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and LAWERENCE SYNETT [email protected]

DeKALB – The Maple Park man who was was struck and killed by a vehi-cle while walk-ing near the intersection of Route 38 and Webster Road n e a r D e K a l b will help pro-vide eyesight for two people.

C l a r e n c e “Tres” R. Janecek III, 45, of 45W535 Welter Road, was walking near the intersection in a rural area east of DeKalb around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday when he was hit by a vehicle traveling east on Route 38, ac-cording to a news release from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

Janecek was a registered organ donor in Illinois, his sis-ter-in-law Ann Janecek said. Gift of Hope contacted the family Tuesday morning and told them his donation would provide eyesight to two people who need it.

“Tres was a big-hearted person,” said Lori Turek, a family friend. “If anybody needed anything whatsoever, Tres was the type of man who would take his shirt off his back to help.”

Sheriff’s deputies received a call from a passer-by about a person walking in the road-way on Route 38 near Webster Road, and were en route when they received a second call about the accident, Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Gary Dumdie said. Deputies arrived to find Janecek lying unconscious in

the westbound lane on Route 38, and a vehicle off the road-way to the north.

The driver of the vehi-cle, German Gonzalez, 41, of DeKalb, told police he didn’t see Janecek before he hit him, Dumdie said. The driver stayed at the scene and called police.

Janecek and Gonzalez were both taken to Kishwaukee Hospital by DeKalb firefight-ers.

Janecek was pronounced dead at the hospital, DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Mill-er said. Gonzalez was treat-ed and released, and later charged with driving with a suspended license.

Dumdie said aside from driving with a suspended li-cense, Gonzalez appeared to be obeying the law.

“As far as the driver is con-cerned at this point, I don’t think there will be any more charges,” Dumdie said. “We are working with family and

German GonzalezErin’s Law requires sex

abuse education in K-12By DEBBIE BEHRENDS

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GENOA – At a recent meeting for parents in Genoa-Kingston School District 424, Safe Passage’s Marj Askins and Samora Covington talk-ed about the new state law about sex abuse education for children.

They also provided advice for par-ents who might have a child tell them he or she had been sexually abused.

“How do you handle disclosures?” Covington asked. “Believe them. Ask what they need. Listen actively. Vali-date what they’re feeling. Be present. And, most importantly, be mindful of your presentation and try not to show shock.”

She also provided a list of things not to do, including not telling the child he or she is making up lies, don’t dig for more information and don’t make promises you can’t keep.

A study by the Centers for Disease Control from the late 1990s found that as many as one in four girls and one in six boys will be victims of sexual abuse before they turn 18. Many of them never tell anyone.

That frightening statistic is one reason behind what has become known as Erin’s Law, which requires sexual assault and abuse awareness education for all Illinois school chil-dren in kindergarten through 12th grade. Schools in DeKalb County are working with Safe Passage to create the curriculum and, in some cases, teach students.

Before the adoption of Erin’s Law

on Jan. 24, 2013, sexual assault and abuse awareness was taught only at the high school level. According to the Children’s Advocacy Center of Illinois, in 2012, about two-thirds of their referrals involved children who were 12 or younger.

Amanda Christensen, DeKalb County’s regional school superinten-dent, said the program is a work in progress.

“In true Illinois legislative style, we got the mandate, but not which curriculum, nor the scope or se-quence,” Christensen said. “Nothing has been imposed. We’re relying on the individuals who are experts in this field – Safe Passage, Children’s Advocacy Center, social workers and counselors in the schools.”

The primary goal of the law is to

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A kindergartener draws a picture of an adult that she feels safe with during a sexual abuse prevention lesson Monday at Davenport Elementary School in Genoa.

Kinzinger faces challenger from Rockford Tea PartyBy DEBBIE BEHRENDS

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In 2012, the two candidates in the Republican primary election for the 16th Congres-sional District argued over who was more conservative. It’s happening again in 2014.

In 2012, the race was be-tween longtime incumbent Don Manzullo of Egan and

first-term Rep. Adam Kinzing-er of Channahon, who had represented the 11th Congres-sional District for two years.

In 2011, the Democratic-run state Legislature redrew boundaries to put both men in the 16th District, which in-cludes most of DeKalb County, including the cities of DeKalb and Genoa. The redistricting packed as many Republican voters as possible from the re-gion into the 16th District so that other districts could go Democratic.

The strategy worked.In the primary, Kinzing-

er knocked off Manzullo, a 20-year incumbent. Kinzing-er made the case that he was more conservative, ready to cut back government and taxes, a message that worked well with the tea party.

In the general election, Kinzinger handily defeated a poorly-funded Democratic ri-val.

These days, the tea party isn’t so happy with the 36-year-old Kinzinger, whom they see

as capitulating to President Barack Obama. Kinzinger has voted for deals to increase the debt limit, although not in the most recent instance. In that case, he joined with the great majority of House Republi-cans to oppose their own lead-ership, who struck an agree-ment with Obama to raise the debt limit with practically no concessions from the White House.

In the March 18 Republican

primary, Kinzinger has one opponent, David Hale, found-er of the Rockford Tea Party.

So far, Kinzinger has raised nearly $1 million for the cam-paign, mostly from the special interest groups that shower money on incumbents. Hale has less than $5,000.

National groups such as FreedomWorks, Heritage PAC and the Club for Growth are

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For much of the past three decades, pit bulls have been widely regarded as America’s most dangerous dog – the favorite breed of thugs, drug dealers and dog-fighting rings, with a fearsome reputation for unprovoked, sometimes deadly attacks.

Hostility toward “pits” grew so in-tense that some cities began treating them as the canine equivalent of assault rifles and prohibited residents from owning them.

But attitudes have softened consid-erably since then as animal activists and even television shows cast the dogs in a more positive light. The image makeover has prompted many states to pass new laws that forbid communi-ties from banning specific breeds. And it illustrates the power and persistence of dog-advocacy groups that have worked to fend off pit bull restrictions with much the same zeal as gun-rights groups have defeated gun-control mea-sures.

“Lawmakers are realizing that tar-geting dogs based on their breed or what they look like is not a solution to dealing with dangerous dogs,” said Lisa Peters, a spokeswoman for the Ameri-can Kennel Club.

Seventeen states now have laws that prohibit communities from adopting breed-specific bans. Lawmakers in six more states are considering similar measures, and some cities are review-ing local policies that classify pit bulls as dangerous animals.

Pit bull advocates hail the changes as recognition that breed-specific laws discriminate against dogs that are not inherently aggressive or dangerous un-less they are made to be that way by ir-responsible owners.

The dogs’ foes complain that their message is being drowned out by a well-funded, well-organized lobbying effort in state capitols. The debate puts millions of pit bull owners up against a relatively small number of people who have been victimized by the dogs.

Ron Hicks, who sponsored a bill in the Missouri House to forbid breed-spe-cific legislation, said he was surprised when nobody spoke against his propos-al last month at a committee hearing.

“I figured a few parents would be there who would bring tears to my eyes,” Hicks said. “Would it have changed my

opinion or what I believe in? No.”A version of Hicks’ legislation was

endorsed by a House committee last month and needs to clear another com-mittee before a full House vote. The state Senate is considering a compa-rable bill, as are lawmakers in Utah, South Dakota, Washington, Vermont and Maryland.

In Kansas, the communities of Bon-ner Springs and Garden City repealed their pit-bull bans earlier this year.

Summer Freeman did not know there was a ban when she moved to Bon-ner Springs last year after a divorce. She panicked when an animal-control officer discovered her pet and told her she had 15 days to get rid of the dog named Titan or move out of town.

“I think of him like my son,” she said. “He’s my dog-son, I guess you could say. He’s at my hip all the time. He’s just a big baby that wouldn’t hurt a fly.”

Freeman was forced to leave Titan at a shelter in Lawrence for nine months until she successfully fought to over-turn the law in January. For dog owners and pit bull opponents alike, the battle is as deeply personal as any gun-control or religious issue. Each side accuses the other of lying, exploiting emotions and using bullying tactics.

Pit bull owners insist their dogs are harmless, loving family members that shouldn’t be blamed for something they didn’t do. To opponents, they are a vol-atile breed whose genetics drive them to kill more than two dozen people in the U.S. each year, many of them young children.

Popular television shows such as “Pit Boss” and “Pit Bulls and Parolees” on Animal Planet glorify the animals and minimize the tragedies that occur when pit bulls turn on humans, pit bull opponents say.

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Cameron Younglove plays with a pit bull terrier named Sooke at his kennels near Eudora, Kan., Sunday. For much of the past three decades, pit bulls have been widely regarded as America’s most dangerous dog – but attitudes have softened considerably since then as animal activists and even television shows cast the dogs in a more positive light.

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The DeKalb Public Library staff had so much fun reading the nursery rhymes in last week’s column about their bronze egg statue that they want you to take a crack at it.

Get it? Egg? Crack? Eh?(Sorry.)Anyway, next month is National

Poetry Month, so library staff is going to celebrate by hosting a Harry Dump-ty poetry contest, in which contes-tants young and old can write poems about Humpty Dumpty’s brother.

That’s the character artist Brent George, formerly of DeKalb, ascribed to the statue he created in 1997. Harry Dumpty faces Third Street outside the library’s children’s department entrance and will be moved to the new front courtyard, along with the existing memorial bricks, when the library’s massive expansion project is finished. The expanded library’s entrance will be where Third Street is

now, so the entrance will be visi-ble from Lincoln Highway, library spokeswoman Edith Craig said.

Last week, I suggested Harry de-served a nursery rhyme on par with the one that made his brother famous – and apparently, library leaders agree. They will host a contest next month with separate categories for children, teens and adults, seeking po-ems about the iconic statue. You can send you entries to Craig at [email protected]; watch for updates on the library’s website at dkpl.org and its Facebook page.

The winner will be recognized at the end of April, receive a small prize, and be invited to read the poem at

the library expansion groundbreak-ing, which likely will happen in late spring or early summer.

In the meantime, here’s a poem I received from Lawrence Nepodahl of DeKalb. I’m glad he decided to share it with me.

Harry Dumpty sat on same wall, But Harry Dumpty did not have that great fall. He just sat with a thought and a book by his side, Thinking of the knowledge that books can provide.

Inspired? Sharpen your pencils, or stretch out your typing fingers, and get creative. It might be over easy, but it’s bound to be a shell of a good time. Don’t let it scramble your brain.

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SPRINGFIELD – The head of the Illi-nois State Board of Education says pro-posed cuts in education funding could be “devastating” to school districts, which need more – not less – money.

State superintendent Christopher Koch’s comments were reported by the Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers and come as lawmakers consider a potential $1 billion funding decrease. ISBE had asked for a $1 bil-

lion increase.“That would be certainly devastat-

ing,” Koch said of the decrease. “We have currently 22 percent of our school districts that have a hundred days’ cash or less on hand. We could have districts simply not make it through the school year.”

Koch asked for another $1 billion in education funding last month. But a preliminary revenue blueprint re-leased by lawmakers could leave schools with less money for the fiscal

year that begins in July.The potential cuts come as state of-

ficials debate whether to change the school funding formula, which hasn’t been updated since the mid-1990s.

That proposal would put almost all state education funding into one pot and require districts to demonstrate need.

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DeKALB – Electronic ciga-rette retailers and teen night-club operators looking to move into the city of DeKalb will have to work within the limits of a temporary law.

During their meeting Monday night, DeKalb alder-men approved an ordinance that will be in effect for 180 days, giving city officials time to draft permanent laws and licensing procedures to handle the businesses.

“If somebody came in and wanted to start one of these enterprises, [the ordinance] would give the city council the ability to have due dili-gence and look into the na-ture and scope of the busi-ness,” City Attorney Dean Frieders said.

The temporary ordinance applies to establishments where e-cigarettes – bat-tery-powered devices that simulate smoking – account for 20 percent or more of sales or revenue. Frieders said retailers in DeKalb who sell e-cigarettes don’t come close to the 20 percent threshold.

The ordinance also deals with teen nightclubs, those that don’t sell alcohol and boast entertainment and dancing for patrons between the ages of 14 and 35.

DeKalb doesn’t have ei-ther of these types of busi-nesses, but city officials see the potential for some to open, Mayor John Rey said.

“This ordinance estab-lishes the protection of pub-lic safety,” Rey said. “There may be interest in establish-ing social clubs and we have

a limited ordinance that doesn’t address things that have been a problem, such as crime and parking issues.”

In the meantime, oper-ators will be subjected to a background check and li-censing procedure similar to the one for obtaining a liquor license.

An applicant would pay a $5,000 application fee and un-dergo a background check. City staff will review the ap-plication for safety concerns, siting and zoning issues, proximity to schools, noise and other potential issues. After the review, the city council would consider issu-ing a license.

After unanimously voting in favor of the first reading and waiving the second read-ing, aldermen unanimously approved the ordinance.

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By MONICA MASCHAK [email protected]

If I had a penny for every time I heard a phrase, “You’re the photographer,” I’d be retired comfortably at 24.

There’s a lot of pressure to be creative in this busi-ness, and sometimes the art in the newspaper is what draws readers to the sto-ry. Unfortunately, I lack the supernatural power to dream up interesting photo-related ideas every breathing second. I am human like the rest of you.

As I said a couple columns ago, a lot of what goes into good photographs is being in the right place at the right time, or a little something otherwise known as luck. Photographers can try to predict moments all we want,

but getting a situation to turn out just as predicted is nearly impossible.

Expect the worst. Hope for the best.

Here is another basketball photo for your eyes to feast on from the never ending sea-son. I can’t tell you how many games I’ve covered since the season started, but I can tell you that playoff games have begun.

The Sycamore High School boys played Monti-ni Catholic High School at Genoa-Kingston last week, and they brought their trusty student section with them. If you’ve never seen the Syca-more student section at any sporting event, I can tell you they go absolutely bonkers supporting their teams, and the players love it.

I noticed Daniel Evans – No. 25 in the photo – reacting

to the crowd cheering toward the end of the game when the chances of Sycamore winning became more obvious. I had enough action photos and chose to keep my lens on him to see if I could capture him to reacting again.

