowlgood for recruiting

By KEVIN [email protected]

LAKE FOREST – For thefirst time in more than twoweeks, wide receiver EarlBennett was present at Bearspractice Tuesday. He was notparticipating, but it was agood sign to see the sixth-yearwide receiver at Halas Hall inLake Forest.

Bennett left the Aug. 3practice at Soldier Field andwas later diagnosed witha concussion. He had beenspending time at home whilehe recovered. On Monday,Marc Trestman said Bennett,along with defensive tackleHenry Melton, was “gettingbetter.” Melton was con-cussed in the Bears’ presea-son opener in Carolina.

A college teammate of quar-terback Jay Cutler at Vander-bilt, Bennett is the team’s No.3 wide receiver, but injurieshave been an issue. He hasonly played a full 16-game sea-son once, and there are alwaysextra concerns about concus-sions.

Since 2009, Bennett leadsall Bears with 33 first-down re-ceptions on third down.

“The one thing Earl’s prov-en is that he makes big plays.He has great value for us,”backup quarterback Josh Mc-Cown said. “What we knowwith Earl is that he’s solid,he’s going to catch the ballwhen you throw it to him andhe has a knack for finding firstdowns on third down.”

Cutler would not speculatewho would take Bennett’s rolein the offense if he can’t playin Week 1, but offensive coor-

dinator Aaron Kromer volun-

teered a few options, mention-

ing Joe Anderson, Terrence

Toliver and Marquess Wilson.

Bennett has 153 career re-

ceptions during his four-year

career wit the Bears, includ-

ing 29 last year. Anderson,

Toliver and Wilson have a

combined zero NFL catches in

a regular-season game.

“We feel like we’re getting

a beat on those guys. They’re

all young and relatively un-

proven,” McCown said. “The

things I mentioned about Earl

with his knack for making

plays, the moment not being

too big for him, we haven’t re-

ally seen with those guys.

“We feel like they have a

chance to get better at that or

they wouldn’t be here.”

As the Bears move forward

with a new offense, though,

they’ll want as many familiar

faces with Cutler as possible,

and seeing Bennett present

during Tuesday’s practice

was certainly an encouraging

sign.

Da Coach: Hall of Famer

Mike Ditka attended Tues-

day’s practice as a guest of

Marc Trestman. He watched

practice and then spoke with

the team afterward.

“His message was a great

one,” Trestman said. “It’s

about the relationships that

you have with your team-

mates, it’s about the cama-

raderie, it’s about the locker

room.”

Injury update: In addition

to Bennett and Melton, the

following players remained

out of practice: D.J. Williams,

Jonathan Scott, Patrick Man-

nelly, Harvey Unga, Corvey Ir-

vin, Cheta Ozougwu and Matt

Blanchard.

BEARS NOTES

Bennett still recoveringafter Aug. 3 concussion

“We might have starteda little bit slow, and eachgame, we just got better andbetter,” Nobles said. “To-wards the end of the season,there were a lot of fans in thestands.”

Hiawatha finished off itsregular season 6-3 and qual-ified for the playoffs for thesecond time in four years.They would face off at homeagainst Durand, a team thatbeat them earlier in the sea-son and was expected to doit again.

But the Hawks had a littleluck on their side. As one ofthe few teams without lightsat their stadium, they playedon Saturday afternoons rath-er than Friday nights. It wasa subtle change that mayhave made a big difference.

“That’s a little differentway to approach getting ateam ready,” Niedzwiec-ki said, “and I think thatmight’ve given us a bit of anadvantage.”

It didn’t help early, how-ever. Durand jumped out to aquick lead, and the Bulldogsdidn’t seem like they were

going to relinquish it.

But in the fourth quarter,

Hiawatha found life, and a

late touchdown seized a 17-12

victory. It was a historic mo-

ment for the team, and even

if the players had expected it,

experience was a totally dif-

ferent story.

“Everybody was on cloud

nine,” Nobles said. “We

worked hard, we came to-

gether, and we earned it, so it

felt great.”

The run was halted in the

next round. Freeport Aquin

came to Kirkland and won,

34-6, ending the Hawks’

dream season. That season

would be Jenkins’ last as

head coach. A rift with the

school board led to his re-

lease later that season, and

he moved on to Polo.

Whether or not it was

the right decision depends

on whom you ask, but there

is no doubt that the football

program at Hiawatha still

looks back at the ‘87 season.

“It was a very exciting

period of time for us in Kirk-

land because they never ex-

pected much from us in foot-

ball,” Niedzwiecki said. “We

had a great group of kids that

came through there in ’87.”

Things are set up for NIUto not be the next Hawaii.

Huskies head coach RodCarey said earlier in fallcamp that the NIU name isout there now, which is bigin recruiting. The ChessickCenter, scheduled to be com-pleted in October, will givea boost the facilities. Theprogram’s success isn’t new,the Huskies have been goingstrong for roughly 10 years.

Starting next season,the top-ranked team fromthe five non-AQ leagues, or“Group of Five,” will earnan automatic bid to one ofthe six major bowl gamesin the new College FootballPlayoff. Mid-majors willhave a consistent presencein bowl games, somethingCarey has thrown his sup-port behind.

TCU is the lone non-AQ tomake it to back-to-back BCSbowls, something NIU hasthe unique opportunity to doin this last year of the BCS.

Horned Frogs head coachGary Patterson told the DailyChronicle through the TCUsports information office thatthe 17-10 loss to Boise State inthe 2010 Fiesta Bowl motivat-ed his team for the followingyear.

The Horned Frogs went onto beat Wisconsin, 21-19, inthe Rose Bowl on New Year’sDay 2011.

“The odds are not in yourfavor, but it depends onhow many players you haveback,” Patterson said. “Ourkids were hungrier goinginto the next season becausewe lost our bowl game.”

NIU returns 13 starters,including all-everything QBJordan Lynch.

Motivation isn’t a prob-lem either.

“[The Orange Bowl loss]just gave us a hard edge. Ev-erybody’s coming out hardand competing,” 2012 All-

MAC safety Jimmie Ward

said. “... Basically, going into

this Iowa game, I feel like ev-

erybody’s still, since we came

off the loss, everybody’s still

got a hard edge. Everybody’s

got something to prove.”

The Huskies’ quest for an-

other BCS game starts Aug.

31 at Kinnick Stadium in

Iowa City. Most likely, NIU

will have to go unbeaten to

reach the plateau again.

The BCS is certainly a re-

ality now, and expectations

are higher than ever for NIU.

However, the team’s in-

ternal expectations are even

bigger.

“We have higher expecta-

tions for ourselves than any-

body outside,” Carey said.

“And we’re striving to meet

those every day. And that’s

why sometimes, these guys

see me grumpy, cause we’re

not there yet and we want to

be there.

“But it’s a process and

you’ve got to love the process

and love the grind.”

As for what exactly those

expectations are?

“Those are for us to

know,” Carey said with a

smile.

Non-AQs and the BCS

2005 Fiesta BowlUtah 35, Pittsburgh 7

2007 Fiesta BowlBoise State 43, Oklahoma 42, OT

2008 Suguar BowlGeorgia 41, Hawaii 10

2009 Suguar BowlUtah 31, Alabama 17

2010 Fiesta BowlBoise State 17, TCU 10

2011 Rose BowlTCU 21, Wisconsin 19

2013 Orange BowlFlorida State 31, Northern Illinois 10

• NIU


TCU’s Patterson: ‘oddsare not in your favor’

AP file photo

Only one mid-major has made back-to-back BCS bowl games. TCUwent to the 2010 Fiesta Bowl and 2011 Rose Bowl.

• ’87 HAWKS


Hiawatha rallied pastDurand in first round

One of the more critical

spots in Bears coach Marc

Trestman’s offense that has

received little attention to this

point is the No. 3 running back

spot. While there is absolutely

no doubt what the roles of Matt

Forte and Michael Bush will

be this season, what happens if

one or both get dinged?

Of course the Bears hope

that won’t happen, but reality

says at some point it will. Forte

moves into his sixth season in

the NFL and Bush his seventh,

the point where all NFL backs

have to start checking how

much tread is left on the tires.

Both have been durable

throughout their pro careers,

although Bush did spend his

rookie season on injured re-

serve. Forte missed just week

three last season after sitting

out the final four games of 2011,

and Bush missed the last three

games of 2012 after playing a

portion of the season with a

bum shoulder.

Not only does Trestman’s

West Coast scheme require

1,100 to 1,200 rushing yards

out of its lead back, West Coast

backs are usually the second-

or third-leading receivers on

the team. It’s a great recipe for

Forte to have his best season,

and Bush appears to be the per-

fect backup. But who’s up next

if either is unable to go?

Essentially, this has become

a two-horse race between third-

year veteran, Armando Allen

out of Notre Dame and an

undrafted rookie free agent out

of LSU, Michael Ford. Harvey

Unga would love to be part of

the equation, but he has trailed

these two all preseason and

is now sidelined with bruised

ribs.

Allen appeared ready to put

this job away before fumbling

in the preseason opener at

Carolina and then tweaking a

hamstring and missing signifi-

cant time in practice.

The two things that sepa-

rate Allen from Ford are that

at 5-foot-8, 190 pounds he is

a different type player than

Forte, Bush or Ford, a scatback

who could offer a nice change

of pace as a third-down back

even when Forte and Bush

are healthy. And with 119

receptions out of the backfield

in college, he is Notre Dame’s

all-time leading receiver at

running back. The kid’s got

West Coast back written all

over him.

But with Allen sidelined

last week against the Chargers,

Ford attempted to make a

statement, and that he did as a

kickoff returner, bringing back

three for 160 yards, including

one for 100 yards that stopped

4 yards short of the goal line.

Unfortunately, given 15 carries

from scrimmage, Ford man-

aged just 29 yards.

Which brings us back to

just 11 days and two preseason

games for either Allen or Ford

to earn a job.

• Hub Arkush covers theBears for Shaw Media andHubArkush.com. Write to himat [email protected].

AP photo

Michael Ford (left) and Armando Allen are battling for the No. 3 run-ning back spot on the Bears roster.

Bears’ Ford, Allen infight for No. 3 RB spot

HubArkush

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It’s a perfectly fine hotelroom, but it still is a hotelroom. You swipe a key card,step onto an ugly carpet,and flip a few switches thattransform a dark room into adim room.

Welcome to the glamorouslifestyle of an NFL rookie inmid-August.

“Right now,” Wilson said,“we’re just waiting.”

And working.Wilson, 20, is determined

to earn a spot on the Bears’ 53-man roster as a receiver out ofWashington State. The Bearsspent their final draft pick onWilson (seventh round, No.236 overall) as a low-risk gam-ble on a player with high-ceil-ing talent.

Although Wilson’s collegecareer ended badly – hewalked off the team aftera dispute with coach MikeLeach – his professionalcareer is off to a good start.He led the Bears with fourcatches for 82 yards in hispreseason debut, and he haslingered after practice thisweek at Halas Hall to runroutes and catch passes.

If all goes well, the rookie’shard work will pay off Fridayagainst the Oakland Raiders.The Bears will travel west fortheir third game of the presea-son, marking Wilson’s firstreturn to his home state sincehe donned his No. 10 jersey tostart training camp.

A few short years ago inthe Central Valley, about 220miles southeast of Oakland,Wilson was a three-sport starin his hometown of Tulare.It’s pronounced, um, TWO-lair.

“No,” Wilson said.“Two-LARRY.”

Got it.Asked to serve as a tour

guide for Tulare, Wilson

laughed.

“What would you do?” Wil-

son said. “Well, you wouldn’t

stay in Tulare, first of all.

You’d go somewhere else.”

You could go to Oakland.

That’s where Wilson is

going this week with his new

teammates. He never has been

to the old Oakland Coliseum,

but he has a pretty good idea

of what to expect.

“It’s crazy,” Wilson said.

“The fans are crazy. I know

that for sure.”

Life is crazy, too.

One minute you are a col-

lege student. The next minute,

you are a professional.

Already, Wilson’s life has

changed. The biggest changes

are easy to identify.

“Responsibility,” Wilson

said. “And knowing where

you need to be at what time,

and not forgetting and not

relying on other people.

“It’s just growing up,

basically, and maturing.

That’s the big difference.

Because you don’t have mom

to drive you anywhere. Or,

say, a college roommate or a

teammate.”

The Bears have one of

their most talented groups

of receivers in recent memo-

ry. Brandon Marshall is the

clear-cut No. 1 target, while

Alshon Jeffery, Earl Bennett,

Eric Weems and Devin Aro-

mashodu all have proved to be

capable NFL players.

As a second-year receiver,

Jeffery can appreciate Wil-

son’s progress as a rookie.

“He’s a great receiver,”

Jeffery said. “He’s got great

hands. Coming in your first

year, you’ve just got to learn

a lot faster. Everything movesfaster than college.”

That goes for off the field,as well.

Aromashodu entered theNFL in 2006 as a rookie withthe Miami Dolphins. LikeWilson, Aromashodu was aseventh-round pick who washoping to earn a roster spot.

In some ways, Aromasho-du said, Wilson remindedhim of a younger version ofhimself.

“He’s young, but he’s com-ing along,” Aromashodu said.“He definitely reminds me ofthose days from my rookieyear.”

Every day is a whirlwindfor a rookie. The only wayto understand the transitionto becoming a professionalathlete is to experience it.

“It’s a little bit of every-thing,” Aromashodu said.“Because you have a weirdfeeling, but yet it’s a dreamcome true. So you’re tryingto figure out how everythinggoes.

“You’re playing withpeople you probably saw onTV and things like that. It’s asurreal feeling: ‘Is this reallyhappening?’ You’re just tryingnot to make a mistake.”

Wilson will make somemistakes, anyway.

For what it’s worth, heseems prepared to learn fromthem.

“You just go out thereand perform,” Wilson said.“You’ve been doing it yourwhole life. It’s just going outthere and having fun withyour teammates and compet-ing.”

And hopefully, one daysoon, living in somethingbigger than a hotel room.

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

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BEARS INSIDER

Fresh ways to top your hot dog this summer

Remember when all it took to

dress a dog was a squiggle

of neon yellow mustard and

a splash of ketchup? We’ve come a

long way.

These days, dogs are dressed to

the nines. Never mind all the geo-

graphic differences (it seems like

every major city now has to claim

its own distinct way of doing up a

hot dog). Chefs and food trucks are

getting in on pushing limits, too,

topping hot dogs with everything

from kimchee to mango chutney.

It’s an exciting time to eat a hot

dog. To help you create your own

delicious masterpiece, we came up

with some creative ways to adorn

your dog.

10dogsdressed

to the9sBy ALISON LADMAN • The Associated Press

1

2

Thin slices of fresh pineapple,

jalapeño peppers, bacon

Sauerkraut, Thousand

Island dressing, Swiss

cheese, caraway seeds

HAWAIIAN

REUBEN

.

.

3 Whole-grain mustard, chopped cornichons,

aioli (garlic mayonnaise), served on baguette

FRENCH PICNIC.4 Wrap the hotdog in salami before

grilling. Top with garlic pickled

peppers and sharp provolone

THE ITALIAN.

6 Scallion mayonnaise, thinly sliced cucumber, fresh

tarragon, arugula

GREEN GARDEN.

10 Baked beans, bacon,

caramelized onions

LUMBERJACK.

7 Pepper jack cheese, fresh corn kernels, pickled jalapeños,

diced red bell pepper

MIDWESTERN.

Grape jelly mixed with

brown mustard, topped

with crushed kettle-

cooked potato chips

5 Sliced tomatoes, miniature

fresh mozzarella balls,

torn fresh basil, drizzle of

balsamic glaze

CAPRESE.

9BETTY

.

FIND MORE SUMMER

FAVORITES INSIDE.

PAGE C2

8 Chopped fresh or frozen peaches, shaved red

onion, barbecue sauce, fresh cilantro

SWEET PEACH.

FoodFeatures editor Inger Koch • [email protected]

SECTION CWednesday, August 21, 2013

Daily Chronicle

Flurries are chillyice cream treats thatoffer many options

By ALISON LADMAN • The Associated Press

Need a fresh way to chill out

this summer? How about DIY

flurries?

A flurry is simple – and it isn’t some-

thing you can only get at the ice cream

shop. You start with ice cream, usually

a basic flavor, then you stir or mix or

blend all kinds of things into it. It’s not

a float; no liquid is added. It’s like an

ice cream sundae, but with the top-

pings blended in instead of piled on top.

Most ice cream shops start with

soft serve because it mixes so easily.

Since most of us don’t have soft serve

machines in our kitchens (If only!), we

suggest using a machine you probably

do have – a microwave.

Start with a pint of ice cream. Re-

move the lid and microwave it for

about 10 seconds. Test it with a spoon.

The ice cream should still be frozen,

but should give when pressed with the

back of the spoon. If it’s not ready, con-

tinue microwaving in 5-second bursts,

testing in between.

Now you’re ready to mix. You can

keep it simple and just use a spoon to

mix the ice cream and toppings in a

bowl. But where’s the fun in that? Ice

cream shops often use a stick blender,

another item you may not have. So

instead, toss everything into the food

processor and pulse a few times.