The prediction was based on an assumption that he would smile at the crowd after an observation that he had the past several times.

I didn’t expect this exact frame, but I like it. The arm jutting into the foreground may seem distracting to the untrained eye, but think about how it helps to fill the frame and at the same time create a “sub-frame” that draws your eye to Evans.

So, although I can’t predict the future, I was able to get this photo through a well calculated guess. I am just a photographer after all.

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By KATIE DAHLSTROM

Both candidates in the Dem-ocratic primary for DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder said the public should be bet-ter informed about the office.

It’s how they would accom-plish that goal that separates primary candidates Denise Ii and Trent Taylor.

Ii, 61, who has been the Sandwich city clerk since 2009, will face off against Taylor, 37, a title examiner specialist from DeKalb, on March 18. The winner will face sitting Coun-ty Clerk and Recorder Doug Johnson in the November elec-tion. Johnson was appointed to the position in September to finish the term of John Acar-do.

The county clerk is respon-sible for keeping vital records about residents and business-es, overseeing elections, re-cording deeds and other ser-vices.

Both Taylor and Ii cite their familiarity with the office. Ii has experience as a city clerk as well as more than 20 years working in local government.

Taylor, who works for Fox Title in Sycamore, noted his working knowledge of the ac-tivity in the clerk and record-er’s office.

Both gave examples where the clerk and recorder’s office

could be more accessible to the public. Ii said the DeKalb County website site contains information, but is difficult to navigate. She suggested coun-ty leaders work together to up-grade the software and stream-line the site in order to make it more user friendly.

Taylor also suggested the system should be improved, pointing to 2017, when the con-tract for the current online system expires. He contended improving information avail-able to the public is critical to the role of clerk. Taylor’s focus for increasing visibility and communication in the clerk’s office was on social media such as Facebook and Twitter, which he said could be used to coax younger people to the polls.

“The clerk can’t make peo-ple vote, but they can make people more aware,” Taylor said.

If elected, Taylor said he also would focus on providing friendly customer service in the office, Taylor added.

Ii mentioned younger vot-

ers, but also said the clerk should address voter educa-tion for the elderly because be-cause of changes to the voting process. Re-evaluating crowd-ed polling places and visit-ing with election judges also topped her list of priorities.

“I believe the voting pro-cess needs to be tweaked a lit-tle bit,” Ii said. “It needs to be easier for voters.”

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Senator: CIA improperly searched computer By DONNA CASSATA

WASHINGTON – The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee accused the CIA Tuesday of criminal activity in improperly searching a computer network set up for lawmakers investigating alle-gations that the agency used torture in terror investiga-tions during the Bush admin-istration.

Democrat Dianne Fein-stein, in an extraordinary speech on the Senate floor,

publicly aired an intense but formerly quiet dispute be-tween Congress and the spy agency. She said the matter has been referred to the Jus-tice Department for further investigation.

Both Feinstein and the CIA have accused each other’s staffs of improper behavior. She said she had “grave con-cerns that the CIA’s search may well have violated the separation of powers princi-ples embodied in the United States Constitution.”

CIA Director John Bren-

nan, asked about Feinstein’s accusations, said the agen-cy was not trying to stop the committee’s report and that it had not been spying on the panel or the Senate. He said the appropriate authorities would look at the matter fur-ther and “I defer to them to determine whether or not there was any violation of law or principle.”

Brennan informed Fein-stein of the computer search in January, according to the senator. He denied that the CIA “hacked” into the com-

puter network in remarks on Tuesday but did not address the question of a search.

The CIA provided comput-ers to congressional staffers in a secure room in northern Virginia in 2009 so the panel could review millions of pag-es of top secret documents in the course of its investigation into the CIA’s detentions and interrogations during the Bush administration.

At issue now is whether the CIA violated an agree-ment made with the Senate Intelligence Committee about

monitoring the panel’s use of CIA computers.

Feinstein said the Senate staff members had an elec-tronic search tool to deal with 6.2 million pages of docu-ments and the ability to make copies on their computers.

She said the arrangement suffered a blow when CIA personnel electronically re-moved the committee’s ac-cess to documents that had already been provided to the panel.

She said about 870 docu-ments were removed in Feb-

ruary 2010, and an additional 50 were withdrawn without the knowledge of the commit-tee.

Feinstein said she has asked the agency for an apol-ogy but the CIA has been si-lent.

The dispute comes as the Obama administration is trying to regain public trust after classified details about widespread surveillance of Americans were disclosed by former National Security Agency systems analyst Ed-ward Snowden last summer.

Family of man on Malaysia flight comforted by faith

By JOHN L. MONE

KELLER, Texas – The brothers of a North Texas man who was aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing over the South China Sea said Sunday their family is leaning on faith and holding out hope for good news about the man they last saw about a week ago.

Philip Wood, an IBM ex-ecutive who had been work-ing in Beijing over the past two years, had recently re-turned home from Asia be-fore his next assignment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Wood came back to Tex-as to visit his family before relocating to the Malaysian capital, his brother, James Wood said.

The Saturday flight was supposed to be his final one to China’s capital. James Wood told The Associated Press during an interview at the family’s home in the Dallas suburb of Keller, Tex-as, that Philip Wood was supposed to make the final arrangements there for his relocation to Malaysia.

“This was going to be his last trip to Beijing. It just happened to be this one,” James Wood said.

“There is a shock, a very surreal moment in your

life,” Wood added.“Last Sunday, we were all

having breakfast together. And now, you can’t,” he said during a phone interview earlier in the day, as the family got ready to attend church. Their faith, he said, is what’s helping the family through this trying time.

“My brother, our family, we are Christians. Christ above else is what’s keeping us together,” he said.

Philip Wood, 50, was one of three Americans who were aboard the Boeing 777 when it lost contact with air traffic control as it was cruising on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 227 passen-gers and 12 crew members. It isn’t known with whom the other two Americans, Nicole Meng, 4, and Yan Zhang, 2, were traveling.

James Wood described his brother, a technical stor-age executive at IBM Malay-sia, as an “outgoing, gregar-ious, friendly, loving man” who was excited about mov-ing to Malaysia.

“He loved to travel while he was over there. His job gave him the opportunity to do that,” James Wood said.

James Wood said that his brother is divorced and that one of his sons attends Texas A&M University and that an-other is an alumnus of that university.

This handout photo provided by the Wood family shows Philip Wood, an IBM executive who had been working in Beijing over the past two years at Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during July 2013. The family of Wood, who was aboard the Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing over the South China Sea is leaning on their faith as they wait for news about the man they last saw about a week ago, said Woods brother, James Wood.

Lockport man with tiger speaks outBy BRIAN STANLEY

LOCKPORT – John Basile acknowledged he brought a ti-ger into a bar last month.

But the operator of the Big Run Wolf Ranch said he was promoting his business, not behaving recklessly.

“I didn’t just open the door and say, ‘Go get ’em, tiger.’ He didn’t bound up and get on a stool so everyone said ‘Tiger’ like Norm on ‘Cheers,’ ” Ba-sile, 57, said during an inter-view last week at his Big Run Wolf Ranch.

Big Run Wolf Ranch is a federally licensed education-al facility that cares for 10 wolves, a bear and a mountain lion. Basile said the animals are not trained to perform, but are presented to children and groups visiting on field trips. Basile also has a traveling presentation with one wolf, a woodchuck, porcupine, coyote and skunk.

Basile has an animal ex-hibitor’s license and he said passing unannounced federal inspections on a regular basis is required for him to main-tain it.

Last fall, Basile learned another licensed exhibitor had a Siberian tiger cub who had been born Sept. 24. Basile bought Shere Khan for $700 and picked him up Dec. 9.

“Because of the 28 years working with animals, I had wanted a big cat. I wasn’t ex-pecting one, but this is the culmination of everything I’ve wanted,” Basile said.

Basile brought the cub to Uncle Richie’s bar to show him off soon after he got him, he said. He also recalled making one other visit with the young animal to a local tavern before talking with some other regu-lars at Uncle Richie’s about an upcoming event.

The event was “Wildfest.” Basile appeared along with a reptile and bat exhibitor Feb. 23 at Lockport East High School. Proceeds go to student scholarships and animal res-cue programs. Basile hopes it will be an annual fundraiser.

“I go into Uncle Richie’s sometimes, watch the ball-games, and we thought [show-ing off] Khan would be a good way to promote Wildfest,” Ba-sile said.

On Feb. 16, Basile said he put the tiger into a cage to

bring it to the bar. He walked the tiger into the bar on a leash and kept it on the leash the en-tire time.

“Everyone thought it was real neat,” Basile said. “I brought some bottles of formu-la, a lot of people were taking pictures with their cellphones. I had two handlers with me. I didn’t put anybody at risk be-cause I don’t need that liabil-ity.”

The owner of Uncle Richie’s declined to comment Monday on Shere Khan’s appearance at the bar. Basile said he con-sumed two beers while he was at Uncle Richie’s that were bought by other patrons. The 225-pound man said rumors that he was drunk are not true.

“But after a while it was get-ting loud and I thought Khan was getting a little cranky, so we were going to leave. Someone suggested we should promote Wildfest at Jackie’s Pub just down the street, so I thought we could do that in the parking lot, not inside,” Basile said.

Some passing drivers were staring as he walked out with Khan on a leash. A Lockport police officer stopped and said the tiger was causing a com-motion, Basile said.

“I said, ‘Tell me what law I’m breaking,’ but I cooperat-

ed. I didn’t want trouble. I put the tiger in the cage and called my daughter to drive the truck back,” Basile said.

Lockport police issued two charges against Basile on Feb. 23 – possession of a dangerous animal, a Class C misdemean-or, and reckless conduct, a Class A misdemeanor.

“Since he has that exhibi-tor’s license there were some questions we had to review with the Will County State’s Attorney’s office before those charges were issued,” Lock-port Police Chief Terry Lem-ming said previously regard-ing the time lapse between when the tiger was in the bar and when charges were filed.

If found guilty of both counts, Basile could face up to a year in jail and $4,000 in fines, but probation would be more likely for a first-time of-fender.

“Dangerous animals do not belong in liquor establish-ments,” Lemming said.

For having the “unmuz-zled” animal in the bar with only a leash to secure it, Ba-sile’s conduct was reckless, ac-cording to the filed complaint.

Basile acknowledges the ti-ger, like the wolves and bears he’s had for years, is legally classified as a dangerous ani-mal, but his license allows him

to possess one. He compares Khan to a young German Shepherd puppy.

“His teeth are a half-inch and he’s not using his claws. He’s still bottle-fed and will be for eight or nine months,” Ba-sile said. “He’ll nip at a pant leg or sleeve just like a puppy.”

Khan’s father weighed 700 pounds, but Basile said the cub weighs about 45 pounds now and was less than 40 pounds when he went to Uncle Richie’s.

Shere Khan will grow to a size where he won’t be able to leave the ranch, but will only be displayed there. Basile is modifying some of his fences to create a permanent habitat for the tiger to live in.

“He is forcing the cougar to move to a smaller area,” Basile said.

Siberian tigers are an en-dangered species, with an es-timated 450 animals left in the wild, according to National Geographic.

“ T h e y a r e h e a v i l y poached,” Basile said. “And I’m glad children and adults who see Shere Khan here can see a Siberian tiger instead of just hearing about it.”

Basile is scheduled to ap-pear in court March 28. He said he does not plan to bring Shere Khan.

Ranch manager Renee Cajandig (left) and owner of Big Run Wolf Ranch John Basile watch as Shere Khan, a five-month-old Siberian tiger, plays with a stuffed teddy bear March 5 in Basile’s kitchen in Lockport.





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friends to figure out why [Jan-ecek] was out there, where he was coming from and where he was going.”

A preliminary autopsy per-formed Tuesday on Janecek showed that he died from head and neck injuries, DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Mill-er said. Results of toxicology tests are pending.

Ann Janecek said her brother-in-law was a well-liked, happy father of two chil-

dren, a 20-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter.

Ann Janecek said she hoped others would be in-spired to register as donors after learning about who Clar-ence Janecek was.

She said the loss was hard on the entire family.

“His two kids are going to be very sad,” she said. “I hope they know their dad had that given ability for someone else to see. It’ll be priceless for them later in life.

“Being a donor, you can make a difference, even if you’re not here anymore.”

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Genoa-Kingston’s direc-tor of student services, Karen Simmons, said the district has been working with Safe Pas-sage to create the districtwide curriculum since August.

“Messages will be present-ed differently at each level,” Simmons said. “At the elemen-tary level, it will be about good and bad touches. In middle school, it will include discus-sion of feelings, and in high school, dating and statistics.”

She said the district sent letters home to parents about the lesson plans and more in-formation is available on the district’s website, gkschools.org.

At Davenport Elementary School in Genoa, Simmons and Principal Cindy Wills read “The Swimsuit Lesson” to each class. Wills said the book teaches that parts of the body covered by a swimsuit are private.

“We talked about the book, what it means to keep your body safe, and identified a safe person they can trust,” Wills said.

After talking about the adults they trust – mom and dad, a favorite teacher, a po-lice officer – Marcy Billing-ton’s kindergarten students went to work to draw pictures of the people they trust.

“Erin’s Law simply re-quires that the education takes place,” Askins said. “It’s left to the individual districts how they want to implement it.”

Safe Passage staff members have worked with DeKalb Dis-trict 428 and Sycamore District 427, as well.

Each district can decide how to apply Erin’s Law

Kinzinger not willing to shut down government

known to fund challengers to Republican incumbents who are considered insufficient-ly conservative. They have given nothing to Hale, which likely means they believe Kinzinger has a lock on the seat.

Hale, 51, said he didn’t mind the lack of donations from the major conservative groups.

“It helps me be much more independent,” he said. “Nothing against those groups. I don’t like PACs in general. When you take mon-ey from them, you are bound and chained to do what they tell you to do.”

Kinzinger and other Re-publican House members, Hale said, are moving away from conservatism in the hopes of gaining Democratic votes.