As for what to use to flavor your

flurries? Anything goes. And pile in as

many as you can. The more you add,

the more delicious it becomes. To help

you get started, we’ve come up with

a bunch of ideas for delicious, chilly

flurries.

Chocolate ice cream, chopped maraschino

cherries, crushed chocolate sandwich cookies,

finely chopped espresso chocolate

1DARK HORSECHERRY.

13 waysto itmix up

Vanilla ice cream, Peppermint Pattie

candies, crushed peppermint sticks, a

few drops of mint extract

2 SNOWSTORM. Sweet cream ice cream, crushed salted peanuts,

caramel sauce, chopped Snickers candy3 SATISFACTION.

Black raspberry ice cream,

chopped fresh strawberries,

blueberries, raspberries

BERRYBASKET

9.

Vanilla ice cream, cara-

mel popcorn, chocolate-

covered peanuts

6 SILVERSCREEN.

Chocolate ice cream, peanut but-

ter sauce, chopped Butterfinger

candy bar, chopped Reese’s Pea-

nut Butter Cups, salted peanuts,

peanut butter M&M’s

5ULTIMATEPEANUT

.

Raspberry swirl ice cream,

chopped peaches, fresh

raspberries, finely chopped

candied ginger

10 MELBA

Sweet cream ice cream, toasted pecans, granola,

dried cranberries, mini chocolate chips13 TRAIL MIX.Coffee ice cream, bananas, toasted

almonds, cinnamon, crushed toffee12 BANSHEE.

Vanilla ice cream, crushed

chocolate covered graham

crackers, chopped smoked

almonds, chopped marshmal-

lows, hot fudge sauce

8 CAMPFIRE.

Chocolate ice cream, toasted macadamia

nuts, toasted coconut, hot fudge sauce4 COCOA BEACH.

Vanilla ice cream, chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed pretzels,

gummy bears, M&M’s, caramel sauce, malted milk balls7CONCESSION STAND.

Chocolate ice cream, malted milk balls,

crushed vanilla wafer cookies, toasted11MALTED COOKIE.

Pass on exotic grains to give wild rice a second chance in summer saladsBy ALISON LADMAN -

The Associated Press

Wild rice seemed to haveits moment back in the ’90s.That’s about when Ameri-cans first seemed to discoverthere was more to the riceworld than long grain white.

Since then, wild rice (andyes, we know it’s really agrass, not a true rice) seemsto have lost its luster. Peoplemoved on to all the manyother new and exciting grainsthat have come along since,things like quinoa and farro,not to mention the manydesigner and heirloom rices

now lining grocers’ shelves.But we still have a soft

spot for the tender, nuttychew of wild rice. So we cre-ated a cool, sweet summersalad to show off just howdelicious it can be.

Herbed Wild RiceSalad With Apricotsand Blueberries

Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours(30 minutes active)

Servings: 6

1 cup wild riceKosher salt3 tablespoons olive oil

3 tablespoons white balsamicvinegar

1 tablespoon honey1 tablespoon Dijon mustard2 tablespoons chopped freshchives

2 tablespoons chopped freshtarragon

2 tablespoons chopped freshthyme

Ground black pepper2 fresh apricots, pitted anddiced

1 cup blueberries

In a medium pot, combine thewild rice, a hefty pinch of salt and6 cups water. Bring to a boil, then

reduce to a simmer. Simmer for35 to 45 minutes, adding water asneeded. When the rice is tender,strain through a mesh strainerand spread in an even layer on arimmed baking sheet to cool. Tospeed the process, you can set thebaking sheet in the refrigerator.Once the rice has cooled, in a

medium bowl, whisk together theolive oil, vinegar, honey, mustard,chives, tarragon, thyme and apinch each of salt and pepper. Stirin the wild rice, apricots and blue-berries. Season with additional saltand black pepper as needed.

Nutrition information per serving:

190 calories; 60 calories from fat(32 percent of total calories); 7 gfat (1 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0

mg cholesterol; 30 g carbohydrate;3 g fiber; 7 g sugar; 4 g protein;230 mg sodium.

AP photo

HerbedWild Rice Salad

With ApricotsAnd Blueberries

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LEARNING Wednesday, August 21, 2013 • Page C3Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

Daily-Chronicle.com/jobs

John “Jack” Wright IIIAge 9, Aug. 25

Hometown: SycamoreParents: Kelly Wright and Jack

WrightSiblings: Connor, 7, and

Peyton, 6Grandparents: Ralph and Peg

Wallis of Sycamore, Jack andJoyce Wright of Sycamore andCraig and Judy Miller of Moline.Great-grandparents: Ralph

and Gertrude Wallis of Sycamore

Kindersteps enrolling for fall

The DeKalb Park District Kindersteps program is

accepting registration for fall enrollment.

Kindersteps introduces children (ages 3 to 5)

to academic and social experiences through

kindergarten preparation activities. Students

will enjoy arts and crafts, math, earth science,

reading, writing, music, small and large motor

skill development, story time, games and more in

a semi-structured and nurturing setting. Outdoor

nature activities are added as weather permits. A

curriculum will be followed for appropriate ages.

Kindersteps is held at the Sports and Recreation

Center, 1765 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. The program

runs in conjunction with school semesters and

meets weekday mornings from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

(excluding school holidays). Parents can register

their child to attend Monday through Friday or

choose individual days. A pro-rated registration

is available for children that start later in the

semester due to age restrictions.

To find out more about Kindersteps, call 815-

756-8560 or stop by Haish Gym, 303 S. Ninth St.

to pick up a “parent packet.” Additional details

can be found at www.dekalbparkdistrict.com and

in the Fall Program Guide.

Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retire-ment Center gave more than $10,000in scholarships through its Oak CrestEmployee Scholarship Program thisyear.

The funds were divided among

four scholars: Kenny McNamara, a

resident services assistant and the

daughter of food service employee

Lorli McNamara; Paige Lehman,

a former employee; Karly Zucker,

the daughter of resident services

assistant Jean Zucker; and Nicole

O’Donnell, an employee in the di-

etary department.

McNamara began as a volunteer

in the resident services department.

She is a student at Debutantes School

of Cosmetology and is studying busi-

ness at Kishwaukee College. She was

awarded $1,000.

Lehman is beginning her senior

year at Northern Illinois University,

where she is studying textiles, appar-

el and merchandising. She worked at

Oak Crest for more than four years

before going to Chicago for an intern-

ship. Lehman was awarded $2,000.

Zucker is studying sociology andcommunication studies, with a minorin psychology, at Augustana College.

She hopes to complete her master’sdegree and to work with young chil-dren. While attending school, Zucker

works part time, volunteers and re-cently completed an internship withthe Quad Cities Child Abuse Council.She was awarded $2,500.

O’Donnell has worked in OakCrest’s dietary department since

2007. She is studying radiological

technology at Kishwaukee College

and expects to graduate in May.

She hopes to pursue her bachelor’s

degree while working as a radiology

technician. O’Donnell was awarded

$5,000.

The scholarship program began

in 2006 with a gift from the estate

of Jack Boyle, a former Oak Crest

resident. Oak Crest employees and

their dependents are eligible for the

scholarship, which can be used to

defray the costs of tuition, fees and

textbooks as they pursue an under-

graduate degree or equivalent.

To be eligible, employees musthave worked at least 1,000 hours each

of the past two years. Applicants

must show proof they have been ac-

cepted into a program of study prior

to final approval.

KC floral design students attend symposiumStudents and faculty from the

Floral Design Program in theKishwaukee College HorticultureDepartment attended the Ameri-can Institute of Floral Design(AIFD) National Symposium heldin Las Vegas, this summer. Eachyear, the AIFD Symposium is at-tended by more than 1,200 floraldesigners, design instructors,and design students from acrossthe United States and Canada.Kishwaukee College FloralDesign instructor Janet Gal-lagher attended the symposiumwith students Haleigh Bialas,Earlville; Tyler Hagemann, LeafRiver; Lynn Renner, Cortland;Regan Griswold, DeKalb; andJazmin Tilton, Rochelle.

The annual AIFD symposiumfeatures the only national stu-dent design competition for col-leges and universities that havefloral design programs. Kishwau-kee College’s floral design stu-dents form one of only 15 studentfloral design organizations in theU.S sanctioned by AIFD. Gallagh-

er advises the Student AmericanInstitute of Floral Design chapterat Kish College.