“They have turned into the Republican surrender caucus,” he said.

Kinzinger disputes that.“I guess it depends on how

you define conservatism,” Kinzinger said. “I don’t gov-ern to special interest groups. I govern for the 16th District and the nation.

“I guess in that way, you could say I have an indepen-dent streak.”

Kinzinger’s recent vote against the debt limit in-crease, Hale contended, was

the result of Hale’s candida-cy.

“My record shows I’m fis-cally conservative,” Kinzing-er said. “I’m not willing to shut down government; that’s not a positive move forward. Saying you’re never going to vote to raise the debt limit is irresponsible.”

Generally, Hale, a U.S. Army veteran, calls for dras-tic cuts in government spend-ing, but he said he draws the line at pay and benefits for the military, although he pre-viously proposed withhold-ing all military benefits until veterans turn 58.

Kinzinger has touted his support for the military. He was commissioned as a sec-ond lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force after graduating college graduation in 2003, served two tours in Iraq and was later awarded his pilot wings.

He continues to serve as a pilot in the Air National Guard, holding the rank of major.

“The reality is, we have to have grown-up, adult dis-cussions on these issues,” Kinzinger said.

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Tax increment financing might not be the solution for DeKalb’s South Fourth Street corridor.

The prospects looked dim from when they were publicly discussed in August. At the time, consultants hired to study the area estimated that even if the city were to borrow almost $14 million to make improve-ments to the area, it would return less than $4 million in tax increment revenue through redevelopment.

Simple math shows that’s not a sustainable plan.But a visit to the area, which includes a stretch of

Fourth from Fairlane Avenue north to Culver Street, shows the status quo isn’t producing very good results, either.

The area has issues of urban decay, toxic waste, and abandoned buildings. DeKalb High School has left the area for the other side of town, leading to decreased traffic in the area. A former grocery store has also closed, leaving a large, empty space behind.

Although there are some destination businesses in the area – restaurants, a drugstore, small retailers – it’s not generally a place where people spend any amount of time. As a report commissioned by the city from a professional planning consulting firm documented, it’s not particularly welcoming. Streets, sidewalks and lightpoles in the area need repair. Many businesses left dumpsters unscreened. The closed Protano’s Auto Parts property is contaminated with toxic waste.

Fourth Ward Alderman Bob Snow told reporter Ka-tie Dahlstrom that he expects the city will have ideas for cleaning up Protano’s by the end of the year. That’s an important step, as no one wants toxic waste in their neighborhood, and property owners and residents have a right to expect the city to make the environ-ment safe.

Another key hurdle is attracting a new anchor business in the area to take the place of the abandoned grocery store, whose building is only partially occu-pied now by Lehan Drugs and Dollar General.

It would be nice to see some new ideas when it comes to the neighborhood as well. With the high school gone, does Fourth Street, which also is Illinois Route 23, need to be four lanes plus a center turn lane through the length of the area? If at least part of the road could be more pedestrian friendly, it might help to change the character of the businesses in the area.

From the beginning, the numbers associated with tax increment financing did not look promising. The prospect of letting the area continue to decay is not particularly appealing, either.

The city needs a vision for the future of the area and a plan for implementing it.

For the record

From the beginning, the numbers associated with tax increment financing did not look promising. The prospect of letting the area continue to decay is not particularily appealing, either.

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Call Edward Snowden what you will: traitor, hero or simply a naive young man. Maybe all three. At the South by Southwest Interactive conference Monday, he was both subject and object, clarifying some of the defining public-policy challenges of the digital age even as he illustrated the difficulty of resolving them.

Snowden, a fugitive who began leaking documents about the National Security Agency’s surveillance op-erations last year, spoke via video feed before a large and largely sympathetic crowd in Austin, Texas. He exhorted technology companies to better protect their users, called for more oversight of the NSA and in-veighed against bulk surveillance.

Nothing new there. But he also conveyed two deep-er lessons – one wittingly and one not.

The first is that security is often illusory on the In-ternet. Cybercriminals can exploit and create security flaws as fast as the private sector can close them – and so can the NSA itself. As Snowden noted, even as the NSA was trying to protect Americans from online threats, it was working to introduce weaknesses into security tools such as encryption.

The second lesson stems from Snowden’s mere presence – or, rather, lack thereof, as his comments were beamed to the audience from a site in Russia. For all the NSA’s legendary reputation for secrecy, all it took, in the end, was a young security contractor with an overdeveloped sense of indignation and some tech-nological know-how to expose its methods to the world. Hardening cyberdefenses and using tools such as en-cryption are well and good – but such systems are only as trustworthy as the people who use them.

If Snowden deserves credit for anything – and it will be easier to apportion if he returns to the United States to make his case in a court of law – it’s for starting a debate about surveillance that even President Barack Obama has said is important. Technology changes the details of this debate, but not its parameters. If Ameri-cans, as citizens, want the NSA to curtail its mass sur-veillance, they can demand that change from Congress.

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Decorations complaint unfair to workers

To the Editor:I take umbrage at Eric Olson’s

recent column about the Christ-mas decorations that remain in place when spring is right around the corner (“It’s time to shake off winter,” March 8). I think you owe an apology to the city workers who have been distracted by making sure that the streets on which you drive remained pass-able during and after each of the recent snow falls.

Before writing your editorial you might have explored the reasons why the Christmas decorations are still in place almost three months after the holiday is over.

The truth is that many of them are frozen into the ground and will remain so for some time to come. Others are at heights that can only be accessed by ladder, and presently the ground is still too icy to be attempting ladder work.

You were out of line admon-ishing those who are unable to deal with circumstances that are beyond their control. If you need to be critical you might turn your energy to your own staff. Daily Chronicle readers would like to be reading copy that is correctly spelled and follows the rules of proper English grammar. Tricia DeBooSycamore

Vote Hale for CongressTo the Editor:Rockford resident David Hale is

my pick in the Republican primary for the 16th Congressional District congressional representative.

David is a true conservative. During the past five years he has been a leader in promoting accountability in government, and will work for limited government, limited taxation, and economic freedom. He will stick to these

ideals, and not bend under pres-sures that would compromise our freedoms.

We can count on Hale to be truly representative of the people in the 16th District. We need more people like David in congress. His website is electdavidhale.com. Dan McIntyreGenoa

‘Check my website’ doesn’t cut it

To the Editor:“Check my website”! It seems

like this is a standard phrase that we seem to be getting a little too used to, especially with politics. I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of being told to “check my website” when I ask a politician about their platform and beliefs. Personally, I am tired of “CMW” politicians!

While I understand that you’ve designed a website for people to

refer to, most times the website simply offers generic answers for generic questions. When voters are looking for a further explanation, responding “check my website” isn’t good enough. Know what it is? L-A-Z-Y!

If you cannot further explain your generic statements, then how will voters understand what you stand for? How can we trust that you even understand your own position? Perhaps we need to elect the staffers who posted the information, since they at least will be familiar with it.

We have advanced greatly with technology, we’ve seen many things become faster and there have been many benefits because of it. However, we voters do not want a faster answer – we want better answers. “Check my website” just doesn’t cut it.

Earl GableSycamore

Eighty-three-year old Ron Kilmartin was in a hospice, dying of lung cancer. His daughter was at his bedside, cracking jokes about it. Here’s one:

“Last week, Dad coughed and said, ‘Choking.’ I tried to give him water but he just wanted me to turn off the men’s Olym-pic hockey game.”

Cracking jokes is what Laurie Kilmartin does for a living. She’s a standup comic and an Emmy-nominated writer for Conan O’Brien. In February, she was also a daughter losing her dad. And as he slipped toward transition, she went with what she knew, live-tweeting her father’s death under the handle @anylaurie16. The result: a running, 140 characters or less commen-tary that was, by turns, painful, profane and profound, but almost always funny.

“Good luck getting an answer to the question, ‘Did I give you too much mor-phine?”

“Dad is not incoherent, we discovered while gossiping about his side of the family in front of him.”

“The pain my Dad is in I would totally wish on my worst enemy.”

People noticed. Her following jumped from just under 15,000 to more than 42,000. Media outlets from New York to New Zealand to Canada to the United Kingdom wrote about what she was doing.

They were of different worlds, the con-servative Catholic war vet and his liberal, atheist daughter. And this, too, became grist for the daughter’s mill.

“Hacked Dad’s email. Unsubscribed him

from a Tea Party newsletter. The reason, they asked? ‘I finally figured out you people are crackpots.’ “

“How I check that I’ve put Dad’s hearing aids in correctly. Whisper, ‘testing, testing, Obama is a Muslim,’ then look for the thumbs up.”

“Dad just let me turn on MSNBC during a Fox News commercial break. Time for Last Rites.”

And isn’t it interesting that these things that matter so much in life, things we argue about, labels that define and divide us in the years when our eyes are bright and horizons endless, matter so little when death arrives? Maybe that’s the biggest joke of all.

Some people might find what she did to be in bad taste. Kilmartin herself tweeted that she was in denial. But perhaps the best word for it is simply this: human. Ineffably, impudently and inspirationally, human.

What, after all, is more human than laughter? It is one of the ways we shake our fists at heaven, thumb our noses at the cru-elties of fate. That’s what Smokey Robinson was getting at when he sang “Tears of a Clown.” It was the prime directive of Alan Alda’s Hawkeye on “M-A-S-H,” the thesis statement of Roberto Benigni’s movie “Life Is Beautiful:” Sometimes we laugh to keep

from crying. Sometimes we do both simul-taneously.

There is an aphorism that says: Trage-dy plus time equals comedy. Kilmartin’s peculiar genius was to remove time from that equation, to seek the funny inside the pain not two years from now when the pain has dulled but right now, when it is still fresh and raw.

Ron Kilmartin died last week. Comedian Norm MacDonald reached out by Twitter and helped his daughter find Bible verses for his funeral.

“I just want to hug my Dad again,” she told him.

“I hope you will one day,” he replied.“Me too,” she wrote.“I’m just an idiot, Laurie,” wrote Mac-

Donald, “but I found when I embraced the pain as tightly as I could it became love. I pray for you.”

That exchange was poignant and wise – more so, perhaps, than Kilmartin could handle. A day later, she was back in more familiar territory:

“Do they fact check obits? I want to say my dad played bass for the Stones.”

And that denial of pain was funny but was also recognizably – that word again – human. Yes, sometimes things hurt too much for laughing.

But sometimes, they hurt too much not to.

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IHSA CLASS 3A HAMPSHIRE SECTIONAL: ROCKFORD LUTHERAN 76, KANELAND 61

Knights can’t capitalize on early lead

Kaneland’s Drew David (center) covers his eyes at the end of the Knights’ 76-61 loss to Rockford Lutheran on Tuesday in an IHSA Class 3A Hampshire Sectional semifinal.

By KEVIN DRULEY

HAMPSHIRE – Kaneland reserve guard Ben Barnes attempted two free throws in the closing seconds of the Knights’ IHSA Class 3A Hampshire Sectional semifi-nal Tuesday.

Given Kaneland’s start against Rockford Lutheran, that figured to be a possible conclusion.

The Knights overcame an early hole before watching se-nior guard Ty Carlson torch the Crusaders for 29 first-half points.

After halftime, however, the perch grew far less cushy,

as an 11-point edge suddenly and sourly transformed into a 76-61 defeat.

“At halftime, we were re-ally excited. The kids were pumped,” Knights coach Bri-an Johnson said. “I almost think it crept into their mind, like, ‘Yeah, we’re going to win this game.’ Against a team like Rockford Lutheran that’s very well-coached and has so many guys that can put it in

the hole, you can’t have that mentality, and I thought that’s where our downfall started.”

The Crusaders (28-3) ad-vanced to Friday’s regional final to face the winner of to-night’s semifinal between Syc-amore and Marian Central.

A quartet of double-figure scorers – Thomas Kopelman (21), Joseph Kellen (17), James Robinson (16) and Nate Wiet-ing (13) – turned up the urgen-cy after the break.

Robinson proved especial-ly effective on both ends of the floor after taking the assign-ment to defend Carlson in the second half.

More inside

page B2

SYCAMORE BOYS BASKETBALL

Handling the pressure

Sycamore’s Class 3A postseason run

Genoa-Kingston RegionalMarch 4 – semifinal

Friday – championship

Hampshire SectionalToday – semifinal

Note:

Experience helps lead Spartans to sectional semifinalBy ROSS JACOBSON

Ben Niemann sat patiently on the Sycamore bench, flanked by teammates on either side, as the Wheaton Academy starting lineup was announced Friday.

The Sycamore senior forward didn’t appear anxious or nervous. Neither did fellow senior starters Jake Winters, Devin Mottet, Nick Feuerbach and Mark Skelley as the Class 3A Genoa-Kingston Regional title game was about to start.

All five have played in crucial games over the past two years. This was noth-ing new.

“It’s a big factor. When we were com-ing out in the fourth quarter, coach [An-drew] Stacy said, ‘All five of you guys on the floor right now are seniors’ so we’re experienced and we’ve been in a regional title last year where we won it,” Niemann said. “We knew what to expect from it and we were familiar with an at-mosphere like this.”

Sycamore’s experience is part of the

reason why the Spartans (22-8) never al-lowed Wheaton Academy to stretch its lead to more than four. Every Warrior run was seemingly answered by a Syca-more bucket, or two. More often than not they came from a senoir.

There were Cooper Vinz’s three first-quarter 3-pointers, Mottet’s two crucial three-point plays and Skelley’s steal and layup among countless other clutch plays.

See SYCAMORE, page B2

Sycamore’s Devin Mottet drives past Kaneland’s Dylan Vaca during the Spartans’ 50-44 win Feb. 22 over the Knights. Sycamore faces Marian at 7 p.m. today in an IHSA Class 3A Hampshire Sectional semifinal game.

BEARS

Houston signing a big gambleTalk about a leap of faith.

The Bears spent $35 million for a right defensive end with 16 sacks in four seasons and a career best of six in 2013. Only two of those sacks came in the past nine games.

To be fair, Lamarr Houston has been ranked by a number of scouts as one of the top defensive ends available in free agency this year. But when you add just four career forced fumbles, five passes defensed and one interception to that meager sack total, it is reasonable to ask why.

Part of the answer is that Houston is more than just a right end. His unique size, at 6-foot-3, 302 pounds has allowed him to play outside or inside, much like Michael Bennett did in Seattle last year and Julius Peppers has done

on occasion for the Bears.Did the Bears overpay for

an end, or get a steal of poten-tially the best three-technique tackle in the league?

Houston is strong against the run and shoring up the Bears’ run defense is prior-ity No. 1. In that regard, he can help the Bears at end or tackle.

But if he is coming to town to replace Julius Peppers, and that would appear to be the case, this could very well prove to be Phil Emery’s big-gest gamble yet.

Houston is seven years younger than Peppers, so he

fits a stated goal of Emery’s and Marc Trestman’s of mak-ing the defense younger.

But consider this compar-ison. In his first four seasons, Peppers had 40½ sacks, 14 forced fumbles, 23 passes defensed and three inter-ceptions. The least of those four years produced seven sacks and as disappointing as Peppers was last year he still managed 7½ sacks and forced two fumbles.

The rumored trade of Peppers was a joke from the get-go, it could never have happened with his contract as part of the deal. Now that he’s gone is Houston here to replace him, a huge stretch to say the least. Or is there another big move coming?

Hub Arkush

BEARS INSIDER

See ARKUSH, page B3

The Bears signed former Oakland Raiders defensive end Lamarr Hous-ton, who has been ranked by a number of scouts as one of the top defensive ends available in free agency this year.

See KANELAND, page B2

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Avs present real challengeKANELAND ATHLETICS

New AD pledges allegiance to Knights

By JAY SCHWAB

Noting the possibility of the Kaneland and Sycamore boys bas-ketball teams meeting in a section-al championship game Friday, Pe-ter Goff acknowledged his sports world is about to become a little messier.

“Hopefully this Friday, it’s tricky, where Kaneland and Syc-amore both play in the sectional championship,” said Goff, current-ly dean of students at Sycamore and Kaneland’s new athletic direc-tor, effective July 1.

Goff was approved Monday n i g h t b y K a n e -land’s school board as the Knights’ new athletic director. A Sycamore resident, Goff’s loyalties will overlap even mo-reso going forward when his daughter, Chloe, competes for Sycamore, a main rival of Kaneland’s. Chloe Goff is a sophomore basketball, volleyball and track athlete for the Spartans.

Goff said one of his daughter’s friends helped defray any potential tension.

“One of them said, ‘You’ll nev-er be my archrival, Mr. Goff. I’m happy for you.’ Yeah, it’ll be tricky, but I’m going to be a Knight, and I’m really looking forward to it,” he said. “That’s the thing my daugh-ter and I really talked about. … She might want that change of her dad not being in school anymore so she doesn’t feel like she has had that eye on her all the time. But, it’s my daughter, and I think people under-stand what’s going on.”

Goff, 46, is in his third year as dean at Sycamore after coaching boys basketball at Ashton-Franklin Center, Sterling and Bloomington. Much of his coaching success came at Sterling, where he mentored Jo-seph Bertrand, now a senior guard at Illinois.

Goff was hired at a salary of $85,000 plus benefits, according to Kaneland’s news release. Kane-land has used interim leadership to run its athletic department this year after former AD Leigh Jaffke resigned in October.

Goff was chosen from a pool of 103 applicants, according to Kane-land’s release. He and his wife, Molly, have three daughters, with Chloe being the youngest.

Despite not coaching at Syc-amore, Goff said he has worked with the school’s administration to learn more about the management end of high school athletics.

He said his goal at Kaneland will be to help give student-athletes “the experience of a lifetime” com-peting for the Knights, and he al-ready has an answer to the rhetor-ical “Where is Kaneland?” chant that surely will play better in Ma-ple Park than Sycamore.

“Smack-dab in the middle of ti-tle town,” he said.

Peter Goff

By MARK LAZERUS

DENVER – At the begin-ning of the season, as the Col-orado Avalanche reeled off 12 wins in their first 13 games, there was talk that the team resembled the Blackhawks in the nascent stages of their cur-rent golden age – full of young, talented, high draft picks.

Now that the Avalanche have proved that start was no fluke, winning five of six to move one point behind the Hawks for second place in the Central Division with 17 games left, there’s some talk that the Avs look like the 2008-09 Hawks – who, in Pat-rick Kane’s words, were too young to know any better as they stormed to the Western Conference finals.

“Why not us?” Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said last week, echoing the team’s offi-cial new rallying cry.

The Avs have taken three of four games against the Hawks this season, and it’s looking increasingly likely that the teams will meet in the first round of the playoffs, making the game Wednesday at the Pepsi Center – the last regular-season clash – a big

one in terms of home-ice ad-vantage.

“It’s the last four-point game with them,” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “And at the end, it could have a lot to do with sorting out who’s going to finish ahead of who.”

Neither team is at full strength. The Hawks are without Marian Hossa and will be starting backup goalie Antti Raanta. The Avalanche are without Paul Stastny, P.A. Parenteau and Alex Tanguay. But that doesn’t diminish the significance of the game or the intensity of the budding rivalry.

“Beyond the meaning in the standings currently, ev-ery time we play a team like St. Louis or Colorado, there’s always that feeling that we might see them in the play-offs at some point, whether it’s first round or not,” Jona-than Toews said. “You have to think about that and try to win the game.”

The Hawks are 0-3 against the Blues this season and 1-2-1 against the Avs. So Colora-do already has clinched the season series. The way the Hawks see it, it’s not about sending any messages for the

playoffs, but simply position-ing themselves for the play-offs.

“We want to win in that building, but I think it’s more we’re chasing home ice and we’re chasing points than beating them and try-ing to put something in their heads,” said Corey Crawford, who will be sitting for the first time since Jan. 28.

Aside from the Ava-lanche’s 5-1 win Nov. 19 at the Pepsi Center, the season series has been statistical-ly controlled by the Hawks. They won, 7-2, Dec. 27 at the United Center behind Patrick Sharp’s hat trick. Then the Avs won 3-2 in overtime Jan. 14, despite being outshot 48-26. And Semyon Varlamov had to make 36 saves to hold off the Hawks on March 4 in a 4-2 win that included an empty-netter in the final minute.

But even with the lopsided shot totals, Toews said those last two efforts still weren’t good enough.

“Maybe we limited them to not a lot of shots, but we gave them some pretty good scor-ing chances,” he said. “Those guys have a lot of offensive ability, and it’s [about] trying to be tougher on them.”

While the senior guard closed his career with 38 points, his final nine came amid staunch pressure.

Rockford Lutheran also capitalized on Kaneland’s foul trouble, namely from se-nior point guard Drew David.

“When we picked up the defense, we knew we could make it happen on the offen-sive end,” Robinson said.

The Crusaders knew they needed some salve against Kaneland (19-10) after Carl-son’s first 16 minutes, which included 5 for 5 shooting from beyond the arc and a 4 of 5 effort from the line.

“It was just one of those halves where everything I put up went in,” Carlson said. “You know, I felt good. I can’t say enough about my teammates. Drew finding me in transition was awesome, and my shots fell . That’s about it.”

Rockford Lutheran scored

31 points in the third quarter after trailing, 37-26, at half-time.

With only John Pruett (15 points) emerging as a second scoring option behind Carl-son, the Knights struggled to find consistency and also were fighting heightened de-fensive pressure.

A Carlson 3 with 5:54 left brought Kaneland to within 57-55, but the Knights did not score again until more than four minutes later.

Another Carlson 3-pointer snapped a 14-0 Crusaders run that effectively put the game away.

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Most importantly, Syca-more was 16 for 16 from the line, including 6 of 6 in the fi-nal 40 seconds. All but two of those free throws were taken by seniors, the charity-stripe perfection leaving Wheaton Academy coach Pete Froed-den in almost shock after the game as he noted “you don’t see that in high school bas-ketball, you don’t see that in college, you don’t see that at any level very often.”

“We got seniors that re-ally stepped up tonight,” Sycamore coach Andrew

Stacy said. “A game like this where every possession mat-ters and every point can de-cide a game, it’s good to have those guys who can go up there and shoot the ball with confidence.”

The stakes only grow big-ger as the postseason devel-ops further and the teams remaining dwindle. But in-timidation or nervousness is unlikely to show itself on the Sycamore sideline.

The Spartans face Marian at 7 p.m. today in a Hamp-shire Sectional semifinal.

Not when you consider that half of the varsity roster just finished a 12-1 football season in which they played

in front of 8,000 people at Huskie Stadium in Week 3, a standing room-only crowd at home against Kaneland for the conference title in Week 8, and visited the home of the the four-time defending state champions in the 5A state semifinals.

“It goes back to football. They’ve been in pressure situations that last month of the year. In football, every game matters,” Stacy said. “I think that carried over to the basketball floor. You can’t say enough about seniors. They don’t panic in those sit-uations and they did a great job being able to pull a close one through [Friday].”

SYCAMORE

Spartans to face Marian in sectional semiSycamore’s Daniel Evans takes a shot in a Feb. 28 game against Morris. Sycamore won, 60-30.

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ThursdayIndiana vs. Illinois, 11 a.m.

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By DAVID MERCER

CHAMPAIGN – If Illinois wants to be a part of March Madness, it al-most certainly has to win at least a couple of games at the Big Ten tour-nament this week – maybe more.

Don’t try to get Illini coach John Groce to look beyond the opener Thursday morning against Indiana (17-14 overall, 7-11 Big Ten) in Indi-anapolis.

“It’s us and them,” he said Tues-day. “That’s our focus.”

The Illini (18-13) have been play-

ing perhaps their best basketball of the season over their past eight games. Illinois is 5-3 in those games. That includes wins in four of the past five, and road wins over Penn State, Minnesota, then-No. 18 Mich-igan State and Iowa, which was ranked 24th at the time.

“Really with the exception of their game with Michigan last week, they have been playing great basketball over the last month,” In-diana coach Tom Crean said.

That game with Michigan last week was a blowout loss at home. And it’s just one of the ugly spots on Illinois’ résumé.

There’s also the 3-6 home record during Big Ten play. And the eight-game conference losing streak.

What’s changed since Illinois went night after night without a

win?One of the big things was the ad-

dition of freshman guard Kendrick Nunn to the starting lineup.

Nunn’s eight starts this season have been those eight key games down the stretch, when Illinois bounced back from a team that might not even make the NIT to one that could still play its way into the NCAA tournament with two or three wins in Indianapolis. Four wins, of course, would mean the Illi-ni are Big Ten tournament champs and automatically into the NCAAs.

As a starter, Nunn has averaged 12.2 points and 2.1 assists a game.

“He started out not playing a whole lot, and just kind of battled and battled and battled, and figured it out,” Groce said.

Crean compared Nunn to former

Hoosier Victor Oladipo, saying he thinks Nunn is more offensively ad-vanced than Oladipo was as a fresh-man.

“Kendrick Nunn with more min-utes provides just a little bit more explosiveness with their game,” Crean said.

Illinois also has won with de-fense, up and down the lineup. The Illini have given up 55.4 points a game over the last eight. Take out that 84-53 loss to Michigan and they’re allowing only 51.3.

Crean said the Illini are taking balls away from opponents and con-trolling the tempo. But, lately, it’s just plain tough to get an easy shot on Illinois.

“The bottom line is they are making it hard for you to get good looks,” Crean said.

ILLINOIS

Nunn has led turnaround

The Bears signed former Oakland Raiders defensive end Lamarr Hous-ton to a five-year contract worth a reported $35 million with up to $15 million guaranteed.

BEARS NOTES

Ex-Raider Houston signs 5-year contract

By KEVIN FISHBAIN [email protected]

Michael Bennett re-signed with the Seahawks and Mi-chael Johnson joined Lovie Smith and the Buccaneers, but the Bears were not going to be left out of the race to sign a de-fensive end.

At the start of free agency, the Bears signed former Raid-er Lamarr Houston to a five-year contract worth a reported $35 million with up to $15 mil-lion guaranteed.

With the addition of a younger option at the position, the Bears felt comfortable us-ing Tuesday to part ways with Julius Peppers.

Houston, who turns 27 in June, played in all 64 games for the Raiders from 2010 to ’13. He has 228 career tackles and 16 sacks, including a career-high six last season. He also had two forced fumbles in 2013.

Although he is not known for his pass-rush prowess, Houston made 54 “stops” in 2013, according to Pro Football Focus, which is a tackle that constitutes an offensive fail-ure. That led all 4-3 defensive ends.

Bennett and Johnson have more sacks on their résumés, and they signed bigger con-tracts. Houston is sure to be the Bears’ big splash of the 2014 offseason, and they got some extra cash to do so by cutting Peppers.

The Bears cleared $9.8 mil-lion in cap space for 2014 with the move, although they eat more than $8.3 million in dead money for Peppers’ signing bo-nus. In his four seasons with the Bears, Peppers started every game and led the team each year. He had only seven sacks in 2013, and at 33, was set to count more than $18 million against the Bears’ cap for 2014.

D.J. Williams returns: Amid bringing in new players, the Bears were able to re-sign another priority, middle line-backer D.J. Williams.

The one-year contract is reportedly worth up to $1.5 million for 2014. Williams had 27 tackles, two sacks and four tackles for loss before tearing his pectoral muscle against the Giants in Week Six.

Williams is the 12th Bears player who had an expiring contract to re-sign with the club. He will enter 2014 as the starter at middle linebacker, as Jon Bostic will compete with Shea McClellin on the strong side.

Lamarr Houston’s career stats

Year Team Tackles Sacks

Totals 228 16

While we still don’t know for sure what Emery is think-ing with Houston, his plan at linebacker is now crystal clear, as the D.J. Williams signing is a great move by the Bears.

Williams was looking like a really nice fit with Lance Briggs before he got hurt last year and, even though he’ll turn 32 in July, he’s played less than half a season each of the past two years and should have at least one more big push left in him.