The KC students participatedin the student competition alongwith 43 other students from across

the U.S. and Canada. Their testconsisted of creating fresh flowerarrangements in the followingcategories: sympathy, art openingdesign, corsage and boutonniere,and wedding bouquet. In the com-petition, the students were given atime limit to complete the designpieces. Each student was given abucket of fresh flowers and couldbring a toolbox with contest-spe-cific items in it.

The KC students also wereselected to participate in one ofthe stage programs/competitionsat the symposium. Ron Mulray,AIFD, created a program called“What Happens in Vegas, Staysin Vegas,” which highlightedusing floral materials for thecostumes worn by participatingstudents in the show. The Kishteam placed fourth in the com-petition, out of 13 schools fromacross the nation. Jazmin Tiltonplaced sixth and Haleigh Bialasplaced ninth in Body Flowers.

New this year was the op-portunity for students to create

corsages and boutonnieres toraise scholarship money forAIFD. During the week, theirefforts raised more than $5,000for scholarships. Students alsohelped make floral arrangementsthat were distributed to the nurs-ing homes in the area; nearly12,000 arrangements were madeand sent to the various homes.

The Floral Design programat KC offers a two-year programthat leads to an Associates ofApplied Science. The 68-hourprogram includes courseworkin floral arrangement, floralmarketing, floral operations, andcourses that emphasize specificdesigns. In addition, studentstake coursework in greenhousemanagement, bedding plantproduction and marketing. Therealso is a 20.5 credit hour certifi-cate program in Floral Horticul-ture.

For more information, callJanet Gallagher at 815-825-2086,ext. 4610, or visit www.kishwau-keecollege.edu.

Oak Crest awards $10,500 in scholarships

Provided photo

Pictured (from left) are Oak Crest Employee Scholarship recipients Karly Zucker, KennyMcNamara and Nicole O’Donnell. Not pictured is Paige Lehman.

8BIRTHDAY CLUB

8BRIEFS

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Five Kishwaukee College floral designstudents and faculty member JanetGallagher attended and competedin the annual American Institute ofFloral Design National Symposium inLas Vegas. The students are picturedin their Body Flowers designs.

ADVICE & PUZZLES Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.comPage C4 • Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Dr. Wallace: I’m a straight-A student. Ever since sev-enth grade, I’ve never had agrade lower than an A. I havecompleted Grade 10. Thissummer, I decided to take aceramics class in summerschool. I enjoyed the class,and it was quite enlighten-ing, and I’m glad that I tookit, but I’m not happy withmy grade. There is littledoubt that I was the beststudent in the class by far. Itwasn’t even close. But when Ireceived my grade, all my re-port card said was “passed.”I talked to the teacher andshe said that, indeed, I was avery bright student and thatit was a pleasure to have mein the class, but she doesn’tgive letter grades for sum-

mer school classes.I don’t think this is right.

I worked hard to be the verybest student in the class, butwhat did it get me? A singleword that said I had “passed”the class. One girl in theclass was so bad that it wasdownright humiliating toreceive an equal grade withher.

When school starts inthe fall, I’m going to havemy mother meet with theprincipal and me to see if anA can replace the “passed.”I think the pass-fail grade

system should be outlawed.Don’t you? – Brittany, SanJose, Calif.

Brittany: Lighten up! Youare an excellent student,but you seem to be missingthe point about education.A class is not a competitiveevent, like a heat at a trackmeet. It’s about personalgrowth and the mastery ofsubject matter.

The pass-fail systemrefocuses a class on learningfor learning’s sake. You didwell in ceramics class andpresumably made some beau-tiful pieces. You also gaineda skill that could bring youlifelong pleasure. That’s yourreward, Brittany. Being “thebest” in the class is immate-rial. To be hung up on that

is a sign of immaturity. Itmeans you can’t appreciatethe work of others or learnfrom them. You are forcedto regard other talented stu-dents as threats.

Your grade of “passed”will not affect your grade-point average, and you arestill on track to be classvaledictorian. Don’t wasteyour mother’s time tryingto get the grade changed toan A. It’s not going to hap-pen.

Dr. Wallace: I am a 14-year-old girl, and the reason I amwriting this letter is to getyour opinion. Recently I wasat a clothing store and sawa jacket I really liked. Thecolor of the jacket was silver.I asked my mom if I could

get it (I offered to pay for itmyself), and she refused tolet me get it just because itwas silver.

I realize that maybe mostpeople do not wear all-silverjackets, but I had the moneyto pay for it, and the jacketwas very comfortable andlightweight. Also, I thinkthat for once in my life Ishould be able to wear some-thing that I like. Please tellme who is right. – Lauren,Oceanside, Calif.

Lauren: You should havebeen allowed to purchase thejacket. That’s assuming thatyou would be permitted towear it at school.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallaceat [email protected].

Divorced woman considers her place in affair

Adequate magnesium from healthy eating

The biddingreveals thedistribution

Samuel Johnson said, “Thetwo offices of memory are col-lection and distribution.”

Bridge players should col-lect and use distribution infor-mation. There are even a fewdeals, like today’s, in whichthe bidding tells declarerexactly who has what.

West did not have a clear-cut opening with those twohonors doubleton in spades,but everyone bids these days.East’s response was hardly athing of beauty, either. Andnot too long ago, many expertpairs treated South’s sand-wich no-trump as unusual,showing a weak 5-5 in theunbid suits. The argumentagainst one no-trump asnatural was that if North hada weak, balanced hand, itwould be easy for the openingside to double and penalizeSouth. But now, because play-ers open and respond on usedtram tickets, experts treat oneno-trump as strong, promisinga good 15 to 18 points.

West led the spade king,which South ducked. Then,when West continued with thespade queen, South knew thedeal’s distribution. How?

Since East had started withonly four spades, West hadto have four hearts. (If Easthad had 4-4 in the majors, shewould have responded oneheart, not one spade.) Andtherefore, the West hand hadto be 2-4-3-4 and East’s 4-3-3-3.

South took the second trickand played three rounds of dia-monds. East shifted to a heart.South took that and played aclub to the jack and king. NowEast should have perseveredwith another heart, but sheerred by returning a club,so declarer took nine tricks:two spades, two hearts, fourdiamonds and one club.

Use the bidding to place theunseen cards.

A grade of ‘passed’ will not affect your GPA

Dear Abby: I am a twice-divorced woman who hasnever been good at choos-ing the men in my life. Twoyears ago, I met a man whois 12 years my senior. He issweet, thoughtful and caring,and would do just about any-thing for me. What started ascompanionship has turnedinto a full-blown love affair.The problem is that he ismarried.

His wife is not well. Shehas a chronic disease and oth-er medical problems. The wayhe cares for her is what at-tracted me to him in the firstplace. He spends what time hecan with me, but mostly he isthere for his wife.

I am OK with the situa-tion, as I don’t want him toleave her for me. I have triedbreaking it off with him, but

he gets me to take him back,saying he doesn’t know whathe would do without me inhis life. He is very strong-willed.

Abby, I feel like I’m in thebackground waiting for herto die so I can take her placeas his wife, and I hate thisfeeling. What should I do? –Guilty in Kentucky

Dear Guilty: Your feelingsare well-founded. You AREwaiting in the backgroundfor this man’s wife to die. Butwhat if she doesn’t?

You say you have neverbeen good at choosing men,and I have to agree. Please

don’t think I am unsympa-thetic, but it’s time to askyourself why you chose to getinvolved with someone whoisn’t available except for afew stolen moments. If mar-riage is what you really want,your priority should be tofind a man who doesn’t havethe kind of previous commit-ment this one does.

Dear Abby: I have recentlybeen contacted by an old boy-friend who is now incarcerat-ed. He claims I was the love ofhis life and he thought aboutme often after our breakup.He is now asking me tobecome his pen pal and sendhim money occasionally.

I have bitter memories

of our relationship, so it’s

hard to believe he cared for

me as much as he says. He is

begging me not to “abandon”

him or forget about him, but Idon’t want the role of pen paland provider. How do I sharemy thoughts without hurtinghis feelings? – Reluctant inCalifornia

Dear Reluctant: If you aresmart, you won’t respondto him at all. I have printedletters from more than oneprison guard who wanted towarn kind-hearted, gulliblewomen that inmates sendmultiple “solicitations” ofthis kind in the hope thatSEVERAL of the recipientswill send money.

You are not responsible forthis man’s well-being. Sinceyour breakup, your lives haveobviously gone in polar op-posite directions. My adviceis to keep it that way, for yourown sake.