The Williams and Jere-miah Ratliff signings may

not make the Bears defense younger, but it definitely makes it better.

It also helps by freeing up Shea McClellin and Jon Bostic from worrying about the MIKE spot to compete at SAM linebacker.

The Williams deal is cap friendly for a starter in the middle and makes all the sense in the world.

The signing of Ryan Mun-dy at safety is a start, but not a gamechanger. I called two of his games with the Giants last year from the sideline and was impressed with his physicality but he’s not over-ly athletic or a gamechanger.

He earned a starting job because of injury to other

players, not with his perfor-mance. Minimally, Mundy figures to be more assign-ment-savvy than Major Wright.

I would still expect the Bears to look long and hard at either Calvin Pryor or Ha Ha Clinton-Dix in the first round of the draft if either or both are available.

With Peppers gone, Emery still has a lot of work to do up front, but regardless, I’d say Day One of free agency was a nice start for the Bears.

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Williams, Ratliff signings help DThe Bears resigned middle linebacker D.J. Williams (58) to a one-year contract Tuesday.

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GLENDALE, Ariz. – John Danks pitched four-hit ball for five innings and Jose Abreu went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, leading the White Sox to a 7-6 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.

Danks, making his second start of the spring, struck out one and walked three as he continued his buildup to the regular season. He excited his surgically repaired shoulder feels strong.

Gordon Beckham hit a solo home run in support of Danks.

Paul Konerko and Dayan Viciedo each had an RBI as the Sox got 12 hits, six off Rangers starter Joe Saunders.

Saunders, signed last week to compete for a spot in the Texas starting rotation, gave up three runs and six hits in three innings, striking out four.

Tommy Hanson, another starting rotation candidate, pitched the next four innings.

Rockies 13, Cubs 0: At Mesa, Ariz., Nolan Arenado and Kyle Parker each hit home runs and Jorge De La Rosa pitched three innings of two-hit ball Tuesday, leading the Colorado Rockies to a 13-0 win over the Cubs in front of a Cactus League-record 14,840 fans.

Arenado had three hits, including a sun-aided triple, and two RBIs to lead the Rock-ies’ 16-hit attack, while Drew Stubbs added two singles and Parker hit a two-run shot off Cubs starter Travis Wood.

Wood’s final line – five earned runs in 2⅔ innings with a walk and no strikeouts – could have been different. After getting through the first two innings without much trouble, he retired the first two in the third before Arena-do sent a drive to center field that the Cubs’ Junior Lake lost in the sun. It fell for a tri-ple and the Rockies followed with five straight hits.

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Brutal tourney promises to be wide openBy DAVE SKRETTA

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kan-sas coach Bill Self was chatting this week with someone who brought up the possibility that some unfortunate team with a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tour-nament might have to play its second game against Oklaho-ma State, which was once con-sidered a Final Four contender.

“I said, ‘Just think if that happens in your conference tournament,’ ” Self said.

After winning their 10th straight regular-season title, the Jayhawks earned the top seed when the Big 12 tourna-ment begins tonight at the Sprint Center. But the re-ward is a first-round bye and a potential matchup with the eighth-seeded Cowboys in Thursday’s quarterfinals; the two teams split their two meet-ings this year.

Oklahoma State plays No. 9 seed Texas Tech in the first game tonight. Seventh-seeded Baylor takes on No. 10 seed TCU in the nightcap of a dou-ble-header.

“I think we’ve always had very competitive Big 12 tourna-ments,” Self said, “but I don’t know if I can ever remember where if there’s a final between whatever seeds there are, it would be absolutely not a ma-jor surprise to anybody. It’s go-ing to be a pretty special week-end.”

The Big 12 has been the run-away leader in conference RPI all season, and some believe that it could land seven or eight teams in the NCAA tourna-ment on Selection Sunday.

Just consider the games that will be played Thursday: Along with Kansas getting Oklahoma State or Texas Tech, second-seeded Oklahoma will play the Baylor-TCU winner, No. 3 seed Texas will play No. 6 seed West Virginia, and No. 4 seed Iowa State will play No. 5 seed Kansas State.

“This league,” Texas Tech coach Tubby Smith said, “is by far the toughest in the coun-

try.”That’s why the Jayhawks

still believe they can earn a No. 1 seed to the NCAA tourna-ment, despite their 23-8 record. Meanwhile, Oklahoma State (20-11) is teetering around the bubble, and a win over Texas

Tech might be enough to push the Cowboys into the dance.

Knocking off the Jayhawks would certainly do the trick.

“We’re just trying to worry about the next game,” Okla-homa State coach Travis Ford said, “and worrying about all that other stuff doesn’t really do you any good.”

In that case, here are three things that fans SHOULD wor-ry about:

Bubble watch: Oklahoma State isn’t the only team on the NCAA tournament bubble. Baylor (21-10) would feel much better with a win or two, while West Virginia (17-14) hopes the momentum it picked up by knocking off Kansas last week-end will propel it to enough wins in Kansas City to make a case on Selection Sunday. “I think if we won two we’d be in great shape,” said Mountain-eers coach Bob Huggins, “but I think if we can win that first one that we would be pretty

good.”Championship challenge: Kan-

sas is the only current member to have won the Big 12 tourna-ment since 2005 – twice since then, Missouri won the title. In fact, Oklahoma and Iowa State are the only current schools besides the Jayhawks and Cow-boys to have won. “No matter what people say, no matter what other teams do,” Oklaho-ma State’s Marcus Smart said, “it goes through Kansas.”

Star watch: There will be stars-a-plenty at the Big 12 tournament. Andrew Wiggins of Kansas is a potential No. 1 draft pick, Iowa State’s Melvin Ejim is the Big 12 player of the year and Smart is also a poten-tial lottery pick. But one play-er who won’t be on the floor is Jayhawks center Joel Embiid, who’s been ruled out for the Big 12 tournament and unlikely for the first week of the NCAA tournament because of a stress fracture in his back.

Iowa State guard Naz Long celebrates after hitting a 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie the game and send it to overtime during the second half Saturday’s win against Oklahoma State in Ames, Iowa.

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By ELIZABETH KARMEL

Until I moved to Chicago, St. Patrick’s Day wasn’t a big event for me. But that first year, I was stunned by the sight of what locals took for granted

– a boat slowly traveling the Chicago River depositing a rich green dye into the water. It was amazing to see the water turn emerald.

Thereafter I understood: St. Patrick’s Day is taken seriously in Chicago. And it’s a great excuse for an all-day party in cold and dreary March.

Since then, I’ve created various recipes for getting in the mood, including a flank steak marinated in Guinness. But this year, I decid-ed to focus on that other staple of the Irish diet, the potato. And in honor of Chicago, I made it a “green” potato recipe.

I actually make these potatoes at home all year. It is one of those simple recipes that everyone asks for and can be cooked on the grill or in the oven. On the grill, you put the potatoes directly onto the cooking grates over indirect heat (I use the warming rack on my grill). To make the potatoes in the oven, you set the potatoes on a rack set over a baking sheet. That way, the hot air circulates around the potatoes, crisping them perfectly.

These crispy roasted potatoes are crunchy on the outside and soft and silky inside. So much so, you don’t need the addition of butter or sour cream to make them creamy. But they do get even better when tossed in a green herb and garlic sauce.

The sauce is a simple uncooked sauce made from fresh green herbs, spices, garlic, shallots, lemon juice and olive oil. The hot roasted potatoes absorb all the flavors of the fresh herbs and the touch of lemon juice balances the starch, making for a light and almost refreshing potato side dish similar to a hot potato salad. And, they look great on the plate!

The potatoes also are just as good served cold the next day, so refrigerate any leftovers and serve with sandwiches for a new take on potato salad.

Pair potatoes with mandoline helpBy J.M. HIRSCH

This past summer I fell in love with a kitchen gadget that has been relatively slow to catch on in the U.S. – the mando-line.

I’ve had several of these kicking around my kitchen for a while now, but I never quite saw the need for them. For those not in the know, a mandoline is shaped like a plank with a very thin, very sharp blade at the far end. To use it, you slide a firm vegetable back and forth along the plank. Each time you slide over the blade, it shaves a slice off the vegetable.

Many models are adjustable, allowing you to quickly and easily create slices ranging from 1/4 inch to paper thin. Which is nice, but so what? I have good knives and a good food processor, both of which slice nicely.

Except the mandoline isn’t simply a manual food processor, and it is so much more precise than a knife. Food proces-sors usually are too robust to produce ultrathin slices. And knives – at least in most home cooks’ hands (including my own) – simply can’t produce consistent results.

I discovered the difference this sum-mer when on a whim I decided I wanted thinly shaved garlic in a salad. I used a knife on the first clove and didn’t get even close to what I wanted. A processor

was out of the question for something so small. So I grabbed the mandoline and carefully rubbed the clove back and forth over the blade. In seconds I’d reduced it to thin shavings that perfectly flavored my salad.

Suffice to say, I am hooked. So as I contemplated a fresh approach to “breaded” and baked haddock, I turned again to the mandoline to render a po-tato fit for pairing with the fish. In any other form, potatoes would be too robust for a delecate baked fish.

Just one caution – there is a reason mandolines come with a hand guard for holding the vegetables while slicing. They are extremely sharp, and it’s easy to cut yourself.

Roasted Potato-WrappedHaddock

1 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil2 medium Yukon gold potatoes1 tablespoon Dijon mustard1 tablespoon mayonnaiseSalt and ground black pepperDried thyme1 1/4 pounds haddock fillets (about 2 large

fillets)

Roasted “Green”

Potatoes

Roasted Potato-Wrapped

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Smoked fish lends big flavor to light soupWith St. Patrick’s Day

nearly upon us, our minds often turn to corned beef and cabbage. This recipe was inspired by that tradition, but swaps out the corned beef in favor of smoked fish (also incredibly popular in Ireland) in a richly satisfying savory broth.

Smoked fish happens to be one of my favorite “cheating” ingredients. Like bacon, it is a single ingredient that adds outsized oomph to any dish. Unlike bacon, smoked fish has no saturated fat. Add even a little bit of it and suddenly the dish becomes the essence of comfort food, and your guests think you’re a culinary genius.

In Ireland, they like to smoke mackerel, whitefish, salmon and haddock. Smoked haddock actually originates in Scotland, not Ireland, but the Irish have pulled it into

the family circle. Me, too. As the child of New Englanders, I grew up with it, which is probably why it’s my favorite smoked fish.

My cabbage of choice here is either Napa or savoy. Both are relatively light, with a delicate texture. Of course, regular green cabbage also works, as will red cabbage (assuming you don’t mind a pink soup), but you want to be careful not to overcook whichever cabbage is in the pot. Otherwise, things tend to get very funky very quickly.

Now on to the potatoes and the leeks. Easy and cheap to grow, high in minerals and vitamins, and delicious no matter how they’re cooked,

potatoes have been a staple in Ireland for hundreds of years. In this recipe, the potatoes absorb the smokiness of the fish and also provide bulk. The leeks add a distinct and subtle flavor all their own, but you can swap in onions – the leek’s ubiquitous cousin – if you have trouble finding leeks.

The liquid is a combi-nation of low-fat milk and chicken stock. Why use chicken stock in a fish soup? Because I’ve never found a commercial fish stock to my taste. Likewise, I’m no fan of commercial clam juices, which are too high in sodi-um. In any case, the liquid required some kind of stock because those soups made only with dairy are too rich for me. Then again, I don’t like a soup that’s too thin either, which is why this one is thickened into creaminess

the old-fashioned way – with just a touch of flour.

In the end, all of the ingre-dients come together beau-tifully, if I do say so myself. Add a tossed green salad and a pint of Guinness, and you can call it a meal.

Hearty Potato, Cabbage And Smoked Fish Soup

2 tablespoons unsalted butter1 large leek, white and green

parts, medium chopped (about 2 cups)

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour3 cups low-sodium chicken

broth1 pound Yukon gold potatoes,

peeled and cut into 1/2-inch dice

2 cups 1 percent milk1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

4 cups shredded Napa or savoy cabbage

1/2 pound smoked fish fillets (trout, whitefish, haddock or mackerel), skin discarded, fish coarsely chopped

1 tablespoon lemon juiceKosher salt and ground black

pepperThinly sliced scallions, to

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Shepherd’s pie gets speedy upgradeBy J.M. HIRSCH

When it comes to shep-herd’s pie, there are those who toe a rather strict line, and there are those who go with the comfort food flow.

The former group will maintain that shepherd’s pie must be made with only certain meats and certain top-pings, and must be prepared in a certain way. I fall into the latter group, a freewheel-ing bunch willing to reinvent shepherd’s pie based on whim and convenience.

In my case, so long as there is a meat – any meat will do – on the bottom, corn on top of that and some sort of buttery mashed something over it all, I’m willing to call it good. I even do a quick ver-sion that involves no baking whatsoever. The meat and corn are browned in skillets while the potatoes are boiled and mashed nearby. Then I assemble individual portions directly onto serving plates.

And so with all due respect to the purists who will claim this is no shepherd’s pie, I give you this wonderful ver-sion that begins with a blend of sausage and ground bison, and ends with buttery-brown sugar mashed sweet potatoes.

Ground bison pairs perfectly with the rich sweet

potatoes and corn. Of course, any ground meat – including turkey, beef and lamb – can be substituted.

Sweet Potato And Bison Shepherd’s Pie

2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch chunks

Salt1 tablespoon olive oil4 cloves garlic, minced1 medium yellow onion, diced1/2 pound loose Italian sausage

meat1 pound ground bison1/4 teaspoon ground black

pepper

6 ounces (half a bottle) stout or other dark beer

1 tablespoon cornstarch2 tablespoons cool water15-ounce can corn kernels,

drained8 1/4-ounce can creamed corn1/4 cup milk2 tablespoons butter1 tablespoon packed brown

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Hearty Potato, Cabbage And Smoked Fish Soup

Sweet Potato And Bison

Shepherd’s Pie

Roasted “Green” Potatoes

24 small red potatoes, halved2 tablespoons olive oil1 teaspoon kosher salt

For the sauce:4 cups lightly packed chopped

curly parsley (1 to 2 bunches)2 cups fresh basil (or blend of

fresh herbs)3 to 5 cloves garlic, minced1 teaspoon kosher salt1/2 teaspoon ground black

pepper1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes2 tablespoons minced shallot or

onion3/4 cup olive oil1/4 cup lemon juice

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Scholarships for health care studentsKishHealth System offers several scholar-

ships each year for students pursuing health care studies. Kishwaukee Hospital Auxiliary, Valley West Hospital Auxiliary and Kish-Health System Foundation are accepting applications for 2014-2015 scholarship oppor-tunities.

Kishwaukee Hospital Auxiliary ScholarshipsEach applicant must be a DeKalb County

resident, accepted into, currently enrolled, or intending to be enrolled, as a full-time student in a college-level health-related program. Scholarships also are open to students who have an immediate family member employed by Kishwaukee Hospital. Health care schol-arships through the Kishwaukee Hospital Auxiliary are supported with proceeds from the auxiliary’s fundraisers.

Completed applications, transcripts, and references are due June 2. For applications, contact Deb Nier, Volunteer Services director, 1 Kish Hospital Drive, P.O. Box 707, DeKalb, IL 60115, email [email protected], or visit kishhealth.org.

Valley West Hospital Auxiliary ScholarshipsValley West Hospital Auxiliary offers

scholarships to students who live in commu-nities served by Valley West Hospital. This includes Sandwich, Plano, Somonauk, Leland, Yorkville, Bristol, Sheridan, Serena, Newark, Millington, Millbrook, Big Rock, Hinckley and Waterman. Students must be enrolled in a bona fide professional program of study for any of the allied health care curriculum.

Application forms, transcripts and test scores must be completed and returned by June 1. To apply, access the form on kish-health.org and send all documents to Valley

West Auxiliary Scholarship Chairman, Valley West Hospital, 1302 N. Main St., Sandwich, IL 60548.

KishHealth System Foundation, Floann and Hallie Hamilton Diagnostic Imaging Scholarship

Each applicant must be a DeKalb County resident and must have been accepted into a college diagnostic imaging curriculum. The Hamilton scholarship was established by Floann and Hallie Hamilton, long-time Kish-waukee Hospital Auxiliary volunteers.

KishHealth System Foundation, James J. Fee-ney, MD, Memorial Scholarship

Each applicant must be a DeKalb County resident currently enrolled as a full-time stu-dent in an accredited medical school curricu-lum or have been accepted into a college-level pre-medical curriculum as a full-time student. The Feeney scholarship was established by Dr. Feeney’s widow and daughters.

KishHealth System Foundation, Kishwaukee Hospital Physicians’ Medical Education Scholarship

Each applicant must be a DeKalb County resident currently enrolled as a full-time stu-dent in an accredited medical school curric-ulum. The Kishwaukee Hospital Physicians’ scholarship was created in 2004 by Photine Liakos, MD, to assist and encourage young people to join the medical and ancillary health services professions. The scholarship is fund-ed by donations from local physicians.

For applications, contact the KishHealth System Foundation office at 815-748-9954, email [email protected], or access the applications on the website.

All KishHealth System scholarship forms are accessible at www.kishhealth.org in the “About Us” section.

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Kishwaukee College honor society inducts members

The Alpha Rho Eta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society welcomed 36 students as new members this spring at Kishwaukee College. The new members were inducted during a candle-lighting ceremony held in the college’s Jenkins Auditorium on Feb. 26.

The ceremony was presided over by the current officers of the Alpha Rho Eta chapter: Yasmine Brooks, president; Erik Schiszik, vice president; Esmeralda Almaraz, recording officer; Stephanie Gonzalez, public relations officer; and Willis Pope, hallmark officer. The Kishwaukee College chapter faculty advisers are Allison von Ende and Paula Stroud.

During the ceremony, inductees and their family and friends enjoyed a performance by Carly Gorman, music instructor at KC. The keynote speaker was Joseph Kelly, regional vice president of Phi Theta Kappa. A cupcake and punch reception followed.

Annually, more than 90,000 students are inducted into Phi Theta Kappa. The society provides opportunity for the development of leadership and service, an intellectual climate to exchange ideas and ideals, lively fellowship for scholars, and stimulation of interest in

continuing academic excellence. To be eligible for membership, a student

must complete a minimum of 12 hours of course work and earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Students must maintain a high academic standing throughout their enroll-ment in the two-year college.

The following KC students were honored with membership in this organization:

Cortland: Nicholas Baert and Dara PaoneCreston: Hailey Dickman, Sydney Dickman

and Emily HueberDeKalb: Emily Cotto, Melissa Deball,

Colton Diaz, Julia Koca, Molly Macklin, Ar-gyle O’Leary, Stephanie Olsen, Konstantinos Pappas, Fotis Pappas, Matthew Pillers, Tera Ryan, Shyanne Smith and McKenna Teboda

Genoa: Jessica Farace, Aaron Otte and Alejandra Paramo

Kingston: Megan McConnellKirkland: Lambertus SchreurShabbona: Kendal BakerSycamore: Taylor Brady, Amanda Ericson,

Jeff Flanigan, Ashlyn Gardner, Norma Gre-gorio-Perez, Dominic Johnson, Linda Malone, Jessica Mollman and Bryce Owens

The Alpha Rho Eta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Kishwaukee College held its spring induc-tion ceremony Feb. 26 on campus. The chapter welcomed 36 new members into this prestigious organiza-tion. Pictured are several inductees with chapter officers.

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Teens: Concentration often is the key to success, yet many find the ability to focus a difficult task. However, you can learn the techniques of concentration if you put your mind to it.

Olympic gold medal win-ners, performers and scholars have all mastered the art of concentration, says author Jordan E. Cohn. What is their secret? Before winning a gold medal, a former Olympic performer was nervous and tense. Instead of pacing the floor and watching her com-petitors, she turned inward and tuned everything out. She then imagined herself doing the routine flawlessly. The result: She scored a perfect 10.

People’s lives, however, are

filled with so many diversions that focusing on anything in particular may seem impossi-ble. While you may feel bom-barded with distractions, it is possible to learn to concen-trate. The first step is getting in the right frame of mind.

“When you learn tech-niques of concentration, what you’re really doing is learn-ing how to establish a better environment for yourself emotionally,” says sports psy-chologist Dr. James E. Loehr. In other words, you must be in the mood to concentrate.

Concentration can be af-fected by a number of factors – time of day, noise, your mood and even your personality. Al-though there are exceptions, studies show that most of us concentrate best from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., so pulling an all-night study session probably is not a good idea.

You probably have been told to turn the radio off while studying, but will that necessarily improve your grades? Unfortunately, studies on noise concentra-tion have been inconclusive on this matter. But Dr. Joel S. Warm, professor of psychology at the University of Cincinnati, believes that “You learn to concentrate in the environment you’re

in most of the time.” There-fore, someone accustomed to studying to music may find it difficult to concentrate in silence,” Warm adds.

Research also shows that introverts concentrate better than extroverts. Shy, retiring types don’t need stimula-tion from others to get their brains going, which makes it easier for them to sit alone and work. But whatever your personality type, you won’t be able to concentrate effectively for more than 30 minutes at a time.

To maintain your concen-tration level over long peri-ods, take five-minute breaks each half-hour. If you are working on several different assignments, focus on one at

a time. Unfinished business will distract you.

Developing concentra-tion skills can dramatically improve your grades. You may find your homework done faster, and that hav-ing the right frame of mind before an exam will improve your performance. Increased concentration may enhance your social life, too; people are attracted to good listen-ers who focus on what others are saying.

But whether your goal is to get straight A’s, win a competition or make friends, concentration can help you achieve success.

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Man’s last wish gives others the gift of life

Angioplasty using stents a medical miracle

Does south need a finesse to work?

David Cone, who pitched a perfect game for the Yankees in 1999, said, “I’m a finesse pitcher without the finesse.”

That gives a good hint for today’s deal. South is in six spades. West leads the dia-mond ace: three, queen, two. West continues with a low dia-mond, which South ruffs. How should declarer continue? As a secondary issue, what was West’s more successful defense?

North’s sequence, a two-over-one response followed by a jump in spades, showed exactly three-card spade sup-port and game-forcing values. South then used Roman Key Card Blackwood to learn that his partner had two key cards (two aces, or one ace and the spade king) and the spade queen.

After ruffing the second diamond, declarer initially thought he would have to rely on the club finesse. But then, because North’s trumps were so strong, he realized that if spades were 3-2 (mathemati-cally more likely than the club finesse working), he could get home with a dummy reversal.

South played a heart to dummy’s 10, ruffed another diamond, returned to dummy with a trump, ruffed the last diamond, drew trumps and claimed. Declarer took three spades on the board, five hearts, one club and three ruffs in his hand.

West could have defeated the contract if he had shifted to a spade or heart at trick two, which would have killed the timing for the dummy reversal and forced South to take the club finesse.

Afterward, North com-mented, “I never guessed that my heart 10 would be such a vital card.”

Increased concentration can improve grades

Dear Abby: I work in a palliative care unit in a local hospital, and I’m all too aware of how important it is to have one’s end-of-life wish-es documented, notarized and on-hand in case of an emer-gency.

I remember reading an essay that appeared in your column years ago; it eloquent-ly described the desire of the writer that his body be used to allow others to live through organ donation. Is it part of your “Keepers” booklet? – Jynna in North Carolina

Dear Jynna: Yes, it is includ-ed. And I’m printing it for you today because it contains an important message. The author, Robert Test, was not only altruistic, but also the ultimate “recycler.”

TO REMEMBER ME by Robert Test

“At a certain moment a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.

“When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don’t call this my ‘deathbed.’ Call it my ‘bed of life,’ and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.

“Give my sight to a man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the

eyes of a woman.“Give my heart to a person

whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.

“Give my blood to the teenager who has been pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.

“Give my kidneys to one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.

“Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.

“Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that someday a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her

windows.“Burn what is left of me

and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.

“If you must bury some-thing, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all my preju-dice against my fellow man.

“Give my soul to God. If by chance you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or word to someone who needs you. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.”

Readers, “Keepers” is a collection of favorite letters, poems and essays that have appeared in this column over the years. It was assembled because so many readers said the items were meaningful to them and requested that they be compiled as a booklet.

It can be ordered by send-ing your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds) to: Dear Abby Keepers Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price. It covers subjects from temptation to forgiveness, animals, children and human nature. Filled with down-to-earth nuggets of wisdom, both philosophical and witty, it’s a quick, easy read, and an inexpensive gift for newly-weds, pet lovers, new parents or anyone recovering from an illness because it covers a wide variety of subjects.

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Dear Dr. K: Two friends re-cently had stents put in. What exactly is a stent? How does it work?

Dear Reader: A stent is a small metal cylinder that opens up a blockage in the arteries. It looks like a miniature chain-link fence rolled into a tube. Stents have helped revolutionize the treatment of the most com-mon form of heart disease, coronary artery disease. To understand how, we’ll have to take a few steps back.

Coronary artery disease is atherosclerosis of the arteries that supply blood to the heart. Atherosclerosis causes cholesterol-filled plaques – growths in the wall of the artery that block the flow of blood through the artery. Those plaques can cause symptoms like angina (chest

pain caused by coronary artery disease). They also can suddenly rupture, causing a clot to form that completely blocks blood flow and causes a heart attack.

Stents are used during a procedure called angioplasty. Angioplasty allows doctors to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries that could lead to a heart attack.

During angioplasty, a cardiologist uses a needle to guide a plastic tube called a catheter into an artery (usual-ly in the groin). Using X-rays as a guide, and a guide wire, the cardiologist pushes the

tip of the catheter through the arteries that lead to the heart.

Once the catheter tip reaches the heart, it is guided into the coronary arteries. Dye squirted through the catheter shows the location and severity of any blockages. Near the tip of the catheter is an inflatable balloon. Once the catheter reaches the narrowed section of blood vessel, the cardiologist inflates the bal-loon. This pushes the plaque back against the wall of the artery and widens the channel through the artery, allowing more blood to flow through it.

The stent surrounds the catheter, on top of the uninflated balloon. When the balloon is inflated, the stent also expands. After the procedure is done, the doctor withdraws the catheter and the deflated balloon from the

body. But the expanded stent remains in place, keeping that artery open and blood flowing through it. (I’ve put an illustration of stent place-ment on my website.)

The stent serves as a scaf-fold to hold the artery open. Most stents are coated with drugs that prevent cells from growing over and around the stent. Such growth occurred with older stents, and that caused a new blockage to occur where the old one had been.

But drug-coated stents can create some problems of their own. The drugs they exude can make it easier for clots to form on the stent. That’s why anyone with a drug-coat-ed stent must also take blood-thinning drugs.

Researchers are contin-ually trying to improve the

design of stents. Stents also are used to open blocked arteries in other parts of the body, such as the kidney. Even 50 years ago, who would have imagined that you could open up a blocked artery deep inside the body without performing surgery? Today this procedure has become a welcome reality for millions of people.

With colleagues at Orca Health, we have recently published inexpensive iBooks for the Apple iPad and iPhone on angioplasty and stent, and on CABG surgery. They show you – with spectacular videos – what happens during these procedures. You can learn more about them at my website.

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Little Lambs awarded

Little Lambs Preschool of Immanuel Lutheran Church in DeKalb received $500 for taking second place in one of three categories in the Lutheran Church Extension Fund Youth Club Challenge. Little Lambs was second place in the highest percentage of participants based on the school enrollment that took part in the “Young Investor Club Challenge” from Jan. 26 to Feb. 16. LCEF’s Young Investors Club offers fun and creative ways to teach children about saving, investing and giving and can be found at LCEF.org. Little Lambs Preschool will open enrollment to the community for the 2014-15 school year at 8:30 a.m. Monday.