Dear Abby: What is the prop-

er way to dispose of leftovermilk in your cereal bowl? Todump it out is wasteful, tospoon it up like soup seems abit much, and to drink it rightfrom the bowl seems rathercat-like. Does the answerdiffer if you are in your ownkitchen vs. a restaurant orother residence? – Got Milk inSan Francisco

Dear Got Milk: If you’re ina restaurant, you should notlap liquid from the bowl. Ifyou’re at home – anythinggoes. And if you have somuch milk left in your bowlafter the cereal has been con-sumed, you are pouring toomuch in and need to adjustthe amount.

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

Dear Dr. K: What does mag-nesium contribute to goodhealth? Should I have mymagnesium level checked?

Dear Reader: Magnesium isimportant for good health.You need adequate magne-sium for bone health, and it’sessential for proper nerve,muscle, heart rhythm andimmune function. It helpsregulate blood sugar levelsand promotes healthy bloodpressure.

We get most of the magne-sium we need in food. Abouthalf of the magnesium weabsorb is stored in bone; theother half is stored in cellsthroughout the body. Ex-cess magnesium is excretedthrough the kidneys.

If you eat whole-grainbread and your tap water is

“hard” – meaning it con-tains relatively high levelsof minerals – you probablyconsume more magnesiumthan a person who favorswhite bread and drinks “soft”water. Why? The refining pro-cess used to make white flourstrips away the magnesium-rich germ and bran layer ofthe wheat. And hard watercontains more magnesiumthan soft water.

Most people don’t haveto worry about the level ofmagnesium in their blood.If you’re otherwise healthy,your magnesium level is

probably normal and youdon’t need to check it regu-larly. Magnesium deficiencyis rare in this country. Whenit does occur, it can causemuscle weakness, crampingor cardiac arrhythmias.

Conditions that impairmagnesium absorptioninclude chronic vomiting,Crohn’s disease (an inflam-matory condition of the intes-tine), celiac disease and gas-tric bypass surgery. In all ofthese conditions, magnesiumis lost in what is vomited orpassed in bowel movements.As a result, people with theseconditions often have magne-sium deficiency. If you sufferfrom any of them, talk to yourdoctor about having yourmagnesium level checkedperiodically.

Commonly used diureticmedicines also can cause thekidneys to eliminate magne-sium in the urine, loweringthe level of magnesium inthe blood and throughout thebody. The thiazide diuretics(such as hydrochlorothiazide)or “loop diuretics” (such asfurosemide) are both culprits.People with diabetes whoseblood sugar is not well con-trolled also lose magnesiumin the urine. The same is truefor people who abuse alcohol.Finally, there are a group ofrare inherited diseases thatcause an excessive loss ofmagnesium.

How much magnesiumshould you get? For womenages 19-30, 310 milligrams(mg) daily; ages 31 and older,320 mg. For men ages 19-30,

400 mg; ages 31 and older, 420mg.

Popular multivitaminbrands contain between 10percent to 30 percent of therecommended daily allow-ance (RDA) for magnesium.Studies have shown thatmagnesium supplements maymodestly lower blood pres-sure, but don’t take high-dosesupplements without a doc-tor’s guidance.

You can get magnesiumfrom a variety of healthyfoods, such as nuts, fish,certain fruits, many vegeta-bles and whole grains. I’veput a table listing good foodsources of magnesium on mywebsite.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK.com to read more.

PhillipAlder

BRIDGE

JeannePhillips

DEAR ABBY

RobertWallace

’TWEEN12 & 20

Anthony L.Komaroff

ASK DR. K

By BERNICE BEDE OSOLNewspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Take care of pressing money matters in the comingmonths. Look for innovative ways to crunch numbers and cutcorners. Needed changes to your lifestyle will result in lessstress and a brighter future. Love is on the horizon, with a posi-tive change in location indicated.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Get together with people who makeyou think in unusual ways. Make personal improvements thathelp you focus on and improve what you have to offer. Don’tbe afraid to step out on a limb when it comes to love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Confusion in your emotional rela-tionships will surface if you aren’t specific about your likes anddislikes. Communication will be key to keeping your optionsopen and your life journey on track.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Problems getting things accom-plished will hamper your ability to deliver. Don’t promise whatyou cannot provide, even if it means disappointing someone.Gauge your time wisely.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You’ll have the drive to get thingsdone, but interference may stand between you and success.Alter your living space to allow you to finish projects in thecomfort of your home.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – It’s a good day to engage inactivities that require your talents, skills and expertise. You’llimpress someone who can boost your reputation and bringsome major changes.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Take a different approach toyour daily chores and you will inspire those around you to fol-low suit. Money will come to you from an unusual source.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Partnerships will be tense if youdon’t make a concerted effort to discuss your feelings openlyand honestly. You cannot improve your life if you don’t addresswhat’s bothering you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Your unusual approach to finan-cial and personal affairs will lead to all sorts of interesting andunique opportunities. Expect to be very busy.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Your changing mood and unpre-dictable nature will cause others to question your methods.Check to make sure you are being practical before it’s too late.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – You are in a cycle where bigdecisions can be made regarding how you spend your time andwhom you spend it with. A move may be necessary – don’tfear it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Take some time to shop and pam-per yourself. Enjoy the company of someone special and shareyour plans for the future. Romance will lead to optimism.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Too much of anything will causeproblems at home and at work. Discipline will be requiredto offset your desire to indulge physically, emotionally andfinancially.

8ASTROGRAPH 8CROSSWORD8SUDOKU

Pickles Brian Crane Pearls Before Swine Stephan Pastis

For Better or For Worse Lynn Johnston Crankshaft Tom Batiuk & Chuck Hayes

Non Sequitur Wiley The Duplex Glenn McCoy

Beetle Bailey Mort Walker Blondie Dean Young & Denis LeBrun

Frank & Ernest Bob Thaves Dilbert Scott Adams

Monty Jim Meddick Hi and Lois Brian & Greg Walker

Rose is Rose Pat Brady & Don Wimmer Arlo & Janis Jimmy Johnson

Soup to Nutz Rick Stromoski Big Nate Lincoln Pierce

Stone Soup Jan Eliot

Grizzwells Bill Schorr

The Family Circus Bill Keane The Argyle Sweater Scott Hilburn

COMICS Northwest herald / nwherald.comPage XX • Day, Date, 2012 COMICS Wednesday, August 21, 2013 • Page C5Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

Zits Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott

TheAmerican lobster has two strong claws:a big-toothed crusher claw for pulverizing

shells and a finer-edgedripper claw for tearingsoft flesh.

Lobsters alsouse their clawsto fight with eachother. If one fightergets another into a

claw-lock, the loser can“throw” (or release) its claw and walk away.Lobsters are cannibals; the winner will eatthe dropped claw. The loser will grow a newclaw the next time it molts (sheds its shelland grows a new one).

During its first month of life, a lobster ispart of the plankton (clouds of tiny plantparticles and sea creatures floating in the

water near the surface).Most lobsters areeaten by fish andother animals atthis stage of life.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Following simple directions.

Look through thenewspaper forfive different

contractions—twowords that areclipped and madeinto one word. Thenlook through thenewspaper for thetwo whole wordsthat made up eachcontraction youselected.


Standards Link: LanguageArts: Word Recognition;read and understand

contractions.

Standards Link: Life Science: Understanding the life cycle of different organisms; living groups of organisms can be classified by shared characteristics; animals eat other animals forfood; animals have structures that serve different functions in survival. Reading comprehension: Follow simple directions.

Use the code to crack the mysteryof the lobsterʼs nickname.

E F G H N O R S T

Help Leroy find his way (safely!)to the family reunion.

A lobster starts life as an egg, no largerthan the head of a pin. Its mother carriesit around on the underside of her body.

Lobsters are afavorite food ofthe octopus!

All crustaceans belong to a biggergroup of animals calledArthropoda,which include spiders, insects,scorpions and horseshoe crabs!

It doesn’t take x-ray vision tosee a lobster’s skeleton. Thelobster wears its bones on theoutside. That crusty outer shellof bones is what gives lobsters,crabs and shrimp the name

crustaceans.

Americans eat over 10,000tons of lobster every year.

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A fight has left Leroy feeling loopy and lopsided!Help him “grow” a new claw by drawing it.

© 2013 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 29, No. 36

Strong claws and a hard outer shell make theAmerican lobster one tough crustacean. It isaggressive and territorial. Whenever it can, it stealsbait from traps and food from the homes of otherlobsters. This has earned lobsters a nickname.

200 years ago, lobsterswere so plentiful thatthey could easily bepicked up fromNew Englandbeaches. Backthen, lobsterswere served to

prisoners!

What would your life be likeif you had lobster clawsinstead of hands?


Count the number of times each object below appearson this page. Then write the number above that

object to get the answer.