Business owner visits Cornerstone

Fourth-grade students at Cornerstone Christian Academy are learning how to write business letters as part of their writing curriculum. They chose local restaurants or stores to practice their writing skills. Todd Smith, owner of The Confectionary in Sycamore, received letters from CCA students Anna Happ and Dakotah Baker, who love candy and wrote to The Confectionary. Smith (pictured) appreciated the letters so much that he visited the students to tell them about owning a candy shop. He taught the children how to make chocolate, run a candy store and even brought samples.

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Standards Link: Science: Conduct simple investigations.

Create a control, or something that doesn’t change in the experiment. In this case the control is the carnation in a cup of plain water.

Next, add a variable, or something that will change in the experiment. In this case you change the color of the water.

Then you can compare the control flower to the flower in the colored water (the variable).

Here are some other questions you could ask:

What happens if you split the stem of the carnation and put one side of it in plain water and the other side in colored water?

What happens if you colored the water with KoolAid instead of food coloring?

What happens if you put the carnation into soda instead of water?

What happens if you put the carnation into salt water?

What other “What happens if” questions can you come up with?

You can turn the carnation dying experiment into a science fair project! Here’s how:

Can you unscramble these scientific words? (They’re on this page!)

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Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.

© 2014 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 30, No. 13

Most plants “drink” _____ from the ground through their ______. As water in the ________ petals evaporates, water is pulled up by the _______ of the plant— like sucking water up a straw. The water _________ up the stem of the plant into the ________ and flowers. When a flower is cut, it no longer has its roots, but the stem of the flower still “_______” up the water.

To discover the answer to this riddle, look at the picture clues and

write the name of each on the correct line. The answer will appear

in the diagonal boxes.

What do you think a Leprechaun needs to survive? Look through the newspaper to find things that you think a Leprechaun would need in his habitat. Write a paragraph

describing your idea of a Leprechaun habitat.

Race a friend! Who can find

the most clovers on this page in

3 minutes? Can you find the four-leaf clover on this

page?

Can green water change a white carnation into a green one?

Describe any changes to the flower after 3 hours.

Explain what this experiment taught you.

After 24 hours:

What I think will happen:

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Each of these Leprechaun hats has an identical twin – except one. Can you find it?

Find the words in the puzzle. Then look for each word in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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Individuals should possess excellent communication andorganizational skills, have computer experience and demonstratethe willingness and confidence to work with customers withminimal supervision. College degree, previous insurance experience,and insurance license a plus, but not required.Crum-Halsted Agency, Inc. offers competitive wages and benefitsincluding paid holidays & vacation, Medical / Dental / Vision / Life/ Disability insurance and 401K.

Fax, Send or E-Mail your resume to:Diane Siebens

Crum-Halsted Agency, Inc.2350 Bethany Rd, Sycamore, IL 60178

Fax: 815-756-2138 [email protected]

FOR SALECOUNTRY HOME & TRANQUILITY

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Enough land to have a garden-chickens-rabbits?

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CAT – LOSTSouth DeKalb County. Largeneutered male, mostly whitewith big brown patches and

brown Maine Coon tail. May stillhave red collar. If seen, pleasecall at 815-501-9724. Reward

for safe return. We miss him.Have you seen or know what

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Banking

TELLER – PART TIMEDeKalb County Credit Union

Wed – Fri – Sat

815-758-4690Apply in Person:

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EducationImmediate full and part-timeTEACHING AND SUBSTITUTEPOSITIONS needed for TheGrowing Place. Must have 60hours of college with 6 hours inCD, ECE or a related field.Call 815-756-5744 or [email protected]

Food ServiceImmediate Openings for

Temporary and PermanentFull Time and Part-Time

Cook PositionsExperience in commercial foodservice preparation required.

Positions include someweekends and holidays.

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MECHANICTruck & trailer repair facility look-ing for Medium to heavy dutyDiesel Mechanic. 3+ years experi-ence. Good communication skills.Computer literate. 21 years orolder. Clean driving record. Yourown hand tools. Valid CDL.

Email resumes to:[email protected]

SALES POSITIONNorthland Buildings

N IL. Sales Position Prefer salesor post frame exp. Competitivecompensation & benefits. E.O.E.Resume by March 31.Kevin Volbright: volbrightk@

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SalesRESIDENTIAL

IN-HOME SALESCulligan of DeKalb and Belvidereseeking ONE outstanding SalesRep. $45k+ first year is realisticand there is no cap on your earn-ings. Successful reps will want towork evenings and Saturday's asneeded. Company leads providedbut rep will also need to self-gener-ate opportunities. Prior in-homesales experience is mandatory to beconsidered. Salary plus commis-sion during training period. 401k,medical and dental available.

Send resume to:[email protected]

SUBCONTRACTOR CREWNorthland Buildings.

North Illinois SubcontractorCrew Needed Post frame

building exp. Top dollar paidfor qualified subcontractors.

Call: Arik Hertz1-800-877-3508

CAKE DECORATORMust be experienced.

Apply in person: Elleson's Bakery,344 W. State St, Sycamore.

SOCIAL SERVICE CLERKPERMANENT - PT

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYThe Lions of Illinois Foundation,2814 DeKalb Avenue, Sycamore,is in need of a person to fill the po-sition of Social Service Clerk. Theideal candidate will need a socialservice back round have goodcommunication skills, and be flexi-ble to other duties assigned. Theposition hours are Monday-Friday9-2.Should you be interested in this po-sition, please come in to fill out anapplication between 9am and 4pm

NO PHONE CALLS!

Advertise here for asuccessful garage sale!Call 815-455-4800

Rolling Stone Magazine ~97 Issues. 815-784-3323

Clothing ~ Women's TopsGood quality, size 1X-3X, (50)

tops altogether, $3/each.Hampshire Area. 847-830-9725

LEATHER COATS - Two Women'sHarley Davidson Leather Coats, sizeXL. $50 each. 815-517-0151

REFRIGERATOR - Sanyo Small4.9 Cubic Foot Refrigerator, $50.

815-517-0151

Model - 67 Corvette1/25 Revell – Complete &

Unassembled - $20815-827-3692 before 9pm

Vintage License Plates80+, 30's-70's & Many States

A Few “New” Also - $100815-827-3692 before 9pm

DECK STAINNew, $4/gallon, severalcolors. 815-479-1000

OFFICE FURNITURE /SUPPLY SALE

Saturday, March 15, 20149AM-3PM

High end, good quality filingcabinets, desks, copiers,

monitors, etc.1500 E Lincoln Hwy, Ste 2,

DeKalb, IL 60115Jessica 815-905-9869

Silver Wall Mirror48” x 81” x 1/4”

$150/OBO815-758-2815

NetBook Travel PackageHP mini 110 series, black swirlfinish. 10.1 Inch LCD, Intel AtomDual Core 1.6 GHz, 2GB ram (2X

stock), 160 GB HD, WIFI, IntegratedWebCam, Win XP Home SP3.

Charger & 3 good working batterypacks - 1 standard & 2 extendedcapacity. Padded carrying case.Excellent condition - $175/OBO.

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FURNITURE - 2 year old Beige Sofa,Chaise Sectional + Ottoman $400,Oak Chest of Drawers $75, PineWood Rocker $50, Maroon OfficeChair $25, One Drawer Night Stand$25. 815-517-0151.

China ~ Fine PorcelainWhite Lace, 37 pieces, includeteapot, cream, sugar, platter,

soup/salad plates, bowls,$120/set. 847-830-9725

Outdoor Electric GrillMasterbuilt electric veranda

pedestal grill. $50.00815-748-7693Playing Cards

Over 1000 Decks,Some are old - $200/OBO

815-517-0302

FARM CATSExcellent mousers, very healthyand good personalities. $5/ea

to a GOOD HOME ONLY.815-739-4428

Campstove – Cookware - Canteen,etc. All in Good Condition – Some

New - Spring is Coming - $50815-827-3692 before 9pm

Canoe – 14” Fiberglass,Sayer Mfg., Flat Bottom w/Paddles,Very Good Condition - $300/OBO

815-827-3692 before 9pm

2007 GMC Yukon XL 1500$17,500 5.3L V8 Flex 4WD 91Kmiles seats 9 very good condition.

Call Steve at 630-387-9347

Rims (4) American RacingChrome, Size 16x7.5, style # 627.

Paid $2000, asking $300.815-970-3055

A-1 AUTO

Will BUYUR

USEDCAR, TRUCK, SUV,MOST CASHWILL BEAT ANYQUOTE GIVEN!!$400 - $2000“don't wait....call 2day”!!

815-575-5153

H H H H H H H H H H H

I BUYCARS,

TRUCKS,VANS &SUVs

1990 & Newer

Will beat anyone'sprice by$300.

Will pay extra forHonda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964or

815-814-1224H H H H H H H H H H H

WE PAY THE BEST!For Junk Cars, Trucks & Vans

with or without titles.630-817-3577 or 219-697-3833

Publisher's Notice: All real estateadvertising in this newspaper is sub-ject to the Fair Housing Act whichmakes it illegal to advertise "anypreference, limitation or discrimina-tion based on race, color, religion,sex, handicap, familial status or na-tional origin, or an intention, tomake any such preference, limita-tion of discrimination." Familial sta-tus includes children under the ageof 18 living with parents or legalcustodians, pregnant women andpeople securing custody of childrenunder 18.This newspaper will not knowinglyaccept any advertising for real es-tate which is in violation of the law.Our readers are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised in thisnewspaper are available on anequal opportunity basis. To com-plain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hear-ing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

DeKalb. 2 Excellent Starter ORStopper Ranches! Call Adolph Miller

RE 815-756-7845. Deal!!!

SYCAMOREOpen House Sundays 1-3pm.

29955 Ellen Drive

In peaceful Ellen Oaks, Beautifulbrick/cedar 3 bedroom, 2-1/2bath ranch on 1/2 acre lot withmature trees, remodeled 2008,hardwood, carpet, ceramic flrs,A/C, deck, quartz counters & SSappl. 1st floor laundry, FP, fullbasement, 2-1/2 car garage.

Sycamore School Dist.Price - $218,000.815-739-1734 or815-895-4480

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF THE TWENTY-THIRD

JUDICIAL CIRCUITDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

CITIMORTGAGE, INC.,PLAINTIFF,

v.CHARLES BOHNSTEDT A/K/ACHARLES J. BOHNSTEDT A/K/ACHARLES JAMES BOHNSTEDT;KAREN BOHNSTEDT A/K/A KARENI. BOHNSTEDT A/K/A KAREN IN-GRID BOHNSTEDT A/K/A KAREN I.WEBB; CITIZENS FIRST NATIONALBANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS ANDNONRECORD CLAIMANTS,

DEFENDANTS.------------------------------------------HEARTLAND BANK AND TRUSTCOMPANY, ( as successor in inter-est by effect of FDIC liquidation toCITIZENS FIRST NATIONAL BANK),

COUNTER-PLAINTIFF,v.

CITIMORTGAGE, INC.,COUNTER-DEFENDANT.

Case No. 13 CH 170NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on December 5,2013, the DeKalb County Sheriffwill, at 1:00 P.M. on March 27,2014, at the DeKalb County PublicSafety Building, located at 150North Main Street, Sycamore, Illi-nois, sell at public auction, to thehighest bidder, for cash, as set forthbelow, the following described realestate:

Commonly known as: 1060Cindy Lane, Sandwich, Illinois60548

Pin No: 19-36-306-001The real estate is improved with a

single family residence. The judg-ment amount was $247,517.51.Sale terms: 10% down by certifiedfunds; the balance, by certifiedfunds, is due within twenty-four(24) hours. The subject property issubject to general real estate taxes,special assessments or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff. The sale is fur-ther subject to confirmation by thecourt.

Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser shall re-ceive a Certificate of Sale, whichwill entitle the purchaser to a Deedto the real estate after confirmationof the sale.

The property will NOT be open forinspection. Prospective bidders areadmonished to check the Court fileto verify all information.

For information contact Plaintiff'sAttorney: Scott D. Becker, 213 WestMain Street, Genoa, Illinois60135.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 5, 12 & 19, 2014.)

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no smoking, no pets815-739-3545

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to NIU, Free heat & water, quietlifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

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830 Greenbrier $600/moCall Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

DEKALB - SPACIOUSMARKET APARTMENTS

Starting @ $599, 2 Bedroom$683, 3 Bedroom

Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas andforced air heat. Off street parking,

lush grounds, on site laundryroom. Outdoor pool, tennis andbasketball courts, patios and

balconies. Cats OK.University Village Apts.

722 N. Annie Glidden Rd.815-758-7859

DEKALB 1 BEDROOMClean, quiet, 1 bath, appliances

included, available now.815-758-6580

DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINEDBuilding. 2 Bedroom Apt with

homey environment. Car port. Formature living. Excellent Location!No pets/smoking. Agent Owned.

815-758-6712

DeKalb Newer 2BR DuplexQuiet neighborhood, appl, W/D.

Walk-in-closets, no pets, $950/mo+ 1st/last /sec. 815-739-4442

DEKALB QUIET 2 BEDROOM1 bath, parking, laundry.

NO pets/smoking, Agent Owned.815-756-2359 - 815-758-6712

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2, 3BRLease, deposit, ref, no pets.

815-739-5589~815-758-6439

Kingston Efficiency UnitAppliances, $315/mo + sec.

No pets/smkg. 815-975-4601

Kirkland 4-Flat, Nice 3BRBig yard, parking, water/garb paid.W/D hookup, $760/mo + electric+ sec, no dogs. 630-359-3474

ROCHELLE 1 & 2 BEDROOMRemodeled, clean and quiet.

Available now. 815-758-6580or 815-901-3346

Rochelle 1 Bedroom, 1 BathA MUST SEE! 700 SQ FT

Eat in kitchen w/deck. $500/mo In-cludes all utilities, except electric

Bill @ 815-501-0913

SYCAMORE - 2 BR large first floorwood floors, washer/dryer micro offstreet prk - nice area. $690 plusutilities. 630-337-3732

SYCAMORE 1BR ~ $545/MO.A/C, laundry on site, wood style

floors, off St. parking, cats?815-756-2064

Sycamore Lower 2BR ~ NewlyRemodeled, A/C, gas heat. W/Don site. No pets. Off St parking.

$725/mo + sec. 815-895-9280

Sycamore Quiet Charming1 Bedroom. 650/mo includes,

heat, water, stove, refrigerator andgarage. No pets/smoking

815-895-4756 or 815-562-3459

Sycamore Upper 2BR Duplex1.5BA, W/D in common area.

No pets/smoking, $700/mo + sec.815-501-1378

SYCAMORE: NEWER 2BR Upper.CA. DW. W/D on Site. Off-Street

Prkg. No pets. $695 Incl. Water &Garbage. J&A RE 815-970-0679

DeKalb/Summit Enclave 2BR1.5BA, W/D, garage, $925/mo+ security. 414-364-1659Sycamore Stonehedge Drive3 Bdrm, 1.5 Ba, 1 car gar, A/CW/D, Unfin. Bsmt. $1,100/mo

+sec, avail 4-1. 630-234-0002

Sycamore TH Like New 2BRGreat location! 2BA, 2 car garage,skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $935.No pets. a 815-758-0123

DEKALB - 3 BR DUPLEXNon smoking unit on S. 4th inDeKalb. W/D in unit. 2 cargarage. F/L/S $900 mo + util.Avail immediately. 815-751-4730

DeKalb – Duplex, 3-4BR, 3BA,2-car garage, large yard.In the Knolls $1250/mo1st/lst/sec 815-739-6170

DEKALB Newer 2bdrm Duplex1-1/2 bath D/W, W/D, C/A,Garage, Close to NIU & I-88$950/mo. 815-494-0861

GENOA 2 BEDROOM1 bath, appliances, W/D, C/A,1 car garage, no pets/smoking.$800/mo. 815-784-3411

DeKalb / Tilton Park: 3 BR 1 BAAtt. garage, sunroom, basement.Large yard. No smoking/pet.$975 + util. 815-751-7149

DEKALB 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATHNewly Remodeled Ranch. All appl,bsmt,1.5 car gar, $1150/mo+sec.

815-751-2650DeKalb ~ 4BR On College1.5 bath, no pets. $1200/mo

+ 1st, last security. Available NOW!815-757-5079

GENOA, 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATHNON-SMOKING, F/L/S

$700 MO 815-751-4730Sandwich – 1623 Vale St.

3 Bedroom. 2.5 bath, large yard,4 car garage, Fireplace $1150/mo

$650/dep. 815-797-1028

Sycamore 2BR, 1BA incl W/DFridge & stove, large yard, niceneighborhood. $795/mo + sec.

630-746-2462Sycamore Quiet 2BR FarmhouseW/D hook-up, garage, off St. prkg.$695/mo + dep + ref. NO PETS.

815-793-2664

DeKalb Furnished RoomStudent or employed male.

$350 incl utilities, need references.815-758-7994

Call Adolph Miller RE for Office,Retail or Industrial Space for

your Business. 815-756-7845

Sandwich 3 Room - 5 RoomOffice Suites on Route 34

from $500/mo - Accountants,Lawyers, Insurance Agents,R. E. Agents, Contractors,

Small Business Owners. Call foradditional info. 815-786-7411

PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURTOF THE TWENTY-THIRD

JUDICIAL CIRCUITDEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

CITIMORTGAGE, INC.,PLAINTIFF,

v.CHARLES BOHNSTEDT A/K/ACHARLES J. BOHNSTEDT A/K/ACHARLES JAMES BOHNSTEDT;KAREN BOHNSTEDT A/K/A KARENI. BOHNSTEDT A/K/A KAREN IN-GRID BOHNSTEDT A/K/A KAREN I.WEBB; CITIZENS FIRST NATIONALBANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS ANDNONRECORD CLAIMANTS,

DEFENDANTS.------------------------------------------HEARTLAND BANK AND TRUSTCOMPANY, ( as successor in inter-est by effect of FDIC liquidation toCITIZENS FIRST NATIONAL BANK),

COUNTER-PLAINTIFF,v.

CITIMORTGAGE, INC.,COUNTER-DEFENDANT.

Case No. 13 CH 170NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-EN that pursuant to a Judgment ofForeclosure and Sale entered in theabove cause on December 5,2013, the DeKalb County Sheriffwill, at 1:00 P.M. on March 27,2014, at the DeKalb County PublicSafety Building, located at 150North Main Street, Sycamore, Illi-nois, sell at public auction, to thehighest bidder, for cash, as set forthbelow, the following described realestate:

LOT 65 IN WEBB'S THIRD ADDI-TION TO SANDWICH, BEING ASUBDIVISION OF PART OF THENORTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST1/4 OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP37 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OFTHE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THERE-OF RECORDED IN BOOK, ¡ÈT¡É OFPLATS, PAGE 97, IN THE TOWN-SHIP OF SANDWICH, DEKALBCOUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as: 1060Cindy Lane, Sandwich, Illinois60548

Pin No: 19-36-306-001The real estate is improved with a

single family residence. The judg-ment amount was $247,517.51.Sale terms: 10% down by certifiedfunds; the balance, by certifiedfunds, is due within twenty-four(24) hours. The subject property issubject to general real estate taxes,special assessments or special tax-es levied against said real estateand is offered for sale without anyrepresentation as to quality orquantity of title and without re-course to Plaintiff. The sale is fur-ther subject to confirmation by thecourt.

Upon payment in full of theamount bid, the purchaser shall re-ceive a Certificate of Sale, whichwill entitle the purchaser to a Deedto the real estate after confirmationof the sale.

The property will NOT be open forinspection. Prospective bidders areadmonished to check the Court file

Driver

Motorcoach OperatorWindstar Lines is looking forsharp, articulate and flexiblemen and women to train to be-come Motorcoach Operators.The ideal candidate loves peo-ple, loves to travel, and has avery flexible schedule. This is theperfect part-time job for semi-re-tired individuals that like to trav-el. Experience is not necessarybut training is required regard-less of experience. Non smokingenvironment. For more info:call 815-561-9464 or email:

[email protected] Lines, Inc.

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SEASONAL PARK WORKERApril thru October.

Salary range$1000- $1500 monthly.Questions contact Bret

815-522-6375Mail Resume to:

Franklin Township Park DistrictP.O. Box 564

Kirkland IL 60146Appl. Deadline March 19th

DEKALB QUIET, SPACIOUS 2BRIncl W/D, wood floors, balcony.Off St. parking, no dogs/smoking.

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PUBLIC NOTICEADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSCONCRETE INLAY PROJECT

SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

Sealed proposals will be re-ceived by the City of Sycamore onthe 1st day of April, 2014 up to thehour of 2:00 P.M. for a concreteinlay project on North Avenue inSycamore, Illinois.

The prevailing rates per diemwages, including legal holidaysand overtime work for all classes oflabor employed on the project, asfurnished by the contractor shall bethe prevailing scale rates in theCounty of DeKalb, Illinois as ascer-tained in accordance with the pro-visions of "An Act RegulatingWages of Laborers, Mechanics andOther Workmen Employed UnderContracts for Public Works: enactedby the General Assembly of theState of Illinois, approved June 26,1941, as amended.

Copies of the Plans and Specifi-cations are on file for inspectionand can be obtained at the Officeof the City Clerk, 308 West StateStreet, Sycamore, Illinois. No plandeposit is required. All proposalsmust be accompanied by a pro-posal guarantee consisting of aCertified or Cashier's Check, BankMoney Order or Bid Bond in anamount of not less than 5% of thetotal amount of bid as provided forunder the terms of said Instructionsto Bidders and Specifications.

The City reserves the right to re-ject any or all proposals and towaive or not to waive any informal-ities therein.

By Order of theCity of Sycamore, IllinoisCandy Smith, City ClerkDated this 12th day of March,2014

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,March 12, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICEThe following are the times andlocations of early voting sites inDeKalb County for the GeneralPrimary Election being held onMarch 18, 2014.

The DeKalb CountyAdministration Building(Lower Level)110 E. Sycamore St.Sycamore, IL 60178

Available Dates:March 3 - March 15, 2014

Serving ALL County PrecinctsMon., Wed., Fri. 9am-4:30pmTuesday 12Noon-7pmThursday 12Noon-7pmSaturday 9am-12Noon

Northern Illinois UniversityHolmes Student Center(Blackhawk Annex)Intersection ofLucinda and NormalDeKalb, IL 60115


Serving ALL County PrecinctsMon., Wed., Fri. 9am-4:30pmTuesday 12Noon-7pmThursday 12Noon-7pmSaturday 9am-12Noon

Sandwich Fire Department310 E. Railroad St.Sandwich, IL 60548


Serving Precincts: Sandwich 01,02, 03, 04, 05; Somonauk 01,02; Paw Paw 01; Squaw Grove01, 02; Clinton 01, 02; Victor 01;Shabbona, 01Mon., Wed., Fri. 9am-4:30pmTuesday 12Noon-7pmThursday 12Noon-7pmSaturday 9am-12Noon

Kirkland Village Hall511 W. Main St.Kirkland, IL 60146


Serving Precincts: Franklin 01, 02;Kingston 01, 02, 03; Genoa 01,02, 03, 04; South Grove 01; May-field 01

Mon., Wed., Fri. 9am-4:30pmTuesday 12Noon-7pmThursday 12Noon-7pmSaturday 9am-12Noon

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,February 26, March 5 & 12,2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICEADVERTISEMENT FOR BID

Dekalb County Facilities Man-agement will be taking Bids for ourLandscaping Services until March26, 2014, 12:00pm. Bid pack-ages may be picked up at the Fa-cilities Manangement Office at 150N. main St. Sycamore, Il 60178.You may call with any questionspertaining to the bidding at 815-895-7265. All bids must be sealedand clearly labeled "LandscapingBid" and received by the FacilitiesManagement Office located at 150N. Main St., Sycamore, Il 60178.Bid openings will be March 26,2014, 2:00pm in the LegislativeCenter, 200 North Main Street,Sycamore, Il., Freedom ConferenceRoom.


PUBLIC NOTICEDEKALB COUNTY GOVERNMENT

INVITATION TO BIDDEKALB COUNTY REHABILITATION

AND NURSING CENTERFOR LAUNDRY SERVICES

Sealed bids will be accepted byDeKalb County Rehabilitation andNursing Center to the hour of2:00pm prevailing time, MondayMarch 24, 2014 at the DeKalbCounty Rehabilitation and NursingCenter, 2600 North Annie GliddenRoad, DeKalb, IL 60115 for laun-dry services. Specifications and re-

quirements are available at theabove address or on the County'swebsite: www.dekalbcounty.org.DeKalb County Government re-serves the right to reject any bidand to accept the bid that is in thebest interest of the County.


PUBLIC NOTICEThe Board of Education of the

Hinckley-Big Rock Community UnitSchool District #429 will hold aspecial meeting on March 21,2014 at 8:00 AM in the District Of-fice Conference Room.

The purpose of the meeting is toaward the controls and lightingcontract for the District to the CTSGroup.


PUBLIC NOTICEASSUMED NAME

PUBLICATION NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat on February 24, 2014 a certifi-cate was filed in the Office of theCounty Clerk of DeKalb County, Illi-nois, setting forth the names andpost office addresses of all of thepersons owning, conducting andtransacting the business known asQUALITY PLUMBING AND MAIN-TENANCE located at 13190Williams Circle, Genoa, IL 60135.

Dated February 24, 2014

/s/ Douglas J. JohnsonDeKalb County Clerk & Recorder

(Published in the Daily Chronicle,February 26, March 5 & 12,2014.)

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PUBLIC NOTICELEGAL PUBLIC NOTICEKINGSTON TOWNSHIP

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

Notice is hereby given to the le-gal voters, residents of the Town-ship of Kingston in the County ofDeKalb and State of Illinois, thatthe Annual Town Meeting of saidTownship will take place on Tues-day, April 8, 2014, being the sec-ond Tuesday of said month at 7:30p.m. at the Kingston TownshipBuilding, 301 Railroad Street,Kingston, IL, for the transaction ofmiscellaneous business of saidTownship; and after a Moderatorhaving been elected, will proceedto hear and consider reports of offi-cers, and decide on such measuresas may, in pursuance of law, comebefore the meeting; and especiallyto consider and decide the follow-ing: Supervisor's Annual FinancialStatement, Old Business, and NewBusiness. The agenda for thismeeting as adopted by theKingston Township Board ofTrustees follows:

I. Call to Order Township ClerkII. Nomination of Moderator

A. Election of ModeratorB. Oath of Office for Moderator

III. Minutes 2013 Annual TownMeeting

IV. Annual Financial StatementV. Disposition of Unneeded Equip-mentVI. Old BusinessVII. New Business

A. Set Date for next AnnualTown Meeting April 14, 2015

B. Set pay for ModeratorVIII. Adjournment

Dated this 11th day of March,2014

Charles Sanderson, Town Clerk


to verify all information.For information contact Plaintiff's

Attorney: Scott D. Becker, 213 WestMain Street, Genoa, Illinois60135.


PUBLIC NOTICEIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THETWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIR-

CUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

SHARON LORICE GARDNERPlaintiff

vs.CLEVELAND EUGENE GARDNER

Defendant

CASE NO. 13 D 169PUBLICATION NOTICE

The requisite affidavit(s) havingbeen duly filed herein, NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFEN-DANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLEDACTION, that said action has beencommenced in said Court by theplaintiff(s), naming you as defen-dant(s) therein and praying

For Judgment of Dissolution ofMarriage,

and for other relief; that sum-mons has been issued out of thisCourt against you as provided bylaw, and, that this action is stillpending and undetermined in saidCourt.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless youfile your answer or otherwise makeyour appearance in said action inthis Court, by filing the same in theoffice of the Clerk of the CircuitCourt on or before April 4, 2014,AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BEENTERED AGAINST YOU.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, Ihave hereunto set my hand and af-fixed the Seal of said Court onFebruary 14, 2014.

WITNESS, February 14, 2014/s/ Maureen A. Josh

Clerk of the Circuit CourtSharon GardnerPro-se


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