BAIT

PLANKTON

LOBSTER

SPIDERS

CRABS

SKELETON

LOOPY

CLOUDS

CLAW

GROW

CRUSHER

RIPPER

MOLTS

EGG

BUG

Find the words in the puzzle,then in this week’s Kid Scoop

stories and activities.

R T C S R E D I P S

I P L A N K T O N K

P N O Y B G R O W E

P W U G G E E G D L

E A D U T K H U M E

R L S S M O S B O T

N C B A I T U Q L O

R O L S B A R C T N

L O O P Y L C T S P

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognizing identicalwords. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Standards Link:Writing: Write a narrativerecounting a sequence of events.

Leon was sick of spending allhis time at the beach. Everyday it was the same old routine:swimming, collecting seashells,hidingunderrocks.Leonwas onevery bored lobster.

He made reservations at a verynice hotel in Palm Springs. Heplanned to spend a lot of timeworking on his golf game.

Sadly, the trouble began almostright away as he was loungingby the hotel pool.

“Eeeek!” a woman screamed,pointing at Leon. “A hideousscorpion!”

Leon was greatly offended andmarched off to speak to themanager of the hotel tocomplain. But on the waythere …

Imagine you had claws instead of hands. Instead ofwriting messages with a pencil or pen, you have to useyour claws to cut out letters and words. Use the newspa-per to create a friendly lobster message by cutting outletters and words and pasting them onto a piece of paper.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Following directions; creatingsentences and phrases; spelling common sight words.

LEARNING Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.comPage C6 •Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Kid Scoop Sponsored By

DOWNTOWN SYCAMORE

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Scholarships totaling $6,000 were recently awarded to area students by Sycamore Elk’s Lodge 1392. Pic-tured (from left) are Exalted Ruler Greg Prater, Kyle Buzzard, Marley Hawkins, Curt Buzzard, Jordan Prater,Cal Thompson, Kenzie Mathey, Gus Stott and Scholarship Chairman Joel Plapp. Also receiving awards butnot pictured are Alex Fritz, Laura Kohler, Zachary Kroeger and Shannan Swedberg.

Sycamore Elks award scholarships

Martins receive 2013 KC Roberts Award

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Kishwaukee College named Terry and Sherrie Martin of Waterman as the recipients of the 2013 John C.Roberts Community Service Award. The award was established in 2009 to recognize the importance ofcommunity members in the success of Kish College. Terry and Sherrie Martin are longtime advocates ofeducation; Terry was an instructor at Kish from its opening semester in 1968 until his retirement in 2001. Hecontinued as an adjunct and still authors anatomy and physiology lab manuals. Sherrie was an elementaryschool teacher. Both are active in researching and advocating for local history and lifelong learning. Terryand Sherrie Martin are pictured with Thomas Choice, president of Kishwaukee College.

The Somonauk School District agricul-ture program has received national certi-fication from the CASE (Curriculum forAgricultural Science Education) Institute.Toni Saso, agriculture education instructorat Somonauk High School, attended trainingfor the Introduction to Agriculture, Food andNatural Resources course, July 21 to Aug. 1in Mankato, Minn.

The CASE Institute provides the foun-dation component of teacher preparationnecessary to ensure an instructor’s readinessto deliver CASE curricula to students. Theinstitute also provides a collaborative settingwhere teachers are immersed in content-spe-cific, project-based instruction. The AFNRcourse is the base for additional courses inanimal science, plant science, biotechnology,natural resources and food science.

For Saso, the institute was funded by theNAAE/Mosaic Corporation scholarship.This scholarship was awarded in the springfrom the National Association of Agricul-ture Educators, and paid for the training. Inaddition, a grant from Corn Belt Energy wassecured to purchase laboratory equipmentneeded to teach the curriculum.

While at the Institute, Saso was in train-ing for eight hours each day with additionalevening homework assignments. Nineteen in-

structors from across the country attended theCASE Institute in Minnesota. In addition tothe 12-day class, instructors visited a 5,000-cowJersey dairy operation, a vineyard and retailsales location, a 2.5-acre FFA/school garden,and an exotic animal zoo owned and operatedby a former Minnesota FFA member.

“I am excited to implement this cur-riculum in the fall, replacing the currentfirst year ag course with this highly scienceproject, problem- and activity-oriented cur-riculum,” Saso said in a news release. “ThisCASE curriculum is current for agricultureand is cross-walked with all national science,math and English standards. Somonaukneeded a more rigorous course to replace thefreshman-level course, and this is it.”

Somonauk High School will be one of onlyfour high schools in Illinois offering thisIntro to ANFR curriculum this year.

As fall approaches, Saso will work withadministration to secure more funding forthis project. Somonauk has been named afinalist in the Monsanto Farmers Grow Ru-ral Education grant, and also intends to useadditional grant sources to provide a higherrigor, higher relevant coursework for stu-dents. Currently 56 Somonauk, Leland andSandwich students are enrolled for the Introto AFNR course for the 2013-14 school year.

Somonauk ag programearns national certification

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Four Illinois agriculture education instructors attended the 12-day CASE AFNR class in late July. Pictured(from left) are Jesse Faber, Pontiac School District; Toni Saso, Somonauk School District; Lisa Oellerich,Scales Mound School District; and Mark Steber, East Richland School District.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

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BATAVIAESTATE SALE OF 3 GENERATIONS

Brand New to Vintage – Explore!

415 Ellen Lane

August 23-25.9-5 on Fri and Sat. 9-1 on Sunday!

Something for everyone! FromBrand new in the box to Antiqueand Vintage. We have it all. Tons ofHoliday Decorations, Women'sclothing, shoes, purses, hats, ladiesscarves, dressers, kitchen sets, dish-es, sewing machines, some kidsstuff, paintings, baskets, living roomchairs and end tables, period jewel-ry, pottery, nuts and bolts, planters,Antique baby furniture, bed framesand headboards...

Come Check it Out!

DEKALBMAJOR ESTATE SALE

673 Bayfield Dr

Lots of antique, Dale Earnhardt Sr.#3 collectibles, furniture, books,DVD's, lots of misc. and Avon

Bottles from the 1950's.

Thursday: 8am - 4pmFriday: 8am - 4pm

Saturday: 8am - 12pm

Clare

LARGE ANTIQUE &COLLECTIBLE SALE!

5329 Rich Road(3-1/2 miles west of Annie Glid-den Rd & Rich Rd intersection)

Friday, Aug. 23 thruSunday, Aug. 25

9 am til 4 pm each day.

Downsizing & selling some ofour lovely antiques: Antique sofa& love seat, Eastlake and manyother types of chairs & rockers,parlor tables, upright pianow/stool, buffet, Art Deco chande-lier, slag glass lamp shade, an-tique clock, Eastlake dresserw/mirror, vintage forest greenAnchor Hocking glassware,great wheel spinning wheelw/attachments, high chair, oaktable, walnut table w/5 chairs,book case and many other an-tiques & collectibles. Too muchto list! A MUST-SEE SALE. NOtoys or clothes.

Cortland

159 W. Pine Ave.

Thursday, 8 – 5Friday, 8 – 5

Saturday, 8 – 2

Attention:Students, Moms & Dads

Need dorm items?We have them.

Tables, chairs, dressers, mini frig.,new coffee pots, lawn chairs, loveseat, bicycles, weed eaters, snowblower, garden tools, ladders, gasdryer, antiques and collectables,crocks, too much to list it all.

DeKalb12499 Barber Greene Rd

(1st house east of Peace Rd)

Thursday, Friday& Saturday9am - 5pm

Work tools, video games, boysclothes, toys, womens clothes,sheets, kids stuff, bikes, table &chairs & misc

DEKALB140 Charter Street

Friday 8/23, 3 to 5 pm andSaturday 8/24, 10 am to 3 pm

(On Corn Classic Race Route sono early birds on Sat.)

Snowboard, dog house, dresser,night stand, kitchen chairs,

clothing, household, books,golf clubs, and antiques--

school desks, Jenny Lind bedframe, and trunk.

DEKALB2 HOUSE QUALITY

GARAGE SALE

Friday, August 23 9 to 4

204 & 205 GreenwoodAcres Drive

Toddler to adult clothes,furniture, table saw, household,

antique dishes, Kitchen Aidstand mixer, wedding and

formal dresses, too much to list.

DEKALB201 THORNBROOK RD.

FRI 8/23 & SAT 8/248am-4pm

TANZANIADEVELOPMENT

SUPPORT GARAGE SALEFUNDRAISER

HUGE, HUGE SALE!

DEKALB

708 N. 13th St

Saturday, August 24th8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Furniture sets, assortedkitchenware, table saw,

lawn equipment, assortedhousehold items. Great thingsfor students moving into dorms.

DEKALB

Back To School Sale!!8/23 & 8/24- In The Alley

673 Haish Blvd

Women/Junior ClothesSizes 8-18 & S, M, L

Boys Clothes sizes 8-14Shoes, Furniture, Books, Toys,

Xbox 360 Games, Movies,Bikes, Household items.

DeKalb

Fri 8/23 & Sat 8/249am-5pm

636 CHARTERBaby items, clothes(sz junior & plus), &much miscellaneous.

DeKalb

Fri 8/23 & Sat 8/248am – 5pm

MULTI-FAMILYSALES

1100 Block ofN. 13th Street

Furniture, Antiques, Appliances,Toys, Jewelry, Books& Much, Much More!

DeKalb

Friday & Saturday9am – 3pm

U-U-USABLE SALE158 N. 4th St.Unitarian Universalist

Furniture, Housewares,Collectibles, Books...The Best Variety

of Any Sale This Season.

DeKalb

GARAGE SALEAug. 23 & 24, 8a–4p5 GREENVIEW CT.

5-piece Crib/Twin Bedroom Set,organ, Lazyboy chairs, love seat,bikes, desk, bedding, household

items, TV, lots of books, vinylrecords, and much more.

DEKALB

SAT, AUG 249AM - 3PM

615 N. FIRST ST.

Used furniture,household items & more!

Proceeds BenefitLocal Non-Profit

DEKALB

SAT, AUG 249AM - 5PM

1328 N. 14th St.

Collectibles, dishes,small appliances,

kids clothes & toys& MUCH MORE!!

DEKALB

SUPER YARD SALE

SAT & SUNAUG 24 & 259AM - 6PM

621 HIGH TERRACE

6 piece sofa/loveseat,2 chairs, 2 ottomans,

washing machine,exercise equipment, ladies

bags, shoes, clothes,jewerly, children's boys

& girls, kitchen,bikes, sports jerseys& LOTS OF MISC!!

HUNTLEYHUGE

TREASURESGALORE & MORE!

10409 Fair Ln.

THURS - SATAUG 22, 23, 248AM - 4:30PM

AbsolutelyUnbelievable Stuff!My loss is your gain! FeaturedItems: '05 Jeep Liberty LTDTiger River hot tub, HP penplotter, bedding and bathaccessories, “Chotchkies”,

tons of seasonal decorations(inside & out) costume jewelry,

computer equipment, smallkitchen electrics, appliances,utensils, building materials,

tools, pet supplies, householddecorations, frames, vases,

office supplies & MUCH MORE!!Too many items to listJust to name a few!

Priced to sell or make an offer.Many items in new or like new

condition! Don't Miss Out!

Kirkland

Fri 8/23 & Sat 8/249a-4p

35184 Wheeler Rd.EVERYTHING GOES-CHEAP!

N. AURORA

TWO FAMILIES750 Kelley Dr

Fri and Sat 9am–4pmEverything Must Go! Toys, Baby

items, Leather Couches,Bikes and More

Sycamore316 Nichols Drive

Friday, Aug 23 8am – 4pmSaturday, Aug 24 8am – 4pm

Children and adult clothing,kitchenware, lamps, books, toys,comic books, generator, old andnew tools, 1960's era table andmemorabilia, other odds and ends.

Sycamore625 Meadow

Thursday & Friday 8am

Lots of household items, furniture,& much miscellaneous.

Sycamore

Fri & Sat 8am-4pm

612 IndependenceAvenue

A little bit of everythingFurniture, clothes, toys, captain's

bed, household items, andmuch more!!

Sycamore

MOVING sale. Must See!!!!Heron Creek by Muggzies -

SATURDAY only 8-22309 Dean

SYCAMOREMust see Garage Sale at

1626 Longwood Drive

Friday, Aug 23 from 8a-4p &Saturday, Aug 24 from 8a-1p

Washer, Dryer, Portable Dish-washer, and many more kitchenitems. Desk, Printer and otheroffice items. Chilldren's Toys,

Bike and Bed. Mower and 6' X10' Utility Trailer. Don't miss it!!

SYCAMORE

Sat 8 – 41334 LARSON ST

Books, tools, toys, games,kitchen items, collectibles,

aquarium & reptile supplies &clothing. Cleaning out Garage

& Basement!

SYCAMORE

THURS, FRI, SATAUG 22, 23, 24

8AM - 3PM

428 S. LOCUST ST.

(4) ice cream chairs,Joe Camel collectibles,Cub Cadet lawn mower,LOTS of hot wheel cars,

Inversion table & MORE!!

Waterman10444 Crego Rd

BARN SALEInside- rain or shine

FRIDAY ONLY8-3

AntIques, antique furniture, spin-ning wheel, ice cream parlor set,tools, and much miscellaneous

WEST DUNDEE

Thurs & Fri - 7:30- 2pmSaturday 7:30-Noon

17N681 ADAMS DRIVERandall Rd to Binnie West -

1 mile to Adams

LOTS OF MISC STUFF

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1979 Schwinn Le Tour Mens BikeGood condition, 10 speed, Rack &wheel-powered light. Needs tires

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Girl's Disney Princesses Two WheelBike, 12.5" Wheels, $18, DeKalb,

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DVD/CD PLAYER7 Disc, JVC, $50.

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TV 32” InsigniaOlder works perfect, $60, 20”TV/VCR Toshiba, older, 20”TV/VCR Memorex $50/ea.


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Huge Lot Of 250 Metal HangersFrom Dry Cleaners, Organized In 10Bundles Of 25 Each, $10, DeKalb,

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METAL WHEELS – 42” diameter.Pair for $135. Huntley area.

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NEW Spare tire & rim w/bracketfor mounting on boat trailer. Tire

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STORM DOOR - white, never used -$90 (Dekalb) Comfort Bilt model353939 Athens with window mid-view. In original package - neveropened. 815-751-0115

1997 FORD THUNDERBIRDV-8 4.6 engine, alloy wheels.

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2007 JAYCO POP UP CAMPERLike new, very CLEAN; air condi-tioner, heater, running water/sink,hot water heater, refrigerator, 2

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PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALBCOUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION

PLAINTIFFVS

ROBERT KLEEMAN, JR. A/K/AROBERT E. KLEEMAN A/K/AROBERT E. KLEEMAN, JR.; PNCBANK, N.A. SBM TO NATIONALCITY BANK; THE NATIONAL BANKAND TRUST COMPANY OFSYCAMORE AS TRUSTEE UTA DAT-ED 03/23/2011 KNOWN ASTRUST NO. 1280637801; UN-KNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THENATIONAL BANK AND TRUST CO.OF SYCAMORE AS TRUSTEE UTADTD 3/23/11 AKA TRUST NO.1280637801; UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON RECORDCLAIMANTS ;

DEFENDANTS12 CH 484

422 SPRING AVENUEDEKALB, IL 60115

NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TOJUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UN-DER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORE-CLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENTIS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON ADEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to aJudgment of Foreclosure and Saleentered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause on June 20, 2013,DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF inDEKALB County, Illinois, will onSeptember 26, 2013, in 150 N.Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178,at 1:00PM, sell at public auctionand sale to the highest bidder forcash, all and singular, the follow-ing described real estate mentionedin said Judgment, situated in theCounty of DEKALB, State of Illinois,or so much thereof as shall be suffi-cient to satisfy said Judgment:

TAX NO. 08-26-302-005COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 422

SPRING AVENUE DEKALB, IL60115

Description of Improvements:TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOMEWITH NO GARAGE

The Judgment amount was$119,473.57. Sale Terms: This isan "AS IS" sale for "CASH". Thesuccessful bidder must deposit25% down by certified funds; bal-ance, by certified funds, within 24hours. NO REFUNDS. The subjectproperty is subject to general realestate taxes, special assessments orspecial taxes levied against saidreal estate, water bills, etc., and isoffered for sale without any repre-sentation as to quality or quantityof title and without recourse toplaintiff. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court. Uponpayment in full of the bid amount,the purchaser shall receive a Certifi-cate of Sale, which will entitle thepurchaser to a Deed to the real es-tate after confirmation of the sale.The property will NOT be open forinspection. Prospective bidders areadmonished to check the court fileto verify all information. The suc-cessful purchaser has the sole re-sponsibility/expense of evicting anytenants or other individuals present-ly in possession of the subjectpremises. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THEMORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER),YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAININ POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS-SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITHSECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For Information: Visit ourwebsite at http:\\service.atty-pierce.-com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.only - Pierce & Associates, Plain-tiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn,Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No.(312) 372-2060. Please refer tofile #PA1211510 Plaintiff's attor-ney is not required to provide addi-tional information other than thatset forth in this notice of sale.I553546

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,August 14, 21 & 28, 2013.)

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DEKALB - SUMMIT ENCLAVEDeluxe 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath town-home with attached 2 car garage inDeKalb. 3 miles from NIU. Close toshopping. All appliances included.No smoking. No pets. $1100monthly + security + utilities. Avail-able now! Call Lori Maddox, B&WReal Estate, (630) 377-1855.

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SYCAMORE - 3 BR CONDONewly remodeled, 1.5 BA, garage,basement. NO PETS / SMOKING.$975+ utilities. 815-739-1515

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Malta Country Home. 3BR, 2BAAll appls. Huge man-cave garage.

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815-690-6592

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALBCOUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TION

PLAINTIFFVS

ROBERT KLEEMAN, JR. A/K/AROBERT E. KLEEMAN A/K/AROBERT E. KLEEMAN, JR.; PNCBANK, N.A. SBM TO NATIONALCITY BANK; THE NATIONAL BANKAND TRUST COMPANY OFSYCAMORE AS TRUSTEE UTA DAT-

ED 03/23/2011 KNOWN ASTRUST NO. 1280637801; UN-KNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THENATIONAL BANK AND TRUST CO.OF SYCAMORE AS TRUSTEE UTADTD 3/23/11 AKA TRUST NO.1280637801; UNKNOWN OWN-ERS AND NON RECORDCLAIMANTS ;

DEFENDANTS12 CH 484

422 SPRING AVENUEDEKALB, IL 60115

NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TOJUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UN-DER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORE-CLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENTIS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON ADEBT. ANY INFORMATION OB-TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THATPURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to aJudgment of Foreclosure and Saleentered by said Court in the aboveentitled cause on June 20, 2013,DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF inDEKALB County, Illinois, will onSeptember 26, 2013, in 150 N.Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178,at 1:00PM, sell at public auctionand sale to the highest bidder forcash, all and singular, the follow-ing described real estate mentionedin said Judgment, situated in theCounty of DEKALB, State of Illinois,or so much thereof as shall be suffi-cient to satisfy said Judgment:

LOT 15 OF COLONIAL SUBDIVI-SION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OFTHE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTH-WEST 1/4 OF SECTION 26, TOWN-SHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4 EASTOF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDI-AN, ACCORDING TO THE PLATTHEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "K"OF PLATS, PAGE 10 AS DOCU-MENT NO. 289507, IN THE CITYOF DEKALB, DEKALB COUNTY,ILLINOIS.

TAX NO. 08-26-302-005COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 422

SPRING AVENUE DEKALB, IL60115

Description of Improvements:TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOMEWITH NO GARAGE

The Judgment amount was$119,473.57. Sale Terms: This isan "AS IS" sale for "CASH". Thesuccessful bidder must deposit25% down by certified funds; bal-ance, by certified funds, within 24hours. NO REFUNDS. The subjectproperty is subject to general realestate taxes, special assessments orspecial taxes levied against saidreal estate, water bills, etc., and isoffered for sale without any repre-sentation as to quality or quantityof title and without recourse toplaintiff. The sale is further subjectto confirmation by the court. Uponpayment in full of the bid amount,the purchaser shall receive a Certifi-cate of Sale, which will entitle thepurchaser to a Deed to the real es-tate after confirmation of the sale.The property will NOT be open forinspection. Prospective bidders areadmonished to check the court fileto verify all information. The suc-cessful purchaser has the sole re-sponsibility/expense of evicting anytenants or other individuals present-ly in possession of the subjectpremises. If this property is a con-dominium unit, the purchaser ofthe unit at the foreclosure sale, oth-er than a mortgagee shall pay theassessments and the legal fees re-quired by The Condominium Prop-erty Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1)and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THEMORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER),YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAININ POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AF-TER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS-SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITHSECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLI-NOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURELAW. For Information: Visit ourwebsite at http:\\service.atty-pierce.-com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.only - Pierce & Associates, Plain-tiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn,Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No.(312) 372-2060. Please refer tofile #PA1211510 Plaintiff's attor-ney is not required to provide addi-tional information other than thatset forth in this notice of sale.I553546


PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALBCOUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Heartland Bank and Trust Compa-ny

Plaintiff,vs.

Patrick Beach; Kenton Beach;Nathan Beach; Clint Beach; BrandyMiller; Billie Beach, Jr.; UnknownHeirs and Legatees of Jacquin L.Beach; Unknown Owners and Non-record Claimants; Richard Kuhn, asSpecial Representative for JacquinL. Beach (deceased)

Defendants.

Case No. 13 CH 00199Notice to Heirs and Legatees.

Notice is hereby given to you, theUnknown Heirs and UnknownLegatees of the decedent, JacquinL. Beach, that on August 1, 2013,an order was entered by the Court,naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S.Washington Street, Suite 100,Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No.(630) 420-8228, as the SpecialRepresentative of the above nameddecedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209(Death of a Party). The cause ofaction for the Foreclosure of a cer-tain Mortgage upon the premisescommonly known as: 33491 5Points Road, Kingston, IL 60145.


PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THETWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIR-

CUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFDANA L. ZASTROW,

DECEASED.

CASE NO. 13 P 104CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death ofDana L. Zastrow of DeKalb County,Illinois. Letters of Office as Admin-istrator were issued to Ronald G.Klein on August 7, 2013, whoseattorneys are KLEIN, STODDARD,BUCK & LEWIS, LLC, Attorneys atLaw, 2045 Aberdeen Court,Sycamore, IL 60178.

Claims against the estate may befiled in the Office of the Clerk of theCircuit Court at the DeKalb CountyCourthouse, 133 West State Street,Sycamore, IL 60178, or with therepresentative, or both, within sixmonths from the date of issuance ofLetters of Office and any claim notfiled within that period is barred.Copies of a claim filed with theClerk must be mailed or deliveredto the representative and to the at-torney within ten days after it hasbeen filed.

DATED: August 12, 2013

/S/ Maureen JoshCIRCUIT CLERK OF DEKALB

COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Ronald G. KleinAttorney for the Estate ofDana L. ZastrowKLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK &LEWIS, LLC2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite ASycamore, IL 60178(815) 748-0380


PUBLIC NOTICE

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSDEMOLITION FOR (1) PROPERTY

Dekalb County Facilities Man-agement Office will receive sealedbids for the Demolition of (1) prop-erty located in Sycamore, Il until12:00pm on August 29, 2013, atthe Dekalb County Facilities Man-agement Office, 150 N. Main St.,Sycamore, Il 60178. All bids willbe publicly opened and read aloudat 2:00pm, August 29, 2013 atthe Dekalb County LegislativeBuilding, Freedom ConferenceRoom, 200 N. Main St., Sycamore,Il 60178.

Bidding Documents can bepicked up at the Dekalb County Fa-cilities Management Office, 150 N.Main St., Sycamore, Il 60178, be-tween the hours of 8:00am and4:00pm.

This is a prevailing wage project.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,August 16 & 17, 2013 and TheMidweek, August 21, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURTFOR THE TWENTY-THIRD

JUDICIAL CIRCUITDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITIONOF: HANNAH E. PODOLSKYFOR CHANGE OF NAME

LEGAL NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby giventhat on September 23, 2013, at9:00 A.M. at the DeKalb County

yCourthouse, 133 West State Street,Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in thecourtroom occupied by the presid-ing judge, Hannah E Podolsky willfile her petition requesting that hername be changed from HANNAHE. POLOLSKY to HANNAH E.MANESS pursuant to the statute insuch case made and provided. Anypersons interested in said requestfor change of name may appear atsaid time and place, if they so de-sire.

Shannon R. BarnabyThe Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC2040 Aberdeen CourtSycamore, Illinois 60178Phone: (815) 758-6616

(Published in the Daily ChronicleAugust 7, 14 & 21, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on August 5, 2013 a certificatewas filed in the Office of the CountyClerk of DeKalb County, Illinois,setting forth the names and post of-fice addresses of all of the personsowning, conducting and transact-ing the business known as ONELADY & A BUCKET CLEANINGSERVICE (O.L.A.B.) located at 314Linden Pl., DeKalb, IL 60115.

Dated August 5, 2013

/s/ John AcardoDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder


PUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMED NAMEPUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on August 19, 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 and

pe ning, gtransacting the business known asRICH BEGINNINGS DAYCARElocated at 10101 Rich Rd.,DeKalb, IL 60115.

Dated August 19, 2013

/s/ John AcardoDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,August 21, 28 & September 4,2013.)

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